Cangling Immortal Clan

With the Devouring Furnace suppressed, Ye Linyuan calmly stepped outside the Juntian Ancient Realm.

Looking at the Burial Heaven Demon Halberd, which was sealed by the nine Great Dao chains, a cold glint appeared in his eyes.

"Your Highness, the great formation has been broken."

At the same time, Ye Zangfeng and the others walked over, and then the black tide that filled the sky began to gradually dissipate.

Clearly, the people of the Human Temple had seized the opportunity to strike and completely destroyed the core of the Black Tide Formation.

Ye Linyuan simply nodded, looking at the gradually revealing Nine Heavens Ancient Realm, and couldn't help but show a touch of emotion.

After many years, he returned to the Nine Heavens Ancient Realm, and his status and position were no longer the same.

He didn't say much, but simply flicked his sleeve and summoned the Yin-Yang Yuan Magnetic Mountain, instantly releasing endless Yin-Yang Yuan Magnetic power to pull towards the Burial Heaven Demon Halberd.

This Heaven-Burial Demon Halberd is a world-destroying demon weapon primarily for killing and conquest; how could it easily surrender?

Immediately, countless world-destroying divine chains of the Great Dao emerged, attempting to break free from the shackles of the Yin-Yang Yuan Magnetic Mountain.

Unfortunately, the Burial Heaven Demon Halberd was forged from dark demonic metal, which is inherently restrained by the power of primordial magnetic force. Now, it is also suppressed by the shackles of the Nine Realms Great Dao, making it difficult to unleash its full power.

In just a moment, the Burial Heaven Demon Halberd was completely captured and suppressed within the Two Elements Primordial Magnetic Mountain.

"Two of the three world-destroying demonic weapons of the Garuda Demon Emperor have been lost. In the next battle, His Highness the Holy Son will surely win."

Seeing the Burial Heaven Demon Halberd being suppressed, Ye Zangfeng couldn't help but exclaim with delight.

The human cultivators at the Void Refinement stage all nodded in agreement. One of the quasi-saints couldn't help but smile and say, "Now, the Heaven-Burial Demon Halberd, which is mainly for killing, and the Heaven-Devouring Demon Furnace, which is mainly for trapping enemies, have both been taken."

"Then Garuda Demon Emperor is a tiger without claws and teeth. In addition, his strength has not been fully restored due to his hasty recovery. His combat power is probably only 50% or 60% of his peak."

Ye Linyuan didn't speak, but calmly stepped into the forbidden area of ​​the Boundary Ruins.

This time, Ye Linyuan discovered that a man had been waiting for a long time; it was none other than Mo Yuan, the Demon Lord, whom he had not seen for tens of thousands of years.

"Senior Mo Yuan."

Ye Linyuan spoke calmly, a hint of regret in his eyes.

The Demon Lord Mo Yuan was surrounded by endless demonic energy, and his demonic nature was almost solidified, with only a trace of humanity remaining.

In order to protect all living beings in the Nine Realms, Mo Yuan, the Demon Lord, chose to stay in the Ancient Realm of the Nine Heavens and suppress evil spirits alone in the forbidden land of the Realm Ruins to prevent them from being born. However, he also completely destroyed his hope of attaining enlightenment.

He stayed in the forbidden area of ​​the boundary ruins and cultivated his cultivation all the way to the peak of the half-step Void Refinement Realm, but the immortal and demonic energy in his body had become completely unbalanced.

Now, Mo Yuan Demon Lord only has a faint shred of faith left. If it weren't for this belief in protecting the Nine Realms, perhaps Mo Yuan Demon Lord would have already fallen into the demonic path.

"You've come," Mo Yuan Demon Lord said, sighing, "Now that you're here, I'm relieved."

"I have fulfilled my promise, and now everything is in your hands."

Ye Linyuan remained silent for a long time. If Mo Yuan Demon Lord had gone to the Eternal Heaven Realm with him back then, it would not have been difficult to suppress the demonic nature with the help of the human race's holy temple. At the very least, cultivating both immortality and demonhood to reach the Void Refinement stage would not have been a problem.

Unfortunately, he gave up this choice for the sake of the Nine Heavens Ancient Realm, and also completely gave up his chance to achieve enlightenment.

Now, Mo Yuan Demon Lord's demonic nature has penetrated to the bone, and it is no exaggeration to say that he is terminally ill. Even the Dao Ancestor who has merged with the Dao can probably not help him.

Thinking of this, Ye Linyuan sighed and said, "Senior, come with me to the Eternal Heaven Realm. Perhaps there is still a glimmer of hope there."

"I am well aware of my situation; there is no way to reverse it now."

Mo Yuan, the Demon Lord, spoke calmly, with a hint of relief, "To prevent me from bringing disaster to the world, I ask you to help me find peace."

"Do not……"

Ye Linyuan shook his head, feeling a pang of pity.

Unable to kill Mo Yuan Demon Lord, he calmly said, "Perhaps there is still a chance. At worst, I will trap you in a forbidden area."

"Since you are not allowed to bring disaster to the world, I will wait until my cultivation breaks through to the Integration stage before I can cleanse you of your demonic nature."

"Once I've completely fallen into demonic possession, I'm no longer myself. Why are you so stubbornly clinging to this illusion?"

Mo Yuan, the Demon Lord, shook his head. With a compassionate heart, he found it hard to accept his complete descent into demonic possession.

Ye Linyuan stopped speaking, but looked at the core of the forbidden area of ​​the Realm Ruins and calmly said, "I want to fight against the Garuda Demon Emperor. Senior can just watch from the sidelines."

As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Linyuan calmly strode forward, the endless golden path piercing through the vast realm ruins, reaching the unknown void rift where the Garuda Demon Emperor slumbered.

"Garuda Demon Emperor".

Ye Linyuan spoke calmly, and with a flick of his sleeve, a world-destroying sword intent pierced through the void, instantly piercing through the void before him.

He then glanced at the crowd behind him and calmly said, "You do not need to interfere in this battle. You only need to protect the Nine Heavens Ancient Realm from being affected."

"We obey your command."

The heroes of the Holy Temple bowed respectfully and retreated to the edge of the forbidden area of ​​the Boundary Ruins.

Ye Linyuan said no more, and stepped through the endless void rift, arriving at the depths of that endless void.

The moment he stepped into the nameless void, a series of world-destroying divine powers attacked, but they were all easily blocked by a protective aura.

Ye Linyuan calmly looked around and found that it was the Eight-Armed Asura King, the Six-Hell Spider King, the Fallen Demon Lord, and others who had launched the attack.

"Out of control."

In that instant, Ye Linyuan's pupils narrowed slightly, and a terrifying aura swept across the eight directions, instantly sending the three powerful figures flying through the air, bleeding profusely.

The Eight-Armed Asura King could barely resist, but the Six Hell Spider King and the Fallen Demon Lord had their physical bodies explode and their primordial spirits were completely shattered into dust.

"An alternative way of aligning with the Tao."

The eight-armed Asura King cried out in alarm as blood was spilled, no longer caring about affecting the resurrection of Garuda Demon Emperor. He immediately activated the great formation and attacked Ye Linyuan.

Ye Linyuan sneered, and the Yin-Yang Yuan Magnetic Mountain rose into the sky behind him, radiating a vast Yuan magnetic power that swept across the heavens and absorbed countless demonic array artifacts into it.

Even the corrupted Twenty-Four Divine Weapons of the Heavens and Garuda Demon Emperor's Burial Heaven Asura Formation were completely absorbed by most of them.

The power of the Creation Immortal Weapon was fully revealed at this moment. Even the most ferocious Xuan Tian Demon Treasure, which at least incorporated some metal-attribute Xuan Tian artifacts, would be restrained by this Yuan Magnetic Divine Weapon.

This is also because the Demonic Path is ruthless and most of its magical treasures are infused with various magical metals and irons. If they were replaced by the more versatile methods of cultivation, they might not be so easily restrained by the Two Elements Magnetic Mountain.

"boom--"

With the formation broken, Ye Linyuan casually slashed out with his sword, pinning the Eight-Armed Asura King to the void.

He then glanced indifferently at the core of the dark void, where a dark ball of light was located in the space-time rift at the core of the endless array.

Within that dark ball of light, the sound of heartbeats could be heard.

"Dong, dong, dong——"

The sound of his heartbeat was like the roar of heaven and earth; each beat was like Pangu's giant axe splitting the chaos, causing the endless void to explode into dust.

Endless energy began to converge towards the heart, and then a dormant aura awakened like the sun.

"Garuda!"

Ye Linyuan whispered, his pupils brimming with boundless killing intent.

He then made a move instantly, unleashing the full power of the Myriad Transformations Sword Realm to strangle the enemy in his heart, and even threw out a seventh-order ancient talisman.

In an instant, endless carnage pierced through the void, and extremely terrifying forces collided. After a terrifying roar, everything fell silent.

Ye Linyuan calmly looked over, and saw that in the endless darkness, a black demonic claw covered in wounds grabbed the Myriad Transformations Sword Realm, and then crushed it completely.

Amidst the blazing light, a figure emerged from the depths of darkness.

The newcomer had six pairs of arms on his back, and his figure was as majestic as a great ancient world, except that his head was pierced by an ancient sword covered with cracks.

"A Quasi-Creation Immortal Weapon - One of the Top Ten Ancient Swords!"

A ripple appeared in Ye Linyuan's pupils. The cracked sword was the natal treasure of the former Lord of Haotian Realm, and also the number one divine weapon among the top ten ancient swords of the Nine Heavens Ancient Realm.

This precious treasure, containing the power of time and space, is now nearly half-destroyed, yet it remains firmly embedded in the head of Garuda Demon Emperor.

This method originates from the spacetime dimension, making it virtually impossible to remove using physical means. This is one of the key reasons why Garuda Demon Emperor has been asleep for millions of years.

Over the years, the Garuda Demon Emperor has been in a deep slumber, mainly to refine this top ten ancient sword.

With Garuda Demon Emperor's abilities, he should have been able to completely refine this ancient weapon 20,000 years ago.

Unfortunately, Ye Linyuan's interference delayed this process for tens of thousands of years.

Now, being forced to be born prematurely has further delayed the treatment of this injury, greatly increasing the difficulty of refining the top ten ancient swords.

"A mere Void Refinement ant dares to obstruct my healing?"

At this moment, the Garuda Demon Emperor had just recovered. Seeing that Ye Linyuan was only at the ninth level of the Void Refinement Realm, a surge of overwhelming anger welled up in his heart.

Suddenly, he erupted, manifesting a massive Asura demonic body that stretched for billions of miles, and pressed down on Ye Linyuan.

Unexpectedly, Ye Linyuan blocked the attack. He pushed the Nine Revolutions Heavenly Technique to its limit and used the power of the seventh level of the Law of Heaven and Earth to block the attack.

"Such powerful physical strength."

Upon their first encounter, Ye Linyuan immediately felt a surge of pressure.

According to his estimation, this Garuda Demon Emperor was only forced to recover prematurely, and his combat power should only be 50% or 60% at most, but the opponent's power is still terrifyingly strong.

Even with Ye Linyuan's current physical strength reaching its peak, he did not gain the slightest disadvantage.

Little did he know that Garuda Demon Emperor was even more shocked. He was a veteran early-stage Fusion Realm cultivator, and even though he only had 60% of his strength left, he was still not someone that a Refinement Void Supreme could compare to.

The threat posed by Ye Linyuan to him now is probably no less than that of the former Lord of Haotian Realm, and may even be slightly stronger.

After all, the Lord of Haotian Realm possessed a cultivation level as high as the tenth level of the Void Refinement Realm, and only by temporarily condensing the nascent form of the Great Dao with the help of the Realm Lord's Mandate was he barely qualified to severely injure him, who was being devoured by the Heavenly Dao. Ye Linyuan's current cultivation level is far inferior to that of the Lord of Haotian Realm back then.

"Another extraordinary spirit-refining technique! This child must not be allowed to live!"

Garuda Demon Emperor's killing intent surged, and he instantly disregarded suppressing his injuries, unleashing his full power to strike horizontally towards Ye Linyuan.

At this moment, the Garuda Demon Emperor commanded twelve Xuan Tian Demon Weapons, each a top-grade Xuan Tian Demon Treasure, whose power rivaled that of human realm-suppressing treasures or even Xuan Tian Sacred Weapons.
With so many demonic soldiers unleashing their power simultaneously, driven by the Garuda Demon Emperor, they all erupted with immense strength. If it were a powerful figure like Tianyuan Wujiu, he would probably be completely obliterated in just a few dozen moves.

"This fiend has just recovered, and its magic power and cultivation are not at their peak. We just need to delay it for a while until it is too exhausted before launching a counterattack."

Ye Linyuan thought to himself, realizing that defeating him would not be easy, and immediately chose not to confront him head-on.

Having made his decision, he decisively activated the Myriad Transformations Sword Realm to continuously clash with it, using the Chaos Battle Armor to condense a nascent form of the Great Dao to fight against it.

He focused on defense, engaging in fierce clashes with his opponent, managing to rely primarily on hit-and-run tactics and defense.

The two sides fought fiercely for hundreds of moves in the blink of an eye, but Garuda Demon Emperor never managed to gain a decisive advantage.

"Creation Immortal Soldier".

Seeing that he still couldn't win after hundreds of moves, Garuda Demon Emperor looked at the Yuan Magnetic Divine Mountain and the Chaos Battle Armor in Ye Linyuan's hands, and a hint of killing intent flashed in Garuda Demon Emperor's eyes.

The opponent was clearly well-prepared. His Heaven-Destroying Demon Halberd and Heaven-Devouring Furnace were suppressed and countered by the opponent, making this battle extremely difficult for him.

At this point, the best course of action for Garuda Demon Emperor would be to escape this space and go to the Nine Nether Demon Realm to heal his wounds.

However, once he leaves the Nine Heavens Ancient Realm, all his plans over the years will come to naught, and his hope of using the Nine Realms to break through to the mid-stage of the Integration Realm will also be completely thwarted.

Even losing the two supreme treasures, the Burial Heaven Demon Halberd and the Devouring Heaven Furnace, is far too great a price for him.

Moreover, being forced away by such a junior in the Void Refinement stage was something he could hardly bear.

Thinking of this, Garuda Demon Emperor's eyes were filled with endless killing intent. He suddenly rushed towards Ye Linyuan and said, "Junior, even if I have to pay a price today, I will make you understand what the Great Dao barrier is."

As soon as he finished speaking, Garuda Demon Emperor unleashed his full power, his aura and magical strength almost instantly returning to their peak.

This is the supreme secret technique of the Asura clan, 'Asura Battle Heaven Dao'. Once activated, it can temporarily suppress all injuries and unleash the ultimate power of its peak period.

At this moment, as the Asura Demon Emperor unleashed his full power, countless world-destroying forces relentlessly struck towards Ye Linyuan.

The opponent's methods were truly terrifying. Each strike was powerful enough to pierce through billions of miles of void, and even a great world would probably be blasted apart by the opponent.

Ye Linyuan only took one move, and instantly felt his bones and muscles shatter, suffering an incredibly terrible injury.

If it weren't for the protection of the Chaos Armor, he would probably have been completely blasted apart at that moment.

"It seems we can't delay any longer."

Ye Linyuan's heart sank slightly. He immediately swallowed the Ancient Undying Pill, and his vitality and recovery ability were instantly boosted to an almost unbelievable level.

An extreme vitality filled his limbs, and the terrible injury was healed almost instantly. His physical strength was also raised to the seventh level.

"This feeling is truly wonderful."

The endless vitality gave Ye Linyuan the illusion that he could destroy everything, but then he suddenly went all out, unleashing streams of ultimate divine power to strike across the eight directions.

That powerful, combined magic, which could be described as a classic combination, was now fully revealed without any worries.

With his ultimate magical power and physical body, comparable to a seventh-tier cultivator, Ye Linyuan was almost like a true Dao Ancestor of Integration, fiercely colliding with it while wielding the Myriad Transformations Immortal Tower, the Heavenly Blazing Banner, and the Two Elements Primordial Magnetic Mountain.

He disregarded his injuries and relied on the life force granted by the Chaos Armor and the Ancient Undying Pill to fight to the death, each strike being the ultimate desperate measure.

"what--"

Garuda Demon Emperor went mad with killing intent, urging all sorts of demon gods to strike Ye Linyuan's physical body, but he ended up nearly in despair.

The Chaos Armor and the Ancient Undying Pill were too powerful, making Ye Linyuan almost indestructible. Even though they could see Ye Linyuan's demonic weapon chipping, they still couldn't inflict fatal injuries on him.

But he was still too weak. Even though the Asura Battle Heavenly Dao could ignore all injuries and pain, it was difficult to make up for the deficiency and insufficiency of his origin.

Even more terrifying, at the very moment he felt weak, the Ten Great Ancient Swords above his head suddenly unleashed their ultimate power, willing to completely destroy themselves as a price, and forcefully pierced into his mind.

The power of this strike was also the final swan song of the Lord of Haotian Realm. It was like the last remaining force of that sword from the end of ancient times, which actually pierced deeply through his head and into his sea of ​​consciousness.

The sea of ​​consciousness was too fragile, and this sword directly injured the primordial spirit of Garuda Demon Emperor.

Ye Linyuan seized the opportunity and unleashed his full power, activating the Myriad Swords Return to One technique to pierce the heavens, forcefully pouring it into the head of the Garuda Demon Emperor through the wound.

"If I had the Heaven-Burial Demon Halberd in my hand, how could I allow you to be so arrogant?"

At the last moment, Garuda roared, and his headless body exploded, with all twelve arms slamming down with full force.

This strike was incredibly powerful, completely shattering even the Chaos Armor and instantly leaving Ye Linyuan's body riddled with cracks.

If it weren't for the ultimate vitality boost from the Ancient Undying Pill, Ye Linyuan would probably only be able to preserve his primordial spirit, and it would likely take millions of years to recover.

"die!"

Despite being so severely injured, Ye Linyuan still roared and seized the opportunity to throw out all the seventh-tier ancient talismans.

In an instant, countless ancient runes engulfed everything, and the ultimate power completely overwhelmed Garuda Demon Emperor's primordial spirit.

You have won today's battle, but the war between us is not over yet.

At the same time, the remnant soul of Garuda Demon Emperor rose into the air, like a dark demon lord looking down at Ye Linyuan.

But then he let out a sinister laugh and said in utter indifference, "The Dao is the same as Heaven, and the body is immortal."

"I am the Dao-Merging Demon Emperor, destined to be immortal. Even if I slumber, I will eventually return."

As soon as he finished speaking, Garuda Demon Emperor's remnant soul gradually dissipated and vanished into the world.

Ye Linyuan remained silent, only staring at the mangled body of the Garuda Demon Emperor, a hint of solemnity appearing in his eyes.

Garuda Demon Emperor's primordial spirit was annihilated by the seventh-order ancient talisman, but he did not completely perish.

Because cultivators at the Integration Realm are too powerful, having reached the state of being one with the heavens and having an immortal body, meaning that as long as their cultivation path remains intact, their physical body cannot be completely destroyed.

There is only one way to kill a Nascent Soul Dao Ancestor: start with their primordial spirit and completely annihilate it.

However, after the Dao Ancestor merges into a slumber, he will hide a portion of his remnant soul within his physical body.
This means that unless their physical bodies are completely destroyed, or their primordial spirits are forcibly annihilated through their physical bodies, it is impossible to completely kill a Dao Ancestor who has merged with another body.

Only those who have cultivated their Divine Soul Nine Refinements to the ninth level can suppress and destroy the primordial spirit through the physical body.

Only an invincible Dao Ancestor could completely annihilate a physical body in the early stages of the Fusion Realm.

If Ye Linyuan were to unleash his full power, he could split the opponent's head open along the wound, much like splitting a piece of refined iron with a giant axe. Theoretically, this is difficult, but it is achievable.

However, completely destroying Garuda's physical body is like trying to chop a huge piece of refined iron into powder with an axe or hammer, which is almost impossible.

Therefore, the best way to deal with the merged Dao Ancestor is to dismember him and then suppress each part in a different forbidden area.

Even if the opponent were to revive again, their weakened state would prevent them from exerting their full power, thus allowing the suppression to continue for an extended period.

"The merging of the Great Dao and the immortality of the physical body are indeed quite troublesome."

"The only option is to dismember them to suppress them."

Ye Linyuan whispered to himself as he suppressed Garuda Demon Emperor's world-destroying demonic weapon, the Asura Armor.

Then, taking advantage of the fact that the Ancient Undying Pill was still potent, he used all his strength to sever its head, twelve arms, and two feet, and put them into the Myriad Transformations Immortal Tower to suppress it.

Garuda Demon Emperor's demonic body is too powerful. If it were suppressed in the Nine Heavens Ancient Realm, it would surely turn into an ominous forbidden area, and it might also attract the Asura Demon Clan, bringing terrible calamities to the Nine Heavens Ancient Realm.

Therefore, Ye Linyuan planned to take it back to the Ancient Realm of Immortality and select several forbidden areas as places to bury the Garuda Demon Emperor.

Having arranged everything, Ye Linyuan stepped out of the dark space and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Everyone was still on high alert, but they breathed a sigh of relief when Ye Linyuan came out.

Ye Zangfeng stepped forward, took a deep breath, and said, "Congratulations, Holy Son, for slaying the Demon Emperor and quelling the demonic calamity of the Nine Heavens Ancient Realm."

Ye Linyuan nodded without saying much, and calmly revisited the Haotian Ancient Realm.

He arrived at the Haotian Ancient Realm with Mo Yuan Demon Lord. Looking at the dilapidated Haotian Ancient Realm, he couldn't help but feel a myriad of emotions.

"With the Demon Emperor fallen and the Black Tide receding, it won't be long before the Heavenly Dao of the Nine Heavens Ancient Realm is revived."

Mo Yuan Demon Lord slowly opened his mouth, then took a deep breath and said, "You have performed great deeds to save the Nine Realms. If you come here in the future to break through to the Integration Realm, your chances of success may increase slightly."

Ye Linyuan didn't say anything, but calmly arrived at Crimson Dragon Mountain.

Many years later, the Ye family of Chilong Mountain is no longer what it used to be. There are hundreds of Nascent Soul cultivators in this lineage, and even seven Nascent Soul Heavenly Lords.

Clearly, without the various forbidden areas, the cultivation environment of the entire Haotian Ancient Realm has improved by more than one level.

Ye Linyuan did not disturb them and continued towards the Cangling Sea. He passed through the Floating Immortal Island and the Cave Heaven World, and found that the Ye Clan Immortal Clan here was also full of powerful people.

Unfortunately, neither Chilong Mountain nor Cangling Sea have any of my old friends left.

In the battle to prove his Dao and refine his Void in the past, too many people from the Ye family and even the entire Nine Heavens Ancient Realm perished. Almost all of Ye Linyuan's familiar faces have completely fallen.

Ye Xuqiu, Ye Yingxu, Ye Chongyun, Princess Zixi, and one after another familiar faces from the past all died under his great tribulation of attaining enlightenment.

Even some of the younger generation who were distantly related back then, who did not participate in the final battle due to insufficient cultivation, have all been buried in the past fifty thousand years.

After experiencing a great calamity lasting millions of years, the later generations of primordial spirit celestial lords unanimously abandoned the path of transforming forbidden lands, and at most, they would simply slumber until death.

"Time is not forgiving."

Ye Linyuan sighed, having no intention of disturbing these descendants of the Ye family.

He arrived at the Tianxing Sea and eventually reached Ye Family Island, the place where his dream began. There, he finally encountered his first old friend. (End of Chapter)