The probability of encountering either a stable space or unstable space fragments is extremely low.
Spaces vary in size; some are too small for anyone to enter, while others are boundless and seemingly endless.
Of course, these space fragments refer only to those near the human realm. Strictly speaking, the entire human realm can be considered a vast space. Other realms, such as the spirit realm and ancient demon realm, recorded in ancient books, can also be seen as super-large spaces.
Even the ethereal immortal realm can be understood in this way.
There are few records of such Sumeru spaces in ancient books, so it's surprising that the demon race's Myriad Demon Hall is located in such a stable, independent space.
"Why isn't the Great King coming in? We've already opened the Demon King Hall."
As he pondered, he heard the voices of two Illusion Demons. The Xuan Turtle chuckled and entered the purple mist without further thought.
Since this place is the ancestral land of the demon race, there shouldn't be any danger. He should quickly receive the demon race's inheritance. It would be even better if he could find a demon race cultivation technique suitable for the Xuan Turtle.
Upon entering the mist, he immediately felt a strong wind pressure bearing down on him.
However, a layer of black-blue light instantly appeared around him, and the wind pressure impacted it with muffled thuds, easily nullified.
This wind pressure posed no threat to him; even Foundation Establishment stage cultivators could barely withstand it.
His gaze swept across the area and he saw a huge pit about a hundred zhang away, surrounded by a dozen thick spirit light pillars. Each pillar was fifty to sixty zhang wide, reaching straight up into the sky, the tops unseen.
They were engraved with dragon and phoenix patterns, as well as various demon beast images. There were ferocious beasts, golden dragons, fiery phoenixes, and all sorts of other demon beast patterns, so lifelike they resembled totems.
The dangerous aura he had sensed outside came from these spirit light pillars. Clearly, these pillars formed some kind of formation.
If human cultivators were to arrive, they would likely be attacked.
The Big-Eared Rat and Black-Haired Pig were excitedly flying around below one of the pillars. The Xuan Turtle strode towards them, and standing beneath a spirit light pillar, he felt an even stronger pressure.
The two Illusion Demons also arrived one after the other, directly perching on the Xuan Turtle's shoulders. Their bodies became transparent, like two demon souls.
Then, a layer of black-and-white eerie light appeared on their bodies.
"New Great King, we'll take you into the Demon King Hall now," the two Illusion Demons cried, and the eerie light they had transformed into directly dragged the Xuan Turtle towards the sky.
After flying upwards for hundreds of zhang, they landed on the top of a light pillar.
The Xuan Turtle was immediately shocked as he looked up. Dozens of zhang above his head was a huge crescent-shaped crack in the sky, like a black moon hanging there.
Streams of purple mist blew out from it, carrying a rich spiritual energy. Although the spiritual energy fluctuations were much stronger than those of a high-grade spirit vein, the energy was extremely mixed and chaotic.
This was a spatial rift. Besides constantly emitting purple mist, it was stable in the air without emitting any spatial fluctuations. This must be the entrance to the Demon King Hall.
Awoo... Demon spirits gather, celestial demons impart the law...
The two Illusion Demons transformed back into their solid forms and began chanting sacrificial words like human cultivators. However, the sounds coming from their mouths were not human speech, but strange beast roars.
At first, the Xuan Turtle couldn't understand, but after a moment, as these beast sounds entered his ears, he seemed to understand something. He gradually understood the information contained within the beast roars.
At the same time, he noticed that the spirit light pillar beneath his feet trembled a few times, and a divine sense was transmitted to his body. This powerful divine sense seemed to intentionally make him understand the meaning of these sounds.
After a dozen breaths, the two Illusion Demons once again turned into phantoms and perched on his shoulders.
The Xuan Turtle no longer hesitated, stomped his foot and directly transformed into a black light, rushing into the spatial rift and disappearing.
After the Xuan Turtle entered, Zhang Ling, who was still in the mountains and forests, opened his eyes.
He had been connected to his second soul, and the Xuan Turtle had seen everything. It was as if he had seen it with his own eyes, without any difference.
Now that the Xuan Turtle had entered the spatial rift, the connection was severed. He would have to wait until it came out to sense it again.
Zhang Ling thought to himself and closed his eyes to meditate again.
Suddenly, he opened his eyes again and looked towards a forest on his left, sensing something rapidly approaching.
A large patch of red leaves rustled in the ironwood forest, accompanied by the thumping sound of heavy objects landing.
Scanning the area with his divine sense, Zhang Ling discovered several Crimson Fire Apes rapidly approaching. Their auras were not weak; they were all high-level demon beasts.
After a moment, several large Crimson Fire Apes burst out of the forest, heading straight towards him.
There were six Crimson Fire Apes in total: three at the fifth level, two at the sixth level, and one at the seventh level.
The leader, the seventh-level Crimson Fire Ape, was even more extraordinary. The other Crimson Fire Apes were all five to six zhang tall, but this Crimson Fire Ape was about the same height as a human. It wore a black leather shirt and sat on the shoulders of a sixth-level demon ape, holding a two-zhang-long red giant sword.
This Crimson Fire Ape glared at Zhang Ling, revealing a savage smile. Its body flashed with red light, and it flew into the air, waving its giant sword, causing a large patch of firelight to appear around it.
"Human cultivator, why are you here? Humans who come here are sentenced to death."
The Crimson Fire Apes behind it also roared a few times, each with explosive spiritual power surging from their bodies, as if they were about to fight him.
Zhang Ling also stood up, put on what he thought was a kind smile, and cupped his hands, saying.
"Fellow Daoist, you misunderstand. I am a servant of a Demon King. The Demon King just left with two other Great Kings. I am just waiting here for a moment, waiting for the Demon King."
He said this to avoid trouble and didn't want any conflict with these demon beasts.
Especially this seventh-level Crimson Fire Ape, which was obviously like those demon beasts he had encountered in Hidden Demon Valley that had taken Transformation Fruit, and its intelligence had been greatly developed. Judging from the violent fire spiritual power on its body, its cultivation had reached the peak of the seventh level.
This demon had not revealed its true form, and from a distance, it looked like a black-faced man, but upon closer inspection, this demon was completely an ape wearing human clothes, giving it a somewhat surreal feel.
Except for its lower body, which was like a human's, the upper half of its body, including its head, was still the head of a Crimson Fire Ape, making it look somewhat ferocious.
Of course, Zhang Ling was not afraid of these demon beasts. With his current strength, even if he was surrounded, he could easily escape. This was a demon race area, so it was best not to cause trouble.
Although that's what he thought, the demon ape in front of him, whose intelligence was no less than that of a human, didn't seem to think so. The demon ape's fiery red eyes darted around a few times before asking again.
"Which Demon King do you serve? Tell me, maybe I'll recognize them."
Zhang Ling frowned slightly upon hearing this. He found it difficult to answer for a moment. The Xuan Turtle had just passed through the Transformation Tribulation and didn't have a title.
"Hmph, you can't answer, are you lying to me? Then I'll capture you first."
As he pondered how to answer, the demon ape's eyes flashed with a fierce light and it shouted, grasping the red giant sword with its furry hands and quickly slashing it down. A dazzling sword light slashed towards Zhang Ling's head.
Zhang Ling's face instantly darkened. He didn't dodge as the sword light slashed down, but raised both hands, and a cyan flying sword flew out, also slashing out a sword light.
The two sword lights collided overhead, and with a loud bang, they seemed evenly matched, but the red sword light instantly wailed, and the cyan light flashed and shattered the red sword light into pieces.
The cyan light dissipated, revealing the flying sword's main body, which vibrated rapidly a few times. He cast a spell on it, and a sword sound was heard. Then, a large patch of cyan sword light manifested.
Zhang Ling's spiritual power also circulated, and his aura increased greatly. He was about to say something to stop the demon, but he heard a hearty laugh.
"Haha, well done."
Immediately, the light and shadows in front of him flashed, and a shadow swept over.
Zhang Ling quickly rubbed his hands together, and a yellow spiritual light shot out from his palms. This spiritual light elongated and enlarged, turning into a light curtain in front of him.
A red shadow struck it, and a muffled sound was heard, but it was forcibly blocked by the yellow light. A crimson tail emerged from the red light.
Seeing this attack method, Zhang Ling snorted coldly. This was the same attack method as the transformed demon ape that had tried to kill him earlier.
He no longer held back. Taking advantage of the fact that the tail was temporarily fixed by the Heavy Yuan Profound Light, he flicked his left arm, and a black-green vine wrapped around it, instantly entangling the tail.
But at the same time, a red light flashed in front of him, and the Crimson Fire Ape crossed a distance of more than ten zhang, rushing in front of him. The red giant sword slashed down fiercely with a sharp sword light.
Zhang Ling didn't panic at all. He activated a spell, and strands of yellow light shot out from his hand. The spiritual light flickered a few times, instantly forming six bright yellow light shields in front of him. The six shields quickly overlapped, meeting the sword light.
With a loud bang, the red giant sword, carrying a powerful spiritual force, instantly shattered two light shields. Cracks even appeared on the third light shield, and it was almost broken.
Seeing this scene, the Crimson Fire Ape laughed wildly, and the fire spiritual power on its body gathered on the giant sword. Another huge sword light slashed over, obviously wanting to shatter all the light shields in one fell swoop and defeat the human in front of him.
It had long known in its heart that this person was not lying. Its intelligence was no less than that of a human, and as soon as it arrived here, it immediately sensed that three Demon Kings had just left, one of whom was its own kind. It must be the same kind of senior who guarded the Demon King Hall.
It had come here just to fight this person, after all, it was rare to encounter a human cultivator in the demon race's territory. Since its intelligence had been greatly developed, the other demon beasts were no longer its opponents.
Even if it killed this person, it wouldn't matter. Human cultivators under the command of Demon Kings were just like slaves. The Demon Kings wouldn't care about the lives of these people.
A murderous intent flashed in the Crimson Fire Ape's heart, and its aura increased by several points.
But at this moment, the other three shields behind the broken third shield shone brightly, and with a loud bang, they exploded directly, instantly forming a strong wind pressure that swept around.
The Crimson Fire Ape didn't expect this and was instantly submerged by the yellow light, and its figure involuntarily flew backwards.
Zhang Ling lightly retreated more than ten zhang backwards, avoiding the impact of the spiritual light shield's self-destruction.
These six light shields were the Profound Light Shields, a secret technique in his cultivation method, and their defensive power was not weak. With his current strength, he could instantly release six light shields.
The Profound Light Shields could also be stacked together to enhance defense. However, since he had refined the Yellow Silk Umbrella, he had rarely used this technique.
Now that he released the Profound Light Shields, he suddenly used the impact force formed by the self-destruction of the light shields, which was powerful. The Crimson Fire Ape was instantly knocked backwards.
Zhang Ling's mind moved, and a black light shot out from his sleeve. Before the demon beast could react, he heard a dull bell sound. The bell sound turned into ripples of sound waves, enveloping the Crimson Fire Ape.
Instantly, the demon was shocked by the bell sound, its eyes went straight, and its whole body stiffened.
The cyan light flashed, and the flying sword stabbed straight towards the Crimson Fire Ape's face. If it was stabbed, it could instantly kill the demon beast. But the flying sword trembled and stopped in front of the demon's eyes.
"Fellow Daoist, I am really a servant brought by the Demon King. We shouldn't have these unnecessary fights. Let's stop here, how about it?" Zhang Ling looked at the Crimson Fire Ape calmly with a blank expression.
The Crimson Fire Ape also came back to its senses, staring blankly at the flying sword only half an inch away from its head, and its back was already covered in cold sweat.
The flying sword in front of it shook slightly, spitting out a sharp sword light. The Crimson Fire Ape had no doubt that if the flying sword had not stopped attacking, it would have been killed at this moment.
The Crimson Fire Ape blinked its eyes a few times and happened to see Zhang Ling's calm gaze. The ferocious face twitched a few times, and it said in a muffled voice.
"I admit defeat."
Zhang Ling also nodded slightly, and with a wave of his hand, he took back the flying sword, and then flashed back and sat down in the position where he had been meditating.
It seemed that he had subdued this Crimson Fire Ape in one fell swoop, and instantly killing this demon didn't seem to be a problem. But this was not the case. The biggest reason why he was able to subdue this demon so quickly was because this Crimson Fire Ape had underestimated him too much, which led to his carelessness.
The demon's attack just now was probably less than half of its strength. If it revealed its true form and fought him, although Zhang Ling was confident that he could subdue it, it would never be so easy.
Seeing the demon's close combat just now, it was obviously trying to fight with its fleshly body.
That's why he had the plan to detonate the spiritual light shield, shock the demon back, and then use the bronze bell ancient treasure to make it lose its mind, and then destroy the enemy in an instant.
However, this was also because his current strength was much stronger than before, and he had enough confidence to judge that this demon could not break his defense, so he dared to do so.
Of course, he didn't originally intend to kill this Crimson Fire Ape, to cause trouble for himself, but just to deter the demon beasts in front of him.
