The First Immortal of Destiny

Chapter 996: Chapter 996: Torch Dragon Mountain Range, Suppressing Ten Thousand Demons

Western Dongjie Continent, Zhulong Mountain Range.

The spirit veins and earth meridians here are usually unremarkable, and the spiritual energy is not particularly rich compared to other blessed lands in the Immortal Realm. However, scattered across this land are over a hundred cultivation sects of varying sizes, taking the form of sects, families, and places where rogue cultivators gather!

But due to the limitations of the environment, the strongest here are only in the late-stage Formless Realm, with no True Immortals in residence.

As it’s quite far from the core region of the demon disaster, not many powerful Heavenly Demons have invaded the Zhulong Mountain Range, so the over a hundred forces here have not yet fallen to the demon tide.

However, aside from the various sect strongholds, most areas are already filled with demon shadows. More and more native Heavenly Demons have demon-corrupted the human race’s immortal and mortal, and monster spirits, transforming into mutated Heavenly Demons. As they continually consume blood food, their strength keeps growing. Eventually, they will break all the sect strongholds and slaughter the millions of immortals and mortals in the mountains.

On this day, countless native and mutated Heavenly Demons, under the orders of several Sixth Rank Big Heavenly Demons, surged into an Immortal Mountain in the Zhulong Mountain Range, trying to gather their forces to completely conquer this mountain. After bolstering their strength by demon-corrupting and consuming blood food, they plan to continue leveling the next Immortal Mountain.

The surface of this Immortal Mountain is broader than the entire Red Flame Zone. Yet, at this moment, the vast expanse of mountain, sky, and earth is overwhelmed with dark demon shadows. As demonic fog continues to flow, one can only see the spirit light of one mountain protection array after another and the glow emitted by immortal treasures and magic spells, intermittently piercing the dense demon fog and demonic clouds, resembling countless lights in the dark night!

Immortal Masters of the Divine Bridge Realm and Formless Realm from other Immortal Mountains wanted to aid the besieged Yinsu Mountain. Unfortunately, the Heavenly Demons are powerful, and despite their utmost efforts, they could only disperse a portion of the demon tide but were severely injured by the Fifth and Sixth Rank Big Heavenly Demons hiding among the billions of Heavenly Demons.

Even two cultivators of the Divine Bridge Realm were lost, and after falling into the hands of the Heavenly Demons, they either became new Fifth Rank Heavenly Demons after demon-corruption or were devoured, becoming nourishment to enhance the Big Heavenly Demons’ power!

With no other option, the group of Immortal Masters who came to assist had to retreat to their respective Immortal Mountains, watching helplessly as the variegated lights within the demonic fog and clouds gradually dimmed. It seemed like a mere reflection of the fate of over a hundred cultivation sects and millions of immortals and mortals in the Zhulong Mountain Range.

Right in this moment of utter despair, a sword light sped from the southeast, breaking through the firmament like a falling star from beyond the heavens, shattering the covering demonic fog and clouds.

The path of the sword light.

Heavenly Demons, regardless of their realm, exploded into pieces. Demonic primal intent diffused outwards, while dismembered limbs and bones fell like raindrops.

”Which esteemed senior of the Immortal Path has come to aid our Zhulong Mountain Range?”

”From this sword Qi, I can perceive the incredibly deep and profound truth of the Sword Path. Without immersing in the Sword Path for tens of thousands of years, one couldn’t cultivate such swordplay. If this is a senior of our human race, they must be a True Immortal.”

”A Sword-Immortal? Fantastic! Immortals of this nature are the fiercest and most slaughterous; we finally have hope.”

”Don’t get too happy so soon. If this senior is just passing by and killing off a batch of demon brats in passing, there’s no guarantee they’ll care about our life and death...”

The splendid sword light that cleaved through the demonic clouds was like a powerful medicine invigorating the ten-plus Great Cultivators of the Zhulong Mountain Range. They all released their senses, eagerly communicating with each other; regardless, this sudden strike offered them a glimpse of escape from the current dire situation!

The sword light paused above Yinsu Mountain, its brilliance slightly withdrawing, revealing a magic sword over three feet long, filled with extreme sharpness and covered in peculiar runes—it was the Demon Slaying Sword that had accompanied Shen Mo for many years.

In the next instant, Shen Mo appeared where the Demon Slaying Sword was, reaching out to retrieve the magic sword and nurture it in his Dantian.

The countless Heavenly Demons attacking Yinsu Mountain sensed a terrifying aura, letting out roaring shouts like mountains collapsing and seas overturning. They urged the demon light and fog towards him, as one Fifth and Sixth Rank Big Heavenly Demon after another hid within the demon tide, seeking an opportunity to launch an assault!

”Noisy!”

Shen Mo frowned, and mana within him flowed like water into the Thousand Laws Karma Lotus Robe. Accompanying the blossoming of forbidden Karma Lotus, a mysterious and incomparably robust immortal aura swirled out.

In the blink of an eye, billions of Heavenly Demons seemed to have all their extraordinary powers stripped away by an inexplicable great power, falling with a ”splatter” like hailstones from mid-air, crashing heavily onto the rocky surface of Yinsu Mountain. Instantly, over ten million low-ranking Heavenly Demons died from the impact alone; yet the cultivators and the mountain protection array on Yinsu Mountain remained entirely unaffected... Shen Mo had completely mastered the power of the Thousand Laws Robe, capable of precisely locking onto the Heavenly Demon’s aura and thwarting all Dharmas!

About a tenth of the Heavenly Demons remained in the air, all of them mutated Heavenly Demons who demon-corrupted members of the ten thousand races of the Immortal Realm, each with strange and bizarre appearances.

They were not completely incapacitated and could still use flying escape techniques. They unleashed various spells and magical abilities, forming a raging sea of menacing light, launching wave after wave of terrifying attacks at Shen Mo!

Shen Mo stood firm like a mountain, increasing his flow of mana into the Thousand Laws Robe, utilizing its nature of Dao’s principles, continually absorbing and analyzing the cultivation methods and magical abilities on these mutated Heavenly Demons.

Before long, a forbidden Karma Lotus evolved...

As Shen Mo became increasingly familiar with the properties of this robe, the speed of evolving Karma Lotuses became faster and faster.

To evolve the first twenty Karma Lotuses took him nearly three years, but now, as long as his internal mana kept up, it didn’t take long to evolve one Karma Lotus!

The newly evolved Karma Lotus radiated divine immortal aura;

Instantly, the remaining Heavenly Demons’ offensive sea dissolved entirely like a mirage, like a dream within a bubble, and their flying escape methods were also forbidden. In their panic, they plummeted from mid-air, some breaking their limbs with luck, while others with ill-fate had their brain fluids oozing out like thick oil.

In the air, only eight Sixth Rank Big Heavenly Demons remained, looking at each other. Then, they summoned their demonic fog and light to turn and flee.

Without a word, Shen Mo raised the Soul Refining Flag and shook it, releasing over twenty Sixth Rank Demon Soul Generals, including Fairy Pei Yu, who charged at them with overwhelming force;

Although both the Heavenly Demons and the Demon Soul Generals are Sixth Rank, these Big Heavenly Demons had most of their spells and magical abilities nullified by the Thousand Laws Dao’s prohibition, making it impossible for them to be a match for the Demon Soul Generals. In just a dozen breaths, they were beaten to the brink of death and dragged directly into the Blood River for refinement!

”These eight Sixth Rank Heavenly Demons could likely help me evolve another Karma Lotus. Also, with the number of Sixth Rank Demon Soul Generals in the flag reaching thirty-three, using twenty-seven as the array core will significantly enhance the Soul Generals Array’s power!”

Shen Mo calculated in his heart as he shook the Soul Refining Flag, absorbing all the big and small Heavenly Demons still alive on Yinsu Mountain into the Blood River.

After handling the battlefield, he stopped the prohibition magic power of the Thousand Laws Robe. The abundant mana in his body began supporting the Soul Refining Flag, aiming to quickly refine these demons into Demon Soul Generals!

As the strange immortal aura dissipated, a beam of mirror light shot from afar, and then Fairy Yuquan stepped out of the mirror light, smiling brightly.