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Chapter 1109 Reclaiming the Demon Star
When faced with certain situations, cultivators of the Taiyan sect tend to plan ahead in order to maximize their own interests or secretly undermine the enemy's power.

However, after careful consideration, Daoist Miaoqing objected, saying, "The True Lord has ordered that we must do our utmost to eliminate the demonic cultivators this time, so let's not mention this matter again."

Everyone nodded after hearing this.

Then, Miao Qing instructed Que Cai, "Go and keep an eye on Fellow Daoist Li and Fellow Daoist Ke Yue, and tell them not to go too deep."

Que Cai responded and transformed into a streak of light, flying towards the front line.

Xia Wenyi then said, "I'll go and meet those demonic cultivators too."

Miao Qing raised an eyebrow. She didn't want Xia Wenyi to go to the front line. After all, he was a disciple of a True Lord, and she couldn't afford to take responsibility if anything happened to him.

Tongyu Daoist glanced at Xia Wenyi, then looked at Miaoqing and said, "I also want to go and see. I feel that the consciousness of these demonic cultivators can be made into Taiyin puppets."

Miao Qing had no reason to refuse.

Time flies, and the battle in the stars has lasted for several months.

After the master craftsman's strike that severed the galaxy, the advance of the alliance's various armies accelerated dramatically.

As the vanguard of the Dragon Lord's camp, the Vajra Temple and the Underground Gate launched the most fierce offensive, tearing apart the demonic cultivators' defenses almost at any cost. The Taiyan Sect, under the leadership of Miaoqing Daoist, proceeded steadily, focusing on preserving its strength, gradually clearing and consolidating the airspace it had occupied, while simultaneously supporting the demon army on the front.

Under such intense combined attacks, the demonic army, despite its geographical advantage, could no longer sustain its strategy of fighting and retreating. After hundreds of battles, the allied fleet finally pushed the battle line forcefully to the outer edge of the demon star's own gravitational orbit.

The demonic star, completely shrouded in dense demonic energy, was now clearly visible. It resembled a terminally ill star, its surface entangled in lingering filth, and the observable portion of its surface exhibited a deathly gray-white hue.

The demonic cultivators lost the buffer of the vast outer starry sky, and their remaining power was forced to shrink. Relying on the demonic star itself and the last remaining fortifications in its near-Earth orbit, they built their final line of defense.

The counterattack on the homeland of the demon star is already imminent.

The entire alliance fleet readjusted its formation outside the orbit of the demon star. After months of fierce fighting, although many of the starships were damaged, the surviving cultivators' auras became increasingly refined and fierce.

The standoff lasted no more than two Central Continent days before the allied forces, with the demon army as the vanguard, launched another tidal wave of attacks on the outer defenses of the demon star.

This final stage of the battle was far more brutal and protracted than any previous battle. The demonic energy around the demon star became even more condensed after contracting, and the demonic cultivators relied on the complex terrain of the star's surface and the permanent fortifications that had been built long ago to put up a resistance.

The fierce battle lasted for several years in the blink of an eye.

Both sides poured massive amounts of cultivators and resources into this narrow airspace. The battle went back and forth repeatedly, with every inch of space fought for resulting in huge casualties.

On this day, just as the main force of the allied forces had once again torn open a gap in the defense line and was about to truly penetrate the atmosphere of the demon star, a sudden change occurred!

This anomaly did not originate from the demonic cultivators, but rather from within the allied forces, specifically from the Nine Cauldrons Sect's stronghold within the Taiyan Sect's camp.

A pure and extreme killing intent suddenly soared into the sky without warning, instantly overwhelming all energy fluctuations on the battlefield. That intent was cold and violent, devoid of any human emotion, as if it were the ultimate weapon existing solely for slaughter.

He is a weapon cultivator at the third realm. In the past few years of fierce battles, he has completed his path of slaughter by killing demonic cultivators. At this moment, he uses this overwhelming killing intent as a guide to forcefully break through the fourth realm barrier that has troubled countless weapon cultivators!

"Roar!"

The weapon cultivator let out a roar that was not human-like, and the blood-red baleful aura around his body collapsed wildly inward, clashing violently with his demonic weapon and the consciousness of the fourth realm true spirit. The conflict that was enough to instantly annihilate the primordial spirit of an ordinary third realm cultivator was forcibly suppressed by his pure and firm killing will!
The next moment, a surge of energy belonging to the fourth realm, mixed with a nauseating bloody aura, swept out like a storm.

He succeeded, advancing to the fourth realm through slaughter.

However, having successfully advanced, his eyes had turned completely blood red, and his reason seemed to have been completely devoured by his bloodlust. He no longer distinguished friend from foe, and the demonic weapon in his hand, which had already transformed, slashed fiercely at the Star God Alliance cultivators who were forming a defensive formation against the demonic cultivators' counterattack.

A flash of blood, and before anyone could react, several Star God Alliance cultivators, along with their protective formations, were cleaved in two!

"Devil!"

"He's crazy!"

Exclamations and roars immediately erupted within the allied forces' ranks.

The other three realm cultivators of the Nine Cauldrons Sect did not dare to step forward to stop them. For a time, the allied forces were thrown into chaos. The breach in the defensive line that was about to be broken through was actually showing signs of closing again under the counterattack of the demonic cultivators.

At the critical moment, a golden light streaked across the starry sky, slashing down towards the location of the weapon cultivator. It was the spiritual energy guarding the rear of the Vajra Temple. However, facing this strike that was powerful enough to cut through the stars, the weapon cultivator simply raised his blood-red eyes indifferently, casually flicked the demonic weapon in his hand upwards, and a blood-red blade of light, condensed to the extreme, rose against the tide.

The instant the two forces clashed, Ling Yuan was horrified to discover that the vast golden spiritual energy he had summoned was as if it had been cleaved in two by an invisible blade. Wherever the blood-red blade passed, the rules governing the flow of the golden spiritual energy were forcibly severed, the golden light instantly dissipated, and the condensed sharpness collapsed like a sand tower.

The crimson blade continued its relentless advance, heading straight for Ling Yuan's face!
Ling Yuan was greatly alarmed. His golden spiritual energy circulated rapidly, forming layers of barriers in front of him, while he retreated violently.

"Hiss... hiss..."

With a teeth-grinding tearing sound, the outermost golden spirit barriers were easily cut open like thin gauze. Finally, a thick golden barrier collided head-on with the blade's light. The barrier trembled violently, and a deep dent was cut into its surface, almost piercing through!
Ling Yuan grunted and used the recoil to retreat several miles, his eyes filled with disbelief.

The weapon cultivator forced Ling Yuan back with a single strike. His blood-red eyes swept over Ling Yuan, revealing no triumph, only a deathly killing intent. He seemed to have identified Ling Yuan as a threat, and with a flicker, he transformed into a blood-red shadow, carrying a sharpness that could tear apart the net of rules, and rushed straight towards Ling Yuan!

Ling Yuan dared not confront him head-on, and could only rely on his exquisite escape techniques to maneuver, while shouting sharply, "Form an array! Traps him!"

Upon hearing this, the cultivators from the nearby Vajra Temple immediately attempted to activate the starship and construct a trapping and killing formation using the golden spiritual energy. However, the weapon cultivator gave them no chance at all. With each swing of his demonic weapon, streaks of blood light crisscrossed the area. Before the formation could even take shape, its energy nodes and connections were precisely severed. The backlash caused the disciples controlling the starship to experience a surge in their spiritual veins, and the formation instantly collapsed.

For a time, this weapon cultivator caused chaos in the rear of the allied forces, and even the spiritual energy could only barely restrain him, unable to suppress him.

At this critical moment, Li Miaolin and Que Cai appeared through a teleportation array.

Li Miaolin remained calm as he lightly tapped the void with his fingertips. Countless sword talismans, constructed from pure wood spirit energy, intertwined to form a sparse yet effective net, blocking the cultivator's path.

At the same time, her hands moved like butterflies flitting among flowers, sending streaks of emerald light into the starry sky. Dense vines sprang forth out of thin air, ignoring the vacuum and the bitter cold, quickly taking root in the starry sky and coiling around the cultivator's feet and weapon-wielding arms as if they were alive. And that wasn't all!
Li Miaolin and Que Cai worked together seamlessly. The moment the sword talisman and demonic vine restrained the weapon cultivator, they simultaneously changed their hand seals. The 'Heaven-Covering Talisman' appeared silently, instantly causing the weapon cultivator's consciousness to freeze and his violent killing intent to lose its clear focus for a moment.

Then, Li Miaolin and Que Cai simultaneously cast their final spell into the miniature array plate that had been quietly set up beneath their feet.

In an instant, the space around the weapon cultivator rippled like water. He roared and swung his demonic weapon, the blood-red light tearing apart the sword talisman in front of him, severing the entwined vines, and even tearing cracks in the space itself. However, when he rushed out from the broken sword talisman and vines, he strangely returned to his previous position.

This is a teleportation array. It is most effective in trapping people like this who only know how to kill.

Only then did Li Miaolin get a clear look at the man. He raised an eyebrow and said, "It's Sun Shulin from the Nine Cauldrons Sect..."

Que Cai asked, "What's so special about him?"

Li Miaolin replied, "Before I advanced to the fourth realm, I dealt with matters concerning the Nine Cauldrons Sect. Fellow Daoist Liu Shuang once said that he had interacted with the True Monarch, but I am not very clear about the specifics."

As he spoke, he looked at the spirit bird circling the demonic weapon in the weapon cultivator's hand. It was through this spirit bird that he confirmed the weapon cultivator's identity.

Upon hearing this, Que Cai's eyes flickered slightly, but she did not continue speaking.

At this moment, Ling Yuan transformed into a golden light and appeared in the starry sky on the other side. When he stabilized his body, the golden spiritual energy around him surged again, clearly indicating that he had the intention to completely kill this out-of-control weapon cultivator.

"This scoundrel has lost his mind; keeping him alive will only cause great trouble. He must be killed!" Ling Yuan's voice was icy as he prepared to act.

"Fellow Daoist Lingyuan, please wait!" Li Miaolin hurriedly called out to stop him.

Ling Yuan paused, the spear formed by the gathering of golden spiritual energy hovering in mid-air. He frowned and looked at Li Miaolin, his tone filled with dissatisfaction: "Fellow Daoist, should we spare the life of such a scourge?"

Li Miaolin cupped his hands and said, "Fellow Daoist, please calm down. Although he has lost all reason, he is still a true fourth-realm cultivator. It would be a pity to kill him now."

Que Cai added from the side, "Fellow Daoist Ling Yuan, the situation at the front is critical, and the demonic cultivators are putting up a stubborn resistance. Why don't we direct their bloodlust toward the real enemy?"

Upon hearing this, Ling Yuan's anger subsided slightly, but he remained doubtful: "He no longer distinguishes between friend and foe. How could he lead the demonic cultivators astray? If we release a tiger back into the mountains, the backlash will be even more severe!"

Li Miaolin pointed at Sun Shulin and said, "There's no need to release him. I can use a teleportation talisman to move him to the front lines."

“Alright, then so be it, fellow Daoists!” Ling Yuan answered decisively, and dispersed the golden spear in his hand.

This is the headquarters of the Taiyan Sect, and he couldn't force anyone to do anything against their will. Moreover, the Taiyan Sect is powerful now, and since Li Miaolin and Que Cai are speaking up, he really can't say much.

Li Miaolin and Que Cai exchanged a glance and immediately activated the teleportation array. With a tremor in space, Sun Shulin disappeared from his spot. The next moment, on the distant front line, in the core area of ​​the demonic cultivator camp, a beam of blood-red light exploded out of thin air, followed by even more chaotic fighting and the angry roars of the demonic cultivators.

Sun Shulin didn't discriminate between targets; he instinctively swung his blade at anything that emitted energy fluctuations. Wherever the blood-red light passed, the carefully constructed defensive fortifications and the arrays of demonic energy gathered by the demonic cultivators were mercilessly shattered.

With the pressure on the allied forces' front lines greatly reduced, how could the main force of the demon race on the front let go of such a golden opportunity?

Just as the demonic cultivator camp was thrown into chaos by Sun Shulin's madness, several vast and boundless wills suddenly descended from the depths of the starry sky.

That was the aura of Tiangong, Diwen, Xuanqing, Baiyan, and others, which restrained all the fifth-realm level demons inside the demon star and in the surrounding star field.
Without the support of high-level forces and effective command, the resistance of the demonic cultivators on the front lines finally collapsed completely under the allied forces' all-out attack.

"Attack!"

It is unknown who first shouted, but the alliance cultivators, who had been accumulating anger and fighting spirit for years, surged into the atmosphere of the demon star like a flood bursting its banks, following the gaps torn open by Sun Shulin and other weak points in the demon cultivators' defenses, and attacked that land that had been tainted by demonic energy for countless years.

The fleet in the starry sky also unleashed its final energy surge, purifying the remaining demonic energy nodes on the surface of the demon star.

The remaining demonic cultivators were either overwhelmed by the surging allied cultivators or tried to escape to the deeper demonic world, but without the barrier of the demonic star, their defeat was inevitable.

Wu Nian didn't seem to have any intention of holding onto the Demon Star. The five realm monsters he created didn't appear, and the Demon Star returned to the world of order in just a few days.

Surprisingly, Sun Shulin did not perish as a result. He has now been sealed by the Taiyan Sect, and other sects are very envious of him.

Upon receiving the news, Zi Luan immediately rushed to Jupiter, intending to personally report the great victory on the demon star. As he passed through Jupiter's atmosphere under the guidance of two puppets, he saw that the summit of Mount Jiuxuan was currently shrouded in a pure golden light of divine magic.

At this moment, Wang Ping is bestowing titles upon new divine generals of the Divine Kingdom. His target is the five fourth-realm primordial spirits trained by Yu Lian, all of whom are members of the Star God Alliance who fell on the front lines.

Zi Luan landed on the outskirts of Jiuxuan Mountain, not daring to disturb the solemn divine ritual, and simply stood quietly with his hands at his sides.

Wang Ping did not rush to appoint generals of the Divine Kingdom, but instead focused his gaze on Zi Luan. Yu Lian, who was lying on the map of the Divine Kingdom, asked, "What brings you here?"

Upon hearing this, Zi Luan quickly stepped forward, bowed, and said, "Reporting to the True Lord, we have received good news from the front lines. We have recaptured the Demon Star, and the remnants of the demonic cultivators have been routed and retreated into the depths of the demonic energy world!"

Wang Ping slowly turned around. He had already seen through all of this, and Zi Luan should also know this, so he simply nodded slightly and said "hmm".

Zi Luan then continued, "The fact that we were able to break through the last line of defense of the demon star so quickly was actually quite complicated..." He then recounted in detail how Sun Shulin was promoted in the middle of the battle, went out of control and went berserk, and was eventually tricked by Li Miaolin and Que Cai into joining the demonic cultivator camp, disrupting the enemy's formation and thus creating an opportunity for the army.

After speaking, he carefully observed Wang Ping's expression and added, "Sun Shulin has now been temporarily sealed and kept under guard by our Taiyan Sect. However, this boy's situation is special, and various sects are paying close attention to him. I wonder what True Lord thinks about how to deal with him?"

After listening, Wang Ping looked into the distance, seemingly piercing through the endless starry sky, and saw the sealed figure. Some sealed memories slowly awakened. They were memories of when he advanced to the second realm and went to the Lake Mountain Kingdom to seize the Sacred Heart Grass. At that time, Yuan Zheng and he both thought Sun Shulin was good, and later Yuan Zheng recommended him to the gathering.

He remained silent for a moment before speaking calmly, "You can handle this matter as you see fit."

"Yes, disciple understands." Zi Luan dared not ask any more questions and respectfully replied, "Disciple will handle this properly and will never allow my sect's interests to be harmed, nor will I give anyone a handle to use against me."

Wang Ping nodded slightly and said no more, his gaze returning to the four realm primordial spirits awaiting investiture within the divine kingdom.

(End of this chapter)