"Your Excellency, if the Demon Lord really has any crazy ideas..." Sect Leader Xiaoling wiped his sweat and came over to whisper to the Supreme Venerable, "In this cultivation world today, the only person who can stop him is probably you."
The Supreme Venerable One, Qu Jin, nodded slightly upon hearing this.
"The Demon Lord has come from afar, and his appearance has already caused bloodshed. I'm afraid that's not good." He slowly floated up, hovering in mid-air, looking at Xiao Wangyan who was standing in the magic artifact.
"This is not your demon realm, where you are not allowed to act recklessly."
Xiao Wangyan seemed amused by him, "Qu Jin, it's been a long time. You're still spouting classical Chinese phrases, so boring."
"Why didn't the lightning tribulation kill you? Oh, I forgot, you're still stuck at the final bottleneck and can't ascend, so even the lightning didn't strike you."
Qu Jin narrowed his eyes slightly.
"If the Demon Lord comes to observe the ceremony, our cultivation world will welcome him with open arms." He said, but his aura was anything but friendly. "If you come to stir up trouble, I will make sure you don't leave alive this time."
Under the laws of heaven and earth, no one can surpass the strength of a true immortal.
These old monsters, who are just one step away from reaching the late stage of Mahayana cultivation, are currently the strongest combat force in the cultivation world.
If a fight were to break out here, it wouldn't be impossible for the entire area within a hundred miles to be razed to the ground.
The leader of the Xiaoling Sect swallowed hard, pondering how to disperse the crowd more quickly.
What is this Demon Lord doing here on a whim?
"How dare the Supreme Venerable One confront the Demon Lord..."
Just as everyone was filled with unease, even Elder Qian of the Yuncang Sword Sect, who was sitting on the viewing platform, was wondering how he would make a quick getaway when he suddenly heard Li Mingyin beside him let out a faint voice.
He didn't understand Li Mingyin's thought process. "The Demon Lord came to my cultivation world to provoke us, so the Supreme Venerable should naturally step forward to protect him."
“You’re stupid too,” Li Mingyin said.
Elder Qian was scolded for no apparent reason.
“The Demon Lord is at the late stage of Mahayana because this world only has the late stage of Mahayana,” Li Mingyin continued. “The Supreme Venerable is at the late stage of Mahayana because he can only reach the late stage of Mahayana.”
Elder Qian couldn't refute it at all.
That's true. Cultivating immortality has a path to ascension, but cultivating demonic arts sacrifices the possibility left by the Heavenly Dao in order to gain a faster method of advancement.
After all, there are not many cultivators who can ascend to immortality throughout history. Rather than striving for that illusory goal and making efforts that may end in vain, it is better to enjoy life while one can, and who cares about the deluge after death.
The Demon Lord couldn't reach the threshold of breakthrough because he had long ago severed his connection to immortality.
Other cultivators who were contemporaries of the Supreme Venerable had already ascended, leaving only him remaining in this world.
Elder Qian felt a chill run down his spine.
What else is there to say? Can you even leave a whole corpse if you escape on a flying sword these days?
Ji Mofan stood at the entrance of the conference, a little distance away from them, and similar questions popped into his mind.
How dare Qu Jin challenge Xiao Wangyan to a one-on-one duel?
Despite the rumors circulating outside that the Supreme Venerable has been delaying his ascension to immortality in order to deter the demon realm from invading, the Xiaoling Sect has been spreading these rumors.
In fact, there have long been rumors that the Supreme Venerable One is probably imprisoned in the Mahayana stage for a long time, and the Xiaoling Sect is just trying to save face for him.
After all, a cultivator who has reached the Mahayana stage would inevitably have a strong desire to ascend. If there is no reason for him to willingly suppress his cultivation, then it can only mean that he is simply unable to overcome that hurdle.
But Xiao Wangyan is different; he can't get past this obstacle because Heaven won't open the door for him.
But now Qu Jin dares to stand in front of Xiao Wangyan and challenge him, disregarding the unconvincing possibility that he himself is doing this willingly...
That means it's only possible that Qu Jin knew Xiao Wangyan was injured.
The events of that year did not cause any disturbance in either the cultivation world or the demon world. Even the demon generals who were closest to Xiao Wangyan were kept in the dark.
Having retrieved the wisp of his divine soul from Xihe, Xiao Wangyan, as long as they don't actually fight, still appears to be the Demon Lord who can command the wind and rain.
"Demon Lord."
The two people in the standoff, along with the audience who were all highly focused, all turned their attention to Ji Mo Fan, who had suddenly spoken up.
With the Snow Embracing Sword drawn, Ji Mo Fan floated lightly into the air, and the loud talisman carried his words to the ears of the two people in the center of the arena.
We can't let them actually make a move, otherwise no matter what Qu Jin's intentions are, Xiao Wangyan will undoubtedly be defeated.
At that time, the war between the cultivation world and the demon world will only escalate more rapidly.
After all, the tradition in the demon realm is that whoever kills the Demon Lord will become the new Demon Lord.
But to expect them to submit to a righteous path? Impossible, absolutely impossible.
“I invited you to the ceremony not so you would cause trouble,” Ji Mofan said.
The scene fell silent for a moment. Even those who had been itching to run away for a moment forgot their thoughts and stared wide-eyed.
What did they hear?
How dare Ji Mo Fan speak to the Demon Lord in such a tone?
Even the Supreme Venerable One wouldn't be so impolite; it was practically a command!
The Demon Lord would surely be enraged and crush this little righteous cultivator who challenged his authority into a flattened shape with his little finger.
"But as soon as I appeared, before I had even done anything, someone spoke rudely to me," Xiao Wangyan said.
He ignored the Qu Jin floating opposite him, and slowly moved his flying artifact in front of Ji Mo Fan, speaking in a strange tone.
I'm not sure, let me listen again... Is that a coquettish tone?
In the rumors, Ji Mofan had long been branded as a spy for the demonic path. Even though some new rumors with anti-establishment undertones have recently surfaced, most cultivators still scoff at him, believing that Ji Mofan had made some shady deal with the Demon Lord to save his own life.
However, today, in front of all the immortal sects in the cultivation world, Ji Mofan ruthlessly overturned all his previous statements.
Everyone couldn't help but reconsider those seemingly absurd rumors.
Is it true that Ji Mo Fan almost became the Demon Queen in the Demon Realm?
So this is true? And it seems... the Demon Lord is actually begging him, Ji Mo Fan?
This attitude doesn't seem like the Demon Lord forcing Ji Mo Fan at all, does it?
However, some people had some inappropriate dark thoughts popping into their minds at this moment.
If Ji Mo Fan can make even the Demon Lord so obedient, could it be that he has secretly become the true power behind the scenes in the Demon Realm?
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