Chapter 1 Morning

It was early morning.

Xu Jingming arrived at a teahouse. As he ate his morning tea, a light rain began to fall from the sky.

"Even in the virtual world, these planetary lifeforms with suppressed memories still have to struggle for a living," Xu Jingming said, watching the hurried people on the street outside the teahouse. "This is the law of survival for the entire universe: strong species survive, and weak species are eliminated."

The human race of the universe could only thrive to this point because of its strength. Even so, there had been some 'dark ages' in history when even supreme realm experts had died.

"The Cosmic Human Alliance guides countless people to strive forward. The massive base of evolutionaries gives rise to enough Origin Lifeforms. The massive number of scholars gives rise to great scholars with academic levels exceeding 100."

"Enough Origin Lifeforms and great scholars are what supports the human race of the universe today."

Xu Jingming understood the order of the cosmic jungle.

Although there were all kinds of people within the entire human race, the race could only move forward if the 'striving people' were in the majority.

If pleasure-seekers were the majority, the race would naturally decline until its eventual demise.

This was the most basic law of survival.

"Is that Wu Ming, the Demon Subduer, spacing out while having his morning tea?" From the distant street, a blue-clad man named Li Jingge glanced at Xu Jingming and remotely transmitted an order, "You can make your move now."

As Xu Jingming observed the people outside the teahouse, he suddenly noticed a red-clothed girl holding an umbrella. The red-clothed girl stood out prominently among the simply dressed crowd on the street as she walked towards the teahouse.

"Hm?" Xu Jingming frowned slightly. "This woman…"

The red-clothed girl looked to be about fifteen or sixteen years old, quite young. She had a beautiful face and wore a bright red robe, attracting a lot of attention on the street.

She walked towards the teahouse, her eyes fixed on Xu Jingming.

"Are you Wu Ming, the Demon Subduer?" the red-clothed girl asked with a smile.

"I am," Xu Jingming nodded.

"I'm here to send you on your way," the red-clothed girl said. As her voice fell, she released the umbrella and transformed into a red blur, already attacking Xu Jingming's position.

The umbrella floated down to the street. To the shock of the people on the street, the window where Xu Jingming was sitting shattered completely. The shattered pieces of wood were suspended in place by an invisible force, without affecting the terrified teahouse customers.

Xu Jingming stood there, his hand gripping the red-clothed girl's throat, her feet dangling in the air.

"Such fast palm techniques," the red-clothed girl said, her neck twisted as she struggled desperately. Her palms transformed into a series of afterimages, striking Xu Jingming's body over a hundred times in an instant.

Xu Jingming stood there, allowing her to strike him. Starlight rippled across his body, and the red-clothed girl's palm techniques couldn't break through his protective starlight at all.

"Is this all you've got?" Xu Jingming exerted force with his fingers.

Crack.

The red-clothed girl's neck snapped. She tilted her head, grinned at Xu Jingming, and her entire body suddenly disintegrated, turning into circles of red silk. These red silk ribbons wrapped around Xu Jingming, binding him tightly.

"You've been caught by me; you can't escape," a girl's face appeared on the red silk ribbons, with a triumphant smile.

Xu Jingming remained calm. Before obtaining the power of the origin of heaven and earth, he might have had to deal with it with all his might. But after the complete breakthrough of his Li Xing Divine Body, Xu Jingming knew in an instant of exchanging blows with the heavenly demon that the heavenly demon posed no threat to him.

Heavenly demons and Demon Subduers were different.

Heavenly demons were born from obsessions that attracted the demonic Qi of heaven and earth. The stronger the obsession, the stronger the demonic body formed. By determining the purity of the demonic Qi, one could judge the strength of the obsession and know the level of this heavenly demon.

"Peng."

Xu Jingming exerted force with both arms, and the red ribbons wrapped around his body suddenly snapped. The severed red ribbons immediately flew away rapidly. During the flight, the red ribbons quickly merged together.

"Trying to escape?" Xu Jingming's eyes turned cold. In the drizzling sky, a pillar of lightning, about ten feet thick, suddenly struck down, hitting the red ribbons.

"Ah!" Accompanied by a shrill scream, half of the red ribbons were annihilated in an instant. The remaining red ribbons immediately condensed into the red-clothed girl, her eyes filled with terror as she shouted, "Why aren't you guys making a move!"

"Snow Girl, your strength isn't up to par." "Looks like we have to take action."

"Everyone, let's be serious. This Demon Subduer Wu Ming's strength is stronger than expected."

"The nine of us working together can easily crush him."

From the teahouse and the street, figures emerged one after another. They looked ordinary, like ordinary pedestrians, but now they were all looking at Xu Jingming.

Xu Jingming's expression became solemn.

"Heavenly demons are all good at concealing their aura, but even I can't detect them, which means these heavenly demons are at least comparable to eighth-realm Demon Subduers," Xu Jingming thought to himself. "Heavenly demons usually hide. How come so many have suddenly appeared?" He knew that heavenly demons also formed organizations.

They cooperated with each other, hiding carefully.

"What is it that has brought them together, making them openly attack?" Xu Jingming looked at the nine figures walking towards him. Each of these nine was at least comparable to an eighth-realm Demon Subduer, and some might even be comparable to ninth-realm Demon Subduers.

The nine surrounded him, looking at him like prey, full of confidence.

A long spear had already appeared in Xu Jingming's hand. Facing nine heavenly demons, he wasn't confident at all.

"Whoosh."

Suddenly, a black figure appeared on the street.

This black figure had a saber at his waist, and his pair of cold eyes stared at the heavenly demons, indifferently saying, "Get out of here!"

"Heavenly demon?" The nine heavenly demons and the red-clothed girl had already gathered together, looking at the black figure in confusion.

"You're also a heavenly demon, trying to stop us?" A bald old man said in a low voice.

The black figure didn't say a word, looking coldly at the heavenly demons.

"In that case, I'll devour you within three moves," the bald old man said, a fierce light in his eyes. He took a step and instantly teleported to the black figure's side, kicking at the black figure's head.

Boom boom boom!

The bald old man's feet seemed to crush the heavens and the earth, striking at the black figure.

"Is that Cracking Sky Old Demon?" Xu Jingming was shocked to see the opponent's moves, immediately identifying his identity. "Cracking Sky Old Demon is one of the top five heavenly demons in Red Cloud Prefecture, possessing strength comparable to a ninth-realm Demon Subduer. What's going on? Ten such powerful heavenly demons are acting together, just to deal with me? " He hadn't done anything that deserved such wrath. How could he have provoked so many heavenly demons to attack?

"Hm?" Xu Jingming looked at the scene before him.

Although the black figure was at a disadvantage, he defended steadily.

His saber was like the wind!

Weird and swift, his moves were clearly far superior to the bald old demon's.

The bald old demon was relying on his strong demonic body, relying on his all-around advantages in strength and speed in the battle. But the black figure was relying on his saber techniques. Even though he was suppressed, he defended perfectly, and the bald old man couldn't hurt him at all.

"It seems that even after a hundred moves, Cracking Sky Old Demon won't be able to do anything to him."

"At least he's temporarily suppressed him. We need to hurry up and take action, first get rid of the Demon Subduer Wu Ming!" The other nine heavenly demons each took action. Some transformed into multiple arms, some held weapons, and some simply transformed their entire demonic bodies into bizarre objects… These heavenly demons were very confident.

Even without Cracking Sky Old Demon, they still had two who could be compared to ninth-realm experts, and seven who could be compared to eighth-realm experts! With the nine of them working together, how could a mere Demon Subduer possibly resist?

"Boom boom boom!!!"

Xu Jingming held his long spear, and bolts of lightning struck down from the sky, bombarding the surroundings.

However, they were completely swallowed by a bizarre water flow in mid-air.

"Break!" Xu Jingming was full of fighting spirit. He swept his long spear, and thunder exploded where the spear passed, blasting the bizarre water flow apart. But the water flow instantly merged again, without any damage.

"This Wu Ming is very strong," a heavenly demon holding double halberds charged forward, his short halberds either slashing or chopping, each move powerful and heavy. Yet, Xu Jingming's long spear techniques looked ordinary, blocking the double halberds head-on without losing ground.

In terms of combat skills, Xu Jingming still held the absolute advantage.

"Swish swish swish!"

The bizarre water flow wrapped around him time and time again, and the double-halberd heavenly demon frantically attacked. Just their combined efforts put a lot of pressure on Xu Jingming.

The other seven heavenly demons also joined forces time and time again, and Xu Jingming could only do his best to dodge, using his spear techniques to resist, barely holding on.

"It's indeed difficult to fight against nine," Xu Jingming thought. "Although I've comprehended a great divine power, my foundation is still too weak."

He felt strained and exhausted…

But the heavenly demons present, including the distant Heavenly Demon Venerate Li Jingge, were stunned.

"He's actually blocked nine heavenly demons surrounding him," the blue-clad man holding an umbrella in the distance watched remotely. "Didn't they say that Demon Subduers grow very slowly? How is he growing so fast?" Eighth-order cosmic lifeforms had long lifespans. After descending into the Demon Subduing world, they would quickly reach a certain realm. As for breaking through to a higher realm? That might be hundreds of years later.

For someone like Xu Jingming to break through as fast as a heavenly demon, that was indeed an anomaly.

Heavenly demons were only so strong because of the blessing of the Demon Subduing world…

The black figure also noticed this scene.

He was only barely holding on under Cracking Sky Old Demon's attacks, but Demon Subduer Wu Ming was able to withstand the siege of nine heavenly demons? Looking at his spear techniques, whether it was the power and speed he displayed, or his spear skills, he surpassed him in every way.

"Has the young master's strength already surpassed mine?" the black figure said silently.

"Ghost Water, come help me. The two of us will first eliminate this one with the saber, and then we'll join forces to deal with the Demon Subduer!" Cracking Sky Old Demon immediately transmitted a message.

"Alright."

The bizarre water flow immediately enveloped the black figure. Facing the combined attacks of the two, the black figure felt that he couldn't resist: "I can't stop them!"

"There are so many heavenly demons!"

A gentle voice sounded.

Xu Jingming, who was doing his best to use his spear techniques, but couldn't break through the obstruction of the group of heavenly demons, looked up and saw an old man with white hair appearing in the drizzling sky.

"Senior brother," Xu Jingming said, showing a happy expression!

Although at this time, there was also a killing spree in other parts of the state city, with teams of heavenly demons appearing and attacking high-level Demon Subduers!

But senior brother Gu Shan still chose to rush to his junior brother's side.

"Hm?"

Cracking Sky Old Demon, Ghost Water Old Demon, and the other ten heavenly demons also noticed the old man who had appeared in the high sky.

The old man looked down below.

A huge formation appeared on the ground within a ten-mile radius!

Countless runes appeared in the formation. Even though it was daytime and raining, the formation separated the clouds in the sky, revealing bright stars. The many stars sent down light, which echoed the giant formation.

As soon as the formation was activated!

The heavenly demons felt a terrifying pressure enveloping them.

"Peng peng peng." One heavenly demon after another knelt down, or lay on the ground, unable to get up!

The black figure was also forced to kneel on one knee, his saber supporting the ground, his body trembling slightly.

"How is this possible?"

Cracking Sky Old Demon, Ghost Water Heavenly Demon, and the double-halberd Heavenly Demon were still able to stand firm, but they all looked at the old man in the sky with fear. They could feel that under this restraint, they could only exert one-tenth or one-twentieth of their strength.

Gu Shan's gaze fell on a blue-clad man holding an umbrella in the distance on the street: "Broke through the heavenly demon limit?"

The blue-clad man casually threw away his umbrella, which flew away with the wind. He looked up and stared coldly at Gu Shan: "I've been waiting for you, waiting for a long time. Tell me your name; I need to know who I'm killing!"

"My name is Gu Shan," Gu Shan said with a smile. As a strongman about to become an Origin Lifeform, there were too few heavenly demons who could spark his interest.

A demon who could break through the heavenly demon limit was very rare in the Demon Subduing world.

"You're the strongest Demon Subduer I've encountered. To show my respect, I'll go all out." The blue-clad man's aura was terrifying, and a terrifying vortex of demonic Qi appeared above the sky, all converging on the blue-clad man's body.

"Before I fight you, I'll do something small first." As soon as the blue-clad man's voice fell, he stretched out his hand, and demonic Qi rushed towards Xu Jingming from the demonic Qi vortex.