The ghosts turned on their master, the evil baleful spirits slew their lord

[How is this possible?]

[Even if your body in this lifetime can bear the Divine Firmament Sword, it could never possess such powerful vitality!]

There seemed to be no concept of "Primordial Qi" in his mind.

The old man simply understood the Life Primordial Qi and Earth Veins Sha Qi within Li Hao as "vitality."

In particular, the repelling and devouring properties produced by mixing Life Primordial Qi with Earth Veins Sha Qi had far exceeded the old man's expectations.

In fact, never mind the old man.

Even if the Gods of the Five Directions came in person, they probably could not understand how Li Hao had mixed Life Primordial Qi with Earth Veins Sha Qi without being devoured and assimilated by the Sha Qi.

"There's plenty more you didn't see coming!"

The corners of his mouth curled slightly as Li Boyang spoke, revealing his pointed canines.

"Panhu said pure righteous thoughts and pure Yang blood are your bane..."

"So, do you think my blood counts as pure Yang blood?"

Looking at the Heavenly Mandate Bone Plastron lying faceup in his palm, Li Hao, who already knew the answer, smiled.

The next second, Li Hao bit through the skin of his finger.

Then he lifted his clothes and drew a mysterious talisman on his chest.

This talisman also came from the Nine Chapters on the Secrets of Divination, one of the twelve talismanic maxims at the end of the Chapter on Myriad Phenomena.

Through his deciphering and understanding over this period, along with the experiences Xiluo occasionally mentioned...

Li Hao had roughly guessed that this talisman might have something to do with souls, evil entities, and spiritual awareness.

The Witch of the Huai River often used it to drive away ghosts, exorcise evil, and communicate between Yin and Yang.

Although he did not know whether the talisman could be used like this, under these circumstances, surely it was better than nothing?

Whoosh!

And so, almost the instant the blood formed the maxim,

a kind of Primordial Qi Li Hao had never encountered surged into the talisman from all directions.

This Primordial Qi seemed to come from another, alien dimension, ethereal yet carrying a faint, ghostly chill.

Most importantly, this Primordial Qi did indeed seem to have some special effect on souls.

[Aah!]

With a wretched scream, the Heart-Seizing Baleful Intent the old man had become melted away like ice and snow.

In an instant, the spirit essences of wild beasts poured out of Li Boyang's body, one after another.

And bringing up the rear was none other than a Ranyi Fish.

However, in its soul form, the Ranyi Fish was no longer a Malign Baleful Intent, but a spirit creature that had attained spiritual awareness.

"Moo!"

After being freed by Li Boyang, the Ranyi Fish first cast a lingering look at this world.

Then, like the spirit souls of the other beasts, it slipped into another dimension.

Only at the very last moment before leaving, the Ranyi Fish kissed Li Boyang's forehead in a distinctly human gesture.

Or, more precisely, the Ranyi Fish kissed the third eye between Li Boyang's brows.

-it had chosen to leave its final remaining trace of spiritual awareness to this "extraterritorial heavenly demon" who had freed it.

"No!"

At the same time, the Ghost King on the main battlefield suddenly let out a furious roar.

For the instant Li Boyang purified the Ranyi Fish, a backlash from the soul struck the Ghost King.

The baleful ghosts locked in fierce combat with Xiluo, the Sword Pill, and Panhu all wailed as they dissolved into smoke, as though they had suffered grievous injuries.

No, it was not merely a matter of grievous injury.

The grievous damage to the Ghost King's soul meant that he had lost his command and control over the baleful ghosts.

Caught in the repercussions of the Ghost King's injury, the weaker ghosts reverted to the spirit souls of myriad beasts and scattered.

But those baleful ghosts refined from spirit creatures

forcibly gathered themselves again through their own obsessions and resentment after briefly dispersing.

Although the loss of the other beasts' spirit essences meant these re-formed Malign Baleful Intents no longer possessed their former terrifying power,

they still possessed extremely fearsome strength compared with ordinary spirit creatures and evil ghosts.

"Awoo!"

"Screee!"

The ghost-faced leopard and the four-winged eagle were the first to raise their heads and cry out to the sky.

They possessed greater power than the other spirit creatures, so they also re-formed more quickly.

This time, however, instead of continuing to attack Xiluo and Li Boyang, they turned toward the same target and pounced into the depths of Black Cloud Marsh.

As though a fuse had been lit, the remaining spirit creatures that re-formed in succession all followed close behind.

"This is..."

The sight left Xiluo staring in astonishment.

Even her attacking movements came to a halt.

Equally stunned, Panhu hesitated, then turned his gaze toward the Ghost King, who was still howling.

"You dare!"

The furious roar swept across a hundred li in every direction.

The Ghost King's voice shook the mountain forests and terrified the beasts.

Unfortunately, swept along by hatred, the spirit creatures had no fear of the Ghost King's roar. Instead, they rushed even faster into the depths of Black Cloud Marsh.

Those who controlled Malign Baleful Intents and hordes of ghosts would inevitably suffer their backlash.

This was as natural as heaven and earth, unavoidable even for one who had become a Ghost King.

[Help me hold it off!]

In a flash, Li Boyang's voice reached Xiluo's and Panhu's ears at the same time.

Whoosh!

The golden Sword Pill cleaved through the long night like lightning.

Following closely behind the Malign Baleful Intents, it too shot into the depths of Black Cloud Marsh.

After all, Li Boyang had already realized that the seemingly ferocious Ghost King before them was not the old man's true body either.

To say "a crafty hare has three burrows" might have been something of an exaggeration.

But the old man, seasoned and cunning, must have left himself enough fallback measures.

As it happened, the Malign Baleful Intents' backlash had exposed the location of the old man's true body.

This was an opportunity-an opportunity to cut the weeds and pull out the roots, eliminating the old man completely.

"I'll help you!"

"Until I fall in battle, he absolutely won't interfere with you."

At this moment, the first to answer Li Boyang was unexpectedly not Xiluo, but Panhu, with his canine head and human body.

"Awooo!"

A wolf's howl rang through the mountain forests.

Panhu leaped into the air and transformed into a gigantic five-colored dragon hound.

He had horns like a young dragon's, his body shone with five-colored radiance, and his frame was even larger than a giant elephant's.

"Be careful. Don't push yourself."

Seeing this, Xiluo could only offer a quiet warning before joining the five-colored dragon hound in lunging at the hideous Ghost King.

Whoosh!

Blazing flames and five-colored radiance lit up the night.

The battle between the Ghost King, Xiluo, and Panhu shook the mountain forests, disturbing countless mountain gods and spirit creatures.

Unlike all their earlier probing exchanges,

all three had now brought out their full strength and trump cards, seeking only to shake off their opponents as quickly as possible.

Unfortunately, each side's strength far exceeded their opponents' expectations.

Even Panhu, who appeared the weakest of the three, could threaten the Ghost King with his own pure Yang blood.

Whenever the battle reached a point where the Ghost King wanted to break away, Panhu would unhesitatingly bite the tip of his tongue and spit out pure Yang flames in a manner that came close to mutual destruction.

For a time, the entire battle fell into a stalemate.

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