Yellow Court Daoist

He looked up.

"Crack crack!"

He saw the demon creature opening and shutting its mouth, directly chewing and swallowing his severed right arm, causing his brow to furrow deeply, and his Three Corpse Gods to jump in alarm.

"Damn it!"

Master Mu Yang gritted his teeth.

With his left hand, he swung a sword conjured from the Void.

One after another, short swords like flying knives shot out, forming layers of defensive formations around him. He did not seek to kill the enemy, only to protect himself.

At this moment.

The seventy-two Divine Swords, formed by the condensation of 120,960 Nine Strategies Xuanhao Talismans, finally arrived.

The Divine Swords arranged themselves, the Sword Array began to operate.

In an instant.

They exploded with a roar, with billions of sword lights mixed in with layers of Sword Qi, breaking through the blockade that the Void Demon had formed against Master Mu Yang.

"Get out quickly!"

The explosion resounded next to Master Mu Yang's ears, he dared not hesitate, pushing his Mana to the limit. He leaped into the air and broke free from the encirclement of the Void Demon. The next moment, he returned to the Three Mountains and Nine Waters with Wu Jiu, who was responding from outside the Void.

The Nine Strategies Xuanhao Talismans followed closely behind, returning in single file, and transformed into an Iron Bone Fan in Lu Qingfeng's hand.

The Void healed.

The demon creature had no entrance to breach and gradually faded into silence.

...

"Brother, is your injury serious?"

Seeing that the demon creature had not followed, Wu Jiu supported Master Mu Yang as they landed at the Twenty-four Pearl Pavilion. He looked at his usually dignified and peerless brother, now in disheveled hair, torn clothes, and even more tragically his left arm severed.

Wu Jiu's eyes showed great shock, and he was extremely angry.

"It's a minor injury."

"It doesn't matter."

Master Mu Yang bit down on his teeth, stopped the bleeding on his right shoulder, and then looking up, he bowed deeply to Lu Qingfeng, who was standing quietly to the side, gratefully saying, "Thank you, Junior Brother, for your assistance, otherwise—"

"What is Brother Mu doing, you flatter me too much."

Seeing this, Lu Qingfeng hurried forward to help, not allowing Master Mu Yang to bow, and said, "Brother, you should heal your injuries first, we can talk about everything else later."

While speaking,

he supported Master Mu Yang to sit down.

"Alright."

"Junior Brothers, please wait a moment."

Knowing that his injury was not fatal but also not negligible, Master Mu Yang did not refuse and immediately sat down cross-legged to begin healing himself.

Lu Qingfeng and Wu Jiu stood guard by his side.

The latter alternated his gaze between Master Mu Yang and the Void, his brows deeply furrowed, an expression of worry and confusion on his face.

"Where did that demon creature come from."

Lu Qingfeng also had doubts in his heart.

He wanted to ask, but seeing Wu Jiu's expression, he evidently did not know either, so he waited quietly for Master Mu Yang to recover.

After a full two hours.

"Exhale!"

Master Mu Yang exhaled a thick black smoke from his mouth, the original trace of black malevolence on his face also dispersed completely, but still, he looked rather pale. It seemed his injuries were not light and would require some time to recover.

He opened his eyes.

The first thing he saw was Wu Jiu and Lu Qingfeng both looking at him.

Wu Jiu could not hold back first and, seeing that Master Mu Yang's condition had stabilized, was the first to frown and ask, "What's the origin of those demon creatures, Brother was ascending just fine, how did you provoke them?"

Master Mu Yang was waylaid by these demonic creatures, beaten back on his Ascension, in a sorry state.

Wu Jiu found this extremely strange.

And since he himself was also destined to ascend sooner or later, he was both shocked and suspicious, taking it very seriously.

Lu Qingfeng also looked towards Master Mu Yang.

"Alas!"

All they saw was Master Mu Yang heaving a sigh, his emotions swinging from joy to sorrow in an instant. One moment he was overjoyed with Ascension, the next he was beaten back to his original form.

Anyone would feel extremely frustrated.

Master Mu Yang was no exception, his bitterness indescribable.

He adjusted his state of mind, looked at Wu Jiu and Lu Qingfeng, and said with a wry smile, "The path of Ascension has always been fraught with danger. Fragmented information has been passed down from ancient times about Ascension of our predecessors."

The road to Ascension is far from smooth.

Creating a path from the Void, entering the Spirit Domain through the Mountain and Water Realm, though driven by a guiding force, you won't get lost. However, on the path of Ascension, there are several perils.

"Among the dangers of Ascension, relative to others, the Spiritual Energy Tide is the most common, yet it's an encounter so rare it's hardly met in thousands. Ascendants relying on Magic Artifacts and Protective Techniques, as long as their cultivation base is not below the Soul Emergence Realm, can usually get through easily."

"Besides that, the chaos in the Void is even more dangerous, capable of destroying Magic Artifacts, shattering Protective Techniques, and sucking the ascendants into an Otherworldly Space, often resulting in certain death, with only Unification Realm cultivators having a chance at survival."

"This level of danger is even rarer; as far as I know, across the Three Mountains and Nine Waters, it has only occurred three times in ten thousand years."

"As for this Void Demon—"

Master Mu Yang, his throat parched and eyes filled with a mix of shock and suspicion, shook his head and said, "I really don't know the origins of this creature. Even the records of experiences of past generations of ascenders seem to have never mentioned such a double-winged, four-clawed, sharp-beaked demon."

He scoured his memory, then suddenly extended his left hand, reaching into the Void and pulled out a Jade Scroll from the Scripture Pavilion.

After a blink of an eye and quick inspection, he said solemnly, "My memory serves me well, two hundred fifty thousand years ago, Yuanfa Master from the Six Dust Temple encountered a Six-winged Sky Demon that barred his way during Ascension in the Void. With a single flap of its wings, this Six-winged Sky Demon could generate endless Gale, instantly tearing apart Yuanfa Master, who had cultivated the Lantuo Dharma Body with the strongest defense of the age, shredding him into fragments, and along with his Primordial Spirit, devoured by the Six-winged Sky Demon."

Upon mentioning this,

Master Mu Yang's eyes revealed both gravity and relief.

Although his Ascension was hindered today, fortunately, it was not by this Six-winged Sky Demon, otherwise he would have no chance of surviving! With this thought, his resentment, unwillingness, and bitterness somewhat dissipated.

"What happened to the Six-winged Sky Demon later?"

Seeing that Master Mu Yang had stopped talking, Wu Jiu hurriedly asked.

"With a flap of its wings, vanished without a trace."

Master Mu Yang shook his head.

Wu Jiu and Lu Qingfeng looked at each other upon hearing this, their puzzlement not only unresolved but deepened.

With Master Mu Yang and Wu Jiu present, Lu Qingfeng felt it inappropriate to perform calculations using magic.

What a pity.

During the moment of crisis, Lu Qingfeng had also been worried about the dangers outside the Mountain and Water Realm, and had not stepped into the Void, so he did not witness the demon. Otherwise, with a sweep of the 'Daluo Cave Temple', everything would be crystal clear, with no need for such guesswork.

While pondering,

Master Mu Yang stood up again with a grave expression and said, "This matter is no small thing. The demon is fierce and overbearing. If it follows the trail and breaks into the Three Mountains and Nine Waters, it could spell disaster. I shall conduct a ceremony immediately and report this to the Upper Realm Ancestors."

If it were like the Six-winged Sky Demon, merely passing by would be one thing.

But if the demon lurks without leaving,

Or if it directly charges into the Three Mountains and Nine Waters to wreak havoc, it would be a colossal disaster.

Master Mu Yang dared not take this lightly.

Indeed!

Hearing Master Mu Yang's words, Lu Qingfeng's eyes suddenly lit up.

The Heavenly Star sect was different from him; previously alone, but the Heavenly Star sect had connections in the Upper Realm. For matters they couldn't resolve, they could simply perform a ritual ceremony.

Without further ado, instead of rushing back to perform magic calculations, he prepared with Master Mu Yang and Wu Jiu through purification and abstinence.

Silently waiting for seven days later to present a sacrificial offering to the immortals.

"I want to see what this ferocious demon's origins really are!"

Lu Qingfeng said to himself in his heart.