PHS Chapter 205 (Patreon)

Chapter 205: A Major Event Has Occurred

"The Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets has released another leaderboard?"

At that moment, others crowded around, discussing the leaderboard animatedly.

"Good heavens, the Heavenly Sin Leaderboard! It seems everyone on it is a Saint. In terms of significance, it's no less than the Sacred Lord Leaderboard!"

"Hiss—the first on the Heavenly Sin Leaderboard is a Taotie. Isn't that a powerful clan of the demon race? Their clan head actually devoured several hundred human cities, and I never heard a whisper of it before!"

"Several hundred cities… that's at least several million lives… If not for the Senior Pavilion Master releasing this list, who knows how long we would have been kept in the dark. Are our human Sacred Lands just going to sit by and watch the demon race devour human lives?"

"No need to be so angry. There are plenty of humans on the list as well. The demon race has also suffered no small loss."

"Speaking of which, this Yang Qiu, ranked four hundred and sixteenth—though he's of the demonic path, hasn't he also killed a great number of demons?"

"Those of the demonic path rarely do anything decent, but at least he helped the human race vent some of its anger."

"Shh, quiet down. Don't you see who's right there?"

"Hm?"

Many turned their heads. After a closer look, with a great clamor, a ten-zhang radius around Yang Qiu was instantly cleared. Not a single person dared to get too close to him.

The Heavenly Sin Leaderboard!

The list was right there, freshly released and still a hot topic.

Every person on it was a genuine, ruthless killer, the kind who would murder someone on the spot over a single disagreement. Who could have imagined they would see one in the flesh? Although his rank was relatively low, he was still on the list!

To say his hands were stained with the blood of countless lives was no exaggeration.

"Hmph."

Yang Qiu let out a cold snort and glanced at himself. He had left in a hurry and forgotten to conceal his tracks. He said nothing more and strode into the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets.

Not long after, he quickly walked out again.

He had entered the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets to bid farewell to the senior.

Now, he was setting off for the Nine Nether Demon Sect.

He had already made up his mind. Unless necessary, he would not step out of the sect again. At the very least, he would not emerge before reaching the Saint King realm.

This world was too dangerous.

His Saint-level strength was simply not enough.

It wasn't that he would be safe once he reached the Saint King realm, but rather that after breaking through to Saint King, he could avoid appearing on the leaderboard. Without the influence of the Heavenly Sin Leaderboard, the chances of him being targeted would likely be much lower.

After Yang Qiu left, news of the Heavenly Sin Leaderboard's appearance spread in all directions with terrifying speed. Every major power received the list at the first opportunity.

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The border of the human race.

Sunset Cloud City.

This was a large city situated in the volatile region between human and demon territories. It had a population of several million, a scale that the former Great Desolate City could not compare to.

For a city to be established in this no-man's-land, its situation could be described as extremely perilous.

It could be annihilated at any moment.

For this very reason, the Lord of Sunset Cloud City was exceptionally powerful.

He had already reached the peak of the Saint realm.

He was only a fine line away from the Saint King realm and could break through at any moment.

If he were to take that step forward, although Sunset Cloud City, with its own foundation alone, might not be able to challenge a Sacred Land, bullying a few smaller sects would be no problem at all.

At this moment.

Within the City Lord's manor.

A palace, magnificent and imposing, stood in splendor.

Inside the palace, black light wreathed the air.

A middle-aged man with his eyes tightly shut and his hair unbound sat cross-legged on a soft couch, his five hearts facing heaven, his entire being exuding a demonic nature. All around him, the essence qi of the grass and trees, the dragon qi of the earth, and the quintessence of the sun and moon gathered like flowing water.

If anyone were here, they would surely see that the Lord of Sunset Cloud City was cultivating a demonic art.

"BOOM!"

A great roar echoed.

Behind the middle-aged man, a magnificent scene materialized. It was an ancient battlefield, strewn with corpses, rivers of blood flowing. A black deity, wielding a blood-dripping war spear, stood upon the battlefield, looking down upon all other gods.

The black deity's eyes opened and closed, as if it possessed its own consciousness. A baleful aura, so dense it was almost tangible, poured out. It was like a demon god from primordial times, seeking to return from the depths of the river of time.

A long while later, the black deity vanished, and the image of the ancient battlefield gradually faded.

The middle-aged man slowly opened his eyes. A flicker of demonic will flashed in their depths but was quickly concealed. He inspected his own cultivation.

He let out a soft sigh. "Still a little short. If I could have participated in the battle with the Bloodfiend Clan, perhaps I could have obtained the essence blood needed to break through!"

"A pity."

"With the six great powers joining forces, it was difficult for any outsider to get involved."

"Since I could not seize essence blood from the battle with the Bloodfiend Clan, I can only find another way to obtain it from the human and demon races. To step into the Saint King realm, I will need at least several hundred thousand ordinary lives."

At this thought, the Lord of Sunset Cloud City rubbed his brow.

This was a terrifying number. If several hundred thousand lives were to suddenly disappear from any single place, it would draw attention from all sides, and the consequences would be unpredictable.

But if he were to capture them one by one, although the impact would be small, who knew how long it would take to gather the required number.

As for bullying other weaker clans, it wasn't impossible, but the distances were too great. To fly there and back with a Saint's cultivation would take an unknown amount of time.

Behind him stood only Sunset Cloud City. His foundation was far inferior to that of the Sacred Lands. They could use Great Teleportation Talismans at will, but he could not.

In the end, it was because Sunset Cloud City's foundation was too weak.

As the Lord of Sunset Cloud City worried, a sound of footsteps came from outside the grand hall.

"C-City Lord, a major event has occurred!"

A man in a long robe arrived before the hall. He glanced at the palace before him. The City Lord, whom he had once revered as a god, now filled his heart with a trace of fear.

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