Chapter 28

Blood splattered, and a wound deep enough to expose bone appeared.

Bai Ze cried out in pain and was sent flying by the blow.

Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Tai Yi, who were watching from behind, noticed that something was wrong with Bai Ze, but it happened too suddenly for them to react.

Seeing Bai Ze injured, Eastern Emperor Tai Yi immediately transformed into a streak of light and charged at the middle-aged man.

King Father of the East of the Loose Immortal Alliance had been rejoicing over the middle-aged man injuring Bai Ze,

but he had not expected Eastern Emperor Tai Yi to personally launch a sneak attack.

"Watch—" King Father of the East hurriedly called out a warning,

but before he could finish, Eastern Emperor Tai Yi's Chaos Bell had already smashed toward the middle-aged man,

instantly obliterating both his body and soul.

"Eastern Emperor Tai Yi, you've gone too far!" King Father of the East roared.

He then took out the Top-Grade Innate Spirit Treasure Dragon Head Crutch, tossed it into the air, and rapidly formed hand seals.

Streams of mystical seals shot into the crutch.

A dragon's roar rang across the battlefield. A nine-clawed golden dragon appeared, its aura terrifying, having reached the Quasi-Saint Mid-stage.

This nine-clawed golden dragon was the manifestation of the Dragon Head Crutch. The treasure contained an innate Dragon Soul and possessed extraordinary power.

At the same time, a blazing crimson longsword appeared in King Father of the East's hand. Its blade burned fiercely, and its aura was sharp and oppressive.

He gripped the sword and charged straight at Eastern Emperor Tai Yi.

Meanwhile, the nine-clawed golden dragon was intercepted by Di Jun.

King Father of the East knew he was no match for the two of them, but he had no path of retreat. He could only fight to the death.

Raising his sword, he shouted, "Power of Extreme Yang, gather upon me—Sunfall Slaying!"

The yang energy between heaven and earth rapidly surged toward him.

The next moment, a supremely yang and unyielding sword qi burst from the blade and cleaved toward Eastern Emperor Tai Yi.

Eastern Emperor Tai Yi showed no fear and struck the Chaos Bell with all his strength.

"Dong—"

The bell's chime shook the heavens. Ancient chaotic sound swept through the void and met the sword qi head-on.

The two forces collided with a thunderous crash. The void shattered, heaven and earth trembled, and the seawater churned.

The aftershock spread like a tide, instantly reducing nearby demon clansmen and Loose Immortal Alliance cultivators to ash.

At the same time, the Six Great Demon Sages led a billion demon soldiers in a charge against the Loose Immortal Alliance army.

In an instant, the forces of both sides were locked in battle.

More than a billion living beings clashed. Soldiers fell every moment, and screams of agony and battle cries shook heaven and earth.

The battlefield gradually became a sea of blood, corpses piling up into mountains in countless grotesque forms. Dense, bloody killing aura condensed into substance and stained the skies for tens of thousands of miles red.

War had always been cruel.

Soldier against soldier, general against general, king against king.

While the armies slaughtered one another without end, King Father of the East, Eastern Emperor Tai Yi, Di Jun, the Six Great Demon Sages, and the upper ranks of the Loose Immortal Alliance continued their fierce battle.

Ten years passed in the blink of an eye, and both the demon clan and the Loose Immortal Alliance suffered countless casualties.

Under Eastern Emperor Tai Yi's relentless assault, King Father of the East grew increasingly disheveled. He also sensed that the golden dragon transformed from the Top-Grade Innate Spirit Treasure could no longer hold on.

He sighed helplessly, knowing that he had no choice but to use his trump card.

King Father of the East forced Eastern Emperor Tai Yi back with a sword strike, then flew backward and shouted, "Form the Myriad Immortals Formation!"

Before his words faded, the Myriad Immortals Formation Diagram emerged from within his body, radiating waves of profound fluctuations.

Hearing the command, the many members of the Loose Immortal Alliance rapidly gathered. In the blink of an eye, the Myriad Immortals Formation began to take shape.

Borrowing the formation's power, King Father of the East swiftly swept away the surrounding demon soldiers.

As more loose immortals joined, the Myriad Immortals Formation's power multiplied, and its slaughtering force grew ever more fierce.

Seeing the demon clan being massacred, Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Tai Yi were enraged beyond measure.

"Do you think only you have a great formation? Does my demon clan have none?" Di Jun muttered, his eyes reddening.

"Demon clan, heed my command. Form the Zhou Tian Star Formation!" Di Jun shouted.

As Di Jun's voice fell, the River Diagram and Luo Script flew out from within him, blooming with endless radiance.

The six Demon Sages and nearby demon generals swiftly gathered at Di Jun's side and took their positions according to a specific arrangement.

Once everyone was in place, the River Diagram and Luo Script shone even brighter, drawing down vast stellar power and continuously strengthening the formation.

Li Peng sensed the fluctuations from the two formations, and his expression turned grave. He detected a trace of threat within them.

Clearly, these formations could already pose a certain threat to him.

One had to know that the current Zhou Tian Star Formation was still incomplete, and the Star Banners had yet to appear.

If this formation were fully perfected, it would surely possess combat strength comparable to that of a Saint.

If Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Tai Yi used this formation to besiege him, would Li Peng have any means of dealing with it?

A sense of crisis unlike any he had ever felt surged into Li Peng's heart.

After a brief bout of wild thoughts, Li Peng came back to his senses.

Why am I thinking about that? The most important thing right now is looting the treasures on Loose Immortal Island! he thought.

Without further hesitation, Li Peng transformed into a streak of light and flew straight into Loose Immortal Island.

After entering the island, he immediately used the Invisibility Technique and flew directly toward the places protected by formations or powerful restrictions.

In the past, such a minor invisibility technique would certainly have been seen through by the island's experts.

But now, there were no experts left on Loose Immortal Island. Even the ordinary soldiers had nearly all departed, leaving only servant girls and Daoist boys with no combat ability.

This instead made things convenient for Li Peng, allowing him to loot the entire island without restraint.

Before long, Li Peng arrived before a formation he had investigated earlier. According to what he knew, this was King Father of the East's residence.

Without hesitation, he immediately began breaking the formation.

The formation was not particularly profound. Li Peng successfully broke it in just one day.

The fact that King Father of the East's residence lacked a powerful formation was not difficult to understand.

Everyone on Loose Immortal Island was his subordinate, and the island was protected by a grand formation. If even the island-protecting formation could not hold, what use would the formation around his residence be?

Therefore, King Father of the East had not set up any powerful restrictions in his residence.

The moment Li Peng stepped into King Father of the East's residence, he spotted a massive willow tree.

Sensing the spatial fluctuations emanating from the willow, he cried out in disbelief, "Could this be the Hollow Willow transformed from the true body of the Space Demon God?"

But he immediately frowned and muttered, "No, according to the original course of the primordial world, the Hollow Willow transformed from the Space Demon God should be Ancestor Yang Mei. Why is there another one here?"

Unable to figure it out, Li Peng simply stopped dwelling on it and directly collected the Hollow Willow into the Chaos Yin-Yang Pagoda.

With an opportunity before him, he would take it first.

As for why it was here, he could investigate it later.

Li Peng then began his looting spree.

"Mid-Grade Innate Spirit Root Star Grass? Not bad. Taking it!"

"Low-Grade Innate Spirit Root Purple Jade Apricot Tree? Decent enough. Taking it!"

"Top-Grade Acquired Spirit Root Blazing Sun Vermilion Fruit? Taking that too!"

He picked through King Father of the East's backyard, taking everything at the level of acquired spirit roots or higher.

Would he have any use for them? Li Peng did not care in the slightest.

In any case, he could not let others benefit from them.

Before long, the backyard had been completely stripped bare.

Li Peng looked at the barren courtyard, nodded in satisfaction, then turned and began searching King Father of the East's rooms.

Unfortunately, there was not a single spiritual treasure inside.

Cultivators carried their treasures on them. Who would leave them in their rooms?

Li Peng then headed for the next location protected by formations and restrictions.

After searching more than a dozen residences belonging to Loose Immortal Alliance higher-ups, he had only found several Mid-Grade Innate Spirit Roots and not a single spiritual treasure, leaving him somewhat disappointed.

But he did not lose heart and continued toward the next location.

After searching several more places, Li Peng finally came across a location where the formations and restrictions were exceptionally powerful.

His heart leaped with joy—the more important the place, the stricter its defenses.

The formation here was more than twice as powerful as the one at King Father of the East's residence,

which meant this place was even more important!

Li Peng did not hesitate and immediately began breaking the formation.

However, just as he started, he heard intense explosions from afar, and the entire Loose Immortal Island began shaking without end.

"These people are really going all out. They've even shaken Loose Immortal Island nonstop...

No, I need to hurry!"

Li Peng muttered.

After saying that, Li Peng continued breaking the formation before him.

Two months passed before he finally opened the restriction here.

When he walked inside, the sight before him sent him into wild ecstasy.

This place was actually a treasure vault.

Why was there a treasure vault?

There was no need to doubt it. It truly existed.

Although most cultivators possessed storage spiritual treasures, who could guarantee that they would never perish?

For lone cultivators, carrying their entire fortune on their person was one thing,

but the spiritual treasures and materials of a major force could never be entrusted to only one person,

because those resources belonged to the entire force, not to any individual.

Looking at the spiritual treasures flashing with precious light throughout the room and the mountain-like piles of materials, Li Peng sighed inwardly.

"King Father of the East is really this blind to the situation? With a great battle imminent, he still left all these treasures here,

and did not even know to use them to equip his subordinates?" he muttered.

In truth, he had wrongly blamed King Father of the East.

It was not that King Father of the East had never considered distributing the spiritual treasures to his subordinates.

It was simply that innate spiritual treasures were difficult to refine. Even preliminary refinement required at least a hundred years,

and with the demon clan's attack imminent, there was simply not enough time for anyone to refine magical treasures.

That was why these spiritual treasures remained in the vault and ended up in Li Peng's hands.

After sighing in amazement, Li Peng began plundering the treasure vault in earnest.

"Low-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure Hunyuan Staff, taking it!"

"Mid-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure Blazing Sun Sword, taking it!"

"One Yuan Meeting Meteorite Iron, taking it!"

"Innate Star Gold Crystal, taking it!"

With a broad grin, he unceremoniously swept every treasure into the Chaos Yin-Yang Pagoda.

Suddenly, Li Peng's eyes lit up as he stared at five pearls in utter delight.

"Th-this is the Innate Five Spirits Pearls! I finally found them!" he laughed aloud.

He then swiftly stored the Five Spirits Pearls in the system space.

"Only the Four Symbols Pearl remains, and I'll have all the materials needed to synthesize the Chaos Bead," he muttered.

Just as he was lost in his fantasies, intense vibrations and roaring sounds suddenly came from outside,

causing the entire treasure vault to shake.

"The battle outside is really intense...

I need to speed up, or I won't be able to complete the looting mission."

Li Peng did not dare delay and continued plundering with all his strength.

Only after he had swept clean every known location protected by formations and restrictions

did the system's notification finally sound.

"Ding! Congratulations, Host, for successfully looting Loose Immortal Island and completing Choice Three!

Reward obtained: one hundred thousand years of cultivation, one Spiritual Treasure Restriction Refining Card."

Listening to the continuous explosions outside and feeling Loose Immortal Island shake without pause, Li Peng thought, Looks like the fighting outside is extremely intense... Should I stay and watch the show for a while before leaving?

The instant that thought appeared, he forcibly suppressed it.

After all, Li Peng had just stripped Loose Immortal Island clean. If anyone discovered him here, neither the Loose Immortal Island side nor the demon clan would let him go.

To the Loose Immortal Alliance, Li Peng had taken all the treasures that belonged to them.

To the demon clan, Li Peng had stolen their spoils of war.

Neither side had any reason to spare him.

What was more, Li Peng's relationship with King Father of the East, Di Jun, and Eastern Emperor Tai Yi was not good.

If given the chance, those three would definitely join hands without hesitation and eliminate him first.

With that thought, Li Peng swiftly flew to the edge of Loose Immortal Island, transformed into a fish, and dived into the water.

The instant he entered the water, he became a streak of light and fled into the distance.

Only after getting far away from Loose Immortal Island did Li Peng finally let out a sigh of relief.

But at the very moment he relaxed, a shrill and despairing voice rang out:

"Since you won't leave me a path to live, then let's die together!"

Hearing the voice, Li Peng thought, What exactly did Di Jun and Tai Yi do to King Father of the East to make him scream so miserably? Could it be...

Before he could finish the thought, a world-shaking series of explosions rang out.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Sensing the fluctuations, Li Peng could not help crying out, "Holy shit, King Father of the East actually self-destructed!"

The moment his words fell, a powerful shockwave swept toward him.

Li Peng had no time to react before the shockwave struck him.

Although he was unharmed, every other creature in the surrounding waters was wiped out. The entire sea instantly became a dead zone.

Seeing this, Li Peng sighed inwardly. In the Primordial World, the strong preyed on the weak. Without sufficient strength, even if one did not provoke others, one could still be destroyed in body and soul by the aftermath of someone else's battle!

At that moment, his desire to grow stronger became even more urgent.

Just as Li Peng was lamenting, several grief-stricken cries rang out in succession:

"Alliance Leader! I'm coming to join you!"

"Alliance Leader! I'm coming to join you!"