"Tai Yi, this is bad!"
"Bifang's aura has vanished. He's fallen!"
Di Jun suddenly could no longer sense the aura of Demon Saint Bifang. After confirming it several times, he realized that Demon Saint Bifang had been killed.
"What?!"
"How is that possible? He's a Quasi-Saint! Other than Tongtian, who here could kill him?"
Even Tai Yi was stunned. Wasn't the Fox Clan Patriarch only a Grand Unity Golden Immortal? Could she really kill a Quasi-Saint?
"Good! You dare divide your attention while fighting me!"
Lord of the Heavens' gaze turned icy. He lightly swung the Qingping Sword in his hand, and a blue sword aura immediately shot from the blade. Carrying an aura capable of destroying heaven and earth, it howled toward Tai Yi and Di Jun.
Wherever the sword aura passed, space was easily cleaved apart, emitting the sound of shattering.
Seeing this, Tai Yi and Di Jun's expressions turned solemn, and they hurriedly employed their methods to respond.
The Chaos Bell in Tai Yi's hand instantly expanded and stood before him, relying on its supreme defensive power to block the sword aura.
Di Jun quickly formed seals. Behind him, the River Diagram and Luoshu shone brightly, and the power of the stars gathered into a curtain of light, reinforcing the area before the Chaos Bell in an attempt to withstand this fierce strike together.
The blue sword aura crashed into the Chaos Bell and the starry light curtain. For a moment, light exploded, while deafening booms echoed through heaven and earth.
The powerful impact spread in all directions. The surrounding mountains trembled precariously under its force, boulders rolled down, and dust filled the sky.
"Damn it, how did Tongtian become so much stronger?"
"Tai Yi, this isn't the time to keep fighting. Let's leave first!"
Di Jun manipulated the River Diagram and Luoshu, evolving a Primordial Star that smashed toward Lord of the Heavens.
Facing the incomparably massive Primordial Star, Lord of the Heavens remained calm. The Qingping Sword trembled slightly in his hand.
"One sword to break it!"
As the strongest sword cultivator in the primordial world, Tongtian had entered the Dao through the sword. His sword aura was like a rainbow, and his sword intent reached the heavens!
A Primordial Star covering the sky above Tushan was cleaved open through the middle by a streak of blue sword light...
As the Primordial Star split apart, Tai Yi and Di Jun took the opportunity to flee using the Golden Crow Transforming into Rainbow technique.
Lord of the Heavens did not pursue them. He merely snorted. "Weren't you two brothers quite impressive in the square outside Zixiao Palace earlier?"
With Di Jun and Tai Yi defeated and fleeing, the rest of the demons were also completely wiped out by Duobao and the others.
The Far North
The Demon Court palace had walls of refined gold, a shining golden roof, flashing runes, and a guarded statue of the Golden Crow Saint. Its imposing grandeur was fully displayed.
"Damn it! We actually lost a Demon Saint!"
"This time, our losses are truly heavy!"
Di Jun and Tai Yi sat high upon their thrones. They were deeply frustrated by their failed attempt to subdue the Tushan Fox Clan. Most importantly, they had lost a Demon Saint.
"Do not be anxious, gentlemen. Although we lost a Demon Saint, our demon clan still has many soldiers and generals. I recommend someone who can fill the position among the Ten Great Demon Sages!"
The speaker was dressed in white, with silver hair and delicate features. Auspicious energy surrounded him, and his bearing was elegant.
This person was none other than the leader of the primordial auspicious beasts, as well as the leader of the Ten Great Demon Sages—Bai Ze.
"Fei Dan!"
"Here!"
Bai Ze glanced at Fei Dan and slowly said, "Fei Dan's strength has already reached the Quasi-Saint realm. He is also clever and intelligent, fully qualified to take the position of Demon Saint."
Di Jun frowned slightly. "Fei Dan is capable, but his experience is still shallow. I'm afraid it will be difficult for him to win everyone's support."
Tai Yi waved his hand. "We are currently in need of capable people. As long as he can serve the demon clan, that is enough."
Hearing this, Fei Dan hurriedly knelt on one knee. "Thank you for the trust of both Lords. I will certainly do my utmost, even if it means going through fire and water!"
After Tai Yi and Di Jun left, the Ten Great Demon Sages held a private meeting.
"That Shangqing keeps insisting that one of us Demon Sages bullied his junior nephew. Which one of you was it? Who was so blind as to provoke a disciple of Taiqing?"
Demon Saint Yingzhao's brows were tightly furrowed. If that fellow hadn't meddled, how could Demon Saint Bifang have died?
"Yingzhao! It was me. Last time, I encountered a disciple of Taiqing in the western lands. He killed several of my subordinates, so I attacked and tried to capture him."
Demon Saint Shangyang revealed the truth. "Unexpectedly, Jieyin suddenly interfered and even took my spiritual treasure!"
"This..."
"Why didn't you kill him?"
Bai Ze helplessly shook his head. If Shangyang had killed Shi Yu last time, would there have been so much trouble?
"I joined forces with Lords Di Jun and Tai Yi to obscure the heavenly secrets. Unless a Saint takes action, no one can determine who killed Shi Yu!"
"But what if the Sanqing become Saints?"
Cietie Demon Saint, who had remained silent until now, suddenly spoke. His true form resembled a water buffalo, with enormous horns and pitch-black fur. He ate iron.
He truly was silent until he spoke, then shocked everyone!
"That's right. The Sanqing are disciples of that person..."
"By calculation, Shi Yu is still his eldest grand-disciple..."
At this thought, Bai Ze Demon Saint broke out in a cold sweat. He secretly felt fortunate that Shangyang had not dealt a fatal blow at the time.
At present, there was still only one Saint in the primordial world—the one in Zixiao Palace.
Thus, Bai Ze had subconsciously overlooked his existence. After all, the two words "Saint" were far too distant from him, so distant that they seemed unreal.
"Let's disperse, disperse~"
"From now on, we can only keep our distance from that fellow. His backing is too formidable—not something we can handle!"
Bai Ze waved his hand. The various Demon Sages each let out a long sigh before dispersing.
Jiu Ying was the last to leave. He glanced back at Bifang's flaming halberd and said darkly, "I don't care what kind of backing you have. I, Jiu Ying, swear to kill you!"
Among the Ten Great Demon Sages, Demon Saint Bifang and Jiu Ying had the most explosive tempers, so the two of them were also extremely close.
Kunlun Mountain
Inside the thatched courtyard
"Is Senior Brother Shi Yu all right?"
Duobao and Guang Chengzi looked at the unconscious Shi Yu and asked worriedly. Although they had not known him for long, he was a pretty decent person. Such a good senior brother absolutely could not suffer any mishap.
"Don't worry. He's fine now. He'll recover after resting for a while!"
Taiqing waved his hand, and Shi Yu transformed into a streak of light that flew toward the Eight Views Palace on Shangqing Peak.
"What do you mean by this, Eldest Brother?"
"You two have too many disciples. This thatched courtyard can no longer accommodate everyone," Taiqing said.
"I understand, Eldest Brother!"
"Second Brother, what did you understand?"
"Ah, it just means we should live somewhere else. You go to your Shangqing Peak, and I'll go to my Yuqing Peak!"
Tongtian nodded. Indeed, he had too many disciples now. This thatched courtyard truly could not fit them all.
"Eldest Brother, Third Brother!"
"I'll incorporate this courtyard into my Jade Void Palace. In the future, shall the three of us brothers still gather here?"
"Excellent!"
"Second Brother really has thought this through!"
With a wave of Yuanshi's hand, the thatched courtyard vanished into thin air. The place where it had stood transformed into a vast lake.
"This lake shall be called Sanqing Lake. May the three of us brothers never be separated!"
Taiqing extended a finger, and a stone tablet rose beside the lake as a witness.
"Duobao, Wudang, Jin Ling, my disciples, let's go!"
"Let's see the cultivation grounds your eldest senior brother prepared for you an entire epoch ago."
As soon as he finished speaking, streaks of light flew toward the Green Waters Palace on Shangqing Peak.
"Guang Chengzi, Naji, let's go too!"
"Yes, Master!"
"Damn, my head hurts..."
Shi Yu clutched his head and slowly sat up. After walking outside, he discovered that he was in the Eight Views Palace on Shangqing Peak.
"Senior Brother Shi Yu, you're awake?"
Golden Horn and Silver Horn came bouncing over. They had now become completely convinced of this "villain" who had dragged them back from Pingding Mountain to do hard labor.
He had actually dared to challenge a Quasi-Saint. That was simply too cool!
"I'll go call Sister Yueyue!"
Golden Horn looked at Shi Yu with an expression that said he understood everything. As expected of Senior Brother.
"Damn it, don't imagine things!"
As soon as Shi Yu finished speaking, Tu Shan Yue entered carrying a bowl of medicine.
"Drink this. It will help your body recover. I asked Master for this prescription myself!"
Shi Yu accepted the bowl. Looking at the pitch-black medicine, he swallowed nervously. There seemed to be a demon inside the medicine, as if it were saying:
"Come on~"
"Come on, drink me. Give me your soul!"
Looking at Tu Shan Yue's expectant expression, Shi Yu gulped it all down. His eyes rolled back, and he fainted.
"Master, Master!"
"This is bad! Sister Yueyue drugged Senior Brother! She's about to do something improper!"
Hearing this while refining pills, Taiqing did not even have time to care about the furnace. He transformed into a streak of light and flew into Shi Yu's room.
"Did you add too much Crimson Sun Separation Grass?"
Looking at the unconscious Shi Yu, Taiqing helplessly shook his head. Shi Yu's Dao was associated with water, yet she had put in so many fire-element immortal herbs. Of course the medicine would knock him out~
"Master, I thought that adding more medicine would help Senior Brother recover faster..." Tu Shan Yue's pretty face flushed red. She truly had not done it intentionally.
"Big Brother Golden Horn, I think Sister Yueyue did it on purpose. First she knocked Senior Brother out, and then..." Silver Horn chuckled.
"Heh heh, I understand. I understand everything!" Golden Horn nodded repeatedly from the side.
After hearing Golden Horn and Silver Horn, Tu Shan Yue's face grew even redder, like a kettle that had just boiled.
"Boom~"
After a loud explosion, black smoke rose from the Alchemy Pavilion. Clearly, the furnace of pills had just exploded. From then on, Taiqing's pill-refining success rate fell to ninety-nine percent.
"You little attendants, speak one sentence less. Hurry and clean the Alchemy Pavilion!"
Taiqing raised the horsetail whisk in his hand and lightly tapped Golden Horn and Silver Horn.
"Yes, Master!"
The two hurried out while covering their heads.
"Xiao Yue, your senior brother is actually pretty nice, just a little lazy..." Taiqing smiled faintly at Tu Shan Yue.
"Master, I have something to do. Senior Brother Azure Ox hasn't eaten yet. I'm leaving!" With that, Tu Shan Yue covered her face and ran out.
Azure Ox: "I'm so happy. I get to eat an extra meal today!"
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