"What?"
"Is what the Saint Lord saying true?"
"How could that be?"
As soon as the Saint Lord uttered those words, many voices rose in the surroundings, most belonging to Immortal Ascension Realm experts and a few of the Tribulation Transcendence Realm. Almost all of them were the leaders of factions that had only recently risen because of them or had not yet been passed down for more than 3 generations.
Tian Yongheng also had countless questions in his heart, but he suppressed all of them after seeing that every Human Immortal was silent at the moment. He had to be patient.
"Yes, you heard right. We all know about the Heaven and Man Crusade which was lead by the Divine Sovereign was a movement to eradicate all demonic forces from this world. And our predecessors did partially achieve that goal, however, at the end of the final battle between the Archaic Forbidden Demon God and the Divine Sovereign, an agreement was made between them.
The agreement was that the Divine Sovereign had to take an oath that he wouldn’t annihilate the entirety of the demonic path and the Demon Race from this world and leave a room for their survival. The true specifics were never known to anyone else other than the Divine Sovereign and the Demon God behind their agreement, why the Divine Sovereign chose to agree and took on that oath, or why the Demon God couldn’t be killed and had to be sealed instead.
And... That was until some time ago, when we finally found out why such a thing even happened in the first place."
Before continuing, the Saint Lord clasped his hands together, fingers intertwined as he spoke, "Some years ago, a few great cultivators of the Immortal Ascension Realm and above defected from the demonic forces along with many of their followers and came to the righteous path openly, without hiding their intention to join us in exchange for telling us the real reason behind the events that took place all those Heavenly Karmic Cycles ago.
They gave us a lot of information on the demonic forces and their plans, which is why we’re still so calm about the Righteous-Demonic War happening in the Eastern Continent. It’s because we nearly have the entire situation under control unless the demonic forces have some trump card we do not know about."
Just as the Kunlun Saint Lord had finished speaking, a Human Immortal seated in the front row huffed in a loud voice, "Saint Lord, waht are you trying to say here? Please elaborate clearly. I’m certain that Kunlun Divine Mountain did not summon all of us here from every corner of the world and held this Kunlun Immortal Convention just to provide an explanation like this, right?"
Although it wasn’t disrespectful, there was still a trace of frustration in the voice.
The person who spoke was a Late Stage Half Immortal, current Sect Master of the Grand Sun Sect, the Rising Sun True Lord.
Tian Yongheng silently noted down the appearance of this person. He had killed an Immortal Ascension Realm great cultivator of the Grand Sun Sect previously, and that person was not just a Great Elder, but also the son of a Supreme Elder.
It was only natural for the Rising Sun True Lord to be displeased by him.
This thought slowly calmed down his mind as he stared at a blue screen floating before him with a calm gaze.
[Rising Sun True Lord has developed hatred towards you.]
[Current hatred: 0.5-Star]
Although the Rising Sun True Lord didn’t show it or even look at his direction, the system wouldn’t lie. A seed of hatred had already been planted between them the moment Tian Yongheng killed Pei Shuanzhen.
He was a Great Elder of the Grand Sun Sect, after all. The Great Yang Venerable might not have developed hatred towards him because he must have known that challenging Tian Yongheng was Pei Shuanzhen’s choice and the reasoning behind that choice, but it didn’t mean everyone else also knew.
Losing a Great Elder was a huge matter, specially for one of the top tier major factions in the world such as the Grand Sun Sect.
It wasn’t just the Rising Sun True Lord who developed hatred towards him. There were also quite a few others, affiliated to the Great Qin Immortal Family.
Their countless years of experience allowed them to perfectly hide their true emotions, but the system surpassed mere external facades.
But the number of those who developed hatred towards him was much less than those who were interested in him and even developed a trace of favorability, and these people included the Thundercloud Empress, the Frost Sovereign, the Three World Dragon Lord, the Great Illumination Noble One and even the head of the Hidden Xun and Great Lin Immortal Families were impressed by him and all had developed a certain level of favorability for him.
They were all the leaders of the righteous path’s major factions, every single one of them a Human Immortal!
At the same time, he got countless notifications, as his actions had already put him into spotlight in front of tens of thousands of cultivators, ranging from Foundation Establishment Realm to the Half Immortal Realm.
Even Tan Xue, Mo Qingxuan, Cui Ming, and other cultivators who knew Tian Yongheng from the Qingyun Region were here. All of them were surprised to know that Tian Yongheng, the Eternal Lord, was actually already a Human Immortal, and someone on par with a Peak Master of Kunlun Divine Mountain, none the less!
Ignoring all the attention on him, he focused on the next words of the Saint Lord.
With a solemn expression, the Saint Lord replied, "Indeed, this isn’t the only reason behind this conference. The truth is, the experts of the demonic forces who joined our side have informed us that the demonic forces... are planning the revival of the Demon God."
As soon as the Saint Lord said these words, the entire secret realm fell into disarray, cultivators growing anxious and asking countless questions one after another before everyone finally quietened down.
Tian Yongheng was slightly stunned. This was beyond his initial expectations. He didn’t knew how powerful must the Demon God be if he forced the Divine Sovereign to take an oath to not eradicate the entirety of the demonic path and the Demon Race. One thing confirmed was the fact that he was at least an Immortal level being, and had surpassed the Half Immortal Realm from what the legends say.
"Saint Lord, do you mean to say..."
The head of the Great Shen Immortal Family couldn’t help but speak up, stopping before finishing his sentence.
The Saint Lord sighed before answering, "Yes, they are planning the resurrection of the Archaic Forbidden Demon God, the very same Demon God who stood at the pinnacle of the Mortal World more than a billion years ago and was said to have surpassed the limits of the Mortal World. He founded the Forbidden Demonic Valley and lead both the demonic path and the Demon Race for countless years before being suppressed by the Divine Sovereign. In fact, he did not truly die, as his Essence Soul was sealed in a spacetime crack on the location of their final battle and physical body destroyed all those years ago.
The very purpose of the Demon Saint’s existence is for the revival of the Archaic Forbidden Demon God. We must stop it from happening at all costs."
As the Saint Lord finished speaking, the atmosphere in the secret realm became extremely solemn. No one uttered a single word even after a few minutes had passed.
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The Demon God...
Tian Yongheng suddenly thought of something and spoke up, "Where is the Demon Saint right now?"
Hearing his question, the Kunlun Saint Lord looked at him before answering, "We have yet to discover the location of that spacetime crack as all the records related to it were lost at some point. I had sent a trustworthy fellow Human Immortal to investigate, but he has yet to contact me. It seems it’ll take some time before we find out that exact location, since the Demon Saint will have to head there along with the Half Immortals of the demonic forces as well to start the ritual for resurrecting the Archaic Forbidden Demon God.
The main purpose of this conference is the mobilization of the entire righteous path. This is a huge matter, and it must be dealt with utmost care. All the fellow righteous path cultivators here, every single one of us needs to play our role. If everything goes well, Kunlun won’t neglect your forces and will reward you substantially.
All the factions below the Golden Core level must keep the mortals in your area safe and cooperate with the Rogue Cultivators, while factions between the Golden Core and Void Refinement level must provide logistics support, information, and do other auxiliary tasks while keeping an eye out for any activity from the enemy forces in the territory of the righteous path. Factions of the Nascent Soul and Tribulation Transcendence level are the main quantity combat forces, while those above must be at the frontlines and are the high end combat power.
The Righteous-Demonic War is no longer a statewide war but a worldwide war between the main powers around the world, and we all have our own responsibilities to fulfill in this war. If you have any objections to these arrangements, please ask them right away, and then we’ll discuss things in more depth for some time."
By the end, the Saint Lord’s eyes burned with a quiet intensity, showcasing his desire to lead the righteous path to victory and making the blood of low level cultivators in the secret realm boil.