One person above Qing Huang Ting

Chapter 887 Underworld Melee
A surging, scorching torrent of pure Yang sword energy crashed into Demon Lord Chonglou.

Sensing the threat posed by the purest and most yang sword energy, the Demon Lord held his twin blades horizontally in front of his chest and swung them repeatedly, unleashing torrents of flames.

Chonglou blocked Yangliu's sword energy with his crimson flame blade light.

The Pure Yang Sword Qi was not intended to ambush Demon Lord Chonglou. After forcing Chonglou to defend himself, it swept up Cao Guojiu and merged him into the Sword Qi. The Sword Qi then reversed, the waterfall flowed back, and returned to the Heavenly Court's army formation.

Lü Dongbin straightened Cao Guojiu's body, and Cao Guojiu looked embarrassed and awkwardly thanked Lü Dongbin.

Among the Eight Immortals, Cao Guojiu was the lowest in seniority, the least skilled, and lacked in character.

He still has the naive thoughts that a child hundreds of years old might have.

He had planned to pick on the weak in this great battle to accumulate merit, but he didn't expect to run into a tough opponent and need Lü Dongbin's help to rescue him.

Lu Dongbin ignored Cao Guojiu's ulterior motives, simply using his Pure Yang Sword Qi to shave off the blood-red demonic flames still clinging to his sleeve, greatly shocked by the Demon Lord Chonglou's strength:

"What a powerful flame! Although it is not as pure as the Great Sun True Fire of the Tathagata Buddha, it is not far off."

He Xiangu sighed, "I never expected that apart from the Great Sage Equaling Heaven and Erlang Shen, the rest of the people on Flower Fruit Mountain are not to be underestimated."

Zhang Daoling had already witnessed the power of Demon Lord Chonglou during the previous battle at Flower Fruit Mountain, so he wasn't particularly surprised.

"If all we need to do is stop Sun Wukong and Erlang Shen, then what use are we?"

Even without Sun Wukong and Erlang Shen, there's still Nezha, Prince Zhang, and Tianmingren Sun Xunyin—none of them are easy to deal with.

The Heavenly Court and Flower Fruit Mountain still have a fierce battle to fight!
Celestial Master Zhang Daoling raised the Three-Five Male and Female Demon-Slaying Swords as his battle flag, and shouted to the Heavenly Generals behind him:
"Defend the Heavenly Court and drive away evil spirits!"

The four divisions of Thunder, Fire, Plague, and Strike obeyed the order and swarmed forward, surrounding the Demon Lord Chonglou.

The four forces of thunder, fire, plague, and turmoil converged to create a calamity, and the gods unleashed a heavenly tribulation, shrouding the demon lord Chonglou.

Even as disaster loomed, Demon Lord Chonglou still laughed maniacally and mocked, "That's right, the weak should stick together for warmth!"

"bring it on!"

Demon Lord Chonglou unleashed his Flame Wave Twin Blades, the fiery torrents surging over a thousand feet, like a fiery roc spreading its wings.

A raging inferno engulfs calamity, and demonic fire corrupts the heavens.

The generals of Heaven all went into battle.

The Eight Immortals didn't delay either. Han Zhongli, the leader of the Eight Immortals, stroked his beard and sighed, "We still have some old friendships with Nezha. That demon has already been stopped by someone. Let's go and subdue that chosen one and Prince Zhang!"

Prince Zhang, the Mandate of Heaven Sun Xunyin, and Nezha were also entangled.

The five hundred spirit officials who were originally responsible for guarding the Lingxiao Palace also gathered together to form a spirit official formation, surrounding the six brothers of Meishan and the four divine generals.

Only a few of Emperor Gouchen's confidants did not take action, but simply waited for Emperor Gouchen's orders.

Unbeknownst to them, the command of the Great Emperor Gouchen had been transferred to the Celestial Master Zhang Daoling.

Despite being one of the Four Emperors, he was effectively sidelined by Zhang Daoling.

But while Emperor Gouchen was enjoying himself, those at the forefront were in even greater danger; just look at the fate of Emperor Ziwei to see.

"Let's go too, so the Taoist priest won't gossip."

Emperor Gouchen and his subordinates joined the melee, but they wandered aimlessly, sometimes veering left and sometimes right.

Indeed, Emperor Gouchen was the eldest son of Doumu Yuanjun.

She does indeed resemble Doumu Yuanjun.

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"Doumu Yuanjun is the mother of the Ziwei Emperor..."

Given the urgency of the situation, Pigsy could only use his divine sense to transmit all the information he knew about Doumu Yuanjun, as well as some information he had gleaned from a casual conversation with the Ziwei Emperor, to Sun Wukong and Erlang Shen.

"Idiot! Stop talking about background, give me some real information!" With a roar, Sun Wukong gathered all his strength, swung his staff, and stirred up thousands of miles of starlight, cutting through layers of stardust and clouds.

At the same time, it was also a way for him to vent his dissatisfaction.

He's in a fight right now! What's the use of just knowing this background? What he really wants to know is the opponent's methods and supernatural abilities.

Hearing Monkey King's roar, Pigsy felt helpless and aggrieved.

He was just a Marshal of the Heavenly River under the command of the Ziwei Emperor, how could he have ever seen Doumu Yuanjun make a move?

Pigsy angrily sent a message: "How could I possibly have seen Doumu Yuanjun take action? I only vaguely heard some rumors from the Ziwei Emperor."

Yang Jian summoned his mountain-splitting axe: "Speak from whoever you think is reliable. I trust your judgment, Marshal Tianpeng and the Clean Altar Messenger."

Pigsy sighed deeply. The Nine-Toothed Rake, imbued with the evil energy of the Northern Heavenly Canopy, condensed on its nine teeth, transforming into a nine-headed dragon that instantly forced back more than a dozen spirit officials.

With a backhand flip, the nine-toothed rake, like an oar inserted into the Milky Way, forcefully scooped upwards, creating a wave in the waterless and rainless hell.

It transformed into a celestial river wave three thousand feet high, engulfing dozens of spirit officials who couldn't dodge in time.

The spirit official, submerged in the Milky Way, struggled and thrashed about like a mortal, unable to breathe or fly out of the Milky Way.

The Milky Way is the starry sky, and its waters are as vast as the Milky Way and as deep as the Milky Way itself.

Fish cannot swim, and birds cannot fly across.

Pigsy managed to stop the attack of five hundred spirit officials all by himself.

Even the Celestial Masters, who were in charge of the overall situation and oversaw everything, were shocked by the strength that Pigsy had displayed.

Ge Hong exclaimed, "I haven't seen a Pigsy like this in a long time. The former Marshal Tianpeng and one of the Four Saints of the North Pole have returned."

The Milky Way is the starry sky.

Hu Xiuwu seized the position of the Ziwei Emperor and gained control of the stars.

Therefore, Hu Xiuwu returned Marshal Tianpeng's authority to Zhu Bajie, and Zhu Bajie regained control of the Heavenly River.

Manipulating the Milky Way and traversing the starry sky, the former Marshal Tianpeng has returned.

He's just not as tall or as handsome as he used to be.

Pigsy stood on the crest of the Milky Way, his nine-toothed rake seeping into the water, and the evil energy of the Northern Heavenly General seeping into the water, staining the Milky Way black and turning it into a torrent of black water.

"It's so exhilarating, so satisfying. I haven't felt this way in a thousand years."

The familiar feeling awakened Pigsy's memories:

“I remember now, the Ziwei Emperor once told me this.”

"Doumu Yuanjun was born from the primordial Yin Qi and was naturally protected by Yin Qi. As the Yin-protected Yuanjun, her body became the starry sky, omnipresent and all-pervasive."

"Almost no one can detect the presence of Doumu Yuanjun unless she reveals herself. At the same time, the Primordial Yin Qi allows her to command all innate Yin Qi, and when she strikes, she can erode the life force of all things. The Southern Dipper Lord is dead!"

"By the way, once, the Ziwei Emperor mentioned in a drunken state that the birth of Doumu Yuanjun's nine sons was actually due to the separation of their mother's power, with the power of the nine stars being distributed to them."

Doumu Yuanjun transformed into Lady Ziguang and gave birth to nine star lords. However, she gave birth to her children through encountering Qi and without a husband. Longhan Yuwang was not the father of the nine star lords.

In other words, Doumu Yuanjun's giving birth to the Nine Star Lords may not have been voluntary.

"The Ziwei Emperor once said that if they were to die one day, the power of the Nine Stars might return to Doumu Yuanjun."

"But after he sobered up, he said that he was just joking!"

"Wait!" After hearing Pigsy's recollection, Monkey King looked at Doumu Yuanjun with a strange expression.
"That's right. Doumu Yuanjun became so strong because we killed the Ziwei Emperor and the Seven Star Lords of the Big Dipper."

"This formidable enemy was created by ourselves!"