CHAPTER 1921: CHAPTER 1922: DRAGON SLAYER’S BACKUP PLAN

"Oh?"

The unexpected news clearly made Cui Manlou quite satisfied. He pondered for a moment before asking.

"How did you persuade him to stand on your side?"

"There was no persuasion." The Silver Dragon Cave Master spoke, explaining, "Before we arrived, it already had a deep grudge against Su Zhedian. That’s why we were able to smoothly complete the task assigned by the Demon Lord."

"I see."

Cui Manlou smiled, immediately understanding the reason behind it.

"No one likes outsiders. Su Zhedian and Su Linyuan wanting to use this world as a refuge for humans—no wonder it aroused resentment from the other side. Indeed, a suitable ally, but..."

Cui Manlou looked at Qing Tian, and Qing Tian instantly understood Cui Manlou’s implication.

"Rest assured, Demon Lord, the other side is unaware of what we want. It’s just that even if I and Immortal Zhen Yue join forces, we can’t close the passageway opened by Su Zhedian without him showing up."

"As expected, which is why I specifically instructed not to kill Su Chengyu. As long as he is alive, Su Zhedian will eventually appear."

Qing Tian’s eyes shifted around a bit, somewhat uncertainly saying, "But I’ve heard that Su Zhedian went to see the Yu Clan and was gravely injured at this critical juncture."

"He will come, the character of the Su family won’t change. A hundred years ago, our Demonic Path faltered here, and now we naturally need to rise from this place. Lead the way, let me meet Su Chengyu."

"Yes."

Qing Tian received the order, then, together with Zhen Yue, paved the way for Cui Manlou at the front. All the spiritual life forms upon sensing their aura swiftly avoided, no one dared to come within three meters of the group.

"Demon Lord, those two Cave Masters..."

"Yes, they are immortals. Qing Tian, you probably heard of them. During the hundred-year war, Zhen Yue wasn’t yet an Earth Immortal but now indeed is one, and he is precisely the former Silver Dragon Cave Master as you know him."

Xue Tu, feeling inner shock, cautiously asked.

"Demon Lord, wasn’t the Demon Silver Dragon Cave Master gravely injured, nearly dying, during the hundred-year war?"

Cui Manlou chuckled, looking at Xue Tu, "This news was probably discovered by Yang Chengyin over the years, right?"

Upon hearing this, Xue Tu seemed anxious but still said, "Yes, Master Yang has been quite keen on the matters of the Demonic Path these years and privately had me assist with a few tasks."

Private tasks naturally aren’t recorded within the Demon Slayer Department, and the things discovered are only known to the investigator and Yang Chengyin.

"The news is true. If it were an ordinary person, that severe injury a hundred years ago would have been enough to kill him ten thousand times. But why do you think they joined the Demonic Path, why do they take orders from someone like me who hasn’t even touched the Immortal Realm? At this point, I might as well tell you. Apart from the Mountain Lord of Sky Peak Mountain, all the Mountain Lords and Cave Masters of the Demonic Path joined to defy fate, becoming Land Immortals."

Cui Manlou’s words left Xue Tu and Lietian, who hadn’t been in the Demonic Path for long, completely stunned, while Cang Xue, who had long known this, remained relatively calm.

Feeling the gazes from the two, Cang Xue, with Cui Manlou’s permission, spoke frankly.

"That I can now touch upon the Hollow Vacuum state within the sect is all thanks to Master."

Upon hearing this, Xue Tu and Lietian’s expressions became stranger, mingling shock with worry and fear.

They had worked with Cang Xue before and knew well that with Cang Xue’s talent and aptitude, it would be hard to reach the threshold of the Hollow Void Realm within a lifetime. It was hard for them not to suspect that Cang Xue’s such progress might have some side effects.

Seeing through the thoughts of the two, Cui Manlou softly said, "Don’t worry, I explained the root cause to you at the beginning."

The two glanced at each other, then came to a realization: "Is it the rebuilding of the physical body?"

"Yes, but more precisely, not just the reconstruction of the body. Fate, talent, even your luck, were all completely transformed the moment you joined the Demonic Path. You might understand it as a complete rebirth, with absolutely no side effects. Unless you consider abandoning your identity as a human to be something sufficient."

After hearing this, Lietian remained silent, merely feeling the changes in his own body, while Xue Tu, after hesitating for a long while, still asked, puzzled inside, after hearing Cui Manlou’s words.

"Master, isn’t this something even immortals cannot accomplish?"

Cui Manlou laughed scornfully, looking at Xue Tu, "Of course, if Land Immortals had the means to make others Land Immortals, the Myriad Heavens and Worlds would be full of immortals by now."

"Then you, Master..."

Cui Manlou’s gaze fell on Xue Tu, asking with a smile devoid of malice.

"I can tell you, but do you truly dare to know? To hear directly from my mouth what it is that I obtained from Dadao Mountain, to comprehend the origin of the Demonic Path and all its secrets."

Without any pressure or threat, such words already weighed upon Xue Tu, making it hard to breathe.

What lies beyond immortals?

True Immortal? Fairy Monarch? Immortal Venerable? Or the legendary Supreme Immortal Emperor who controls everything in the Myriad Heavens and Worlds?

The appearance of these names in his mind already made Xue Tu tremblingly withdraw his curiosity entirely, not daring to inquire further.

Cui Manlou sneered, looking at the three of them.

"And that’s why I think little of you. If I posed these questions to Su Chengyu, he’d certainly want to know the answers immediately."

With that, Cui Manlou already came to a halt, looking up to see Su Chengyu, nailed to the Primordial Tree, completely unconscious at the moment.

Seeing Su Chengyu, whose power was fully sealed, appearing just like an ordinary person, Cui Manlou smiled.

"Old friend, we meet again."

As if sensing something, Su Chengyu’s fingers slightly trembled, but in the next second, a seal constructed by Demonic Qi appeared in front of him, instantly suppressing the consciousness that was about to awaken.

"What a pity, as you are now, you can’t even chat with me. This time, I had so many things I wished to discuss with you. Like Lady Saintess, like that Xu Nanzhi."

Buzz!

The Dragon Slayer Sword suspended above Su Chengyu’s head abruptly emitted a sword hum, with a Sword Qi swiftly forming, tearing through the seal directly towards Cui Manlou.

This sudden Sword Qi was incredibly fast, wrapped with the dual Power of the Heavenly Dao of causality and destiny, that even Qing Tian and Immortal Zhen Yue could not react before it was already before Cui Manlou.

Boom!

The Sword Qi was caught between Cui Manlou’s fingers, not at all surprised that Su Chengyu still had this contingency, Cui Manlou looked up at Su Chengyu contentedly.

"I have said, the mistakes made by the Demonic Path a hundred years ago will be rectified this time. Without this last backup plan, I’d like to see how they intend to rescue you from my grasp."