“Situhong? He actually betrayed and joined the Demon God Cult!” Dongbo Xueying’s icy gaze swept across the area, and then he slowly flew forward, attempting to encompass the entire massive structure within his realm of perception.
Soon enough.
Everything was now within his scope of detection. This colossal structure resembled a fortress, flat in shape, entirely dark red in color, with six sharp, spiky edges. It was approximately five hundred miles in diameter and ten miles in height! A fortress of this scale could rival the ‘provincial cities’ of the Xia Clan! Five hundred miles in diameter—how immense was that? It was far larger than the Black Wind Divine Palace! Such a massive city could easily accommodate a population of over a hundred million.
“Hmm?” Dongbo Xueying’s gaze quickly turned toward the most powerful presence within this massive fortress.
Inside a crimson-hued palace hall,
A figure shrouded in black mist sat high upon a throne.
“Enter!” the figure in black mist commanded.
A wisp of mist suddenly appeared out of thin air, condensing into a white-robed girl who respectfully bowed.
The High Priest?
Dongbo Xueying was startled. The High Priest was the highest-ranking demigod within the Demon God Cult. “The Demon God Cult has always remained hidden in the shadows, and to this day, no one knows who the current High Priest is. I never expected to have the chance to discover him! That white-robed girl is also no ordinary being. I hadn’t sensed her presence before. She doesn’t seem to be a normal living being—could she be a divine warrior from the Godly Realm?”
Dongbo Xueying observed carefully, but due to the surrounding black mist, he couldn’t yet discern the High Priest’s true appearance.
“What is it?” the figure in black mist asked.
“Situhong has come again,” the white-robed girl replied. “This is already the third time he’s come to mock Puyang Bo in the past three months. High Priest, I believe Situhong’s temperament is unstable—he lacks patience and composure. I fear that he may jeopardize our grand plans for the Demon God Cult in the future! He is among the Xia Clan’s Transcendents, and at any moment, he might be discovered by them. The Xia Clan might track him, follow him, and uncover some of our secrets.”
The figure in black mist replied, “Situhong’s temperament is indeed lacking—he will never achieve great things! However, rest assured, he obeys only my commands! Each time he comes here, it’s through spatial arrays. He knows very little about our secrets and cannot expose anything significant. Besides, Situhong is one of the Xia Clan’s Chiyunshan World’s prodigies. Through him, we might even capture more Xia Clan prodigies! You should know how crucial the Great Demon God and Witch God’s plans are. Eliminating even a few Xia Clan prodigies would be a great achievement!”
“I understand. I only came to remind you, High Priest!” the white-robed girl said.
“Go. Continue monitoring. Report any developments immediately!” the figure in black mist commanded.
“Yes.” The white-robed girl immediately dispersed into mist and vanished.
The figure seated on the throne allowed the surrounding black mist to completely dissipate, revealing his true appearance!
Crimson robes, crimson eyebrows.
His eyes carried a murderous aura.
“Xi Yun!!!” Dongbo Xueying was shocked. “He… he is the High Priest?”
Xi Yun was a revered elder of the Xia Clan, renowned for his loathing of evil and his unshakable devotion to the clan. Held in the highest regard, he was deeply esteemed by Palace Master Chen and even governed a segment of the Flameheart Palace’s domain. Naturally, the most sacred and central regions remained under the sole control of successive Palace Masters alone! Such was the immense trust placed in Xi Yun.
The last time Dongbo Xueying eradicated a demon’s lair, Xi Yun was among the demigods who provided support from outside!
“He is actually the current High Priest?” Dongbo Xueying couldn’t believe it, yet the evidence was undeniable—Xi Yun’s body was emitting black mist, the very essence of dark magic.
…
Xi Yun sat on the throne, closed his eyes, and began to meditate. He was extremely cautious.
Even when acting in his role as the High Priest, he would conceal his identity—even when facing a divine warrior from the Godly Realm! Currently, no one in the entire Xia Clan world knew that he was the High Priest! The previous High Priest had known, but that generation’s High Priest had long since perished.
Only when completely alone and in the safest of locations would he remove the dark magic shrouding his body.
“Boom! Boom! Boom~~~”
As he cultivated, layers of scale-like armor began to form on his body. Two horns began to grow from the top of his head, and his aura grew increasingly powerful.
Dark magic could forge a demonic body, immensely formidable.
“Never would I have imagined—the High Priest of the Demon God Cult is actually Xi Yun!” Dongbo Xueying continued to observe other areas carefully.
Soon enough,
He was drawn to another location.
Deep within the massive fortress was a sealed secret chamber. The chamber was enormous, spanning nearly a mile in size. Suspended in the center of the chamber’s midair was a twenty-meter-long, six-meter-wide bronze coffin, enveloped in dark magical energy! The bronze coffin was bound by chains—thirteen in total—each stretching out to different corners of the chamber.
These thirteen chains anchored the bronze coffin in midair.
The bronze coffin was completely sealed, yet its interior could still be perceived through the Void Realm.
Inside the coffin lay a humanoid figure! The figure floated within a pool of liquid, amidst which floated various weeds and bones. This humanoid was eight meters tall, covered entirely in dark red scales. It was even breathing slowly and rhythmically, each breath causing the bronze coffin to tremble faintly.
“Who is he?” Dongbo Xueying frowned. “Such a towering figure cannot possibly be human. Is he a native Transcendent? No! A demon? None of the five demon generals have ever looked like this. Why is he lying there motionless?”
…
After observing for a while, Dongbo Xueying turned his attention elsewhere.
This fortress was too mysterious.
He discovered a divine artifact, numerous semi-divine artifacts, and many other strange objects he couldn’t identify. Some areas even had distorted spatial energies! Some terrifying arrays were likely set up by powerful Transcendent sorcerers from the Demon God Cult’s history. Judging from his observations, some of these arrays were even more powerful than the Black Wind Divine Palace!
There were also many secret techniques, though these were only abridged versions. The complete versions were likely stored within spatial artifacts.
“Swish! Swish! Swish~~~”
Within one of the palace halls inside the fortress, there was a lake, its waters flowing with dark crimson divine energy, constantly surging.
On one wall of the hall was a massive skull statue!
This enormous skull had two curved horns! Its face was covered in scales, its features sharp and angular, its eyes resembling blood-red jade carvings.
The Demon God’s head!
Moreover, the oppressive aura radiating from this Demon God’s head made Dongbo Xueying’s heart tremble even through the Void Realm.
“The Great Demon God!” Dongbo Xueying immediately recognized it. Ordinary evil deities couldn’t possibly possess such terrifying power from just a statue alone, especially since his own strength had grown significantly over time. Only the Great Demon God worshipped by the Demon God Cult, who had long been in conflict with the Earth Temple, could be this mighty!
“This is the Demon Well of the Great Demon God in our Xia Clan’s world?” Dongbo Xueying’s eyes gleamed. “A Demon Well is the most crucial foundation for a god’s spread of faith in the mortal world. Demon Wells are always hidden in the safest locations!”
“The High Priest is here too!”
“There are divine artifacts, divine warriors from the Godly Realm, and that mysterious humanoid figure inside the bronze coffin that I can’t even comprehend, along with many other things I can’t decipher.” Dongbo Xueying’s eyes gleamed with excitement. “Other than the legendary headquarters of the Demon God Cult, I can’t imagine any other place being this powerful and terrifying!”
The Headquarters of the Demon God Cult!
This was a legend. For countless ages, the Demon God Cult had remained hidden in darkness, while factions like the Water Source Monastery, the Black and White Divine Mountains, and even the Emberflame Palace all had their own headquarters.
Only the Demon God Cult’s headquarters had always remained a mystery!
For endless eons, the Xia Clan had relentlessly searched for the Demon God Cult’s headquarters, yet it remained unfound. If the five Demon Generals were merely a threat to a single era of the Xia Clan, then the Demon God Cult had been a threat across countless eras!
And today!
This mysterious headquarters of the Demon God Cult had finally been discovered—by Dongbo Xueying, the first Transcendent in the Xia Clan’s history to master the True Intent of the Void Realm!
The Void Realm reflects reality!
The headquarters of the Demon God Cult, located within a mortal world, was not yet capable of resisting the Void Realm’s perception.
“I’ve actually discovered the headquarters of the Demon God Cult!” Even Dongbo Xueying, with his calm demeanor, could not suppress his excitement. This was an event worthy of being recorded in the annals of Xia Clan history! The Demon God Cult, which had long remained hidden in darkness, had finally been uncovered in this era—by Dongbo Xueying himself!
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