All races revere me as the Heavenly Emperor, solely because of my nine disciples!

"Dong dong dong..."

Amidst the mountains, the rhythmic thumping sounds seemed to resonate like a mysterious melody echoing through the heavens and earth.

The mountain of spirit stones and crystals surrounding Zhou Hai was gradually depleting, eventually turning into ashes and dissipating into the world.

The immense energy surged into Zhou Hai's body like a torrent, causing the heavens and earth to change color.

The sage is too powerful.

Such immense energy would have already overwhelmed hundreds or thousands of beings below the level of a sage, even those at the peak of the Purple Mansion Realm.

However, for Zhou Hai, an eighth-level saint, it was like a drop in the ocean, only allowing his cultivation to initially recover to the first level of the saint realm.

When all the energy of the spirit stones and crystals was drained, Zhou Hai, after circulating his cultivation technique, inevitably began to extract the power of heaven and earth.

After he integrated various imperial techniques and countless cultivation scriptures, the power of his own inexplicable cultivation method was so formidable that it was unprecedented and unparalleled. It would not be an exaggeration to say that there was no one like him before or after him.

Originally a sacred realm, it unleashed its power to absorb the spiritual essence of heaven and earth, becoming comparable to the supreme earth, causing even the heavens to tremble.

In a sudden upheaval of the earth's veins, the mountains shook and the earth began to crack.

In a gust of wind, the sky darkened, and countless clouds descended from the sky, along with countless spiritual energies, which were swallowed into Zhou Hai's body.

Without a doubt, if this continues, it won't be long before this entire world collapses completely.

"Damn, how can I swallow so much?!"

Zhou Hai stopped circulating his internal energy at the opportune moment; he didn't want to turn this place into a dead zone.

For ordinary cultivators, their daily cultivation involves absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, which is like rubbing against a person's body. But for him, it was more like cutting flesh with a knife.

If it were truly severed, a very long recovery period would be required. During this recovery period, this entire world would become a dead zone, barely able to support life for thousands of years, but those life forms would be destined to be unable to cultivate. It's unknown how long it will take for the world to fully recover its original state.

For many people, this is true darkness.

The so-called dark turmoil that those people refer to is such a destructive force that it is too great for all living things in the heavens to bear.

At this time, Zhou Hai's cultivation level had only just recovered to the second level of the Saint Realm, which was clearly not enough.

Having studied the various classic texts provided by the system, he knew better than anyone else that the Blood Fiend Heaven-Slaying Formation was once hailed as an ultimate formation capable of challenging even an emperor.

While it may be an exaggeration, the fact that someone would dare to say that speaks volumes about its power.

The great formation before him was not the one from the legends, but since it was the same kind of formation, it was still an unpredictable existence. Zhou Hai dared not venture in while he was in a weakened state.

"Hiss, it seems I still have to make a trip to the Demonic Sect's mountain gate!"

Finally, Zhou Hai turned his gaze to the direction ahead.

Leap Dragon City is situated between four major Saint-level forces: the Qian Dynasty, the Zhou Dynasty, the Myriad Swords Sect, and the Blood Refining Demon Sect, and borders all four Holy Lands.

To be precise, the location where Zhou Hai was standing at this moment was actually within the territory of the Demon Sect.

Having made his decision, Zhou Hai did not hesitate. He activated the Emperor's Corner Teleportation Array and arrived a million miles away in the blink of an eye.

This is a vast plain, stretching as far as the eye can see.

In the middle of the plain, countless people were arriving from all directions. They were all cultivators from the Demonic Sect.

These demonic cultivators all carried storage bags and returned laden with spoils.

Upon arrival, he immediately opened his storage bag and poured out the mountain of spirit stones and crystals, piling them up into a continuous mountain range.

In just a short time, thousands of people had brought countless spirit stones and crystals.

Such resources are simply enviable. In the cultivation world, any cultivator would be breathless upon seeing them.

Such a spiritual mountain range gathers the essence of heaven and earth, making it a holy land among holy lands and an unparalleled treasure land in the cultivation world.

"It's only been less than six months, and another new mountain of demons is about to be built?"

Zhou Hai showed no excitement whatsoever; instead, he couldn't help but frown.

As far as he knew, the Demon Sect Mountain range was taken away along with the Demon Mountain Great Sacred Artifact after the Demon Sect's several Holy Ancestors went to the secret realm.

The countless accumulated spirit stones and crystals all became the energy supply for that Great Saint Demon Mountain.

It can be said that after Zhou Hai completely destroyed that demonic mountain, the demonic sect had exhausted all the spirit stones and crystals it had accumulated over the years.

However, in less than six months, so much has accumulated again.

At first glance, these spirit stones and elemental crystals must be counted in the hundreds of billions.

What an enormous amount of resources this is! It can be said that even a powerful dynasty like the Qian Dynasty could not have collected so many spirit stones and crystals without hundreds or thousands of years of accumulation.

The fact that the Demonic Sect was able to gather so many resources in less than half a year suggests that the hardships and suffering they endured are beyond what ordinary people can imagine.

After all, each spirit stone crystal is almost equivalent to the life of an ordinary person.

The Demonic Sect must have been incredibly ruthless in exploiting people to gather so many resources in such a short time.

"What bad luck! The mine in the Pacific Kingdom collapsed, burying two hundred million mining slaves. We were supposed to collect eighty million spirit stones this time, but we only collected twenty million. Whoever is free, go over there and make sure the Pacific Kingdom can restore the mines as soon as possible. Anyone who dares to delay will be killed without mercy!"

"You at least collected 20 million spirit stones, but the spirit stone mines in the Great Feather Kingdom also ran into problems. I was supposed to collect 100 million spirit crystals, but I only received 10 million. In a fit of rage, I killed a million people, and now I'm rushing to finish the job!"

"Hmph, these people are really getting more and more outrageous. With the departure of the Holy Ancestors, the Sect Master and those elders have gone to the Wilderness Secret Realm one after another. Do they really think they can get rid of my Demon Sect? They want to disobey orders. It seems that it is time to slaughter a kingdom to deter them!"

Zhou Hai, hidden in the void and enveloped by his divine sense, overheard the conversations of many demonic cultivators, and his eyes turned cold and his face became icy.

These people chatted and laughed, deciding the fate of others, with no one taking life seriously.

This is quite common in the cultivation world. After all, it's a dog-eat-dog world, and even academies are not immune to it.

But for Zhou Hai and the academy, while cultivators can always fight each other in a brutal, lawless manner, they cannot harm innocent lives in this way; it is against the natural order.

The people of the academy would go wherever there was natural disaster or man-made calamity to use their supernatural powers, summoning wind and rain, and slaying demons and monsters. Their purpose was to provide a peaceful and prosperous place for all living beings within their borders, to restore peace to the world, and to act on behalf of Heaven.

However, the practices of these demonic sects are the complete opposite of those of the academy.

To those within the Demon Sect's territory, the Demon Sect's people are a natural disaster, a man-made calamity, and an unprecedented darkness.

"Hmph, a bunch of inhuman creatures, worse than pigs and dogs, what's the point of keeping them around?"

Suddenly, Zhou Hai let out a cold snort and reached down with one hand, causing the heavens and earth to tremble.

"what is that?"

Inside and outside the Demon Sect's mountain gate, the elders and disciples of the Demon Sect were terrified. They looked up at the sky and saw darkness descending upon the land, with a giant hand covering an area of ​​hundreds of miles, blotting out the sun and grabbing downwards.

At this moment, heaven and earth trembled, the sun and moon were reversed, and the supreme power pressed down on everyone, causing them to tremble and prostrate themselves on the ground, not daring to move an inch.

Even the outer sect elders at the Enlightenment Realm and Unity Realm, and even the inner sect elders at the Dao Palace Realm, all knelt on the ground, their bodies convulsing.

This is terrifying! It seems a sage is about to take action against the Demonic Sect.

With none of the Demon Sect's saints present, who can stand against them? Not to mention that the Demon Sect's Purple Mansion Realm elders, as well as those powerful elders at higher realms and elite disciples, have all entered the secret realm.

Those present, faced with this enormous hand, had virtually no chance of survival.

"Boom boom boom..."

Just as the giant hand was about to grab down from the sky, a sudden change occurred.

In the endless plains, billions of demonic lights soared into the sky, their blood-red energy reaching the heavens.

In a daze, it seemed as if holy blood was flowing, forming a giant hand out of thin air, covering a wider and larger area, encompassing hundreds of miles below, and lifting it up towards the giant hand in the sky.

It was completely dark.

Under the cover of these two giant hands, there was no light to be seen below. Only the countless spirit stones and crystals on the Demon Mountain shone, making the plain seem as if it were waiting for him.

"That's... the Blood Demon Formation activated!"

"Great! There's also the Blood Demon Formation, which means the Ancestor is personally taking action!"

The Blood Refining Demon Sect cultivators, though initially terrified, all showed expressions of joy on their faces.

For a brief moment, they felt like they were about to die. Only now did they see a glimmer of hope for survival.

That was the Saint King Blood Demon Array, constructed by the First Demon Ancestor with his own cultivation before his death. Over the years, the Demon Sect has filled the array with countless corpses, making it a veritable mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood.

Now that the great formation has been activated, the demonic energy composed of countless mountains of corpses and seas of blood has successfully replicated the supreme blood energy and unparalleled power of the first Demon Ancestor, destined to be invincible throughout the heavens and the earth.

No matter how powerful the enemy is, can they possibly be compared to the first Demon Ancestor of the Demon Sect?

It should be noted that the first Demon Ancestor was so powerful that the top-tier Saint King artifact, Demon Mountain, which he refined during his lifetime, later evolved into a Great Saint Artifact.

It's fair to say that if the first Demon Ancestor had been given time, it wouldn't have been impossible for him to become a Great Sage in one fell swoop.

Looking across the northern wilderness and throughout history, who can rival such a figure?

"The Ancestor killed him!"

"Our Ancestor is invincible!"

Everyone was excited, shouting at the top of their lungs.

Although they didn't know who the invading enemy was, they didn't need to know now. They only wanted to see the great formation left behind by the Blood Demon Ancestor tear the enemy apart, shock the world, and display the supreme demonic power of the Demon Sect!