Chapter 653: Chapter 646 Heavenly Wind Ancestor

Cang Mountain Territory, outside the ruins.

“Demon King Chili is mighty and domineering!”

“That human just now barely stepped into the True Level, yet in your presence, just one gaze was enough to scare him into self-destructing.”

“In heaven and earth, who else has such a renowned name besides you? Can anyone even be found?”

…

It was not only Demon King Chili who had risen from the ruins within the great hall, but the remaining Earth-level members of the Demon Clan followed closely behind, bursting out of the hall.

When they witnessed Chen Hai’s avatar exploding, these few demons paused briefly, then quickly realizing the situation, their faces lit up with smiles as they flattered Demon King Chili.

“In earlier years, there were indeed many strong individuals among the human tribe.”

“However, in recent years, they have been suffering from infighting, and many strong humans have left these lands and headed to other territories, especially near the Ten Thousand Mountains and these several territories.”

“These humans now are merely strong on the outside but hollow on the inside, each one a king of boasts, claiming to be invincible in words but powerless in action.”

“That guy just now was clearly a typical example of such people, spouting challenges and demanding I face death, yet merely seeing my true form was enough to scare him to death.”

“He died so easily; it was actually a favor to him. Otherwise, had he fallen into my hands to be captured alive, to strip his skin and pull out his tendons, it would have been considered lenient!”

…

With a sneer of disdain at the corner of his mouth, Demon King Chili scoffed full of contempt.

He had originally come from Ten Thousand Mountains to the Cang Mountain Territory to deal with the Earth Immortal Zi Feng, but until now, Zi Feng had yet to show his face.

In recent days, his Demon Clan had continuously breached several cities, slaughtering countless humans. Not just Zi Feng, but other True Level humans were hardly seen.

Demon King Chili, staying here, found himself with strength he couldn’t use—a situation that greatly irritated him.

Just in the span of a few moments, two jokers had come running over, clamoring for him to come out and face death. Although those who challenged him had died, it still added to the sour mood of Demon King Chili, who was already in a bad temper.

“Our Demon Clan from Ten Thousand Mountains does not just target the Cang Mountain Territory.”

“Qiu Mountain, Qianshan, West Barbarian Mountain—within these territories, no one can be sure whether there might be hidden human strongholds!”

“I don’t have time to stay here forever, I’m giving you one month. I don’t care about the process, I just want results.”

“If you can force Earth Immortal Zi Feng out, I will personally take action to slay him. If not, the task of killing this creature will fall on you all.”

With a grim face, Demon King Chili swept his cold, chilling gaze across those present.

His colossal true form that hovered in the void twisted and changed, then, as if it had never appeared, the dark giant serpent that was his manifestation vanished without a trace.

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Cang Mountain Territory, Western Region, inside the belly of a dormant volcano.

Earth Immortal Zi Feng, whom Demon King Chili had mentioned, as well as two other human strong individuals, knelt on one knee, performing several deep bows toward a tightly sealed stone door in front of them.

“The Demon Clan has invaded, and within our Cang Mountain Territory, dozens of cities have been breached, countless citizens have become Blood Food, fallen into the hands of demons.”

“The leader among them, Demon King Chili, has fierce and rampant might; his subordinates of Earth-level demons number at least three to four.”

“We, as cultivators, lack knowledge and strength, and are unable to withstand the ferocity of Demon King Chili. We humbly request the ancestor to leave seclusion, to avert disaster and save the people from ruin!”

…

Zi Feng, as well as the two other human strongholders, had a deep sense of powerlessness written across their faces.

In front of the stone door, they pleaded with immense respect, voice after voice.

All of them hailed from within the Cang Mountain Territory, from a sect known as the Purple Mist Sect.

Though all were at the Earth Immortal Level, Zi Feng was the strongest; the other man, named Zi Lei, and the woman, named Zi Yu, were merely at the early stages of Earth Immortal and were far weaker than Zi Feng.

Especially the woman, Zi Yu, who had only entered the Earth Immortal Level for a mere decade or two, had only just stabilized her realm.

Inside the stone door, the Purple Mist Sect’s Heavenly Wind Ancestor lay in slumber.

Over a thousand years ago, due to some problems with his Cultivation, he had to rely on the geothermal heat from a volcano, falling silent here to sort out his Immortal Body.

Before this stone door, Zi Feng and the others had already been waiting for more than ten days.

They were actually not sure if their pleas could be heard by the Heavenly Wind Ancestor at all, let alone whether he was still sleeping or even still alive.

But under the current circumstances within the Cang Mountain Territory, other than beseeching their esteemed ancestor to emerge from seclusion, they truly didn’t know what else they could do!

After all, they were acutely aware of the vast gap between a Heavenly Immortal and an Earth Immortal, not to mention that under normal circumstances, members of the Demon Clan were inherently stronger in combat within the same realm.

Demon King Chili made his way to the Cang Mountain Territory, thinking that he was sneaking in unnoticed, when in fact, from the day the Demon Clan invaded, the humans of the Cang Mountain Territory had been constantly deploying skilled in concealment to keep an eye on the situation in the Ten Thousand Mountains.

The moment Demon King Chili set foot in the Cang Mountain Territory, the humans there had already received the news.

Faced with the Heavenly Immortal-level Demon King Chili, Zi Feng and the others could only hide and watch as one stronghold after another was breached, and countless citizens became Blood Food. They were equally heartbroken and enraged.

Yet the presence of Demon King Chili filled them with a sense of powerlessness, and coming here to plead for their ancestor to come out of seclusion was the only solution they could come up with.

“Ah…” a soft sigh came from within the stone door, reaching the ears of Zi Feng and his companions.

Following that, with a ‘creak,’ the long-shut stone door finally opened slowly.

A decrepit old man with white hair and beard stepped out from within.

Inside the volcano, where temperatures were exceedingly high, the moment this old man appeared, Zi Feng and the others inexplicably felt an indescribable deep chill rushing towards them.

They also noticed that wherever the old man passed, ice crystals formed all over the ground, and even the space around him was filled with chilling cold.

“We pay our respects to the Ancestor!”

“We welcome the Ancestor’s emergence from seclusion!”

With elation in their hearts, Zi Feng and his companions hastily performed several grand salutes towards the old man.

…

In the Western Region’s West Barbarian Mountain Territory, within the Cultivation Hall atop Black Water Immortal Mountain.

A grassman covered in beast skin, bearing the name Demon King Chili, stood before Chen Hai.

“Finally, it’s the midnight two-hour, the time has come!” With the image of Demon King Chili in his mind, and murmuring incantations continuously, Chen Hai suddenly opened his eyes.

His gaze was blood-red and unnaturally eerie. Then, he picked up the Fierce Blade Hongming and fiercely stabbed the grassman’s left eye.

Having done all this, he took a deep breath, continued to visualize the avatar of Demon King Chili, and started chanting the incantations anew.

This Curse Killing Technique had to be cast for seven consecutive days, inserting a blade into each of the grassman’s seven orifices before it was truly complete.

Using the Extremely Fierce Blade Hongming instead of a Golden Needle to perform the Seven-Day Curse Killing Technique dramatically increased its potency, a lesson he had learned through continuous experimentation.

Today was only the first day of the casting.