Chapter 1 A Desolate Scene

"It really is desolate." Xu Jingming looked at a ruined village in the distance.

The Subduing Demons World was vast, and the area of Cheng'an Prefecture alone spanned two to three thousand *li*. Outside the densely populated prefectural and county towns, the land was sparsely populated, and it was common to travel through large areas without seeing a single person.

"The Chen family's suffering is nothing compared to this rural village." Xu Jingming looked at the dilapidated village before him. "Bandit raids can wipe out a village. The descent of a demon can also wipe out a village. Famine and disaster can also destroy villages."

"If you want to escape a tragic fate, you have to find a way to live in the city."

"This is the world's official, completely forcing the aborigines! Forcing them to practice martial arts!"

Xu Jingming was well aware that while some wealthy families enjoyed a life of pleasure and luxury, they would wake up in reality only to realize that they had wasted decades. However, if some aborigines living in poverty could diligently cultivate martial arts for decades and achieve entry, they would awaken in reality as a cosmic life form with a lifespan of thousands of years.

"This village was destroyed by a demon."

Xu Jingming walked closer, his third eye in his forehead opened, observing the entire village. He could see skeletons everywhere, almost all of which were intact, with no obvious fatal wounds.

"There are so many demons in the Subduing Demons World." Xu Jingming looked up at the mountains in front of him. "According to the information, there is a Dongming Mountain ahead."

"Within Cheng'an Prefecture, there are dozens of Dongming Mountains. As long as you attack a Dongming Mountain, you will definitely find a demon! But how many dare to do so?"

Xu Jingming took a step, transforming into starlight and traveling through the air.

Other Demon Subduers generally didn't dare to directly attack Dongming Mountain!

To dare to do so, one needed sufficient strength and courage. Many fourth and fifth realm Demon Subduers had concerns and were unwilling to start a large-scale war with Dongming Mountain.

Moreover, those fourth and fifth realm Demon Subduers didn't have the courage to refine a *di mo* (earth demon) with their minds.

Because once their minds were injured, the price would be too severe.

But Xu Jingming dared!

Because even if he was injured, the *Guangxian Pian* (Light Ray Visualization) could allow him to recover in a relatively short period of time. Moreover, having passed the test of the Mysterious Land, it wouldn't be easy to injure his mind.

"I came to the Subduing Demons World to temper my mind, and Cheng'an Prefecture is just the beginning." Xu Jingming understood this. "Since I have the confidence, then I should be brave and diligent!"

As an outer member of the 'Primordial Research Institute', one of the three strongest forces of the universe humans, and with the *Guangxian Pian* (Light Ray Visualization) inheritance, if he was timid even when refining some *di mo* (earth demon), when would he ever become a Source Lifeform?

Whoosh.

The starlight traveled through the mountains and forests, quickly arriving at the foot of Dongming Mountain, where Xu Jingming's figure appeared.

"Another Dongming Mountain. Let's begin." Xu Jingming stepped up the mountain, each step taking him a hundred meters away.

"Come on, cheers." "Drink."

On Dongming Mountain, two figures were drinking happily.

"Brother Chang, I heard you took another concubine. Is this your 32nd concubine?" a thin man said with a smile.

"This is the 39th, your information is too outdated." The bearded man laughed heartily. "In the Qingyu Mountain area, the surrounding three hundred villages have to listen to me. I don't like killing people, I only like being a bridegroom. I'm already very benevolent."

"You grab all the good-looking ones. I'm just wondering, taking ten or eight concubines is almost enough. What about you? You take concubines one after another, replacing them as they die." The thin man shook his head. "Don't you find it annoying to do this kind of thing so much?"

"Annoying? This kind of thing is very interesting." The bearded man's eyes lit up with excitement. "It's great to be a demon. When I was alive, I never touched a woman, but after I died..."

Bang! Bang!

Two colors of thunder, black and white, descended, but instead of intertwining, they struck the two demons who were chatting and drinking, instantly turning them into nothingness, leaving only two wisps of natal demon essence.

"Collect." Xu Jingming, holding a black jade bottle, collected the two wisps of natal demon essence into the jade bottle.

Xu Jingming's third eye was already open, and he looked up towards the top of the mountain. "There are so many demons on this Dongming Mountain? This is the Dongming Mountain with the most demons I've encountered in months of hunting."

"Then I should try to catch the big fish." Xu Jingming used his divine power, the Third Eye, to find the big fish among them.

Inside a pavilion at the top of the mountain.

"Master, recently, that Demon Subduer Wu Ming has been too crazy." The old woman said anxiously. "He actually left the prefecture city to hunt down the *di mo* (earth demon). The *di mo* (earth demon) within Cheng'an Prefecture are terrified and dare not stay in their lairs."

Originally, many *di mo* (earth demon) occupied a territory and were famous.

Xu Jingming just followed the information and killed them one by one!

Mainly because at his current level, refining human demons was of little help, so he mainly targeted *di mo* (earth demon)! Just killing three *di mo* (earth demon) scared the other *di mo* (earth demon) into hiding.

"The *di mo* (earth demon) have left their residences and are hiding." The old woman said. "This Wu Ming simply attacked the Dongming Mountains. According to the latest information, he has already attacked seven Dongming Mountains."

"I know."

The woman in red sighed softly. "In recent months, he has killed five envoys of Dongming Mountain and two *di mo* (earth demon) who hadn't joined Dongming Mountain, a total of seven *di mo* (earth demon). Counting Qinghu Demon God and Patrol Envoy Zhang Xiu, that's a total of nine *di mo* (earth demon)."

"He's simply crazy. He doesn't take our Dongming Mountain seriously at all." The old woman said anxiously. "We must severely punish and deter him, otherwise these Demon Subduers will go crazy and it will be completely chaotic."

Demon Subduers wanted to refine demons.

But the demons had their own obsessions and were unwilling to fight the Demon Subduers head-on.

"He can kill Qinghu Demon God. In the entire Cheng'an Prefecture, the only one who can eliminate him is the Mountain Lord." The woman in red shook her head. "As you know, we have written three letters to the Mountain Lord, but the Mountain Lord has ignored them."

"The Mountain Lord doesn't care about us?" the old woman asked. "The Mountain Lord entrusted all the affairs of Dongming Mountain to you, Master. At a critical moment, the Mountain Lord should come forward."

"He probably doesn't care about the death of a few *di mo* (earth demon)." The woman in red was also helpless.

She was one of the Demon Gods most trusted by the Dongming Mountain Lord, and had been managing the affairs within Cheng'an Prefecture, but she couldn't influence the Mountain Lord's decision.

"Hmm."

A low, booming sound rang out.

The woman in red and the old woman were suddenly startled. They could both feel the power of the most yang and most firm thunder.

"It's a Demon Subduer!" Just as they rushed out of the pavilion, they saw from afar a young man wearing a starlight robe had arrived, and his third eye in his forehead had locked onto the woman in red.

"Such strong demon energy, are you the Blood-Clad Demon God, one of the Four Great Demon Gods?" Xu Jingming's voice rang out.

"Four Great Demon Gods?" The corner of the woman in red's eye twitched. It was clearly five great Demon Gods a few months ago, but it had become four because of the Demon Subduer in front of her.

"Demon Subduer Wu Ming, retreat immediately, otherwise I will report to the Mountain Lord, and when the Mountain Lord personally takes action against you, it will be too late for you to regret it," the woman in red said coldly.

"I've killed so many *di mo* (earth demon), and the Dongming Mountain Lord still doesn't know?" Xu Jingming said in surprise.

The woman in red's face was ugly.

Of course she had reported it long ago, but the Mountain Lord didn't care.

"Hmph."

Accompanied by a cold snort, a red light shot out from the sleeve of the woman in red, shooting towards Xu Jingming.

"Withdraw from Dongming Mountain." The woman in red, while attacking first, also ordered her subordinate demons. Of course, before the Blood-Clad Demon God gave the order, many demons had already begun to hide far away.

Buzz!!!

An incomparably vast golden net completely covered the entire mountaintop. Those who escaped quickly fled out of the range of the net, but nearly half were covered by the golden net.

Divine Power 'Heaven and Earth Net' had reached the level of Minor Success after several months. It was much more powerful than when dealing with the Qinghu Demon God.

"Heavens..."

Covered by the golden net, some weak demons turned into gray smoke as if burned as soon as they touched the net, leaving only wisps of natal demon essence.

Only the woman in red and a burly black man struggled in the golden net. The 'red light' that had been used for the sneak attack was also bound by the net, revealing its original shape, which was a hairpin.

"Break it for me." The woman in red drew the sharp sword from her waist and slashed at the golden net, but it only caused some damage to the ropes. As for the other burly black man, he was completely bound by the ropes and couldn't move.

"How is this possible?" The woman in red couldn't believe it. She instantly unleashed her sword several times, only to cut off a single rope, but the rope was completely restored as starlight flowed.

Xu Jingming, holding a spear, first stabbed the burly black man who had just reached the Earth Demon realm to death, and then attacked the woman in red.

"Master is finished."

The old woman who had fled fast enough had just transformed into mist and escaped from the mountaintop when a huge golden net descended, covering the entire mountaintop.

Watching the demons covered by the golden net die one by one, and even the woman in red fall into a desperate situation, the old woman was a little scared.

"Escape, escape, escape."

The old woman and the other demons fled in all directions.

"How is this net so difficult to deal with?" The woman in red once again cut open the ropes with a few swords, only to be met with Xu Jingming's spear attack.

Boom!

While attacking with the spear, four colors of thunder intertwined in the sky and directly struck the woman in red, severely injuring her body.

"What?" The woman in red was shocked and angry.

The previous intelligence said that Demon Subduer 'Wu Ming's strongest point was his close-quarters spear technique, and that he had killed the Qinghu Demon God with a spear weapon. But this time, whether it was the golden net or the power of thunder, it was beyond imagination.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"

With the golden net binding her and the four-colored thunder striking her, the woman in red struggled to support herself and was already seriously injured.

"If you kill me, the Mountain Lord will definitely avenge me," the woman in red shouted as she blocked the spear with her sword.

Pfft.

The spear was merciless and still pierced the woman in red's chest.

Terrifying thunder erupted! Over the months, Xu Jingming had engraved the 'Five Thunders Unleashed' rune on his spear. This spear unleashed all five thunders! It completely annihilated the woman in red's demon body, leaving only a wisp of natal demon essence.

"The Mountain Lord will definitely avenge you? I'm afraid he's been hiding all along." Xu Jingming took out the black jade bottle and collected all the wisps of natal demon essence on this mountaintop.

This Dongming Mountain lair, which controlled all the demons in Cheng'an Prefecture, was razed to the ground by Xu Jingming.

The Blood-Clad Demon God died! Nearly half of the demons died, and the other demons fled in panic.

Inside a mansion in the prefecture city.

The old woman sat in the hall, feeling sad and desperate.

"In Cheng'an Prefecture, when did we demons fall to such a state? Being chased and killed one after another by a Demon Subduer, and the Mountain Lord still ignores our life and death."

The old woman thought.

"Madam Liao," a wealthy man beside her comforted her, "We have done what we should do, and you have reported the news to the Mountain Lord! How to deal with this Demon Subduer Wu Ming is up to the Mountain Lord's decision."

"Master is dead."

The old woman shook her head. "Now that two of the Five Great Demon Gods have died, the Mountain Lord still doesn't care."

Whoosh.

A figure appeared silently.

The old woman and the wealthy man were startled, looking at the man in black in front of them.

"Mountain Lord." The old woman was overjoyed and respectfully saluted.

The wealthy man also saluted, "Greetings, Mountain Lord."

"Red Sleeve Envoy, is what you wrote in your letter true?" Wang Cheng said calmly, "Your Master, she really died?"

"Yes, I escaped several *li* away, and when I looked back, I saw Master being pierced through the chest by the Demon Subduer Wu Ming, and her demon body annihilated. At that time, I could only flee for my life with all my strength," the old woman said. "I only thought about reporting everything to the Mountain Lord."

"Xiao Guan is also dead." Wang Cheng was silent for a moment.

The Blood-Clad Demon God 'Guan Muyu' had once had a relationship with him. With his support, the Blood-Clad Demon God was able to truly manage the entire Dongming Mountain.

"Demon Subduer Wu Ming, where is he now?" Wang Cheng said indifferently, but his calm tone had a sense of oppression that made the old woman and the wealthy man shudder.

"Reporting to the Mountain Lord," the wealthy man said, "I have also been collecting information on Demon Subduer Wu Ming, but he hasn't appeared in the prefecture city in the past three months."

"He should be outside the city," the old woman also said, "His footprints are all over the thousand *li* around the prefecture city."

Wang Cheng frowned slightly.

"Always track Wu Ming's whereabouts," Wang Cheng instructed, "Once you determine where he is, report it immediately."

"Yes," the old woman and the wealthy man responded in unison.

Whoosh.

Wang Cheng disappeared silently in the house.

He appeared in the sky above the prefecture city. In the dark night, Wang Cheng looked down at the entire city, his eyes dark and cold. "I feel myself getting angry. It's been a long time since I've had this emotion. I have a feeling that if my obsession absorbs intense emotions, I should be able to take another step forward and break through to become a Celestial Demon!"

"The world's will in the dark tells me that as long as I become a Celestial Demon, it will be a transformation of my life." Wang Cheng carefully looked at the locations of the top Demon Subduers in the city, and then disappeared silently.

Xu Jingming indeed did not return to the prefecture city. In fact, after refining the 'Blood-Clad Demon God' with mind-refining, Xu Jingming went offline.

There were two ways to go offline. One was to let the AI control the body, which could speak and act normally, but could not cast spells. The second was to disappear completely! When the aborigines were unaware, he could disappear completely and go offline.

At this moment, Xu Jingming had completely disappeared and left.

"After joining the Primordial Research Institute for a year, I'm finally about to break through to the eighth level." Xu Jingming was also filled with joy, and naturally put down the Subduing Demons World to devote himself to the breakthrough.