In the history of the Demonic Cult, spanning nearly a hundred leaders, Youyue, the tenth leader, undoubtedly ranked among the top three.
Back then, she created the Yin Devouring Demonic Codex, initially intending to alter the talent of the child in her womb, aiming to cultivate the most formidable prodigy in the Outer Realm.
And ultimately, she succeeded.
However, after giving birth to the child, she suffered a backlash. From then on, her cultivation stagnated, with no further progress possible.
But what no one could have anticipated was that upon learning of her condition, Youyue did not react with the anger and resentment typical of ordinary people. Instead, she remained remarkably calm.
Following that, the once rampant Demonic Cult began to rein in its usual conduct, becoming exceptionally low-key.
As for Youyue, the cult leader, she gradually disappeared from public view.
No one knew where she went or what she did.
However, after Youyue, the leader of the cult, vanished, the Demonic Cult's situation began to deteriorate. Sects with whom they had past grievances formed secret alliances, preparing to annihilate them entirely.
That alliance was known in the world as the Myriad Demons Assembly.
Finally, a hundred years after Youyue's silent disappearance, the Myriad Demons Assembly made its move.
In that battle, the Myriad Demons Assembly gathered ten great sects, including two super-powers: Shadow Flow from the west bank and the Angelic Kingdom.
Led by these two super-sects, the formation for this demonic eradication operation was exceptionally grand.
Aside from the fossilized powerhouses of the Human Immortal realm, who did not appear.
Two experts from the Heavenly Human realm were dispatched.
The number of experts in the Innate realm reached ten.
As for the powerhouses below the Innate realm, there were nearly ten thousand in total.
This clearly demonstrated their resolve for the demonic eradication operation.
And just as everyone believed the Demonic Cult was doomed, the final outcome plunged the entire Outer Realm into silence.
That battle lasted for seven days and seven nights.
Everyone who thought the Demonic Cult would vanish from the annals of history discovered with horror that the Demonic Cult had won.
And!
They had achieved a crushing victory.
The final result was that two Heavenly Human realm grand experts from the Myriad Demons Assembly were dead, and one had fled.
As for the experts in the Innate realm, not one survived.
All perished.
Of the cultivators below that level, only ten percent managed to survive by sheer luck.
When these terrifying figures reached the ears of the sects that had not joined the Myriad Demons Assembly, everyone felt an unprecedented fear.
And thereafter, Cult Leader Youyue of the Demonic Cult, who had been missing for nearly a century, reappeared before everyone.
However, this time, she returned with a group of incredibly terrifying powerhouses.
There were as many as a hundred cultivators in the Source Soul realm alone.
And nearly ten in the Innate realm.
Most crucially, these emerging powerhouses were all new faces.
No one knew their origins, and no one knew their identities. All they knew was that they had appeared out of nowhere during Youyue's century-long disappearance.
After Youyue returned with that formidable group, the Demonic Cult undoubtedly became the strongest sect in the Outer Realm.
And the sects that were previously part of the Myriad Demons Assembly, excluding Shadow Flow and the Angelic Kingdom, were ruthlessly eradicated by the Demonic Cult within a mere year.
Furthermore, the Demonic Cult's powerhouses seemed to have increased by another ten percent at that time.
Again, no one knew the source of those powerhouses.
Just as everyone assumed the Demonic Cult would use this momentum to unify the Outer Realm, a sudden turn of events occurred.
The seven great super-powers, excluding the Demonic Cult, formed an alliance.
Yes!
Feeling the terrifying strength of the Demonic Cult, the other seven great super-sects... panicked.
Thus, they reached this pact.
After their alliance, no matter how quickly the Demonic Cult's strength grew, it would be no match for the seven great sects.
And Youyue, as the cult leader, naturally understood this.
Therefore, she did not choose to confront them directly.
Instead, she halted their advance.
After holding a meeting with the leaders of the seven great forces, the Demonic Cult and the seven great forces reached a non-aggression pact.
Furthermore, through the clandestine investigations of the seven great forces, they finally understood the reason for the Demonic Cult's terrifying increase in strength within a century.
The answers to these questions all stemmed from the book created by Youyue – the Yin Devouring Demonic Codex.
It turned out that during the hundred years of Youyue's disappearance, she had only done one thing.
That was to secretly select women with exceptional talent, bring them back to the Demonic Cult, and have them conceive.
During their pregnancies, she passed down the Yin Devouring Demonic Codex.
The offspring born to them were all exceptionally talented, with cultivation speeds far exceeding ordinary individuals.
Within a hundred years, most of those offspring had entered the Origin Realm.
Among them, thirty percent cultivated to the Source Heart realm.
Ten percent reached the Source Soul realm.
Ultimately, nearly ten monstrous prodigies, comparable to fiends, even reached the Innate realm.
Upon learning this, everyone from the seven great forces broke out in a cold sweat and simultaneously realized the terrifying nature of the Yin Devouring Demonic Codex.
Therefore, to prevent the Demonic Cult from poisoning all living beings and becoming stronger day by day through this technique, the seven great forces unanimously demanded that this method be classified as forbidden and that no one be allowed to cultivate it further.
At that time, under the siege of the seven great forces, Youyue could only agree to their demands and completely seal the Yin Devouring Demonic Codex.
Despite this, the Demonic Cult's strength at that time still made it the foremost among the eight great forces.
Precisely because of this, the other seven forces dared not go too far. If the Demonic Cult retaliated to the death, no one could bear the cost.
However, classifying the Yin Devouring Demonic Codex as forbidden provided them with considerable peace of mind.
Thus, the Yin Devouring Demonic Codex vanished from the Outer Realm.
…
"It's interesting that someone dares to touch the forbidden."
Ye Ming mused about the undercurrents behind the matter of the Yin Devouring Demonic Codex while using the power of reincarnation to return the vital energy to Kyoko Nogawa's heart.
He did not believe that Kyoko Nogawa was the only woman forcibly taken away by that mysterious sect in the past.
There were definitely many secrets hidden within.
And this was more than twenty years ago.
From the perspective of a cultivator, it was not a long time ago.
Thinking of this, a question arose in Ye Ming's mind.
Was someone preparing something in advance?
Otherwise, why would they go so far as to touch the forbidden to enhance the sect's strength in such a manner?
"Hmm?"
At this moment, Ye Ming's eyes suddenly widened, as if he had suddenly realized something.
He looked at Kyoko Nogawa before him and then recalled her past grievances with Gu Taiyi.
Since Kyoko Nogawa was taken away by those mysterious cultivators and was eventually forced to practice the Yin Devouring Demonic Codex, then... what about Nanami Miyagi Nogawa?
With this thought, Ye Ming's gaze turned cold. Within the depths of his pupils, a fierce killing intent flickered.
"Damn it! Don't let me find out who you are, or else…"
At this moment, the entire hall felt like it had been plunged into an icy hell. A trace of blood-red appeared in Ye Ming's eyes.