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The deep mountain became a true forbidden area.
Whether day or night, one could see the soaring blood energy, as well as the blood-colored pig demon perched atop the mountain peak.
The pig demon was refining the medicinal power of the Turn Life into Yuan Dan.
Rather than refining, it was better to say assimilating.
This elixir was originally refined within its body and had been forcibly stripped away; now, it was simply a case of “the object returning to its original owner.”
The pig demon was refining the blood energy slowly, which seemed to take a very long time. But even if it took a long time, there would eventually be a day when the refining was complete.
Time slowly passed, the pig demon’s blood energy grew thicker, and its aura became even more terrifying.
Throughout Tongxian City, the faces of all cultivators were covered in dark clouds.
Elder Yu and the others’ expressions also became more serious.
The mountain rain was coming, and a great calamity was about to arrive.
Mo Hua was extremely puzzled in his heart.
What was a great demon? Why would that pig become a great demon? And why did a great demon then signify a great calamity?
He had never encountered these cultivation secrets before.
Mo Hua then went to ask Elder Yu.
Elder Yu sighed, “The so-called great demon is a term used by demon hunters. It refers to an extremely powerful demon beast that human power cannot contend with and that can exterminate an entire city or realm.”
“What level of demon beast can be considered a great demon? Above second grade?” Mo Hua asked.
Elder Yu shook his head, “A great demon is not simply determined by grade.”
Mo Hua thought for a moment, “Is it calculated by the grade of the state realm?”
Elder Yu nodded and explained to Mo Hua:
“In a second-grade state realm, a great demon is second grade. In a third-grade state realm, a great demon is third grade… and so on. A powerful demon beast that approaches the upper limit of a certain place realm’s grade is then called a ‘great demon’.”
“But why did that pig become a great demon?” Mo Hua said doubtfully.
That pig had only eaten the Qian family elder and had even died once. Why would it suddenly become a great demon?
“This, I also don’t know,” Elder Yu said bitterly. “Great demons have always been just legends. How they come into being, no one can say clearly… The last record of a great demon in Tongxian City was two or three thousand years ago.”
“Was that great demon killed off?”
“No.” Elder Yu shook his head, “The great demon was not killed off.”
Mo Hua was startled, “Then how did it die?”
“Starved to death.”
“Starved to death?” Mo Hua was shocked.
This was a way of death that Mo Hua had never thought of.
Elder Yu’s gaze contained deep fear:
“It ate all the cultivators in the entire Tongxian City, ate all the demon beasts in the entire Dahei Mountain. It ate everything that could be eaten. Finally, after over a hundred years with nothing to eat, it eventually exhausted its blood energy and starved to death alive…”
Mo Hua sucked in a cold breath, “Ate… all the cultivators in the entire Tongxian City?!”
Elder Yu nodded: “Correct.”
“Couldn’t kill it off?”
“If it could be killed off, the cultivators of an entire city wouldn’t all be eaten off…” Elder Yu laughed bitterly.
“Why couldn’t it be killed off?”
Mo Hua was very doubtful.
Although it was a second-grade demon beast, even if it was stronger, there should still be ways to kill it off.
Even if Foundation Establishment cultivators weren’t enough, there were still Qi Refining cultivators. If demon hunters weren’t enough, there were still path soldiers. With so many cultivators together, even if they had to wear it down, they could surely wear that great demon to death…
Elder Yu pointed to the horizon and said: “Do you see that blood energy?”
Mo Hua looked up and saw the soaring blood energy of the pig demon above the deep mountain.
“Is it because… the blood energy is too thick?” Mo Hua thought for a moment and then said.
Elder Yu nodded, “A great demon’s attack is only slightly stronger than a demon beast of the same tier, but the most troublesome thing is its blood energy…”
“A great demon’s blood energy is extremely thick, almost dozens of times that of a demon beast of the same grade.”
Mo Hua’s scalp felt numb listening to this, “Its blood energy is actually so thick?”
“This is still not the most frightening,” Elder Yu continued:
“The most frightening thing is that it will restore its blood energy by eating people. Trying to wear down the great demon by relying on numbers is even more impossible.”
“A great demon’s blood energy is thick. Subjugating a great demon is necessarily a long and protracted battle. It’s impossible for no one to be injured or killed.”
“But once someone is injured or killed, it will supplement the great demon’s blood energy. With this ebb and flow, all cultivators will fall into the great demon’s mouth and be eaten alive!”
“Unless not a single person dies, otherwise cultivators are just the great demon’s ‘blood replenishing elixir’.”
“But if a great demon is this terrifying, how can it be possible for not a single person to die when subjugating a ‘great demon’?”
A chill rose from the bottom of Mo Hua’s heart, and he frowned again and asked:
“Then what do we do now?”
Elder Yu shook his head and said in a grave tone:
“The only hope is that we were all mistaken and that pig is not actually a great demon. This way, the Dao Court Department can report to the Dao Court and request to transfer more Foundation Establishment cultivators to encircle it.”
“What if it is a great demon?”
“If the Dao Court confirms that pig is a great demon,” Elder Yu sighed, “We can only… find a way to move the city.”
“Move the city?” Mo Hua was startled.
“Move the city.” Elder Yu nodded:
“All the cultivators in Tongxian City must move to other places and seek other livelihoods. Otherwise, once the great demon finishes refining its blood energy and starts seeking food, eating the demon beasts first, then eating people, it will sooner or later be like two or three thousand years ago and eat all the cultivators in Tongxian City clean…”
Elder Yu’s expression was extremely bitter, “This is a great disaster from heaven and earth, even an unprovoked disaster. We have no other way…”
Mo Hua was somewhat lost in thought.
He hadn’t thought that the matter would actually be this serious.
He had previously thought that a “great demon” was just a more powerful demon beast and that as long as they united their efforts, there would always be a way to kill it off. But he hadn’t thought that a great demon actually truly meant “great calamity” and would force the cultivators of an entire city to move.
But Mo Hua knew in his heart that rather than saying “move the city,” it was actually more like “flee.”
“Where will we move to?” Mo Hua asked, “There shouldn’t be any places nearby suitable for cultivators to live, right.”
Moreover, even if they wanted to move, it would be impossible for only Tongxian City to move. All the nearby small immortal cities would also have to move.
This way, with more cultivators moving, there would be even fewer suitable places to live.
“Generally, they will move south, approaching the barbaric border. There are mostly undeveloped wastelands there, with demon beasts and barbaric tribes.”
Elder Yu sighed, “But this way, life will be very hard…”
A long journey, with wind and dew as sustenance all the way, unpredictable dangers on the road, and a self-evident hardship at the destination.
Mo Hua’s mood was also a bit low.
He hoped that the pig demon was not a true great demon…
But Mo Hua knew faintly in his heart that this was not very likely.
Because he had personally seen the pig demon and had injured the pig demon with the collapse of an array formation. He knew that the pig demon’s flesh regeneration power was mysterious and unfathomable, unusual and close to the dao, absolutely not comparable to ordinary demon beasts.
Three days later, the Dao Court Department transmitted a document, which read:
“Dao calendar twenty thousand twenty-four years, second grade Heishan state realm, pig demon causes chaos.
After recognition by the Imperial Astronomical Bureau, this is a great demon, ancient name Feng Xi.
The local Dao Court Department should judiciously decide on a strategy to protect the peace of the area.
If there is no power to respond to the disaster, consider moving the city.”
Mo Hua learned the content of this document from Zhang Lan’s mouth.
After the Dao Court transmitted the document, Zhang Lan received the news and knew there was no way to deal with it. He was inevitably a bit depressed, so he ran to the eatery to drink, and conveniently told Mo Hua about this matter.
“Does the Dao Court have no other way?” Mo Hua asked Zhang Lan.
“If the Dao Court had a way, a great demon wouldn’t be considered one of the ‘great disasters’.”
Mo Hua still didn’t understand, “Can’t the Dao Court send Golden Core cultivators to kill that pig?”
“It’s Feng Xi.” Zhang Lan corrected, “As long as it becomes a great demon, it will have a name recorded in cultivation history. In cultivation history, pig-class great demons are generally all called ‘Feng Xi’.”
Zhang Lan took a gulp of wine and sighed: “Golden Core cultivators can’t come.”
“Are they afraid of death?”
Zhang Lan shook his head, “A second-grade great demon. Even if Golden Core cultivators can’t kill it off, they can escape with their lives.”
“They are afraid of…” Zhang Lan pointed to the sky, “It’s the rules of the heavenly dao.”
“What does this have to do with the rules of the heavenly dao?” Mo Hua didn’t understand.
Zhang Lan didn’t answer directly but asked back: “Where are we located now? What state realm?”
“Heishan state realm.”
“The full name?”
Mo Hua had learned cultivation geography at the Tongxian Gate, and he had learned it seriously and remembered it clearly. So, even though he had dropped out, he could still answer. He then said:
“The territory of the cultivation world is divided into nine provinces. Below the provinces are realms, and within the realms are immortal cities.”
“Tongxian City belongs to Dahei Mountain realm of Li province. Omitting the province name, it’s shortened as Heishan state realm.”
Zhang Lan nodded and asked again: “What grade?”
Mo Hua was startled and answered: “Second grade.”
“Why is it second grade?”
“Because the highest cultivation level is only Foundation Establishment cultivators…”
Mo Hua felt that Zhang Lan was asking nonsense, but then he felt that Zhang Lan wouldn’t say nonsense. He thought for a while and slowly said:
“Golden Core is third grade. It exceeds the upper limit of the second-grade state realm, so they can’t come over?”
“It’s not that they can’t come over, it’s just that they can’t use cultivation above second grade.”
Zhang Lan explained, “What’s the use of Golden Core cultivators who can’t use their Golden Core cultivation?”
“If they forcibly use it, what will happen?” Mo Hua asked.
“If they forcibly use it, they will die!” Zhang Lan said deeply.
“They will die?!” Mo Hua was shocked.
“They will die!” Zhang Lan nodded, thought for a while, and then added: “So, you say they are afraid of death and thus dare not come. Actually, that can also be considered correct.”
“Why?” Mo Hua still didn’t understand.
Zhang Lan sighed: “These are the rules of the heavenly dao. When the Dao Court was established at the beginning, it set this place as second grade. Then all the cultivators in this place can at most only use Foundation Establishment cultivation…”
“Once they exceed this limit, they will be erased by the heavenly dao!”
“No exceptions?” Mo Hua asked.
Zhang Lan said categorically: “No!”
“What about above Golden Core?”
Zhang Lan said: “Don’t talk about Golden Core. Even if it’s Mahayana, as long as they haven’t become immortal, they must follow this heavenly dao restriction. Once they violate these rules, no matter how high their cultivation is, how strong their power is, they will all be directly erased by the great dao, thus dying and their dao vanishing!”
“Even the Dao Monarch who rules the nine provinces is no exception!”
“These are the rules of the heavenly dao!”
Zhang Lan said with a solemn expression:
“The heavenly dao overrides all things, and billions of cultivators!”