Chapter 386: Demon Emperor's Secret Realm

Qin Wangchuan burst out laughing.

Then, her gaze shifted to Yu Yingchen, the Grand Elder of the Thousand Refinements Sect.

Yu Yingchen trembled slightly and quickly waved his hand, feigning innocence: "I-I didn't laugh!"

"I didn't laugh at all just now."

It was no surprise that he felt guilty.

He recognized the Sword of Sorrow Frost, which Jiang Fan was currently wielding with his sword-controlling technique.

It came from the hands of their Young Sect Master of the Thousand Refinements Sect!

Heaven knows if the Young Sect Master had ever been humiliated by him.

Jiang Fan retracted his sword, then remembered and said, "Oh, right, this sword is called Sorrow Frost, and it's..."

"Young brother, young brother, don't say anything more!"

Yu Yingchen quickly interrupted him: "I'll treat Wangchuan well!"

"Don't worry! You can fully rest assured!"

The other Grand Elders who hadn't been singled out also looked guilty.

"Enough, truly enough, please don't continue."

"If you have something to do, please go attend to it."

"We will take good care of Wangchuan."

Jiang Fan had demonstrated several abilities in succession.

He felt it was enough to deter these old men and women.

He immediately sheathed his sword.

He said, "Alright, I'm entrusting Chuanchuan to you all."

"Farewell!"

With that, he walked away, hands behind his back!

Leaving the Grand Elders looking at each other in bewilderment.

Qin Wangchuan, with her small hands tucked into her sleeves, said with a smirk that wasn't quite a smile:

"Didn't you all enjoy making fun of me?"

"Have you had your fill now?"

The Grand Elder of the Supreme Sect retorted angrily, "Old woman, you have no martial ethics!"

The Grand Elder of the Heavenly Sound Sect also felt deeply ashamed: "You're truly vicious!"

"Where did you find such a little pervert to humiliate us old folks!"

The Grand Elder of the Joyful Union Sect also wiped her face, wondering, "What's going on with this little guy?"

"He's proficient in all sorts of divine abilities; he truly startled me."

Yu Yingchen also exclaimed in astonishment, "Indeed, little Tyrannosaurus, is this Jiang Fan truly a disciple cultivated by your Azure Cloud Sect?"

"He's practically a human-shaped monster."

"I can't imagine anyone at the same cultivation level being able to withstand even a single move from him."

Qin Wangchuan burst out laughing.

Jiang Fan had certainly given her a huge boost in prestige.

"You can just be envious and jealous."

Qin Wangchuan said smugly, "Give him time, and sooner or later, he'll bring all eight of your sects to heel."

"By then, my Azure Cloud Sect will unite the Nine Sects and dominate the world!"

Several old men rolled their eyes.

Yu Yingchen grumbled, "Unite the Nine Sects, you say!"

"If the demon race gets a little more time, all nine of our sects will be flattened."

He took a shriveled womb from his sleeve and threw it onto the table.

Astonishingly potent demonic energy still lingered on it.

Foundation Establishment realm cultivators could faint on the spot if even slightly affected by its aura.

Qin Wangchuan's expression immediately turned serious, and her hands, which had been tucked into her sleeves, involuntarily withdrew.

Her brows furrowed deeply: "Such dense demonic energy. This womb once nurtured something with an extremely terrifying bloodline."

"Could it be the offspring of that tiger demon who was about to transcend to the Divine Transformation realm?"

Yu Yingchen nodded heavily: "Exactly!"

"That Divine Transformation realm tiger demon did indeed fall."

"However, within its Demonic Emperor's Secret Realm, there was still a womb, nurturing its offspring!"

The other Grand Elders instantly grew serious.

No wonder Yu Yingchen had summoned the Grand Elders from various sects.

This was truly a major development.

That supreme being who once united the demon realm had instilled panic among the Nine Sects.

Its offspring, nurtured for many years, had now emerged.

What level of cultivation it possessed was completely unknown.

Yu Yingchen, however, wore a strange expression: "However, I have a bit of a doubt."

"The way this offspring of the Demonic Emperor emerged is a bit strange."

He flipped the womb over.

Only then did everyone notice that on the other side of the shriveled womb, there was a fist-sized hole.

The edges appeared gnawed.

As if something had bitten through the womb.

Qin Wangchuan was stunned:

"Are you suggesting that the Demonic Emperor's offspring was eaten as a snack by something?"

The group of Grand Elders was aghast.

Even Yu Yingchen was surprised by her wild imagination.

The strange thing was, the more they looked, the more plausible it seemed.

He said with a peculiar expression, "But what could be so powerful?"

"Don't just look at this shriveled womb; it still has a demonic energy barrier set up by the demon supreme being."

"What could ignore the barrier's existence, burrow in, and eat the Demonic Emperor's offspring?"

This...

For a moment, no one could answer.

However, the Grand Elder of the Spirit Beast Sect hesitated for a moment and then said:

"Everyone, to be frank."

"According to the intelligence gathered by our Spirit Beast Sect, the demon race's large-scale invasion this time is to pursue a mysterious little spirit beast."

"Could it be the one that ate the Demonic Emperor's offspring?"

Uh—

No wonder the current Demonic Emperor launched such a massive beast tide.

So, there was this underlying reason.

Qin Wangchuan mused, "The demon race cares so much about that little spirit beast; I'm afraid it's not just as simple as it having eaten the Demonic Emperor's offspring."

"It's highly probable it took something from the Demonic Emperor's Secret Realm."

"That's why the demon race is launching a war at all costs to find it."

A Grand Elder's eyes gleamed with fervor.

"If we find it first, wouldn't that good thing fall into the hands of our Nine Sects?"

Qin Wangchuan rolled her eyes and said unceremoniously, "Find it?"

"How vast are the Nine Sects? You'd never find it."

That was true.

Searching for a spirit beast across a vast land with no clues was akin to finding a needle in a haystack.

Yu Yingchen nodded: "My purpose in summoning you all isn't to search for the Demonic Emperor's offspring or this mysterious little spirit beast."

"Rather, since that little spirit beast could emerge from the Demonic Emperor's Secret Realm..."

"...that means the Demonic Emperor's Secret Realm... has opened!"

"This is the truly critical matter!"

The Grand Elders were startled.

Only then did they realize the gravity of the situation.

If a demon could find an opportunity within it to break through to the Demonic Emperor realm...

...then the demon race would suddenly have two Demonic Emperors.

How, then, could the Nine Sects resist?

One must know that their patron, the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion, only had one Nascent Soul realm cultivator.

"Therefore, I wish to invite you all to accompany me in infiltrating the heartland of the demon race."

"It would be best if we could close the Secret Realm."

"If we cannot close it, creating some trouble for the demon race and delaying their entry would also be beneficial."

Infiltrate the demon race's heartland?

Several Grand Elders showed expressions of apprehension.

This was no laughing matter!

The depths of the demon race territory were guarded by the Demonic Emperor.

If they encountered it, all nine of them, every single one, would perish there.

Yu Yingchen said, "Of course, we won't fight a battle without confidence."

"We'll infiltrate only after the war between the two races reaches a fever pitch and the Demonic Emperor arrives at the front lines."

Only then did they relax.

If that were the case, it would be much safer.

Yu Yingchen said, "Please make thorough preparations in the coming days."

"From the battle situation on the front lines, the decisive battle is not far off."

What?

Qin Wangchuan asked, surprised and doubtful, "That fast?"

"Not long ago, the front lines were still a back-and-forth skirmish. Why has it suddenly become so intense?"

Yu Yingchen shook his head slightly, an expression of confusion on his face.

"I don't understand either."

"Originally, large numbers of demonic beasts were about to launch a beast tide on the western front, where the Joyful Union Sect is located."

"But for some unknown reason, they all withdrew and were redirected to the northern front."

"Their intention is obvious: they plan to concentrate their forces for a decisive battle against our human race."

As the many Grand Elders pondered in confusion,

The Grand Elder of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, however, said with a wry smile:

"No need to guess."

"This matter is related to that masked boy and the Demonic Emperor's daughter."