Yuntai Peak, where Lu Changsheng summoned all his Direct Disciples to gather, preparing to descend the mountain and eradicate the Blood Sea Palace stronghold.
Lin Qingzhi, Lu Qinglian, Shen Xiaoyao, Xiao Fan, Ning Qianqian, Dugu Aotian, Su Xiaoqi, Chen Yi, Xu Jing, Yun Qianyue—ten Direct Disciples, as well as Tang Ling’er, Wu Wan’er, Zhao Wuyan, Huo Wen, Li Jianfei, Luo Xintang and others, assembled at Yuntai Peak.
Lin Xuantong also assigned Lu Changsheng thirty-six Elders of the Immortal Emperor Realm, several hundred Loose Immortal Disciples, and one Supreme Elder of the Divine King Realm.
This Supreme Elder was someone Lu Changsheng had never seen before.
Mount Taihua is full of hidden dragons and crouching tigers, where talents of past generations who have not perished immerse themselves in deep cultivation.
They only emerge or appear before the world if there’s something important requiring their service to Mount Taihua Sacred Land.
“My name is Lin Tianyi, I have been ordered to protect you this time. Even though I say this, perhaps you don’t need my protection.”
This Supreme Elder was a Ninth-Rank Divine King, but he always felt that Lu Changsheng’s combat strength was even stronger than his.
Lin Xuantong arranged for him to protect Lu Changsheng just as a precaution.
The real leader of the team was still Lu Changsheng himself.
All thirty-seven Elders respected and obeyed Lu Changsheng wholeheartedly.
Lu Changsheng’s renown shook the Heavenly Court, greatly honoring the Mount Taihua Sacred Land, so these Elders had no business to not comply.
“The stronghold of the Blood Sea Palace is located in Valley of Doom, and this time we will destroy this Blood Sea Palace stronghold.”
“Valley of Doom?”
“That is one of the forbidden lands, where even Divine Kings risk perishing.”
The many Elders were visibly alarmed.
Nine Nether, Sword Tomb, Ruins of the Ancient Heavenly Court, Valley of Doom, Nether Sea, and other such places are all well-known forbidden lands in the Immortal Realm.
Valley of Doom is among the more perilous locales among the Immortal Realm’s forbidden lands.
Lin Tianyi stroked his beard: “Originally, during Ancient Times, the Valley of Doom was the nest of an Ancient Demon Worm with profound Cultivation Path, capable of summoning endless Demonic Insects, even causing the death of Ancient Great Powers in the Valley of Doom. During the first great war of Ancient Times, the top Sword Dao Sect of the Lower Realm, Heavenly Sect, along with many other Sects of the Lower Realm, besieged this Ancient Demon Worm, with the Heavenly Sect Leader eventually slaying the Bug King with unparalleled swordsmanship. Due to the formidable strength of this Bug King and its ability to summon endless Demonic Insects, the major Sects paid a heavy price, and the site was thus named ‘Valley of Doom’.”
“However, many of the Bug King’s eggs were buried deep underground and not burned. After the end of the great war, the Demonic Insects hatched and reoccupied the Valley of Doom. These Demonic Insects possessed some level of intelligence and knew better than to leave the Valley of Doom lightly, in the face of the flourishing Human Race.”
“Knowing that these Demonic Insects were not to be trifled with, the major Holy Lands, including Lianshan Holy Land which excels in pill refinement, would use the Ancient Demon Worms within the Valley of Doom as medicinal ingredients.”
“As years passed, nobody knew if the Demonic Insects had devoured each other and evolved, possibly giving birth to a new Divine King.”
“It’s said that millions of years ago, an Eighth-Rank Divine King from Lianshan Holy Land entered the depths of Valley of Doom in search of a Demonic Insect to use as a medicinal primer and perished within, with no trace found to this day, likely devoured by the billions of Demonic Insects.”
Lin Tianyi shared his knowledge of Valley of Doom, turning the faces of all Elders even paler.
If even an Eighth-Rank Divine King from Lianshan Holy Land fell in Valley of Doom, wouldn’t going there be akin to a death sentence for them?
Lu Changsheng said, “The stronghold of the Blood Sea Palace is located on the northern outskirts of Valley of Doom, encircled by a Barrier that wards off the Demonic Insects, there is no need for us to venture deep into the Valley of Doom.”
Phew…
All Elders breathed a sigh of relief.
For the Valley of Doom to be deemed one of the forbidden lands by the Holy Lands of the Immortal Realm, it truly was not something they could level.
It would require the sacrifice of the entire foundation of a Holy Land to possibly eradicate the Ancient Demon Worms from Valley of Doom.
“I would like to ask Elder Su Yun to stay behind to guard Yuntai Peak.”
Lu Changsheng requested Su Yun, the Family Head of the Ancient Su Clan, along with Daoist Earth Hound to stay and guard Yuntai Peak, while the rest would accompany him to Valley of Doom to eradicate the Blood Sea Palace, as an opportunity for cultivation and experience.
“Alright.”
Su Yun, wearing loose plain clothes, with her flowing hair tied up with a purple ribbon, nodded slightly.
Taking refuge in Lu Changsheng’s cave abode, Su Yun lacked neither Cultivation Resources nor comfort, so watching over his abode was not a difficult task for her.
“Yun Qianyue, will you go too?”
Lu Changsheng inquired of his newly accepted Disciple.
Though Yun Qianyue was his junior disciple, in life, she was an Ancient Human Race Great Expert, with insights and Great Dao Comprehension far surpassing Lu Changsheng’s.
In Ancient Times, during the conflict between the Human and Demon Races, it was precisely the Heavenly Sect that led the Sects of the Lower Realm to jointly exterminate the Ancient Demon Worm in Valley of Doom. It might be that Yun Qianyue also participated in that great battle.
Yun Qianyue thoughtfully said, “After my master slew the Bug King, we used true fire to burn all the eggs we found. Unexpectedly, some eggs escaped detection… I’ll consider it revisiting old haunts.”
Sweat.
Yun Qianyue had indeed taken part in that great war.
The strength of the Heavenly Sect Leader was truly formidable.
Even the Bug King who turned Valley of Doom into one of the forbidden lands of the Immortal Realm was slain by the Heavenly Sect Leader.
However, the slain Ancient Bug King was no common foe; cunning to the extreme, it managed to leave progeny behind despite being obliterated. Those eggs, hidden deep within the earth, hatched, and once again, Valley of Doom became the domain of the Ancient Demon Worms.
Yun Qianyue, resurrected, was somewhat shocked to learn this fact.
After all, she personally burned many of the eggs back then.