Deng Yin kept talking into Shi Feiyang's ears, first his left, then his right, weighing gains against losses and explaining the advantages and dangers, urging him to hurry and let him out.
Shi Feiyang turned a deaf ear to it all. He devoted himself entirely to refining his nine swords and Nine Demons, until Gu Ying and his two brothers finally subdued the Heavenly Demon Immortal-Slaying Sword.
Besides seizing the sword, their chief purpose in coming today was revenge. Shi Feiyang had killed their eldest senior brother, Venerable Five Obscenities Liu Du. They had to kill Shi Feiyang, and they intended to seize his nine swords as well!
With Xu Wan dead, his Altar City shattered too. Shi Feiyang's right flank no longer had any depth of defense, and the three flew straight into the demonic clouds and bloody mist to attack him.
Shi Feiyang had to devote most of his attention to resisting the Demon Tribulation. With his focus divided, he could hardly defeat these three sect-leader-level fiends, so he opened Yu's Cauldron and released the five thousand Monster Souls within.
Led by the Elephant Dragon, the five thousand Demon Beasts manifested one after another, swimming through the blood-red mist like monsters of the deep sea.
The three unleashed their Magic Treasures—the Seven-Kill Demon Saber, Great Yin Flying Fork, Annihilation Divine Needle, and others—and attacked together, only to plunge immediately into an ocean of monsters.
After Shi Feiyang's renewed refinement, Yu's Cauldron was considerably more powerful than when he had used it against Kuzhu at Heaven Beyond Divine Mountain. The three also faced numerous constraints within the Demon Tribulation's bloody mist and could not employ many of their powerful spells. Unwilling to clash head-on with the Demon Beasts, they used escape arts to weave between them and attack the