Yellow Court Daoist

"Shenxiao Sect's Yun Qing is here to pay respect to the Seven Treasures Immortal."

"Shenxiao Sect's Yun De is here to pay respect to the Seven Treasures Immortal."

Yun Qing.

Yun De.

As soon as their voices fell, their figures appeared, and they were two one-armed Daoists. The one on the left was missing his left arm, while the one on the right was missing his right arm.

The moment they revealed themselves, the heavens and earth seemed to change colors.

Daoist Nun Cheng Jin and Yuan Shan Daoist's expressions drastically changed. Cheng Jin's pupils constricted as she thought, "Why are these two here?!"

In a moment of shock.

She heard a whisper by her ear, Cheng Jin shook her head slightly to Yuan Shan Daoist and transmitted, "I also don't know. Shenxiao Sect must have deliberately kept these two as trump cards, probably waiting for this encounter with the Seven Treasures Daoist!"

Upon hearing this, Yuan Shan Daoist felt a sink in his heart, "If it were other Immortal Masters from the Shenxiao Sect, it would have been manageable. But these two, who were severed of their left and right arms by the Seven Treasures Immortal during a duel in their early years, hold a significant grudge. Coming now, why would they care for face?"

"Shenxiao Sect."

"It's these two."

Many people around the Seven Treasures Mountain knew of the previous duels, seeing these two approaching with overwhelming momentum and aura surpassing a Fifth-Order, manifesting Pure Yang, evidently characters of Immortal Masters, the crowd exploded in uproar.

In the south, there are two Sixth Order Demons, and to the north, these two Immortal Masters arrived while the Seven Treasures Immortal is at a critical point of breakthrough, with infinite mysteries evolving within the Two Qi Peak, proving the Earth Immortal seems difficult in a short time.

How can they survive this tribulation?!

"No sect, no faction, the Heavenly Tribulation is easier to handle, but this disaster for those ascending to immortality is fatal!"

Four great masters lurk threateningly, and only two Immortal Masters of the Maoshan Dao in the Seven Treasures Mountain.

It's clear who is stronger and who is weaker.

The two stepped on the auspicious clouds and stopped a hundred miles outside Seven Treasures Mountain, arrogantly standing atop the clouds.

"Shenxiao Sect!"

"It's said that the Seven Treasures Immortal has fought numerous times with Shenxiao Sect's Daoists in front of battle formations, harboring substantial grudges, trouble is stirred now."

"More than trouble? These two were disarmed by the Seven Treasures Immortal; their visit is with ill intentions!"

...

Conversations stirred from all directions, with some people nervous, some reveling in the disaster, and others eagerly anticipating.

Abundant reactions.

Looking to claim Longevity.

The Sixth-Order forces gathering.

Such a grand scene is rare, everyone holds their breath and watches silently for changes.

On various peaks of the Seven Treasures Mountain, numerous cultivators of the Immortal Dao, martial heroes, and roaming Daoists stood solemnly. Some were disciples of the Seven Treasures Mountain, while others were powerful experts friendly to the Seven Treasures Immortal, all here to assist.

But even their strongest are only comparable to a True Immortal of the Fifth-Order. Ordinary Fifth-Order Demons challenging them could still be repelled. However, facing four Sixth-Order masters from both heavens, they indeed fall short.

"Only hope that the two Immortal Masters from Maoshan Dao can stop them."

Everyone prayed in their hearts.

Time passed.

Whether it was the two Demons from the south or the two Immortal Masters from the North, though they appeared aggressively, they perfectly synchronized not taking any action.

Just quietly observing, it seemed they were merely spectating.

But neither the crowd on site nor the two Maoshan Dao Immortal Masters dared to relax. Even Daoist Nun Cheng Jin and Yuan Shan Daoist felt increasingly heavy-hearted—

These four showing no action are just waiting for the Seven Treasures Immortal to reach a point of irreversible breakthrough before they strike, seeking to ruin her hope for Longevity and possibly seizing her life.

Shenxiao's two Daoists, and two Barbaric Demons, are clearly no kind entities.

Time seemed frozen yet irresistibly rolling forward.

One month.

Two months.

Three months.

In a blink, more than four months.

The aura of the Two Qi Peak grew increasingly dense and forceful.

On this day.

Yun Qing and Yun De from Shenxiao Sect, who had been standing proudly among the clouds as if in otherworldly meditation, suddenly moved.

Stepping on auspicious clouds, they walked forward.

"Here they come!"

The crowd, having anticipated this, were not startled but instead felt a jolt in spirit.

Yuan Shan Daoist had been on alert for a long time.

Seeing the two Daoists move, watching them step forward, his palms hidden in his sleeves, a Golden Lotus manifested, shimmering with layers of talismans, ready for defense. Suddenly, a surge of Yin Qi struck, causing his hair to stand on end.

"Red Yin Old Demon!"

Yuan Shan Daoist was already alert; without turning back, he threw the Golden Lotus toward the incoming Yin Wind, his hands forming the Seal Technique, and the Golden Light suddenly flared. The Golden Lotus in mid-air rapidly expanded, violently colliding with an incoming gray long whip.

Boom!

The Golden Lotus rooted in the Void, swayed unceasingly by the fierce whip.

"Fiend!"

Yuan Shan Daoist bent forward, but his face filled with anger as he saw at the end of the whip, the Yin Wind morphed, revealing a sinister old demon. Its skin like bark, and long hair dreadfully withered.

It was none other than the Red Yin Old Demon.

"Red Yin Whip."

Yuan Shan Daoist dared not be careless, Daoist skills operating and talismans gathering, strengthening the Golden Lotus. Although his Golden Lotus was also forged from Spiritual Objects, embedded with thousands of talismans, possessing a formidable power to ward off ghosts and gods, he was still a newly-promoted Immortal Master of barely eight hundred years, with limited time in refining treasures. Compared to the Red Yin Old Demon's self-cultivated and life-forged 'Red Yin Whip', it was significantly inferior.

Facing a formidable enemy while also wary of the Shenxiao's two Daoists behind him, it was indeed difficult to fully unleash his Dao ability.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

In the blink of an eye, multiple clashes occur, the Golden Lotus's light grew stronger but also increasingly unstable. The Void cracked incrementally.

At that instant.

The Hei Xia Old Demon suddenly threw a mass of dark light, heading straight for the Golden Lotus.

"Humph!"

Yuan Shan Daoist didn't panic; hearing a cold snort from his side, Daoist Nun Cheng Jin fiercely reacted.

A Magic Sword, formed from Copper Coins, burst out from her sleeve.

"Roar!"

With a sudden transformation into a Golden Dragon, it roared and lunged at the dark light, swallowing it whole with a gaping maw.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The dark light trembled chaotically, then exploded anew.

The Golden Dragon let out a moan, reverting back into a Copper Coin Magic Sword that flew backward. As for the dark light, it revealed its true form—a demonic Jade Pendant, gently spinning as it fell amidst layers of black smoke.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Black smoke billowed as a muscular man in a black robe emerged, strides so powerful that the earth trembled with loud booms. Without any prelude, he grabbed the Jade Pendant and lunged out of the black smoke, launching a punch at Daoist Cheng Jin silently but with the force of a dragon, crushing all in its path.

"Sha!"

Daoist Cheng Jin bellowed, instantly scattering thirty-six Golden Light Talismans, forming the Vajra Dharma Image and executing the Immovable Mountain Seal to face the punch head-on.

Yet, she did not stop there.

With one hand performing a seal and the other wielding a Magic Sword, standing on the Harmony Gang, she chanted:

"Heaven clear, Earth spirited, soldiers follow the seal, orders pursued—Disciple Cheng Jin executes the command of Maoshan Ancestor, invoking the Five Ghosts from all directions, Yao Bisong from the center, Lin Jingzhong from the north, Cai Ziliang from the west, Zhang Zigui from the south, Chen Guixian from the east; urgently summon the Yin Soldiers and Generals, swiftly move towards Seven Treasures Mountain to subdue the Old Demon Hei Xia, execute the order swiftly, by the edict of Maoshan Ancestor!"

The spell invoked the law.

Instantly, five columns of black smoke appeared, and five generals appeared and bowed in front of her, loudly proclaiming, "Obeying the law!"

Daoist Cheng Jin pointed with her Magic Sword, and the Five Ghosts of Maoshan sprang into action, forming an enclosure around the attacking Old Demon Hei Xia who was besieging the talisman-formed Vajra.

"Ghost tricks!"

Old Demon Hei Xia grunted, ignoring the crumbling Vajra formed by talismans, and struck a punch at the general from the north. With a punch, all five ghosts trembled, their vital energies and forms dimmed by a third.

"At most five strikes."

Seeing this, Daoist Cheng Jin frowned, glanced at the collapsing Vajra of talismans, didn't spare a moment for grief, and waved her Magic Sword again, casting talismans that connected with the Seven Treasures peaks—preparing her signature Maoshan Array.

Both sides were entangled.

Two Daoists and two demons fought fiercely.

"A good opportunity!"

From a distance, Shenxiao Two Dao saw this, formed a seal with one hand, and turned into a thunderbolt. With a velocity like thunder that doesn't cover ears, he burst into Seven Treasures Mountain, rushing straight for Two Qi Peak.

"How dare you?!"

Yuan Shan Daoist was entangled with the Red Yin Old Demon, but upon seeing this, his eyes bulged and he exploded in a shout, throwing another Golden Lotus to block Yun Qing. Daoist Cheng Jin, also multitasking while setting up the array, cast eighteen talismans in succession, quickly forming the Six Harmonies Formation, stretching it before Yun De.

"Maoshan's minor Daoist skills, you think they can stop me?"

Yun Qing sneered at the sight of the Golden Lotus. Without engaging, he flashed past it with a burst of electricity, diving straight into Two Qi Peak. Yun De, even more formidable, shrouded in thunder, unstoppable, was about to crash into the Six Harmonies Formation when suddenly three purple thunders slashed down onto the hastily formed formation.

The formation held steady but was blasted open by a crack.

Yun De turned into a flash of lightning, disappearing in an instant, relentlessly following Yun Qing into Two Qi Peak.

"This is bad!"

"Not good!"

Daoist Cheng Jin and Yuan Shan Daoist exclaimed simultaneously, preparing to disengage from their opponents to help at Two Qi Peak when suddenly from within, two beams of sword light rocketed into the sky.

Following closely.

Barely audible were two muffled groans, then the lightning and thunderbolt shot out far faster than they had entered, enveloped in thunder.

Encased in thunder.

Invisible to the ordinary eye, but clear to Daoist Cheng Jin, Yuan Shan Daoist, and the two demons—they saw that Yun Qing and Yun De's bodies were cracked, oozing blood along with glints of cold light.

As if.

Just a gentle touch would shatter them completely.

"This—"

Daoist Cheng Jin and Yuan Shan Daoist exchanged glances, their eyes filled with moved expressions. Even the fierce attacking Red Yin Old Demon and Old Demon Hei Xia momentarily slowed their assaults.

Silence reigned all around.

In Two Qi Peak, it was just as silent, yet the endless sword intent, unobstructed and weaving through the mountains, piercing through the clouds, dispersing the white clouds for thousands of miles.

"Such powerful Sword Intent!"

Such sword intent, Daoist Cheng Jin and Old Demon Hei Xia were not afraid, but Yuan Shan Daoist and Red Yin Old Demon's expressions changed, their hearts tightened.

This level of sword intent posed a threat to the two.

Facing this sword, although not as disastrously defeated as Yun Qing and Yun De, caution is essential and cannot be taken lightly.

However, after the shock.

The four combatants looked at Two Qi Peak again, their expressions shifting—

Maoshan Two Dao regretfully exclaimed, while the two demons showed delight.

Red Yin Old Demon even waved his whip, sending out a 'snap' through the void, laughing loudly, "Ha ha! The Daoist field is shattered, the path to longevity cut, his life is soon over!"

Maoshan Two Dao's expression grew even grimmer.

"The Daoist field is shattered?"

"The path to longevity is cut?"

All cultivators, aroused from their shock, looked unanimously towards Two Qi Peak. Although its depths were hard to see, not showing the Seven Treasures Immortal, the energy that had once gathered there was undeniably dissipating.

Before long.

The dissipation became more apparent, the decline set in, no longer reversible.

"What a pity."

Sighs echoed from all directions.

Achieving immortality is not easy.

The Seven Treasures Immortal had a chance at longevity, but human treachery is fierce, and even with the help of Maoshan Dao, it ultimately could not defy fate.

Even Daoist Cheng Jin and Yuan Shan Daoist sighed.

In the distance.

The severely injured Shenxiao Two Dao sat on the clouds, their bodies like porcelain about to shatter, even their faces cracked like spider webs. But at that moment, while tending to their injuries, they watched Two Qi Peak, their heart's panic and resentment gone, leaving only unlimited exhilaration.

"Exhilarating!"

Their bodies still remained, needing to see with their own eyes the Seven Treasures Immortal's Daoist field shatter completely, beyond any hope of return, to settle their minds.

"The path to longevity is cut."

"The Seven Treasures witch's life is nearing its end!"

Their hearts lightened, the hatred from the severed limb of the past and the recent grievances subtly soothed. Waiting for Two Qi Peak to completely disperse, their hearts could hang without worry.

Presently, it seems hopeless to expect a turnaround.