Great Demon Sun Wukong

The death of Wu Ming could be said to have been directly at the hands of Hei Kui, but also indirectly at the hands of Sun Wukong. However, a more accurate statement would be that Wu Ming committed suicide. Who then were Wu Ming's enemies? Xi Zhao? Ling Weiyang? Spirit Controller? The death of Hidden Mountain, in fact, was also an accident, one could say he willfully accepted it. When Xi Zhao wielded the Thunder Fire Scorching Flame Cannon, his target wasn't Hidden Mountain. Hidden Mountain died because she willingly took the hit for Dao Zhun.

Therefore, both Hidden Mountain and Wu Ming's deaths were voluntary. Since it was of their own volition, there were no enemies to speak of. However, Hei Kui didn't think that way. He wouldn't ponder who was truly responsible for the deaths of Wu Ming and Hidden Mountain. He only knew that if those enemies hadn't appeared, then the two of them wouldn't have died, so the revenge Hei Kui sought was the destruction of all his enemies. In truth, based on Hei Kui's previous personality, even Sun Wukong and his group might have been considered partly to blame. But now, having inherited Wu Ming's will, his target for revenge wasn't limited to just Xi Zhao, Ling Weiyang, and the Spirit Controller, but the entire force they represented. Otherwise, the rage in Hei Kui's heart could not be vented.

Wu Ming was dead, and Xi Zhao, thanks to Sun Wukong's rescue, ultimately survived. As for Ling Weiyang, he is now desperately fleeing towards the Myriad Demons Palace, pursued by the Flame God and others. Ling Weiyang's thinking was straightforward - his current state was poor, not only had his strength dropped by a level, but he also couldn't transform into his Purple Gold Kirin true form. In such a state, he was no match for his pursuers, and his best option was to flee.

Of course, he wasn't running blindly, but headed straight for the Myriad Demons Palace. He remembered that there were several dozen Guardian Puppets inside. Although they had been damaged in the previous battle, these Guardian Puppets possessed strong self-recovery abilities, and there was a Puppet Master within the Myriad Demons Country particularly adept at repair. Thus, by now, the fifty Guardian Puppets in the Myriad Demons Palace should all be battle-ready. Once he reached the Myriad Demons Palace, backed by the fifty Guardian Puppets, those behind him would not be worrisome anymore.

But what Ling Weiyang didn't know was that the Guardian Puppets of the Myriad Demons Palace had been annihilated, and the World Suppressing Stele had been activated by the Fangcun Spirit Realm. Most importantly, the direction he was fleeing in was where Ling Yi and four others were preparing to return to the battlefield. Within an hour, if Ling Weiyang didn't change directions, he was bound to run into Ling Yi and the others head-on. At that time, Ling Weiyang would truly find himself with no way up to heaven and no door into the earth.

Similarly, in frantic haste, there were two other runners. One was Yao Wumeng of the Myriad Demons Country, and the other was Zhibei from the Myriad Gods Hall. Although Yao Wumeng had followed the group into battle initially, after Bai Zhaoju died, Ling Weiyang, in a rage, fought alone against the entire Netherworld Alliance Army, and the people of the Myriad Demons Country took that opportunity to flee to the Dragon Valley, intending to use the Space Tunnel there to escape. However, Yao Wumeng did not head to the Dragon Valley with them but took the true Supreme Order of the Myriad Demons Country and went to the Netherworld World.

His goal was clear: to sneak into the Netherworld Palace and activate the World Suppressing Stele during the major conflict between the two sides, thereby eliminating the Netherworld World and giving the Myriad Demons Country a significant advantage. But before Yao Wumeng could reach the Netherworld Palace, the Supreme Order in his hand signalled a change. When a World Suppressing Stele was activated, the corresponding Supreme Order would undergo a change. However, since the Spirit Controller had always announced the outcomes, no one paid much attention to the changes in the Supreme Order. Now, Yao Wumeng became the only person in the Myriad Demons Country who knew that the World Suppressing Stele of the Myriad Demons Palace had been activated.

He thus changed his plans on the spot, heading directly to the Genesis Palace. The Genesis Palace, which had been opened by King Luo before, had gone into hiding. Now that the World Suppressing Stele of the Myriad Demons Palace had been activated unexpectedly, although Yao Wumeng didn't understand why there was no announcement, the reaction of the Supreme Order was indeed genuine. He had to activate the Genesis Palace before the Myriad Demons Country was eliminated; otherwise, if by any accident the Myriad Demons Palace failed to reclaim the Stele, they would have nowhere even to cry.

But when Yao Wumeng arrived where the Genesis Palace was supposed to be, he saw someone sitting cross-legged on a large blue stone—it was someone he recognized, Zhibei from the Myriad Gods Hall, a Divine Oracle. Seeing how composed Zhibei seemed, rage surged in Yao Wumeng.

Back when Sun Wukong had his great battle with Xi Zhao, Zhibei predicted that Sun Wukong's life was in danger and used the mystical connection between his Clairvoyant Tortoise and the Saint Armor Turtle to break open space and save Sun Wukong. However, Xi Zhao's attack was extremely powerful, not only crippling one of Zhibei's arms but also burning through all the power left by the original Zhibei's Remnant Soul in the long spear. To save Zhibei, the first generation Zhibei had exhausted the Remnant Soul he had left in that spear.

So now, despite Zhibei's seemingly confident appearance, he didn't have much certainty in his heart. Outside of his Nine Patterns Supreme Cultivation, he had no Attack Power or defensive power, and his own speed was very ordinary. It could be said that if Yao Wumeng didn't hesitate and attacked right now, Zhibei's death would be undeniable. However, as this generation's Zhibei, and especially after being taught by the first generation, his greatest strength wasn't his own power.

"Yao Wumeng, the Myriad Demons Country is on the brink of collapse, why persist in such futile efforts? You must not be aware of the current state of your nation, are you? No matter, I can inform you. Xi Zhao has been grievously injured by Wu Ming and is currently captured by Sun Wukong. Ling Weiyang is being hunted down by Rogue Heart Sword Hero and seven others, fleeing toward the Myriad Demons Palace, but you should know the situation there as well—the World Suppressing Stele has been activated, and it was Ling Yi from the Fangcun Spirit Realm who did it. Now, Ling Yi, Soul Devourer, and four others are right in front of Ling Weiyang. And your biggest support, the Spirit Controller, is currently trapped beneath Blood Mist Mountain by Wu Ming, soon to die, I reckon."

Zhibei had laid out the situation almost entirely to Yao Wumeng. Although Wumeng was reluctant to believe it, the activation of the World Suppressing Stele in the Myriad Demons Palace was an undeniable fact. And Zhibei hadn't even mentioned that those comrades of his who had fled to Dragon Valley, including Fen Yan, Qian Shang, Long Tian, Luo Chen, Old Wang, and over twenty others, were now reduced to only seven or eight people. Moreover, they were in a desperate flight for their lives, with over ten thousand dragons of at least Nine Patterns Supreme Level fiercely pursuing them.

Initially, the Spirit Controller had promised them that he would take full control of the dragons in Dragon Valley so they could escape through the space tunnel. He did indeed do that, but the Dragon Emperor Long Lie immediately sensed the anomaly in Dragon Valley and rushed back in his Golden Holy Dragon form without a second thought. Upon reaching Dragon Valley, he used his formidable power to break the Spirit Controller's ban, which was nothing more than a Great Illusion Array. The dragons within the array could not detect the arrival of outsiders, but the array's only weakness was that it could not be disturbed. Once Dragon Emperor had disrupted the formation from the outside, all dragonkind could then see the people standing atop the altar at the deepest part of Dragon Valley.

Then, a brutal slaughter ensued. After sacrificing more than a dozen lives, Fen Yan, Old Wang, and the others finally carved a blood-soaked path through the onslaught. However, the dragons did not let up. After losing the Spirit Controller's restraint, all dragons at the level of Nine Patterns Supreme or higher mobilized. On one hand, they were chasing after the remnants of the Myriad Demons Country; on the other hand, it was because they had not left Dragon Valley for hundreds of thousands of years.

Meanwhile, the Dragon Emperor and several other Domain Lord level dragons were studying the space tunnel in Dragon Valley. This time, the Dragon Emperor truly saw the hope of leaving the Patrolling Celestial World.

So, it could truly be said that for the Myriad Demons Country, the situation was utterly dire.

Yet, Yao Wumeng did not fully believe Zhibei's words. Even if it was as Zhibei described, Yao Wumeng would not give up. Ling Weiyang had shown him kindness, which he owed it to repay with his life, if necessary.

"All this talk, just to make me give up? Then I must tell you, you are mistaken, even if I am the last demon standing, I will fight to the death. Zhibei, come, let me see what you can do!"

Zhibei looked at Yao Wumeng's eyes, which had embraced death, and sighed inwardly. Then he said, "If that's the case, so be it, let us battle!"

Though Zhibei spoke as if ready to fight and slowly rose to his feet, his first action after standing was to turn tail and run! (To be continued. If you like this work, please come to Starting Point (qidian.com) to cast your recommendation votes and Monthly Passes. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)