Soon, the Witch Ancestor, Realm Ancestor, and Blade Emperor all received the news, each of them utterly shocked that the young one named ‘Dongbo Xueying’ had perished just like that! Especially the Realm Ancestor, who knew full well that his master had intended to take Dongbo Xueying as a disciple.
Dongbo Xueying had explored most of the Maze Corridor, discovering three more golden-armored nests in addition to the one found previously. The Witch Ancestor, Blade Emperor, and the others were both astonished and delighted, yet they couldn’t help but sigh.
However, they dared not delay.
Immediately, the Witch Ancestor, Void Primogenitor, and Blade Emperor joined forces and set off for the Maze Corridor.
“Whoosh.”
Within the Maze Corridor.
The Void Primogenitor was already adept at ultra-long-distance teleportation, and now that he had mastered the Boundary-Breaking Teleportation Technique, it became even easier for him. With his stronger soul and higher realm, his ‘scrying’ range was far greater and clearer than Dongbo Xueying’s.
“Here.” Holding a token left behind by Dongbo Xueying, the Void Primogenitor could sense the spatial markers. After several Boundary-Breaking Teleportations, he brought the Witch Ancestor and Blade Emperor to a sealed space.
Inside the sealed space.
The Void Primogenitor found the spatial marker left by Dongbo Xueying.
“This is the marked space. The golden-armored nest must be nearby.” The Void Primogenitor began scrying the surroundings, marveling at the clarity. His ultra-long-distance teleportation could sense distant locations, but only vaguely. In contrast, the ‘Boundary-Breaking Teleportation Technique’ was not only effortless to execute but also provided scrying clarity thousands of times superior.
Especially at close range, it was as if he were physically present.
“I see it, but no rush. I’ll locate the other two spatial markers first,” the Void Primogenitor said. “Once I confirm the locations of all three golden-armored nests, we’ll strike in rapid succession. We must destroy all three in one swift motion.”
“Agreed.” The Witch Ancestor and Blade Emperor both nodded.
Dongbo Xueying had spent trillions of years searching and leaving behind spatial markers. With these as guides, the Void Primogenitor’s task became much simpler, and soon all three locations were confirmed.
“Move out.”
Inside one of the golden-armored nests, a guarding Destruction Demonkin was stunned as three figures emerged from the distorted space. He had barely sent a message to the ‘Kings’ when the golden-robed cultivator unleashed endless blades of light, surging forth and obliterating the entire nest in an instant.
In terms of destructive power, the Blade Emperor surpassed both the Witch Ancestor and Realm Ancestor—though the current Swordlord could rival him.
“Onto the next.”
The trio moved with incredible speed. The Witch Ancestor had joined precisely to counter any potential ambush by the Destruction Demonkin ‘Kings.’ Together, the Witch Ancestor and Blade Emperor could hold their own against the combined might of the Kings.
“Whoosh—” The blades of light roared like tidal waves, annihilating the nests.
“Finding them was easy for us, but for Xueying, it must have been a painstaking search. The Crimson-Browed Mountain Lord took so long yet never found a single golden-armored nest, while Xueying discovered four. It couldn’t have been easy.” The Void Primogenitor himself realized that even with his high realm, scrying was limited to nearby areas. To thoroughly explore the vast Maze Corridor would take an eternity.
If one took breaks between searches, the process would drag on even longer. The Crimson-Browed Mountain Lord, despite charging exorbitant fees for his efforts, had never been as diligent as Dongbo Xueying.
A single breath between searches versus a leisurely pace—the difference in efficiency was night and day.
…
“What?”
“All destroyed? Three golden-armored nests, gone?”
The Kings of the Destruction Demonkin were dumbfounded, including the mighty ‘Emperor Jun,’ who was equally shocked. They swiftly arrived at one of the ruined nests, now a shattered void, and stared blankly at the lingering remnants of razor-sharp blade energy.
“It was the Blade Emperor,” Emperor Jun said grimly.
“How? How did the cultivator Universe Gods find and destroy three golden-armored nests in succession? How did they locate them?”
The Kings were stunned, a chill running down their spines.
They knew all too well that their peak combat strength was vastly inferior to the cultivators’. They could only defend, and even their infiltrations into the cultivators’ worlds were covert, lacking the power for direct assaults. Their sole advantage lay in their exponentially growing numbers.
The nests endlessly spawned Destruction Demonkin, and with greater numbers came more ‘Kings.’
Losing one golden-armored nest had been painful enough, but now three more were gone in one fell swoop.
“Only two remain.”
“With just two golden-armored nests, the spawning of golden-armored Demonkin will slow drastically. Who knows how long it will take for a third or fourth to emerge…” The Kings were uneasy. “What if they’ve already found the last two?”
“Don’t worry. The later it gets, the faster the nests will spawn,” Emperor Jun said darkly. “They’ve only delayed our growth. In time, our numbers will explode beyond their ability to contain.”
…
The Witch Ancestor, Blade Emperor, and Void Primogenitor returned, their mission accomplished with ease.
“Success?” Ancestor Tianyu and the Swordlord watched as the trio emerged from the distorted void.
“Counting this, we’ve discovered three golden-armored nests. That’s another 300,000 Sourceworld Stones owed to Dongbo Xueying,” the Witch Ancestor sighed. “But he’s gone now. Still, we won’t cheat him. His kin shall receive it.”
“No rush. They’re still weak. Bestowing treasures upon them now may do more harm than good. I’ll arrange it properly,” Ancestor Tianyu said.
“Agreed.”
All present nodded.
The stronger one was, the less one wished to owe debts. What they felt they owed Dongbo Xueying would now be repaid to his family.
“Hmm?” The Witch Ancestor, Realm Ancestor, Swordlord, Blade Emperor, and Ancestor Tianyu suddenly stiffened, their expressions shifting as they turned to gaze in a distant direction.
Toward the Ancient Sacred World.
For they had just sensed an overwhelmingly terrifying ripple.
At such a distance, for the ripple to reach them—what kind of power could it be? The mere thought sent shivers down their spines.
…
Ancient Sacred World.
The battle between the Stone Elder and the Sacred Master had already reduced the surrounding expanse to ruins. The entire Ancient Sacred World was barely held together by an unseen energy, preserved only by the Sacred Master’s desperate efforts.
“Boom!”
A colossal black beast loomed in the sky—the Stone Elder’s true form.
Now, a black beam pierced through the beast’s abdominal scales, exiting through its shell and leaving a gaping hole.
Whoosh.
The massive black figure vanished, replaced by the frail old man. The black beam in the distance coalesced into the Sacred Master, clad in black gauze, his face twisted in fury. The old man’s aura, too, had weakened.
“You’re truly mad. Insane,” the Sacred Master spat through gritted teeth.
“You’ve hoarded quite the reserve of origin power. Burning your Sacred Avatar actually wounded my origin,” the old man muttered darkly.
Furious and resentful, the Sacred Master had expended all his Sacred Avatar’s origin power in this desperate strike, grievously injuring the old fiend. “Stone Elder, you’re severely wounded now. Your strength must be halved. You can’t touch me anymore. And let me remind you—though I was the one who captured Dongbo Xueying, it was that Crimson-Browed Mountain Lord who deliberately leaked the information to me.”
“Crimson-Browed Mountain Lord?” The Stone Elder’s eyes flickered as countless scenes played within them.
“Yes, him. He wouldn’t have been so careless. He meant for me to know,” the Sacred Master said. Earlier, he hadn’t cared about being used. But now, after such devastating losses—his ultimate trump card, the Sacred Avatar, utterly spent—how could he let the Crimson-Browed Mountain Lord walk away unscathed?
He couldn’t kill him.
But the Stone Elder could.
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