Immortality begins with meditation puppets

Chapter 425 The Courage of a Rat and the Might of a Dragon
Ancient trees reaching for the sky, verdant and lush, their canopies spreading out to the heavens, exuding a vibrant and refreshing vitality that soothes the soul.

No matter how you look at it, it exudes righteousness and integrity.

No matter how you look at it, it has nothing to do with evil spirits.

But after changing his clothes and aura, as a renowned evil figure in the Western Sea cultivation world for many years, anyone who saw this ancient tree in the clouds knew that it had countless connections with the Earth Demon Heaven.

Just like Erqiang changed the human head lantern into an incense burner lantern, the evil spirit pagoda into an incense pagoda, and he himself transformed into the Angzang Heavenly God, so that people could recognize him at a glance as the former human head lantern monster.

When evil spirits become gods, it can indeed be considered as laying down the butcher's knife and starting over. They can temporarily put aside everything from the past, do more good deeds in the future, and wash away their past sins with the merits of incense offerings.

However, Di Motian and Erqiang had only recently become gods and hadn't had time to do many good deeds. At least compared to the sins they had committed in the past, their good deeds were negligible.

Therefore, this ancient tree in the clouds, though seemingly full of life, still exudes a sinister stench.

When Liu Feng revealed the origin of the Cloud Heaven Ancient Tree, the Penglai cultivators behind him immediately changed color.

They were all too aware of the significance of the connection between Demon Heaven and Demon Buddha.

The Earth Demon Heaven has been managing the Demon Tree Evil Kingdom for a long time. Because it has always behaved very cleverly, and the Penglai Thousand Islands Immortal Kingdom also has the consideration of having this evil kingdom block the advance of the Desire Demon Immortal Kingdom and other land immortal kingdoms into the Western Sea and their interests in the Western Sea, the Earth Demon Heaven has always allowed this evil kingdom to develop and has never taken action against it.

I originally planned to eliminate him when he advanced from the fourth to the fifth rank of the Earth Demon Heaven and attempted to establish a temple and spread his blessings, but his advancement coincided with the start of the Great Chaos in the Western Sea.

The invasion of the Western Sea by the Pingxi Wu Kingdom has tied up the energy of the Desire Demon Immortal Kingdom and the Fire Phoenix Immortal Kingdom.

Deep in the Western Sea, the Demon Buddha forcibly seized Yingzhou Island, leaving Penglai Immortal Island with no time to spare. The Great Sage Overturning the Seas stirred up the rivers and seas, keeping the Thousand Island Immortal Kingdoms busy running for their lives.

In the evil kingdom of Ksitigarbha, the Lesser Realm of Transformation Gods was born, and the Joyful Buddhism and the Fulong Temple fought fiercely over the Lesser Realm of Transformation Gods.

Furthermore, the emergence of the Celestial Master's relics on Langya Immortal Island has also attracted some of the attention of various forces in the Western Sea.

As a result, at this critical juncture when the Earth Demon Heaven was advancing to the fifth rank, apart from the Fulong Temple sending a high monk to investigate the outskirts of the Evil Kingdom, none of the other immortal kingdoms in the Western Sea took any action against it.

Originally, the leaders of the various immortal kingdoms in the Western Sea thought this matter was not a big deal.

Firstly, although Di Motian has divine runes in his hands, his probability of becoming a god is indeed higher than that of Wang Hai Erqiang, who has nothing. However, it is also an extremely dangerous thing for evil spirits to refine divine runes. They might not even need to attack Di Motian; he himself might fail to break through and disappear into nothingness.

Secondly, even if the Earth Demon Heaven managed to break through the barrier by chance, it was already confined to a corner of the world. After becoming a god, it was limited by the divine realm and could only stay in the Demon Tree Evil Kingdom. It could also become the second barrier in the western sea inland to block sea demons and evil spirits after the Sea-Gazing Immortal City.

There are many things going on in the Western Sea. Although the various immortal kingdoms can take the overall situation into consideration, they all have to prioritize the interests of their own immortal kingdoms. Since no one has the time or energy to deal with this Earth Demon Heaven, they simply let it break through. If it succeeds, that's its skill; if it fails, it saves everyone trouble.

It was with this mindset that we arrived at the situation we have today.

Earth Demon Heaven has successfully broken through, established a temple, and ascended to godhood!

Its previous cleverness was all a disguise. After ascending to godhood, it immediately colluded with the demon Buddha and formed an alliance with him. It will not only fail to be a barrier for the inland areas of the Western Sea to resist the invasion of evil sea monsters, but it may even become a bridgehead for evil sea monsters to land in the Western Sea!
This is the result of taking a holistic view of the Western Sea.

For Liu Feng and the other Penglai cultivators at this moment, the appearance of the Earth Demon Heaven meant that while they were dealing with the evil spirits under the Demon Buddha's command, they also had the powerful enemy of the Earth Demon Heaven!

What was once a sure thing could now turn into a disaster that wipes out the entire army!
Faced with imminent danger, Liu Feng couldn't care less about monopolizing the Dao patterns of the Prison Suppression and the Netherworld Connection. Without hesitation, he turned around and shouted to the three Nascent Soul cultivators from the Thousand Islands, including Fu Hu:
“Fellow Daoists, the Demon Buddha and the two great evil forces of Earth Demon Heaven are colluding, and the situation in the Western Sea is extremely precarious. Not to mention that if these two evil forces seize the divine patterns in the Celestial Master's Ruins today, there will be no place for human cultivators to stand in the Western Sea in the future.”

This battle is no longer merely a struggle for divine runes; it is a battle for the life and death of all cultivators in the Western Sea. We, the cultivators of Penglai, will fight with all our might. We fear neither death nor injury, but only the inability to stop these evil spirits. We earnestly hope that you fellow cultivators will generously offer your assistance!

As soon as Liu Feng finished speaking, Fu Hu and the other two Nascent Soul cultivators from the Thousand Islands arrived beside him.

"Master Liu, there's no need for further words. We know how dangerous this is. Evil spirits can never be tamed. This Earth Demon dares to collude with the Demon Buddha, which means he has already become a god. Once this matter is over, we cultivators of the Western Sea swear to uproot his Demon Tree Evil Kingdom!"

"The Demon Tree Evil Kingdom is far from here, and the Earth Demon Heaven dared not come here in person. Only a wisp of his avatar has come. If we join forces, we may not be unable to handle it!"

"After Fellow Daoist Tong summoned the Celestial Master's will, the celestial secrets within this Celestial Master's ruins became confused, isolating the inside from the outside and making it impossible to send messages out. Even my request to summon the Grand Elder of my Thousand Islands Immortal Kingdom could not be fulfilled. In this battle, only by working together can we possibly thwart the schemes of these evil spirits!"

Fu Hu and the others spoke one after another, their faces solemn and their mood heavy.

Liu Feng felt the same way. Looking at the ancient tree that stood in front of the Penglai warriors, he felt inexplicably afraid, even though it only had the aura of the peak of the fourth rank. It was similar to the feeling of meeting his own ancestor.

That is a wisp of divinity from a fifth-order being. Ordinary people who are fortunate enough to obtain it can invite the god to possess them and use it to unleash the divine power of a fifth-order god. Not to mention that this Cloud Heaven Tree is originally part of the Earth Demon Heaven, and it can withstand countless amounts of Earth Demon Heaven divinity, and it is unknown how many fifth-order divine arts it can perform.

Liu Feng secretly tested his treasures, wondering if they could withstand the divine attack of the Cloud Heaven Ancient Tree!
His gaze then turned to the cultivator looking towards the sea, where he saw Su Qing transforming the Hundred Transformations Vajra into a giant lobster spear to fight the Golden Crab King.

So heartbreaking!
That's my Celestial!

If the Heavenly God's Name is still in my hands and was not damaged in the battle with that dog puppeteer, then with this Heavenly God's Name, why would Liu Feng need to fear this Ancient Tree of Clouds and Sky!

Liu Feng glanced at the battlefield beside him once, and then looked away.

At this moment, the Wanghai cultivators were locked in a fierce battle with the sea monster army. In Liu Feng's view, it was already enough that the Wanghai people could help them share the pressure of the sea monsters, and he dared not hope that they would have any spare capacity to come and help.

Liu Feng composed himself. As the commander of Penglai, he now had the three Nascent Soul cultivators from the Thousand Islands, including Fu Hu, as well as the remaining cultivators from the Thousand Islands who had been tricked by Su Qing.

The commander-in-chief of the three armies is a man of great importance and should not charge into battle without authorization. It is not that Liu Feng is cowardly!
Because the Penglai warriors were blocked by the Cloud Heaven Demon Tree, and only those with fourth-level Nascent Soul combat power could lead the way, Liu Feng did not hesitate. He waved his hand and ordered that Fu Hu, Xue Luo, and Xi Fang, the three Thousand Island True Men, together with Zhao Chun, the True Men who had defected to Penglai, and Huang Li, the True Men, a total of five fourth-level Nascent Soul cultivators, go to the front line of the army.

When Master Fuhu and the others landed in front of the ancient tree in the clouds.

Seeing that the ancient tree was still absorbing the malevolent and deathly energy on the battlefield to grow stronger, they immediately took action to prevent the ancient tree from developing and growing stronger.

The previously pitiful Fuhu Zhenren, who had lost an arm and was lame, was now full of energy, his strength surging out from his body like waves. Behind him, a sinister white tiger phantom appeared and merged with him as soon as it appeared. The tiger roared in the west wind, its power fierce and its momentum arrogant. It ignored the dense, almost tangible evil energy of the ancient tree in the clouds and took the lead, wanting to break the trunk of the ancient tree with a single palm.

Fourth-order body cultivators cannot give birth to infant spirits, but they have already embarked on the path of opening up the world within their bodies. They use their natal Dao patterns as a golden bridge between heaven and earth, connecting the two worlds inside and outside their bodies. They can frantically devour the spiritual energy of the outside world and transform it into true qi outside their bodies. This is the fourth-order true qi force, which is the capital that allows fourth-order body cultivators to contend with Nascent Soul cultivators.

Depending on the individual's natal Dao patterns, the amount of true Qi that is condensed will also differ.

For example, the True Man of Subduing Tiger has a natal Dao pattern of a fierce white tiger, which is protected by the Qi of the West, wards off all evil, and is especially good at killing and other wonderful uses. The True Qi he condenses is also like this.

The powerful energy penetrated three zhang deep, its color like white jade, protecting Fuhu's entire body. It broke through the layers of evil energy barriers of the ancient tree in the clouds, and was about to land in front of the ancient tree when Fuhu's Dragon-Subduing Tiger-Subduing Palm was already raised, about to strike down.

Suddenly, the ancient tree in the clouds released ten thousand rays of divine light. Its divine might was like a prison, and its divine light was like a sword. The ten thousand swords were fired at once and reached Fuhu. The true energy of the three-zhang-tall white tiger made a series of crisp sounds and disintegrated in a short while.

With his True Qi broken, Master Fuhu, with his physical body, could hardly withstand this fifth-order divine technique. Just as he was about to retreat, he was pierced by ten thousand swords and was on the verge of death.

"This fiend possesses the ability to unleash fifth-order divine arts. I have exhausted one of its divine arts, and I will be unable to fight again for a short time!"

Beside Xi Fang and the others, a drop of black blood hung in mid-air, which suddenly transformed into the ashen-faced Fuhu Zhenren, who had used the Styx Fundamental Law's ability to regenerate from a drop of blood.

Although this ability is mysterious and miraculous, and is a top-notch life-saving secret technique, using it once will consume most of one's vital energy, and if not properly cultivated, it will also damage one's foundation.

Master Fuhu has the potential to advance to the fifth rank, and he would never use this method unless absolutely necessary, lest it affect his future path in cultivation.

However, in order to test the ancient tree in the clouds and force it to use its divine power, he had no choice but to use this method.

"Fifth-order divine techniques are indeed extraordinary. Even the White Tiger True Qi of True Master Fuhu, which is unparalleled in its power, is as brittle as paper in front of it. True Master Fuhu, please rest for now. Next, let us test the depth of this Cloud Heaven Ancient Tree!"

Huang Li, who had been absent-minded since the death of Master Fire Crow, finally spoke.

The Nascent Soul cultivators present all knew that they had no chance of destroying the ancient tree before it unleashed its full power.

Only by forcing out all of its divine powers can we have a chance to eliminate this fiend.

Master Fuhu has already paid the price and taken the lead.

It wouldn't be good for Penglai to just stand by and watch.

Huang Li gave him a look, and Zhao Chun, the Master Zhao, gave a wry smile and stepped forward to serve him.

Before leaving, Zhao Chun didn't forget to bow to Fu Hu and the other Nascent Soul cultivators from the Thousand Islands:

"As my lifespan is nearing its end, I have no choice but to submit to the Penglai Immortal Kingdom in order to obtain divine runes, thus becoming a cultivator from the Thousand Islands. I am ashamed to mention this matter again. I only hope that when I leave, my fellow Daoists will not implicate my family on Fangzhang Immortal Island. They know nothing of what I have done, and it has nothing to do with Penglai. I hope that my fellow Daoists will give them a way out!"

"Go in peace. Your death will settle your debts. We have no intention of making things difficult for your descendants!" Blood Luo Zhenren replied disdainfully, and Xi Fang and Fu Hu nodded in agreement.

Zhao Chun's betrayal of the Thousand Islands Immortal Kingdom was, in their eyes, a heinous crime deserving of death. However, he also had his reasons. This journey was fraught with peril, so they would not entangle themselves with him too much. Even upon returning to the Thousand Islands Immortal Kingdom, they would not reveal his betrayal, thus preserving his dignity.

"Zhao Zhenren, please go with peace of mind. Your descendants, even if they can no longer stay in the Thousand Islands Immortal Kingdom, can come to my Penglai Immortal Island. I will take good care of them and will never let you down!"

Huang Li also said something conveniently and urged Zhao Chun to hurry up and not waste any time.

"Fellow Daoists, your righteousness is truly admirable. I shall depart now!"

Zhao Chun, who was neither young nor old, summoned his natal infant spirit, which was also an old fisherman with a white beard and white eyebrows.

The old fisherman, holding a blue fishing rod, walked slowly toward the ancient tree in the clouds, his back hunched.

As he walked under the canopy of the ancient tree in the clouds, he saw divine light rise again. Suddenly, countless blood eyes appeared on the ancient tree, staring at the fisherman. The fisherman immediately froze on the spot, unable to move forward.

Zhao Chun pursed his lips and drank, causing the infant spirit's aura to surge. Although he was still unable to move freely, he was able to barely cast the fishing rod in his hand.

There wasn't a single hook on the slender fishing line, but as the line passed, the bloodshot eyes on the ancient tree seemed to leap out of the tree like cats smelling fish, their eyes opening and closing as they clung to the fishing line.

"My little fish, come on up!"

Once Blood Eyes left the ancient tree, they immediately lost their immobilizing and mind-controlling effects. Zhao Chun's face lit up with joy, and with a flick of the fishing line, Blood Eyes were sent into the fish basket on his back.

By this time, he believed that the divine technique had been broken and the perilous situation of certain death was over. He dared not linger there any longer and was about to turn back when...

Suddenly, he discovered that countless blood eyes had appeared on the ground where he was standing, staring intently at him. Before he could even cast his fishing line, his natal spirit, along with his true self, was unknowingly devoured by these blood eyes, as if being gnawed by a thousand insects.

After it dissipated, the ancient tree in the cloud-covered sky swayed, stirring up gusts of bloody rain and foul winds, appearing even more eerie and powerful than before.

A Nascent Soul cultivator who had been in the Nascent Soul stage for tens of thousands of years and was considered a prominent figure in the Western Sea cultivation world died tragically in front of all the cultivators, succumbing to a divine technique.

This tragic scene immediately silenced the cultivators of Penglai, and their already somewhat timid courage vanished completely.

"In this place, good will prevail over evil!"

"Humanity prospers here!"

"In this place, the dead are annihilated, and the deadly spirits never return..."

The ancient tree in the clouds that devoured Zhao Chun Zhenren exuded terrifying evil energy, attempting to erode the will of the Penglai warriors and posing a potential threat of corrupting them into evil.

At this critical juncture, Zhao Zhengquan stepped forward and led the Zhao family's Heavenly Officials Group to proclaim the Heavenly Officials' decrees.

The Heavenly Official displayed his power, and the morale of the Penglai warriors soared. The ancient tree in the clouds also leveled and the wind stopped.

But in an instant, divine light shone through the ancient tree and rushed straight towards the Zhao family's Heavenly Officials.

That divine technique filled the heavens and the earth, forming a line from the sky, like a raging torrent. From afar, one could smell a faint scent of incense, but more so, a malevolent aura that made one's soul tremble.

Those Penglai warriors who were touched by this malevolent aura turned from red to blue, their pupils from black to red, horns sprouted from their bodies, and bizarre joints protruded from their bones. They moved like crazed beasts, writhing and crawling as they attacked their companions. And this was only a small area affected by the outer edge of the malevolent aura; the dense, inky malevolent aura's target remained the Zhao family's Heavenly Official Group.
"Don't hurt my father-in-law!" Liu Feng was prepared for this. After shouting, he took out a flying fish jade pendant from his pocket.

This jade pendant rises with the pure energy of the primordial void and sinks with the turbid energy of the netherworld, lingering on the Zhao family's celestial officials and granting them immunity to the impact of evil spirits.

Originally a fourth-tier spiritual treasure, it could easily handle fourth-tier evil spells, but Liu Feng wasn't sure if it could deal with the fifth-tier divine spell, the Cloud Heaven Ancient Tree.

If it were someone else, they wouldn't have any confidence either; if they were alive, they would be lucky; if they were dead, they would deserve it.

But Zhao Zhengquan was no ordinary person; he was his father-in-law!

Not only his father-in-law, but also he himself was of paramount importance in this great battle.

It should be noted that the Zhao family's Heavenly Officials have always been the key to their Penglai Immortal Kingdom's resistance against the corruption of the Great Evil.

Only the Heavenly Official's decree can make a large number of Penglai cultivators immune to the corruption of the Great Evil. This function cannot be replaced by exorcism formations.

If the Zhao family's Heavenly Official Group were to be lost, the ancient tree of Yunshan could instantly corrupt all living beings on the entire battlefield, except for Nascent Soul cultivators, into evil spirits. This great battle would then be pointless.

Because it was so important, Liu Feng, feeling uncertain, reluctantly took out the lock-headed gun from his pocket. He had always been reluctant to use this gun, but now he pulled the trigger and fired five shots in a row, trying to shatter the divine magic.

boom! boom! boom!
The power of a fourth-tier magic cannon is extraordinary; even a fifth-tier divine spell would show signs of disintegration after being hit by five shots.

But the collapse did not completely dissipate; in the moment before it collapsed, the divine technique still fell upon the Zhao family's Heavenly Officials.

The Flying Fish Jade Pendant can help celestial officials become immune to mental attacks that bewitch the souls with divine magic.

However, it could not help them become immune to the divine magic that diminished their physical abilities.

One by one, the celestial officials developed festering sores, oozing pus and blood. In an instant, their flesh dissolved, turning into a pool of black water.

Only Zhao Zhengquan and the two Heavenly Officials beside him were protected by the Heavenly Official Register and the Heavenly Official Seal. They used the power of the Heavenly Officials to counteract the attack of this evil magic and thus escaped disaster. However, they inevitably coughed up blood and suffered minor injuries.

Minor injuries are nothing to worry about, as long as you're not dead.

Liu Feng landed in front of Lord Taishan with lingering fear, thinking to himself that if the Cloud Heaven Ancient Tree were to harm Lord Taishan again, he would have to be even more generous and use his other treasures when necessary!
Those who had been watching this place closely, including Fu Hu, breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that Zhao Zhengquan was unharmed and the effects of the Heavenly Official's decree could still be maintained.

"With ten thousand swords upon my body, the Blood-Soaked Eye of Destruction, and this universal evil, the Ancient Tree of Clouds has already unleashed three fifth-order divine arts. According to ancient records, a fifth-order deity can only use three divine arts at most shortly after becoming a god."

Even though this ancient tree in the clouds is part of the Earth Demon Heaven, it can only withstand three divine spells at most, and it is impossible for it to unleash more divine spells than its original form.

Without the threat of divine magic, this ancient tree is merely a fourth-tier evil spirit. If we, several True Immortals, join forces, we can easily uproot it!

The final divine technique was intercepted by the Zhao family's Heavenly Officials, saving the Nascent Soul cultivators from having to test it on themselves like Zhao Chun. Huang Li, Xi Fang, and the others were secretly delighted. With Huang Li riding a white crane as the spearhead, Xi Fang, Fu Hu, and Xue Luo followed closely behind, heading straight for the Cloud Heaven Ancient Tree.

The ancient tree in the clouds, each branch and trunk like the arm of a god, each green leaf like a three-foot-tall green peak.

The moment these real cultivators attacked, the branches and leaves swayed and danced, like a giant dragon coiling and dancing, their momentum even more terrifying than that of a fourth-level body cultivator.

However, without the fifth-order divine technique that could crush everything, this ancient tree of clouds was like a tiger with broken teeth. In the eyes of the four Nascent Soul cultivators, it was only a matter of time before it was completely destroyed.

Huang Li's red-necked white crane exhaled a ball of blazing white flame. This fire ignited upon encountering the wind, burning the branches and leaves of the ancient tree in the clouds with crackling sounds, accompanied by the howls of wronged souls, and rising plumes of black smoke.

As Xi Fangzhen played the flute with her red lips, an invisible sonic blade sliced ​​off the branches of the ancient tree in the clouds.

Master Fuhu had just been reborn from the ashes, and his aura was weak, making it difficult for him to be the main force. However, a body cultivator would never say he was no good. He mustered his strength and generated the White Tiger True Qi. The Qi was like the wind, and the power was like a dragon. Wherever it passed, it was like a lawnmower, shattering branches and sweeping away green leaves.

Blood Luo Zhenren was the most decisive, his scimitar transforming into ten thousand blades, the blade swirling and dancing, slicing through leaves and flying branches.

Seeing that things were going very well, Liu Feng's attention was instantly focused on the Bodhisattva Baoxiang, who had summoned the Ancient Tree of Clouds and was sitting motionless on the precious elephant.

If they dare to interfere, Liu Feng will not be polite to them.

What puzzled him was that, seeing the ancient tree in the clouds about to be set on fire everywhere, and the four Nascent Soul cultivators playing the flute, cutting grass, and slicing leaves with flying knives, they were about to be completely exhausted, yet the Bodhisattva Baoxiang was still able to sit still. After sensing Liu Feng's divine sense, he even turned his head and nodded and smiled at him.

This laugh sent chills down Liu Feng's spine, making his head feel like it was about to explode. He turned and shouted loudly at the four Nascent Soul cultivators:
"Retreat! Retreat quickly! This tree is a trap; it may still hold divine magic!"

Liu Feng reacted quickly, sensing something was wrong from the Bodhisattva Baoxiang's response, and promptly offered a reminder.

But it was too late.

By this time, the Nascent Soul cultivators had cleared away all the branches and leaves from the ancient tree, leaving only its bare trunk. They then stood around the trunk, ready to uproot it and eradicate it completely.

Suddenly, the ancient tree that stretched like a chopstick reaching to the sky pulled its roots out of the ground on its own.

Along with it, a tiny, almost imperceptible fragment of a lotus was also pulled out.

As soon as the broken lotus emerged from the soil, golden lotus necklaces cascaded down, and rare flowers and herbs grew all over the ground.

After a resounding bell-like sound, omnipresent Buddhist light and all-pervasive chanting of Buddhist sutras subdued the four Nascent Soul cultivators.

"A deadly chant! A demonic Buddha's methods!"

Liu Feng was horrified and speechless with fear!
It wasn't that he was negligent; he hadn't considered that since the Earth Demon Heaven had lent several divine arts to the Precious Elephant Bodhisattva, the Demon Buddha, as the elder brother of the Precious Elephant Bodhisattva, might also lend some divine arts to his younger brother to do things.

He had considered this possibility, but then he thought of the battle between the Demon Buddha and his ancestor. Although the Demon Buddha was slightly stronger than his ancestor, his ancestor had the cooperation of the Penglai cultivators and the protection of formations and magical artifacts, so he fought to a standstill.

His own ancestor is currently in seclusion at home recuperating from his injuries. The Demon Buddha is also suffering, and he has enough divine power to heal himself. How could he possibly have any spare power to unleash divine magic? Isn't he afraid that his injuries will not heal for a long time and that his own ancestor will come knocking on his door again? Does he not want to die?
Evil spirits are evil spirits, they really don't care about their lives!
Unexpectedly, the Demon Buddha was so audacious that he disregarded his own injuries and even used divine magic to lure the Bodhisattva Baoxiang to this Celestial Master's Ruins to obtain the divine runes!
"Is it going to devour the divine runes to heal its wounds, or is it going to use the divine runes to nurture a fifth-order evil god like the Earth Demon Heaven?"

Liu Feng's heart tightened, knowing that the Demon Buddha valued the more than one hundred divine patterns in the Celestial Master's Ruins even more than he valued his Penglai.

But right now, he seems unable to stop it all.

Because the four Nascent Soul cultivators were ambushed at close range by the deadly chanting, the situation had deteriorated to an irreversible point.

Amidst the deadly chanting, four Nascent Soul cultivators, ruthless killers, were caught off guard. However, the most cowardly of them all, Blood Luo, was the first to fall victim.

It emerged from the chanting of Sanskrit, but its eyes had already turned red, and evil spirit arms had sprouted from its back, transforming it into a malevolent being, which was then subdued by the Bodhisattva Baoxiang.

The Blood Demon, transformed into an evil spirit, reached out without hesitation into the True Person Xi Fang, who was struggling against the chanting beside him.

Real Person Xi Fang knew something was wrong. He sighed softly, and a wisp of his primordial spirit emerged from his body, embracing the jade flute. It then transformed into a wisp of pure energy and fled back to the back of Penglai.

However, his physical body and most of his primordial spirit fell into the hands of evil spirits and were transformed into a fourth-order great evil, acting as their henchmen.

Huang Li, who came from the Penglai family, was the first of the four Nascent Soul cultivators to react. Although his will was not very firm, he had a fourth-tier red-necked white crane as his substitute.

This poor red-necked white crane has been controlled by the Huang family's beast ring since birth, unlike the Fire Crow Immortal who is free to live or die at the whim of his master.

Under Huang Li's command, the red-necked white crane cried out to the sky, and its primordial spirit and even its physical body exploded. The power of the fourth-order spirit beast's self-destruction instantly stopped the death-reaping chant for a moment and pushed back the attacking Xie Xueluo and Xie Xifang by several miles.

Huang Li, who was at the center of the self-destruction, was not having an easy time either. His robes were torn to shreds and his skin was ripped open. But it was still better than dying and becoming an evil spirit. He endured the excruciating pain of his soul being torn apart and his body being mutilated, and took advantage of the gap to escape from the range of the life-threatening chanting.

After him, there was another person in an even worse situation, Master Fuhu, who also escaped death by seizing the opportunity he had fought for.

In the blink of an eye, the four Nascent Soul cultivators were completely transformed into evil spirits. Although Xi Fang managed to escape with a wisp of her true spirit, she was no longer able to fight. Huang Li had lost the Red-Necked White Crane, which greatly reduced his combat power. Coupled with his injuries, he was even more unreliable. Fu Hu Zhenren was a good man. Although he still wanted to fight and avenge Xue Luo and Xi Fang, he was injured again and again. Even Liu Feng dared not let him fight, fearing that he would not only fail to help but also be corrupted and used by the evil spirits.

"Am I the only one left?"

Liu Feng licked his dry lips, shook his head with a wry smile.

He possessed a certain amount of courage, although he was unaware of what other mysterious divine arts awaited him after the deadly chant was unleashed from the shattered lotus.

But as he said before, at this critical moment of life and death, as the only remaining Nascent Soul warrior on his side, if he doesn't step up to turn the tide and save the collapsing edifice, who else will?
The key point is, he can't escape either.

Just as he wanted the Prison-Suppressing and Netherworld-Connecting Dao Patterns of the Bodhisattva Baoxiang as a ladder to godhood, the Bodhisattva Baoxiang also wanted his Underworld Emperor Dao Patterns in order to become a fifth-order Great Evil!
Anyone can escape, but he can't!
Liu Feng was born into nobility, a proud son of Penglai. He had a doting ancestor and a beautiful wife, his life was perfect, except for a feat that would make him famous.

Today, at this very moment!

But damn it!

Why are my feet so heavy that I can't take a single step? My hands are like withered wood, unable to move an inch.

It's absolutely impossible that Liu Feng was afraid of death and dared not accept the divine technique activated by the shattered lotus, dared not accept the outcome of his physical body disintegrating, his primordial spirit dissipating, his path of cultivation ending, and his life possibly perishing!

"It must be some evil spirit that has made me unable to move. It's not because I'm afraid. Besides my ancestor and that tigress at home, who else have I ever been afraid of!"

"Lord Taishan, please help me! Let me go up and face the enemy!"

Liu Feng blurted out his plea for help to the Taishan Lord without thinking.

Zhao Zhengquan and the other Penglai cultivators, seeing his pathetic state, knew perfectly well that he had grown up in the sheltered environment of Penglai and had never experienced such a life-or-death situation. Therefore, he had lost his courage, unable to fight when he wanted to fight, and unable to escape when he wanted to escape. He was stuck in place, making him unbearable to look at.

“My dear son-in-law, we are currently within a fourth-order formation, and with the help of my Heavenly Official performing rituals, the evil spirits cannot harm you.”

"If you muster your spirit, with the magical treasures you possess, you might still have a chance to win. If you shrink back, who can we rely on now?"

Zhao Zhengquan exposed Liu Feng's lies and forced him to fight like a real man.

But Liu Feng, who has never consummated his marriage with his wife, has never been considered a real man.

He's still just a kid!

"Old man, what nonsense are you talking about? Since that Demon Buddha is determined to obtain the divine runes, there must be more than one divine technique in that shattered lotus. Asking me to go up and fight is just asking me to die."

"Yes, so your daughter has always refused to give herself to me, saying that before the Queen Mother's flawless body is fully refined, I cannot be defiled. Me, defile her? She's the one humiliating me, and you're the one who ordered her to do it? And now you want me to die? Is your Zhao family trying to seize my Zhao family's fortune through this?"

Liu Feng had clearly gone mad, spewing profanities at his father-in-law, which enraged Zhao Zhengquan so much that his hands trembled and he slapped Liu Feng across the face.

"All that glitters is not gold; you are rotten inside! I misjudged you and disregarded my daughter's wishes to marry her to you. Someone like you, even if you become a Nascent Soul cultivator in the future, will not be able to serve as a pillar of Penglai, nor will you be able to bear the responsibilities that you should bear!"

Upon seeing his father-in-law's anger, Liu Feng immediately cowered, kneeling on the ground, tears streaming down his face as he grabbed his father-in-law's trouser leg and said:
"Lord Taishan, Lord Taishan, I'm scared, I'm really scared! Lord Taishan, do you still have a way?"

"That official seal that day—yes, that official seal that day could reach the heavens directly, connecting heaven and earth! Lord Taishan, please use this method to send your son-in-law out of this Celestial Master's ruins! I swear, when I return, I will treat Yun'er well and not let her suffer any injustice! If I have any children in the future, I will adopt them into the Zhao family first, and take them to offer incense to Lord Taishan!"

"Hmph! Your departure has solved everything, but it's a pity that these fellow disciples of Penglai are about to be harmed by evil spirits, and it's also a pity that the people of the Western Sea are about to face a great calamity!"

Zhao Zhengquan was disdainful of his son-in-law's actions, but he also knew that given his current mindset, even if he went forward to fight, it would be a pointless death. Rather than both of them dying here, it wouldn't be so bad to give him a way out.

The Heavenly Official Seal in his hand emitted divine light that pierced through heaven and earth. Overjoyed, Liu Feng was carried by the divine light, broke through the Heavenly Master's blockade, and escaped to safety.

After he left, who among the relics of this Celestial Master can step forward?
"Scatter, all of you! Let me handle this!"

(End of this chapter)