At the very precipice of time, their breaths mingled, a fragile moment before one was reduced to flying ash and the sky wept a rain of blood.

Jiang Wang, it must be said, harbored an extraordinary intent towards Zhu Lanruo.

Consider the moment before: Lu Qilang was eager to engage him in a life-and-death struggle, his blood energy surging, poised for victory with every advantage. Ling Xihua, his courage shattered, was a defeated cur, a single sword-stroke away from oblivion. Yet, Jiang Wang hesitated not, disregarding the easier paths, and with resolute determination, charged directly at Zhu Lanruo. From the outset, Zhu Lanruo had been his primary target. This initial kill order, etched in his heart, had never wavered.

This unwavering resolve surpassed Zhu Lanruo’s expectations.

Throughout the entire battle thus far, the one who had inflicted the greatest harm upon Jiang Wang was undeniably Lu Qilang. When Jiang Wang erupted from the Undying Spring, his tactics were clear: artifice against Ling Xihua, divine suppression against Zhu Lanruo, and the point of his sword aimed at Lu Qilang. The allocation of force in that initial assault seemed to declare his killing intent, plainly viewing Lu Qilang as his most formidable opponent. But as the clash of gazes concluded, and the battle of divine souls still raged… at that moment, with vision obscured yet the string domain intact, and the soul-fight yielding no significant waves, his body still propelled by the inertia of combat… he unexpectedly rang the Knowledge Bell, turning and stepping onto the clouds!

Witnessing those crimson-gold eyes at such close proximity, Zhu Lanruo finally comprehended the exquisite tactical misdirection Jiang Wang, reborn from the brink of death, had executed in his first move after recovery. This man, perhaps even at the threshold of his near-death experience, was calculating the battle! What trials could possibly forge such a formidable killer?

Alas, flying ash could no longer speak, and blood rain held no divine whispers. Life and death, at times, hinged on a single, delayed thought.

With the Undying Spring and the Knowledge Bell in hand, Jiang Wang was undeniably unstoppable.

The retreating Ling Xihua, utterly devoid of fighting spirit, fled down the mountain path. Glancing back in anxious haste, he saw only the lone figure of that vertical sword, amidst the scattered string domain beneath the sky-high blood rain. A path of green rainbow, a flash of cold light. His presence, vast and boundless.

Only then did Ling Xihua realize that while their side had a true demon descending upon the world, the sudden appearance of this human cultivator in the Shenxiao World was a solitary force. Pausing on the blood-spattered mountain path, he suddenly lost all strength, collapsing to his knees, gasping for breath. At that moment, he could not discern whether the dampness on his body was the heaven’s blood rain, his own fresh blood, or the tears of fear!

How… how had this come to be?

By the time Lu Qilang reacted, it was already too late. The moment the Knowledge Bell rang, he swallowed the warning he couldn’t utter in time. His entire body, held aloft and bent into an inverse bow, suddenly rebounded with taut intensity.

He drew his bow, aiming northwest at the celestial wolf.

Wielding the Knowledge Bell, is one invincible? When Yang Yu summoned the Knowledge Bell, I too once believed I could challenge it! The sword style he had prepared to counter Jiang Wang’s pursuit unfolded in a streak of shocking electricity across the long sky, cleaving into the very space where Jiang Wang and Zhu Lanruo had faced each other. But it only caught a wisp of flying ash, a lingering shadow…

A field of blood rain fell from the heavens.

At this moment, with his blood energy fully restored, bearing the Undying Spring and gripping the Knowledge Bell, Jiang Wang was indeed terrifyingly strong. Full recovery of blood energy meant this was Jiang Wang at his peak. Carrying the Undying Spring meant this Jiang Wang possessed a significant margin for error… In the hands of Jiang Wang, a master of close combat, it wasn’t merely a margin for error; it yielded countless opportunities. Just as he suppressed skills with raw blood energy, breaking through defenses with sheer force. Just as he charged seals without restraint, staining the Knowledge Bell with blood.

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Holding the Knowledge Bell meant that in the face of such a Jiang Wang, you could no longer afford a single mistake. For no defense could withstand that terrifying Samadhi True Fire!

The proud demon race had lost a demon king with infinite potential.

The myriad gods should weep.

In that instant, the entire Shenxiao realm seemed to respond with a wave of sorrow. The sky lowered, the clouds grew heavier.

On that golden platform that suppressed the sea of myriad gods, two vague figures solidified. One, with hair styled in slanted clouds, her palace dress majestic. The other, in a long robe fitting his frame, his face gaunt, a figure more like a teacher who had seen through the world’s truth than a powerful cultivator.

Mo Yun City’s Zhu Ting, Zhao Yun Peak’s Quan Yingyang.

The summoned true demons had descended upon this world!

Alas, the Seal God Platform divided the mountain platform from the mountainside, making it impossible for one side to see the other. A sea of golden clouds encircled the mountain. The Seal God Platform lay at the heart of the myriad gods sea, surrounded by images of the gods.

Like the silent, mountain-like giant ape god image, its lower body submerged in the cloud sea, one ape arm resting on the mountain platform, its hand back utterly blown apart, revealing the venerable bronze giant tripod and the heaven demon altar that carried it. The giant ape god image was already dead, its god-infant extinguished, but this majestic, mountain-like god image, if it were to thoroughly dissipate, would take not three or five months. It was foreseeable that for a considerable time to come, this god mountain would feature the spectacle of this venerable giant ape god image ascending the mountain platform.

Within the giant ape god image’s abdomen, there was a gap a person’s height. That was the passage through which Xiong Sansi and Ling Xihua had successively killed their way. With keen eyesight, one could just discern the dim, bloody interior of the myriad gods cave from this gap.

At this moment, the bloody myriad gods cave, its golden sea of divine power dried up, its myriad god niches dimmed. The gloomy, blood-stained cliffs resembled a ghost nest more than a god cave.

Just as the Seal God Platform penetrated two realms, piercing the innocent outer heavens, and the forms of the two true demons solidified on the golden platform… within that dimly sinking blood-stained myriad gods cave, a single cold star suddenly ignited!

As this star lit up, the entire god cave illuminated. The whole dim, bloody myriad gods cave became brilliantly glorious for a time. That light even overflowed, bursting from the giant ape god image’s eyes, ears, mouth, and nose…

In an instant, seven pillars of light, dancing together across the long sky. These seven pillars of light, bright, long, thick, and thin, each distinct, swept away the corresponding Dao principles between heaven and earth, then transformed into seven enormous golden spears. Or hooks and sickles, or tiger heads, or star edges, or dragon teeth… the spear bodies all inscribed with markings, all engraved with Dao principles.

And thus, they simultaneously bombarded the Seal God Platform! Pride, jealousy, anger, sloth, greed, gluttony, lust… using the giant ape god image’s seven orifices as spear sheaths, heaven descended these Seven Sins Spears!

What heaven-sent blood rain was directly swept away. What rise and fall of myriad gods, before the descent of these seven enormous golden spears, the nearby god images had already begun to crack! The vast, boundless myriad gods sea seemed to be pressed down several zhang by this spear light, divine power rippling outward layer by layer.

One spear aimed to kill two true demons! One spear aimed to shatter the Seal God Platform!

This was undoubtedly the power of the Cave True realm. A thought moves, law shifts, heaven and earth obey commands, myriad laws return to their true form—hence, a True Person! What lament of heaven and earth? I have no sorrow, what sorrow could heaven and earth hold? Heaven and earth grieve when I die. When I live… heaven and earth’s sun and rain follow my joy and anger. Thunder, wind, and frost are but the wounds in my heart.

The three grades of divine ascent approach immortality, merely possessing a golden body and jade marrow, a false immortality of the flesh. A True Person is a return to origin, stepping from false immortality towards true immortality. The so-called ‘Cave True’ is seeing through the world’s truth.

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His growth, his anticipated transformation, the tenacious evolution of his own life, slowly resolving all the problems within this fusion process. And every step of his growth in the Zi Wu Hills, every moment he strove to seize more powerful strength, all aided Hu Taisui in opening his Dao path.

Until today… assisting in its success.

He was in utter despair, approaching the Cave True realm infinitely closely, yet abruptly halting. Only the final step remained, but stepping over it was useless. It would merely mean changing from one prison cell, the Thousand Tribulations Cave, to another. It would merely give Xiong Sansi more to observe, more inspiration. All of it, all of it, was useless. His efforts in the demon realm were all for naught.

Worse than naught! He had used his flesh and blood as steps, paving the road to the absolute peak for Hu Taisui. His ascent was entirely counterproductive; his very existence aided the enemy.

Thus, his heart was already dead in that moment. This person, who had endured so many pains, wished only to kill himself sooner. It was true, his myriad thoughts had turned to ash. Until he heard the name of the Qi Country’s heaven’s pride. Until he heard “Yellow River Head Leader”!

He had known before that Zhu Yi was severely injured, that the Tian Xi Wasteland was in turmoil. He knew that the Celestial Candle Goddess was injured on the front lines, and had even heard his master Jiang Mengxiong’s name, but he did not know why this war had erupted, and the Zi Wu Hills were originally far from the front lines.

He usually presented an image of few words and cold cruelty, never concerning himself with the affairs of the human race… He couldn’t even say if it was to hide himself, or to avoid losing control, or simply to evade the pain! Now, within the Shenxiao World, he saw no possibility for himself. But the six words “Qi Country Yellow River Head Leader” gave him the courage to take that final step.

Mountains and rivers, ten thousand li, successors, too. This was the reason he grasped his spear.

But at the crucial moment when his primordial spirit was about to be achieved and his power expanded infinitely, he suddenly restrained everything. Because he had already sensed the fluctuations of the Seal God Platform, detecting that two Cave True level powerhouses were approaching.

Hence, he imprisoned his heart and locked his intent, allowing himself to return to a state of dormancy, living only at the tip of his spear. This single point was solely for the Seal God Platform. Only thus could he deceive the true demons’ insight. Only thus could he seize the greatest spoils of war.

The moment the two true demons descended upon the world, he ignited like a prairie fire, transforming from death to life. As he took that final step, his thoughts moved, laws shifted, making heaven and earth obey commands, unleashing these heaven-executing Seven Sins Spears!

Neither Quan Yingyang nor Zhu Ting could have imagined that they, summoned by the Seal God Platform and entering the array in the Shenxiao World to capture a small god nearing… would be attacked the very moment they descended!

Especially Zhu Ting. After the Old Ancestor’s departure, everyone believed the Zhu family no longer possessed any significant competitive strength. Yet, she had absolute confidence in Zhu Lanruo, believing that with his strength and cunning, even if he couldn’t claim a full harvest in the innocent outer heavens of the Shenxiao World, he wouldn’t return empty-handed. But she had not anticipated that even letting Zhu Lanruo return empty-handed would be a luxury. She clearly had the advantage of being near the water, gaining the moon first, stepping onto the Seal God Platform through the summoning, and descending into the Shenxiao World. She was witnessing the potential to complete the Old Ancestor’s unfinished plan with true demon power.

But the Seal God Platform traversing two realms and piercing the innocent outer heavens required a little time after all. It was precisely within this few breaths, almost negligible in a long life, that Zhu Lanruo, who possessed absolute peak divine abilities… was already dead!

With the shattered Upper Origin Pearl, she could only watch in wide-eyed disbelief during the descent!

She was, of course, furious.

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Thus, this anger guided the golden hook spear, reaching directly for her heart’s fury. The Seven Sins Spears, executing heaven’s anger!

Boom boom boom boom!

The true demon’s primordial spirit overturned heaven and earth. Zhu Ting’s palm was for brightness, and covering her palm was for night. In an instant, the bright and dark within and without her body shifted eighteen hundred times. Thus, she finally wore away the Dao principle spears that aimed for her heart.

From her uplifted palm, she grasped a slender sword, a single horizontal stroke creating a rift in heaven and earth that myriad things and affairs could not mend. Dao principles clashed with Dao principles. The seven enormous golden spears descending from the heavens were all severed at their heads! The magnificent, golden-sun-like celestial pillar spear bodies also collapsed section by section amidst thunderous roars.

With a touch of divine thought, she had already exchanged opinions with Quan Yingyang. Zhu Ting first extinguished her heart fire, then blocked the celestial spears. Quan Yingyang, then, extended his body and went forth, disregarding everything, instantly passing beyond the god mountain!

Hu Taisui’s Dao path had appeared, but why did this true demon-level spirit race launch a sneak attack? Was it autonomous or instructed by Hu Taisui? What was Hu Taisui plotting? These questions could wait.

They had come by summoning, and they absolutely could not let Jiang Wang escape, even less could they allow Jiang Wang to escape with the Undying Spring and the Knowledge Bell! Especially for Quan Yingyang, he had an absolutely pressing reason: the Shenxiang Flower Sea’s most potential heaven’s pride absolutely could not fall in the Shenxiao World under his watch. He was chasing Jiang Wang, and even more, he was chasing Lu Qilang.

But a single golden spear met him head-on!

The long-haired, flowing Xiong Sansi, leaping amidst the dazzling golden light, seemed like a rising sun from the east! A magnificent great sun, illuminating the entire cloud sea. Myriad gods prostrated, wind and thunder all scattered. This was the first ray of light that tore open the long night, this world’s first spear at this time!

His gaze touched, then pierced the gaze. His divine thought contacted, then tore the divine thought. What divine ability, secret law, three talents, five elements… It carried with it the awakening that shattered all, and illuminated all.

Forcefully intercepting Quan Yingyang, forcing him back to the god mountain, back to the myriad gods sea, back onto the Seal God Platform!

In the vast myriad gods sea, upon the golden Seal God Platform. It was still the man in the long robe, the beautiful woman in the palace dress, still the sense of heaven responding to earth, majestic and boundless. It was still the established fact of the Seal God Platform’s summoning and the true demons’ descent upon the world. The Seal God Platform’s arrangement crossed the Shenxiao rules, piercing the innocent outer heavens.

But the true demons had already descended for two breaths.

Not a single step moved!

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