Chapter 248: Black Feather: I Was Just Passing By

Outside the bustling Chuiyun Starport, a gray figure stood quietly in the void, his greedy eyes sweeping over every bit of flesh and blood essence coming and going.

“So many… snacks here.”

Sky Demon drooled, his gaze lingering reluctantly on the starport.

“You’d best not do that.”

At that moment, a hoarse voice came from behind Sky Demon, sending a chill down his spine. He immediately swung a hand-saber strike behind him.

Whoosh!

Space was sliced in two, but the hand-saber struck nothing.

“I am not here to fight you.”

Once again, that strange, hoarse voice came from behind.

Sky Demon’s internal alarms blared—few could surpass him so thoroughly in speed.

He turned and immediately unleashed his cage.

A massive skeleton materialized in an instant, imprisoning both Sky Demon and the figure within.

Only then did Sky Demon get a clear look at the newcomer.

Tall and straight-backed, he wore a splendid robe woven from black feathers. Looking up, one met a pair of radiant golden eyes, beneath which lay a deep, starry pupil.

His gentle, handsome features gave off a natural sense of familiarity, as if he had transcended the cycles of mortal reincarnation. Every movement exuded an air of transcendence.

The black-feathered man glanced faintly at the skeletal cage imprisoning him and sighed helplessly.

“I was just passing by.”

“Enough nonsense!” Sky Demon roared, closing in.

Sky Demon moved like a blazing torch, every motion stirring the power of Laws. Countless black dragons representing death writhed within the cage, crashing recklessly.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The black dragons roared, yet Black Feather’s aura remained restrained. He merely sidestepped symbolically, appearing to take no action, yet in practice, he perfectly evaded every attack from the dragons.

Countless collisions brushed past him.

Black Feather moved as if strolling through flowers or gliding over water, elegantly deflecting Sky Demon’s ferocious assaults time and again.

“I do not favor killing.”

With that, his calm golden eyes flickered slightly. A single finger rose effortlessly, blocking Sky Demon’s full-force strike.

With a gentle push of his finger, Sky Demon was sent flying backward as if struck by a star-forged hammer, crashing into the skeletal cage at an unparalleled speed.

This cage was a legacy divine ability of the Life and Death Demon Skeleton, one that even five Martial Gods combined had struggled to breach in the past.

Black Feather merely glanced at it and spoke softly.

“I did not expect you to possess the divine ability of the Life and Death Patriarch. I share some history with him. Why not let bygones be bygones?”

Sky Demon, dazed and disoriented from being struck by a single finger, couldn’t comprehend a word.

Black Feather offered an apologetic smile. With a casual wave, the divine ability that could imprison even Martial Gods dissolved into a flurry of black feathers drifting through the air.

In an instant, Black Feather became the master of this space.

He cast a deep glance at Sky Demon, who struggled incessantly amidst the black feathers, and with another wave, the feathers dissipated, leaving Sky Demon standing dumbfounded in the distance.

“Then, I shall take my leave.”

With that, the black-feathered man vanished into thin air.

A single black feather drifted in the void, gradually dispersing into starlight.

Sky Demon stood in place, his crimson pupils staring blankly at the shattered skeleton around him—his proud divine ability cage.

“Who… is he?”

In that fleeting moment, Sky Demon had sensed an aura of pressure on Black Feather that only his father could possibly possess.

Does that mean this person’s strength is on par with the Supreme of the Demon Race?

If he wanted to kill me, wouldn’t it be as easy as eating or drinking?

Sky Demon patted his head, which had been struck into a daze, shook it, and turned to fly toward Chuiyun Starport.

“You’d better not do that.”

Suddenly, the voice echoed in Sky Demon’s mind. His expression twisted in struggle for a moment before his form shifted, transforming into that of an ordinary Human Race member.

“The aura is very close.”

These past few days, he hadn’t been wandering blindly, nor had he merely passed by Jiang Yan each time.

It was just that he faintly sensed a trace of familiarity—he always felt an aura extremely similar to his father’s drifting through this area.

However, the aura was very faint, making it difficult for Sky Demon to pinpoint the exact location of its owner.

But this time, the two were very close, and Sky Demon was fully confident he could drag that person out.

“To possess the Life and Death Law… it must be Father, no doubt.”

Sky Demon’s expression shifted slightly, and in the blink of an eye, he landed silently in the city district.

…

After entering Chuiyun Starport, Jiang Yan headed straight for the Secret Realm teleportation entrance.

The Myriad Laws Secret Realm.

He didn’t have time to admire the starport’s bustle, as the token to access the Secret Realm had already appeared in his hand.

“Guest, you only have two hours of cultivation time. After two hours, you will be automatically teleported out of the Secret Realm. If you need to extend your time, you can pay directly on the platform where you made the reservation. Thank you for your cooperation.”

After listening to the instructions from the Secret Realm staff, Jiang Yan entered the Secret Realm with his token.

Behind him, the line of people stretched like a long dragon, and each person’s aura was at least at the Eighth Rank.

At the Eighth Rank, the Spirit Eye opens. Some Transcendents want to adapt to the Laws in advance, so they spend time to gain an initial understanding of the Laws, hoping to Breakthrough to the Ninth Rank more quickly and avoid being stuck later due to difficulty comprehending the Laws.

As for Ninth Rank experts, they treat the Myriad Laws Secret Realm as a precious cultivation site. The scattered Law fragments drifting within are enough for them to absorb and contemplate.

And the Tenth Rank?

Such existences possess their own independent cultivation Secret Realms and wouldn’t even glance at these meager scraps.

Outside the Secret Realm.

Sky Demon followed his intuition to this teleportation entrance.

“Close. The aura of the Life and Death Law ends here.”

Sky Demon frowned deeply as he looked at the Secret Realm teleportation entrance, a huge question flashing in his mind.

“Why would Father come to such a godforsaken Secret Realm?”

Given the status of the Life and Death Patriarch, it was impossible for him to come to such a trash Secret Realm for cultivation. His father owned over a hundred superior Secret Realms far better than this Myriad Laws Secret Realm!

But to figure out the source of the Life and Death Law, Sky Demon endured the disgust of interacting with these lowly beings and lined up at the very back of the queue.

One minute later.

Sky Demon scratched his head impatiently and barged straight to the front of the line.

“Sir, please wait in line.”

At that moment, a staff member stepped forward to stop him.

“Drop dead!”

Sky Demon threw several dozen Cloud Core Coins at the staff member’s forehead.

The staff member was initially furious and about to call security, but upon seeing what he was holding, his aggressive expression instantly deflated. With resentment, he stuffed the Cloud Core Coins into his pocket.

Sky Demon cast a disdainful glance at the staff member.

He scoffed, “Waste.”

The staff member bowed and scraped.

“Yes, yes!”

“Hey, what gives you the right to cut in line!” An angry voice came from behind.

Sky Demon’s expression darkened. If not for Black Feather’s earlier warning, he would have already killed these worthless scum.

“You can all die too!”

Sky Demon tossed out several more bags of Cloud Core Coins. Behind him, a chaotic scramble ensued, with no one caring anymore about whether he had cut in line.

Holding the token, Sky Demon stepped directly into the Secret Realm.

“I’ll see for myself whether that guy is my father.”