Humans are in the wilderness, God is in perfection!

In the Three Realms, doing good deeds brings merit, while doing evil deeds accumulates sins.

Those who possess merit will have a pure aura surrounding them, which can enlighten their minds and nourish their spirits, thus benefiting their spiritual practice. Those with more merit will have golden light emanating from their bodies, receiving divine blessings, turning misfortune into good fortune, and experiencing endless opportunities and good luck.

Those burdened with sins will, at best, be shrouded in turbid energy, making their path of cultivation obscure and unclear; at worst, they will be engulfed in bloodshed, making it difficult to achieve immortality. Even if they die and their spiritual path dissipates, they will fall into hell and suffer all kinds of torments.

The most terrifying sinners can even unleash karmic fire from the heavens, which even immortals and gods would find difficult to withstand.

"They are all heinous criminals, their blood radiating like a hundred feet of light. They are all Earth Immortals or Loose Immortals. It seems this trial will not be easy."

At the Yinglong Guard headquarters, Xia Mangqing looked at the intelligence handed to him by a three-clawed Yinglong Guard and couldn't help but sigh.

"Your Highness, this is normal. Anyone who commits a great crime, if they do not have some strength, would have been captured or killed by our Yinglong Guard long ago."

The Yinglong Guard beside Xia Mangqing was an extremely serious middle-aged man with the Daoist name Xun Feng. He was originally an Earth Immortal, but the Three-Clawed Yinglong Guards generally had the strength to rival Loose Immortals.

"Well, I was just remarking on it." Xia Mangqing put away the intelligence report, then said to Xun Feng, "I plan to kill the Fierce Cloud Demon King first, so I'll just use the teleportation array at Yinglong Mountain."

"sure."

Xun Feng nodded, then immediately made arrangements via telepathy, and soon replied to Xia Mangqing: "Your Highness, the teleportation array to Dongyu County is ready, and we can depart at any time."

Thank you.

Xia Mangqing cupped his hands in greeting, and then, led by Xun Feng, boarded the teleportation array and headed to Dongyu County.

The Great Xia Dynasty has 3,600 prefectures, each of which is vast and covers hundreds of millions of miles. Dongyu Prefecture is only an average one among them.

However, there is a mountain range in this county that runs from north to south and stretches for millions of miles. It is called the Heavenly Demon Mountain. Xia Mangqing's first target, the Fierce Cloud Demon King, is hiding in this mountain range.

Xia Mangqing chose the Lieyun Demon King as his first choice. The reason was simple: of the ten great sinners selected, only four were in the Great Xia Dynasty. The rest were being hunted down and had hidden in some small worlds. Among the four great sinners in the Great Xia Dynasty, the Lieyun Demon King was the weakest.

Although it was information from ten thousand years ago, it was surrounded by a hundred-foot-long blood-red aura and was a rogue immortal. It was already good that it hadn't died under the Three Calamities and Nine Tribulations, so its strength wouldn't have changed too much. That's why Xia Mangqing chose it first.

"That old monster is incredibly patient."

"For ten thousand years, they haven't even left the Heavenly Demon Mountain Range once."

"And it's also very slippery. Whenever a low-level immortal or a rogue immortal enters the Heavenly Demon Mountain Range, it always hides far away. This demon has cultivated a technique of escape, which ordinary rogue immortals cannot catch up with, so we have never been able to capture or kill it."

On the edge of the Tianyao Mountains, there is a sacred mountain, which is the branch of Yinglong Guard in Dongyu County.

At this moment, several three-clawed Yinglong guards from this branch were explaining the situation to Xia Mangqing.

"Yes, and the Heavenly Demon Mountain Range is a gathering place for all kinds of demons, including many demon kings, some of whom are on good terms with the Demon King Lieyun. In short, it is very troublesome. Your Highness, it will not be an easy task to kill him."

Upon hearing this, Xia Mangqing pondered for a moment and asked, "Approximately how long until the next Yinglong Guard assessment?"

"The Yinglong Guard assessment?"

One of the Earth Immortals immediately realized: "Your Highness intends to enter the Heavenly Demon Mountain Range as an examiner? But we've tried this method before. Even if we get close to that old demon, once he senses us and uses his escape technique, it will be difficult for us to catch up."

"It's alright." Xia Mangqing waved his hand: "As long as I can get close, I have a way to keep him here."

"Since that's the case..." An old woman paused briefly, as if transmitting her voice, and after a few breaths spoke, "Your Highness, there are still three people short of this batch of one hundred cultivators. If Your Highness takes one of the spots, the assessment can probably begin within a month."

"it is good."

Xia Mangqing nodded.

Before long, his true form appeared on a mountain peak. Besides him, there were nearly a hundred Myriad Manifestations True Persons. The Yinglong Guard is divided into five claws, with the lowest claw being the Myriad Manifestations level.

"Are you alone, fellow Daoist?"

Before long, a man and a woman came to Xia Mangqing. The man was burly and the woman was graceful.

"Not bad." Xia Mangqing glanced at him and asked, "Is there something you need?"

The burly man laughed and said, "I am Yuchi Feng, and this is my younger sister, Yuchi Hong. We have come to invite you to travel with us. After all, you must know that the dangers of the Yinglong Guard assessment do not only come from powerful demons..."

As he spoke, he glanced at several places: "Therefore, we would also like to invite a few fellow Daoists so that we can support and assist each other."

"Yuchi?" Xia Mangqing was stunned for a moment before remembering that he was in Dongyu County: "Are you from the Yuchi clan?"

"Exactly!"

Yu Chi Feng nodded. The Yu Chi clan has a powerful immortal residing in their ranks, making them an extraordinary clan and one of the top clans in Dongyu County. It's normal for outsiders to be surprised when they hear about their origins.

However, he was unaware that Xia Mangqing was not surprised by this. After hearing Yu Chifeng's admission, he smiled and said, "We can travel together, but we must make a vow to Heaven."

He had originally planned to travel with a few people, but he happened to run into the Yuchi family, which actually saved him some time.

"That's natural!"

Yu Chifeng laughed, and then the two sides made a simple oath to Heaven, which was a common oath of cooperation and adventure.

After taking the oath, they gathered together, waiting to gather a hundred people, while Yu Chifeng continued to invite others.

Xia Mangqing chatted with Yuchi Hong, occasionally mentioning the Yuchi family's situation.

"It seems that the destruction of the Yuchi clan is still a long way off."

Xia Mangqing thought to himself that the reason he paid attention to the Yuchi clan was because Ji Ning's mother, Yuchi Xue, came from the Yuchi clan. By taking the destruction of the Yuchi clan as a point in time, he could clearly determine the time point, instead of only being able to make a vague judgment as before.

However, the Yuchi clan is now thriving, and many talented young people have emerged in the clan, such as Yuchi Feng and Yuchi Hong, who both have remarkable talents and have become Wanxiang Zhenren at a young age.

They were younger than Xia Mangqing, but although their cultivation talent was decent, it was far from being comparable to Xia Mangqing, the champion of the Immortal Destiny Conference.

At their age, Xia Mangqing was already able to crush beings with perfected primordial spirit.

Half a month later, two more people from Vientiane arrived, and the group of one hundred people was finally complete.

At the last moment, Yuchi Feng invited another person, a great sect from Dongyu County, whose Taoist name was Quhai, and whose main practice was Qi Refining, having reached the Perfection of All Manifestations.

As for Xia Mangqing, he used "Qingxuan" as his Daoist name. This was not made up; it was bestowed upon him by his elders after he became a Purple Mansion cultivator. However, given his status, few people had ever addressed him by his Daoist name before.

"Gentlemen, I wish you a successful trip."

A Nascent Soul Daoist smiled faintly and announced the official start of the assessment. The group of Myriad Manifestations True Persons then entered the Heavenly Demon Mountain Range one after another.