"Holy crap—what the hell is this place?"
"Where are all these eyes coming from?! Oh no… wolves! So many wolves!!"
Before Yi Tianxing could even react, the monkey and others had already started shouting.
Looking closely, they found themselves completely surrounded by a massive pack of wolves—tens of thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands strong.
Their glowing green eyes locked on them, emanating an unmistakable killing intent.
These weren't ordinary wolves.
They were completely demonized—tainted by an overwhelming demonic aura.
To the wolves, the sudden arrival of Yi Tianxing's group was like a banquet from the heavens.
Aooouuuuu!!
They didn't even give the group a moment to assess their surroundings—
The lead wolves suddenly bristled; every strand of fur standing on end like a field of needle-thin quills.
Then, with a whoosh, all their hair shot into the air, becoming a storm of razor-sharp fur needles, blasting toward them like a tidal wave.
Each needle glowed with corrosive black energy, capable of piercing through even reinforced armor.
"Black Tortoise Barrier!"—shouted the turtle monk, voice booming like thunder.
He immediately cast a protective technique, forming a massive tortoise shell-like shield around them.
Mysterious runes shimmered and twisted across the shell's surface.
Ding ding ding ding!
The barrage of fur needles hammered the barrier, covering it entirely.The needles carried a strange corrosive power, and the shield began to rapidly dissolve under the assault.
"Let old Pig handle this!"—grinned Pig Wuyá, slapping his belly.
He reached to his side, and suddenly—
Whoosh!
A giant cloth bag appeared in his hand.
Opening it, a terrifying suction force exploded forth—It swallowed up all the airborne fur needles.
But it didn't stop there.
The suction quickly spread—Dragging in the entire wolf pack!
In the blink of an eye, the entire horde had vanished into the bag.
"This is my Heaven-Devouring Sack (兜天袋).When I go all out, I could even stuff the heavens into it."
"A few demon wolves? Once inside, they'll be reduced to a pile of pus and blood."
He beamed with pride—this was his trump card, rarely shown in public.
Yi Tianxing surveyed the surroundings with narrowed eyes.
"Something is wrong here. The sky is dim, the air reeks of a strange demonic aura…And this isn't just any demonic energy—it comes from the Eternal Night Realm."
Even he could feel the hatred emanating from this world.
The demonic wolves had been just the beginning—A violent warning, issued by the realm itself.
The ground was barren.The few plants were twisted and grotesque—
There were flowers with fanged mouths.Vines covered in barbs.Banyan trees towering like monsters.Deep cracks in the earth spewed black miasma, like the mouths of hell.
A nightmare come to life.
"This stench—it's Eternal Night scum, no doubt."—the monkey muttered.
"But how? These secret realms were supposed to be formed by shattered ancestral spirit veins.How could they be tainted by Eternal Night?"
He knew this energy all too well—from his time fighting in the Divine-Demon Battlefield.
"Now what? We've entered the secret realm, but have no idea how to locate the ancestral spirit or earn merit."—the turtle monk asked.
That was the crux of the problem.
"Mountain gods, earth deities—come forth!"—the monkey shouted, slamming his staff to the ground.
Divine Art: Spirit Summoning (拘神)
This technique forcibly summons local gods within its range—Though its success depends on relative power levels.
If the target spirit was too powerful, the summoner might suffer divine backlash.
Still, it was worth the risk.
Wooo wooo…!!
A strange hum echoed from the earth.
A streak of divine light shot up—
A ragged, white-haired earth god surfaced from below, trembling.
"This lowly god greets the honored immortals!"
Upon seeing Yi Tianxing's group, the land god burst into tears,Collapsed onto his knees, and hugged the monkey's legs.
"You're finally here!! If you hadn't come, I—I really couldn't go on living…"
"It's been… awful!"
He bawled like a child.
Even the seasoned cultivators were stunned.
"What exactly is going on here?"—Yi Tianxing asked, stepping forward."Tell us everything about this secret realm."
The land god sobered up and nodded.
"This realm is called the Eighty-One Demon-Sealing Secret Realm (八十一封魔秘境).There are 81 of them, scattered across the Westward Path, each one tied to a tribulation point."
"They didn't originally have names.But each secret realm suppresses a demonic entity within."
"Each realm constantly battles the demon sealed within it.Either the realm suppresses the demon, or the demon corrodes the realm."
"The worst part is—these demons cannot die.They're eternally eroding the realm from the inside."
If the demon succeeds—
"The realm becomes a demonic abyss."
Each realm had a guardian land god, like himself.Their job was to maintain balance.
But as the realm grew more corrupted, their divine power weakened.
"In time, we either become demons ourselves, or perish entirely."
A choice between damnation and death.
"The corruption here… it's severe.We don't have long before it's too late."
"What is the demon in this realm?"Yi Tianxing asked, frowning.
The land god hesitated—
"I… I think it's a kidney."
"A kidney?"Yi Tianxing looked visibly confused."You mean… like, an actual kidney?"
Not a demon god. Not a magic weapon.
Just… a kidney.
But the implications were terrifying.
If a single organ could corrupt an entire realm to this extent…
What kind of monster had it belonged to?
This realm was at least a top-tier Middle Thousand World. Not far off from a Greater Thousand World.
"This realm was forged using an ancestral spirit vein,Which in turn used that kidney as its source seed."
"The demonic organ became the land, and the ancestral spirit vein became the suppressing force."
"You were drawn here to help the ancestral spirit vein suppress the demonic energy,Perhaps even destroy the demon itself."
The land god spoke quickly.He was born of the secret realm and knew its mechanisms.
Yi Tianxing and his group—clearly chosen by fate—might be their only hope.
Yi Tianxing's eyes flickered with insight.
"Using the demon's body to forge a realm,And embedding the ancestral spirit within to suppress it...What a brilliant yet dangerous plan."
"It splits the demon's essence and diffuses its power."
"But if the suppression fails, and the ancestral spirit is corrupted,The demon will reform—even stronger than before."
This was a gamble.
Were the other eighty secret realms the same?Did they all originate from parts of the same demon, or were they separate?
The answers lay ahead.
But for now, they had only one goal—
Suppress the corruption.
And uncover the truth buried within the Eighty-One Demon-Sealing Realms.