The Rise of the Sect: I am the most persistent person in the world of immortal cultivation

Upon hearing Xuan Shui Dao Ren's question, Ye Yang's gaze swept over the demon corpses scattered throughout the valley.

Some of the demonic cultivators had their bodies torn apart by sword energy, their black blood soaking into the rubble.

Some were reduced to ashes by the purifying power, leaving only charred marks.

Upon seeing this, Ye Yang flicked his fingertips, and the Azure Dragon Sky-Splitting Sword and the Evil King Blade suddenly hummed and flew up.

The two sword energies, one green and one black, intertwined and entwined like living things, condensing into a sharp sword light about a foot wide, which slashed towards the still not completely dissipated corpse of the Black Scale Demon Lord.

"Crack!"

The crisp sound of bones cracking echoed through the empty valley.

Soon, the head covered in hideous black scales fell to the ground with a thud, rolling several times on the gravel beach before coming to a stop with a dull thud.

The Black Scale Demon Lord's eyes were wide open, his pupils still holding the despair and resentment of his dying moments.

Black blood gushed from the severed neck, pooling on the ground into a black pool that sizzled and corroded the hard rubble, emitting wisps of black smoke.

Ye Yang raised his hand and beckoned, and immediately, a wisp of azure spiritual energy enveloped the head, which then floated beside him.

The purifying power surrounding him acted like an invisible barrier, firmly locking in the dense demonic energy emanating from his head, preventing even a single strand from leaking out.

"Take his head and return to the Cave of Ten Thousand Demons."

Ye Yang's voice was calm yet carried an undeniable authority as his gaze swept over the four people, including Xuan Shui Dao Ren.

"Let the demons inside and outside the Demon Cave see that those who stubbornly resist will only face death."

The four Taoists, including Xuan Shui Dao Ren, perked up and quickly composed themselves.

Yan Qingying gently stroked the head of the six-winged demon corpse and whispered the corpse control spell. The demon corpse immediately spread its huge black wings, bent down and carried the body of the Black Scale Demon Lord on its back.

Master Yanhuo then took out his storage bag, and with a slight flick of the flame at his fingertips, he collected the scattered demonic artifacts and corpses into the bag.

The sect leader of the Demon Stone Sect sat down cross-legged to adjust his breathing for a while. After a moment, he got up and stood up with Xuan Shui Dao Ren to protect Ye Yang on both sides. The spiritual energy around the four of them circulated, forming a simple defensive array.

Before long, the five people rode the six-winged demon corpse and transformed into five streams of light, speeding towards the direction of the Ten Thousand Demon Cave. Along the way, they could see the scattered remnants of the demon army from time to time.

Some of the demonic cultivators, with severed arms and legs, staggered and fled across the wasteland.

Some huddled behind the rocks, shivering.

Upon seeing Ye Yang and the others, they were so frightened that they didn't dare to breathe.

Half an hour later, the outline of the Ten Thousand Demon Cave emerged from the smoke and dust.

The deafening sounds of battle entered my ears like thunder.

Looking into the distance, Ye Yang realized that the plains outside the Ten Thousand Demon Cave had become a blood-red inferno, with corpses piled up like mountains and streams of blood flowing down the ravines, turning the black earth dark red.

In the sky, black demonic flames clashed violently with various colored spiritual energies.

Golden light nets, cyan sword shadows, and red flames intertwined high in the sky.

From time to time, cultivators or demons would fall from the sky, crashing onto piles of corpses with dull thuds and splattering blood everywhere.

Ye Yang looked up and activated his sword eyes to observe carefully.

In the sky, the Azure Lotus Sword Immortal and the Nine Heavens Ancestor were still locked in fierce battle with the demons, and the outcome was still undecided.

The Azure Lotus Sword Immortal's Azure Edge Sword erupted with a dazzling light far exceeding its previous brilliance.

Each swing of the sword draws in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, converging it into a cyan sword shadow that pierces through the heavens and earth.

Where the sword shadow swept past, the black demonic flames melted away as quickly as ice and snow encountering the blazing sun, even causing subtle ripples in the space.

Although the Nine Heavens Ancestor was exhausted and his Taoist robe was stained with blood, he still used his whisk as a guide to create a series of golden light nets.

Intercept the attacks of the enemy demon ancestor layer by layer.

The moment the light net collided with the demonic flames, the resulting energy shockwave caused the blood-red plain below to tremble slightly.

In an instant, rubble and corpses were thrown several meters high.

The leader of the demons was dressed in black scale armor and held a jet-black demonic whip, with countless wronged souls wrapped around it, their mournful howls never ceasing.

Each strike seemed to tear space apart, drawing out dense demonic energy to form black cracks. These cracks, like greedy maws, devoured the Azure Lotus Sword Immortal and the Nine Heavens Ancestor.

The demon ancestors on the left and right sides summoned a black bone shield, covered with ferocious runes. Each time they blocked an attack, they could deflect a portion of it, greatly reducing the power of the Azure Lotus Sword Immortal's sword shadow.

The attacks from both sides collided repeatedly, and golden and black energies intertwined in the sky, forming a terrifying energy turbulence.

Even the sunlight was blocked, making the battlefield below sometimes bright and sometimes dark, obscuring the celestial phenomena.

Ye Yang subconsciously gripped the Azure Dragon Sky-Splitting Sword tightly in his hand, his knuckles turning slightly white from the force.

He had just broken through to the late stage of the Void Refinement realm, which filled him with a sense of excitement.

But seeing the battle between cultivators at the Thunder Tribulation Realm high in the sky, he clearly realized...

There is still an insurmountable gap between myself and the truly strong.

"Although the late stage of the Void Refinement realm is already quite good, it is still an ant compared to those at the Thunder Tribulation realm and above."

A complex emotion flashed in Ye Yang's eyes.

There was resentment, envy, but even more so, a yearning for a higher level.

He recalled the scene when he killed the Black Scale Demon Lord. At that time, he barely managed to kill the Demon Lord, who was at the peak of the late stage of the Void Refinement realm, by relying on the power of the Five Elements Demon-Slaying Sword Formation, plus the Green Bamboo Sword Intent and the Evil King Blade's baleful aura that he had fused after his breakthrough.

A cultivator at the Tribulation Realm high in the sky can draw upon a massive amount of energy between heaven and earth with just their own power.

Each attack contained a world-destroying power, a height that cultivators at the Void Refinement Realm could never reach.

"What exactly is the Tribulation Realm?"

Thinking of this, Ye Yang's gaze became even more fervent.

He could sense that cultivators at the Tribulation Realm had a much closer connection with the world than those at the Void Refinement Realm.

It was as if they themselves were a part of the universe, able to mobilize the power of the universe with every move they made.

This kind of control is what he has been longing for right now.

"I will reach that level sooner or later."

Ye Yang snapped out of his thoughts and sped up, flying towards the Ten Thousand Demon Cave.

Inside the Demon Cave, the battle was equally fierce.

Gu Xuan led the disciples of the Flying Heaven Sect, wielding longswords to form a sword formation, and engaged in a fierce battle with the demons.

The Vitality Sword Immortal and the Annihilation Sword Immortal stood behind the defensive line, each swing of their swords taking away a group of demon cultivators.

However, these demons, outnumbered and powerful, still charged forward with overwhelming force.

At the breach on the east side, three Nascent Soul Realm cultivators were besieged by demonic cultivators. Despite their desperate resistance, they were forced to retreat and were covered in wounds.

The cultivators on the west side were also exhausted, barely able to hold their own with their weapons, and many of them were filled with despair. "Dao Ancestor Ye is back!"

Just then, someone spotted Ye Yang and his group, their eyes lighting up with surprise, and they shouted out loud.

Upon hearing this, Gu Xuan turned his head and looked over. When he saw the black-scaled head floating beside Ye Yang, his pupils shrank and his face was filled with unbelievable ecstasy.

"That's... the head of the Black Scale Demon Lord! Dao Ancestor Ye has killed the Black Scale Demon Lord!"

The shout was like a thunderclap, exploding across the chaotic battlefield.

The cultivators who were fighting the demons all turned to look. When they confirmed the owner of the head, their exhausted bodies were instantly infused with new strength, and their morale soared.

The wooden sword in the hands of the Vitality Sword Immortal shone even brighter, and green light threads fell on the injured cultivators like raindrops, rekindling the fighting spirit of many cultivators.

Gu Xuan used the Mountain and Sea Pearl to force the two cultivators beside him to leave.

But at that moment, a Nascent Soul Realm demon general clad in blood-red armor stood in front of Gu Xuan.

This demon is also at the Nascent Soul Dao Realm.

He was burly and imposing, wielding a massive demonic axe, the blade stained with the blood of cultivators. His body was surrounded by churning demonic energy, like a black wave, and his eyes were filled with ferocity.

"Stop talking nonsense! Lord Black Scale Demon Lord is incredibly powerful, how could he be killed by these lowly cultivators! This must be a fabrication by you to demoralize our army!"

As he spoke, he swung his demonic axe at Gu Xuan, the axe whistling through the air and carrying an aura of destruction.

Before the axe blade even fell, a deep trench had already been cleaved into the ground.

A flash of anger crossed Gu Xuan's eyes. He summoned twelve Mountain and Sea Pearls, which formed a barrier in the air as he slashed at the Demon Axe.

"clang!"

The deafening clang of metal was deafening. Gu Xuan was forced back several steps by the impact of the demonic axe, and a trickle of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.

The fierce battles of the past few days had taken a heavy toll on him, and he was finding it difficult to fight against this demon general.

"presumptuous!"

Just then, Ye Yang's voice came as cold as ice.

He flashed and instantly appeared beside the Nascent Soul Dao Realm demon general.

The coldness in his eyes made the demon general tremble, and even the demonic energy around him froze for a moment.

Ye Yang didn't make any extra movements; he simply raised his hand and tossed the head of the Black Scale Demon Lord towards the Demon General.

With a "thud," it crashed to the ground and rolled to the demon general's feet.

The eyes of the Black Scale Demon Lord's head were directly facing the Demon General. The lingering despair and resentment, as well as the unique aura of a supreme demon on the head, struck the Demon General like a thunderbolt, leaving him stiff all over.

The magic axe in his hand fell to the ground with a clang.

His body trembled uncontrollably. He pointed at the head, his lips quivering, but he couldn't utter a single word.

"The Black Scale Demon Lord is truly dead!"

Someone shouted first, and the demon camp instantly fell into chaos.

The demons, who had been attacking frantically, stopped in their tracks, staring at the Demon Lord's head on the ground, their eyes filled with fear and disbelief.

The Black Scale Demon Lord enjoys extremely high prestige among the demon race.

They were one of the spiritual pillars and strongest forces in their invasion of the Star Sea Demon Realm. Now that the pillar has collapsed, the morale of many demons in the Ten Thousand Demon Cave has instantly crumbled.

"Impossible! How could Lord Blackscale Demon Lord have lost!"

A demon soldier roared, but involuntarily took a step back, and the weapon in his hand began to tremble.

"Even Lord Blackscale Demon Lord has been killed, what are we still fighting for? Run!"

The shouts of another demonic cultivator acted as a fuse, instantly igniting panic among the demons.

More and more demons began to retreat, and their once orderly formation crumbled.

Some demons even threw away their weapons and fled into the depths of the Demon Cave, fearing that if they were a step too late, they would suffer the same fate as the Demon Lord. They didn't even have time to care about their companions along the way.

Conversely, the human cultivators erupted in thunderous cheers.

"Lord Ye Daozu is mighty! He slew the Demon Lord, a model for us all!"

"The demon race is doomed! Brothers, kill!"

"Avenge our fallen comrades!"

The monks' morale reached its peak, and their fatigue and pain vanished in that moment.

Wielding their magical weapons, they launched a counterattack against the scattered demons, their eyes burning with the flames of revenge.

Gu Xuan led the Flying Heaven Sect disciples out of the defensive line, and with a wave of his longsword, he killed several demonic cultivators.

Seeing the demons retreating, Xuan Shui Daoist, Yan Huo Zhenren, Shi Jian Sect Master, and Yan Qingying could no longer contain themselves and rushed towards the demon camp.

Xuan Shui Dao Ren activated his water elemental power, and countless water chains surged from the ground, coiling around the fleeing demons like venomous snakes. The purifying power within the water chains rapidly eroded the demon cultivators' bodies.

Master Yanhuo then unleashed the Exploding Flame Talisman, and the flames spread like wildfire, engulfing a large area, with the screams of the demonic cultivators echoing endlessly.

The sect leader's earth element power erupted, and earthen walls rose from the ground, blocking the demons' retreat and trapping them in place, leaving them at their mercy.

Yan Qingying controlled the six-winged demon corpse and wreaked havoc in the demon camp.

The Nascent Soul Realm demon general who was blocking Gu Xuan's way was now terrified and turned to run away, but was locked on by Ye Yang's cyan-black sword energy.

"Since you're here, stay."

Ye Yang spoke softly, and gently swung the Azure Dragon Sky-Splitting Sword in his hand.

A streak of dark blue sword energy pierced through the demon general's chest.

The demon's body stiffened and slowly collapsed to the ground. The demonic energy and soul within its body were instantly devoured by the purifying power of the sword energy, leaving not a trace, only a withered corpse.

"Master Ye, thank goodness you've returned. If you hadn't come back in time, our defenses probably wouldn't have held!"

Ye Yang nodded slightly, his gaze sweeping across the battlefield. The battle between the Azure Lotus Sword Immortal and the Nine Heavens Ancestor was still ongoing.

"Senior Qinglian and Fellow Daoist Jiutian are still fighting hard. Let's go and provide support."

As he spoke, he flashed and flew into the sky.

Upon seeing Ye Yang's actions, Yan Qingying and the other three hurriedly rode their swords to follow. The five of them quickly adjusted their positions in the air and took their positions according to the Five Elements Demon-Slaying Sword Formation.

The water element power of Xuan Shui Dao Ren, the fire element power of Yan Huo Zhen Ren, the earth element power of Shi Jian Men Zhu, the wood element power of Yan Qing Ying, and the metal element sword intent of Ye Yang converged instantly.

It formed a huge, multicolored sword shadow that shot into the sky.

But at that very moment, the world changed drastically. (End of Chapter)