Heavenly Tribulation

After returning to the Azure Origin Sect, Jiang Ping'an slowly refined the Sword Envoy Spirits and Sword Wraiths he had just placed within the Mystic Nether Spirit Controlling Banner.

There were now a total of 9,472 Sword Envoy Spirits and Sword Wraiths inside the Mystic Nether Spirit Controlling Banner. Only a little over five hundred Yin souls remained before they reached ten thousand.

Compared to the early Qi Refining Realm, Jiang Ping'an could now refine three hundred Sword Wraiths a day. More than twenty days later, Jiang Ping'an successfully refined every Sword Envoy Spirit and Sword Wraith, gaining control over their life and death.

During that time, Jiang Ping'an went to see Dongfang Jintang once and told her not to buy any more Nightmare Demon Cores.

Time flew by, and another year passed.

Su Xiaodie finally reached the peak of the Charm Mistress realm and could advance to Charm Empress.

A Charm Empress was equivalent to the Golden Core Realm. Jiang Ping'an feared that Su Xiaodie's advancement would produce conspicuous phenomena, so he did not dare let her advance within the Azure Origin Sect.

Therefore, he chose Vengeful Sword Valley.

After the Sword Envoy Spirits and Sword Wraiths were gone from Vengeful Sword Valley, its Yin Qi and Killing Intent began to decline, though only slightly. The Yin Baleful Qi that had lingered for over two hundred years could not possibly dissipate completely so quickly.

At the deepest part of Vengeful Sword Valley, Jiang Ping'an set up the Mystic Nether Returning Array at its largest size, spanning roughly half a li in every direction. Then he threw in a large number of Yin Qi Beads, filling the array with dense Mystic Yin Qi.

When he was done, he stood within the array and took out the Soul Jade Bottle, summoning