Wait, How Did My Digital Girlfriend Become a Sword Immortal? - Chapter 786
Chapter 786: Assemble!
Deep within the Hundred Thousand Mountains, inside a hidden demon cave.
Five Demonic Souls of varying colors, somewhat illusory, were engaged in a heated discussion.
They were precisely the Mountain-Moving, Black Wind, Venomous Foe, Great Roc, and Manifestation Sages—the five great demon saints whose physical bodies had been slain by Chen Huaian, leaving only their Demonic Souls to escape back here.
“We can’t reach her! We simply cannot contact Lady Tu Shan!” the Manifestation Sage growled irritably, his Demonic Soul fluctuating wildly. “What exactly has happened in the Immortal Realm? Could it be that Lady…?”
Ever since Tu Shan Yue ascended to immortality, the way the great demon saints addressed her had changed.
They were all at the Great Ascension Stage before, strictly speaking, peers of a sort. But now that she had become an immortal, naturally, a more respectful form of address was required.
They feared that if Tu Shan Yue was ever in a bad mood and decided to mete out punishment, they would all suffer together.
“Shut up! Lady possesses vast divine abilities, how could anything happen to her?” the Venomous Foe Sage interrupted him, his voice raspy. “It must be that some upheaval has occurred in the Immortal Realm, leaving her temporarily unable to spare attention for us.”
The Mountain-Moving Sage’s Demonic Soul fluctuations seemed the most grave.
That sword strike back then had sliced right into its rear end, causing its Demonic Soul to remain in a state of being split from the waist down to this day.
Every time it cultivated, the pain was unbearable, fueling its deep hatred for Chen Huaian.
“Without Lady’s assistance, relying solely on our remnant souls, restoring our physical bodies is as difficult as ascending to heaven! Let alone seeking revenge against that Chen Huaian and the Moon Shadow Sect!”
“Hehe, why rely on the Immortal Realm?” The Black Wind Sage’s Demonic Soul emitted a chilling laugh. “Have you brothers forgotten? That Moon Shadow Sect now stands unrivalled in the Cangyun Realm, their gaze fixed on the immortal opportunities of the Upper Realm and dominating the cultivation world. Where would they find the energy to care about the lives and deaths of ants in the mortal realm?”
He paused, his tone laced with temptation. “The mortal realm holds billions of living beings. Though their blood essence is weak, grains of sand can form a tower!
We only need to find a remote mortal kingdom, set up a Blood Refinement Formation…
Hehe, refining the flesh, blood, and souls of a million living beings would be enough for us to re-condense Blood Demon bodies, perhaps even surpassing our former selves!
Didn’t Lady Tu Shan walk this path back in the day?”
Tu Shan Yue had indeed once refined the life souls and flesh of tens of thousands of humans, among which were even a large number of cultivators.
At that time, the Demon Race was at war with the cultivation world. The mortal realm continuously supplied fresh blood to the cultivation world, making it impossible to completely wipe out the cultivators of the Cangyun Realm.
So, Tu Shan Yue decided to go for a ‘draining the pond to catch the fish’ move.
Little did she know, this drastic action thoroughly enraged the entire cultivation world. The various major sects, originally not united, formed an alliance within three days to jointly resist the Demon Race.
Tu Shan Yue could still contend with the cultivation world when it was a scattered mess.
But once the cultivators allied, she was dumbfounded.
In the end, all these bloodline-bearing demons were driven into the Hundred Thousand Mountains to linger on in a wretched state.
Only some small monsters that had naturally gained sentience remained in the outside world.
Although there were significant differences between Tu Shan Yue’s actions and what the Black Wind Sage described.
Yet, once these words were spoken, the other four Demonic Souls fell silent. Their demonic light flickered, clearly extremely tempted.
“Brother Black Wind’s words… make sense!”
“Correct! This plan is excellent!”
“Let’s do it!”
Soon, the five great demon saints reached a consensus.
To avoid being too conspicuous a target, they decided that the Black Wind Sage would go first, heading to the mortal realm to find a suitable location for the blood sacrifice and set up the preliminary arrangements. The remaining four great sages would stay deep within the Hundred Thousand Mountains, continuing to try and contact Tu Shan Yue while making final preparations and handling some ‘afterlife’ arrangements within the demon race.
The Black Wind Sage’s Demonic Soul transformed into a wisp of black smoke, silently slipping out of the demon cave and heading in the direction of the mortal realm.
However, not even the time it takes for an incense stick to burn after he left…
A terrifying, chilling, deathly aura that made Divine Souls tremble suddenly descended, like an invisible giant hand violently clutching the entire mountain range.
“Who goes there?!”
The remaining four demon saints’ Demonic Souls shook violently, looking towards the cave entrance with horror and desperation.
They saw an old man, dressed in the robes of a Moon Shadow Sect Honorary Elder, with a withered face and dense ghostly energy swirling around him, leisurely strolling in.
In his hand, he held a Soul Banner wreathed in Black Qi. The banner cloth fluttered without wind, as if countless agonized faces were struggling and howling upon it.
The newcomer was naturally the Spirit Void Old Ghost—before leaving, he had accepted the clothes and token, and even changed into a fresh set of robes along the way.
He examined the four panicked Demonic Souls within the cave, a glint of satisfaction flashing in his turbid old eyes. “Tsk tsk, four remnant souls of Great Ascension Stage demon saints… Though a bit weak, the foundation remains. Refining them into this old man’s Myriad Soul Banner and nurturing them for a while should yield four fierce ghost generals.”
“Someone from the Moon Shadow Sect?!”
“No! This aura… it’s a Ghost Cultivator! A peak Great Ascension Stage Ghost Cultivator!”
The Mountain-Moving Sage exclaimed in shock, “Who are you, sir? We, the demons of the Hundred Thousand Mountains, have no quarrel with you. Why do you intrude upon my cave dwelling?!”
The Spirit Void Old Ghost let out a cackling laugh, his voice like a night owl. “Why? Hehehe!
You’ve offended someone you shouldn’t have, blocked a path you shouldn’t have.
This old man, newly appointed as the Moon Shadow Sect’s Honorary Grand Elder, naturally needs to prepare a proper ‘letter of introduction’ for the Chen Sword Master, doesn’t he?”
When mentioning ‘Honorary Grand Elder’, there was actually a trace of pride in the Spirit Void Old Ghost’s tone.
“Moon Shadow Sect Grand Elder?! Chen Huaian?!”
The four demon saints were utterly bewildered.
When did the Moon Shadow Sect acquire such a terrifying Ghost Cultivator?
And one specifically targeting them?
The Moon Shadow Sect was a righteous sect, how could they possibly allow a Ghost Cultivator to join?
Moreover, a peak Great Ascension Stage Ghost Cultivator at that.
Wasn’t Chen Huaian afraid of being backlashed by him?!
The Mountain-Moving Sage couldn’t make sense of it, but right now, it only had its Demonic Soul left. The opponent was a Ghost Cultivator, most adept at dealing with souls, and a peak Great Ascension Stage one at that. It was no match at all. Not only was it no match, but even the four of them combined with the Black Wind who had gone to the mortal realm wouldn’t stand a chance together.
“Senior! A misunderstanding! This must be a misunderstanding!” the Venomous Foe Sage hurriedly shouted. “Our grudge with the Moon Shadow Sect is settled! Now we are merely remnant souls, posing no further threat to the Moon Shadow Sect! We beg Senior to show mercy!”
“Show mercy?” The Spirit Void Old Ghost sneered, lightly shaking the Myriad Soul Banner in his hand. “Too late. This old man’s Myriad Soul Banner still lacks a few main souls to bolster its presence!”
Instantly, a sinister wind howled. The Myriad Soul Banner erupted with intense black light. Countless pitch-black ghostly hands stretched out from the banner, accompanied by shrill, piercing shrieks, grabbing towards the four Demonic Souls.
“No—!”
“Chen Huaian! You are too ruthless!!”
“We’ll perish together with you!”
The four demon saints raged in fear and desperation, desperately driving their remaining demonic power to resist. But before this peak Great Ascension Stage Ghost Cultivator specifically skilled in suppressing soul entities, their struggles seemed utterly futile.
The ghostly hands ignored all demonic arts, easily piercing through their defenses, tightly seizing the very essence of their Demonic Souls, and violently dragging them towards the Myriad Soul Banner.
“Spare us! Senior, spare us! We are willing to serve you as our master!!”
“Black Wind! Black Wind will avenge us!!”
Amidst desperate curses, wails, and pleas for mercy, the four demon saints’ remnant souls were forcibly ripped into the Myriad Soul Banner.
The banner’s surface immediately gained four violently struggling, agonizingly contorted demonic shadows, causing the aura of this demonic banner to suddenly surge by a significant degree.
The Spirit Void Old Ghost stroked the banner surface with satisfaction, sensing the four powerful new main souls within.
Back when Chen Huaian slew the five demons with his sword, and these five demon saints were left with only remnant souls, he had very much wanted to make a move against them.
It was just that at that time, he still feared Tu Shan Yue’s majesty, worried that attacking the five demon saints would incur her wrath.
But now he was an Honorary Elder of the Moon Shadow Sect.
The Moon Shadow Sect’s ancestor, Chen Huaian, was said to have a close relationship with the already-immortal Real Person Jade Compassion.
So what if he refined the five demon saints as a gift for Chen Huaian?
Even if Tu Shan Yue wanted to vent her anger, she’d have to include Chen Huaian as well. In this way, Chen Huaian and the entire Moon Shadow Sect became his shelter.
They were all thousand-year-old foxes; even when giving gifts, it couldn’t be for free—there was always some calculation involved.
After this, he only needed to cultivate in peace and do his utmost to overcome the tribulation and ascend to immortality.
Once he became an immortal, no matter what Tu Shan Yue did, she wouldn’t be able to stir up much trouble.
They would both be immortals; could he be inferior to Tu Shan Yue?
“There’s still a Black Wind Sage, right?” Recalling the murmurs of these demon souls earlier, the ghostly fire in his eyes flickered.
He immediately grabbed one of the demon saint’s Demonic Souls and used the Soul Searching technique, instantly learning the Black Wind Sage’s whereabouts.
“Tsk tsk, one even ran off to the mortal realm? That saves this old man the trouble of searching.”
His figure flickered, transforming into a cloud of ghostly energy, and he chased swiftly in the direction of the mortal realm, following the faint, residual trace of the Black Wind Sage’s aura.
A ‘letter of introduction’ naturally had to be done beautifully, leaving none behind.
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Moon Shadow Sect.
Chen Huaian took another moment to glance at the Canglan Mirror. Li Qingran’s life in the Canglan Realm was proceeding normally.
This girl had gained fame and didn’t need to buy a house; merchants from Battle Soul City were even rushing to gift her a large residence.
After settling her mother Yang Fei in the Canglan Realm, she prepared to enroll in the Battle Soul Academy.
Chen Huaian checked the time on Earth Star and found it was already past midnight. The cooldown for the Sect Summoning Token had also refreshed.
The pain of being torn apart by Chen Niu’s claw, the agony of being killed, was still vivid in his memory.
A sharp glint couldn’t help but flash in his eyes.
“Chen Niu, is it? Your good days are over!”
With that, he sent a voice transmission throughout the sect.
“Lin Fan! Assemble!!!”