Chapter 1 A Strange Feeling

Carefully sensing his own aura, Jiang Xuan smiled. A human, coming to the world of the Abyss Demons, transforming into one, to explore their secrets and seize their opportunities, was truly a strange feeling.

Thinking of this, Jiang Xuan's physical body pierced through the void and randomly headed in a certain direction. He remembered that the Dark Abyss was like a pagoda, divided into many layers. Each layer of the Abyss was vast and boundless, making it difficult to explore its edges. Each layer also had nine suns hanging high, forming a world of its own.

Between the upper and lower layers of the Abyss, there were billions of space channels connected. These space channels were filled with fierce spatial storms. If Abyss Demons whose bodies were not strong enough passed through these space channels, they might even be torn apart by the spatial storms.

The deeper one went into the Abyss, the stronger the spatial storms became. Therefore, under normal circumstances, most low-level demons gathered in the first few layers of the Abyss, while the higher-level Abyss Demons lurked in the lower layers.

From the tenth layer of the Abyss onwards, True God-level Abyss Demons would appear. Precisely because of this, Jiang Xuan would not go there for the time being. He planned to first improve his strength in the front few layers. When his strength was sufficient to hide from the True Gods' detection, it would not be too late to go deeper into the Abyss.

In the Dark Abyss, there were also large cities, but these cities were not as exquisitely crafted and magnificent as those in the Thirty-Three Heavens. Instead, they were filled with a primitive and simple atmosphere.

Some cities were simply transformed from some powerful Abyss Demons. As for the classification of Abyss Demons, it was also extremely complex, with numerous races and a strict hierarchy.

High-level races could enslave, drive, and even wantonly slaughter low-level races. The racial hierarchy was determined by a combination of factors such as the strength of the race's bloodline, intelligence, learning ability, and innate physique.

On the way to the deeper layers, Jiang Xuan also saw many low-level Abyss Demons, and even discovered a few royal Abyss Demons. The so-called royal Abyss Demons were actually high-level Abyss Demons possessing the bloodline of the six great totems.

They generally resided in the deepest layer of the Dark Abyss, but there were exceptions. Royal bloodlines did not necessarily mean strength. These royal Abyss Demons also needed to be tempered, and the first few layers of the Abyss were the most suitable training grounds.

However, in the Abyss, the identity of royalty often brought about deadly disasters. Devouring bloodlines was also a way for Abyss Demons to become stronger. Therefore, even if there were laws protecting the royal family, the hunting of royal family members still occurred frequently in the first few layers of the Abyss.

The same was true for these royal Abyss Demons. However, it was Jiang Xuan who was hunting them, and that was why they had no chance of escape.

As for Jiang Xuan's reasons for hunting them, it was to understand the bloodlines of the totem-level demons. Jiang Xuan would naturally not provoke the forces of the "Ming," "Xie," and "Hong" three great totem-level demons, but the other three forces lacking totem-level demons could be used as breakthroughs for his trip.

"The most suitable is… 'You'?"

Jiang Xuan hunted five royal demons and obtained the bloodlines of three totem-level demons, and the most suitable of them was "You."

What he considered was his own comprehension of rules and methods. As for bloodlines, they were all transformations anyway.

"It can be considered within expectations?"

Jiang Xuan was somewhat dumbfounded. His clone was originally based on the Nine Nether Hound precious technique. He did not expect that after entering the Abyss, the most suitable transformation for him would also be the Abyss Demon of the "You" lineage.

"In this lineage, the strongest force seems to be called the Nine Nether Palace?" The more Jiang Xuan thought about it, the more he felt that he was destined for this lineage. Therefore, he directly and completely refined that royal demon of the "You" lineage, and at the same time absorbed all of his soul memories, understanding the many unique features of this royal lineage.

However, his body changed again, transforming into the appearance of this royal lineage. The "You" lineage judged strength by the number of eyes. If one could reach nine eyes, there was a possibility of entering the Demon God's Tomb and passing the test of the Dark Sacrifice, thereby becoming a new totem-level.

However, Jiang Xuan knew that this Dark Sacrifice was a trap. Transforming into a new totem-level demon was actually obtaining a portion of the power of the owner of the Demon God's Tomb, which was equivalent to being controlled by him.

Like the current "Ming," "Hong," and the Soul Emperor of the Soul Clan, they were actually considered to be incarnations of the owner of the Demon God's Tomb, and their lives were completely in the hands of the owner of the Demon God's Tomb.

After a brief transformation, Jiang Xuan's appearance also changed greatly. The "You" lineage was a humanoid demon, but even taller. At this time, Jiang Xuan's face had six eyes, his pupils were scarlet as blood, and there was a purple-gold pupil in the center, which looked extremely dark and evil.

Six eyes corresponded exactly to the Celestial Venerable-level demons of the "You" lineage. If a seventh eye grew, it would be a True God level.

Jiang Xuan's transformation this time was even more perfect. He obtained the royal bloodline and completely analyzed it, dissecting the many secrets of this lineage of demons. Now, his transformation technique had truly reached the pinnacle below True God.

"On this basis, breaking through to the Intermediate Celestial Venerable, presumably even True Gods will not be able to see through it." Jiang Xuan thought. There were two ways he wanted to make the transformation more perfect: one was to refine a stronger level of royal bloodline, and the other was to break through to the Intermediate Celestial Venerable.

The former was more difficult. To make the transformation technique more perfect in this way, at least a Celestial Venerable-level royal bloodline was needed, but those levels of royal family were mostly in the deeper layers of the Abyss. Even if they occasionally came to the shallow layers, they might not be of the "You" lineage.

Therefore, Jiang Xuan felt that breaking through to the Intermediate Celestial Venerable was more reliable, which could both improve his strength and make the transformation technique more perfect.

…

The ninth layer of the Abyss also had many cities, and those large cities were mostly ruled by top Celestial Venerable-level demons. Blood Demon City was one of them, and there were two Celestial Venerable-level demons in it.

The moment Jiang Xuan arrived at Blood Demon City, they sensed Jiang Xuan's presence, and two bloody rays pierced through the void and descended directly.

The two great Celestial Venerables of Blood Demon City were both of the Blood Demon race. Although they were not royal family, they could be considered powerful demon races.

However, in front of the royal demons, they did not dare to have half a bit of arrogance. At the level of Celestial Venerable, the power of the royal demons was overwhelming for demons of other races. Even if the two of them joined forces, they might not be a match for a royal Celestial Venerable.

Therefore, the moment they sensed Jiang Xuan, they immediately rushed over. When they saw the six eyes on Jiang Xuan's face, they also knew which lineage of the royal family this was.

"Blood Shadow of the Blood Demon Clan, greetings, Lord."

"Blood Massacre of the Blood Demon Clan, greetings, Lord."

Royal bloodlines could indeed improve their strength, but the entire Abyss respected strength. The power of the royal Celestial Venerable had already stood at the top of the first nine layers of the Abyss, and they were naturally respectful.

"Mm." Jiang Xuan nodded and glanced at the two Blood Clan demons. "I'm passing by here and will be resting here for a few days. You don't have to worry too much."

His words relieved Blood Shadow and Blood Massacre. They were really afraid that the other party was here to cause trouble. After all, royal demons could kill them without any crime.

On the contrary, if they killed a royal Celestial Venerable, then no one would be able to protect them. After all, royal family members who could become Celestial Venerables were all experts among Abyss Demons, and they generally had even more terrifying existences behind them. Provoking them was courting death.

This was also why only low-realm royal demons dared to be hunted in the Abyss.

"Lord, please. We will prepare a place for you to rest." Blood Shadow said. As the border between the shallow and deep layers of the Abyss, the demons of the ninth and tenth layers lived very thoroughly.

They wouldn't provoke those they couldn't afford to provoke, and they would kill those they could afford to kill. Obviously, Jiang Xuan belonged to the former, so their attitude was also very good.

Of course, if they knew that they were being so humble to a human, they would probably be angered to death on the spot.

"Mm." Jiang Xuan followed the two demons into Blood Demon City, and the low-level demons along the way also bowed down. This was a world where strength was respected. Without strength, one could only kowtow in order to survive.

However, Jiang Xuan soon saw a scene that almost made him act. Beside those kneeling demons, there were also many living beings chained with iron chains. Their twisted expressions, ferocious faces, bent knees and spines, and arms that almost hung on the ground also reminded Jiang Xuan of another matter.

Below the Abyss, there were not only Abyss Demons, but also many Primordial Races!

Among them, there were even Primordial Gods who were once the leaders of the Thirty-Three Heavens! These creatures of the Primordial Races were all prisoners who were hijacked by the Abyss Demons during the great calamity hundreds of millions of years ago.

When the master of the Asura Path and the Immortal Monarch laid down the Eternal Wall, isolating the Abyss and the Thirty-Three Heavens, these prisoners of the Primordial Races inevitably remained in the Dark Abyss.

For so long, the Abyss Demons had continuously cultivated and transformed these prisoners, leaving demon imprints on them, and treating them as slaves, cauldrons, food, medicinal materials, experimental materials, and so on.

These Primordial Races were spread throughout every layer of the Abyss, and the vast majority of them had been erased of their intelligence and were used as prey for the demons in the Abyss to hunt for pleasure. Even those in the deeper Abyss who retained their intelligence could not escape such a fate!

Moreover, in fact, in the deeper layers of the Dark Abyss, the Primordial Races had also produced many geniuses and outstanding figures over the past billions of years. They were gifted and powerful, unwilling to accept the fate of the Primordial Races being hunted by the Abyss Demons, and organized forces to resist the Abyss Demons.

But their foundation was too shallow after all. No matter how strong they were, they could not compare to those totem-level demons. Even if there were creatures among them whose talents could be compared with the master of the Asura Path, the Immortal Monarch, and so on, how could the demons in the Abyss give them a chance to rise?

Looking at them, Jiang Xuan couldn't help but feel sorrow and anger in his heart, but he also knew that rashly acting would only lead to the same fate as those Primordial Race geniuses in the past billions of years, and would only be hunted down, suppressed, and nothing could be changed.

But this did not mean that Jiang Xuan would sit idly by. It would have been one thing if he hadn't seen it, but since he had, he would naturally find a time to destroy all the demons in Blood Demon City.