In the forests of Mount Yaosheng.

Ao Yi, disguised as Ke Le’er, had returned to the martial world and was now quietly narrating her story, her face filled with sorrow.

Of course, the story was whispered to her by Li Changshou nearby.

In ‘her’ narrative, she had once had a gentle elder brother. The two had cultivated together for ten thousand years, achieving Celestial Immortal cultivation before joining the Heavenly Court.

After arriving at the Heavenly Court, she became a minor fairy at the Jade Pool, responsible for maintaining an unused celestial palace.

Her brother became a Heavenly General and rose through the ranks…

“Never did I imagine my brother would betroth me to that elderly gate-keeping General…”

“Damn him!”

“Ah, how can you say that? This was also a strategy for advancement!”

“Friend Le’er,” the Rhinoceros Spirit said solemnly, “Why not rest at my cave? My place is spacious and clean. These others rarely clean their dwellings.”

The Wolf Spirit chuckled nearby, “Don’t believe him, Friend Le’er. He already has six wives and is most skilled at drugging women.”

The Rhinoceros Spirit cursed angrily: “How dare you baselessly sully my reputation! My feelings were all genuine, true love!”

The Lion Spirit stood up and declared:

“Everyone, if we’re talking about purity and responsibility, look no further than us lions!

Friend Le’er, why not rest at my place? Among all present, besides me, who hasn’t used underhanded means to take advantage of virtuous women?

Hmph!

This King hasn’t even touched a woman’s hand, making me most compatible with Fairy Le’er!”

The other demons’ expressions immediately darkened. Who knew what this pure yang old demon king, who had cultivated for twenty thousand years to reach the Long Life Realm, had to boast about!

Ke Le’er showed vigilance, stood up, backed against a tree trunk, and softly said: “Fellow Daoists, could it be that you aren’t benevolent spirits?”

“Benevolent, benevolent, how are we not benevolent?” The Rhinoceros Spirit hastily replied.

Ke Le’er said quietly: “Friend, you’re already married…”

“Ah, the relationship has broken down,” the Rhinoceros Spirit hurriedly said, “I’ll write a divorce letter right away!”

However, a Demon King on the side had already taken out a magical treasure and coldly said:

“Everyone, what’s the point of this?

Let’s show our true abilities. Whoever wins can take Fairy Le’er back to their cave for pleasure. Why pretend to be so proper?”

But as soon as he finished speaking, several Demon Kings pounced on him simultaneously.

In an instant, red cloaks danced as several great demons pinned down the one who had just spoken and beat him severely, leaving him barely breathing before the Lion Spirit kicked him back to the neighboring mountain peak.

“How dare you offend Fairy Le’er!”

“You wretch, we’ll beat you every time we see you!”

“Though demons, we still have righteous hearts!”

In Ke Le’er’s sleeve, Li Changshou’s paper person nearly burst out laughing, suddenly feeling that if these great demons weren’t burdened by karmic obstacles, they would make excellent mounts to amuse the Great Master.

Unfortunately, though they appeared loyal and good, their greedy gazes, occasional cold smiles, and the karmic obstacles entangling their demon souls had already exposed their true nature.

Li Changshou continued whispering, teaching lines on the spot while also directing expressions…

On Mount Yaosheng, Ao Yi, disguised as Ke Le’er, was like a pure white flower, seemingly at a loss.

Several dark figures stood beside him, with kind smiles masking evil intentions.

And behind these dark figures, beside Mount Yaosheng, there seemed to be another towering shadow reaching into the clouds, a great hand already controlling everything within a hundred li…

Li Changshou’s calculations proceeded methodically.

Ke Le’er maneuvered between the parties, letting the Demon Kings check each other while quietly healing in the forest.

These Demon Kings competed secretly, each calling their demon generals and soldiers, setting up camps in the forest, drinking and making merry through the night, racking their brains to display their grandeur.

Thus, one day and night passed peacefully…

Li Changshou’s team of seven paper Dao persons had taken their positions, temporarily assembling two sets, totaling five sets of Earth-Killing Spirit Explosion paper people, all delivered to this location.

The previous two sets of Earth-Killing Spirit Explosion formations were secretly buried underground;

The subsequent three sets of Earth-Killing Spirit Explosion formations were arranged in a Three Powers formation, positioned around Mount Yaosheng.

The sacrifice of the spirit trees within the Path to Immortality Gate would surely receive a rich reward!

—After this battle, Li Changshou’s primary task would be to brew more fine wine for his little Junior Uncle, letting her continue producing tree sap.

The paper Dao person stockpile would certainly be depleted!

Li Changshou controlled the rhythm at each location, unwilling to overlook any details at this time, steadily advancing his script…

One phase after another!

After the paper Dao person army completed their positioning, Ke Le’er’s ‘brother’ led a thousand Heavenly Soldiers to pressure Mount Yaosheng!

These thousand Heavenly Soldiers were carefully selected by East Wood Duke, trustworthy veterans of the Heavenly Court with clean backgrounds. The ‘Heavenly General’ hadn’t told them what they would do, only that they were coming to eliminate demons.

Thunder crashed in the sky, drums rumbled, and the Heavenly Soldiers formed battle formations, glaring vigilantly at the demons below.

On Mount Yaosheng, the four Demon Kings grew furious at the sight, each mustering their troops and beating war drums!

However, these events on the surface had already disturbed the group of karmic obstacle great demons hidden deep beneath Mount Yaosheng!

In the underground formation, demons rushed out from that mountain which floated in the underground cavity and had been nearly hollowed out. Hundreds of karmic obstacles and great demons surrounded the altar at the mountain peak, each looking up to observe.

A deep voice asked: “What’s happening?”

“Just some minor demons conflicting with a Heavenly General, unrelated to this place.”

“This Human-Slaying Sword concerns the revival of our Sacred Race. With only three hundred years until completion, there can be no mistakes!”

“We’ve been so secretive that if anything happens, it will be in the Northern Continent first. The Shamanic Race has already accepted their fate, they’re not worth worrying about.”

A few simple exchanges revealed tons of intelligence!

Finally, sixteen demons remained, each sitting cross-legged on the white bone altar, while the rest returned to their respective caves.

This minor skirmish above wasn’t worth their intervention.

In the corner, those two hidden avatars remained completely undetected…

The concealment method truly lived up to its reputation.

Li Changshou secretly observed the Jade Emperor avatar’s expression and saw that Zhao Dezhu merely frowned slightly before collecting his thoughts and continuing to attend to other matters.

—It was normal for the Jade Emperor, not being human himself, to not react to the name ‘Human-Slaying Sword.’

Li Changshou, however, felt like cursing.

In the past, the Demon Race had forged the Shaman-Slaying Sword using human souls, killing several Ancestral Shamans, and establishing an eternal feud with humanity.

Now they were at it again, using Shamanic souls to forge the Human-Slaying Sword!

What were they planning? To launch a sneak attack in the Fire Cloud Cave?

This battle was no longer simply about merit.

Humans and demons stood in absolute opposition!

Well, except for some reasonable marriages.

Watch as a ‘great battle’ unfolds on Mount Yaosheng, where the thousand Heavenly Soldiers, following the orders of the ‘Heavenly General,’ Ke Le’er’s brother, each summoned two immortal bean soldiers they carried, creating two thousand bean soldiers.

These two thousand bean soldiers went straight into battle, charging toward the demon soldiers gathered by the four Demon Kings.

Following the script, Ke Le’er stood up and said: “Everyone, let’s not do this, I should return…”

“Fairy, please wait!”

The Rhinoceros Spirit waved his great hand, “Children, show them our might! Kill!”

War horns sounded mournfully as thousands of demon soldiers rose into the sky together, counterattacking the bean soldiers, and launching a great battle in the heavens!

However…

These demon soldiers could fight evenly with the bean soldiers created by the Scatter Beans Into Soldiers technique, killing each other with mixed results, something Li Changshou had never anticipated…

These were Dao soldiers!

Just some Dao soldiers that could only execute limited commands!

Were these demons trying to disgrace their ancestors?

Was it that these demon soldiers were too weak, or had he made the bean soldiers too strong?

Li Changshou sighed inwardly…

But he felt that demons of this caliber constantly shouting about the ‘revival of the Sacred Race’ must have misunderstood something in today’s Primordial World.

Cannot be careless, and must remain composed when facing the enemy.

The demon soldiers were fierce and numerous. Those two thousand bean soldiers, having consumed too much immortal power, were finally surrounded and eliminated, leaving over two hundred demon soldier corpses on the ground, along with some… bean powder.

Having lost the first battle, the ‘Heavenly General’ in the sky looked grim and cursed:

“Le’er, don’t be obstinate! Colluding with demons and defying the Heavenly Court, you’ve already stepped onto a path of no return!”

Ke Le’er shouted: “Brother, I’ll return with you now, don’t create more bloodshed!”

At once, Ke Le’er was about to fly up, but Mount Yaosheng’s four Demon Kings acted together, leading their troops to attack the sky.

Before the two sides could engage, the Heavenly Soldiers sounded the gong to retreat, quickly withdrawing on their clouds!

For a time, Mount Yaosheng was filled with beast howls and roars, mocking the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals for their incompetence.

“General! With our battle formation, we could still fight!”

On the way back to the Heavenly Court, a Heavenly Soldier captain, unable to accept the situation, volunteered to fight, and the other Heavenly Soldiers looked eagerly at this unfamiliar ‘Heavenly General.’

“Don’t rush, these Demon Kings are formidable, confrontation would only increase casualties needlessly.”

The ‘Heavenly General’ spoke softly, then called out loudly, his voice carrying for a thousand li.

What Li Changshou shouted was: “Demons of Mount Yaosheng, you have openly attacked and killed Heavenly Soldiers today, violating Heaven’s laws!

Tomorrow when this general returns to punish you, you shall pay for your blood debt with blood!”

After speaking, Li Changshou led the thousand Heavenly Soldiers to hurriedly leave the horizon, leaving many soldiers red-faced and quite depressed…

On Mount Yaosheng, the four Demon Kings were triumphant, and the demon horde was especially energized, howling continuously.

It seemed that after ancient times, the sky had cleared and the rain had stopped!

Their Demon Race was back in action!

Later, Ke Le’er tried to persuade herself to leave voluntarily but was detained by the four Demon Kings working together, telling her to stay and heal while they would support her even if the sky fell.

These four Demon Kings weren’t foolish, knowing that after beating the Heavenly Soldiers this time, more would come tomorrow.

They summoned two more Demon Kings overnight—including the one they had beaten up earlier. Six great Demon Kings gathered tens of thousands of demon soldiers, preparing for the coming battle.

Meanwhile, they spread the news of their great victory over the Heavenly Soldiers to their acquaintances in the Demon Race…

The next day, the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals indeed returned, this time with an army of ten thousand, immediately employing the Scatter Beans Into Soldiers technique upon arrival to launch a strong attack on Mount Yaosheng.

The Mount Yaosheng demon horde counterattacked, engaging in a fierce battle with the bean soldiers, finally achieving another great victory by taking advantage of the bean soldiers’ depleted immortal power!

These ten thousand Heavenly Soldiers didn’t enter the battle. Li Changshou similarly left threatening words before hurriedly departing.

In the underground formation, that karmic obstacle great demons began their mockery.

They ridiculed the Heavenly Court’s soldiers for lacking courage, retreating without fighting, and mocked the Heavenly Court for having few soldiers and generals yet still trying to maintain prestige, putting up a brave front despite their weakness.

The Jade Emperor’s avatar hiding in the corner nearly drew his sword to cut them down prematurely, fortunately, held back by Li Changshou in time…

“The plot requires it, the plot requires it, Your Majesty.”

“These demons are arrogant and conceited, insulting my Heavenly Court, they deserve death!”

“Rest assured, Your Majesty, we’ll soon reduce them to ashes!”

Only then did Zhao Dezhu nod in satisfaction, continuing to hide quietly here with Li Changshou, planning how to seize the sword later.

Li Changshou continued controlling the overall situation, secretly spreading news of Mount Yaosheng’s demon soldiers resisting Heaven throughout various demon territories…

The Mount Yaosheng incident had also alarmed various parties in the Heavenly Court.

Many military generals rushed to Linxiao Hall to request battle but were all told by East Wood Duke that the Jade Emperor was resting at the Jade Pool and to wait a few days.

Additionally, Wood Duke used his military authority to dispatch thirty thousand troops, suddenly placed under the command of the Heavenly General ‘Ke Zhen’e.’

On the third day, Mount Yaosheng gathered eighty thousand demon soldiers and twenty-six Demon Kings.

Li Changshou led thirty thousand Heavenly Court troops to arrive, similarly using Scatter Beans Into Soldiers as a perfunctory measure.

After these demon soldiers difficultly killed all the bean soldiers, leaving thousands of corpses, they prepared to counterattack the sky, but the Heavenly Court army had already withdrawn in advance, successfully avoiding confrontation…

Demon morale soared!

And by this time, except for the Rhinoceros Spirit and a few other Demon Kings, others hadn’t noticed that Ke Le’er, who had caused all this, had disappeared.

A patrolling minor demon delivered a letter to the four Demon Kings including the Rhinoceros Spirit. The letter explained that she couldn’t bear to see living beings suffer and would return to express gratitude after the conflict here settled…

The four Demon Kings felt some regret but didn’t think much of it.

Beautiful women? Those weren’t hard to find.

The most pressing matter now was fighting the Heavenly Soldiers!

To increase their prestige within the Demon Race and pave the way for their future!

These three waves of attacks launched by the Heavenly Court had greatly boosted demon morale.

When news spread from the Heavenly Court that the Jade Emperor was enraged and ordered East Wood Duke to lead a hundred thousand Heavenly Soldiers tomorrow to destroy the demons of Mount Yaosheng;

That night…

Just one night!

Waves of demon winds from north to south, east to west, gathered over two hundred thousand demon soldiers, more than a hundred Demon Kings, and dozens of ancient demons at Mount Yaosheng!

At this time, the demon forces were mainly divided into three types.

First were the moderates, who sought to live peacefully in the cracks of the Primordial World, avoiding humans and staying out of any human-demon conflicts, like the Zitie City.

Second were the revivalists, who wanted to restore the Demon Race’s ancient glory and contribute their strength.

Third were the radicals, who still maintained the superiority complex that ancient demons held toward weaker humans, taking pleasure in devouring humans…

The second and third types heavily overlapped and comprised the majority of the Demon Race.

The demons who had first responded and gathered at Mount Yaosheng were mostly of the third type.

Li Changshou’s divine consciousness swept over the mountains covered in karmic obstacles, a sight that shocked even him.

If this trap wasn’t meant to catch bigger fish, he would have detonated this place during the night’s darkness…

Better wait and see, perhaps some important demon figures will appear tomorrow.

At this time, probably half the demons on Mount Yaosheng didn’t know that many demon experts had just crawled up directly from the underground demon sanctuary…

And part of this demon-allied force had been temporarily summoned by those old demons below.

Mount Yaosheng was incredibly important to them, and the treasure sword below carried part of the Demon Race’s destiny, which couldn’t be compromised.

Up and down the demon hierarchy, they now felt that this conflict with the Heavenly Court was the turning point for demon revival!

Of course, half the demons were intoxicated by victory after these days of consecutive wins;

Half the demons didn’t take the Heavenly Court seriously at all – with the current shortage of soldiers and generals, if not for the Supreme Lord Lao residing in the Heavenly Court and the Dao Ancestor backing the Jade Emperor, the demons would have attacked long ago.

However, the demons hadn’t noticed…

That great hand originally secretly covering Mount Yaosheng had begun to slowly close.

But no rush, Li Changshou decided to steady things one more time.

…

Dawn was approaching, the sun had not yet risen.

One of Li Changshou’s paper Dao persons hurried to the border between South Jambudvipa and East Victory Divine Continent, found that hidden cave, and released a demon aura simulated from his body.

Shortly after, the cave’s protective formations opened wide, and the Black Panther rushed out in disheveled clothes.

Li Changshou smiled faintly: “How have you been, friend?”

“Good, good… Brother Lu Ya, are… are you alright?”

“Nothing major, just went into qi deviation a few times while cultivating recently, but this poor Daoist managed to reverse it in time, fortunately unharmed.”

The Black Panther immediately relaxed, seeming to have something to say but hesitating.

Li Changshou had already taken out some wine and dishes, smiling: “I’ve already prepared the wine, won’t you invite this poor Daoist in for a drink?”

The Black Panther naturally agreed immediately, inviting Li Changshou into the cave. Soon they were exchanging drinks, appearing tipsy.

Li Changshou sighed and began speaking of the current misfortunes and hardships of the Demon Race…

Nearby, the water demon Miaomiao seemed to notice something but looked very carefully at Li Changshou without saying a single word.

The Black Panther was heard sighing emotionally: “Our Demon Race will surely rise again!”

Li Changshou calmly nodded, continuing to ply him with wine.

Soon after, the Black Panther was snoring on the table. Li Changshou looked at the water demon Miaomiao but didn’t say much, taking out a treasure pouch filled with pills and spirit stones.

“Focus on cultivation.”

“Yes!”

The water demon immediately bowed in acknowledgment, watching Li Changshou leave the cave and disappear using earth travel.

…

The Black Panther’s miniature version of the Heavenly Dao’s jinx served as another layer of insurance…

Li Changshou chuckled softly, continuing to consider whether there were any oversights, any areas insufficiently thought through, or any places where variables could arise.

At this moment—

Demons gathered at Mount Yaosheng, underground demons stirred restlessly, the defenses at the altar continuously weakening;

Three hundred thousand Heavenly Soldiers ready for deployment;

In Central Divine Continent, many immortal sects had heard news of the Heavenly Court’s war against demons, and though righteous cultivators wanted to come to Mount Yaosheng, they dared not approach rashly from the periphery;

More and more karmic obstacles and great demons appeared at Mount Yaosheng…

Lu Ya, the Sage, the Heavenly Court’s rise to power in one battle…

Ao Yi had gone to meet with Ox Head and Horse Face, Ke Le’er going offline again, becoming a small legend in the Primordial World.

Ao Yi had actively inquired whether to mobilize Dragon Race forces, but Li Changshou declined, letting the Dragon Race rest and recuperate.

Today’s battle had nothing to do with the number of their troops.

Calculating the time, at the Dragon Hour, Li Changshou gently crushed the jade talisman in his hand.

Before Linxiao Hall, East Wood Duke, who had been meditating with closed eyes, suddenly opened them, looking at the dozens of Heavenly Generals before him and shouting:

“All units deploy!

Strictly follow previous instructions in all matters, violation of orders prohibited, Heaven’s laws will deal with offenders!”

“Acknowledged!”

Dozens of Heavenly Generals responded in unison, turning into streaks of light shooting toward South Heaven Gate, Middle Heaven Gate, and East Heaven Gate!

East Wood Duke bowed to Linxiao Hall before also hurrying to South Heaven Gate.

At the three Heaven Gates, the waiting Heavenly Soldiers and Generals who had been ready for some time deployed in groups, majestically flying toward the desolate area where the three continents met!

Half an hour later, the first three waves of armies appeared a thousand li from Mount Yaosheng…

Drums thundered in the clouds, heavenly might filled the world!

All living beings within a thousand li retreated to the distance.

—After these days of back and forth, the vast majority of peaceful spirits and monsters had already fled far away.

Heavenly Soldiers continued arriving endlessly, three armies advancing in sync, putting considerable pressure on the demons, who formed battle formations on Mount Yaosheng.

Another half hour later, three hundred thousand Heavenly Soldiers gathered around Mount Yaosheng, spreading their formations, each staying three hundred li from Mount Yaosheng, beginning the standard procedure for Heavenly Soldier deployment.

Scatter Beans Into Soldiers!

But today, even if each Heavenly Soldier focused on just one bean soldier, that would still be three hundred thousand immortal bean soldiers!

These bean soldiers quickly formed formations, following each Heavenly Soldier’s will, charging straight toward Mount Yaosheng…

For a time, human shadows blocked out the sky and sun!

East Wood Duke appeared with the eastern army, this brocade-robed elder now extremely imposing.

“All armies beat drums, prepare formations!”

Instantly, drum sounds shook the heavens from three armies, Heavenly Soldier morale soaring – today they would finally enter the fray!

The originally enthusiastic atmosphere on Mount Yaosheng instantly became heavy and solemn, feeling the extremely strong battle intent from the Heavenly Court’s side.

First using three hundred thousand Dao soldiers to wear down their demon army, and then the Heavenly Soldiers attacked together…

This approach truly put them under considerable pressure.

But at this time the demon soldiers’ momentum remained strong, various Demon Kings continuously shouting, ancient horns wailing mournfully.

In the underground formation, two-thirds of the great demons quietly headed to the surface along several paths…

In the corner, Li Changshou smiled slightly at the sight.

“Changgeng, should we act now?”

Zhao Dezhu’s eyes were exceptionally bright.

Li Changshou slowly nodded, transmitting: “Don’t rush, Your Majesty, wait for the battle outside to start, three hundred thousand Dao soldiers will keep them busy for a while.”

Zhao Dezhu nodded slowly, gripping the Heaven’s Path Sword, quietly waiting.

Soon after, the earth trembled, and even separated by thousands of zhang, they seemed to hear the battle cries above…

Li Changshou gestured to Zhao Dezhu, and the two stealthily approached the pond.

As the two neared the pond, over ten shadows that had previously infiltrated the formation flew rapidly toward the pond from various directions…

“Who goes there!”

A great demon with a lizard head seemed to notice something, suddenly shouting!

Over ten paper Dao persons appeared simultaneously, transforming into different forms of men, women, old, and young, throwing out hundreds of miniature formation bases, directly depleting most of Li Changshou’s current miniature formation reserves!

But the effect was also extremely obvious!

Almost instantly, hundreds of killing formations, trapping formations, and poison formations surrounded this mountain, launching a fierce bombardment!

This group of great demons seemed stunned, then immediately reacted, roaring as they charged toward the various formation discs.

Being infiltrated without warning at such a crucial location had indeed panicked them.

Of the three demon experts guarding the pond, one charged out!

Li Changshou and Zhao Dezhu exchanged glances, and the moment this expert left the pond, they flashed into it, becoming two streaks of light charging straight toward the bottom!

Zhao Dezhu’s Heaven’s Path Sword slashed, Heaven’s Path power manifesting as a white light, destroying the concealing formation below like dead twigs!

A paper Dao person flew from Li Changshou’s sleeve, making it appear as if his form split in two, pouncing toward the two demon experts atop the bronze giant clam heads, while Zhao Dezhu flashed toward the ‘Human-Slaying Sword’!

The demons hadn’t imagined that experts could enter their painstakingly established formation silently!

Even more unexpected was that experts had already lurked by the pond, suddenly striking now, targeting the Human-Slaying Sword!

How could these two demon experts care about those two forms pouncing to contain them?

The two demons each used their abilities, one transforming into a black flood dragon pouncing toward Zhao Dezhu, one spitting out a treasure pearl, also striking at Zhao Dezhu!

In this lightning-fast moment, just as the two demons made their moves, below at the Human-Slaying Sword, a water current transformed into a middle-aged Daoist, gripping the Human-Slaying Sword and pulling it out directly!

The entire mountain trembled!

Those two demon experts were shocked pale, the black flood dragon quickly diving down!

Zhao Dezhu endured the treasure pearl’s strike, his body flashing golden light, but flew rapidly toward the pond’s side!

In the middle-aged Daoist’s palm, yin-yang energies swirled, instantly breaking the restrictions on the Human-Slaying Sword!

As the black flood dragon pounced, this middle-aged Daoist merely smiled slightly, his figure flashing, dodging horizontally the moment the black flood dragon struck the pond bottom, successfully rendezvousing with Zhao Dezhu, crashing into a screen of light!

They had entered the earth vein that had guided them here!

Zhao Dezhu’s treasure sword slashed forward, Heaven’s Path power surging, breaking through layers of blood-colored barriers!

Li Changshou supported Zhao Dezhu’s left arm, using earth travel at full power!

Behind them, great demons roared, demon hordes howled in rage, those dozen or so paper Dao persons containing the enemy had been cut down…

For these demon experts, the changes had come truly too quickly, they had no time to react, their pursuit now seeming quite futile!

Over these days, Li Changshou and Zhao Dezhu had rehearsed the sword-stealing process dozens of times in their minds, now executing it smoothly in one go, flowing like water…

Just that they wasted quite a lot of treasure materials.

Several paper Dao persons flew from Li Changshou’s sleeve, blocking the enemy while directly blowing up the earth vein behind them.

To prevent these great demons pursuing them from having a chance to escape the great spirit explosion’s range, Li Changshou and Zhao Dezhu traveled ten li through the earth vein before bursting out, madly flying diagonally upward!

Three thousand zhang from the ground… two thousand zhang…

Five hundred zhang, three hundred zhang!

Li Changshou gripped Zhao Dezhu’s arm, their forms suddenly turning, his left hand aimed at the underground formation, five fingers spread then forcefully closed!

Activate!

Earth-Killing Spirit Explosion Formation!

His main body’s consciousness was instantly filled with information – underground, two sets totaling one hundred and forty-six paper Dao persons, with an additional thirty-six paper Dao persons frantically injecting immortal power, all simultaneously reaching the Golden Immortal realm’s threshold!

The Heavenly Dao did not permit this, Heaven’s Path power trembled, self-destruction arose from this, spirit explosion power linking together, overlapping, catalyzing!

Suddenly feeling bursting out of the ground, the wind whistling past his ears, battle cries shaking heaven and earth.

Being able to fight so intensely with the bean soldiers, these demon soldiers over these few days had quite shocked Shou as well.

Li Changshou had no time to think more, his just-cleared consciousness again filled with information flow.

On the ground, there were still three sets of spirit explosion formations!

“Water God, you dare!”

Suddenly hearing a somewhat familiar shout, a sword light shot over from the side.

Seeing this, Zhao Dezhu immediately threw Li Changshou’s avatar behind him, sweeping his sword horizontally, two sword lights clashing!

The result was somewhat embarrassing…

Zhao Dezhu himself, along with Li Changshou’s currently dazed avatar, were both blown away by that sword light.

An old Daoist carrying a gourd on his back flew in from the horizon, his form flashing several times, charging toward Li Changshou and Zhao Dezhu in a lightning-fast moment.

However…

The main body controlling the various paper Dao persons wasn’t the paper person accompanying the Jade Emperor’s avatar…

At Mount Yaosheng’s south, northwest, and northeast corners, three sets of Earth-Killing Spirit Explosion paper persons successfully activated!

On Mount Yaosheng, cracks appeared in the ground, countless white lights shining through the fissures…

Regardless of cultivation level, the demons suddenly felt an inexplicable fear, most looking down.

In this instant, the gourd-carrying old Daoist attacked Li Changshou’s paper person regardless of everything else;

Zhao Dezhu raised his sword to block, but that old Daoist’s eyes were full of hatred, not even bothering to take the gourd from his back, directly shouting:

“Treasure, turn around!”

Zhao Dezhu’s form was instantly locked in place, the old Daoist’s gourd spewing a wisp of white smoke, two fierce eyes condensing above the smoke, shooting a red light directly at Zhao Dezhu’s neck!

Zhao Dezhu’s eyes widened, but this avatar wasn’t a Merit Golden Body and had been formed rather hastily, now unable to resist…

But!

With a swoosh, heaven, and earth trembled, and a figure appeared from nowhere, directly blocking in front of Zhao Dezhu.

A small pagoda spun rapidly above his head, sprinkling strands of primordial yellow qi, completely enveloping himself within!

This was a middle-aged Daoist, exactly Li Changshou’s commonly used ‘Human Teaching Minor Master’ appearance!

In an instant, the red light struck the primordial yellow qi, Li Changshou’s form trembled, but Lu Ya’s gourd directly failed!

“Go!”

Li Changshou raised his hand to push back, and Zhao Dezhu’s form entered the wind, directly sent away by Li.

Before being pushed away, all Zhao Dezhu could do was release the Heaven’s Path power-rich treasure sword in his hand, letting Li Changshou grasp it.

At this moment, the spirit explosion beneath Mount Yaosheng had fully erupted, the ground continuously cracking amid tremors, the mountain collapsing downward, and violent power surging upward.

And on the surface, three orbs of light appeared, heaven and earth continuously trembling…

At this moment, time flowed by instants!

No time for cursing, no time for words, Li Changshou and Lu Ya’s figures flashed, directly disappearing!

Lu Ya already knew he couldn’t stop Li Changshou, now choosing to flee outward, Li Changshou blocked directly with his physical body under the primordial yellow pagoda!

The Golden Crow was good at flying, born with extreme speed!

What Li Changshou relied on was teleportation methods and techniques!

Collision sounds, flashing sounds, the muffled thunder of heaven and earth shaking rang out in this corner of the battlefield!

Three suns on the ground accelerated their eruption, the spirit explosion below directly lifting the mountain body…

In the distance, the Heavenly Soldiers uniformly retreated, forming formations to resist the shockwave.

The observing immortals, regardless of cultivation level, were now frightened in their souls!

Just as the five spirit explosion formations were about to sweep away everything on Mount Yaosheng, those two rapidly flashing figures suddenly stopped…

“Treasure, turn around!”

Lu Ya could no longer fly out of the spirit explosion zone, but his gourd shot a red light that directly struck the primordial yellow pagoda, actually knocking it from above Li Changshou’s head!

Lu Ya’s face showed great joy, an immortal rope flying from his sleeve, binding Li Changshou’s waist and directly pulling him toward himself!

In this instant, the surrounding world was a sea of white…

“Such divine abilities cannot kill me!”

Old Daoist Lu Ya roared with a twisted face, “Water God, you shall perish here today!”

However, Li Changshou’s expression was too calm.

The violent spirit power struck, swallowing their figures, Li Changshou’s body without the primordial yellow pagoda’s protection was torn apart like paper by the spirit power.

As Lu Ya was swallowed by the spirit power, his expression was somewhat dazed, as if seeing a hint of mockery at the corner of Water God’s mouth.

It seemed to say…

Who gave you the confidence to think this was my true body?

Heaven and earth became pure white.

…

The continuous spirit explosions had nearly half their power cancel each other out, this point is also within Li Changshou’s calculations.

After all, to control the affected range, he couldn’t destroy too many flowers and grass, which would also bring some karmic obstacles.

After the spirit explosion, Mount Yaosheng became history, the ground collapsed into a basin a hundred li in diameter, and within this basin appeared three circular deep pits, underground river water surging, soon to form lakes…

This battle.

Enemy ground forces were eliminated, two-tenths of surface experts escaped, and two-tenths of underground great demons escaped.

Li Changshou earned a huge amount of merit power, while also bearing negligible karmic obstacles.

The three hundred thousand Heavenly Soldiers on the periphery became like three hundred thousand clay statues, all silent.

They had no sense of achievement, only full of fear.

What made Shou feel regretful was that Lu Ya, who appeared at the last moment, escaped even under such circumstances…

Lu Ya shattered an innate spiritual treasure of the cauldron type, himself also surely heavily injured.

Truly – appeared for two breaths, injured for hundreds of years.

A deathly silence fell over heaven and earth, streams of light flying from the direction of the Central Divine Continent.

At the basin’s edge, Li Changshou stood with hands behind his back, the primordial yellow pagoda spinning in his palm, Master Pagoda also appreciating the artistic nature of this battlefield relic.

Zhao Dezhu flew over from the distance, looking at Li Changshou with somewhat complex eyes…

The primordial yellow pagoda drilled into Li Changshou’s sleeve, Li Changshou now restored to his white-haired, white-bearded appearance, stepped forward to show Zhao Dezhu a slight smile, transmitting:

“Your Majesty, it’s time to demonstrate Heaven’s might.”

“Ah,” Zhao Dezhu smiled with a sigh, flipping his hand to take out that Human-Slaying Sword, handing it to Li Changshou, transmitting: “Beloved official, quickly go deal with this object, its demon race restrictions are about to break.”

Li Changshou nodded, the two immediately acting separately.

Zhao Dezhu’s form shot skyward, this avatar transforming in the air into a thousand-zhang-tall white-robed youth, overlooking heaven and earth.

Heaven’s Path power reinforced him, the clear sky for ten thousand li gaining streaks of golden light.

Those three hundred thousand Heavenly Soldiers shouted greetings to His Majesty, in heaven and earth, countless eyes watching this place all had the Jade Emperor’s image branded in their hearts.

Seeing this, Li Changshou smiled slightly, using earth travel to head toward South Jambudvipa, planning to directly find a City God temple in the mortal realm, enter the underworld, and then think of ways to handle the true spirits within the Human-Slaying Sword…

Hum!

The treasured sword in his hand suddenly began trembling, its light continuously flashing, wisps of white light surging from within.

The countless true spirits within were now slowly disappearing, and the speed of disappearance was continuously accelerating!

What was happening?

Li Changshou frowned deeply, looking at the sword in hand, immediately understanding.

This sword’s refinement was incomplete, now continuously shattering, along with the souls within that should have belonged to the Shamanic Race, newborn children’s souls from ten thousand years, being destroyed by the sword’s restrictions!

Li Changshou immediately raised his hand to destroy this sword, but then discovered that destroying the sword would directly destroy the uncountable true spirits within!

An inexplicable feeling of dejection appeared in his heart.

Could it be that he… would break faith with the Shamanic Race again…

Although this wasn’t what he had promised the Shamanic Race he would do, now holding so many living spirits, so many who hadn’t yet had the chance to see the world…

Would every calculation be difficult to perfect?

Li Changshou sighed inwardly but didn’t give up, his mind frantically thinking how to save them…

Pills useless, formations useless, divine power useless, immortal power even more useless.

Li Changshou gently took a breath, his divine consciousness discovering an underground river, his heart lightly trembling.

Water!

Water…

Suddenly hearing the Great Dao resonating, a familiar obscure dao rhythm appeared in Li Changshou’s heart.

This time, it condensed into a pure enlightenment.

Supreme Clarity Water Virtue Chapter!

Li Changshou’s true body emerged from the paper person’s sleeve, gripping the Human-Slaying Sword and rushing into the underground river, floating in the water.

After a moment, he cupped the Human-Slaying Sword in both hands, a blurry energy appearing behind him – this was his Water God divine authority treasure, but since Heaven’s Mandate hadn’t officially descended, this treasure hadn’t manifested yet.

Li Changshou closed his eyes, comprehending, and feeling, as the true spirits within the sword body continuously vanished…

Finally, Li Changshou seemed to hear the rushing of water, and that blurry energy behind him transformed into a water-blue banner.

This banner shone a beam of light, directly striking the Human-Slaying Sword.

The Human-Slaying Sword trembled lightly, light yellow points of light flying from it, these points circling around Li Changshou, gently rotating in the water.

The Water God banner scattered divine light, enveloping those points of light…

After just a moment, Li Changshou opened his eyes, he was now in a light yellow ‘ocean’, with countless points of light gently flickering around him…

They hadn’t been destroyed.

Li Changshou breathed a sigh of relief, just about to take them to the underworld for reincarnation, but discovered these were no longer pure true spirits or souls.

They could no longer leave water’s shelter.

“So be it, help spirits to the end, I’ll take you to find a home.”

Li Changshou said softly, standing up in the river water, gripping the banner behind him;

Riding the river, following the current downstream, those points of light followed beside him.

Shortly after, Li Changshou led the spirits out from underground, following the water flows into a paradise, where a great river meandered through fertile land…

This place was somewhat remote, and because it was too close to demon-gathering places, humans dared not set foot there.

But after today’s battle destroying Mount Yaosheng, the demons would surely retreat, and this place would eventually become human territory.

Li Changshou slowly moved along the river, quickly finding a natural formation pattern, and slightly modifying it to cover a section of the river within the formation.

Continuously casting spells, nurturing these true spirits in the water, using Water God’s divine power to establish rules for this place…

[Henceforth if women touch the water of this place, they shall receive one true spirit from this place, nurturing it into an infant, making up for these true spirits’ regrets;

Women who successfully give birth shall receive the Water God’s protection, free from illness and disaster, peacefully living out their lives.]

Having done all this, Li Changshou finally put down one worry.

Suddenly seeing golden light flashing on the horizon, a stream of merit power drilled into his body, the amount quite considerable.

Li Changshou smiled slightly, feeling completely satisfied.

Dragon calls arose in the distance, Li Changshou rode clouds to leave this place, hiding his true body again in the paper person’s sleeve, successfully meeting with Ao Yi who had transformed into a blue dragon soaring, and eight Shamanic Race experts from the underworld.

“Brother Sect Leader!”

“Let’s hurry and leave, avoid attracting experts.”

Li Changshou took out a treasured pearl from his sleeve, handing it to Ox Head and Horse Face who were standing obediently nearby, not daring to speak.

“Help me take this soul back to the underworld for reincarnation, this is a minor demon, remember to give him extra bowls of Lady Meng’s soup.”

“Ah! Yes!”

“You can rest assured about our work, neigh~”

Li Changshou was just about to exchange some pleasantries when his tired mind flashed with inspiration, as if suddenly realizing something, turning his head to look at the formation he had just modified, and that section of the river, unable to help to stare…

Holy!

Well, more elegantly.

My goodness! The Mother and Child River!?