Cultivation begins with separation.

Chapter 116 Chilong steals eggs
Under the Li River, there is the secret realm of Suzaku.

Rumor has it that this huge underground secret realm was created by burning a true spirit Vermillion Bird using the Vermillion Bird True Fire while it was sleeping here tens of millions of years ago.

This underground space is extremely vast, and its area is even comparable to that of a medium-sized county in Qingzhou.

After flying for a long time, the Chilong and the giant fire bird finally arrived at the center of this secret place - the Fantasy Moon Forest.

The space in the Suzaku Secret Realm has an average height of about three thousand meters.

The Fantasy Moon Forest has a height of approximately five thousand meters.

Most of the trees in this forest are spiritual trees with red leaves.

From a distance, it looks like a flaming mountain.

The Fantasy Moon Forest has a fifth-level spiritual vein.

It is precisely because of this fifth-level spiritual vein, which is rare even in the center of Qingzhou, that the Suzaku Secret Realm is coveted by many underground forces in Qingzhou.

These forces include demon forces and ancient remnant forces.

The underground world is made up of pieces of secret spaces.

Originally, creatures living underground can be self-sufficient without the supplies from the ground.

However, many underground forces in Qingzhou did not want a second fifth-level monster to appear in the Suzaku Secret Realm, so they tacitly implemented a resource blockade on the Suzaku Secret Realm.

"Bai Chi, wait here first."

The firebird called out to the Chilong and then flew deep into the forest.

Over the next month, several fourth-level monsters gathered from the Suzaku Secret Realm to the Fantasy Moon Forest.

“The Chonghua Bird, the Dark Crow, the Giant-Tailed Eagle, the Sky-Splitting Rhinoceros, the Thunder Dragon, the only one left is the Three-Tailed Fox.

It seems that the three-tailed fox has not yet made all the preparations to become the Demon King."

In a corner of the Fantasy Moon Forest, Chilong was lying lazily on the ground, with a lot of thoughts in his mind.

The six fourth-level demon kings in the Fantasy Moon Forest all have very high-level bloodlines, either celestial demon bloodline or true spirit bloodline, but the concentration of their bloodline is far inferior to his own.

If these four demon kings existed before the Immortal Kingdom, they would have been the great demons that dominated the Qingzhou immortal world. Breaking through to the Demon King realm would probably not be a big problem for them.

But now, underground, they only occupy a fourth-level spiritual vein and open up a space of moderate size to survive. Lacking resources, it is difficult for them to even cultivate to the peak of the fourth level, let alone break through the realm of the Demon King.

Chilong couldn't help but sigh that the era of the demon clan in the Tiandu spiritual world has passed.

Perhaps in tens of millions of years, the demon race will also become one of the ancient descendants in the underground world.

Before the human race, the demon race was the overlord of the Tiandu spiritual world.

When the demons ruled the earth, wars with the underworld were common.

Because the surviving people of the underground world always want to restore their former glory and rule the spiritual world of Tiandu again.

However, after the human race of the Immortal Kingdom took control of the Tiandu spiritual world.

The Immortal Kingdom used three large-scale wars to directly break the backbone of the underground creatures.

During those three wars, many surviving clans from the ancient times of the Tiandu spiritual world were basically wiped out by humans.

Compared with the demon race, the human race in the fairyland has much stronger murderous intent. In those three wars, except for a small number of demon beasts that were taken in as spirit beasts by humans, the rest of the creatures that fell into the hands of humans were basically killed.

After three great wars, the creatures underground lost the ability to resist the fairyland.

Just when the Immortal Kingdom was about to exterminate all the creatures underground, the surviving members finally remembered the covenant they had made with some powerful creatures in ancient times.

Or they may call upon the true spirits in the void through unknown means, or awaken some ancient creatures deeper in the earth.

The human race in the Immortal Kingdom is extremely powerful. Whether it is the true spirits in the void or the ancient creatures underground, they are unwilling to go to war with the human race.

However, those creatures still abided by the covenant and gave shelter to the underground creatures.

They negotiated with the human race in the Immortal Kingdom, promising to give them some benefits, such as some true spirits regularly leaving some bloodline descendants in the Tiandu Spirit Realm, and the ancient creatures underground giving them some precious resources. They also promised to provide assistance to the human race or even directly participate in the war when the Tiandu Spirit Realm was invaded.

Later, perhaps the human race in the Immortal Kingdom took into consideration that many void true spirits had wide social connections and if they fought a great war with them, they might call on their friends and pull more powerful people from the void or even the immortal world to join the battle.

So the two sides signed an alliance, ended the war, and the human race withdrew from underground.

The peace of the underground creatures is obtained through prayer. They are the weaker party and dare not attack the humans on the surface.

Unable to attack the surface to plunder resources, and with the number of underground creatures increasing, the struggle in the underground world is becoming more and more severe.

In Qingzhou, there are nine fifth-level forces, and among these nine fifth-level forces, only two are demon forces.

Originally, because the demon race was the previous dominant race, its relationship with the underground creatures was not very good, and the two forces had always been watching out for each other and bearing the pressure together.

But now, something foul has happened between these two demon forces, and the underworld is about to be plunged into a bloody storm.

"Fortunately, I did not agree to join the Phantom Moon Demon Emperor's army. Otherwise, if the underground war broke out, I might have been pushed onto the battlefield."

Chilong couldn't help but consider that the underground world was unstable, so should he follow Yidong, a human, to hide on the ground for a while.

Chilong's friend Qingniu said that Yi Dong was a decent person, except that he liked to draw blood and cut flesh for research, and also liked to let monsters give birth to cubs. He was not like some humans who would betray their friends for a little benefit.

Chilong shuddered when he thought that besides being studied by Yi Dong, he also had to constantly mate with some unknown monster.

"No, Qingniu seems to have done the same thing to himself."

Chilong couldn't help but fall into deep thought, is Qingniu really his best friend?
In the Phantom Moon Forest.

A large bird with dull red feathers flew out from the ground.

After lying down under a withered tree, he looked at the five demon kings not far away.

"I have met the Demon King."

“Everyone is here, it’s still the same problem as last time.

"Yuehua needs the Demon King Pill for her promotion, and there are many spiritual objects that she cannot collect by herself."

The Thunder Bat Dragon said, "We can buy spiritual objects, but the human race has completely treated us as fools. The prices are more than ten times higher. In this case, we might as well wait a little longer."

Lietiansi said:
“In our Qingzhou underground, there are very few fifth-level spiritual creatures. Each fifth-level spiritual creature can only be harvested after a period of at least one to two thousand years, or as long as five to six thousand years.

Every fifth-level spiritual creature is watched by countless creatures.

Even if we wait another thousand years we will still not get the spiritual object needed for the Demon King's Pill.

Bat King, did the Howling Sky Demon King contact you, and did you convince him?"

"Don't talk nonsense, I'm not that crazy.

Following the Howling Sky Demon Emperor to attack the surface, isn't that courting death?"

"We had already agreed to work together to gather the materials for the Demon King Pill. Why do you have objections now?"

The Thunder Bat Dragon and the Sky-Splitting Rhinoceros were confronting each other, and the sounds were getting louder and louder.

The huge red bird was burning with flames all over.

The Thunder Bat Dragon and the Sky-Splitting Rhinoceros immediately shut up and looked at the Vermillion Bird Divine Fire on the body of the Phantom Moon Demon Emperor with fear.

The Fantasy Moon Demon King is a powerful demon king who possesses the blood of the True Spirit Vermillion Bird.

"You guys go back first. I'll pay for the resources this time."

After he finished speaking, the flames on the Phantom Moon Demon King disappeared.

The five demon kings looked at each other, then flew away in silence.

After a while, the firebird that brought Chilong here flew to the side of the Phantom Moon Demon King.

"Ancestor, those demon kings may have really been persuaded by the Roaring Sky Demon Emperor. They want to take advantage of the absence of many powerful people in Qingzhou and attack the ground when the Immortal Emperor changes his term."

The Phantom Moon Demon Emperor sighed.
"Underground, there is no hope of breaking through, only the despair of quietly waiting for the end of life. Who would be willing to do that?
Not to mention them, even I myself have thought about giving it a try and breaking free from the cage.

Ever since the immortal cultivators from Kunxu came to the underground, not only our demon race, but also the other seven races have started to have ideas."

"Ancestor, do you not believe what the Kunxu cultivator said?"

“The Kunxu cultivators are also human. Even if the Kunxu Spirit Realm is really where humans and demons coexist, and we follow them to the Kunxu Spirit Realm, I don’t think they will be so kind as to let us go to the demon territory.

You have to remember that humans cannot be trusted.

One hundred thousand years ago, if it weren’t for the human race’s betrayal, the Tiandu Spirit Realm would never have been ruled by the Immortal Kingdom.

Okay, take Chilong to get the spirit stone."

"Ancestor, those spirit stones are the last heritage of our clan."

The Firebird felt somewhat unwilling, as she should be the inheritor of the clan's resources.

The Phantom Moon Demon Queen looked at the younger generation of her clan in front of her who had a trace of Vermillion Bird blood, and couldn't help feeling a little regretful. If she had been born a thousand years earlier, she wouldn't have to use her resources to cultivate the Moon Demon Fox of the fox clan.

"Okay, let's go."

The Chilong followed the Firebird along a crack and went deeper underground.

After a while, they arrived in front of a huge hole blocked by a light curtain.

There are two red birds at the entrance of the cave.

These two red birds are also at the third level, but their aura is stronger.

The firebird chirped a few times in front of the two red birds, and the two red birds slowly drove the formation at the entrance of the cave.

"come in."

Chilong stepped into the treasure hall for the first time.

The space inside the cave was greatly expanded by the formation.

But at first glance, many rooms in this treasure hall were empty.

The firebird led the Chilong forward, and soon they came to a series of closed rooms.

The Firebird looked at the rooms for a long time without moving.

Seeing this, Chilong did not urge anyone, but looked around with its huge dragon head.

There are many murals on the walls of the treasure hall, which record countless wars between monsters and humans.

On the human side, countless warships covered the sky, while on the demon side, there were endless monsters of three types, from sea, land and air.

The war scenes made Chilong very excited.

Just then, Chilong saw dozens of dusty eggs placed next to a dilapidated altar.

The Chilong's eyes flashed. Before it came to the Suzaku Secret Realm, Yi Dong asked it for some two-clawed white snake eggs.

Originally, one or two would not be a problem, but Yidong wanted a large quantity and said it was okay to have it delivered later.

It is unwilling.

However, considering that the underground world is in chaos, he might need to follow Yi Dong for a while, and it would be hard to refuse.

Turning around, I saw the Firebird seemed to be immersed in sorrow.

Wisps of white mist emerged from the Chilong's body.

The white mist rolled towards the eggs, and soon, the bird eggs around the altar disappeared one by one in the white mist.

After Chilong collected half of the bird eggs around the altar, he withdrew his magical powers.

"The immortal firebird with the bloodline of Suzaku, although its bloodline is already very thin, should be much stronger than my descendants, and should be able to meet the needs of Yi Dong."

(End of this chapter)