121: The Origin of the Demon Shadow, the Three-Eyed God Clan

Great Master Kuzhu, however, seemed not to hear, and continued to narrate calmly: “Unfortunately, a paper cannot cover fire. When the matter was exposed, Your Excellency bore the heavy crime of colluding with the Demon Race and betraying the Spirit Realm. Furthermore, as a member of the royal family, Your Excellency knew many unknown weak spatial nodes in the Spirit Realm… If Your Excellency were to escape and reveal all these nodes to the Outer Heaven Demon Race, the billions of living beings in the Spirit Realm would surely face a catastrophe! At that time, a sea of blood would surge, and the realm would collapse, all due to Your Excellency’s selfish desire!”

“Thus, there was no place for Your Excellency to hide, neither in heaven nor on earth. The Spirit Realm’s allied army besieged Your Excellency, former compatriots turned against Your Excellency. Although Your Excellency was strong, Your Excellency was ultimately abandoned by all, fleeing all the way, covered in wounds, and finally… forced to theJedi ‘Tianya Corner’ at the edge of the Spirit Realm.”

At this point, Great Master Kuzhu’s gaze seemed to penetrate the black shadow, seeing that earth-shattering pursuit.

“And the one who delivered the final fatal blow to Your Excellency, seeing through all of Your Excellency’s escape techniques and forcing Your Excellency’s last wisp of true soul body into a desperate situation… was not a Spirit Realm Great Master, but a True Spirit who happened to be traveling there — the Golden Phoenix!”

“The Golden Phoenix Race, in ancient times, suffered deeply from the Outer Heaven Demon, so it is most sensitive to Devilish Qi and harbors deep hatred for those who collude with the Demon Race.”

“How could it allow Your Excellency to escape? After a world-shaking battle, Your Excellency was exhausted, Your true soul severely wounded, and finally, in a panic, Your Excellency fled towards a very unstable spatial node at Tianya Corner that Your Excellency had already discovered…”

“You wanted to forcibly open the node and escape to another interface to prolong your life. However, at the last moment, the Golden Phoenix burned its Origin and unleashed a Supreme strike, not only severely wounding your true soul but also completely shattering that already fragile spatial node!”

“Space collapsed, Laws were chaotic, and both your and the Golden Phoenix’s True Spirit bodies were swept into the spatial turbulence… The Golden Phoenix was severely injured, and its massive True Spirit body and unwilling will, combined with the shattered spatial fragments and the special Gold Evil Earth Vein of this place, after hundreds of thousands of years, finally evolved into the Gold Marrow Island Secret Realm where we are now!”

The black shadow’s thoughts seemed to be pulled back to a hundred thousand years ago…

That was a glorious world where Spiritual Qi was so dense it materialized into fine rain, rainbow light filled the sky, and giant mountains floated in the clouds. Countless strange races and beings lived on this vast and boundless land, and one of the Supreme races that ruled this world was the Three-Eyed Race, born with a third divine eye on their forehead, capable of discerning the Void Realm’sVeins and wielding spatial Laws!

In the center of the Holy City, stood a majestic imperial palace carved from a single block of “Void Star Marrow.” Inside the palace, a young royal, wearing an imperial robe that flowed with starlight and possessing a handsome face with inherent majesty, stood with his hands behind his back on the Star-Gazing Platform.

The golden verticallines on his brow, not yet fully opened, already exuded a suffocating pressure to ordinary beings. He was the most renowned prince of the Three-Eyed Race in this generation — Garuda! With extraordinary talent and esteemed status, he was regarded as a strong contender for the next Holy Emperor. A single thought from him could determine the rise and fall of thousands of vassal races, and a single word could establish the order of vast territories.

However, in the deepest part of his profound three eyes, which seemed capable of seeing through layers of space, lay a hint of anxiety and unwillingness that even his closest kin had never noticed.

The ten great powerful races of the Spirit Realm stood in opposition, and the competition was fierce. He yearned for faster, stronger power, he yearned to surpass all his peers, and even… surpass all previous emperors! He yearned to open the legendary “Supreme Saint Eye” that could penetrate the Origin of all realms and control time and space!

It was this growing ambition that led him step by step into the abyss.

In a rift in a barren Star Domain, where space was extremely unstable and rarely recorded even by the Three-Eyed Race, Garuda dismissed all his attendants and cautiously opened a sliver of the golden eye on his brow. Under the golden eye’s illumination, the space before him rippled like water, vaguely revealing a twisted, defiled, secret passage exuding endless temptation and destructive aura!

From the other end of the passage came a seductive whisper: “…Open your mind and accept the grace of my lord… You will gain the power to glimpse the Origin… You will transcend this narrow pond and become truly…”

Demonic whispers filled his ears, and Garuda’s eyes were a mix of struggle and greed. Ultimately, the desire for power overwhelmed everything. He accepted a contract from the Outer Heaven Demon Domain, exchanging information about certain spatial nodes in the Spirit Realm and becoming a future “inside agent” for a terrifying Demonic Technique that could devour all things to nourish oneself — the “Heaven Devouring Spirit Swallowing Great Law”!

A paper cannot, after all, cover fire. The Cultivation of the Demonic Technique required a massive amount of living beings’ essences. After one almost insane act of devouring, it finally attracted the attention of the Spirit Realm’s guardians. Upon investigation, the horrifying truth surfaced!

Colluding with the Outer Heaven Demon, betraying the Spirit Realm! This was a crime punishable by ten thousand deaths!

The once prosperous Holy City was surrounded by a terrifying allied army of the Spirit Realm. Banners obscured the sun, and Great Masters gathered! The powerhouses of various races looked at the prince in the imperial palace, who was enveloped in pitch-black Devilish Qi and whose golden eye on his brow had turned into a murky darkness, their eyes filled with shock, anger, and disdain.

“Garuda! As a member of the royal family, you have fallen so low as to collude with the Outer Heaven Demon! You deserve ten thousand deaths!”

“Hand over the Demonic Technique and tell us everything you know, and we might leave your corpse intact!”

“Kill him! Cleanse the lineage!”

Roars echoed through heaven and earth. His former glory and reverence instantly turned into a fleeting dream. Garuda frantically activated his Demonic Technique to resist. The Devilish Qi surged, devouring many of his attackers, but facing the wrath of the entire Spirit Realm, he was defeated step by step, his imperial robe torn, his body stained with blood.

What chilled him most was that even his most trusted younger brother, holding a holy sword, pointed at him with tears in his eyes but with absolute determination: “Imperial Brother… you… have disappointed me too much! For the sake of the Spirit Realm, today I must uphold righteousness and eliminate my kin!”

Abandoned by all! There was no place for him to hide, neither in heaven nor on earth!

Garuda, relying on his Demonic Technique and the Three-Eyed Race’s spatial Divine Ability, fought his way through a bloody battle, fleeing in disarray to theJedi at the very edge of the Spirit Realm — Tianya Corner. Here, space was shattered, Laws were chaotic, and it was the end of the Spirit Realm.

The pursuers were like shadows. He was already exhausted, his demonic soul severely wounded, with only his last, most fundamental wisp of true soul clinging to life through the Demonic Technique.