I became an immortal in the mountains

Chapter 797 The Demon Lord wakes up!

Although Gu Yuanqing did not know how Li Miaoxuan had improved her cultivation, he could tell that she was somewhat unbalanced at the moment.

The sudden surge in strength caused changes in the Celestial World, but due to insufficient understanding of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, it was difficult to fully control it. The entire Celestial World felt as if it were pressing down on his body.

The advancement of a cultivator is not simply about accumulating spiritual energy and vital energy, but about building and perfecting a comprehensive framework.

Just like a computer, it doesn't become powerful simply by expanding its hardware or giving it countless fully functional software programs.

If the motherboard architecture is outdated, the power supply is unstable, and the heat dissipation is insufficient, forcibly inserting top-of-the-line chips can actually lead to system crashes, overheating, and burnout. True power lies in the perfect match between hardware and software, in the precise optimization of the underlying system, and in ensuring that every bit of performance is released accurately and efficiently.

At this moment, Li Miaoxuan was like an overloaded machine. Her soul and vital energy were stronger than ever before, but her understanding of the Great Dao could not keep up.

Unable to integrate their inner and outer selves, and unable to precisely control their suddenly enhanced cultivation with their divine sense, the immense power becomes a heavy burden pressing down on their foundation.

"Let me take you back to the Qian Yuan Realm first!" Gu Yuanqing said.

"Then be extra careful." Li Miaoxuan nodded slightly.

She followed Gu Yuanqing with the intention of fighting alongside him using her magic weapon, but in reality, she felt like she had become a burden to Gu Yuanqing. The demons she killed were ultimately used to enhance her own strength, while Gu Yuanqing himself gained very little.

Forcing Gu Yuanqing to stay here would only distract him from taking care of himself, thus slowing down his cultivation progress.

"Don't worry, I won't do anything too risky." Gu Yuanqing smiled, his mind connecting with his true self.

With the activation of the Heavenly Fishing Technique, Li Miaoxuan's figure instantly returned to the Northern Spring Cave.

Gu Yuanqing's true form waited patiently: "This hall is where the spiritual veins of the mountains converge. You should cultivate here for now."

A complex emotion flashed in Li Miaoxuan's cool eyes as she nodded and said, "Thank you."

Gu Yuanqing smiled slightly and said, "Aren't we Daoist partners?"

Li Miaoxuan was slightly taken aback, her beautiful face melting like ice and snow, revealing a smile.

Gu Yuanqing's smile deepened, and without saying another word, his figure faded away quietly, disappearing from the spot without a sound.

……

In another world.

Gu Yuanqing stood silently in the void, watching Li Miaoxuan leave. The gentleness on his face faded, and he said softly, "Now, it's my turn!"

Before he finished speaking, his figure had already disappeared from the spot.

Over the past month, he has explored the area spanning hundreds of millions of miles within this realm and has naturally made some arrangements.

I just wanted to give Li Miaoxuan more time to familiarize herself with this world, so I used a normal escape technique.

Now, he is alone, focused solely on hunting, and has lost the interest in spending time traveling.

Twenty million miles away, on the ruins of an abandoned ancient city, demonic energy has completely transformed this area into a demonic realm, and the underground spiritual veins have also been invaded and altered.

With a slight shift in space, Gu Yuanqing's figure suddenly appeared, his gaze falling on a Chaotic Undying Demon not far away.

This celestial demon has a bizarre appearance, its entire body covered with hideous and terrifying dark red tumors. Thousands of pale tentacles covered with suckers extend from these tumors, each exuding an aura of decay and decay.

With another flash, he arrived directly above the Heavenly Demon. Before it could react, Gu Yuanqing raised his hand and pressed down:

Slay all calamities, and vanquish them!

The Myriad Manifestations Sword Formation of Calamity Control instantly took shape, suppressing the formation and imprisoning the void. The sword threads formed by billions of Great Annihilation Calamity Swords intertwined, cutting through the massive, mountain-like Heavenly Demon into countless fragments in an instant.

The original demonic thoughts scattered throughout its body were caught off guard and struck by the Great Annihilation Sword, and were annihilated one by one.

This Heavenly Demon was even stronger than the other two Heavenly Demons that had been killed, but it had no power to resist Gu Yuanqing.

The derived Myriad Manifestations Sword Formation of Calamity Control is far more effective against the Heavenly Demon than the Four Symbols Sword of Calamity Suppression. Therefore, even though this is the Heavenly Demon's home ground, Gu Yuanqing can kill it much more easily than he did in the battle outside the space rift in the Spirit Realm.

Of course, the Taixu Ruyi Dharma Robe that Li Miaoxuan gave to Gu Yuanqing also played a significant role in this.

Under the impetus of Gu Yuanqing's boundless primordial energy, the Heavenly Demon's power was completely unable to break through the defense of this robe, causing the Heavenly Demon, who relied mainly on mental and willpower attacks, to lose most of its strength.

Strands of sword energy moved about, causing the Heavenly Demon's body to gather and disperse repeatedly, its strength rapidly declining from its peak, and its demonic form growing smaller and smaller.

It roared in terror, burning with demonic energy in an attempt to escape, but it couldn't break through Gu Yuanqing's sword formation.

The two were already far apart in strength, and with Gu Yuanqing's supernatural powers and magic treasures restraining him, the outcome was already predetermined.

Its original demonic thoughts were severed by the Great Annihilation Sword and refined in the raging Chaos Flame, transforming into a continuous source of spiritual power to nourish Gu Yuanqing.

The tumors on its body vanished, and its thousands of tentacles withered and turned to ash.

With each sword strike, Gu Yuanqing's strength was weakened by half, and the space available for his primordial demonic thoughts to maneuver became smaller and smaller. In the end, he was suppressed by the illusory image of Beiquan Mountain and fell into Gu Yuanqing's palm. He was then sealed by space and pulled into Beiquan Cave Heaven by the Heavenly Fishing Technique, thus completely suppressing him and slowly refining him.

When the region returned to peace, Gu Yuanqing couldn't help but think of Li Miaoxuan's Dragon-Slaying Guillotine. The power of this magic weapon was so great that it could directly annihilate the Heavenly Demon, which was truly astonishing!
He stood still for a moment, his Heavenly Eye of Void and divine sense sweeping across this realm. Every time he discovered a Heavenly Demon, a sword light would suddenly appear out of thin air and kill it, and then it would be refined by the Chaotic Primordial Fire.

Once the area was completely wiped out, his figure disappeared once more.

Thousands of miles away, above a dark forest.

Gu Yuanqing appeared out of nowhere.

Raise your hand, and the Myriad Manifestations Sword Formation of Calamity is activated once more!

……

Half an hour later, the entire forest turned to ashes, the black fog that had obscured the sky for thousands of years dissipated, and sunlight scattered.

They were killed and suppressed, and then the Heavenly Fishing Technique was used to pull them back to Beiquan Cave.

These scenes unfolded one after another in various places.

Each time Gu Yuanqing appears, it signifies the fall of a Shattered Heaven or Undying Chaos.

The Myriad Manifestations Sword Formation of the Calamity Control is unparalleled in its killing power, and the Chaotic Primordial Fire refines all things and nourishes himself. His spiritual essence accumulates and rises at an unprecedented speed.

……

The deepest part of the Demon Valley.

The ancient demonic figure awoke once more, its demonic eyes, like those of a blood-red inferno, suddenly snapping open.

"Um?!"

If the deaths of the two Undying Chaos Realm subordinates had only stirred a ripple in its heart, this moment had enraged it.

"Phosphorus flames, shadows... Why is the primordial aura of my demon king falling silent one after another?!"

As the ruler of this demonic realm, all the celestial demons within a radius of billions of miles are its subordinates. These immortal celestial demons are also its aids in cultivation, and their original demonic thoughts are all under its control.

But their disappearances one after another at this moment are not natural deaths, but rather targeted hunting!

"who is it?!"

The terrifying demonic sound was like the howling of billions of vengeful spirits, and the Demon Lord's will soared into the sky!

boom--! ! !
The sky, stretching for tens of thousands of miles, seemed to have collapsed!

Endless demonic clouds gathered and churned, forming a dark vortex that covered tens of thousands of miles and slowly rotated.

A terrifying pressure from the Void Immortal level swept across the heavens and earth like a tsunami, spreading in all directions. And it was only at this moment that a demonic shadow that it had originally sent arrived at the place where Gu Yuanqing had initially killed the two Heavenly Demons.

It emerged from the void, wearing a black robe in the style of humans, its entire body shrouded in black mist.

"This place also bears the traces of the sword and fire paths, originating from the same source as the previous place. Myriad Transformations, Soul Devouring... they are indeed dead."

Within the black mist, a pair of scarlet eyes narrowed slightly, and it suddenly appeared on a lake.

"get out."

A massive demonic force swept straight beneath the lake's surface.

At the bottom of the lake, the dark blue dragon slept soundly in its deep cave. When the voice and aura of this monstrous, immortal demon reached it, its massive body trembled violently.

Hesitation lasted only a moment; the instinct for survival compelled it to swim upstream.

wow-

The dragon cautiously poked its head out.

"Demon King." The dragon's voice trembled.

The black mist surrounding the Demon King of No Return slowly swirled: "What did you see?"

“The little demon knows nothing,” the dragon said, almost burying its head in the water. “That day, I only sensed a tremendous battle above, with sword energy and flames sweeping in all directions. The little demon was so frightened that it sank to the bottom of the valley, not daring to peek even a little.”

The black mist suddenly solidified, and its scarlet eyes flashed with a dangerous light.

The dragon felt a chilling killing intent lock onto it, and every scale stood on end in fear.

Half a year has passed.

"roll."

Like a dragon granted a pardon, it plunged into the lake and swam desperately towards the distance.

The Demon King of the Infernal Realm watched the dragon's disheveled retreating figure, his aura swirling with chilling killing intent, but he never made a move.

Just then, it suddenly turned its head to look into the distance.

"Is this... the Lord's aura? What has happened this time?"

……

This realm is the Nine Domains of Divine Continent, the Great Hao Divine Dynasty, and the Divine Capital, Jade Capital.

Deep within the majestic palace stands a towering observatory that seems to pierce the clouds.

Wearing imperial robes, Xuan Haoji stood with his hands behind his back, his gaze piercing through the void as he looked towards the aura of the Demon Lord rising into the sky from the depths of the Demon Realm, stirring up the celestial phenomena.

"The Demon Lord of Xuanyou... has actually awakened! By imperial decree, all military garrisons and sects of the Divine Dynasty shall immediately enter a state of combat readiness. Activate the Nine Domains Communication Array to inform the Three Ministers and the Three Sects that a meeting will be held in the Demon-Controlling Hall in three days."

Zhou Tianxing Palace, Suspended Mountain.

The Star Daoist, seated cross-legged before the Starry Sky Map, slowly opened his eyes, his pupils reflecting the celestial phenomena: "The Demon Lord has acted strangely, and the heavenly secrets are obscured. This upheaval is likely no ordinary demonic tide; there may be unknown variables arising. All elders and disciples of the Star Palace, return to your positions immediately and do everything in your power to maintain the foundation of the Zhou Tian Protectorate Array. There can be no room for error!"

Nine Heavens Sword Sect, at the summit of Sword Tomb Peak.

Sect Master Ling Yi stood with his hands behind his back, sensing the distant demonic power, and a sword intent as solid as a tangible substance rose from his body.

"Xuanyou? Is it about to attack my human race again? Then I'll see if you're as legendary as they say!"

Tiangong Pavilion, Xuanji Hall.

A composed middle-aged scholar put down the array plate he was working on, went outside, and used his aura-gazing technique to look into the distance. Sensing the tremors of the Great Dao, he sighed softly, "Is it about to begin again?"

Then, he said softly, "Lime."

A pretty and elegant woman walked in from outside the courtyard: "Disciple is here."

"Order all halls to immediately inventory all stockpiles of Demon-Slaying Crossbows, Puppet Suppressors, and Demon-Purifying Talismans. Activate the Myriad Spirits Creation Furnace and operate it at full capacity, sparing no expense on spiritual materials!"

"Master, this is..." The woman suddenly looked up.

"It's always good to make some preparations in advance," the middle-aged scholar said softly.

In an instant, within the Nine Domains of the Divine Continent, with the Great Hao Divine Dynasty at its core, and in conjunction with the Zhou Tian Star Palace, the Nine Heavens Sword Sect, and the Heavenly Craft Pavilion, this massive war machine built for survival began to operate.

All the high-level cultivators understood what the awakening of a demon lord meant. Their hearts felt as if a huge boulder was pressing down on them, yet not one of them retreated, for there was no way to retreat!

……

A place where demons dwell.

Gu Yuanqing raised his hand, and the myriad Chaotic Yuan Fires returned to his palm, making him feel that his spiritual essence had become even more profound.

This is just a Heavenly Demon at the Shattered Heaven Realm. There's no need to send it back to the Northern Spring Cave Heaven. I can easily refine it myself, which will also replenish the losses of this clone.

He looked up and gazed into the distance.

"Has the aura of a celestial demon at the illusory immortal level finally been detected?"

He showed no fear; instead, a hint of interest flashed in his eyes.

"Can I beat it right now? Should I give it a try?"

Gu Yuanqing was not surprised at all by the existence of a Heavenly Demon at the Void Immortal level, because it had never concealed its existence. When he explored it before, he had vaguely sensed its presence. Therefore, the places where Gu Yuanqing hunted were all in the outer areas.

The number of the Chaotic Undying Heavenly Demons in this realm exceeded his original expectations; in the past few days, he had already killed six of them.

And this is only a part of this realm!

This world is vast and boundless. It may not be as vast as the Spirit Realm, but it is not much different. Its area is immeasurable.

Its Dao is perfected and its spiritual energy is abundant, so Gu Yuanqing wasn't particularly surprised by the appearance of so many Heavenly Demons at the Chaotic Undying level.
It only needs to devour the divine souls and wills of a few cultivators at the Shattering Heaven level to perhaps give birth to an immortal Heavenly Demon.

As for the lifespan of the Heavenly Demons, no one knows. Given the vastness of this era, one can imagine just how many high-ranking Heavenly Demons exist in this realm.

"Perhaps it will be enough to support my soul in completing the transformation below the Immortal Path. However... never mind, let's wait and digest what we've gained this time before coming back."

The path to immortality is long and there's no need to rush.

For Gu Yuanqing, this realm was the source of his cultivation resources.

The demons are right here anyway, so killing them sooner or later makes no difference. The best option is to proceed steadily.

His figure then slowly disappeared.

Before long, a gigantic demonic hand appeared, covering an area of ​​thousands of miles.

Boom!

The earth, stretching for thousands of miles, collapsed downwards, and even space itself could not withstand the force, resulting in visible distortions.

It was as if all the great paths had ceased to exist, all driven away by the demonic path in his palm. The dense demonic energy transformed this entire world into a demonic realm, and the earth itself became demonic soil!

(End of this chapter)