After transmigrating, I made a name for myself through my culinary skills.

Ye Lan's attack failed to kill Shen Wensheng, but it did leave a bloody hole in his body. His injury was not serious. Taking advantage of the opportunity, Tu Su Sijing created a clone to help Jiang Yunshu.

The two launched a fierce attack together, and Shen Wensheng didn't even have a chance to take some medicine to heal his injuries. He was forced to retreat step by step. Seeing that he was completely at a disadvantage, Shen Wensheng gritted his teeth and used the momentum of his retreat to land in the spot where Baili Fuxuan had been sitting.

The platform that should have been the referee's seat in the martial arts arena turned into a series of iron cages after Shen Wensheng pressed the mechanism.

Upon seeing what was inside the cage, the cultivators were astonished. The Five Elements Sect leader, who was resting in the distance due to his injuries, cursed, "Damn it, has Shen Wensheng gone mad?!"

Inside those cages were disciples of the Heavenly Sword Sect and the Medicine Sect, but they could no longer be described as normal people.

Shen Feng was so shocked by what he saw that he was speechless. His maternal grandfather, his uncle, and his fellow disciples had all turned into inhuman beings.

Their eyes were bloodshot, sharp fangs grew from their mouths, and their hands, which had turned into claws, clung to the cages, roaring at the crowd outside, as if they were about to break free of the cages and devour humans at any moment.

Shen Wensheng turned them into man-eating monsters. Only a formation on the cage could suppress them. Once released, they would attack everyone present indiscriminately, friend or foe.

This is why Shen Wensheng didn't release them immediately. If they were released, not only would the cultivators suffer, but also the demons, and even he himself would become a target of attack.

"let me out!!!"

Shen Feng gripped the vines binding him with both hands and roared incessantly at the outside world, but no one paid any attention to him.

He was on the verge of a breakdown. Those were his maternal uncle and maternal grandfather. The fatherly love he had never received from Shen Wensheng since childhood was all made up for by them.

For his and his mother's sake, the Medicine Sect had given the Heavenly Sword Sect tremendous benefits over the years, but in the end, his father treated them like this.

"Shen Wensheng!"

Just as Shen Wensheng was cutting his palm, preparing to use the Shen family bloodline to open the prison door, a clear female voice came from afar.

Shen Wensheng paused for a moment upon hearing the voice.

In the brief moment he paused, Jiang Yunshu tried to stop him, but was stopped by Yan Jin who had arrived.

Two beautiful figures approached from afar, riding on flying magical artifacts. One of the women was dressed in red, with an incomparably beautiful face and a pair of phoenix eyes that were naturally alluring. She was in no way inferior to Madam Shen, who was known as the most beautiful woman in the Southern Continent.

One of these women was his legal Daoist partner, and the other was his childhood sweetheart whom he had loved for a hundred years. He knew perfectly well why they had come.

Shen Wensheng did not retract his hand, nor did he care about the wound on his hand, letting it bleed.

He looked at the woman in red and softly called out, "Ruo Niang."

They would not see each other for twenty years, and neither of them looked any different, but they both knew that things had changed beyond recognition.

The woman named Ruoniang looked at Shen Wensheng and softly advised, "Asheng, please stop, okay?"

Shen Wensheng gave a bitter smile: "It's too late."

Gu Ruochu's eyes reddened slightly: "You abandoned me for power before, and now, a second time, will you make the same choice?"

Shen Wensheng looked at her, then at Gu Yu who appeared behind her, and for a moment she didn't know how to answer.

Gu Yu hadn't seen his mother for several years. The place was too chaotic at the moment, so when he saw her arrive, he rushed to her side to protect her.

Lin Chaoyan, who had been silent all along, spoke up: "If you turn back, I, as the legitimate daughter of the Medicine Sect, guarantee your safe departure, and I am willing to divorce you and give up my position as Madam Shen."

Although Lin Chaoyan's identity has been kept hidden by the Medicine Sect and not made public, Shen Wensheng has always known how favored she is. Therefore, when she said she could vouch for her, Shen Wensheng believed that she must have her own way.

How could someone who once disregarded everything for power be so easily swayed by just a few words?

Seeing that he actually wanted to open the cage, Lin Chaoyan shouted at him, "Shen Wensheng, in this world where demons rule, will it still be the power you seek?!"

She had to make him stop so that she could have a chance to turn her father and brothers back into humans. Otherwise, once they came out and ate human flesh, it would be too late to save them.

She looked into Shen Wensheng's eyes, her tone filled with anger: "You abandoned the one you loved to marry me, and did so many wrong things for the Heavenly Sword Sect, just so you could become a lackey of the Demon Clan in the future?!"

Seeing Shen Wensheng hesitate at the last moment, Yan Jin, while dealing with Jiang Yunshu, angrily shouted, "Shen Wensheng! What are you standing there for? After we win, you can marry whichever of these two women you want!"

Gu Ruochu immediately became furious, drew her long whip and lashed it at Yan Jin. At the same time, a spider flew out from her sleeve.

Chaos reigns above, and the area beneath the black hole is far from peaceful.

The black hole was about a hundred feet deep. As it fell, Xiaobai jumped out of the space and caught Ye Lan, carrying him steadily to the ground.

Ye Lan slid off it and looked around.

It wasn't completely dark down there; the walls were inlaid with black and gold meteorites that shone faintly, at least enough to make out the scene below.

There were several thick black iron chains on the wall, which were distributed in all directions and eventually all extended towards one place.

At the very center of the black hole, a giant black dragon was curled up, a piece of its horn missing. Even though it had its eyes closed, Ye Lan could still feel its suffocating pressure.

Its limbs were bound by iron chains, and its dragon head was further restrained by shackles. There were many signs of struggle underneath, and combined with the bloodstains on its body, one can imagine the humiliation and harm it suffered.

The other end of the iron chain was embedded in the stone wall, firmly binding it here. Ye Lan looked at the stone wall, which was painted with symbols representing metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, clearly forming an array.

Little White looked at the giant dragon and couldn't help but take two steps forward. That was its father, whom it had never seen since birth.

A person sat cross-legged in front of the dragon. That was Baili Fuxuan in his true form. He was very small compared to the dragon, but his aura was in no way inferior to the dragon's.

Two years had passed since they last met. Unlike when he was pale and thin in the Valley of No Return, Baili Fuxuan was not as handsome as he had been. After recovering his health, he looked like an immortal. If one did not know him, it would be hard to associate him with the peerless demon.

Moreover, at this very moment, the power of the dragon is gathering into his body. If he succeeds, Baili Fuxuan will not only be the Demon Emperor, but a Demon God.

With that thought in mind, Ye Lan no longer hesitated and picked up the Sun-Chasing Divine Needle to launch it at Baili Fuxuan.

But this time, the magic weapon that never missed its mark failed.

The two silver needles stopped five meters away from Baili Fuxuan, hovering in mid-air, unable to move forward another step.

Having absorbed most of the Holy Dragon's power, Baili Fuxuan is now a completely different person. Ye Lan's power is far inferior to his, and there is a barrier around him that the Sun Chasing Divine Needle cannot break.

The blood moon in the sky was half swallowed by darkness. After a brief moment of thought, Ye Lan took out his longsword and slashed at the black iron chains. At the same time, Xiao Bai also launched an attack on the chains.

But as soon as Ye Lan's sword touched the iron chain, the lightning power on the chain attacked them. Fortunately, the two were prepared and only suffered minor injuries.

Undeterred, Xiaobai launched a second attack.

But no matter how much attack power they unleashed, the formation above would retaliate tenfold, and after several such attacks, they were all in a sorry state.

Ye Lan finally understood how the marks on the wall came about. If this continued, even if Baili Fuxuan couldn't spare the time to deal with them, they would still be dealt with by these lightning strikes.

Seeing that only a third of the blood moon remained in the sky, Ye Lan made a firm decision. He stopped suppressing his cultivation and went straight to the peak of the Nascent Soul stage.

The already dim sky suddenly became covered with thunderclouds.

This strange phenomenon surprised everyone. No one expected that someone would risk their life to undergo tribulation at this time, and with such terrifying momentum.