Free Web NovelChapter 769: Chapter 309: Ascending Three Heavens Again, Devouring Ancient Saints!
The boundless, endless darkness seems like an abyss without a bottom, where time does not pass, nor can one sense the existence of space.
Jiang Shi’s spirit appears here once again, as if endlessly falling. He gazes around, observing the pitch-black all around.
Even though it’s not his first time entering here, his heart still maintains a deep curiosity.
It’s as if each entry offers a different experience.
No one knows how long he has been falling.
Suddenly.
"You have come again. I sense the aura of my celestial demon’s remnants on you. It seems you have indeed found my remnants in the outside world."
An ancient, weathered voice suddenly comes from above Jiang Shi’s head.
Jiang Shi sharply raises his head, looking upward, only to see an immensely large black head appearing above, like a small mountain, deep and mysterious, filled with oppressive energy.
Hollow eyes gaze at Jiang Shi like two bottomless pits.
Jiang Shi exhales, helplessly saying, "Celestial Demon Ancestor, can you please not appear so suddenly next time? Every appearance gives this junior quite a shock."
"I have always been here, never moving randomly. It’s just that you haven’t noticed me."
The celestial demon head remains silent for a moment, then speaks.
Jiang Shi is speechless.
"Alright, it seems this junior misunderstood the senior."
He responds, then smiles, saying, "Celestial Demon Master, I have already, according to your request, found your two palms and a left leg, but the crucial head remains unfound. Do you know where your celestial demon head is sealed?"
This current head is merely a spirit; its actual head is still under seal.
Only by unsealing the head can the celestial demon truly reconstruct its body and return to this world.
"The celestial demon head..." the massive black head softly repeats, its eyes suddenly becoming deeply profound, "Previously, I indeed couldn’t sense where my head was sealed, but with your continual release of my three remnants, my wandering spiritual power has solidified.
I can now faintly sense the location of the celestial demon head, but that place is extremely dangerous. With your current strength, you are far from being able to approach it."
"Oh, what place is that?"
Jiang Shi asks.
"The Thousand Demon Cave!"
The black head responds.
"The Thousand Demon Cave?"
Jiang Shi’s expression changes slightly.
This kind of place?
The Thousand Tribulations Sect has always been searching for him, trying to make him help open the Thousand Demon Cave! Unexpectedly, the celestial demon head is also there.
"What kind of place is this Thousand Demon Cave, really?"
Jiang Shi asks.
"The Thousand Demon Cave has a long history and has existed long ago; it’s considered a deathtrap in this world. In the era before my sealing, many were sealed within the Thousand Demon Cave.
It is reputed to be the deathtrap of all demons in the world. Once anyone is sealed inside, they cannot break out from within, only when a specific opportunity occurs from outside.
However, this opportunity is fleeting, only appearing once every several hundred years."
The celestial demon head responds.
"Once every several hundred years..." Jiang Shi’s eyes flicker, "Isn’t the time for the opening of the Thousand Demon Cave coming soon?"
If not, he truly can’t imagine why the Thousand Tribulations Sect is so urgently seeking him.
"Yes, at most one or two years; it will be that several hundred years’ cycle."
The celestial demon head responds, "And the true location of the Thousand Demon Cave is not in this small world; it is far beyond the Primordial Great Mountains."
"I see."
Jiang Shi’s heart surges.
Beyond the Primordial Great Mountains?
Seeing this, he cannot afford to be complacent.
If he misses this chance to open the Thousand Demon Cave, he’ll have to wait several hundred years again.
An instantaneous thought arises in his heart, where he vaguely considers collaborating with the Thousand Tribulations Sect, but he quickly extinguishes this notion.
As things stand, the Thousand Tribulations Sect is far from being a reliable partner.
"Master, let the empowerment begin swiftly this time." Jiang Shi lifts his head, getting straight to the point.
"Alright."
The celestial demon head responds, then boundless black energy begins to surge rapidly from all directions, mighty and carrying a tidal-like aura, congealing into pure droplets, flooding towards Jiang Shi’s body.
Jiang Shi immediately activates his Devouring Talent, his entire body resembling an exceptionally terrifying demon beast, crazily absorbing this endless celestial demon essence.
The sudden, terrifying attraction makes the celestial demon head slightly surprised, showing traces of astonishment.
It then gathers even more of its essence toward Jiang Shi below.
For a time, waves surged, energy shook, and the entire void was filled with endless celestial demon aura.
The terrifying empowerment lasted for an unknown duration,
Jiang Shi’s body seemed to transform into an eternally unfillable deep pit, continuously absorbing the celestial demon essence.
Not far outside, Daoist Master Xuan and the gaunt elder were startled, reopening their eyes, watching Jiang Shi again.
At that moment, they suddenly felt as if Jiang Shi’s power had increased.
Even across his skin, they could sense the terrifying aura escaping from Jiang Shi’s pores, causing even the space around him to tremble faintly.
