Immortality: Starting with a grave, I'm invincible when burying corpses.

As dusk fell, wisps of mist began to appear over the Yin-Yang region.

By the time the moon was high in the sky, the mountains and forests were shrouded in mist. Although it wasn't pitch black, one could only see a few meters ahead when walking deep in the mountains.

Thick fog obscured the altar, which was over a thousand feet high, the towering stone pillars that stood between heaven and earth, and the blood-red patterns that spread through the soil.

On the eastern side of the Crimson Fire Demon Kingdom, 100,000 miles from the center of the battlefield, lies an unnamed altar.

The Crimson Fire Demon Lord and the Silent Sea Demon Lord stood in the thick fog, their faces beaming with undisguised smiles.

One was delighted that things were going smoothly as planned, while the other was fantasizing about what a magnificent sight it would be after the Yin Yin Domain was transformed into a demonic land.

The Crimson Fire Demon Lord spewed out a mouthful of demonic fire, and the raging flames spread in all directions from the center of the formation, instantly entangling the 108 towering pillars surrounding the altar.

The Demon Lord of the Silent Sea spat out a mouthful of blood essence, attempting to imbue the future Demon Pillar, which would bear the Demon Land, with his aura so that he could gain more benefits when dividing the spoils of victory.

The two demon lords, each with their own agenda, spared no effort in unleashing their supernatural powers to accelerate the operation of the great formation.

It'll be soon, it'll be soon...

In just two more days, the Yin Yin Domain will transform into a true demonic land, becoming their sacred ground for enlightenment.

As he watched the wisps of crimson essence flow along the veins of the earth, gathering from all directions, the Demon Lord of the Silent Sea couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Hehehe!!!"

The Crimson Fire Demon Lord, who was not far away, glanced at him imperceptibly and muttered to himself.

"Fool! Go stay in the Nine Realms and play with those two monsters! I'll be able to leave this hellhole soon, and from now on I'll be free from all constraints, no longer living in constant fear of becoming someone else's puppet..."

Just as the Crimson Fire Demon Lord was secretly plotting, the Silent Sea Demon Lord's voice suddenly rang out again.

"Fellow Daoist Crimson Flame, in two more days, this Ten Directions Annihilation Array will be able to devour all living beings in the Yin Extreme Domain, using boundless demonic energy to transform the world and nature, turning the Yin Extreme Domain into a true demonic land, but..."

Before the Silent Sea Demon Lord could finish speaking, the Crimson Fire Demon Lord guessed what he was going to say next.

It's nothing more than the saying, "When the birds are all gone, the good bow is put away; when the cunning rabbit is dead, the hunting dog is cooked."

As the Crimson Fire Demon Lord had predicted, the Silent Sea Demon Lord first chuckled twice in a manner characteristic of the demonic path, then lowered his voice.

"Fellow Daoist Crimson Flame, the Yin Yin Domain is only so large, and its power is only so much. If it were truly divided among the twelve Demon Lords, I'm afraid each of them wouldn't receive much..."

The voice grew deeper and deeper, taking on a somewhat enigmatic meaning.

"Does Fellow Daoist Crimson Flame have any thoughts on this?"

"Thoughts? What thoughts could I possibly have? A bunch of clowns on a stage, do they really think they can turn the world upside down? The more they take now, the happier that old monster on Mount Four Symbols will be. In the end, won't it all just be a wedding dress for someone else?"

The Crimson Fire Demon Lord found it laughable. He thought that these demon lords were all arrogant and self-important, with powerful subordinates who could arbitrarily control the fate of all living beings. With just a word, they could turn thousands of lives into lonely souls.

Now look what's happened! They've all become someone else's dinner, and these fools haven't even realized it yet. They're still scheming against each other, thinking they've achieved something amazing. It's utterly ridiculous!

Just as the Crimson Fire Demon Lord was about to continue following the words of the Silent Sea Demon Lord, a strange thought suddenly flashed through his mind.

"Thinking about it carefully, how similar are I to these fools, the one who was mocking the Demon Lord of the Silent Sea? And how is my smug self any different from the person before me?"

"The grand formation is fake. Everyone is a puppet in the old monster's hands, a seed planted by the old monster, waiting for the final harvest."

"If that's the case, then the passage to the outer realms that I accidentally discovered more than ten years ago really wasn't part of the old monster's scheme?"

"That's right! The Crimson Fire Demon Lord has always walked on thin ice, suspicious of everything. How could someone as cautious as him so easily assume that everything is without problems?"

In that instant, the Crimson Fire Demon Lord felt a chill run down his spine, a coldness rushing from the soles of his feet into his mind, causing him to shiver involuntarily.

In a daze, the Crimson Fire Demon Lord seemed to see a giant hand controlling everything in the world high in the sky.

Fine threads cascaded from the fingertips of the large hand, connecting to the living beings below.

A large hand manipulates the silk threads, and the people on the ground move accordingly, performing dramas of joy and sorrow.

Suddenly, the dense crowd turned their heads at the same time, revealing faces that were both familiar and unfamiliar to the Crimson Fire Demon Lord. The person standing in the very center of the crowd had a face exactly like his own.

In that moment of dazedness, cold sweat soaked the back of the Crimson Fire Demon Lord. As a terrestrial immortal and the most powerful demon lord in the Yin Yin Domain, the Crimson Fire Demon Lord could not remember when he had last felt such fear.

Like a drowning person desperately grasping at a straw, the Crimson Fire Demon Lord was frantically recalling his life experiences.

"When exactly?"

Just as the Crimson Fire Demon Lord was desperately trying to recall his previous experiences, the Silent Sea Demon Lord's somewhat impatient voice rang in his ears.

"Fellow Daoist Crimson Flame? Fellow Daoist Crimson Flame? Fellow Daoist Crimson Flame!"

"Don't tell me you're really willing to share this hard-won fruit with those good-for-nothings..."

"fruit?"

The words that the Silent Sea Demon Lord mentioned unintentionally made the Crimson Fire Demon Lord shudder and bring him back to his senses.

He looked up at the vast sky, then lowered his head again in the next instant, pretending that he knew nothing.

"Fellow Daoist Jihai, what do you mean by this? Didn't we agree on how to distribute our respective powers from the beginning? If I remember correctly, Fellow Daoist Jihai, you also made a Great Dao oath. What is the meaning of your words now?"

"The oath of the Great Dao?"

The Demon Lord of the Silent Sea scoffed, as if this were some huge joke.

"Fellow Daoist Chi Huo, we've known each other for over a hundred years, so there's no need for such deceptive words... I know that you must have used some means to circumvent the restrictions of the Great Dao Oath back then... There are only the two of us here, so why pretend to be ignorant?"

Looking at the confident and clearly scheming Demon Lord of the Silent Sea, who was clearly after his own people, the Demon Lord of the Crimson Fire felt his eyelids twitching and his head throbbing violently.

How could someone so stupid become the Demon Lord?

call--

Although he wished he could tear the Silent Sea Demon Lord to pieces, the thought that there might be a pair of eyes watching him from the sky made the Crimson Fire Demon Lord feel uncomfortable all over, so he could only cooperate with the Silent Sea Demon Lord and act like a "fool".

"Fellow Daoist Jihai, I naturally understand your meaning, but the Five Spirits Mystic Maiden and the people of the Great Spirit Empire are all watching us with covetous eyes. If we fight among ourselves at this time, I'm afraid it will only give the enemy an advantage."

The Demon Lord of the Silent Sea chuckled again, as if he didn't take any of this seriously at all.

"It's alright. Although the Five Spirits Mystic Maiden and the people from the Great Spirit Empire have disrupted our plans, in a sense, this is a good thing."

Hearing the buzzing sound in his ears, the Crimson Fire Demon Lord felt extremely uncomfortable, but he still tried his best to cooperate.

"Fellow Daoist Jihai, are you perhaps planning to use someone else to do your dirty work?"

"Fellow Daoist Chi Huo truly understands me!"

……

The boundary of the Nine Realms and the Sea of ​​Unity.

Mu An and the Old Celestial Master sat facing each other, sipping tea and watching the intrigue and power struggles between the Demon Lords.

Seeing that the cathode area in the image was already covered by dense red lines, Mu An put down his teacup.

"It's time to close the net."

The old celestial master was slightly surprised and asked in a low voice.

"Why don't we wait a little longer? The battle between the Mystic Maiden and the Demon Lord won't end anytime soon. If we just wait one more day, and the great formation draws the essence of life, a quarter of the life in the Yin Yin Domain will become nourishment for the demonic path. The stronger the demonic path becomes, the higher our success rate in opening the passage will be."

Mu An lowered his eyes slightly, calmly watching the constantly changing light screen.

Mu Ling'er was fighting fiercely inside the light screen, and the killing intent in her eyes was something Mu An had only seen once before.

After watching for a while, Mu An spoke gently.

"I won't wait any longer. A little more or a little less won't make a difference. Compared to these slight chances of success, I care more about other things."

The old master's gaze remained unchanged, as if he didn't care about these trivial matters at all, and he chuckled after Mu An spoke.

"Indeed, as True Lord said, a little bit of help is not a problem."