Just as the old patriarch forced me to my death, I achieved the unity of Dao and fruition.

Deep in the wilderness.

This place is far from the ancient path pioneered by the human race.

There were no cities, markets, or traces of formations left by sects in the world.

Only black mountain ranges lay prostrate on the earth, like countless sleeping giants.

The mountain mist never dissipates throughout the year, and occasionally a giant bird, tens of thousands of feet tall, will soar across the sky, its wingspan obscuring half of the sun and moon.

Deeper still, there was a cavern that seemed to stretch endlessly.

The entrance to the underground cave was thousands of feet high, with white bone pillars rising from the ground, covered with dried human and animal skins, as well as some huge heads whose races were indistinguishable.

This is the Cave of Ten Thousand Demons, one of the most important bases for the demon race in the wilderness.

Deep within the Demon Cave, inside a palace constructed from black dragon bones, a red-haired man slowly opened his eyes.

He had two long, dark gold horns on his head, and narrow eyes. With each breath, the demonic energy in the entire cave rose and fell accordingly.

This person was none other than the Holy King of the Demon Clan.

He had already sensed it the moment the Silver-Eyed Ancient Ape was controlled by Gu Changjin.

The demonic seal left deep within the true spirit of the Silver-Eyed Ancient Ape was not shattered, but was forcibly separated by another force.

The feeling was strange; it didn't feel like the power of unsealing, but more like a complete world suddenly pressing down on him, temporarily severing the connection between him and the silver-eyed ancient ape.

The Demon Saint King immediately thought of the information about Ten Thousand Demon Mountain that the Silver-Eyed Ancient Ape had obtained from the so-called Mountain-Shaking Demon King.

The ancient Bagua snake bloodline is suspected to be that of a great demon saint, and the Mountain-Shaking Demon Lord and Bai Xuanyou are also related to it.

However, no one in the demon race had ever heard of this person.

He originally wanted to observe for a while longer to see where this old thing came from.

He even planned to personally leave the Demon Cave and send out a avatar to investigate.

Unexpectedly, the Crimson Abyss Secret Realm opened ahead of schedule.

The Demon Clan Saint King tapped his fingers lightly on the armrest, his gaze gradually darkening.

"wrong."

The opening time of the Crimson Abyss Secret Realm was calculated by the demon race thousands of years ago.

The human prodigies from Zhongzhou, the replacements planted by the Holy Sect, and the demon race's personnel preparing to enter the secret realm.

Every link in the chain is already fixed.

The fact that it's being opened ahead of schedule suggests either that something has changed inside the Crimson Abyss Secret Realm.

Either someone had the real key beforehand and triggered the core mechanism.

Thinking of this, the Demon King's expression grew even more gloomy.

The demon race's publicly stated plan is indeed real.

He assassinated the top human prodigy of the Central Plains, took his identity, and then detonated the Crimson Abyss Secret Realm, using the spatial-temporal turbulence to tear apart the barriers between the Central Plains sects.

These are all true; after all, only a genuine plan can deceive the human race.

Otherwise, with the methods of those old fogies in Zhongzhou, they could easily spread false information and not be fooled at all.

But this plan is only the first layer on the surface.

The real purpose was never to kill a prodigy, nor to take the opportunity to invade Zhongzhou.

Those were just pretexts used to attract the attention of most of the powerful figures within the human race, the Holy Church, and even the demon race.

The true core of the Crimson Abyss Secret Realm is not in the cave left behind by that Void Returning cultivator.

That Void Returning Heaven is just an outer shell.

Or rather, it is the soil outside a tomb, used to conceal the truth.

The one truly sleeping deep within the secret realm is an ancient immortal.

A true dragon made of red jade and glazed glass.

In ancient times, before the human and demon races had completely broken ties, they formed an alliance to fight against many alien races within the Central Plains.

That war lasted for tens of thousands of years. In the end, the human and demon races joined forces to defeat the various alien races and occupy the most prosperous territory in the Central Plains.

However, not long after the great war ended, the human and demon races suddenly turned against each other.

The truth of what happened back then is no longer clear.

The human race said that the demon race was greedy and wanted to monopolize the Central Plains.

The demon race claimed that the human race had broken their promise and attacked suddenly while the demon race was weakened.

As for who struck first, it's meaningless now. In any case, the final result is that the demon race is defeated and driven into the wilderness.

At that time, one of the most powerful beings in the Human-Demon Alliance was the Crimson Jade Glazed True Dragon.

Strictly speaking, she does not entirely belong to the demon race.

The true dragon forms its own lineage.

However, the human race classifies all non-human beings into the demon race.

Over time, ancient races such as dragons, phoenixes, and qilin were also included in the demon race.

The Crimson Jade Glazed Dragon is a genuine immortal.

In ancient times, there were many true immortals in this world. There were true immortals among the human race, true immortals among the demon race, and many other races also had ancient beings that have been sleeping ever since.

Only clans with true immortals presiding over them are truly qualified to be called a clan.

Because that is the true foundation, and the trump card that can be awakened when the crisis of extinction strikes.

The Crimson Jade Glazed Dragon did not die completely after its fall.

She possesses an innate divine power that almost defies the laws of nature: the Crimson Jade Glazed Dragon Dream.

After the true body dies, the dragon soul will enter the dream world, where it will relive its infancy, growth, and transformation until it ascends to the status of a true immortal once again.

Once the dream is fulfilled, she can tear through the illusion and return to reality to live another life.

However, this resurrection did not come without a price; what returned in the dream was merely a perfected dragon soul.

It requires a sufficiently strong and well-suited physical body to truly bear it.

The demon race originally chose the Great Sage of the Serpent Swamp, who possessed the bloodline of the ancient Teng Snake and was in the late stage of the Fusion Realm, only one step away from transcending the tribulation.

Only a physical body like this is qualified to bear the soul of a true immortal dragon.

Of course, the Great Sage of the Serpent Swamp would never agree to this.

Once you reach the Great Sage realm, who would willingly give up their physical body to someone else?

Therefore, the demon race spent thousands of years planning and preparing to lure the Great Sage of the Serpent Swamp into the scheme, so that he would become the vessel for the second incarnation of the Crimson Jade Glazed True Dragon without his knowledge.

But now, a powerful ancient serpent has suddenly appeared in the Western Wilderness.

The purity of their bloodline was so great that even the faint aura transmitted back by the silver-eyed ancient ape through the demon seal startled the demon saint king.

Bashe, a primordial alien species, feeds on dragons. In terms of physical foundation and bloodline limit, it is even more suitable than the Great Sage of the Serpent Swamp.

Most importantly, the origin of this Great Sage Bashe is unknown, and there seems to be a Ten Thousand Demon Mountain behind it.

If it could be brought into the Crimson Abyss Secret Realm...

A glint of light flashed in the eyes of the Demon Saint King.

The Great Sage of the Serpent Swamp still had to carefully plan his moves, but he had no such reservations about a Great Sage of unknown origin from elsewhere.

Moreover, the other party has obviously already come into contact with the Crimson Jade Token, and the early opening of the Crimson Abyss Secret Realm is most likely related to it.

"This saves me a lot of trouble."

The Demon King leaned back on the dragon bone throne, a slow smile playing on his lips.

The human race believed that the demon race wanted to kill the prodigy.

The Holy Sect believed that the demon race wanted to use the Crimson Abyss Secret Realm to invade the Central Plains.

The Great Sage of the Serpent Swamp believed himself to be the core of the demon race's operation.

Even the suddenly appearing Great Sage Bashe might have thought he could enter the secret realm and seize the inherited treasure.

But none of them knew that what was truly sleeping in the Crimson Abyss Secret Realm was not some kind of inheritance.

Instead, it is a true immortal dragon soul awaiting its second incarnation.

Once the Crimson Jade Glazed Dragon is resurrected, the demon race will have a true immortal again in a very short time.

By then, what will be the Central Plains strategy? What will be the Holy Church's plans?

It's all a joke!!

The Demon Clan Saint King slowly stood up.

Deep within the Demon Cave, countless demon kings and demon lords simultaneously opened their eyes.

The entire wilderness seemed to awaken at that moment.

He looked towards the western wilderness and chuckled softly.

"Everyone says that my demon race only knows brute force and is incapable of stratagem."

"This time."

"Then I'll show you."

"Who is the prey after all?"