"Lord of Desolation, as per your command, all cultivators who have embarked on the path of demonic arts have been recalled to Mount Jiuyou!"
"Currently, there are over ten million demonic cultivators gathered at Mount Jiuyou. Some are just beginning their studies and haven't had time to convert their techniques!"
Within the grand hall of Mount Jiuyou, the Blood Phoenix Lion Demon Ancestor respectfully reported to Wuyang, whose eyes were tightly shut.
"It matters not!"
Wuyang, eyes still closed, spoke softly, "Expel all other extraneous individuals from Mount Jiuyou. A ten-mile radius around Mount Jiuyou shall be under strict martial law. Even a single flying bird must be slain for this venerable one. Leave no one spared!"
"Your command shall be obeyed, Lord of Desolation!"
Three hours after the Blood Phoenix Lion Demon Ancestor retreated, the vital energy of Mount Jiuyou suddenly surged, and a massive blood-colored skull began to materialize in the sky above the mountain.
The formation was so vast that it could shroud Mount Jiuyou and the surrounding ten-mile area!
The reason Wuyang cleared the cultivators within a ten-mile radius of Mount Jiuyou was to refine the demonic energy within the bodies of those who practiced demonic scriptures. Those who cultivated demonic scriptures were not inherently demons, and their demonic energy was far from pure.
To construct a stable teleportation array, sufficient demonic energy was required for refinement. If other cultivators were to intrude at this juncture, it would only increase the difficulty for Wuyang in refining the demonic energy.
As the colossal blood-colored skull solidified, a gray bone pagoda rose from its brow. The moment the bone pagoda appeared, a subtle demonic energy, powerful enough to make the void tremble, emanated from within it.
The over ten million cultivators who practiced demonic scriptures, gathered at Mount Jiuyou, under the leadership of the Blood Phoenix Lion Demon Ancestor, all sat cross-legged. Their gazes were lifted towards the blood-colored skull formation in the sky, their eyes closed. Strands of demonic energy surged from every part of their bodies, converging at the center of their brows.
Approximately an hour later, the gray bone pagoda gradually shifted from gray to blood-red, and within several breaths, it transformed from blood-red to an inky black.
Countless threads of intensely concentrated demonic energy erupted from the bone pagoda, flowing like fresh blood into the massive blood-colored skull formation in the void.
"Om~~"
Faint black light flickered, and as the dense demonic energy completely enveloped the blood-colored skull, the entire skull teleportation array seemed to become a colossal divine demon, casting its gaze upon Mount Jiuyou.
"Gather!"
With a deafening roar that shook three thousand miles!
Wuyang, his hair unbound, appeared atop the bone pagoda. The skin exposed on his body was covered in a myriad of intricate and indecipherable runes.
"Meld!"
Wuyang opened his eyes and made a gentle gesture. The Emperor Corpse, like a puppet, emerged from the inky black bone pagoda.
Under the sweep of black ripples, this Emperor Corpse, which had consumed almost all of Wuyang's dedication and effort, instantly dissolved into streams of demonic energy, rejoining the inky black bone pagoda.
"Boom!"
The colossal demonic energy skull boomed incessantly, like rumbling divine thunder, akin to a celestial dragon coiling and soaring through the nine heavens.
"Rumble~~"
At this moment, with Mount Jiuyou as the epicenter, the surrounding ten-mile radius erupted with pillars of black light, rising from the ground like dark divine trees, soaring straight into the heavens, and converging into the skull of the great formation.
The skull in the void and the dense black pillars from the earth became one.
"Whoosh~~"
The rain poured down, and droplets of black water, each as large as a bucket, incessantly poured towards Mount Jiuyou.
Tens of miles away, myriad tribes looked up in apprehension at the extremely bizarre spectacle. The entire world seemed to transform into a colossal abyss beast, spanning the location of Mount Jiuyou.
The entire world was shrouded in the inky black night surrounding Mount Jiuyou!
"We welcome the Demonic Lord!"
"We welcome the Demonic Lord!"
"We welcome the Demonic Lord!"
......
The over ten million cultivators who practiced demonic scriptures, saturated by the black droplets, spread their arms wide, as if to embrace the heavens.
At this moment, the bucket-sized black droplets abruptly stopped, and sunlight once again illuminated Mount Jiuyou.
In the void, countless tribal powerhouses gazed towards Mount Jiuyou, eager to see what had transpired.
"Om!!"
Innumerable tiny, needle-like wisps of gas, as black as jade and crackling with electricity, slowly shot out from the brows of the over ten million cultivators. They coiled and writhed in the void like black serpents.
This black gas was the purest form of demonic energy, and each cultivator had only managed to extract a minuscule amount.
The moment this gas erupted from their bodies, from the Nirvana realm experts like the Blood Phoenix Lion Demon Ancestor to the low-level cultivators like Creation, they all transformed into skeletons within a single breath.
The flesh and blood, like water, instantly evaporated from their bones, leaving behind only perfectly black skeletons, each emitting a faint demonic glow.
Mount Jiuyou was instantly carpeted as if with a black rug. Even under the bright sunlight, the black glow was dazzling.
"What is that?"
"What happened at Mount Jiuyou?"
"What are those flashing black objects?"
Countless cultivators, observing the shimmering black skeletons of Mount Jiuyou, were too far away to discern that they were indeed skeletons. They only saw the black light glinting under the sun.
"It's still not enough!"
Wuyang's eyes opened once more. Despite extracting over ten million strands of demonic energy, it was still insufficient for the construction of the teleportation array.
"It is your supreme fortune to welcome the Demonic Lord!"
"Gather for me!"
"Rumble!"
Mount Jiuyou once again rumbled, as if the earth were sinking. The black skeletons suddenly exploded, and then, countless blood-red light clusters enveloped the shattered skeletal remains.
The radiant light clusters densely obscured everything!
Like tens of millions of miniature suns, they covered Mount Jiuyou.
"Whoosh..."
Threads of black gas once again surged out from within the light clusters. Though not as inky black as before, they still contained immense demonic energy.
One, two, and in an instant, a densely packed spectacle far more magnificent than the previous ten million strands arose. Tens of millions of strands of demonic energy slowly ascended, all merging into the colossal black skull in the void.
"Om~~"
"Om~~"
The massive skull formation alternated between being inky black and resembling a turbulent sea of blood. With each transformation, the pressure in the void intensified, causing the surrounding onlookers to break out in cold sweats and flee in terror.
"Whoosh..."
Wuyang let out a long sigh, his eyes opening slightly. He nodded with great satisfaction, "The demonic energy is finally sufficient. It was worth all the effort in transmitting the demonic cultivation methods recently."
"Next, we shall construct the passage to the Western Regions and await the Demonic Lord's arrival!"
Wuyang glanced around, then let out a cold smile and closed his eyes.