CHAPTER 735: 610 RESIDES IN KUN SECOND PALACE

In the Shushan World, there were two main individuals who had mastered the art of the Xuanwu Wusha Luo Throat Blood Flame Divine Gang, one being Elder Cangxu, and the other the disciple of Xuanyuan Dharma King, the Five Lascivious Venerable.

The version that the Five Lascivious Venerable had perfected was the authentic foundational one, also known as the Golden Crow Divine Barrier; its power was also of the top tier.

Back when Dragon Slayer reincarnated as Shen Xiu and encountered tribulations in the mortal world, a conflict arose between them, and her Blood Flame Divine Gang was destroyed by Xin Ru Nun, causing her Dao Level to plummet. She later re-cultivated it but never reached the peak state, and in the end, the Five Lascivious Venerable died at the hands of Shi Feiyang, her Primordial Spirit taken into the Heavenly Secret Demon God Lamp.

Elder Cangxu’s version was an ultimate form nurtured and refined over a thousand years. Even the slightest touch would result in severe poisoning and injury, causing plagues and numerous disasters wherever they fell in the human world.

Due to the extreme toxicity of this treasure, Elder Cangxu, once one of the Cosmic Six Strange, used it as a last resort for self-preservation during the Heavenly and Human Tribulations. After reaching the Great Success of his Daoist Techniques, he sealed it away and no longer used it.

Later, when the twelve Demon Kings from the Western Sect came knocking, Elder Cangxu was forced to use it in haste and ended up having it confiscated by the joint efforts of six Sect Hierarchs, eventually facing utter defeat.

The one Xuanyuan Dharma King had crafted was slightly different in method from Elder Cangxu’s, but the final power was similar.

He merged with the part of the Sky Lusting Sect Leader’s Primordial Spirit and, at the former site of the West Sea, obtained the Hidden Treasure Divine Sense of his former teacher Cha Shuangying, upgrading and refining it further.

Besides using Black Pollution to cultivate the Xuanwu Wusha Luo Throat Blood Flame Divine Gang, he also used Red Pollution to create the Vermilion Bird Red Evil Luo Throat Blood Flame Divine Gang, used Azure Pollution for the Azure Dragon Azure Evil Luo Throat Blood Flame Divine Gang, and White Pollution for the White Tiger White Evil Luo Throat Blood Flame Divine Gang. He incorporated four of the strongest from his many years of cultivated Seven Evil Divine Demons into them, becoming the embodiment of the Demon God Luo Hou, and amalgamated them into the Four Symbols Luo Hou Great Demon God.

This was one of his desperate ultimate moves which he would not ordinarily resort to. This time, knowing he was surrounded by enemies and facing powerful experts like Ruan Jiu and the others from this world, he had no choice but to exert his full strength; otherwise, not only would his mission fail, but he also risked severe loss!

The Old Demon bit his finger tips and, through his essence blood and evil Qi, propelled them forward.

Instantly, forty-nine strands of black smoke, forty-nine strands of white smoke, forty-nine strands of blue smoke, and forty-nine strands of red smoke all spiraled within thousands of Blood Flames as they wildly spewed forth!

The dark sophisticated array of the Mystics Yin Sect then underwent a transformation; amid the surging dark Qi, countless arrows of black, white, blue, and red Blood Flames erupted, numbering in the billions. Accompanied by sharp, spirit-capturing screeches, they shot directly at the five individuals led by Ruan Zheng.

Ruan Zheng and the others hurried to defend themselves; Gan Biwu waved his hand to release a sky full of Golden Flowers, while Ding Chang took out a pouch, attempting to encompass it.

However, these Blood Flame arrows were just the overture. A vast blood-colored Demon Light sea surged up behind them, promptly submerging the five in its depths.

Ruan Zheng had no time to attack the enemy; he recalled the ten "Suns" around him and rolled in all directions, forcibly maintaining a diameter of nearly ten miles around him.

He saw the tide of blood qi outside, where green, red, black, and white storms of Blood Flame surged and formed into enormous waves and undercurrents assaulting from within.

Ding Chang didn’t realize the severity of the situation and tried to collect these Blood Flame Divine Gangs, when a loud shout from Ruan Jiu resonated; he threw out a Magical Treasure which, with a clap of thunder, caused a thousand thunderous blasts, boiling the blood waves and extinguishing the light flames.

Forced to reveal itself within the Blood Flames, a "Luo Hou Demon God" of a thousand zhang in length appeared, with a thousand eyes, each exuding a vaporous bloody Qi and letting out a furious roar, fully opening its thousand eyes and emitting Demon Light.

The five immediately felt as if their world, in all ten directions, was filled with blood-drenched eyes, each containing a different emotion – anger, sadness, joy, slyness... Whether weeping or laughing, every eye bled continuously.

Ding Chang suddenly felt dizzy and almost had her Primordial Spirit forcibly taken.

Fortunately, all five had achieved the Yang God and, being fellow disciples, they combined their movements into one, managing to fend off the Magic attack.

Now even they felt a chill down their spines; ever since becoming Heavenly Immortals, they had thought themselves invincible, believing nothing in the world could threaten their lives. Even if defeated, they could retreat with dignity, but now they faced a true practitioner of the Demon Path.

At that moment, Ruan Jiu sensed yet another terrifying "Luo Hou Demon God" appearing below and behind them.

He was about to call his fellow disciples to fight for their lives when Shi Feiyang’s message resonated in his ear, "The Old Demon is formidable; my fellow Daoists must not fight him head-on. Quickly retreat to Southwest Kun Second Palace."

Ruan Jiu and the others were also masters of Qimen Dunjia; had Shi Feiyang instructed them to go to any other palace and give up the central Heavenly Bird Star Position, it would be tantamount to admitting the Array had been breached, which would have surely warranted further questioning.

But reserving the Central Palace within the Kun Second Palace is a common practice in Qimen Dunjia, proving that Shi Feiyang still had something up his sleeve. Thus, leading his fellow female disciples, they merged their sword light and Treasure Qi into one and rushed swiftly towards the southwest.

Their Mana was unparalleled; before Xuanyuan Dharma King’s Four Symbols Luo Hou could set up an Array, it wasn’t easy to stop them.

Ruan Jiu led the way with the ten Sun Wheels, Gan Biwu and Ding Chang protected themselves with Golden Flowers, and they charged forward, pushing away the overwhelming Blood Flame Divine Gang, forcibly breaking a path through the blood and reaching the southwest.

According to the Acquired Eight Diagrams, the North Kan Palace is numbered one, which is known as the Kanyi Palace, while the Southwest Kun Palace is numbered two, thus called the Kun Second Palace.

Because the Eight Diagrams only occupy the surrounding eight palaces, both the Eight Diagrams and the Eight Gates form a circle. Irrespective of the movements through Yin Escape and Yang Escape to the left or the right, one can never reach the Central Palace.

Therefore, the Central Palace takes residence in the Southwest Kun Second Palace to enter the count of the Eight Diagrams.

The five rapidly reached the Southwest Kun Palace, where the Tianrui Starling presided. Separated by a thousand miles from the Central Palace, the Blood Flame Divine Gang had already advanced nearby. He watched from a distance as Ruan Jiu and others dueled with the old demon, and his heart clenched with anxiety for them.

At the side of the Starling were the four friends from Wudang, all four disciples at the Earth Immortal level, joining forces with Ruan Jiu’s group: "The old demon possesses vast divine skills, with raging and terrible flames. We are no match for him in a direct confrontation. Shi Feiyang must have a contingency plan for having us take refuge here. Let us prepare cautiously."

As for Xuanyuan Dharma King, he had not yet exerted his full strength when Ruan Jiu and the others had already left.

He had no desire to pursue them; for now, his priority was breaking the array. Once successful, he could attend to those enemies anytime he pleased and simply march to their doorstep and kill them.

Even if it were just the Red Staff couple!

Once I become this realm’s Dharma King, I too shall have the power to kill or destroy as I please!

The old demon’s tyranny was formidable, directly occupying the Heavenly Bird Star Position of the Central Palace.

In this Qimen Dunjia, with the Nine Palaces corresponding to the Eight Diagrams, the Earth Plate, Human Plate, and Star Plate, all the surrounding eight directions integrated as one. Only the Central Palace had Shi Feiyang on the Earth Plate and Xuanyuan’s old demon on the Heavenly Plate, both aligned directly on the same axis.

The old demon, also proficient in Qimen numerology, knew the intricacies within and occuped the zenith swiftly. Summoning the Four Symbols Demon Gods to his surroundings, he gathered the Blood Flame Divine Gang in four colors, with the Mystics Yin Sect’s ultimate treasure, a black lotus platform, emerging beneath his seat where he sat cross-legged.

He first unleashed a ring-shaped Magical Treasure, and with a push of his hands, the magical ring expanded greatly, forming a dark golden light circle with a diameter spanning thousands of miles, also generating an infinite suction force, intent on capturing the Heavenly Secret Demon God Shuttle.

The Secret Demon God Shuttle itself had a very powerful suction force, and this ring shared a similarly potent pull. The mutual attraction between the two made them irresistible, whether for Shi Feiyang or the old demon himself.

The Divine Shuttle was drawn upwards, while the glowing circle descended. As they met, the Divine Shuttle suddenly fell into the ring.

Xuanyuan Dharma King was overjoyed, his hands forming seals, commanding the circle to shrink inward, taking the Secret Demon God Shuttle upwards.

Shi Feiyang also cast Magic, causing the Secret Demon God Shuttle to spin faster and expand, forcing the ring to stretch open.

Both were locked in a struggle. Shi Feiyang’s two avatars below blocked the volcanic Earth Fire, unable to overcome the old demon with his mana alone. The Secret Demon God Shuttle was forcefully suppressed, shrinking ever smaller.

The circle rapidly contracted to less than a hundred zhang in diameter. Xuanyuan Dharma King gained control, his heart joyous as he maneuvered the glowing circle carrying the Divine Shuttle, soaring upwards.

Now occupying the Heavenly Bird Star Position, with the Secret Demon God Shuttle rising unhindered ever higher, the faster it spun, the more it pulled the heavenly stars, causing them to manifest out of the blue. At first, there were only a few isolated stars, but as the Secret Demon God Shuttle climbed and accelerated, more stars appeared.

Initially, these stars shone with barely a faint light; later they grew larger, from the size of rice grains to beans, then to the size of hen’s eggs...

As the Secret Demon God Shuttle ascended midair, the Ancient Poison Flames surged ceaselessly from the ground, spewing into the sky.

Those setting up the array all asked Shi Feiyang what to do, to which Shi Feiyang instructed them not to worry about the Poison Fire. Instead, they should each remain within the Nine Palaces and Eight Gates, preventing any Poison Fire from spreading.

After some time, the size of the stars in the sky expanded to that of teacups, each shining with a dazzling radiance.

At the same time, the Taihuo Poison Flames in the sky accumulated enough to form a massive, three-thousand-li fire disk, tumultuously flipping in midair. The epicenter, still under the pull of the Secret Demon God Shuttle, surged upward, creating an inverse funnel shape. Flames raged sky-high, Evil Qi rolled unceasingly, an apocalyptic spectacle.

Shi Feiyang transmitted his voice to every location, warning everyone to be cautious. He took out a Magical Treasure and launched it into the sky.

The treasure he released was also a nuclear-level Magical Treasure, precisely the Taiyin Hunyuan Ball crafted by the Taiyin Hunyuan Ancestor with Tian Can and Di Que. During the third swordfight with Chi You, when they were about to detonate it on Jiuhua Mountain, Shi Feiyang, in cooperation with Jiang Shu, had captured it before it could unleash its might, delaying Chi You’s Primordial Spirit from escaping.

Afterwards, Shi Feiyang had slightly re-refined it. Now it was the perfect time to unleash it on Xuanyuan Dharma King with a Big Move!

With Shi Feiyang’s assistance, the treasure ascended as a beam of strange light upon leaving his hand, first burrowing into the tempestuous Ancient Poison Flames in the sky, then piercing through the Poison Fire and directly aiming for Xuanyuan Dharma King.

Inside the Ancient Poison Flames, lethal fire, Evil Qi, Yin Thunder, among other elements, surged explosively. The treasure light of the Mixed Element Qi Ball was obscured, and by the time Xuanyuan Dharma King noticed it, it was already less than a thousand zhang away!