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

"The aura of Senior Yuqingzi..."

Ye Yang and the others stood on the broken meteorite.

Nebulae swirled all around, and ancient architectural ruins could be vaguely seen on distant floating land fragments.

The Lotus Fairy closed her eyes to sense the presence of the golden lotus mark between her brows, which flickered slightly.

"I can sense it, they're up ahead!"

Upon hearing this, Mo Xuan also looked solemn and took out a bronze compass.

The compass surface was engraved with star runes, and the pointer spun wildly before finally settling on a certain position, emitting a dazzling silver light.

"The Star Compass is responding; it is indeed the aura of Senior Yuqingzi and the others!"

As soon as she finished speaking, the void in the distance suddenly twisted, and several dark demonic figures emerged from the cracks in the broken array, their scarlet demonic eyes locking onto everyone.

The Evil King Blade trembled slightly in Ye Yang's hand, its star-like patterns shimmering and its light dazzling, clearly extraordinary.

Everyone turned around suddenly.

Above the meteorite they had come from, fragments of the Zhou Tian Star Array were being reassembled.

The dim star crystals pulsed weakly, like a dying heart.

Within the cracks of the formation, three demons with bone wings struggled to leap out of the ruined array, and were now tearing at the surrounding spatial barrier with their sharp claws.

Six pairs of scarlet demonic eyes have already locked onto this side.

"They're scouts from the demon race!"

The coffin god's expression changed drastically.

"They can track the fluctuations of stellar energy; they must have come here following the aftereffects of the teleportation!"

"careful!"

Ye Yang roared and unleashed the Evil King Blade, slashing horizontally to meet the attack.

Immediately afterwards, a fragment of starlight flashed past Mo Xuan's ear and pierced through the chest of a demon general that had just emerged from the spatial rift.

The demon general screamed and turned into black smoke, but more bone claws emerged from the cracks in the formation.

"The main force of these demons has also arrived via the teleportation array."

Ye Yang frowned slightly. The next moment, before the demons could react, he slashed the Taixu Red Lotus Sword and flew out into the air with a hiss.

The sharp Taixu Crimson Lotus Sword was wreathed in boundless karmic flames, instantly turning the surrounding floating meteorite fragments crimson red.

Immediately afterwards, the Crimson Lotus Sword split into twelve fire lines that shot towards the Starry Sky Remnant Array, each fire line precisely piercing into the teleportation array.

"Now that you're here, don't leave."

Ye Yang clenched his right hand slightly, and the Evil King Blade returned to his grasp. He slashed forward, and countless star patterns on the blade lit up simultaneously.

Immediately following, a blade of light slashed horizontally, and in an instant, the dark purple starlight blade tore through the void, striking directly at the demon general!

"court death!"

The demon general roared, crossed his arms, and condensed demonic energy into a pitch-black shield to withstand the blow.

"boom!"

But to no avail.

The blade flashed, the shield shattered, and the demon general's arms were severed at the root, his demonic blood gushing out!

"How can it be?!"

The demon general was terrified and retreated rapidly.

However, Ye Yang gave him no chance to breathe. The Taixu Red Lotus Sword was as red as blood. With one thrust, endless karmic fire rose up and burned the sky!

"Pfft!"

In no time, the sword pierced through the demon general's chest, and the crimson karmic fire instantly spread throughout his body, burning him to ashes!
Upon seeing this, the other demons all showed fear, and one of the demon cultivators roared fiercely.

"Form ranks! Traps them!"

Several demons simultaneously formed hand seals, their demonic energy weaving into a giant net that enveloped Ye Yang and the others.

However, the Evil King Blade suddenly disappeared into the void, and then leaped out of the sky a moment later.

Countless starlight, like blades of light or meteorites, fell and tore the demonic net to shreds. The remaining force was undiminished as it crashed down on the group of demons!
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

In the blinding starlight, the demon's figure froze.

Countless blades of light exploded one after another, and the shockwaves sent the meteorite cluster, which had a radius of hundreds of feet, flying in all directions.

Upon seeing this, Ye Yang simultaneously pointed his fingers into a sword shape, and the Taixu Red Lotus Sword shot out like a meteor, piercing directly into his brow.

The demon leader's body swelled violently and exploded into a shower of sparks with a "bang".

The starlight exploded, and several demons were instantly reduced to ashes, while the remaining demon cultivators fled in panic.

In a moment.

Ye Yang drew his sword and saber simultaneously, and in an instant, all the demons were annihilated!
"Dao Ancestor! That formation!"

The Lotus Fairy seemed to have noticed something and hurriedly spoke up to remind her.

At this moment, before Fairy Lotus could speak, Ye Yang also discovered the key issue here.

His gaze darkened, and the Evil King Blade suddenly expanded to over ten zhang in length. The next moment, the blade descended from the sky, directly slashing at the remnants of the formation!

"break!"

The sword light poured down like a galaxy, crashing down on the remnants of the battle formation with a deafening roar.

Immediately afterwards, an explosive wave ten times stronger than before swept out.

Not only did it completely destroy the remaining passageway, but the entire formation trembled violently before collapsing with a deafening roar. The aftershocks shredded all the demons attempting to pass through into dust.

The Zhou Tian Star Formation collapsed completely.

Ye Yang raised his hand and waved it. The Evil King Blade drew an arc in the void, accurately picking out several demon crystal cores and placing them in his palm.

These crystal cores were as black as ink, with scarlet magic patterns wrapped around their surfaces, faintly emanating a chilling aura.

"Although it's not as pure as the Nascent Soul Dao Realm demon core we killed last time, it's still a good material for refining weapons."

A hint of greed flashed in the eyes of the Coffin God, but he quickly suppressed it, and his gaze toward Ye Yang became more respectful.

The Lotus Fairy clasped her hands together and said softly.

"Thank you for saving us, Dao Ancestor. Otherwise, we would certainly not have been able to escape."

Ye Yang remained calm, put away the crystal core, and said indifferently.

"Let's go. Once the teleportation array is destroyed, those demons will have a hard time getting in again. Our top priority is to find Senior Yuqingzi as soon as possible."

Everyone nodded, then transformed into several streaks of light and sped off in the direction indicated by the Star Guide Compass.

The starry sky is vast and boundless.

This is a vast and boundless world of stars.

In this shattered star field, countless fragments of land float.

Some retain ancient architectural remains, while others are completely desolate, leaving only cold rocks.

The group continued on their journey, occasionally encountering scattered demon scouts, but they were all killed by the group and posed no threat.

Several days later, the pointer of the star compass suddenly trembled violently and shone brightly with silver light!

The lingering stars and floating pebbles cast dappled light and shadow on everyone's robes.

Ye Yang looked up ahead, and the Star Compass emitted a piercing sound. At the same time, the star patterns of the Twenty-Eight Mansions on the compass surface were seeping out silver-blue blood streaks.

"wrong!"

Mo Xuan suddenly pressed down on the wildly spinning magnetic needle, stopped in her tracks, and frowned without saying a word.

"Senior Yuqingzi's aura seems to have been altered."

Before the words were finished, the nebula in front of them suddenly tore apart like a curtain.

A moment later, a colossal beast, comparable to a mountain, appeared from the void. It resembled a giant whale, but its body was covered with white ribbons, which seemed to be whale baleen or mysterious parasitic plants.

At this moment, the giant whale's gray-white skin was covered with patterns resembling spatial rifts, and every breath it took caused the meteorite cluster within a radius of a thousand miles to tremble.

It is the ancient spatial beast, the "Void Whale!"

"Close your orifices!"

Ye Yang held the Evil King Blade horizontally in front of everyone.

The remaining blade light at the edge of the blade suddenly rotated in reverse, and at the moment the Void Whale opened its huge mouth, it briefly neutralized the power of space devouring.

Taking advantage of the brief moment, Mo Xuan bit her fingertip and drew three blood talismans on the compass.

"Heaven and Earth are positioned, and the celestial orbits are re-established!"

"Dao Ancestor, over here."

The compass burst forth with unprecedented light, and the Twenty-Eight Mansions constellation detached from the compass and floated in the air, reflecting seven shimmering spots of light on the surface of the Void Whale.

Those are the weak points it accumulated while navigating through the gaps in space.

Upon seeing this, the group transformed into streaks of light and passed through the path indicated by the light spots.

The Void Whale roared angrily from behind, and the space of the entire star field shattered like broken glass, but it was too late to catch up with Ye Yang and the others.

As the last spatial turbulence was left behind, a continent hanging upside down suddenly appeared before everyone's eyes.

However, in the center of that continent stood a colossal nine-story tower, entirely black.

The 108 star chains binding the tower are now groaning as if they are about to break.

"The Nine Luminaries Demon Sealing Tower is a troop transport route for the demon race. How could Senior Yuqingzi and the others be here?"

Before anyone could react, suddenly! A deafening roar came from the bottom of the tower.

Immediately afterwards, seven crimson beams of light pierced through the tower, intertwining in the air to form a Soul-Refining Demon Banner that blotted out the sky. Ten thousand tormented faces appeared on the banner's surface.

The leading demon general stood on an altar made of skulls, playing a soul-crushing requiem on a bone flute.

The Soul Refining Demon Banner surged, and countless vengeful spirits roared and rushed forward, staining the entire void with blood.

Ye Yang's Evil King Blade trembled, and the star patterns on the broken blade flickered, as if struggling.

"Buzz!"

The Evil King Blade suddenly erupted with a blinding purple light, and the blade itself disintegrated, transforming into seven starlight beams that swirled around the group like dragons, shredding all the approaching vengeful spirits!

Ye Yang's expression was stern, his right hand loosely clenched.

The seven starlight beams instantly merged into one, reforming into the Evil King Blade. The blade's light transformed into a galaxy, slashing directly at the leading demon general!
"court death!"

The demon general grinned maliciously, waved his bone flute, and the 100,000 vengeful spirits in the banner instantly condensed into a thousand-foot-tall demonic figure, which slammed down with its giant palm!

"boom!"

The blade clashed with the demonic hand, causing the void to tremble.

Seeing the critical situation, Fairy Lotus and the others hurriedly made their moves.

The Lotus Fairy exclaimed in surprise, and the golden lotus mark between her brows shone brightly. The twelve-petaled golden lotus bloomed, transforming into a barrier in front of everyone.

Upon seeing this, Mo Xuan's bronze compass suddenly shattered, and the twenty-eight constellation patterns transformed into flowing light that wrapped around her fingertips.

Meanwhile, the Coffin God took out a jet-black bone nail from his bosom, a look of pain flashing across his face.

He suddenly plunged the bone nail into his palm, and the blood was instantly absorbed by the nail, revealing strange blood-red patterns on its surface.

"go with!"

The bone nail left his hand, transforming into a blood-red rainbow in the air, and surprisingly, it pierced through the demon's brow even though it was behind him.

The demon general suddenly let out a shrill scream, spitting out thick black blood from his seven orifices.

"This is... the Seven Killing Nails?"

Upon seeing this, everyone's pupils contracted slightly, and they all looked astonished.

"I never imagined that you, fellow Daoist, would be so proficient in this ancient secret technique."

The coffin god gave a bitter laugh.

"This is the legacy of my Southern Frontier Gu God Sect, simply using demons to subdue demons."

Before he could finish speaking, he staggered and knelt down, clearly indicating that activating this item consumed a great deal of energy.

"it's useless!"

The demon general laughed wildly.

"The Soul Refining Demon Banner is a supreme treasure of our clan. How can a mere Golden Lotus withstand it?"

Before the words were finished, the demonic figure in the banner raised its hand again. This time, countless blood-red chains emerged from the void, wrapping around the golden lotus barrier layer by layer, causing it to crumble inch by inch!
"puff!"

The Lotus Fairy spat out a mouthful of blood, and the golden lotus's light dimmed instantly.

"It's now!"

Just then, Ye Yang suddenly shouted in a low voice.

The Evil King Blade was raised once more, and an unprecedented purple light burst forth from its massive blade!
With a single slash, the entire void seemed to be split in two.

Wherever the purple light passed, the demonic energy dissipated and the vengeful spirits were annihilated!

"Do not!!"

The demon general roared in terror, but it was too late to dodge.

As the blade flashed, his body was instantly cleaved in two, and his demonic soul vanished in the purple light!
"boom!"

The Soul Refining Demon Banner shattered, turning into a rain of blood that fell from the sky.

Ye Yang sheathed his sword and stood there, slightly out of breath. His opponent's strength was extraordinary; even if he wasn't at the Void Refinement Realm, he was not far off.

Its power is especially evident in the starry sky.

He had just used the Evil King Blade with all his might to defeat his opponent.

"Master Ye!"

Lotus Fairy hurriedly stepped forward, only to see that Ye Yang's face was pale. After many battles, even with Ye Yang's strength, he couldn't help but feel tired at this moment.

"It's alright." Ye Yang took a deep breath, but his gaze was sharp as he looked ahead.

"If nothing unexpected happens, Senior Yuqingzi and the others are probably in danger. We need to be careful."

On the other side, in the void.

Yu Qingzi's fingertips dug deeply into his palm, and fresh blood dripped down the palm lines onto the star array diagram.

With each drop of blood, the light of the array on the bluestone slab dimmed a little.

He gazed at the densely packed demonic soldiers outside the formation, where countless scarlet demonic eyes flickered in the darkness, like ghostly flames beckoning death.

"cough!"

A suppressed cough came from beside me.

Yun Heng, a Daoist from the Taixu Daoist Sect, was using a broken sword to support his body. The demonic energy in his chest had spread to his neck, and spiderweb-like black patterns appeared under his skin.

"Grandmaster Uncle, is my natal star lamp about to go out?"

Yu Qingzi did not answer.

He saw that the life tablet hanging from Yun Heng's waist was cracking.

Those were the life tablets of disciples of the Taixu Dao Sect. Now, what seeped from the cracks was not starlight, but viscous demonic blood.

"nonsense!"

A female disciple walked over and suddenly shouted, tearing off a piece of fabric from her sleeve and pressing it firmly against Yun Heng's wound.

"With your grandmaster uncle here, you will surely recover."

A sickening scraping sound came from outside the tower.

It was obvious that many demon soldiers were scraping the array barrier with their bone blades, and the light barrier dimmed a little each time the blades, stained with demonic poison, grazed it.

Even more terrifying was the figure in the distance.

Several three-headed, six-armed demon cultivators slowly raised a spear made from a spine, its tip gleaming with a chilling black light.

Yu Qingzi's face was as pale as paper as he glanced around.

Beside him, several disciples of the Taixu Dao Sect were weak and listless. One of them had a demonic energy piercing through his chest, with black mist swirling around the wound, clearly indicating that his very essence had been damaged.

"Grandmaster Uncle...we can't hold on much longer."

One of the disciples gritted his teeth and said that his long sword was broken, with only half of the blade remaining.

The next moment, he suddenly sprang up, and his mutilated right arm was ignited with his life essence.

"If all else fails, I'll fight them to the death!"

A beam of starlight flew out from Yu Qingzi's sleeve and pulled him back.

"Stop! Once your life essence is completely burned away, you may not even have the chance to lead the sect back to its former glory!"

Yu Qingzi slowly opened her eyes, the starlight in them dimming.

"Hold on a little longer, I have a feeling... reinforcements... are arriving soon..."

Before he finished speaking, a deafening roar suddenly came from outside the tower, and countless demonic soldiers surged in like a tidal wave, frantically attacking the last barrier of the Star Array.

The array's light barrier trembled violently, and cracks spread like a spider web.

"not good!"

The other disciple's expression changed drastically.

"The demons are about to break in!"

Everyone's faces were pale. They were already exhausted. If Yu Qingzi hadn't used his natal star power to maintain the great formation, they would probably have been corrupted by the demonic energy long ago.

But now, even Yu Qingzi has reached her limit.

"It's a pity that my grandmaster uncle was injured by the Thunder Tribulation Demon Ancestor not long ago and has not yet recovered. Otherwise, how could we let them run rampant?"

"Could it be... that fate truly intends to destroy us?"

A female disciple said sadly.

Just now.

"Boom!"

The entire Nine Luminaries Demon-Sealing Tower suddenly trembled violently, and a deafening explosion came from the top of the tower.

Immediately afterwards, a dazzling starlight blade descended from the sky, sweeping away the demonic soldiers outside the tower like divine punishment!
"That's right!" The disciples exclaimed, their eyes wide.

Wherever the blade flashed, the demon soldiers were reduced to ashes, not even having time to utter a scream.

Immediately afterwards, four figures fell into the tower like shooting stars, and several people appeared before them.

The leading man held a broken knife; though the blade was cracked, it still radiated a chilling sharpness that made demonic energy retreat.

"Master of both swords and sabers... Daozu Ye?!"

Yu Qingzi's pupils contracted, then a relieved smile appeared on his face.

"Thank you for your help, Fellow Daoist Ye."

The moment Ye Yang landed, his gaze swept across the entire scene. When he saw Yu Qingzi's severely injured state, he sighed.

"Senior, we're late." (End of Chapter)