On the Avenue.

Chapter 735 A meeting between wind and cloud
"There are no saints in the Hundred Saints Cave, but the name Zhenshan is quite fitting."

Outside the Hundred Saints Cave, the leading immortal addressed the others, “The Hundred Saints Cave should be called the Hundred Demon Cave. When the Earthly Immortal Realm was created, the Three Pure Ones were unable to refine the Great Demons, so they could only suppress them. Thus, some of the Great Demons were suppressed here. The Three Pure Ones ordered people to guard this place, hence the names Zhenshan (Suppressing Mountain) and Hundred Demon Cave.”

This immortal possessed an extraordinary and ethereal air, unattached to worldly things. He laughed and said, "The people who guarded this place either died or left. Later people did not know the origin of this place, so they renamed the Hundred Demon Cave to the Hundred Saint Cave, but the name 'Zhenshan' was still retained."

The woman beside him smiled and said, "Senior Brother Congyun has extraordinary insight, no wonder he comes from the Shangqing Realm."

The young immortal Cong Yun laughed and said, "The reason why the disciples of Shangqing Realm have higher knowledge than other fellow cultivators is not because of our own ability, but because Shangqing Realm records many secrets. These secrets were recorded by the disciples who followed the Three Pure Ones in the past, and they recorded what they saw with their own eyes. That is why we, the younger generation, are able to see them."

He is a disciple of the Lingbao Saint lineage of Shangqing Realm, and is a student of Zuo Xuan Zhenren.

The others were also of extraordinary background. The woman's name was Fang Qianxue, and she was a disciple of Madam Yuanling.

The boy on the left is named Tong He, and the young man on the right is named Lu Chen. They are fellow disciples, both disciples of the Left Celestial Master Leng Dongliu.

The four of them came to Plague Province on the orders of Celestial Master Leng Dongliu to open the Hundred Saints Cave, release the hundred great demons suppressed there, and use the power of the great demons to defeat the heavenly soldiers and generals of the Plague Department and kill the Plague Emperor Lü Yue.

Leng Dongliu, Lady Yuanling, and Master Zuoxuan have already laid an ambush in the Plague Province, waiting for the opportunity to kill Plague Lord Lü Yue.

Although the Plague Division is not as strong as the Fighting Division and the Thunder Division, its combat power is still extremely strong, which is why Master Zuo, Leng Dongliu, and others have their eyes on it.

Just as the four were about to enter the Hundred Saints Cave, the sky suddenly trembled violently. With a rumbling sound, the sky cracked open, and countless auspicious clouds emerged. Standing on the clouds were celestial gods, with burly bodies, carrying plague gourds on their backs, and plague flags planted on their backs, exuding a murderous aura.

These celestial beings rode the clouds and mist, rushing towards the distance, when a thunderous voice echoed from the sky: "Don't go, you traitors of the Celestial Court!"

A chill ran through the four of them: "Have our masters been discovered?"

The four dared not delay and immediately entered the Hundred Saints Cave.

The Hundred Saints Cave is deep and secluded, and its exterior is sealed off by the Three Pure Ones. Ordinary people who come here are blocked by the seal and cannot enter the true Hundred Saints Cave.

This place is used by the locals as a place to worship gods, with many statues, about a hundred in total, and the incense is very strong. It seems that the name "Hundred Saints Cave" was far-fetchedly associated with "Hundred Gods Cave".

Who knows, in a few years, it might be changed to this name.

Cong Yun arrived before the seal left by the Three Pure Ones and said, "Back then, when the Heavenly Secrets Strategy was broken, it was my master who led me to the Heavenly Court to see Xi Muran and break the seal of the Three Pure Ones. Then, Xi Muran's people lured the Great Demon to the Heavenly Court to break the Heavenly Secrets Strategy. My master taught me how to break the seal of the Three Pure Ones."

At this time, there were many believers in the Hundred Saints Cave offering incense to the statues of gods.

Those statues are not wild gods, but deities from the Heavenly Court or the Western Paradise. Often, a wisp of their essence remains here to absorb incense offerings and respond to the prayers of believers, thus making them quite efficacious.

Congyun broke the seal, and saw that where there used to be a stone wall in the Hundred Saints Cave, the stone wall suddenly disappeared, replaced by a deep cave with smooth walls that led directly into the mountain.

Their actions immediately drew the attention of the believers, and even the statues guarding the place turned to look.

A sharp glint flashed in Fang Qianxue's eyes as she whispered, "Eliminate them to prevent the news from leaking out! If word gets out that we released a great demon, it will probably damage the reputation of our Celestial Court."

Cong Yun hesitated for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Once the Great Demon is released, these people will not be able to survive and will be devoured by the Great Demon. There's no need to dirty our hands."

Fang Qianxue said, "But these gods will know that we released the great demon. If we alarm those plague gods, they might trap us in the Hundred Saints Cave!"

Cong Yun flew into the cave first, saying, "Senior Sister Fang, you can decide for yourself."

Fang Qianxue said, "Senior Brother Tong, Senior Brother Lu, you follow Senior Brother Cong. I will be there shortly."

Knowing that she was determined to kill and silence them, Tong He and Lu Chen did not linger and followed Cong Yunfei into the cave.

Fang Qianxue, a disciple of Madam Yuanling, had already reached the Golden Immortal realm and possessed extremely high cultivation. Standing in the Hundred Saints Cave, she stirred her mind slightly, and a ball of lightning exploded. Instantly, the lightning magma in the entire Hundred Saints Cave flowed like water, pouring out in all directions and engulfing everyone!

In an instant, everyone in the Hundred Saints Cave evaporated, the statues melted, and even the divine avatars vanished!

Fang Qianxue breathed a sigh of relief, her face showing reluctance, and said in a low voice, "Everyone, you can't blame me for this. The world is like this, and I have no choice. When the Celestial Court pacifies the world in the future, it will surely restore a bright and clear world for you!"

As she was about to fly into the cave, a figure suddenly appeared from outside the cave, stepping on the remaining lightning in the Hundred Saints Cave, and instantly arrived beside Fang Qianxue!

Fang Qianxue's expression changed instantly. She saw that the newcomer was using the Immortal Emperor's family's ultimate technique, the Ten-Day Battle Technique from the Great Wilderness Enlightenment Collection!
This divine power was fierce and domineering. The newcomer was surrounded by purple aura. With one punch, he unleashed a purple sun, and at the same time, boundless flames appeared behind him, and a three-legged golden crow rose up!

Fang Qianxue had no time to dodge and took the first punch head-on. She felt a huge shock in her heart meridian as the opponent's Dao power rushed in, destroying her Dao field and Dao patterns.

She attempted to summon her own Dao Realm. Summoning the Dao Realm could, on the one hand, enhance her cultivation and borrow the power of heaven and earth within it; on the other hand, if she was outmatched, she could hide within the Dao Realm.

A furious voice came from the firelight: "You woman, you are more vicious than my filthy body, forged from impurities! You deserve to die, you deserve to die a thousand deaths!"

The second, third, and fourth punches came one after another. Fang Qianxue took all four punches in a row, blood gushing from her mouth, and almost all of her Dao power was scattered.

Her body was unable to stop; it flew backward and drifted deeper into the cave.

In the void behind her, her Dao realm rapidly changed from blurry to clear, and she was about to arrive at the Hundred Saints Cave from another world.

The figure followed closely behind, and the attack speed of the Ten-Day Fight was extremely fast. In a short moment, he unleashed the next six punches!
The Ten Suns Invading the Battle is the ten great suns invading the Purple Palace. The user is the Purple Palace, the fist is the great sun, and the energy is a golden crow. The fist imprints are like ten great suns dancing around the Purple Palace. It is the most domineering divine power in the Great Wilderness Mingdao Collection.

Fang Qianxue was hit by five fist imprints in a row. Unable to hold on any longer, she did her best to fly towards the Dao Realm behind her.

Just as she flew into the Dao Realm, that figure delivered a final punch, striking her between the eyebrows!

Fang Qianxue's cultivation was completely destroyed. Within her body, raging flames blazed. In an instant, all her cultivation and Dao techniques were ignited by the power of the Ten Suns' Battle, transforming into a blazing sun above her Dao realm, burning incessantly!

"Unfortunately, I went too far and couldn't strike while it was hot."

The figure paused briefly, looked at Fang Qianxue who was turning to ashes, and sighed with regret. It was Chen Shi's physical form.

He transformed into a phantom and rushed towards the deepest part of the cave.

At the end of the cave lies the center of the mountain, where a huge, dark opening leads directly to the earth, its depth unknown.

There were chains inside the cave entrance, connecting it to the underground.

Chen Shi flashed into the cave entrance and flew downwards.

"I am a defiled body formed from the filth washed away by my master and the evil thoughts in my heart. The actions of these people are far inferior to mine! They deserve to die, they deserve to die!"

Deep inside this enormous cave, Cong Yun, Tong He, and Lu Chen had already reached the underground and landed.

They looked around and saw that the underground was deep and dark, yet a bright light shone from everywhere, illuminating them inside and out. They could even see their internal organs and bones glowing when they looked down.

"The Taoist methods of the Three Pure Ones are truly mysterious and unfathomable."

The three sighed and then saw the enormous three-legged cauldrons, each several acres in size, with earth fire and radiant light surging from beneath them, constantly refining the contents inside.

"The Three Pure Ones have been refining demons for so many years, are these demons still alive?"

Tong He couldn't help but ask, "Could it be that the Great Demon is truly impossible to kill?"

Cong Yun said, "The Great Demons are born from heretics in the world. They are the most filthy and evil beings. They will not be destroyed unless heretics are eliminated. Even the Three Pure Ones can only suppress them. It is extremely difficult to refine them to death."

He stepped forward and said, “We have very little time. We must cut all the chains binding the cauldron as quickly as possible. Once the chains are broken, we must rush out immediately without hesitation. Otherwise, we will perish at the hands of the great demon! Do you understand?”

Tong He and Lu Chen nodded quickly.

The two each raised their immortal swords, while Congyun raised his whisk.

Tong He hesitated, his voice trembling, "Senior brothers, if we release these hundreds of great demons, I'm afraid all the mortals and immortals in the Plague Province will be devoured. Such a grave sin..."

Lu Chen felt a pang of fear at the thought of countless lives about to be lost, but he forced himself to remain calm and said, "This is all for the Celestial Court! Junior Brother Tong, hatred is not the mark of a gentleman, and ruthlessness is not the mark of a true man. The Celestial Court has enslaved us immortals for hundreds of thousands of years; this is a great hatred. A true man must use ruthless methods to end all of this!"

Upon hearing this, Tong He gritted his teeth and said, "Don't worry, Senior Brother, I will not show any mercy! Let's do it!"

The three activated their magical treasures, and a series of clanging sounds rang out, so dense and powerful that the chains binding the hundreds of three-legged cauldrons underground snapped! "Let's go!"

Cong Yun took the lead and flew upwards, followed by Tong He and Lu Chen, who also took off and rushed outwards together.

Unexpectedly, just as the three of them started, they suddenly saw countless stars twinkling in the cave above them, with ancient star power swirling and pulsating, as if they had arrived in the starry sky.

Cong Yun sensed the tribulation power within the star energy, his expression changed drastically, and he hurriedly shouted, "Be careful!"

He urged his whisk upwards, and the dust particles surged, transforming into three thousand incredibly fine sword threads that met the ever-growing array of stars.

Though the sword threads are soft, they possess incredible power, scattering stars one by one.

Cong Yun's body trembled violently. The recoil from the stars prevented him from rushing forward, and he was instead forced to fall downwards.

Tong He and Lu Chen were not as quick to react as him, and they were unable to stop him in time. They were both injured and suppressed as well.

The three landed, their expressions changing drastically. They exclaimed in unison, "The Lesser Heavenly Cycle Tribulation Array? A Celestial Emperor's technique? Which senior brother from the Celestial Court is this?"

The physical body Chen Shi activated the Lesser Heavenly Tribulation Formation and descended from the sky. The three of them joined forces, each unleashing their own techniques to block the power of the Lesser Heavenly Tribulation Formation, causing the physical body Chen Shi's blood and qi to churn.

Seeing this, the three of them breathed a sigh of relief.

They were caught off guard by Chen Shi earlier, which is why they were in such a sorry state. But in this exchange, they immediately realized that the newcomer was just a Golden Immortal, and his cultivation was not stronger than theirs.

Lu Chen recognized the newcomer, stepped forward, and sneered, "You are Chen Shi, the Grand Marshal of the Armed Forces? I've heard that you murdered the disciple of the Immortal Emperor and obtained the Great Wilderness Dao Collection from him. It seems the rumors are indeed true."

Tong He cried out in grief and indignation, "King Chen, where is Senior Sister Fang Qianxue? Has she already fallen victim to your cruelty?"

Chen Shi, in his physical form, looked at the three-legged cauldrons, his expression changing slightly.

These great cauldrons were opened, and the great demons inside flew out, which would surely cause a bloodbath in the Plague Province!
The Plague Gods, having been attacked from the rear, will be too busy to fight and will turn back to suppress the Great Demon.

In the midst of the chaos, assassinating the Plague Emperor would be extremely easy for the Celestial Court!
Suddenly, the lid of the three-legged cauldron closest to them was pushed open by a large skeletal hand, making a piercing sound.

The next moment, the lid of the cauldron flew off with a whoosh, and with a loud clang, the spinning lid embedded itself deeply into the mountain wall several miles away.

Lu Chen felt a chill run down his spine and shouted, "You two, let's fight our way out!"

Without hesitation, Cong Yun and Tong He immediately launched a full-scale attack on the physical form of Chen Shi.

All three of them are Golden Immortals. Tong He and Lu Chen are disciples of Leng Dongliu, the Left Celestial Master of the Celestial Court. Leng Dongliu is also a genius of his generation, who has already attained the Great Luo realm. He cultivates the Great Yi Dao Attainment Technique and brings the art of change of the Eight Trigrams of the Later Heaven to its extreme.

Tong He and Lu Chen received his true teachings and were few in the Golden Immortal Realm.

Cong Yun, a Golden Immortal who had received the true teachings of the Lingbao lineage, was even stronger than Tong and Lu. When the three of them attacked together, Chen Shi, in his physical form, was at a disadvantage in just one exchange.

He was formed from impurities that Chen Shi refined when he became a Golden Immortal. Over the years, he cultivated in Chen Shi's Demon Realm in the Well. The Demon Blood Tree refined the Great Demon. The Demon Realm in the Well was filled with demonic and heretical paths, comparable to the strongest demonic holy land in the world. He cultivated there like a fish in water, and his cultivation strength was not weak.

Even compared to the three Golden Immortals, his cultivation and strength are no less than theirs.

But when the three of them joined forces, he could not withstand them.

Cong Yun, Tong He, and Lu Chen attacked him desperately. He used the divine powers of the Great Wilderness Enlightenment Collection to fight back, but he was constantly being knocked upwards.

Behind them, terrifying auras soared into the sky, and the loud noise of the lid of the cauldron being blown off echoed continuously. The three of them were terrified, and their attacks became even more ferocious.

Just as Chen Shi was about to be forced out of the cave, he suddenly stopped and swallowed the hot blood that surged up in his throat.

"We can't let them get out of this passage! If they do, none of those delicate young ladies from Plague Province will survive! Chen Jiuyou—"

He roared, and a large well gradually appeared behind him. Countless branches of the demonic tree danced in the well, supporting a vast demonic world.

Beneath the giant tree, Chen Shi's demonic avatar sat upright. Upon hearing this, he looked over and gazed past Chen Shi's physical body and the three others, landing at the bottom of the Demon-Suppressing Well. There, he saw hundreds of great demon skeletons swarming and climbing upwards.

Chen Jiuyou instructed, "Physical body, you do everything in your power to hold them off, I will take care of these great demons."

"Hurry up, I might not be able to hold them off!" Chen Shi, in his physical form, stood alone in front of the entrance to the Hundred Saints Cave, struggling to resist the three attackers, and shouted.

Chen Jiuyou immediately activated the Demon Blood Tree, and thick roots flew out from the Demon Realm, sweeping towards the remains of those great demons.

The Great Demon Skeleton was extremely powerful, but when it encountered the Demon Blood Tree, it was like a mouse encountering a cat, collapsing at the first touch. It was captured by the roots of the Demon Blood Tree and pulled towards the Demon Realm in the Well.

In the Demon Realm, the Demon Blood Tree has transformed into an incredibly powerful magic weapon. The demonic and heretical paths condense within the tree, forming the tree's texture, branches, leaves, and roots in the form of primordial symbols, radiating unparalleled power!

Chen Jiuyou merely mobilized a few roots of this precious tree to suppress the hundreds of great demons in the well.

He collected these great demons one by one, and only breathed a sigh of relief after putting the last great demon's skeleton into the well.

"Physical body, no need to fight so hard."

In the instant he turned around, he saw Congyun's whisk pierce into the body of the physical Chen Shi, and the physical Chen Shi smashing Congyun's head with a palm strike.

Cong Yun and Chen Shi both fell to the ground, while Tong He and Lu Chen, covered in wounds, struggled to rush out.

Chen Jiuyou was stunned for a moment. Two branches flew out of the Demon Realm in the well. Tong He and Lu Chen had just flown out of the Hundred Saints Cave when they suddenly felt a chill in their backs. Two blood-red branches entered from behind and pierced through their chests, penetrating their flesh.

The two branches retracted, carrying the two corpses towards the demonic realm within the well.

Without physical bodies, the Demon Realm within the Summoning Well faded and gradually disappeared. Tong He and Lu Chen's corpses failed to fly into the Demon Realm and fell down with two thuds, landing in the Hundred Saints Cave, not far from the corpses of Cong Yun and the physical body Chen Shi.

Suddenly, the Hundred Saints Cave collapsed with a loud crash, burying the four people's bodies.

In the Plague Province, while fleeing the encirclement of the Plague Gods, the Left Celestial Master Leng Dongliu suddenly felt a stirring in his heart and said, "The soul lamps of my two disciples have been extinguished; they must be dead. The plan to kill the Plague Emperor has been thwarted. Left Mysterious Immortal, Lady Yuanling, things are beyond saving. We must withdraw from the Plague Province!"

The three Great Immortals quietly departed.

Although the operation was thwarted, chaos has already emerged in the Plague Province. Celestials from various regions have taken advantage of the chaos to rebel and fight against the Plague Gods, escalating the situation like oil being poured on a raging fire.

Fan Xiao, living in a chaotic world, was like a piece of duckweed, struggling to seek the Dao amidst the storms.

Unaware that the physical body of Chen Shi, who had tricked him into going to the Wan Hua Fang, was already dead, he was still searching for and verifying Chen Shi's path of seeking the Dao.

On Jin'ao Island, Chen Shi was still in seclusion cultivating. He woke up by chance and found the thoughts of the Nine Impure Bodies and the Dao Bodies among the chaotic thoughts. He then grasped the experiences of these Impure Bodies and Dao Bodies.

"My physical body died in the Hundred Saints Cave?"

He paused slightly, then silently examined the memories of his physical body.

This physical body was formed from his own impurities, and he never expected to have such an experience, which made him quite emotional.

After a short while, the Master of Jin'ao Island once again lost himself in the world and entered a state of enlightenment.

Doubu, Imperial Seat Province.

Dacang County.

Chen Shi's various filthy identities—robbery, theft, murder, and deception—came from all directions and met in Dacang County. Amidst this confluence of events, the air above Dacang County was suddenly filled with chaos and turmoil.

“Dacang County has the most Demon-Suppressing Wells. The Celestial Court, the Western Paradise, and the Three Pure Realms have all sent people here. I can’t handle it alone, so I asked Chen Jiuyou to gather you all.”

Chen Shi glanced around and laughed, "Together we're a blazing fire, scattered we're countless stars! This time, we brothers are gathered together, let's make a big score!"

(End of this chapter)