The Ancestor of All Demons

Shi Feiyang shared his top, middle, and bottom strategies with Ruan Jiu, who couldn't make a judgment and returned to report to Master Chi Zhang.

Master Chi Zhang was very disappointed after hearing it. After repeated deductions, all three of Shi Feiyang's solutions were unworkable!

Taking the Outer Heaven Divine Mountain along with all beings on it to collectively ascend to the Spiritual Space Immortal Realm was simply daydreaming—impossible, utterly impossible.

Even if they could ascend, the immortals in heaven wouldn't agree. Others have gone through many lifetimes of hard cultivation to finally become Heavenly Immortals to ascend. You want to take thirty million so-called subjects, along with a large number of fish, turtles, crabs, birds, beasts, and insects, numbering in billions, all at once. The immortals in heaven would definitely attack collectively. Even if you went up, you'd be knocked down!

Within Shu Mountain, there are very few places connecting to the Spiritual Space Immortal Realm due to the extreme altitude, but there are a few spots, although Ji Nan's Heiga Mountain and Luo Shen Ridge have been desolate since the Han and Tang Dynasties.

Only the Lingjiao Immortal Palace on Tianpeng Mountain, due to Master Chi Zhang's presence, occasionally sees heavenly Golden Immortals bringing Heavenly Immortals to the Lower Realm. Due to Master Chi Zhang's long years of cultivating immortality, those who come down are contemporaries of his, chatting, drinking tea, discussing the Dao, so Master Chi Zhang knows more about the Spiritual Space Immortal Realm than anyone else.

No one knows the Immortal Realm better than me!

Master Chi Zhang felt Shi Feiyang's ideas were bold but naive and fundamentally unfeasible. No matter how high his Dao Level or deep his Mana, it was useless!

As for the middle strategy, collectively ascending to another world, that was also useless.

Master Chi Zhang knew that this depletion of Spiritual Energy had reached an unprecedented level; except for the Spiritual Space Immortal Realm, all other worlds would turn into Mortal Land!

The bottom strategy, opening a small world with the Outer Heaven Divine Mountain, was still useless. When the catastrophe comes, all small worlds would collapse, and the beings within would become decaying zombies!

Shi Feiyang's place doesn't work, and naturally, he wouldn't go to Deng Yin or Xin Ru's places.

But he also didn't want to seek refuge with the Giant Wood God.

He knew more about the duel between Emperor Ziwei and Emperor Qinghua than Shi Feiyang did, and he didn't want to get involved in the struggle between the two emperors.

With his cultivation level, seeking out the Giant Wood God, his whole family could directly ascend to the Green Emperor's Miao Yan Changle Heaven, but that would thoroughly tie him to the Green Emperor's chariot.

He didn't want to do that. He had friends under the Green Emperor, and many old friends under the Purple Emperor, as well as many who were neutral. Everyone found this matter very troublesome.

None of these worked for Master Chi Zhang; his only hope for peaceful ascension was Reincarnation through Soldier Disintegration!

After reincarnating, he could quickly cultivate into a Heavenly Immortal and then ascend to the Spiritual Space, but the time was too pressing. He could only become a Heavenly Immortal, probably too late to ascend with a Golden Immortal Position.

Additionally, he and several major disciples could leave, but many of the disciples' grandchildren were still only at the level of Earth Immortals and couldn't leave yet.

This made Master Chi Zhang very troubled. He discussed it twice with his old partner, the Chi Zhang Immortal Matron, and then gathered Ruan Jiu and other disciples three times for discussion, but they still couldn't come to a decision.

The grand-disciples all urged them to go first and not worry about them: "Being able to follow the grandmaster and masters to gain this fortune, enjoying hundreds of years of Immortal Blessing, is already the reward of several lifetimes of cultivation. We dare not be greedy or have further expectations. Even if we end up among mortals in the future, we are already very content."

Ruan Jiu suggested they could give their foundation to Shi Feiyang, requesting he look after these disciples during the end times, or send them to the Giant Wood God, asking him to help the grand-disciples ascend to Miao Yan Changle Heaven.

Master Chi Zhang remained silent, pondering for a long time before finally saying, "I've repeatedly calculated, and the divination shows the last way out is still on Master Yuan Yang. But clearly, the three strategies he provided are unworkable. The involvement in the struggle between Purple and Green Emperors is something I am unwilling to do; Emperor Ziwei has long reincarnated, but no one knows which world among the Heavenly and Myriads of Worlds he's in. Emperor Qinghua, with the incarnation of the Ten Heavenly Venerables, along with disciples preaching across the Heavenly and Myriads of Worlds, aims to convert more beings before the Dharma Decline Era arrives, which might be a search for Emperor Zi's reincarnation. However, Emperor Zi, before reincarnating, cast a spell to obscure Heaven's Secret, and no one knows where he is, except for the Heavenly God..."

He was thoroughly vexed. With rational thinking, he knew the three paths Shi Feiyang had suggested were all unfeasible, yet the evolution of the divination indicated that his was the only last viable path.

This concerned the immortal business prospects of the three generations and over twenty people of Lingjiao Immortal Mansion, so Master Chi Zhang had to be cautious.

After much consideration, he finally decided to trust his divination and place the future stakes on Shi Feiyang!

He immediately sent Ruan Jiu, along with two junior sisters, to discuss the specific relocation plans with Shi Feiyang.

They proposed to move the top section of Tianpeng Mountain, along with Lingjiao Immortal Mansion above it, to the Outer Heaven Divine Mountain.

Shi Feiyang found a feng shui treasure land with them, choosing the North Kan Palace, standing above the great sea, and set it at a height of three thousand zhang.

Ruan Jiu went back and told Master Chi Zhang, who chose an auspicious date according to the Yellow Path, and brought his old companion and disciples to horizontally sever the top of Tianpeng Mountain, then cast a spell to carry this three thousand zhang high mountain peak, along with the Lingjiao Immortal Palace on top, flying entirely to Antarctica. Shi Feiyang personally parted the aurora fire to welcome them, bringing them to the designated location and settling the mountain.

Shi Feiyang assigned Lin Han here to connect and help with the installation.

A few days later, when all matters of the Immortal Palace had been settled, Master Chi Zhang specially hosted a banquet to invite Shi Feiyang.

This was the second time Master Chi Zhang invited Shi Feiyang. Last time it was in the East Sea, this time he came to the Outer Heaven Divine Mountain.

For Master Chi Zhang, it would be most beneficial to immediately undergo soldier disintegration reincarnation with his disciples. That way, he could prepare for two outcomes. Even if Shi Feiyang fails here, they could ascend as Heavenly Immortals, leaving only their grand-disciples here to be entrusted to Shi Feiyang.

But one cannot be selfish like this, let alone as an immortal. With an immortal's long lifespan and mana reaching the heavens, their outlook must be broader, and their vision set further ahead.

At the banquet, Master Chi Zhang made a statement to Shi Feiyang, letting his old companion take the disciples to reincarnate, while he stayed to help Shi Feiyang deal with future matters.

Shi Feiyang waved his hand and said it wasn't necessary, "The vows I made myself, naturally, I will bear them by myself, and I will realize them by my own strength. I do not compel anyone who comes to the Outer Heaven Divine Mountain. If they wish to ascend, they may ascend; if they wish to reincarnate, they may reincarnate. I have never actively retained anyone. Several dozen fellow Daoists have already been escorted to ascend, all achieving the Heavenly Immortal position in perfection."

Ruan Jiu, Ding Chang, and other disciples also knelt to express their wish to stay and accompany their master, to go together or to stay in the human world.

Master Chi Zhang first expressed gratitude to Shi Feiyang and then told his disciples, "My intention is settled. Unless you defect from the sect and disown me as your master, you will obediently follow your teacher mother to reincarnate. In the future, I will come to guide you back, and we will continue our master-disciple bond. If not, I will expel you from the sect and will no longer care what you do."

The disciples cried and pleaded, also asking the Red Staff Immortal Granny; Ruan Jiu, as the senior brother, having the deepest feelings with his master, said, "At least leave one to accompany and serve alongside the master, let the junior brothers and sisters follow the teacher mother..."

In the end, they made a decision: Master Chi Zhang and Ruan Jiu stayed, while the Red Staff Immortal Granny took the remaining disciples to reincarnate.

Master Chi Zhang told Shi Feiyang, "That Xin Ru Nun last time helped the witch rescue the Blood Demon from my hands. If not for that, the witch could not have succeeded. I've long wanted revenge, and this time I finally have the opportunity."

Shi Feiyang had entrusted Deng Yin to him as his disciple, publicly to prevent another Blood Demon from appearing in the world, and privately because Shi Feiyang didn't want his brother to fall into the demon path. Master Chi Zhang agreed wholeheartedly, but the Stone God Princess secretly swapped out Deng Yin.

Master Chi Zhang does not resent the Stone God Princess, nor does he resent Deng Yin, and considers himself too dignified to quarrel with them, but holds a grudge against Xin Ru Nun and must seek to reclaim his honor.

Master Chi Zhang's mana reaches the heavens, even surpassing Shi Zhu in strength.

Deng Yin, Xin Ru, and Giant Wood all have supreme experts assisting them, while on Shi Feiyang's side, there's only Shi Zhu, and although Lin Han, Jin Xunu, Huo Wuhai, and Deng Bagu have all reached the Heavenly Immortal level, they are still quite a distance from determining top-tier ranks.

Shi Zhu hasn't recovered pre-birth memories, and although her technique divine power is strong, her experience is very little.

Master Chi Zhang is an all-around talent, truly a handful of top experts in this world!

Shi Feiyang shared his plan with him, "The Blood God and the Giant Wood God are destined adversaries, one master of death, one master of life; they are bound to confront each other first. We can take this opportunity to deal with Xin Ru Nun. She is a Buddha-attached heretic. Besides us, we can also ally with the Buddhist and Emei Sect."

Master Chi Zhang nodded, this strategic prioritization of enemies and allies was without any fault, "Xin Ruyu is indeed Buddha-attached but not an external heretic; she genuinely received and rigorously practiced the Buddhist righteous skill in the past years. She is not an ordinary evil demon human, more similar to Devadatta, being a side branch of Buddhism. This is why she can wield the Seven Treasures Golden Banner and the Conch Leaf Talisman, two Buddhist supreme treasures."

Shi Feiyang said, "To my knowledge, both her magical treasures have flaws. The Seven Treasures Golden Banner lacks the ten-colored relic, and the Conch Leaf Talisman had been forcibly used once for time reversal by Xie Ying and Xie Lin earlier. This talisman can only reverse time three times, and each use reduces its spiritual effect by a small half. Currently, neither magical treasure is in its prime."

"She will certainly find ways to make up for the flaws of these two magical treasures as much as possible."

Shi Feiyang nodded and said, "I deduce she will seek to find ten Buddhist high monks' Shariputra for fusion, to refine the ten-colored relic anew."

Master Chi Zhang said, "She has already found six and still needs four more. Who do you think her targets will be?"

Shi Feiyang said, "My divination shows she intends to seek the Shariputras left behind by Master Zun Sheng. Master Zun Sheng left three Shariputras, and she has already obtained one."

Master Chi Zhang said, "Lastly, she will aim at the living. We must act before her."