293: Chapter 293 The Demon Lord's Journey, the Final Trial

Chu Sheng pushed open the door, the light blinding, and he squinted.

Behind the door was a battlefield.

It was not a small skirmish, but a real, blood-soaked meat grinder.

The earth was torn apart, mountain Peaks sliced flat, and the sky dyed a dark red.

Countless corpses of Cultivators were scattered on the ground, some from the Human Race, some from the Demon Race, impossible to distinguish.

Chu Sheng stood at the edge of the battlefield, watching this scene, a chill running down his back.

He saw the Northern Domain. It was not the Tianfeng Kingdom he was familiar with, but an older one, the Northern Domain from ten thousand years ago.

Back then, the Demon Domain was not called the Demon Domain, but the Northern Wasteland.

In the Northern Wasteland, there were two behemoths, the Giant Derivation Upper Sect and the Frozen Ice Upper Sect.

Two Divine Ability Realm Sects, one in the south and one in the north, divided the entire Northern Wasteland.

Before them, the Demon Race were merely ants, driven away, hunted, and treated as Materials for Cultivate.

In the scene, Heavenly Demon Ancestor stood on the wilderness of the Northern Wasteland, looking at the towering Mountain Gate in the distance.

Giant Derivation Upper Sect.

Behind him were tens of thousands of the Demon Race army.

They were not summoned by him, but followed him voluntarily.

"Lord Demon Venerable, the protective formation of the Giant Derivation Upper Sect has been broken! Please give the order!" A Demon general knelt before him, his voice excited.

Heavenly Demon Ancestor did not speak, simply raising his hand.

A long halberd appeared in his palm, jet-black, the shaft engraved with dense runes, radiating a suffocating killing intent.

god-slaying halberd.

A Magical Artifact refined with the lives of countless Human Race and Demon Race Cultivators.

A Magical Artifact.

In his other hand, a black lotus appeared, its petals layered, each engraved with an ancient rune.

world-destroying black lotus.

Forged in the same furnace as the god-slaying halberd, one for offense and one for defense, complementing each other perfectly.

Heavenly Demon Ancestor threw the god-slaying halberd, which transformed into a streak of black lightning, piercing through the Mountain Gate of the Giant Derivation Upper Sect.

The entire mountain Peak exploded, gravel flying and dust filling the sky.

The Old Ancestor of the Giant Derivation Upper Sect, an elder in the Tongxuan Realm Middle Stage, rushed out from the ruins, covered in blood.

"Heavenly Demon Ancestor! You will die a horrible death!"

Heavenly Demon Ancestor did not speak, but waved his hand, and the world-destroying black lotus rotated slowly, its black petals shedding from the lotus seat, transforming into countless streaks of black light that shot toward the elder.

The elder was pierced by the light, his body riddled with holes like a sieve.

He knelt on the ground, raised his head, and looked at Heavenly Demon Ancestor, his eyes filled with unwillingness.

"You... you will regret this..."

His head drooped, and he stopped moving.

Heavenly Demon Ancestor retracted the god-slaying halberd and the world-destroying black lotus, looking at the ruins beneath his feet with an expressionless face.

"Next. Frozen Ice Upper Sect."

The scene shifted.

The Mountain Gate of the Frozen Ice Upper Sect was even more magnificent than the Giant Derivation Upper Sect's, the entire Peak covered in ice crystals, shining brilliantly under the sunlight.

Heavenly Demon Ancestor stood before the Mountain Gate, the Demon Race army behind him even larger than before.

His reputation had already spread throughout the Northern Wasteland, and countless Demon Race members had traveled from all directions to join his ranks.

The Sect Master of the Frozen Ice Upper Sect was a woman, in the Tongxuan Realm Early Stage, wearing ice-blue robes, her face cold and elegant.

She stood before the Mountain Gate, looking at Heavenly Demon Ancestor, her eyes devoid of fear, only Wrath.

"Heavenly Demon Ancestor, you slaughtered the entire Giant Derivation Upper Sect, and now you come to kill me too?"

Heavenly Demon Ancestor said: "I gave you a chance. I told you to leave the Northern Wasteland, but you refused."

The woman sneered: "Leave the Northern Wasteland? This is my home, why should I leave?"

Heavenly Demon Ancestor did not speak further.

The god-slaying halberd launched, the black halberd tearing through the sky, striking directly at the woman's face.

The woman raised her hand, and an ice wall rose from the ground, blocking it.

"Ice Seals Ten Thousand Miles!"

This was her trump card Divine Ability!

She was going to fight to the death!

The god-slaying halberd collided with the ice, emitting a loud noise, the ice wall shattering, but the god-slaying halberd's speed did not diminish, continuing to stab toward the woman.

The woman's complexion changed, her figure flashing as she dodged the fatal blow, but her shoulder was slashed, ice-blue blood dripping onto the ground.

She gritted her teeth, summoned her Lifebound Treasure, an ice-blue longsword, and clashed with Heavenly Demon Ancestor.

The two fought from the ground to the sky, and from the sky to the sea.

After fighting for three days and three nights, the woman finally exhausted her strength and was pierced through the chest by the god-slaying halberd.

She fell from mid-air, crashing into the ground and splashing ice crystals everywhere.

Heavenly Demon Ancestor landed on the ground, walked up to her, and looked down at her.

Blood spilled from the corner of the woman's mouth, her eyes still open, looking at Heavenly Demon Ancestor, her lips moving slightly.

"You... you will not succeed... The fate of the... Demon Race... will not change..."

Her eyes closed.

Heavenly Demon Ancestor stood there, looking at her corpse, silent for a moment, then turned and walked away.

The scene shifted again.

Heavenly Demon Ancestor stood before the Mountain Gate of the Lingxiao God Sect.

Behind him was a million-strong Demon Race army.

His cultivation had reached the second stage of the Divine Ability Realm, the Dharma Control stage.

In his hand, he held the god-slaying halberd, and beneath his feet, he stepped on the world-destroying black lotus.

The Mountain Gate of the Lingxiao God Sect was taller and more imposing than in his memory.

But he was not afraid.

He had waited so many years for this day.

"Heavenly Demon Ancestor! How dare you invade my Lingxiao God Sect!" A white-haired elder walked out from the Mountain Gate, with Tongxuan Realm cultivation, his aura like an abyss.

Heavenly Demon Ancestor looked at him, the corners of his mouth slowly curling up.

"I have waited a long time for this day."

He raised the god-slaying halberd and pointed it at the Mountain Gate.

The Demon Race army behind him surged forward like a tide.

That battle lasted for seven days and seven nights.

The protective formation of the Lingxiao God Sect was broken by the sea-suppressing cauldron, the Grand Elder was beheaded, and the Sect Master was nailed to the Mountain Gate.

Heavenly Demon Ancestor, covered in blood, stood in the ruins, looking at the gray sky above, and laughed.

"I have finally succeeded."

The scene shifted.

Heavenly Demon Ancestor sat on the throne of the Demon Venerable, his eyes closed.

His cultivation had reached the Late Stage of the Dharma Control Realm, having mastered seven Divine Abilities, each practiced to the extreme.

But he was not happy.

His heart felt empty, as if a piece was missing.

He did not know what he was pursuing.

He had obtained everything he wanted—power, status, authority.

But he had lost even more.

He had lost his Revered Master, lost the Mermaid Princess, lost countless people who trusted him.

He was left all alone.

Heavenly Demon Ancestor opened his eyes, looked at the empty hall, and sighed.

"I am tired." He muttered to himself.

The scene shifted again.

Heavenly Demon Ancestor arrived at the Fengxian Secret Realm.

It was the older ruins left behind after Feng Xian had just left.

He walked in the Secret Realm for a long time, seeing the insights left behind by Feng Xian.

"Divine Ability is not power, it is Law. Power will wither, but Law will not."

"Unity is not the end, it is the beginning."

"In this world, there is a Realm higher than the Divine Ability Realm."

Heavenly Demon Ancestor finished reading those insights and was silent for a long time.

"Feng Xian... what exactly did you see?"

No one answered him.

The scene suddenly became blurry.

Heavenly Demon Ancestor was covered in blood, lying on the Peak of Tianmo Mountain.

There was a hole in his chest, and his heart was gone.

His Dao Palace shattered, his Dantian collapsed, and his cultivation was rapidly draining away.

He was about to die.

Chu Sheng's pupils constricted.

He thought: What could have injured the Heavenly Demon Ancestor?

He was already in the Unity Realm, invincible in the Five Regions. Who could hurt him?

The scene did not provide an answer.

Heavenly Demon Ancestor's figure became flickering, like a lamp about to burn out.

His cultivation was recovering, from near-death to heavy injury, from heavy injury to light injury, from light injury to full recovery.

His Dao Palace re-condensed, his Dantian re-opened, and his cultivation returned to its Peak.

Unity Realm, eighteen Divine Abilities, each practiced to the extreme.

Chu Sheng watched in astonishment.

He thought: This can no longer be described as a Genius; this is a monster.

Heavenly Demon Ancestor stood up, brushed the dust off his body, and looked at the sky above.

The corners of his mouth slowly curling up.

"Unity... so that's how it is." He muttered to himself.

The final scene.

Heavenly Demon Ancestor stood on the Peak of Tianmo Mountain, looking in the direction of the Northern Domain.

The wind blew, his robes fluttering.

He did not move, just stood there, looking into the distance.

His gaze was calm, like a pool of stagnant water.

The scene stopped here.

Chu Sheng waited for a long time, but the scene did not continue.

He frowned, thinking: And then? Why is there no more?

The Heavenly Demon Ancestor's journey in the Divine Ability Realm was missing a lot of content.

How did he go from Tongxuan to Dharma Control? How did he go from Dharma Control to Unity?

Who hurt him? How did he recover?

What did the final scene mean?

He had no answers.

The scene dissipated, and Chu Sheng found himself standing in a Void Realm.

A person stood in front of him.

Heavenly Demon Ancestor.

Not the young Heavenly Demon Ancestor, but the Heavenly Demon Ancestor at his Peak.

He wore black armor, held the god-slaying halberd, stepped on the world-destroying black lotus, and cradled the sea-suppressing cauldron in his arms, his face cold, his eyes devoid of any temperature.

He looked at Chu Sheng, the corners of his mouth slowly curling up.

"The final trial."

His voice was calm, as if talking about an unimportant matter, "I have suppressed my cultivation to be the same as yours—Dao Completion Middle Stage. Defeat me, and you will be able to obtain my true Legacy."

Chu Sheng's pupils constricted.

He placed his hand on the hilt of his sword, and four zhu xian swords unsheathed simultaneously, hovering at his sides.

Dark golden Sword Qi surged in the Void Realm, illuminating the entire space.

Heavenly Demon Ancestor looked at him, a hint of admiration flashing in his eyes.

"Not bad. Let's begin."

Chu Sheng took a deep breath, exhaling that turbid breath.

He stepped toward Heavenly Demon Ancestor.

The zhu xian sword in his hand hummed, as if excited.