Chapter 1610: Settling the Spirit World (1/2)

There were still a considerable number of Demons in the Second Demon Realm.

If Nie Tian went to kill Grand Monarch Eternal Purgatory in the Second Demon Realm with the five evil gods, it would definitely lead to the deaths of many Demons.

Even though Grand Monarch Hell Demon was a rebel, he was a Demon after all, and he was to shoulder the responsibility of leading the remaining Demons while Grand Monarch Primal Demon was missing.

Therefore, he didn’t want to see a large number of his people die miserable deaths when Nie Tian dealt with Grand Monarch Eternal Purgatory in the Second Demon Realm.

After Nie Tian left, he first disposed of Grand Monarch Ash Bone’s residual death power outside the Sixth Demon Realm, and then sealed the Bell of Death with spells. Lastly, he sent word to the Doomed Star Sea via a secret method, informing those who were fighting the three races from the Void World that they could make adjustments accordingly.

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In the Second Demon Realm.

Unlike the Sixth Demon Realm, the Second Demon Realm wasn’t a sphere, but rather a vast, irregularly-shaped flat land.

Since it was enveloped in blackish-violet Demon Qi, Nie Tian observed from afar, but failed to see what was going on in it.

Only after he activated his life bloodline did he vaguely sense clusters of life auras in it.

“Hmm?!” He frowned, his expression growing cold. “Grand Monarch Eternal Purgatory isn’t in the Second Demon Realm!”

“He’s not?” Taken aback, the evil god of bloodlust immediately cast a bloodline magic. A cyan cloud of soul power then flew out from the prismatic crystal between his eyebrows, and stopped in front of the Second Demon Realm.

The cloud burst forth with countless rays of soul-detecting light.

Looking down, Nie Tian could sense that the soul fluctuations of the Demons in the Second Demon Realm were affected by the cloud, and manifested in full.

“You’re right. He’s not here.” Through his soul-detecting bloodline magic, the evil god of bloodlust found out that the strongest Demons in the Second Demon Realm were only at the eighth grade.

“Grand Monarch Eternal Purgatory did fly in the Second Demon Realm’s direction,” the evil god of hatred chimed in. “I planted a wisp of hatred in his body. That wisp of hatred arrived in the Second Demon Realm with him. I’m sure of it. Only then did he find out about it and refine it with the Blood Purgatory Sea. I guess he escaped through some teleportation portal in the Second Demon Realm.”

“I suppose that’s the case,” The evil god of bloodlust said.

The other three evil gods also joined the conversation, discussing Grand Monarch Eternal Purgatory’s possible whereabouts.

They all agreed that he must have left the Second Demon Realm.

Before Nie Tian could give them instructions, the five of them ripped the realm barrier open with their sharp claws and descended upon the Second Demon Realm like satanic creatures.

Nie Tian, however, remained where he was in the starry river.

He suddenly realized that the five evil gods weren’t his so-called puppets anymore.

Instead, they were independent beings with complete souls and fleshly bodies now, practically no different from the fearsome late tenth grade grand monarchs they had been in their previous lives!

“Are those Heavenly Spirit Seals the only reason why they’re not rising against me?” he asked himself inwardly.

The Heavenly Spirit Seals that had been cast upon the five evil gods looked like five crystals embedded in their foreheads between their eyebrows. Their purpose was to manipulate their minds and force them to obey him.

In many ways, the Heavenly Spirit Seals were very similar to the prismatic crystals on the foreheads of the Phantasms.

However, before the evil gods had finished gathering their soul fragments and memories, they had shown strong resentment and hostility towards him.

Now, as time had passed, they seemed to have changed somehow. They had gradually accepted him as their new master and become willing to fight for him.

Nie Tian’s eyes lit up. “There’s another important reason other than the Heavenly Spirit Seals! The Nether River! I’ve derived profound truths from the Nether River branches in the Silent Star Sea, the Seven Stars Realm Sea, and the Spirit World. And I’ve gained the Spirit Scepter! In other words, I’m gradually gaining all of Grand Monarch Heavenly Spirit’s legacies!”

As his train of thought came to this point, he felt suddenly enlightened.

The Heavenly Spirit Seals might be part of the reason why the five evil gods had truly acknowledged him. However, more importantly, he had inherited the profound wonders of Grand Monarch Heavenly Spirit’s soul magics.

He also shouldered the responsibility of guiding the Phantasms and helping those bloodline descendants of Grand Monarch Heavenly Spirit find a new home.

He even had to help Grand Monarch Heavenly Spirit cleanse the tainted Nether River branch in the Realm of Dark Souls!