185: Nine Heavens Demon Realm

Ultimately, all of Gu Junan's anger, unwillingness, and pride were forcibly suppressed.

He painfully squeezed out a fawning expression that was uglier than crying.

The muscles on his Face twitched stiffly, and his voice softened, carrying a hint of deliberate subservience: "Just now... just now I was so angry I lost my head and spoke without thinking. It was all nonsense. I hope you two Seniors won't take offense."

He even bowed slightly, "Since you two Seniors are here, you must also intend to enter the Nine Heavens Demon Domain."

"Junior... Junior humbly requests that you two Seniors do me a favor and take me along. How about it?"

After speaking,

Gu Junan tried his best to maintain that fawning posture.

He trampled his last shred of dignity underfoot, just for a slim chance.

This sudden change of Face, this comical performance of initial arrogance followed by deference, instantly ignited the atmosphere on the River of the Other Shore.

"Pfft... Hahaha!"

"What play is Gu Junan acting in? Even Sichuan opera Face-changing isn't this fast, right?"

On one of the multi-storied ships, someone who had just taken a sip of spirit tea directly spat it out, laughing so hard he doubled over.

"Unbelievable! Truly unbelievable!"

"Just now he was gnashing his teeth and calling them dogs, and in the blink of an eye, he's calling himself a Junior and begging for a ride?"

"This thick skin, this ability to bend and stretch, we truly can't compare!"

On another small boat, an even louder burst of laughter erupted.

"Tsk tsk, look at him, for the sake of a few beauties, he doesn't even care about his last bit of Face."

"If he knew this would happen today, why bother managing that broken harem in the first place?"

Waves of ridicule surged from all directions, relentlessly washing over the isolated figure on the shore.

Gu Junan's fists, hidden in his sleeves, clenched tightly, his fingernails digging deep into his palms, piercing the flesh and causing a faint pain.

But this pain was less than one ten-thousandth of the humiliation in his heart. His Face burned, yet he managed to maintain a calm demeanor.

It was as if those harsh laughs were separated by a thick pane of glass, just a blurry background noise.

His gaze was fixed on He Chen and Shui Ronghua's Faces.

Waiting for their response, as if it were his only salvation at this moment.

"Hahaha, you're quite sensible!"

"What's wrong with this Lord taking you to the Demonic Domain!"

Shui Ronghua burst into laughter, completely disregarding how ugly Gu Junan's expression became.

He casually took out a pitch-black token and threw it into the Void Realm.

In an instant,

The black token emitted terrifying energy, tearing through the Void Realm, and the surrounding mist receded.

"Crack, crack, crack!"

Under the gray sky, space shattered in response, revealing a Devilish Qi-shrouded passage.

He Chen and Shui Ronghua exchanged glances, transforming into long rainbows and diving into the passage leading to the Demonic Domain.

Gu Junan gritted his teeth and followed closely.

This was a rare opportunity; whether he could rescue those confidantes depended on this trip to the Demonic Domain.

As for why he insisted on saving Fang Lan and his other confidantes, it was because Fang Lan was a Named Disciple of Shanqiong Cave.

If he disregarded Fang Lan's life or death, he feared that Cave Master Shan Qiong would cause him trouble.

So, even if he didn't care about Fang Lan and his other confidantes, he at least had to put on a show for the world to see.

That way, when Cave Master Shan Qiong returned to the Hongmeng Sea in the future, it wouldn't be easy for him to lower his Face and hold Gu Junan accountable.

"Haha... haha!"

"The Demonic Domain passage is closing soon, let's follow and see, otherwise we won't be able to get in later."

Intense jeers erupted from the multi-storied ships on the River of the Other Shore. The people on board piloted their ships, transforming into streaks of light and flying into the Demonic Domain passage.

Soon, all the ancient boats flew into the Demonic Domain passage, and the River of the Other Shore became quiet again as the surrounding mist re-converged above the river... Nine Heavens Demon Domain.

This was an ancient world opened up by the Nine Heavens True Demon, traceable back to the primordial beginnings of the Hongmeng Sea.

The Nine Heavens True Demon had also entered the Dao Exhaustion Realm tens of thousands of years ago.

And when it came to Alchemy techniques, if he claimed to be second, absolutely no one in the Hongmeng Sea would dare to claim to be first.

After all, he could refine the nine revolutions transcendence pill, which offered a chance to complete the path of transcendence.

This skill alone was enough to secure his position as the number one Alchemist in the Hongmeng Sea.

Moreover, he was very familiar with the two old men from the Taboo Wang Family and the Piaomiao Forbidden Zone.

Therefore, the Nine Heavens Demon Domain in the Hongmeng Sea was currently in a state where no one dared to provoke it.

Meanwhile... in the central region of the Demonic Domain.

Myriad Demon Peak stood majestically at the core of the Demonic Domain.

This colossal mountain range, winding for tens of thousands of miles, was itself an ancient creation imbued with Evil Qi.

Legend has it that it was piled up from the bones of countless ancient Demon Gods who fell at the dawn of creation.

The entire peak presented a deep black that seemed to swallow light.

The mountain's surface was covered with twisted, bizarre patterns, like the whispers or curses left by some unknown entity.

Perennial Devilish Qi, like a living entity, shrouded Myriad Demon Peak.

These thick, inky mists constantly churned and writhed, sometimes coalescing into grotesque ghostFaces, sometimes transforming into the struggling phantoms of tortured souls.

In the deathly silence, piercing Demonic howls, or sharp, eerie cackles often echoed through the Void Realm from the depths of the Devilish Qi.

These sounds could directly disturb the minds of transcendent beings, causing the Divine Soul of listeners to waver.

The mountain peak was riddled with demon caves of varying sizes, resembling a honeycomb.

Each demon cave emitted a unique evil aura.

Some overflowed with scorching Hellfire, some wafted with cold mist that could freeze the Primordial Spirit, while others were filled with poisonous miasma that corroded immortal bones.

The closer the demon caves were to the peak, the more terrifying the pressure they exuded. It was said that ancient beings comparable to the Dao Exhaustion Realm resided in the topmost layer.

The space around Myriad Demon Peak was extremely unstable, with spatial rifts often appearing and disappearing like black lightning.

Demon Race beings of various forms soared here.

Among them were demon bats with blood-red wings and glowing red eyes, and Demonic Beasts resembling giant apes, radiating monstrous Evil Qi.

There were even some Demon Race beings whose forms were twisted, challenging the cognitive limits of other beings.

The cracked, pitch-black earth below the peak was scattered with countless withered bones, including humanoids, monsters, and even the gigantic skeletons of Dragons, Phoenixes, and Qilins that had long been extinct.

The scene seemed to silently tell of an incredibly brutal battle that had taken place here long ago.

The entire Myriad Demon Peak was like a gigantic living altar, with countless Demon Race beings continuously pouring their Demonic power into the mountain day and night.

At the peak, Devilish Qi interwove into a dark pillar of light that shot straight into the heavens, supporting the Law of the Nine Heavens Demon Domain.

This made the Demonic Peak the core symbol of terror and mystery for the entire Demonic Domain.

A gilded palace, the "Bone Demon Hall," loomed faintly within the Devilish Qi.

In front of the hall, three old men were chatting and laughing.

"Nine Abyss, your subordinate, the Gui Xu Demon Lord, is truly a character!"

"Not only did he take over Gu Junan's confidantes, but he even made one of them bear him an offspring."

"This... this is truly an oddball!"

Wang Jizi, dressed in a gray Daoist robe, turned his head to glance at the Nine Heavens True Demon, "Nine Abyss," on his right.

He smiled wryly, seemingly finding the Gui Xu Demon Lord's actions incredibly absurd.

Shui Tianqiong also looked at Nine Abyss, the teasing in his eyes self-evident.

All of this was because the Gui Xu Demon Lord, "Wan Luo Kuang," was truly a beast, constantly coming up with new ways to toy with Gu Junan's confidantes.