Song Yan originally thought it would be very difficult to find the Celestial Demon Dragon; at the very least, the Celestial Demon Dragon should be hiding and revealing itself intermittently, fleeing in panic from place to place, as the Master of Heaven and Earth was clearly watching it.

However...

He was wrong.

Because the Celestial Demon... actually built a city.

A mortal city in a low-level Cultivation Profound Land was transformed into a Celestial Demon city.

Song Yan didn't even need to inquire much; he merely had to release his Divine Sense slightly to listen, and he knew the name of this city — Great Yang Capital.

Great Yang Capital, in fact, was originally called "Great Banquet Capital." It is unsure whether it was due to a mispronunciation or misunderstanding passed down, or that people feared the implications of the word "banquet" itself, hence they called it Great Yang Capital.

The Great Yang Capital housed ordinary people.

The people had nowhere to go, forced to live here, with an uncertain tomorrow.

The "Great Banquet Capital" of the banquet word naturally encapsulated the celestial demons' idea — an end-of-world feast, with all living beings as the feast, and a mad celebration.

Yet even a rabbit won't eat the grass near its burrow, and celestial demons naturally also want a comfortable place to stay, rather than living perpetually in desolate mountains and wilderness, looking like wildmen eating raw flesh, hence creating this city where mortals and celestial demons coexist.

The outer city of this metropolis is where the civilians reside.

The inner city, then, for the celestial demons.

The most central building in the inner city is named the Octagonal Blood Contract Tower.

This tower is a place for trading "hosts," exchanging information, and forming teams.

The celestial demons bring "powerful cultivators unsuitable for their use" here to trade.

A mysterious array shield provided by several celestial demons surrounds the Octagonal Blood Contract Tower, and even a Divinity Transformation cultivator would struggle for a while upon touching this array shield, as if a small bug caught in a spider's web.

Of course, a Divinity Transformation cultivator could struggle free, but... in the time they struggled, the celestial demons stationed at the Octagonal Blood Contract Tower would have already noticed and come out, then tied up this "prime product" caught in their own trap, placing them on the shelves.

The only path to enter the Octagonal Blood Contract Tower is a pontoon bridge.

Clearly, celestial demons guard the pontoon bridge.

Especially today.

Because today, the second floor master of the Octagonal Blood Contract Tower finally subdued a quite excellent host and planned to seize him today.

Such great news naturally needs to be spread throughout the city, especially to let the cultivators know.

If they didn't know, how would they strive to rescue?

If no one comes to rescue, where would the new products come from?

The celestial demons enjoy this very much.

Especially in promoting "Sword Cultivator hosts," they are particularly fond of it.

The reason is simple, Sword Cultivators need a spirit of resolve. If they know their colleagues, friends, or even lovers are about to be seized by the celestial demons and they don't come, it would be weakness, it would be retreat.

Celestial demons love Sword Cultivators the most.

Today, the goods of the second floor master are also a Sword Cultivator.

...

...

"I didn't expect Yanzhang to still be alive."

A secretive voice came from outside the city.

The speaker donned a cyan robe, his temples already white, but his eyes were as clear as an innocent child, a wooden sword twined with vines at his waist. He is a powerful Sword Cultivator from the Sword Alliance, in the late stage of the Divine Infant realm, named He Yueran.

Though He Yueran was in the late stage of the Divine Infant, he diligently cultivated the cultivation technique of an ancient era strongman known as the "Withered and Flourishing Sword Monarch" — the Withered and Flourishing Sword Scripture.

This technique was gifted by the elder of the Sword Alliance.

Initially, the Sword Cultivators were cautious, fearing that if they succeeded in their cultivation, they would face "Heavenly Retribution."

But in fact, "Heavenly Retribution" never happened even once.

This put their minds at ease.

He Yueran cultivated atop the True Spirit Jade Platform till now, with power just short of Divinity Transformation, lacking naturally in the accumulation of the Soul Threshold Evil Treasure.

Another Sword Cultivator, a red-clothed female cultivator of full bosom, though charming, held a few parts of ruthlessness, her hair moving despite no wind, barefoot, with red string accompanied by gold bells at her ankles.

This woman was Feng Qiangwei, the "Blood Plum Blossom", who switched from the Seven Great Bandits to the Sword Alliance. When Song Yan initially reached the second-level Cultivation Profound Land, he almost took her as his master, only to be rejected due to poor aptitude.

Feng Qiangwei replied, "Yes, Yanzhang is indeed in the Octagonal Blood Contract Tower, he is today's bait, aimed at catching people like you and me, I won't go to save anyone. Falling into the hands of celestial demons, fate is already sealed."

He Yueran said, "It's not about recklessly charging in, I have a Marvelous Treasure, that can disguise with Celestial Demon's aura, then it can enter openly through the pontoon bridge, at that time... seize the chance and rescue Yanzhang."

Feng Qiangwei slowly shook her head.

He Yueran then looked at other companions beside him.

The companions exchanged among themselves, yet still, two people stood out, standing beside He Yueran.

"The pursuit of the Sword Heart is sharpened through hardship, the greater the adversity, the sharper it becomes. We can advance no further, just lack crossing the Sea of Suffering. But there are benefits to being suppressed by the Sea of Suffering, which is to ignore power and wholeheartedly pursue the Sword Dao. The stronger the Sword Dao now, the stronger the breakthrough will be in the future."

The speaker was named Han Wuyi, his left eye wrapped with an Ice Silkworm Silk Ribbon, his right pupil strangely red, tinged with blood veins, clearly due to the excessive intensity of Fire Profound, or perhaps a sign of going astray in cultivation, yet the originally frenzied-looking red pupil appeared calm at the moment, giving off a sense of calm before a storm, or a volcano about to erupt at any moment.

Han Wuyi also cultivated a Sword Dao from an ancient strongman.

To this day, they have understood the situation of this world.

Simply to follow the Master of Heaven and Earth, to exterminate the Celestial Demons, delay the approaching doomsday as much as possible, and get as strong as possible before then.

After that... take one step at a time.

The Master of Heaven and Earth will arrange everything.

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