Qinghe Immortal Clan.

Upon confirming that it was Yang Kaishan and his companion who had arrived, Wang Zhixing immediately sent a telepathic message to everyone to prepare for action.

Before long, the two streaks of light arrived near where everyone was.

Following behind them were more than a dozen streaks of light of different colors, with the four streaks at the front moving at a speed no less than that of Yang Kaishan and his companion.

"Fellow Daoists, four Nascent Soul demonic beasts have arrived. Remember, under no circumstances should they be allowed to leave."

They originally thought that since Yang Kaishan and his companion had already been here once, there shouldn't be many monsters left in the valley.

Unexpectedly, there were so many high-level demonic beasts hiding in the valley. Song Qingming and the others became serious and held their breath to completely conceal their auras.

Before long, as two streaks of light passed through the air, Yang Kaishan and "Xu Guzi" arrived above the great formation set up by everyone.

Several demon emperors not far away were still trying to pursue their opponents, but they saw Yang Kaishan and his companion suddenly stop.

"Oh no, they've laid an ambush!"

Seeing that something was wrong with the surroundings, one of the demon kings with the highest cultivation level, the late Nascent Soul stage, swept his divine sense and immediately discovered Song Qingming and the others hiding there.

Before they could turn and flee, a dozen or so chains formed from spiritual light flew into the air and quickly entangled three of the demon kings.

Only the demon king with the highest cultivation level, who was in the late Nascent Soul stage, was able to detect the ambush below in advance due to his alertness and used his supernatural powers to move his body, thus avoiding being trapped by the great formation.

Seeing that the other party was trying to escape, Song Qingming and the others appeared, took out their magical treasures, and used their magic to surround them.

The three demon emperors were trapped in the great formation and could not escape. He was also surrounded by Song Qingming and others. The demon emperor in the late Nascent Soul stage also felt that things were not going well.

While desperately casting spells and unleashing their supernatural powers to fight the enemy, they also called for other Golden Core demon beasts to come and provide support.

"Heh! Still trying to run? It's too late."

Fellow Daoists, act quickly! This is a late-stage Nascent Soul Demon Emperor; do not let him escape under any circumstances.

Wang Zhixing volunteered to stay behind to control the magic array to trap the other three demon emperors, while Yang Kaishan, "Xu Guzi", Song Qingming, and Xu Yuliang surrounded the late-stage Nascent Soul demon emperor.

Han Yu, whose cultivation level was the lowest, was responsible for stopping the other Golden Core demon beasts that were chasing after them, so that they would not disturb Song Qingming and the others.

The group had a clear division of labor and acted very quickly.

Although the late-stage Nascent Soul Demon Emperor was quite powerful, he was no match for the combined attack of Song Qingming and three other experts, and quickly found himself at a disadvantage.

Meanwhile, the three Nascent Soul demon beasts on the side, the highest of which was only at the sixth level of Nascent Soul, were trapped tightly by the great formation controlled by Wang Zhixing.

Even with combined spells, they were unable to break free of the chains binding them.

Although the Golden Core demonic beasts chasing from afar seemed numerous, their strength was still far inferior to that of Han Yu, a great cultivator.

In just a short while, several demon kings had already fallen, and the remaining demon kings were unable to break through the enemy's blockade.

Seeing that the situation was getting worse and worse, and unable to get reinforcements, the late-stage Nascent Soul demon king who was surrounded by Song Qingming and the other three immediately used his supernatural powers and transformed into his original form.

The Demon Emperor transformed into a snow-white, four-horned ram, spat out his natal demon core, and released a strange white light.

Wherever the white light passed, the two magical treasures blocking his way seemed to temporarily lose their sentience and fell directly from the sky.

"Everyone, be careful!"

Seeing how powerful the white light was, everyone chose to retreat and avoid its direct attack.

After unleashing this attack, the demon king, seeing the rare opportunity, immediately swallowed back his inner core, turned around, abandoned his companions, and fled into the distance.

"Where to go!"

Just as the Demon Emperor escaped the encirclement, the white whisk in "Xu Gu Zi's" hand immediately transformed into a giant silver python that coiled around one of his hooves.

Seeing that he was blocked by the other party again, the demon king became fierce and pulled hard, tearing off one of his own feet and getting rid of the silver python's entanglement.

But in that brief moment of delay, two more figures caught up with them from the side.

Song Qingming and Yang Kaishan headed straight for their opponent's location, one on the left and one on the right.

On the left, Yang Kaishan wielded a golden longsword, forcefully unleashing more than a dozen sword beams from behind, attempting to force the Demon Emperor to stop.

Song Qingming then cast a spell to release the "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror," which transformed into several huge bronze mirrors, blocking the opponent's right side.

Seeing powerful enemies on both sides, the Demon Emperor spat out his natal demon core again and turned around to charge directly at Yang Kaishan, who was attacking from the left.

Another eerie white light flashed, and before Yang Kaishan could dodge, the magical artifact in front of him was instantly covered by the white light.

The next moment, the magical artifact in his hand also temporarily lost its spiritual power and could no longer launch an attack.

Although the demon emperor failed to dodge the opponent's blade and several bloody marks instantly appeared on his body, he withstood the attack with his powerful physique and charged directly in front of Yang Kaishan.

With a loud "boom!", Yang Kaishan was instantly sent flying by the four ram horns of the Demon Emperor.

"Oh no, Fellow Daoist Wang, be careful!"

In order to block the enemy's path, Xu Yuliang and "Xu Guzi" had already used magic to rush to the front of the Demon Emperor.

While Yang Kaishan was being sent flying by the opponent, the Demon Emperor turned around and rushed out of the encirclement from the direction where the opponent was, heading straight for Wang Zhixing, who was controlling the magic array below.

Wang Zhixing, who was still fully controlling the magic array, saw the Demon Emperor's attack heading straight for him and his expression changed slightly.

Just as he was about to abandon the trapped demon kings and save himself first, a bronze mirror suddenly appeared in front of him.

The next moment, the Demon Emperor crashed directly into the bronze mirror, but failed to break through the magic weapon and was blocked in mid-air.

Surprised, the demon emperor tried to use his old trick again, manipulating his natal demon core to unleash a white light divine power to force back the golden bronze mirror blocking his way.

But just as it was casting its spell and spitting out the demon core, several beams of spiritual light suddenly shot out from the "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror," directly freezing the opponent's natal demon core.

".."

Seeing that the demon core was actually imprisoned in mid-air, the demon emperor was startled and hurriedly stepped forward to try to swallow it back into his stomach.

Unexpectedly, the golden bronze mirror split into five, once again repelling the Demon Emperor head-on and completely separating him from his natal demon core on either side.

As Song Qingming activated his magic weapon to block the opponent, "Xu Gu Zi" quickly caught up from not far away, and a giant silver python flew out again to entangle the White Sheep Demon Emperor.

Yang Kaishan and Xu Yuliang, who had just been knocked away, also used their magical artifacts to surround the Demon Emperor from the left and right once again.

The White Sheep Demon Emperor's cultivation level was similar to Yang Kaishan's. It was only because of the strange white light emanating from his natal demon core that the group was initially caught off guard.

At this moment, with his natal demon core divided and imprisoned by Song Qingming, the Aries Demon Emperor's supernatural powers were immediately weakened by 20-30%.

Faced with the attack of four people, he had little strength left to resist. He struggled for a quarter of an hour, but still could not escape the fate of being killed on the spot.

After the leader, the Aries Demon King, died, the other three Demon Kings who were trapped in the formation were quickly killed by the group.

Meanwhile, the low-level demonic beasts that had rushed over from a distance, seeing that all their ancestors had perished, lost the courage to continue fighting and began to scatter and flee.

Before long, the battlefield quieted down.

".."

The six of them worked together, and although there were some twists and turns in the process, they still managed to defeat the four demon kings and many golden core demon beasts in the valley without any major danger.

Of Song Qingming and his group, only Yang Kaishan was accidentally struck by the Demon Emperor during the battle and suffered minor injuries.

Everyone else was unharmed.

The battle had just ended when Wang Zhixing approached Song Qingming and raised his hand to him.

"Hehe! That was quite dangerous just now."

If it weren't for Fellow Daoist Song's extraordinary abilities and timely assistance, I'm afraid I really wouldn't have been able to successfully trap the other demon emperors. I must thank you for your help.

"It was nothing, Fellow Daoist Wang, please don't be so polite."

"This battle was indeed thanks to Fellow Daoist Song. Otherwise, if those demon emperors had escaped, we might not have been able to capture them all so easily."

If we let them escape and attract other powerful demons, we'll be in real trouble.

Seeing the extraordinary abilities Song Qingming displayed in the battle just now, which were in no way inferior to his own and Yang Kaishan's two Nascent Soul Ninth Level cultivators, he realized that they were no less capable.

At this moment, the gazes of "Xuguzi" and the others towards the other party also showed a greater degree of respect.

Meanwhile, Yang Kaishan, after taking a healing pill, immediately began processing the monster materials on the ground without even taking care of his injuries.

"Fellow Daoists, let's divide up the materials on the Demon Emperor as soon as possible so that we can enter the valley to search for the Jade Purity Elixir sooner."

"What Fellow Daoist Yang said is true. There are many high-level demonic beasts hiding in this area, and it will probably soon make other demon emperors aware of what is happening here."

"We should hurry into the valley to retrieve the treasure, lest any other unforeseen circumstances arise."

".."

Everyone pitched in and quickly gathered all the materials from the Demon Emperor on the ground into one place.

In the recent battle, Song Qingming not only saved Wang Zhixing but also successfully cracked the strange supernatural power of the opponent's natal demon core, thus earning the greatest merit in this battle.

As it had been agreed beforehand, apart from the "Jade Purity Elixir," everything else obtained would be distributed among everyone according to their contributions.

As expected, Song Qingming directly obtained the most precious item among all the items: a high-grade fourth-level demon core.

The two remaining monster materials on the White Sheep Demon Emperor were taken by Yang Kaishan and "Xu Gu Zi" respectively.

Although Xu Yuliang, Wang Zhixing, and Han Yu contributed less, they each obtained a level-four demon core and a piece of material from a level-four demon emperor.

Including the level-three materials from the other Golden Core Demon Kings, the six of them each received spiritual items worth at least seven or eight hundred thousand.

These monster materials alone would be enough to make a small fortune for a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator.

In particular, Song Qingming, who obtained a fourth-grade superior demon core, now possesses spiritual items worth over a million, which is considered a good start for his trip to the "Northern Underworld Immortal Continent".

Even if he doesn't gain anything else, his trip will still have been worthwhile.

After distributing the spiritual items, the group did not linger and, led by "Xu Gu Zi" and the other person, entered the valley ahead.

Most of the demonic beasts in the valley had already fled after the previous battle, so the group encountered no obstacles along the way and easily arrived at a boulder deep in the valley. Upon arriving there, "Xu Gu Zi," who was walking in front, stopped first.

"Fellow Daoists, we have arrived!"

As soon as everyone landed, "Xu Gu Zi" gently waved his whisk, releasing several beams of spiritual light towards the location of the boulder.

With a deafening roar, the five- or six-zhang-tall rock was instantly blasted into dust by the spiritual light.

The next moment, the smoke and dust dissipated, and a small cave, about five or six feet high, appeared before everyone's eyes.

Xu Gu Zi raised his hand and released several balls of white light outside before flying into the cave first, followed immediately by the others.

Before entering the cave, Song Qingming and several others had left surveillance measures outside the cave to prevent high-level demonic beasts from suddenly finding their way there without their knowledge.

After flying about several dozen feet into the cave, two forks in the road suddenly appeared ahead.

To avoid going the wrong way, "Xu Gu Zi" who was walking in front stopped again, took out a sheepskin map from his body, and checked the direction before continuing to walk through the left passage.

They walked for several miles, passing several forks in the road, before finally entering a relatively spacious stone cave.

Upon arriving at this place, "Xu Gu Zi" put away the map in his hand.

He then led everyone to a mountain wall in front of them.

The surface of the stone wall was as smooth as a mirror, and there was not a single protrusion in the area of ​​several dozen feet in diameter, as if it had been cut open by something.

After briefly checking his surroundings, "Xu Gu Zi" immediately relaxed.

"It seems that this place has not been discovered by those demon kings all these years. We are quite lucky."

"Fellow Daoists, there is an extremely powerful ancient restriction blocking this stone wall. We need to break the restriction first before we can enter."

As soon as "Xu Gu Zi" finished speaking, he gently waved his whisk again, sending out several beams of spiritual light toward the mountain wall.

The next moment, a red rune mark suddenly appeared on the mountain wall in front, directly blocking the attack.

Seeing this, Wang Zhixing, who possessed the highest level of formation skills among the group, frowned and couldn't help but speak up:

"It really is an ancient restriction, and it seems that its power is still no weaker than a fourth-grade high-quality magic array. No wonder the two fellow Daoists returned empty-handed before."

"It will probably be quite difficult for us to get in here."

"Fellow Daoist Wang, now that we're here, stop playing games with us. Just tell us your plan to break the formation."

"As long as we can successfully retrieve the treasure, we will do our best to assist."

"What Fellow Daoist Yang said is true. This is the second time we have come here to break the formation. If we still cannot successfully obtain the treasure, the secret here will probably be difficult to keep hidden any longer."

If those high-ranking demon races find out, it will attract the attention of the Nascent Soul stage demon saints.

We'll probably never have the chance to obtain the Jade Purity Elixir inside again in this lifetime.

"Rest assured, fellow Daoists, I am aware of this. However, this ancient restriction is extraordinary and cannot be easily broken in a few moves."

Give me some time to try it out before I can determine the best strategy to break the formation.

Otherwise, if we take too long, or make too much noise and attract other powerful monsters, all our efforts will be in vain.

Hearing Xu Gu Zi and Yang Kai Shan urging him, Wang Zhixing nodded quickly and then stepped forward to study the mountain wall in front of him.

Song Qingming, Han Yu, and the others also took the initiative to walk towards the mountain wall.

Of the six people who came this time, apart from Yang Kaishan who was unfamiliar with formations, the others, including "Xu Gu Zi," all had a level four level of formation skills.

If it were placed in a safe place outside, it wouldn't be difficult for so many array masters to break through this restriction by force.

However, being in the territory of the demon race, any commotion that is too great or takes too long could attract other high-level demon beasts at any time.

We must find the fastest and safest way to break through their defenses.

Otherwise, if they are found by other powerful demon emperors during the breakout, not only will all their previous efforts be wasted, but the secrets of this place will also fall into the hands of the demon race.

At that time, if Song Qingming and his group fail to retrieve the treasure, they will even have difficulty escaping safely.

Therefore, we must now buy time to break the restrictions, retrieve the treasure, and leave as soon as possible.

Staying in the valley for even a quarter of an hour longer would mean facing an extra quarter of danger for them.

After all, they had just killed four Nascent Soul Demon Emperors and so many Golden Core Demon Beasts. Sooner or later, what happened here would not be kept secret from the other demon races in the surrounding area.

Although Song Qingming had seen many ancient formations before, this kind of restriction was also the first time he had ever seen it.

For a moment, no good secret method for breaking the formation came to mind.

After three days of research, Wang Zhixing, who was the most skilled in formations, was the first to come up with a method to break the formation.

According to Wang Zhixing's strategy for breaking the formation, it would require four late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators to cast spells together, and it would take approximately forty to fifty days to successfully open the restriction.

"Fellow Daoist Wang, this method will take nearly two months to complete, and I'm afraid it won't be able to keep it a secret from the demons outside."

Is there any way to shorten the time required to break through the formation?

Upon hearing that it would take another two months to break the formation, both Xu Gu Zi and Yang Kai Shan looked worried.

After all, there are many demonic beasts in the surrounding area. In two months, other Nascent Soul demonic beasts in the area may have already changed beyond what is happening in the valley. At that time, they may not be able to hide here from others.

Upon hearing this, Wang Zhixing simply shook his head.

"To be honest with you two, this method is the best I can think of to break the formation. If we want to shorten the time, the commotion will surely spread throughout the entire valley."

If other demon experts arrive and interrupt the spell, all our previous efforts will be in vain.

This is currently the only way to minimize the disturbance caused by breaking the formation, preventing the demonic beasts outside from discovering the location prematurely.

Seeing that no one else present had a better way to break the formation, "Xu Gu Zi" and Yang Kai Shan had no choice but to agree to adopt Wang Zhi Xing's method.

After discussing it, the group decided that Wang Zhixing, Han Yu, Xu Yuliang, and Yang Kaishan would work together to break the formation.

Meanwhile, the most powerful "Xu Gu Zi" and Song Qing Ming were responsible for covering them and trying to prevent the monsters outside from disturbing their breakthrough of the formation.

After all, it will take nearly two months to successfully break through the formation and retrieve the treasure, and there will definitely be other high-level monsters infiltrating the valley in the meantime.

We must find a way to delay as much as possible and prevent the monsters from discovering the cave beforehand.

After the division of labor was clear, Song Qingming and "Xu Gu Zi" returned to the entrance of the cave and set up several magic arrays in preparation for dealing with any invading monsters.

And things turned out exactly as Song Qingming and the others had predicted. Only a few days later, golden core level demonic beasts began to arrive in the valley.

These monsters, perhaps having received some kind of order, began searching the valley as soon as they entered.

Fortunately, before coming to explore for treasure, Song Qingming had brought with him a level four concealment array of considerable quality, which he used at the entrance.

The entire cave, along with the surrounding area for several miles, was completely covered by the magic array.

Unless it's a demon king at the Nascent Soul stage or higher who comes nearby, they shouldn't be easily detected.

As expected, the Golden Core demon beasts only glanced at the area after arriving nearby before quickly leaving, unaware that the place was concealed by the formation.

For more than ten days, the valley was inhabited only by Golden Core demonic beasts, and there was no danger of being exposed.

Just as Song Qingming and the others breathed a slight sigh of relief, another streak of light suddenly appeared outside the valley that day. It was a demon king whose cultivation had reached the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm.

Upon entering the valley, the demon was startled to find that the original demon kings had all disappeared.

Not long after, he slipped away and left.

Several days later, several streaks of light flew in from outside the valley again, led by a Nascent Soul Peak Demon Emperor clad in golden armor.

Following behind this demon were five Nascent Soul Demon Emperors.

One of them was in the late Nascent Soul stage, while the other four were in the early or middle Nascent Soul stage.

Once the golden-armored demon king arrived in the valley, it quickly ordered the other demon kings to search the valley, seemingly sensing something amiss.

Seeing so many demon emperors arrive, including a Nascent Soul peak demon expert, Xu Gu Zi, who had been calm, couldn't help but change his expression slightly.

"So many demon emperors have come; it seems we can no longer keep this a secret from them."

Fellow Daoist Song, should we go out first and lure them away?

"To avoid a fight later, which would interfere with Fellow Daoist Wang and the others breaking the formation?"

"These demon emperors have only been in the valley for a short time, so they probably won't find our location so quickly. Fellow Daoist, don't be anxious, let's wait and see."

Fellow Daoist Wang and the others will need some time to break the formation. The longer we can stall them, the more time we can buy them.

Seeing that "Xu Gu Zi" wanted to rush out to draw away the enemy, Song Qingming thought for a moment and then stopped him.

The valley is quite large, and even a Nascent Soul cultivator would have difficulty discovering the outer array in a short time.

Wang Zhixing and his companions are still at a critical moment in breaking through the formation. If they rashly go out to meet the enemy, neither of them is very confident that they can drive away their opponents.

In any case, it can still buy us some time.

Although Song Qingming's magic array was well concealed and bought them a lot of time, a demon king who came to the vicinity still noticed something was wrong after several days.

Seeing that the Demon Emperor was walking towards the cave with a puzzled look on his face, Song Qingming and "Xu Gu Zi" exchanged a glance and immediately rushed out of the formation.

"Oh no, they're human cultivators!"

The demon emperor, whose cultivation was only at the early Nascent Soul stage, was startled by the powerful aura emanating from Song Qingming and his companion, and dared not engage them in combat.

After exclaiming in surprise, the Demon Emperor turned around and fled into the distance without looking back.

"Fellow Daoist, where are you going!" (End of Chapter)