Chapter 52: Demon God Ji Ning

A void ship instantly left the Sword Immortal Realm.

The spies of the Alliance of No Return, tasked with monitoring, immediately reported this. The lofty God King naturally learned of it at once, but he paid it no heed, for these days Ji Ning often left the Sword Immortal Realm. Moreover, Ji Ning had remained low-key for a century, never launching another ambush, so the God King dismissed it.

He would soon suffer for his carelessness.

…

Outside the world membrane of the Fuyi Major World, a void ship appeared. The demon god Ji Ning stood aboard, releasing his heartforce to permeate the major world, swiftly enveloping it entirely. This time he was even more cautious, for once inside a major world, he could easily be discovered.

“As expected of the Fuyi Major World. The Alliance of No Return has three lairs here, with the largest housing five Celestial Immortals or True Immortals.” A faint red light glimmered in the demon god Ji Ning’s eyes. “Excellent.”

Whoosh.

The void ship directly pierced through the void and entered the Fuyi Major World.

In the Fuyi Major World, the Dongsheng Sacred Mountain.

The sacred mountain towered into the clouds, and every day, scattered immortals and earth immortals came to visit.

“Finally we’ve entered the sacred mountain. No more fear of the Fuyi Dao Palace hunting us down. We demons are born to eat humans. After becoming great demons at the Void Return or Scattered Immortal level, we merely devour the people of one city, yet the Fuyi Dao Palace pursues us. Thank goodness for the Dongsheng Sacred Mountain.”

“Big brother, the Dongsheng Sacred Mountain only rose a little over a century ago. Can it really withstand the Fuyi Dao Palace?”

“Rest assured. The Fuyi Dao Palace once attacked but couldn’t break through. Let me tell you, behind the Dongsheng Sacred Mountain is the legendary Alliance of No Return… I heard the Alliance of No Return fights against other mighty figures of the Three Realms all by itself, with battles spanning the Three Realms, and it doesn’t lose ground at all. Why fear a Fuyi Dao Palace?”

“Mm, mm.”

The two scattered immortal demons chatted, feeling elated.

The Fuyi Dao Palace ruled the Fuyi Major World and had its own decrees. This displeased many demons. Among demons, some could abstain from meat, but many had loved eating humans since childhood. Normally, under the Fuyi Dao Palace’s pressure, they would eat humans stealthily and cautiously. Once discovered, they faced pursuit by the Fuyi Dao Palace.

“I heard there are Celestial Immortals or True Immortals at the Dongsheng Sacred Mountain.”

“If we could become disciples of a Celestial Immortal or True Immortal, that would be a great opportunity.” Two men with fierce auras walked side by side. They were indeed human, but humans now populated the Three Realms in vast numbers, so naturally some evil villains appeared. Clearly, the Alliance of No Return held great appeal for such villains.

Suddenly—

Outside the Dongsheng Sacred Mountain, a massive ship appeared, tens of thousands of feet long. On the ship stood a six-armed peerless demon god. His soaring baleful aura dimmed the sky and earth, triggering celestial changes, and dense dark clouds began to form.

“What is that?”

“That, that…”

“Heavens…”

The many immortals and demons on the Dongsheng Sacred Mountain were utterly stunned. Just seeing the ten-thousand-zhang-tall peerless demon god made their hearts tremble and their breath catch. They even felt unable to move a finger. The invisible pressure slowed their thoughts, preventing normal reasoning. This was the fear of life itself!

After all, this demon god body was formed by Ji Ning commanding ninety thousand Celestial Immortals and eight million Scattered Immortals, using the Luohou Formation. In terms of pressure alone, it was more terrifying than many True Gods or Dao Ancestors. Of course, Ji Ning could only utilize a tiny fraction of the demon god body’s power.

“Break!”

The demon god Ji Ning’s Northcliff Sword flashed, leaving a heart-shaking trail in the air, and stabbed directly at the golden light barrier of the Dongsheng Sacred Mountain. The enormous golden barrier covered the entire mountain, a protective formation. The Fuyi Dao Palace had once attacked but failed to breach it.

Moonbright Sword Art: Blooddrop Style!

With one sword strike, space itself seemed pierced. Though the huge golden barrier trembled, the giant divine sword punched a hole through it, and the entire barrier began to collapse rapidly.

“Flee!”

“Heavens.”

“One move broke the Dongsheng Sacred Mountain’s formation.” Many scattered immortals and earth immortals had their thoughts slowed to a crawl, but Celestial Immortals and True Immortals could still stay clear-headed. Especially the five True Immortals and Celestial Immortals—though scared out of their wits, the demon god’s pressure affected them little.

“Go!”

“Run!”

“It’s over.”

The five True Immortals and Celestial Immortals, frantic and furious, tried every means to escape.

Whoosh.

The demon god Ji Ning took a single step, landing on the mountain range and making it tremble. Six sword lights descended, blotting out the sky. The five True Immortals and Celestial Immortals tried to flee but were reduced to dust within the sword lights.

“Five!” The demon god Ji Ning stepped back onto the void ship. Whoosh—the void ship directly pierced through the void and departed.

…

“What!” The God King, in the vast dark space, was enraged.

“Ji Ning is ambushing again? He dares to ambush again?” The God King was furious. He thought that by not sending assassins after Ji Ning or attacking the Sword Immortal Realm for a century, he had shown Ji Ning considerable face. He believed Ji Ning knew when to back off. For a century, things had been calm and peaceful; the God King had nearly forgotten Ji Ning.

But now—

Ji Ning had struck again!

“You’re asking for death.” The God King was truly angry. What status and position did he hold? Ji Ning had provoked him once, and now he dared to provoke him again!

“Do you really think the Alliance of No Return can’t deal with you?” The God King’s true body in reality immediately headed for the First World, one of the Alliance of No Return’s lairs.

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The demon god Ji Ning was extremely fast. His strength far surpassed when he had controlled the strongest Heavenly Punishment.

First, having been a True Immortal or Celestial Immortal for over a century, Ji Ning’s soul, nurtured by the Pure Yang Golden Pill and his Celestial Immortal body, had grown to near its limit at this level. The enhancement of his soul allowed him to control more power from the Luohou demon god.

Second, over such a long time, Ji Ning had also improved in heartforce and soul techniques.

Third, the Luohou Formation, with ninety thousand Celestial Immortals and eight million Scattered Immortals, had greatly increased in power.

Thus, overall, the demon god Ji Ning’s strength was now one or two levels higher than when he wielded the strongest Heavenly Punishment. Even against an ordinary True God or Dao Ancestor, he could at least withstand a few moves. Of course, the gap in the Dao was vast, so defeat was ultimately inevitable. But the demon god Ji Ning’s power was undeniable.

In the Fuyi Major World, Ji Ning successively destroyed two lairs, killing nine True Immortals or Celestial Immortals. At the third lair, the enemy escaped; Ji Ning was a step too slow.

…

Aboard the void ship, the demon god Ji Ning arrived at another major world. Through his heartforce probing, he found that the Alliance of No Return had two lairs in this world. One had no True Immortals or Celestial Immortals, but the other held fifteen.

“Gathered together, relying on formations to resist me?” The demon god Ji Ning sneered.

Whoosh.

The void ship soon arrived. It was a city built in the desert, surrounded by layers of formation barriers of great power. Fifteen True Immortals or Celestial Immortals were inside, jointly maintaining the grand formation at its peak strength.

“Fifteen True Immortals or Celestial Immortals relying on a formation. If it were before, Hongxue and I would take one look and turn away. But now… things are different.” The demon god Ji Ning was confident. In the past, three or four True Immortals or Celestial Immortals with a formation couldn’t stop the strongest Heavenly Punishment. Now, even fifteen might not stop the demon god Ji Ning.

Whether he could break through—

He would only know by trying!

“Careful.”

“He’s here.”

The fifteen True Immortals or Celestial Immortals poured all their power into the formation barriers. Establishing lairs was not easy, and they would not abandon one lightly. If they fled every time Ji Ning came, the entire layout across the Three Realms would be disrupted. The Alliance of No Return had paid a heavy price to infiltrate the Three Realms; they would not change strategy because of Ji Ning—the sacrifice would be too great.

“Break.”

The towering peerless demon god Ji Ning held six divine swords. Streams of light descended.

Moonbright Sword Art: Blooddrop Style!

Six sword lights stabbed directly at the formation barriers. Puff puff puff—three layers were breached, but the city’s barriers had five layers in total.

“Break again.” As Ji Ning prepared to strike again, the three broken layers restored themselves as power was poured in.

“Hmm?” Ji Ning frowned.

“Samsara… Heaven Collapse!”

The demon god Ji Ning roared.

He swung the six divine swords, each like a great hammer or mace, smashing against the formation barriers. Under Ji Ning’s control, each sword’s weight soared, heavier than a mountain ten thousand li high. Boom boom boom boom boom boom—a low rumble as the six swords struck the barriers in succession. The demon god’s six arms swung continuously, forming a great wind wheel.

The six swords struck repeatedly in an unending cycle.

This was a variant of the Heaven Collapse Style from the Moonbright Sword Art, combined with Three Heads and Six Arms to execute Samsara Heaven Collapse!

In the blink of an eye, he struck thirty-six times.

“Boom—” All five layers of formation barriers shattered.

The demon god Ji Ning charged inside.

But the fifteen True Immortals or Celestial Immortals smiled—a sinister smile. They all transformed. Their auras, once distinct, became identical. Their appearances changed too; all wore blood robes, with pale, gaunt skin.

Fifteen blood-robed figures smiled eerily at Ji Ning: “We gift you our fifteen clones to kill… but you will die too…”

Boom—

The demon god Ji Ning’s sword light, like an apocalypse, swept across and annihilated the fifteen clones.

“A trap?” The demon god Ji Ning’s heartforce, already released, detected two ripples tearing through the void and descending into this major world. “Using fifteen clones of the Blood River Celestial Immortal to delay me, sending an army to surround me. Pity, the fifteen clones died in vain.”