The appearance of Ji Yutang caused the disciples of the Tai Shang lineage to fall silent for a moment, and Qin Ruoshui, who was being controlled, dared not look at her.
The Clear Micro Thunder Net condensed in mid-air, with electric lights moving through the clouds like swimming dragons.
Li Guangting stood with his hands behind his back and said calmly, “Daoist Friend Ji, she is a demon seed.”
“Is it because she is a demon seed, or because she is the fetus of the Tai Shang Dao Mother?” Ji Yutang trembled with anger, staring fiercely at Li Guangting and his group, her eyes full of rage.
She had thought it was a battle against demon cultivators, but it turned out to be an attack against Li Jingyu.
How was their action any different from the demons of Jiuzhou? Li Guangting sighed, “So, are the Beihai Demon Cultivators opposing our Tai Shang lineage?”
Ji Yutang sneered, “In the past, the Dragon Lord injured Ran Jingri and took me away from the Ran Family, didn’t that already show his stance?” The Tai Shang Dao once had “righteousness” and “justice,” but now it seems the Three Palaces have abandoned those.
She reached out and grabbed the Falling Moon Bow in her hand.
Li Guangting frowned.
Although Ji Yutang was also someone the Three Supreme Palaces had ordered to be brought back, she was somewhat different from demon cultivators, at least her roots were in the Immortal Sect.
“Daoist Friend Ji, are you determined to do this?” Li Guangting asked again.
A trace of fatigue and disgust flashed across Ji Yutang’s brows and eyes.
Her past understanding had been overturned again and again, and she had grown sufficiently disappointed with the Tai Shang Dao.
Arrows like a string of pearls transformed into a long-singing dragon in mid-air, with fierce energy clashing in the air, making crackling sounds.
Li Guangting’s eyes turned cold, and the sword in his hand emitted a hum, immediately turning into a stream of light and attacking Ji Yutang, while the thunder net in the air gathered enough power, making a heavy rumbling sound, suddenly falling down!
Ji Yutang didn’t even look at the falling thunder, just slightly pointed her hand, and several Divine Firmament Pure Dragon Thunders collided with the Clear Micro Thunder.
Under the immense power, layers of spiritual energy surged, like tides rising and falling.
“Strong body indeed.” Li Guangting sneered, and the sword light suddenly turned into two extremely tiny points, instantly piercing through the green net formed by the arrows, directly stabbing at Ji Yutang’s eyes.
In Li Guangting’s view, although the dragon clan’s power techniques could command many divine abilities, Ji Yutang was a Scattered Spirit Body, unable to cultivate mana, relying entirely on her own divine will to operate, thus not adept at changes.
He mainly cultivated the Tai Xuan lineage’s thunder techniques, but also supplemented with the Heaven and Earth Punishment Sword, even if he couldn’t break through the heavy scales, it was enough to hold Ji Yutang here.
While Ji Yutang was being held by Li Guangting, the remaining cultivators of the Three Supreme Veins also took action, fearing that Li Jingyu’s mana and magical artifacts were not exhausted, they cautiously circled to one side.
Seeing this, Ji Yutang’s momentum rose even higher.
When the two swift lights came, she suddenly transformed into a White Dragon dozens of feet long, her long tail sweeping fiercely at the Tai Shang disciples behind her.
As for the two sword energies stabbing at her eyes, she didn’t care, her eyelids drooped slightly, and a clanging sound was heard, bouncing the sword energy back.
The White Dragon coiled, accompanied by clouds and mist.
A crescent-shaped mark on her forehead emitted an inexplicable cold aura, and above her dragon horns floated a Dao book shining with divine light, containing countless mysteries and truths.
Her golden dragon eyes were as cold as frost and snow, tightly staring at Li Guangting and his group.
Li Guangting raised an eyebrow with his sword, “Moral Dragon Aspect? This is Tai Shang Dao technique.”
The disciples of the Taishi Palace watched the White Dragon for a long time before whispering, “The Daode Heavenly Book, it’s the fundamental technique of our Tai Shang lineage, but I don’t know where she learned it from.”
Ji Yutang had cultivated a true dragon body, naturally capable of controlling clouds and rain, and commanding wind and thunder, so she wouldn’t fear the power of the Heaven and Earth Punishment Thunder from the Palace of Supreme Mystery.
She operated the “Two Elephants in Harmony” divine ability, directly using her dragon body as the foundation of the Great Dao, carrying the Dao intent from the void.
As the Great Dao scriptures appeared on the Dao book, her aura rose layer by layer, almost surpassing this realm.
The sky tore open a huge crack, the continuous dark clouds shattered like cotton in the wind, scattering in all directions.
The earth trembled violently, and the yet-to-be-formed laws seemed to be on the verge of collapsing under such overwhelming power.
The surroundings were silent, and after a few breaths, the deep and heavy Dao sound seemed like the breath of heaven and earth.
This was the foundation of the Great Dao, surpassing the Dao of the Tai Shang disciples, and under the impact of the Dao sound, the mana on everyone collapsed layer by layer.
Li Guangting also sensed his mana being stripped away, he looked deeply at the Moral Dragon Aspect in mid-air, knowing that this process couldn’t last long, as long as he got through this, the opponent wouldn’t be able to stop him.
Moreover, this fundamental Tai Shang technique borrowed the future Dao intent, the caster probably wouldn’t have the strength to do anything else.
With a slight thought, he operated a “Heaven and Earth Nameless” divine ability, and in that instant, his true name twisted between heaven and earth, equivalent to him not existing in the world, naturally having no Dao to be stripped.
However, this divine ability was only “anonymous,” his Dharma body still truly existed, just used to avoid the Dao’s aura.
Ji Yutang coldly watched Li Guangting, noticing that his mana and aura stopped at a certain stage without further change, her eyes flashed with divine light, and a shadow holding a sword stepped out behind her, the sword light swept like a breeze, silently falling on Li Guangting.
The head that fell to the ground showed a look of disbelief and shock, blood gushing from the neck, Ji Yutang then struck down several Dragon Thunders, not stopping until the body and soul were completely destroyed.
“Brother Li?!” The voice was filled with deep fear, the awakened people stared at Ji Yutang, who had returned to human form, their eyes full of disbelief, as if they couldn’t believe she had killed so easily.
“Daoist Friend Ji, you—” Qin Ruoshui was full of disbelief.
Ji Yutang ignored them, the Falling Moon Bow contained mysterious power, the arrows brought up a wave of green, evolving into thousands of arrow lights, like an impenetrable net.
With her alone, it was unlikely to kill all the disciples of the Three Supreme Palaces.
At this moment, she only hoped the other party would wisely leave this place!
“To associate with demons is to be a demon, it seems the Beihai Demon Cultivators have also fallen.” A voice filled with anger sounded, the disciples of the Tai Shang lineage were clearly unwilling to retreat.
But just as they finished speaking, a long, mysterious bell sound came out, beads of Buddha rotating in the air, transforming into a scripture, trapping the disciples of the Tai Shang lineage in a circle.
“Tai Shang Salvation and Calamity Sutra?” A Tai Shang disciple exclaimed, the chanting of the scripture imprinted in his heart like a curse, a flame rose from his feet, gradually connecting with the karmic fire on other disciples.
The disciple looked up at the white-haired, white-robed female cultivator standing on a red lotus, and after a long time, found his voice, “Pure Lotus Zen… Buddha Child…”
“Ling Mountain’s Buddha Child has already fallen into demonic ways, the red lotus fire underfoot burns karma, brother, go!” Qin Ruoshui urged.
The deeper the karma, the more vigorous the karmic fire.
It wouldn’t take a person’s life, but one’s cultivation might be reduced to nothing in the burning of the karmic fire.
Although the disciples of the Three Supreme Palaces had karma and attachments, they hadn’t harmed too many lives, unlike the Demon Sect cultivators whose mana would be burned away, they still had the strength to escape the karmic fire.
What made the disciples of the Three Supreme Palaces decide to retreat was not the karmic fire of the fallen Buddha Child, but the female cultivators from Huoxin Palace flying over from Fan City, and perhaps soon, the Beihai Demon Cultivators would also arrive here.
After eliminating the Demon Sect cultivators, the fragile alliance had already declared its end.
Feng Wang withdrew her gaze from the Tai Shang cultivators and nodded slightly at Ji Yutang.
Ji Yutang raised her sleeve in return and walked towards Li Jingyu, who was lying in a pool of blood.
She reached out and picked her up horizontally, her eyes catching a glimpse of the straw fragments, pursing her lips in silence.
Li Jingyu coughed, grabbing Ji Yutang’s front lapel, the flowing blood staining the robe red.
She curled her lips into a satisfied smile, “You killed Li Guangting, completely breaking with Tai Shang.
Have you finally become disappointed with the Tai Shang Dao?”
Ji Yutang suppressed her anger and retorted, “Did you think I would always back down?”
Li Jingyu chuckled, “Isn’t that so?” She nestled in Ji Yutang’s arms, her chin resting on Ji Yutang’s shoulder, and laughed again, “Different paths cannot be pursued together.
Tai Shang has lost its way, the world will chase it! Throw away your benevolence and righteousness, throw away your moderation, hate this terrible world, break the invisible shackles!” Li Jingyu’s tone grew heavier, as if tinged with madness.
Ji Yutang’s hands tightened suddenly, she looked down only to see a patch of blood in front of her chest, her heart ached slightly, but she still suppressed this emotion.
She heard her own extremely calm voice, “Is this your purpose? To show me this scene, to make me feel resentment and hatred?”
Li Jingyu didn’t answer, Ji Yutang suddenly said again, “You never trusted the Three Supreme Palaces, how could you be so seriously injured?”
Li Jingyu looked up, laughed, and said, “Can’t it be that I’m not as skilled as others?”
Ji Yutang didn’t believe a word of it, her heart was filled with mixed emotions, and after a long time, she covered the concern in her eyes and replied, “If you’re not as skilled, wouldn’t you avoid it?”
Li Jingyu lowered her eyelashes, pursed her lips, and didn’t answer.
Her reaction undoubtedly confirmed Ji Yutang’s suspicion.
She took a deep breath, pretending to be calm, “I’m not on the same path as the Three Supreme Palaces, what you did was unnecessary.”
Li Jingyu suddenly raised her eyes, her eyes bursting with light as bright as the sun, she looked at Ji Yutang with burning eyes and asked with a smile, “Then, what are you angry about?” Her laughter was truly unrestrained, her chest heaving violently, stirring the wounds on her body, and she coughed up bright red blood.
Seeing Ji Yutang not answering, she stubbornly sought an answer, “You were already disappointed with the Tai Shang Dao, so what’s there to be angry about? Your heartbeat is not calm at all.”
“You—” Ji Yutang was both angry and embarrassed, she glared at Li Jingyu, “What does it have to do with you how I feel?”
“How could it not?” Li Jingyu said softly, her tone changing, with a hint of bewitching, “In this vast Jiuzhou, only I can walk with you.” The Chaos Shadow Realm was hers, and Ji Yutang was hers too, there could be no mistakes on this path.
Ji Yutang was almost amused by Li Jingyu, “Ha, going to such lengths, even self-destructing just to have me walk the same path as you?”
Li Jingyu seemed unaware of her emotions, only saying, “Is that not okay? The Immortal Sect eliminates demons, I also eliminate demons; the Immortal Sect breaks promises, but I never did, am I not more righteous than the Immortal Sect? Whom have I wrongfully killed? What evil have I done? Is my Dao not the same as yours?”
Ji Yutang naturally knew that Li Jingyu was different from other Demon Sect cultivators, otherwise, she wouldn’t have been entangled with her time and again.
She pursed her lips, her voice steady, “You are a demon seed, how do I know you won’t manifest according to the Dao intent of the Tianhai Demon Sect, after all—” Ji Yutang paused for a moment, showing a difficult smile, “After all, the Demon God was nurtured by them, right? Tai Shang lost its way, can the Demon Ancestor correct its path? When the heavenly Dao becomes attached, can you and I let go of our attachments?”
Li Jingyu: “Do you really think so?”
Ji Yutang didn’t answer.
Was she avoiding Li Jingyu just because she was a demon seed?
Her thoughts were as deep and unfathomable as the abyss, her attitude was even more unpredictable than a demon.
– The law hall of the Demon Palace, which had stood for many years, was completely destroyed in the battle, leaving only ruins.
Fortunately, Ling Mountain was still in Feng Wang’s hands, placing it in the residence saved the trouble of building a law hall.
The Chaos Shadow Realm was, after all, a newly born world, its treasures were far less abundant than Jiuzhou, but fortunately, everyone had brought a lot of great medicine when they came, although Li Jingyu was seriously injured, after taking the pills, the recovery time was greatly reduced, it would only take a few months to fully recover.
This ordeal was also beneficial for Li Jingyu herself, the moon phase in the cycle of life and death, her grasp of Dao intent had reached another level.
“Senior Sister, what you did was too dangerous.” Feng Yuan looked at Li Jingyu with disapproval, who knew her “having a sense of proportion” would result in this.
Her gaze swept around before falling back on Li Jingyu, lowering her voice, “That one doesn’t seem like someone who would fall into demonic ways.”
“Of course, she won’t enter my demonic path.” Li Jingyu raised an eyebrow with a smile, “Clear and turbid are two separate things, Dao and demon stand apart, her Dao aligns with the number of heaven.”
Feng Wang was puzzled, “Then isn’t she an enemy of our demonic path?”
“That’s just a Dao struggle, an unavoidable part of the operation of heaven and earth.
Besides, who can say what the new heaven will be like.” Li Jingyu squinted her eyes.
Feng Yuan seemed to understand but not quite, after a long time, she blurted out, “Anyway, our current enemies are the Tai Shang Palace, oh, and the three sects of the Demon Sect.” Rebuilding the demonic path was not an easy task, especially under the circumstances of Tai Shang eliminating demons and becoming attached, facing not only internal disputes within the Demon Sect but also pressure from the Immortal Sect.
Fortunately, the great calamity of heaven had fallen, the operation of the heavenly Dao invisibly pushed this step.
After discussing the Dao transmission in Fan City with Li Jingyu for a while, Feng Yuan got up and left the Dao Palace.
But as soon as she stepped out, she encountered Ji Yutang standing with her hands behind her back in the corridor.
Feng Yuan’s eyes turned, and she said crisply, “Daoist Friend Ji is worried about my senior sister?”
Ji Yutang sneered, “What’s wrong with her?”
Feng Yuan sighed, “The Three Supreme Palaces struck hard, after all, it hurt the foundation.”
Ji Yutang turned to face Feng Yuan’s worried face, her eyelid twitched, with a bit of worry and urgency, she asked, “Hurt the foundation?”
“Yes.” Feng Yuan’s brows and eyes were full of sorrow, “Senior Sister practices the supreme yin method, in serious injury, it’s difficult to achieve the union of Kan and Li.
It’s a pity that the Dao we practice doesn’t match with Senior Sister’s, otherwise, the sisters would be very willing to dual cultivate with Senior Sister to help her recover soon.”
“Dual cultivate?” Ji Yutang’s tone rose, her face suddenly turned ugly.
Feng Yuan calmly said, “Yes.
Daoist Friend Ji doesn’t have a prejudice against our Huoxin Palace, does she? It’s just a different Dao method, I can lend you a few Dao books to read.”
“No need.” Ji Yutang hurriedly refused, she turned and walked out.
However, after a few breaths, she turned back, frowned, and said, “I came to say goodbye to her.”
Feng Yuan smiled, “I know.”
Ji Yutang met Feng Yuan’s gaze, inexplicably feeling a bit ashamed and annoyed, she opened her mouth to explain, but didn’t know what to say, her lips moved, and finally, she simply gave up the idea, quickly stepping into the hall.
After all, this was the law hall of Ling Mountain, everywhere were the marks of the Buddhist Sect, under the benevolent and kind Buddha, dragons and elephants lay dormant, and the great peng folded its wings.
“In the past, the Buddha sacrificed his flesh to feed the eagle, subdued demons and calamities, but didn’t expect his disciples to get lost in the words ‘save people’.” Li Jingyu sat cross-legged on the meditation bed, reached out and tapped a small bronze bell, she slightly raised her head to gaze at Ji Yutang, and said, “How to save people? How to save oneself?”
“This is the Buddhist sect’s law thought, you can discuss it with the Buddha Child.” Ji Yutang met Li Jingyu’s gaze, pursed her lips, and said, “Your injuries are gradually recovering, I have to go back.”
“What if I don’t want you to leave?” Li Jingyu propped her chin, speaking slowly.
“So what? Can you trap me?” Ji Yutang chuckled lightly.
“No, you are no longer the you of yesterday, I should look at you with new eyes.” Li Jingyu got off the bed, her bare feet stepping on the ground, walking towards Ji Yutang step by step, like a willow swaying gracefully.
Ji Yutang looked at Li Jingyu, somewhat lost in thought, until a cold sensation came to her cheek, she suddenly snapped back to reality, grabbing Li Jingyu’s wrist, she stared at the person close at hand without speaking.
Cultivators don’t feel cold or heat, Li Jingyu’s fingertips were so cold, it must be the leakage of Taiyin Fiend.
She let go, her gaze briefly sweeping over the wrist with a red mark, and asked in a low voice, “Did you hurt your foundation?”
Li Jingyu asked back, “Who said that?”
Ji Yutang frowned, angrily said, “Do I need someone else to say it?”
Li Jingyu pretended not to understand, “What are you angry about now?”
Ji Yutang denied, “I’m not angry.”
Li Jingyu nodded, following her words, “Mm, you’re not.”
Ji Yutang got even more annoyed at her tone, she couldn’t explain what she was anxious about, her heart was restless, never at peace.
In the past, Li Jingyu forcibly confined her in the cave, but now without any restrictions, she felt like she was trapped in a prison, not knowing how to break free.
The uneasy feeling grew stronger, breaking her calm, even the clear energy from the Daode Heavenly Book couldn’t calm her mind.
Li Jingyu flicked her sleeve, casually said, “You can go back, no one here will open the door of convenience for the Three Supreme Palaces, they can’t break into the Demon Sect’s residence.”
Ji Yutang bit her lower lip, her turbulent emotions rising and falling like the tide.
By the time she realized what she was doing, her hand was already gripping Li Jingyu’s shoulder tightly, with such force it seemed like she might crush the shoulder blade.
“I will use the dragon to help you harmonize yin and yang, so that Kan and Li can complement each other,” Ji Yutang said through gritted teeth.
Li Jingyu looked at Ji Yutang in surprise, not expecting her to bring this up.
She curved her eyes in a teasing manner and said, “But from the way you look, it seems like you want to eat me.”
Ji Yutang ignored Li Jingyu.
That day, she shouldn’t have met with Qin Ruoshui, and she definitely shouldn’t have agreed to let the Three Supreme Palaces join the alliance.
The Beihai Demon Cultivators were stationed at the border to slay chaotic creatures, which actually didn’t take much effort.
If they had gone there immediately, perhaps things wouldn’t have turned out this way.
She tried to avoid Li Jingyu, but what happened? The more she tried, the more entangled she became, unable to break free.
In the Chaos Shadow Realm, besides the Three Supreme Palaces, Beihai Demon Cultivators, and Demon Palace, there was also a righteous sect’s outpost.
In the past, the Confucian Sect and Buddhist Sect would jointly oversee the outpost, but this time, due to Ling Mountain’s fall into demonic ways, the Buddhist Sect’s power was greatly reduced, and the Path of Killing decided not to send disciples to the Chaos Shadow Realm for training.
Shen Zao sat cross-legged on the meditation mat, fingers stroking the wine gourd, and said in a low voice, “Was the scene that day the Beihai joining forces with the Three Supreme Palaces to suppress and kill the Demon Sect disciples? But why was there no trace of Tai Shang’s path there, and instead, Ling Mountain manifested?” At this moment, only she, Yan Shouxia, and Tu Danzhu were in the hall.
The righteous sects took turns on duty, with strict order, and this day happened to be the rest day for the disciples of the Spring and Autumn Heaven Palace.
“Palace of Supreme Mystery’s Li Guangting was killed by Junior Sister Ji,” Yan Shouxia said with a complex expression.
She had received a letter from Qin Ruoshui, detailing the events of that day.
Tu Danzhu exclaimed in surprise, “The Three Supreme Palaces are being quite unfair, aren’t they? When did they become like this?” Shen Zao sneered and said, “It’s to be expected.
After all, the Ran Family’s matters were all orchestrated by them.
If they can do that, what can’t they do? They claim it’s to eliminate demons, but in reality, they just want to detain Junior Sister Ji and the others until that so-called Dao Ancestor returns.”
“Shen Zao, watch your words!” Yan Shouxia reprimanded.
Shen Zao glanced coldly at Yan Shouxia, a faint smile on her lips, and said, “Do I need to be cautious with my words here? Are you going to label me as a heretic?”
“The Ran Family’s matter involved the Spring and Autumn Heaven Palace as well,” Tu Danzhu said calmly.
“Don’t forget that Uncle-Master Ran was a true disciple of the Spring and Autumn Heaven Palace.”
Shen Zao chuckled and said, “Junior Sister Tu is straightforward and adorable.
If the Confucian Sect elders aren’t gentlemen, then they aren’t our teachers.”
Yan Shouxia turned to Shen Zao and sighed, “So what do you plan to do?” Shen Zao raised an eyebrow, “We should just follow the Dao, right?” She stood up unsteadily, not even glancing at Yan Shouxia and Tu Danzhu, and walked away with a carefree stride.
“Senior Sister Yan, aren’t you going to stop her?” Tu Danzhu turned to look at Shen Zao, her brows slightly furrowed.
This senior sister had always been different from the others, and now it seemed she was becoming more and more distant.
“Can I stop her?” Yan Shouxia chuckled lightly, her eyes filled with a mix of melancholy and sorrow.
In the Chaos Shadow Realm, there weren’t actually that many constraints.
When they pleaded for her and brought her out of the great prison, they knew this would be the result.
Once she left, she probably wouldn’t look back.
After Yun Chixin fell into demonic ways, that rift had already formed, and it was now unstoppable.
“Will she become like Senior Sister Yun?” Tu Danzhu asked worriedly.
She had followed her teachers in the Spring and Autumn Heaven Palace for secluded cultivation and rarely went to Bailu Academy.
Even so, she had a deep impression of Yun Chixin.
That person had left a significant mark in the Spring and Autumn Heaven Palace, and when she resolutely left, she left an indelible scar.
Those who hadn’t fallen to the hands of demonic cultivators had become her Yun Chixin’s victims.
Yan Shouxia spoke with certainty, “No, she won’t.”
