Is the cultivation world now only populated by demonesses?

Chapter 114, Section 113: The Fall of the Heavenly Dao Title (5.2k)

The vast snow rushed down the mountainside, and under the power of nature, Lu Changyuan's figure looked like a tiny shadow.

The cleaving sword in his hand parted the avalanche river, and endless snow crossed the long road, hitting the Blood Demon at the foot of the mountain. But soon, the ice and snow melted, and one after another, blood monsters took on physical form from the snow, slowly forming on the Blood Demon's body.

The army of the Blood Demon.

Lu Changyuan didn't look behind him much; he just kept swinging his sword forward.

"Well"

The girl's panting could be heard, her body temperature rose higher and higher, her soft body turned into a sticky furnace, and the blood even stained Lu Changyuan's neck red.

Lu Changyuan suddenly turned to the side, his feet firmly planted on the ground, and dodged to the right.

The next moment, a huge monster suddenly emerged from the snow, covered in white fur, with glassy pupils and long limbs.

The Snow King?

Six Realms.

Lu Changyuan took a deep breath, the icy snow entering his lungs, bringing with it a slight, lingering pain.

Once you cross this snow-capped mountain, the sea lies just beyond, and once you step onto the sea, Mount Longshan is within easy reach.

There's no need to fight the Snow Demon King. He's already here.

The long, slender limbs arrived in front of Lu Changyuan in the next instant, and the force of the Severing Thought was directly hammered away by that unreasonable power.

This Snow Demon King can actually extend his limbs at will by using ice and snow?

Not only that.

The part of Lu Changyuan that was hit by the Snow Demon King has begun to develop icicles, seemingly turning him into an ice sculpture.

Lu Changyuan frowned, then reached out and smeared some of the girl's blood onto the icicle.

stab.

The ice and snow melted and turned into water.

Fighting someone in the Six Realms would be troublesome, and it's not certain that you could win. Lu Changyuan lightly touched the ground and dodged the ice shards scattered by the Snow Demon King.

The clanging and banging sounds kept coming from the Broken Heart, and the long road had already reached the face of the Snow Demon King.

"Roar!"

The Snow Demon King seemed not to have expected Lu Changyuan to dare to come up. It roared and its huge body transformed into a giant sphere, crashing hard into Lu Changyuan. However, Lu Changyuan raised his hand to block the Severing Thoughts in mid-air.

boom!
He spat out a mouthful of blood, and his body shot out like a broken kite. To the Snow Demon King's surprise, Lu Changyuan did not stabilize his body, but flew further and further away.

Only a fool would fight you.

gone.

Seeing Lu Changyuan fly further and further away, the Snow Demon King was furious and was about to chase after him and smash him to death with his fists, but suddenly countless small grasses sprouted from its body.

The blood that Lu Changyuan had just spat out splattered onto the Snow Demon King and has now turned into small grasses that have taken root on the Snow Demon King's body.

The Snow Demon King became even more enraged.

But after it shattered those small grasses, it was faced with a dense mass of blood demons, like monsters crawling out of a blood hell.

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"Are you ok?"

Lu Changyuan asked softly, but the girl had fainted again at some point.

His right hand had begun to tremble slightly, and the web between his thumb and forefinger had split open, with blood flowing down the dull blade of the sword and onto the ground.

Not long ago, just before sunset, taking advantage of the sunset's glow, Lu Changyuan unleashed his final sword strike from the west, a strike that carried him away from the snow-capped mountains.

The skill "One Sword Comes from the West" is no longer usable.

It's reached its limit.

At that time, Jiang Jiayi relied on Xia Lianxue's constant use of time reversal to return to Tianshan with the sword technique "One Sword Comes from the West" for several days without interruption.

Without the little fairy's help, Lu Changyuan's oil lamp ran out and burned out.

If he continues to use it, his mental state will be in even greater danger than his physical collapse.

There are only a few steps left, it would be a real shame to give up here.

The torrential rain fell to the ground, accompanied by lightning and thunder. Lu Changyuan numbly increased his speed. He looked around and found it eerily quiet, as if there were no more enemies.

Lu Changyuan was panting when, with a thud, his leg went out of control, as if it were no longer his own. Blood gushed out, and he half-knelt on the ground.

The damp, muddy ground seemed to want to devour him alive.

"Am I cursed?"

The boy, his face covered in wounds and stained with dried blood, slowly turned around.

The Blood Demon has finally found his weakness.

Along the way, Lu Changyuan suffered many injuries and lost a lot of blood. The Blood Demon collected this blood and gathered the last bit of blood from the Snow Demon King to curse Lu Changyuan.

"I understand how you feel now. So this is what it feels like when your blood doesn't obey you."

The Blood Demon is within reach.

Lu Changyuan stood up again and hugged Mingjun tightly once more.

"Then give it a try."

This last stretch of road was extremely difficult. The cursed Lu Changyuan had nothing left, and amidst the lightning and thunder, a fierce killing intent rose from his weary eyes.

Suddenly, Dao principles rose up around Lu Changyuan, faint yet present.

Killing Way!
The Taoist of Chang'an not only cultivated the Path of Ruthlessness, but also the Path of Slaughter.

To be more precise, before returning to the mortal world, Lu Changyuan cultivated the path of killing. Only after returning to the mortal world and entering the Sun and Moon Palace did he realize the supreme state of detachment from emotions.

This is also why he said that joining Yaoguang broke the rules.

Lu Changyuan is still far from the sixth realm and has not yet reclaimed his killing path, but the continuous killing over the past few dozen days has finally brought him back to his former intentions.

Lu Changyuan turned his back, looking at the enormous sea of ​​blood demon monsters, a mocking glint flashing in his crimson eyes.

Blood suddenly began to gush from Duan Nian. Lu Changyuan lifted Duan Nian and gently slashed it towards the Blood Demon monster horde.

The air rippled.

The "Five Desires and Six Dusts Transformation Mind Technique" has begun to operate fully.

Greed, anger, and ignorance in the world were instantly ignited, spreading like ripples on a lake, affecting every monster born from the blood demon.

kill.

Kill kill kill.

Lu Changyuan's killing intent filled the group of monsters, and he killed them without distinguishing between friend and foe, superior and inferior!

With this sword strike, the monsters broke free from the Blood Demon's control and began to fight amongst themselves, some even lunging at the Blood Demon.

These blood monsters, which were originally born from the Blood Demon, could not harm the Blood Demon, but they did cause real trouble for the Blood Demon, at least slowing down its progress.

Lu Changyuan, however, had already fled far away with a single sword strike.

The seaside is right in front of us.

The sound of the tide lapping against the shore filled the air, and a slightly salty sea breeze swept over us.

The rain is still falling.

Wow!
The waves grew larger and larger, surging and rolling against the rocks, some splashing onto Lu Changyuan's face. The distant Longshan Mountain was indistinct in the rain, but it looked somewhat like a fairy mountain.

"Last time you said your trump card was me, and this time it really is me."

The moon in the sky suddenly turned into a blood moon, the seawater suddenly smelled of blood, and cries of agony came from all directions.

Lu Changyuan smiled.

He leaned on his broken will and rested against a rock by the sea, recalling the first time he saw Qiu Yuehan, when the two from the Blood Demon Palace were chasing them, and this time it was the Blood Demon chasing them.

History is always strikingly similar.

"We're out of ideas. We had some ideas last time, but we're really out of ideas this time."

Last time, he was able to use his final sword strike against only a few cultivators from the Blood Demon Palace. This time, however, he is facing a Blood Demon at the sixth realm.

The road stretched far and wide, leaning against the rocks. The sound of crawling came from the blood-red forest; the swarm of insects had arrived.

It sounded as if something was being torn apart alive, then bloodily devoured, eventually creating the rhythmic, undulating sounds of rodents.

Raindrops pelted the worms, turning the earth red. Lu Changyuan squinted, wiped the water off his face, and carefully laid the girl down, preventing the rain from hitting her.

The Blood Demon arrived in an instant.

Lu Changyuan's eyes reflected the monsters with densely packed teeth in their mouths, while the sounds of life-or-death crisis exploded in his ears.

He did not make a move.

It is simply the Way.

"Stop looking, lend a hand. You can't let her and me really die here, can you?"

A charming voice quickly rang out.

"Well done, little guardian spirit."

The enormous fox tail blotted out the sky, and in just a moment, it swept away the dense swarm of insects.

Her wine-red hair fluttered in the moonlight; she was a fox-woman with fluffy fox ears and a large tail. Her dazzling phoenix eyes held a captivating allure, as if a single glance could steal a person's soul. But what was most alluring were her lips, that mesmerizing tender red that even made Lu Changyuan momentarily stunned.

Plum blossoms glistening with dew, lips adorned with rouge and sandalwood.

Beautiful arms, soft and supple, waist like that of a Chu palace maiden, a bone-scraping knife.

The surroundings, which should have been dark and gloomy under the blood moon, were brightened by her presence.

The red fox was carrying a huge bear head in her hand, and she was also injured, indicating that she had just arrived and had not had time to heal her wounds.

The fox's voice was like a captivating pipa; she said, "Vampires are truly disgusting."

A long, slender bow appeared in the fox's hand, and with a slight twitch of its ears, a great sun suddenly appeared in the bow.

Lu Changyuan looked at the bow and vaguely remembered it, but not much, and was too lazy to think where he had seen it before.

The bow was drawn taut, and then there was only a flash of light and shadow. In an instant, a huge explosion came from afar. The arrow had no trajectory. It was as if it was in the Red Fox's hand one moment and had exploded in the distance the next. It was as if the concepts of time and space could not bind this arrow, so no one could see the trajectory of the arrow.

In other words, cause and effect?

It's not immediately obvious from the long road, but there's definitely something there.

After the arrow fell, the entire forest burst into flames, and the torrential rain from the sky was unable to extinguish the fire for a time. The rising steam made everything appear hazy and indistinct.

Lu Changyuan breathed a sigh of relief.

This fox is quite strong, so we should be safe.

The moment this thought crossed his mind, the enormous, furry fox tail wrapped around Lu Changyuan and Mingjun together.

"Don't move."

Lu Changyuan didn't move around. He was really tired and just wanted to get some sleep. This fluffy fox tail was perfect as a pillow.

He said wearily, "You can't beat it? If you can't beat it, then run away quickly."

Red Fox retorted irritably, "How dare you talk like that? How could we possibly lose!"

"Then why are you running?"

"Because that thing is not easy to kill, fighting it back and forth is meaningless. We need to go to Mount Long first, and only by using Mount Long can we kill it."

Red Fox is at the sixth realm, and Blood Demon is also at the sixth realm. The two can fight to a draw, but that doesn't mean Red Fox can kill Blood Demon. They can't drag it out. If they wait until the Heavenly Dao title is bestowed and Blood Demon enters Yao Guang, things will become even more complicated.

The blood demon gradually stained the seawater near the shore, making it look as if countless people had died on the sea surface, their blood and flesh polluting the ocean and emitting a terrible stench.

Before long, with the full speed of the power of the Six Realms, Lu Changyuan and Mingjun quickly arrived at the summit of Longshan Mountain.

With a flick of the red fox's large tail, Lu Changyuan was put down. He asked in confusion, "What are we doing here?"

"Ming left something here."

Previously, no one or beasts lived on the summit of Mount Long, because a poisonous fog permeated the area year-round, and Mount Long was originally an island in the sea, so it was naturally sparsely populated.

The reason why the human race chose to gather here was because it was a secluded place, but they never expected that they would still be discovered.

Lu Changyuan asked doubtfully, "Can we kill it?"

Red Fox raised an eyebrow and chuckled, "Most likely. Although that thing isn't complete yet, killing it shouldn't be a problem."

What's all the mystery about?

Lu Changyuan felt that the red fox's personality was very familiar.

The red fox raised its hand, and the summit of Mount Oboro suddenly opened up like a lid, revealing a huge altar. In the center of the altar, a huge character for "Netherworld" was engraved.

This character is as ancient and profound as the one Lu Changyuan saw in the underworld.

The name "Underworld" has two characters related to the river: one refers to the destination of the River Styx, and the other refers to the stone tablet along the river's course, symbolizing the authority of the King of the Underworld.

Then comes the problem.

What is the purpose of this third character "冥" here?
Lu Changyuan soon found out.

clang!
The familiar chimes rang out once again.

Something illusory was generated on the character "冥" (ming). Upon closer inspection, it was revealed to be spirits, but these spirits did not transform into walking thoughts; instead, they became drops of water.

The red fox twitched its ears and said, "The Spirit Clan generally disdains collecting the thoughts of humans, but Ming has collected the thoughts of many dead people over the years and gathered them into a river to prove his Dao."

The River Styx was originally composed of the thoughts of ancient people?
No wonder one can see one's own path by looking into the River Styx.

All of these are paths that the human race has tried. No human has yet broken through to the fifth realm of enlightenment. Those humans who reached the fourth realm, after their death, left behind their thoughts which entered the River Styx. Anyone who has a similar experience to those thoughts can benefit from them.

It was in this brief moment of thought that I realized what was happening.

boom!
The roaring river that seemed to shake the heavens and earth suddenly gushed forth from the character "冥" (Ming), then plunged violently towards the Blood Demon who had reached the foot of the mountain.

Red Fox yawned slightly, its fox tail swaying: "Blood Demons are formed from blood. If this River Styx, filled with dark energy, washes them away, nothing should be left."

Lu Changyuan watched as the mighty river crashed violently into the Blood Demon. The destructive intent seemed to sweep everything away, and blood dripped from the Blood Demon's body, accompanied by mournful screams.

The Blood Demon's power level is declining.

It gradually declined from the peak of the sixth realm, spitting out everything it had eaten in front of the River Styx, and eventually it could barely maintain the sixth realm.

The red fox picked up its bow and arrow again: "Now is the time to kill it."

A tremendous radiance once again enveloped the bow, and the flowing light exploded from the blood demon's body once more with the arrow.

The scattered blood resembled blooming fireworks.

"It's over." Red Fox clapped his hands, his eyes narrowing with a smile. "Easy peasy."

The Blood Demon is dead?
Just die?
Lu Changyuan did not relax his brow, because he remembered that the Blood Demon, one of the three thousand great demons, had not died, but had been sealed away.

If this timeline is the past, then the Blood Demon must not have died from the Red Fox's arrow and the impact of the Styx River, but rather survived through some other means.

Did they escape?

"Has the rain stopped?"

Lu Changyuan looked up at the sky and stretched out his hand. The rain did not fall on his hand. He didn't know when, but the rain that had lasted for thousands of miles stopped, and stars appeared in the night sky.

Star?

Lu Changyuan stared in disbelief at the sky, where an excessively bright star was twinkling.

He turned his head and saw that the red fox's fur had already bristled, and the oily fur on its big tail was standing on end.

A terrible premonition filled their hearts.

The red fox muttered, "What happened?"

"you ask me?"

Although Lu Changyuan didn't know what had happened, he had a very bad feeling.

"Quick! Kill it!"

Without another word, Red Fox drew his bow again and blasted a huge crater in the place where the Blood Demon was.

The star in the sky remained bright, and as the Red Fox's arrow exploded, it began to fall.

Stars falling?

Even Lu Changyuan was seeing this scene for the first time. There had never been such a sight in the cultivation world. The connection between humans and stars only existed when someone ascended to Yao Guang and lit up their own star.

"The title of Heavenly Dao Venerable!?"

Lu Changyuan pondered for a long time what the Heavenly Dao Title was. He wondered what kind of magical thing it was that one could enter the Yao Guang realm with the Heavenly Dao Title.

At that moment, the question was answered.

The title of Heavenly Dao is Star, and Star is Dao. In later cultivation worlds, those who ascend to Yao Guang must illuminate their own Dao Star. In the ancient cultivation world, Heavenly Dao bestowed Dao Stars upon the strongest of their races. If they could bear this Great Dao, they could ascend to Yao Guang.

Lu Changyuan was so exhausted that he could hardly breathe.

"Stop it!"

That's too late.

The star merged into the fragments of the Blood Demon at an unexpected speed, and an aura that swept across the eight wastelands rose from the ground.

The Underworld Lord said that the title of Heavenly Dao Sovereign was about to fall, but why did it fall at this moment, and why did it fall on the Blood Demon?

Lu Changyuan suddenly turned around: "What about your and her titles?"

Since the titles of honor have been bestowed, the titles of the Underworld Lord and the Crimson Fox should also have been bestowed. Why is it that only the title of the Blood Demon has been bestowed?
The red fox hurriedly said, "Even if it is to be bestowed, there must be an order. This is the only thing left in the Blood Demon Clan, so Heaven can find it easily and bestowed the title upon it first."

In other words.

The bestowal of titles by Heaven is actually a mechanical comparison. First, a clan is identified, and then the strongest member of that clan is compared. If there are two strong members in the clan, they must fight to determine the strongest member. After that, the final judgment is made to determine whether you are qualified to receive the title.

There was only one such monster among the vampires. The Heavenly Dao found it with ease, skipping all the comparison processes, and determined that it could accept the title, thus bestowing upon it the honorific title.

Now that the Blood Demon has not devoured the Underworld Lord, his Dharma is incomplete. In future generations, he will not be able to attain the Dao because he is imperfect, and can only wait for an opportunity like Xiao Qingfeng.

But things are different now. Ru Yaoguang relies on the title of Heavenly Dao, so although the Blood Demon's magic is incomplete, he can still forcibly achieve the Dao by relying on the title of Heavenly Dao.

At the same time, Lu Changyuan realized why, along the way, no races that had been chasing the Underworld Lord had ever appeared at the sixth realm, and even the Snow Demon King was only occasionally lured out by Lu Li Snow Mountain.

Those in the Six Realms were all peacefully waiting for the Heavenly Dao title to be bestowed, lest any unexpected complications arise.

The Underworld Lord and the Red Fox initially planned to do the same, waiting to attain enlightenment at Mount Oboro.

In the chilling wind, golden words appeared in Lu Changyuan's left eye.

The Blood Demon has been born.

(End of this chapter)