"It's not over yet..."

In the depths, the flesh of the Six-armed Demon Ape wriggled and reformed once again. 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

This time, the reformed Six-armed Demon Ape appeared smaller, now standing at the same height as Gao Xuan.

Gao Xuan wasn't surprised by the change, casually saying, "Aren't you going to go back to the furnace for reconstruction? Like this, you won't be a match, only continue to be tormented."

The Six-armed Demon Ape lightly powered up and jumped to Gao Xuan's side, contemplating as it looked at him, "Makes sense."

Saying that, it actually jumped back into the depths of the earth crevice again.

Gao Xuan didn't leave, knowing the Six-armed Demon Ape still had limits, and he aimed to force its ultimate power out.

This time Gao Xuan waited for nearly half a day, about ten hours.

The demon qi deep within the crevice continued boiling, making the entire eighty-one floors suffuse with a tumultuous and violent aura.

The Six-armed Demon Ape jumped out once more, now its armor was more intricate and it carried a dark red long rod.

"You can use weapons now, not bad," Gao Xuan praised.

Expertly twirling the rod, the Six-armed Demon Ape said, "I've recalled many things, I should thank you..."

While thanking, it directly swung the rod to smash. Gao Xuan blocked with his left hand, sending the rod flying away and slightly deforming the Dark Gold Claw Blade.

The reformed Six-armed Demon Ape had its power increased by about fifty percent. At this point, the Eternal Celestial Dragon Claw struggled to hold on.

As for the Jun Heaven Wheel, the Seven-Color Primordial Magnetic Divine Light posed little threat to the Six-armed Demon Ape. Regardless of how it was used, it couldn't penetrate the ape's armor.

Wielding the staff, the Six-armed Demon Ape struck fiercely, repeatedly forcing Gao Xuan back.

After hundreds of exchanges, Gao Xuan activated the Five Elements Celestial Net Divine Light. The multicolored light wrapped around the Six-armed Demon Ape, allowing Gao Xuan to strike and defeat it.

The Six-armed Demon Ape quickly resurrected, now even stronger.

Gao Xuan leveraged the ever-changing Five Elements Celestial Net Divine Light and the Endless Celestial Dragon Claw to defeat the Six-armed Demon Ape once more.

Upon the ninth resurrection of the Six-armed Demon Ape, its entire body glowed pure gold, with golden flames shining on it.

In this state, the Six-armed Demon Ape showed no trace of demon qi, only the pure, ultimate strength made Gao Xuan feel the pressure.

Indeed, this monkey wasn't naturally born.

Gao Xuan had long felt something amiss with this monkey, and through Formless Nine Revolutions theorized it had a noteworthy origin. Hence, he exerted his strength to force out its entire potential.

Gao Xuan probingly asked, "Who are you?"

The monkey in golden armor squinted slightly, pondering, "I can't recall. Damn it, everything in this world should be killed! Die for me!"

The golden-armored monkey uttered a low growl, its voice filled with endless rage and power. Yet, the monkey seemed particularly clear-headed and calm. This contradictory state made it even more eerie.

A Dark Gold Long Rod thunderously descended, and Gao Xuan felt the entire eighty-one floors of the Cave of Ten Thousand Demons crashing down with the rod, the overwhelming power making him feel retreat.

This thought flashed momentarily but was forcefully suppressed by Gao Xuan. It was merely a strand of a strong being's residual soul, possessing basic combat spiritual instinct, nothing to fear.

Gao Xuan adjusted his power, sending a punch forward with his right fist.

The golden-armored monkey observed Gao Xuan using his right hand, somewhat puzzled. But this battle depended entirely on power and martial skill, nothing fancy mattered. Regardless of which hand Gao Xuan used, failing was failing.

Gao Xuan's seemingly ordinary punch, yet all power of the Innate Primordial Chaos Dao Body was mobilized.

The golden-armored monkey sensed something was off immediately, but it was too late. Upon collision, the Dark Gold Long Rod broke instantly, and the unparalleled fist force directly hit the golden-armored monkey's chest.

The endless and overwhelming fierce fist force struck down, causing the golden armor on the monkey to collapse immediately, its body flattened.

The terrifying fist force crushed its body's features, including its divine soul's spiritual instinct which was annihilated by the unmatched fist intent.

Reaching this point, the golden-armored monkey knew it was truly dead. Even if its body could resurrect, its divine soul was thoroughly obliterated. Of course, perhaps in tens of thousands of years, some spiritual instinct might be reborn.

But by then, what connection would it have?

The golden-armored monkey sighed, "Unreconciled, unreconciled, I want to fight, fight this world, fight these gods and demons..."

The monkey's voice grew lower, its raised head slowly drooped.

After a silent moment, the golden-armored monkey melted into a mass of golden light, swirling and condensing into a fist-sized golden stone.

Gao Xuan flicked his sleeve to collect the golden stone, examining this unique metal, and perhaps a special bone.

Whatever it was, its spiritual essence was entirely dispersed.

Gao Xuan weighed it, unsure of its use for now. He believed it must be something valuable.

Although he exerted all his strength, it didn't destroy the stone; rather, the unparalleled fist intent erased its spiritual essence.

This battle opened his eyes, with even a small demon ape proving formidable. Plus, this should be just one of the countless fragments of an Ancient Celestial Demon that had been tainted by Ultimate Yin Filthy Qi, nearly erasing its spiritual essence.

His overwhelming force spurred its remaining trace of spiritual essence to burst forth, ultimately meeting destruction.

Gao Xuan weighed the stone again, storing it in the Endless Celestial Dragon Claw.

With this item, the exploration of the Cave of Ten Thousand Demons concluded perfectly.

Gao Xuan no longer stayed, retracing his path and vanquishing all demons encountered.

Reaching the twenty-second floor, Gao Xuan met Ripple and Celestial Fool.

After honing in the cave for half a year, Ripple's sword intent appeared more restrained, marking significant progress in cultivation.

Upon seeing Gao Xuan, Ripple was naturally very happy.

Celestial Fool also sighed in relief, having previously sensed the terrifying primordial qi turbulence deep underground, so dreadful it deterred him from exploration.

Fortunately, Gao Xuan returned safely. Nevertheless, Gao Xuan's ability to eliminate such a powerful demon displayed impressive divine techniques, far beyond his expectations.

Without much explanation, Gao Xuan led Celestial Fool and Ripple back along the original path.

Upon exiting the cave, they discovered the monks from the Celestial Dragon Temple guarding the entrance had vanished. The entrance had become bustling, akin to a marketplace.

Gao Xuan even noticed several Daoists from major sects, clearly here to profit.

Gao Xuan paid them no mind, taking Ripple and Celestial Fool directly back to Wuyuan Country.

After several days of noise at the cave entrance, various sects formed an alliance, and many experts ventured into the cave.

Reaching the twenty-first floor, they found no demons. Venturing deeper, no demons were found even past several levels.

Pushing deeper to the forties, still not a single demon.

The multitude of Daoist experts were bewildered, the Cave of Ten Thousand Demons eerily empty of demons, what could this mean?

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