When Gu Zhi heard this, his expression suddenly became serious.
The demons are all powerful beings in the Ascension Stage who have transcended the Tribulation Stage.
The ascended monks are honored as Immortal Lords and Demon Lords. In the ancient war, the Heaven-Devouring Demon Sect was defeated and the Qingming Dao Continent was also severely affected, making it difficult for them to survive the calamity and ascend. It is only natural that the Demon Lord is revered as the Heavenly Demon.
In the early days of the ancient times, there were five great demons in the Ten Thousand Blood Demon Sect, but now, there is only one left.
After swallowing the Undying Demon Sect and the Wonderful Desire Demon Sect, the other two demons also joined. However, these three demons were in very bad conditions and could not leave the Ten Thousand Mountains. They needed to sleep and stay alive through special states.
Now that the devil has revived, does this mean his end is near? Even if he sleeps in a special state, he can't survive?
Or is it that the demon's condition has improved and he is no longer afraid of being eroded even if he revives?
"The three demons have improved slightly and can be revived briefly, but after this revival, they will have to sleep again like before."
The Blood Moon tells the truth:
"The reason why Senior Tianmo has gotten better is actually closely related to you."
"Um?"
Gu Zhi was surprised. He had never seen the three demons before, so how could he help them for no reason?
Canxueyue explained:
"Not only do the three seniors need to stay alive through deep sleep, they also need to absorb the special substances beneath the Hundred Thousand Mountains in order to continue living."
"And the special substance that our predecessors absorbed is called the Ancient God's Spirit Essence."
Gu Zhi is curious:
"Ancient God's Spiritual Essence?"
Canxueyue nodded and said:
"You must have heard the legend of the Hundred Thousand Mountains. According to the elders, this was once a vast battlefield where heavenly palaces fell, gods perished, and immortals were buried. Over the course of many years, the flesh and blood of the gods and immortals transformed into the Hundred Thousand Mountains, nourishing many wonders."
Gu Zhi nodded. He had indeed heard many legends about the Shiwan Mountains, but he never took them seriously.
It was not until he entered the Mahayana stage and felt a special fluctuation at the foot of Xueyan Peak that he began to have some faith in this legend.
However, later on, he looked up relevant information and went to explore Xueyan Peak many times, but found nothing unusual, so he gradually forgot about it.
Now that Canxueyue mentioned the legend of the Ten Thousand Mountains, could it be that... the legend is true?
"The legend is indeed true."
Canxueyue didn't try to be mysterious and directly confirmed Gu Zhi's guess:
"However, the real situation is somewhat different from the legend."
"This place was indeed an ancient battlefield. There was indeed a fallen celestial palace and fallen gods here, but no true immortals were buried here."
"The two sides on the ancient battlefield were the Ancient Gods and the True Immortals. The Ancient Gods were tragically defeated. Although some True Immortals perished, their remains were taken away and buried with honor. Only the bodies of the Ancient Gods remained in the human world."
Gu Zhi understood why the special substance absorbed by the demon was called the ancient god's spiritual essence, rather than the spiritual essence of immortals. This was the reason.
The corpse of the ancient god has released spiritual substances after years of vicissitudes, becoming the spiritual essence of the ancient god, which can be absorbed by the devil and used to forcibly prolong his life.
"Ancient God, True Immortal?"
Ye Qinghan couldn't help but speak at this time, feeling curious about these secrets.
"That happened in the mythological era. The relevant records are only fragmentary, and I know very little. I only know that there was such a battle, in which the ancient gods were completely defeated and the true immortals won a great victory."
Canxueyue shook his head. The mythological era was before the Taichu era. At that time, the Gu Dao was popular for a long time. The Immortal Venerable at that time was not the same as the Immortal Venerable now. Later, the Ten-Turn Immortal Gu purified the world, and the Gu Dao declined from then on. Now, Gu cultivation has even become a side sect.
There are rumors that the tenth-turn immortal Gu is also related to the battle between the ancient gods and true immortals, but these are all speculations and there is no conclusion yet.
"Let's talk about Senior Tianmo."
Canxueyue briefly mentioned a few secrets of the past. It was not that she didn't want to say more, but that was really all she knew, and she couldn't say more even if she wanted to.
"The ancient divine spirit is buried deep in the Hundred Thousand Mountains. It is usually very quiet. It is not easy for Senior Tianmo to absorb it."
"But, Xiao Zhi, you have been undergoing tribulations continuously, especially when you were trying to overcome the third level of tribulation. The tribulation you attracted was too strong, affecting the ancient god's spiritual essence, causing a small part of the ancient god's spiritual essence to become active."
"Senior Tianmo seized the opportunity and quickly absorbed a large amount of ancient divine essence, so his condition has improved."
Gu Zhi was stunned. This was the reason.
After sorting out the joints, Gu Zhi made some simple preparations and followed Canxue Yue to pay homage to the three heavenly demons.
A dark and clean room with oil lamps lit, it looks very gloomy.
Gu Zhi couldn't help but recall the time when he and Ye Qinghan went to dig up the Xu family's ancestral tomb in Southern Wilderness. The scene was almost the same.
In the quiet room, there are three lotus platforms, on which three old men are sitting cross-legged.
At first glance, they looked more like statues than living people.
As time goes by, they remain motionless for a long time and remain dormant. Their vital activities are reduced to the lowest level, even their hearts stop beating, and only their spirits and thoughts keep flowing.
Over the years, dust covered their bodies, and after years of sedimentation, the dust formed a stone skin that wrapped around them, making them look like statues.
"Are you Gu Zhi?"
A vicissitudes of life voice sounded.
The three celestial demons still sat still like statues, their eyelids not moving.
Their resurrection was not the resurrection of their physical bodies, but their spiritual level was slightly more active than before.
Although they obtained a lot of ancient gods' spiritual essence because of Gu Zhi, it is impossible to waste it unnecessarily.
A slightly more active spiritual level is enough for them to test Gu Zhi's qualifications and pass on the ancient law.
"Meet the three seniors."
Gu Zhi greeted him. Although he was only at the third level of the Tribulation Realm, relying on the Heaven-Devouring Demonic Art and the Qilin Magic, he was confident that he could kill a powerful being in the middle stage of the Tribulation Realm. Even a powerful being in the late stage of the Tribulation Realm could be defeated by him. If he couldn't win, he could just leave.
But it won’t work any further up.
This is also the reason why he can almost walk sideways in Qingming Daozhou.
It is still very dangerous to encounter those antiques and living fossils of historical significance.
But under normal circumstances, you won't encounter this kind of creature.
"very good!"
After feeling the gaze of three spiritual forces, Gu Zhi heard three identical exclamations of admiration.
The three celestial demons who survived from the ancient times and the period of the Devouring Demon Sect unanimously recognized Gu Zhi.
They were neither overly excited nor overly praised.
It's not because Gu Zhi is not excellent, but because they have seen better people -
The Sky-Devouring Demon Lord.
They had been followers of that man.
Having witnessed the power of the Sky-Devouring Demon Lord, it was difficult for them to give too much praise to other geniuses.
Gu Zhi is already very close to the Heaven-Devouring Demon Lord, and it is for this reason that they evaluate Gu Zhi as "very good" rather than "not bad".
For these three demons, "very good" is the highest evaluation.
As for more, they can only give them to the Demon Lord Tuntian.
"Accept the ancient legacy."
The three celestial demons all spoke.
Immediately afterwards, Gu Zhi felt waves of information pouring into his mind.
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