The Ancestor of All Demons

Among the disciples under Shi Feiyang, Lin Han is the one with the most pure cultivation of the Yang God, even purer than Shi Sheng. If he were willing to ascend, he would have done so long ago.

Because his Primordial Spirit is utterly pure and yang, he fears no Yin Demons or Heavenly Demons, and all the techniques of demonic illusions are ineffective against him.

As a "Heavenly Immortal," he refuses to ascend and remains on earth for years, still within the realm of an Earth Immortal, which also attracts a Heavenly Tribulation to him, and it's even more significant than that of an ordinary Earth Immortal.

Most of his Heavenly Thunder, Heavenly Fire, and Heavenly Wind are resisted by himself to temper his Yang God, with a small portion being absorbed by Shi Feiyang with the Chaos Dragon Ball.

After his Heavenly Tribulation passes, he would cast spells to help others.

Shi Feiyang doesn't completely take on the tribulations of all the immortals; it would be disadvantageous for the individuals. He only draws the part exceeding their endurance limits to the Chaos Dragon Ball.

However, there are too many Sword Immortals crossing tribulations below, with varying abilities. The energy of the Heavenly Tribulation they summon varies, so Shi Feiyang created a magic circle with a diameter of ten thousand miles, suspending it above everyone's heads to filter out part of the tribulation energy. The rest depends on their own abilities.

Experts like Yi Xiu and Cang Lingzi sit under the light circle with ease, even having the extra strength to continuously cast spells and release magical treasures to help Shi Feiyang withstand part of the tribulation.

However, many loose cultivators, even with the filtered tribulation aftermath, couldn't withstand it, their flying sword magical treasures shattered by the descending Heavenly Thunder, melted by the Heavenly Fire, their bodies burned black, Daoist robes full of holes. After the Demon Tribulation hit, they also had Shi Feiyang's three purple-blue fire seeds to protect them, but these could only block outer demons.

What they practiced before was not correct, and inner demons arose within, linking with the outer demons. The Purple and Blue Duoluo Fire could not defend against this. Their features twisted, faces ferocious, even leaping up from the ground, shouting madly, hair disheveled, biting people all around.

Lin Han, in charge of the west gate of Shi Feiyang's altar city, taking on the role of the slaughter, became useful at this moment. He left his Primordial Spirit, finding those most afflicted by demons, injecting Pure Yang Immortal Qi into their bodies, calming their meridians and blood, or even entering their illusion, pulling them out of the Demon Realm.

Thus, they barely endured the second year, entering the third year, the Heavenly Tribulation's thunder, and fire tribulations became more rhythmic. From the Winter Solstice, every five days a minor change, every ten days a major change, heaven becoming the stem, earth the branch, the Heavenly Number moving the Earthly Number, like a precise instrument with interlocking gears revolving.

But the energy released by the Heavenly Tribulation is even stronger than the previous year!

The previous year, during the Great Cold, if the temperature dropped only to minus thirty degrees, this time it will drop to minus sixty degrees!

The entire Outer Heaven Divine Mountain is almost to be frozen through, all mountains, rivers, seas to be frozen, the sun, eternally bright at noon, cannot be seen, the Outer Heaven Divine Mountain above entirely covered with dense clouds, with goose feather-like snow seemingly dumped down directly from baskets, floating chaotically through the air.

If Shi Feiyang doesn't take action, over half of the inhabitants of the Outer Heaven Divine Mountain would perish in this cold disaster!

He utilized the Heavenly Mirror to execute the Circulation Xuan Yang Great Method, arranging three hundred and sixty Golden Talismans around the Outer Heaven Divine Mountain.

Last time, during the battle against Chi You, the Golden Talismans were arranged on the Yellow Path. This time, they circled the Outer Heaven Divine Mountain, considerably reducing the area and power.

Then, three hundred and sixty suns simultaneously emitted light, the light spheres rising to midair, forming a new Sun Wheel at the original position of the sun, further radiating sunlight downward to pierce the thick cold clouds with thousands of holes.

The Circulation Golden Talisman radiated heat, while the Chaos Dragon Ball absorbed the cold gang frozen air. Though he couldn't completely disperse the tribulation clouds, he could at least make the Outer Heaven Divine Mountain not so cold, allowing the people of Yu Country to endure the cold disaster.

Similarly, during the scorching summer, it was hotter than the previous year.

During the Great Heat, the sea and river waters nearly boiled, with many fish and shrimp inside being cooked alive.

Shi Feiyang again used the Circulation Golden Talisman in conjunction with the Dragon Ball to absorb heat, channeling a large amount of heat energy into the Dragon Ball, alleviating the scorching summer.

Thus, the entire Outer Heaven Divine Mountain, along with all life forms living upon it, underwent tempering. Those beings who couldn't endure died, their souls then drawn by the Heavenly Secret Demon God Lamp to the Red Lotus Hell, to be sent again for reincarnation.

Shi Feiyang leveraged the Pure Yang True Fire of the Earth Core, the Magnetic True Qi of the two poles, and reacted with the tribulation clouds above... Using this great tribulation, he not only refined the Chaos Golden Core but also refined the Outer Heaven Divine Mountain.

Suddenly, a disciple of the Emei Sect, Yan Renying, flew from the south, covered in blood, with a bloody hole in his chest, plummeting outside the array to seek an audience with Shi Feiyang: "Master Yuan Yang! It's terrible! Deng Yin has killed almost all the people in Central Earth. Last February, tens of thousands of households in the Capital were all massacred, followed by Southern Zhili, Jiangzhe, Liangguang, and Lianghu, all subsequently slaughtered clean, and even Sichuan, the Blood Demon has created a super-large Blood Sea using the Sichuan Basin, now the Yangtze River has turned blood red... Master Yuan Yang..."

Upon these words, all the immortals were shocked!

Shi Feiyang was unmoved, while Lin Han flew over, capturing the "Yan Renying," slicing off his head with the Nanming Leaving Fire Sword.

Immediately, Yan Renying dissolved into a red light.

Shi Feiyang loudly transmitted his voice to everyone: "This is the Heavenly Demon Illusion. Initially, the Demon Realm affected individuals only, and everyone saw different illusions, each falling into their own illusion. Now, the Heavenly Demons have gathered to create an illusion for all of us. No matter what you hear or see, do not be swayed, just remain calm!"

The celestial beings immediately realized this and praised Master Yuan Yang for his high wisdom and strength. Even they had been deceived earlier, yet Master Yuan Yang could distinguish the truth.

In a flash of thought, they all broke out in a cold sweat, fearful beyond compare. If Master Yuan Yang hadn't discerned the true from the false, any action would have shattered the whole array. The tribulation clouds outside had formed a collective karma, which was more than any individual could resist. Once it fell, aside from a few exceptional individuals, everyone would turn to ashes!

Thankfully, Master Yuan Yang was there!

Even Yi Xiu and Cang Lingzi inhaled sharply because they had been deceived as well.

The Heavenly Tribulation continued, with severe cold and scorching heat, roaring storms and punitive frosts, billions of eternal thunder endlessly bombarding recklessly.

During this, several more common Heavenly Demon illusions appeared, with outsiders coming in for help, claiming how the Blood Demon Deng Yin killed, how he created a Great Blood Sea and six Blood Rivers, resulting in the entire Central Plains being soaked in blood, stretching thousands and thousands of miles, all life exterminated...

Additionally, the Outer Heaven Divine Mountain slowly floated away, carrying everyone into space, finally rushing straight into the Spiritual Space Immortal Realm, encountering various celestial beings initiating an attack. The Eight Marshals, Four Heavenly Kings, Five Hundred Spirit Officers, Thunder Department gods... all emerged, surrounding them from above, chaotically striking them, then blasting the Outer Heaven Divine Mountain into pieces, crashing down to the human world.

The landing site was no longer Antarctica, but Central Earth, descending into the Blood Sea of the Sichuan basin, with Wushan Pass to the east, Emei Mountain and Qingcheng Mountain to the west, everywhere soaked in blood.

They fell into the Blood Sea, where countless demons were grabbing their bodies, dragging them down, biting their flesh and bones...

Then Deng Yin appeared, Blood Demon to the north, Red Corpse to the south, unleashing thousands upon thousands of Blood Shadows, attacking their bodies...

This extent of the Heavenly Demon Illusion made it impossible for the vast majority to distinguish between real and false, continuously unfolding one after another.

As long as they reacted, thinking it could be real, they would fall prey to the Demon Heart and Demon Thought, becoming trapped in it, influencing each other, where one falling into it could drag along others they were close with. Even the Purple and Blue Duoluo Fire couldn't defend against this internal and external demon-induced illusion.

Shi Feiyang then activated the Heavenly Treasure Mirror, combining it with the Circulation Golden Talisman above, releasing Pure Yang Immortal Qi, with profuse light energy shining from above everyone's head, the Immortal Light shining on them, Immortal Qi penetrating through their foreheads.

Ghosts are pure Yin, Immortals are pure Yang, humans are a mix of Yin and Yang.

The more Yin in the Primordial Spirit, the more illusion-filled the vision, the less reality.

Due to the pure Yang of a Heavenly Immortal's Primordial Spirit, all Heavenly Demon illusions were unaffected. Shi Feiyang, having attained the "Seeing Dao" status, knew the nature of the Dao, able to incorporate the Primordial Spirit with the Taoist Body, thus surpassing the newly formed Yang God Heavenly Immortal, clearly discerning illusion from reality.

Lin Han's Primordial Spirit was pure Yang and saw only real scenes. In his sight, those reporting like Yan Renying were Heavenly Demons, witnessing their true forms. The Outer Heaven Divine Mountain had never flown away, all Heavenly Soldiers and Divine Generals, Blood Demon Red Corpse, were just Heavenly Demons in true form.

Apart from Shi Feiyang's few disciples, several Heavenly Immortals at the scene, like Qingcheng Sect Leader Jiang Shu, also saw the true forms.

Shi Feiyang injected Pure Yang Immortal Qi into the Mud Ball Palace of the celestial beings, though just a little, it could temporarily shift their Primordial Spirit from Yin to Yang, seeing through illusions, finding truth, quickly calming their emotions, concentrating well on cultivation.

After a while, they faltered again, disturbed by the Demon Realm, falling into it, so Shi Feiyang re-injected a surge of Yang Qi into them.

Thus, over time, many Immortals became able to resist the Demon Realm themselves.

Among them, body and mind underwent the most intense grinding, persevering to the end.

This Heavenly Tribulation lasted three years. Without Shi Feiyang, at most only one-tenth would have survived, the rest either committing suicide to disengage, reincarnating to avoid tribulation, although reincarnation came with its own challenges, likely not growing up, or they would turn to ashes on the spot.

Thanks to Shi Feiyang's presence, they all safely crossed through the tribulation.

After the three-year Heavenly Tribulation baptism, their bodies and souls each achieved some form of progress, many receiving substantial upgrades.

For instance, Lin Han and Jiang Shu, originally set to ascend without tribulation, experienced a qualitative change in their Primordial Spirits due to this Heavenly Tribulation, enhancing stability and refinement beyond ordinary Heavenly Immortals. Their Nanming Leaving Fire Sword, Broken Jade Hook, and other tools, having undergone the Heavenly Tribulation Thunder Fire refining, became more wondrous and mystical than before.