"Then die!"

The person in the middle made a sneak attack without any hesitation, and it was a ruthless one. The vicious claw force tore through the air with a piercing screech, fiercely aiming for the unprotected back of Fatty Lan.

However, when the brutal claw force touched Fatty Lan's back, it couldn't even alter his skin, which looked extremely elastic and didn't even form a dent. Cold Corpse Qi crept up, condensing in the air into the form of five fingers of frost.

"Crash—"

The frost fell to the ground, shattering into pieces of various sizes.

"This Fatty Lan..." The attacker, watching Fatty Lan continue forward without turning his head, showed deep apprehension in his eyes.

"Young Master, Fatty Lan's Martial Arts are unfathomably deep; he will definitely be a formidable opponent for you," another person standing to the side observed everything and communicated telepathically.

"Can't you even gauge his depth?" The person referred to as "Young Master" showed even deeper apprehension.

Previously, it was indeed this person beside him who hummed and shattered the skulls of the surrounding spies. This person's Realm had already reached the True Pill Realm, displaying profound strength, while Fatty Lan...

Judging by his aura, Fatty Lan was only at the Divine Origin Realm.

But was this possible?

"Young Master" was well aware that only True Core Realm Martial Artists could qualify for the Corpse Refining Technique to preserve a sliver of vitality and return decades later as a Corpse Scattering Person.

Even after becoming a Corpse Scattering Person, with greatly diminished power, it shouldn't have fallen to the Divine Origin Realm.

Fatty Lan had not only redefined the strength limit for a Corpse Scattering Person, but he was also dubbed "Mr. Corpse" by the Demon Lord, compelling this "Young Master" to take notice.

You see, the inheritance of the Heavenly Demon Palace was ancient, and in certain aspects, it followed ancient traditions. The position of a "Young Master" symbolized the role of a prince in ancient times. The Young Masters of the Heavenly Demon Palace were equivalent to princes of the Heavenly Demon lineage, eligible to vie for the throne of the Demon Lord.

Although in the world of the Demonic Path, strength was supreme, it wasn't unheard of for elders to kill a Young Master and ascend to the position of Demon Lord after the former Demon Lord's death. Still, the position of a Young Master was genuinely noble, like the Demon Young Master and this "Young Master," driving True Pill Realm experts with the cultivation of the Divine Origin Realm was one of the benefits of holding such a status.

"I had thought that fool Bai Shaoling had botched the job, and it was time for this Young Master to step forward. I didn't expect that this Fatty Lan would suddenly appear."

"Young Master" looked at the slow-moving spherical figure, "Fatty Lan is obviously a deceptive name, it's not even worth being called a real name. This person must have an extraordinary identity."

If it were an ordinary Corpse Scattering Person, they wouldn't qualify for the title of Mr. Corpse, not even a Corpse Tribulation Immortal above a Corpse Scattering Person could claim the position marking an heir of the Demon Lord.

"We should probe him more in the future."

The previous claw strike had also been a test for Fatty Lan's depth. This test revealed something about Fatty Lan's depth, but just how deep was still unknown.

After making up his mind, "Young Master" decided to be more cautious and find out what was special about Fatty Lan to be treated so differently by the Demon Lord.

"Hey, you pretty boy, why aren't you moving? If you don't move, I'm leaving without you," Fatty Lan shouted from a distance.

'I want to kill him directly,' "Young Master" thought fiercely.

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Just as the grand gates of the Heavenly Demon Palace appeared at Nanyun Mountain, Qing Yu, sitting on White Phoenix's back, suddenly turned her head to look towards Nanyun Mountain.

"Demonic Qi looms heavily; it must be the recent activity in Hong Province."

The first thing that came to Qing Yu's mind was the Qi Mechanism he had observed hovering in the southern sky two days prior, and he quietly dismissed the idea of turning back to investigate.

"Based on the last observation of the Qi Mechanism, there must be Divine Communication Realm or even Supreme warriors involved; I better not go courting death."

Not only did he abandon the idea of recklessly giving up his life, but Qing Yu also converted his True Qi into Vitality Qi and infused it into the White Phoenix, urging it to run faster.

"Caw—"

The White Phoenix raised its long neck and cried out, feeling the ceaseless surge of power within its body. Its vast wings flapped more vigorously, speeding away from the Hong Province behind.

"For details, I guess I should ask for intelligence from the Shadow Pavilion. It's been two days since the incident, and today produced such a great anomaly; they should have some clues by now."

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"The Heavenly Demon Palace has formally sent people."

The endlessly rolling waves of blood emitted the massive sound of a tidal surge. Standing before the boundless Blood Sea, Xue Ya held a jade token gleaming with black light in his hand and sneered, "They have finally succumbed to our intimidation and no longer hide in their rat holes."

The location of the Heavenly Demon Realm had always been well concealed by the Heavenly Demon Palace; had it not been for this occasion where Xue Ya and others caught their tail, the Heavenly Demon Palace would have preferred to emerge only when intense turmoil truly began.

It was precisely because the Heavenly Demon Realm had been deeply hidden that the Heavenly Demon Palace managed to survive the Righteous purges over the years.

Compared to the Heavenly Demon Palace, the Blood Demon Sect had lacked the skill to keep a low profile and was excessively arrogant. A thousand years ago, the Blood Demon Sect was annihilated, and the centuries-old Blood Demon Secret Realm was also destroyed by the combined forces of the Righteous and Demonic, leaving no place to hide.

However, it was also because the Blood Demon Secret Realm was utterly obliterated that the warriors who destroyed the Blood Demon Sect believed it had completely vanished from the world, presenting an opportunity for survivors like Xue Ya to flourish.

This disaster turned out to be a mixed blessing.

"Ling Xuedu," called Xue Ya.

"Subordinate is here," responded a sinister young man clad in Blood Clothes and with blood-colored hair, appearing amidst the surging Blood River and reverently speaking.

"Let the disciples of our sect also make their appearance. Since the Heavenly Demon Palace has shown up, the Blood Demon Sect must not be absent," said Xue Ya.

"Yes."

Ling Xuedu vanished in an instant.

Over the years, the Blood Demon Sect had made numerous arrangements. Perhaps their high-end fighting power was not as hidden as the Heavenly Demon Palace, but the middle and lower echelons of Martial Artists were far superior to those hidden within the secret realm of the Heavenly Demon lineage.

After all, the progress of the Martial Arts within the Blood Demon Sect was so rapid that to call it meteoric wasn't an overstatement. In the entire world, no other Martial Arts as widespread and rapidly advancing in strength as those of the Blood Demon Sect could be found.

After Ling Xuedu left, Xue Ya continued to gaze at the tumultuous Blood Sea before him.

This Blood Sea was painstakingly accumulated by the predecessors of the Blood Demon Sect over this millennium. Each wave contained who knows how many lives.

"The roaring Blood Sea will cleanse the world. After a thousand years, the blood tide that sweeps all beings will rise again; this time, who can halt my grand ambition? Hahaha..." Looking up at the heavenly vault formed by rocks, Xue Ya burst into loud laughter.

The Heavenly Demon and the Blood Demon unite, a union Xue Ya also desired, and he estimated his chances of success were not low.

In this era, there will no longer be an opportunity for the Righteous and Demonic to unite; the Demonic Path has already been officially drawn into Xue Ya's war chariot.

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