Necropolis Immortal

un, furiously searching for the cultivator before the tribulation truly began.

“Who is it, just who is attracting the Diabolical Tribulation of World Refinement? Zhao Wushuang summoned it because she possessed heart of the Sword of Chaos.
The Sword of Chaos bears the will of the ancient divine court—a great enemy of the immortal dao, hence the immortal dao wanted to decimate it.

“When the Dao Flower bloomed, this tribulation descended because it wanted to protect the flower.
If all life was destroyed, then the flower wouldn’t be controlled by any singular entity…

“Then… following this logic, the cultivator this time must threaten the immortal dao.
Can it be… him?!” Lu Yun shook.
“Ahh, so that’s what’s going on here! What a nice trick of pretending to go down one path while secretly advancing along another! I really would’ve fallen for it if I wasn’t here in person!”

He suddenly came to a halt and summoned the luopan, then injected the slightest demonic wisp into it.
This wisp of energy came from the demon god, collected at the moment of its birth when it’d been restrained beneath Mount Exalted.

The compass indicator spun furiously before stopping in one direction.

“Aha, so his primary body really is here! The demon god that appeared in the North Sea was just his replica!”

Whoosh!

Lu Yun deployed the Wandering Step again and shot in that direction with full speed.

……

Innumerable fur seals shrieked and howled next to a bottomless chasm in the western reaches of the Central World.
The soil around it was dyed the bright crimson of fresh blood, while severed limbs littered the landscape.
An untold number of immortals had plainly met their end here.

An egg as tall as a person and dark as night hovered quietly above the chasm.
A dense cloud layer had enveloped all of the Central World, and the presence emanated by the egg grew stronger by the second.
It seemed to be nurturing a terrifying demonic entity.

“I didn’t think you’d transfigure yourself into an egg so you could use the tribulation to temper your body.” Lu Yun’s appearance was announced by a tremble in the air; he sized up the egg and denounced it coldly.

“You’re too late, kid.” A ponderous response came from the egg.
“This divinity’s heavenly tribulation is forthcoming and you are already an immortal.
The moment it descends, is the moment of your death.”

The demon god’s true spirit was once the true spirit of the Exalted Divine emperor, and his true cultivation realm was far beyond the level of the heavenly tribulation.
No matter how strong the tribulation might be, it wouldn’t harm a single hair on his head.

“Is that so?” A snigger came from the air.

Wham!

Golden-blue light flashed through the void, closely followed by a great physical seal as large as a mountain.
It bore down inexorably on the egg.

The Skyturning Seal.

“Auooooogh!!” The tide of fur seals around the chasm seemed to lose their minds and flung themselves at the Skyturning Seal without reservation.

Blackish-red blood showered through the air and globs of mashed seal blubber plopped down to the ground.
However, the fur seals seemed to possess a mysterious power that affected the treasure as well.
Its glow grew fainter, and it too started to sway in the air.

“Someone comes bearing gifts as soon as this divinity is about to emerge in the world.
Well then, it would be quite rude to refuse such a tribute,” sounded the demon god’s carefree tones, hardly worried about the attacks on its doorstep.

Hum.

A sword howled fiercely as an enormous pagoda materialized in the void.
Tremendous sword energy coalesced into an enormous light curtain that trailed down to stir up a tornado of blades.
The tornado churned toward the egg, displaying the full might of the Sugato Sword.

At the same time, the skeletal form of the Venerated Sacrosanct Demon Sovereign appeared and grabbed the Skyturning Seal hovering in the air, leaping up to smash it down onto his opponent.