Mysterious mirror hanging high

Penglai Fairyland, Tiannan Territory, Kurongyuan

At the southernmost part of the Tiannan Region, there is an inconspicuous courtyard. The courtyard looks very small from the outside, but there is another world inside. It is almost like a small cave isolated from the real world. It is somewhat similar to the [Penglai Mountain] where the [Penglai Holy Land], the leader of the righteous path in Zhongzhou, is located.

Don't be fooled by the inconspicuous appearance of this place. It is the place of seclusion for the Demon Lord Kuruo, one of the few Demon Lords who have achieved the state of transformation into a god in southern Tiannan. This Demon Lord is very different from the other Demon Lords who are free and wanton in their personalities. Instead, he is extremely low-key and rarely goes out. His reputation is only circulated among the circle of Yuanying Zhenjun.

Speaking of which, the reputation of this [Demon Lord Kuruo] seems to be not as famous as that of any of his disciples in Penglai.

One day, a Yuanying Zhenjun with a withered face and the appearance of a corpse ghost came to the front of the courtyard in a hurry. He took out a token and waved it at the gate of the courtyard. In an instant, the formation started to work and he was sucked into it.

By the time he reacted, his surroundings had changed drastically. It seemed that he had come to a very large square. In front of him stood a magnificent fairy palace, which was very different from most of the palaces in Tiannan that were filled with demonic aura. The green plants outside the fairy palace were even more peculiar, as if they were undergoing a cycle of growth and decay, sometimes lush and green, and sometimes withered and dead. There was a faint sense of the avenue evolving in it.

The Yuanying Zhenjun didn't dare to look any further. He walked to the door of the Immortal Palace, stood there respectfully, and whispered, "Lou Ku, I want to see you. Is Senior Brother here?"

"Come in." An indifferent voice came from the hall.

This [True Lord Lou Ku] did not dare to delay and hurried into the hall. He found that a majestic man wearing a purple and gold robe and with a halo behind his head was sitting cross-legged in the hall. He held a ceremonial sword inlaid with pearls and gems in his hand and seemed to be closing his eyes to regulate his breathing.

"Greetings, Senior Brother Suying!"

Although True Lord Lou Ku and True Lord Su Ying who was sitting in the hall were both in the Nascent Soul stage, there seemed to be a huge difference in their status. When he came to pay a visit, he actually used the ritual of three kneelings and nine kowtows, without any of the majesty that a True Lord of the Nascent Soul should have. Rather than being brothers from the same sect, he looked more like a monarch and his ministers in a secular dynasty.

True Lord Suying raised his eyelids slightly, a smile in his eyes: "Get up, Lou Ku, what's the situation in Zhongzhou?"

Upon hearing this, True Lord Lou Ku's spirits lifted, and he quickly said, "Reporting to Senior Brother, it is indeed as you imagined. The Penglai Holy Land has emerged, and [Dongxuan Tianjun] has escaped. Now, spies have reported that the [Jiang Pavilion], one of the three great pavilions in Zhongzhou and a Taoist sect with a history of tens of thousands of years, has been destroyed!"

True Lord Suying raised his lips slightly. "Once this happened, with Qiu Dongxuan stirring up trouble, the rest of the Divine Transformation cultivators in Zhongzhou are probably feeling insecure and won't dare to leave the mountain gate again. This is a golden opportunity for our Demon Sect to advance northward..."

"But……"

True Lord Lou Ku hesitated and said, "It is said that the [Dongxuan Tianjun] has a demon in his mind and often suffers from madness. My Tiannan Region is also in Penglai Xianzhou, so there is no guarantee that we will not be affected by this person."

Upon hearing this, True Lord Suying's face lit up with sarcasm. "The Devil's Transformation Gods have always been carefree and carefree, far more carefree than the Righteous Gods. They see the disciples of various sects as mere dogs to be used and dispatched at will, convenient for their own cultivation. They don't care about the lives of their subordinates."

"If Qiu Dongxuan goes crazy and kills a group, he can just raise another group! Righteous cultivators must slowly cultivate and lay a solid foundation, but aren't there many evil cultivators who are eager for quick success and rush things? They're just like leeks growing perfectly well, there's always another crop after each one you cut..."

True Lord Lou Ku did not dare to make such irresponsible remarks about the transformation into a god in the Transformation Temple as True Lord Su Ying did. Upon hearing this, he could only nod in agreement and did not dare to respond.

"By the way, senior brother, [Tiannan Palace] has summoned all the True Lords of the Demon Realm to discuss matters related to heading north. Now there is only a quarter of an hour left before the meeting starts! Senior brother, aren't you going to set off yet?" True Lord Lou Ku suddenly said.

True Lord Suying said leisurely, "No hurry. Now is the time when those demons need me. Let them wait a moment..."

True Lord Lou Ku had no choice but to sit here with True Lord Su Ying. He was a mere Nascent Soul cultivator in the early stages of his life, and the difference in status between him and True Lord Su Ying was a world of difference. How could he be late for a gathering of True Lords like this? For a moment, he felt like an ant on the hot pot, but he dared not say a word, and just kept twisting and turning on the cushion.

After nearly a quarter of an hour, Master Suying finally stood up and said, "Let's go."

After saying this, without waiting for the other party's consent, he directly put his hand on Zhenjun Lou Ku's shoulder and disappeared into the void.

Less than half a quarter of an hour later, the two of them appeared in front of the Tiannan Palace, the center of the Tiannan Region.

True Lord Lou Ku was secretly shocked: "Xiao Guanying is indeed a descendant of the Xiao family. His speed of Taixu escape is much faster than that of ordinary late Nascent Soul cultivators!"

He followed True Lord Suying into the hall and found that dozens of True Lords of the Nascent Soul Stage had already arrived. Their cultivation levels varied, ranging from the early, middle, and late stages. True Lord Sandu Tang Wei was prominently among them, while an early Nascent Soul stage Dharma image like Hu Yanpeng from the Beast Taming Sect only had a standing room.

"Suying, you're late."

A True Lord in the late Nascent Soul stage said in a cold voice with a dissatisfied look on his face.

"Something happened on the road and delayed us for some time. Please bear with me, old senior." Master Suying chuckled. He pronounced the word "old" very heavily, which made a murderous look flash across the face of the great master, as if he was about to attack.

"Alright, Brother Suying, since you're here, let's get started." Finally, it was Three Poisons True Lord Tang Wei who stepped in to smooth things over. He said gently, "This time, the Heavenly Lords want Brother Suying to take charge of the overall situation. We all need to be at your disposal. I hope the seniors here will cooperate."

True Lord Suying said calmly, "Since that's the case, I won't be polite."

"Qiu Dongxuan is causing chaos in Zhongzhou, and it won't stop for a while. Right now, the Penglai righteous sect is struggling to cope with its own affairs. This is a great opportunity for my Tiannan Territory to advance northward."

"I am ready to mobilize our forces to attack the three regions of [Yanhai], [Hetian], and [Yunchuan] simultaneously. Before the righteous can react, we will completely capture these three regions!"

"That's easy to say," a True Lord questioned. "These three regions have been fighting for so many years, how many demonic cultivators have been consumed? And yet the results are minimal. Besides, all three regions are governed by Yuanying True Lords. Even if they occupy some territory, they can't threaten the Yuanying Daochang."

True Lord Suying said leisurely, "This matter is simple."

"As long as we break the tacit understanding that [Yuanying True Lords cannot intervene in a domain war] and take care of those Yuanying cultivators, won't the three domains be easily within the grasp of the Tiannan Domain?"