162: Chapter 162 Ascending to the Fifth-Order Demon Emperor!

Boom!

A thunderous explosion echoed from within the red lightning, a tiger's roar shaking the heavens, and the silhouette of a giant tiger several thousand meters tall could be vaguely seen, baring its fangs and brandishing its claws.

The crowd below watched in shock.

Many knew that Bai Cang's true form was a white tiger, but they had never seen it. Now, catching a glimpse of its shadow, they could see how profound his cultivation was!

Suddenly, the avatars of Bai Cang from all over the Three Kingdoms and as far away as the Yun Kingdom and Shi Kingdom turned into specks of golden light and shot into the red lightning...

The tiger's body suddenly surged to over ten thousand meters, carrying wind and thunder, appearing for a moment like an apocalyptic scene.

"The dragon drinks the waters of nine rivers, the tiger climbs ten thousand mountains; where yin and yang exchange, a white lotus blooms within the fire!"

Just as everyone was trembling with fear, a voice resounded throughout the heavens. In the blink of an eye, the tribulation clouds dispersed, and ten thousand rays of light shone down.

A heroic Daoist appeared within, with visions manifesting and shifting ceaselessly beside him.

With just a single glance, the crowd dared not look directly at him and hurriedly lowered their heads. Those with lower cultivation passed out instantly.

Bai Cang laughed loudly, withdrew the visions around him, and said in a clear voice, "Shanhe, prepare a banquet. Wait for me to emerge from seclusion in a few days!"

At this moment, the Seed of Immortality within his body cracked open, the light of the five elements flowed, the nature of immortality ignited his demon body, and his physical flesh continued to grow stronger.

With every breath, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth gathered like an ocean.

Just as he was about to descend, the Floating Immortal Palace rumbled, its edges extending outward, and countless palaces formed in an instant. Its area quickly reached over ten thousand li!

The blazing sun fire flowing on the Sun-Moon Divine Light Immortal Dome Array burned fiercely, as if it were another great sun.

The Floating Immortal Palace had reached the fifth-tier low-grade! Simultaneously advancing were the medicine immortal furnace 'Xiao Yu' and the heavenly stele of enlightenment 'Xing Xin'.

"I can now... directly raise the grade of pills?!" Xiao Yu said in surprise.

She could now forcibly raise a first-tier pill to the fifth-tier low-grade!

And the heavenly stele of enlightenment 'Xing Xin' discovered that its Myriad Laws Domain could cover the entire Floating Immortal Palace, and the enlightenment amplification at the very core had increased a hundredfold!

Just as Bai Cang advanced to a fifth-tier Demon Emperor and stirred the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, over a dozen gazes from Dongsheng Prefecture looked over. Among them were powerful cultivators from the four great Deity Transformation sects, as well as fifth-tier Demon Emperors of the invading demon race. They all sensed the aura of a new Demon Emperor emerging...

Yun Kingdom. The fortress city that had resisted General Bai Sha's vanguard demon army had long since turned into ruins.

General Bai Sha and Demon Emperor Chi Lian walked through the ruins; the fighting all around had not yet completely ceased. However, the top combatants of the human race present were either dead or had fled. Only small fry were left fighting...

Sensing the anomaly in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, Demon Emperor Chi Lian spoke with a gloomy expression, "That guy has succeeded..."

General Bai Sha had previously only felt a change in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. Hearing Demon Emperor Chi Lian's words now, his expression changed abruptly, and he asked in shock, "Senior Chi Lian... are you talking about Bai Cang?!"

"That's right! It seems I still have a chance to take revenge!!" Demon Emperor Chi Lian said indifferently.

Her cultivation before being sealed was at the fifth-tier late-stage, and in just a few days, she had already recovered to the mid-stage. Given a few more years, recovering to the late-stage would be no problem!

In ten years, the True Spirit Blood Oath would lose its effect, and she would be able to avenge the humiliation she suffered at the Floating Immortal Palace... and the Heavenly Fire Prison Palace!!

'How on earth did that guy manage to do it!' General Bai Sha thought more deeply, saying to himself, "I hope no variables arise..."

He made up his mind to continue the advance, rendezvous with the Fire Phoenix Clan, and completely occupy the entire Yun Kingdom to avoid any complications that might arise from delays.

A few days later. Floating Immortal Palace. Xianxiao Hall.

Bai Cang opened his eyes. By now, his demon body had been completely transformed by the nature of immortality, and the first wisp of Heavenly Demon Power had been produced within him.

When all his demon power was converted into Heavenly Demon Power, that would be the moment he transformed into a Heavenly Demon Body! That would be the true immortal body—the origin never extinguished, the flesh never dying!!

He stood up. Bai Cang announced his emergence from seclusion.

Immediately, Yue Shanhe came to pay his respects, saying, "Shanhe congratulates Ancestor Bai on achieving the fifth tier..."

Just as he was about to launch into a long-winded speech, Bai Cang said directly, "Speak, what is it?"

Yue Shanhe said, "The Yun Kingdom has fallen! A few days ago, Demon Emperor Chi Lian used her fifth-tier demon body to forcibly break the fourth-tier great array of the fortress city, swallowing more than half of the top combat strength of the human cultivator army in one gulp. The Sect Leader of the Yuanlei Sect... True Lord Mang Lei was killed in action on the spot! The remaining Nascent Soul cultivators were either dead or had fled..."

At this point, Yue Shanhe was actually very clear in his heart that if Bai Cang were not there... the first to fall would have been the Ming Kingdom, followed by the Lin and Xue Kingdoms. If even Nascent Soul cultivators could not resist, what could they, a group of Golden Core cultivators, possibly do?

He continued, "On that day, the demon army continued to invade the Yun Kingdom, attacking from both sides and routing the human cultivator army that was confronting the Fire Phoenix Clan. After the two armies occupied it... it is rumored they have already headed toward the Shi Kingdom..."

Bai Cang's expression was calm, thinking to himself that after Demon Emperor Chi Lian recovered her demon power, she was very different from before. With his current strength, he wondered if he could fight her.

He asked, "Why do you know this matter in such detail?"

Separated by the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range, there must be a reason why Yue Shanhe could know the details.

Yue Shanhe replied, "I was just about to report this! After the cultivator army was routed, a portion of the cultivators fled to the sea, and after several twists and turns, appeared at the Beize Eighteen Islands. There is a female cultivator named Sect Leader Han Yuechan who, upon hearing your reputation, Ancestor Bai, came to seek refuge. She says she is... the master of Fairy Bingpo!"

"Currently, all the cultivators stranded in the Three Kingdoms are still observing your attitude, Ancestor Bai. Some, due to your demon race identity, continue to flee far overseas..." He then detailed the composition of the cultivator groups.

"I see." Bai Cang nodded, quickly formulating a plan in his mind. He said, "Sect Leader Han Yuechan is my wife's master; she and her disciples may temporarily reside in the Shanhe Sect. As for the other cultivators, they may settle in any unclaimed land. They must not cause trouble, otherwise... I will take action personally!"

He was protecting all the cultivators of the Three Kingdoms. Among the cultivator groups stranded here were many Nascent Soul cultivators, and even those at the Nascent Soul completion stage; the strength of the cultivators in the Three Kingdoms simply could not compare.

After finishing this matter, Bai Cang added, "Also, have those one hundred demon women prepare themselves; the wedding and the advancement banquet will be held together. These are troubled times, so let's have them join the household first!"

Once the rice is cooked into congee, affection will grow over time, and if they have children, it will be hard for them to betray me... their hearts will be bound!

"Yes, Ancestor Bai!" Yue Shanhe sighed in admiration. After all these years... Ancestor Bai was truly tireless and kept his original intention; even as a Demon Emperor, he was still taking wives...

"I will have Xue Yao go personally to welcome her master; you just need to handle the follow-up properly. You may withdraw for now!" Bai Cang began to dismiss him.

Following Yue Shanhe's departure, Bai Cang's attitude was conveyed to the group of Yun Kingdom cultivators stranded here. Choose unclaimed land, and do not occupy the territory of the local cultivators!

Many cultivators were dissatisfied because of this. The spiritual veins in the Three Kingdoms were already scarce, with the highest being only third-tier spiritual veins. Apart from the places occupied by local cultivators, what remained were only barren mountains and wild ridges or mundane lands, where the spiritual energy was so thin that it was impossible to cultivate. And according to past wars between the two realms, it would take at least a dozen years, or even nearly a hundred years. Cultivating in such a place for decades... their lifelong cultivation would be completely ruined!