Demon Sword Sect's Undercover

The group from Linhai Wo Sect swiftly left, casting a shadow over the progress of the grand ceremony for the safety of their homeland.

It was as if someone had opened the box of calamity, leading to news pouring in continuously during the upcoming demonstration activities.

All messages came via carrier pigeons, with the Southwest direction from Lizhi Sea being the closest, so arriving first; followed by the Northwest's Kneecap Desert, the Southeast's End-of-the-Heavens Ocean, the Northern Yuan Yi Mountain Range, the Northeastern Yaoguang Mountain Range… The common denominator is the unrest caused by non-human cultivation creatures.

This implicates more than one or two daoist traditions, and upon closer inspection, almost every tradition is involved, especially those near the shore or mountains.

The situation is already quite clear, though the details are not yet known, the main issue is the Demon Beast clan causing organized chaos; this is clearly a coordinated time point where everyone strikes simultaneously, making it difficult for the human cultivation world to respond effectively.

What concerns humans is that many Demon Clans exist internally within the continent, and not a few; although they've formed some understanding over long-term coexistence with humans, keeping away from each other; but if external Great Demons unite causing chaos, it's hard to say those inland minor Demons won't follow suit.

Great Demons exist in the deep seas of Lizhi Sea, the far ends of Kneecap Desert, and the opposite sides of Yuan Yi and Yaoguang Mountain Ranges; however, they rarely appear inland, though their bloodline connections factually exist.

Great Demons unite, minor Demons follow; this has happened before in Jinxiu cultivation history.

Upon hearing news, Daoist Sect was the first to collectively withdraw; finally, they got a plausible excuse, never thought their exhaustive efforts couldn't spoil the Sword Altar's Dushan Ceremony, yet the monsters managed it in an alternative way.

Buddhist Sect didn't have time to say much before hastily returning; they face great pressure from the Yaoguang Mountain Range in the Northeast, where Mountain Demons are known for their brutality, and the surrounding thousands of miles are populated by several Buddha Countries.

The Northwest is even graver, as humans find it difficult to establish reliable defenses in the open Kneecap Desert, among these regions, Northwest is notoriously weak, relying solely on the Qin Sect and Jin Sect to hold the fort, which is barely enough.

Since it's a planned unified action by the Demon Clan, although the Northern Territory's information is vague, it's unlikely to stay unscathed; not hearing actual danger is even more frightening.

Within one to two hours, news from all over the continent spread, leading to widespread panic among crowds; the only thing to do was to rush back to stabilize internal affairs; especially for those small traditions intending to ally with the Sword Altar; they initially didn't have many Nascent Soul Masters, attending Dushan resulted in the high-level domestic forces being vacuous, intolerable for everyone; thus, they retreated quickly.

Hou Niao didn't stop them, with a restless mind, obstruction was useless; now's not a time to fiddle with Daoist, Buddhist, Demon Sects, play small tricks of internal human conflicts, it's very untimely.

They plotted against each other with Daoist Sect here, while monsters manipulated chaos throughout the continent; calling this ceremony successful would be misplaced, it neither failed nor succeeded, rather a meaningless hustle.

Nothing was resolved, no decisions made, not even his actual sect leader ceremony begun...

Gone were the people, leaving only a mess behind.

However, Anhe's two Masters were still there; as two adjacent inland countries, their pressures were relatively small, at least without immediate neighboring threats.

Hou Niao, Tianfeng, Little Peacock, Daoist Zhan, Li Chuping, several Masters of the Sword Altar, two old foxes Xiao An, standing on the deserted Heavenly Sword Platform, felt a mix of emotions.

Master Xiao sighed, "We overlooked it; among thousands of cultivators descending from Hell Star, there are quite a few non-human cultivation creatures hidden; this number is impossible to identify individually. We only focused on the human cultivation world, without realizing Jinxiu Continent isn't solely human's realm to cultivate."

Master Xu frowned; he smelled the thick scent of conspiracy, "Purpose? What purpose does the Demon Clan have? Why stir up human-demon conflicts at this moment? What do they want? Why now?

If it's for the change fifty years later during Heaven's creation, isn't it too early?"

Tianfeng quietly said, "Early? I don't think it's early; the human cultivation world will greatly enhance itself due to perfected heritage, but Demon Beast won't; they rely on bloodlines, a change not seen until countless generations later, so if humans are their opponents, the earlier they act, the more suitable.

Ten years, is an excellent time node; Demon Beasts have completed integration, while human strength hasn't made a fundamental leap."

Scratching his head, Hou Niao looked towards Tianfeng and Little Peacock, "Did any of you notice any unusual increase in Demon Beasts on Hell Star? According to whom I interacted, no one mentioned this point? Not a single person, is this normal?"

Little Peacock shook his head repeatedly, "I went late, knew nothing."

Tianfeng affirmed, "No, if the entire Demon Beast clan on Jinxiu Continent is capable of stirring chaos, the numbers wouldn't be few; a hundred is the basic, and this many definitely couldn't go completely unnoticed on Hell Star; besides, their temperament doesn't suit hiding, so perhaps they aren't secretly infiltrating Hell Star?"

Hou Niao's heart stirred, "You mean it might be those Puppet Demon Beasts' skeletal structures in space rifts?"

Tianfeng gave a snort, "Could be the channel Yue Duo and others entered; I noticed it's a two-way passage, they could go over, but something might come through too."

Master Yan, pragmatic as ever, commented, "Each of the continent's five regions has Demon Beast gatherings; relatively speaking, the Southeast's direction with the End-of-the-Heavens Ocean side should be the least stressful, not because Seaside Sea Demons are weaker, but because the Southeast Daoist Sect is unparalleled across the continent; just the Great Dao Sect has four major families Qi, Zhou, Chu, Guo; smaller daoist forces aren't weak either, they shouldn't face much pressure.

The Northeast's Buddhist Sect is concentrated with its own system; individually facing Yaoguang's Mountain Demons shouldn't pose too much trouble.

Our Southwest and Northern Territory are uncertain, only the Northwest is definitively weakest; Qin and Jin Sects alone find it tough to fend off undead creatures pouring from Kneecap Desert; they certainly need reinforcement, but from whom, there's no unified statement.

If this Dushan ceremony formed an alliance, it could've somewhat solved this issue, unfortunately…"

It's truly unfortunate; Demon Beast clans infiltrating human zones won't be immediate; it requires gradually developing over time, is it so urgent they're rushing away?

Linhai Wo Sect's panic led the way, compounded by dozens of Daoist sects stirring trouble...

These taoists, really aren't good things.