Chapter 231: Dissecting the Outer World Demon
People who had been overwhelmed by a vague sense of fear finally found its source.
“What the hell is that?”
“What a freak! Where did it come from? Some lunatic from the Academy of Sciences breaking ethical codes and breeding some human-beast hybrid?”
“Where’s the military? Deploy the mech units now and kill that thing! You can tell it’s nothing good just by looking at it!”
“After seeing it, the fear in my heart just kept getting stronger. A voice inside me is telling me to run!”
“Mom, I want my mom.”
“Is the end of the world finally here?”
The official livestream caused a massive stir. Countless bullet comments filled the screen.
In the Mingzhong World, thoughts could already be converted directly into text—bullet comments were generated in an instant.
The Outer World Demon was smashed into a crater, burning with inexplicable rage.
It wanted to kill. It wanted to destroy. It wanted to burn itself.
“Roar—”
A primitive beast-like roar echoed through the heavens, the soundwaves forming visible shockwaves rippling outward.
Its roar alone was enough to level the entire continent, and Mingzhong’s people had no way to defend themselves!
“Disperse.”
With a single word, the soundwaves solidified, crumbled, and dissipated.
“Haven’t seen one of these in decades. Didn’t expect to run into one here today.” Jiang Li looked at the Outer World Demon with great interest. It was a form he hadn’t encountered before.
“How old are you?”
“Roar—”
No wonder Jiang Li hadn’t realized before that some Outer World Demons had intelligence, could scheme, and lurk in the Nine Provinces. All the ones he’d seen had been mindless, unable to communicate, like beasts.
“Just wondering—do Celestial Immortal-level Outer World Demons look like this too?”
The Outer World Demon’s eyes were bloodshot. Upon seeing Jiang Li, it charged recklessly, ignoring the vast gap between them.
But before it could even raise its hand, it was grabbed mid-air by Jiang Li’s formless giant hand.
Bai Hongtu wasn’t wrong—before Jiang Li, the Outer World Demon had no chance to act.
In front of Jiang Li, Fusion Stage, Tribulation Stage, even Terrestrial Immortals were no different.
His previous fight with the Old Buddha of Mount Sumeru had been out of old friendship—he hadn’t wanted to humiliate him too much.
But with Outer World Demons, Jiang Li never held back!
The Outer World Demon used all its strength but couldn’t break free. It roared in fury, sending out another sonic wave.
“Disperse.”
The shockwave once again dissolved.
A massive four-armed demonic statue emerged behind the demon, larger than a whole city. The four heavy weapons in its hands were now transferred to the statue’s hands.
“Wh-what is that, a hologram?”
People had only seen scenes like this in movies. In films, you could explain it with magic or whatever—but how do you explain this in real life?
Even though they were calling it a hologram, everyone vaguely sensed that this was probably real.
Something as real as a city.
The demonic statue was arrogant, seemingly thinking itself omnipotent. And truth be told, it was strong—if it swung its four arms, even distant stars could fall like meteors and annihilate the world.
Jiang Li shattered it with a single punch, scoffing: “Is that it?”
“Uncle Jiang?” The current most popular livestreamer, Yu Youxian, a Dao Sect envoy, recognized Jiang Li.
Though she had never seen him in person, she had seen his statue.
Jiang Li’s overwhelming power erased everyone’s fear. As more people noticed Yu Youxian, they flooded the comments asking who the man at the center of the battlefield was.
Since this was an official livestream, there was no chance it was fake. The public grew intensely curious about Jiang Li and wanted to know his identity.
Without permission, Yu Youxian didn’t dare spill too much about the Nine Provinces. She tried to muddle through.
Then Bai Hongtu contacted his disciple. After understanding the situation, he waved his hand and said, “Mingzhong agreed—speak freely.”
Only then did Yu Youxian relax and begin narrating the battle: “I’ve only heard about Uncle Jiang and the Outer World Demons from my master, so this may not be 100% accurate. Uncle Jiang’s full name is Jiang Li. In our Nine Provinces World, he is the Human Sovereign, a Mahayana Stage cultivator, the strongest in the Nine Provinces, and has slain numerous Outer World Demons.”
“Calling it a battlefield isn’t really accurate. We usually don’t call one-sided fights like this a battlefield…”
It was indeed one-sided. After the demon statue was destroyed, the Outer World Demon repeatedly tried to resist but remained firmly trapped in Jiang Li’s grip, unable to use any technique—not even self-immolation.
“Old Bai, want to give it a try?” Jiang Li suggested.
Seeing the Outer World Demon treated like a toy, Bai Hongtu figured he might as well give it a go too and stepped onto the field with his sword.
“That guy getting beaten black and blue is my master, Dao Sect Master Bai Hongtu, at the Tribulation Stage. In my heart, he’s the second strongest in the Nine Provinces.” Yu Youxian tried her best to save her master’s image—but it was a tough sell, given how he looked.
“My master is really strong. He just didn’t shine here because the Outer World Demon is even stronger—it’s an immortal-level being. Do you know what that means? It can roam the void, cross between worlds. Only Uncle Jiang can beat one with certainty.”
“Crap, this is a livestream. Jiang Li, you a******, you set me up!” Bai Hongtu snapped back to reality, cursing Jiang Li.
Bai Hongtu was indeed strong. Though he was a whole stage below a Terrestrial Immortal, he still had the power to injure the demon—to strike at an immortal.
“Cut the stream. Time to dissect.” Jiang Li walked over, dragging the Outer World Demon.
“It’s still alive,” Mingzhong nervously reminded him as he shut down the livestream.
“Outer World Demons disintegrate upon death, leaving not even a trace.” The Nine Provinces had tried many times to dissect them but learned that it could only be done while they were still alive. Once dead, they vanished.
Capturing one alive was next to impossible—just defeating one was already rare.
Until Jiang Li appeared—unparalleled and defiant of the heavens—capturing the first living Outer World Demon.
Yet even then, they couldn’t understand its anatomy. Not even Immortal Elder Changcun could make sense of it.
“I’ve already told you everything the Celestial Realm knows about Outer World Demons. Those findings come from long-term study. No matter how much you investigate, it’s not likely to surpass theirs.”
That was a direct quote from Immortal Elder Changcun.
But Jiang Li figured the Celestial Realm’s research was deep, sure—but not necessarily known in full by Elder Changcun. Maybe if they studied it themselves, they’d find something unexpected.
Like, say, coordinates to the Celestial Realm hidden inside the demon’s gut.
Only Jiang Li could restrain the demon, and even then, he had to stay with it constantly. He couldn’t just walk it around on a leash for the rest of his life.
Might as well dissect it.
Jiang Li summoned the Nine Provinces’ most knowledgeable cultivators: Daoist Tianming, Immortal Elder Changcun, Baixue Ling, and others. He borrowed the immortal artifact Other Mountain Stone as a surgical tool and began dissecting the demon together.
The number of Fusion Stage cultivators in the Mingzhong World skyrocketed, multiplying several times over.
“Outer World Demons all look different, and their internal structures differ too. This one has its heart and Spiritual Platform grown together.”
“So many arms—start with those. Ugh, disgusting. There’s no bone or muscle inside. Just eyeballs.”
Baixue Ling almost vomited—she’d sliced open its arm and found it stuffed full of eyeballs.
Daoist Tianming didn’t even look up. “You should be thankful. You missed the last one—that one had skin sewn from faces, with features facing inward. So from the outside, it looked normal. But inside, there were human faces, dog faces, monkey faces… And it wasn’t muscle either—just tons of tiny hands, all less than half an inch long… Looks like it has no genitalia. Elder, are Outer World Demons genderless? Wasn’t the last one female?”
“Depends on luck. Some have gender, some don’t.”
“Why’d you call me here?” Ji Zhi looked completely lost. He had no idea what was going on.
Jiang Li rolled his eyes. “Didn’t expect you to figure anything out. This demon didn’t show up by chance. Someone probably summoned it with some kind of ritual. You go trace time and find out who did what.”