The Five Great Sects: Experts Gather

"Taiyuan, our Ask Immortal Pavilion have arrived and opened a gap to let us into Mount Shu."

While maintaining the defensive array of Mount Shu, Taiyuan True Person suddenly received a telepathic message from Fairy Su.

"The Ask Immortal Pavilion has arrived! Everyone, heed my command: open a gap in the southeast corner of the Barrier and let them in."

Taiyuan True Person transmitted his voice to the Elders and disciples of Mount Shu who were jointly maintaining the great formation.

"Great! Finally, reinforcements have arrived!"

"We must defend Mount Shu!"

The Elders and disciples of Mount Shu were greatly encouraged.

With Lu Changsheng emerging from seclusion and reinforcements from the four major sects arriving one after another, Mount Shu still has a chance to turn the tide in its desperate situation.

A gap opened in the defensive Barrier of Mount Shu, and Su Qian'er, the Pavilion Master of Ask Immortal Pavilion, led the Elders of the Ask Immortal Pavilion to break through the blockade of the Three Great Demon Sects and the Desolate Province Demon Race, using the Earth-Escaping Divine Talisman to enter Mount Shu.

As soon as the group from the Ask Immortal Pavilion entered Mount Shu, the defensive Barrier of Mount Shu immediately closed, preventing the Three Great Demon Sects and the Desolate Province Demon Race from taking the opportunity to break into Mount Shu.

Most of the powerful figures from the Ask Immortal Pavilion have arrived.

"Taiyuan, are you injured?"

Su Qian'er sensed that Taiyuan True Person's aura was not as strong as before, and couldn't help but worry.

"The Demon Lord's strength is too great, and his Law Treasure is High Antiquity Treasure; I am no match for him. Fortunately, I used the Heavenly Fragrance Life-Renewing Pill, and my injuries are healing. You have entered the Dao Integration Realm?"

Taiyuan True Person realized that Su Qian'er had successfully taken that step and, like him, had entered the First Layer of the Dao Integration Realm.

The First Layer of the Dao Integration Realm is much stronger than the peak of the Ninth Layer of the Void Refinement Realm because the first level of the Dao Integration Realm has withstood the Heavenly Tribulation.

Su Qian'er's face remained icy. "Hmph, I, Su Qian'er, have no intention of losing to you."

Taiyuan True Person smiled wryly. Even now, Su Qian'er was still saying one thing and meaning another.

A stunningly beautiful figure stood in the procession of the Ask Immortal Pavilion. She looked around but did not find Lu Changsheng in the Mount Shu Main Hall.

Su Qian'er noticed her disciple Xia Ningxue's worry, so she asked Taiyuan True Person, "Where is your little disciple? Could it be that he was killed by the Demon Lord?"

Taiyuan True Person replied, "My disciple has temporarily gone into seclusion to cultivate a divine skill, intending to further enhance his combat power before the final battle with the Demon Lord."

"Can you really cram at the last minute? I doubt your Formation will last more than a few days. Does he really think he can master a divine skill in the last few days?"

"Others may not be able to, but my disciple is very likely to be."

Taiyuan True Person in his ability to deal with Lu Changsheng.

Lu Changsheng comprehended the Taiqing Wuji Art Ninth Layer at the Seventh Layer of the Void Refinement Realm, and then comprehended the tenth Taiqing Wuji Art Tenth Layer of the Ninth Layer of the Void Refinement Realm. Such talent was unprecedented in the Taiyuan True Person.

"The Martial Dao Alliance has arrived."

Taiyuan True Person then ordered the Mount Shu people to open a gap in the Barrier, allowing the Martial Dao Alliance members to enter.

Grandmaster Chen and Ye Wen, along with other Void Refinement Realm Body Tempering from the Martial Dao Alliance, arrived at the Mount Shu Main Hall and joined forces with Mount Shu and the Ask Immortal Pavilion.

"Ever since your disciple exchanged the 'Hundredfold Primordial Force' for the 'Eight Extremities Fist' with me, I've had a premonition that as long as I master the Hundredfold Primordial Force,' I will definitely be able to overcome the Sixfold Heavenly Tribulation and enter the Dao Integration Realm. Unfortunately, time waits for no one. The Demon Lord attacked, and I didn't get to take the final step."

When Grandmaster Chen met Taiyuan True Person, he poured out his grievances.

Taiyuan True Person knew that for a Body Tempering expert like Grandmaster Chen, who cultivated Dual Cultivation of Martial and Dao, the Heavenly Tribulation was far more terrifying than for a normal cultivator.

Once Grandmaster Chen reaches the First Layer of the Dao Integration Realm, Grandmaster Chen will be stronger than ordinary cultivators at the First Layer of the Dao Integration Realm.

Lu Changsheng used his "Hundredfold Primordial Force" to exchange for the "Eight Extremities Fist," one of the martial arts Supreme Lore of the Martial Dao Alliance, giving Grandmaster Chen an opportunity to Tribulation Transcendence.

However, the Demon Lord sensed that if the matter dragged on, the strength of the Five Great Sects would increase further, so he launched Calamity.

Grandmaster Chen failed to Tribulation Transcendence at the last moment.

If Grandmaster Chen is not prepared to undergo this Tribulation Transcendence and perishes during Heavenly Tribulation, then the righteous path of Xia Province will be missing a Body Tempering expert at the peak of the Ninth Layer of the Void Refinement Realm.

Subsequently, Yu Xuanji of Crouching Dragon Temple personally led a team, using her superb Deduction Secret Art to avoid the Desolate Province Demon Race and the Three Great Demon Sects. She secretly contacted Taiyuan True Person, and the moment the Barrier was opened at Mount Shu, the Crouching Dragon Temple members used Talisman to escape into Mount Shu.

Finally, we entered Boundless Temple in Mount Shu, but the journey was somewhat tortuous.

Knowing that various sects were coming to support Mount Shu, the Desolate Province Demon Race and the Three Great Demon Sects secretly laid an ambush and fought fiercely with the monks of Boundless Temple.

When Boundless Temple risked their lives to enter Mount Shu, they lost three Venerable Masters at the Void Refinement Realm.

"I never imagined the Demon Lord's cultivation would reach such a level, and his Law Treasure is High Antiquity Treasure. This Calamity will likely be difficult to overcome. Amitabha."

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Abbot Wuxiang of High Person Wuxiang Boundless Temple Abbot clasped his hands together, his brows furrowed with sorrow, as he performed a ritual to pray for the souls of his three deceased fellow disciples.

Yu Xuanji asked softly, "Is that eminent monk from Boundless Temple still alive?"

High Person Wuxiang shook his head. "Neither dead nor alive."

"It seems this is all the strength we have."

Yu Xuanji scanned the crowd present.

The three experts at the Dao Integration Realm are: Situ Kong of the Mount Shu Uncle-Master Sect Leader, Master Taiyuan True Person of the Mount Shu Sect Master, and Pavilion Master of Ask Immortal Pavilion Su Qian'er of the Wenxian Pavilion.

Below the Dao Integration Realm are peak experts at the ninth level of the Void Refinement Realm, such as Venerable Wuxiang, Master Chen, and the Peak Master of Biyue Peak.

Below them are the eighth emperor of the Xia Kingdom, the old national teacher of the Great Xia Kingdom, the peak master of Chaoyuan Peak, and other experts at the eighth level of the Void Refinement Realm.

Besides these, there were also Grand Supreme Elders such as Fairy Yi’an, Fairy Duanmu, Grandmaster Ma, and Li Changye, who had not yet achieved the Great Void Refinement Realm.

With the Five Great Sects gathering, a decisive battle against the Demon Lord and the Three Great Demon Sects is inevitable.

However, the odds of winning are really hard to calculate.

"Once my uncle and I recover from our injuries, and we activate our Mount Shu's attack Formation, we might not be without a chance of victory. Moreover, although my junior disciple's cultivation is still at the Void Refinement Realm, he possesses the combat strength of the Early Stage of the Dao Integration Realm..."

Taiyuan True Person stood with his hands behind his back, gazing at the enormous Ancient Cauldron that blotted out the sky. The Demon Lord and the Three Great Demon Sects leaders of the Demonic Sect were still trying to dismantle the defensive array of Mount Shu.

The defensive array of Mount Shu is only a superficial Mountain-Guarding Formation. The true Mountain-Guarding Formation is an offensive Formation, and only those who cultivate the Taiqing Wuji Art can operate Formation.

As the Sect-Defending Cultivation Method of the Mount Shu sect, the first Nine Layers of the Taiqing Wuji Art are not necessarily more powerful than the Taiji True Formula of Taiyuan True Person. Its true value lies in its combination with an unparalleled offensive Formation within the Mount Shu sect.

Currently, the most powerful cultivators in Mount Shu are the sect Uncle-Master Sect Leader and Taiyuan True Person. If these two were to serve as the core of the supreme attack formation, they might be able to slay the Demon Lord...

At Azure Cloud Peak, Lu Changsheng successfully refined the Body-Refining Potion needed for the Nine-Turn Divine Body using the Golden Crow Divine Furnace. Immersed in the Body-Refining Potion, his Innate Dao Body frantically absorbed the immense medicinal power, tempering every Root Bone and every cell within his body.

Eight-Turn Demon Body Lu Changsheng's Devil Qi gradually dissipated, replaced by the golden light of his divine body.