Daojun, start from Penglai foundation building

In an instant, the heavens and the universe seemed to stand still.

Wind, thunder, water, and fire vanished without a trace, leaving only a shimmering, multicolored sword light that seemed to ripple like autumn waves on the blade.

The sword's light was dazzling and colorful, seemingly encompassing the past and connecting to the future; it contained the years and annihilated lifespan.

It is the second of the Heavenly Cut-Offs, the severing of time.

As Li Jianchun slashed with his longsword, the Yin-Yang Four Symbols Sword could no longer withstand the sharp sword energy that could sever heaven and earth and cut through time. As the sword light that cut through time swept out, the Yin-Yang Four Symbols Sword disintegrated into specks of light.

In the eyes of the Demon King, the world suddenly darkened, the Five Elements were destroyed, the Four Symbols disappeared, and the 100,000-mile-long demonic serpent he had summoned vanished, leaving only endless desolation and chaos.

Spiritual energy and purity are nowhere to be found here, and the ancient aura of the Six Heavens has also vanished. Being in this chaos, one cannot distinguish east from west, north from south, up from down, left from right. Even the trace of "Li Jianchun" and the countless demons are nowhere to be seen. There is only a deathly silence, as if it were proclaiming the end of the world.

After an unknown amount of time in this desolate place, the Demon King heard the sound of flowing water. As he looked up, he saw a colorful stream flowing from west to east, its current gentle and seemingly encompassing all things.

Gazing at the stream, the Demon King gradually became bewildered, for he saw endless time and boundless space.

Silent ripples gradually spread across the chaos, and at that moment a sword beam from beyond the sky swept across the heavens and earth, causing the universe and time to freeze and the colorful stream to stop flowing.

click.

A crisp cracking sound rang out throughout the heavens and the earth.

Ye Qian looked up in a daze. For some reason, after "Li Jianchun" drew his sword, he felt as if the space and time around him had been frozen and stagnant. He couldn't remember what had happened.

Until that "crack" sound, as if something had broken and brought about a change, Ye Qian awoke from the stagnation of time and space.

Ye Qian looked up and saw a dazzling sword light sweep across the heavens and earth, cutting off time. Then, silent ripples spread slowly across the area covered by the sword light. No matter how powerful the demons were, they were all reduced to ashes. The void and spacetime cracked. Even the ten thousand miles of ferocious demonic serpent that covered the sky and made the heavens and earth tremble collapsed as if it had been built up over countless years, like a pile of sand.

Ye Qian seemed to understand something: When time is cut off, all laws of lifespan and years become meaningless. Whether you have a lifespan as long as the heavens or ignore the passage of time, as time disappears without a trace, lifespan and years also vanish into nothingness.

This seems to be one way of understanding the law of time?

Ye Qian pondered deeply. He had little understanding of the Way of Time, and even less about the Law of Time. No matter how much he observed, he could no longer glean much from this sword that severed time.

Realizing this, Ye Qian couldn't help but sigh. Snapping out of his thoughts, Ye Qian suddenly realized something: Where is the Demon King?!
Looking around, Ye Qian suddenly seemed to sense something. He turned his head and saw that the Demon King was still standing there, as if he had not been able to get out of the stagnation of time and space. A crack gradually appeared on his neck and then his head fell off. His endless lifespan seemed to be empty in an instant, and then his soul was scattered and flew away.

Ye Qian realized that even before the silent ripples spread, a sword beam had grazed the Demon King's neck, erasing all of the Demon King's years and lifespan.

"The sword that cuts through time is used to sever the cause and effect of heaven and earth and cut through the time of all things."

"Once time is cut off, cause and effect, years, life and death become useless. But for an ordinary person to sever life and death with a single sword is already amazing. To sever years, cause and effect, or even time is truly difficult."

"The sword just now was not merely a sword of time and years, but also a sword that incorporated cause and effect, life and death."

"With my sword, I first severed the cause and effect between this world and itself. When cause and effect are severed, lifespan is extinguished. Now, I will sever the years and separate life and death. Even if one has ten thousand years of lifespan, one's soul will be scattered and fly away."

"The Sword of Heaven-Slaying is a miraculous power to seize creation by severing the chaos of heaven and earth, breaking all laws, severing time, cutting off cause and effect, observing the past and then evolving creation, and all changes are based on the same principle; it is just a rough understanding of the Dao such as time, cause and effect, years, life and death."

"Observation is acceptable, and so is learning, but one should not forget oneself while learning and neglect one's own fundamentals."

As soon as he finished speaking, the azure-gold light in Li Jianchun's eyes slowly dissipated, and the indescribable immense pressure emanating from his body also vanished.

Seeing Li Jianchun's body go limp and fall from the sky, Ye Qian quickly stepped forward to support him. As his divine sense and magical power entered Li Jianchun's body, Ye Qian discovered that Li Jianchun's magical power had been completely exhausted, and his meridians and internal organs were also severely damaged. However, a trace of Qingxuan spiritual energy remained in his body, protecting his meridians and internal organs and safeguarding Li Jianchun's life.

With a long sigh of relief, Ye Qian looked at Li Jianchun with a complicated expression: "Brother Li, you said you had a trump card, but I never expected it to be this kind of trump card."

As he spoke, Ye Qian looked around. Apart from the two of them and the surviving disciples of Penglai, the demons had vanished, and the world was peaceful and serene for tens of thousands of miles.

"Elder Ye, this is the Dharma Ark of Penglai!"

One of the disciples pointed excitedly into the distance.

Ye Qian looked up and saw a huge, boundless magic boat breaking through the air, supporting a spiritual energy barrier. The magic boat emitted brilliant spiritual light, like a star in the sky. On the bow of the magic boat stood the figures of Tian Ming'an and Qiu Buyu.

Ye Qian looked at Li Jianchun again, his expression complicated, then turned into a hearty laugh: "Brother Li, your senior brothers and sisters have come to pick you up."

Whether it was the demonic tide that Li Jianchun and Ye Qian encountered, or the demons that Tian Ming'an and Qiu Buyu encountered on their rescue journey, they were all just insignificant points in the face of this massive demonic tide that was gradually affecting the entire Nine Yuan Abyss.

No matter how you look at it, even if Li Jianchun and Ye Qian died in the center of the demonic tide, their mission was still accomplished, and the purpose of Penglai Dao Sect in placing the two here had been achieved.

Even if Tian Ming'an and Qiu Buyu hadn't arrived, or even if the two of them had perished in the demonic tide, it would have only resulted in the loss of two more Dharma Aspect True Persons and one Flying Void-level Dharma Ship.

While the loss of the two Void Refining Immortal seedlings was indeed a pity, and the Flying Void level magic boat was also priceless, the Penglai Dao Sect could afford the loss. However, the demons were becoming increasingly impatient, clearly unable to afford to delay any longer.

Deep within the Nine Heavens Abyss, amidst the filth and mire fifty million miles below, a clear light shines like a star, illuminating all directions like the blazing sun.

The clear light rippled across this deep abyss, filled with countless ancient energies, foul energies, and turbid energies from the Six Heavens. The chaotic demonic energy, solidified like flowing water, should have been dim and lifeless, but now it was illuminated by the clear light, spanning nearly ten million miles. It was as if a clear celestial star had fallen into the abyss, transforming into the sun within the abyss to cleanse the ancient energies and purify the universe.

In the clear light of the sun in the abyss, a blue lotus swayed, its petals blooming. On the lotus platform, a Taoist sat cross-legged, a canopy above his head and a clear Taoist wheel behind his head. The radiant light and pure energy he emitted supported a radius of thousands of miles, creating a pure Taoist land in the demon realm.

Even though the depths of the Heavenly Abyss are the breeding ground of demons and the place where they are born, those demons with hideous bodies that are hundreds of thousands or even millions of miles long still cower in the demonic energy within a radius of tens of millions of miles, not daring to show their faces, as if they would melt away like ice and snow meeting the scorching sun if they were placed in the clear light.

The sun in the abyss, though only seven feet tall, was less than a floating creature in the eyes of the demon kings who were hundreds of thousands of miles high. However, the demon kings could see clearly that its tiny seven-foot body was merely a facade. Hidden beneath its seven-foot body perched on the green lotus platform was a terrifying immortal god who reached the heavens and the earth.

This place is a realm of chaos and evil.

Deep within the Nine Yuan Abyss, powerful demon kings each occupy a place teeming with demonic energy. These are chaotic lands closest to the Abyss Ruins, where turbid and foul air are so thick they seem tangible, and demonic energy flows like water, transforming these chaotic lands into seas of demonic energy. The demon kings are the rulers of these demonic realms, wielding power and acting with impunity.

However, depending on how many demon kings gather, the size of the demon realm varies. This chaotic demon realm has more than ten demon kings, making it an extremely powerful demon realm.

But now, this demon realm is no longer the paradise of the demon kings.

"Penglai Spirit Abyss!"

"You are surrounded by us in this abyss, yet you still dare to be distracted and send thoughts elsewhere. You truly have no regard for death!"

Amidst the churning chaos of demonic energy, a roar resounded, but only the sound could be heard, not the figure, suggesting a fierce exterior masking a cowardly interior.

In the clear light, on the lotus platform, Jiang Sheng casually glanced at the place where the chaotic demonic energy was churning, and in just a moment he locked onto the figure of the demon king who was hiding in the demonic energy and dared not show himself.

In an instant, even in the Demon Abyss filled with boundless filth and turbidity, the Demon King sensed immense killing intent, as if the final calamity and doom had already enveloped him. If he made the slightest move, he would be annihilated in the blink of an eye.

And this is definitely not just wishful thinking on its part!
"Rong Toad, has the wound from the sword I used to kill you fifty years ago healed?"

Jiang Sheng's calm voice made the Demon King Rong Toad tremble.

Ninety years ago, the paradise that once belonged to the demon kings, where immortals and gods once roamed freely, began to appear.

Those immortals and gods, who seemed to be formed from the pure energy of heaven and were full of righteous and profound wisdom, were naturally not liked by the demons and monsters who were filled with the turbid energy of earth. Therefore, the demon kings launched an attack on the immortals and gods.

As expected, the demon kings were defeated; none of the gods and immortals who appeared in the Demon Abyss were easy to deal with.

A celestial being, resembling a blue sun, descended upon the Evil Demon Realm. No matter how powerful the demon kings targeted by him were, they would eventually be dissolved by that blue sun. Almost all the demon kings in the Evil Demon Realm were slaughtered by him.

There was also a celestial being, like an unyielding ice crystal, which fell upon the Blazing Demon Realm. It froze nearly ten million miles of the Demon Abyss, which spewed foul air and surged with filthy demonic flames. Countless demons were frozen and eventually turned into dust. Even an incomparably powerful demon king was sealed by that ice and his life was cut off.

Some immortals and gods were surrounded by lightning, transforming into a ferocious thunderous figure with three heads and six arms, rampaging through the demon realm, causing the demonic energy to thin and the demons to flee.

Some immortals and gods seemed to be transformed from the blazing sun, wielding a long sword that cleaved across a region. The long sword, wrapped in sunfire, directly split the demon realm in two.
However, none of those immortals and gods are as good as the toad in front of him!
Penglai Spirit Abyss!

This terrifying immortal god, who claimed to be from the Penglai Dao Sect of the Eastern Heaven Daoist School, was cold-hearted and extremely cruel. Ninety years ago, when he first descended to wreak havoc in the Demon Realm, he split the demonic energy of thirty million miles with a single sword and killed the great demon king Chi Huo who was wreaking havoc in the Demon Realm.

That thunderous roar that shook the Demon Realm and that bolt of purple sword light that flashed with lightning not only slew Chi Huo and illuminated the Demon Realm, but also penetrated into the very bones of the Rong Toad, leaving it still trembling with fear when it thinks about it.

Eighty years ago, another great demon king who wreaked havoc in the Demon Realm tried to drive him away by manipulating chaotic and evil winds, but he was quickly torn to pieces by the wind magic and died by the sword.

The toad remembered clearly that the chaotic winds stirred up by the rampant winds were submerged by the mighty blue winds. The howling winds swept away the flesh, blood, and souls of countless demons, and as the blue winds galloped, a blue light roared through the sky, beheading the rampant winds.

The fierce aura emanating from that azure-colored immortal sword marked with chaotic wind patterns made Rong Toad tremble involuntarily whenever he recalled it. What immortal sword could possess such overwhelming ferocity? Calling it a demonic sword wouldn't be an exaggeration!
Then, seventy years ago, the demon king Biaoting attempted to bewitch him, but was pierced through the chest by a magic sword that emitted raging flames and was as red as fire. The rising fire burned Biaoting to ashes.

Sixty years ago, the Demon King Yanze summoned the power of the Demon Abyss, attracting the Abyss Water that eroded the soul and corrupted the body, attempting to swallow him up. Then, a mysterious light shimmered, and a sword slashed across the sky, severing the creation of time and killing Yanze. Under that sword, Yanze directly dissolved under the surging mysterious sword light.

And it, the toad, was also the one who tried to ambush Jiang Sheng when the demon king Ji Nuo was fighting with Jiang Sheng fifty years ago. Jiang Sheng casually slashed it away for thousands of miles and almost lost his life on the spot.

If the toad hadn't run fast enough to escape the Chaotic Demon Realm, it would probably have died under that earth-shattering sword light, just like Ji Nuo.

This is Penglai Lingyuan, a terrifying immortal god whose hands are stained with the blood of demon kings, and who has claimed the lives of countless demon kings.

If we're really talking about demons, I don't know what's more demonic than Penglai Lingyuan, which controls wind, thunder, water, and fire and can manipulate the power of calamities.

That calamity-inducing power that threw even the Demon Realm into chaos made him seem like a demon god wielding calamity, causing demons to tremble in fear.

Whenever the demons tried to break out of the Heavenly Abyss, Jiang Sheng would deliver a sword strike to calm them down. It was precisely because of many immortals and gods from Penglai like Jiang Sheng who were kept deep within the Heavenly Abyss that the demons, no matter how much they stirred up the demonic tide, could never truly escape the Heavenly Abyss.

To some extent, if it weren't for the many immortals and gods of Penglai pinning themselves down in the depths of Tianyuan, making the demon kings feel like they had thorns in their backs, the demon kings wouldn't have had to attack Tianyuan Pass every ten years. The reason they only attacked once every ten years wasn't because the demon kings were lax, but because it often took ten years for the demon realm to nurture a sufficient number of demons to stir up a demonic tide.

Now, the immortals and gods of Penglai can be said to have reached a tacit understanding with the demon kings. Every ten years, the demon kings will unleash a demonic tide to attack Tianyuankou. As long as these demon kings do not take action themselves, the immortals and gods of Penglai can let the demonic tide run its course. After all, without the demon kings' intervention, even if the demonic tide expands tenfold, it will not be able to break through the great formation set up by Penglai.

Meanwhile, the demon kings could take advantage of the chaos of the demonic tide to launch an attack, attempting to drive the immortals of Penglai away from the demonic realm.

Unfortunately, the situation in other demon realms is unclear, but ever since Jiang Sheng appeared in this realm ninety years ago, the demon kings who have been causing chaos in the demon realm have never succeeded in their plans.

Thinking of Jiang Sheng's terrifying achievements, the toad finally retreated back into the demonic energy without uttering a sound.

The other demon kings, however, only stared at Jiang Sheng, each hiding deep within the demonic energy and never showing themselves.

Jiang Sheng nodded in satisfaction: "That's it."

"I have no intention of paying attention to you. You can live as long as you do not disturb my peace. You should understand this simple truth."

Even though Jiang Sheng had trespassed into the depths of Tianyuan and into the demon realm of the demon kings, the demon kings acted as if they were thieves breaking into someone else's house, not daring to disturb the peace and quiet of this uninvited guest.

Ignoring the demon kings who were swallowing their anger, Jiang Sheng withdrew his thoughts and, knowing that Li Jianchun was unharmed, chuckled softly, "What you keep in mind will eventually come to pass."

"The method of descent into immortality that I devised at the time, drawing on the methods of invoking gods in the Shinto world and my experience of being born in the Spirit Realm, was indeed useful."

After saying that, Jiang Sheng casually took out a piece of law fragment from his pocket, which was mottled in color and filled with filth and disaster, and began to study it carefully.

"The law of calamity is best observed in such an environment."

As Jiang Sheng effortlessly held the fragment of the Law of Calamity, radiating endless malice and malevolence, and sensed the terrifying, unrestrained power of that law—enough to annihilate any demon king—the figures of the demon kings seemed to merge even more deeply with the profound, dark demonic energy. (End of Chapter)