Published: August 10, 2026
Chapter 1072: Dignity Lies Only on the Edge of the Sword! (2)
Twenty fifth-stage demon emperors!
That was indeed an astonishing number. Even if some of them had come specifically to celebrate the birthday banquet, it was still terrifying.
Before this, the tian nan cultivation world had only had three.
Leaving aside their cultivation levels, just from the number alone, one could clearly feel the gap in strength.
There was no need to even deploy a "marvel." The Fire Phoenix Clan only needed to send out five or six demon emperors to firmly suppress the tian nan cultivation world.
This showed just how difficult it had been for tian nan to endure for so many years.
If the Southern Frontier Fire Phoenix Clan was already like this, then what about the Central Domain, which had to stand alone against four regions?
Great Qian and the three holy lands each had a spiritual treasure sitting in charge, and now there was also the loose cultivator alliance, which possessed the marvel "Ideal Country." Each of them was on par with the demon race's Fire Phoenix Clan, Golden Crow Clan, and Flood Dragon Clan.
Precisely because the Central Domain was too powerful, most of the Fire Phoenix Clan's strength had to be stationed at the northern border for extra vigilance, and only then did tian nan gain a chance to catch its breath.
There was another reason as well: although the Fire Phoenix Clan possessed a marvel and ostensibly had overwhelming strength, strictly speaking, the highest combat power on both sides was still at the divine transformation realm.
Apart from direct strength, aspects like aura concealment, stealth, and escape speed did not necessarily show a huge gap.
As long as they did not engage in direct battle, it was actually not that easy to die.
After all, the Primordial Spirit could cross a thousand miles in an instant. If one deliberately concealed oneself, cultivators of the same realm would find it hard to discover them. So long as the tian nan divine transformation cultivators did not reveal themselves directly, the other side had to be wary of this.
A divine transformation cultivator hiding in the shadows could, with a single strike, slaughter large numbers of demonic beasts and demonic cultivators in a very short time. Unless confronted face-to-face by a spiritual treasure or marvel, even an expert of the same rank would find it hard to leave them behind.
In this way, there was room for maneuvering, and the other side would not dare act too recklessly.
After all, the destructive power of a divine transformation realm cultivator was simply too great—slaughtering a thousand miles could take only a few breaths.
And if they wanted to encircle and annihilate tian nan's three divine transformation cultivators, they would at least need several times as many demon emperors of the same rank, while also having to take the Central Domain into consideration.
Because of this, the three divine transformation cultivators rarely showed themselves, precisely to prevent the enemy from "capturing the thief by seizing the king."
"The Fire Phoenix Clan has more than ten fifth-stage demon emperors, along with so many vassals and allies."
"The tian nan cultivation world really hasn't had it easy."
After sensing carefully, Liu Yu let out such a感慨.
Perhaps because of the Fire Phoenix Clan's strategy of befriending distant powers while attacking nearby ones, among the four regions the tian nan cultivation world had been the latest to develop and was the weakest. After losing contact with the Central Domain, its days could almost be described as "barely surviving," with its territory continuously shrinking.
However, though he had come alone and was the only divine transformation cultivator attending the banquet, he did not feel much fear.
Below the level of a spiritual treasure, all beings are equal!
After all, once one reached a high realm, numbers no longer meant much. Now that he was using the sword of ruin with divine transformation cultivation, even demon emperors would have trouble blocking a single strike. A fifth-stage divine transformation cultivator was indeed powerful, but before the "power of the rules," it was nothing remarkable—only the disparity in numbers made it look frightening.