Vajra was also full of amazement, clicking his tongue in wonder, "Master, I've been here for so many years, yet I've never seen such an outpouring of demonic Qi."

Yuan Ming did not speak, but with a flick of his wrist, he activated a storage bracelet he had prepared earlier. It lit up, beginning to attempt to collect the demonic Qi floating in the void.

However, no matter how the light on the storage bracelet flickered, the demonic Qi seemed not to perceive it at all, refusing to be collected.

Yuan Ming seemed to have anticipated this and unhurriedly took out a prepared spiritual beast bag from his bosom.

He raised his hand and threw it, the seven spiritual beast bags flying into the air simultaneously; their openings wide, the bodies of the bags expanded, seeming to have a vortex within them continuously drawing in the demonic Qi from the cavern.

"Hoo hoo hoo"

The seven spiritual beast bags voraciously absorbed the demonic Qi at a visibly rapid pace, but the chamber remained shrouded in black mist, as if not a bit of the demonic Qi had been lost.

Only then did Yuan Ming notice that the more zealously he tried to absorb the demonic Qi, the more it seemed to surge out from the crevices of the stone door, as inexhaustible as ever.

In no time at all, the seven spiritual beast bags were all bulging, unable to accommodate even a speck more of demonic Qi.

Looking around the entire underground palace, it was still permeated with demonic Qi, and the intensity of it had not changed in the slightest compared to before.

"I initially thought that, no matter how dense or abundant the demonic Qi here, preparing seven spiritual beast bags should be enough. It seems my understanding was still too naive. However, the demonic Qi in these seven bags should suffice for your cultivation for a while," Qi Ye lamented sincerely.

Upon hearing this, Yuan Ming felt somewhat reluctant.

Not only had Qi Ye underestimated the demonic Qi here, but so had he.

Seeing a treasure mountain before him, yet only being able to dig away a corner, this feeling was indeed maddening.

Just as this thought flashed through his mind, a sudden burst of inspiration struck Yuan Ming: "How could I have forgotten that item!"

As the thought arose, a red light flashed in his palm, and a red ancient scroll immediately appeared.

"Whoosh"

The red ancient scroll unfolded, promptly revealing a small wooden tower and a large mountain.

The mountain was none other than the Houtu Town Mountain Peak that Yuan Ming had Huan Ling Zi collect for him at the Three Immortals Island.

In addition to its offensive abilities, this treasure was also a special space treasure, its grade incomparable to ordinary spiritual beast bags; using it to collect the demonic Qi here was also feasible.

Yuan Ming's mana surged, and he immediately activated the red ancient scroll.

The next instant, a beam of light flowed across the surface of the scroll; originally a depiction of barren mountains and stagnant waters, in the illumination, it immediately became vivid.

In the gleaming flow of light, both the small wooden tower and the Houtu Town Mountain Peak also came to life.

"Collect," Yuan Ming pointed and uttered a low command.

In the flowing light of the red ancient scroll, a collapse suddenly occurred inside, forming a rapidly spinning vortex.

The rolling demonic Qi, drawn by the vortex, instantly converged into a stormy whirlpool, voraciously rushing towards the red ancient scroll.

The scroll, which had been arid land moments before, now seemed to have ink drops spilt on it, tinting a patch of black.

The demonic Qi floated lightly above the blank part of the scroll, gatherthing like imposing dark clouds, soon condensing into a large mass.

The red ancient scroll's rate of absorbing demonic Qi was hundreds of times faster than the spiritual beast bags; in just a moment, the entire underground palace was once again clear, and the cloudy demonic Qi was no longer visible in the void.

And the demonic Qi that seeped from the stone door's crevice, too, was absorbed so thoroughly it couldn't even disperse into the void.

Upon taking another look at the red ancient scroll, its blank parts still occupied a large area, clearly indicating ample space remained.

Vajra, watching this scene, was so amazed that he was rendered speechless.

"Fellow Daoist Yuan, could this possibly be the legendary space treasure, the Map of Ten Thousand Realms?" Qi Ye couldn't help but ask.

Upon hearing this, Yuan Ming was slightly surprised, for although he had refined the item, he was unaware of its name; only upon Qi Ye's inquiry did he suddenly realize.

Indeed, other than the rumored Map of Ten Thousand Realms that could contain vast expanses of void, what other space treasure could possess such immense space?

Yuan Ming looked at the empty underground palace and the Map of Ten Thousand Realms that still had significant space, his gaze inevitably falling on the stone door.

Clearly, the source of the demonic Qi was behind the stone door. To obtain more demonic Qi, naturally, he had to explore behind it.

"Fellow Daoist Qi Ye, do you have a way to open this stone gate's seals?" Yuan Ming inquired.

"Remove the Door Sealing Stone, and with the Forbidden Breaking Techniques from your Yunhuang Continent, the stone gate's seals can be easily broken," Qi Ye replied.

Upon hearing this, Yuan Ming immediately began attempting to break the stone gate's seals.

About fifteen minutes later, a stream of flowing light suddenly brightened above the stone gate, then immediately turned into specks of light and disappeared.

Vajra stepped forward and heaved a push; amid the "clack clack" of heavy friction, the stone gate abruptly opened.

The moment the stone gate opened, an overwhelmingly thick Demonic Qi burst out like floodwaters released from a dam, instantly engulfing Yuan Ming and Vajra.

Yuan Ming, far from alarmed, was delighted and immediately activated the Map of Ten Thousand Realms again.

As the scrolls on the map swirled, the surging Demonic Qi rushed unstoppably, converging towards the Red Ancient Scroll.

This absorption lasted for two hours.

When the scroll had drained the last bit of Demonic Qi, over half of the sky within the Map of Ten Thousand Realms was obscured by the accumulated Demonic Qi, forming a vast expanse of incredibly dark clouds.

Yuan Ming, satisfied, put away the Red Ancient Scroll and stepped into the stone gate.

The space inside the stone gate was not small, the walls around it were also gray-black in color, but densely engraved with Forbidden Runes, seemingly set up to isolate the Demonic Qi.

In the center of this space on the ground, there was an altar about thirty feet in diameter.

Around the altar, thirty-six Array Eyes were distributed, each containing spirit light, as if stars were embedded within them.

In the center of the altar, there was a slightly elevated dark well on the ground, covered with a halo of stars, while thick Demonic Qi continuously surged upward, attempting to break through the thin film of light.

Between the edge of the well and the film, strands of Demonic Qi were continuously escaping.

"The Thirty-Six Star Constellation Sealing Array, here... there is actually a Demon Eye here?" Qi Ye's voice rang out in Yuan Ming's Sea of Consciousness, filled with unbelievable astonishment.

"Fellow Daoist Qi Ye, what is a Demon Eye?" Yuan Ming asked, frowning.

"In our Demon World, places where pure Demonic Qi converges are called Demon Eyes, and such things should not appear in your Yunhuang Continent, unless..." Qi Ye seemed to think of something, hesitatingly said.

"Unless what?" Yuan Ming urged with a frown.

"Unless there is a spatial rift here that connects directly to the Demon World, coincidentally linking a Demon Eye and allowing the Demonic Qi to seep through," Qi Ye pondered for a moment, then continued.

Upon hearing this, Yuan Ming was also moved and greatly surprised.

"Could our earlier actions have opened this spatial rift?" He suddenly thought of himself taking away the Door Sealing Stone and opening the stone gate's seal, and couldn't help but feel a bit scared. Thе full sеriеs livеs оn Мy Virtuаl Librаry Еmpirе (

If the passage between Yunhuang Continent and the Demon World were rashly opened, the Southern Border might become even more tumultuous and chaotic, leading to an era of great upheaval and misery.

"In my view, it should not. The Thirty-Six Star Constellation Sealing Array is still quite stable at this time, with just a slight seepage of Demonic Qi. It won't easily become a problem. Furthermore, you've removed the Demonic Qi that has been accumulating here for who knows how many years, reducing its erosion of the Array. The seal here will only become more stable," Qi Ye pondered and said.

Upon hearing this, Yuan Ming finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"The person who set up this Great Array is truly ingenious and extraordinary," Qi Ye couldn't help but exclaim.

After inspecting the Underground Palace, Yuan Ming saw that there was nothing else amiss and left the stone gate together with Vajra.

After closing the stone gate again, Yuan Ming repaired the Great Array and resealed the stone gate.

It would be very difficult for this location to accumulate Demonic Qi on the scale it had before for probably ten thousand years; thus, he did not need to worry about Demon Cultivators targeting this place again.

However, to prevent the Thirty-Six Star Constellation Sealing Array from being destroyed, Yuan Ming also set up a Sealing Array and an Illusion Array in the cave, masking this place as much as possible.

After everything was done, he left the area with Vajra.

As they were about to leave Snake King Valley, Vajra, having held back all this while, finally could not refrain from asking, "Master, why haven't we seen Hua Zhi?"

It was then Yuan Ming remembered he had not yet let this pair of quarrelsome lovers meet and promptly summoned Hua Zhi.

When Vajra saw the girl suddenly appearing in front of him, he thought he was hallucinating and rubbed his eyes repeatedly until, unable to suppress his astonishment, he exclaimed, "Are you Hua Zhi?"

"Stinky monkey..." Hua Zhi first felt joy, then glared with slanted eyes.

"Why are you a female?" Vajra, still in shock, blurted out.

"Nonsense, you uncultivated stinky monkey, why are you still all hairy to this day, what, can't you even transform?" Hua Zhi scolded angrily before mocking him.

"Who says? I just prefer my original form," Vajra retorted.

"Then transform and let me see if you've even shed your fur," Hua Zhi relentlessly pursued.

"Transform, then I'll transform," Vajra, successfully provoked, said.

In the next instant, a surge of white light enveloped him, his body rapidly shrinking, transforming into a short-haired young man dressed in a white robe, his hair and eyebrows completely white, but his features quite handsome.

"How about it, not bad, right?" the white-haired young man grinned, revealing two fangs, his handsome appearance mixed with the youthful vibrancy of a young man.

"A monkey without fur, even uglier." Hua Zhi stared for a moment, stubbornly sneering again.

"You..." Vajra was at a loss for words.

Yuan Ming silently watched the two bicker, not intervening, a faint smile appearing on his face.

Afterward, he summoned Lei Yu, revealed his true form, and together with Hua Zhi and the others, soared into the sky, leaving Southern Border and heading straight for the Black Wind Desert.