# Chapter 1731: Ten Calamities Wen Tianjun
"Don't even think about it."
Elder Qi's upper body flew up from the ground, and from his spine, strands of demonic qi extended, condensing into half a demonic body.
His lower body stood up, condensing out chest, abdomen, and head.
Instantly, two Elders Qi who looked exactly alike appeared before Zhang Ruochen and the others.
The demonic qi surging from their bodies became even more intense.
"Ten Thousand Deaths Indestructible Demon Art." Zhang Ruochen said.
"That's right, this old man cultivates exactly this kind of demon art. So even if I'm cut into ten pieces, I'll just become ten demonic bodies, not die." Both Elders Qi spoke simultaneously.
Mo Yin's brows furrowed tightly. "Master, how can there be such a powerful demonic technique in this world? Doesn't that old fellow have an indestructible body?"
Zhang Ruochen stared at the two Elders Qi. "The Ten Thousand Deaths Indestructible Demon Art was comprehended from one of the engraved images on the Heavenly Demon Stone Inscription. How could it not be powerful?"
Then, Zhang Ruochen revealed a look of sudden realization and smiled. "I understand now! So Elder Qi is a cultivator from the Black Demon Realm."
A hundred thousand years ago, the Black Demon Realm had always followed the Kunlun Realm, thus obtaining rubbing copies of the thirty-six Heavenly Demon Stone Inscription images.
What was worth pondering was that the Guanghan Realm, which also followed the Kunlun Realm, had been suppressed by the Heavenly Realm Faction for these hundred thousand years, reaching the brink of world destruction.
Yet the Black Demon Realm had become a member of the Heavenly Realm Faction, its ranking among the myriad realms rising steadily.
Elder Qi said, "That's right, it's the Black Demon Realm. Don't you feel a sense of familiarity? Back then, when the Ten Calamities Wen Tianjun of the Kunlun Realm was alive, all the demons of the Black Demon Realm had to go and kneel before him every hundred years. What glory, what prosperity! But now, how things have changed?"
"The Black Demon Realm is a powerful realm ranked among the top thousand, countless times stronger than the Kunlun Realm. Once the Heavenly Earth Altar of the Kunlun Realm is breached, it will be the turn of the Kunlun Realm's living beings to come and kneel before us."
The "Ten Calamities Wen Tianjun" that Elder Qi mentioned was a taboo figure of the Kunlun Realm, known as the number one strongest of the Kunlun Realm. Legend said he had survived ten Eon Calamities without dying.
One Eon was the lifespan of a god, being one hundred twenty-nine thousand six hundred years.
One must know that for a god to survive the first Eon Calamity and live into the second Eon was already an act defying heaven, extremely difficult, with nine deaths and one life.
Moreover, attempting to survive the second Eon Calamity, the third Eon Calamity... would become increasingly difficult.
Surviving ten Eon Calamities without dying was something even gods dared not imagine.
Of course, Ten Calamities Wen Tianjun might not have truly survived ten Eon Calamities; "Ten Calamities" was just his title. After all, throughout the entire universe, there were probably very few beings who truly knew how many Eon Calamities he had survived.
However, as a cultivator born and raised in the Kunlun Realm, Zhang Ruochen had never heard the name Ten Calamities Wen Tianjun, as if some mysterious force had deliberately erased him, causing him to disappear from the history of the Kunlun Realm.
It was only after arriving in the Heavenly Court Realm and flipping through some books that Zhang Ruochen learned that a hundred thousand years ago, the Kunlun Realm actually had such a fearsome sovereign.
Mo Yin sneered coldly. "The Black Demon Realm was a follower of the Kunlun Realm. Even if a hundred thousand years have passed, it remains a follower. You want the living beings of the Kunlun Realm to kneel before you? Are you trying to have an evil servant bully its master?"
Hearing words like "follower" and "servant," Elder Qi's expression became increasingly ferocious.
Having reached the Seven-Step Saint King realm, Elder Qi naturally held a very high status in the Black Demon Realm and could already access some secrets.
He vaguely knew that a hundred thousand years ago, the Black Demon Realm was originally a rather weak primordial great world, without any demon god-level experts. Even demon emperors, demon sovereigns, and demon empresses numbered only a handful.
Initially, the Black Demon Realm was attached to the Blood God Sect of the Kunlun Realm.
The Blood God Sect back then was countless times more powerful than it is now. In the eyes of the Blood God Sect Leader of that generation, the Black Demon Realm could only be considered a low-level civilized world. The few demon emperors and demon empresses of the Black Demon Realm had to proactively declare themselves vassals and bow before the Blood God Sect Leader. Calling them followers was not an exaggeration.
The Black Demon Realm's territory was vast, reaching the level of a great world, and it had tremendous potential, which was why the Blood God Sect valued it considerably.
With the Blood God Sect's support, after tens of thousands of years of development, the Black Demon Realm gradually became powerful and finally emerged in the Kunlun Realm. Because the cultivators of the Black Demon Realm showed enough loyalty, they even obtained rubbing copies of the thirty-six Heavenly Demon Stone Inscription images.
As for what exactly happened later that caused the Black Demon Realm to become a member of the Heavenly Realm Faction, Elder Qi wasn't too clear. He had only heard some rumors that a hundred thousand years ago, the Black Demon Realm seemed to have done something quite dishonorable.
All cultivators related to that incident had gone missing, as if they had vanished from the face of the earth. Even the various demon emperors and demon empresses of the Black Demon Realm refused to discuss the matter.
Now, hearing the words "follower" and "servant," a scene appeared in Elder Qi's mind: his ancestors kneeling humbly before the important figures of the Kunlun Realm.
Thinking of this, the killing intent on Elder Qi's body erupted wildly outward.
"Are you angry?"
Zhang Ruochen showed no fear of him and continued, "The Ten Thousand Deaths Indestructible Demon Art is indeed a remarkable technique, but unfortunately, you only comprehended it from rubbing copies, so the technique has great flaws. Your two demonic bodies now are only half-real and half-illusory, incomplete, and can easily be shattered."
"Youngster, the Mirror Flower Water Moon poison on your body hasn't been fully neutralized, yet you dare speak such arrogant words?"
The two Elders Qi attacked Zhang Ruochen and Mo Yin simultaneously from left and right.
The Elder Qi on the left wielded the Water Moon Sword, mobilizing thousands of sword qi to condense into a black sword qi qilin, emitting a deafening roar.
The Elder Qi on the right activated the formation inscriptions within the artifact refining pavilion, unleashing a bone-chilling cold air.
Within the cold air stream flew sharp blades.
Mo Yin's brows furrowed, and she was about to make a move, but Zhang Ruochen stopped her.
Zhang Ruochen stood still, merely channeling sacred qi continuously into the Space-Time Secret Scripture. A strange thing happened: the attacks launched by the two Elders Qi actually bypassed Zhang Ruochen and Mo Yin and collided with each other.
"Boom."
The faces of both Elders Qi showed anger as they cursed inwardly: "Damn Zhang Ruochen, is his space power truly unbreakable? Even when Gongzi Yan was at Zhang Ruochen's cultivation level, he wasn't this formidable."
The force from the collision erupted, shaking both Elders Qi backward.
Mo Yin, who had been gathering power, seized this opportunity. Wielding the Endless Blade, she mobilized Truth Rules, unleashing a threefold attack power that struck one of the Elders Qi.
"Bang."
That Elder Qi flew backward like a scarecrow, his demonic body shattering into a bloody upper body half.
"Master said your Ten Thousand Deaths Indestructible Demon Art has great flaws and your demonic body is unstable. Why don't you believe it?"
Mo Yin gently shook her head, placing the Endless Blade horizontally above Elder Qi's head. She stuck out her tongue and added, "Hand over the antidote for the Mirror Flower Water Moon poison, will you?"
Elder Qi's half-body lay on the ground, a look of contempt in his eyes. The corner of his eye glanced behind Mo Yin.
There, the other Elder Qi was striking out with an ice crystal giant claw from a distance, about to silently land on Mo Yin's head.
"Little girl, you won't even know how you died..."
This thought had just appeared in Elder Qi's mind, and the sneer in his eyes hadn't faded, when he saw a black crack flying toward him, swallowing him up.
"Pfft."
This space crack severed Elder Qi's head, turning it into a ball of blood mist that disappeared into the pitch-black void space.
Elder Qi's true self was completely dead. The "Elder Qi" standing behind Mo Yin had his demonic body shatter, becoming a lower body with only two legs.
That ice crystal giant claw, losing its power control, dissipated into wisps of cold mist just as it approached the top of Mo Yin's head.
Mo Yin felt the cold air coming from above and looked up. Then she cupped her hands toward Zhang Ruochen and bowed. "Thank you, Master."
Zhang Ruochen was still very weak. Leaning against a pillar, he gently waved his hand.
Mo Yin said, "We haven't found the antidote for the Mirror Flower Water Moon poison yet, and you've already killed Elder Qi. Master, what will you do?"
Zhang Ruochen said, "There's no choice. This Elder Qi is no ordinary small fry; his will is very firm. He would never voluntarily hand over the antidote for the Mirror Flower Water Moon poison. Once he realizes he can't escape, he would likely self-detonate his sacred source. So I had to kill him as quickly as possible, to avoid losing my own life."
Mo Yin nodded, then walked toward Elder Qi's corpse and began searching it.
With Elder Qi's control lost, the power of the formation formed by the sixteen bronze lamps greatly diminished. The black skeleton knocked all the bronze lamps flying and charged out of the formation.
The black skeleton transformed into a bone staff and landed in Zhang Ruochen's hand.
After a while, Mo Yin stood up and shook her head at Zhang Ruochen, her expression very grave. "I didn't find the antidote."
Zhang Ruochen's heart also sank. "Don't absorb Elder Qi's blood qi or sacred qi, and don't take anything from his body. First, leave the artifact refining pavilion and meet up with the Flower Fairy. Then we'll think of a solution."
After all, Elder Qi was a high-ranking member of the Death God Temple. Now that he had died in the artifact refining pavilion, how could the Death God Temple let Zhang Ruochen off?
How could this be explained?
Even if Zhang Ruochen explained, would the Death God Temple believe him?
Now, Zhang Ruochen could only hope that before the Death God Temple discovered Elder Qi's death, he could escape from the great tomb and leave this temporary contact point.
Unfortunately, it seemed Zhang Ruochen's good luck had run out. The moment he opened the door of the artifact refining pavilion, he felt an intensely concentrated killing intent surging in from outside.
"Hiss."
The killing qi airflow made his face sting.
Outside the artifact refining pavilion stood dozens of assassins, all wearing Death God black robes and holding Death God scythes.
"Elder Qi's life bead has shattered, clearly indicating he died inside the artifact refining pavilion. It should be you who killed him, right?" A cold voice came from the darkness.
Then, Qin Kai, ranked twenty-first on the Assassin Heavenly King Ranking, walked out from the darkness with steady steps.