The poorest member of the Imperial Guard, the Empress begged me to embezzle.

On the outskirts of the Yuling Sect's territory, at the demon army's main camp.

Beneath the blood moon, atop the arrow tower.

Chu Xiu transformed into the armored demon general Tuolong, with the head of a crocodile and the body of a dragon. He used the remaining demonic energy on the dead Tuolong to conceal his human aura, thus deceiving the demon soldiers guarding the arrow tower. He then climbed the tower and looked down over the entire demon army camp.

The entire demon army camp covered an endless area, with an even taller city wall guarding its inner perimeter.

Within those city walls lies the second level of the Yu Ling Sect's territory.

Chu Xiu must pass through the second level to enter the territory of Huaguo Mountain.

The only way to enter the second level is to obtain an audience and a token from the Jackal Dragon Demon General, the direct superior of this Crocodile Dragon Demon General.

His current identity is one of the ten demon generals under the command of the Jackal Dragon Demon General.

Based on the complete memories obtained after searching the alligator dragon's soul,

The 100,000 demon soldiers under the Tuolong's command, even the weakest among them, are at the late stage of the Transcendent Realm.

Those who are demon generals must be at the Qiankun Realm.

Despite possessing the strength of a mid-stage Qiankun Realm demon, the Crocodile Dragon ranked second to last among the ten demon generals under the Jackal Dragon Demon General, nearly at the bottom.

The Jackal Dragon Demon General is a level higher than the Giant Bear Demon General that Chu Xiu encountered before; he is at the Great Perfection of the Qiankun Realm.

Even though this Jackal Dragon Demon General's strength was comparable to that of Ye Wujiang and others, he could only rank in the middle among the three hundred demon generals of the Yuling Sect.

Chu Xiu pondered, his gaze gradually becoming serious.

The strength of the Spirit Control Sect exceeded his expectations; a single Demon Commander was enough to rival a powerful figure like Ye Wujiang from the Heavenly Continent.

And there are 299 more demon generals whose strength is even greater than this.

Moreover, the Demon Emperor whose strength is now beyond Chu Xiu's imagination.

If the demon army of the Yuling Sect were allowed to enter the Heavenly Continent through the secret passage connecting this realm to the Heavenly Continent, the consequences would be unimaginable.

The demons of this realm do not adhere to the order of the Heavenly Dao like the demons of the Heavenly Continent.

Compared to the demons of this realm, all the demons of the celestial continent can be considered kind-hearted.

To walk in this world as a crocodile dragon, Chu Xiu must temporarily abandon his principles and moral boundaries as a human and blend in as a demon.

This means that under no circumstances can one use human magic, lest one be exposed in front of those with high magical power.

"...So, the only way to gain a foothold in the Spirit Control Sect is to use demonic magic...?"

Chu Xiu frowned. If he had to use the demon race's magic, then using the power of the ancient god's bloodline would be the most powerful and convenient way to prepare for casting the spell.

However, the aura of the ancient god's bloodline is similar to that of the demon emperor, which inevitably arouses suspicion among the demon emperor's confidants.

In this way, he could only suppress the power of the ancient gods and the power of the human race within his bloodline, select and release his own incomplete demon bloodline, and use this to perform demonic arts.

However, incomplete bloodline is an extremely fatal weakness for any demon.

Fortunately, Chu Xiu's demon bloodline originated from the bloodline of an ancient god, making him no ordinary being. He even gained the recognition of an ancient Yinglong and received its inheritance.

As long as one finds a way to make up for the deficiencies in one's bloodline power, one can use demonic blood to perform demonic arts, which are almost indistinguishable from one's true strength.

Coincidentally, although this alligator demon general inherited the title of his ancestor, the alligator demon commander, he was also a demon with incomplete bloodline, and the power of dragon blood in his body was extremely thin, which is why he was unable to conceal his beastly appearance.

It should be known that among all the spirits of heaven and earth, humans are the most intelligent, while animals are considered less so.

Any spirit or monster with some cultivation will try its best to cultivate into human form in order to get closer to the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth.

Of the 100,000 demon soldiers under this alligator-dragon demon general, nearly 10,000 are now able to maintain human form for extended periods.

However, the alligator demon general, who was their master, could not do that.

This is also the main reason why the alligator dragon demon was criticized and ostracized by his other colleagues.

"If one wishes to compensate for the deficiencies in one's bloodline, one can utilize the demon general status of this alligator dragon to compete with other demon generals and enter the second level of the Ascending Blood Pool."

"Use the resources of the Spirit Control Sect to enhance your own strength..."

Chu Xiu's body trembled, and he used the power of imperial aura to suppress all the bloodline power in his blood, excluding the demon bloodline, and brought it to his heart.

In this way, even if one encounters an emergency, one can rely on the heart's powerful blood transfusion ability to quickly infuse the bloodline power into the whole body, restoring one to the peak of strength.

However, as a result, his strength plummeted from the Great Perfection of the Reincarnation Realm, which was infinitely close to the Qiankun Realm, to the mid-stage of the Reincarnation Realm.

This is the result that can be achieved by relying only on the incomplete power of the demon race's bloodline and physical cultivation.

"Relying on a meager amount of bloodline power, his cultivation level only dropped by two ranks... Is this the bloodline power recognized by Yinglong...?"

Chu Xiu looked at his palm.

The essence of the ancient gods not only possesses human blood but also contains demon blood...

What kind of being is this ancient god...?

Are they human? Demon? Or the common ancestors of all things in the world?

Or is it the real, so-called God?

Chu Xiu shook his head, trying to clear the jumbled thoughts from his mind.

He is no longer qualified to ponder these secrets that are beyond his comprehension.

The most urgent task now is to try to make up for the defects in his demon blood, restore his strength to its peak with his demon body, and survive safely in this demon camp!

"To enter the Ascending Blood Pool, one needs corresponding military merits."

Chu Xiu recalled fragments of the alligator dragon's memories.

"The alligator dragon exhausted its military merits five hundred years ago and used the Blood Pool of Ascension once. On that occasion, it successfully raised its strength from the early stage of the Qiankun Realm to the middle stage of the Qiankun Realm, thus getting rid of its bottom position among the Ten Great Demon Generals."

"The dragon bloodline within this alligator, though diluted, should not be underestimated,"

"Without this bloodline, the alligator dragon would probably only be a demon soldier who couldn't even transform into human form."

"Now that it has accumulated enough military merits... it only needs to take the heads of two more enemy demon generals of the same level, or the heads of ten demon generals in the early stage of the Qiankun Realm, to enter the Ascending Blood Pool again."

Chu Xiu pondered for a moment, then stretched out his hand, and a horizontal sword radiating an eerie red light and wrapped in dragon-shaped blood energy appeared in his hand.

This demonic sword was used by the ancestor of the Crocodile Demon General, who once ranked among the top three hundred demon generals.

Each generation of alligator dragons forged this blade with their own bloodline power, so much so that the dragon bloodline power on this demonic blade is even stronger than the bloodline power of the alligator dragon who died at Chu Xiu's hands.

"No wonder this demonic sword was shelved; it turns out this pig-dragon was completely unable to wield such a divine weapon... The crocodile dragon lineage has been passed down to you, pig-dragon, which is truly the most unfortunate thing ever..."

Chu Xiu chuckled.

"Pig Dragon" is the title bestowed upon the alligator dragon demon general among his fellow demon generals.

After all, with the strength of the alligator dragon itself, it would have been impossible for it to become a demon general if it had not relied on the glory of its ancestors.

If it hadn't used the Blood Pool of Ascension to raise its strength to the mid-stage of the Qiankun Realm five hundred years ago, it would have been at the same level and with the same strength as the two strongest demon soldiers among its 100,000 demon soldiers.

Apart from the alligator dragon, which demon general didn't lead or suppress their demon soldiers by two insurmountable levels?

Only a useless crocodile dragon, so difficult to control, could have allowed his potentially powerful demon soldiers to almost climb over his head.

If it weren't for the difference in status between demon generals and demon soldiers, these two demon soldiers would almost be on par with the demon general, the Crocodile Dragon.

Even knowing that his subordinates were plotting a rebellion, Tuolong hesitated and didn't know how to deal with it, fearing that if he dealt with these two early-stage Qiankun Realm demon soldiers, his overall strength would drop to the bottom of the demon generals' ranking.

Chu Xiu now has three goals.

He narrowed his eyes, examining the demon sword in his hand.

Firstly, he could subdue this demonic weapon and use it for his own purposes, which would not only conceal his identity but also dispel its power and compensate for his current weakened strength.

Secondly, one can accumulate military merits to qualify for entry into the Ascending Blood Pool.

Third, execute the two subordinates who plotted the rebellion as a warning to others!