The Primordial Era: Starting from Being Forced to Become an Apprentice of the Three Pure Ones

The aura that Taibai sensed was that of Bai Ze and several other demon saints.

However, when they saw the unbroken great formation of Wuyi Mountain in the distance,

Upon seeing the scorched earth and the devastation, these demon saints almost simultaneously stopped in their tracks.

They didn't exchange words, as if they had agreed beforehand; those few auras of demon saints...

After a brief pause, they all turned around and transformed into streaks of light, heading back the way they came.

The Demon Court is vast and filled with powerful beings, but it is by no means a monolithic entity.

Seeking advantage and avoiding harm, and protecting oneself wisely, are survival instincts.

Jiuying and Guiche suffered heavy losses and lost face, and their opponent was the formidable chief disciple of the Three Pure Ones.

Intervening now would not only be unprofitable, but could also backfire.

Those demon saints who quickly departed made their stance clear in the most direct way:

We're not getting involved in this mess; you two can handle it yourselves.

Outside the formation, the divine senses of Jiuying and Guiche naturally captured this scene.

Their faces instantly turned even uglier, and they both let out a muffled groan from their noses almost simultaneously.

"Clean up the mess and retreat to the Demon Court!"

Jiuying glared at Taibai's figure in the formation, then fled towards the northern horizon without looking back.

The ghost car followed closely behind, but before it left, its last glance back was icy and chilling.

With the formidable enemy temporarily retreating, the shadow of death that had shrouded Wuyi Mountain for many days finally began to dissipate.

Taibai's gaze swept over the surviving beings within the formation, and he quickly began to make arrangements:

"You can rest assured and cultivate here to consolidate your gains. The formation here has not been removed, so it is safe for the time being."

"Aoki, return to Kunlun Mountain immediately and report to your master in detail about the situation here. This treasure can help you conceal your tracks and evade detection."

"Rest assured, sir, Aoki will not fail in his mission and will surely obtain the imperial decree or the protective treasure!"

Aoki was well aware of the current situation; the master needed to preside over the grand formation to protect these billions of living beings and could not leave lightly.

The journey to Kunlun Mountain for help is fraught with danger, as the demon race is likely to ambush them along the way.

But this matter concerns the survival of the entire Wuyi Mountain region and even the local people, so no matter how dangerous it is, we must go.

Watching Qingmu transform into a wisp of light blue smoke and disappear into the distance towards Kunlun, Taibai found a relatively high rock and sat down cross-legged.

As my tense mind relaxed slightly, more practical problems began to surface.

The biggest challenge right now is not external enemies, but domestic demand.

Suddenly, many more creatures appeared in the formation, and the daily consumption of food and water became astronomical.

The demons in his Devouring Heaven Bottle can only be fed for a short period of time.

However, his first task was to extract the demon cores from those demons, as they were all valuable items.

Taibai looked at the horizon not far away, where it was still dark red, heavily pressing down on the outline of the mountains.

A faint smell of blood lingered in the air, a testament to the horrific scene that had just unfolded.

Before him, the Heaven-Swallowing Treasure Bottle floated silently.

The bottle glowed with a faint purple light, and from within came a series of crashing and roaring sounds.

"I didn't expect that there were some cultivators with considerable strength trapped inside."

Taibai muttered to himself, raised his right hand, and slowly spread his five fingers.

Five faint lights shone from his fingertips, slowly rotating and connecting to form a circle.

"rise."

The halo flew out of his hand, hovering directly above the bottle, casting a beam of light interwoven with five colors that enveloped the bottle.

The refining process has begun.

As the Five Elements laws within the bottle intensified, the roars within suddenly rose in intensity.

The five colors of light correspond to the five elements, alternating and rotating endlessly.

With each rotation, the movement inside the bottle weakens slightly.

At this moment, Wuyi Mountain was also affected, and its spiritual energy began to surge wildly, stirring up howling winds.

All the creatures in the mountains held their breath and gazed in the direction where Venus was.

They couldn't see the specifics, but they felt a chill run down their spines.

I don't know how much time has passed, perhaps a hundred years, perhaps a thousand years.

The five-colored light wheel slowly stopped spinning, its radiance receded, and it transformed back into five faint points of light, flying back to Taibai's fingertips.

Inside the Devouring Heaven Treasure Bottle, all movement vanished into nothingness.

It hangs quietly, its surface shimmering with a warm glow, the lingering warmth still present.

Taibai reached out and caught the bottle, then cast a spell to throw out all the demon corpses.

"These demon corpses shall be kept as rations. If food is still insufficient, you may organize your own men to go hunting."

After all the demon corpses were thrown out, Taibai took out hundreds of light beads of different colors from the treasure bottle.

These are the demon cores that Taibai extracted from the corpses of demons.

With a wave of his hand, the demon core instantly transformed into hundreds of streams of light of various colors, flying towards the creatures that had just made contributions.

"This is the essence of a demon core, which can help you improve your cultivation and solidify your foundation."

However, a trace of the original owner's resentment and malevolent energy will inevitably remain within it. When absorbing and refining it, one must firmly guard one's Dao heart.

These demon cores were forcibly extracted and refined by Taibai, not left behind by demon cultivators who voluntarily passed away. It is inevitable that they contain resentment.

Especially the several demon cores still hovering in front of Taibai at this moment, which contain the deepest resentment.

Taibai stared at the several demon cores filled with resentment, his brows furrowing.

With his current mastery of the Five Elements Laws, coupled with his power of devouring and purifying, refining the resentment of the demon core should not be difficult for him.

However, he had repeatedly refined these few Taiyi demon cores several times, and although the resentful aura on their surface had been suppressed,

However, the stubborn, dark thoughts within him were always difficult to eradicate.

"Could it be because the original owner's cultivation level was similar to mine, and their obsession before death was too strong, causing it to merge with the essence of the demon core?"

After several unsuccessful attempts, Taibai gave up and directly put all the demon cores back into the treasure bottle and sealed them away.

Just then, the light screen of the protective mountain array above suddenly rippled.

Immediately afterwards, a beam of azure light pierced through the array boundary and landed lightly, revealing the figure of Qingmu.

He flew to Taibai and immediately knelt down, holding a talisman in his hands, which he raised high above his head.

On the talisman, two Daoist characters flowed with an indescribable Daoist charm; they were the two characters "Shangqing".

"Master, your disciple has lived up to expectations and has met with the three sages. Upon learning of what happened here, the sages bestowed this talisman upon you, saying that it can help stabilize the mountain gate's great formation."

Taibai reached out and took the talisman, then pointed it in mid-air.

The Shangqing talisman immediately landed on the ground beneath their feet, instantly merging with the entire mountain-protecting formation.

hum!

The entire mountain range trembled slightly, and the originally somewhat flimsy array light screen instantly became several times more solid and heavy.

"Aoki, this formation is now stable, and it is based on a sage's talisman. I entrust it to you for the time being to coordinate internal and external affairs and pacify all living beings."

"Master, the demon race will not let this go easily. Where are you headed?"

"I have one more matter that requires my immediate attention."

Just a short while ago, Taibai sensed Houtu's aura flying towards him.

According to the timeline, Houtu is about to transform into the Netherworld, and now is the perfect time for her to plant her power there.