While Zangling said this, he couldn't help but feel suspicious. This was not because he was inexperienced, as no related rumors about the Sanyuan Devil Palace had entered the cultivation world since the fall of the Great Xian Dynasty.
Originally, this sect was extremely mysterious, and not much information was left behind. Furthermore, although the Great Xian existed for more than five hundred years, due to the great disaster and the subsequent burning and destruction of historical documents and classics by the Great You Dynasty, not many ancient books have been carefully preserved.
Because of its long history, the Mud Sect religion also has some other lineages within it, and it has not preserved much information about the period before the Great Offering Dynasty.
When Zangling was still in the Great You Realm, he had heard that there was a " Bright Dharma Lodge " hidden in the Hall of Ten Thousand Lotuses, the most mysterious headquarters of the Mud Sect.
Bright Dharma Lodge is a library containing countless classics, histories, philosophical works, and collections of books. Most of the books in the library were personally selected by several bodhisattvas, and there are also hundreds of thousands of books collected by followers throughout the ages, making it as vast as the sea.
Unfortunately, the Bright Dharma Lodge's collection of books is not available for loan. Only highly accomplished practitioners at the level of Lotus Seat Master can enter with their privileges; ordinary followers have no right to borrow them.
On the other hand, the Mud Sect emphasizes idealism and faith in its founding and propagation. The Mud Sect believes that "only the wise and the foolish are unmoved." It believes that the lower-class followers do not need to learn too much from books because people who do not value learning will become foolish. Only the foolish can cultivate a rock-solid faith, and only those with such firm faith can receive the mercy of the Buddha Mother.
Therefore, the higher-ups of the Mud Sect did not spread knowledge to the lower-level members, but only taught them the basic doctrines of the Mud Sect. They also created a concept of "Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss," claiming that as long as one had a devout faith and made great contributions to the cult, one could be reborn in the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss created by the Buddha Mother after death.
When the final tribulation begins, the Buddha Mother will descend to the mortal realm to judge all people. Those believers who perished as martyrs will be resurrected even after death, leading their many followers in the mortal world to ascend together to the heavenly realm Other Shore...
These details also reveal that the Mud Sect adopts a "rejecting holiness and wisdom" approach towards its lower-level followers. However, Mud Sect takes a different stance towards the middle and upper-level core members.
After all, those who truly advance to become cultivators by consuming powerful elixirs have transformed from ordinary beings into spiritual disciples and spiritual messengers.
In the eyes of the Mud Sect, spiritual disciples and spiritual messengers have truly undergone a complete transformation and are qualified to learn more knowledge and inspire their own wisdom. After all, these people undoubtedly possess Higher Vehicle qualities, although they are also divided into different levels.
Zangling nor served as a Lotus Seat Master, he naturally had no connection with the " Bright Dharma Lodge," which housed tens of thousands of books within the sect. Consequently, he possessed very little information about the Sanyuan Devil Palace, which led him to fall into He Ping's trap without a second thought.
"Yes! I also feel that something is amiss!"
Granny Sangling said calmly, "That person on the Volcano Sea, apart from speaking to us on the first day, has remained silent ever since. No matter how much we call out to him, he doesn't respond. Now that the Black Cloud Fire Baleful Qi is being weakened every day, he must be feeling restless and uneasy. Yet, this person on the island hasn't reacted much over the past few days, and we haven't heard him curse or shout... There's definitely something strange about this!"
Hearing Granny Sangling's words, everyone fell silent. After a long while, Granny Sangling said in a low voice, "The best course of action now is for me to send a message to my senior brother, Yuanmu, who is in seclusion on Mulberry Island. My senior brother has obtained Blood Dragon Treasure Tree with five hundred years of cultivation. If we can obtain the help of this treasure tree, attacking this restriction should be much easier. I think we can break through this Black Cloud Fire Baleful Qi in three or four days at most!"
Zangling, Xie Shidi, and the Dark Ice Old Demon were all taken aback by her words.
' The Yuanmu of Mulberry Island, could he still be alive? I heard that this old Daoist went astray in his cultivation, becoming greedy and impatient, and was corrupted by the poison flowing from the Heavenly Dao, suffering severe mutation. I didn't expect him to have lingered on until now... However, the five-hundred-year-old Blood Dragon Tree is indeed a treasure. If we have such a powerful treasure, attacking this Black Cloud Fire Baleful Qi will be much easier!'
The thought crossed their minds several times, and since their opinions were almost identical, they all nodded in agreement.
Granny Sangling smiled darkly to herself. Without saying a word, she crushed a jade talisman in her palm. Just as she was about to raise her hand and release a burst of spiritual light, she heard a voice in her ear.
"You lot have quite the scheme, don't you? Did you really think you had me completely under your control? Hehehe, too bad, too bad. Now that you're here, you're not leaving. Come on in!"
boom!
The Black Cloud Fire Baleful Qi on the island erupted violently, swelling up completely. A massive amount of Sha Qi surged up like a raging tide, instantly engulfing an area nearly ten miles outside the island. Granny Sangling let out a scream, trying to throw out her spiritual light to send a message to Yuanmu on Mulberry Island. However, halfway through the flight of her spiritual light, it was swept up by the overwhelming Black Cloud Fire Baleful Qi and annihilated in the flames and demonic fire.
Are you stupid?
Grandpa will grow bigger!
The four masters had calculated that the " Great Veiling Curtain Method " formed by the Black Cloud Fire Baleful Qi could only provide a rigid defense, never imagining that it could also trap the enemy!
The sky was filled with Black Cloud Fire Baleful Qi, enveloping everyone like a tidal wave. This was a black tide condensed from the Five Yin Profound Baleful Earthly Ultimate Demon Flame. The moment it unfolded, it was like mercury spilling onto the ground, penetrating everywhere and burning anything it touched.
"Oh no!"
Zangling and the others didn't have time to react. The instantaneous impact severely damaged their five senses and six perceptions. They were caught off guard by this scene, and their thinking was a beat slower.
At the last moment, they only had time to activate their spiritual light, and before they could even begin their flight, all four of them were engulfed by the Black Cloud Fire Baleful Qi. Even with this slight difference in distance, the Five Yin Profound Baleful Earthly Ultimate Demon Flame unleashed an immense magnetic force, immediately plunging the four experts into a desperate situation.
"Damn it! Why can't we escape?!"
The Dark Ice Old Demon roared loudly, its silver scales bursting open and scattering jade dust and ice shards, which condensed into a huge ice crystal ball.
Zangling also released the Five Fire True Qi to entwine his body. The most violent of all was Xie Shidi, the Yama Island, whose False-Sundering Sword Qi scattered into countless golden lights after being released, exploding upon contact with anything, creating continuous booming explosions.
As soon as the Black Cloud Fire Baleful Qi were exploded, a violent storm erupted, with one vortex after another spinning rapidly.
In an instant, the surrounding black energy surged and compressed, rolling like waves. The Dark Ice Old Demon immediately felt the pressure increase greatly, as each of those vortexes emitted infinite suction, trying to suck the ice crystal ball in.
In no time, everyone was unable to hold on and was sucked into the island by the swirling Black Cloud Fire Baleful Qi.
Boom! The Black Cloud Fire Baleful Qi swelled to twice its size, like a whale sucking in water, drawing everything around the island into its embrace before shrinking back onto the island. The four masters were also swept away.
The surrounding sea was a scene of utter devastation, with countless fish and shrimp emerging from the water. Some reefs outside the island were also burned to ashes. Even the ship was not spared. Engulfed by the flames, it was instantly consumed by the Five Yin Profound Baleful Earthly Ultimate Demon Flame. The hull was burned by the extremely yin and fierce demon flames, instantly vanishing into ashes.
The four masters then realized they had fallen into a trap. They used their divine senses to explore their surroundings and discovered that they were enveloped in a dense Black Cloud Fire Baleful Qi. This Black Cloud Fire Baleful Qi was extremely condensed, like heavy mercury wrapped around their protective spiritual magic.
The surface of the Dark Ice Old Demon's ice crystal ball was being squeezed by an immense force, constantly subjected to the pressure of the Black Cloud Fire Baleful Qi. The crystal ball seemed to groan, emitting crackling sounds, and visible cracks appeared.
The Yao Qi that he kept yelling and trying to control his escape light to tear through the Black Cloud Fire Baleful Qi, but he couldn't move and was trapped in the pitch-black fire clouds.
The other experts also felt immense pressure and could only do their utmost to resist the refining power of the Black Cloud Fire Baleful Qi.
"You all stay outside obediently, attack for one hour each day, and the rest of the time everyone goes their separate ways and returns home. We'll continue doing the same thing the next day... Hehe, then this show will still have a lot of fun!"
He Ping sat cross-legged on the altar, on the throne where black fire energy had gathered. He rested his chin on one hand and his elbow on the armrest of the throne, talking to himself.
"Why do you insist on finding some help? I can't just stand here like an idiot and let you do whatever you want, can I?"
The four people couldn't hear his words. The pitch-black demonic flames were formed by collecting the earth's fiery veins from beneath the volcano. After being refined in countless ways, they were incredibly thick and heavy, and could not be broken by ordinary Law Technique. These four people were trapped by him, and it would naturally be extremely difficult for them to escape.
"In about ten days, I will have mastered the cultivation Great Cheng, and advancing to the Dao realm will only be a matter of time. Relying on the Five Yin Profound Baleful Earthly Ultimate Demon Flame, I can refine these four experts on the island. Then, using the ' Seed Demon Foundation-Seizing Method,' I can steal all their cultivation, which will help me achieve a higher realm..."
He Ping grinned and pointed his finger at the ground. Seven or eight zombies, created using the Corpse-Dissolving Evil Technique, quickly emerged from the ground. Although they were covered in mud, their ferocious and malevolent aura could not be concealed. In particular, the Azure Lion God, under the refinement of the < Pituoluo Corpse Liberation Canon >, still had his burning evil thoughts, his whole body shrouded in Sha Qi, and his breath was like a fierce wind.
The other zombies were slightly inferior, far less powerful than the Azure Lion God forged using the Secret Method of the Sibi Sect. However, they had all been modified by He Ping using puppetry, and a pair of wings had been attached to their shoulder blades.
This is the " Chixinzi Armored Wings " of the Immortal Puppet Sect, a degraded version of Chi Xinzi's puppet wings. Once mastered, it allows for gliding and leaping through the air.
By combining the Corpse-Picking Secret Technique with the Corpse Puppet Technique the Immortal Puppet Sect, these zombies could also fly in the air, naturally increasing their combat power. He then injected the demonic seeds he had recently refined into the bodies of these zombies, and in the blink of an eye, wisps of black energy swirled around the bodies of the zombies.
This is the " Five Yin Profound Baleful Earthly Ultimate Demon Flame ". These zombies, by utilizing the characteristics of the demon seed, will unleash wisps of black energy and spew out pitch-black flames after the demon seed is activated. The demon flames can be used to injure enemies and also to provide protection.
"You, continue patrolling the outer islands, see if there are any disciples of Zangling or Granny Sangqing. Cultivators from Yama Island and Dark Ice Hollow, if you see any, kill them!"
He Ping's voice was completely flat. After he gave the order, the Azure Lion God led the zombies out and began a new round of slaughter.