Chapter 1074: Invading the Demon Realm (1/2)

Inside the grand palace left by the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace in the Realm of Split Void, Dong Li confronted Nie Tian as soon as he and Pei Qiqi appeared in the teleportation portal. “She was the reason why you went to the Void Spirit Society?”

A defensive look filled her eyes as she fixed her eyes on Pei Qiqi.

At this point, she had already entered the late Profound realm.

However, upon seeing Pei Qiqi, she sensed that her cultivation base was far higher than hers.

A sense of frustration instantly filled her heart.

Nie Tian and Pei Qiqi had fought side by side in the Realm of Split Void many years ago. Back then, both their cultivation bases and statuses had been lower than hers.

But now, Nie Tian had become a Son of the Stars, while Pei Qiqi had won the Void Spirit Society sectmaster’s favor and become his fourth legacy disciple.

The fact that the two of them finished missions together like a perfect pair put her in a bad mood.

Even though there had also been rumors about Nie Tian and Yin Yanan and Mu Biqiong, she hadn’t attached much importance to them.

After all, those two weren’t so much more outstanding than her, and they had known Nie Tian for a much shorter time than she had.

However, Pei Qiqi was different.

“I don’t know many disciples of the Void Spirit Society,” Nie Tian explained with an embarrassed expression, “but as you know, we need help from those who are well-versed in spatial power if we want to enter those three Demon realms. Zhao Shanling alone is far from enough. And I don’t want people to find out about what I’m trying to do. I thought about it a lot, and realized that I can only seek Senior Martial Sister Pei’s help.”

The haze clouding Dong Li’s face didn’t fade.

Pei Qiqi took out a ring of holding and handed to Nie Tian. “Here. Inside the ring are some spirit beast corpses that my master gave me. They don’t contain any special spatial power and can’t really help with my cultivation. I knew that your special bloodline allows you to refine most spirit beast and outsider corpses, so I kept them for you.”

Nie Tian’s eyes lit up as he accepted the ring without hesitation. “Thank you, Senior Martial Sister Pei. They’re indeed very useful to me.”

Watching Pei Qiqi giving Nie Tian spirit beast corpses and Nie Tian accepting them right in front of her, Dong Li grew even more angry.

Only then did Nie Tian sense the tension and attempt to break it by saying, “Alright, how’s everything going?”

“All of the major sects from the Domain of Heaven Python and the Domain of Heaven’s Boundaries sent word back to me, saying that their powerful experts won’t enter secluded cultivation for a while, and will be available to answer your summons at any time,” Dong Li answered.

“You go ahead and talk. I’ll go visit Uncle Hua and that fatty Li Ye.” With these words, Pei Qiqi walked out of the spacious hall.

“I don’t like her,” Dong Li said without holding back. “And I don’t want you to get too close to her. I can feel that she...”

“She what?” Nie Tian asked with a teasing smile.

Dong Li gave him a nasty look. “You know what I mean! I’m going to let this one pass, but you’ve got to keep your distance from her from now on!”

Nie Tian promised.

Only then did Dong Li walk over to him. She buried her head in Nie Tian’s chest and whispered, “I’m feeling a lot of pressure from you. You’re becoming stronger and stronger. Even though you practice three different types of power, your cultivation base still progresses faster than most. Now, you’ve already entered the Soul realm, but I’m only at the late Profound realm, even though I’ve cultivated like crazy.

“What gives me even more pressure is your status as a Son of the Stars. I’m worried... that...”

Her voice grew lower and lower. It seemed that, instead of talking to Nie Tian, she was simply giving vent to her feelings.

Nie Tian felt for her, but didn’t know how to make her feel better. He thought briefly and said, “Why don’t you come with me when I enter the three Demon realms? Over the years, I’ve fought quite a few battles in different human domains. Even though I’ve repeatedly found myself in desperate situations, those experiences tempered me and helped improve my cultivation base. Perhaps the reason why your cultivation base hasn’t advanced as fast as you’d like is because you’ve been overseeing things in the Domain of Heaven Python, and haven’t fought any battles these past few years.”

Dong Li regained her confidence. “Great! I’ll bring out my best in our upcoming battles in the three Demon realms!”

...

Two weeks later, numerous Soul realm, Void domain, and Saint domain experts from the Divine Seal Sect, the Thousandsword Mountain Sect, and the Golden Vast Sect arrived in the Realm of Split Void.

Qi warriors from the major sects and clans in the Domain of Heaven’s Boundaries also arrived successively through inter-domain teleportation portals. Only the Pure Heaven Sect didn’t send any experts to the Realm of Split Void.

After her brief meeting with Hua Mu and Li Ye, Pei Qiqi found Zhao Shanling, who took her to the spatial rift in the Realm of Mystic Heaven. With his help, she familiarized herself with the environment, found the secret passage, and learned how to travel to the Fourth Demon Realm safely.

Furthermore, Pei Qiqi also got Qi Lianshan, a middle Saint domain elder of the Void Spirit Society, to help them. With Zhao Shanling’s help, Qi Lianshan found the secret passage Zhao Shanling had talked about in the spatial rift in the Realm of a Thousand Devastations, along with the safe way to enter the Fifth Demon Realm.

The spatial rift in the Realm of Flame Heaven connected to the Sixth Demon Realm. Zhao Shanling would guide a group of experts through it himself.

The Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Demon Realms were located in the Demon heaven and earth, and were separated from the other realms by a significant distance.

However, once powerful Demons in the other Demon realms sensed anomalies in these three realms, they would still be able to reestablish contact with them within a short time by relying on ancient starships, or the power of Demon grand monarchs.

Therefore, after discussing their options with Jing Feiyang and the others, Nie Tian decided to attack the three Demon realms at the same time.

And the duration of their operation would be exactly one month.

They would have to end their operation when the time was up, no matter the result.