Back in the Hei Xi gathering zone, many techniques had been blocked by the barrier, leaving him unable to use them.
Now he was finally outside.
The messenger immediately reported everything to the Demon God Palace, and every expert from the surrounding branches would rush here without delay.
And now...
The Hei Xi clans probably wouldn't dare lay a hand on him again.
The messenger glared coldly at the Hei Xi clansmen who'd chased him all this way, then carefully ignited a talisman.
A moment later, a vicious male figure appeared in the sky, his face twisted, his mouth full of sharp fangs.
The Hei Xi clan chief took one look and felt his heart collapse.
This...
This was the Green Face Demon, one of the Twelve Demon Generals under the Abyssal Demon God.
This messenger had actually summoned the Green Face Demon's projection.
"Father, the Hei Xi clan betrayed the Demon God Palace," the messenger said without a shred of hesitation. "This is the proof."
Father?
So the messenger was a privileged official's son.
The Green Face Demon stared down with icy contempt. "I've already reported this matter to the Demon God. Wait in place. I'll grant you a swift death. If you dare resist... the Hei Xi clan will fall into the abyss forever, never rising again."
What appeared now was only a projection, not his real body. If the Hei Xi clan fought desperately, the Green Face Demon, who was far away in the Demon God Palace, couldn't actually stop them.
But...
The Hei Xi clan chief had already fallen into absolute despair. He slowly lowered his staff and rasped, "The Hei Xi clan... only asks for a quick death."
Weapons dropped all around him.
The Hei Xi clan didn't even dare resist. They simply surrendered.
This strange scene didn't strike the messenger or the Green Face Demon as odd.
The Green Face Demon said indifferently, "The palace guards nearby are almost there. Qing Rui, stay where you are. You'll oversee the extermination of the Hei Xi clan."
"Yes." Qing Rui answered with excitement, then looked at his three unconscious brothers and hurriedly said, "Father, not every Hei Xi clansman is wicked. Three of them fought to the death to cover my escape, letting me bring out the news. One of them is even a Tianmo expert who controls three fourth level Primordial Forces."
"Oh?" The Green Face Demon's eyes lit up. "A Tianmo who controls three fourth level Primordial Forces? Is that true?"
"It's absolutely true!" Qing Rui said.
"Good, very good. These three will be spared. Qing Rui, finish the extermination quickly and return as soon as possible," the Green Face Demon said.
Qing Rui nodded at once.
After the projection vanished, Demon God Palace experts started arriving one after another.
A savage grin twisted Qing Rui's face.
"Kill!"
The Hei Xi clan dared to try killing him. Aside from his three brothers, not one of them would survive.
The Hei Xi demons showed only despair. No one dared resist. They simply knelt and waited for death. Their only hope earlier had been killing the messenger inside their own territory and stopping the message from leaving.
But Qing Rui escaped, then sent the report. From that moment on, they were already dead.
As demons of the Abyss region, the Demon God had complete control over them. If they obediently accepted death, the Demon God couldn't be bothered to intervene.
If they resisted...
If they angered the Demon God, they'd be cast into the abyss itself. Every Hei Xi clansman trembled. That was worse than death.
At Qing Rui's order, the Demon God Palace guards began their slaughter.
Hei Xi heads rolled across the ground.
Wan Dao and the others still lay there pretending to be unconscious.
Their hearts were calm.
Their revenge was complete.
From the moment they entered the Polar Night Demon World until now, less than half a month had passed. They'd planned everything and wiped out the Hei Xi clan.
They'd avenged the seniors of the Wushuang Sect.
Before dying, the Hei Xi clan chief couldn't help looking at Wan Dao and the others with bitter unwillingness.
He died without understanding.
Who these three even were.
Never mind anything else.
The three of them together could block a full strike from a Jinxian ancestor. How had he never noticed such monstrous talent before?
No one would tell him the truth. He closed his eyes with deep resentment.
Within the span of a single incense stick...
Including their Jinxian ancestor, the entire Hei Xi clan was annihilated.
When the Demon God Palace guards searched the area, they discovered an extradimensional space and found piles of forbidden items hidden by the Hei Xi clan.
Qing Rui snorted. "Execution was already letting them off easy."
When Wan Dao and the others finally "woke up," they were already being escorted toward the Demon God Palace.
"Brothers, you're awake! The Hei Xi are finished. From now on, you'll follow me," Qing Rui said.
Wan Dao and the others gave another round of perfect acting.
Step one: Destroy the Hei Xi.
Done.
Now it was time to turn the Abyssal Demon Domain upside down.
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The Devouring Domain.
Yun Jin had already chosen her landing point. Because her mission target was the Devouring Demon God, she couldn't descend too far from the Demon God Palace of this domain.
The system allowed a maximum distance of one thousand li.
The palace was massive, surrounded by an entire demon city.
The city was rigidly stratified.
The inner city was reserved for the Devouring Demon race and a few other demons who possessed demon artifacts.
The outer city contained a far more diverse mix of demon races.
Any demon allowed to live in this city was already considered elite within the Devouring Domain.
A thousand li just barely exceeded the inner city, covering a small portion of the outer district.
Yun Jin selected the very edge of that limit, a remote corner of the outer city, and descended instantly.
The moment she arrived in the Polar Night Demon World, she frowned.
This place was completely unlike the Vast Azure World. Its aura was chaotic and icy cold. With her cultivation, it couldn't affect her, but there was still a deep instinctive aversion in her bones.
She stretched slightly, letting herself adapt.
The time ratio between the Polar Night Demon World and the Vast Azure World was twenty to one. Twenty years here was one year there.
Which meant...
She could remain here for more than seventy years, until Sky City opened again.
Seventy years sounded long.
But at her realm, improving even a little was painfully difficult. If she wanted a major breakthrough, she'd need insights related to the Primordial Forces. And not ordinary ones. This wasn't something time alone could solve. Sometimes what she needed most was opportunity.
Yun Jin also realized something else.
The Jinxian realm, or rather the Zhenmo (True Demon) realm, would be a real threshold.
Her soul realm had always been improving slowly, and it had finally reached the peak of the Tianxian stage. But once she reached that peak, her soul's growth nearly stopped altogether. Breaking into the Jinxian realm wouldn't be simple at all.
Still, there was a silver lining. The secrets behind that breakthrough were almost certainly known by the Devouring Demon God. If she wanted to step into the Jinxian realm, she would eventually need that demon god's guidance.
That thought made Yun Jin's lips curl into a faint smile.
Inside the Demon God Palace.
The Devouring Demon God suddenly sneezed several times in a row. He froze, looking slightly confused. With his cultivation at this level, how was he still capable of sneezing?