Chapter 32: The Demon Appears

Nathan nodded. The story that Josiah told was very reasonable. The content implied that Jiang Chen was the mastermind who caused the Void Divine Scripture to have a defect, as well as that the real Void Divine Scripture still existed in the world. Perhaps the real Void Divine Scripture was in Jiang Chen's hands.

Brother Josiah, what method did you use to stop the Void Divine Scripture from acting on its own for seventy-seven years?

I ripped off my own foundation and will never be able to step foot into the Chaos Origin Realm for the rest of my life.

Josiah sighed deeply, showing an extremely frustrated expression.

Unexpectedly, Nathan did not sympathize at all, only smiling.

On this matter, I see that brother Josiah does not want to tell the truth. My intuition suggests that your strength surpasses that of a person with a wealth of forty thousand zhang, such as myself. If it's okay with you, I'd like to discuss this with you further.

- Don't!

Josiah was scared and quickly stood up and retreated, but when he saw that Nathan still did not move, he felt relieved and continued to sit down.

I dare not hide it! Although I have ceased all cultivation activities, I have not stopped cultivating my body for seventy-seven years. Your intuition must be acting on my body...

Geniuses choose body cultivation as a path to enhance their pure fighting ability. The process of cultivating the body is very arduous and consumes many natural and earthly treasures, but the results are unquestionably good. It strengthens the practitioner's resistance, surpassing that of a cultivator who solely focuses on spiritual power. In combat, as long as you can get close to the opponent, the rigid body is also an effective means of killing.

Josiah has been cultivating his body for seventy-seven years; no one knows what level he has reached. Simply because he is always very humble, he avoids fights when he sees them, ignores anyone who insults or humiliates him, and almost never knows what anger is.

Brother Josiah, what is your purpose in talking to me like this?

Brother John, you are not interested in severing your own Dao root and leading a life that is half-dead, correct? And your little sister, too. She has already started cultivating the Void God Scripture, and her progress is astonishingly fast. During the time Brother John was in seclusion, I heard that she went to the Fire Vein in the heart of the mountain to try to forge the first deity.

Try to attack the first deity, Aria.

Nathan was a little in disbelief. It had only been a little over a month since he and the little girl entered Aquatic Dao. A year ago, people relentlessly pursued him, and within the secret realm, he discovered six planets brimming with blood essence, the sole means to swiftly traverse the ten thousand-zhang sea of bitterness. Aria, a little girl who had only been hiding in the cave for a month, had already made significant progress.

The Heavenly Demon's profound body had not yet reached the Dao body level; logically speaking, it shouldn't be this fast!

Nathan was deep in thought when he suddenly heard Josiah say:

Have you ever heard of the concept of "great path resonance"? If the Heavenly Demon Body is in the same place as a powerful demon or magic treasure, it will progress very quickly.

Saying this, Josiah smiled mysteriously:

According to legend, Yun Xu, our sect's founder, captured a black mask from an ancient battlefield, which is our sect's magic treasure. This black mask served as the foundation for the Void God Scripture, and it could also hold the key to fixing its flaws.

Nathan smiled faintly.

After all, you must obtain that black mask to repair the Void Divine Scripture defect. But Jiang Chen is a powerhouse at the same level as Henry, half a step into the Tribulation. I don't have such great magical powers; farewell!

After he finished speaking, he immediately left Josiah's residence and did not return to his cave. Instead, he went straight to the Fire Vein in the heart of the mountain to find Aria.

To reach the center of the fire vein, one must go through a rather long passage. Even though it was far from the Fire Vein, the heat here was still very intense, enough to make it difficult for monks in the middle stage of the Sea of Bitterness and below to bear.

He is the one who relied on his Heavenly Demon Body to enter the sect!

Humph, useless and incompetent; what good is relying on a child?

The fact that Nathan was able to directly become an inner sect disciple because of his status as Aria's older brother had caused a wave of discontent among the outer sect disciples. Many wanted to find Nathan to cause trouble, but they were afraid to venture into the inner sect's territory, so they gave up. Now that Nathan had reached the Fire Vein, they eagerly moved forward to instigate chaos.

- Stop!

An individual in the late stage of Qi Condensation shouted loudly.

Nathan sighed but did not stop and continued walking. He wondered why there were so many brainless people. The day before, he had beaten those three people to the point of death, but now another group appeared, even more numerous.

If they had high cultivation and came to cause trouble with him, then it would be fine; it would be considered having the capital to be arrogant, but they themselves were so weak that they could not withstand a single blow; beating them did not give him any sense of accomplishment.

I told you to stop. Do you hear me?

The other person was angry because Nathan ignored him, immediately took out his magic treasure, and charged forward to attack.

Nathan sighed, with no other choice but to turn around and kick the guy straight into the cliff. The sound of broken bones rang out. This guy's cultivation was completely crippled, and he was determined to never have the ability to cultivate again for the rest of his life.

"Don't mess with me!" He coldly snorted, looking at the frightened cultivators around him, before waving his hand and leaving.

"Stop!"

"Damn it!" No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't maintain his composure this time. He turned around, ready to unleash his fury on this group, only to discover that the person who had just spoken was a white-clothed girl with a cold appearance and an air of ethereal elegance, akin to a celestial fairy.

"Senior Sister Lynn!"

"Thank goodness, Senior Sister Lynn—the true disciple of Sect Master Jiang Chen is here!"

"That guy violated the sect rules, daring to be so vicious towards his fellow sect members. Please, Senior Sister Lynn, deal with him!"

Nathan frowned as he looked at the white-clothed girl in front of him. There is very little information about this girl, only that she has long been a mid-stage Immortal Stage cultivator, the same generation as Josiah. Nobody is aware of the number of deities Lynn has amassed, as her actions are infrequent. She is also not in the sect, only returning for exactly one month each year to preside over the Dragon Transformation Secret Realm, a secret realm where Master Yun Xu communicates with ancient relics to help the talents in the sect find their own destiny. It is rumored that guarding the center of the Dragon Transformation Secret Realm each year is the sect's treasure—the black mask that Josiah once mentioned.

Returning to the present, Lynn saw Nathan turn around and coldly ask:

Are you going to hit me?

Lynn, you are the senior sister, possessing a name and beauty that surpasses even the beauty of flowers and moons. Are you the most renowned beauty in the world? My name is John. I just entered the sect, but I admire you very much!

Nathan quickly turned his face, causing the disciples of the outer sect to spit blood; his mouth was so smooth that it made Lynn's cheeks turn red. She glared:

- Nonsense! I'm asking you why you dare to violate the sect rules and harm your fellow sect members.

It's like this!

Nathan looked miserable.

I unintentionally overheard him whispering to Wade about defaming the eldest sister. Initially, I wanted to take action against them, but my hatred for Liu Shen's excessively high cultivation compelled me to deal with him first. In the future, I will try my best to cultivate and kill Wade to avenge you!

His words were extremely eloquent and filled with determination. If the outer sect cultivators hadn't personally witnessed the clash between him and that unfortunate Qi Condensation late stage, they would have believed him completely.

Shameful, Senior Sister Lynn; don't believe him!

He's lying!

Lynn was obviously not an idiot; her expression filled with coldness as she looked at him.

What are they saying negatively about me?

Nathan pretended to hesitate.

- This...

Just as Lynn was losing her patience, a sudden change occurred from within the fire vein. Countless miserable screams rang out, and an extremely evil and gloomy aura emanated from within, causing the outer disciples outside the passage to tremble.

This is Aria's aura!

Without much time to think, Nathan quickly used the Devil Knife and ran straight into the Fire Vein.

Lynn also reacted very quickly, but in the end, she was still a beat slower, which made her frown slightly in surprise.

- Aria!

As Nathan entered, he witnessed innumerable black lines ascending from beneath the Fire Vein and infiltrating Aria's body, which was suspended high above. But Aria's demeanor at this moment was very different from usual; her entire body was filled with surging demonic energy, and her jet-black eyes were now filled with gloom. Behind her appeared the form of a black god, radiating a ten thousand-zhang sea of bitter pressure.

"This is not a god, but a demon!" Nathan's face was gloomy. The demon treasure was indeed resonating within the Heavenly Demon's body. He could feel the demonic energy in the air coming from outside and rushing straight into Aria's body, forcing her to condense the demon.

"Kill!" Aria laughed darkly, reaching out her hand. A powerful suction force appeared in her small hand, drawing in an inner sect disciple with late Qi condensation cultivation.

"Delicious!" The little girl licked her lips, looking extremely cruel, followed by an image that even the most imaginative person would have difficulty imagining. I'm uncertain about the type of enchantment Aria employed, causing the inner disciple's body to utterly disintegrate before Aria sucked it into her mouth, consuming it entirely.

"Violating the sect rules, take him back to Yun Xu Palace to await the sect leader's judgment!"

Lynn flew up to face Aria, her entire body emitting an extremely cold aura. The space was also frozen, completely locking her in.

"Show mercy, your subordinate!"

Nathan knew that he couldn't fight against a cultivator of the immortal stage, so he could only look at Lynn with pleading eyes.