Nine Dragon Divine Fire

They quickly found the Seed of Corruption's location: inside a secret passage behind what had once been the imperial throne of Lingxiao Tianque.

The group soon entered the passage, then had Gonggong bring up the rear and use Ice Sealing Heaven and Earth to block all the Demonic Monsters outside in the main hall.

Following the passage, Xiao Yun soon arrived at an underground hall not much smaller than the one above. In the center stood an enormous egg-shaped monster emanating countless strands of purple-black aura. On its surface, innumerable immortal souls could be seen screaming and struggling endlessly, occasionally letting out soundless howls.

Dozens of long black tentacles surrounded the monster. Their tips resembled human heads as they danced wildly through the air, creating the impression of a horde of demons in frenzied revelry.

Sovereign of Destiny Chu Ying'e recognized at a glance that it was the Seed of Corruption, the core controlling the corruption of the entire Lingxiao Tianque.

She immediately warned, "Lord, this is the Seed of Corruption. As long as we defeat it, we can reclaim all of Lingxiao Tianque."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yun immediately arranged for Wangliang and Gonggong to step forward and test it.

Wangliang attacked from the left with a Flame Giant Axe, while Gonggong attacked from the right with an Ice Spear.

The moment the two entered the monster's attack range, the head-tipped tentacles immediately rushed at them. When the axe and spear collided with those tentacles, they actually produced the sound of metal striking metal. It was clear that the tentacles possessed extraordinary defenses and would not be easy to break through in a short time.

Xiao Yun immediately ordered Xiangliu and Night's Silence to attack, to see how effective Wood Attribute and Dark Attribute attacks would be.

The two attacked at once. She Liu directly unleashed a powerful Wind Blade, while Night's Silence released a streak of Black Flame. Both attacks shot straight toward the Corruption Egg's main body.

Before the two attacks could reach the Corruption Egg itself, two head-tipped tentacles intercepted them. The Wind Blade could only leave a white mark on the tentacles, while the Black Flame was completely extinguished by the black stream of water sprayed from the head-tipped tentacles, leaving no chance to get close.

Seeing this, Xiao Yun swung out a crescent-shaped Sword Qi at one of the tentacles. With a wet slash, the Sword Qi cut a wound ten centimeters deep and over thirty centimeters long into it.

Seeing that the attack had worked, Xiao Yun immediately wanted to press the assault. However, black demonic energy surged from the tentacle's wound, and it instantly healed as though it had never been injured.

The others also tried attacking several times, only to find that none of their attacks had much effect. They were suddenly at an impasse and could only seek another method.

Before long, Grand Unity True Monarch Jin Qingwei, who had been searching the area, discovered a stone tablet in a secluded corner of the hall. She cried out, "Everyone, come quickly! This tablet records that this hall seems to be an array capable of refining all things."

Xiao Yun immediately rushed over with the Siming Divine Monarch, the Rain Master Divine Monarch, and the Nine Heavens Profound Maiden. The remaining War Spirits continued attacking the Seed of Corruption, at least preventing it from growing any stronger.

The four arrived beside the Grand Unity True Monarch, and Xiao Yun directly asked, "True Monarch, what did you find?"

The Grand Unity True Monarch pointed at the stone tablet and explained, "According to its records, this hall contains a Nine Dragon Divine Fire Refining Array. As long as the nine Coiled Dragon Pillars can be activated, the array can be activated. Once it is activated, it will unleash the divine fire of nine Dragon Gods to refine everything within the array's range."

After saying that, she pointed at the nine enormous Coiled Dragon Pillars in the underground hall.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yun and the others looked over. After observing for a while, they asked almost simultaneously, "How do we activate these nine Coiled Dragon Pillars?"

The Grand Unity True Monarch immediately replied, "Simply arrange for Fire Attribute War Spirits to channel sufficient Immortal Power into them. But be careful: before the array is fully activated, everyone must leave the range of the nine Coiled Dragon Pillars."

After hearing the Grand Unity True Monarch's explanation, Xiao Yun immediately began assigning tasks. He had the Siming Divine Monarch replace Wangliang, while the Nine Heavens Profound Maiden and Meow Fairy began activating the nine Coiled Dragon Pillars.

To be safe, he specifically instructed them to hold back slightly while channeling their Immortal Power and not activate the Coiled Dragon Pillars directly. Otherwise, it would alarm the Seed of Corruption and might cause it to flee.

Once the arrangements were complete, the plan was immediately set into motion. Xiao Yun led the Siming Divine Monarch, the Rain Master Divine Monarch, the ancestral shaman Gonggong, Hundred Flowers Fairy, and the others in dealing with the head-tipped tentacles at full strength, buying time for the Nine Heavens Profound Maiden and the others.

As time passed and everyone continued their attacks, they still wore away a considerable amount of the Seed of Corruption's demonic energy. Its size had shrunk by an entire round.

At the same time, they finally heard Nine Heavens Profound Maiden Xuan Yinghua report, "Lord, everything is ready!"

Xiao Yun immediately ordered all the War Spirits to withdraw from the range of the nine Coiled Dragon Pillars, leaving only countless sword rains to continue attacking the tentacles.

The instant everyone withdrew from the area between the nine Coiled Dragon Pillars, the Nine Heavens Profound Maiden, Wangliang General, and Meow Fairy each activated one of the Coiled Dragon Pillars that had turned red. As the pillars activated, a massive magical array appeared in the center of the hall, then slowly rose like a protective barrier.

The Nine Heavens Profound Maiden and the other two immediately flew up and activated their second Coiled Dragon Pillars. As six pillars were activated, the dragon heads atop them sprayed countless streams of divine fire toward the central area, instantly setting the Seed of Corruption ablaze.

The Seed of Corruption also sensed that something was wrong. It immediately contracted and tried to burrow underground to escape.

But it did not know that the Nine Dragon Divine Fire Refining Array's true power lay in the fact that once six Coiled Dragon Pillars had been activated, it formed a completely independent space, leaving no possibility of escape.

Thus, the moment the Seed of Corruption entered the ground, it crashed into an invisible barrier and was nearly knocked unconscious.

At the same time, the Nine Heavens Profound Maiden and the others quickly activated the final three Coiled Dragon Pillars.

As the last three Coiled Dragon Pillars activated, nine enormous dragons formed of flame appeared within the array's space. In an instant, they burned the entire ground to ashes, leaving only a spherical space in the middle of the hall. The Seed of Corruption was positioned right at its center, completely entwined by the nine dragons burning with supreme divine fire. Then countless flames began scorching the Seed of Corruption.

This extremely high-temperature divine fire naturally countered the demonic energy within the Seed of Corruption. Before long, the outer layer of the Corruption Egg was completely incinerated. Once that outer layer had been burned away, the divine dragons began moving, breaking through the Corruption Egg's inner layer once more. In the end, they left behind a three-meter-tall crystal stone, within which a humanoid figure could faintly be seen.

As the Seed of Corruption was isolated within the Nine Dragon Divine Fire array, the Demonized Creatures throughout Lingxiao Tianque lost their source of demonic energy and immediately became listless.