Starting with a daily divination to build an immortal clan

Chapter 304 The City Falls, Secrets Exposed

Disciples of these major sects usually keep soul lamps or life tablets within their sects to constantly indicate their status.

If the soul lamp or life tablet is dim and without light, it means that its owner has been seriously injured or has encountered some misfortune.

If the soul lamp goes out directly and the life tablet breaks, it means that the person has died.

The elders of the major sects can use this to determine the approximate location where their disciples have been in trouble, and then go to investigate and avenge their disciples.

This is also a means by which many powerful sects can deter those rogue cultivators with ill intentions.

After all, with the Soul Lamp Life Tablet and some tracing techniques, once the older generation of experts find the place where their disciples were killed, they can easily pinpoint the location of the murderer.

What awaits them next is only endless pursuit and bounties from the major sects.

Therefore, when dealing with disciples of these powerful sects, unless one is absolutely certain of erasing all traces left at the scene, most people would rather swallow their anger and suffer some injustice than engage in conflict with them.

Shen Chongming had never seen such rare items as soul lamps or life tablets in Yangnao Land, so he naturally wouldn't have thought of these things.

Seeing that the disciples of the major sects outside the Seven Sages Mountain Secret Realm had already entered the secret realm, he trusted the methods of the Thunder Pool Spirit and didn't think too much about it. He immediately transformed into lightning and flew towards Cloud Water City.

Meanwhile, outside Yunshui City.

Those Nascent Soul True Monarchs from outside the city have been waiting for several days.

Shen Wen'an and the others inside the city never showed up again.

"Gentlemen, these ants are clearly stalling for time."

"When the Nascent Soul True Monarch of Yangnao Land self-destructed his Nascent Soul, a mysterious expert made a move. I suspect that the person who made the move was the infamous Great Ying True Monarch from back then."

“The ants in this city must be related to the Great Lord of Great Ying from back then; they are waiting for the Great Lord of Great Ying.”

The old man from the Great Divine Realm spoke in a deep voice.

His gaze was fixed on the old man from Cangkong Mountain and the middle-aged man from Qingyue Dao Sect who was wearing a Daoist robe and carrying a long sword.

Everything was as Shen Wenxing had analyzed earlier. Among the many extraterrestrial forces present, the Qingyue Dao Sect was undoubtedly the most powerful. Only Cangkong Mountain and Dafeng Secret Realm could speak with the Qingyue Dao Sect.

"What did Fellow Daoist Sikong say?"

After hearing the words of the old man from the Great Secret Realm, the black-faced old man from Cang Kong Mountain, who was wearing a golden flowing armor, had white hair, and a strong body, pondered for a moment and then turned to look in the direction of Qingyue Dao Sect.

Upon seeing this, Ning Zhen stepped through the void and respectfully bowed to the middle-aged man carrying the sword.

"Master."

The middle-aged man stared silently at Yunshui City, which was shrouded in the phantom of Baxia in the distance.

a long time--

"Three days."

Ning Zhen nodded slightly, then turned and bowed to the two forces, Daqie Secret Realm and Cangkong Mountain, saying, "Seniors, my master's idea is to wait three more days."

"If there is still no response after three days, we can then break through this barrier."

Upon hearing this, the two leaders of Cangkong Mountain and Dafeng Secret Realm frowned slightly.

"Three days it is then."

"It will take several more months for the Dao source of this Yangnao land to be completely extracted."

"It seems that the Great Ying True Lord will still be unable to free himself after three days."

"We will all be together then..."

"Um!?"

The old man from Cangkong Mountain was speaking when he suddenly paused, then hurriedly took out a cyan jade tablet from his storage bag.

The palm-sized cyan jade pendant was covered with fine cracks, and its surface fluorescence was so dim that it was almost gone!
"Ji'er!?"

"Who dares to lay a hand on my son?!"

The old man from Cang Kong Mountain roared in fury, his voice like rolling thunder echoing through the space, causing the blood and qi of the young cultivators who had just entered the Golden Core stage to surge and blood to flow from their seven orifices.

"You old geezer, what's wrong with you?!"

On the Qingyue Dao Sect's side, Li Honghu, out of curiosity about the Baxia phantom and given the strength of the Qingyue Dao Sect, always stayed relatively close to the front.

Caught off guard, he was so shocked by the old man from Cangkong Mountain's furious roar that he staggered, blood spilling from the corner of his mouth.

After regaining his balance, he immediately burst into a tirade of curses!
At this moment, the old man from Cangkong Mountain was clearly in a state of extreme anger. Upon hearing his curses, he suddenly turned around and looked at him!

Without the other party making any move, two crimson fire dragons suddenly flew out from their eyes, roaring and biting towards Li Honghu.

"Junior brother!"

Ning Zhen's expression changed slightly upon seeing this.

However, Li Honghu showed no fear on his face. He stood there quietly, staring at the ferocious fire dragon that was lunging at him with its claws outstretched.

Clang!
A crisp sword cry rang out, and at the same time, a slender and translucent longsword appeared as if by teleportation directly in the path that the two fire dragons were destined to take.

The aura emanating from the longsword formed an invisible barrier, causing the two terrifying fire dragons, which were so powerful, to crash into each other and shatter into countless fireballs that scattered down into the forest below.

"Swan, come back."

The longsword blocked the old man's attack from Cang Kong Mountain, then spun around and pulled Li Honghu back from the void.

With a flash of light, the longsword landed steadily in the scabbard on the back of the middle-aged man carrying the sword.

Li Honghu's figure also landed in front of him.

"Master..."

As soon as he landed on the cloud in front of the man, Li Honghu said unwillingly, "Old man, you hurt my disciple first, and then attacked him in front of you. Aren't you going to teach him a lesson?"

"If outsiders see this, they'll think our Qingyue Dao Sect is afraid of Cangkong Mountain."

"His beloved son is dead."

The middle-aged man spoke softly.

"What?"

Just as Li Honghu was thinking about how to persuade his master to teach that old man from Cangkong Mountain a lesson, he suddenly heard these words and looked at the furious old man from Cangkong Mountain in the distance with disbelief.

As renowned sects among the seventy-two realms of Cangmin, the Qingyue Dao Sect also had a deep understanding of Tian Qi, the master of Cangkong Mountain.

The higher a cultivator's cultivation level, the lower the probability of having offspring.

The reason for this is that cultivators need to refine their essence into qi and lock in their own essence during the cultivation process.

The higher one's cultivation level, the lower the likelihood of losing one's own essence.

Tian Qi's precious son accidentally leaked a trace of his life essence when he was cultivating by absorbing the essence of a female cultivator with a Taiyin body at the peak of his Purple Mansion, causing the female cultivator to become pregnant unexpectedly.

The monks believed in fate, and after learning about this, Tian Qi also felt that he was destined to have a son.

That is, to give the female cultivator a title and allow her to give birth to her son, Tian Ji.

Having a son late in life, and being a blood relative, Tian Qi cherished Tian Ji dearly after his birth.

And Tian Ji lived up to expectations, successfully living the life of a playboy in the cultivation world under the doting care of his father, the ruler of a realm.

Within the outside cultivation circle, he is considered a notorious figure.

Despite his considerable talent, he remained complacent and relied solely on accumulating resources to achieve the Golden Core stage. Once he felt he had the means to reincarnate, he became even more reckless in his actions.

However, due to the power of Cangkong Mountain and his protective father, the cultivators outside often dared not speak out against him.

This is also why Tian Ji, a Golden Core cultivator, dared to humiliate those Purple Mansion cultivators so brazenly in the Seven Sages Mountain Secret Realm.

"Among the forces that have descended upon Yangnao Land this time, who doesn't know the identity of Young Master Tian? Just which ruthless person dares to make a move against him?"

Li Honghu was somewhat surprised.

As the Bright Moon Profound Light Body, he is considered a precious gem of the Azure Moon Dao Sect.

Honestly, if I were to encounter Tian Ji's provocation, I would at most teach him a lesson, but I would never dare to cripple or kill him.

Unexpectedly, this "little tyrant" was beaten to death today.

"It must have been done by native cultivators of the Yangnao Land..."

Ning Zhen pondered for a moment before speaking, "The native cultivators of Yangnao Land rarely have contact with the outside world, so they may not know Tian Ji's identity."

No sooner had he finished speaking than a bolt of lightning suddenly streaked across the sky to the northeast of Yunshui City!
In the lightning flash, Shen Chongming could see from afar that the once beautiful mountains and rivers and fertile fields of Yunshui City, which covered hundreds of miles around, had now been turned into scorched earth!
Ravines abound, the earth has collapsed, and countless streams of lava have sprung up from those terrifying fissures, flowing wildly!

Further ahead, the closer one gets to Yunshui City, the more terrifying the scene becomes!
Upon seeing this, his heart sank, and he immediately accelerated!

When its figure appeared above the ravaged land, through the rising mist, it could be vaguely seen that Yunshui City, which had been away for several months, and the surrounding area of ​​dozens of miles seemed to be lifted up by something.

The Renshui Concealing Spirit Array that had been covering Yunshui City has disappeared, and all the pavilions, towers, and buildings in the city have been reduced to ruins!

Upon seeing this, Shen Chongming froze!

"Am I... late...?"

His expression was blank, and his voice trembled as he stared at Yunshui City, which had been completely reduced to ruins.

"You're from this city!?"

Just as he seemed to have lost his soul and was filled with sorrow, several figures suddenly appeared around him, and the one in the lead, a late-stage Purple Mansion cultivator, looked at him with excitement.

His thoughts were interrupted, and Shen Chongming glanced sideways at the late-stage Purple Mansion cultivator.

He remembered this person.

He was one of the four cultivators from outside the realm who were the first to arrive at Laishui River.

The four of them initially discovered signs of a rare treasure manifesting in the Laishui River and lingered above Yunshui City before being forcefully driven away by Qi Buyu.

The four of them then stopped on the south bank of the Laishui River.

Shen Chongming was in seclusion in the city at the time, breaking through to the Purple Mansion realm and merging with the world around him. He had sensed the auras of the four people.

The cultivator in front of me, who is at the late stage of the Purple Mansion realm, is one of the two Purple Mansion realm cultivators from that time.

This cultivator at the late stage of the Purple Mansion realm had obviously guessed Shen Chongming's identity.

After all, when Shen Chongming went to the Seven Sages Mountain Secret Realm, he personally witnessed a bolt of lightning leaving Yunshui City and heading northeast.

Now, sensing the lightning attribute aura emanating from Shen Chongming again, he vaguely guessed that he was the cultivator who left Yunshui City back then.

Shen Chongming remained silent.

He was still deeply grieving the loss of his entire family.

"My senior brother is asking you a question!"

"Are you actually a cultivator from this city?"

Seeing that Shen Chongming remained silent, a chubby female cultivator at the peak of the Golden Core stage standing next to him, who was in the late stage of the Purple Mansion realm, immediately questioned him sharply.

The sharp sound ignited a nameless fire within Shen Chongming.

"Noisy!"

As the cold shout rang out, a lightning arrow suddenly shot out from Shen Chongming's eyes!
In the blink of an eye, the lightning arrow pierced through the female cultivator's head!

boom!
The chubby female cultivator's body suddenly exploded, leaving only a single, glistening golden core floating in mid-air!

Shen Chongming flicked his finger, and another bolt of lightning shot out, intending to destroy his golden core as well!
"You scoundrel, how dare you?!"

The Golden Core female cultivator's physical body was destroyed far too quickly. It wasn't until her flesh exploded, leaving only her Golden Core, that the late-stage Purple Mansion cultivator beside her reacted.

As a late-stage Purple Mansion cultivator, it is a disgrace for his junior sister to have her physical body destroyed in front of him!

If he were to let the other party destroy his Golden Core right in front of him, and word got out, he would no longer be able to travel in the Cangmin Sea.

As the cultivator from the Purple Mansion roared, he immediately summoned a black bone shield to block the Golden Core, while his other hand gently sucked in, trying to quickly collect his junior sister's Golden Core.

boom!
The lightning bolts unleashed by Shen Chongming struck the black bone shield, instantly exploding into tiny sparks that danced in the void!
While this Purple Mansion cultivator was summoning his bone shield, Shen Chongming had already taken out his Great Bow, Silent Guest.

As the bow is drawn to its fullest extent, an arrow formed entirely of lightning rapidly converges from the bowstring and takes shape forward!

The sharp arrowheads gleamed with dazzling light, and an extremely dangerous aura emanated from the arrowheads!

The cultivator at the late stage of the Purple Mansion realm had just absorbed the female cultivator's golden core into his palm and hadn't had time to put it away when a bolt of lightning suddenly flashed, and the surrounding light suddenly dimmed!
"not good!"

The cultivator's keen intuition, honed by his Purple Mansion Realm cultivation, sensed a chilling aura. A spiritual energy shield immediately appeared on his body, and he quickly formed hand seals, attempting to summon the black bone shield back to his front to defend himself.

However, the speed of the lightning arrows was simply too fast!

The moment the spiritual energy shield around his body appeared, before the dark bone shield could return to its front, the lightning instantly pierced through his protective spiritual energy shield and struck the golden core in his hand!
boom!
A terrifying explosion rang out!
After the lightning raged in the surrounding void, the body of the late-stage Purple Mansion cultivator was blasted thousands of feet away!

Half of his body, along with the female cultivator's golden core in his hand, had disappeared!
"I want to kill him, and you can't stop me..."

Shen Chongming's voice was somewhat hoarse, a red light flashed in his eyes, and his eyes, like those of a hawk, were fixed on the Purple Mansion cultivator who had lost half of his body. His whole body was crackling with electricity, like a killing god who had emerged from endless thunder!
"Going mad with qi!"

"This person is showing signs of going mad with his cultivation!"

Sensing the terrifying aura emanating from Shen Chongming, the extraterrestrial cultivators surrounding him in the void all retreated in horror.

A lightning cultivator at the early stage of the Purple Mansion realm is not easy to deal with.

Lei Xiu would undoubtedly be in even greater danger after going astray in his cultivation.

Once a cultivator suffers a qi deviation, they lose all restraint, throwing life and death, gain and loss to the back of their minds, leaving only endless killing intent.

Shen Chongming was in this state at that moment.

In his view, Yunshui City had been reduced to ruins, and his family members in the city were naturally gone.

He knew that these people in front of him might not be the executioners who slaughtered Yunshui City, but the sects and forces behind them were definitely related to the destruction of Yunshui City.

Overwhelmed by grief and boundless hatred, he lost all reason and now only wanted to kill everyone in front of him!

"You all have to die!"

"They all deserve to die!"

Thunder is inherently violent. As Shen Chongming's anger and killing intent rapidly increased, the thunder magma in his dantian's thunder pool seemed to boil. A large amount of violent thunder-attribute spiritual power surged out of the thunder pool and surged through his meridians!
Meanwhile, the spirit of the Thunder Pool, which was drawing power to recover itself in the center of the Thunder Pool, sensed Shen Chongming's anger and immediately manifested itself.

"Boy, what happened?"

Shen Chongming's eyes had turned bloodshot, and streaks of lightning kept flashing from them.

"I want them dead!"

The cold words came out of his mouth one by one.

The spirit of Thunder Pool glanced at the many cultivators in front of it. Although it didn't understand how they had angered Shen Chongming, it enjoyed the act of killing.

"Happy to oblige."

"Kid, let me show you what I'm capable of."

As soon as Lei Chi Zhi Ling finished speaking, he pounced on Shen Chongming!
Numerous bolts of electricity exploded on his body, intertwining and entangled, traversing Shen Chongming's body and quickly forming a complete set of azure lightning armor!

A portion of the thunderous power flowed along Shen Chongming's arm and into the Silent Great Bow in his hand!

Click!

Click!

The Silent Great Bow, which had already undergone some changes after being nourished by thunder, shattered inch by inch under the infusion of this terrifying thunder power, gradually transforming into an even more exaggerated great bow!

A layer of substance resembling azure crystal emerged from the bow, its surface burning with terrifying lightning and flames.

The bow, which was originally only about five feet long, suddenly grew to more than eight feet long!

His height is comparable to that of Shen Chongming!
The possession of the Thunder Pool Spirit made Shen Chongming feel an unprecedented power!
He tilted his hand and raised the great bow, hooking his fingers around the bowstring that shimmered with lightning and fire, and slowly drew the great bow back!

Several bolts of lightning spread from his fingertips, instantly forming seven lightning arrows!
An invisible force instantly locked onto the seven people surrounding him!
Locked onto by this aura, the seven people around, whether they were at the Golden Core or Purple Mansion stage, instantly felt their scalps tingle and a chill rush from the soles of their feet straight to the top of their heads!
Faced with imminent death, the seven men had no courage to make a move; only one thought occupied their minds!
Can't stop!
Got to escape!
"Young man, don't be so arrogant!"

Just as Shen Chongming drew his bow to its fullest extent, preparing to shoot and kill the seven people present, a loud voice suddenly rang out!

This voice contained an unparalleled power, instantly shattering Shen Chongming's invincible aura and causing the seven thunder arrows on his great bow to be scattered on the spot!

puff!
Spitting out a mouthful of blood, Shen Chongming staggered back dozens of feet in the void!

"Kid, this is bad!"

"It's an old monster in the Nascent Soul stage who's coming; the two of us can't beat him!"

The voice of the Thunder Pool Spirit resounded in Shen Chongming's sea of ​​consciousness.

"Run away. As long as you're alive, with your potential and my help, you'll be able to deal with these old geezers in a hundred years at most, as easy as killing chickens and dogs."

The spirit of the Thunder Pool spoke, forcibly suppressing the demonic energy in Shen Chongming's heart.

Shen Chongming, who had briefly regained his senses, narrowed his eyes as he looked at the figure walking towards him through the void in the distance. He understood that he couldn't even stop a sneeze from a Nascent Soul True Monarch.

It is never too late for a gentleman to take revenge after ten years!

Once he grows stronger, he will personally pay a visit to every single force in the Cangmin Sea region that has ever been to Yangnao Land!

"go!"

With a flash of light in his hand, Shen Chongming put away the Silent Guest Great Bow and immediately transformed into a bolt of lightning to flee into the distance!
"Uncle-Master, don't let him leave!"

"He is a cultivator in this city. If we capture him, we can threaten the people of the city to hand over the precious blood!"

Seeing that Shen Chongming was about to escape, the Purple Mansion cultivator who had lost half of his body didn't care about healing his injuries and immediately shouted!
Upon hearing this, the Nascent Soul True Monarch who had rushed over in the void suddenly brightened up!
"You little Purple Mansion, you think you can escape from me?"

As the mocking voice rang out, Shen Chongming, who had already transformed into lightning and used the Lightning Escape Technique, suddenly found that the space around him seemed to have been instantly imprisoned.

Immediately afterwards, a giant hand swept in, crushing the lightning and forcing his body out.

"It's over, it's over!"

"You can't escape!"

The spirit of the Thunder Pool cried out in panic.

Shen Chongming struggled desperately, but his body was still dragged back by an irresistible force!
However, he had a slight smile on his face at this moment.

Lei Chi sensed the joy in his heart and asked in bewilderment, "Kid, you've been arrested, why are you still so happy?"

Shen Chongming smiled faintly: "You don't understand."

He had overheard the Purple Mansion cultivator's words during his escape: capture him to threaten the city's inhabitants into handing over the precious blood...

This means that the people of Yunshui City did not perish because the city was destroyed.

Even now, it seems that the other party has no way to deal with his family in the city and can only resort to despicable means such as taking him hostage to threaten him.

"If I self-destruct, do you think you can escape?"

Shen Chongming's sudden words startled the spirit of the Thunder Pool!
"Kid, don't be impulsive!"

"I just came out, you...you..."

“If you can’t escape, you can only blame your bad luck.” Shen Chongming interrupted it, “No matter what, we can’t let that old man use me as a hostage to threaten my family.”

As he spoke, he directly manipulated the raging lightning-attribute spiritual power within his body, intending to self-destruct.

"Wait a moment!"

"Wait a minute... Master... Kid, another Nascent Soul True Monarch is here!"

Lei Chi Zhi Ling was still thinking about how to dissuade Shen Chongming when she suddenly sensed a powerful aura rapidly approaching from the north!

Upon hearing this, Shen Chongming was also taken aback. His body, which had been dragged back, stopped struggling and looked up ahead!

In the void, a blurry figure in a moon-white robe, exuding an icy aura, was stepping towards them!

His vision blurred for a moment, and the woman in the white moonlight dress appeared not far away!
The woman's expression was serene, her exquisite face like a fairy stepping out of a painting. With each step she took, a crystal-clear snowflake would appear in the air beneath her feet.

His steps were slow and each stride was small, but in an instant he passed Shen Chongming's body and arrived in front of the Nascent Soul Elder.

Behind Shen Chongming, the Nascent Soul elder who had made the move saw the woman and his expression changed slightly. He cupped his hands and said, "So you are Fellow Daoist Chu from the Ice God Palace."

Although Shen Chongming's body was still restrained, it had clearly stopped.

Ice Palace?
Upon hearing this name, his heart leaped with joy!
Grandpa Shen Yuan had previously foreseen that Shen Chongzhen's calamity could be averted at the Ice God Palace.

Before the collapse of the Dao, Third Uncle Shen Wen'an also used two pieces of Dao seal jade carving as a price to allow Zhou Xuan, who had previously stayed at the Shen family, to take Shen Chongzhen to the Ice God Palace.

The arrival of the Ice God Palace at this time is only beneficial to the Shen family!
Sure enough, just as the thought crossed Shen Chongming's mind, a slightly lazy and cool voice came from behind him.

"The Shen family is related to my Ice God Palace by marriage, and this junior is also the brother-in-law of my disciple. I hope that the fellow Daoists of Ziyang Mountain can give me some face."

Although the woman's words were a request, her tone carried an undeniable firmness.

Upon hearing this, the old man from Ziyang Mountain across the way looked rather grim.

Just now, that Purple Mansion cultivator from Purple Sun Mountain said that Shen Chongming is from Cloud Water City. By using him, they can coerce the people in Cloud Water City to hand over the precious blood.

As long as he could get his hands on the precious blood, he was absolutely confident that he could escape back to the Ziyang Mountain Secret Realm.

Back in the Ziyang Mountain Secret Realm, now possessing the strength of a pseudo-God Transformation Realm cultivator, he truly didn't believe anyone would dare to venture into the secret realm and compete with him for the precious blood.

But before they could catch the person, they were stopped by Chu Xiangyu, the Grand Elder of the Ice God Palace.

She claimed that this person was her disciple's brother-in-law.

The old man from Ziyang Mountain did not believe such an explanation at all, and thought it was just an excuse for the Ice God Palace to interfere with the precious blood.

Just as he was debating whether or not to break ties with the Ice God Palace, a huge ship that looked like it was carved from ice crossed the void from afar!

Before the icy warship had even come to a complete stop, two figures flew over from the ship!

The visitors were Shen Chongzhen and Zhou Xuan.

"Master."

"Brother Ming!"

The two approached, and Zhou Xuan glanced at Shen Chongming before respectfully bowing to Chu Xiangyu.

Shen Chongzhen lunged at Shen Chongming, but was instantly repelled by a force.

"Master."

He turned to look at Chu Xiangyu, his eyes filled with a pleading look.

Chu Xiangyu slowly raised her eyebrows and glanced at the old man from Ziyang Mountain who was still struggling with his decision. Without waiting for his reply, she directly waved her hand and forcefully released the binding force on Shen Chongming.

Upon regaining his freedom, Shen Chongming immediately bowed respectfully to Chu Xiangyu and said, "Thank you for saving me, senior."

Chu Xiangyu nodded slightly, then said softly, "You should go back to the Ice God Ship first."

The old man in front of him was the master of Ziyang Mountain. Although Ziyang Mountain was not as strong as the Ice God Palace, as the master of a realm, he was not without temper. Since he had ruined his plans, he would have to go through the motions.

Seeing that the person had been rescued, and noticing that there were two equally abyssal and boundless auras on the Ice God Ship behind Chu Xiangyu, the old man from Ziyang Mountain's expression changed, and then he coldly snorted and said, "Let's go."

He suddenly waved his sleeve, sweeping up all the Ziyang Mountain disciples present and sending them flying into the distance.

Watching his figure disappear, Chu Xiangyu returned to the Ice God Ship.

At this moment, Shen Chongzhen looked at Shen Chongming, who was sitting cross-legged in front of him, trying to recover from his injuries, with a grim expression.

"Master."

Upon seeing Chu Xiangyu approach, he respectfully cupped his hands and said, "Please, Master, help my elder brother."

Chu Xiangyu did not speak, but slowly walked up to Shen Chongming, stared at his body for a moment and said slowly, "He has already gone astray in his cultivation, but the demonic energy in his body is being forcibly suppressed by a force."

“In this situation, ordinary external forces will not only fail to help him, but may also trigger his instinctive resistance, causing him to become even more deeply possessed by evil.”

Upon hearing this, Shen Chongzhen's heart sank.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Xuan pondered for a moment and then asked, "Master, can the Tribulation-Crossing Pill help him dispel demonic energy?"

Shen Chongzhen also looked at Chu Xiangyu with anticipation.

Although he didn't know what the "Crossing Calamity Pill" was, the fact that Zhou Xuan had spoken up proved that the pill had helped those who had gone astray in their cultivation.

"The Elixir of Salvation is certainly acceptable."

"But let alone my Ice God Palace, there are probably only a few in the entire Cangmin Sea."

Chu Xiangyu glanced at Shen Chongming, a hint of regret flashing across her face.

A mutated lightning-attribute cultivator achieved the Purple Mansion realm in less than a century, and his aura was incredibly powerful. He clearly had some extraordinary encounters. If he hadn't met with such an accident, he would surely have become a powerful figure capable of ascending to the "Heavenly Ranking" once he reached the Nascent Soul stage.

She has already agreed to marry Zhou Xuan to Shen Chongzhen, making the Ice God Palace and the Shen family related by marriage.

The addition of another top expert to the Shen family is also a good thing for the Ice God Palace.

But now, such a cultivator with great potential has been ruined, which is somewhat regrettable.

Shen Chongzhen looked at Shen Chongming in front of her with a worried expression, a hint of regret flashing across her face.

"Never mind, you don't need to worry so much."

"The power that suppresses demonic energy within him is very special; it shouldn't get out of control anytime soon."

“Your Shen family is blessed with good fortune. Perhaps in the future you will actually be able to find a Tribulation-Crossing Pill to eliminate his demonic energy.”

"Let's go, take me and your family to discuss your marriage with Xuan'er."

When Chu Xiangyu spoke, Shen Chongzhen could only suppress his worries.

The enormous ice ship slowly flew towards Cloudwater City.

When the Ice God Ship appeared at the edge of Cloud Water City, the Nascent Soul True Monarchs guarding outside the city all changed their expressions slightly.

The Ice God Palace is a force no weaker than the Azure Moon Dao Sect.

With the Qingyue Dao Sect, the Dafeng Secret Realm, and Cangkong Mountain already involved, other forces felt that their chances of obtaining the precious blood were slim.

Now, with the addition of the formidable Ice God Palace as a rival, they are naturally even more worried.

"what?"

"What is this light barrier outside Yunshui City?"

As everyone disembarked from the Ice God Ship, Zhou Xuan suddenly noticed that the Renshui Concealing Spirit Array above Yunshui City had disappeared, replaced by a huge, almost invisible phantom of a tortoise.

Shen Chongzhen also looked completely bewildered.

He had already left with Zhou Xuan before the collapse of his Dao and was unaware of the recent events in Yunshui City.

Just as Shen Chongzhen and the people from the Ice God Palace were puzzled, on the other side of the Baxia phantom, the sword-wielding man from the Qingyue Dao Sect suddenly moved.

He slowly drew the long sword from his back.

Seeing this, Ning Zhen hesitated for a moment before bowing and saying, "Master, the people from the Ice God Palace have arrived."

"Should I go and tell them?"

The middle-aged man, holding a long sword, stared calmly at the phantom of Baxia above Yunshui City and said indifferently, "No need."

"The three days have passed."

As soon as he finished speaking, a soaring sword intent suddenly erupted from his body!

boom!
Under the influence of his sword intent, the surrounding void trembled violently!

"Let's do it!"

On the other side, the old man from the Great Secret Realm, seeing this, stopped paying attention to the movements of the Ice God Palace and flashed to the sky above the phantom of Baxia!
Seeing that both the Azure Moon Dao Sect and the Great Divine Realm had made their moves, the Nascent Soul True Monarchs from the surrounding forces stopped paying attention to the Ice God Palace and rose up to move forward, mobilizing their spiritual power to launch a joint attack on the Baxia phantom!
"What are they going to do?!"

More than twenty Nascent Soul True Monarchs attacked at the same time, and the space around them, which had just recovered, was instantly squeezed into countless cracks by one terrifying aura after another!
A crisp sound of space shattering echoed in the void.

Chu Xiangyu frowned slightly, and an invisible aura emanated from her body, protecting the space around her from the raging void storm.

Seeing that everyone had already launched their attack, with all sorts of earth-shattering moves crashing down on the Baxia phantom, causing the thin light shield to flicker repeatedly, Chu Xiangyu looked at Shen Chongzhen with some confusion.

"Besides the Daoist seal script jade carving, what other valuable treasures does your Shen family possess?"

In her view, two pieces of Daoist jade carvings were not enough to attract so many Nascent Soul True Monarchs to join forces and besiege the Shen family.

Moreover, he personally witnessed how the illusory image of Baxia actually withstood the combined attack of more than twenty Nascent Soul True Monarchs. In particular, among the Nascent Soul True Monarchs who made the move were Sikong Jinghong of the Qingyue Dao Sect and Yue Shanwang of the Dafeng Secret Realm, among other top experts on the Heavenly Ranking.

This strange giant tortoise phantom possesses such terrifying defensive capabilities that it is comparable to the boundary formations of some Dao Source Secret Realms.

The Shen family is just an indigenous family from Yangnao, which has only risen to prominence in the last few hundred years. How could they possess such a protective artifact?

Shen Chongzhen shook his head in a daze.

"Chongzhen has no idea what this giant tortoise phantom is, he has never even seen it before..."

He looked at Chu Xiangyu with a sincere expression, showing no sign of lying.

Chu Xiangyu glanced at him, and just as she was about to speak, the second joint attack from everyone struck the phantom of Baxia!
The devastating energy storm completely shattered the surrounding mountains and land!

Countless terrifying magma and underground rivers gushed forth, and the scorching magma met the river water, instantly creating a large amount of mist!
The source of Dao in Yangnao Land was almost completely drained, and the entire small world was slowly collapsing from the outside.

Now, Yunzhong County, where Yunshui City is located, is under attack from more than twenty Nascent Soul True Monarchs!

In an instant, the collapse of Yangnao Land was accelerated considerably!
Within the space protected by Chu Xiangyu, Shen Chongzhen looked out and saw that everything within his sight was slowly collapsing, and in the distance, surging seawater was sweeping in!

The once vast Yangnao land now seems to have only a thousand miles of territory around Yunshui City remaining; the rest has been swallowed up by the endless sea.

"Without someone to control it, the Shen family's protective artifact is unusable and cannot be easily changed. I'm afraid it won't be able to withstand the combined attack of more than twenty Nascent Soul True Monarchs."

As Chu Xiangyu spoke in a deep voice, the group's third attack landed once again.

The flickering frequency of Baxia's phantom became more rapid, and the phantom became visibly blurry.

This sight greatly boosted the confidence of those who had made their moves, and they all put in their best effort to strike one after another.

Seeing this, Shen Chongzhen was extremely anxious!
He desperately wanted Chu Xiangyu to help save his family.

However, he also knew in his heart that the Ice God Palace would never rashly offend so many forces present just because of the Shen family.

The Ice God Palace has only sent three Nascent Soul True Monarchs to the Yangnao Land this time. Once they make a move, it is equivalent to directly standing on the opposite side of those more than twenty Nascent Soul True Monarchs.

Faced with the combined attack of more than twenty people, the three of them would hardly survive, let alone save the Shen family.

Now, looking at the illusory image of Baxia, which was being beaten and was about to collapse, he could only endure the pain in his heart.

Do you know which faction these people belong to?

Clenching his fists silently, Shen Chongzhen spoke in a trembling voice.

Zhou Xuan, who was standing next to him, glanced at him, her lips moved slightly, and she could only sigh and nod.

She could understand Shen Chongzhen's feelings at that moment.

If one's sword heart were not strong enough, clear and transparent, it would be impossible.

Given how much he values ​​his family, to be able to stand by and watch them in such a perilous situation without being able to help them would probably have driven him to madness, just like Shen Chongming.

"They are all very strong..."

"Especially the Azure Moon Dao Sect, the Great Flood Secret Realm, and the Azure Sky Mountain, all of which are forces no weaker than my Ice God Palace..."

Zhou Xuan spoke softly.

"I know," Shen Chongzhen murmured. "If the Shen family is destroyed this time, I will spend my whole life pursuing these forces!"

Having said that, he turned to look at Zhou Xuan, his face apologetic: "At that time..."

Meeting his gaze, Zhou Xuan's expression was complicated, then she smiled faintly and shook her head: "If you want revenge, I will go with you."

Hearing this, Chu Xiangyu, who was standing in front of the two, could only sigh inwardly.

She regrets it now.

He regretted accepting the two Daoist jade carvings from the Shen family and agreed to marry his precious apprentice to Shen Chongzhen.

But the cause and effect have already been set, and it's impossible for her to go back on her word now.

By making his disciple bear the burden of a blood feud with Shen Chongzhen, one can only imagine the hardships he would face for the rest of his life.

However, just as Shen Chongzhen had guessed.

She couldn't possibly allow the Ice God Palace to suddenly gain so many enemies just for the sake of the Shen family.

While the group was lost in thought, the more than twenty Nascent Soul True Monarchs below had already joined forces to unleash more than ten attacks.

At this point, the phantom of Baxia had almost disappeared.

Those who made the move were also cautious, and began to take out various elixirs and medicines to restore their depleted spiritual power.

They all knew that once the illusion was broken, who would get the precious blood would depend entirely on their own abilities.

No one present wanted to work hard only to have someone else reap the rewards.

"When that light barrier is breached, I will do my best to rescue your Shen family members."

"As for how many can be saved, I dare not guarantee."

Chu Xiangyu spoke in a deep voice.

She now only hopes to rescue more members of the Shen family, so that Shen Chongzhen's hatred will lessen.

At least it would allow him to stay in the Ice God Palace and cultivate peacefully until he grew stronger before seeking revenge.

"Thank you Master!"

Shen Chongzhen bowed with gratitude.

He now realized that the reason these people joined forces to attack the Shen family was because they coveted some kind of treasure belonging to the Shen family.

Things have come to this point, the treasures are gone, but it's a blessing that everyone is safe.

These people were after the Shen family's treasures, and the Ice God Palace's intervention to save people was not considered to have touched their interests.

The attacks from those below were held back, allowing the precarious phantom of Baxia to hold out for two more rounds.

When the Nascent Soul Sword Immortal named Sikong Jinghong from the Qingyue Dao Sect unleashed another terrifying sword beam, the Baxia phantom, which had been resisting for so long, finally could no longer hold on!

Roar!
A mournful cry of resentment rang out, and the illusory image of Baxia protecting the entire Yunshui City vanished in an instant.

The four people, including Shen Wen'an, who were hiding in the city, were now exposed to everyone's divine sense!

Not only them, but also Shen Yuan of the Blackwater Pavilion and the entrance to the Five Elements Secret Realm in the back mountain were all clearly seen by these Nascent Soul True Monarchs.

"Ok?"

"No wonder these ants are holding on so stubbornly and refuse to leave; there's actually a secret realm hidden within this city!"

"What a wondrous secret realm, like a newly born little world!"

"If I were to refine this secret realm into my Dao Source Secret Realm, it might very well cause a transformation in my Azure Sky Mountain's Dao Source Secret Realm!"

"What an opportunity! What an incredible opportunity!"

"A drop of precious blood, a newly born, complete secret realm..."

In an instant, all the Nascent Soul True Monarchs from various forces had their eyes burning with desire, like a pack of hungry wolves who had broken into a farmer's house and found two fresh and tempting pieces of blood food.

Above the ruins of Yunshui City, near the Blackwater Pavilion, Shen Wen'an and his three companions stood in the void, ready for a desperate fight.

Just as the outside cultivators who had broken through Baxia's illusory image were pondering whether to seize Baxia's blood first or the Five Elements Secret Realm first, a loud dragon roar suddenly rang out overhead!
The next moment, a black dragon thousands of feet long, exuding a ferocious aura, roared and flew in from afar!
"A pureblood dragon!?"

"Why did these beasts come to join the fun too?"

Upon seeing the black dragon, everyone frowned.

"It's not a dragon. Look, there's someone on that black dragon's back!"

A sharp-eyed person immediately noticed that there seemed to be three figures standing on the back of the black dragon that was roaming in the void.

"This aura... it really is him..."

"I knew that such a powerful figure would not fall so easily."

"In retrospect, he succeeded."

"Hehe... those guys from the ancient Central Continent and Youdu Continent who made a move back then are in for a headache now."

Among the many Nascent Soul True Monarchs, someone clearly recognized Xu Xiu on the black dragon's back.

Knowing Xu Xiu's personality, they anticipated that now that Xu Xiu had successfully planned this, the Cangmin Sea area was likely to become quite lively.

(End of this chapter)