On the other side...

Shen Hex walked leisurely; it seemed unhurried, but in fact, he was Shrinking Inches, traversing the battlefield at an astonishing speed.

"Roar!!!"

"Puff!!!"

A Tier Six Favored Race pounced towards him, but before it could get close, it was shredded by Sword Qi, turning into a crimson blood mist that exploded and spread in the void.

Along the way, countless Evil God’s Favored Race members rushed to their deaths, leaving a bloody trail behind him, paved with shattered corpses and blood.

Unfortunately, only the Tier Five or Six Favored Races dared to face him directly, while the Tier Seven and Eight Evil God’s Apostles were nowhere to be seen.

This was normal, as they had already been alerted, and with Qia Zhenzi as a cautionary example, they avoided confronting him unless they were confident.

However, it mattered little; if they didn’t come to him, Shen Hex would go to them.

By now, the situation was clear, and the method to break the impasse was simple and straightforward.

Just one word—kill!

If he could just kill his way to the Upper City District, destroy that blood sacrifice ceremony, and even slay the Son of God, the crisis could be resolved at its root.

Such a method was simple in description but incredibly difficult in execution.

It required sufficient strength to carry out.

Shen Hex’s strength...

After Taiyuan’s affairs concluded, he returned to the real world and nearly ten years had passed.

Taiyuan, as a Middle Thousand Realm, had a hundredfold time difference with the real world; ten Earth years equaled a thousand years in Taiyuan.

Yes, during his time away, Taiyuan had witnessed a millennium of change. Not long ago, he participated in the Mystic Sect’s ascension ceremonies, seeing the Three Heroes and Two Talents, along with a group of new Divinity Transformation Cultivators, ascend.

In this thousand years, his Dream Butterfly Body had long recovered to its original state. The Demon Saber Dao Sword and Five Demon-locking Swords, nearly destroyed by the Demon Heaven Tribulation, were restored with the Power of Breaking Demon Celestial Destiny and Daoist Palace Cultivation Method, even advancing to Tier Nine Treasures after being broken and rebuilt.

This was not just the recovery of his injuries but also an enhancement of his power.

Although Taiyuan Heaven and Earth’s limits prevented cultivators from breaking into the Eighth Realm, the inability to advance in rank didn’t mean his strength couldn’t increase.

Over a thousand years, he practiced relentlessly, not only healing the Breaking Demon injuries but also enhancing his cultivation foundation and core strength through the Scriptures of the Righteous and Demonic Dao, various sect techniques, and the Professional Powers of Longevity Hidden Cultivation, World Governance, and Cultivation.

To this day, he mastered all kinds of Dharma Gates from both the Righteous and Evil Dao in Taiyuan Realm and innovated upon his own Sword and Saber Darklight Method and Immortal Martial Spirit Control Skill, reconstructing the Extreme Realm, mending numerous flaws, and approaching perfection with an indeterminate increase in strength.

Moreover, his level and expertise in the Pill Talisman Array and Hundred Skills of Cultivation continuously improved under his meticulous research, reaching a point where although not yet at Tier Nine, he entered the Eighth Rank Realm and fully grasped the Pill Talisman and Array Artifact methods of both Daos in Taiyuan. Even the Yin Yang Dust Array was at his fingertips.

These meritorious outcomes, combined with the powers of Breaking Demon Celestial Destiny and Daoist Palace World Governance, allowed him to refine the Demon Saber Dao Sword and Five Demon-locking Swords to Tier Nine using Borrowing Illusion for Cultivation. His Dream Butterfly Body’s strength reached an unprecedented state.

Although now crossing the World Gate, arriving in the real world where everyone seemed to be cheating, he still remained confidently ahead.

Qia Zhenzi was a prime example; despite being an Eighth Realm Returning Void Evil Cultivator with a Tier Seven or Eight Professional [Profound Yin Daoist Cultivator] and his Profound Yin Dao Technique providing great assistance, he still couldn’t withstand Shen Hex’s Sacrificial Demon-Slaying might and perished beneath his sword.

As for cultivation foundation, achieving the Great Dao Primordial Spirit with Immortal Martial Spirit Control and Three Methods Cultivation, he was in no way inferior to an Eighth Realm Returning Void Cultivator.

Regarding Magical Techniques and Divine Techniques, with Sword and Saber Darklight, Demon-Locking Five Elements, and even Taiyuan’s foundation and a millennia’s worth of accumulation, his Sword Technique, Saber Technique, Alchemy Technique, Talismanic Technique, Array, and Artifact Technique all reached the Eighth Rank Realm, making him a Grandmaster.

Pertaining to Magical Treasure Divine Soldiers, with the Demon Saber Dao Sword and Five Demon-locking Swords having ascended to Tier Nine, they ranked as Upper Grade like Mo Yunzi’s Demon Heaven Banner, surpassing the Soldiers of Heaven’s Will of the Three Heroes and Two Talents, with few to compare unless a Tier Ten Spiritual Treasure emerged.

Considering Professional Assistance, although his professions Creation of Techniques and Cultivation of Dao and World Governance in Cultivation System only advanced to Tier Six [Daoist Palace Master], its essence garnered from an entire world placed its potency above ordinary Tier Seven or even Tier Eight professions.

In summary, his current strength was terrifying.

No opponent seemed to exist unless a Tier Nine cultivator appeared.

Even against a Tier Nine cultivator, unless they were a Celestial Pride Genius like Dao Xuankong, or possessed an immensely powerful "cheating" profession, Shen Hex was confident in facing them.

Of course, only limited to Tier Nine!

If it were Tier Ten...

In the realms of cultivation, Three Gates and One Celestial Layer was the norm, at least up to the Twelve-Level Immortal Demon Realm.

The gap between Tier Seven to Nine was far less than that between Tier Nine and Ten.

Should a Tier Ten entity truly exist, no strategy could salvage the situation, only hoping for the Gate of Ten Thousand Realms to escape before the final desperate moment.

If the enemy lacked Tier Ten strength, not much thought was needed—just strike at the root.

That’s exactly what Shen Hex did, surveying and assessing the situation before advancing to the Upper City District.

The Upper City District, now the fully fallen central area, was enveloped by a giant net woven from blood threads.

Both the skies and the earth, as well as the original city buildings, were tangled by those eerie, magical blood threads, weaving a giant web and constructing a Blood Nest, even extending outward as if to occupy the entire city.

Undoubtedly, this was the handiwork of the Blood God Sect and Ten Thousand Mothers Sect.

The Blood God was the Son of the Mother of Ten Thousand; the two sects were closely connected, even organized hierarchically.

Faced with this eerie blood-netted citadel, Shen Hex hesitated not a moment and walked directly into it.

"Gurgle!"

Immediately upon entry, he saw the blood threads quiver as if transporting blood within, then erupting violently, drenching the heavens and earth with blood, forming a sea of blood waves.

This sea of blood bore terrifying corruption; just a single drop seemed capable of dissolving flesh and bone, leaving only pus and blood.

A domain?

An array?

Or some sinister evil technique?

Shen Hex gave it no further thought, aligning two fingers into a sword gesture and slashing, Sword Qi spiraling out to sever the boundless bloodshed.

"Gurgle!"

"Crash!"

The sea of blood churned, raging waves towering, and Shen Hex’s unparalleled Sword Qi swept forth, extinguishing and vaporizing the myriad bloodwaters, yet the ocean’s might was relentless, as if a true sea and expanse.

"The Power of the Blood God, endlessly regenerating?"

"Perhaps some profession buff as well?"

"Blood God Cultist and Evil Professional?"

Observing this boundless ocean’s might, Shen Hex instantly discerned the clues, then reached out with a gesture.

"Sword, come!"

"Boom!!!"

At the cry of ’Sword, come,’ there rang a clanging resonance, an unparalleled sharpness manifesting, a sword cleaving the void, driving the momentum of death.

"This sword..."

"No good!"

In the depths of the blood sea, a man in a blood robe sprang up, unease flowing in his eyes, a palpable panic surfacing.

Where did this unease stem from?

He did not know; as a high-ranking member of the Blood God Sect, not only was his cultivation Tier Eight, but he had been promoted to the Tier Seven profession [Blood God Envoy]. His Professional Talent, "Blood God Undying," significantly boosted the Blood God’s rebirth power, complementing this Blood Sea Array for an air of undying majesty. Positioned on the front line to intercept, he was tasked with delaying Shen Hex.

But now...

Gazing at the sword in the man’s hand, ominous forebodings surged—an acute sense of imminent life-and-death terror.

Why was this so?

He did not know.

Yet with no retreat available, he could only confront it with full force, driving his Cultivation Technique to the utmost, casting out various Blood God’s evils to augment the blood sea’s strength and the Blood God’s might.

However...

"Boom!!!"

With the Demon Slayer in hand, Shen Hex’s sword cleft the void; the continuous barriers of the blood sea shattered instantly, its endless waters turned to ash, and its vitality extinguished in an instant.

"Puff!!!"

Deep within the blood sea, the man’s body jolted in disbelief as he looked down, noticing a sword scar across his chest. Despite the Blood God’s forces trying to mend or fill it, it could not be stifled.

The blood sea was finite, the Blood God lifeless!