Deep within Liuxian Valley.
Inside the dim Immortal Cave, sunlight never reached.
Only a trickle of water seeped from the top of the rock wall, sliding down the stalactites with a dripping sound.
The sound of water echoed in the empty cavern, making the silence feel even more absolute.
The cavern was vast, but the furnishings were extremely simple.
On the stone platform at the end, a wide, carved stone chair sat alone.
The stone chair was empty.
Below the steps, two burly figures sat indifferently on the ground.
They were the two Eight Chess Pieces of Strategy demons who had previously captured the Xuanming Old Ancestor.
Although no one was sitting on that stone chair, these two great Yao Beasts, who could be considered titans in the southern part of Yunmeng Township, both kept their heads bowed.
They dared not make any presumptuous movements.
In the silence.
The jackal demon suddenly opened its eyes, a strange look flashing in its scarlet pupils: "Have you heard the news coming from Yunmeng Palace..."
The gray wolf demon kept its eyes closed, simply speaking quietly: "The newly appeared Immortal God's Immortal Cave?"
"Correct."
The jackal demon nodded: "I heard the commotion was massive. Even the head of Yunmeng Palace appeared in person, and they have already sealed off the area for a thousand miles."
The gray wolf demon slowly opened its eyes, its expression calm: "With the appearance of an Immortal God's Immortal Cave, all forces are moving at the news. Such caution is not surprising."
Hearing this.
The jackal demon withdrew its gaze resentfully, looking out of the cave, and suddenly began to sigh: "An Immortal God's Immortal Cave... if we could obtain some Spiritual Method Legacy, or an object of dao integration from it... why would the two of us need to look at others' faces to act?"
The Southern Immortal Palace belongs to the Dream Cloud Realm branch, so naturally, it has the qualifications to enter.
However, the Immortal Caves left by Immortal Gods are always strange, repelling great experts at the Painting Realm and above. Forcing entry would only cause the Immortal Cave to collapse.
Only Cultivators and demons below the Painting Realm can step inside.
Since the great experts of the Painting Realm cannot personally enter.
The candidate ultimately sent by the Southern Immortal Palace becomes particularly intriguing.
The Old Palace Mistress has two sons and one daughter.
Excluding the Little Palace Mistress, who provoked the mortal fish and caused a huge mess, and is now being forced back and grounded.
The only ones qualified to lead this mission are the First Young Master and the Second Young Master.
The Immortal God's Immortal Cave hides a supreme Legacy and treasures of dao integration. Whoever can lead people inside, their own cultivation and the power of their subordinates will inevitably see a massive surge.
"The Second Young Master has been planning for many years, waiting for this opportunity."
The gray wolf demon's voice was low, and it suddenly warned: "Do not harbor any other thoughts... You and I only need to guard this place well and keep hold of these people who broke the barrier, and the Second Young Master will be able to seize the dao chess piece."
"With the Immortal God's Immortal Cave appearing and repelling Painting Realm experts, the Old Palace Mistress must choose one of the two Young Masters to lead the entry. Once the Second Young Master possesses the dao chess piece, won't he be able to crush the First Young Master at will? Foundation is the kind of thing that, once a gap opens, becomes unstoppable, and the advantage will only snowball."
The jackal demon was silent.
The gray wolf demon glanced at it, its tone softening slightly: "By then, when the Second Young Master ascends to the top of the Southern Immortal Palace, as his loyal subjects, why would we worry about not having a great fortune?"
"..."
The jackal demon withdrew its gaze indifferently and replied perfunctorily: "I know."
Watching the other's expression, the gray wolf demon shook its head helplessly.
It really thinks it is some person of destiny.
It looks down on this steady merit of following the dragon and wants to become the high and mighty True Dragon itself?
It needs to see if it has the life for it.
In this Yunmeng Township, what is least lacking are fools with hearts higher than the sky but lives as thin as paper.
Thinking that having cultivated to the Eight Chess Pieces of Strategy, they can flip clouds and rain, coveting fortunes that do not belong to them at all.
Little do they know that in the eyes of those true great experts, they are nothing more than vermin that can be crushed with a wave of the hand.
However.
The gray wolf demon did not continue to persuade.
Words end here.
They were colleagues, and being able to offer a few pointers was already out of consideration for working together all these years.
If the other party remained obsessed and foolish, trying to touch the Second Young Master's reverse scale.
It would not mind, at a critical moment, using this fool's head to exchange for a heavier weight in the Second Young Master's heart.
Thinking of this.
The gray wolf demon composed its mood and looked towards the outside of the cave somewhat casually.
Deep in the dark stone path, miasma churned.
Suddenly.
The gray wolf demon's expression changed drastically. Besides being stunned, its gray fur stood on end instantly.
It stood up abruptly.
Its scarlet pupils stared fixedly at the end of the stone path, baring its cold fangs: "This is a restricted area of the Southern Immortal Palace! Who are you, and why don't you leave immediately?!"
Hearing this commotion.
The jackal demon also withdrew its careless expression and looked towards the dark cave entrance, following the gray wolf's gaze.
Deep in the stone path.
Gray fog permeated and churned.
A huge shadow was stepping with heavy, dull footsteps, slowly approaching.
"..."
Even without seeing its true appearance, the two Eight Chess Pieces of Strategy demons felt inexplicably terrified... just like the pressure a Beast feels when encountering a superior predator in the wilderness.
Until the churning gray fog broke, the two demons finally saw the newcomer clearly.
A huge Yao Beast stepped on the stone slabs, slowly walking in.
Its whole body was covered with deep blue scales, its four hooves were thick, and it was surrounded by water vapor.
Its whole body was permeated with a heart-palpitating purple-gold glow.
And in the center of its forehead, a crystal-clear, icy single horn grew.
On the back of the huge demon body.
A young girl in a white robe sat casually.
One of the girl's hands rested on the scales of the Beast's back, and the other hand held a green staff upside down.
She did not pause at all because of the gray wolf's previous stern rebuke, but instead continued to slowly drive the Yao Beast under her crotch, continuing to walk forward.
"..."
As capable subordinates under the Second Young Master, they naturally recognized the origin of this great Yao Beast.
However.
Wasn't this Beast working for the Second Young Master?
How could it have become the mount of a Human Race girl?!
After the shock came monstrous anger.
The jackal demon's scarlet pupils surged with killing intent, and it shouted angrily: "You motherfucker dare to betray us?!"
The response was not an explanation from the behemoth.
It was a sharp cold current that suddenly erupted from the icy single horn.
Boom—wherever the cold current passed, the stone walls instantly froze into frost.
"Hah!"
The jackal demon's expression changed drastically, roaring out.
They had served under the Second Young Master for many years alongside the Green-Water Golden-Eyed Demon; they knew exactly how much this Beast was worth.
Although it could be considered a great Yao Beast in normal times, it should never have had such strange methods.
The two demons looked at each other, both seeing the solemnity in the other's eyes.
Being able to guard such a restricted area for the Second Young Master, they were by no means arrogant or ignorant.
Suppressing the mixed thoughts churning in their minds.
The two demons did not hesitate, and the Qi Sea within their bodies erupted with a boom.
Boom.
Inside the dim cavern, the phantoms of two huge, towering Demon Palaces suddenly descended.
As the Demon Palaces opened wide.
Eight dao chess pieces each, emitting thick light, roared out from the depths of the Demon Palaces.
They smashed fiercely towards the white-robed girl sitting on the Beast's back.
However.
The scene that followed.
Made shock flash in the eyes of the two demons.
The girl remained sitting on its back, seemingly not taking such an offensive seriously.
Immediately after.
The Green-Water Golden-Eyed Demon roared at the sky, and the purple-gold glow suddenly became intense.
The brilliant purple-gold radiance instantly filled the entire cavern.
The sixteen roaring dao chess pieces, the moment they touched this purple-gold radiance.
Suddenly stalled.
The originally brilliant light, encountering an irresistible obstacle, instantly dimmed.
The thick Qi circulating on the dao chess pieces was even forcibly suppressed by more than half.
They teetered in mid-air, unable to advance even an inch...
"This..."
The two demons' expressions changed drastically, and they finally realized.
This is no longer that fool of a Green-Water Golden-Eyed Demon; this kind of purple-gold radiance that transcends all things...
Is clearly a Celestial-grade Dao Chess!