Translator: Fate Proofreader: Silavin The young man from the Demon Race looked at the unfamiliarity of the room in disbelief and couldn’t come back to his senses for a long time. Moments ago, he was still in the courtyard of Solar Palace, admiring flowers with Xi Yao and discussing the day they marry. The two of them were the brightest young prodigies in the Demon World, and even the sons of the four other Demon Overlords would have to bow down in front of them. Not only that, they were also childhood sweethearts with a very close relationship. In the eyes of any outsiders, they were a match made in heaven, and there wouldn’t be any couples in this world who were more compatible than them. However, he couldn’t understand why Xi Yao would poison his wine before piercing a sword straight through his heart with cold and teasing eyes. [Could it be that what Xi Yao did to me before was all an act? Did she plan to assassinate me in the end? But why?] He could never figure out why she did so. “I was dead, but I’m now alive once more. Now, my name is Jun Bufan, and I’m no longer the son of the Demon Overlord. Instead, I’m now the third young master of a family in the Nine Realms with mediocre talent, which is why I’m not that well-received by my father. Other than that, I also have an older brother and sister… Now, the Demon World has achieved great unity, and there are no longer six Demon Overlords ruling the world separately. As far as I’m concerned, six thousand years have passed. This six thousand years feel like a dream, but now that I’m awake from this dream, I’m still Jun Bufan, and Xi Yao now stands above all, becoming the current empress of the Demon World. However, I will not forget my revenge. One day, I will come to her and personally question her about all this so that I can avenge my death,” Jun Bufan quietly murmured to himself with his eyes closed while looking through the memories in his mind. As the Son and Successor of the Solar Demon Overlord, an unrivalled young prodigy of the Demon World back then, his degree of acceptance for things was far beyond the average person, which was why he was able to accept his situation so quickly. Now, the thing that he wanted to know the most was what happened back then. [Why are the five other Demon Overlords nowhere to be found? I can’t believe that the vast Demon World has now fallen into Xi Yao’s control. Could it be that she was so ambitious that she went out of her way to ruthlessly kill me in order to unify the demon world since it would undoubtedly eliminate one of her biggest rivals? What happened afterward? Wasn’t Xi Yao just a young prodigy back then? How did she make the other five Demon Overlords disappear into thin air? The cultivation level of the five Demon Overlords far exceeds her, so it’s impossible for her to assassinate any of them. Could it be that all of this is a conspiracy by the Lunar Demon Overlord?] “I wonder how my father is lately? With his cultivation, he shouldn’t be far from reaching that cultivation realm… Could it be? My rebirth has been arranged by him? After all, the fact that I’m having the same name and surname is too much of a coincidence…” He couldn’t help but mumble to himself. In the end, his eyes seemed to lit up with a divine light as he thought of many things. Meanwhile, the young maid next to him had a pale face. From what she was seeing, it seemed as though her young master was suddenly possessed by something. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have said such words. One should know that simply slandering Empress Xi Yao was a major crime in the Demon World, and a light penalty would be having the culprit beheaded while a heavier penalty would lead to the execution of the culprit’s entire family. However, Jun Bufan didn’t seem to notice the young maid standing next to him. Then, his expression gradually turned serious as he said, “Qing Er, you must remember not to mention what you heard here today to anyone.” “Young Master, please don’t scare me. If anyone heard what you just said, your whole family will be executed, even though the family has been highly valued by Empress Xi Yao recently…” The voice of the young maid began to tremble. “That is why you must remember not to tell anyone about it. Otherwise, both of us will be dead.” His voice, on the other hand, was strangely calm. Suddenly, he remembered the memories in his mind. His current father was a big shot in one of the Nine Realms and was highly valued by Empress Xi Yao. He even made various moves over the years, eliminating the past remnants of the Demon Overlords before being Crowned as the Quelling Chaos King. Thus, currently, Jun Bufan was the son of the Quelling Chaos King. Thinking about his identity, he couldn’t help but feel a sense of irony. “I understand, Young Master. Don’t worry. I won’t speak a word of what I heard here today…” The young maid kept on nodding her head, not daring to mention it any longer, which left Jun Bufan relieved. Now, what he needed to do was to carry on with his cultivation and look into his father’s whereabouts. It would be nice if his father left any backups for him, but even if he didn’t, he was still fearless about the journey ahead since he believed that he could rise again with his original identity as the son of a Demon Overlord. [There will come a day when I will stand squarely in front of her. By then, I would question her and expose what she did six thousand years ago to the world so that everyone in the Demon World would realise the true face of Empress Xi Yao, who they worship.] “Is this… the Demon Overlord Fruit that father left for me? Why…” At this moment, his expression suddenly froze while he noticed a vague golden light emerging in his Knowledge Sea. It felt as though his entire consciousness was being sucked into it, and there was nothing he could do about it. It seemed like a place of emptiness, but there was an extremely stalwart figure that appeared within it. The place seemed to contain an entire world that was boundless and filled with beings from the Demon Race. The sound of hissing, chanting, rituals, and sacrifices mingled together to form a vast worldly voice. No matter who, they would not be able to help themselves from feeling a sense of worship at this moment, as the terrifying divine light engulfed everything like an endless waterfall, creating a thunderous sound. “Father…” Jun Bufan’s voice began to tremble while he struggled to look at the blurry figure in front. Even though he was just sitting there, one could still feel his incomparably majestic aura while being shrouded in traces of the Great Dao, making it difficult for anyone to see his blurry figure. The man sitting high over the Nine Realms, who looked over the vicissitudes of the world was none other than his father, the Solar Demon Overlord, who was once one of the six most powerful beings in the Demon World. Suddenly, the stalwart figure who had been sitting the entire time seemed to notice Jun Bufan’s presence, so he opened his eyes that were filled with intimidation and peacefulness at the same time. “My son, you are here. What you are seeing now is just a projection left behind by me. I can’t tell you much, but you must remember that you are the key to the survival of the entire Demon World. Everything in this space are things that I left for you so that you can advance your cultivation quickly. In the outside world, I have also left a number of means for you to search yourself. The time when you are powerful enough is the time you come to find me, but at that point, I might already be gone… Nonetheless, the only thing you must remember is to not expose your identity.” Just as Jun Bufan was about to ask his father about what happened over the years, he didn’t expect that these were the words left to him by the Solar Demon Overlord. [I’m the key to the Demon World’s survival?] For a moment, he was dumbfounded and in disbelief. He initially thought that this would be a simple revenge plot, but listening to his father’s words, he realised that it seemed to involve something huge to a point where even the fate of the entire Demon World rested on his shoulders. “I understand, Father…” He nodded quietly and clenched his fists. After his father was done speaking, the figure of the Solar Demon Overlord disappeared from the space, as if it had completed its mission. The next second, the many chaotic waterfalls in front split open, and when Jun Bufan saw the scene inside, he couldn’t help but take a deep breath even though he was now a man who had lived two lives. The things that his father left to him were simply too many. Just the items made out of divine crystals alone was enough to pile up into small hills. Other than that, there were also countless treasures, divine spring water, spirit roots that were almost impossible to find, and even all kinds of rare divine pills. Inside the palace, astonishing divine arrays were carved on the walls, gathering an endless spiritual energy. There were treasures everywhere with a divine light penetrating the sky and celestial mist lingering around like a colourful fog. Further away, there were also spiritual fields with all kinds of divine medicine planted in them and divine spring water flowing around, which was magical… There were so many resources that it far exceeded the things he had seen in his previous life. He even saw the Solar Heavenly Blade left to him by his father as it exuded a bright and inviolable aura. [With these resources, who can stop me exacting my revenge on Xi Yao?] At this moment, a lofty sentiment began to rise inside his heart. … In the blink of an eye, several days had passed. Gu Changge was now in the Southern Flourishing Heaven and was still unaware of this tiny incident that happened in the Demon World. In the following days, he explored several Eternal Overcast Battlefields. However, he had not found another Eternal Overcast Source, which left him disappointed. Sure enough, the reason why he encountered it the first time was because of Wang Zijin and not him, which meant that other than the Fortuitous Ones, no one else would be able to come into contact with such a thing. Therefore, he put aside the thought for the moment and planned to head towards the Immortal Academy first since the matters in Southern Flourishing Heaven were more or less settled. As for Ying Shuang, Gu Changge had always kept an eye on him, so he knew that he had now come into contact with that mysterious Organisation of Demonic Arts. [My bait is finally working.] … In the blink of an eye, half a month had passed. In Hong Yu Sky stood an extremely lofty and ancient mountain gate, and it felt like the mountain was here since the creation of time as it permeated with desolate and antiquity. The wisps of chaotic energy falling down from its surface and the billions of hazy light blooming here gave the place a sacred aura. Among them, there were mountain ranges that stretched long and peaks that grew tall, as if it could hold up the entire world alone. Various dense celestial energies rose from all lands, showing its mysterious vastness. There were immortal waterfalls, ever changing atmosphere, divine mountains and islands floating high in the sky, and many mystical beasts roaming around, showing the unfathomable strength of the place. “Is this really the Immortal Academy? Looking at this atmosphere, I can see why people call this place the Land of Immortalisation.” “In this life, I must make a name for myself in this place and spread it across the Upper Realm.” There were young beings filled with ambition and convinced of their own invincibility to sweep aside every enemy in the world. “However, I heard that the Ten Great Ranked Disciples have already been decided upon, just that it had not been announced. In terms of cultivation, all of the candidates are in the Quasi-Sacred Realm or above.” “Other than the top ten, the Ranked Disciples, there are also the Unanked Disciples, and below them are the Inner Disciples and Outer Disciples. The Unranked Disciples have reached the Enlightened King Realm while the Inner disciples have reached the Enlightened Noble Realm. Those below the Enlightened Noble Realm were considered to be Outer Disciples. This kind of division is simply unimaginable in other factions since any youths accepted would be considered a young prodigy, especially if they reach the True Enlightened Realm, but here, they can only be an Outer Disciple…” “However, it doesn’t mean we don’t have a chance of becoming a Ranked Disciple. In the academy, as long as we challenge a Ranked Disciple and win against them, we can also enjoy the same resources and benefits as them…” “I heard about this too. Among the Ten Great Ranked Disciples, most of them are young prodigies that were sealed since ancient times with the exception of Young Master Changge, the Successor of Mortal Palace and a few others. There is even a king that once ruled the world with six crowns. I heard that every time he appears, he will definitely challenge the most powerful cultivator of that generation, and he has not lost one battle ever. He is outrageously strong.” “I heard that he intends to challenge Young Master Changge, saying that he is the only person in this generation who is a match for him. How arrogant he is. Is he really going to just ignore the others among the Ten Great Ranked Disciples?” At the moment, many young prodigies gathered here as they couldn’t stop marvelling in front of the mountain gate, feeling their own insignificance. Even though all of them came from extraordinary backgrounds, they could still feel the terrifying strength of the Immortal Academy. “The young prodigies who came to exchange points must come here to accept a bone age inspection. Those who are older than 50 years old don’t come so that you don’t embarrass yourself.” At the moment, in front of the mountain gate of the Immortal Academy stood a lively old man in white with white hair and a red face. His cultivation didn’t seem powerful, but no one dared to look down on him. As his gaze swept across the many young prodigies in front of him, he spoke with a moderate volume, but it was enough for him to spread his message far out. Listening to him, everyone at the grounds immediately headed towards his direction. After all, without a place, even if they had a frightening background, none of them dared to simply trespass on the Immortal Academy. It was rumoured that there were countless ancient freaks within the academy that came from all corners of the Upper Realm. It was even a possibility that they might encounter beings such as Ancestors from their own families. To the young prodigies, being admitted to the Immortal Academy for cultivation was a great opportunity, and to people of an older age, it was the same too. “Your bone age shows that you are 51 years old. Do you think I’m blind? How dare you try to sneak in. Someone come and throw him away from here…” Suddenly, the old man in white turned gloomy and furrowed his brows while scolding the middle-aged man in front of him without holding back. The middle-aged man also started to become anxious and couldn’t help but say, “It’s only been a day since my 50th birthday. Whether it’s my cultivation or points, I’m qualified to be here. Can’t you just be a little more accommodating?” The voice of the old man in white suddenly became colder. “Stop wasting my time. The rules are the rules. You aren’t qualified to break them.” “What kind of shitty academy is this? How unreasonable—” The expression of the middle-aged man instantly changed as he began to scold, but before he could finish his words, his eyes widened in disbelief and was filled with fear. As soon as the old man in white waved his sleeves, the middle-aged man was blown apart, turning into a mist of blood, as his body and Primordial Spirit were completely obliterated. Looking at the scene, everyone couldn’t help but take a big gulp while a shiver was sent down their spines. Some of the cultivators who planned to sneak in too couldn’t help but tremble as they began to have thoughts of retreating. This was no longer a fact of being unreasonable since they couldn’t care less what others think. The Immortal Academy had no shortage of young prodigies wanting to join them. “Let’s continue. This is the consequence of provoking the Immortal Academy,” the old man in white added with an always calm voice. However, the scene terrified many people as they finally realised the power and domination of the Immortal Academy who couldn’t care less about their backgrounds. Over here, the words of the Immortal Academy were the only rules. Then, the old man in white held a crystal-clear ancient mirror with a flickering divine light before a dense burst of light fell on the crowd. With that, the bone, blood and internal organs of the people became crystal-clear, as if they were transparent, so the old man was able to detect the bone age of the cultivators and prevent anyone from sneaking in. Meanwhile, at the back end of the line, a man and a woman were murmuring to each other. The young girl looked to be around 13 to 14 years old with a delicate face, fine skin and smooth hair while wearing a plain and simple skirt. However, there were many patches on the skirt, which made her look like a beggar when compared with the many dashing and brightly dressed young prodigies around her. The young man next to her was slightly older and looked to be around 17 to 18 years old, but his clothes were even more worn-out than the young girl beside him. Many young prodigies deliberately avoided them since they looked like the beggars one usually saw on the streets. However, the two of them seemed to be used to everyone’s gaze, so they couldn’t care less. “Brother, the Immortal Academy really is intimidating. They just killed someone without any questions asked. Why don’t we not go in? I’m a little scared…” the young girl murmured worriedly after being frightened by that scene. “No. It’s not like we will get another chance like this again. How can we just give up? Xiaoyi, you have a great Talent. Once you are admitted into the Immortal Academy, they will definitely value you highly. By then, no one will stop us from avenging grandpa and living a good life.” After hearing her fears, the young man shook his head while a hint of determination flashed across his eyes. His name was Qing Feng, the brother of the young girl, not related by blood, Qing Xiaoyi. The two of them were adopted by an old beggar and now, they travelled thousands of kilometres across mountains and seas to reach the mountain gate of the Immortal Academy so that they could be admitted. Due to her Talent, ordinary cultivators were no match for Qing Xiaoyi even though she had never cultivated before. Therefore, once Qing Feng heard that the Immortal Academy would accept a lot of young men and women with powerful Talents, he decided to bring her here as he believed that as long as the people of the Immortal Academy weren’t blind, she would definitely be accepted. By then, he could enter the Immortal Academy for cultivation along with her as her guardian. “I understand, Brother.” Qing Xiaoyi nodded her head after barely overcoming the feeling of fear and uneasiness inside her heart. Roar! However, right at this moment, high in the sky, the thunderous roar of Dragons was suddenly heard. Shortly after, nine large Dragons flew across the sky, pulling a white jade carriage. As it charged across the sky, one could see how intimidating and raging its aura was! After the white jade carriage, there were also a vast array of young prodigies riding warships pulled by ferocious beasts. The entourage was so intimidating that many young prodigies below in front of the Immortal Academy couldn’t help but halt their breaths.