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In the Demon Emperor Hall, sensing the gathering and violent surging of the Heavenly Court's power of the stars, Di Jun's expression could not help changing.

"How is this possible? From so far away, even if Shi Mo had left some contingency behind while setting up the formation, how could he so easily control a formation of such vast scope?" Di Jun was alarmed and enraged.

"Second Brother! Act quickly! We can't let him continue mobilizing the power of the stars!" Di Jun urgently urged Donghuang Taiyi.

Above the Demon Emperor Palace, Donghuang Taiyi, who was activating the Chaos Bell with all his strength, seemed to grow increasingly violent and unstable in aura.

Meanwhile, Shi Mo, bathed in starlight that filled the sky, wore a confident smile.

"The formation in the Heavenly Court that gathers the power of the stars is indeed not so easy to control, but it is merely an auxiliary formation for the Heavenly Stellar Formation I set up at Nine Tripod Iron Fork Mountain. It is an energy channel through which I gather the power of the stars."

"With the auxiliary formation spread throughout the Heavenly Court, my Heavenly Stellar Formation can draw upon as much of the power of the stars as possible, bringing its might to the utmost limit."

Feeling the surging power of the Heavenly Stellar Formation, Shi Mo was brimming with confidence. Even when facing the equally terrifying Chaos Bell, he showed no fear at all.

"I spent ten thousand years setting this formation for this day! Di Jun, Kunpeng, Donghuang Taiyi—you plotted against me, so I'll make you regret it beyond measure!"

"Power of the stars, gather!" Shi Mo's low shout rang through heaven and earth in the Primordial World. With a wave of his hand, the Heavenly Stellar Cloud Sword shot into the sky from Nine Tripod Iron Fork Mountain and landed in his grasp.

As Shi Mo slowly and laboriously swung the Heavenly Stellar Cloud Sword in his hand, the starlight filling the sky gathered with invisible, terrifying power, transforming into a river of stars that caused the space thrown into chaotic upheaval by the Chaos Bell's power to freeze.

"Break!" As Shi Mo swung his sword, the river of stars lashed out like a long whip, sweeping toward the slightly stalled Chaos Bell and winding around it.

For a moment, the invisible power seemed to freeze space and time. Then, without a sound, the Chaos Bell shuddered violently, while the twisted river of stars slowly collapsed.

A rumbling sound, like muffled thunder, surged from afar like waves crashing closer. It was as though hundreds of millions of tons of explosives had detonated at once, twisting and shattering the void above the ninth heaven and exposing the surging chaotic energy beyond the Primordial World.

The Chaos Bell was sent flying back, while a terrifying energy storm swept through the void like a tidal wave, spreading across a vast area in the blink of an eye.

Buzz. The Earth Book's membrane of light, which Shi Mo was activating with all his strength and which had transformed into a massive earthen-yellow curtain shielding the broad land, trembled beneath the terrible energy impact.

"Fortunately, this is the void of the Primordial World. Otherwise, the destruction would have been too horrifying." Still shaken, Shi Mo waited until the energy storm weakened and dispersed before looking toward the distant void. "I deliberately guided the attack's power toward Kunpeng's location earlier. Even if he isn't dead now, he must be severely injured. Hmph, I may be unable to deal with Di Jun and Donghuang Taiyi, but can't I kill a demon master like you who has no powerful spirit treasure to protect him?"

Killing intent flashed in Shi Mo's eyes. With a thought, he rapidly shrank the Earth Book's light membrane before charging directly toward Kunpeng's location.

"Hmm?" Yet as Shi Mo drew near, he did not see Kunpeng's incomparably enormous true form. Instead, he saw a black triangular command flag wrapped around something.

Seeing the black triangular command flag, whose light had dimmed and aura had weakened but which still emitted mysterious fluctuations, and sensing the pure water-attributed energy lingering around it, Shi Mo's eyes filled with surprise. "Could this be the Northern Xuanyuan Water-Control Banner, one of the Five Innate Banners?"

"I never expected Kunpeng to be hiding such a trump card!" Realizing this, Shi Mo's gaze heated up. Then, with a flash of golden light from his hand, the power of Treasure-Dropping Money spread out, and the faintly trembling black triangular command flag drifted toward Shi Mo.

As the black triangular command flag rose, it revealed Demon Master Kunpeng within. He had taken human form, his aura likewise chaotic and weak.

"My Xuanyuan Water-Control Banner!" Seeing the black triangular command flag fall into Shi Mo's hand, Kunpeng was instantly anxious and furious.

"It really is the Northern Xuanyuan Water-Control Banner!" With the black triangular command flag in hand, Shi Mo sent his divine sense into it to probe, erode, refine, and sense it. His eyes immediately lit up.

Facing Kunpeng, who charged over recklessly in an attempt to reclaim the Northern Xuanyuan Water-Control Banner, Shi Mo merely shook his head and sneered. "Fool!"

Whoosh. With a wave of his hand, Shi Mo sent the Wind-Fixing Pearl smashing toward Kunpeng.

Bang. With a muffled impact, Kunpeng was knocked flying by the Wind-Fixing Pearl and spat out a mouthful of blood. "Puh!"

"Stop!" A cold shout came from above the ninth heaven, followed by a streak of black light shooting toward them.

"Luoshu?" Seeing the book within the black streak of light, which radiated a mysterious aura, Shi Mo's gaze flickered. Without dodging or evading, he once more sent out Treasure-Dropping Money.

Whoosh. The next instant, with a flash of golden light, the ancient book, its black glow dimmed, lightly drifted into Shi Mo's hand.

"What?" Di Jun, who had arrived as a streak of crimson-gold light, was shocked to see Shi Mo so easily take away his Luoshu.

"Are you delivering spirit treasures right to my door?" Shi Mo laughed, holding the Northern Xuanyuan Water-Control Banner in one hand and supporting the Luoshu in the other.

"Demon Emperor, be careful! He possesses a strange spirit treasure capable of taking other spirit treasures!" Kunpeng hurriedly warned as he retreated in a sorry state to Di Jun's side.

At the same time, Kunpeng glared at Shi Mo with resentment and unwillingness in his eyes.

"Take spirit treasures? My Luoshu is a top-grade innate spirit treasure!" Di Jun gritted his teeth as well. Noticing that the mysterious aura of the Xuanyuan Water-Control Banner in Shi Mo's hand was no less than that of his Luoshu, he could not help glancing at Kunpeng beside him. "I never expected him to possess another top-grade innate spirit treasure. He hid it deeply indeed!"

"Since you're here, let's settle our accounts properly!" Shi Mo put away the Luoshu and Northern Xuanyuan Water-Control Banner with a turn of his hand. Looking coldly at Kunpeng and Di Jun, he spoke while gathering the power of the stars once again with a thought.

Sensing the power of the stars rapidly gathering and surging through the void, Di Jun's expression changed at once. Almost instinctively, a scroll with flowing white light appeared beneath his feet.

Seeing the scroll appear, Kunpeng's expression shifted slightly as he was about to speak. But with a flash of golden light, the dim white scroll drifted toward Shi Mo.

Feeling his connection with the Hetu severed, Di Jun's expression changed drastically. Rage surged through him, and flames rose all over his body as he instantly transformed into his three-legged golden crow true form and pounced toward Shi Mo.

However, just as Di Jun's three-legged claws, burning with crimson-gold flames, were about to seize the Hetu, an earthen-yellow membrane of light suddenly appeared.

Sizzle. Di Jun's golden crow claws collided with the Earth Book's light membrane. The fierce and violent impact only made the membrane tremble slightly.

Behind the light membrane, Shi Mo grabbed the Hetu and looked up at Di Jun with a smile. "Your Majesty the Demon Emperor, you truly are a treasure-delivery boy!"