Chapter 61: The Pass Between Immortals and Demons

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"Four thousand spiritual stones, I wish to purchase two Purple Lightning Talismans," said one person in a firm voice.
"Then... I will only take one," the other hesitated for a moment before finally speaking.
With that, the two cultivators stood up and stowed the Purple Lightning Talismans away. Those who were still hesitating could only shake their heads helplessly and sigh.
Once the transaction was completed, the exchange meeting continued. Although several rare treasures appeared during this time, they were of little significance to Cao Yun. It wasn't until his turn that he produced a top-tier advanced magic tool and successfully traded it for a set of array disks capable of withstanding attacks from Core Formation stage cultivators.
Just as the next cultivator was about to stand up, a series of rumbling sounds suddenly erupted—the fierce impacts of magic treasures and spells striking the grand array, echoing incessantly.
"The righteous path cultivators have begun their attack on the capital..." Cao Yun stood up abruptly, his expression grave.
"No matter," Yun Zhuzi sat leisurely on the ground, his tone calm. "With this grand array protecting us, even the legendary Deity Transformation stage cultivators arriving in person would find it difficult to break through."
"Even Deity Transformation stage cannot break it? Senior Brother Yun Zhuzi, is this true?" asked a disciple of the Demon Fiend Sect beside him with a look of astonishment.
"In this event, righteous path cultivators from the Southern Sky, the Central Mainland, and the Outer Seas, as well as demonic path cultivators, will undoubtedly swarm here. When that happens, the appearance of Deity Transformation stage cultivators will hardly be surprising," Yun Zhuzi said indifferently.
Since stepping into the world of cultivation, Cao Yun had never heard of cultivation realms beyond Northern Heaven. Even though he was widely read and had perused numerous bizarre records and anomalies, he had never encountered descriptions of other cultivation realms. This Senior Brother Yun Zhuzi was truly knowledgeable and multitalented.
As the exchange meeting progressed to this point, most people had achieved their wishes, and the enthusiasm for trading gradually subsided. Everyone closed their eyes in concentration, releasing their divine sense to probe the situation outside the array.
At this moment, tens of thousands of cultivators outside the array surged like a tide, and various magic treasures shone brilliantly in the sky, dazzling the eyes. These magic treasures either flew swiftly or hovered in the air, carrying a piercing intent to kill as they fiercely lashed out at the grand array, yet they could only leave behind ripples, finding it difficult to inflict substantial damage on the barrier.
Spell attacks emerged one after another—flames, frost, lightning, floods, and various bombardments combined to form a magnificent yet terrifying and shocking scene.
Although these spells were as scorching as fire, as cold as ice, as mighty as thunder, or as turbulent as waves, before the grand array they were like mud oxen plunging into the sea, disappearing without a trace.

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Furthermore, spirit beasts roared, their massive forms charging forward like towering mountains. Some were wreathed in flames, some clad in frost, and others crackling with lightning, carrying primitive wildness and violent power in an attempt to shatter the array. However, the grand array blazed with a brilliant crimson light, seemingly possessing boundless power to dissolve the attacks of these spirit beasts one by one.
Meanwhile, the righteous path cultivators had established teleportation arrays here.
Endless streams of cultivators from various continents arrived via the teleportation arrays, joining this epoch-making grand battle. Their arrival made the already crowded battlefield even more chaotic. The radiance of magic treasures, the roar of spells, and the bellows of spirit beasts merged into terrifying shockwaves that made the very heavens and earth tremble.
However, no matter how these cultivators attacked, the grand array remained steadfast, like an eternal fortress radiating a heart-palpitating crimson light.
Cao Yun's divine sense swept across the scene, and a giant puppet dozens of zhang tall came into view, continuously bombarding the array. A shock rippled through his heart; although he had seen many records regarding puppets in strange records, seeing such a colossal puppet with his own eyes was still profoundly staggering.
"Boom!"
Just as Cao Yun and the others were focused on the spectacle outside the array, a heaven-shaking, earth-shattering explosion suddenly resounded through the world, silencing everything in an instant.
"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"...
The deafening blasts echoed rhythmically. While the cultivators outside felt little effect, to Cao Yun and the others inside the array, it felt as though thunderous roars were pounding their brains, their consciousness seemingly blurred by the violent tremors. He clenched his teeth tightly, frantically driving the spiritual power within his body to resist this oppressive force.
Some Qi Condensation stage cultivators who had failed to react in time had blood gush from their seven orifices on the spot, dying instantly.
"Senior Brother Yun Zhuzi, what is happening? Aren't we protected by the grand array?" a junior brother beside Yun Zhuzi asked him with a pale face.
"It is fine," Yun Zhuzi replied with an air of utter nonchalance. "The offering has begun. Protected by the array, with our cultivation levels, as long as we guard our souls, we will be unharmed."
Meanwhile, under the roaring detonations, the heads of the mortals within the capital instantly burst apart. Wisps of thin threads descended from the crimson light curtain of the array, extracting the vital souls of the mortals one by one into the crimson barrier.
At this moment, the capital had transformed into a genuine Asura purgatory. Aside from a few giant crimson light spheres flickering with bloody light, the city was left in utter silence.

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Headless corpses lay helter-skelter across the entire city; whether they were high officials, nobles, or talented scholars and beauties, at this moment they had all been reduced to headless remains.
The deafening explosions had now ceased.
However, from the Ten Thousand Beast Forest, an unfathomable and boundless power surged forth like a tsunami. This heaven-shaking pressure made every cultivator currently in Northern Heaven feel a chill in their hearts.
"Fellow Daoist Tianlong, what do you make of this matter?" high above in the clouds, a youth who looked to be about seventeen or eighteen years of age sat upright, asking another white-haired youth beside him, who also appeared to be merely seventeen or eighteen.
"It looks like the remnants of the Demon race at the Divine Transformation stage!" the white-haired youth addressed as Tianlong replied expressionlessly.
"It must be a scourge left over from the ancient war. With the current strength of the human realm, it is simply impossible to prevent the Demon race from descending once more," the youth said.
"Fellow Daoist Qingsongzi, this matter was beyond our scope to begin with. We might as well wait for the immortals of the upper realm to descend. The Immortal-Mortal Passage of our human realm has never been opened since the ancient war. Opening it this time is also our fortuitous encounter. As for the turmoil in the human realm, how much does it really concern us? It's just that these demonic path cultivators are far too foolish; the Demon race is not human," Tianlong cultivator said leisurely.
"Presumably, the Six Demonic Sects were instigated by the descendants of the Demon race, listening to their ghostly words, which led to the current situation," Qingsongzi remarked.
"Fellow Daoist Qingsongzi, currently you and I are the only two Deity Transformation stage cultivators in the human realm, and both of us belong to the righteous path. As for those demonic path brats in Northern Heaven, although their sect's strength has long surpassed that of the righteous path, with the two of us holding the fort, how would they dare to act rashly? Such an occurrence was inevitable, after all, there is still a Divine Transformation stage Demon dormant in the Ten Thousand Beast Forest," Tianlong cultivator said.
"Indeed, we can only blame the ancient immortals for being too careless and leaving behind such a disaster. Fellow Daoist Tianlong, let us hasten to open the Immortal-Mortal Passage," Qingsongzi said.