The Emperor's Domineering Favor, the Evil Consort's Unparalleled Reign

"Boom!" In the midst of the chaos, Jiang Huaitong gathered the spirits of heaven and earth, leading the spirit beasts in the Spirit Beast Mountain Range to charge into the illusion created by Fu Cheng and Nangong Lin. The people sent by the Spirit and Ghost Domains were trapped by the spirit beasts and the illusion, deeply immersed in it, and none of them were able to break through those obstacles to reach Ying Li!

Ying Li stared at that familiar figure, unsure whether to laugh or cry. Yin Lie watched Jiang Huai, who was caught in the fighting protecting Ying Li, his lips trembling slightly. He had misunderstood; he had misunderstood Jiang Huai, and he had misunderstood Ying Li.

Ying Li slowly stood up from her original spot, and the power of the Fallen Ghost Array was weakening. Chu Jue's hands and feet were restrained, and Ying Li was free from her inner demons. The power of this Fallen Ghost Array could be broken, but Ying Li needed to control the Bone Ring and use the eight spirit masters of the Bone Ring to pull her out of this Fallen Ghost Array.

"Ying Li, how are you feeling?!"

Ying Li finally managed to stand up and discovered that although the power of the Fallen Ghost Array had weakened, it was still beyond her current ability to escape.

"This is bad. The Spirit Devouring Stone is broken, and my Ghost Domain Blood is disappearing rapidly. I feel like I have no spiritual power left in my body! I feel..." A huge panic gripped his soul. Ying Li reversed his hands to gather spiritual energy, and a dull pain shot through his chest. "Pfft!" He spat out black blood, and Ying Li's whole body trembled.

"Ying Li, use your pupil power to try and summon the eight spirit lords. You are seriously injured now, and if you recklessly use your spiritual power, it will only damage your body," Yin Lie said anxiously.

Ying Li sat cross-legged, closed his eyes, and focused his mind. He rapidly adjusted the power of his pupils. After a while, Ying Li opened his eyes, his blood-red eyes looking at the withered bone ring on his right hand. The spirit of heaven gradually gathered on the withered bone ring. Ying Li frowned, cold sweat pouring down his body. He had to get out of this Fallen Ghost Formation quickly, otherwise, the others wouldn't be able to hold out for so long!

The Bone Ring absorbed the Heavenly Spirit, causing Ying Li's eyes to sting and ache terribly, finally offering a glimmer of hope. However, of her eight Guardian Spirit Masters, only two were currently capable of saving her! Otherwise, excessive consumption of their energy would not harm them, but Ying Li would be the one to die!

Either of you is fine, as long as we can get out!

"Pull me out!" Ying Li said, and then Yin Lie and the two guardian spirit masters released their power onto the runes of the Fallen Ghost Array! The dark power was neutralized, and Ying Li's right hand trembled incessantly. The withered bone ring burned off a layer of skin on his wrist! Ying Li looked at the blurry blood on his wrist, and the sweat on his eyelashes fell onto the blurry flesh, the wound stinging painfully.

After the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, Ying Li finally emerged from the Fallen Ghost Formation!

At this moment, Ying Li was covered in blood. After walking out of the Fallen Ghost Formation, his body suddenly went limp. If Yin Lie hadn't supported him, Ying Li would have definitely collapsed and wouldn't have been able to get up.

"Brother, control my body! Quick! We need to leave here, otherwise more people will come, and my friends and Jiang Huai will all be in trouble."

As Ying Li spoke, her vision began to blur.

"But if you keep going, when my strength dissipates, you will suffer unbearable pain. Ying Li, your body can't be pushed any further!"

"We can't wait! You know we can't wait! If we don't fight now, none of us will have a chance of survival! Brother, think of Yinhe. If we die here, we'll never find Yinhe again!"

Yin Lie struggled as he looked at Fu Cheng and the others, who were already at a disadvantage in the chaotic battle. He thought of the worst possible outcome, finally nodded, and returned to the Bone Ring, using it to support Ying Li's body.

Just as Ying Li was about to fall, Yin Lie returned to his position. Ying Li swayed, his eyes slightly red, and power surged into his body. Ying Li clenched his right hand tightly, gave a self-deprecating smile, but it was only for a moment. Then he gathered his spiritual energy with both hands and summoned his guardian beast!

"The sun and moon coexist, day and night alternate, spiritual energy flows in reverse, like a phantom spirit beast! Come!" Ying Li's hair was blown by a hurricane, flying in mid-air. Blood was hanging from the corner of her mouth, but her lips were pale.

The moment the words left his mouth, the roars of the divine beasts finally rang out: "Roar! Roar! Roar! Roar!" The flying dragon, firebird, serpent, golden tiger, wolf, red eagle, spirit leopard, red spirit, and giant fish—nine divine beasts—charged into the chaotic battle formation with boundless killing intent!

"Cough cough!" Ying Li wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand, and with the help of his spiritual power, he swung his body onto the back of the big fish and joined the battle without hesitation!

"Ying Li! Go back! Ying Li!" Jiang Huai watched Ying Li rush over, filled with worry. Ying Li's body simply couldn't support her now!

"What are you looking at?! Little brother, you need to be careful! You killed our sister, and I haven't forgotten this grudge for a single second!" Mu Huan said coldly, brandishing her long whip with her right hand, pulling Jiang Huai back into the battle.

Jiang Huai had finally managed to restrain Chu Jue and Mu Huan. If he couldn't hold them back, Ying Li would be in even greater danger!

"It's Ying Li, she's here! Xi Yue, go to Ying Li, she's seriously injured and needs your help!" Chu Lianyi said, placing Li Xi Yue on the back of the spirit beast eagle and ordering it to take Li Xi Yue to Ying Li's side!

Besides the Great Fish Divine Beast, the other eight divine beasts brought from the eight kings' sides instantly blocked Ling Jue's way. They roared and howled, standing in front of Chu Jue like death warriors, refusing to retreat at all!

Chu Jue's expression changed drastically. These divine beasts were the most beloved beasts of the eight great kingdoms, yet Ying Li had trained them to such an extent?! The eight great kingdoms had long ago asked him to bring these divine beasts back to the Spirit Realm if he ever had the chance to see them, but he never expected that these divine beasts had already recognized another master and openly turned against him!

"Damn it!" Chu Jue sneered. With a formidable enemy at hand, every move aimed at death, what use was it for him to worry about these former divine beasts of the eight great kingdoms?! Removing these obstacles and killing Ying Li was the priority!

"Hmph, His Highness the Venerable One is here in person. If word gets out, the Mu Dynasty, which has ruled for a thousand years, should be overthrown! If it weren't for Muran's arrival, Ying Li would have been reduced to ashes by now. How could he possibly have the strength to fight back?!" As Chu Jue finished speaking, his spiritual energy began to rapidly circulate throughout his body!

"Ying Li, I'm here to help you." Li Xiyue climbed onto the back of the giant fish beast and gathered spiritual energy from all directions to heal Ying Li. Ying Li looked at the chaotic battle and said, "We can't stop it, Xiyue. Don't worry about me. The best we can do now is to get out of here! Otherwise, we will die at the hands of the Spirit Lord."

"Let's go!" Ying Li said. Immediately, the blue giant fish beast carried Ying Li and Li Xiyue away from the battle. Chu Lianyi and the others saw Ying Li leave, and seeing that although there were many of those divine beasts, they could not hold out for long, they all followed Ying Li!

"Where are we going?! Ying Li, both the Spirit Realm and the Ghost Realm are tracking us now, we have nowhere to go!" Li Xiyue said anxiously. Without finding a Ninth-Level Spirit Saint in the Spirit Beast Mountain Range to sacrifice for Ying Li's ascension to the rank of nobility, they would be destined to live a life of constant flight!

"We're going to Cloud Mountain! To the Ghost Realm Cloud Mountain! I've lost most of my Ghost Realm blood; if I continue traveling in the Spirit Realm, things will only get worse! We'll hold out for as long as we can. I'll use the Immortal-Slaying Sword to hold them off for a while, and then we'll see how things go!" After Ying Li finished speaking, he felt a tightness in his chest. Looking into the distance, he saw that the Flying Dragon Divine Beast had already been killed by the divine beast summoned by Chu Jue, its neck snapped!

"Fu Cheng, Lian Yi, Jiang Huai... Run!!!" Ying Li shouted with all his might. The Benlang Divine Beast fell, leaving only six of the eight divine beasts! With great effort, Ying Li and Li Xiyue opened the Ghost Domain Barrier and were the first to pass through it. The moment they passed through the barrier, the Great Fish Divine Beast vanished without a trace, and Ying Li and Li Xiyue crashed heavily onto the top of Yunshan Mountain!

The rest of the group returned to Yunshan one by one. Ying Li, holding the Immortal-Slaying Sword, was already exhausted and could not hold on any longer. It was clear that the barrier of the Ghost Domain was about to regain its power, while Jiang Huai was still in the Spirit Beast Mountain Range. Ying Li was completely exhausted!

Just when Ying Li was about to give up, Jiang Huai's figure finally appeared on Yunshan Mountain. At the same time, Mu Huan followed closely behind. Ying Li forcefully lifted the Immortal Slaying Sword to gather power, and a new spiritual energy barrier formed on Yunshan Mountain!

No one expected Ying Li to escape alive, and even fewer expected that she would flee to Yunshan Palace in the Ghost Realm!

With a clang, after finishing everything, Ying Li's Immortal-Slaying Sword fell to the ground, Yin Lie's body burst out of the Bone Ring, and Ying Li's body went limp and his consciousness dissipated!