The mortal's candle dragon opens the sky

The negotiations went surprisingly smoothly because both Xu Yang and Xuanwu Daozhu were supporting Tiankui as True Spirit Rogue Cultivators, and everyone wore masks to conceal their identities and remained silent.

They were not immediately required to sign a barbaric blood pact and pledge allegiance to the Dao Lord. Moreover, not just anyone would accept such a close 'blood pact' relationship. Xu Yang had considered this idea, but the Xuanwu Dao Lord categorically rejected it, saying that those who are not of our race must have different intentions. They could be used, but they could not be trusted or believed.

Their current strength is insufficient to support their 'small clan dominating a great nation', so maintaining the status quo for now is acceptable. Presumably, even for the sake of 'freedom of cultivation,' these demonic Grand Luo Dao Ancestors will continue to contribute to the Demon Realm, resist the Heavenly Court, and guard the borders of the realm. The eighteen royal families of the Holy Realm are all semi-independent vassals; can they not contribute to protecting their own interests?

Half a day later, these Great Luo beings returned to where they came from, continuing to follow the established rules set forth over countless years, returning to the great cities or border cities they were stationed in.

The Demon Realm has already established a complete elders' council system, mainly composed of the eighteen royal families, for how to fight against the Heavenly Court. There are already rules on how to rotate the guards and how to train the army. Even if the Heavenly Court is overthrown in the future, there is no need to change them; just maintain the principles. Xu Yang looks down on this barren land.

After the Great Luo Immortals had exchanged pleasantries and taken their leave, disappearing into the horizon, Tian Kui turned back to look at Xu Yang, his eyes filled with anticipation.

"Remember to pay it back!"

Xu Yang immediately understood, and with a muffled voice transmission, he reluctantly took out the 'Luo Cha Pipa' and handed it to the other party.

This second-grade spatial artifact, representing the legitimate symbol of the Holy Monarch of the Demon Realm, will be temporarily lent to Tiankui, who will take this supreme artifact of the Demon Realm to Night Sun City for the Holy Monarch's coronation ceremony.

Without this sacred artifact, firstly, his status would be illegitimate, and secondly, without the spatial law origin of this treasure, he would be unable to activate the so-called ritual in Night Sun Holy City. Of course, if he were still a Great Luo of the spatial law, he would not need this item at all.

"That's natural!"

Tiankui chuckled, put away the treasure, and skillfully cast several spells on the silver-patterned pipa, quickly absorbing it into his body. Since there were still outsiders present, he couldn't say much, and simply nodded in a perfunctory manner.

This finally gave him the confidence to go to Night Sun City alone, no longer afraid that the elders of Night Sun City would change their minds once they arrived in the city. With this magic treasure, ordinary laws could not possibly trap him.

The Elder Council of the Demon Realm has three Supreme Elders, all of whom are Dao Ancestors who have attained the Dao and mastered the ordinary laws. Apart from one who must always stay behind to guard the place, the other two are still here, waiting on the side.

A plump woman in a white dress wielding a thick, black spiked club, and a thin, withered old man resembling a dwarf, are two of the three Supreme Elders!

Shi Kongyu was previously besieged by three of Xu Yang's. The fact that these two Dao Ancestors were able to come to his aid so quickly was a testament to their responsibility as Supreme Elders. However, under Xu Yang's spatial spiritual domain, Shi Kongyu was defeated and died too quickly. He didn't even have time to wait for the two Dao Ancestors to arrive before he perished. He didn't have a chance to meet any of the Great Luo Dao Ancestors, let alone make any arrangements for his affairs.

The aftermath, of course, refers to Shi Kongyu's many sons and princes. During the negotiations just now, the more than 200,000 powerful figures present all tacitly avoided mentioning them, and no one even secretly sent out a telepathic message.

Whether these princes lived or died, Xu Yang didn't care or want to. Once he had sent Tian Kui and the other two away, he would immediately begin his advancement. As for Night Sun City, Xu Yang would not go there. Advancing under the noses of the three Demon Ancestors was not a good choice; he didn't trust them.

Whether Tiankui is willing to let his good nephews off the hook is his own business. He can do whatever he wants if he's not afraid of them not being accustomed to him. Xu Yang has no interest in this kind of melodramatic ethical drama.

"This"

Upon seeing this scene, the two Demon Realm Dao Ancestors exchanged surprised glances. The supreme holy artifact in Shi Kongyu's hands was actually in the hands of this masked stranger. Didn't that mean that Shi Kongyu had perished at this person's hands? At the very least, the final blow must have been delivered by this person!
Previously, the two of them and many other Great Luo Immortals had secretly guessed that Shi Kongjie had just found two rogue cultivators to help him stage the scene of the Demon Lord's domineering return. But now it seems that this is not the case!
A powerful expert capable of delivering the final blow to a late-stage Grand Luo Immortal is no ordinary person! Even a Dao Ancestor could be dragged down by Shi Kongyu as a scapegoat in his dying moments!
But the person in front of me, far from being seriously injured, was full of energy and in excellent condition! This was terrifying!

In battle, Shi Kongyu could even overpower most ordinary Dao Ancestors by half a head! Those who could kill him were all giants in the myriad realms; how could they be unknown and obscure?

"My name is Chen Yue. May I ask how this fellow Daoist is addressed?" the plump woman in the white dress asked tentatively, her eyes filled with surprise and doubt.

Another dwarf elder also looked suspicious, glancing at the Xuanwu Dao Master shrouded in a green cloak. He then probed, "This fellow Daoist's aura is somewhat familiar. On my way here, I vaguely sensed the aura of the Law of Reincarnation. Could you two be from the Palace of Reincarnation?"

Seeing that Xu Yang did not answer, the plump woman in the white dress changed her expression slightly, and countless ripples immediately appeared in the air near the spiked club, as if she was about to start a fight at the slightest provocation.

If it were the Samsara Palace, the two of them would at most be somewhat annoyed by the interference in their clan's affairs. As the three Supreme Elders, they knew about the secret alliance between the Demon Realm and the Samsara Palace. What they feared was that the other party was from other great immortal realms in the Immortal Realm, or even the Heavenly Court! If it were the Heavenly Court, they would find it unacceptable!
Xu Yang and Xuanwu Dao Master exchanged a glance, both feeling somewhat helpless. The Great Luo Immortals have all left, and the two of you are now alone and outnumbered, so what's the point of arguing?

Luckily, we're not on the side of Heaven. Otherwise, wouldn't we be forced to be silenced? Shi Kongyu is dead. No matter how powerful you two are, you can't possibly outrun Shi Kongyu, right?
"You should step in and send them away quickly! The Nightmare Pivot Prince in the Accumulated Scale Void Realm just activated a wisp of demonic thought that remained in my body, as if he had something important to inform me, but with these two Dao Ancestors here, he dares not rashly unleash his power." Xu Yang suddenly pressed his chest, his heart moved.

The Xuanwu Dao Master sighed softly, then lifted his cloak and said in a slightly indifferent tone, "Shi Guang! Chen Yue! So many years have passed, and you two haven't improved at all. You're still the same as you were hundreds of millions of years ago. As long as I conceal myself slightly, you're like blind people who can't recognize me. I don't know how you've survived!"

"Nine Abyss Dao Lord!? You're not dead!!"

"Greetings, Senior Jiuyuan!"

Upon seeing the face of the Xuanwu Dao Master, the fat woman and the dwarf old man were initially shocked and looked at each other in dismay. Then they immediately relaxed and their vigilance vanished. They did not continue to question Xu Yang's identity, thinking that he was probably some rogue cultivator who did not want to reveal his origins. The Xuanwu Dao Master was one of the oldest in the True Immortal Realm and had a wide circle of friends. They would not be surprised if he could bring in some kind of external support, but it certainly could not be the Heavenly Court!

The plump woman in the white dress, regaining her senses, immediately looked somewhat embarrassed. She bowed slightly with the courtesy due to a teacher, and sighed:
"I'm relieved to hear it's you. Your character is noble, and it's better for the Holy Monarch to ally with you than with the Samsara Palace. The Samsara Palace is like a ghost, hiding its head and tail, with a mysterious origin. It doesn't seem like a benevolent entity. Since the previous monarch has already fallen, it's a good time to sever ties with the Samsara Palace!"

The dwarf elder chuckled when he heard his companion say this. His beliefs were exactly the opposite of the fat woman's. He was a supporter of the Stone Sky Fish and it was he who pushed for the alliance with the Samsara Palace. The fat woman's true form was the Eroding Light Demon Turtle, a branch of the True Spirits—the Demon Realm Turtle Spirit lineage. Naturally, she was in the camp of the pro-True Spirits lineage.

"Forget about forming an alliance! Just for my sake, if you can refrain from having any ideas, then I won't have taught you for nothing!" Seeing the fat woman say this, the Xuanwu Dao Master snorted coldly. Back then, during the war that destroyed the Four Symbols Star Yuan Sect, the Demon Realm broke the alliance and watched the Four Symbols Sect perish. Countless years have passed, and he still harbors resentment towards it.

Seeing the Xuanwu Dao Master's cold expression, the fat woman was speechless. She knew why, but on the day the Four Symbols Sect was destroyed, she was just a mere Great Luo Immortal. How could she possibly control such a major event? She could only smile bitterly, bow and take her leave, and slowly transform into a hazy moon shadow and disappear.

Seeing this, the dwarf elder hurriedly cupped his hands in greeting and transformed into a black line, disappearing into the void.

Tiankui was overjoyed. He bowed deeply to Xuyang and Xuanwu Daozhu before Pokong followed. With Xuanwu Daozhu's endorsement, the matter of succeeding the Holy Monarch was at least secure. There was no fear that the three Supreme Elders would use their high cultivation to create trouble out of thin air.

Xu Yang's eyes flashed. After standing still for a while, once he was sure that all the demons had gone far away and had no divine sense left, he turned around and punched the void, blasting open a red and silver reincarnation channel. Yan Shuzi, who had been anxiously waiting on the other side, immediately flew out from it.

Seeing the anxious look on Yan Shuzi's face, the Xuanwu Dao Master's eyes flashed and he asked, "Judging from your expression, has that demon or the Lord of Samsara returned?"

Xu Yang's eyes narrowed slightly. With the combined teleportation ability of the two laws of Samsara and Nine Netherworld, it wouldn't be much weaker than the law of Qiankun. Even if the Xuanwu Dao Lord had banished them to a faraway place, they should have returned long ago. The reason they hadn't finished negotiating for a day and a night was that they wanted to muddy the waters. Once the Samsara Palace Lord returned, they would immediately give up on letting Tian Kui succeed the Demon Lord and act according to the situation.

Yan Shuzi's aura was somewhat weak, seemingly due to the immense exertion from exploring half of the True Immortal Realm. Upon appearing in the outside world, a vast, dark shadow stretching for tens of thousands of miles appeared behind him, with countless eerie lights surging and gathering. He greedily inhaled the surrounding天地元气 (heaven and earth energy) as if receiving sweet rain, slowly saying:
"The Lord of Samsara Palace and his companion did indeed rush towards the Demon Realm immediately after being exiled, but after the fall of Shi Kongyu, strange phenomena appeared all over the True Immortal Realm, so they immediately stopped and left the True Immortal Realm! I discovered that the Heavenly Court army was coming and heading straight for the Demon Realm! At most, they will reach the border of the Demon Realm in half a day!"

"They actually came! Are they playing tricks behind the scenes, or are they simply trying to expand their territory by taking advantage of Shi Kongyu's death?"

"How strong is the army?" Xu Yang's heart tightened immediately, and he asked. If it was the latter, they would not help the Demon Realm to protect it from disaster. Naturally, the three Supreme Elders and the eighteen royal elders would take the lead. If they could hold on, great; if they couldn't, they deserved to perish, just like the Four Symbols Star Yuan Sect. They would never repay evil with kindness!

You stood by and did nothing back then, so it's good enough that we're not kicking you when you're down now! If things don't work out, he'll storm into Night Sun City and take away the Heavenly Puppet, or at the very least, he'll take away Luo Cha's Pipa.

"The army was like a monstrous wave! A dozen enormous auras of the Heavenly Dao followed, the two most powerful of which were like the blazing sun and the bottomless abyss simultaneously descending to earth, making no attempt to conceal their supreme power! Fearing discovery by a powerful being, I dared not confront them directly, only sensing them vaguely from a distance! But within this army, I seemed to smell no fewer than a hundred true dragon auras, many of which were extremely familiar! Furthermore, they were coming from the Dragon Abyss Immortal Realm."

Yan Shuzi's expression was grave and complex.

"The sun blazes in the sky, and towering waves surge!"

"The bottomless abyss!"

Xu Yang and Xuanwu Daozhu's expressions both turned somewhat ugly. They had guessed who the newcomer was. Without further ado, Xu Yang immediately wiped his chest, took out a handful of Creation Crystals, and patted them onto Yan Shuzi's chest.

The next moment, a divine light, seemingly both purple and mysterious, flashed in Xu Yang's eyes and palm. More golden streams of light simultaneously appeared in the nearby void, instantly forming a spiritual domain that accelerated ten thousandfold. Enveloped in various lights, Xu Yang, like a creator god, helped Yan Shuzi's aura more than double in an instant, and he roared:
"The Great Void creates wonders! It mends the deficiencies of the Dao! Karmic fire arises spontaneously! The calamity is about to begin!"

No less than two hundred Creation Crystals were refined into his body, and Yan Shuzi's origin and cultivation immediately reached a critical point. He was prepared in advance, and with Xu Yang's confident expression, he had already shaken off his previous anxiety and fear. He quickly sank into the deepest part of his primordial spirit, let go of his ego and then end his own life, preparing to be reborn!
One breath outside is equivalent to one day plus half a night inside. Soon, a faint red flame quietly emerged in the dark primordial spirit of the Nightmare Pivot Child!

As soon as it appeared, it began to spread rapidly using the entire Hunyi True Pivot as fuel, bursting out of the body in an instant and covering every inch of the Nightmare Pivot Child's body!
"Ho ho—!"

Amidst indescribable agony, Yenshu's expression had become extremely ferocious. With a roar, he reverted to his original form as a Nightmare Dragon. His pair of dark dragon eyes were filled with wildly shifting emotions, with anger, regret, greed, hatred, joy, and other obsessions burning rapidly. In this intense pain, his primordial spirit gradually revealed a clear, glassy color!
Burning body in karmic flames!

As for the physical body of the Nightmare Pivot Dragon, although a large amount of flesh and blood impurities turn to ashes every moment, the powerful physique of the True Dragon Clan can at least support the burning of the karmic fire for a long time. In any case, before the primordial spirit is burned out, it will definitely leave behind bones.

When cultivators reach this juncture, those who follow the ancient and barbaric methods need to have their hearts ripped out of the waters of the Nine Netherworlds to escape tribulation. However, most cultivators of the Three Corpses Path have weak physical bodies. Even if they are tainted by a trace of leaked karmic fire, their physical bodies will cease to exist, cutting off their path to the Dao. They can only find another way, turning one step into three steps, and gradually achieving the effect of purifying their primordial spirit through three stages of severing the corpse.

This place does not contain the Guixu Sea Eye, which is known as the 'Taixu Daoque' and contains the Nine Nether Weak Water. The Weak Water of the Xuanwu Dao Lord is just ordinary Weak Water and cannot replicate the creation of this naturally formed land. However, there is the rising sun here.

Time passed slowly. One hundred breaths outside meant two months in the Spirit Realm. The skeleton of Yan Shuzi was as thin and withered as bamboo, with scales clinging tightly to the bones, and little flesh could be seen. But he was still trying his best to maintain his nature. His dragon eyes were wide open, and his primordial spirit was becoming more and more refined. But at this moment, he had reached the most dangerous moment. Ninety percent of the true spirits of the immortal realm had perished at this stage!
Xu Yang watched quietly. Another breath passed outside. Just as Yan Shuzi's primordial spirit turned into a clear, lustrous color, just before Yan Shuzi's self-awareness was completely clouded and he was about to fall into self-destruction, he placed his palm on Yan Shuzi's head!

The next moment, the fiercely burning crimson karmic fire was completely 'pulled out' by Xu Yang!

"Ow"

Nightmare Shuzi let out a weak, low, miserable howl. A deep red flame was still rooted in his heart. If it weren't for the Nine Nether Weak Water extinguishing it, he would still be in dire straits!
The next moment, Xu Yang's five fingers were like knives, piercing straight through the heart, forcefully ripping out the still-beating dragon heart of Yan Shuzi. As he swallowed it, he instantly smeared it on his chest, using his own more than a hundred true bloodstains as a guide and five hundred creation crystals as flesh and blood, instantly refining a crystal-clear dragon heart to fill the hole!

"Thump thump. Thump! Thump thump!!" With the last trace of his consciousness remaining, Yan Shuzi took out the Xuanzhen Essence that Xu Yang had given him earlier and swallowed it in one gulp. After a few breaths, his heart finally began to beat slowly. Yan Shuzi's aura was extremely weak, but from this moment on, it rapidly grew stronger, and he roared to the sky!

Aww~ Ang—

A hazy, dark gate to the Heavenly Dao appeared in the Nine Heavens! The Dharma merges with the Heavenly Dao!
Xu Yang's expression also turned ferocious, and karmic fire, hundreds of times more intense than that of Yan Shuzi, erupted simultaneously from his primordial spirit and heart!

The Xuanwu Dao Master witnessed the entire event. He nodded slightly, then looked into the distance and murmured, "Two breakthroughs in one day! Chen Ruyan! Did you see that?"

What the mind desires, the Dao Ancestor will surely sense. As Chen Ruyan rapidly traveled through the various immortal realms, she suddenly looked ahead. (End of Chapter)