The Ancestor of All Demons

In the northeastern part of the Netherworld, in the Ren Gui Land, there is a Great Wilderness, with foul and rank seawater. In the center stands a great mountain called the Fengdu Luo Mountain in the Northern Yin.

This Fengdu Luo Mountain contains numerous hells, governing all humans, gods, demons, ghosts, flying beasts, and creatures born from eggs, wombs, moisture, or transformation, whether they have scales, feathers, or fur, whether they move or stay rooted, in the air or under the sea.

Within lies a hell at the bottom of the Northern Yin Sea, known as the Blood Lake Hell. It is divided into four sub-hells: the Blood Pond Hell, Blood Bowl Hell, Blood Mountain Hell, and Blood Sea Hell.

These four hells are interconnected by the Blood River, and within presides a Great God of the Blood Lake.

This hell is extraordinarily terrifying. Once inside, one's entire being is covered in filthy blood, with a stench piercing the heavens. Ghost officers wield golden hammers and iron staffs to inflict severe punishments, forcing the damned to eat fierce fires when hungry and drink from the blood pool when thirsty, suffering countless deaths and rebirths, unable to escape.

The filth of the Blood Lake is such that even a Heavenly Immortal falling into it cannot escape. Even if one does manage to escape, they must face rebirth, becoming insects or beasts, and it takes several lifetimes to regain human form.

As for other humans, gods, demons, and ghosts, there's no need to mention them; entering means virtually no way out...

The Taiyi Venerable who rescues the suffering once made a great vow to specifically save the beings here, thus creating a Breaking Prison Formation.

The Giant Wood God's confidence stems from the Breaking Prison Formation of his father, capable of breaking all hells, ghost prisons, and demon prisons... including this Blood Lake, perfect for countering Deng Yin, the Blood Demon of the Blood Sea, who today overreaches by causing a blood flood on Tai Mountain, but hits a brick wall!

Therefore, he remains calm and unhurried, leisurely dispatching troops and arranging formations. He summons a total of thirty thousand Divine Soldiers and Generals from the Changle Heavenly Realm, each wielding wind, rain, thunder, and lightning, forming the Taiyi Breaking Prison Formation around eighty-one Nine Qi Divine Kings. The Heavenly Drum is struck, and the Dharma Conch is blown long. Initially, there should have been a more intense lion's roar, but it did not appear. Nevertheless, the Nine Qi Qinghua Divine Thunder flashes chaotically, striking fiercely in all directions. Strands of green light surge from the formation, forming thousand-foot-tall giant trees, their canopies spreading wide, the Divine Wood of Changle World, adorned with wondrous strictness, blue profoundness, fragrant soaring, sweet nectar, and auspicious qilin.

Green light stretches hundreds of miles wide, supporting the falling blood clouds above. Blood rain drips downward, striking the green light, splattering everywhere, sizzling and smoking, quickly evaporating.

However, as the blood rain grows heavier, it soon pours like a torrent, drenching downward along the green light's outer barrier, cascading into the Blood Sea below.

The Blood Sea rises persistently, swelling higher and higher, engulfing Tai Mountain from below. All creatures run towards the mountain's summit, while those left behind dissolve in the Blood Sea, becoming streaks of blood shadows.

Just as the Blood Sea reaches the mountain's peak, the Giant Wood God finally commands the activation of the Array.

The delay was not due to the Giant Wood God's intentional withholding. He was confident of winning but vowed to act decisively, not intentionally going easy. However, without a clergy position, he could only rely on personal appeal to invite down tens of thousands of Heavenly Gods; all had to come in their true form, avatars weren't sufficient, causing a lengthy delay.

The skies, sealed by the Demon Formation, isolate inside and out. Below, the earth veins originally connected but were severed by the Iron City Mountain Demon through mana, leaving Tai Mountain's body lack of sufficient Spiritual Energy. The Heavenly Gods from Changle World are all of pure essence, and their mana dwindles greatly in the turbid land. Had the Taiyi Venerable personally commanded, there would be no such issues, unlike the Giant Wood God.

So, he drew abundant Pure Spirit Qi from Changle World and infused it into the formation until it was entirely filled, amassing enough energy at last.

Finally, all is prepared, and the Giant Wood God roars, stretching his body to over a hundred zhang, surrounded by a green light, commanding the Array to activate.

The Nine Phoenix God King's nine heads howl simultaneously, wielding an iron spear. The remaining Divine King Spirit Officers, Heavenly Generals, and Heavenly Soldiers urge their Divine Artifacts, and the entire formation erupts with dazzling green-white light.

Tai Mountain is not a stand-alone peak reaching the heavens, but an undulating mountain range with numerous peaks, full of valleys and ravines, with rivers winding through.

At this time, aside from the major peaks, the rest are submerged in blood waters, forming a bloody sea of over a thousand miles in radius.

Within the Blood Sea are thousands upon thousands of blood shadows, screaming and roaring, riding foul winds, amassing blood waves, constantly assaulting the main peak here.

After the Breaking Prison Formation is activated, the thirty thousand Divine Soldiers setting the array make no significant movement. The sand spirit youths think it mediocre at best, not realizing until a heaven-shattering, earth-shattering boom erupts, and the Blood Sea's center suddenly blasts open!

Its explosion isn't blood flowers splattering and scattering everywhere, but a sinkhole like collapse on the sea surface. Presenting a hundred-mile-diameter Seven-Colored Lotus Flower, unfolding Infinite Light.

The horde of demons immediately drives the Blood Sea to surge massive waves, forming millions of hundred-zhang-high surges. Like small hills, they rush towards the Lotus Flower, wave after wave, battering upon the lotus petals.

However, as the Blood Mountain crumbles, the Lotus Flower remains unwavering. The immense blood water, when shone upon by the Seven-Colored Divine Light, immediately evaporates, turning into rock-like blood clots, crashing down with a crackling sound.

With a golden light flash from the thirty thousand Heavenly Gods before the altar, in the next moment, they vanish into thin air, appearing atop the Seven-Colored Lotus Platform.

Originally, this moment should have featured the roar of the Grand Saint of Nine Spirits' lion, now enticed and aided by Deng Yin, went to preach in other worlds...

Without the roar, the blood waves won't stop, continually merging, battering from all directions.

The Nine Phoenix Marshal spewed the Nine Heavens Divine Flames from his nine heads, burning in all directions, piercing through the Blood Waves, evaporating large portions, while other Divine Kings also made their move.

This Array is ever-changing, with unique methods to break various Demon Prisons. To break this Blood Sea, it employs the Qinghua Divine Wood.

A total of fifty-four thousand Divine Woods stand like canopies, upholding a sky, preventing the Blood Clouds from descending and the Blood Rain from pouring down. Below, the roots rapidly grow, densely spread, stretching directly into the Blood Sea, absorbing large amounts of blood into the trunks.

Once the Array is fully activated, these Divine Woods resemble over fifty thousand pumps. The Blood Sea in the front continuously surges and churns, but soon loses its vigor, and the sea level continuously declines.

As the Qinghua Divine Woods absorb large amounts of blood, the leaves turn from green to red, and then bloom into enchanting and eerie Red Flowers.

Moments later, the Red Flowers wither, leaving behind red fruits.

Inside each fruit, a Blood God's son is sealed!

Deng Yin spent countless efforts cultivating this Blood Sea, and within less than a meal's time, half of it was absorbed, with two hundred thousand Blood God's sons changing into fruits on the trees!

Now, the Princess of Stone God ceased her efforts to push the Blood Sea upwards from below, hurriedly flying up to discuss countermeasures with Deng Yin.

Not only them, but even the Sand God Child and others were shocked beyond measure. Previously, they only heard of the prowess of Taiyi Venerable in saving and vanquishing demons, with specialized methods for suppressing demons, seemingly as their nemesis. They never imagined it could suppress to such an extent. The remaining hundred thousand Blood God's sons hide everywhere, fleeing to the depths beneath Taishan, where the Iron City Hell employed by the Iron City Mountain Demon to block Taishan's Earth Veins resides. The roots of Qinghua Divine Wood cannot reach there for the time being.

This is also because the Giant Wood God does not have jurisdiction, and his Mana is limited. If Taiyi Venerable were present, he wouldn't need to be present in person, just send an incarnation with a Nine-headed Lion to set this Array. With just a single roar from the lion, the Divine Woods would appear instantly, completely absorbing the Blood Sea and subduing all three hundred thousand Blood God's sons.

Deng Yin and the Princess of Stone God, along with four old demons, pondered strategies. The Sand God Child proposed cutting down the trees, which the Princess of Stone God dismissed: "Those Divine Woods are transformations of the Eastern Nine Qi, not real trees. As long as the Array remains intact, cutting them would only cause them to regrow immediately."

The Red Lotus Demon proposed to break the Array, concentrate forces, and strike directly at the Yellow Dragon!

He fancied the Seven-Colored Lotus Platform...

Deng Yin said, "The Array is very powerful and specifically restrains us. We still don't know what other changes it might have, so don't underestimate it. Don't act rashly; let me try entering the Array!"

After speaking, he glanced at the Princess of Stone God, who worriedly told him, "Be extremely careful."

Deng Yin let out a laugh, "Everything according to plan!"

After speaking, he spread his arms, transformed into a streak of blood light, and disappeared into thin air.

The next moment, he appeared directly above the Immortal Array, his entire body crimson, a blood-red silhouette lunged at the Nine Phoenix Spirit Officer.

"Evil Demon, bold move!" Nine Phoenix Spirit Officer, adorned with numerous duties, Taiyi Venerable sought him for rescuing from Hell, Shangqing Sect found him for purification, Three Sovereign Great Emperor also sought him for disaster relief. All dirty and tiring responsibilities fell to him, and he ventured into every filthy, hazardous, frightening, and disgusting place without other Immortals wanting to be involved. Having encountered myriad monsters and ghosts from the Heavenly and Myriads of Worlds, he had never seen such a reckless demon. Previously, it hid, and he assumed it crafty like other evil demons, but now, it charged directly!

The Spirit Officer roared and thrust his long spear forward, the tip erupting with a dazzling Thunder.

Deng Yin, not waiting for the Thunder to hit him, shook his body, splitting into four, surrounding the enemy, and his ten fingers shot out Blood Flame Divine Light, attacking from all directions.

Nine Phoenix Spirit Officer's nine heads simultaneously spewed flames, his Thunder was specialized for striking some devils, while the fire he breathed was to burn all filth and evil spirits. In contest with Deng Yin's Blood Flame Divine Light, he quickly gained the upper hand.

Positioned at the highest point of the Array, other God King Spirit Officers, Heavenly Soldiers, and Heavenly Generals also commenced their assault on Deng Yin.

Deng Yin shook his figure again, continuously splitting into Blood Shadow Avatars, instantly becoming thousands upon thousands, densely packed, everywhere as Hem Shadows. His flying escape speed matched lightning, vanishing in the front, suddenly appearing in the back, darting all around, directly penetrating the Immortal Array below.

Inside, chaos erupted, everywhere shadows of demons, causing immediate turmoil within the Array.

"Everyone, do not panic, return to your positions!" shouted Nine Phoenix Spirit Officer, removing the Golden Bowl from his waist and consecrating it in mid-air. This Golden Bowl specialized in absorbing all filth in the world.

Ordinary Immortals feared contamination, worried about misunderstandings caused by things like human and animal waste, women's menstrual blood, etc. Whatever Divine Weapons became contaminated lost their spiritual effect, even the body's Primordial Spirit could be polluted and fall into tribulation.

Nine Phoenix Spirit Officer dedicated himself to dirty work, and this Golden Bowl was tailored for collecting these things, the filthier the better!