The prehistoric infrastructure maniac

Chapter 216: The Devil from Beyond Territory
After Lady Hundred Flowers and Princess Golden Sun left, Yan Qiniang couldn't help but ask, "Fellow Daoist Shi Mo, are you really willing to join our Heavenly Demon Palace?"

"Can you really trust me?" Shi Mo asked rhetorically, then said, "Actually, it doesn't matter whether I join the Heavenly Demon Palace or not. I'm just a little interested in your Heavenly Demon Palace's cultivation methods."

Yan Qiniang's beautiful eyes flickered slightly upon hearing this, and then she smiled and said, "With Fellow Daoist Shi Mo's strength, you don't need to worry about not having good cultivation methods if you join any of the Nine Demon Veins. That's not a problem at all."

"So, are we going straight to the Heavenly Demon Palace now?" Shi Mo asked with some anticipation.

Yan Qiniang was somewhat speechless, both amused and exasperated. She then nodded slightly and flew towards the Heavenly Demon Palace with Shi Mo.

The Heavenly Demon Palace is located in a secluded valley, a picturesque place that resembles a paradise on earth.

Palaces and pavilions are situated atop the mountains surrounding the valley.

Yan Qiniang led Shi Mofei directly to a palace with carved railings and jade steps. As soon as they got close, several stunningly beautiful women came out to greet them.

"Seventh Sister, could this be Fellow Daoist Shi Mo?" They all looked at Shi Mo with some curiosity.

Looking at these women with melodious voices and several fluffy tails behind them, Shi Mo felt a bit overwhelmed. He had stumbled into a fox's den!
However, the master of the Heavenly Demon Palace is a Heavenly Demon Fox, so it is not surprising that there are many fox demons in the Heavenly Demon Palace.

"I brought Fellow Daoist Shi Mo here on important business, so please stop making a fuss," Yan Qiniang said, shaking off their entanglement. After taking Shi Mo to see a Nascent Soul Realm fox fairy from the Heavenly Demon Palace, she led him to the palace in the Heavenly Demon Palace that stored various cultivation methods.

Shi Mo stayed at the Heavenly Demon Palace for some time, pondering cultivation methods and getting to know some of the innate demons there before returning to Jiushan Island in Yunhu, Jiangzhou.

"Hmm?" As soon as Du Shimo returned to Jiushan Island, he discovered that the body of the island lord, Dashan, which he had hidden underground, was gone.

Shi Mo frowned slightly, probably guessing who had taken him away. After a moment's thought, he took out the communication token that Yan Qiniang had given him. As the token glowed, a phantom image of Yan Qiniang appeared beside him.

"Fellow Daoist Shi Mo, you sent me a message as soon as you got back. Is there something important?" Yan Qiniang asked with a smile.

"That's right, I killed the Lord of Nine Mountains Island, and I wanted to keep his mountain body to refine some things in the future. But when I came back from my trip to the Heavenly Demon Palace, I found that the Lord of Nine Mountains Island's mountain body was gone," Shi Mo said.

Yan Qiniang frowned slightly upon hearing this: "Gone? Someone stole the body of the Nine Mountain Island Master? Fellow Daoist Shi Mo, it may not be easy for you to find the body of the Nine Mountain Island Master. You may need to find an immortal who is skilled in divination to help, but it seems unnecessary."

“Jiu Shan’s mountain body is nothing special, but he seems to have connections with the extraterrestrial demon god. I suspect that his mountain body may be used to reincarnate with the extraterrestrial demon god, so you should help report this and warn the human race that the extraterrestrial demon god has secretly infiltrated the Great Xia World,” Shi Mo said.

Upon hearing Shi Mo's words, Yan Qiniang's expression also became serious: "Alright, I understand! Fellow Daoist Shi Mo, thank you for your reminder."

"Sigh, it's my fault, I was too careless," Shi Mo shook his head slightly, then, after ending the communication, he squinted at the distance and sneered inwardly, "You've tried to steal from me, you'd better stay out of the way, otherwise..."

Several months later, at a stone table under an ancient tree on Jiushan Island, Shi Mo was skillfully brewing tea and greeting Yan Qiniang.

"I didn't expect you to have this skill." Yan Qiniang, sipping her tea, smiled with slight surprise. "Hmm, this tea is really quite good!"

"Just killing time since I have nothing else to do," Shi Mo said with a casual smile. "Miss Yan, is there something you need for you here?"

Yan Qiniang sighed softly, her smile fading as she put down her teacup: "Recently, several massacres of villagers have occurred in Yunzhou, resulting in the deaths of tens of thousands of people. They were all withered and their flesh and blood power had been taken away. It is clear that a great demon is wantonly slaughtering people, trying to sacrifice flesh and blood power to the extraterrestrial demon gods to enhance their strength or obtain treasures."

"Oh? Didn't you find out who did it?" Shi Mo frowned slightly upon hearing this. He looked down on the cultivation methods of those demon gods.

"We couldn't find out. Even cultivators skilled in deduction couldn't figure it out. So, the elders of my Heavenly Demon Palace suspect it's the demon god who possessed the body of the Nine Mountain Island Master. Fellow Daoist Shi Mo, do you know anything about him?" Yan Qiniang shook her head and asked repeatedly.

Upon hearing this, Shi Mo raised an eyebrow and was about to speak when he suddenly sensed something and stood up to look into the distance: "What an unscrupulous fellow, daring to make such a blatant attack!"

As he spoke, Shi Mo, his figure blurring, transformed into a streak of light and flew away into the distance.

Outside the city of Guangling County, Qin Yun, who had already entered the Dao realm and was the most outstanding being below the Yuan Shen realm in the entire Da Chang world, was fighting a young man in purple robes.

From afar, seeing the purple-robed youth easily crush Qin Yun by using only his rock-like palms to block the fierce sword energy, Shi Mo couldn't help but narrow his eyes slightly: "As expected of an extraterrestrial demon god, to be able to exert such strength with a mortal body, it seems that his realm is much higher than Qin Yun's!"

However, Qin Yun was not someone to be trifled with. With his ultimate move unleashed, the purple-robed youth was unable to do anything to him for a time.

Just as the purple-robed youth was about to leave, somewhat annoyed and unwilling, he was forced back by a palm gleaming with golden light.

"Huh? It's you?" Upon seeing Shi Mo suddenly appear, the purple-robed youth couldn't help but feel a bit surprised and angry.

"Stay here! You stole my things, it's time to return them," Shi Mo said, striking out with his palm again. His golden palm rapidly grew larger, and the space around him seemed to freeze for a moment.

With a thud, the purple-robed youth, who had raised his hand to block, was thrown to the ground in a sorry state the instant his hand collided with the rock. His expression changed drastically.

"What? So strong? How is that possible?" Some of the purple-robed youths, stunned by the power Shi Mo unleashed, dared not linger any longer and disappeared into the ground.

Almost simultaneously, Shi Mo also merged into the ground and used his escape technique to chase after them.

Not long after, on a desolate plain, Shi Mo emerged from the ground and frowned helplessly, saying, "He really does have some skills! I underestimated him. Besides, my clone hasn't been cultivating for long, and its foundation is still a bit weak."

"Very well! Then let's take our time and help me temper that mountain body! Next time we meet, I'll definitely bring it back and forge it into a divine weapon or puppet!" With a smile of interest, Shi Mo returned to Nine Mountain Island.

On Jiushan Island, looking at Shi Mo descending from the sky, Yan Qiniang's beautiful eyes sparkled as she said, "Fellow Daoist Shi Mo, I didn't expect you to be able to suppress that extraterrestrial demon god. You must be close to breaking through to the Nascent Soul Realm, right?"

"Still haven't caught that guy! He's too slippery, and his methods of concealing his presence are really impressive," Shi Mo shook his head slightly.

Time passed quietly, and three years went by in the blink of an eye. Apart from occasionally going to the Heavenly Demon Palace, Shi Mo spent almost all his time in seclusion on Nine Mountain Island, cultivating and comprehending his inner strength. However, because he had demonstrated the strength of the Dao Enlightenment level, the Heavenly Demon Palace also valued him highly and arranged for some demons who were friendly to humans to help him manage Nine Mountain Island.

It was deep winter, and snow was falling heavily. Jiushan Island was covered in a blanket of white, and the scenery was as beautiful as a painting. Shi Mo ignored the wind and snow and was having hot pot with Yan Qiniang under the ancient tree at the stone table.

Because Yan Qiniang and Shi Mo had a good relationship, the Heavenly Demon Palace arranged for her to lead some demons on Jiushan Island to help Shi Mo manage the island's affairs.

Therefore, Yan Qiniang and Shi Mo are now quite close. With Shi Mo's occasional guidance, Yan Qiniang, whose cultivation has improved, has broken through to the Innate Golden Core level and is only one step away from reaching the ultimate realm.

"Hmm? Qin Yun?" As if sensing something, Shi Mo flipped his hand to take out a communication token. Hearing Qin Yun's solemn and urgent explanation, he couldn't help but become slightly serious.

"What? That purple-robed demon opened the entrance to the world?" Yan Qiniang's expression changed upon hearing this. The invasion of extraterrestrial demons was an extremely serious matter.

"I'm going to take a trip. We'll continue eating when I get back," Shi Mo said with a faint smile, before transforming into a streak of light and disappearing.

The Demon God World's attempt to invade the Great Chang World was actually aimed at Shi Mo's true form and that enormous innate spiritual material, the Star Stone. In any case, Shi Mo, whose strength was not yet sufficient, had to stop the purple-robed youth from opening the world entrance.

Shi Mo was very fast and arrived in Nanhai Prefecture in a short time. On the way, he met Qin Yun and Zhang Zushi of Shenxiao Sect who came to meet him.

With Master Zhang's introduction, Shi Mo and Qin Yun also learned about the current situation.

The demon set up an array that enveloped and affected tens of thousands of mortals in nine villages. Those at the Nascent Soul Realm dared not make a move, because if they attacked the array and killed those mortals, the Nascent Soul Realm cultivators who did make a move would also suffer the consequences of the Three Calamities and Nine Disasters.

Therefore, the only option is to rely on Qin Yun, Shi Mo, and two reincarnated immortals who have cultivated to the Innate Golden Core level to go in and entangle the purple-robed demon, and try to break the formation.

As they spoke, Shi Mo and Qin Yun saw a group of human immortals and elders from the Heavenly Demon Palace gathered in mid-air outside the formation, led by the Great Chang Human Emperor.

Almost none of them had ever seen Shi Mo before, so most of them couldn't help but look at him with curiosity and scrutiny.

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, everyone wasted no time. After the Human Emperor explained the speed of the world entrance's expansion, Shi Mo and the others hurriedly entered the formation together.

In the mountain forest shrouded in black mist, after a brief discussion, it was decided that Shi Mo and Qin Yun would deal with the demon, while the reincarnated immortals Hong Jiu and Zhu Ba would be responsible for breaking the formation.

"Qin Yun, Shi Mo, I let you go last time, yet you still dare to come looking for death!" The purple-robed youth, who had transformed into a towering mountain giant, shouted coldly.

"Looking for death? If you hadn't run fast last time, you would have died at my hands," Shi Mo sneered. "This time, you probably won't be able to escape so easily."

"Arrogant!" The mountain giant roared and charged directly at Shi Mo.

At the same time, Qin Yun also summoned his flying sword. The sword light, as fine as silk threads, condensed into a misty rain, and ripples spread through the space wherever it passed.

The sword light was too fast. The mountain giant only had time to raise his hand to block, but the sword light, which suddenly unleashed its power, directly cut black cracks in the space.

Boom! The mountain giant, sent flying backward, was both shocked and furious. Qin Yun's strength was increasing too fast.

What alarmed him even more was that after Shi Mo's speed exploded, his figure blurred and he appeared behind him. With a golden light flowing all over his body, he suddenly struck out with his palm, causing space to distort and vibrate. The palm landed directly on the back of the mountain giant, knocking him back as he was flying backward and sending him flying towards Qin Yunfei.

"How could it be so fast?" The mountain giant was extremely surprised. Facing Qin Yun's flying sword attack again, he hurriedly waved his hands to block, but he was hit by the flying sword from time to time. His speed was no match for the speed of the flying sword.

In the blink of an eye, the flying sword tore cracks in the mountain giant's body, sending a large amount of rubble flying.

Three years have passed. Not only has Qin Yun's cultivation level improved, but his natal magic weapon, the flying sword, has also evolved into a super-grade magic weapon, significantly increasing its attack power.

Peng. Shi Mo, standing to the side, also struck the mountain giant with his palm from time to time, causing it to tremble violently and feel as if its body was about to shatter and collapse. The power of the blow was no less than that of Qin Yun's flying sword.

The mountain giant also unleashed its first-grade magic treasures, the Sun Wheel and the Heavy Mountain Seal, to attack Hong Jiu and Zhu Ba, attempting to prevent them from breaking the formation.

However, Shi Mo's speed was no less than that of a first-grade magic weapon. With his intervention, the two magic weapons that the mountain giant had summoned were smashed away one after another.

"Excellent! Excellent! I never expected that Shi Mo's strength would be no less than Qin Yun's. Could he also be a reincarnation of an immortal?" The people watching from outside the formation were overjoyed: "The Heavenly Demon Palace has really struck gold this time!"

Enraged, the mountain giant was quickly overwhelmed by Qin Yun's attacks and attempted to use the innocent villagers trapped within the formation to restrain and influence Qin Yun.

Qin Yun seized the opportunity and decisively took out the bronze gourd that could store sword energy, instantly releasing a terrifying sword aura.
Faced with the sword energy that seemed to tear through space, the mountain giant hurriedly used a forbidden technique to fly towards the slowly expanding world entrance.

Even so, his body was still shattered by the destructive storm of a million sword energies, leaving only the core purple stone heart, about ten feet in diameter, to escape into the world's entrance.

"He escaped pretty fast!" Shi Mo, who had flashed close to Qin Yun, couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, "Qin Yun, I didn't expect you to have such a trump card. You almost killed him. What a pity about that purple stone heart, such a rare refining material! He just got away like that! I was originally planning to retrieve it for weapon refining!"

"We almost killed him, but unfortunately we couldn't save him," Qin Yun said with some regret.

The two stood before the deep purple vortex passage, where they could clearly see the vast world of demons and gods opposite them, and they also saw the purple stone heart transform into a purple-robed youth.

"Damn it! You've ruined everything I've prepared! You just wait!" the purple-robed youth said, filled with resentment and madness.

At the same time, a demon god wearing armor with two curved horns appeared in Shi Mo and Qin Yun's sight. It was the monarch of the demon god world, a powerful celestial demon.

The monarch, radiating an aura of destruction, stared coldly at Qin Yun and Shi Mo, his terrifying killing intent undisguised.

(End of this chapter)