Master of Strange Dao

Chapter 1578 - 423: Crossing the Bridge, I Don't Care

The story needs to be told from a few years ago.When Yang left, he gave Ji Shen a bottle of sweet rain and included a tutorial on the Almsgiving Ceremony.

Wanjun was the first to use it, and the effect was excellent, eliminating the Devil Thought, leaving only the aftereffects of entering the Evil Dao. For Wanjun, it just needed a slow grind to resolve.

After all, just entering the Devilic Path and entering both the Devilic Path and Evil Dao are two different matters.

Since Wanjun found it useful, naturally others had no reason to worry.

But this is where things started to differ.

A good thing that's not beneficial to everyone doesn't necessarily lead to good outcomes.

With the Four Divine Dynasties, the related matters have developed relatively smoothly because, before development began, the three top experts of the Three Divine Dynasties had been hammered together.

The Lei Clan's treasured artifact is still under repair, and the Dali Crown Prince's Magical Treasure is still a bald chicken. Such level of treasures are not easily fully repaired.

Later, it took successive reminders using the Ninth Tier to everyone.

Regardless of whether they knew it or not, in fact, at least half of the fallen experts in these years were more or less related to Jinlan Mountain.

Plus, Yu Ziqing didn't plan to hold on tightly to the reins; he didn't stand by coldly as those entering the Devilic Path slowly marched towards death.

He was quite willing to trade with others, though the amount was always very little.

However, with the possibility of trade and a channel provided, everyone could accept it.

Now, even Daqian has had to include hungry ghosts in their Law Code.

Taking into account various factors, everyone happily accepting a win-win situation is becoming a matter of course.

But things are different over on the Immovable Continent; the Immovable Immortal Dynasty and the Demon Clan are almost evenly matched.

The Immovable Immortal Dynasty has strong cohesion, with a slightly higher number of experts and a lesser overall number of cultivators.

The Demon Clan has a large population, but with serious internal divisions, so it's not too accurate to say that.

One should say that the concept of the Demon Clan is now a general term from the human side. Internally, they still have their own tribes: dogs are dogs, cats are cats; they can't gather in one pot.

I wag my tail to show goodwill; you wag your tail to fight. To recognize the same tribal concept is ridiculous in the first place.

This generation's Demon Emperor, just in name, in reality, there are many in the Demon Clan who don't acknowledge the Demon Emperor.

Those who give face call him the Emperor of Zhou, shouting "Respect King and Expel Barbarians" when needed.

Those who don't, "Who the hell are you?"

The Demon Emperor isn't strong enough to force all the tribes to do anything.

If he really had such power, why would he operate under the name of the True Dragon once it emerged?

Plus, there are still devilish demons in the Demon Clan. After King Jiunian ran over, seventy to eighty percent of there still had devil monsters.

It's a complete mess.

Plus, not every person within the Immovable Immortal Dynasty is united, making things even more complicated.

Now, with the emergence of sweet rain, something originally ignored, the not-so-many hungry ghosts, akin to reclusive nerds, have naturally been noticed.

The side of the Immovable Immortal Dynasty is still a bit better because, regarding entering the Devilic Path, no one dares presume they won't encounter it.

Some experts, originally fine, couldn't even feel Devil Thought, smoothly ascending to the Ninth Tier, then suddenly it erupts in one go during tribulation-crossing, ultimately dying under Heavenly Tribulation.

Furthermore, Devil Thought isn't something that's once attained and immunity granted for life; there could be a second occurrence.

Before the Almsgiving Ceremony, hungry ghosts, and sweet rain, this second time was quite likely to happen.

Although the sweet rain is scarce now, knowing there's such a thing means people won't go crazy dealing with those reclusive hungry ghosts anymore.

The main issue isn't on the Immovable Immortal Dynasty's side, but rather with some in the Demon Clan who also know about the matter.

Jiu Nian also learned about it.

At other times, Jiu Nian could hold back from causing trouble, but this time, he couldn't resist.

Originally in his plan, as long as he escaped without getting caught and suppressed back immediately.

He dared to gather demons from the Abyss to launch an assault on the present world in one go.

Even if he couldn't destroy it in one go, using waves of demon monsters to root in the present world, eroding and squeezing the survival space bit by bit.

At worst, making a mess of the present world was an option.

That location of the Abyss Rift Valley, Jiu Nian was simply not afraid of any top expert striking there.

He even wished to spar within the Abyss Rift Valley itself, making it larger with every hit.

To truly defend, it relies on numbers, not top experts.

Unfortunately, since the emergence of hungry ghosts suppressing the Abyss Rift Valley, such thinking is nothing but overthinking.

With over a million hungry ghosts suppressing there, and their average strength gradually increasing.

This massive convergence of breath, individual demons nearby would be suppressed directly unless gathering in large numbers and impacting.

Jiu Nian's greatest advantage was nullified, leaving him gnashing his teeth at hungry ghosts.

Because of the hungry ghosts' suppression, he couldn't even sneak into the present world easily.

Upon finally escaping to the previously overlooked Immovable Continent, discovering hungry ghosts and even sweet rain present, Jiu Nian began stirring trouble secretly.

Despite the lack of unity within the Demon Clan, at least notifying them that something new emerged among humans.

From then on, perhaps the top experts here might never enter the Devilic Path again.

The success rate of tribulation-crossing would skyrocket, and in the coming thousand years, those who might have fallen won't fall, with new Ninth Tier promotions increasing, and the rising number of experts could match the past three to four thousand years.