The Rise of the Sect: I am the most persistent person in the world of immortal cultivation

Ye Yang stared at the Demon-Suppressing Stone Tablet in his hand.

At this moment, in his vision, the black and gold characters on the stele seemed to writhe like living things, emitting an eerie black light.

At this moment, Mo Xuan and Fairy Han Dan also emerged from the illusion.

The two people surrounded Ye Yang, examining the text in front of them with slightly furrowed brows.

"It was Lotus Fairy who said in a deep voice."

“Reporting to the Dao Ancestor, I am proficient in demonic script. At this moment, I can roughly recognize that the inscription on this stele seems to be a demonic technique called ‘Heavenly Demon Heart-Eating Great Technique’.”

"This method feeds on negative emotions, devours the souls of others to strengthen itself, and then stirs up people's inner demons."

"No wonder I saw the inner demon in that illusion before. Although this method does not kill people directly, it starts from the inner demons and emotions of cultivators. One wrong step and the path to cultivation is destroyed. It is indeed very vicious."

Upon hearing this, Mo Xuan lightly raised her hand, and a sword aura froze the demonic energy that was trying to approach.

"Keeping this thing will only cause harm; it's better to destroy it."

"Wait a minute."

Ye Yang's eyes flickered, and his fingertips traced the inscription on the monument.

"Although this technique is poisonous, its analysis of inner demons is quite ingenious. If we study it carefully and deduce it in reverse, we may be able to find a way to counter demonic arts."

After hearing Ye Yang's words, the other two said nothing more.

Everyone took out a jade slip, engraved the demonic runes on it, and carefully put it away. Ye Yang, on the other hand, made a sweeping motion in the air and put the demonic rune stone tablet into his storage bag.

As soon as the demonic stone tablet was taken, the surrounding buildings collapsed, and even the space itself became unstable amidst the commotion.

Chen Hao rolled up his sleeves, and a gust of wind swept across the land, blowing away the ruins of those buildings.

A moment later, a star core the size of a goose egg emerged from the ruined building and landed in his hand.

At first glance, Ye Yang saw that the star core was crystal clear, with countless stars flowing inside, emitting a faint silver glow.

"This is... a star core formed entirely from the essence of stars?"

The Lotus Fairy's beautiful eyes flickered slightly, revealing a hint of surprise.

"Legend has it that such a treasure is born only when the stars are extinguished. This item contains the power of the stars' origin. Judging from this, we should not be far from the Starry Sky Flying Land."

Chen Hao gripped the star core tightly, feeling the surging energy within, and spoke.

"Just now in the illusion, I sensed something unusual about this space, so I used a secret technique to search for it and indeed found something."

Just then, the star core began to vibrate with a buzzing sound, and with a crack, the surrounding space became unstable.

The white lotus lamp in the hands of the Lotus Fairy suddenly lit up, and the wick burst forth with dazzling Buddhist light.

"Watch out! Something is pulling on this star core!"

Before she finished speaking, a beam of mysterious light shot out from the white lotus in her hand, but before it reached the star core, the surrounding white marble floor tiles suddenly cracked.

Immediately afterwards, countless black vines burst forth from the ground, with dense clusters of purplish-black fleshy growths hanging from them, each containing a twisted human figure.

"They are vine people from the demon race."

Ye Yang snorted coldly and flicked his finger to release a sword aura. After the sword aura flew into the air, it suddenly split open, then multiplied into ten, and then into a hundred.

In no time, sword energy crisscrossed and formed a net, cutting all the attacking vines into pieces.

But after the tumors landed, they rapidly expanded, transforming in the blink of an eye into hundreds of pitch-black demons with crimson flames dancing in their empty eye sockets, who then madly attacked them.

Upon seeing this, Ye Yang put the star core into his sleeve and slashed the air with the Evil King Blade.

As the blade's energy passed, more than ten demons were cut in half at the waist, but the black blood spurting from their wounds transformed into even more tiny black insects, buzzing and fluttering their wings as they attacked.

The Lotus Fairy tossed the white lotus lantern into the air, and as the lantern spun, it showered down golden light. The black insects that touched the Buddha's light instantly melted away like snow meeting the blazing sun.

Mo Xuan took the opportunity to run her fingers across the sword, and a frost-white sword aura spread out in a fan shape, instantly turning the small demons into ashes.

Although these demons were quite strong, they were no match for the three of them and were quickly destroyed.

Sudden.

A deafening explosion came from afar.

A streak of azure light streaked across the sky like a shooting star. Ye Yang looked up and saw that the group of people, dressed in green robes, were none other than the Southern Border Gu cultivators he had encountered on Tianxin Island.

These people were followed by three giant monsters with bone wings on their backs.

The leader held an ancient bronze mirror in his hand. The mirror was dim and cracked.

"Fellow Daoists, the Coffin God greets you. Fellow Daoists ahead, please retreat immediately! The demons behind us are very powerful."

The coffin god shouted in a hissing voice.

"These are the vanguard of the Skywing Demon Clan; they can devour space!"

Before he could finish speaking, a demon suddenly accelerated, its bone wings slicing across the old Taoist's back like knives, sending up a spray of blood.

Ye Yang's eyes flashed with a cold light, and the Taixu Red Lotus Sword flew out of his hand.

The sword split into nine parts in mid-air, transforming into crimson chains that bound the demon.

At the same time, the Evil King Blade descended with the force of splitting mountains; even before the blade arrived, its violent intent had already plowed furrows into the ground.

"boom!"

The monster was sent flying hundreds of feet by the slash, its white bones exposed on its chest.

But the granulation tissue at the wound site wriggled wildly, and in the blink of an eye, it healed completely.

The other two monsters seized the opportunity to flank from both sides, their bone wings stirring up a dark storm that cracked the space in their wake, like glass.

Suddenly, the Lotus Fairy bit her fingertip and drew a blood symbol on the white lotus lantern.

"Bodhi purifies the world, all phenomena are empty!"

The lamp exploded with a bang, and countless golden Sanskrit characters formed a giant swastika in the air.

The two demons collided with the Buddha seal and immediately let out a shrill howl, their demonic energy churning like boiling water.

Upon seeing this, the coffin god and his companions immediately stopped and threw the bronze mirrors in their hands into the air.

Suddenly, the mirror fragments burst forth with dazzling light, transforming into seven giant bronze pillars that descended from the sky, trapping the three-headed demon within the formation.

At this moment, the Void Red Lotus Sword, which was wandering in the air, suddenly emitted a trembling sound like a dragon's roar.

The red lotus patterns on the sword unfolded layer by layer, eventually transforming into a crimson lotus that stretched across the heavens and the earth.

Everyone was astonished when they saw the enormous lotus flower.

That red lotus was not pure flame; each petal was composed of pure sword energy.

The moment the lotus flower fell to the ground, the entire space trembled.

Immediately afterwards, countless sharp, sky-splitting sword energies rushed into the formation, and the three-headed demon finally let out a desperate roar, its body disintegrating into ash in the alternation of extreme high and low temperatures.

Three dark purple demon crystal cores escaped from countless ruins and ashes, and were then grabbed by Ye Yang.

"This is."

The moment Ye Yang obtained the three crystal cores, an intensely greedy desire surged within the Evil King Blade in his hand, as if he wanted to refine these crystals.

However, under Ye Yang's control, it did not unfold immediately, but the blade still trembled slightly.

"not good!"

Just then, the Coffin God exclaimed in surprise, and everyone turned around to look, only to find that the ground beneath their feet was beginning to shake violently in the distance.

In the distance, palace complexes collapsed one after another, revealing a bottomless dark abyss below.

Ye Yang sneered and put the three crystals into his storage bag. Just then, demonic energy surged from countless buildings in the distance, and a huge human face appeared.

The gigantic face, formed from billowing black smoke, blotted out the sky, its eyes hanging high like blood moons, looking down upon everyone.

Followed by.

As soon as it opened its mouth, countless twisted vengeful spirits roared out, their shrill cries causing the space to tremble and vibrate.

"It's demonic thought taking form!"

The Lotus Fairy's expression changed drastically, and the broken white lotus lantern in her hand trembled violently.

"This demon has devoured the souls of at least tens of thousands of cultivators!"

Mo Xuan's longsword swept across the sky, its frosty sword energy creating layers of ice walls in front of him.

The vengeful spirits crashed against the ice wall, corroding it and creating countless holes.

Seeing this, Ye Yang suddenly plunged the Evil King Blade into the ground, and the blade burst forth with scarlet evil energy, transforming into a hundred-foot-long blade aura that slashed straight at the giant face's brow.

"clang!"

The clang of metal clashing echoed through the heavens as the blade struck the giant face's forehead, carving a massive scar. Blood dripped down, and the demonic face, in disbelief, roared in deafening fury.

"How dare such a mere ant!"

Before the words were finished, nine crimson chains suddenly emerged from the void, which were the previously dispersed Taixu Crimson Lotus Sword Qi.

The chains coiled around the giant face like serpents, and Ye Yang made hand seals, causing pale white flames to ignite on the chains.

"Aaaaah!" The demonic face roared in pain, and suddenly spat out a beam of black light from its mouth.

The coffin god hurriedly threw out a fragment of the bronze mirror. The mirror light collided with the black light, tearing a spatial rift in the air.

"Hand over the crystal core of my demon race at once!"

"If you want it, come and take it yourself."

After speaking, Ye Yang pointed his sword at the sky, and a hundred-foot-long sword aura pierced straight into the demon's face.

The giant face roared in fury, and demonic energy condensed into a million arrows that rained down.

The coffin spirit spewed out its life essence, and the broken fragments of the ancient bronze mirror transformed into a starlight shield.

The rain of arrows struck the light shield, creating countless ripples.

Lotus Fairy sat cross-legged in the void, her chanting transforming into tangible golden scriptures to fill the gaps in the formation.

Ye Yang nodded and suddenly plunged the Evil King Blade into the ground.

As the blade trembled, countless blood-red patterns spread across the ground like a spider web.

"go!"

He grabbed Mo Xuan's wrist, and the Taixu Red Lotus Sword cleaved open a spatial passage.

The Coffin God and the Lotus Fairy followed closely behind. The moment their figures disappeared, they were swallowed up by the raging tide of demonic energy.

Before the dizziness from the spatial shift had subsided, Ye Yang smelled a musty sandalwood scent.

He suddenly opened his eyes and found himself standing in the center of a magnificent hall.

The star stones inlaid in the dome emitted a faint blue light, illuminating the entire hall as if a galaxy were hanging upside down.

"This is."

The Lotus Fairy lightly touched the ground with her fingertips, and the halo of the white lotus lantern illuminated her feet.

Only then did everyone realize that the entire floor of the palace was a complete star map, and they were standing at the position of the Big Dipper.

Mo Xuan suddenly gasped.

Following her gaze, the four walls were covered with reliefs depicting countless scenes of cultivators battling demons.

What's most alarming is that the demonic figures in those reliefs bear a striking resemblance to the extraterrestrial demons they had just encountered.

"The Diagram of the Three Enclosures and Four Symbols?"

The coffin spirit trembled as he stroked the wall, the bronze mirror fragments resonating and humming in his palm. Suddenly, a sharp light flashed in the old Taoist's cloudy eyes.
"I understand now! We didn't go to the Starry Sky Flying Land. The great formation on Tianxin Island was damaged by the demons, and we were transferred to a mysterious place."

"This place may be deep within the demon realm."

As if to confirm his words, the star map on the ground suddenly began to flow.

A blinding silver light shone from the Tian Shu position, and a beam of light was projected onto the bronze altar in the center of the hall.

The altar surface is covered with cracks, but the two ancient seal characters "锁魔" (Locking Demons) are faintly visible.

Ye Yang leaped onto the altar, and with a light flick of the tip of the Taixu Red Lotus Sword, he actually pulled out a palm-sized jade token from the void.

The token is entirely black, yet contains a galaxy within. The front is engraved with the words "Starry Sky," while the back features a miniature star map of the Twenty-Eight Mansions.

"Starry Sky Token!"

The coffin god was so excited that his beard trembled.

"Legend has it that the demons attacked this world in ancient times. Countless ancestors exhausted their efforts to drive them away and then built the Zhou Tian Star Array to stop them! But..."

"Judging from the current situation, this sealing formation is already 30% damaged. No wonder the demons were able to infiltrate it."

As if in response to his concerns, the entire hall suddenly trembled violently.

The star stones on the dome shattered one after another, turning into wisps of demonic energy as they fell.

"I don't have time to look at it closely."

Ye Yang pressed the Starry Sky Token to his brow, and the energy of swords and blades surged into the token through his meridians.

The star map on the token suddenly came to life, transforming into a stream of light that entered his sea of ​​consciousness.

Countless streams of information rushed past.

He witnessed the magnificent scene of ancient cultivators using themselves as the core of the formation to seal the main force of the demon race within the folded space.

At that moment, a deafening roar, as if the heavens and earth were collapsing, came from outside the palace.

Through the collapsing palace gates, a rift stretching for hundreds of miles could be seen splitting open in the distant sky, from which countless demonic figures with bone wings on their backs swarmed out.

The demon general at the forefront wielded a halberd, and with a single cleavage, he split half of a suspended mountain in two.

"They are all demons at or above the True Person realm."

"Among them are cultivators at the Nascent Soul Realm, and even powerful cultivators at the Void Refinement Realm."

Everyone's expressions changed drastically.

The deafening explosion drowned out everyone's discussion.

The dome of the main hall collapsed with a deafening roar, revealing the blood-red sky outside.

Before long, the demons had arrived outside the main hall.

Countless demon generals led their armies to besiege the Tian Shu Palace.

Despite everyone's combined efforts, they still couldn't withstand the relentless surge of demonic energy.

A sickening scraping sound came from outside the main hall, as if a million sharp claws were tearing at the hall door.

Ye Yang manipulated the Starry Sky Command, and the surrounding starlight shone brightly, forming a hemispherical light shield inside the hall.

Outside the light barrier, demonic energy surged like a tide, each collision dimming the starlight.

The cracks on the Starry Sky Token are slowly widening.

"A large number of demon cultivators have gathered outside. Please follow me!"

The moment these words were spoken.

The star map on the ground suddenly began to rotate, and the handle of the Big Dipper pointed to a dragon-shaped pillar at the corner of the palace.

A crack appeared at the base of the pillar, revealing a downward-facing staircase.

As soon as everyone stepped into the secret passage, the ice wall behind them collapsed with a roar, and the demonic tide surged into the main hall like a flood bursting its banks.

The secret passage was narrow and deep, with glowing stardust embedded in the walls on both sides.

The further down you go, the denser the spiritual energy in the air becomes, until it almost condenses into a liquid.

At the end of the stairs, a vast expanse of star pool, about a hundred feet square, came into view.

The pool water is not an ordinary liquid, but is formed by the convergence of countless tiny starlight, and the surface of the water occasionally leaps up like starlight.

At the bottom of the pool lay seven fist-sized crystals arranged in the shape of the Big Dipper, each containing a flickering flame.

"Star Core Source Pool!"

The coffin spirit staggered and grabbed the stone railing by the pool.

"A legendary sacred cultivation ground that draws upon the condensed power of the celestial sphere."

He suddenly coughed violently, and black blood seeped from between his fingers.

Suddenly, the Lotus Fairy threw the white lotus lantern into the pond.

The pool water suddenly boiled.

Seven star cores burst forth from the water and swirled around the group.

"This is?"

Ye Yang sensed a powerful aura emanating from it, which propelled his cultivation to continuous improvement.

As the seven star cores rotated, they resonated with the Void Red Lotus Sword Qi within his body. Each star core corresponded to one of his acupoints, and there was a faint tendency for them to merge.

But it wasn't just him; others also noticed the strangeness of the place.

"This seems to be a treasure trove for secluded cultivation. The moment I entered, I actually felt the bottleneck that had been hindering me for many years, and there seemed to be a faint opportunity for a breakthrough." (End of this chapter)