Demon Cultivator in Abyssal Era

”This is.....”

Within Chu Xiu’s Divine Sense, a group of fierce beasts rushed rapidly towards everyone!

These beasts moved on all fours, resembling tigers and leopards, with irregular bone spikes covering their bodies. These bone structures enveloped most of their form, like revolting sea urchins with limbs swiftly crawling.

On these mutant beasts, Chu Xiu sensed a familiar power.

Mutated Death Qi!

”What relation do these creatures have with those in the Carrion Cave?” Chu Xiu inquired.

”Let’s first survive the tribulation at hand; then I will truthfully reveal everything,” Qingyun said.

His expression was grave: ”Do not underestimate these mutant beasts, fellow cultivator. They are formed from Death Qi, which can resist all magic, and their bodies are exceedingly difficult to kill. If touched by them, one will suffer...”

Before he could finish, Chu Xiu unleashed Chiwen, instantly releasing a torrent of Sword Qi like the roaring waves of rivers and seas. This Sword Qi, capable of shattering everything, erupted with a force that seemed to shake the heavens and earth, which did not diminish even after traversing several thousand meters, instantly engulfing all the mutant beasts upon contact!

[Kill living creatures, gain Experience Points +12]

[Obtain Item: Cause and Effect Points*237]

[Kill living creatures, gain...]

When the terrifying energy of the world settled, only a scene of remains was left.

The Immortals stared dumbfoundedly at the scene before them, while the Immortal Emperor remained composed and praised, ”Fellow cultivator’s methods are indeed extraordinary. Although we excel in the Path of Divine Soul, we fall short in Protective Techniques, and in exterminating mutant beasts, we are not as adept as fellow cultivator. It seems wise to seek cooperation with you, friend.”

Qingyunzi did not refuse to acknowledge this, straightforwardly admitting that in terms of physical combat prowess, he was far inferior to Chu Xiu. However, he did not seem weak, evidently feeling confident that his strength in Divine Soul surpassed Chu Xiu.

In the midst of life and death struggle, he showed no fear at all.

Of course, this specter naturally could not know that within less than a month, Chu Xiu’s Divine Soul Strength had skyrocketed again, and he had perfected a powerful Divine Technique.

Chu Xiu would not expose this fact voluntarily, saying indifferently, ”It’s too early for cooperation. Let’s first unravel the mysteries of this world before anything else.”

”Naturally,” Qingyunzi smiled, pointing to the remains of the mutant beasts in the distance, ”Do you know from where these beasts hail and what their power is called?”

Chu Xiu said, ”They are identical to the creatures in the Carrion Cave, but the specific origin is unclear.”

Qingyunzi praised, ”Fellow cultivator’s perception is indeed sharp, I won’t beat around the bush, these creatures are called ’Tribulation Beasts,’ and their power is called ’Tribulation’!”

Upon hearing the word ”Tribulation,” Chu Xiu’s eyebrows twitched slightly!

”Tribulation”?

According to the Blood Pool, if one can withstand the Abyss’s malice and forcibly break through, they would encounter Tribulation!

Could these be the same thing?

Through Soul communication, Qingyunzi conveyed the meaning of some divine calamity, and Chu Xiu could not determine if the Tribulation he was referring to was indeed the same as what the Blood Pool mentioned.

However, upon recalling sensing the abyss’s aura on the Stone Bead, and that Stone Bead being located at the highest concentration of mutated Death Qi, even if they weren’t the same, there must be some connection between them.

Considering that he was about to uncover the secret currently most concerning him and impacting him the most, Chu Xiu eagerly asked, ”What is this ’Tribulation’?”

Yet, Qingyunzi did not immediately reply but instead gave Chu Xiu a meaningful look and said, ”Do you know the origin of this world?”

Chu Xiu shook his head.

”This world is actually the corpse of an Ancient Cultivator!” Qingyunzi shocked with his words.

”The corpse of an Ancient Cultivator?” Chu Xiu was taken aback, glancing at the surroundings, where he saw only rocks, with no signs of a body?

Qingyunzi laughed, ”What I mean by ’ancient’ isn’t merely thousands or tens of thousands of years, it’s even hard to express with millions or tens of millions of years! The time span of its existence far exceeds the imagination of fellow cultivator. It belonged entirely to another epoch, an ’ancient’!”

”What were the cultivators like in that era? What race were they? Can we deduce using common logic?”

Chu Xiu nodded. He indeed had no understanding of those powerful lives, for example, Outer Realm Demons, didn’t their bodies resemble planets? What the true Gods looked like, even greater than Outer Realm Demons, was even harder to comprehend.

But at this moment, Chu Xiu keenly realized something.

”You refer to that life as an Ancient ’Cultivator,’ rather than...Ancient ’God’?”

This is a rather important designation; the concept of a cultivator doesn’t exist in all civilizations.

Moreover, considering the appellations used by the creatures there during their conversations, wasn’t it possible that this corpse, like his legacy, was ancient, belonging to the era when the cultivar culture was flourishing?

And Qingyunzi unexpectedly obtained some inheritance left behind by it, which led to these mixed references such as Immortal and Penglai?

Before Chu Xiu asked further, Qingyunzi continued, ”Indeed, it’s ’Ancient Cultivator’.

”Perhaps fellow cultivator isn’t aware, but in a very distant era, there existed a glorious cultivation civilization, whose mighty beings were absolutely no weaker than these Outer Realm Demons and Gods now.”

Chu Xiu said, ”Please elaborate, sir.”

The legacy of the Infinite Celestial Demon Sect was obliterated during the war between the righteous and the demonic. What happened after, Chu Xiu naturally did not know. Whether the Immortal Cultivation Realm still exists or what shape it has taken, Chu Xiu is unsure.