Cultivation System: Stronger with Age Chapter 1137 - 479: Soul Shifting Demon Pearl (Part 2)

Regarding its millennia-long "friendship" with Celestial Eye, and the past assistance Celestial Eye provided during their conflicts... For the demonic leaders of the Profound Yin Demon Sect, be it ten thousand or a million years of alliance, these demon lords, heads, and generals would never endure significant loss for another's sake!

The bonds among these Profound Yin Demon Sect leaders are a far cry from those found among cultivators of Immortal Sects or clans within the Human Race's Immortal Realm. As an example, Lin Xuankong, Guang Yu'er, and the Qilin Clan Elder, despite having only recently met the Great Success Jade Bright Bodhisattva, genuinely wished to aid the Bodhisattva through this arduous trial! Even within the Human Race's Immortal Realm, self-serving and heartless individuals abound, yet they still pale in comparison to these utterly inhuman, purely demonic beings!

Naturally, on the surface, all the leaders of the Profound Yin Demon Sect profess allegiance to the Holy Race Sacred Sect, referring to their peers as brethren, and exchanging disingenuously pleasantries. This is because the more deceitful, sinister, and cunning a being is, the more vehemently they will proclaim their sincerity, purity, and honesty...

Thus, at this juncture, as numerous demon heads, lords, and generals turned their gazes towards it,

despite its profound reluctance, the Soul Shifting Demon Lord had no alternative but to grudgingly comply...

However, what compelled the Soul Shifting Demon Lord's reluctant acceptance most forcefully was the sheer might of the First Demon Lord, Fan Yu!

It was no match for the First Demon Lord and dared not provoke him lightly. A Demon Artifact could be remade, but facing the targeted wrath of the Profound Yin Demon Sect's most sinister, cunning, and ferocious First Demon Lord would undoubtedly result in far more agonizing tribulations for the Soul Shifter than forging a new Demon Artifact!

In its dejection, the Soul Shifting Demon Lord raised its hand, touching its chest,

instantaneously,

the black demonic armor covering its chest split asunder, and even its exposed, dark skin divided into two, revealing the pulsing heart within. Hovering above the heart was a crystalline pearl, spinning ceaselessly!

As the Soul Shifting Demon Lord willed it, the transparent pearl detached from its sundered chest, transforming into a streak of light that plummeted before the Celestial Eye Demon Lord, situated below the looming tribulation cloud.

At that moment,

the Celestial Eye Demon Lord, positioned beneath the tribulation cloud, wore an expression of utter despair.

While the Great Success Jade Bright Bodhisattva displayed no fear against the Netherworld Water Tribulation, the Celestial Eye Demon Lord possessed not even a sliver of confidence in its ability to survive such a trial!

Upon witnessing the pearl materialize before it, the despair-laden Celestial Eye Demon Lord trembled violently. Its massive demonic eye, situated on its forehead, widened in alarm, and it immediately unleashed its demonic qi without hesitation, propelling the transparent pearl forward to its own position.

Clutching the transparent pearl tightly and confirming its reality, the Celestial Eye Demon Lord finally felt a sense of relief, a flicker of excitement crossing its visage as it turned to face the assembled demon lords of the Profound Yin Demon Sect.

As a veteran demon lord within the Profound Yin Demon Sect, the Celestial Eye Demon Lord was acutely aware that the crystalline pearl in its grasp represented one of the most potent spiritual-type Demon Artifacts under the control of the sect's demon lords – it was the Soul Shifting Demon Lord's Lifebound Demon Artifact, meticulously nurtured over tens of thousands of years!

It had truly never conceived that, at such a critical juncture, the Soul Shifter would actually consent to lending such a precious Demon Artifact, cultivated over millennia of arduous effort. After all, this seasoned demon lord, Celestial Eye, understood all too well the notoriously treacherous nature of its peers within the Profound Yin Demon Sect!

As the Celestial Eye Demon Lord swiveled its head, it observed the distant Soul Shifting Demon Lord offer a faint, forced smile, while the First Demon Lord Fan Yu inclined his head slightly, transmitting a voice transmission:

"Having endured the Five Elements Extermination Tribulation and regardless of whether you successfully conquer it in the end, you absolutely cannot face fewer tribulation onslaughts than the Great Success Jade Bright Bodhisattva of Spirit Platform Buddhism. Otherwise, would that not be a disgrace to our Profound Yin Saint Sect, not to mention the reputation of our Holy Sect’s Saint Heir Gang Bone and the supreme Thousand Illusion Saint Monarch! Rest assured, no matter the terrifying onslaughts you face in the impending Five Elements Extermination Tribulation, I will never stand idly by while my junior brother falls!"

Upon hearing the First Demon Lord Fan Yu’s declaration, the Celestial Eye Demon Lord, though not entirely convinced, recognized that its senior brother, the First Demon Lord Fan Yu, had indeed spared its life at this critical juncture.

It was about to send a mental message back, intending to spare no effort in offering its sincere gratitude to its senior brother from the Profound Yin Demon Sect. However, before a single word could be uttered, a profound sense of peril suddenly loomed from above.

In its shock,

the Celestial Eye Demon Lord’s hair stood on end as it looked upward.

It beheld an immense black hole within the tribulation clouds, from which an endless torrent of Netherworld Water was already cascading downwards. Originating from the black hole in the tribulation clouds, this dark water surged towards the Celestial Eye Demon Lord’s position. Despite being nearly a thousand miles distant, the Netherworld Water descended with a speed comparable to a High-Grade Immortal Artifact in full flight, reaching the Celestial Eye Demon Lord in less than a hundredth of a breath!

This river of Netherworld Water, pouring from the heavens, appeared inky black. Within its depths floated the desiccated corpses of countless Human Race, Demon Race, and Buddhist cultivators. These remains were either mere skeletal forms or partially decomposed, presenting an incredibly eerie spectacle, emanating a stench that climbed towards the heavens, accompanied by a bone-chilling cold!

As the Netherworld Water approached, the Celestial Eye Demon Lord did not dare to hesitate. It immediately channeled all its demonic qi into the Soul Shifting Demon Pearl held in its hand. Instantly, from within the Soul Shifting Demon Pearl, an innumerable host of resentful souls erupted, numbering in the tens of thousands. This was merely the initial wave, and as the Celestial Eye Demon Lord chanted its incantation, the Soul Shifting Demon Pearl continued to spew forth an endless stream of vengeful spirits!

The sheer quantity of resentful souls contained within this minuscule pearl was astounding. It was evident how many lives, including those of countless Human Race, Demon Race, and Buddhist cultivators from the Immortal Realm, had been sacrificed to nurture this Soul Shifting Demon Pearl. Not to mention the lives of numerous cultivators from its own Demon Race...

Once unleashed, these resentful souls enveloped the Celestial Eye Demon Lord’s form, swirling ceaselessly around it. Though each soul was only the size of an ordinary human, their sheer numbers were immense. They clustered together, forming layer upon layer of ghostly defenses around the thousand-zhang tall Celestial Eye Demon Lord, completely surrounding it.

However, the Netherworld Water Tribulation,

could not be repelled by Immortal Artifacts, Magical Treasures, Spiritual Objects, Immortal Techniques, or Demon Techniques,

for the Netherworld Water Tribulation, appearing as mere water or surging rivers, was actually a spiritual onslaught from the Five Elements Extermination Tribulation. These cascading waves and the myriad corpses of Human Race, Demonic Creatures, and Cultivators were largely a spiritual illusion!

Nevertheless, while defenses such as Immortal Artifacts, Magical Treasures, Spiritual Objects, Immortal Techniques, and Demon Techniques were powerless against the Netherworld Water, the resentful souls summoned by the Celestial Eye Demon Lord, meticulously condensed from the dying regrets of countless lives claimed by the Soul Shifting Demon Lord, could indeed be considered spiritual 'objects'!

At this very moment, these seemingly boundless specters did indeed provide a shield for the Celestial Eye Demon Lord’s demonic body. As they formed multiple layers of protection around it, they managed to temporarily fend off the Netherworld Water’s assault on the Celestial Eye Demon Lord!

Of course, the Netherworld Water proved itself worthy of being the fourth wave of the Five Elements Extermination Tribulation. Even though the resentful souls had initially blocked the Netherworld Water, under its relentless impact and corrosive embrace, these specters began to rapidly erode and disintegrate...Within a single breath, the tens of thousands of tormented souls belonging to the Soul Shifting Demon Lord were utterly annihilated by the Netherworld Water, their essence absorbed into its depths! Nevertheless, the Celestial Eye Demon Lord, a veteran of the Profound Yin Demon Sect, managed to momentarily stave off the Netherworld Water's onslaught with the aid of the Soul Shifting Demon Pearl. A flicker of relief passing through it, the solitary demonic eye emblazoned on the Celestial Eye Demon Lord's forehead, tinged with lingering animosity, fixed its gaze upon the distant Great Success Jade Bright Bodhisattva!