Late at night.
Four hundred li beneath Qingqiu Mountain, inside a pitch-black underground cave.
With a soft pop.
Chen Mu, shrouded in a faint green glow, squeezed out from the rocky cave wall.
With a flick of his hand, black mist spread out, and an arm-length gray stone gourd appeared before him.
"Didn't they say the Heaven-Bearing Magic Restriction had been destroyed? Why is this gourd still here?" Chen Mu grumbled. "Couldn't they have destroyed it properly?"
If the Qianji Sect had worked more efficiently, he would not have had to dig this gourd into Thousand Lantern City.
This was far too dangerous!
"Fortunately, it's only the remnants of the Heaven-Bearing Magic Restriction." Chen Mu felt relieved.
He had already examined it using the Lingbao Shuji Pian. The gourd now had only a single layer of Magical Prohibition remaining, and the demons sealed within had vanished.
"It did seal countless demons, after all. Even without the demons, there might be other hidden dangers. Better to throw it away."
Chen Mu had always been cautious. He did not dare keep something that might bring such great trouble by his side.
With a wave of his hand, the Stone Gourd floating in midair fell to the ground, landing not far from Chen Mu's feet.
After giving the Stone Gourd one final look, Chen Mu, wreathed in faint green light, stepped backward and vanished into the rocky cave wall.
Several days later.
On the western side of Qingqiu Mountain.
The Demon Suppressing Needle near Myriad Sutra Cave had likewise collapsed and shattered, and nearly half the surrounding mountainside had been smashed down.
A middle-aged man dressed in tight black clothing stood above the ruins, holding a White Jade Disk as he continuously chanted incantations.
In a Peach Grove not far away, Chen