430 - Senior Sister Is on Top

With fierce golden eyes, Xun Yi roared, and countless gusts of wind transformed into invisible blades, shredding the dozens of wraiths before him in an instant. However, before he could lower his guard, those shattered spirits began to repair themselves right before his eyes. Xun Yi's expression darkened. “This is bad. These wraiths are fueled by the power of Underworld Talismans.” Only the Underworld Talismans could render a soul neither alive nor dead, reversing the laws of the netherworld, turning them into tireless monsters. Hearing this, Wen Dai dared not casually use his True Flame of Life anymore. Although the True Flame of Life was formidable, it was tightly linked to his lifeline, and if it collided with the Underworld Talismans… it would be no different than striking an egg against a rock. On the other side, Tang Muxi, sensing that the demon king and his men had suddenly fallen into a disadvantage, quickly reacted by activating the Beneficent Lantern. The treasured light shone forth, its cold glow flooding the sky. The multicolored radiance of the glass lamp cascaded over the cultivators of the demon realm, akin to a supreme elixir, erasing all their wounds and fatigue. In stark contrast, the wraiths encountered their nemesis in the light of the Beneficent Lantern, and their power was immediately suppressed. Most of them, controlled by the Underworld Talismans, had their ghostly power quickly dissipated upon purification by the lotus flames. Many wraiths lost the support of the talismans, their soul forces severely depleted, and they exploded on the spot. Even Chao E was deeply suppressed. Tang Muxi hadn't anticipated that the lotus flames could purify the talismans, and seeing how effective it was, he handed the Beneficent Lantern to Wen Dai to alleviate their pressure. With the aid of the Beneficent Lantern, the talismans lost their effect in an instant. Chao E could no longer summon a single wraith, and even manipulating his ghost army became extremely difficult. He turned pale, akin to being mired in a swamp with no hope of extrication. It wasn’t just him; even Yin Sheng found no fortuitous outcomes on his end. Tang Muxi and Jiang Yin had somehow chanced upon a fortuitous encounter, unleashing two powerful beams of black and white spiritual light that rivaled even divine artifacts! Initially, they thought a swift battle would suffice to exact their revenge, but instead, they faced peril after peril, incurring injuries several times. Though none were significant, it was an immense humiliation. Yin Sheng, though enraged and ashamed, did not lose his composure. His gaze fell upon the enormous island behind the demon cultivators, and he instantly calmed down. Revenge could not be forgotten, but before that, he had a more important task that would grasp the lifeline of his enemies. Yin Sheng suddenly let out a roar, dispersing his power and shocking everyone around him. Then with a swift movement, he retreated several steps. Tang Muxi was surprised to see him retreat but refrained from giving chase, opting to observe with his senior sister. Yin Sheng wasn’t afraid; he simply didn’t want to waste more time with this group. His goal was immortality and dominion. As long as he obtained supreme power, reshaping the world, no one could stop him. “Your Excellency, Ghost Emperor, is it time?” Chao E met his gaze and instantly understood. Initially, he wanted to kill the God Emperor and obtain the remaining three divine artifacts. However, given the change in circumstances, it was indeed unwise to delay further. Chao E nodded deeply, then suddenly retreated, flying far above everyone’s heads. Gazing down at the vast sea, he smirked coldly: “I’ve always wondered, why do the demon lands rest upon the River of Yellow Springs, while our ghost domain remains confined to the Ghost Gate, unable to ever appear in the world? It wasn’t until a venerable being explained it to me one day that I understood—the original ghost domain was located in the utmost heavens, where dead cultivators could march into the Yellow Springs Road to enter it. But later, an ice lotus devoured the utmost heavens, taking away the only path. Since then, a makeshift Ghost Gate was added, forever sealing our ghost clan within.” Tang Muxi’s eyes hardened. Combining this with the talisman papers he had previously found, he immediately understood. “You’re also one of her minions.” Though he didn’t name names, everyone knew to whom he was referring. Chao E did not deny it and laughed heartily: “What’s wrong with being a minion? When heaven and earth are unjust, one should rebel. The demon realm has enjoyed the protection of the Yellow Springs Sea for long enough; today, that should end!” With those words, Chao E suddenly produced the Wraith Seal. Sensing a presence from the heavens observing him without stopping him, he couldn't help but smile. Though forbidden to use, as long as he was careful and avoided a direct clash with other divine artifacts, it wouldn’t be considered crossing the line. Wasting no time, Chao E injected the majority of his power into the Wraith Seal, using the artifact’s control over space to radiate across the entire Yellow Springs Sea. The seawater surged and thrashed, urged by the artifact, raising monstrous, thousand-foot-tall waves! Boom! Water vapor condensed, and the sky transformed, gathering thick and vast clouds. In no time, a thunderous roar split the clouds, exploding in everyone’s ears, so loud that it seemed capable of shattering the firmament. Raging waves and thunder crashed down. Many unprepared demon cultivators were swallowed entirely by the vast seawater that suddenly surged upon them! These were Nascent Soul stage cultivators, the backbone of any sect’s strength, yet facing the overwhelming force of nature, they had no capacity to resist. Initially, Tang Muxi thought the Ghost Emperor meant to annihilate tens of thousands of demon cultivators using the Yellow Springs Sea, and he immediately deployed the Eight Trigrams of Heaven and Earth, establishing a powerful protective formation to shield the demon cultivators. “Into the formation! Quickly, enter the formation!” Seeing this, Chao E sneered: “You’re overlooking something crucial. Since the divine chose them, don’t regret it!” With that, he directed the thousand-foot waves toward the floating demon realm island! The raging waves rolled in like a ravenous, violent beast, surging toward the floating island from all directions. The island was enormous, but the seawater was boundless—there was no escaping it. The vast seawater, which had protected the demon realm for millennia, had now turned into a weapon of its destruction, overturning heaven and earth in an instant. Tang Muxi's eyes turned bloodshot, and he immediately summoned the avatars of Zhuque and Xuanwu, attempting to use the residual power of the divine beasts to shield the demon realm once more. However, the divine beasts’ avatars had existed for millennia, their power mostly expended, and further drained by the “demon's” consumption of Xuanwu’s and White Tiger’s divine power. Faced with the thousands-long vast seawater, their resistance was but a drop in the ocean. The crimson Phoenix appeared, transforming itself into a blazing flame and crashing into the water, barely breaking a tenth of it. Xuanwu gathered divine power, freezing a hundred feet of waves into ice, but more seawater surged in quickly.