The Nirvana Ancestor and his three incarnations all sensed each other, and just now he sensed his Copper Demon incarnation again.
"It seems that my Copper Demon Avatar and the missing Holy Sacrifice Army are both in his Spirit Realm. This person's combat power is indeed far superior to ours." Nirvana had to admit that if Xiang Yu had used this weapon or the Spirit Realm during their previous battle, he would have been defeated long ago.
Bao Hua put away the Xuan Tian Flower Tree. "Yuan Yan, what do you mean? Do you want to continue fighting?"
"The fact that the three of us together couldn't defeat Yu Shen proves that he wasn't exaggerating and that he truly has the power to fight the Mother of the Moths. If we add other powerful beings from the Spirit Realm, the Spirit Realm might not be in any danger after the Demon Realm is destroyed by the Moths."
Moreover, the demon elites are all in the Feather God's spiritual realm. What's the point of us fighting to the death? Even if we manage to occupy a part of the spiritual realm with the remaining members of our race, we can easily be annihilated by the spiritual realm.
We must accept our defeat. The Demon Realm is a place where the strong rule. Even without the calamities of the Feather God and the Moth, who knows, one day someone might take our place and become the new ruler.
"Compared to lingering in the Spirit Realm and having to endure the wrath of those old fogies, I'd rather stay in the Demon Realm and submit to Yu Shen alone." Yuan Yan was bitter. He had lost a cool mount for nothing and suffered serious injuries. If he had known it would end like this, why had he even bothered fighting?
Nirvana snorted coldly, unwilling to accept this reality, but said nothing more. Yuan Yan had already made it very clear: whether it was for the sake of the entire clan, the Holy Sacrifice Army in the Spirit Realm, or just for the sake of accepting defeat, they had no choice but to submit.
"In that case, we concede defeat. As long as the Feather God can help us resolve the calamity of the moths, or allow our race to hide in the Spirit Realm, we are willing to submit."
Bao Hua had previously performed a divination, and the consequences of not submitting would be extremely tragic. The invasion of the spirit realm had failed again, and the Mother of the Moths was even more terrifying than in the legends, resulting in the annihilation of the entire demon race.
Xiang Yu's face turned cold. "You dare to add conditions after losing the bet? Fine, I can agree to your terms, but you need to bind something to your account first. If you don't agree, don't blame me for being ruthless."
"What is it bound to?" Baohua asked in confusion, but her mental divination was just a black fog, and she couldn't see what it was at all.
"You don't need to know for now, just agree." As Xiang Yu spoke, he released three shadow systems, which were bound to Bao Hua, Nirvana, and Yuan Yan respectively. The three exchanged glances and agreed to the binding, which was probably some kind of restriction. If they broke the agreement, the consequences would be extremely tragic.
The demonic flames in the alternate dimension quickly went out because they lacked magical replenishment and the control of the precious flower. The demons inside were either killed or injured, but this was nothing compared to the blow dealt to them by the three progenitors outside. It was as if Xiang Yu had single-handedly defeated the entire demon race.
In fact, these demons were mentally prepared before the three progenitors challenged them. In this green space, dozens of Mahayana Saint Ancestors besieged Xiang Yu and most of them were killed. Although the three progenitors were strong, they could not do the same.
"Feather God, can we release them now?" After binding with the dark shadow, Bao Hua felt much more relaxed. The pressure from the calamity of the moths had been too great for her, and she really had no confidence in solving it, even if it meant risking her own life.
"Okay." As Xiang Yu spoke, he opened the alternate dimension. The Nirvana Copper Demon led the demon army out and finally breathed in the long-lost demonic energy. Despite surviving the calamity, no one was happy.
"Why aren't you coming to pay your respects to the Feather God? When are you going to do it?" Bao Hua shouted sternly.
“Three Ancestors! How can our Holy Clan submit to this man? Do you know how many of our clansmen he has killed? Why don’t we all join forces to kill this fiend!” A demon cultivator at the Integration Stage, driven by grief over the loss of his loved ones, spoke the sentiments of most of the demons in front of everyone.
"Hmm?" Nirvana grabbed the demon by the neck. "Do you want to kill everyone? Hurry up and apologize to the Feather God!"
"There's no need to stop me, no need to apologize, and no need to pay respects. Those who don't want to obey me can leave now. These useless trash are of no use to me, so I'd rather not have them. Let those who want to kill me for revenge come. For the sake of the three of you, I can give them a quick death, which is better than being eaten by locusts."
Xiang Yu had long anticipated that some people would object, but so what? The three great progenitors of the Demon Realm had already submitted, and the remaining insignificant ones, including the Great Ascension Saint Ancestor, were of no importance.
"Others can leave, but you can't!" Nirvana exerted his power and strangled the demon in the Integration Realm to death. The demon infant tried to escape but was also easily killed by Yuan Yan.
"The Feather God said that those of you who want to leave can leave, but whoever leaves should not expect our protection anymore," Bao Hua said calmly.
Among the demon race's holy army, the valiant Mahayana cultivators had already perished in the alternate dimension. The remaining ones cherished their lives, and with the moths rampaging outside, the Mahayana Saint Ancestor, if isolated and surrounded by thousands of combined moths, would undoubtedly die.
If more Mahayana-level moths emerge in the future, they will be doomed. Given the moths' reproduction rate, it probably won't take many years for them to fill the entire Demon Realm.
The wisest course of action now is to cling to a powerful figure. Even if they harbor rebellious intentions and want revenge, they must first survive. Therefore, none of the remaining demons left.
"We pay homage to the Feather God! We are willing to obey the Feather God's commands!" Several Holy Ancestors took the lead, and soon the entire demon army began to swear allegiance.
Xiang Yu merely nodded slightly in response, but in his heart he didn't care at all. There must be quite a few disloyal ones among them. Those who are not of our kind will surely have different hearts. Even the three progenitors who were bound to the Shadow System might betray us after the calamity of the locusts was resolved.
"Nirvana, Yuan Yan, you two take them and clear out the moths outside. I'll now enter the Moth's lair in the Land of Beginning Seals to kill the Moth Mother. The longer we go, the stronger the enemies will become." Xiang Yu said, then mounted his black horse. "Bao Hua, lead the way."
"Yes!" Everyone accepted the order in unison. Since Xiang Yu wanted to deal with the Mother of the Moths alone, then let him go. Winning or losing would be very beneficial to the Demon Clan. The only one with bad luck was Bao Hua, who might lose her life because of it.
“Feather God, please come with me.” Bao Hua raised her hand to guide her, showing no sign of reluctance.
Soon after, they arrived at the sealed gate, and Xiang Yu stopped at the entrance.
“Baohua, I can handle the rest myself. Your true form is the Baohuang Sacred Flower, which is perfectly compatible with the Xuantian Flower Tree. If you want to master the Xuantian Spiritual Domain, why not try to fuse with the Xuantian Flower Tree?”
"Merging with the Mysterious Heavenly Flower Tree..." Bao Hua's eyes grew brighter and brighter. "Thank you, Feather God!"
Chapter 518 Insect Extermination
Previously, when Baohua was divining, she not only divined the consequences of not submitting to Xiang Yu, but also the impact of submitting to Xiang Yu. The revelation she received was about the spiritual realm.
She had considered many ways to develop the Xuan Tian Flower Tree, this supreme treasure of Xuan Tian, and had even divined that it could grant her the heaven-defying power of the Spirit Realm, but she had not succeeded yet.
She had actually thought of the method of fusing with the Xuan Tian Flower Tree, but she believed that the success rate would not be very high. Unless she was seriously injured and about to die, she would not make such a bold attempt to gamble.
But things are different now. The Feather God also said that this matter is feasible, so it really is feasible, because the Feather God is someone who truly controls the Spirit Realm.
If she were to fight for that sliver of life while severely injured and on the verge of death, even if she succeeded, she would still have to spend countless years healing. This is completely different from actively merging when she is in peak condition.
"Thank you, Feather God. Once the calamity of the moths is resolved, I will find a place to go into seclusion and fuse with the Mysterious Heaven Flower Tree."
Baohua bowed slightly and then handed Xiang Yu a jade slip.
"Feather God, this contains information and directions about the sealing formation of the Mother of the Moths. Once you find the sealing spirit of this formation, it can teleport you directly to the Mother of the Moths' sleeping place."
If luck is on your side, the Mother of the Cicadas will still be asleep, making it much easier for the Feathered God to slay her. However, I still want to remind the Feathered God that even two True Immortals could only seal her away back then, demonstrating the Mother of the Cicadas' immense power. The Feathered God must not underestimate her.”
"Yes, I will go all out in this battle. Even if I can't kill the Mother of the Locusts, I will definitely severely injure her. You should master the Profound Heaven Spiritual Domain as soon as possible. I think this place is quite good. Don't wait any longer, just merge here." After saying that, Xiang Yu passed through the outer layer of restrictions and entered the underground palace of the Land of Origin.
Bao Hua thought for a moment and realized that if Yu Shen could kill the Mother of the Moths, this place would be safe. If not, with the seal and restrictions in place, the Mother of the Moths wouldn't be able to come out so quickly, and it would be safe in the short term.
But if we wait, and the Feather God fails, then the Demon Realm may not have a truly safe place anymore. It's impossible to find such dense demonic energy in the Spirit Realm or other realms.
"You all protect me while I go into seclusion to research a new supernatural power." Baohua made a quick decision, but then suddenly realized that one person was missing. "Where's Xie Lian?"
Black Crocodile looked embarrassed. "Uh, Ancestor, the Evil Lotus Saint Ancestor has left. He seems very angry."
Bao Hua sighed, "Fine, let her be. Liu Ji, you lead them to protect me."
"Don't worry, sister." The Six Extremes Saint Ancestor smiled slightly.
Bao Hua set up a simple protective shield, and then began to study the fusion method of the Xuan Tian Flower Tree inside.
At this moment, Xiang Yu walked along the winding passage of the underground palace. Wherever he passed, all kinds of disgustingly colored human-faced moths turned into pieces of flesh and were eaten by the moths behind him.
Moreover, these moths seemed endless, constantly surging out from the sloping underground cave in front. Among them were many moths at the late stage of the Integration Realm. With such a number, they could easily overwhelm even a Mahayana Realm cultivator. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it a sea of moths.
"No wonder the demons couldn't hold out and launched their attack on the spirit realm ten thousand years ahead of schedule. Normally, the demon realm should have been able to withstand this demonic calamity and successfully reseal the Mother of the Moths."
Looking at the scene before him, Hao Jiu felt it was somewhat like the battle against the mechanical octopus flood in the movie The Matrix 3, except that the attacker was Xiang Yu, whose domineering energy formed a storm of sword blades that swept through the underground palace, slaying countless locusts wherever it passed.
"This mother of the moths must not be allowed to live; such a large number of moths will surely devour the entire plane." Xiang Yu's expression turned solemn.
Although I was full of confidence in front of the demons, the opponent I encountered this time was definitely the strongest cheater. The Mother of the Cicadas was already the strongest fighting force in the demon realm, and now that she has the system, she will definitely be a tough opponent.
However, Xiang Yu was more confident in his system. Putting aside everything else, just comparing energy and wealth alone was enough to make most systems pale in comparison.
Xiang Yu and his black horse jumped down into the cave, killing countless moths as they fell. The closer they got to the bottom of the cave, the stronger the moths became, or perhaps it was the result of the moths below devouring each other.
Not long after, the first Mahayana-stage moth appeared. This moth was very close to human form, but it was completely naked, had no sense of shame, and had an extremely large mouth.
However, his strength is somewhat weaker than that of an ordinary Mahayana cultivator. A Mahayana cultivator with Mo Jianli's strength could easily take on two opponents at once, but the problem lies in the number of opponents.
Without the ability to fight twenty people at once, it would be impossible to get down into this cave. Fortunately, Xiang Yu was capable of fighting two hundred or even more.
Finally, Xiang Yu reached the bottom of the cave. The ground was covered with light silver sand, somewhat like a beach. After exiting the cave tunnel, the outside space opened up, but the air was crowded with moths.
Because Xiang Yu blocked their exit, these moths could only devour each other inside, resulting in an increasing number of moths at the Mahayana realm.
The sealing array of the Land of Origin is still in operation. Although there are cracks and they are gradually expanding, the highest level of the moths that can escape now is the Fusion stage. Once they devour each other to become Mahayana moths, they will not be able to escape for a short time.
However, if more Mahayana moths could not be produced, they would be unable to break through Xiang Yu's blockade. Therefore, the moths, which originally did not want to devour each other at this time, began to devour each other frantically.
However, there were no moths below the vast space outside the cave; there was a gray-white sea of mist, the very place of the ancient sealing spirit.
In fact, the so-called ancient sealing spirit is one of the two true immortals who sealed the mother of the moth, named He Kang.
The protagonist Han Paopao in the novel "A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality" was able to successfully kill the Mother of the Moths thanks to He Kang's intervention at a crucial moment, and He Kang's purpose in helping was threefold.
His tasks are: first, to kill the Mother of the Moths to complete his mission; second, to seek revenge on the partner who betrayed him years ago; and third, to find a way to return to the Immortal Realm.
Xiang Yu quickly contacted the sealing spirit, He Kang, using the method Bao Hua had given him. Then, a huge face formed from thick fog appeared.
"Who are you? How come you only have the cultivation level of Core Formation? What do you want with me?" He Kang asked the three soul-searching questions. The person in front of him clearly only had the cultivation level of Core Formation, yet he was able to come to this place, which made He Kang feel like he had seen a ghost.
It should be noted that after the Mother of the Locusts was unexpectedly awakened, the number of Locusts had increased by hundreds of millions of times, to the point that they were countless, and even a Mahayana powerhouse could not get in.
However, there are many strange and wonderful treasures in this world. Perhaps this person has extraordinary skills of concealment, which allows him to avoid the detection of the locusts.
"Send me to the sleeping place of the Mother of the Moths, and I will kill her," Xiang Yu said bluntly.
"You? You want to kill the Mother of the Moths? Hahaha..." The giant face in the thick fog burst into laughter.
"Don't believe me? Look up, it's raining," Xiang Yu said calmly.
"Hiss... This is impossible!"
Chapter 519 The mother of borers
Millions of years ago, two true immortals descended from the celestial realm to ambush and kill the Mother of the Moth, but an unexpected incident occurred.
A great war broke out in the Immortal Realm, which separated the Demon Realm from the Immortal Realm. This rendered their methods of circumventing the suppression of the interface ineffective, and the situation suddenly reversed. The two True Immortals were no match for the Mother of the Locust under the suppression of the Demon Realm's plane. They had no choice but to self-destruct their immortal bodies to severely injure her and then seal her away.
After that, He Kang Lao Gui was ambushed by his partner and sealed in a bowl, where he has been barely surviving to this day.
To conserve his soul energy, He Kang doesn't constantly investigate what's happening in the underground palace; he spends most of his time asleep.
He will only appear as a giant face using magic if there is a strong fluctuation of magical power or if someone summons him according to the agreed method.
So Xiang Yu fought his way in from the outside and used his domineering energy to block the exit cave. He Kang was unaware of this and did not believe that anyone could do anything to this terrifying world of moths.
"Don't believe me? Look up." As Xiang Yu spoke, a storm of sword blades, condensed from his domineering energy, formed again, like a meat grinder, shredding all the insects in the space into pieces.
Puff puff puff...
The remains of insect corpses fell like rain, including many moths of the Mahayana level, and the entire space immediately became quiet.
Xiang Yu had just used his domineering energy to condense a sharp blade to block the exit, and the initial harvest was quite good; all the locusts rushing towards the cave entrance were killed there.
But the borers behind, seeing this, stopped trying to crash into the borers and instead carefully began to gnaw on the corpses of the borers in front.
So Xiang Yu simply unleashed a powerful move, wiping out all the locusts in the entire underground space.
Although moths continue to pour into the area from other openings, it will take several days to reach the previous scale again.
What a spectacular sight it was when millions of locusts turned into fragments and fell like rain!
"Hiss... This is impossible! Who exactly are you?!" Old Ghost He Kang had seen a lot, but he had never seen anything like this before. His scalp tingled with fear. Who was this person?!