420: secret

Only a large seal floated where Ji Hao had been.

But Wang Teng remained motionless.

After a long while, Wang Teng finally spat out a mouthful of blood.

At the same time, his body was covered in spiderweb-like cracks, and blood seeped out.

Just one glance… just one glance at him, and Wang Teng nearly died.

Fortunately, the Ji Hao from earlier could not yet be called a true immortal; he was merely a pseudo-immortal.

Otherwise, he would have been reduced to nothing by just the first wave of pressure.

But thankfully, Ji Hao had died in this battle, and now no one could stop his advance.

Then he turned his head to look at the Mountain and River Seal left behind after Ji Hao’s death.

The Mountain and River Seal was very similar to the world authority artifact of a sovereign; it could be used once refined.

If he had this seal, it would make his subsequent actions more assured.

Just look at Ji Hao; with this seal, he was able to contend with Wang Teng, who possessed a portion of the Earth Immortal Realm’s power, showing how great its amplification was.

The origin of the Four Profound Heavens was, after all, far, far stronger than the Earth Immortal Realm.

Even just a portion of its power was incomparable to the Earth Immortal Realm.

Wang Teng was about to subdue it when...

Bang!

The Mountain and River Seal suddenly disintegrated, transforming into countless streams of light that flew in all directions.

The largest and brightest of these streams mostly landed in the Central Profound Domain, while the remaining parts fell into the other three domains.

This Mountain and River Seal was inherently unstable, and after a great battle, being ownerless now, such a situation was quite normal.

But he himself had no method to condense it, so the matter of the Mountain and River Seal would probably have to be dropped.

Perhaps Ji Hao had left the method somewhere in the palace, but Wang Teng did not hold much hope for that.

He glanced at the fierce battle below; even the Demon Race had joined in at some point.

They were helping the people on the Shenwu Empire’s side to fight against his subordinates.

However, Wang Teng currently had no leisure to intervene; he was too heavily injured.

Truly, that one glance from Ji Hao had brought him to within an inch of death.

The situation below was still good; his side was pressing the attack against the other.

It wouldn't be long before the Ancient Hall’s victory was inevitable, so there was no need to go down and worsen his injuries.

Since that was the case, he might as well take the opportunity to recover properly.

As the Hall Master of the Ancient Hall, he had countless recovery methods at his disposal.

But facing the injuries inflicted by Ji Hao, he could only use a mere few.

Even a pseudo-immortal still had the word 'immortal' in it!

To expedite his recovery, Wang Teng even drew upon the power of the Earth Immortal Realm.

Under such massive support, Wang Teng’s injuries recovered at a visible rate.

He sat there in the high sky, overlooking the development of events below, quietly recovering from his injuries… “Demon Lord, when did our attack on the human empire concern you demons?”

Holy Monarch You Tian said in an unfriendly tone.

The Demon Lord, with purple hair and golden eyes, emanating a barbaric aura, said, “Concerned? Of course, it’s not concerned. To be honest, I’d even wish for you humans to be in civil strife.

Especially the Shenwu Empire, I’ve wanted it dead for a long time.”

Holy Monarch You Tian was somewhat puzzled by his words. “Then why are you here to stop us?”

To be honest, both he and the Demon Lord were Lesser Accomplishment Holy Monarchs, but the Demon Lord’s strength was considerably greater than his.

If possible, Holy Monarch You Tian also did not want to fight the other party.

The Demon Lord’s purple hair fluttered, and a hint of sarcasm flashed in his golden pupils. “Heh heh, Blood Refining the Common People, you of the Ancient Hall truly have grand plans!”

Holy Monarch You Tian’s pupils constricted, then he said with extreme seriousness, “That was just Ji Hao’s nonsense.”

The Demon Lord sneered, “We’ve all lived this long; you say this to me, do you take me for a fool?”

This time, Holy Monarch You Tian sighed. “Actually, quite a few people know about this, but aside from those who strongly opposed and stood up, the others have all chosen to acquiesce.”

After all, Ji Hao knew back then that he alone couldn’t withstand the Earth Immortal Realm.

So he planned to seek external help and informed others of the full story.

Some people agreed, such as Old Man Kong Yuan, who was among those who agreed…

But more people did not agree, as the temptation of becoming an immortal, even if it was one in ten thousand, they would not willingly give up.

At the same time, these messages could easily spread within certain circles.

In reality, many people privately knew about it, but they pretended not to know on the surface.

After all, the Ancient Hall was the one taking action, and it had little to do with them.

“I’m afraid not many of your Demon Race came either, did they?” Holy Monarch You Tian added.

The Demon Lord fell silent. After learning about the matter, he naturally informed the other Holy Monarchs of the Demon Race.

However, most of the responses he received were just excuses, or even no response at all.

One must know that Blood Refining the Common People didn’t just refine humans!

Otherwise, when Ji Hao approached him through the Demon Domain, he would never have agreed.

“How many years have we been stuck in this realm? Do the lives of ants count as lives?” Seeing that the Demon Lord was silent and understanding that he had begun to waver, Holy Monarch You Tian immediately continued to persuade him.

A hint of struggle flashed in the Demon Lord’s golden pupils. “What kind of immortal opportunity is it that makes you do this?”

Holy Monarch You Tian shook his head. “I don’t know; perhaps only the Hall Master of the Ancient Hall knows, but does that matter? Isn’t it enough to become an immortal?”

“Is it possible?” The Demon Lord couldn’t help but frown. “You should know that having cultivated to this step, what limits us is no longer our own accumulation.”

A hint of fanaticism flashed in Holy Monarch You Tian’s eyes. “Of course I know, but what if I told you that Lord Hall Master has already found a way to break through?”

“What? How is that possible?”

The Demon Lord found Holy Monarch You Tian’s words incredibly hard to believe.

He knew very well what limited them from becoming immortals.

The Demon Lord possessed an extremely noble demon beast bloodline and had also obtained some inherited memories carried within his bloodline.

In that era when immortals had not yet disappeared, the requirements for becoming an immortal were not so harsh.

Demon beasts only needed to raise their cultivation to the peak of the Demon Emperor Realm, and martial artists only needed to raise their cultivation to the peak of the Heavenly Imperial Realm.

Then, by fully comprehending a certain primary law they cultivated, they could attempt to break through to the Demon Venerable or Immortal Law Realm.

It was just that based on individual accumulation, the difficulty of breakthrough and the success rate would vary.

The above requirements were merely the minimum standard; of course, almost no immortal successfully broke through with the minimum standard.

But in reality, by raising one's cultivation to the level of a Nine-Step Venerable to break through, the success rate of becoming an immortal was already very high.

For Holy Monarch-level figures like Holy Monarch You Tian and the Demon Lord, the success rate of breakthrough was even terrifyingly high.

As for Wang Teng, the Hall Master of the Ancient Hall, if he were in that era, he would almost certainly be able to break through and become an immortal.

All of this was because of one thing…