The Ancestor of All Demons

The Giant Wood God Monarch used fifty-four thousand Qinghua Divine Woods to pin down the entire Emei Mountain, then unleashed supreme power to shake the mountain's foundation, and it was about to fly away from the ground.

Within Emei Mountain, the heavens and earth trembled; the furnishings and decorations inside the Taiyuan Five Mansions, pots and pans, tables and chairs, were all rolling and shaking.

The three generations of Sword Immortals gathered together — the old generation followed Qi Shuming, the middle-aged group followed Li Yingqiong, and the younger generation followed Shangguan Hong.

Shangguan Hong had no ideas of his own, only looking at Li Yingqiong, who was proposing to fight using the Purple Ying and Green Rope Immortal Swords to battle the Giant Wood God Monarch!

However, Qi Shuming and the old generation were unwilling to fight, as the Giant Wood God Monarch's power was too great, with the Blood God Son Deng Yin behind him. Even if they fought to the death, Emei Sect would either be completely annihilated or suffer mutual destruction. These old folks could escape defeat, but the young generation would all be killed, none surviving.

"But if we don't go out, should we just let him move Emei Mountain?" Li Yingqiong, always straightforward, spoke directly. "If he throws us into the East Sea or the South Sea, so be it. But if he throws us into a cesspit, how will the Emei Sect's future disciples face the world?"

The mention of "cesspit" unsettled everyone, indeed, if such a thing happened, the Emei Sect would become a laughingstock, even if it survived. But where in the world could one find such a large cesspit?

As they spoke, the entire Emei Sect was already being lifted by a mighty force, slowly leaving the ground.

Qi Shuming decided to endure for the moment: "If he moves us to the bottom of the Four Seas and seals us, it would be fine; whether in the ice beneath North Sea glaciers or thrown into a volcano, as long as we stay inside, they cannot touch us. Once time passes, we'll come out and move the mountain back to Central Earth."

Soon, Emei Mountain had completely lifted off and ascended into the sky, beginning to move rapidly.

At this time, the Ascetic Monk had already rebirthed into Nirvana. The new three immortals included Xuanzhenzi, Qi Shuming, and Xun Lanyin, alongside Bai Guyi and Zhu Mei, the two elders from Song Mountain. The five had the highest Daoist techniques and sat together to deduce where the Giant Wood God Monarch intended to move them.

Initially, they were predicting overseas locations, thinking it would be undersea, glacier, volcano, or sandy dangers.

Suddenly, the five sensed something, recalling Li Yingqiong's mention of the "cesspit."

Originally believing there was no cesspit large enough to immerse Emei Mountain, they all thought: for Sword Immortals, isn't the biggest cesspit Deng Yin's Blood Pool?

"Not good!" the five exclaimed together, "He's planning to send us to the Blood Pool in Star Constellations Sea!"

Indeed, the Giant Wood God Monarch's plan was to do just that. Deng Yin used the pretext of cultivating the Demon Scripture to avoid battle; how could the Giant Wood God Monarch let him have his way?

The Giant Wood Monarch only had some lackings in disposition, lacking perfection, but he wasn't foolish. He knew Deng Yin's supposed allegiance was actually preparing for something, so he decided from the start to move Emei Mountain to the West Kunlun Star Sea and throw it into the Blood Pool, then force the Emei Sect to battle Deng Yin's Demon Cult!

The Emei Sect, skilled at calculation and foresight, often set traps for others, yet today they were disrupted by the Giant Wood God Monarch's spell, altering the universe and confusing the heavenly number, not predicting this outcome.

This involved too many experts, with Deng Yin and two witches being significant variables.

Even if they had calculated it, it was too late, as the Giant Wood God Monarch executed his plan swiftly and Emei Mountain was already flying over the Kunlun Mountain Range.

"We cannot let him throw Emei Mountain into the Blood Pool!" The Three Immortals and Two Elders quickly decided.

If they fell into the Blood Pool, leaving out the possibility of the blood water entering, escape was impossible. The Blood Sea created by the Blood Demon is so vile that even Heavenly Immortals dare not touch it. The slightest contact with blood Qi can prevent Yang Gods from ascending and, even in reincarnation, their Divine Souls would carry traces of blood Qi, like carrion worms. Unable to resist, they would succumb and fall into the Demon Path!

Since a battle is imminent, it's better to fight now than later, not waiting until reaching the Blood Pool!

The Three Immortals, Two Elders, along with Zen Master Can Xia, activated the Liangyi Six Harmonies Microdust Formation, simultaneously opening four great doors of the Taiyuan Five Mansions, with various lights pouring out of the openings.

Li Yingqiong and Zhou Qingyun, wielding the Purple and Blue Double Swords, stormed out from the front door: "Demon, how dare you disrupt my Dao field!"

These two cared not for any Green Emperor nonsense; especially Li Yingqiong, whose sense of right and wrong was deeply etched in her heart. Now labeling the Giant Wood God Monarch as a cult, she showed no mercy in words or action. Upon seeing many Immortals standing above the Falling God Square, she immediately turned her dual swords into a purple and blue thousand-foot-long rainbow, heading straight for the Fallen God Square, ready to wreak havoc!

Following closely were Yu Yingnan, Shen Ruolan, Qi Lingyun, Zhuge Ziling, along with others, all possessing Heavenly Immortal cultivation. Sword rainbows tore the sky, with over a dozen in total, flying rapidly.

The Giant Wood God Monarch was still casting spells to relocate the mountain, when Lu Yu led a group of immortals to intervene, launching flying swords to intercept and stop him.

Among these people, none truly had the cultivation of a Heavenly Immortal. They had merely ascended to the Changle World after gaining an immortal body from the True Yang Jade Liquid Pool. As such, they didn't possess immortal swords capable of withstanding the unrivaled power of the Purple and Blue Double Swords. Despite their superior numbers compared to the Emei Sect, their flying swords were like wooden logs meeting an axe, easily splintered into pieces.

Particularly against the unstoppable might of the Purple and Blue Unity, even Lu Yu's own flying sword faltered, its brilliance rapidly dimming when confronted.

In haste, she raised her hand to invoke the Star Absorption Divine Hairpin. The hairpin's tip emitted a clear aura like a spring of water, capturing all the flying swords and forcibly pulling them skyward.

The Emei Sect's dozens of flying swords were dragged upward by immense force, uncontrollably soaring into the air. Li Yingqiong shouted angrily, flinging a series of Qiantian One-element Thunderbolts—a Saintess creation of formidable power. However, the glow of Lu Yu's hairpin captured them, and just like soap bubbles, they were pulled skyward, bursting under the sunlight with explosive pops.

The Emei Sect's greatest reliance was on their flying swords, and once they were drawn upwards, they found it hard to defend against the hundreds of flying swords shooting from the immortals atop Falling God Square.

Li Yingqiong shouted once more, and three purple-blue flames appeared above her head.

These three flames also originated from Taiqing Immortal Mansion's Qianling Golden Lamp, the same as those of Shi Feiyang, though Shi Feiyang's flames had three thousand years of accumulation, while hers each had only a thousand years of cultivation.

However, Li Yingqiong had also received two jiazi worth of effort from Saintess Jiayin at the Illusion Wave Pool, along with a gourd of Nine Heavens Pure Spirit Qi. Combined with these three lamp flames, she refined her Primordial Essence, Primordial Qi, and Primordial Spirit to form the Top Three Flowers, harmonizing with the Mystical Sect's Great Technique from the Nine Heavens Mysterious Scripture, granting her power formidable enough to stand proudly among the heroes, even if not as strong as Shi Feiyang!

The three lamp flames rose, and as she pointed her hand, each one shot forth a line of fire formed by the purple-blue divine flames, aiming straight for the Star Absorption Divine Hairpin.

The Star Absorption Divine Hairpin was also a treasure from the Heavenly Mansion, originating from the Turquoise Pool, capable of absorbing anything. Lu Yu secretly scoffed at the little girl's ignorance, daring to attempt to destroy her divine hairpin with Duoluo True Fire.

Lu Yu continued to spray True Qi, stimulating the hairpin, intending not only to absorb the incoming True Fire, but also to draw in all three of Li Yingqiong's lamp flames, thereby stripping her of the Top Three Flowers and knocking her off her Heavenly Immortal Dao Level!

The hairpin initially absorbed the tip of the fire line, followed by a surge of clear light shooting down, aiming to capture Li Yingqiong's Top Three Flowers.

Although Li Yingqiong acted impulsively, she wasn't a fool—otherwise, she couldn't have become the Emei Sect Leader.

The reason she was acting this way was that she had another trump card: the Muni Ding Beads given to her by Bai Mei Zen Master!

She had anticipated that Lu Yu would covet her Purple and Blue Duoluo Fire, so she feigned ignorance and impulsively used her divine fire to burn the divine hairpin. Sure enough, when Lu Yu lowered the hairpin to absorb the three divine flames on her head, she faked panic and secretly readied the Muni Ding Beads, hurling them out as soon as the Star Absorption Divine Hairpin descended to a certain height.

Eighteen Buddha Beads glimmering with golden light flew out. Lu Yu tried to use the Star Absorption Divine Hairpin to capture them, but this treasure was no ordinary item. Empowered through the void by Bai Mei Zen Master from the Western Paradise, they flew up and formed a circle, instantly encasing the Star Absorption Divine Hairpin. Li Yingqiong exhaled a mouthful of True Qi, fueling the ferocity of the Purple and Blue Duoluo Fire within, ready to refine the hairpin.

Lu Yu was taken aback, never expecting that after reigning dominantly for over a millennium, she would be outwitted by a junior!

Nonetheless, possessing high-level mana, and the Star Absorption Divine Hairpin being no ordinary object, Li Yingqiong could only temporarily trap it and couldn't forcefully seize or destroy it.

But even this was enough. With the Star Absorption Divine Hairpin trapped, it could no longer draw in the flying swords of the crowd. The remaining Emei Sect disciples, led by Zhou Qingyun and Qi Lingyun, continued their fierce advance. Zhou Qingyun wielded the Green Rope Sword, ranked second in this world, just behind the Purple Ying Sword. As the green light swept across, men were dismembered and swords shattered, cutting an invincible path through.

These female immortals surged out from the front cave, while another group of male disciples flew out from the rear cave, led by Zhuge Jingwo, Shen Tuhong, Ruan Zheng, and Yue Wen, attacking the summit from another side, countered by Ji Nan leading another team of Sword Immortals at the Giant Wood God Monarch's behest.

In addition to them, two other groups of disciples, led by Yue Yun, Golden Cicada, and Li Hong, had a different objective—not to battle, but to cut down trees!

Golden Cicada wielded the Seven Cultivation Swords, transforming into seven rays of light, spinning around the over hundred-zhang tall Qinghua Divine Wood thousands of times in a flash of lightning, slicing the giant wood into fragments, collapsing like a mountain avalanche.

Fifty-four thousand Qinghua Divine Woods were like fifty-four thousand ropes binding Emei Mountain. The ability of the Giant Wood God Monarch to uproot Emei Mountain from the ground and carry it towards the Star Constellations Sea relied on these divine woods. Cutting down a third of them would render him unable to move Emei Mountain, for it was, after all, suppressed by the Taiqing One Qi Divine Talisman.

They needed to sever a sufficient number of Qinghua Divine Woods before Emei Mountain reached the Star Constellations Sea!

The Giant Wood God Monarch's spell relocated the mountain, a massive landmass flying rapidly northwest through the clouds. However, as more Qinghua Divine Woods were severed, Emei Mountain grew increasingly heavy, as felt by the Giant Wood God Monarch.