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The pavilion was very quiet at this moment. The Immortal Venerable of Ten Thousand Tribulations looked extremely solemn as he looked out the window toward the Sunset Mountains.

The mere thought of that eerie creature radiating strange power filled the Immortal Venerable of Myriad Tribulations with deep dread.

When the strange calamity struck, he was only in his twenties and just an ordinary mortal immortal. He witnessed his relatives, friends, and fellow disciples die in that catastrophe.

The calamity began in the Eastern Region. Although a mysterious force was causing people to forget those memories, he remembered them very clearly deep in his heart.

At this moment, the Immortal Venerable Wan Jie was somewhat puzzled. The message sent back by the Immortal Venerable Ling Xu said that the patriarch of Xuan Yue Palace was unwilling to help Tian Hua Palace.

Xuan Yue Palace has a long history. When that calamity occurred, Xuan Yue Palace was already the number one power in the Central Region. It's not surprising that other powers didn't know, but there must be people in Xuan Yue Palace who knew how terrifying the strange creatures were. Why would the patriarch of Xuan Yue Palace oppose Xuan Yue Palace helping Tianhua Palace?
Could there be some hidden story behind this? Or is there some conspiracy within Tianhua Palace?
After a moment of contemplation, the Immortal Venerable of Myriad Tribulations released a stream of literary energy, which swept across the entire Qingyun Academy from his center.

When the people of Qingyun Academy sensed the powerful aura of literature, they knew that their dean had emerged from seclusion. This caused some concern among them. What major event had occurred? Why had their dean emerged from seclusion?
Their dean and the leader of the Beast Alliance are the same; both have existed for countless epochs. Their time to die may come at any day, so they will never leave seclusion unless there is a major event. Most of the time, they are in a state of self-imposed seclusion to reduce the loss of vitality and delay the arrival of their time to die.

Currently, everything at Qingyun Academy is decided by Immortal Venerable Lingxu. Although Immortal Venerable Lingxu is the vice dean, he is practically the dean. If Immortal Venerable Wanjie reaches his end, Immortal Venerable Lingxu will immediately be able to take over as dean.

For the Immortal Venerable Wan Jie to emerge from seclusion, there must be some crisis that could affect the very survival of Qingyun Academy.

It should be noted that even when the Demon Emperor returned, their Dean did not emerge from seclusion, but now he has. This indicates that the threat Qingyun Academy is about to face may be even greater than the Demon Emperor's return.

Without any hesitation, the immortals of Qingyun Academy all went to the council hall to wait. The release of literary energy by the immortal Wanjie was to tell them that there were important matters to discuss.

After all the immortals of Qingyun Academy arrived at the council hall, the figure of Wan Jie Immortal Venerable also appeared in the hall. All the immortals bowed to Wan Jie Immortal Venerable at the same time, saying, "We greet the Dean!"

After the greetings were completed, a celestial being asked urgently, "Dean, what has happened that has brought you out of seclusion?"

The Immortal Venerable of Myriad Tribulations said directly, "A great calamity is approaching, and I have no choice but to emerge from seclusion."

Upon hearing this, everyone in the hall looked at each other.

Catastrophe?

What great calamity?
Are you talking about the Demon Emperor?

One of the immortals asked, "Is the great calamity the Dean mentioned related to the Demon Emperor?"

Upon hearing this, the Myriad Tribulations Immortal Venerable glanced at the people in the council hall. These immortal venerables were born in an era far removed from the time when the strange creatures descended, and they were basically unaware of their existence. In addition, there was a force in the Heavenly Evolution Immortal Realm that was erasing traces of the past, so very few people knew about the strange creatures.

The Immortal Venerable of Myriad Tribulations said directly, "When I was still a mortal immortal, a calamity occurred in this world." "At first, a mysterious black power appeared in the sky. People did not know what that black power was. Many immortal venerables and immortal emperors personally went to investigate that black power, but they all found nothing."

"Although that power was mysterious, because it did not affect the Heavenly Dao of the Heavenly Evolution Immortal Realm, people did not pay much attention to it at first, thinking that it was just a sign that the Heavenly Dao of the Heavenly Evolution Immortal Realm was evolving into another path of cultivation."

"Until one day, countless cracks appeared in the sky, and monsters emanating that black power emerged from those cracks. After descending upon this world, those monsters began to slaughter all living things in this world."

"That calamity began in the Eastern Region, and the immortal sect I belonged to at that time was also destroyed in that calamity."

"After those strange creatures descended, the major forces of the Heavenly Evolution Immortal Realm quickly united to fight them. Fortunately, although the strange creatures were powerful, their numbers were not large at first, and they were soon trapped in the Eastern Region."

"However, what was unexpected was that one day, some disciples of certain immortal sects were also tainted by that strange black power, and once they were corrupted by that strange black power, they would become members of the strange army."

"Under the corrosive influence of this strange power, the defenses established by the major immortal sects were quickly breached, and within just a few years, the strange army invaded other realms..."

At this point, the Immortal Venerable of Myriad Tribulations paused, seemingly unwilling to continue recalling that calamity.

Upon hearing the words of the Myriad Tribulations Immortal Venerable, the immortal venerables in the hall fell silent, completely unaware that such a calamity had occurred in the Heavenly Evolution Immortal Realm.

However, after hearing their dean's account, they discovered that the strange army's method of spreading seemed very similar to that of the Heavenly Demon army. Many people in the Northern Region had been transformed into Heavenly Demons by the Demon Emperor, thus increasing the number of Heavenly Demons.

Could it be that the strange creatures and the Heavenly Demons are the same species?
After a long while, one of the immortals finally spoke up and asked, "Dean, could the Heavenly Demons and the strange creatures be the same species?"

Upon hearing this, the Immortal Venerable of Myriad Tribulations shook his head and said, "There was no Demon Emperor back then, and the Demon Emperor's Heavenly Demon Power was nothing in the face of strange power."

"The power of the Heavenly Demon is related to the negative emotions and desires in people's hearts. Even though the Path of the Heavenly Demon is not the cultivation path of the Heavenly Evolution Immortal Realm, the source of the power of the Heavenly Demon is still the people of the Heavenly Evolution Immortal Realm. The power of the Strange is a destructive force that devours life force and does not belong to this world at all."

When Xuan Qingyun rose to power, the Immortal Venerable of Myriad Tribulations also thought that the Demon Emperor was an Immortal Emperor pushed out by a strange creature. However, he soon discovered that there was a big difference between the power of the Heavenly Demon and the power of the strange creature.

Xuan Qingyun cultivated the power of the Heavenly Demon by relying on the various negative emotions and desires born from the people of the Heavenly Evolution Immortal Realm. However, the power of the strange cannot be obtained through cultivation. As for the source of the power of the strange, the Myriad Tribulations Immortal Venerable did not know. Not only did he not know, but the Immortal Emperor who resolved that calamity back then also did not know.

After Xuan Qingyun transformed a person into a Heavenly Demon, the Heavenly Demon was still alive. However, after the strange power transformed a person into a strange creature, the strange creature had no life force. Although they looked alive, they were no different from the dead.

Most importantly, after Xuan Qingyun became an Immortal Emperor, like other Immortal Emperors, he only ruled this world and never thought of destroying it. (End of Chapter)