The Wood Avatar was originally refined from Divine Wood, making cultivation with Wood Escape as smooth as a fish swimming in water. As long as there were plants around, Shen Wang could easily traverse thousands of mountains and rivers.

The vegetation along the way became Shen Wang's medium for movement, and in just a moment, he appeared next to a desolate barren land.

The Kunyu Mountain Range itself had little vegetation, and heading north led to barren hills and deserts, where there were no plants to escape with. Shen Wang had to reveal his form to proceed.

Worried about encountering danger, Shen Wang restrained his aura, discreetly traversing several thousand miles of barren terrain. Once he saw a patch of greenery again, he had successfully entered the Desolate Ancient Mountain Range area and accelerated his pace.

While passing through the depths of the Desolate Ancient Mountain Range, a powerful demonic force fluctuation caught Shen Wang's attention. He hurriedly stopped, showing a look of vigilance.

This fluctuation of mana was not simple; it had reached Nascent Soul Level, enough to threaten his current avatar.

He did not approach but instead merged into a big tree, blending his sensing power with the grass and wood, quickly spreading out.

Miles away, within a large mountain, there was a gigantic tiger trembling, originally white fur cloaked by a mass of black qi, continuously emitting painful growls.

The surrounding area was a mess, many plants broken; Shen Wang's perception, through these plants, formed a unique visual, comparable to seeing the scene with his own eyes.

"How is it this!"

Shen Wang recognized the growling giant creature and was surprised; wasn't this the White Emperor, one of the Demon Emperors of the Desolate Mountain Range?

However, at this moment, the other party's status was strange. Despite it being broad daylight, it appeared as if blanketed by night. His white fur seemed stained with ink, becoming mottled and bizarre, and the golden character on his forehead had also turned black, exuding a sense of evil.

"This is demonic qi!"

Shen Wang discerned the source of the White Emperor's strange aura, realizing that it seemed to have been polluted by some kind of Demon.

"It's not just ordinary demonic qi; there's something vying for control of its body, possibly akin to demonic possession, preparing to take over its nest?"

As Shen Wang speculated, the White Emperor rolled on the ground, emitting painful cries.

"Hehe, your struggle is futile. My Shadow Demon Race's methods are beyond your resistance. Obediently become a puppet."

A cold, evil voice appeared, the black patterns on the White Emperor grew immensely, clustering at his brow as if a shadow was merging into his body.

"Roar!"

The White Emperor let out an unwilling roar, his eyes turning gray and hazy, his body suddenly became stiff and motionless.

"Demon Race!"

Shen Wang was shocked; there are even demons appearing here, and it's a type of Demon Race he had never seen before!

At that moment, the stiff and motionless White Emperor's body suddenly withdrew all black qi, then stood up, seeming fine but with a layer of gray in his eyes.

"Hehe, finally captured a powerful puppet. It would be much easier to move in this realm now, no need to foolishly hide within the barrier waiting for someone to attack."

The "White Emperor" muttered to himself, and Shen Wang understood that the Shadow Demon had already controlled the real White Emperor.

"A Nascent Soul-level Demon Emperor has actually succumbed; these kinds of demons are quite terrifying."

Shen Wang felt heavy-hearted, contemplating, "From what it said, some demon race has infiltrated the outside world with these methods, secretly controlling life here, not just confined to near the spatial rift."

He recalled the changes in the outside world recently.

Since the upheaval in the Celestial Travel Sect occurred, the passage to the Demon Realm had been completely opened.

Because of spatial changes, new demon races did not descend upon the Celestial Travel Sect but rather within the Ning Country's cultivation realm territory.

The original Sun and Moon Dynasty was not the first to stand in front, avoiding a disaster.

However, the Sun and Moon Dynasty could not remain unaffected, being called by Ning Country to assist, forming the Demon Extermination Alliance Army with several other countries, currently holding a slight advantage in the war against the demon race.

But now it seems that all this was just the surface; in reality, there are undercurrents at work.

Now, there are already demon races that have bypassed the army's blockade and arrived here; if this one were allowed to continue lurking and gather information on their side, even coordinating internally and externally, the consequences would be unimaginable.

The Shadow Demon controlling the "White Emperor" moved his body, coldly scanning the vicinity but did not find any formidable creatures.

It suddenly said coldly, "Had enough watching?"

Shen Wang was slightly surprised; could he have been discovered? Impossible, this avatar was born of Divine Wood; after merging into plants, as long as there was no obvious movement, it was very hard to detect. This guy was likely bluffing.

Sure enough, the latter pretended to charge forward several steps, with a bang smashing the mountain ahead. It looked like it had found something, but in reality, the attack location was not where Shen Wang hid.

The Shadow Demon confirmed that no one had discovered its secret. It opened its mouth wide to suck, sweeping away the scattered demonic qi in the vicinity, then immediately turned to leave.

Shen Wang had not recklessly moved all along; this avatar was not an opponent to this being, and it could not be discovered either.

Until the opponent was far away, Shen Wang then continued on his journey.

Now, contacting the main body was the most important thing; the White Emperor being controlled was something he could only inform others about.

After traveling a thousand miles, Shen Wang entered an abandoned mountain cave, set up a temporary array, and took out a Communication Jade to activate it.

The Jade Pendant's radiance flickered, projecting a silhouette with chubby stature.

This was Liu Da Rong, the Pavilion Master of Artifact Refining Pavilion of Hundred Refining Sect, who was his mentor after entering the sect, maintaining contact ever since.

Hundred Refining Sect was closely allied with the Sun and Moon Dynasty. He planned to inform through them indirectly the Demon Extermination Army about the White Emperor being controlled by the demon race, adding an extra measure of caution.

"Disciple, you haven't contacted your master for some time now."

Liu Da Rong appeared worn out: "Are you all well?"

"I'm alright here; rather, master, you seem a bit worn out."

"Hmm, the demand for Magical Artifacts is high recently, and I'm busy refining, leaving little time for cultivation."

Liu Da Rong sighed, mentioning some news about the Demon Extermination Army. Despite the Alliance Army having an advantage, it was mainly due to external aids like Magical Treasures, Elixirs, and Arrays, while truly bare-handed, they were not a match for the demon race.

And the demon race's methods had severe pollution effects on the cultivator's Magical Artifacts, leading to heavy consumption, with the Hundred Refinement Sect recently occupied in refining and supplying them. As the Pavilion Master of the Artifact Refining Pavilion, he had been too busy to rest.

"Your refining skill is no worse than mine; when will you come to help out?"

Shen Wang awkwardly said, "I'm dealing with some matters; I'll come over once they're done."

"That's great, your help would ease our pressure a bit."

Liu Da Rong was delighted, knowing this disciple's strength wasn't less than his, and his refining skill was exceptional, a genius figure.

"Master, I have come to you for important matters."

Shen Wang stopped small talk and narrated what he saw and heard just now.

Liu Da Rong was shocked after listening: "Such fierce demons exist, even a Demon Emperor got caught, what's their origin?"

"I overheard that it called itself the Shadow Demon. Master, report this quickly, to let the sect and the Alliance Army be prepared."

Shen Wang instructed, with his avatar not knowing much about the demon race and lacking time to manage further.

"Okay, I'll go find the Sect Leader right away."

Liu Da Rong said solemnly, ended the communication, and immediately flew to the sect's important locations.

Shen Wang, having solved this matter, continued his journey without worry, noticing that he was closing in on the location of the main body, which was where the demon army had descended.

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