Beneath Qingxiao Pavilion was a massive underground palace.
At the very center of the palace stood a platform over ten meters tall. On top of it floated Qingxiao Pavilion's sect-suppressing Immortal Artifact: the Earth Ruler.
It was a gigantic ruler. Legends say that by using the Earth Ruler, one could measure all the lands under heaven in a single day.
At this moment, the Earth Ruler was enshrined within Qingxiao Pavilion, used to suppress Qi Luck.
Before the existence of Immortal Artifacts to suppress it, Qi Luck would come and go, making it difficult for any sect to remain prosperous for long.
With the Earth Ruler, Qi luck was firmly suppressed. The four holy lands thus transcended ordinary sects, even using the distribution of Qi Luck to control all sects under heaven.
In this regard, all four holy lands were beneficiaries.
"The Earth Ruler is here. If you want to inspect it, then inspect it." Lin Xiao said, stepping back with a look of grief.
"Sect Master Lin, proving innocence is more important than anything," someone comforted him with a few words.
Lin Xiao forced a smile, "I only hope you can truly clear Qingxiao Pavilion's name. Now even our Immortal Artifact is open for your inspection. If you still have doubts after this, then I really have no other way."
As he spoke, his expression became despondent, as if he had suffered an enormous injustice.
Ji Wusi glanced at him, his brows slightly furrowed.
He was almost certain that there was definitely something wrong with Lin Xiao.
Yet Lin Xiao remained completely fearless from beginning to end.
And Qingxiao Pavilion was, after all, a holy land. Opening its gates for inspection was already an excellent display of cooperation.
Now, they were even allowing the Immortal Artifact to be inspected.
If there really were no issues found this time...
Then it would be difficult to continue pursuing the matter of Qingxiao Pavilion.
Ji Wusi turned his gaze to the Earth Ruler again.
The Earth Ruler was tied to the lifeline of Qingxiao Pavilion.
If Qingxiao Pavilion had a major problem, then the Earth Ruler must also have a major problem.
Or perhaps, the reverse was true.
The Earth Ruler had a problem, which then caused the problems within Qingxiao Pavilion.
This time.
No matter what, the Immortal Artifact had to be thoroughly examined.
Before coming, Ji Wusi and the others had already decided to inspect Qingxiao Pavilion's Immortal Artifact.
They had also discussed the methods of inspection.
They quickly set up a detection formation, with Ji Wusi, the strongest among them, serving as the core, determined to investigate thoroughly.
Although it's already a ninth-grade detection formation, because the target was an Immortal Artifact, even with everyone's combined power, it would take at least ten days to produce results!
During this time, Ji Wusi and the others blocked out all external influences and completely focused on the inspection.
Lin Xiao quietly withdrew.
A cold smile appeared at the corner of his lips.
This time, he had gained an unexpected surprise.
He hadn't expected that a fragment of the Devouring Demon God would fall into this place, develop its own consciousness over decades, and now coexist with the Demon Lord of the Demon Clan.
That's the Devouring Demon God!
Lin Xiao couldn't help recalling the carefree days he had once lived in the Demon Realm ten thousand years ago.
Originally, he had merely been an ordinary member of the Extraterrestrial Demon Clan in the Demon Realm.
Later, he encountered a once-in-a-billion-years spatial upheaval. The moment the other demons saw the disturbance, they were all torn apart.
Only he had been inexplicably swept into it, arriving in this world.
In the original Demon Realm, he had only been a completely ordinary demon.
But the Demon Clan of this world wasn't particularly strong, their cultivation techniques were even somewhat crude. Here, his own cultivation technique was considered top-tier.
During that spatial transmission, his physical body had been completely torn apart, leaving only his soul form.
He casually chose an unfortunate individual nearby and directly seized that person's body.
Later, that person became the first Sect Master of Qingxiao Pavilion.
After that, to avoid appearing too strange, after a thousand years, he would choose another young disciple within Qingxiao Pavilion and switch to a new body.
Thus, year after year passed.
He had already been in this world for ten thousand years.
As for the bodies he had abandoned, some were made to appear as if they had ascended, some were said to have gone traveling, and some simply disappeared.
In the cultivation world, the whereabouts of cultivators were already unpredictable, so no one suspected anything.
Lin Xiao.
Was the new body he had chosen for himself.
Originally, he had almost forgotten, that he had once been part of the Extraterrestrial Demon Clan.
A few days ago, he suddenly received a transmission from the Devouring Demon God.
In the Demon Realm, he had only been a minor character.
But the Devouring Demon God was one of the Eight Great Demon Gods, an existence of terrifying strength.
For reasons unknown, the Devouring Demon God hadn't awakened before.
But this time, upon awakening, it directly sensed his aura and used a secret method to issue commands to him.
Although he had held a high position for so many years, every time Lin Xiao recalled the overwhelming strength of the Eight Great Demon Gods in that world, he couldn't help but shudder.
The strength of the Extraterrestrial Demon Clan was beyond anything people of this world could imagine.
At the time, even without Demon God-level beings descending through the spatial vortex, the strongest sect then, Wushuang Sect, had already been driven into desperation.
If Demon God-level beings descended, massacring the entire world would be effortless.
And the Eight Great Demon Gods were the strongest among Demon Gods!
Ordinary Demon Gods couldn't even last a single move against them.
And the Devouring Demon God ranked among the top even within the Eight.
Although he knew that the current Devouring Demon God was only a fragmented soul that was far weaker than before, his instinctive fear of Demon Gods still made Lin Xiao choose obedience.
He even felt a surge of excitement.
Even if it was only a fragment, it was still a fragment of the Devouring Demon God. Perhaps there was some special connection between the fragment and the main soul. When the Demon Realm army invaded this world, if he had already attached himself to the Devouring Demon God, his meteoric rise would be just around the corner.
The task given by the Devouring Demon God wasn't anything difficult.
It was simply to stall Ji Wusi and the others, and then take the opportunity to trap and kill Yun Jin!
As for that Yun Jin, Lin Xiao had no favorable impression of her.
Setting aside previous matters.
She had now inherited Wushuang Sect! If not for Wushuang Sect, the so-called Extraterrestrial Demon Clan would've already invaded in full force, and he might've occupied this world alongside his kin.
Instead of being like now.
Appearing to live in luxury, yet inwardly oppressed, having to remain cautious for ten thousand years, never daring to reveal his identity as a demon.
Because the demons of this world were too weak and constantly suppressed by the human race.
If he wasn't careful, he would've died long ago.
Fortunately.
In recent decades, he had obtained a treasure that could perfectly conceal his aura, saving him a lot of trouble.
In the past, he needed to rely on numerous methods to deceive others.
It was only after obtaining that treasure that he dared to transform the entire Qingxiao Pavilion into a den of demons.
Before acquiring that treasure, he never would've dared to act so boldly.
A treasure descending from the heavens.
A fragment of the Devouring Demon God.
It seemed that even the heavens wanted his race to conquer this world.
A smile appeared at the corner of Lin Xiao's lips.