Arc 102The Black Flame Mountain Ambush

The Phoenix Four Clans betrayed the Nine-Headed Green Phoenix Clan, helping the Black Devil Race break through the defenses and force the Red-Eyed Flame-Horn Beast Clan into Black Flame Mountain. As the Black Devil Race pursued through the mountain’s deadly gravity traps, Li Yan fought to save Mu Guyue from a powerful enemy.

  • The Phoenix Four Clans turned against the Nine-Headed Green Phoenix Clan while the Black Devil Race attacked, and Ming Feng led his clan through a spatial rift as the other clans escaped.
  • The Black Devil Race and the Phoenix Four Clans breached the Red-Eyed Flame-Horn Beast Clan’s defenses, and the Phoenix Four Clans suffered heavy losses as they withdrew.
  • After the Red-Eyed Flame-Horn Beast Clan’s ancestors sacrificed themselves to cover a retreat from Black Flame City, Li Yan joined Mu Guyue’s force entering Black Flame Mountain.
  • Li Yan warned Mu Guyue that the enemy might ambush them deep in the mountain, then entered a stone forest where gravity traps pulled him into the rocks and a Red-Eyed Flame-Horn Beast Clan cultivator attacked him.
  • The Black Devil Race squads entered the stone forest and suffered casualties as the Red-Eyed Flame-Horn Beast Clan used its rocks and crushing gravity, while Mu Guyue entered alone and was attacked by stone puppets.
  • A Red-Eyed Flame-Horn Beast Clan cultivator overwhelmed Mu Guyue with his saber and gravity-controlled armor, and Li Yan charged in after his soul attack failed.
  • Li Yan tore apart one attacker, then found Mu Guyue pinned by the forest’s gravity and shattered another cultivator’s hands and armor before dragging her away.
Chapters 2526–2550 Vol. 26 Read

Ch. 2526A Thousand Sails Pass by the Wrecked Boat

The Phoenix Four Clans ambushed their own traitors and broke away from the Nine-Headed Green Phoenix Clan as the Black Devil Race struck the unprepared army. Ming Qi ordered the four clans to turn back and attack the Nine-Headed Green Phoenix Clan and Red-Eyed Flame-Horned Beast Clan, while Li Yan and Mu Guyue watched from the Black Devil Race rear.

  • The Phoenix Four Clans killed known traitors and sealed suspected conspirators before their armies reached the Black Devil Race.
  • The Black Devil Race charged through the unprepared Nine-Headed Green Phoenix Clan army, while the Red-Eyed Flame-Horned Beast Clan tried to rally and resist.
  • The Red-Eyed Flame-Horned Beast Clan man surnamed Meng rushed to the front, and Haolin realized the four clans had defected and erupted in fury.
  • The four clans' Void Refinement cultivators spread around their army to suppress unrest, and a Blazing Fire Heavenly Phoenix Clan cultivator ordered the army to stop.
  • Ming Qi ordered the four clans to turn around and attack the Nine-Headed Green Phoenix Clan and Red-Eyed Flame-Horned Beast Clan, forbidding them to attack the Black Devil Race.
  • Li Yan and Mu Guyue saw the four clans turn back to fight, allowing the Black Devil Race's rear army to prepare its full-strength assault.

Ch. 2527The Black Devil Race's Opportunity

Mu Guyue and Li Yan watched the Black Devil Race launch its assault alongside the Phoenix Four Clans, knowing the alliance’s real plan was to break through to the Red-Eyed Flame-Horn Beast Clan’s third defensive line and threaten its nest. Meanwhile, the Third Supreme Elder arrived at the Undying Underworld Phoenix Clan’s camp and transported its guards into the Spirit Storage Space, leaving them confused and afraid.

  • Mu Guyue and Li Yan understood that the Black Devil Race had arranged for the Phoenix Four Clans to expose the Nine-Headed Green Phoenix Clan to a surprise attack as the armies crossed.
  • The Black Devil Race’s leaders prepared to exploit the Phoenix Four Clans’ cooperation to pierce the enemy’s defenses and advance toward the Red-Eyed Flame-Horn Beast Clan’s nest.
  • Li Yan followed Mu Guyue’s army to protect her and her child as the battle risked becoming a decisive confrontation.
  • A Devil Emperor ordered the Black Devil Race army to advance, and its troops erupted into battle cries.
  • A trusted aide of Ming Qi transmitted a jade slip from the Undying Underworld Phoenix Clan’s camp, after which the Third Supreme Elder arrived through the teleportation array.
  • The Third Supreme Elder told the guards not to panic and transported them into the Spirit Storage Space, where they wondered why he had brought them there.

Ch. 2528Simultaneous Action

The Phoenix Four Clans began their escape under a deal with the Black Devil Race, while the Third Supreme Elder of the Undying Underworld Phoenix Clan carried out a surprise attack at the second line of defense. Ming Feng led his clan through a spatial rift using a Sandstar King Stone, leaving the clans’ evacuation underway.

  • The Third Supreme Elder of the Undying Underworld Phoenix Clan destroyed the teleportation array, gathered his clansmen into the Spirit Storage Space, and prepared to seize the second line of defense with cultivators from the other three clans.
  • Ming Feng and the other Supreme Elders completed their preparations, storing clansmen and resources in separate Spirit Storage artifacts to reduce the risk of losing everything.
  • Ming Feng ordered the Undying Underworld Phoenix Clan to set out after the Third Supreme Elder teleported away.
  • Ming Feng opened a spatial rift with a Sandstar King Stone, and Ming Hua and the other cultivators entered it.
  • Ming Feng followed the clan through the rift while sensing their surroundings and carrying the clan-protecting grand formation.

Ch. 2529Leaving From This Day On!

The Phoenix Four Clans shut down their protective formations and fled through spatial rifts with the Black Devil Race’s help, while the Nine-Headed Green Phoenix Clan tried to stop them. Ming Feng entered the rift last, carrying his Dao Companion’s memorial tablet, and closed the passage behind him.

  • Ming Feng saw the other three clans deactivate their formations as the four clans began entering spatial rifts, but Feng Hao’s pressure halted them.
  • A Black Devil Race Devil Venerable appeared, blocked Feng Hao’s attack, and helped the clans resume their escape.
  • Feng Hao and a female elder of the Nine-Headed Green Phoenix Clan confronted the Black Devil Race, but two Black Devil Race cultivators kept them occupied as the clans fled.
  • The Black Devil Race taunted the Green Phoenix elders about their army’s dire situation, while Ming Feng watched Nine-Headed Green Phoenix Clan cultivators approach.
  • Ming Feng touched his Dao Companion’s memorial tablet, entered the spatial rift as the last to leave, and swept his palm to close it.

Ch. 2530The Black Devil Race's Opportunity

The Phoenix Four Clans escaped under cover of the Black Devil Race’s plan, while powerful avatars restrained the Nine-Headed Green Phoenix Clan’s ancestors. As the Black Devil Race launched a surprise assault on the Red-Eyed Flame-Horn Beast Clan, its army broke through the second line and reached the third-line defenders.

  • Ming Feng and the other Phoenix Clan leaders learned that the Black Devil Race had sent powerful avatars to hold back the Nine-Headed Green Phoenix Clan’s ancestors while the clans escaped.
  • Ming Feng realized the Black Devil Race intended to exploit the Phoenix Four Clans’ rebellion to strike directly at the Red-Eyed Flame-Horn Beast Clan’s lair.
  • The Black Devil Race and the Red-Eyed Flame-Horn Beast Clan began a brutal battle across the first line of defense.
  • The Phoenix Four Clans turned on the Nine-Headed Green Phoenix Clan’s troops as they advanced past the second line, leaving the third-line defenders without warning.
  • The Red-Eyed Flame-Horn Beast Clan’s and Nine-Headed Green Phoenix Clan’s Body Integration Realm cultivators argued amid the confusion as the Black Devil Race army and Great Devil Kings surged toward them.

Ch. 2531The Army Swept Through

The Black Devil Race and the Phoenix Four Clans fought their way to the Red-Eyed Flame-Horn Beast Clan’s mountain-backed city, suffering heavy casualties along the way. Ming Qi and Ming Yu regrouped their battered clan army and prepared to contact the other clans so Senior Wu could lead their retreat.

  • The Black Devil Race and Phoenix Four Clans breached the Red-Eyed Flame-Horn Beast Clan’s defenses and advanced into its territory, while the defenders pulled back to their city.
  • The Red-Eyed Flame-Horn Beast Clan’s city was surrounded on three sides, with the dangerous Black Flame Mountain range behind it serving as a natural barrier.
  • Ming Qi and Ming Yu reorganized the surviving Undying Underworld Phoenix Clan troops after Ming Yu was gravely wounded and Ming Qi suffered a wounded Nascent Soul.
  • Three of the four Phoenix Four Clans Body Integration Realm cultivators died in battle, and the Undying Underworld Phoenix Clan’s Third Supreme Elder was among the dead.
  • Ming Yu told Ming Qi to contact the other three clans so Senior Wu, the only surviving Body Integration Realm cultivator among the four clans, could lead them in retreat.

Ch. 2532Unclear Motives

The Phoenix Four Clans stopped their advance at the Crimson-Eyed Flame-Horn Beast Clan’s territory and prepared to withdraw, wary that the Black Devil Race might turn against them. Before Ming Qi could leave, Mu Guyue delivered her a jade slip, leaving her to wonder whether the Devil Race intended to break its agreement.

  • The Phoenix Four Clans halted their assault at the edge of the Crimson-Eyed Flame-Horn Beast Clan’s territory and reorganized while watching for hostile moves from the Black Devil Race.
  • Ming Qi ordered the clans to withdraw toward the meeting point with the Great Supreme Elder and planned to contact the other clans.
  • Mu Guyue arrived before Ming Qi, confirmed her identity, and handed her a jade slip sent from above.
  • Ming Yu asked Ming Qi whether the Devil Race planned to go back on its word before Ming Qi had examined the jade slip.

Ch. 2533The Vanished Person

Ming Qi received a jade slip from Li Yan asking her to find Zuo Qiudan and arrange for him to travel safely to the North Pasture Realm with the Undying Underworld Phoenix Clan. The clan’s retreat remained on course, while Elder Ming Lin recognized the secret plan’s connection to the Black Devil Race.

  • Ming Qi, Ming Yu, and Elder Ming Lin reacted tensely when a Devil Emperor delivered a jade slip addressed to Ming Qi.
  • Ming Qi heard Li Yan’s message asking her to locate Zuo Qiudan using clues from the Dustless Pill formula and help him join the journey to the North Pasture Realm.
  • Ming Qi hid the jade slip’s contents from Ming Yu and Elder Ming Lin, then reassured them that it was unrelated to the clan’s retreat.
  • Ming Yu understood that a senior had sent the message and accepted that Ming Qi would explain it to her later in private.
  • Elder Ming Lin recalled the clan’s secret plan to turn against the Nine-Headed Green Phoenix Clan during the war and realized who had likely sent Ming Qi the jade slip.

Ch. 2534War Between Races

Ming Qi and Ming Yu’s survival during the battle was secretly ensured by Li Yan, who had concealed himself and intervened when they faced mortal danger. As the Black Devil Race and the Red-Eyed Flame-Horned Beast Clan fought outside the city, a giant bull shadow appeared in the sky, signaling that the Tribulation Transcendence Realm battle had reached its conclusion.

  • Two Void Refinement Realm cultivators connected Ming Qi’s movements to the Undying Underworld Phoenix Clan’s secret cooperation with the Black Devil Race and concluded that Ming Qi had completed the mission.
  • Ming Qi flew to the Purple-Gold Jade Phoenix Clan after telling the two cultivators to put things in order.
  • Li Yan revealed that he had secretly watched the battlefield and intervened to save Ming Qi and Ming Yu, especially when Ming Yu was near death.
  • After the Phoenix Four Clans withdrew, the Black Devil Race attacked, and both sides’ armies continued fighting for three days outside the Red-Eyed Flame-Horned Beast Clan’s city.
  • A supreme pressure descended, and a vast bull shadow appeared above the battlefield; the Red-Eyed Flame-Horned Beast Clan rejoiced while the Black Devil Race’s Great Devil Kings prepared to order a withdrawal.

Ch. 2535Glory of the Clan (I)

The Red-Eyed Flame-Horn Beast Race began retreating toward Blackflame City and the dead zone after its ancestors admitted defeat and ordered the survivors to flee. As the Black Devil Race renewed its assault, five Red-Eyed Flame-Horn Beast Race elders and their chosen forces stayed behind to cover the retreat, launching a final counterattack.

  • The Red-Eyed Flame-Horn Beast Race's ancestor ordered its members to retreat while the ancestors held off the Black Devil Race for another quarter of an hour.
  • A Black Devil Race Devil Venerable ordered a full attack on Blackflame City, and the armies resumed fighting as the Tribulation Transcendence Realm cultivators clashed above.
  • Red-Eyed Flame-Horn Beast Race Body Integration Realm cultivators secretly organized an orderly retreat and five elders volunteered to stay behind and cover it.
  • A late-stage Body Integration Realm elder set the counterattack to begin in ten breaths, while another elder ordered Mu Han to hold the eastern front with his personal guard battalion.
  • Mu Han and the other elders arranged for trusted units, including Meng Hong's Demon-Slaying Battalion, to remain behind as the rest withdrew.
  • Across the battlefield, the Red-Eyed Flame-Horn Beast Race launched a fierce counterattack to buy time for its clansmen to retreat.

Ch. 2536Glory of the Clan (II)

The Scarlet-Eyed Flame-Horn Beast Clan launched desperate counterattacks as it retreated, while Li Yan watched from hiding and reflected on his place among the warring clans. The Black Devil Race withdrew ten thousand li from Black Flame City after four Devil Venerables arrived to attack its protective formation, and Li Yan escaped with the army.

  • The Scarlet-Eyed Flame-Horn Beast Clan fought back with secret arts and self-detonations, forcing the Black Devil Race’s advance to falter as clansmen retreated.
  • Some Scarlet-Eyed Flame-Horn Beast Clan cultivators ignored their superiors and charged back to die beside their friends and relatives.
  • The Scarlet-Eyed Flame-Horn Beast Clan notified the Nine-Headed Green Phoenix Clan to retreat, while its leaders planned to use the allies as a shield against the Black Devil Race.
  • Li Yan watched the battle from a hidden place on Black Flame City’s wall and considered how his former enemy had become the side he supported.
  • Four Devil Venerables appeared above Black Flame City, and the Black Devil Race army retreated ten thousand li after receiving orders from the sky.
  • Li Yan flew out with the Black Devil Race army and made three rapid moves during the retreat.

Ch. 2537City Falls

Li Yan protected Mu Sha and Mu Guyue from deadly counterattacks as the Black Devil Race attacked Black Flame City. The city fell after its formation was shattered, but the battle killed one Devil Venerable and severely wounded the three survivors; Li Yan then prepared to join the pursuit into Black Flame Mountain.

  • Li Yan used the Phoenix Soaring movement technique to save Mu Sha and Mu Guyue from enemy cultivators attempting to detonate themselves and their magic treasure.
  • Li Yan joined Mu Sha outside Black Flame City and sensed that three of the four Devil Venerables appeared depleted or injured.
  • The Black Devil Race attacked Black Flame City's formation, while the Crimson-Eyed Flame-Horned Beast Clan prepared to retreat into Black Flame Mountain.
  • The formation's destruction killed one Crimson-Eyed Flame-Horned Beast Clan ancestor, and another detonated himself and the formation's final power, killing one Devil Venerable and seriously injuring the other three.
  • Mu Guyue told Li Yan that she had orders to enter Black Flame Mountain with the pursuit force, and Li Yan said he would join her.

Ch. 2538Possible Hidden Strength of the Black Devil Race

Li Yan considered whether the Black Devil Race secretly possessed a Mahayana Realm expert, a hidden strength that could explain why it had risked a devastating war against the Scarlet-Eyed Flame-Horned Beast Race. He reached the military drill ground and appeared beside Mu Guyue and a group of Devil Emperors, leaving a patrol captain unsure why they welcomed a cultivator who was not of their race.

  • Li Yan recalled Mu Guyue's rumor of stronger Black Devil Race experts and reasoned that one might have reached the Mahayana Realm through a rare, secret method.
  • Li Yan concluded that the Black Devil Race might have anticipated the losses from its war and retained a hidden trump card to protect itself while its remaining Devil Venerables were weakened.
  • Li Yan concealed himself as he traveled to the military drill ground, then revealed himself wearing his Grey Mask and Ger Yuan's token.
  • A patrol squad spotted Li Yan and tried to raise an alarm, but he abruptly appeared beside Mu Guyue and several Devil Emperors.
  • The patrol captain saw the Devil Emperors greet Li Yan without hostility and asked whether anyone knew him, since he did not seem to belong to their race.

Ch. 2539Urgent Mission

Li Yan joined Mu Guyue’s squad as the Black Devil Race prepared to enter Black Flame Mountain and pursue the retreating Red-Eyed Flame-Horned Beast Clan. Despite Mu Guyue’s warning that the operation was dangerous, Li Yan insisted on going, and the squad set out after a nearby boom raised suspicions.

  • Patrol squads and Great Devil Kings recognized that the Grey Mask was accepted by Mu Guyue’s forces, though many did not know who Li Yan was.
  • Mu Guyue explained that Black Flame City had been evacuated and that enemy cultivators might ambush pursuers around Black Flame Mountain.
  • Li Yan argued that the enemy must know the mountain better than the Black Devil Race and refused Mu Guyue’s request to stay behind.
  • A thunderous boom sounded nearby, but the Great Devil Kings could not determine what had happened through their divine senses.
  • A Great Devil King ordered Mu Guyue’s squad, including Li Yan, to set out toward Black Flame Mountain.

Ch. 2540Task Assignment

Li Yan and the Black Devil Race squads entered Black Flame Mountain to search for fleeing Red-Eyed Flame-Horn Beast Clan cultivators. After hearing the Great Devil King’s instructions on the mountain’s crushing gravity and the limits on flying and divine sense, Li Yan’s squad dispersed laterally to begin its search.

  • Li Yan and the other Devil Emperors left the military drill ground and passed through Black Flame City’s gate toward Black Flame Mountain.
  • At the valley entrance, Li Yan learned that the Devil Venerable had destroyed the array and that Great Devil Kings were guarding against a counterattack.
  • Li Yan entered Black Flame Mountain and felt its gravity pull heavily on his body.
  • The Great Devil King explained the mountain’s increasing gravity, the limits on travel and divine sense, and how the squads would spread out to search.
  • Li Yan’s squad followed its Great Devil King laterally into the barren mountain terrain as the other squads dispersed.

Ch. 2541In Black Flame Mountain

Li Yan and Mu Guyue advanced through Black Flame Mountain as part of a vanguard searching for ambushes, while Li Yan secretly extended his divine sense to help keep her safe. After entering more than thirteen hundred li without finding enemies, Li Yan assessed how the mountain’s crushing gravity and heat drained spiritual power and weakened attacks.

  • Li Yan and Mu Guyue took up their assigned positions in the advancing formation and reminded each other to be careful as they passed.
  • Li Yan flew ahead while searching his assigned area and secretly extended his divine sense toward Mu Guyue to check her safety and help scan for enemies.
  • The vanguard advanced more than thirteen hundred li into Black Flame Mountain without finding enemies, suspicious traces, or signs of battle.
  • Li Yan felt the mountain’s gravity slow his spiritual power, compared it with the pressure he had experienced with Zhao Min, and used Gui Water spiritual power to resist it.
  • Li Yan tested his physical strength and found that gravity rapidly drained the force from his attacks beyond fifteen li.

Ch. 2542Unease

Li Yan grew uneasy at the seemingly empty black stone forest and entered it ahead of Mu Guyue to investigate. As Mu Guyue approached, the Great Devil King also sensed danger and warned the Devil Emperors to stay alert.

  • Li Yan judged that the Crimson-Eyed Flame-Horn Beast Clan would most likely ambush the Black Devil Race near three thousand miles deep, where gravity would weaken their combat strength.
  • Li Yan found no trace of enemies in the black stone forest, but its terrain and his unexplained unease made him suspect it could conceal an ambush.
  • Li Yan decided not to warn Mu Guyue to stop, knowing she would continue regardless, and entered the stone forest ahead of her.
  • Mu Guyue advanced toward the forest, trusting Li Yan and concluding that the enemy might attack near three thousand miles deep or use a feint.
  • The Great Devil King reached the stone forest, found no abnormalities with his divine sense, and warned Mu Guyue and the other Devil Emperors to report any clues rather than approach rashly.

Ch. 2543Endless Stone Forest

Li Yan entered Black Flame Mountain’s black stone forest and was caught in a gravity trap that dragged him into the ground. A Scarlet-Eyed Flame-Horned Beast Clan cultivator mistook him for a Phoenix Clan traitor and attacked, leaving Li Yan blocking the man’s axe while trapped.

  • Li Yan’s divine sense distorted in the stone forest, and black rocks silently swallowed his feet before a powerful gravity force dragged him downward.
  • Li Yan shouted warnings about the gravity trap, then concluded that the distant attacker and the prepared ambush suggested the enemy’s numbers were limited.
  • A Scarlet-Eyed Flame-Horned Beast Clan cultivator arrived, mistook Li Yan for a Phoenix Clan traitor, and attacked him with a Xuanhua battle axe.
  • Li Yan blocked the axe with a concealed black object, but the force drove him deeper into the ground, and his attacker vowed to beat him to pieces.

Ch. 2544Foreknowledge

Li Yan used the Red-Eyed Flame-Horn Beast Clan cultivator’s axe strike to break free from the black rocks and counterattack, hoping to capture him alive. A sudden gravity trick foiled his first decisive thrust, but Li Yan caught up and attacked again as the enemy fled.

  • The Red-Eyed Flame-Horn Beast Clan cultivator raised his ornate battle-axe, and Li Yan hooked onto its shaft and used its force to launch himself out of the rocks trapping his feet.
  • Li Yan slid down the axe and thrust the Guiyi Water-Parting Spike at the cultivator, intending to wound him with Subduing Wave Soul-Killing and capture him alive.
  • Black gravel formed a giant hand that halted Li Yan in midair, allowing the cultivator to evade the thrust and retreat.
  • Li Yan kicked apart the giant hand, then slapped a nearby black rock to propel himself after the fleeing cultivator.
  • Li Yan attacked the cultivator’s dantian again with the Guiyi Water-Parting Spike, while the cultivator cursed him in shock and anger.

Ch. 2545Black Rocks

Li Yan fought a Red-Eyed Flame-Horn Beast cultivator in Black Flame Mountain and discovered how the enemy used refined black rocks to manipulate gravity and form armor. After the rocks blocked Li Yan’s soul technique, he realized Mu Guyue might be in danger if she relied on the same method.

  • The Red-Eyed Flame-Horn Beast cultivator spun behind Li Yan and used black-rock fragments to form armor around himself.
  • Li Yan deduced that the cultivator could control refined black rocks to intensify and disrupt the surrounding gravity.
  • Li Yan’s Guiyi Water-Parting Spike failed to pierce the armor, and the cultivator counterattacked with his gravity-enhanced Xuanhua battle-axe.
  • Li Yan blocked the axe and unleashed Soul-Startling Spike, but the armor seemed to absorb the soul attack without affecting the cultivator.
  • Li Yan remembered Mu Guyue might face the same danger and feared her soul techniques would fail against an enemy in Black Flame Mountain.

Ch. 2546Peril at Every Step

Li Yan discovered that the Red-Eyed Flame-Horn Beast Race could use Black Flame Mountain’s rocks and gravity to trap and attack the advancing Black Devil Race. Mu Guyue entered the silent stone forest searching for Li Yan, unaware of the battles unfolding around her, and continued deeper through the rocks.

  • Li Yan realized the Red-Eyed Flame-Horn Beast Race’s control of Black Flame Mountain’s rocks was stronger than he had expected and attacked an opponent.
  • Black Devil Race squads entered the stone forest and suffered casualties as the Red-Eyed Flame-Horn Beast Race used traps, the rocks, and the crushing gravity against them.
  • Mu Guyue reached the stone forest, found that its gravity disrupted her spiritual awareness, and entered cautiously after failing to locate Li Yan.
  • Red-Eyed Flame-Horn Beast Race fighters targeted trapped Great Devil Kings and nearby Devil Emperors while the stone forest muffled the scattered battles.
  • Mu Guyue passed through the rocky paths into an open area and continued deeper, increasingly isolated by the silence and growing gravity.

Ch. 2547Heavy Shadows Obscured Her Sight

Mu Guyue was ambushed in Black Flame Mountain by humanoid stone blocks that attacked amid violently shifting gravity and reassembled after being shattered. As she struggled against the endless assault, she warned the others that the stone forest was under attack.

  • Mu Guyue entered the stone forest, where humanoid stone blocks suddenly rose and attacked her from every direction.
  • Mu Guyue fought back with her crescent bracers, but the shifting gravity disrupted her power and weakened her defense.
  • Mu Guyue saw the shattered stone blocks gather themselves and reform, making her realize the attackers could not be killed normally.
  • Mu Guyue sensed no life aura or divine-sense fluctuations in the stones and suspected the Red-Eyed Flame-Horn Beast Clan had caused the ambush.
  • Mu Guyue retreated while fending off the renewed attacks and shouted that there was an ambush in the stone forest.

Ch. 2548Unable to Match in Battle

Mu Guyue struggled through the shifting gravity and humanoid stone figures until a peak Late Void Refinement Realm cultivator from the Scarlet-Eyed Flame-Horned Beast Clan ambushed her. She survived his attacks with a defensive treasure, but lay badly injured as he prepared to strike again.

  • Mu Guyue retreated toward the edge of the open area while the fluctuating gravity and stone figures rapidly drained her strength.
  • A tall cultivator appeared through the stone figures and swept his crescent-bladed saber at Mu Guyue.
  • Mu Guyue deflected the first strike, but the force shattered the bones in her arms, injured her internally, and knocked her crescent blades away.
  • The attacker followed with another slash, and Mu Guyue's silver defensive treasure enveloped her and blocked the blow as it sent her crashing to the ground.
  • Mu Guyue realized her attacker was at the peak of the Late Void Refinement Realm, and he recognized her life-saving treasure and threatened another strike.

Ch. 2549Judgment Error

Mu Guyue fought a Red-Eyed Flame-Horn Beast cultivator in the stone forest, only to misjudge the gravity armor that nullified her Soul-Splitting Slash as his saber came down on her. Elsewhere, Li Yan's soul attack was blocked and rebounded, making him fear for Mu Guyue and charge his enemy with his full strength.

  • The Red-Eyed Flame-Horn Beast cultivator stopped controlling the stone puppets and approached Mu Guyue to unleash a stronger gravity-empowered attack.
  • Mu Guyue realized the cultivator controlled the puppets and that the forest's silence could mean Li Yan was in danger too.
  • Mu Guyue used her demonic source power to repair her shattered arms and cast Soul-Splitting Slash.
  • The cultivator's black armor released gravity that erased Mu Guyue's attack, and his saber reached the top of her head.
  • Li Yan saw his soul technique blocked and rebounded, then charged into his enemy's embrace with all his strength.

Ch. 2550Life and Death

Li Yan killed the Scarlet-Eyed Flame-Horn Beast cultivator who had ambushed him, then raced through the stone forest to find Mu Guyue. He reached her just as another Scarlet-Eyed Flame-Horn Beast cultivator was about to kill her, and struck him hard enough to seize her and flee.

  • Li Yan unleashed his full strength and tore the Scarlet-Eyed Flame-Horn Beast cultivator apart with the Guiyi Water-Separating Piercing Awl and a direct charge.
  • The fallen cultivator's body and Nascent Soul were dragged into cracks by the area's gravity and rapidly dissolved.
  • Mu Guyue misjudged the black stones' gravity and was pinned as the Scarlet-Eyed Flame-Horn Beast cultivator's crescent blade split her helmet.
  • Li Yan searched the stone forest for Mu Guyue and calculated where she might emerge while racing to reach her.
  • Li Yan struck the Scarlet-Eyed Flame-Horn Beast cultivator, shattered his hands and armor, and dragged Mu Guyue away.
Arc 102 of 126