144: Chapter 144 The Taixu Divine Sect Returns Home in Glory

【Chu Sheng only found out after returning to the city that Yu Rumeng actually had five thousand elite demon troops under her command.】

【In these years, she didn't keep any male favorites or save up any wealth; her entire fortune was poured into this army.】

【Five thousand people, all with cultivations above Condensing True Essence, with eight generals at the Spirit Lake Stage, but not a single one at the Sea Opening stage.】

【Over these years, Yu Rumeng focused all her thoughts on refining the rumeng token; even if there were Sea Opening demon generals, they would have long since fled, preferring to rot away in the Hall of Ten Thousand Demons.】

【The reorganization of the army lasted for three months.】

【Yu Rumeng would get up every day before dawn and only return at night, so exhausted she would fall asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow.】

【Chu Sheng wanted to help her, but Yu Rumeng spoke up:】

【“You just Cultivate well and don't drag me down.”】

【Chu Sheng had no choice but to obediently go and Cultivate.】

【Then came the waiting.】

【Waiting for news from the Hall of Ten Thousand Demons, news from the Blood God Sect, and the command for all three sides to start the war simultaneously.】

【The wait lasted for three years.】

【Chu Zhan grew from a tiny tot into a brat running all over the place.】

【At six years old, he could wander around the yard lifting a stone lock larger than his head.】

【Chu Sheng's Taixu True Scripture finally achieved a Breakthrough to the second layer.】

【The Taixu True Scripture is divided into five layers: Void and Reality, Void Transformation, Returning to the Void, Great Void, and Nihility.】

【The second layer, Void Transformation, can turn one's own true essence into nothingness to conceal one's aura, and can also transform external forces for one's own use.】

【On the day of the Breakthrough, the black spiritual spring in his Dantian began to surge.】

【The spring eye continuously expanded, the spring water surged violently, and it finally transformed into a black lake.】

【Chu Sheng successfully stepped into the early Spirit Lake Stage.】

【His true essence volume exploded tenfold; Chu Sheng felt he could fight ten of his former selves.】

【The feedback from Many Children, Many Blessings came even more intensely than the Breakthrough.】

【Chu Zhan achieved a Breakthrough to the Essence Gathering Realm at age six.】

【From Qi Induction to the Essence Gathering Realm, a hurdle others spend their entire lives unable to cross, this child crossed it at six years old.】

【While Chu Sheng was Cultivating, a terrifyingly pure power descended from the sky.】

【This power directly caused his Spirit Lake Stage cultivation to completely stabilize.】

【The Old Grandfather in the ring remained silent for a long time.】

【The Old Grandfather spoke up:】

【“This old man has traversed the Five Domains for over a thousand years; what kind of Genius have I not seen?”】

【“Heavenly Spiritual Root, Saintly Physiques, Divine Veins—I've seen them all.”】

【He paused, his voice continuing with a hint of bitterness:】

【“But one with your Physique, this old man has truly never seen before.”】

【“Increasing cultivation just by fathering children—what kind of wicked Cultivation Technique is this?”】

【Chu Sheng gave a cheeky grin and spoke:】

【“It's a family heirloom.”】

【The Old Grandfather didn't press further.】

【The news of Chu Zhan reaching the Essence Gathering Realm at age six spread throughout the city.】

【Fake Name's gaze toward Chu Sheng became even more complex.】

【Chu Sheng asked her:】

【“What's wrong with you?”】

【Fake Name didn't say a word, turned around, and left.】

【Chu Zhan ran over holding the stone lock, looked up with an innocent face, and asked:】

【“Dad, am I amazing?”】

【Chu Sheng smiled and said:】

【“Amazing, even more amazing than your dad.”】

【Chu Zhan jumped up in joy.】

【The stone lock smashed onto his foot, making him howl in pain.】

【Chu Sheng pressed for the Old Grandfather's identity.】

【The Old Grandfather was silent for a long time, so long that Chu Sheng thought he wouldn't speak again.】

【The Old Grandfather slowly said:】

【“Taixu Divine Sect, the hegemon of the Central Region a thousand years ago.”】

【Chu Sheng stood stunned.】

【The hegemon of the Central Region—what kind of concept was that?】

【The Old Grandfather gave a bitter laugh and continued:】

【“It was destroyed by the combined forces of the Righteous Path.”】

【“This seat is left with only a wisp of a remnant soul, lingering on until now.”】

【Chu Sheng asked:】

【“Who did it?”】

【The Old Grandfather shook his head and said:】

【“Telling you now would only harm you.”】

【Chu Sheng looked at the ring on his hand and suddenly felt that this ring had become much heavier.】

【In these three years, Yu Rumeng didn't get pregnant again.】

【Chu Sheng asked her:】

【“Why haven't you gotten pregnant again?”】

【Yu Rumeng was silent for a moment before speaking:】

【“The higher the cultivation, the harder it is to conceive.”】

【Chu Sheng knew it wasn't just for that reason.】

【She was about to go to war and was constantly on guard; how could she have the mind for such things?】

【On this day, Yu Rumeng finally received intelligence.】

【The Hall of Ten Thousand Demons has dispatched fifty thousand troops, led by Devil King Di Sha, targeting Beiyuan Kingdom.】

【The Blood God Sect has dispatched forty thousand troops, led by Devil King Soul Eater, targeting Luochuan Kingdom.】

【The Nine Nether Palace has dispatched thirty thousand troops, targeting Tianfeng Kingdom.】

【With all three sides starting the war simultaneously, the Demon Race intends to swallow the three kingdoms of the Northern Region in one fell swoop.】

【Chu Sheng asked:】

【“How long can Tianfeng Kingdom hold out?”】

【Yu Rumeng spoke:】

【“Three months, if the Central Region doesn't send anyone.”】

【The Old Grandfather gave a cold snort and said:】

【“Those major powers in the Central Region won't let the Demon Race unify the Northern Region; they will definitely come.”】

【Chu Sheng stood on the city wall, looking at the dark red sky in the distance.】

【Tianfeng Kingdom—he hadn't been back for several years.】

【Li Zhiyi, Lin Wanqing, Xiao Huan, and those four children—he wondered how they were doing.】

【Chu Zhan ran over and hugged his leg, looking up to ask:】

【“Dad, what are you looking at?”】

【Chu Sheng picked him up and said:】

【“Looking at our old home.”】

【Chu Zhan asked:】

【“Where is our old home?”】

【Chu Sheng said:】

【“In a place very, very far away.”】

【Chu Zhan said:】

【“Then let's go take a look.”】

【Chu Sheng smiled and said:】

【“After the war is over.”】

【Chu Sheng gripped his hand tightly and didn't speak.】

【Below the city, five thousand elite demon troops were ready to move, a dense black mass like a silent forest of steel.】

Chu Sheng watched this scene, took a large gulp of tea, and said:

“Xia Nihuang, Jiang Yuenü, Ji Haoxuan, and that Ye Wuhen—I wonder how they are doing now.”

He stared at the family of three in the image and suddenly laughed, saying:

“I never expected this. Does this count as returning home in glory? Though the folks back home might have to steer clear of me.”

“Now at the Spirit Lake Stage, with five thousand demon troops under my command, and a wife at the Dao Palace stage.”

“With this setup returning to Tianfeng Kingdom, who would still dare to provoke him?”