The Ancestor of All Demons

Shi Feiyang was cultivating in the Heaven's Heart Palace when he suddenly felt something and summoned Shi Sheng, asking him to go to the Aurora Fire's edge to receive someone.

Shi Sheng was puzzled about who was coming again. Just a few days earlier, they had already welcomed people from the Kunlun and Wudang Sects. Could it be from the Emei Sect this time?

At the Aurora Fire's edge, Jin Xunu opened the gate and when he looked out, it really was the Emei Sect.

The ones who came were none other than Master Yu Dong, Yue Yun, and Li Jingxu's disciple, Qin Yu.

Qi Shuming and the others realized they couldn't withstand the Giant Wood God's union with the demons and that continuous fighting posed the risk of the Emei Sect's annihilation, so they hurriedly sent a message to Yue Yun, asking him to go to the Outer Heaven Mountain to seek aid.

Even though Shi Feiyang had many grievances with the Emei Sect in the past, through the mediation of Master Jile, both sides had reconciled, and they were now on the same front against the Demon Path.

The reason Yue Yun was sent was that he had a past connection with Shi Feiyang, and Qi Shuming had told him to find Qin Yu and bring him to the Outer Divine Mountain.

After Li Jingxu's ascension, he originally arranged for Qin Yu to join Shi Feiyang's sect. However, Qin Yu, eager to prove himself, tried to support his own path, but over the years, he encountered several tribulations, especially two demon tribulations and one heavenly tribulation, which nearly led to his annihilation. He finally realized that his own mana and wisdom were insufficient to carry on his master's legacy in the forthcoming Dharma Decline Era, and though he regretted it, he felt too ashamed to seek refuge with Shi Feiyang. When Yue Yun found him, he thought about testing Shi Feiyang's attitude to see if he could still be accepted.

Shi Sheng brought them to the Heaven's Heart Palace, where they met Shi Feiyang. Yue Yun then described the calamity faced by the Emei Sect, earnestly pleading for Shi Feiyang's help.

Shi Feiyang pondered for a moment, then said to Qin Yu, "You've come at just the right time. The world outside is about to change drastically. The Heavenly Tribulation baptism of my Outer Divine Mountain is not only safe but also brimming with spiritual energy. It will become a sacred ground in the future. You can cultivate here from now on."

Understanding Qin Yu's intentions, Shi Feiyang spoke the inviting words without waiting for Qin Yu to awkwardly speak.

Upon hearing this, Qin Yu felt a warm sensation in his chest, his eyes moistening, almost shedding tears as he bowed deeply to Shi Feiyang, "It was my mistake in the past..."

Shi Feiyang waved his hand, "Your courage to bear Li Daoist's immortal duties is commendable, driven by filial piety and righteousness, but future changes in heaven and earth will differ from the past. You must change when the time demands it. Use today's ways to face today's challenges. Let Shi Sheng take you to select a geomantic treasure ground to establish a sanctuary and cultivate diligently."

Qin Yu volunteered to rescue the Emei Sect, but Shi Feiyang waved it off, "This is not your concern. I have my plans."

Shi Feiyang had no intention of letting him get involved, and after speaking, he had Shi Sheng lead him out.

Yue Yun, seeing this, thought Shi Feiyang was unwilling to help and began to plead in every way possible, nearly kneeling to him.

Shi Feiyang looked at him and suddenly smiled, "Fellow Daoist, you seem to have a unique fate. How about not going to the Spiritual Space Immortal Realm in the future and staying here to assist me?"

Upon hearing this, Yue Yun thought it was Shi Feiyang's condition for helping the Emei Sect, and he was slightly taken aback.

Given his strength, he could have ascended to Heaven long ago, but he delayed because he couldn't let go of the Emei Sect. Now, with Shi Feiyang using this matter as a condition, it essentially meant asking him to give up his immortality, and in the future Dharma Destruction Era, he might just blend into the crowd...

Yue Yun took a deep breath, "As long as True Master Shi is willing to lend a hand and rescue the Emei Sect from this calamity, I am willing to do anything for you."

Seeing the look of resolve on his face, Shi Feiyang asked, "Are you willing to give up your immortal duties for the Emei Sect?"

"Without the Emei Sect, there is no immortal duty for me! At this moment, I might be a common man in some remote mountain hamlet, enduring the suffering of aging, sickness, and death, with no hope for liberation. My master, when he took me as a named disciple, expressly told me that my foundation was poor, making it difficult to achieve Heavenly Immortal status, and that only through doubled diligence and effort could there be a slim chance. He also said that he came from the Emei Sect, and returning to the main sect would be the way to success..."

"Very well!" Shi Feiyang stood up, "Let's go, I'll accompany you to Kunlun Mountain."

Yue Yun looked surprised, "Just you alone?"

"To slay the demonic forces and the forces of the Giant Wood God, I alone am insufficient. But to rescue the Emei Sect's people, I am more than enough."

Yue Yun did not dare to question, so he followed Shi Feiyang out of the Heaven's Heart Palace. Shi Feiyang gave a few instructions to Jin Xunu in the sky and then left the Outer Divine Mountain with Yue Yun, heading directly towards Central Earth.

Midway through their journey, they were met by two streaks of escaping light, moving at tremendous speed, with dozens of red lights following closely behind, like maggots on bones, relentlessly pursuing.

Seeing this, Yue Yun exclaimed, "It's Nephew Zhuge!"

The ones coming were Zhuge Jingwo and a girl in a red dress.

Zhuge Jingwo was gravely injured, with blood flowing from his eyes, ears, mouth, and nose, while his skin's pores also seeped blood, making him appear like a blood-soaked figure, with scattered divine energy and a face contorted in pain. The red-dressed girl was also injured but in better condition and was guiding him southward at the fastest speed.

Chasing them were a group of Blood God's sons, led by Maha Venerable Sikong Zhan!

Yue Yun quickly released the Golden and Jade Divine Blade, sending a vast array of light blades to intercept Sikong Zhan and others, and used Taiqing Divine Light to bring Zhuge Jingwo and his companion closer.

Zhuge Jingwo saw it was Shi Feiyang and immediately let out more than half of the breath he held in his chest, weakly saying, "Shi... Shi True Master..."

"Hmm." Shi Feiyang took out two Immortal Pills and handed them to the girl in the red dress, "You have both been struck by the Blood God Technique, both mind and body are damaged. Take one pill each, and you will be safe."

On the other side, Sikong Zhan had already broken through Yue Yun's Golden and Jade Divine Blade and approached, he was also startled upon seeing Shi Feiyang. The words "Evil Dragon" stuck in his throat, and he quickly changed his tune, "True Master Shi, do you intend to save these two?"

Shi Feiyang, now having cultivated to a Golden Immortal, had a more profound understanding of the Heavenly Dao, with a broader vision and mindset than before.

He nodded slightly and said to Sikong Zhan, "Indeed."

Sikong Zhan knew how formidable Shi Feiyang was. Although he didn't know the specifics, he surmised that only masters like Deng Yin or Giant Wood God could match him, and at the very least, it would have to be someone on the level of Princess of Stone God or Red Corpse God Monarch. He dared not act rashly and thus said, "True Master, do you know who this wretch is? She is the very lascivious Bao Xiang Madame of the past, who used Evil Skills to seduce cultivators everywhere!"

"I know." Shi Feiyang answered calmly, having seen through Bao Xiang Madame's past karma upon first sighting the girl in the red dress, recognizing her as the reincarnated Bao Xiang Madame.

Sikong Zhan incited, "In the past, when the True Master was collecting herbs at the East Sea, you were besieged by this wretch and the little thief Zhuge. You were driven from the East Sea to the South Sea, causing numerous troubles. Are you still going to save their lives now?"

"Yes, to settle the karma from those years."

Sikong Zhan's eyes lit up at these words, "If the True Master wants personal revenge, I will not hinder, only please allow me their Primordial Spirits afterward, as the True Master would have no use for them. We can take them to refine demons."

"Who said I want to kill them?" Shi Feiyang said to Zhuge Jingwo, "In the past, you and I became enemies over a thousand-year-old Purple River Grass, fighting from the East Sea to the South Sea, leaving me with no way out. Do you feel any remorse in your heart?"

Zhuge Jingwo hurriedly said, "In my moment of folly years ago, I planted the seeds of many disasters, and I often regret it deeply. True Master, now that you have achieved a body impervious to all calamities, I beg your forgiveness. Please save my Emei Sect... I am willing to undergo Soldier Disintegration here and leave my Divine Soul at your disposal to repay my old wrongs."

Zhuge Jingwo finished speaking and indeed intended to restrict himself to perform Soldier Disintegration, even offering his Primordial Spirit to Shi Feiyang. If Shi Feiyang were to refine him into a demon, he would find life worse than death, truly with no hope of rebirth.

Bao Xiang Madame held him, "No! Don't! It was my fault back then! I seduced you!"

She had fallen in love with Zhuge Jingwo at first sight and intended to cast a spell to entice him. Upon hearing he was Zhenxu's disciple, she dared not act, opting instead to curry favor by helping him seize the Purple River Grass. However, she was outmaneuvered by Shi Feiyang with the Heaven and Earth Harmony Fragrance, resulting in a night of passion with Zhuge Jingwo, and bore two daughters.

Though she had been reborn, with the Emei Sect's help, she had overcome the Heavenly Tribulation, spending the years in seclusion with the pledge to ascend directly in the mountains and never again cause trouble. When Emei Mountain was besieged today, she had believed in the many masters of the Emei Sect and the Liangyi Dust Formation's stability, assuming no misfortune would occur. However, upon witnessing Emei Mountain flying off and divining Zhuge Jingwo in peril, she broke her vow, rushing to the Star Constellations Sea to save him.

At that time, Zhuge Jingwo, alongside Ruan Zheng and two others, were all stranded in the Star Constellations Sea. Fortunately, their mana was formidable, and they were equipped with magical treasures. They did not sink immediately and repeatedly surfaced to duel with the horde of demons. Each time, they were repelled by Master Xiao Yue, and the situation was dire. She risked everything to charge in, rescuing Zhuge Jingwo and swiftly fled.

By then, Emei Sect had already lost several elite disciples, and the Three Immortals and Two Elders had no choice but to retreat with the survivors to the core of Emei Mountain, transmitting sound to inform the outer disciples, if they couldn't return in time, to escape to the Little Antarctic Outer Divine Mountain. As of today, only Shi Feiyang had the strength to not fear Giant Wood God and Blood Demon Red Corpse.

Zhuge Jingwo and Bao Xiang Madame, unable to return to the mountain, had to flee south, pursued relentlessly by Sikong Zhan, who sought to refine the Yin Yang Demons, coveting their Primordial Spirits, along with a group of subordinates.

This ill-fated pair wished to live and die together, to undergo Soldier Disintegration. Bao Xiang Madame tearfully pleaded with Shi Feiyang, "Even though we erred back then, we beg your mercy. After our deaths, please send our Primordial Spirits to reincarnation… We'll spend our next lives repaying True Master's kindness!"

Shi Feiyang furrowed his brow; he didn't plan for the two to atone with their deaths. In the past, he was besieged and chased across ten thousand miles, not only disgraced but also losing his newly found cheap master, Geng Peng, and implicating Taoist Han Guang… But those things happened such a long time ago. The grudge had long since faded. Shi Feiyang was even able to lead Red Flower Grandmother into Jiang Shu's sect, bringing her from heresy into the Mysterious Sect's Orthodoxy. He no longer intended to pursue Zhuge Jingwo and Bao Xiang Madame. Ending the karma was not merely to kill them for vengeance; it was also about laying down this hatred.

He just wanted to clarify things and didn't wish for the couple to commit suicide.

Shi Feiyang waved his hand, Immortal Energy surged, first immobilizing Zhuge Jingwo's Invisible Sword Qi inside his body, poised to burst outward and pulverize himself to achieve Soldier Disintegration, allowing Shi Feiyang a moment of satisfaction.

Stopping someone from slitting their throat with a blade wasn't hard, reversing a Flying Sword to cut oneself could also be stopped, but this technique of gathering Sword Qi within to release it outward was practically impossible to halt!

Others couldn't even perceive him concentrating Sword Qi inside his body. After all, that Invisible Sword Qi, when released, few could see it even when it cut into people.

But now Shi Feiyang's Dao Eye saw all, stretching out a hand to slap from afar, imprinted a mark of Immortal Energy on Zhuge Jingwo's forehead, causing his body to tremble, inner spiritual energy fully suppressed, and the gathered Invisible Sword Qi swiftly dissipated.

On the other side, Bao Xiang Madame's Golden Saber was also immobilized by Shi Feiyang, its glow sealed, reduced to mundane iron.

Bao Xiang Madame remained unaware, while Zhuge Jingwo and Yue Yun, observing from the side, both gasped.

Zhuge Jingwo had already achieved a Yang God, on the brink of Ascension, albeit currently injured, afflicted by the Blood Demon Evil Curse, but his Primordial Spirit was refined, capable of gathering Forms or scattering into Qi. His ability to condense Invisible Sword Qi in his body, even his master Zhenxu, well-versed in himself and Invisible Sword Qi, couldn't stop it.

Yet, Shi Feiyang sealed and restrained it with a strike through the air, making them feel as if his power was unfathomable!

They had assumed that Shi Feiyang's mana, even if brilliant, would at most surpass Zhenxu's and as a Golden Immortal, was certainly incomparable to the bygone Li Jingxu.

Yet, as it appeared now, he seemed stronger than the past Master of Absolute Bliss!