Chapter 364: Master Has Arrived

On Yuanchu Mountain.

"Meng Chuan has activated the Azure Cloud Heaven; Yuanchu Mountain's 'power of heaven and earth' cannot descend." Venerable Li Guan, Qin Wu's phantom, and Luo Tang's phantom appeared, all filled with anxiety.

The Azure Cloud Heaven, Scarlet Cloud Heaven, and so on—a total of nine treasures of heaven and earth—were personally forged by Ancestor Cang Yuan.

Historically, these nine primordial treasures were occasionally lost but always reclaimed. Firstly, because Yuanchu Mountain was powerful enough; secondly, because no matter how carefully they were hidden, Yuanchu Mountain could always pinpoint their location.

Although the Three Absolutes Formation blocked external forces from descending, it could not sever the connection between the Azure Cloud Heaven and Yuanchu Mountain, at least allowing their location to be determined.

"Qin Wu, go there yourself. My primordial spirit clone will rush to Sword Imperial City to temporarily guard it for you," Venerable Li Guan immediately ordered.

"Alright," Qin Wu's phantom nodded. "My true body has already departed! Senior Brother, your primordial spirit clone must get there as quickly as possible; Sword Imperial City is currently vulnerable."

"It will take twenty breaths to arrive. At this point, we can only take a risk," Venerable Li Guan said with a solemn expression. "The demon race is clearly targeting Meng Chuan by isolating the Azure Cloud Heaven's power. My primordial spirit clone... only possesses thirty to forty percent of my true body's strength, and I'm not confident it can save Meng Chuan."

Luo Tang was also anxious, thinking, "If only I had known, I would have had Meng Chuan choose one of the other two Tribulation-level secret treasures; at least their offensive capabilities are stronger."

Both the 'Thousand Thunder Seal' and the 'Time Blade' are extremely potent offensive weapons.

The Bloodblade Disk, however, primarily focuses on evasion and self-preservation.

"Facing a trap, the Bloodblade Disk might be better for survival," Venerable Li Guan said calmly. "The Fated Artifact Forging technique has already been chosen; there's no use discussing it now."

"We can only hope Meng Chuan can hold out until Qin Wu arrives," Luo Tang murmured. "If Meng Chuan falls, the human race's situation will worsen significantly. It would be incredibly difficult to find another Godfiend capable of resolving the threat of a million demon monarchs."

Solving the threat posed by a million demon monarchs involved a degree of luck.

When Meng Chuan entered the Cangyuan Grotto-Heaven, he happened to choose a body-refining cultivation method. And because he possessed the 'Thunder World-Annihilating Demonic Body'... he awakened the divine power 'Thunder God's Eye,' which excels at underground detection.

Combined with his speed, this achieved remarkable results.

Finding another Regis Godfiend with a 'Perfected Thunder World-Annihilating Demonic Body'? Who also cultivates a body-refining method? And possesses high primordial spirit talent... otherwise, the body-refining path cannot reach advanced stages.

So, Meng Chuan's emergence was indeed fortunate.

"Heaven-Rending Sword Escape Art."

Venerable Qin Wu quietly left Sword Imperial City and, without hesitation, employed his 'Heaven-Rending Sword Escape Art,' which he had not yet perfected.

All Creation Venerables born on Yuanchu Mountain were eligible to choose one 'Tribulation-level weapon secret treasure,' but they could only refine one through their Fated Artifact Forging technique. At that time, Venerable Qin Wu was young, and the demon race had not yet begun their invasion. He chose the 'Heaven-Rending Sword Formation,' which perfectly complemented his 'Thirteen Sword Fiend Demonic Body' and his cultivation system.

The Heaven-Rending Sword Formation, comprising thirty-three swords, was designed purely for slaying enemies.

Due to the demon invasion and the need for aid across all regions, he meditated on the 'Heaven-Rending Sword Formation' and began to devise an escape art, naming it 'Heaven-Rending Sword Escape Art.' It was a secret technique for the body to fly with the aid of swords. But how could swords, inherently designed for combat, be used for escape? Attempting to flee with them proved too difficult; he had never fully succeeded in creating it.

At this moment, he could no longer afford to hesitate.

Qin Wu carried a single sword on his back, merely one blade from the Heaven-Rending Sword Formation.

Sword energy pierced the sky!

His body merged with the sword, transforming into a single blade that tore through the air.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh." As massive amounts of sword energy violently tore through the air, Venerable Qin Wu, who had merged with the sword, also endured the impact of this energy.

A human body, after all, is not a weapon.

Weapons can slice through the air extremely fast.

Forcing one's body to tear through the air alongside a weapon? It sounds good, but the difficulty is immense. Meng Chuan's 'Bloodblade Disk' was forged by a Seventh Tribulation expert, specifically designed for evasion and self-preservation. In contrast, Venerable Qin Wu's Tribulation-level weapon, the 'Heaven-Rending Sword Formation,' is fundamentally an implement of slaughter.

"Puff." Venerable Qin Wu's body was assailed by sword energy, causing beads of blood to seep from his skin. His eyes turned bloodshot, and even the sword energy of the Tribulation-level weapon began to impact the 'Grotto-Heaven' within him. Fortunately, it was a Fated Artifact, allowing him to minimize the damage as much as possible.

Paying such a heavy price, Venerable Qin Wu's speed surged, covering thirty-nine li in a single flash.

"Meng Chuan, you must wait for me to arrive," Venerable Qin Wu thought, filled with extreme anxiety.

He absolutely did not want to see his disciple fall in battle.

Meng Chuan, using the 'Cloud Mist Dragon-Serpent Movement Technique,' concealed himself in the deep void, further protected by the Bloodblade Disk, granting him terrifying survival capabilities. This completely foiled the demon race's plan. Even the relatively weaker 'Wandering Dragon Demon Monarch' and the black-robed Bei Jue clone were successively slain. Only Ancestor Huang Yao remained.

"Go!"

Having lived for so long, Ancestor Huang Yao naturally understood the situation.

It immediately shot skyward, rapidly ascending towards the surface.

"Kill!" Meng Chuan executed his movement technique, following closely, while simultaneously controlling nine bloodblades to encircle and attack Ancestor Huang Yao.

"Bang, bang, bang."

As bloodblades struck, Ancestor Huang Yao's demon power surged in waves, and most of the bloodblade streamers failed to pierce through its protective demon energy. Even when an occasional bloodblade barely broke through layers of protective demon energy and struck Ancestor Huang Yao's robes, its powerful physical body merely trembled slightly, deflecting the impact.

This surprised Meng Chuan: "Ancestor Huang Yao is a demon saint who has cultivated for many years, and excels at direct combat. Its defensive capabilities are truly formidable. My bloodblades' strongest power can reach the threshold of the Creation realm... yet it dares to directly withstand them."

It was normal for its robes to be tough and not pierced.

However, despite the robes' flexibility, the impact still had to be borne by the body. Ancestor Huang Yao's protective demon energy significantly weakened the blows first, allowing its remaining physical body to endure them. In terms of physical strength... it was likely among the foremost of peak fifth-heaven demon monarchs, far stronger than the Wandering Dragon Demon Monarch.

Indeed, demon races inherently excel at physical cultivation. Even if Ancestor Huang Yao only remained at the fifth-heaven realm, it would have cultivated its physical body to an extremely terrifying degree.

"Boom."

Ancestor Huang Yao burst out from underground.

It disregarded everything, traveling at its fastest possible speed.

"I can sense many connection points between the World Gap and the human world," Ancestor Huang Yao said. "The closest connection point is five hundred li from here. At my speed, that will take sixteen breaths."

It was flying at extremely high speed, rushing towards the nearest world connection point.

"This Regis Godfiend keeps pursuing me, constantly attacking, and I can't shake it off. If it takes a little longer, the human Creation Venerables will arrive," Ancestor Huang Yao thought calmly. "Now, the greatest hope for survival is to escape into the World Gap through a connection point."

Venerables could not enter the World Gap.

In a direct confrontation, it didn't hold the pursuing Regis Godfiend in high regard. It couldn't kill that Godfiend, but the Godfiend's attacks also posed no threat to it.

A demon saint at the 'late Grotto-Heaven realm' was renowned for its combat prowess. Even remaining at the fifth-heaven realm, its methods for direct combat were highly refined, and its strength approached that of True Martial King.

"Bang, bang, bang."

Bloodblades struck at extremely high speeds, relentlessly bombarding it.

"Hm?" As Ancestor Huang Yao flew at super-high speed, sometimes it directly withstood the attacks, and other times it swung its blade to parry them. It prioritized whatever allowed for the fastest movement.

"This Regis Godfiend is now attacking me with full force, reducing my speed by half. It will take over thirty breaths to reach the connection point, plus about ten breaths to break through the world membrane," Ancestor Huang Yao grew anxious. "When I'm blasting through the world membrane, he will also try his best to stop me, which will take even longer."

"From the moment I started fleeing until I enter the World Gap, will it take fifty breaths?"

"That's too long; the human Venerables will definitely arrive. I must abandon this plan. There's only a second option, a gamble," Ancestor Huang Yao thought. It had no way to deal with the mysterious Godfiend; the opponent was hidden in the deep void, and it couldn't force them out. Without hesitation, it dove downward, burrowing into the ground once more.

It would not give up hope of survival until the very last moment.