Chapter 1 The Abyss of Gods and Demons

Deep within the Demon Domain battlefield, Jiang Xuan and the others saw an abyss, a seemingly boundless chasm that tore the earth asunder, stretching out into the endless distance.

Below the abyss was an endless black mist, filled with a terrifying aura, writhing and struggling like a ferocious demon. At the same time, a golden light intertwined and grappled with it.

The two forces seemed to have been battling for eons, yet no victor had emerged. Their powerful energies continued to ravage the abyss. Even from afar, the aura was oppressively suffocating.

"This is the Abyss of Gods and Demons. Legend has it that during the great war hundreds of billions of years ago, a peerless Demon King and a supreme powerhouse from the Thirty-Three Heavens' Ancient God Clan clashed here, nearly tearing the entire battlefield apart. It's the most dangerous place in the Demon Domain battlefield, but also the greatest place of opportunity!"

A Demon Dragon Clan Celestial Lord beside Long Shi spoke. He had previously been responsible for the ninth level's abyss, but after Long Shi arrived, he naturally became subordinate to Long Shi.

"With the aid of the Demon Dragon Fortress, we can venture deep within, but I believe you all understand the dangers inside. If you're unwilling to enter, I won't force you," Long Shi said. As an Upper Celestial Lord with the True God-level demonic artifact, the Demon Dragon Fortress, he was confident in his survival, but the other Celestial Lords might not be so lucky.

His words caused several Demon Celestial Lords to hesitate. They were only Lower Celestial Lords, and entering the Abyss of Gods and Demons would likely mean certain death. It would be better to seek opportunities on the periphery.

Long Shi truly didn't force them. His goal was to subdue these Celestial Lords, which would be more beneficial for him in managing the ninth level abyss in the future.

As for the other Celestial Lords, they entered the Abyss of Gods and Demons with him. Under the protection of the Demon Dragon Fortress, they didn't encounter insurmountable crises. Reaching the depths of the abyss, they witnessed the scene there.

It was a desolate and ruined chaos void, filled with rampaging black demonic light and rolling tribulation lightning, transformed into ancient gods and demons guarding the area. Each aura seemed capable of tearing apart a Celestial Lord.

And this was only the danger on the outermost edges. Deeper within the ancient land were many hidden auras, even more terrifying than the tribulation lightning and demonic light, possessing immeasurable power.

A ghostly light erupted from one of Jiang Xuan's eyes, as if it could illuminate the underworld, pierce through the ancient void, and penetrate time and space, seemingly seeing through the secrets there.

Long Shi couldn't help but look sideways at this scene. He had long heard that each eye of the "Nether" lineage could nurture a terrifying divine ability. The power Jiang Xuan displayed now, even he was shocked by it. It was definitely an extremely terrifying secret technique.

"As expected of a member of the royal clan, Nether Xuan, this secret technique is truly astonishing," Long Shi said. Just the revealed secret technique was enough to shock him. What would it be like if the other six divine secret techniques he nurtured were unleashed?

"Just luck. If I weren't from the royal clan, I might be far inferior to you," Jiang Xuan said. What he had just used was one of the nine great divine abilities evolved from the Nine Nether Hound precious technique, called "Nine Nether Fiend Flare."

The Perfect Jiang Xuan had also used this great divine ability for attacks. However, besides being a great killing technique, it was also an astonishing heavenly eye divine ability that could illuminate the underworld and see through time and space.

This was also why Jiang Xuan chose the "Nether" lineage. The bloodline talent of this lineage was the eyes. The nine eyes could be decided by oneself, nurturing nine different divine secret techniques. In this way, even if he used the Nine Nether Hound precious technique, he wouldn't be suspected.

Unlike other royal clans, whose bloodline talents were inflexible and whose secret techniques had obvious characteristics, it would be difficult for him to use the Nine Nether Hound precious technique.

After saying this, Jiang Xuan ignored Long Shi's mood and looked at the ruined ancient land, his mind becoming active.

Using the Nine Nether Fiend Flare, although he couldn't completely see through it, he had discovered some traces, both dangers and opportunities. Perhaps he could use this to kill these Demon Celestial Lords.

"Hehe, I wonder what Nether Xuan has seen? Could you tell us?" Long Shi smiled faintly. The Demon Dragon Clan didn't have the bloodline talent of the "Nether" lineage, nor did they have powerful heavenly eye secret techniques. With his cultivation, he couldn't see the specific scene of that ruined land.

The other Demon Celestial Lords also looked at Jiang Xuan. Even Long Shi couldn't see through it, let alone them. They could only place their hopes on Jiang Xuan.

"I can tell you, but I get to choose first from what we gain, and my share will be doubled!"

"If not, we can act separately."

Jiang Xuan was confident. He felt that even with the True God-level demonic artifact, some dangers in that void would be difficult to avoid unscathed. As for other places, he also had a True God-level spiritual treasure. Even if they acted separately, he could still obtain the opportunities within.

The reason he said those words was just to use the crisis in this chaos void to trap and kill Long Shi and the others. But if they didn't agree, he could find other opportunities.

Long Shi looked at the other Demon Celestial Lords, then communicated with them before looking at Jiang Xuan and saying, "Nether Xuan, we agree to your request."

They had already clarified beforehand that whoever contributed the most would get the largest share of the opportunities. For example, Long Shi, holding the Demon Dragon Fortress and protecting the other Celestial Lords, would undoubtedly have the largest share. However, if Jiang Xuan could truly lead them to obtain opportunities within, Jiang Xuan's conditions were still reasonable.

"Good." Jiang Xuan was straightforward, then looked at the ruined land and said, "There are many great horrors in that ruined void. Even with the Demon Dragon Fortress, we'll have a hard time remaining unscathed in some places, so listen to my commands for now. Any objections?"

"Agreed." Long Shi pondered for a moment and agreed, but he was also cautious. He wouldn't blindly follow wherever Jiang Xuan told them to go.

"There's an opportunity where the tribulation lightning and demonic light intersect. With the protection of the Demon Dragon Fortress, we can withstand the dangers there."

Jiang Xuan spoke of a place where there was an opportunity. It was the simplest one, though submerged in tribulation lightning and demonic light, it was on the outermost edge, and one of the few places Jiang Xuan could see clearly.

"Good." Hearing Jiang Xuan's words, Long Shi had everyone enter the Demon Dragon Fortress and then遁went towards that place. This could also be considered a test to see how credible Jiang Xuan's words were.

The tribulation lightning and demonic light hissed on both sides of them, like two peerless powerhouses fighting. Even the Celestial Lords among them trembled. Without the Demon Dragon Fortress, even if they ventured deep into this place, they would have almost no chance of survival.

However, things were still going smoothly. Protected by the fortress, although they were shocked by the terrifying scene, there was no real danger.

Soon, they rushed out of the area covered by the tribulation lightning and demonic light and saw the remains of a star floating at the intersection of the tribulation lightning and demonic light.

"The remains of a chaos star!"

Chaos stars were stars that could exist independently in the boundless void outside the universe. Even Celestial Lords found them difficult to shake, but this one had been directly crippled and completely ruined!

"That's Demon King's True Blood? And the aura of the Ancient God Clan!"

Soon, they saw that the core of the star's remains had been replaced by a mass of inky ancient blood, emitting a dark light, and they could faintly hear the sound of demon gods.

But besides that, they could also sense an extremely fiery aura, like a scorching sun in the nine heavens, upright and majestic, as if it wanted to refine the mass of demonic blood.

"According to the previous agreement, I should be the first to choose an opportunity," Jiang Xuan said unceremoniously, walking directly towards the star's remains. Looking at the star remains that had been half-shattered and whose core had been replaced, he directly took out a golden eyeball from the Demon Clan's True Blood.

The eyeball was like a scorching sun. Even after being submerged in demon blood for hundreds of billions of years, it still carried divine might, driving away the darkness.

However, whether it was the demon blood or the eyeball, they were ultimately just dead objects. With the means of a Celestial Lord, taking them away wasn't impossible.

The others didn't say much when they saw Jiang Xuan take the eyeball. Although it belonged to the Ancient God Clan, some powerhouses in the depths of the abyss liked to collect such things and could exchange the remains of these former powerhouses for many good things.

In their eyes, Jiang Xuan was a member of the royal clan from the depths of the abyss, and there must be powerhouses behind him. It wasn't strange for him to take this eyeball.

After this, the other Celestial Lords also began to divide the spoils, taking away the true blood. The star remains also lost their supporting power, and the speed of decay became faster and faster. Perhaps after thousands or tens of thousands of years, it would be completely annihilated.

After this, Jiang Xuan led Long Shi and the others to several more places of opportunity. Some were easy to enter, while others were extremely difficult, but overall, it was a thrilling but safe journey. In the end, only two Celestial Lords were severely injured, and there were no deaths.

This was also within their expectations. After all, the fortress could only protect them in entering those ancient lands. The dangers in the ancient lands had to be resisted by themselves. It was already very good that only two of them were severely injured.

If they were to drive the fortress around by themselves, they might directly plunge into some forbidden zone. Not to mention being severely injured, even survival would be difficult.

What's more, along the way, they had only sat in the fortress and obtained many opportunities, even exceeding their original wealth. Therefore, they trusted Jiang Xuan even more. Even Long Shi was less wary of Jiang Xuan's words. After all, if Jiang Xuan really wanted to harm them, they wouldn't have been able to obtain so many opportunities.

This was exactly the effect Jiang Xuan wanted, to first make them believe in him, and then find an opportunity to wipe them all out. In this chaos void, he had advantages that Long Shi and the others didn't have.

Of course, he wouldn't run into some forbidden zones. Although he was quite accomplished in the art of time and space and had a True God spiritual treasure to protect him, he had to admit that there were some forbidden zones in this Abyss of Gods and Demons that he couldn't go to in his current state.

"Avoid the black mist and golden light in that ancient land ahead."

Jiang Xuan looked at Long Shi and the others and calmly pointed the way. This was the tomb he had chosen for Long Shi and the other Demon Clan members. Of course, even if they didn't enter this place, it didn't matter. There were many crises in this void. It would be the same to harm them in another place.