The Ancestor of All Demons

Xin Ru contemplated the possibility of Shi Feiyang transforming into one of her faithful disciples, blending in among the millions, feeling hateful but not particularly anxious.

She believed in her own strength, prepared in advance in her heart, certain she could discern the true from the false.

Therefore, she once again vigorously activated the Seven Treasures Golden Banner, sweeping the Buddha Light across the millions of devotees while her eyes emitted rays over a foot long, carefully observing each person.

This process was swift, but each disciple had vowed to pledge allegiance to her, with feelings involved; if it was an imposter, the appearance might be similar, yet through heart imprinting, the truth would be immediately revealed!

The old nun had long surpassed the distinction of appearances, prepared in her heart, and with her own devotees, Shi Feiyang could not deceive her.

However, she rapidly scoured through the millions of followers and found nothing unusual.

She could confirm that all present were the ones who had vowed allegiance to her, not a single outsider!

Xin Ru was inexplicably surprised; she didn't know where Shi Feiyang had gone, but she was certain he was still within the array, even if digging a thousand fathoms, the dragon must be found!

In truth, Shi Feiyang had long mastered the Earth Evil Seventy-Two Transformations, and after leading immortals in crossing tribulations this time, he had a deeper understanding of the Heavenly Number, not only fully comprehending the Earth Evil Transformation but also understanding a few degrees of the Heavenly Gang Transformation.

He didn't transform into one of Xin Ru's disciples to blend in with the crowd but instead became a rock, fallen in the ruins of Chao Yin Cave.

Half of Baihua Mountain was levitated by Xin Ru and smashed to pieces, falling as debris; Chao Yin Cave lost its roof, further filled with rubble, where Shi Feiyang blended in.

Xin Ru thought Shi Feiyang could only transform into a human form, searching within the crowd, yet he was nowhere to be found.

Shi Feiyang intended to delay time and also wanted to provoke her into using the Conch Leaf Talisman, so he transformed into a stone, silently watching the old nun perform her spell from the ground.

Xin Ru indeed grew increasingly anxious; Jiuhua Mountain over there was struggling to hold, Li Yingqiong and her allies attacking more fiercely; if the eight Shariputra relics were taken, if the altar and temples were destroyed, her beautiful vision of a "Buddha Transformation" world would also be shattered, and when the Dharma Decline Era comes, she would become indistinguishable among the masses, which is besides the point, but due to the endless evil karma accumulated during this time, it would all erupt violently; she would be very miserable...

She again searched the area within a three-thousand-mile radius of the array, scanned her millions of disciples three times, yet still found nothing.

The most crucial thing for her now was to immediately remove the array, rush back to Jiuhua Mountain, activate the grand array to bury Li Yingqiong and her allies, and then wait for Shi Feiyang in her territory.

But she had previously calculated that this was Shi Feiyang's only chance to "fall into the trap," the only opportunity to eliminate him!

Once the array is removed and she returns to Jiuhua Mountain, there would never be another chance, and as she calculated, Shi Feiyang was also her greatest enemy on her path to establishing the Pure Land of Buddha Country.

With a slight hesitation, she cast a spell to West Kunlun Star Sea for an empty space separation and divine transformation.

Deng Yin was performing magic in the altar city, preparing for a remote duel with the Giant Wood God on Taishan, below the Star Sea had completely turned blood-red, a sinister breeze blowing, red waves surging.

Suddenly, a mass of golden light appeared in the sky, within the golden light appeared the Bodhisattva form of Xin Ru, her entire body glowing with golden light, akin to the noonday sun, resembling a heavenly god descending.

"So it's Xin Ru Nun!" Deng Yin's expression was solemn, yet a hint of humor showed in his tone.

He knew Xin Ru was currently in Baihua Mountain dueling with Shi Feiyang, now caught in a dilemma.

Many things could not be concealed, and Nun Xin Ru made no attempt to hide: "That beast is our common adversary, this time is the only chance to eliminate him, we can't just give it up. It's hateful that his minions, and the Emei Sect's vile maidservants are colluding with the beast, fiercely attacking my Jiuhua Mountain Daoist site, making me unable to attend to both ends."

Beside Deng Yin, Jiulei God spoke: "Is the Nun trying to ask us to help guard your Jiuhua Mountain?"

They had a tacit understanding with Xin Ru, both having the common enemies Shi Feiyang and the Giant Wood God, strategically natural allies, but not truly allied relations.

Eliminating Shi Feiyang and the Giant Wood God aligned with their mutual interests, but after truly destroying them, ultimately in the demonized world, they must compete against each other to determine who would dominate the future world.

Thus, they were also happy to see each other suffer.

Nun Xin Ru naturally understood this, smiling faintly: "I have eight Shariputra relics on my Jiuhua Mountain, initially intending to fuse them into a ten-color relic, inlay them onto the Seven Treasures Golden Banner. If you can acquire them, consider them gifts for you."

Shi Pi, who had also practiced Buddhist Law, understood well the power of it, exclaimed in surprise: "You can bear to part with it?"

"Giving them to you is better than letting them fall into the hands of that beast and the Emei Sect's vile maidservants." Xin Ru Nun then said to Deng Yin, "Weren't you always intending to kill all Ren Shou's disciples? Now in Jiuhua Mountain, there are Ren Shou's favorite disciples and grandchildren, he once said 'Emei flourishing, Two Clouds Three Heroes,' currently in Jiuhua Mountain is precisely Two Clouds Three Heroes, the current Sect Leader of Emei Sect, holding the Purple Ying Sword you used in the past, don't you want to retrieve it? If you can capture all nine Heavenly Immortals there and refine them into Blood Demon Incarnations, they'd be even more formidable than the Nine Child Mother Sky Demon, wouldn't that be advantageous in dealing with that beast later?"

Having reached this decisive point in cultivation, everyone knew pretty much what the others wanted and disliked, all playing their cards openly except for a select few who have one or two hidden cards that are rarely used, ready to strike down the enemy once revealed.

Xin Ru didn't come to beg Deng Yin for help, requesting aid could never be counted on, all must coax with benefits.

Deng Yin was truly moved by her words!

Three Heroes and Two Clouds, Purple Ying Sword, Eight Buddhist Shariputra!

However, he was preparing for the final duel against Giant Wood God and couldn't leave.

He looked around and saw that Red Flower Princess also couldn't leave, so he commanded Red Corpse God Monarch, Jiulei God, Sand God Child, and Shi Pi Elder to each take a hundred Blood God's sons to go to Jiuhua Mountain to kill and seize treasures.

The four accepted the order and summoned from the Star Constellation Blood Sea, from which streams of Blood Shadows flew out.

These were evil demon cultivators who had come to join Deng Yin, refining their physical bodies in the Blood Sea, attaining Blood Demon Incarnation with varying Dao Levels.

But since they became Blood God's sons, even if their power was weak, they feared not the common Immortal Sword, nor the Immortal, whom they could seize the essence if they pounced directly!

Four hundred Blood Shadows flew out and merged into the Blood Flame Demon Light behind the four Demon Lords, collectively flying toward Jiuhua Mountain.

Li Yingqiong and others were still striving to break the array when suddenly the sky turned blood-red.

"Not good! Blood Demons are coming!" Jin Xunu was the first to notice, warning everyone and speeding up the array-breaking.

However, the four old demons came too fast; the clouds in the west quickly turned from white to red, becoming blood-colored, and then suddenly began to burn, causing the heaven and earth to become like dyed in blood.

Within the Blood Flame emerged a white-haired old man, Shi Pi Elder, holding a White Jade Dust Brush, casually waving it to unleash myriad Blood Flame Demon Light, with billions of Golden Needle, Golden Saber, Golden Sword, and Golden Spear like a multi-clawed octopus, attacking Jin Xunu.

Above Jin Xunu's head appeared a bright Mixed Element Treasure Pearl, transforming into his figure, altered by his Second Primordial Spirit into an External Body, holding the Taiyin Qingning Fan, casually swinging a ten-thousand-foot faint red Destruction Divine Light, colliding with Shi Pi Elder's Blood Flame Gold Saber.

It was like turbulent waves crashing against the cliffs, producing a rumbling roar and lightning split sound, causing the Destruction Divine Light to break into countless rays, and the Blood Flame Gold Saber shattering into strands of sticky Demonic Flame.

Meanwhile, Red Corpse God Monarch summoned Seven Evil Incarnations, transforming into seven Red Corpses, charging directly at Li Yingqiong.

Li Yingqiong manifested the Top Three Flowers, relying on the Purple Ying Sword to fight back against Red Corpse.

Sand God Child confronted Deng Bagou, Jiulei God faced Huo Wuhai.

Among those four hundred Blood God's sons, many were once extremely powerful Demon Path experts, possessing various Flying Fork Demon Sabers and Demon Path Magical Treasures, swarming in, flashing with chaotic Blood Light.

Zhu Changyuan shook his wings behind him, releasing three hundred sixty Circulation Yinglong Feathered Arrows, resisting a large number of Blood Shadows.

With these people arriving, the process of breaking the array and seizing the Shariputra was finally interrupted.

Xin Ru could finally take a breath, quietly searching for Shi Feiyang's whereabouts.

But Shi Feiyang had already devised a plan, instructing Master You Tan to take action when Demon Cult members appeared at Jiuhua Mountain.

Initially, Fen Tuo and You Tan, two Divine Nuns, were prepared to join forces at Baihua Mountain to besiege Xin Ru, sternly refused by Shi Feiyang, telling them absolutely not to do it.

Fen Tuo Master was confused; with the two outside and Shi Feiyang inside, attacking from both fronts, not only could they break the array of Xin Ru, but also have a chance to injure her.

Shi Feiyang's intent was not to break Xin Ru's array or injure Xin Ru; his best outcome this time was to directly eliminate Xin Ru. And even if not, he must at least force her to use a Conch Leaf Talisman, otherwise, fighting so fiercely would be meaningless, making future attempts to deal with Xin Ru more difficult.

So he convinced the two Divine Nuns not to take action, only to ambush in Yellow Mountain nearby Jiuhua.

These two Divine Nuns were focused on hiding themselves, even if Xin Ru didn't intentionally seek them, she wouldn't discover them.

Seeing Demon Path experts swarming in, Master You Tan stood up: "Sister, I'll go first."

Fen Tuo Master was somewhat displeased; she didn't understand why Shi Feiyang didn't allow her to also attack, directly dealing with these Demon Cult demon humans, either killing or driving them away!

But Shi Feiyang had precisely formulated a tactic, setting action signals for both of them.

Now, Master You Tan's action signal had appeared, while hers hadn't yet, leaving her still inactive.

Master You Tan, already capable of Rebirth, unleashed a ten-thousand-foot Separation and Reunion Divine Light upon action, along with Heavenly Dragon Zen and Demon Suppressing Method, immediately lighting up half of the blood-red sky, transforming it into a world of golden light!