Gao Wu: You have science, and I have magic!

With his divine eyes opened, Ye Qingzhou immediately went back in time, and indeed saw a blurry picture from the black fog - the high priest of the Xuanqiong Dynasty was kneeling in the secret room and worshiping a statue of the Eternal Dark Demon God!

“It is so.”

Ye Qingzhou crushed the black mist: "The Demon Abyss is pushing the imperial dynasty war, taking the opportunity to harvest the flesh and blood of living beings to revive the demon god."

The next day, in the Lin family meeting hall.

“We will proceed in three steps.”

Ye Qingzhou hooked out his plan on the jade slip.

On the surface, Lin Xian personally led 300 warriors to enlist, carrying the "pseudo magic crystal" purified by Jianmu. After being refined by Ye Qingzhou, this thing could reversely contaminate the creations of the Demon Abyss.

In secret, Ye Qingzhou ordered the mechanical female general to sneak into the "Star Hub" of the imperial dynasty and tamper with the conscription database.

The purpose of repairing the plank road in public and secretly attacking Chencang is to achieve a surprise victory.

As for this winning surprise force, Ye Qingzhou himself will naturally take on this important task. At that time, he will transform himself into a monk accompanying the army and attack the high priest's lair directly.

Just as the deployment was underway, the alarm in the secret room suddenly sounded!

"Alert! Tiange Star Region was attacked, Qingming Dynasty used the 'Meteorite Cannon'!"

In the holographic image, a green light spanning light years swept across, and the entire border defense army of the Xuanqiong Empire was reduced to ashes!

What’s even more terrifying is that there was a faint flash of magic pattern in the aftermath of the explosion - that was not a weapon of the Qingming Dynasty at all!
“It’s too late.”

Ye Qingzhou stood up suddenly: "The war has become a sacrificial ceremony for the Demon Abyss!"

On the day of the expedition, three hundred Lin family monks lined up in an orderly manner.

Lin Xian put on camouflaged armor, and a jade pendant on his waist hid a Jianmu seed.

"remember."

Ye Qingzhou transformed himself into an ordinary old man and transmitted his secret message: "If you encounter a cultivator with black pupils, immediately activate the pseudo magic crystal."

Just as the fleet was about to leap, a purple light suddenly descended from the horizon - it was the envoy of the Ziwei Dynasty coming on colorful clouds!

"According to the order of my master, I specially invite fellow Taoists from the Lin family to go to the 'Taixu Secret Realm' to discuss..."

Before the messenger could finish his words, his body suddenly twisted and exploded, and countless black tentacles emerged from his body!
"The Demon Abyss has even infiltrated Ziwei?"

Lin Xian was shocked.

Ye Qingzhou chopped off the tentacles with one sword, his expression more solemn than ever before:
"It seems that this time..."

"It's not just the demons that need to be slain, but also the Emperor."

In the Tiange star field, the Xuanqiong Dynasty’s recruiting fleet had just completed the jump when it was shocked by the scene before it.

The entire star field seemed to be soaked in blood, and countless corpses were floating in the wreckage of broken warships.

These corpses strangely maintained their fighting postures, as if they were frozen in place by some force at the moment of death.

What's even more terrifying is that dense black crystal clusters are growing on their wounds, slowly pulsating to the rhythm of the blood-red vortex in the center of the star field.

“This is not a war…”

Ye Qingzhou narrowed his eyes, "This is a sacrifice."

Lin Xian suddenly pointed at the reconnaissance light curtain: "Master, look at those crystal clusters!"

Zooming in on the image, one can see that the crystal clusters on each corpse are releasing dark red threads into the void. These threads are interwoven into a web, wrapping the entire star field into a giant cocoon.

"Before his death, the Blood Sky Demon Lord said..."

The quantum core of the mechanical female general was spinning rapidly. "The arrival of the Demon Abyss requires three conditions: the blood of a million monks, nine star field altars, and..."

She was suddenly stuck, with data streaming in her eyes.

"And the complete soul of a powerful String Martial Nine Realm Emperor."

Ye Qingzhou added coldly: "It seems that Emperor Xuanqiong's retreat was fake, and being refined into a sacrifice was real."

As soon as the fleet landed at the supply station, a team of Xuanqiong generals surrounded them.

The leader had black eye sockets and wriggling magic patterns could be vaguely seen on his neck.

"Cultivator of the Lin family?"

The demon warlord grinned, revealing shark-like serrations: "It just so happens that the front line needs cannon fodder..."

Before he finished speaking, the sword energy from Ye Qingzhou's sleeve had already pierced through his eyebrows.

The moment the black blood splattered, the other warlords suddenly twitched collectively, and countless moving bumps bulged under their skin!
“Stand back!”

Lin Xian activated the pseudo magic crystal, and a light green light curtain enveloped everyone.

Those demonized warlords hit the light curtain and melted like snow in the sun. But cracks appeared in the pseudo-magic crystals - the pollution of these demons was far beyond expectations!
What was even more surprising was that the Jianmu branches in Ye Qingzhou's sleeves suddenly extended spontaneously, greedily absorbing the black blood on the ground. Every time it absorbed a bit, a dark golden line appeared on the branches.

“Is it…evolving?”

Lin Xian was stunned.

Ye Qingzhou stared at Jianmu and suddenly realized: "So that's it. Jianmu is the companion tree of the first demon god 'Chaos'. It has the same origin as the Demon Abyss but is mutually exclusive..."

At the same time, the core of Xuanqiong Dynasty, "Xingshu".

The female robot transformed into a data stream and sneaked into the main control system, only to find that the place had already changed beyond recognition.

Tens of thousands of demon officials are working in an orderly manner, and the nerve cords extending from the back of their heads are connected to the pulsating tumor in the center.

Real-time images from all over the empire appeared on the surface of the tumor, the most eye-catching of which was the blood cocoon in the Tiange star field!
"Warning! High-level demonic creation discovered!"

She was about to retreat when the tumor suddenly opened its densely packed eyes: "I caught you..."

All the demon officials turned their heads at the same time, twisted their necks 180 degrees, and revealed strange smiles.

At the critical moment, the Jianmu virus in the mechanical female general's body suddenly broke out!
Silvery-white roots grew wildly from her mechanical joints, instantly constructing a miniature dimensional channel.

"Owner……"

Before she disappeared, she sent a final message to Lin Xian, "Xinghub has fallen, the plan has changed..."

Deep in the Tiange star field, Ye Qingzhou and his group disguised themselves as wounded and infiltrated the main camp.

Here things are even more creepy.

The living monks were forcibly fixed on a special altar, black crystal clusters were implanted in their meridians, and their essence and blood were regularly "harvested" like crops.

The ceremony was presided over by the three princes who were supposed to be in charge of the imperial capital!
"The forty-seventh round of collection is completed."

The leading Prince Chen mechanically announced: "It is enough to awaken the left eye of the 'Greedy Demon'."

The pool of blood in the center of the altar suddenly boiled, and an eyeball with a diameter of one kilometer slowly emerged.

The moment his eyeballs turned, all the cultivators in the entire star field knelt on the ground, holding their chests - their true energy was being forcibly extracted!
"It's now!"

Ye Qingzhou suddenly attacked, and the Wuji Sword Realm was fully opened.

The ninth-dimensional sword energy turned into a cage, temporarily imprisoning the Eye of Greed.

Lin Xian took the opportunity to release all the pseudo magic crystals, and the light green light curtain temporarily blocked the extraction of essence and blood.

"You are seeking death!"

Prince Chen's face suddenly tore apart, revealing the wriggling black flesh underneath, "The Devil's Abyss is Eternal..."

Just when the two sides were about to collide, something strange happened!

The Jianmu in Ye Qingzhou's arms suddenly flew out on its own, and its roots madly plunged into the blood pool.

The greedy eye let out a shrill scream and was dragged towards Jianmu!
What was even more surprising was that after Jianmu swallowed the Eye of the Demon God, dark golden patterns of the same origin as Ye Qingzhou's sword energy appeared on its trunk. "Is it... integrating the authority of the Demon God?"

Lin Xian couldn't believe it.

Ye Qingzhou's expression suddenly changed: "Not good! Close your consciousness quickly!"

Suddenly, Jianmu shook violently, releasing a shock wave mixed with chaos and pure air.

The affected demons exploded and died one after another, but several Lin family cultivators also began bleeding from all seven orifices instantly - the trajectory of their true qi was forcibly rewritten into some more ancient pattern.

"Zhou Tian Huan Yu is evolving..."

Ye Qingzhou held the pulse of a fallen monk and said, "Now it begins to feed back to the cultivator."

Three days later, temporary camp.

The monks who managed to escape discovered that the true Qi of everyone who had experienced that impact had taken on a faint dark golden hue, and their resistance to demonic contamination had been greatly enhanced.

"What should we call it?" Lin Xian looked at the new energy flowing in his palm.

“Chaos Qi.”

Ye Qingzhou looked into the depths of the starry sky, "Jianmu is awakening its true power..."

The mechanical female general suddenly fell out of the void, her body covered with hideous wounds: "My lord... Ziwei Dynasty... please help..."

The image she projected made everyone's breath stop.

Emperor Ziwei was pierced by nine devil bone nails and nailed to the center of Taixu Secret Realm. Above the Secret Realm, a crack across the galaxy was slowly opening...

"The Demonic Abyss passage... is about to open."

Ye Qingzhou drew his sword and stood up, and the branches of Jianmu automatically wrapped around to form a scabbard:

“This time…”

"We take the initiative to charge into the Demon Abyss!"

At the edge of the Taixu Secret Realm, space was twisted and shattered like torn brocade.

Ye Qingzhou stared at the crack across the galaxy in the projection, his fingertips unconsciously stroking the scabbard wrapped around the branches of Jianmu.

Primal Chaos Qi surged through his meridians, and dark golden tree-like patterns faintly appeared beneath his skin.

“The cracks are expanding faster than expected.”

The quantum core of the mechanical female general flashed a dangerous red light, and her broken left arm revealed silver-white roots: "According to the Star Hub database, the Demon Abyss will complete the dimensionality reduction pollution in at most 72 hours."

Lin Xian tightly grasped the jade pendant at his waist, and the Jianmu seed pulsated resonantly inside.

Three hundred Lin family monks stood quietly behind him, and the dark golden light unique to chaotic true energy flowed in everyone's eyes.

Behind them, the blood cocoon of the Tiange star field was contracting and expanding regularly, as if some terrifying life form was breathing.

"In that case, let's split our forces into two groups."

Ye Qingzhou suddenly spoke, his voice carrying a metallic tremor.

The branches of Jianmu emerged from his sleeves, interweaving in the void to outline a three-dimensional star map: "Lin Xian led the main force to raid the capital of Xuanqiong and destroy the remaining eight altars."

Eight scarlet spots lit up on the star map, forming a strange pattern of an inverted skull.

"Master, where are you?"

Lin Xian noticed the wood texture emerging on Ye Qingzhou's neck.

The Wuji Sword made a clear sound, and Ye Qingzhou's figure gradually faded in the sword energy: "I'm going to meet that 'Chaos'."

Before he finished speaking, his figure had transformed into a stream of dark golden light and rushed straight towards the crack above the Taixu Secret Realm.

The branches of Jianmu grew rapidly, and the moment they touched the crack, a darkness that swallowed up all light bloomed.

Time and space have lost their meaning at this moment.

Ye Qingzhou felt like he was thrown into a dimensional vortex, with countless fragments of memory passing by like sharp mirrors.

He saw Emperor Xuanqiong being devoured by the magic pattern in his seclusion room, saw the high priest throw the imperial seal into a pool of blood, and finally his picture was fixed on a pair of giant eyes that spanned the starry sky - those eyes were made up of countless rotating galaxies, but the pupils were a creepy void.

“Here it comes, finally. The key.”

The sound that rang in his ears made Ye Qingzhou tremble all over.

This is not a sound wave that travels through the air, but a dimensional vibration that acts directly on the soul.

He suddenly opened his eyes and found himself standing on a suspended bronze ground, surrounded by slowly rotating nebulae.

Nine huge pillars engraved with reliefs of demons stood around it, and each pillar was wrapped with rusty chains.

At the end of the chain, the bone nail that pierced Emperor Ziwei was oozing black blood.

“Surprised?”

Emperor Ziwei suddenly raised his head, with starlight surging in his eye sockets that were pierced by nails: "Your destiny does not belong to this universe, and..."

At this moment, the corners of Ziwei Emperor's broken lips raised a strange arc: "The technique you practiced can actually analyze the origin of the Great Dao by itself, which is incredible..."

Ye Qingzhou's sword is faster than his thoughts.

The Wuji sword energy tore through space, but was crushed by a giant bronze palm that suddenly appeared before it touched the Emperor.

The entire space began to collapse, and those seemingly decorative nebulae were actually cages composed of countless micro black holes!

“This is the Chaos Stomach.”

The Emperor's body twitched like a broken puppet: "All dimensions...will eventually...belong to..."

His head suddenly exploded, and black tentacles covered with suction cups emerged from his skull.

The nine demon pillars lit up at the same time, and the chains retracted into the pillars with a rustling sound, replaced by a gushing viscous black mist. Ye Qingzhou retreated quickly, but the branches of Jianmu abnormally took the initiative to penetrate into the black mist and absorbed it crazily.

The severe pain exploded from my palm like a volcano.

Ye Qingzhou saw that his right hand was turning into wood, the skin became like bark, and tiny roots extended from his fingertips. Even more terrifying, he felt that some kind of ancient consciousness was invading his sea of ​​consciousness through the Jianmu link.

"I see."

There was no trace of panic on Ye Qingzhou's face. He even took the initiative to inject more chaotic energy into Jianmu.

The woodiness instantly spread to the elbows, but correspondingly, the chaotic information that poured into the sea of ​​consciousness also became clearly discernible.

He saw the truth about how the nine original demon gods of the nine-dimensional universe were divided and sealed in ancient times, and how the world tree that runs through the nine dimensions was planted in the core of the seal as a balancing device...

And most importantly - what flows in the blood of Emperor Ziwei is not the luck of an emperor at all, but the diluted blood of chaos!

“You finally got it.”

The black fog condensed into a vague human figure, and issued multiple overlapping voices: "The nine great dynasties correspond to the nine great seals, and the emperors are all gatekeepers. It's a pity that Xuanqiong, that idiot, actually wanted to use the power of the Demon Abyss to break through the realm..."

Ye Qingzhou now understood why Jianmu had the urge to devour the demon species, and why "Zhoutian Huanyu" would evolve after coming into contact with the chaotic true energy.

The World Tree is actually the Jianmu that has grown to its extreme, and the evolution of chaos in "Zhou Tian Huan Yu" is the origin of the great way to structure the nine-dimensional universe.

The combination of the two made Ye Qingzhou the new gatekeeper who could replace the three emperors.

"Now, complete your mission."

The black mist figure stretched out a hand made of stardust: "Open the final..."

The Wuji Sword pierced through the mist-shaped heart without any warning.

Ye Qingzhou's wooden right arm exploded into countless roots, each of which shone with dark gold Dao patterns: "Rather than becoming a puppet-like gatekeeper, I prefer to swing my sword to slay the demons, including you - Chaos Remnant." (End of this chapter)