The Romantic Cultivator

"You have indeed earned the right to be in my audience." The profound voice of the Great Demon God Hong Meng echoed his voice in the vicinity of Ji Yuan. 

As Ji Yuan walked toward the rising palace that was in front of him, there were hundreds of flashes of light as more and more cultivators were teleported in front of him.

All these cultivators were more formidable than the earlier cultivators that had attacked Ji Yuan and they were staring coldly at Ji Yuan.

Ji Yuan saw a beautiful maiden in white that was standing far in front of him and he was gasping softly to himself; it was because it was Ding Xiaoxiao. 

But she had a nonchalant look on her as though she did not know Ji Yuan.

An old cultivator with long beard was also seen next to Ding Xiaoxiao and he was none other than the Great Demon God.

The Great Demon God was a head taller than anyone else and two heads taller than Ding Xiaoxiao.

Ji Yuan was actually quite tall but the Great Demon God was a head taller than him.

This was the very first time that Ji Yuan had seen the Great Demon God instead of his profound manifestation and he looked more imposing than Ji Yuan had expected.

As a matter of fact, the imposing aura of the Great Demon God far outshone all the hundreds of cultivators that had appeared in front of him.

Ji Yuan was clenching his fists tightly on his black true divinity sword as he walked slowly toward the Great Demon God as he said to himself: Xiaoxiao, no matter if you got violated by the Great Demon God or not, you are my maiden and I won't mind your past. You belong to me and I will kill the Great Demon God today and to free you from his evil clutches…

The Great Demon God smiled as Ji Yuan walked slowly toward him and also interrupting his thoughts, "You must be a little disappointed, am I right? That I am just a frail old man and lacked the oppressing aura that you should be feeling."

Ji Yuan gritted his teeth as he answered, "This is but a deception to make me drop my guard against you. You are more formidable than anyone that I've met. There is a powerful killing intention from you."

The Great Demon God chuckled, "Sword Saint Ji Yuan, I just wonder what gives you the courage to stand in front of me and my cultivators. Even if you are a 9th half-immortal cultivator now but you are not a true immortal. Just like the Saintess Fang Zhenfei, you will still be killed by me. However, since you have the courage to come to my Great Desolate Divine Palace alone and you can even break my Desolate Killing Heaven Array, I shall grant you an audience."

Then he smirked coldly as she sketched his hands wide opened, "But so what if you can see me? What can you do to me? You are not at your peak and even if you are in your peak, you still won't be able to defeat me…

Ji Yuan interrupted coldly, "So the Great Demon God is someone that dare not fight with me 1 to 1 even though I am not at my peak…"

Then he laughed aloud and echoed his profound voice loudly, "Did you all hear that? The Great Demon God is nothing but a big coward that dares not fight with a mere half-immortal cultivator. Or maybe the Great Demon God can't fight at all. Then why don't all of you submit to me instead of the Great Demon God?"

Ji Yuan was mocking the Great Demon God in front of his cultivators and there were several ugly faces among them now and many were staring angrily or coldly at Ji Yuan.

As for Number 1 Ding Xiaoxiao, she was still in her usual nonchalant look.

There was a small twitch in the face of the Great Demon God as he coldly said, "Sword Saint Ji Yuan, if you have come here with a more humble attitude, then I can consider keeping alive until the day that I have taken the Celestial Realm and your maidens for myself. But you have great disappointed me."

Then he had slowly stepped forward, much to the startled surprise of many of his cultivators. 

"Great Demon God! Just leave him to us!"

"You're giving him too much honor of fighting him alone…"

"Although this Sword Saint Ji Yuan deserves to be taught a lesson but he is only an insignificant ant in front of a true god…"

"How dare this Ji Yuan speaks in such an arrogant manner in front of our Great Demon God…"

However, the Great Demon God laughed jovially as he stepped forward, "It is alright. He deserves to see my might as the 'Last Hero Savior of the Celestial Realm'."

Ding Xiaoxiao had suddenly spoken and she had a wry smile, "Great Demon God, do you want to order me to fight with this Sword Saint Ji Yuan?"

The Great Demon God smiled back, "Nay. I need you to help me to deal with the Death God Mingwang. He is but an insignificant ant that I can dispatch in a few moments."

Ji Yuan on the other hand was shocked and upset when he saw that Ding Xiaoxiao was smiling at the Great Demon God! 

How could she have smiled at the Great Demon God when she is his maiden?!

How dare this Great Demon God green him and has taken his maiden?!

The Great Demon God could see that Ji Yuan was seething with rage but he did not know the real reason and had thought that Ji Yuan was upset about the invasion of the Celestial Realm. 

Without a word, the Great Demon God had released his profound aura to the peak of the 9th realm cultivation and immediately, the vicinity had exploded with the oppressing profound pressure of the Great Demon God, causing many of the cultivators to be frightened and were even moving back.

Only Ding Xiaoxiao and Ji Yuan was unaffected by the powerful profound aura of the Great Demon God.

The Great Demon God took a disdainful look at Ji Yuan as he smirked coldly, "Great Saint Ji Yuan, you have successfully aroused my interest in fighting you. Very well then, I shall grant your wish of seeing the futility of your attempts against a true god of the Immortal Desolate Realm."

Ji Yuan merely replied coldly, "So the Great Demon God isn't a coward at all."

Ding Xiaoxiao was secretly cursing Ji Yuan in her heart: Ji Yuan, you are not the match of the Great Demon God. Why did you have to come here alone? If you have come with the Death God Mingwang, your odds will be higher. This is the real body of the Great Demon God and not his avatar. Do you know that he is as strong as the Immortal Abyssal Gong Diablo that we have fought the last time? If he uses his Mystic Third Eye, then his profound strength will even increase further. If I were to fight you then you may have a chance to escape from this place but you have to provoke the Great Demon God…"