The improved female villains regained their memories.

"I see..." Mu Xiaobai and Tian Bulian exchanged a glance, their eyes communicating to confirm whether what Hong Lingyi said was true.

Hong Lingyi continued, "If you want the Sword Soul Heart, then you absolutely cannot destroy this formation. The current formation is already closely connected to the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm. Once the formation is destroyed, the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm will also be destroyed, and the Sword Soul Heart, which draws spiritual energy from the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm, will also be affected and will definitely riot. Boss Tian, ​​you are a veteran in the truth, so you must know what it means for the Sword Soul Heart to riot."

The three fell silent, clearly not expecting such a connection behind the formation.

It has to be said that the person who set up the formation had considered everything. If the formation was set up like this, Tian Bu Lian and the others really wouldn't dare to force it. It wasn't out of pity for the Sword Soul Heart, but mainly because if the Sword Soul Heart went berserk, it would be very troublesome for them to go out.

After pondering for a moment, Tian Bulian pressed, "Since you have no intention of being an enemy of the Heavenly Guardian Sect, then reveal the people behind the scenes to show your sincerity."

Hong Lingyi smiled bitterly: "I knew you would ask this, but since you asked, I can answer. To be honest, the person behind it all is the Fourth Prince, and he is the one who wants to seize the Sword Soul Heart."

"Oh? The Fourth Prince?" Tian Bulian sneered. "You mean Xu Baxian? Do you think I don't know what his talents are? With his abilities, it would be good enough if he could set up a protective array, how could he possibly construct such an exquisite array? Could it be that you're trying to shift the blame and frame the Fourth Prince?"

“No, no, no, it really is the Fourth Prince.” Hong Lingyi’s smile became more and more bitter. “The Fourth Prince does not have the ability, but he recruited an advisor a few years ago. That advisor is not simple. He should be the one who set up the formation.”

"A staff member?" Tian Bulian frowned slightly.

She had heard that Xu Baxian had an advisor, but it was normal for princes to keep advisors. Didn't she see that Xu Nianren kept a bunch of advisors? Xu Baxian was able to rival Xu Nianren, so it was strange that he only kept one advisor. But Tian Bulian didn't pay much attention to it. After all, who would bother to pay attention to the advisors kept by a prince?

"What kind of person is this advisor? Is he a man or a woman? Have you ever seen him?" Tian Bulian asked.

Hong Lingyi shook her head: "I've never seen her, but she knows everything and is very familiar with many secrets in the capital. It is because of her that I pledge my loyalty to Xu Baxian."

"If you've pledged your allegiance to all of them, then what about the other two..."

“That’s right.” Hong Lingyi nodded. “The other two also pledged allegiance to Xu Baxian and are guarding two other vulnerable locations respectively.”

If that's the case, then Xu Baxian's power is truly astonishing.

One prince has gained the loyalty of three celestial immortals, as well as a highly skilled strategist. Xu Baxian himself is an earth immortal with the strength to command a force. He recently quelled the northern border conflict. If he were to reveal all of these forces, what would the crown prince have to compete with Xu Baxian?

“I understand all of this.” Tian Bulian nodded. “Tell me about this great formation. Since you say it cannot be broken, how should we leave?”

Seeing that Tian Bulian did not press Xu Baxian's advisors about what made this celestial being loyal to him, Hong Lingyi breathed a sigh of relief and slowly said, "In order to help His Highness refine the Sword Soul Heart, that lord extensively modified Tianren Mountain, relying on the secret realm of heaven and earth here and the energy-absorbing channels of the Sword Soul Heart, to construct this array within an array."

"This array within an array is extremely powerful. If an outsider were to intrude, they would first be trapped in the mist array, which would plunge the intruder into a dream. Even if they managed to escape the dream, they would still encounter various calamities from the Heavenly Secret Realm within the mist. That lord used the mist array to manipulate the Heavenly Secret Realm, allowing it to channel the traces of the Great Dao into the various calamities, thereby amplifying their power."

"And this hidden array is even more formidable. Even powerful individuals—like yourself—who escape the mist array using special means will fall into this second layer. The second layer uses the foot, waist, and summit of the mountain as its core, and the energy infused into the Sword Soul Heart as its network, ensuring the array enters a complete cycle from beginning to end, endlessly regenerating. Those who enter the second layer are directly teleported to a dense forest, where a nine-nine maze array is set up. Even if they sense the core and emerge, they will encounter us, the guardians of the core. We receive the array's amplification, allowing us to unleash power ten times greater than our own, while those who enter the array can only reach the level of a terrestrial immortal at most, and their killing moves are greatly weakened. Therefore, even a true immortal will expend considerable effort within this array as long as it remains intact."

“You make it sound very convincing, but how can we verify it?” Tian Bulian asked.

“Every word I’ve said is true. The closer you get to the core of the formation, the more your killing moves will be weakened.” Hong Lingyi sighed helplessly. “If Boss Tian doesn’t believe me, he can use his killing moves to attack me.”

Tian Bulian glanced at Mu Xiaobai, who nodded and immediately raised his hand to unleash the killing move, Heavenly Light Thunder Dragon.

The once robust and powerful thunder dragon, capable of wreaking havoc, has now been reduced to a pitiful little worm, with only a few meager bolts of lightning remaining. Hong Lingyi calmly waved her hand to block them.

"Well, can you trust me now?" Hong Lingyi asked.

Tian Bulian and Mu Xiaobai fell silent.

Hong Lingyi was right. This array within an array was indeed extremely profound. It was enough to amaze the world on its own, not to mention that it was all interconnected. In addition, with the help of the secret realm of heaven and earth, not to mention Mu Xiaobai, even if Tian Bulian used the same killing move, he would only be a small worm.

Unless she uses the Great Dao's Mark.

"This formation is infinitely mysterious, with each element interconnected. It possesses the power to seize the creation of heaven and earth, and its ingenuity is beyond my reach," Mu Xiaobai exclaimed from the bottom of his heart.

In fact, the three of them did have a way to break the deadlock. The biggest limitation of this formation is that it restricts immortals. Su Murong is an exception. After passing through the initial fog formation and then being cleverly bypassed by Tian Bulian in the Nine-Nine Maze Formation, the current difficulties are nothing to Su Murong. No matter what kind of earth immortal or heavenly immortal, even a true immortal, if one person comes along, you will have to kneel down.

However, Su Murong had remained silent since his initial boast, hiding behind the two in deep thought. Tian Bulian, not expecting to rely entirely on Su Murong, asked directly, "Since it's so powerful, is it impossible to break this formation?"

Hong Lingyi shook her head: "Arrays are like puzzles. If there are puzzles, there must be answers. It's just that I don't know much about arrays, but I can still tell you what I know so that you can have some direction."

"As far as I know, there are only three ways to leave here."

"First, we must wait for the Sword Soul Heart to be born. Once the Sword Soul Heart is born, it will no longer draw energy from the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm. With the energy cut off, the energy supply of the great formation will also be cut off. Therefore, it will not be able to operate for long before many loopholes appear. By following those loopholes, we can escape."

"Secondly, break the temples at the foot, middle, and summit of the mountain simultaneously, which are the so-called three weak points. However, I am not sure about this method. After all, if only one is broken, the energy will leak out, and the sword soul heart will also go berserk. I only heard about the method of breaking them at the same time from that lord and His Highness, so I don't know what the principle is or whether it will work."

"And the third..."

Hong Lingyi suddenly froze, staring at the distance: "What's that?"

The three of them turned around at the same time, but Tian Bulian was the first to react. He cried out in alarm and quickly turned around.

The red-clad figure, devoid of any mercy, turned ferocious and charged towards the three.

"Thirdly, once you die, your souls will naturally leave this place!"

The clouds surged, splitting into countless paper figures that attacked the three, while other clouds also emerged, rushing straight at their faces.

Tian Bulian was the first to react, unleashing a defensive killing move, but its power was greatly reduced, and it could only protect himself.

Although Mu Xiaobai didn't react in time, her body moved instinctively. She used her qi to fly high into the air and narrowly dodged the attack.

The only one who couldn't dodge was Su Murong. As soon as she turned around, she saw the clouds rushing towards her. Before she could react, she was swallowed up by the clouds and tightly wrapped up.

"Red Spirit Robe, you're courting death! You're going against the Heavenly Guardian Sect!" Tian Bulian exclaimed in shock and anger.

"Hehehe, what a load of bull! The Heavenly Guardian Sect!" Red-robed maniac laughed wildly. "Once His Highness unleashes his power, the name of the Heavenly Guardian Sect will cease to exist in this world!"

"court death!!"

Heaven showed no mercy, and Mu Xiaobai and the others joined forces, quickly engaging in a fierce battle with Hong Lingyi.

Flames and white light erupted, and the fierce battle resumed. The three fought fiercely, and for a time, no victor could be determined.

A dense fog formation.

"I said..."

The ground was littered with the corpses of tiger demons. The white tiger, having transformed into a human, sat on one of the corpses, propping its chin up as it watched the black tortoise fiddling around beside it. Impatiently, it asked, "Can you find out where our master is?"

Xuanwu paused, then replied with a hint of helplessness, "I just confirmed the location of the master, but for some reason, her aura disappeared again. Either she has fallen into some trap, or she has already left the formation."

So which one is it?

"I do not know."

"Useless!" the White Tiger immediately cursed. "It would be better to do as I said, just charge out and kill all the tiger demons, and kill all the bear demons, killer bees, man-eating plants, and so on we just encountered. I'll fucking kill, ...

"Shut up, you bastard!" Xuanwu said with a dark expression. "Why are you killing these monsters from the secret realm? You can't break the formation by killing them. Be quiet, I'll think of another way."

Baihu suggested again: "Then let's destroy this great formation."

Xuanwu chuckled in exasperation: "If only the great formation could kill it! This thing isn't even alive, how can you kill it?"

The white tiger was displeased: "This won't work, that won't work, so you come up with a plan."

"Don't rush me, don't rush me, let me think about it some more." Xuanwu frowned, fiddling with the grass roots on the ground. "I need time."

Baihu scratched his head in frustration: "It takes time again. You already spent so much time figuring out the positions. How much longer are you going to take?"

"If you can't wait, you can leave by yourself." Xuanwu was getting impatient with the urging. "If you trust me, then please be quiet, okay?"

The white tiger snorted and fell silent.

It had considered leaving on its own, but it had to admit that among the four, Xuanwu was the smartest. Zhuque was always calling him "Lord, Lord" and was nothing more than a bed warmer and a tagalong. Qinglong was a pervert whose mind was full of lewd thoughts. Only Xuanwu could be reliable in crucial moments.

"Well, after all, Xuanwu's wisdom is no less than mine, so it won't hurt for us to wait a bit."

The white tiger rested its chin on its hand and muttered to itself.

However, she hadn't waited long when she suddenly shuddered, as if sensing something, and abruptly stood up.

"Don't move."

A ghostly voice sounded from behind it.

Along with this sound, a ring-pommel sword was held across its neck, and Xuanwu, not far away, was also standing, being held hostage with a sword.

"you wanna die!!"

The white tiger bared its teeth, seemingly ready to take her down with it, but the black tiger reacted first, shouting, "Little White, don't be impulsive!"

Xuanwu couldn't see the person behind Baihu, nor could he see the person behind him, so he didn't know what the kidnappers looked like. He could only tentatively ask, "Are you also trapped here? If so, then we should be friends."

"...You smell like that shameless woman."

Shameless? Xuanwu realized that this was referring to its master. It took a deep breath and tentatively asked, "You are...?"

"Roar! How dare you call our lord shameless? You're asking for death!"

On the other side, the white tiger started yelling, and the kidnapper frowned in annoyance, then chopped the white tiger with a knife, knocking it unconscious.

Xuanwu clutched its head and screamed in agony, "Please spare my life! I'm very useful! I am Xuanwu, one of the Four Heavenly Spirits! If you let me go, I can find a way to get you out of here!!"

"..."

With the ring-pommel sword removed from his neck, Xuanwu breathed a sigh of relief and slowly raised his head.

Before him stood a woman dressed in black martial arts attire, holding a white tiger and looking down at him.

It was Wen Shihan; she used her clone to directly subdue the White Tiger and Black Tortoise.

"Your Mightiness……"

Xuanwu was about to speak when it froze. What kind of expression did it see?

Collapse, confusion, helplessness, as if experiencing the most desperate thing in the world, with two tear tracks at the corners of her eyes.

Her heart, gradually crumbling, seemed to have lost all warmth. The woman was smiling, her eyes were gloomy and eerie, her lips were stained crimson with blood, and her pale face looked somewhat ghostly in the shadows. Her original ponytail had been untied, and her long black hair was now draped behind her. Although she was smiling, it was filled with endless sorrow.

"I had a really bad dream..."

"In my dream, my brother disappeared, and I couldn't find him."

"This dream was really bad, but I never expected that it would become real after I woke up."

Wen Shihan bent down, smiled slightly, and slowly sliced ​​Xuanwu's trembling scalp with his knife.

"I said, can you take me to him? I can't live without him."

Chapter 286 The Indifference of Heaven

The first weak point.

The light from the immortal techniques flew wildly, displaying a dazzling array of colors. The three, who had been locked in a fierce and evenly matched battle, gradually began to show differences in their abilities.

"This killing move is so strange; it can actually absorb my spiritual energy to strengthen itself!?"

Mu Xiaobai was being chased by a cloud, which kept releasing celestial lightning dragons. However, the cloud swallowed the lightning dragons and became increasingly bloated.

Surrounded by paper soldiers, Tian Bulian's eyes flashed with coldness. White flames ignited at his fingertips, and with a slight swipe, all the paper soldiers burst into flames.