Chapter 0984: Retrieving the Other Half of the Heaven-Subverting Map

After obtaining the fragment of the World Tree from the Xuanhai Divine Palace, Huang Long did not stay long. He bid farewell to Xue Wuya and left the Abyss of Demons immediately.
Huang Long had killed Jun Xuan, Chi Rong, and eight other core disciples of the Heavenly Dao Sect. Once news of this spread, it would surely shock and stir the powerful figures from all over the Three Thousand Great Worlds. It was imaginable that these powerful beings would flock to the World of Ten Thousand Demons.
Therefore, Huang Long did not go looking for that Goddess Tree anymore. He would inquire about it and search for it when he had time later.
For now, the most important thing for Huang Long was to leave the World of Ten Thousand Demons. Otherwise, trouble might arise later. If the Central Sacred Lord became enraged and descended to the World of Ten Thousand Demons, Huang Long would not be able to leave.
However, after leaving the Abyss of Demons, Huang Long made a detour to the Heaven-Subverting Demon Mountain to retrieve the other half of the Heaven-Subverting Map.
The Heaven-Subverting Demon Mountain was not far from the Abyss of Demons, so it would not take much time. An hour later, Huang Long arrived at the mountain.
Before him stood the towering Heaven-Subverting Demon Mountain, its peak reaching the clouds, with demonic energy surging into the sky. Powerful streams of demonic energy coalesced into the form of demons, emitting eerie howls. The two characters “Heaven-Subverting” on it radiated astonishing magical power, intimidating even those who saw them.
“This is the Heaven-Subverting Demon Mountain—the place where the ancient Heaven-Subverting Demon Ancestor practiced!” Huang Long sensed several formidable forces lurking within the mountain.
Among these forces, the strongest one reached the middle stage of ten eras!
Yet, Huang Long paid no attention to it and summoned his Spirit Communicating Jade.
“Spirit King, investigate where the other half of the Heaven-Subverting Map is hidden,” Huang Long said to the spirit of the jade.
“Yes, master!” the Spirit King replied respectfully.
Then, he chanted a spell, activating the precious light within the jade. The character for “precious” glowed, and beams of light shot out, piercing through layers of demonic energy and the restrictions within the mountain.
When the light passed through, it did not disturb the demons inside the mountain.
“I’ve found it!” Soon after, the Spirit King said. Then, a beam of light reflected back from deep within the mountain. With his divine eyes, Huang Long saw that the reflected light was a map.
The map displayed a vast array of scenes, filled with dense demonic energy. It was indeed the other half of the Heaven-Subverting Map.
“Good!” Huang Long was delighted. He reached out with his right hand, sending an invisible force toward the other half of the map hidden deep in the mountain.
As for whether this had disturbed the demons in the mountain, Huang Long paid no mind to it.
Huang Long wanted to retrieve the other half of the map and then leave the World of Ten Thousand Demons.

Just as Huang Long was about to directly retrieve the other half of the Heaven-Reversing Map, the Heaven-Reversing Demon Mountain suddenly began to glow, with waves of energy bouncing back. The other half of the map was hidden in a treasure vault deep within the mountain, guarded by restrictions set in place by the original Heaven-Reversing Demon Ancestor. Huang Long’s attempt to take it triggered those restrictions. This triggered the demons within the mountain. “Who dares invade my Heaven-Reversing Demon Mountain!” Hundreds of powerful auras surged out from the mountain, accompanied by a booming voice—precisely that of the ten semi-saints from the middle era that Huang Long had sensed earlier. Ignoring them, Huang Long intensified his effort. “Break!” With a single move, he shattered the vault’s restrictions and then reached in to retrieve the map. Seeing this, the demons roared in fury. “Arrogant!” “Dareful!” Hundreds of fierce demonic auras attacked Huang Long. Raising his left hand, he countered with a golden palm strike, annihilating those auras one by one before it collided with the fist marks of those ten mid-era demon ancestors. The world trembled, accompanied by agonized screams as hundreds of demonic figures flew back like fallen leaves, crashing onto the Heaven-Reversing Demon Mountain. Only two people remained standing high in the air—the ten mid-era demon ancestors, and another from the early era. Even so, both were retreating steadily, filled with shock. Countless demonic auras in the mountain were dispersed. Some demon emperors at the level of Divine Kings and demon kings at the level of Supreme Gods died instantly from the residual force. At that moment, a map rushed out from deep within the mountain and turned into a beam of light, falling directly into Huang Long’s hands. “I’ve finally obtained the other half of the Heaven-Reversing Map!” Huang Long murmured, delighted. “What? The Heaven-Reversing Map! It’s really the Heaven-Reversing Map!” Hearing his words and seeing the map in his hands, the two demon ancestors from beyond the ten eras were shocked, then filled with fanaticism. The original Heaven-Reversing Demon Ancestor had been one of the most renowned strongmen in the World of Ten Thousand Demons, ranking among the top ten beneath the Saints and Demons! Later, he was killed by Qing Cang of the Heavenly Dao Sect, and it was said that he left behind the Heaven-Reversing Map, with his hidden treasures located at its coordinates. These two demon ancestors had killed the original demon ancestor’s disciples and seized the Heaven-Reversing Demon Mountain in search of the map. Yet, they had failed to find it all these years. Now, it had appeared before them! After obtaining the other half of the map, Huang Long stored it in the Sacred Cauldron with a flash of light, then prepared to leave the World of Ten Thousand Demons.

But just then, two figures flashed into view, suddenly blocking Huang Long’s path—it was the two Demon Ancestors from ten eras.
“Sir, you really don’t take our Star-Destroying Sect seriously at all, do you? Coming and going as you please? Taking our treasure map and just leaving?!” sneered the sect leader of the Star-Destroying Sect.
“Your treasure map?” Huang Long found this amusing. The sect leader’s audacity was truly extraordinary. Earlier, he had already shown mercy; otherwise, these two would have been severely injured.
“Oh, so what do you want?” Huang Long crossed his arms and looked at them indifferently.
“What do we want? Keep the treasure map, and we won’t hold you accountable for your previous offenses!” said the vice sect leader coldly. “Otherwise, don’t even think about leaving this Heaven-Subverting Demon Mountain!” With that, he summoned a great sword.
This great sword was a low-grade Great Path Divine Artifact.
The sect leader also summoned a long halberd, also a low-grade Great Path Divine Artifact.
“I originally didn’t want to kill you. Since that’s the case, die then!” Huang Long shook his head. With a glint in his eyes, he threw a punch at the two of them.
“Don’t want to kill us? Haha! You’re only in the middle stage of the tenth era!” The sect leader seemed to hear the funniest joke ever and burst into laughter. Seeing Huang Long attacking, he thrust his long halberd forward: “It should be me who says that!”
As the halberd was thrust forward, countless waves of demonic energy surged, forming mountains of demons.
However, the sect leader soon saw that Huang Long’s single punch shattered those mountain-like formations and struck directly at his halberd. To his disbelief, the halberd flew from his hand, and a terrifying force erupted from it.
“Pfft!” Blood sprayed violently from the sect leader’s mouth.