Gentlemen, it's time to enter the Banner of Ten Thousand Souls.

Chapter 304 The Inheritance Array Not of This World

Chen Ye thought he had already killed quite a few demons, so the demons underground were probably no different.

Throughout the day, they killed quite a few henchmen, but regardless of whether they were at the Profound Realm or the Divine Transformation Realm, they only managed to destroy their physical bodies.

Especially Deng Xing, who is at the Nascent Soul stage. As a cultivator at the Lesser Longevity stage, his soul is undamaged, and he can easily find a body to possess and recover quickly.

Chen Ye then realized that the demonic cultivators with lineages were completely incomparable to the rogue cultivators on the ground.

If that monk hadn't been so unlucky, with the means of rebirth right in front of Chen Ye, Su Chunyi wouldn't have been able to kill him completely with a single sword strike.

Therefore, even after taking the position of the Crimson Serpent Lord, Chen Ye was still somewhat worried about the upcoming pursuit plan.

Is it really that easy to kill the Azure Dragon Lord?
Chen Ye didn't show any smugness, but the other seventeen Demonic Sect Masters couldn't help but glance at him a few more times.

The Tiger Lord laughed and said, "For the first time in a thousand years, a cultivator at the Profound Realm has sat in this chair. The younger generation is truly formidable."

Everyone nodded in agreement.

Although the Demonic Sect is declining, previously only cultivators with minor immortality were qualified.

Now, no one dares to say a word against it.

Because Chen Ye beat Deng Xing to the point of physical collapse in front of everyone, and it was Deng Xing who had set up a trap in advance, coupled with the unfavorable factors such as the Fei Lian Venerable Master's bias, Chen Ye crossed a major realm to defeat Deng Xing in a near-desperate situation.

Chen Ye truly deserves to be called the number one expert in the Tongxuan Realm; even the Qinghe Sword Sect has no objections.

This is truly powerful, so powerful it's almost unbelievable.

Many people have heard that Chen Ye has only been cultivating for a little over a year, yet his terrifying cultivation speed has made him invincible among his peers. No wonder Deng Xing would set his sights on Chen Ye.

Who wouldn't want to skin and dismember a cultivator like that, then thoroughly search his soul and uncover all his secrets?
It's not that Deng Xing was greedy, it's just that he was too weak.

While Chen Ye was still pondering how to hunt down the Azure Dragon Lord, Youluozi spoke up, "Now that Chen Ye has taken up a position in the Crimson Serpent Sect, it's time to have his name recorded in the contract."

Upon hearing this, Chen Ye immediately frowned.

He had felt something was off about the Demonic Sect before. Even though the five Venerable Masters had the highest cultivation levels, and even if they couldn't completely determine a winner among themselves, the other Demonic Sect cultivators should have already divided up the seats. Why were they still maintaining the system of eighteen seats?

Now, listening to Youluozi, I'm afraid there's something special about this.

However, no one gave Chen Ye time to think. A unique emblem lit up above the head of each Venerable Lord, converging into an extremely complex array above the hall.

It's obvious at a glance that two corners are missing, specifically the parts of Chen Ye and Qingjiao.

Youluozi reminded him, "Lord Chilian, it's your turn. You can use any technique passed down by the Chilian Demon Sect to complete this array."

Chen Ye was skeptical, but he had no reason to refuse at the moment, otherwise he might not be able to leave this hall.

Chen Ye focused his thoughts, attempting to summon his Crimson Fire Serpent on the array diagram.

Although the Fire Serpent Hell is his unique supernatural power, it is indeed derived from the inheritance of the Crimson Serpent Demon Sect, so it should be effective.

Just as Chen Ye had expected, the Crimson Fire Serpent immediately transformed into a snake-shaped emblem upon entering the array, perfectly filling the gap in the formation.

It wasn't that Chen Ye intentionally manipulated it; rather, the array was automatically identified and completed.

The instant the emblem was completed, Chen Ye faintly felt a wisp of his energy being drawn from his body and merged into the array. The next moment, countless supernatural powers and secret techniques surged into his soul.

"This……"

Chen Ye only had time to sense it slightly before he discovered that these were all the inherited techniques of the Crimson Serpent Demon Sect. Not only that, there were more of them than Qu Heng had passed down, and many of them seemed to be even more exquisite.

Youluozi then explained, "A thousand years ago, the righteous path won a great victory, forcing us to hide underground. Two demon lords also managed to escape with their clones. These two were severely injured and their days were numbered. After much reflection, they realized that the defeat was due to internal strife. Therefore, instead of annexing the remaining disciples of various sects, they devoted all their efforts to creating this array diagram."

"This array diagram is not from this world and will never be damaged. It can be summoned anytime, anywhere, and all the sect's secret techniques can be obtained from it. Moreover, as long as the eighteen Venerable Lords gather, another function of the array diagram can be activated, allowing cultivators in the Profound Realm to break through to the Nascent Soul Realm."

Chen Ye exclaimed in surprise, "Like the Soul Cleansing Flower of the Incense Burning Sect?"

Youluozi said, "The effects are similar. Although it is not as stable as the Soul Cleansing Flower, this array can be used repeatedly without any consumption. However, since the Azure Dragon is absent, this effect cannot be activated."

"If any of the eighteen sects' inheritances are missing, the breakthrough method of this array will no longer be usable. Resources are scarce deep underground, making such an easy breakthrough method difficult to find. This array cannot prevent our fighting and killing, but no matter how much we compete, we must ultimately reserve a place for the inheritance."

Chen Ye never expected that the underground demonic sect would have such a secret technique passed down.

It seems that this array diagram has no binding force. If someone were to record all the secret techniques belonging to their own sect in the array diagram, they could simply discard the array diagram and directly annex other sects.

But there's no need to do that.

The Demonic Sect still believes in cannibalism.

So what if you devour all the people from other sects? You can't openly return to the surface, and then it's just infighting within the sects.

Moreover, this array diagram has the effect of helping cultivators in the Profound Realm break through to the Nascent Soul Realm, a treasure that even the underground demonic sects cannot do without. Otherwise, would they all go to the Incense Burning Sect to steal the Soul Cleansing Flower? Wouldn't that be tantamount to courting death?

Therefore, the eighteen positions never change.

However, it's hard to say whether some of them are puppets or vassals.

Just like Chen Ye, everyone believed that he was Youluozi's man, which meant that Youluozi occupied two positions, or even more.

Other lords could do the same, supporting their own puppets to occupy positions and gain a greater advantage among the eighteen seats; it all depends on whose methods are more skillful.

Chen Ye finally understood why the position of the Azure Dragon Lord had to be preserved, even if it was just a nominal inheritance, as long as the effect of the array diagram could not be lost.

Those two demon lords were really clever back then; no wonder the underground demonic sect's lineage hasn't been broken.

Therefore, what these demons lack is resources. Once they return to the surface, they can harvest a large number of rare and precious materials, as well as a large number of "human sacrifices," and the strength of the demonic sect will expand rapidly.

With such crucial intelligence, this trip underground was definitely worthwhile.

But what exactly is Youluozi planning?
It's one thing for others to be uncertain, but Youluozi is well aware of Chen Ye's position. Why does he still allow Chen Ye to know these secrets? Isn't he afraid that Chen Ye will tell the righteous sects and then "eradicate" the demonic sect?
Youluozi had previously said that she didn't care about the conflict between good and evil, and only wanted Chen Ye to help her enter the deepest part of Guixu. No one knows what this witch's plan is.

Regardless, Chen Ye was already quite satisfied with this achievement; only one last goal remained.

Chen Ye carefully memorized the supernatural powers and secret techniques transmitted from the array diagram, and then addressed the crowd: "I have been stuck in the Profound Realm for a long time and have been unable to break through. Since the position of Azure Dragon Lord is vacant, why don't you all discuss whether to ask him to return to his position or to support a new Azure Dragon Lord to take the throne?"

Chen Ye paused, glanced at everyone, and then said firmly, "Whether Qingjiao is alive or dead, let's discuss and reach a conclusion today."

(End of this chapter)