Serpent Ancestor

”Boom!!”

A massive handprint descended upon the council hall.

The meeting place, located within the Immortal Pavilion, was protected by a mid-tier fourth-grade formation, yet in an instant, it was shattered by a single palm strike. The entire building was driven deep underground, buried beneath the earth.

The one who struck was none other than the Devouring Demon Lord, one of the five great protectors!

At the same time, slaughter erupted on Star Island.

Countless ghostly shadows emerged from the seabed, charging onto Star Island, killing indiscriminately, slaying any living creature in sight.

These figures were entirely black, their bodies exuding a substance completely opposite to Spiritual Qi.

Unbeknownst to the followers of the Sea God Sect, the Spiritual Qi within them had been transformed into this unknown anti-Spiritual Qi!

”Hehehe, did you really think the Sea God Sect would just sit and wait for you to devise a strategy? Today, I will ensure that not a single soul remains on Star Island!”

The voice of the Devouring Demon Lord echoed across the island, casting Star Island into an abyss of darkness.”You alone are not enough!”

Suddenly, a faint glimmer appeared in the darkness, like a star in the night, a campfire in the cold, a spark of life amidst death.

The glimmers multiplied, from one to nine.

Then, an overwhelming killing intent surged from nine directions, it was the Nine-Headed Snake!

”I’ve been waiting for you!”

The Devouring Demon Lord laughed instead of getting angry, his form turning into a black hole, attempting to devour the Nine-Headed Snake.

The heads of the Nine-Headed Snake intertwined, forming a spiral drill that charged towards the black hole, tearing through space, its formidable power capable of destroying everything!

”Undying Demon Lord, handle the rest, don’t let anyone escape!”

The Devouring Demon Lord commanded urgently.

”Leave it to me!” A figure emerged from the darkness, with black hair cascading like a waterfall, eyes indifferent, standing tall and imposing, wielding a black Dragon Slaying Sword.

To be precise, it was no longer called the Dragon Slaying Sword, but the Spirit Slaying Sword, capable of extinguishing any Spiritual Qi!

This person was Xu Qingzhi, resurrected from the dead! But his gaze had completely changed, utterly different from before.

”Kill!”

Xu Qingzhi swung his sword, the blade’s light like a galaxy hanging in the sky, sweeping across the council hall, causing half of the leaders of the eight major forces to flee, leaving only a few to barely resist, one of whom was instantly killed.

…………

At the same time as the attack on Star Island.

On Twin Islands.

As one of the three major islands of the East Sea, this place also faced an unprecedented assault.

Led by the Nightmare Demon Lord, the entire island was immediately shrouded in shadow and fear, stripping away any hope of escape.

Jiang Chong charged out with a spear, glaring at the dark sky, roaring, ”You promised back then!”

His answer was a sword!

Jiang Ying’s eyes were vacant, like a puppet, wielding her jade green sword, pointing directly at Jiang Chong’s throat.

Back then, Jiang Ying was captured as leverage, forcing Jiang Chong into the situation, but now, was Jiang Ying still the same Jiang Ying?

”Whoosh!!”

Suddenly, a figure emerged from the depths of Twin Islands, soaring into the air like a beam of light, shooting towards the Nightmare Demon Lord. This person wore a black cloak, concealing his body completely, with a fierce ghost mask on his head, a symbol of terror.

He was Ghostface, the strongest bounty hunter of the Bounty Alliance in the East Sea!

It was said that hiring him once cost ten million Spirit Stones, and this time, it had emptied the coffers of Twin Islands.

”So you were prepared for me all along!” The Nightmare Demon Lord let out a sinister laugh.

As he spoke, he reached out towards Ghostface’s mask, his arm seemingly penetrating through it.

”Splurt!”

The Nightmare Demon Lord’s chest was pierced by Ghostface’s sword.

No one saw how he drew his sword; from the moment he appeared to the Nightmare Demon Lord being pierced through the heart, it happened in an instant.

The Nightmare Demon Lord’s face gradually revealed itself, a frail scholar, yet his eyes showed no fear of death, only a faint sneer.

”Hehe, I almost forgot to tell you, I abandoned this physical body long ago.”

The Nightmare Demon Lord looked at Ghostface, the frail body slowly collapsing.

Behind Ghostface, a bloated body with eight heads, twenty eyes, and countless tentacles appeared, all mouths grinning sinisterly.

”This is the real me!”

…………

Twin Islands and Star Island both erupted in battles simultaneously.

The last of the three major islands, Amber Island, also faced an unprecedented siege.

Led by the Yehuo Demon Lord Xu Fu, accompanied by a newly trained ghost general and over a hundred followers of the Sea God Sect, they launched a coordinated assault from all directions, determined to uproot these three major islands.

The three major islands of the East Sea were the foundation of humanity; once they were destroyed, humanity would have no power to resist.

Since the Sea God Sect chose to act, they wouldn’t allow the pollution to spread slowly, giving their opponents a chance to escape! They aimed to crush any potential resistance with thunderous force, strangling it in the cradle.

Five great protectors, with two dispatched to Star Island, and one each to Twin Islands and Amber Island.

The strongest, the Soul Refining Demon Lord, headed straight for the Penglai Sea.

Accompanying the Soul Refining Demon Lord was the supreme will of the Sea God!

”The grudge from the last sword, this time, let the entire Penglai Sea be washed with blood!” The Soul Refining Demon Lord’s voice was icy, his eyes burning with endless fury.

Chaos reigned in the East Sea, life was devastated.

The Sea God Sect launched a full-scale assault, with the main force in front and pollution spanning the entire ocean behind, determined to bring the entire East Sea under the Sea God’s dominion.

Using the East Sea as a foundation, they planned to gradually expand across the entire cultivation star, this was the Sea God Sect’s plan. Once they acted, they aimed to seize everything.

…………

Central Divine Continent, Myriad Serpent Valley.

As the East Sea disaster unfolded, a new seed took root and blossomed here.

Xu Hei, after an unknown period of slumber, opened his eyes for the first time, taking deep breaths as abundant Spiritual Qi flowed into his body, coursing through his nine dragon veins, circulating in his heart.

He looked at his newly grown claws, his floating whiskers, and his body and muscles that had grown several times stronger.

Xu Hei didn’t roar to the sky, he simply let out a long breath.

”Elemental Infant stage, Flood Dragon, I’ve finally reached this step.”

Xu Hei felt the surging power within him, all his injuries had healed.

His dragon scales and dragon bones had turned a purple-gold color, as if imbued with the power of thunder tribulation, his dragon veins seemed capable of bearing immense power, never to break.

Xu Hei gazed around, Myriad Serpent Valley had collapsed into ruins, unrecognizable.

He closed his eyes, and with a thought, the shattered rocks automatically mended, mountains rose from the ground, forming a basin shape, water flowed in, trees grew, lush and verdant.

In an instant, the devastated Myriad Serpent Valley had been restored to its former glory.

Not a single detail was off!

Xu Hei’s Heaven-grade Earth Spiritual Root allowed him to easily move mountains, break peaks, and also to shift mountains, fill seas, and create forests.

”What is a dragon vein, I finally understand.”

”Where there are people, there is a dragon vein, where there is a home, there is a dragon vein! The place I am, the place I live, is a dragon vein!”

Xu Hei soared into the sky, patrolling the area, repairing all the damaged places one by one.

Matter doesn’t disappear into thin air, it merely exists in another form.

A fallen mountain simply goes elsewhere.

When a whale falls, its energy returns to the sea.

After a round of work, Xu Hei had transformed the area back to its previous state. To his surprise, many snakes had appeared, snakes that had never been here before.

Perhaps they were snake demons released by the Snake Catchers Sect, returning.

Or perhaps Xu Hei’s aura after transforming into a flood dragon attracted the snakes.

In any case, the snake-less Myriad Serpent Valley had snakes once more! Xu Hei’s efforts were not in vain.

Xu Hei smiled with a hint of satisfaction, the feeling brought him great joy, though he wondered where everyone else had gone.

”Little Xu.”

Suddenly, Xu Hei heard a voice.

Xu Hei’s face lit up with joy, turning to see a black dog sitting on a mound, looking up at him.

”Old dog!”

Xu Hei instantly moved to where Hei Huang was.

He was sitting in an abandoned Earth Temple, a place Xu Hei remembered well, it was the Mountain God Temple outside Chen Family Town, where he first met Hei Huang.

Though Chen Family Town and Myriad Serpent Valley were far apart, with Xu Hei’s current cultivation, he arrived in an instant.

”Little Xu, do you recognize this place?” Hei Huang asked with a smile.

”Of course I remember,” Xu Hei replied with a smile, ”By the way, what are you doing here?”

Xu Hei sensed something was off.

The friends who had protected him were all gone, he didn’t know where they had gone.

During Xu Hei’s coma, he had no idea what had happened.

He only vaguely felt that the world was different, he had a premonition that something significant was happening.

”Xu Hei, how many cultivation techniques have you practiced?” Hei Huang didn’t answer Xu Hei’s question, instead, he asked.

”Three.”

Xu Hei answered instinctively.

His three cultivation techniques were the Nine Transformations of the True Dragon, Puppet Mechanism Technique, and Diamond Suppression Technique.

All were highly potential inheritance techniques, except the Puppet Mechanism Technique only had the first three levels, the Diamond Suppression Technique could be cultivated to the Divine Transformation Stage, and the Nine Transformations of the True Dragon was limitless, the strongest technique Xu Hei had ever seen.

Of course, there was also Huangfu Duanlong’s inheritance technique, still in the memory light cluster, which Xu Hei hadn’t received.

”Why are you asking this?” Xu Hei asked, puzzled.

”Would you mind practicing one more?” Hei Huang looked at him calmly.

Xu Hei’s eyes narrowed, ”You mean…”

”I want to pass the Heavenly Demon Technique to you.”

Hei Huang’s tone was calm, but his words left Xu Hei stunned.

At first, Xu Hei didn’t react, then his expression changed, looking at the old dog in disbelief.

”Are you out of your mind?” Xu Hei asked incredulously.

Hei Huang immediately got angry, scolding, ”What, you look down on my Heavenly Demon Technique?”

”No, it’s not that…” Xu Hei quickly explained.