Ch. 1693 - The Human Sovereign Emerges

Inside the Human Sovereign Academy.

Bone Demon had not stationed demons here.

All the demons had previously gone to the Discipline Hall.

Yet when Xu Zimo arrived, he was instead stopped by members of the Five Great Powers.

Heart Sword Ancient Sect, Azure Cloud Ancient Sect, Jade Maiden Palace, and the Primordial Demon Gate.

As for the Ghost Moon Ancient Sect, its sect master had already been destroyed by Xu Zimo, so there were naturally not many people left.

“What do you all mean by this?” Xu Zimo frowned and asked.

Carefree Monk gave a bitter smile.

“Benefactor, don’t make things difficult for us. We are also forced into this.”

“You’ve submitted to the demons?” Xu Zimo asked.

“We’re only trying to survive. That Ghost-Devouring Worm…” Zhang Meng sighed.

“In that case, you are my enemies,” Xu Zimo said calmly as he slowly drew Shadow Tyrant.

Bone Demon was truly scheming.

He had actually arranged for people from the Five Great Powers to guard the Human Sovereign Academy.

In doing so, he could attend to both sides.

He could eliminate the remaining forces of the Human Sovereign Palace and block Xu Zimo at the same time, killing two birds with one stone.

“Enough talk,” someone from the Primordial Demon Gate said coldly. “Since he’s an enemy, take his head. Maybe if we offer it to Lord Situ, he’ll remove the Ghost-Devouring Worms from our bodies.”

Hearing this, the crowd immediately grew fervent.

This was freedom they were talking about.

Dozens of people shouted and charged toward Xu Zimo.

“A bunch of ants who haven’t even reached the Infinite Dao realm dare to stop me,” Xu Zimo snorted.

Bone Demon had made a good plan.

Unfortunately, he miscalculated one crucial point.

Xu Zimo, a Saint Sovereign, or rather a half-step Infinite Dao, was practically invincible among those of the same realm.

“You’re not Infinite Dao either. What are you being arrogant about?!” someone sneered.

“I kill you as easily as slaughtering a dog,” Xu Zimo replied.

He took a single step forward.

In the blink of an eye, he appeared before the speaker.

Shadow Tyrant roared in his hand.

With one clean slash, he severed the man’s head.

The scene made everyone shudder.

That man had been a Saint Sovereign.

That single strike had destroyed both his head and his soul.

“Everyone, attack together,” someone from the Heart Sword Ancient Sect shouted.

The Heart Sword Ancient Sect cultivated the Heart Sword.

Their attacks were extremely strange.

Invisible and unpredictable, striking directly at a person’s heart.

At this moment, the Heart Sword Ancient Sect disciples all unleashed their Heart Sword power, attempting to annihilate Xu Zimo’s internal organs.

“You’re still far from enough,” Xu Zimo snorted.

The shockwave shattered all the Heart Sword attacks.

“Kill.”

Shadow Tyrant vibrated, as if craving blood.

Each swing of the blade sent another head flying.

On the side of the Primordial Demon Gate, the demons revealed their true forms.

Some resembled Netherworld White Tigers, some looked like one-horned Azure Dragons, and others were like blazing Firehawk Eagles.

These demon beasts roared, summoning wind and rain as demonic gales swept forth, charging at Xu Zimo.

“Get lost,” Xu Zimo roared again.

The Infinite-Samsara Demon-Eye twisted everything.

Blood rained down from the sky.

At last, he reached the entrance of the Human Sovereign Academy.

Only Carefree Monk remained standing in his way.

Behind him lay dozens of corpses.

In the Great Beyond, as long as the Infinite Dao ancestors of the Five Great Powers did not act, Xu Zimo was invincible.

“Benefactor,” Carefree Monk clasped his hands in a Buddhist salute and sighed. “Why must it come to this?”

“Why must it come to this?” Xu Zimo asked in return.

“Please grant me a swift end,” Carefree Monk lowered his head and said. “With the Ghost-Devouring Worm inside me, life is worse than death.”

“If you’re not afraid of death, why accept the Ghost-Devouring Worm?” Xu Zimo asked.

“If I didn’t, my master and my fellow disciples would all die. If it were you, would you take it?” Carefree Monk asked back.

“I’d be the first to die,” Xu Zimo replied, then raised his palm.

With one strike, Carefree Monk’s head dropped.

His body slowly collapsed to the ground.

Xu Zimo pushed open the gates of the Human Sovereign Academy.

Inside, chains criss-crossed everywhere.

More than a dozen people were bound within them.

Among them, Xu Zimo saw Liu Xu'er of the Jade Maiden Palace, along with some other independent cultivators.

These people had not submitted to the demons.

Bone Demon had originally planned to torture them slowly.

But the upheaval at the Discipline Hall left him no time to deal with them.

“S-save us,” someone weakly pleaded upon seeing Xu Zimo.

Among those chained up, some were already dead.

Others still clung to life.

Xu Zimo first freed Liu Xu'er.

He needed to go to the Jade Maiden Palace to search for the Desolate Tree.

Perhaps Liu Xu'er would be the key.

“Are you all right?” Xu Zimo asked.

Liu Xu'er’s eyes brimmed with grief. Her body was covered in blood.

“My master… submitted.”

She looked toward the corpses outside the door.

Among those killed by Xu Zimo were members of the Jade Maiden Palace.

Including her master.

“Everyone makes choices, and we must all bear the consequences,” Xu Zimo said.

After that, he did not say anything more to Liu Xu'er.

Instead, he went to search for the place to set the jade token.

The layout of the Human Sovereign Academy was very special.

It was the place where the Human Sovereign once taught.

The Dao Hall of Transmission was for examinations.

There were no trials left here, or rather, the trials had already been destroyed by the demons.

Xu Zimo walked forward.

He arrived before a wall within the Human Sovereign Academy.

Carved upon it was the image of the Human Sovereign.

At that time, the Human Sovereign was not an old man, but in his middle years.

He even looked somewhat handsome.

He carried a scholarly air, like a teacher.

He wore a black robe.

Though old, it was neat and clean.

At the Human Sovereign’s waist, on the left, hung a ruler.

On the right, there was a cord.

“The jade token?” Xu Zimo immediately took it out.

That cord looked like the place where the jade token was meant to hang.

The box opened, and the jade token transformed into a beam of light and flew out.

Before Xu Zimo could grab it,

the jade token had already flown to the Human Sovereign’s waist.

“Brat, you’ve ruined everything!” Bone Demon’s furious roar echoed.

He had already slain King Sky-Sage and was charging toward Xu Zimo.

A terrifying force suppressed Xu Zimo on the spot.

A massive hand reached out to seize him.

Xu Zimo considered whether to use the edict power of the God World to break free.

But at that moment, within the Human Sovereign Academy, countless surges of astonishing power shot into the sky.

Before Bone Demon could reach Xu Zimo, he was blasted backward by an overwhelming force.

Then, a figure stepped out from within the Human Sovereign Academy.

Looking again, the carved image of the Human Sovereign on the wall had vanished.

When that figure stepped out of the Human Sovereign Academy, the entire Human Sovereign Palace resonated in response.

Immense power surged and roared.

Bone Demon’s face turned pale with terror.

He was the first to charge at the Human Sovereign.

“It’s been so many years. You will never suppress me again,” Bone Demon roared.

He looked almost deranged.

His fear of the Human Sovereign ran bone-deep.

At that moment, he threw a punch forward.

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