Daojun, start from Penglai foundation building

Chapter 988 The Fate of Yanzhou Fails, Stars Fall from the Demon-Suppressing Tower

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A high-pitched and resounding dragon's roar seemed to echo throughout the heavens and earth. A golden light shot up from the North Heaven Pass, soaring thousands of miles into the sky before crashing into the fierce winds, thunder, and fire, and heading straight for the starry sea.

All living beings in Yanzhou can see the mysterious golden light in the starry sea when they look up. The golden light travels through the starry sea like a dragon, hovering in the air and then dispersing into hundreds of streams of light that flow into the northern region of Yanzhou.

As the hundreds of streams of light landed in the fifty-three Dao Palaces in the Northern Region of Yanzhou, almost all the living beings in the Northern Region of Yanzhou felt that the world seemed to become clearer at the same time, and the restrictions that had locked all living beings in the dark began to collapse and dissipate.

This was most clearly felt by those rogue cultivators and demonic beasts. The many barriers that had previously restricted their breakthroughs began to weaken, as if the world was beginning to welcome and accept them.

This excited countless rogue cultivators and demonic beasts to the point of tears of joy, especially those who were already in their twilight years and about to die, who almost immediately gained a ten percent chance of extending their lives.

In the past, the Qiankun Dao Sect suppressed Yanzhou, established fifty-three Daoist palaces in the northern region of Yanzhou, set up the Northern Heavenly Gate, controlled the spiritual energy of the northern region's land veins, and locked its dragon energy.

While the Qiankun Dao Sect appears to be suppressing the fortune of the human race, it is actually putting a chain around the necks of all living beings in the northern region of Yanzhou.

The beings of the Northern Region of Yanzhou have no problem cultivating when they are in the lower three realms, but once they enter the middle three realms, it becomes more and more difficult to break through each realm. Golden Core True Persons are the cream of the crop in the Northern Region of Yanzhou, and it is even more difficult, almost hopeless, to break through to the Nascent Soul or Deity Transformation realms.

Only those cultivation families that rely on the Qiankun Dao Sect can maintain one or two Nascent Soul cultivators or one Transformation God within their family.

As for beyond the Nascent Soul stage?

It's absolutely impossible!

These are still cultivation families that rely on the Qiankun Dao Sect. As for those independent cultivators, small sects, or other forces, the Qiankun Dao Sect will certainly not deliberately annihilate them, but they should not even think about having combat power above the Golden Core stage.

By suppressing the dragon energy of the northern region of Yanzhou and locking in the spiritual energy of the entire northern region, the Qiankun Dao Sect can easily control the entire northern region of Yanzhou. Just like Taiyi Liufeng Zhenjun, who only needs to send out his disciples with a few hundred law enforcement officers to easily sweep through the entire territory.

The northern region of Yanzhou is just a microcosm of the Qiankun Dao Sect; the same applies to the entire Yanzhou, as well as Mingzhou and Cangzhou.

The Qiankun Dao Sect locks the earth veins of the three continents, suppresses their dragon energy, and uses the fortune of the three continents for its own purposes. Therefore, the disciples of the Qiankun Dao Sect are all outstanding individuals, and the number of True Monarchs in the Upper Three Realms of the Qiankun Dao Sect is countless.
However, the people of the Three Continents had become accustomed to the rule of the Qiankun Dao Sect and gradually ignored these things.

Today, the dragon energy in the northern region of Yanzhou has dissipated.

The damaged North Heavenly Pass could no longer suppress the dragon energy. With a corner of the dragon energy in Yanzhou collapsing, the fortune of the Qiankun Dao Sect collapsed by a fraction.

Standing before the ruins of Beitian Pass, Jiang Sheng, Xuan Yi, and Ming Xian stood quietly, sensing the scattered dragon energy and the vibrant spiritual energy between heaven and earth.

Xuan Yi said softly, "Although my Mountain and River Daoist School occupies blessed lands, we do not do things like locking the fortune of heaven and earth and imprisoning all races and living beings."

"To lock up the future of all races is tantamount to trying to stop a flood with mud. Even if the Qiankun Dao Sect has immense fortune, how long can it sustain it?"

Mingxian smiled and raised his hand to sense the active spiritual energy between heaven and earth and the flow of the earth veins: "Therefore, the Qiankun Dao Sect has been waiting for us. Starting from this northern region of Yanzhou, we will break down the barriers of the Qiankun Dao Sect step by step, making their ten thousand years of hard work go to waste!"

As Jiang Sheng listened to the two fellow Daoists' casual conversation, he closed his eyes and sensed the changes in the earth's veins and the flow of celestial energy in the northern region of Yanzhou.

In an instant, it seemed as if the entire network of the Northern Region of Yanzhou appeared clearly before Jiang Sheng's eyes. Jiang Sheng could see that those Dao Palaces could no longer contain the spiritual energy of the earth's veins in the Northern Region of Yanzhou, nor could they seal off the fortune of the living beings in the Northern Region of Yanzhou.
With a dragon's roar, a small, exquisite golden dragon-shaped spirit, no more than a foot long, suddenly leaped in front of Jiang Sheng. It roared at Jiang Sheng and then disappeared into the world.

Jiang Sheng felt as if his luck had increased slightly, and the barrier to fusion that was not an obstacle for him had completely disappeared.

Standing atop the Northern Heavenly Pass, Jiang Sheng realized that the Integration Realm was just one step away from him, and he could cross it at any time if he wanted to.

Is it possible to become a unified ruler in just over 1,800 years?
As Jiang Sheng pondered, he looked up and suddenly saw mysterious light rising from all four directions of Maple Valley Palace, interwoven like a net, reflecting the brilliance of the sun and moon.

The mysterious light intertwined and enveloped the four directions of heaven and earth. Above, dozens of stars evolved, and the Dharma images of the True Monarchs of the Upper Three Realms appeared in the air, displaying their majesty throughout the eight wastelands.

Jiang Sheng couldn't help but say, "An array."

Xuan Yi and Ming Xian both frowned and looked up at the mysterious light and the sun and moon that enveloped the heavens and earth. Ming Xian's cheek twitched and he couldn't help but say, "Sun and Moon Universe Formation!"

Ok? !

Jiang Sheng and Xuan Yi looked at Ming Xian, who explained, "Before I came to the Nine Provinces Realm, the sect gave me some information about the Qiankun Dao Sect, including the Sun and Moon Qiankun Formation."

"The Sun and Moon Universe Formation uses the sun and moon as its guide, transforming the universe to encompass all directions. It unleashes the brilliance of the sun and moon, generating the power of Yin and Yang, and drawing upon the power of the three Great Daos: the Great Dao of the Sun, the Great Dao of the Moon, and the Great Dao of Yin and Yang. It can suppress all things in one direction."

"Now that the Sun and Moon Universe Formation has risen in Maple Valley, Uncle Cangyuan and the others are probably in danger!"

Xuan Yi pondered for a moment, then asked suspiciously, "I remember there are also True Monarchs of the Fusion Realm from the Qiankun Dao Sect, such as Yu Feng, Jie Feng, and Ming Feng, who belong to the Feng generation."

"Does the Qiankun Dao Sect even want them anymore?"

Mingxian said quietly, "Who knows, that might be bait laid by the Qiankun Dao Sect to lure our sect's top three realms into their trap. After all, compared to the dozen or so True Monarchs of the Qiankun Dao Sect, my Tianhe Sect already has no fewer than thirty people who have entered the top three realms of Maple Valley!"

Xuan Yi was shocked. Although he had thought of this, he was still unwilling to confirm it: the Qiankun Dao Sect was truly ruthless, using more than ten of its own Upper Three Realms as bait to exchange for an opportunity to strike the Tianhe Dao Sect head-on.

Such thought and such actions could only come from the Purple Response Longevity Immortal Lord.
Mingxian took a deep breath and looked at Jiang Sheng and Xuan Yi: "Gentlemen, now that the Sun and Moon Universe Formation is activated, I need to hurry back to provide support and see if I can do anything to help the sect."

"Maple Valley is dangerous, you two should not go there. We shall part ways here."

As he spoke, Mingxian was about to soar into the sky, but Jiang Sheng grabbed him.

Mingxian looked at Jiang Sheng with some suspicion, but Jiang Sheng remained calm: "Brother Mingxian, although I am not an expert in formations, I do know that the establishment of formations requires the power of mountains, rivers, stars, and the power of the earth's veins."

"Now that the dragon energy in the northern region of Yanzhou has collapsed, the Qiankun Dao Sect can no longer control the earth veins and mountains of the northern region of Yanzhou. Even if they can borrow power, how much can they borrow?"

"Without that Mahayana Immortal Lord personally taking action, how much power does this Sun and Moon Universe Formation possess?"

Upon hearing this, Mingxian's eyes lit up, as if he had suddenly emerged from a dead end, and he felt enlightened: "That's it! That's it!"

"With the destruction of Beitian Pass by us, the fortune of Qiankun Dao Sect in Yanzhou has collapsed by 20%. How can they possibly have the spare strength to set up the Sun and Moon Qiankun Formation?"

"Lingyuan, thanks to your reminder, I was so anxious that I forgot about these things." Jiang Sheng smiled and said, "It is only natural for Brother Mingxian to be worried about the sect. However, we cannot stay in Beitian Pass any longer. We should hurry up and rescue the Crested Ibis Demon Lord and Fairy Suqin, and then withdraw. As for Maple Valley, it should be relieved soon."

Mingxian and Xuanyi nodded, and the two followed Jiang Sheng into the ruins of Beitian Pass to search for the whereabouts of the Crested Ibis Demon Lord and the Fairy Suqin.

After searching through the ruins, the three of them found the passage to the underground palace.

Although the door to the underground palace was sealed, all three of them were at the peak of the Void Refinement Realm, so what did a sealed door to the underground palace matter?
Xuan Yi used his supernatural powers to move the mountain-like ruins away, and Ming Xian directly broke open the palace gate, throwing out thousands of starlight as candlelight. Then the three of them entered the underground palace.

They descended thousands of feet along the wide passage, and a vast space appeared before Jiang Sheng and his companions.

This space was incredibly vast, and within each of the individual cells flickered with the light of spiritual confinement; clearly, this was the dungeon of the Northern Heavenly Pass.

However, after surveying the entire dungeon, Jiang Sheng and his companions could not find any trace of the Crested Ibis Demon Lord or the Fairy Suqin. This made them very suspicious: the huge dungeon was completely empty. There were no guards, not even a fly. It was really strange.

Xuan Yi couldn't help but exclaim, "How strange! How strange! This huge dungeon is completely empty!"

Ming Xian looked left and right, and suddenly hundreds and thousands of mysterious lights flashed from his sleeve.

Streaks of mysterious light swept across the four directions, destroying one prison after another. But as the prisons were destroyed, the originally empty prisons suddenly revealed one Heavenly River Dao Soldier after another!
Jiang Sheng and his two companions knew perfectly well that this dungeon was a trap laid out in plain sight!
Hundreds of soldiers emerged from each of the thousands of prison cells, and in an instant, tens of thousands of soldiers lined up and attacked, as if they wanted to surround and kill Jiang Sheng and his two companions.

Xuan Yi snorted coldly, and without using the Xuan Guang Nine Bright Ruler, he directly summoned a delicate green jade seal, tossed it into the air, and the green jade seal appeared with thousands of imprints, directly blasting away the tens of thousands of Dao soldiers.

"A bunch of mid-level Dao soldiers, not even reaching the superior level, dare to be so insolent in front of me!"

As Xuan Yi spoke, he once again summoned the exquisite jade seal and smashed it fiercely into the entire dungeon.

In an instant, accompanied by a violent earthquake, the entire dungeon began to collapse, and the surrounding spiritual restriction arrays disintegrated. The dungeon, just like the Daofeng Immortal Palace that originally floated above the Northern Heavenly Pass, vanished into nothingness.

Even now, Jiang Sheng and his two companions still hadn't found any trace of the Crested Ibis Demon Lord and the Fairy Suqin. For a moment, Ming Xian even began to doubt whether the Crested Ibis Demon Lord and the Fairy Suqin were actually in this Northern Heaven Pass.

Mingxian asked, "Lingyuan, is there a problem with the information? Are the Crested Ibis Demon Lord and Fairy Suqin not here?"

Xuan Yi shook his head: "No, the Crested Ibis Demon Lord and Fairy Suqin must be at Beitian Pass. In the entire Northern Region of Yanzhou, Beitian Pass is the safest place. Surely they wouldn't leave two cultivators at the Void Refinement stage in the Longevity Immortal Palace?"

"Even if Yu Feng and the others wanted to do this, would that Immortal Lord still have no shame?"

As the two were talking, Jiang Sheng focused his mind and used his divine sense to carefully scan the entire dungeon.

After scanning the surroundings in all directions and finding nothing, Jiang Sheng shook his head and was about to turn and leave when he suddenly caught sight of something: "Hmm?"

Jiang Sheng then flashed away, his figure appearing directly in that strange place.

The reason this place is considered strange is simply because buried among the ruins and rubble is a small, gray, rusty tower.

This tower looks somewhat familiar.

Jiang Sheng took the rusty little pagoda into his hand and called out to Mingxian and Xuanyi, "Brother Mingxian, Brother Xuanyi, take a look!"

Xuan Yi and Ming Xian looked over at the same time. After observing for a while, Xuan Yi suddenly exclaimed, "Isn't this Fu Feng's Starfall Demon-Suppressing Tower?!"

The Starfall Demon-Suppressing Tower is the natal treasure of the Meteorite Subduing Wind True Lord of the Qiankun Dao Sect!
Mingxian recalled the previous battle and said, "That's right! When we fought Fufeng, he only had a magic sword and we didn't see any trace of his Starfall Demon Suppression Tower."

"At the time, I thought he was just arrogant, thinking he could suppress us without his natal treasure. Turns out he hid his natal treasure here!"

Jiang Sheng also said, "So that's why even when he was trapped in the Immortal Execution Sword Formation, he didn't use his natal treasure.

Xuan Yi examined the gray, rusty little tower for a long time, but could not sense any trace of spiritual energy. He couldn't help but laugh and said, "Fu Feng has fallen, and this Starfall Demon Suppressing Tower has also concealed its treasure. If it weren't for Ling Yuan discovering it, we would have really overlooked it."

It is indeed the natal treasure of a True Monarch who has achieved the Integration Realm. If it is intentionally concealed, how difficult would it be to discover?
Jiang Sheng held the iron tower and chuckled, "If I'm not mistaken, the Crested Ibis Demon Lord and Fairy Suqin are definitely sealed inside this tower."

"Given the nature of that True Lord Fufeng, it would be safe to keep these important figures under his control."

As he spoke, Jiang Sheng activated his Xuan Guang, and blue lotuses bloomed in his eyes, shining out with azure-gold light that swept across the iron tower inch by inch. The rusty iron tower was then cleansed of all its rust and regained its spiritual light.

The iron tower was about a foot tall, with eight exquisite corners. Its entire body was black, as if it had been cast from meteorite iron. The outside was engraved with talismans for suppressing demons and monsters, and engraved with cloud shapes of immortals. It was divided into eight layers, each of which was hung with silver bells and gold threads, sealing off the four directions.

At this moment, the iron tower truly shone with a dazzling light and possessed extraordinary treasure-like aura, living up to its name as a combined true treasure.

However, with the death of the Meteorite Subduing Wind True Lord, the spirituality of the Meteorite Demon Suppression Tower also collapsed and dissipated. Its dissipated spirituality concealed its spiritual light, clearly indicating that it had gone with its master.

Without its spirit, the Meteor Demon Suppressing Tower is much easier to control. If the spirit were still there, Jiang Sheng's forced control would inevitably provoke the spirit's counterattack or even self-destruction. But now, the Meteor Demon Suppressing Tower can only be manipulated by Jiang Sheng.

As Jiang Sheng infused his spiritual energy and forcibly stepped onto the platform, engraving his own aura onto it, the Starfall Demon Suppressing Tower was activated. Jiang Sheng also sensed that there were indeed two familiar auras trapped inside the tower.

Jiang Sheng immediately activated his magic power to release the two trapped auras.

The Crested Ibis Demon Lord and Fairy Suqin, who were chatting idly, suddenly felt a dizzying sensation and fell to the ground. In their dazed state, they saw endless ruins all around them, and then saw three figures in front of them. The Crested Ibis Demon Lord exclaimed in surprise, "Lingyuan?!"

Fairy Suqin looked up and saw that the Taoist in front of her had a face like jade, a handsome appearance, and eyes like the sun and moon, with a clear and serene aura.

He wore a blue crown and a black robe, with the jade pendant hanging down his back. He was gentle and calm, holding a foot-tall iron tower in his hand. The four symbols of light were swirling around him, and a Taoist wheel behind his head slowly radiated a pure and righteous aura. He was truly a man of extraordinary bearing and bearing.

The Crested Ibis Demon Lord pointed at Jiang Sheng and laughed:

“Fairy Suqin, this is Lingyuan.”

Just as the Crested Ibis Demon Lord said, this person is indeed a divine being.

(End of this chapter)