Chapter 2720: Realm-Protecting Demon God
The wings of the Rakshasa were bony, with varying textures.
The higher the cultivation, the more bone wings they possessed.
Among the Rakshasa flying before Gu Shejing, the leading one had four pairs of bone wings on his back, indicating his cultivation had reached the Great Saint realm.
His name was Zuo Lin. He bowed to Gu Shejing and said, "Greetings, Heavenly Pavilion Eye."
"Greetings, Heavenly Pavilion Eye."
The Rakshasa behind Zuo Lin all knelt in the void, their expressions filled with reverence.
Gu Shejing asked, "What happened over there?"
Zuo Lin looked into the distance, toward the direction where a large group of Rakshasa were flying, and said, "Xue Mingyu is crossing the Divine Tribulation. They are going to observe."
"I understand. You may go."
Gu Shejing waved her hand.
The pressure on this group of Rakshasa greatly diminished, and their expressions relaxed slightly. They spread their bone wings and flew toward the place where Xue Mingyu was crossing the Divine Tribulation.
Luo Sha whispered to Zhang Ruochen, "Heavenly Pavilion Eye is a title of respect. It’s similar to the Divine Maiden of the Destiny Temple or the Divine Prince of the Heavenly Rakshasa Palace."
Zhang Ruochen nodded and said, "Since someone is crossing the Divine Tribulation, why not go and take a look?"
Crossing the Divine Tribulation was an extremely perilous matter.
Countless outstanding talents had perished at this step.
Zhang Ruochen had already stepped into the Supreme Realm and was only one step away from becoming a god, so he was naturally very curious about the Divine Tribulation, which everyone spoke of with fear. He had seen Underworld King cross the Divine Tribulation, but Underworld King’s tribulation was a Heart Tribulation, which he had passed with ease.
Given Zhang Ruochen’s cultivation level at the time, he hadn’t seen any of the mysteries.
He still knew very little about the Divine Tribulation.
Gu Shejing snorted lightly, "Aren’t you leaving?"
"There’s no rush," Zhang Ruochen said.
Zhang Ruochen and Luo Sha flew out of the divine ship, turning into two streaks of light, and flew toward the starry sky where the Rakshasa cultivators of Luozu Cloud Mountain Realm had gathered.
Gu Shejing understood. Zhang Ruochen’s earlier claim that he wouldn’t go to Luozu Cloud Mountain Realm was actually a lie, or rather, a test of her. A surge of anger rose in her heart.
Her disgust for Zhang Ruochen increased by another degree.
"You are very strong now, but whether you can become a god is still unknown! If I become a god first, I will definitely teach you a lesson."
Gu Shejing flew up and caught up with the two of them.
The cultivators of Luozu Cloud Mountain Realm saw that Zhang Ruochen and Luo Sha were traveling with the Heavenly Pavilion Eye, so they cast a glance with their scarlet eyes and then looked away.
In the distance.
In the empty cosmic space stood a Rakshasa demigod with five pairs of bone wings on his back. The demonic energy beneath his feet turned into a crimson ocean, vast and powerful.
He was Xue Mingyu, who was about to cross the Divine Tribulation.
Xue Mingyu had accumulated eight thousand years of cultivation and was one of the most promising true god seeds in Luozu Cloud Mountain Realm in the past ten thousand years. He was ranked Grade C on the Divine Reserve Scroll.
Once he broke through to become a god, he would gain a lifespan of one eon and obtain the immense power to look down upon all living beings in the world.
At this moment, Xue Mingyu’s heart was naturally surging with excitement, yet he struggled to keep himself calm.
Zhang Ruochen said, "This Xue Mingyu’s cultivation is not weak. If he dares to assault the Divine Realm, it’s clear that the Sacred Intent he fused has reached the fifth grade or above. Luozu Cloud Mountain Realm is indeed full of talents, not to be underestimated."
Gu Shejing did not speak, her face cold and stern.
Crossing the Divine Tribulation was a very serious matter. A single misstep could lead to the destruction of both body and spirit.
The energy fluctuations in the starry sky became turbulent, converging toward Xue Mingyu.
"Sizzle, sizzle!"
In the pitch-black universe, a fiery river thousands of miles long suddenly condensed, winding like a whip, and struck Xue Mingyu’s body.
Xue Mingyu let out a long roar, unleashing all his Sacred Dao rules to resist the fiery river.
"Sizzle, sizzle!"
Below him, fireballs the size of mountains appeared.
Fireballs composed of divine fire.
The fireballs merged together, turning into a strange flower in the starry sky, its temperature scorching hot, enveloping Xue Mingyu’s body.
"This person has attracted the Fire Tribulation," Luo Sha said.
Zhang Ruochen said, "That’s easier than the Heart Tribulation or the Emotion Tribulation."
"Easier?"
Gu Shejing said, "The Divine Tribulation brings what you fear most. Xue Mingyu cultivates the Ten Shura Cold Demon Canon, and what he fears most is divine fire."
Xue Mingyu didn’t hold out for long. After about an hour, he began to scream in the tribulation fire.
His body burned, and his flesh and blood continuously turned into black ash.
No one dared to rescue him.
The more one tried to save, the greater the tribulation became, and they would also be dragged into it.
Half an hour later.
Xue Mingyu was burned to ashes by the tribulation fire, his divine form completely annihilated. The flames in the void gradually dissipated, and the boiling energy fluctuations subsided, leaving nothing behind. All the Sacred Dao rules he had cultivated scattered back into heaven and earth, becoming part of the world’s rules.
A demigod, from nothing to something.
And from something, back to nothing.
The powerful cultivation he had in life, the strength to move mountains and drain seas, and the esteemed status respected by countless cultivators—all vanished in an instant.
Gu Shejing was very calm, clearly accustomed to such scenes. She said, "Let’s go! Do you dare to enter Luozu Cloud Mountain Realm or not?"
Zhang Ruochen’s mood was somewhat heavy. He asked, "I heard that Xingluo of the Destiny Temple also failed to cross the Divine Tribulation?"
Luo Sha nodded and said, "Those who can become gods are ultimately rare. The stronger the cultivation, the stronger the tribulation. Before crossing the Divine Tribulation, cultivators should prepare well and have no weaknesses, whether in the mind or in cultivation."
Since they had come this far, how could Zhang Ruochen not enter Luozu Cloud Mountain Realm?
With his current cultivation, no matter how dangerous the place, he could venture into it.
Entering the realm gate.
Zhang Ruochen sensed a drastic change in the rules of heaven and earth, with countless demonic rules.
Dark rules and death rules filled the space, forming demon clouds, death ancient mountains, and dark deep pools.
Compared to the idyllic environment of Kunlun Realm, this was the other extreme.
Not far from the realm gate, in a black sea spanning tens of thousands of miles, Zhang Ruochen saw a headless divine corpse emerge from the sea, exuding terrifying demonic god power.
Thunder and lightning flashed across the sky.
"Greetings, Realm-Protecting Demon God."
Gu Shejing flew down to the shore of the black sea and bowed to the headless divine corpse, speaking in a low voice.
Zhang Ruochen had seen this divine corpse once before in the Origin Divine Temple.
At that time, it was this very corpse that held a shield and axe, breaking through the formation of the Origin Divine Temple. Its combat power was awe-inspiring.
Zhang Ruochen naturally knew who it was.
In the past, it was the Green Li King of the Nine Li Divine Temple in Kunlun Realm, Chi Xingtian.
One hundred thousand years ago, to prevent the Yellow Spring Star River from colliding with Kunlun Realm and to cut off its energy source, Chi Xingtian and a group of Kunlun Realm gods followed Ten Calamities Wen Tianjun into Hell Realm.
In that battle, although they successfully stopped the Yellow Spring Star River, the news had leaked in advance, and someone betrayed Ten Calamities Wen Tianjun and the others. None of the Kunlun Realm gods who went there returned alive; all perished in Hell Realm.
Chi Xingtian’s head was severed and refined into the Xing Tian Pot by the Nether Hall.
His headless body turned into a giant demon without reason or thought, subdued by the master of Luozu Cloud Mountain Realm to serve as a realm-protecting demon general.
Zhang Ruochen looked at Chi Xingtian standing in the black sea and couldn’t help but think: How heroic and grand must it have been one hundred thousand years ago when the gods of Kunlun Realm marched into Hell Realm?
How tragic and solemn was it when the gods fell?
All of it was to fight for a way for Kunlun Realm to survive.
Just like the current Ancient Civilization Faction—if the gods did not fight, they would surely perish.
The stronger the cultivation, the greater the responsibility.
Chi Xingtian’s headless divine body sank back into the black sea.
Gu Shejing flew back, glanced at Zhang Ruochen, and said, "See? If I hadn’t been with you, the Realm-Protecting Demon General would have already split you with an axe. Anyone who intrudes into Luozu Cloud Mountain Realm dies; the Realm-Protecting Demon General shows no mercy."
"I understand, Heavenly Pavilion Eye."
Zhang Ruochen teased, then was about to leave with Gu Shejing when a voice suddenly sounded in his mind: "On the night of the full moon, come see me."
The voice was very faint.
Luo Sha noticed Zhang Ruochen’s unusual expression and asked, "What’s wrong?"
"Nothing."
Zhang Ruochen looked up at the red sky and asked, "Does Luozu Cloud Mountain Realm have day and night? Does it have a sun and a moon?"
"Of course it does. Why are you asking?" Gu Shejing said.
"Just curious."
...
Nine Demon Cave was one of the tens of thousands of caves in Luozu Cloud Mountain Realm.
Actually, it couldn’t really be called a cave.
Only when viewed from a high altitude could one see its cave-like form. The diameter of the cave’s mouth was several thousand miles, large enough to hold a planet.
Standing on the ground, one only felt the vastness of the land and the rising demonic energy, unaware that they were inside a cave.
The master of Nine Demon Cave was one of the great demon gods of Luozu Cloud Mountain Realm, Gu She Yunliu.
Gu She Yunliu had a divine beast mount, the Seven-Winged Demon Teng.
The Seven-Winged Demon Teng was extremely ferocious, needing to feed on the flesh and blood of one hundred thousand living beings every month. Ordinary cultivators dared not approach it, as several cultivators who had fed it had been devoured.
Among them was even a Great Saint.
But in the past thousand years, the Rakshasa cultivators of Nine Demon Cave had relaxed, no longer worrying about being summoned by Lord Liu to feed the Seven-Winged Demon Teng.
Because this task was now handled by Lord Liu’s fourteenth disciple, who had never been eaten by the demon teng.
...
Mu Lingxi, dressed in a loose blood-red robe, led a group of Rakshasa cultivators toward the Demon Teng Valley.
These Rakshasa cultivators were all at the Half-Saint realm, practicing demonic arts, with fierce eyes. They were clearly cruel and unruly individuals. Yet, when they arrived outside the Demon Teng Valley, they trembled with fear, their legs weak, and they stopped, unwilling to go further.
"What’s wrong? Why have you stopped again?"
Mu Lingxi’s black hair hung down beside her cheeks, her skin as white as porcelain. A red phoenix mark was on her brow, and a hint of agility, unnoticed by others, hid in her cold eyes.
"Lord Wood, this... you should go in alone!"
"Yes, we’d be useless if we went in to feed it."
...
She clasped her jade hands behind her back, rolled her eyes upward, and said with her eyelashes curling, "What are you afraid of when I’m with you? The demon teng has switched to a vegetarian diet now and won’t eat you. Trust me!"
"What if it switches back to meat?"
"After eating flesh and blood for so many years, how could the demon teng suddenly switch to a vegetarian diet completely? What if it sees us and wants a taste of flesh and blood?"
"Lord Wood, spare us!"
Those Rakshasa cultivators shook their heads vigorously, unwilling to take another step.
Mu Lingxi shook her head as well and said, "With such cowardice, how can you call yourselves demonic cultivators? You’ve disgraced the number one dangerous place of the Rakshasa Clan! Fine, I won’t force you. Leave the Cui Lan fruits you’ve picked these past few days and go!"
The Rakshasa cultivators, as if granted amnesty, hurriedly placed the space cloth bags they carried in front of Mu Lingxi.
Then, they quickly fled.
...
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