Lord Holy Sword is unreliable again.

Wang Hong quickly absorbed Huang Qianyu, for she was a being who possessed the Holy Emperor's Decree!

Huang Qianyu placed his hand on Ji Duanyi's chest, and a wisp of colorless, scorching energy entered Ji Duanyi's body. That was the Heavenly Sun Divine Phoenix's natal divine fire, which possessed the power of the sun, was invisible and colorless, and could purify all things and bring about rebirth!

She then took out a red and gold pill and gently fed it into Ji Duanyi's mouth, but Duanyi did not swallow it. Wang Hong threw a large number of spirit stones into the Human Emperor's Dao Fire, and the spirit stones immediately turned into liquid, which was poured into Ji Duanyi's mouth, and the pill was swallowed along with the liquid.

[Heavenly Sun Pill: A pill refined by the most powerful members of the Heavenly Sun Divine Phoenix clan using their own natal true fire. It is an excellent pill for enhancing the cultivation of the Heavenly Sun Divine Phoenix and is only available to royalty.]

[The seventh-grade elixir, Heavenly Yang Pill, can incinerate all spiritual energy within the body; direct consumption will result in either death or serious injury!]

Upon hearing this, Wang Hong was startled, but then he saw that Huang Qianyu was calm and covered by the Heavenly Yang True Fire, radiating a circular glow, like a celestial maiden descending to earth.

She guided the Heavenly Yang True Fire that exploded within Ji Duanyi's body. The flames transformed into small phoenixes, cheering and leaping as they purified the Soul Devouring Technique's aura within Duanyi's meridians, ultimately converging towards his brow.

That place is where the energy of the Soul Devouring Technique is most abundant, and it is also the core of the Soul Devouring Technique's dark energy!

Wang Hong quickly shrank the Holy Sword, pressing it tightly against Ji Duanyi's forehead, carefully driving away the dark energy of the Soul Devouring Technique, and finally enveloping it in the silver light of the Holy Sword.

Huang Qianyu controlled the Heavenly Yang True Fire, letting it slowly flow into the dark energy through a gap in the silver light of the Holy Sword, causing the energy to become extremely violent.

A powerful surge of energy coursed through Broken Wing's mind, causing Wang Hong's heart to tremble. Her face turned deathly pale, her expression one of even greater pain, and a faint whimper escaped her lips.

Wang Hong was awakened by the sounds of fighting outside. Although he was extremely reluctant, he had no choice but to withdraw his divine sense.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he felt his blood surging within him, and he finally couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood. He took out a Grade 9 Blood-Making Pill and swallowed it.

At this moment, the Holy Sword was busy healing the two women's injuries and had no time to attend to anything else.

Seeing this, Huang San quickly and gently stroked Wang Hong's back, took out an eighth-grade Rejuvenation Pill, and put it into Wang Hong's mouth.

As soon as the elixir entered his body, Wang Hong instantly felt his internal organs calm down.

Looking up, a large number of strange-looking people flew through the sky, and a large number of figures jumped off the spirit boat like dumplings. They landed directly in the ancestral hall, wearing black armor. They were all well-trained and well-equipped, forming battle formations and joining the battle to attack the ancestral hall.

"There are at least three thousand people! These auras must belong to the Qing Clan!" Wang Hong sensed the power of the Silent Origin within them.

Given that Lu Qingyuan knew nothing about the Qing tribe, they should have been extremely mysterious, so why would they make such a fuss?

The guards of the ancestral hall suddenly felt increased pressure and kept retreating.

"These bastards are insane!" Huang San's eyes widened in horror. Several Foundation Establishment stage cultivators from the Wolf Clan were actually standing with those members of the Qing Clan, launching a frenzied attack on Yun Ying.

Thinking of the tragedy at Lanxing Cliff, he had a clearer understanding of the truth of what happened back then.

"These guys, don't they even care about the lives of their own families?!"

Qingxiang's eyes were filled with shock. The Xuanhu Guards and a large number of unfamiliar demonic beasts were ruthlessly killing their own kind. Those Xuanhu Guards were all direct descendants of the Lu family!

At this moment, a commotion arose, and nearly ten thousand Iron Fox Guards finally arrived at the battlefield. They saw that their commander was already inside the ancestral hall, so they launched a fierce attack from the outside, trying to break in and join up with the people inside.

The bear demon Qiao'er wielded her black iron axe and forcefully smashed through the wolf clan's attack formation, but was then surrounded by three late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Wang Hu and Niu Li then entered the opening Qiao'er had torn open, and the three of them fought their way through the enemy ranks, while the Qi Refining Iron Fox Guards behind them formed a battle formation and quickly penetrated through the opening.

Without hesitation, Wang Hong unleashed his peak Foundation Establishment aura and addressed the crowd in the ancestral hall: "Everyone, coordinate with the Iron Fox Guards for a counterattack!"

"Kill!" the crowd roared in unison.

Although the nearly one thousand Imperial Guards were not under Qing Shuyan's command, they launched a counterattack against the enemy first. Taking advantage of the enemy's unstable landing, they cooperated with the Iron Fox Guards from the inside and outside and gained a great advantage.

Ji Kang's Qiongqi Ironclad Army formed a shield formation and continued to advance. The shields, flashing with lightning, blocked wave after wave of attacks, while the soldiers behind the shields took the opportunity to fire lightning arrows, and screams of agony rose and fell.

Dozens of powerful Foundation Establishment stage divine beasts flew directly into the air to intercept those Foundation Establishment stage experts.

Huang Yangqian was even more enraged, and with a single strike, he sank a spirit boat!

Despite having a numerical advantage, the enemy, led by the Qing tribe, possessed formidable fighting power.

The techniques of the Qing clan seem to have a natural resistance to spiritual energy. The divine powers that attack them are disrupted by the silent energy they release, and their power is greatly reduced!

Wang Hong carefully recalled his battles with Mo Jie and Mo Fa. He had only managed to kill them by relying on the power of the Holy Sword. Even Ji Duanyi, whose combat power surpassed that of the early Golden Core stage, was unable to kill Mo Fa.

"Something's not right!" Wang Hong's eyes narrowed. "Why are the Qing Clan attacking the ancestral hall so frantically? Is it really for the divine beast in the Xiaoyao Pavilion? And why is the atmosphere outside Starship City so strange?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a pale purple light curtain suddenly lit up the distant sky, like a huge dome covering the entire Starship City.

Yun Ying's expression changed drastically: "It's the legendary Heavenly Net Locking Earth Formation! It isolates your aura, allowing entry but not exit! I've only ever seen this kind of formation in an ancient book in our family's library!"

[Heavenly Net Earth-Suppressing Array: A sixth-order array that isolates all internal and external auras, allowing entry but not exit]

(Here's a brief introduction to the formation.)

Huang San interjected, "This kind of grand formation that seals off the entire city is an enemy of the whole city, an enemy of the Great Nian Dragon Court! Moreover, the enemy must have made quite a commotion by setting up this formation, how could the Dragon Clan's Imperial Guards not have noticed?"

Although Qing Shuyan was displeased upon hearing this, he still spoke up: "Lord Qing has already discovered the anomaly in Starship City. Perhaps the elders went outside the city for this Heavenly Net Earth Locking Formation."

He stopped abruptly at this point.

Now that the city-locking formation has been activated, it goes without saying that the elders fighting outside the city are doomed to defeat.

Upon seeing the city-locking formation activated, the enemy ceased their attack, tightened their defenses outside the ancestral hall, and gradually gathered together.

The allied forces of divine beast families, who were engaged in a chaotic battle in the sky, lost their will to fight upon seeing the sudden change in the heavens and retreated back to their ancestral hall.

The Iron Fox Guards, along with the three major military formations, slowly retreated and set up their positions in front of the ancestral hall.

Wang Hong surveyed the demons inside and outside the ancestral hall; the Starship City coalition had already retreated in defeat.

The Holy Sword scanned the area and found that the Dragon Clan's Imperial Guard numbered less than a thousand, the Divine Beast Alliance had more than thirty Foundation Establishment cultivators, the Xuanhu Guard numbered several hundred, and the Iron Fox Guard numbered more than eight thousand.

Dragons, phoenixes, and qilin—legendary mythical beasts—gather here.

Of the thirty-odd Foundation Establishment cultivators, three were at the peak of Foundation Establishment, the weakest was at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, and most of the weaker ones died in the chaotic battle.

The Xuanhu Guard originally had a strength of three thousand, but now only a few hundred remained. If it weren't for the fact that their ancestors' resting place was behind them, they would have already fled!

Wang Hong has great respect for them, and for all those who have fought alongside him until now.

He took off his black robe, took out the incomplete seventh-tier Silent Origin Core from the Emperor's Armor which had exhausted its energy, and inserted Mo Jie's eighth-tier peak Silent Origin Core into it.

Wang Hong unleashed the full power of Emperor Warrior, instantly covering its surface with layers of cyan-blue armor.

This was the first time Wang Hong had ever seen Emperor Warrior in its full-power state.

Um, it would be great if the armor was gold!

[Emperor Warrior Combat Power Rating: Late Foundation Establishment Stage (Right Arm Damaged)]

[Swordholder's Overall Combat Strength Rating: Late Foundation Establishment Stage (Rating increases with combat experience)]

Wang Hong glanced around and brought Lu Shu before the crowd. "Now that things have come to this, do you know your crime?"

Lu Shu had already learned from Qingxiang that Mo Jie was dead and that the person in front of him was the young clan leader's lover, Ji Duanyi's husband, and now a powerful figure. He had even joined forces with Ji Duanyi to kill a core expert of the Qing clan who was at the Golden Core stage.

Although Qingxiang was extremely disappointed in Lu Shu, he was still her blood relative. Qingxiang didn't want him to go down a dark path. Perhaps he could atone for his sins and there was still a glimmer of hope.

Lu Shu was already utterly despondent. "I deserve to die. I only beg that Qingxiang and the other members of the clan not be implicated."

Wang Hong didn't have time to think about whether he was faking it. Even if the crimes he committed were heinous, his trial could wait until after the victory in this battle. "Tell me everything you know. If you have a conscience, you'll know what we've done."

"I can only contact Mo Jie, and all orders are given to him and my father. There are only two ways to enter Xiaoyao Pavilion: one is in the ancestral hall, and the other is in my father's study." As he spoke, a strange object appeared in his hand. "This is the key to activate the miniature teleportation array."

He added, trembling, "I heard my father say that they were going to hold the most exciting ceremony in history in Starship City: 'The Holy Race Sets Sail, Acting on Behalf of Heaven!'"

"Participating in this ceremony is an opportunity for our Lu family to truly integrate into the Qing clan; it's also our pledge of allegiance!"

"What ceremony?" Huang San looked at the sealed-off Starship City, a sense of danger welling up in his heart.

"My father didn't tell me. I suppose it was too shocking, and he was afraid I would leak the news."

Wang Hong's heart sank as images of bloody sacrificial rituals flashed through his mind.

This matter is complicated. Could it be that the grand ceremony between the two races is just a pretext to lure the major races of the Northern Continent to gather in Starship City?

The city is trapped by a formation, allowing entry but not exit. If a message requesting reinforcements is sent to the outside world before the city is sealed off, reinforcements will be continuously trapped within the city.

After Qing Daren and the Supreme Elder learned about the Xiaoyao Pavilion, why didn't they take it down directly? What were they planning?

"How do we enter Xiaoyao Pavilion from the ancestral hall?" Wang Hong pressed. The Holy Sword sensed three extremely powerful auras beneath the ancestral hall, one of which was the most powerful.

"In the third-level main hall, at the rightmost statue, you can activate the key to enter the hall," Lu Shu said, not daring to hide anything.

After settling their soldiers in, Qing Shuyan and Huang Yangqian led dozens of Foundation Establishment stage experts to surround Wang Hong. They all looked at the war god in blue armor with awe.

He shocked them even more than Lu Qingyuan; all the Golden Core stage cultivators died at his hands!

The Lu family of Beihu actually has such a figure; the Northern Continent is indeed full of hidden talents!

Huang Yangqian clasped his hands in a fist and asked in a deep voice, "Fellow Daoist, I am Huang Yangqian of the Phoenix Clan, the clan leader for this operation. May I ask where my sister Huang Qianyu has gone?"

Wang Hong stared intently. The man was dressed in fiery red armor, wielding a long sword, and possessed an extraordinary air. He was currently staring intently at Wang Hong's brow, clearly indicating that this man had witnessed Huang Qianyu entering Wang Hong's brow.

Wang Hong entered the glass lamp with his divine sense and found that the two women were still unconscious, but their breathing had stabilized a lot, and he estimated that they would wake up soon.

Huang Qianyu was pale and collapsed to the ground, rubbing her temples vigorously. It seemed that treating Duan Yi's injuries had taken a great toll on her mental energy.

Wang Hong felt both grateful and guilty.

If I let her out like this, I hope her hot-tempered brother won't beat me up...

Just as he was about to release Huang Qianyu, Yun Ying suddenly stepped forward to block Wang Hong, quickly forming hand seals, and clouds of black mist appeared, enveloping the area within a hundred feet.

Wang Hong glanced at Yun Ying in surprise, then understood. The Heaven-Swallowing Glazed Lamp was too shocking and it was better not to let others know about it!

It seems that I obtained this treasure too easily, so much so that I did not realize its allure to others!

Whether it's the Holy Sword or the Glazed Lamp, or even the Emperor's Armor he's wearing, none of them are simple things!

Wang Hong warned himself that he must hide the treasures well in the future!

Yunying thought to herself that Wang Hong was a fool. Treasures that could hide people were extremely rare in the entire Four Continents, yet he didn't dodge or hide and had to show them off in front of so many people!

Huang Qianyu stepped out of the glass lamp. Although shrouded in black mist, she immediately spotted Huang Yangqian and exclaimed with delight, "Second Brother!"

"Third Sister!"

Huang Qianyu held tightly to Huang Yangqian's arm.

Although the joy of surviving the ordeal was gone, the grievances she had suffered and her longing for her family erupted at this moment. She finally had someone she could confide in without any reservations.

A thousand words were on the tip of my tongue, but in the end, only tears fell.

Huang Yangqian's heart was ablaze with anger as the scalding tears were poured over him.

Huang Qianyu possesses the extremely noble Heavenly Sun Divine Phoenix bloodline of their family, surpassing even their own Purple Flame Fire Phoenix by three points.

I have no idea what kind of torment my sister has gone through, that her divine blood has been so depleted!