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The three who had been knocked down all looked rather grim.

In the previous battle, the strongest of the three was True Monarch Xuan Yang, who was at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage and even came in person.

He relied on his superior cultivation to suppress Tianqing and Youlian. The two who came were only in their Dharma bodies. Tianxu and Youlian had no choice but to join forces to fight against Xuanyang Zhenjun. The three of them were locked in a stalemate for several months.

But in the end, Xuan Yang Zhenjun, relying on his higher cultivation level, successfully trapped the two. He was about to capture Hou and hand it over to the sect. At the very least, it would be a Nascent Soul opportunity or a fifth-order spiritual treasure.

Then the Demon Lord of the Silent Night suddenly appeared, holding a black lotus flower in his hand.

A fifth-tier spiritual treasure, the Demonic Prison Black Lotus.

This magical treasure had been lost ten thousand years ago, and no one expected it to fall into the hands of the Silent Night Demon Lord.

The moment the Demonic Prison Black Lotus opened, it dragged all three of their magical treasures into a special black lotus space.

With Lingbao restrained, the remaining competition will be based on other methods.

But the Heavenly Demon Lord alone, with just two wisps of demonic energy, was enough to knock the three of them down so they couldn't even lift their heads.

The demonic energy was formless and invisible, as if it could see through all their movements and the flow of spiritual energy. Every attack was dodged in advance, and every defense was found to have a flaw.

The other is the Jade Yang Demonic Qi, which can simulate countless supernatural powers.

He used Jade Yang Demonic Energy to simulate the destructive demonic energy of True Lord Youlian, directly confronting True Lord Xuanyang's attack. He also used Jade Yang Demonic Energy to simulate the Heavenly Laws and Decrees of Heavenly Void, thus suppressing True Lord Tianxu's power.

Finally, he simulated nine streams of primordial demonic energy in one go. Based on these nine streams of demonic energy, he created a small illusory world in the void. When that illusory world crashed down, the three of them had no chance to resist and were knocked down from the void.

The person who can do this must have comprehended the rules, but this person is definitely not the Night Demon Lord; he does not have this ability.

It could only be that some powerful old monster borrowed his body, or rather, directly transformed him into one of his own clones.

The most likely candidate is the Heavenly Demon True Lord of the Nine Nether Demon Sect.

Xuan Yang Zhenjun took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "Heavenly Demon, you have crossed the line."

The major powers have a rule that each sect can only send one person to participate in this kind of battle. Since your Nine Nether Demon Sect has already sent True Monarch Youlian, you cannot participate further.

This is to prevent the struggle between overlords from escalating indefinitely, since overlords all possess powerful foundations that surpass even those of the Nascent Soul stage.

Aside from the Heavenly Law Divine Sect's daily targeting of the Nine Nether Demon Sect and the Myriad Beasts Spirit Venerable Mansion, conflicts between other overlords are generally limited to minor skirmishes.

The Heavenly Demon True Monarch spoke softly, his tone somewhat nonchalant: "Among the seven overlords of the Cangyuan cultivation world, there is no place for my Nine Nether Demon Sect."

Xuan Yang Zhenjun's temple throbbed with anger as he roared, "Heavenly Demon!"

He forcibly suppressed the surging anger in his heart, turned to look at True Monarch Tianqing and True Monarch Youlian, and said in a very deep voice: "If the three of us join forces and use all our strength to activate the fifth-order spiritual treasure, we may not be unable to suppress him."

Tianqing Zhenjun stood expressionless, while Youlian Zhenjun lowered his gaze and remained silent.

Seeing their reactions, Xuan Yang squeezed out a sentence through gritted teeth: "What bullshit about being the number one overlord? The so-called supreme demonic cultivators are all a bunch of trash."

No one ignored him.

The Heavenly Demon Lord chuckled lightly, as if he had seen something amusing.

He tossed the golden ball of light in his palm upwards, and the Hou rolled over in his palm before curling up into a ball again.

"Then I'll be going now."

He turned around, raised his hand and slashed through the air, tearing open a dark rift, and then disappeared into it in a flash.

Before the crack closed, a cheerful tune could be faintly heard from inside, but the sound quickly faded away, as if it were fleeing in panic.

Xuan Yang Zhenjun stared blankly in the direction he had disappeared, then flicked his sleeve and vanished into the clouds, his escape light piercing the sky.

Tianqing Zhenjun gave Youlian a cold look, said nothing, and flew away.

Only Youlian Zhenjun remained in the spot, the sea breeze making her palace dress flutter, and faint black mist still seeped out from the tear in the demon banner.

She sighed and put the demon banner away. Her background was naturally profound; otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to obtain a fifth-tier spiritual treasure with only a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivation.

The master of the Xuanmo lineage, one of the three branches of the Nine Nether Demon Sect, is Xuanmo Zhenjun, who is her own brother.

The Xuanmo lineage is the strongest branch of the Nine Nether Demon Sect, with Xuanmo True Monarch and Tianmo True Monarch on equal footing.

But influence is influence, and strength is strength.

Xuanmo Zhenjun once warned her that the fact that the Heavenly Demon lineage had few members did not mean that it was weak.

Among the Nascent Soul cultivators of the Nine Nether Demon Sect, the strongest is the Heavenly Demon True Monarch. Not only are his methods of manipulating minds terrifying, but his strength is also genuinely formidable.

Among the thousands of Nascent Soul cultivators, the dominant force in the entire Cangyuan cultivation world, the Heavenly Demon True Monarch's combat power ranks among the top three.

A wise person knows when to yield; she would never oppose the Heavenly Demon Lord. As for face, she didn't care at all; how much is face worth?

There was just one thing that bothered her.

Previously, the Heavenly Demon True Lord only relied on the secretive nature of the Heavenly Demon to stir up trouble. Although his reputation was bad, he was not as blatant as he is now.

Normally, a Hou (a mythical beast) should be handed over to the sect—that is, to the Heavenly Lord of the Transformation Realm.

But judging from the actions of the Heavenly Demon Lord today, he clearly has no intention of handing it over.

Now that the Heavenly Demon Lord has seized another young Hou, he can quickly cultivate it to the peak of the fourth rank, at which point it will be a combat power comparable to a Nascent Soul cultivator.

Add to that the Night Demon Lord who just advanced to the peak of the Nascent Soul stage, who is also a powerful clone, plus the strength of his main body and two fifth-tier spiritual treasures.

Conservatively speaking, after the Heavenly Demon True Monarch digests these gains, he will be able to possess at least three Nascent Soul level combat power.

He wasn't afraid of ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators.

However, there is a legend among the Heavenly Demon lineage—that the Heavenly Demons can devour each other.

Before the previous generation of Heavenly Demon True Lord ascended to the Spirit Realm, he absolutely forbade the next generation of Heavenly Demon True Lord to become a God Transformation Realm cultivator.

This is the ironclad rule, and also the curse, of the Heavenly Demon lineage.

The fact that the current Heavenly Demon True Monarch is acting this way indicates one thing: he is about to advance to the Divine Transformation stage.

The previous generation of Heavenly Demon True Monarch had already reached the peak of the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm.

This generation of Heavenly Demon True Monarch is even more terrifying; he already possesses the combat power of three Nascent Soul cultivators even before advancing to the Nascent Soul stage.

Neither of them are easy to deal with.

The Nascent Soul Heavenly Lords of the other two branches of the Nine Nether Demon Sect will absolutely not get involved. The internal strife within the Heavenly Demon lineage will only complicate matters further if outsiders intervene.

Regardless of who wins or loses in the struggle between the two generations of Heavenly Demon True Monarchs, it is a huge internal drain on the Nine Nether Demon Sect.

Thinking of this, True Lord Youlian sighed again.

Looks like I need to find a reason to go out and lay low for a while.

First, let's go to Longyuan Immortal City—Bai Jing is still there.

That was her most prized junior, someone she had poured countless efforts into helping to ascend to the position of Holy Son. She couldn't let him perish in the internal strife of the Nine Nether Demon Sect.