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Xu Qi'an drew the Nation-Guarding Sword, and his energy flowed into the brass sword. The abundant energy made the Nation-Guarding Sword as red-hot as a branding iron, and the surrounding seawater quickly boiled.

He swung his arms wildly, slashing out streaks of golden sword light that plunged into the trench.

The first sword light struck the edge of the trench, raising countless clouds of silt and shaking down boulders.

The second, third, and a dozen sword lights disappeared into the deep, dark trench. A few seconds later, the entire seabed trembled, and the silt that had accumulated there for countless years was thrown up.

The soft mud layer burst open, and the clear seawater instantly turned into a murky mud soup.

A deep, menacing roar echoed from the trench, amplified by the distorted water.

The ancient creatures slumbering in the trench have been enraged.

The next moment, five tentacles burst out from the deep trench, carrying millions of tons of undercurrents, and slammed down on Xu Qi'an.

At this moment, a thick, snow-white fox tail stabbed out from behind Xu Qi'an, striking the tentacle head-on, causing the water in the entire sea to tremble.

If this place were near the coast, it would be a terrible disaster for any seaside town.

The tsunami unleashed by the battle will utterly destroy everything in its path.

Six tentacles wrapped around its snow-white fox tail, the two sides like intertwined lines, taut and straight.

The Silver-Haired Enchantress's fair face flushed instantly, veins bulging on her forehead, as she urged him telepathically:

"I can only last for the time it takes to brew a cup of tea."

Without another word, Xu Qi'an suddenly swooped down like a torpedo, leaving behind a trail of boiling bubbles, and entered the trench.

He swooped down into the darkness for a long time, occasionally tossing out a seashell that exploded, illuminating the surroundings.

Fish were nowhere to be seen, and aquatic plants such as seaweed were also rare. Xu Qi'an moved among the six giant pillar-like tentacles, and before long, his divine sense sensed the true form of the Gods and Devils who had fallen here.

He threw out dozens of seashells at once, which exploded simultaneously.

Bang bang bang.

Amidst the muffled explosions, the fire element expanded into bursts of flame, bringing light for the first time in countless ages.

It illuminated the ravages of that ancient Gods and Devils.

This is an unimaginably huge monster, resembling an octopus. Its body almost filled the entire trench, and it was mutilated and covered with bite marks.

It had only one gray-white eye embedded in its scale-covered head. When the firelight illuminated the scene, in the desolate depths of the sea, Xu Qi'an was no more than a hundred feet away from it.

His gray-white eyes stared blankly at Xu Qi'an, as if he were staring at a speck of dust in the air.

This is the difference in size between the two.

Fortunately, I don't have thalassophobia. By the slowly dying light, Xu Qi'an discovered that the monster should have had more than a dozen tentacles, but they had already been torn off.

Without any fluctuations in his Primordial Spirit, he would have died long ago. After a preliminary exploration of how he survived these long years, Xu Qi'an was somewhat perplexed.

To set up the array and refine its essence, the enemy must be subdued, and for enemies of this level, killing them is the only option.

But that person is already dead, and has been dead for countless years.

what to do?

Xu Qi'an silently gazed at the "octopus monster's" true form, and suddenly he understood.

He died in ancient times, but what remains is his indomitable will and fearless fighting spirit. It is his unwavering determination that has allowed him to endure through countless years to this day.

"This ancient Gods and Devils was unwilling and resentful to have died at the hands of that enemy. The way to eliminate his obsession is very simple."

What he needs to do is not kill Him, but defeat Him.

Above the trench, the Nine-Tailed Fox, struggling against the tentacles, received a telepathic message from Xu Qi'an:

"Your Majesty, you should go up first. There's no need for you to get involved in this battle anymore."

Yierbu had never experienced such rapid flight before. The mountains and rivers flashed by in a blur in his eyes. When the Great Shaman's magic power was exhausted, he found that he had crossed the territory of the Great Feng and arrived in the Western Regions.

"Sending me here to deliver the imperial seal? Isn't that sending me to my death?" Yierbu flew cautiously through the skies of the Western Regions, reflecting on his past journey, a question Fuxian in his mind:

Why am I always the one running errands?

From the moment the Prince Who Guards the North began refining the Blood Pill, he had always served as a gofer and henchman.

Another Spirit Wisdom Master Wuda Baota, has never met Xu Qi'an, even though he has already interacted with Xu Qi'an several times.

Yierbu was very cautious and did not venture deep into the Western Regions. After discovering an ordinary corpse, he Manipulation the corpse to fly on the wind and let the corpse go to Aranda in his place.

"If I venture deep into the Western Regions, I will surely be devoured by the Buddha."

"This is a good opportunity to use the puppets to scout out and see what the Western Regions are like now."

Given his rank Spirit Wisdom Master, he could probably unleash about 50% of his true power by Manipulation a corpse.

After flying at Extreme Speed for a while, Yierbu's strongest feeling was one of desolation.

There was no sign of human habitation; it was desolate and deathly silent.

The villages and towns we passed through were all empty.

"It's all really gone. Hundreds of thousands of miles of the Western Regions have been wiped out of life. The struggle for power is truly cruel. Those fools in the Great Feng probably don't even know what happened."

"Without Transcendent Rank being in their time, they cannot know the secrets of the great calamity. In the future, they will not even know how they will die."

"If Buddha replaces the Heavenly Dao, our Shaman System —no, all systems in the world—will perish and become dust in history. I really can't understand why the Great Shaman would Fate of the Yan Kingdom to Buddha."

As Yierbu's puppet flew toward Aranda, it began to ponder.

"Mahayana Buddhism has diverted some of the Buddha's Fate, preventing him from completely dominating the Western Regions. However, given the Buddha's power and the foundation of Buddhist Order, it certainly won't stop there; there must be other methods. But it may take a great deal of time, which is beneficial to the Shaman God."

"The Great Shaman entrusted the Fate of the Yan Kingdom to the Buddha. If the Buddha seizes this opportunity to become the Western Regions, his next step will be to devour the Central Plains."

Thinking of this, Yierbu had a flash of inspiration and continued his analysis:

"The Transcendent of Great Feng will surely fight to the death. Faced with the Buddha's attack, the Half-Step Martial God of the Southern Frontier will probably not be able to stand idly by. With the addition of Transcendent experts, one of the two tigers will surely be injured in the fight. In this way, our Shaman God Cult can reap the benefits."

"No, even if he's Half-Step Martial God, he couldn't possibly stop Transcendent Rank on his own. The Great Shaman is playing with fire; this isn't in his character. What makes him think that the Great Feng can stop the Buddha? Xu Qi'an is overseas, and the Superintendent has been sealed away."

Yierbu was taken aback; he suddenly understood the Great Shaman's true intention.

Although that old fellow Superintendent was caught off guard and sealed away by Xu Pingfeng, Jialuoshu, and others, he was still Heavenly Mandate Master, Heavenly Mandate Master was most skilled at strategizing.

The Superintendent calculating everything; how could he not foresee the great calamity?

He must have left behind corresponding methods, hidden cards that no one knows about.

In this way, the Buddha became their pathfinder.

"This is the true meaning of 'when the snipe and the clam fight, the fisherman benefits.' If the Great Feng still cannot defeat the Buddha, at worst, they can ally with the Gu God to fight against the Buddha in the future."

At that moment, Yierbu saw the majestic holy mountain appear on the horizon; Aranda had arrived.

He immediately stopped thinking, Manipulation the puppet, and transformed into a streak of black light, rushing towards Aranda.

Before they even got close, a white figure flashed in front of them. With delicate and three-dimensional features, dressed in white and barefoot, the radiant and graceful Bodhisattva Liuli Qing Shi blocked their path.

This stunningly beautiful woman with Western Regions charm said calmly:

"Yierbu of the Shaman God Cult, what brings you to Aranda?"

The Walking Corpse puppet paused for a moment, then blurted out:

How did you know it was me?

The Bodhisattva Liuli was as beautiful as a peach blossom, yet as cold as ice, her voice completely flat.

"Aren't you the one who runs errands?"

Although I'm the one mostly running errands, it doesn't mean I'm a gofer. I, the Spirit Wisdom Master Yierbu, cursed inwardly, but outwardly remained aloof and cold, saying calmly:

"The Great Shaman entrusted me with Fate upon the Buddha."

To save face and highlight his status, he avoided using words like "dispatch" and "command".

The Bodhisattva Liuli raised an eyebrow, and after a dozen seconds, said:

"Salun Agu wants my Buddhist Order to charge into battle and wipe out the Transcendent power of the Central Plains?"

"This woman is quite clever," Yierbu said coldly.

You can refuse!

The Bodhisattva Liuli closed her beautiful eyes, listened intently for a moment, then opened them and said:

"Where's the stuff?!"

"The Buddhist Order is indeed confident," Yierbu scoffed.

"The imperial seal is with my body. If you want it, come with me."

The Bodhisattva Liuli shook his head:

"No need, just take the imperial seal and head west."

After saying this, she disappeared and returned to Aranda.

Yierbu hesitated for a moment, then severed his Manipulation over the puppet.

On the Western Regions border, Yierbu, draped in a wizard's robe, opened his eyes. "Let me deliver it?"

He thought for a moment, then stretched out his right hand from his robe, making a grasping motion towards the distance.

He captured a camel, which bled from its seven orifices and died. Then, the camel transformed into Walking Corpse corpse puppet.

The camel stepped forward, took the jade seal from Yierbu's hand, and with a leap, flew away.

The camel flew and flew until it finally arrived at a desolate place. Suddenly, it saw a pair of eyes open in the sand below.

Immediately afterwards, a huge mouth split open in the sand, and waves of earth surged up, propelling the mouth toward the camel and swallowing it whole.

After swallowing the camel and the Yan Kingdom's jade seal, the earthen wave did not fall back down. Instead, as if stimulated, it continued to rise, transforming in the blink of an eye into a "giant wave" a hundred feet high, rolling eastward.

The Buddha obtained new credentials and continued to assimilate and replace the rules, devouring everything in his path.

On the other side, Yierbu sprang to his feet, trembling as he rode a dark beam of light into the sky.

Through the shared vision, he clearly and intuitively felt the terror of the Transcendent Rank, its chilling aura, and the involuntary feelings of inferiority it evoked. The latter, in particular, was something Yierbu had never experienced before.

Even when facing the Shaman God, though he was trembling with fear as if standing on the edge of an abyss, Yierbu did not feel inferior.

That's terrifying, that's terrifying!

Southern Frontier.

Li Lingsu sipped the mountain tea, a specialty of the Hundred Thousand Mountains, and glanced at the several beautiful women gathered not far away, discussing important matters.

Besides Xu Qi'an's concubine Yeji, there were three other Fox Race beauties whose looks, temperament, and figures were in no way inferior.

Wearing a light blue dress and a thin veil over her face, Qingji exuded a reserved and aloof air. She reminded Li Lingsu of a refined and dignified young lady from a prominent family, well-educated and knowledgeable.

He's polite to everyone, but indifferent to everyone.

The beautiful woman dressed in a long, elaborate black dress is named Youji. She possesses both the mature charm of a forty-year-old woman and the youthful beauty and grace of a twenty-year-old.

With every smile and glance, she had shed her girlish naiveté and was now like a noblewoman who had long lived in seclusion.

She possesses a kind and gentle maternal nature, as well as the Charm of other Fox Race.

The third girl was named Lingji. Her vivaciousness and cheerfulness reminded Li Lingsu of Chu Caiwei, the new Superintendent of the Bureau of Astronomy.

The difference is that the Superintendent lively and cheerful with a touch of naivety, carefree and innocent.

The Fox Race girl Lingji is more mischievous, clever, and adorable.

She's clearly a mischievous little devil who loves to play pranks.

"My romantic luck has returned," Li Lingsu thought to herself, then touched her kidneys and added two more words in her mind, "Probably!"

"The lord and Xu Lang have been at sea for several months and have yet to return, while the situation in Nine Provinces is becoming increasingly dire."

Yeji frowned, her delicate brows furrowed, her face full of worry.

"If Silver Gong Xu can't advance to the Half-Step Martial God level, then going to sea will be a wasted trip. Even with Shenshu's father, he can't stop Transcendent Rank enemy."

Lingji rested her chin on her hands, opened her bright eyes wide, and said with a grin:

"Sister Yeji, are you missing your lover? You've been single for so long, are you feeling lonely? When will you lend your lover to someone else to play with?"

Yeji glanced at the girl's budding, delicate body and scoffed disdainfully.

The relationship between the nine sisters is not entirely one of love and affection. Apart from the maternal Youji, who wins the unanimous respect of her sisters, and the soft, cute, and incapable of transforming into human form Baiji, who wins the unanimous love of her sisters, there are more or less intrigues and rivalries among the other sisters.

Youji flicked her finger and gently scolded the girl's smooth forehead:

"We're talking serious stuff, stop fooling around."

Lingji covered her forehead, pouted, and whimpered:

"Anyway, we're going to marry Xu Ningyan sooner or later. Sister Qingji said that Her Highness will most likely not escape Silver Gong Xu's clutches. If Her Highness goes with Silver Gong Xu, won't we have to come as part of her dowry?"

Qingji's expression changed slightly:

"Nonsense, I never said anything like that."

What? Are they also Xu Ningyan's chosen concubines? How could he do this? Xu Ningyan, that scoundrel, I've never seen such a lecherous man. This is too much, too much! Li Lingsu's face slowly froze.

At that moment, he felt that familiar heart palpitation.

He took out the Earth Book Fragment to examine the message.

[Second: Senior brother, something terrible has happened! Quickly, get Shenshu to Leizhou to save us!]

P. S.: Typos will be corrected later.