Longevity: Starting as a Sect Servant-Chapter 299 - 223: Survival at the End of the Road (Part 2)
The Divine Thought spread out, and the entire area within hundreds of miles appeared in his mind.
Li An felt heavy-hearted; no matter how he calculated, he felt despair.
Several hundred years ago, when Shangguan Shengxian was still in a remnant soul state, he could freeze Celestial Yang City in an instant, a scene that left a deep impression on Li An.
Now, no matter what preparations he made, it seemed like holding a ceremony in a snail shell, powerless under the opponent’s thunderous power.
He really wanted to escape from this place of trouble, leaving Tan Qingxue and Shangguan Xiaoxiao to deal with Shangguan Shengxian.
But it wouldn’t work.
Shangguan Xiaoxiao only had a remnant soul left and needed to rely on his body.
"If I can’t hold on and fall before the people from the Spirit Realm arrive, I will end up in Shangguan Shengxian’s hands, with no chance to escape— even if they come, whether they could exterminate or capture Shangguan Shengxian is uncertain, and even if they did, would they save me? Most likely, they would kill me. After all, given their hatred for the Demon Sect, how could they tolerate a natural Demon Body like mine alive?"
"If I manage to endure and the people from the Spirit Realm drive away Shangguan Shengxian, I face two risks: the first being Shangguan Xiaoxiao— would I still be able to control her at that time? Although I’ve poisoned her Primordial Spirit, she is, after all, the Demon Sect Princess, unfathomable. Secondly, the people from the Spirit Realm would surely scrutinize me closely; how could I hide the secrets of the Life Nourishing Immortal Skill and Immortal Celestial Demon Skill?"
Li An thought over and over; a series of problems were extremely difficult to handle. The situation he faced was one of seeking life in death, survival at the end of the road.
After pondering for a long time, he went out once, stealthily approaching the army of the Great Li, choosing a lone Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator and abducted him, turning him into a puppet.
－－Lately, constant skirmishes occurred between the Demon Race and the Great Li army. Death was a common occurrence; the disappearance of a Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator went unnoticed.
Li An refined this puppet, then for the first time utilized the Primordial Spirit Cauldron Skill from the Demon Skill!
The Primordial Spirit Cauldron Skill allows a wisp of Primordial Spirit to be infused into the puppet’s body. If the main body dies, the Primordial Spirit can survive through the puppet’s body, akin to a takeover rebirth.
Li An was making preparations for his potential demise!
Making the worst-case plans, if he truly perished in this battle, he could at least start anew. With the Life Nourishing Immortal Skill and Immortal Celestial Demon Skill, he had confidence in rising again!
Only the Golden Core Cultivation he achieved in this life, everything...
would be washed away.
He placed this puppet in a remote small country far from the Xiling forbidden area.
Returning to the Yellow Springs Valley, he also set up a terrifying child-and-parent killing formation!
This formation was modeled after Shangguan Xiaoxiao’s formation in the Celestial Killer Mountain range, using a Rank Four parent formation as the main, supplemented by twenty child formations, carefully hidden under a cliff on the left side of the Yellow Springs Valley. It was his chosen escape route.
These arrangements might be futile against someone of Shangguan Xiaoxiao’s level, utterly innocuous.
Yet even knowing this, Li An still had to do it!
One must never give up the will to live, nor lack the attitude for survival, at any time, in any place!
Upon contemplation, these seemed to be the only things Li An could do.
Following this, Li An fell into a period of short yet long waiting.
...
In the blink of an eye, ten days passed.
During these ten days, the Demon Race advanced everywhere, and the conflict with the Great Li Empire progressively intensified, culminating in three battles where the Great Li Empire was temporarily repelled.
However, it was said that under the leadership of the White Tiger Empress, the various top powers of the Human Race had already gathered their forces to come.
For instance, the Celestial Sword Sect, Nanli Sect, Blood Essence Sect, etc.
Prior to this, although the Great Li Empire was powerful, its own controlled army forces were limited. In terms of army quality, it might not even match the Demon Race, only possessing extremely strong high-tier combat power.
Now that all the major Human Race powers had arrived, experts of True Core and Nascent Soul Level emerged one after another, and the Demon Race might soon be unable to withstand them.
It was on this day that Shangguan Xiaoxiao finally emerged－
She walked out of the cave dwelling, though only a Primordial Spirit Body, she looked almost identical to a living person, her complexion more ruddy, and her Primordial Spirit Power was exceptionally formidable!
The three major Spirit Medicines had all been consumed and refined by her.
"Divinity Transformation Stage?"
Li An inquired.
"Almost."
Shangguan Xiaoxiao spoke calmly, "Send a message to the Demon Queen, we can start now－－"
Li An nodded.
...
Having waited for a long time, Tan Qingxue, upon receiving the message from Li An, personally summoned the major Demon Kings and key Demon Generals of the Demon Race.
"I have found the whereabouts of the Demon Emperor’s Tomb."
She spoke calmly, and all the Demon Race members were instantly extremely delighted.
Unaware of Shangguan Shengxian’s existence, in their view, as long as they found the Demon Emperor’s Tomb, the Demon Race could restore its former glory, sweep across the world, and dominate the Emperor Origin Realm!
"Cyan Dragon Demon King, lead a million troops to launch an attack at noon tomorrow; your task is to pin down the Great Li army, hold them－－"
"White Tiger Demon King, lead three hundred thousand elite troops, leave the forbidden area directly, and charge straight at the capital of the Great Li!"
"Vermilion Bird Demon King, lead ten thousand elite troops and move with me."
"Additionally, General Longlin, General Mu Rong, each of you will lead one hundred thousand men to assist the Cyan Dragon Demon King when necessary."
