I, the Lord of the Fifth Throne, am the source of all things!

After absorbing the primordial earth and water energy, the seven gourds revealed a dazzling light, and special divine patterns appeared on their surfaces.

"How does it feel?"

Duanmu Lian looked at the seven large gourds in front of her, stopped irrigating them with the innate Ren water, and asked them a question.

"No problem." ×7.

At this moment, all seven gourds shook together, uttering the same sound as Duanmu Lian in unison.

After refining the treasure gourd seed, Duanmu Lian's consciousness and soul became the core of it.

Now, the gourd in front of him is like his second primordial spirit, an external avatar, and is inextricably linked to him.

"Alright, let's combine the seven into one."

Sensing that all seven treasure gourds were unharmed, Duanmu Lian immediately took out the Seven-Colored Lotus.

The seven-colored lotus consists of two parts: the lotus base and the lotus seeds. The lotus seeds are in seven different colors and are inlaid in the lotus base.

After the lotus seeds are used up, new lotus seeds can grow on the lotus stalk.

The purpose of these seven lotus seeds is to unite them into one, making them a cohesive whole.

"Lotus hearts are linked together, forming one heart!"

After Duanmu Lian recited the incantation, she directly activated the power of the seven-colored lotus.

Seven lotus seeds of different colors flew out from the lotus seat, each corresponding to the color of a large gourd on the gourd vine.

After the seven colorful lotus seeds disappeared into their respective gourds, a force immediately connected the gourds together.

At this moment, the seven gourds emitted a dazzling, colorful light, and these different colors of light began to blend together.

Finally, the colorful radiance transformed into its last color: white.

Amidst the white, precious light, the seven large gourds of different colors began to merge together, transforming into a single white gourd that was even larger than the previous seven.

............

Meanwhile, inside the fairy's cave.

The Scorpion Demon and the Snake Demon were celebrating their escape from Calabash Mountain by singing, dancing, drinking, and making merry in their cave.

Inside the cave, drums and music resounded.

The spider demon used its web as a musical instrument, playing eerie melodies, while the toad croaked like drums.

The centipede demon twisted its long, slender body wildly, while the bat demon flew around in mid-air.

However, at that moment, the large crystal placed in the cave shone brightly, presenting a scene that greatly surprised the demon.

In a remote, uninhabited mountain, a large white gourd grew from a gourd vine, a sight that would tempt even the snake demon and scorpion demon PDST.

"what!?"

The snake demon's alluring face contorted with fear and anger as she screamed:

"Where did this damn gourd come from?!"

"W-what...what's going on?!"

Upon hearing this, the scorpion demon looked over and was horrified; she even dropped the wine cup in her hand.

The other fairies also stopped what they were doing and looked at the image reflected on the crystal with great surprise.

Then, the scene changes.

A man, two women, and a pangolin appeared.

Duanmu Lian, who was focused on gathering spiritual energy from heaven and earth to accelerate the growth and maturation of the gourd vine, stopped what she was doing and looked coldly in one direction with sharp, knife-like eyes.

"Crack—!!!"

Inside the fairy's cave, in the magic mirror specifically used for observation, when Duanmu Lian turned her head, the sword light emanating from her eyes pierced through the void and exploded directly through the magic mirror.

"Ahhhh!!!"

An aura of killing intent and mental will, powerful enough to tear monsters to pieces a thousand times, burst forth directly from the magic mirror.

In an instant, countless little monsters screamed in agony as their bodies were torn to pieces.

For a time, the entire fairy cave, apart from the snake demon and the scorpion demon, presented a tragic scene of severed limbs and broken bodies.

"Wow!!"

The scorpion demon and the snake demon also staggered back, spitting out blood.

After all, the killing intent was mainly aimed at the two of them; the other fairies were just victims.

"Damn it, where did these guys come from?!"

The snake spirit was pale, her eyes fierce and confused. She didn't understand where the people in the magic mirror came from.

When she escaped from Calabash Mountain, she unleashed a demonic spell that could freeze everything in its path as if in a fit of rage.

Within a radius of ten thousand miles, not only people, but even animals should have been frozen into ice.

Could they be gods descended from heaven?!

"Madam, that man is no ordinary person. What should we do?"

Looking at the cave filled with dead and wounded, the scorpion demon angrily punched the stone table, which instantly shattered into pieces.

Besides that damn gourd, three people who looked like they were not to be trifled with suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

The fact that they could detect the magic mirror's spying and even injure them through it is enough to show that the other party possesses great supernatural powers.

The snake spirit calmly considered the matter for a moment, then coldly said, "The most urgent task is to get rid of the Divine Gourd, but those three people look like they're not easy to deal with. We need to find out their background first. If we're no match for them, we'll have to run away as soon as possible."

Upon hearing this, the scorpion demon nodded in agreement.

They had just escaped from Hulu Mountain, but they never expected to suffer such a calamity so soon.

Fight if you can win, avoid if you can't.

Thinking of this, the scorpion demon scanned the cave and finally fixed her gaze on the centipede leader, who had previously hidden far away and escaped injury, and who was also quite strong.

"Centipede leader, lead your demons to pull up the gourd vine for me!"

"Ah I?"

The centipede leader looked incredulous and confused, inwardly cursing.

No, look at us, they've caused so many deaths and injuries just by looking through the magic mirror, and you want me to go and pull up the gourd vine?!

Damn it, isn't this just sending them to their deaths?

Although that's what they thought, the centipede leader dared not disobey orders.

After all, disobeying orders means certain death, while going out on a mission might offer a glimmer of hope for survival.

...........

"It looked like someone was watching us just now."

After seeing Duanmu Lian look coldly in one direction and then look away, Tokisaki Kurumi belatedly realized that she was being spied on.

The Book of Omniscience beside Duanmu Lian floated, its pages turning again, and she immediately learned what had happened.

"It's those two monsters; they're already thinking about how to deal with us."

The two demons possessed a magical artifact called the Magic Mirror, but Duanmu Lian's Book of Omniscience surpassed it.

Although she hadn't officially met the snake spirit and scorpion spirit yet, their every move was under the surveillance of Nia Honjou.

"Ryuu, Kurumi, go and test the strength of the monsters in this world."

Duanmu Lian looked at Tokisaki Kurumi and Liu Zi; he had to keep an eye on the gourd vine for the time being and couldn't leave.

The snake spirit and scorpion spirit possessed immense magical power and were giant demons who had lived for tens of thousands of years.

This sounds terrifying at first, but they were suppressed under Calabash Mountain just like Sun Wukong was suppressed under the Five Elements Mountain.

The Scorpion Demon and the Golden Snake Demon were suppressed for 9999 years. During this time, their demonic power only increased naturally, but their actual strength did not increase much.

This is also the important information that Nia Honjo learned.

Having lived for ten thousand years, even Duanmu Lian had to act cautiously.

"Okay."

Kurumi Tokisaki licked her glistening lips, her eyes revealing excitement.

After all, regardless of their strength, these monsters must have plenty of time on them.

Although she no longer lacks time, just as humans never think they have too much money, she doesn't think she has too much time either.

Moreover, Tokisaki Kurumi also wanted to test her progress over this period of time.

"Big brother, won't it be dangerous to send only the two older sisters?"

After seeing Liu Zi and Tokisaki Kurumi leave, the pangolin came to Duanmu Lian, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground, and asked her with some concern.

It had only witnessed Duanmu Lian displaying her divine power, but it was unaware of Liu Zi and Tokisaki Kurumi's abilities, so it was concerned about whether the two women could defeat the ferocious monster.

"Nothing is absolute. The scorpion demon is brave but reckless, and the snake demon is cunning and has many magical treasures. As long as we act carefully, we won't be caught off guard and capsize."

Duanmu Lian's hands formed hand seals, seemingly slowly yet quickly, drawing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to gather here.

Those two monsters were quite powerful, but Ryuu and Tokisaki Kurumi already knew their abilities, so they wouldn't be defeated one by one like the Calabash Brothers.

...........

Buzzing! ...

At this moment, on the way to the monster's cave, Ryuu and Tokisaki Kurumi were attacked by countless monster bees that were half the height of a person.

Upon seeing the two women, the swarm of bees shot out venomous arrows from their stingers, aiming directly at them.

"The attack is too monotonous; after all, they're just insects."

Seeing the dense barrage of poisoned arrows raining down from the sky, Liu Zi gave a sharp remark before elegantly lifting her skirt.

Two sleek, high-tech scythes extended from under her skirt, instantly transforming into an impenetrable net of blades that sliced ​​down all the incoming poison arrows.