Chapter 754

Chapter 754: Battle of Darkness

"The demon god of the first layer was nothing special." After devouring the dark shadow demon god, Ye Yun spoke coldly, his snow-white hair resting silently on his shoulders. He stared at the spatial gate before him and stepped through with the ten zhang demon spirit trailing behind.

"I knew someone would try to stop the Heavenly Demon’s revival, but I never expected it to be a demonized brat like you." A faint voice drifted through the air.

Ye Yun’s brow tightened as he scanned his surroundings, spotting a faint silhouette. The demon god behind him crackled with purple lightning and hellfire. He threw a punch, the overwhelming pressure instantly shattering the surrounding space. Despite the enemy’s shifting forms, Ye Yun locked onto a single point and crushed it mercilessly.

The world trembled!

"Impressive. You actually detected me." A man’s shadow materialized before Ye Yun.

The man smirked and thrust out his palm, summoning a dazzling illusionary realm that burst like fireworks.

Ye Yun remained expressionless, unaffected by the swirling illusions. Though mere moments passed externally, centuries might have unraveled in his mind—yet his resolve never wavered. A flicker of rage crossed his eyes as the demon god behind him raised the Thunder God Hammer, channeling the force of ten thousand raging steeds, and smashed it toward the pale, handsome man.

Boom!

"Join the Devil Race, and I’ll petition our king to grant you royal status. You could rule this pitiful human realm," the slender man said, effortlessly blocking the strike with one hand, his pale face twisting into a grin.

When the attack failed, Ye Yun steadied his breathing. This demon god posed a real threat. Worse, he sensed his own demonic energy being drained and absorbed by the opponent.

"Devour the Heavens!" Ye Yun roared, forcibly manipulating the demon god’s soul behind him. His eyes turned glacial as he unleashed primordial power, summoning the phantom of an ancient beast whose maw seemed capable of swallowing the cosmos.

The pale man’s casual demeanor vanished. "You fool! How dare you use a royal forbidden technique?!"

Even he couldn’t resist the devouring force. Though he’d absorbed some sealed Heavenly Immortal energy earlier, it wasn’t enough. Only a higher-ranking demon god could counter this—and he’d fallen far from his former strength.

"Then I’ll drag you down with me!" The man’s frail body ballooned violently until he loomed seven zhang tall, his roar shaking the air. "We’ve been trapped in this Celestial Tower for millennia! Why deny me my homecoming?!"

Struggling against the vortex of the demon king beast’s jaws, he thrashed helplessly as the devouring force pulled him in.

"Your ‘home’ is nothing but a polluted wasteland," Ye Yun spat, watching the man’s body disintegrate until only his head remained.

"Lies!" The head screamed before being consumed by the blue demon god behind Ye Yun.

Power surged through Ye Yun, but he clamped down on the rising energy. Breaking through now would destroy his Cleansing Immortal Heart Technique, permanently capping his cultivation at the First Level of the Earth Immortal realm.

The man’s final defiance meant nothing. Demons deserved no respect.

Ye Yun’s snow-white hair billowed as pure demonic energy radiated from him. The Purple Shadow Divine Sword in his hand had transformed into a jagged black blade, its malevolence mirroring his own. Behind him, the demon god’s ghastly mask contorted into something more sinister, yet it followed obediently.

"The second layer’s Heavenly Demon is next." Ye Yun leaped hundreds of zhang upward, relying purely on physical strength, and vanished through the spatial gate.

A ravaged landscape greeted him. Without hesitation, he swung the black blade while the demon god’s hammer pounded the earth. Craters split the ground as demonic energy blotted out the sky.

"An arrogant Nascent Soul ant dares challenge me?!" A mountainous figure emerged, hefting a black battle blade. The air itself seemed to fracture as the demon god charged, intent on mutual destruction.

Ye Yun laughed harshly. His demonic energy ripped through the opponent’s defenses, and the black blade cleaved the giant vertically.

"No demon god dies shamefully by human hands!" the bisected figure bellowed as it dissolved into smoke.

"Then I’ll slaughter your gods myself!" Ye Yun shouted, momentary clarity returning. "Let this prove humans aren’t prey!"

Roar!

After absorbing the third layer’s demon god, exhaustion hit. Worse, the dying demon had blocked his demon spirit from feeding—an insult that ignited Ye Yun’s fury. The black blade erupted with world-shaking power, darkness engulfing the Small World as spatial rifts tore open.

"If I will this realm’s end, none shall hinder me!" The ten zhang demon god behind him swelled mythically, mirroring Ye Yun’s madness, until it rivaled the legendary world-cleaving titans.

"Final Forbidden Art: Heaven and Earth’s Devourer!"

A shockwave consumed everything. Ye Yun hovered like a snow-haired deity, but his opened eyes revealed the colossal shadow of a devouring demon. Sun and moon gleamed simultaneously as the demon god’s phantom towered over creation, making celestial bodies quake.

A new portal materialized.

"The third layer’s demon god was worthy." Ye Yun’s voice held no warmth. By unleashing the demon king beast’s ultimate technique, he’d breached the Earth Immortal realm. Only true refinement awaited before reaching the Heavenly Immortal realm—a step that had broken countless geniuses. Some said Earth Immortal had seven levels, others ten. None knew.

"Why?" A beautiful woman materialized on the fourth layer, tears streaking her face. "Everything we did was for humanity’s future. How can I face our fallen now?"

"My actions mirror your past convictions." The rampaging demon god stilled behind Ye Yun as he met her gaze. "You sealed demons for humanity’s sake. I destroy them for the same reason."

"I failed you." Her voice broke. "If I’d been stronger, you wouldn’t—"

"Your sacrifices honored us all." Ye Yun cut her off fiercely. "If calling such heroism a crime damns humanity, then let our race perish! I’d slaughter anyone who dares slander your deeds."

"You… remind me of him." She smiled through tears. "My son insisted on joining the Celestial-Demon battlefield despite being just an Earth Immortal. Said he’d protect me like his father once did…" Her laugh turned brittle. "Stubborn child. Took a Heavenly Demon’s strike for me, then joked about joining his father."

Ye Yun remained silent. Another family lost—parents and child—to this endless war.

"The demons here are gone. Take my life’s insights." She embraced him, her touch freezing his demonic energy instantly. Vast dao comprehension flooded his mind—pure understanding, no personal memories.

When he opened his eyes, she’d vanished without trace. Only lingering extreme cold power remained, ice crystals dissolving in his palm like forgotten tears.