"To think there was such a devil sealed within the Profound Heaven Holy Land,"
"Is this not a form of karmic retribution?"
Xu Chuan chuckled after piecing together all his memories.
Long An had repeatedly harassed him in the past for the Chaos Origin.
Only after Xu Chuan had severed the lives of two elders and a host of holy sons did he give up.
However, he then turned his attention to the Demon Race, intending to borrow the Demon Emperor's power to break through.
He even personally journeyed to the Eastern Domain to confront the Demon Emperor.
Yet, overconfident, he was severely wounded by the Demon Emperors Xu Chuan had previously slain and limped back to the Profound Heaven Holy Land.
He never expected that his fortuitous encounter and the cause of his demise would ultimately fall upon the Demon Race.
Although he broke through to become an Emperor, he was no longer himself, possessed by a great demon, utterly annihilated.
And the origins of that great demon also held a profound mystery.
From the memories of this demon leader, it was revealed that this great demon was once the weakest demon warrior in the Demon Realm.
Then, one day, as if enlightened, his strength surged, and his cultivation progressed at an astonishing rate.
By devouring his own kind, he rose rapidly, reaching the peak of Rank Four Emperor within a short period, only a step away from Rank Five Emperor.
The demons who invaded Profound Heaven back then were led by him.
Upon entering Profound Heaven, they advanced like a hot knife through butter, ordering their subordinates to plunder resources for him to consume.
He finally took that step, becoming a true Rank Five Emperor.
He was only a sliver away from controlling the Profound Heaven Realm.
Then, he would devour the entire Profound Heaven Realm for his own cultivation.
However, at the critical final moment, something unexpected occurred.
A Rank Six Human Emperor, who was traveling in the chaos, discovered the Profound Heaven Realm. Curious, he entered and immediately found the great demon wreaking havoc.
Humans and other races were locked in a fierce battle in the chaos.
Naturally, he would not show mercy upon encountering a demon.
He immediately reversed the tide of battle with overwhelming force, suppressing that great demon.
However, he could not destroy the demon's body; he could only obliterate its soul and divide its body into five parts, suppressing them in the five domains of Profound Heaven.
Its head was among those suppressed within the Demon Suppressing Pagoda of the Profound Heaven Holy Land.
But this Rank Six Emperor had not anticipated that even after his intervention, the demon's soul was not entirely annihilated. A trace remained, lying dormant within the head, waiting for an opportunity to break free and be reborn.
Finally, not long ago, it found its chance.
In the Eastern Domain, the seal on one of its arms was broken, and the formation was weakened.
This sliver of soul seized the opportunity to emerge and bewitched Long An.
Ultimately, whether unable to resist the temptation or blinded by hatred, Long An was possessed.
Not only did he perish, but he also doomed the entire Profound Heaven Holy Land.
All of this was learned by Xu Chuan from the memories of this demon leader.
The reason the demon leader knew so much was because he was one of the demons who had invaded the Profound Heaven Realm in the past, a subordinate of the great demon.
After their failure, a group of demons managed to escape back and, using the resources plundered from Profound Heaven, eventually broke through to become Rank One Emperors.
Recently, with the great demon's resurgence, as his subordinate, he naturally sensed it.
He then voluntarily requested to come to Profound Heaven.
Accompanying him were several other demon emperors of Rank One and Two, just like him.
Upon arriving in Profound Heaven, they immediately betrayed their current masters and rejoined this group of great demons, assisting them in regaining their strength.
After all, when comparing princes with cultivation levels of only Rank Two, with the highest being Rank Three, to a Demon Emperor who was at his peak Rank Five, the choice was obvious.
They were not fools.
As long as they helped this great demon return to his peak, taking over Profound Heaven would be a simple matter.
Even if they couldn't get the main share, drinking the soup would be better than working under these princes!
This was the entire story behind the calamity in the Central Domain.
"Since everything is clear, you have no further value."
Xu Chuan looked at the soul in his hand and mercilessly crushed it.
Only its origin was left, to be refined for its Chaos Origin when he had free time.
At this moment,
The fish-belly white at the horizon gradually expanded, and the entire sky began to brighten.
The surrounding demonic energy dissipated completely with the demise of this demon leader.
Beside them, He Chen and the other two, following the method Xu Chuan taught them, broke through the formation and rescued all the human warriors within.
Everyone who emerged looked on in disbelief.
"We... are saved?!"
Having been imprisoned for so long, their minds were already in disarray, and they could not immediately adapt to the outside world.
Leng Tianhan stared blankly at his daughter, unable to believe what he was seeing.
Previously, he and Yu Daocheng had been praying in their hearts for the three of them, hoping they could escape to safety.
And the result?
Not only had they escaped from the demons, but they had now returned and rescued all of them!
What had happened in just these few days?
And where were the demons?
Why could he not see a single one?
He scanned his surroundings; the once ferocious demons had all vanished.
"Daughter, what exactly is going on..."
Leng Tianhan asked in a hoarse voice.
He had too many questions and desperately needed someone to answer them.
"Father, we are saved!"
"It was Young Master Xu, Young Master Xu who saved everyone!"
Seeing her father safe and sound, Leng Wushuang, tears of joy streaming down her face, explained to her father.
"Young Master Xu?"
Leng Tianhan could not recall who that was for a moment.
Did his daughter know such a powerful individual?
Someone who could rescue them from two half-Emperor realm demons.
"Oh, it's Young Master Xu Chuan!"
Leng Wushuang suddenly spoke shyly, as if thinking of something. The tears disappeared from her face, replaced by a blush.
"It was him!?"
Upon hearing the name Xu Chuan, Leng Tianhan suddenly understood.
In his mind, the image of the young man who had resolved the Yin-Yang Holy Land and saved the Lingxiao Sect with a mere wave of his hand involuntarily surfaced.
He never expected that he would save them again now.
"Has that person become so powerful?"
Leng Tianhan exclaimed in disbelief.
"Young Master Xu's strength has reached an unimaginable level."
"All the demons here were dealt with by Young Master Xu in the blink of an eye."
Speaking of Xu Chuan's power, Leng Wushuang's eyes began to dim.
The gap between her and Xu Chuan had not narrowed; instead, it had widened.
"Sigh."
Leng Tianhan could only shake his head.
No one knew his daughter better than he did. He knew exactly what Leng Wushuang was thinking.
However, there was no possibility between them, neither in status nor in strength!
Only his foolish daughter failed to see it clearly.
Originally, after not seeing each other for so long, Leng Wushuang had almost moved on.
Unexpectedly, she met Xu Chuan again and he had rescued them.
This had reignited a spark of affection in his daughter's heart.
"Enough of this, let's not talk about it anymore. Where is Young Master Xu? I want to thank him personally!"
"Such a life-saving grace must be repaid!"
Unable to bear seeing his daughter's sadness any longer, Leng Tianhan quickly changed the subject, inquiring about Xu Chuan's whereabouts.