The Ancestor of All Demons

Shi Feiyang and Master Chi Zhang formulated the "Nine Heavens Plan" to construct a nine-layer grand array on the Celestial God Mountain.

His Heaven and Earth Furnace, which had integrated the Nine Suspicions Tripod and the Yu Ding, had been frantically absorbing star dust and energy from the cosmos over these years.

The Celestial God Mountain was not devoid of the moon; it was just that the sun's light was too strong, obscuring the moon, making it unattainable by ordinary spells, yet the Heaven and Earth Furnace could accomplish this.

Star debris and energy from heavenly stars were continuously taken into the furnace, being refined there, separating out various useful substances.

Shi Feiyang instructed Lin Han and others to replace Deng Baggu, extracting moonlight using the Snow Soul Pearl, establishing the first layer, Moonlight Heaven, at over three thousand six hundred and fifty feet above the Celestial God Mountain.

Moonlight Heaven was purely condensed from moonlight, immaculate and pristine, with Deng Baggu presiding as the Moonlight Heavenly Son.

Next came Mercury Heaven, formed from True Water, with Ancestor Xian Kong presiding as the Chenxing Heavenly Son.

The third layer, Taibai Heaven, was formed from Taibai Essence, presided over by Taibai Immortal, acting as the Taibai Heavenly Son.

The fourth layer was the Sun Essence Heaven, purely formed from True Sun Fire, radiant and bright, with blazing flames, with Huo Wuhai acting as the Sun Essence Heavenly Son.

The fifth layer was Ying Huo Heaven, formed by the convergence of Nanming Leaving Fire, with Shaoyang God Monarch presiding as the Ying Huo Heavenly Son.

The sixth layer, Tai Sui Heaven, was formed by the condensation of Jupiter Essence, with Tian Chi Master presiding as the Tai Sui Heavenly Son.

The seventh layer was Star Suppressing Heaven, presided over by the elder Shang Wu of the Shang Family as the Star Suppressing Heavenly Son.

The eighth layer was Star Constellation Heaven, with Jin Xunu wielding the Circulation Light Disc presiding over it.

The ninth layer was Chaos Heaven, with Shi Feiyang using the Chaos Dragon Ball as the anchoring object, personally presiding over the formation.

Each layer was three thousand feet thick, initially formed, and will gradually expand as the energy increases.

Energy from the heavenly stars in the cosmic void was ceaselessly absorbed and carried into the Heaven and Earth Furnace, where it was cooked and distributed, invested into each layer, with the remaining impurities sent overseas to form several big islands in the sea.

These were impurities from the star debris, still containing less dull energy than terrestrial materials, consisting of various colors and forms of star sand, forming nine interconnected immortal hills. Not only do they cast five-colored brilliance from afar, but their spiritual energy is also denser than in other places, quickly attracting a large number of fish, turtles, birds, and beasts to nest and inhabit.

Shi Feiyang's array had no name; it was inspired by studying the entwining of the heavens, and it was an enormous project. The immortals and myriad demons of Celestial God Mountain, all under the mobilization, from heaven, earth, and sea, contributed to their positions as much as possible, whether a small effort or a great one.

Everyone believed in the Dragon Emperor; as the Dragon Emperor guaranteed, he could take them flying to Heaven!

They were fully mobilized here, racing against time in construction, while the atmosphere in Central Earth grew increasingly tense.

The Princess of Stone God cultivated the "Demonic Destruction Treasure Record", fusing it with the good volume of the "Blood God Scripture", transforming into the "Blood Buddha Scripture".

She was originally a Demon Path saintess, and cultivating such a powerful Buddhist cultivation technique was supposed to be impossible. Practicing it could only result in self-contradiction and self-immolation after one-third of completion, reducing to ashes, or completely losing humanity, turning into a frenzy of destruction and killing.

It was also fortunate that she possessed the Diamond Spirit Stone.

During the time Absolute Venerable was alive, he had more than twenty treasures in his possession, with this Diamond Spirit Stone ranked first, having been passed down from the Western Paradise to the human world as a supreme Buddhist treasure.

If this stone is used by a genuine master of Buddhism, its infinite wonders are endless. By sheer coincidence, it fell into Li Yingqiong's hands back then, only for the Princess of Stone God to seize it later.

This stone bears the name Diamond chiefly due to two properties: one is immovability.

It can stabilize a thousand mountains; merely by entering a deep state of zen while seated upon it, not even the mightiest demon from the heavenly and myriads of worlds could budge, harm, deceive, or ambush the user.

The other property is severing.

While meditating and cultivating atop it, one's heart becomes stronger than diamond, able to annihilate all evil spells, even if the foulest curses were cast upon the practitioner, none would affect them!

The Princess of Stone God sat atop this Spirit Stone practicing the "Demonic Destruction Treasure Record", being very intelligent and perceptive, she gained stability and cultivated with vigor and diligence.

In just over a year, she completely cultivated the entire "Demonic Destruction Treasure Record", then sought a method to fuse it with the "Blood God Scripture".

Originally, this process was perilous, as one is "destruction of demons" while the other is the fiercest "evil demon", naturally antagonistic. A moment of carelessness would lead to self-destruction.

On this Diamond Spirit Stone, however, the Princess of Stone God had cultivated her mind to be firm as diamond, unwavering. After meditating in seclusion for a hundred days, she successfully and safely fused the two scriptures and thoroughly completed the cultivation of the "Blood Buddha Scripture"!

On the day her efforts succeeded, her entire body radiated with brilliance, with golden "Buddha Light" emanating from within and illuminating the heavens and earth.

On the other side, Deng Yin was irritable, and with the shine of this Buddha Light, he felt extremely uncomfortable. The newly refined more than four hundred Demon Banners in front of him turned to ashes in the light, and the six Blood Pools dried up rapidly.

The Blood Shadows who managed the Demon Banners and Blood Pools writhed and howled like worms exposed to sunlight, seeking shelter from Deng Yin.

Deng Yin was furious, urgently flying thousands of miles to find the Princess of Stone God.

It turned out that Deng Yin had been working hard for more than a year to conduct blood refining on Kunlun.

He intended to create a Great Blood Sea, to refine the Kunlun Mountain, and extract the Dragon Vein within to contend with the Giant Wood God.

However, as the ancestor court of all mountains under the heaven, Kunlun Mountain was not so easily refined.

Deng Yin was now determining positions atop the Kunlun Mountain Range, creating Blood Lakes at critical nodes.

The Blood Lake was a larger Blood Pool, not entirely filled with human blood, but also with animal blood. Naturally, it wasn't entirely blood either; even if he were to kill all creatures on earth, he couldn't submerge Kunlun Mountain in a Blood Sea.

The main component was still water, merely stained red with blood. With repeated sacrificial refinement, the Blood Qi grew denser, and the blood water thickened, finally resembling real blood.

Initially, there were individual Blood Pools surrounded by altars with dozens to thousands of Demon Banners, each managed by a Blood Shadow.

Once these Blood Pools were successfully refined, continued rituals ensured the liquid not only wouldn't dry up but also increased in volume, gradually transforming into Blood Lakes and spilling over into streams, linking to form an oceanic Blood Sea.

However, some killings were necessary. Blood required merely a spark, but resentment and hostility were indispensable; without them, the power would be insufficient.

Every Blood Lake needed to house a large number of malicious spirits filled with resentment, refined through magic, to stir up trouble and grow the lake.

Deng Yin sent his subordinates to kill, never expecting that Central Earth would be shielded by the Three Lights Divine Water, preventing the Blood Shadows from entering.

Enraged, he gathered his forces to personally lead an assault to destroy a city, only to be stopped by Shi Pi Elder with the Seven Treasures Golden Banner.

Shi Pi Elder had now changed his attire; though still wearing red, his collars and cuffs were embroidered with gold-threaded Mystic Runes, and he wore a red-and-gold headband, with his hair tied in a ponytail, looking much younger. His aura, once overtly sharp, now exuded a profound and unfathomable impact.

Deng Yin pointed at Shi Pi Elder, cursing him for betraying his loyalty, recalling how they had agreed to create the Heavenly Demon World together, only for him now to betray their path.

Shi Pi Elder remained unbothered by the insults, calmly responding that their approach was flawed; not only unattainable, but self-destructive: "Our master cherishes old friendships, offering even enemies a sliver of life. He's bound to you by sworn brotherhood, always considering you his brother. Should you retreat and come to your senses, our master would surely accept you, helping amend the errors of these years."

Deng Yin unleashed myriad Blood Shadow Divine Lights, initially blocked by the Three Lights Divine Water, while Shi Pi Elder activated the Seven Treasures Golden Banner, releasing the Infinite Brightness Cloud that nullified Deng Yin's magic.

Deng Yin sought to use Divine Skills for an all-out effort, when suddenly, he felt an uneasy tightness in his chest; a peak in Kunlun Mountain, thousands of miles away, exploded violently.

This was a crucial spot in his Demon Formation intended for blood refining Kunlun. Its destruction meant a considerable effort was needed to restore it.

He abandoned his attack on Shi Pi Elder and rushed back to investigate.

Lin Han had secretly tunneled through the Earth Veins underground to destroy the peak, using the Xuan Guang Ruler to break apart the Five Lakes as well.

Deng Yin enraged, immediately pursued Lin Han, but Lin Han had already returned to the area within the Three Lights Divine Water coverage, telling Deng Yin: "If you stubbornly refuse to realize, unable to turn back before the precipice, when our master returns to Central Earth again, you will know the boundlessness of the sea of suffering."

The area Lin Han destroyed was critical, impacting the entire blood refining of Kunlun, causing Deng Yin to seethe with anger. He decided not to confront the enemy now but chose a mountain from overseas to relocate and began rebuilding the Blood Lake with his followers.

To construct a Blood Lake, Blood Pools must first be set up, continuously casting spells to make it redder, thicker, and more abundant, gradually overflow...

With great effort, it only reached a third of its former size when the Princess of Stone God returned from seclusion, broadcasting Demonic Destruction Divine Light in all directions. This nascent "Blood Lake baby" quickly dried up under the golden light before it could mature further.

Not only did the Blood Lake here dry up, but all other Blood Lakes within a radius of a thousand miles were rapidly evaporating and shrinking.

The Blood God Monarch was furious, initially thinking Shi Pi Elder released the Bright Cloud with the Seven Treasures Golden Banner, intending to gather his forces to tear the old codger apart.

He quickly realized something was amiss, seeking out the Princess of Stone God, loudly demanding what she meant, why she emerged from her long seclusion to ruin his hard work!

"Are you also like that old codger Shi Pi Elder, intending to betray me?"