Evan Chu looked into the eyes of these demon warriors and saw only cold indifference. Back in the Immortal Realm, he had personally commanded the Immortal army against the Demonic army. Now, in the God Realm, the tension between the God and Demonic Realms was just as fierce as water and fire.
The moment these demon warriors laid eyes on Evan Chu, they erupted in rage, charging straight at him, intent on capturing him alive. But everyone knew—the fate of anyone captured alive by them was never a good one.
"Hmph! Just a bunch of ants."
Evan Chu snorted coldly, his Frostbane Divine Sword gleaming with icy light in his hand. Ever since the artifact spirit was restored, the Frostbane Divine Sword could even unleash battle techniques on its own. Its power might still be lacking, but against ordinary God-Emperor realm opponents, it was more than enough.
Now, Evan Chu infused Wind and Thunder Laws into the blade and unleashed Heaven-Phantom Thunder Cleave. In a flash, twelve out of the thirteen Demon Venerables in the squad were obliterated by a single strike!
Heaven-Phantom Thunder Cleave was a technique Evan had obtained from Wenshan Easton. Although he’d had some unpleasant history with Wenshan before, the man’s wholehearted devotion after joining Frostbane Divine Palace had thoroughly satisfied Evan.
And this Heaven-Phantom Thunder Cleave was something Wenshan Easton had personally offered up to Evan Chu. Frankly, this battle art was famous throughout the God Realm, rivaling Sevenfold Absolute Cleave—and it deserved its reputation! Especially when unleashed for group attacks, its explosive power far outstripped Sevenfold Absolute Cleave!
"You... Who are you, really?!"
The last remaining demon warrior was scared out of his wits. Weren’t they supposed to be thirteen Demon Venerables? Sure, they’d just broken through from Demon Emperor realm with external help, but together, the strength of thirteen Demon Venerables should be enough to challenge even a mid-stage Demon Venerable!
But this guy—he’d wiped out twelve early-stage Demon Venerables in a single move! That was just too terrifying!
Looks like I was wrong before—this isn't the God Realm at all, but... the Demonic Realm!
Evan Chu carefully probed this blood-soaked, deserted city once more, and finally confirmed—he was in the Demonic Realm.
All around, thick demonic qi filled the air, and the ground was littered with demon warrior corpses. But what truly shocked Evan Chu was that there were quite a few God Realm experts among the dead, including at least a dozen God-Venerables at a glance.
As Evan was pondering, the terrified Demon Venerable tried to turn and flee—his Blood-Shadow Sky Eagle flapped its wings, ready to whisk him far away.
But Evan Chu barked, "Get down!"
With the overwhelming might of the Primordial Dragon bearing down from above, even the Blood-Shadow Sky Eagle couldn't withstand it—it plummeted straight out of the sky. As for the Demon Venerable, dreaming of escaping by flying away was pure fantasy.
"Come here!"
Evan Chu reached out into the void, and a giant thunder-forged hand materialized. The early-stage Demon Venerable was snatched up like a helpless chick, utterly under Evan's control.
"Impossible! How could there be such a powerful God Realm expert here... No!"
The Demon Venerable's gaze toward Evan Chu grew more and more terrified. On closer inspection, it was clear—he wasn't just afraid of Evan Chu himself, but of why such a terrifying God Realm powerhouse would appear here at all!
Evan Chu stomped the Blood-Shadow Sky Eagle to pieces, shattering any hope the Demon Venerable had of escape.
Though this beast was different from the divine beasts of the God Realm, as a member of the beast race, it was still subject to bloodline suppression. The instant the dragon might appeared, the Blood-Shadow Sky Eagle was scared out of its wits—its soul scattered on the spot.
This place is seriously strange. It looks like the Demonic Realm, but there are God Realm expert corpses everywhere. And why are there so many God-Venerables and Demon Venerables here?
Forget everything else—for sheer power alone, this force could wipe out any one of the old Ten Great Factions in the God Realm...
Could it be that the God Realm, Demonic Realm, and even the Netherworld are far more complicated than they seem? Otherwise, why would there be so many top experts here? Did something happen after my fall that I know nothing about?
Evan Chu bound the Demon Venerable tightly, then sent his divine sense into the Timewheel Bracelet and spoke to the Geocore Soul Mother:
"I want to extract the memories of an early-stage Demon Venerable. Would that require soul-type techniques? Do you have a way?"
"Simple. Use the Soul-Search Technique—but only soul lifeforms like us can perform it. Just take a Soul Amber with you and you'll be able to do it."
Evan Chu was delighted—he hadn't expected the Geocore Soul Mother and Soul Amber to have such mystical abilities.
He wasted no time, letting a forty-thousand-year Soul Amber perform the soul-search on the Demon Venerable. What he found in those memories left Evan Chu utterly shocked.
According to the Demon Venerable’s memories, the Demonic Realm was currently embroiled in a chaotic civil war!
Back then, Demon Ancestor Titus led the entire Demonic Realm against the God Realm in a great war. In the end, both sides were devastated—Titus himself nearly perished, his body split apart and sealed, while countless other top experts in the Demonic Realm fell as well.
After a long period of recuperation, the Demonic Realm slowly regained its strength. But it wasn’t like what Evan Chu saw now—patrol squads casually reaching Demon Venerable level.
In fact, these changes began ten thousand years ago, which was right around when the Geocore Soul-Source Realm lost its Dark Origin Spirit... In recent years, things have gotten even crazier, with all-out war breaking out in the Demonic Realm!
Someone’s helping certain Demonic Realm elites boost their power with outside force? The high command is divided... One faction, led by Demon Emperor Wotan, wants to ally with God Realm traitors and launch a full-scale invasion.
The other faction, made up of Titus’s old followers, is plotting to resurrect Titus and rally the Demonic Realm’s armies for a revenge invasion against the God Realm...
What Evan Chu learned from the soul-search left him deeply shaken—not just because of the Demonic Realm’s civil war, but because all the boosted Demon Realm experts and God Realm traitors were at least God-Venerable or Demon Venerable rank!
And what really made Evan Chu wary was that all these experts’ powers were saturated with dark element energy. Whenever a body was destroyed, he’d find those same dark-element core pearls!
That alone was enough for Evan Chu to be certain—the Spirit Lord was behind all of this!
Who’s really pulling the strings here...? Skycloud Palace was just a minor pawn. If I want the whole truth, maybe I really do need to visit Heavenblade Sect, just like my second brother said!
But first, I need to investigate the Demonic Realm for myself!
Bang! Evan Chu crushed the last Demon Venerable’s skull, erasing him completely. Then, absorbing the surrounding demonic qi, he disguised himself as a native of the Demonic Realm.
Civil war in the Demonic Realm—Titus’s old followers are being brutally slaughtered by Wotan’s subordinates, and their counterattacks are growing fiercer by the day. It looks like... the plan to resurrect Titus is about to succeed. They’re even burning their own lifeforce to forcibly boost their strength for the final showdown.
They believe that once Titus returns, the Demonic Realm’s powerhouses will descend on the God Realm again—and this time, they’ll dominate the God, Demonic, and Nether realms!
Evan Chu left the blood-soaked city behind and, guided by the soul-search memories, set out for Demon Capital.