Su Wu quickly suppressed the shock in his heart and said solemnly, "We cannot let this matter be ignored. The Heavenly Crane Array must be destroyed!"

"Are you going back to White Emperor City?" The Reincarnation Demon Lord raised an eyebrow, seemingly a bit puzzled.

"No, we just fought a fierce battle with Ancestor Bing Lan, and we've expended a lot. There must be experts stationed at White Emperor City now. Rather than risking going there, we should destroy the Stone Pillar Hongjun beneath Chongjin City. The effect is the same." Su Wu grinned, a hint of cunning flashing in his eyes.

"The Three Realms Immortal Boat has already been returned to the Demon World. Destroying a perfectly intact Stone Pillar Hongjun, how can it be easy?" The Reincarnation Demon Lord shook his head and sighed.

"My chances of success alone are slim, but if you lend your assistance, Demon Lord, it's almost guaranteed." Su Wu looked at the Reincarnation Demon Lord, eyes shimmering with a hopeful light.

"Su Wu, the Ten Thousand Demon Country was just a pawn for us to find the Three Realms Immortal Boat. Now that the boat has been found, they are of no use anymore. You're not seriously going to help them restore their nation and change the fate of being oppressed by the Human Clan, are you?" The Reincarnation Demon Lord frowned and said.

"The Ten Thousand Demon Country is naturally a pawn, but if used well, it can also be a good force. It's also a good thing to incorporate them under our command. Besides, some matters are better filled with the lives of Ten Thousand Demon Country than with your Demon Clan's lives, no?" Su Wu replied with a smile.

After a moment of consideration, the Reincarnation Demon Lord nodded in agreement: "If that's the case, I will help you once. But afterward, you need to provide at least a hundred Returning to Void Cultivators or Level 5 Demon Clan practitioners for me to test the effects of the Ten Thousand Tribulation Blood Soul Curse. This divine skill is still not perfect."

Su Wu agreed without the slightest hesitation: "No problem."

Just as the two were about to set off, a voice echoed slowly from a certain direction:

"Where are you two intending to go?"

As the voice fell, in the void before them, a wisp of wind seemed to pass gently, accompanied by a ripple. Out of nowhere, a figure slowly stepped out from it.

This person, clad in a worn long robe as if weathered by countless ages, had a slightly hunched figure. His skin was dark as iron, his eyes completely white, with no traces of pupils, precisely the legendary Xia Jie.

His appearance was silent and stealthy, neither causing a ripple of mana nor a stir of the Divine Soul.

By the time Su Wu and the Reincarnation Demon Lord realized it, Xia Jie was already standing quietly in front of them like an ancient mountain peak.

"Xia Jie!" The Reincarnation Demon Lord exclaimed, with a shock that was hard to conceal in his voice.

Su Wu, on the other hand, seemed entirely unaware of the name, but hearing such a loss of composure from the Reincarnation Demon Lord, he couldn't help but feel an inexplicable chill surge within him.

That name seemed to carry an unfathomable curse, which just by hearing, made Su Wu's courage inexplicably dissipate by three parts.

Without any hesitation, Su Wu's entire body erupted in a black light. In an instant, six thin wings of the Heavenly Cicada grew behind him. In a tremor, he transformed into a black shadow, escaping swiftly, so fast it seemed to tear through the void.

The Reincarnation Demon Lord was not to be outdone. A flash of blood light flickered around him as he donned a suit of blood-red armor. The Protective Blood Light ignited, and a dense Blood Mist shot out from the armor, enveloping him entirely.

Within the Blood Mist, his figure transformed into a Blood Shadow, rapidly flying off in another direction.

Xia Jie did not move. He only spoke calmly: "All methods of Flying Escape are forbidden here!"

His voice boomed like a grand bell, resonating continuously, precisely the speak and follow the law divine skill.

A vast and incomparable power descended from the sky, forcefully rushing towards Su Wu and the Reincarnation Demon Lord.

Su Wu's expression changed drastically. With a flip of his hand, he summoned that black longsword, cutting through the void.

"Swish"

A Black Sword Qi flashed by, splitting the incoming immense power in two.

But Xia Jie's speak and follow the law divine skill had long been perfected, far superior to Yuan Ming, Xi Ying, and others, not affected in the slightest.

The cleaved forces instead transformed into two even more formidable surges, fiercely hitting Su Wu from both sides.

Under this force, Su Wu's six wings of the cicada shattered directly. Blood flowed from his seven orifices, and he couldn't suppress a muffled groan as his body plummeted rapidly.

The Reincarnation Demon Lord also suffered the blow, his Blood Light extinguishing as he plummeted from mid-air.

The power of speak and follow raged within both their bodies, causing great destruction.

Su Wu and the Reincarnation Demon Lord, these two people infinitely close to the Mahayana Realm, now seemed like two heavily-struck stones falling from the sky.

However, both were practitioners with profound cultivation and adept in various techniques.

With a calm mindset, they swiftly resolved the anomalies within their bodies, each summoning a Spiritual Treasure to stabilize their figures.

Yet, at that moment, their bodies suddenly sank.

Nearby, in the void, a massive river appeared, the waves surging, persistent and uninterrupted.

It was a vast and pure Great Wish River, boundless like the sea.

"This is not good, Xia Jie is about to use the Great Wish of All Living Beings. This divine skill can't be resisted, quickly use the Two Realms Pearl to escape!" The Reincarnation Demon Lord suddenly turned his head and urgently shouted towards Su Wu.

Su Wu heard these words and immediately summoned a white treasure bead.

The bead spun rapidly, emitting a gentle glow, then a large swath of white light shot out, swiftly forming into a towering white light gate.

The Reincarnation Demon Lord did not choose to flee; instead, he turned and charged directly at Xia Jie, seemingly determined to win Su Wu one last chance for escape.

"The Heavenly Dao governs all things; all living beings derive from the Heavenly Dao. Who can oppose the wishes of all beings?" Xia Jie's voice echoed like a mighty bell, resonating throughout the heaven and earth.

In an instant, the river of Desire Power in mid-air seemed to ignite, burning fiercely.

Outside Chongjin City, the previously clear sky suddenly changed color, with the winds and clouds raging. An indescribable, almighty force descended from the heavens.

Everything between heaven and earth seemed to come to a halt at this moment, even the white light emitted by the Two Realms Pearl froze in the air, and the Reincarnation Demon Lord's flying form abruptly paused.

Time appeared to be bound by some mysterious force, with only Xia Jie's grand voice still resounding through the heavens and earth.

"May the demon insects and evil forces here not be tolerated by the Great Dao, and be punished by heaven and earth!"

As Xia Jie's words fell, a force resembling heavenly punishment descended from the sky, flooding over Su Wu and the Reincarnation Demon Lord like an overwhelming torrent.

Their bodies simultaneously exploded under this force. Su Wu's form transformed into dense black smoke, and the black longsword tightly gripped in his hand was shaken free. As for the Reincarnation Demon Lord, he turned into a puff of Blood Mist, dissipating into the air.

"May all evil here be utterly obliterated into nothingness!"

Xia Jie's voice rang out once more, accompanied by an even grander force of heavenly punishment descending.

The black smoke and Blood Mist had no resistance against this force and quickly dissipated completely.

Just at that moment, the entire realm suddenly shook violently without any warning.

The white light gate formed by the Two Realms Pearl suddenly burst with dazzling light, breaking free from the suppression of the Great Wish of All Living Beings.

Following that, a gigantic black demon claw extended from the light gate, bearing nine fingers, each densely covered with crimson eyes, exuding a profoundly sinister feeling.

The murderous aura emanating from this giant claw was chilling.

The demon claw grasped the remnants of Su Wu's black smoke and swiftly retreated into the white light gate.

At the same time, the Two Realms Pearl also flew into the light gate, which flickered and vanished from its original location.

The clone of the Reincarnation Demon Lord, lacking assistance, was soon completely obliterated by the heavenly punishment force, leaving no trace.

Gazing at this scene, Xia Jie murmured to himself, "Yama's Demon Claw... it seems the Yan Emperor intervened personally, and this Su Wu was just one of his spares..."

Having said that, he slowly descended, bending down to pick up the black longsword Su Wu dropped. As soon as the sword entered his hand, black Demonic Qi surged on the blade, burning like flames, attempting to break free from Xia Jie's grasp.

"A replica of the Great Freedom Sky Demon Sword, huh? It even contains a fragment of the Heavenly Demon Sword, it indeed has some charm." Xia Jie murmured lightly, a layer of white glow appearing in his palm, instantly enveloping the sword entirely. The flames on the black longsword immediately extinguished, suppressed by Xia Jie's power.

"This sword can be given to Yuan for training, and it will surely become a significant help to him in the future." Xia Jie mused to himself, a hint of deep meaning flashing in his eyes.

...

In the deepest part of the Ten Thousand Demon Mountain Range, a majestic black peak pierced the sky, seemingly connecting with the heavens. This peak was unique, constantly shrouded in a thin veil of black mist regardless of the sunlight outside, as if perpetually bathed in night. Whirlwinds swept through the mountains, producing sharp howls, sometimes shrill like phantom cries, sometimes low like ghostly laughter, sending shivers down the spine.

Yet, on this black peak, there were magnificent structures built, stretching endlessly, appearing as a massive giant city, its grandeur rivalling even the legendary White Emperor City. Here was the core of the Ten Thousand Demon Country - the Ten Thousand Demon Ridge.

Within the Ten Thousand Demon Ridge, a grand and splendid hall stood among them. Wu Yu, the wise sage of the Ten Thousand Demon Country, was standing in front of an earthy-yellow map scroll, depicting a detailed map of the Ten Thousand Demon Mountain Range. Mountains, rivers, volcanoes, and lakes were vividly illustrated, as if the entire mountain range were condensed onto this scroll.

The map clearly showed the location of nineteen cities and the areas controlled by the thirty-six clans of the Ten Thousand Demon Country. The places where living beings congregated were represented by densely packed light spots, many of which were slowly moving, like twinkling stars.

This scroll was an Exotic Treasure of the Ten Thousand Demon Country - the Mountain and River Map.

It could communicate with the Spirit Veins beneath the ground, perceive and display the terrain and geography of the Ten Thousand Demon Mountain Range.

The powerful beings within the mountain range also appeared as light spots on the map, and during warfare, it undoubtedly served as an ultimate sharp weapon.

Inside the great hall, besides Wu Yu, were more than a dozen Level 5 Demon Clan Practitioners.

They held Communication Magical Artifacts, occasionally reporting the latest battle updates to Wu Yu.

Wu Yu swiftly issued command after command, deploying the battle forces of the Ten Thousand Demon Country to attack in all directions.

Now that the Heavenly Crane Array had been partially destroyed, and Ancestor Bing Lan had been defeated and fled, this undoubtedly presented the best situation for the Ten Thousand Demon Country in tens of thousands of years.

If they could seize those nineteen cities in one swoop, even if unable to use the Three Realms Immortal Boat to destroy the Pillar Hongjun, they could still find another way to slowly erode the Heavenly Crane Array and ultimately destroy it.

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