Chapter 28 (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Rumble!

The Earth’s fire erupted violently, exploding even more than usual.

The Stairway to Heaven was roasted by the Earth’s fire. It quickly turned red and melted, starting the next reincarnation.

All traces disappeared.

Ai Li was secretly glad that he did not go down to investigate.

If he encountered the Earth’s fire when he was on the Stairway to Heaven, even if he was at the Heavenly Demon Realm, he would still be badly burned even if he did not die.

At this moment, the figure of a stout man suddenly appeared amidst the endless Earth’s fire.

The man’s figure was tall and straight, and his long hair fluttered in the wind.

The endless lava surrounded the man, but it was as if it was pushed aside by an invisible hand, unable to get any closer to the man.

As Dharmaraja Baku, Ai Li naturally knew that this was a picture of the eruption of the Earth’s Fire.

After each welcoming ceremony, when the Earth’s fire erupted, it would leave such an image in the heart of the Earth’s Fire.

However, in the past, the pictures were of people climbing the Stairway to Heaven, or being roasted by the Earth’s fire, or being crushed by gravity, with their blood and flesh flying everywhere and shouting.

This year, not only were hundreds of welcoming disciples safe but they even climbed thousands of stone steps.

Ai Li had once had a problem with the Stairway to Heaven.

Now, it seemed that it was caused by the appearance of this figure.

From the pictures, the second person should have reached the bottom of the catacombs.

The bottom of the catacombs was an important place of the demon sect, and ordinary people were not allowed to set foot there.

It was the top secret of the demon sect, and only the demon lord had the right to go down. Even Ai Li did not know what was inside.

Now that the demon lord’s whereabouts were uncertain, the secret passage to the bottom of the underground cave naturally disappeared with the disappearance of the demon lord.

Then, how did this black-clothed man go down?

Could it be that there was really a reincarnation of the demon lord?!

Yes.

No wonder the Stairway to Heaven was so unusual this time. It must be because of the influence of the reincarnation of the demon lord.

Since the battle ten thousand years ago, the demon sect suffered quite a serious injury.

Although the spiritual energy was withering due to the battle between the righteous and the demons, after the nine regions entered the age of chaos, both sides deliberately restrained themselves.

They did not provoke another big battle.

However, overall, it was the demon sect that was at a disadvantage.

They could only hide in the Hundred Thousand Mountains, relying on their geographical advantage to survive.

The demon lord must be dissatisfied with the current miserable appearance of the demon sect, which was why he did not show himself.

How could a demon sect that even the demon masters did not know where he went be worthy of the reincarnation of the demon lord?

Was that why he secretly helped the disciples in the welcoming ceremony pass the trial?

Only when the demon gate rose again and stood above all the righteous paths in the nine regions, and climbed to the top of the mountains, would he be worthy of the demon lord!

Ai Li looked at the black figure in front of him with a fiery gaze.

Before this, Ai Li might still have doubts about the reincarnation of the demon lord.

However, today, after seeing with his own eyes that all the new disciples in the ceremony came out safely from the Stairway to Heaven, Ai Li no longer had any doubts about the reincarnation of the demon lord.

That was a thousand stone steps.

Back then, he was able to accomplish such a feat by luck.

Even so, he was already a rare genius of the demon sect.

He was taught by the previous leader of the demon sect and nurtured by the entire demon sect. That was why he had his current status.

If there was only one person who reached the thousand stone steps in today’s welcoming ceremony, Ai Li could accept it.

He would even be extremely happy.

However, the sudden appearance of hundreds of people was a huge shock.

What right did this old man have to lead such a group of heaven’s favored sons?!