Mysterious mirror hanging high

After he recovered from his injuries, he learned that a demon soul had revived in the Aoyuan Secret Realm, and none of the direct descendants of the Nascent Soul Immortal Clan who entered the secret realm to explore were spared.

"My destiny is to [seek good fortune and avoid misfortune], avoid misfortune... avoid misfortune... what kind of misfortune am I avoiding?"

Ye Xingyun's expression suddenly changed: "Not good, Ling Xiao is in danger!"

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Three days later, in the depths of the abyss, in the Penglai Zhongzhou region

Three old men emitting Nascent Soul spiritual pressure sat in a cave, discussing profound theories.

Among them, the one with the highest cultivation level is a ghost cultivator with extremely heavy Yin energy. He is the [Yin Ze Zhenjun] who is responsible for guarding the gate of Xuanyuan Yuhuatian.

The other two old men were two mid-Nascent Soul cultivators. One was the elder of the [Penglai Holy Land], [Hongya Zhenjun], and the other was the elder of the [Liangyi Temple], [Guhongzi].

"Strange... Didn't Taoist Xuan Jing entrust True Lord Fulu from the East China Sea to pick him up? Now that [Xuanyuan Yuhuatian] is about to open, why is there still no sign of him?" Gu Hongzi stroked his beard and asked in surprise.

The elder from the Penglai Holy Land whispered, "Perhaps he's been held back by something and can't get away for the time being... For us Nascent Soul cultivators, a single retreat to cultivate a magical weapon or a single supernatural power can easily take over ten or twenty years. When it comes to a crucial moment, there's no room for distraction."

"That makes sense." Gu Hongzi smiled and said, "After all, this place is in the heart of Zhongzhou, and not far from your sacred place. If the few people who entered the cave heaven were not the precious treasures of their respective Taoist sects, why would we, the True Lord, have to make this trip?"

"Besides, with Senior Yin Ze in charge here, what kind of trouble could possibly arise?"

True Lord Yin Ze chuckled softly, then said in a hoarse voice, "I'm a dying man, so there's no need to flatter me... Have you found my next guardian?"

True Lord Hongya explained, "The Void Abyss connects to the Netherworld. The Yin and Dark Qi here is too dense. Even a Nascent Soul cultivator who stayed here for years would suffer some damage... We need to find another ghost cultivator like Senior Yin Ze who is trustworthy... which is no easy task."

Yin Ze Zhenjun closed his eyes slightly and said, "Then you better hurry. My life span has already come to an end. Now I am just relying on the dark energy of this place to cover my tracks and avoid being discovered by the ghost messenger."

"But as time goes by, the years will leave traces on my soul. The traces will become more and more, and one day I will be captured."

"If I can't advance to the Divine Transformation stage within a hundred years, I will be imprisoned in the Netherworld. You will take care of yourself."

While several people were talking, the portal of the cave of [Xuanyuan Yuhuatian] glowed slightly, and three figures appeared. They were Guan Lingxiao from [Jian Ge], Xiao Yinghan from [Penglai Holy Land], and Wei Wudao from [Liangyi Temple].

"Out!"

The three Yuanying True Lords looked over and saw that Xiao Yinghan and Wei Wudao, who had just walked out of Xuanyuan Yuhuatian, had made great progress in their cultivation. It seemed that they had already touched the perfection of the Golden Elixir and could form a Yuanying at any time.

However, Guan Lingxiao had no breath at all, which surprised the three True Lords.

"Strange thing, after the sword immortal Xiaoguan entered the cave, his original sharp aura disappeared, and instead he had a sense of restraint in his divine light."

"Yinghan, what did you gain from this trip?" Zhenjun Hongya came forward and asked with a smile.

"It turns out to be Elder Hongya!" Xiao Yinghan's cold and elegant face showed a hint of smile, and he nodded.

"My disciples have made great progress!"

Guan Lingxiao was holding an iron-backed pine-grained wooden sword in his arms, looking around for something.

"Is Sword Immortal Xiaoguan looking for Master Ye?" Gu Hongzi from Liangyi Temple asked, twirling his beard.

Guan Lingxiao frowned: "Senior Ye didn't come?"

"We were just talking about this."

Gu Hongzi said, "Master Ye must have something important to attend to, which is why he can't get away... No problem. If we escape through Taixu, it will only take a few minutes from here to Xuan Ce Gate. This old Taoist and Wei Daozi are also going back to Liangyi Temple, so we can take you back on the way."

Seeing Guan Lingxiao's hesitant expression, Xiao Yinghan beside him whispered, "Fellow Daoist, you can also come to my Penglai Holy Land and sit for a while. It just so happens that Yinghan is about to form a fetus, but there are still some difficulties. I was just thinking of discussing this with you."

Ignoring Xiao Yinghan's invitation, Guan Lingxiao thought to himself that something was wrong:

"No... Ye Zhenjun and Master are close friends. He clearly knew that today was the day when Xuanyuan Yuhuatian opened. Why didn't he prepare in advance?"

"Did something happen?"

"But Master once said that Master Ye is unparalleled in terms of luck and fortune. When it comes to his profound blessings, no one in the Immortal Continent can match him. Since he is absent here, could it be that..."

Before he could figure it out, the surrounding void shook slightly. Yin Ze Zhenjun, who had the highest level of cultivation among all the people here, was the first to notice that something was wrong and suddenly raised his head:

"The Taixu here is blocked!"

"What?" Gu Hongzi and Hongya Zhenjun were both shocked. After the experiment, they found that they were indeed unable to travel through the void.

The next moment, a young man in a dark yellow Taoist robe slowly walked in from outside the cave and looked at everyone calmly.

True Lord Hongya of the [Penglai Holy Land] looked slightly dazed and almost blurted out:

"Little junior brother!"

The young man in the dark yellow Taoist robe is none other than [Suying Tianjun] Xiao Guanying!

True Lord Hongya and Xiao Guanying were figures of the same era. Back then, Xiao Guanying was the true disciple of the sect and a noble descendant of the Xiao family, while True Lord Hongya was only an inner sect disciple, but he was a few years older than him, so he regarded himself as his senior brother.

Gu Hongzi cried out in disbelief, "Xiao Guanying? Impossible! Didn't you enter the [Six Yao Star Palace]?"

The news that Xiao Guanying and Tianshi Zhenjun entered the Liuyao Star Palace was not blocked, but spread throughout the Xianzhou Realm. Everyone knew that the Liuyao Star Palace was a cave that isolated the inside and the outside, and even a God-Transforming Heavenly Lord could not get out before the cave was reopened!

"No, this [Xiao Guanying] is not a Divine Transformation cultivator!" Yin Ze Zhenjun suddenly said: "His aura is not to the point of being unrivaled!"

"Senior Yin Ze truly has a keen eye." The young man Xiao Guanying said with a smile:

"My true self has indeed entered the Liu Yao Star Palace. The one standing before you now is an incarnation."

When Xiao Guanying said this, everyone present breathed a sigh of relief:

"It's not bad... If it's just an incarnation, it's at most the early or middle Nascent Soul stage. Although his true body is a Divine Transformation, this incarnation may not be a match for our combined strength."

But the next moment, an aura that was almost more powerful than the late Nascent Soul stage burst out from Xiao Guanying's body, causing Yin Ze Zhenjun, who had the highest cultivation level, to retreat several steps.

"Nascent Soul is complete... this is impossible!"

"Could it be..."

The three True Lords present suddenly thought of a world-famous magic skill:

"【Ku Rong's Reverse Transformation into the Demonic Embryo】! The Demon Lord Ku Rong's signature skill!"

"But shouldn't that be the case? This skill requires the seizure of a person's Dharmakaya foundation, and at least a Nascent Soul Dharmakaya... Xiao Guanying hasn't slaughtered many Nascent Soul True Lords in recent years, so where did he get so many Nascent Soul-level physical Dharmakayas to conceive demon fetuses?"