Chapter 1318: Ancient Demonic Sect

Fang Chen could now be certain that the Crimson Fiend Demonic Sovereign and Wang Chongsong were the same kind of people.

The Crimson Fiend Demonic Sovereign must also have been a bearer of the Bone Destiny. That was why his death left no soul behind.

But if they were of the same kind, why had the Crimson Fiend Demonic Sovereign always been pursuing the Inverse Immortal Demonic Embryo?

They both possessed the same means, perhaps similar identities, yet they were not on the same side?

"Wang Chongsong clearly grasped far more in this matter than the Crimson Fiend Demonic Sovereign and the forces behind him. But why did Wang Chongsong choose to enact the Inverse Immortal Demonic Embryo in some backwater like Tuxiong Star? What's his intention?"

Fang Chen looked toward the woman, cupped his hands, and said, "How should I address you, miss?"

"You ruined my plans," huffed the woman angrily.

The old flood dragon immediately stepped forward, grinned, and said, "It was I who killed him. If you're angry, miss, you can take it out on me."

The woman glanced at him, but perhaps out of respect for him as a fourth transformation immortal, she said nothing further and prepared to leave.

"Miss, how much do you know about the Crimson Fiend Demonic Sovereign? Do you know who he was? And why were you after him?" Fang Chen asked.

The woman ignored him.

"I know what use the Inverse Immortal Demonic Embryo has," Fang Chen revealed.

The woman instantly stopped and turned to Fang Chen, clear astonishment flickering in her eyes. "You know what use the Inverse Immortal Demonic Embryo has? What is it? Tell me, perhaps it could be of use to me."

Disappointment appeared on Fang Chen's face. "You... don't know?"

He thought she'd know the truth. But now it seemed she had no idea about the true purpose of the Inverse Immortal Demonic Embryo.

No wonder she hadn't forcibly taken Fairy Yu away back on Tuxiong Star despite wanting to. Clearly, in her eyes, the Crimson Fiend Demonic Sovereign had been more important than Fairy Yu.

Had she known the truth, she would have realized that Fairy Yu was the real key—or rather, Wang Chongsong, who had caused it all, was the critical figure.

The woman frowned and said, "I only know that people like the Crimson Fiend Demonic Sovereign have always been chasing after the Inverse Immortal Demonic Embryo. It seems to hold some significance for them."

After saying this, she pressed Fang Chen again to tell her the use of the Inverse Immortal Demonic Embryo.

Fang Chen thought for a moment, but instead of answering, he asked, "Why were you pursuing the Crimson Fiend Demonic Sovereign?"

The woman coldly replied, "The Crimson Fiend Demonic Sovereign was born of the Ancient Demonic Sect. My sect bears a long-standing hatred against them. Is it not normal to hunt them down?

"What's more, the Crimson Fiend Demonic Sovereign killed one of my junior sisters, so I naturally have to kill him. But he shouldn't have died now. I had yet to extract from him the whereabouts of the Ancient Demonic Sect's branch he is from."

The reasons she gave were too ordinary. In the Nine Mortal Realms, killings over grudges were far too commonplace.

"I suspect the Inverse Immortal Demonic Embryo may be a demonic secret art recently created by that branch of the Crimson Fiend Demonic Sovereign's line," said the woman. "If you truly know its purpose, please tell me. It is very important to me."

"The Inverse Immortal Demonic Embryo is indeed a demonic secret art," Fang Chen replied. "It can strip normal cultivators of their reason and enhance their comprehension of demonic techniques."

The woman looked disappointed. She already knew this.

Seeing her about to leave again, Fang Chen asked once more, "Miss, you still haven't told me your sect. Perhaps in the future we will join forces against the Ancient Demonic Sect."

"The affairs of the Upper Three Realms are not for the Lower Six Realms to meddle in."

The woman summoned her Immortal Boat and was about to leave.

The Upper Three Realms?

The white-haired elder and the others exchanged glances.

So this woman was actually from the Upper Three Realms! No wonder she had shown no fear before a four-transformation immortal.

"Miss, does your sect have Anomalies among its ranks?"

"We did produce an Anomaly," answered the woman.

She didn't linger further. She rode her Immortal Boat and instantly vanished into the azure sky.

"So they have an Anomaly too..." muttered Fang Chen.

He understood.

If he had reached his current cultivation due to the combined struggle of Old Master Fang and Master Yun He upon the chessboard of fate, then this woman and her sect had another chess piece—an Anomaly—on the same board.

𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

She wasn't targeting the Crimson Fiend Demonic Sovereign for sectarian vendetta, nor was it some kind of coincidence—it was an inevitability.

A cold gleam flashed in Fang Chen's eyes. "Ancient Demonic Sect, Inverse Immortal Demonic Embryo... I should have realized it sooner."

He had suffered two demonic calamities before. The first time, the enemy had mentioned the Demon Ancestor. There had to be some connection between the Ancient Demonic Sect and the Demonic Ancestor.

The mysterious enemy whom the old master and the others could not remember should have been this group of demons. But why did they not strike openly and directly, and instead resort to such complex means to plunder the Nine Mortal Realms?

"It isn't that they don't want to. It must be that they cannot. Even I know that with absolute strength, there is no need for such convoluted schemes. So the reason isn't unwillingness. They are simply restrained and can't act directly. They have no choice but to use a method like this, quietly eroding the Nine Realms bit by bit, like boiling a frog without it noticing."

Now, from what the woman had revealed, Fang Chen already knew that the Ancient Demonic Sect resided within the Upper Three Realms.

Wang Chongsong's insistence on heading there might well be related. Even his acquisition of the Inverse Immortal Demonic Embryo could have been tied to his first trip there.

As long as he found Wang Chongsong, most of this mystery could be solved.

However, Fang Chen was certain of one thing—Wang Chongsong and the Crimson Fiend Demonic Sovereign weren't on the same side. They possessed similar methods, both possessing the unique divine power of the Bone Destiny, but they were far from allies.

Because the Inverse Immortal Demonic Embryo that Wang Chongsong held was precisely the thing that the Crimson Fiend Demonic Sovereign and his faction sought.

"Inverse Immortal Demonic Embryo, restoration of memories.... It is a key. Wang Chongsong holds that key. Yet he did not hand it to the Ancient Demonic Sect. Instead, he studied it in secret. Just where does he truly stand?"

As these thoughts surged, the auras of Fang Tianzun and Fang Xuanyang, after a violent upheaval, slowly calmed.

Their skins had turned lustrous like jade, giving off the feel of a complete transformation. It was as if they had shed their mortality and turned into true immortals.

Someone whispered to the white-haired elder, "This isn't 'Loose Immortality,' right? When did our auras feel so pure when we ascended? I almost suspect they are True Immortals."

The white-haired elder shook his head. "I don't know."

He truly didn't. But he could tell that Fang Tianzun and Fang Xuanyang's backgrounds were unimaginably terrifying. They had just ascended to Loose Immortality, and yet their presence carried a noble weight that one could hardly aspire to.

Before these two, these so-called Loose Immortals were like peasants compared to the wealthy nobility.

Their bearing was vastly different.

The instant Fang Tianzun and Fang Xuanyang ascended, waves of terrifying feedback descended upon Fang Chen.

In a flash, the sky filled with thunder and lightning, bolts crashing down directly toward him.

"The Nine Tribulations?" muttered the white-haired elder in shock.

The white-haired elder and the others were startled, and they instinctively tried to flee.

They were mortals now. If they were caught up in this, they would be obliterated. However, hardly had they moved when they suddenly stopped dead in their tracks.

The mighty, terrifying lightning tribulation never even reached Fang Chen. It seemed to be directly dissolved by some mysterious force, dissipating into nothing like wisps of smoke.

And whether it was an illusion or not, they thought they saw a vast, unfathomable river flash briefly across the heavens.