Bi You Palace did not want to engage in battle with Tian Xin, nor did they intend to interfere with the Great Sun Tathagata. They also didn't want to get involved with Christ, Ji Xiang, Ksitigarbha, Avalokiteśvara, the Demon Heavenly Master, or any other powerful figures.

They were merely making a move on Lei Wang's body, then using Lei Wang's shell to guide the mighty power of the gods of the Thunder Department, so that this Thunder Department Immortal Scripture, which had been lost in the human world for a long time, could reappear.

Due to the violent Lei Zu Ruyi, Lei Wang, possessed by some force, wielded the thunder hammer wildly, and the sound of rumbling filled the sky and the earth. It was like a mountain collapsing and the earth splitting, heaven and earth turning upside down. The South China Sea was in chaos, the earth shook violently, houses collapsed, and countless people were crushed to death.

"Lei Wang, why don't you wake up? How can you wield that Ruyi?"

"The Thunder Law is used to punish evil-doers on behalf of the heavens, but now you are recklessly wielding the Lei Zu Ruyi, killing living beings. You will suffer a great disaster!"

Ji Xiang tried to awaken Lei Wang's original consciousness, but repeated attempts were unsuccessful. The other party seemed to have been completely erased of his soul, leaving only a shell to carry the mighty power of the Thunder Department.

Outside that shell, a strong incense began to rise. The people of the South China Sea were still praying for Lei Wang's protection, and their wishes guided the heavens, burning fiercely and blessing Lei Wang's flesh.

And a vast white smoke rose from Ji Xiang's body, surging towards Lei Wang!

"I'll devour you!"

The Tongtian Mingyan (All-Encompassing Bright Smoke) devoured everything and had always been invincible, but this time it failed.

A burst of purple-red lightning surged from the Lei Zu Ruyi, scattering the Tongtian Mingyan with one blow!

[Celestial Treasure is no longer a thing of the human world, it cannot be obtained!]

The Inner Vision Divine Tablet gave a warning that the celestial treasure had exceeded the level of all previous treasures, just as immortals could not devour the forms and spirits of Tian Xin realm experts. This level of treasure was beyond the level that the white smoke produced by the karmic fire on the Son of Heaven could devour.

The Tongtian Mingyan also needed to be upgraded. Its limit was that it could only devour the forms and spirits of ordinary immortal artifacts.

The Son of Heaven's power was no longer enough. He was the monarch of the human world, the king of human gods, but not the monarch of the gods outside the heavens.

The next upgrade would require seizing the power of a Celestial Emperor.

Thunder light surged in the sky.

At Bi You Palace, the immortals reached out to draw away that Thunder Department Immortal Scripture. The Jade Pivot Treasure Scripture was seen detaching from Lei Wang's palm and soaring into the sky.

At this time, none of the immortals present could step forward to stop it. Ji Xiang watched helplessly as the Jade Pivot Treasure Scripture was fished away by the Bi You Palace immortals. Ji Xiang looked around and finally looked at Zhou Sheng:

"That's Bi You Palace? Aren't you with them?"

Zhou Sheng was stunned, then angrily defended himself, "Who said we were with them?"

"With this Thunder Department Heavenly Scripture here, would I still be acting subservient in front of you if I got the benefits?"

Hearing this, Ji Xiang also nodded, "That's right, I was just surprised and didn't react. "The Demon Heavenly Master had just made a deal with me, there was no reason for him to pull this stunt. It could only be said that Bi You Palace had some transactions with the Changsheng Heavenly Palace in the past, and now they were probably even."

"We haven't seen the people from Bi You Palace for a long time. I heard before that they switched their allegiance to the Quiet Wheel Heavenly Palace, and then peacefully broke up with the Quiet Wheel Heavenly Palace. Now I don't know who they are working for. The people behind them are very mysterious, and have already broken away from the control of Shangqing."

Zhou Sheng explained that Bi You Palace itself was previously instructed by the Shangqing main sect of Lishanhe, discussed by Zhu Huo Palace and Liuyun Palace, to separate them and occupy the folk fortune. They had a great plan to integrate the Dharma teachings, as a base for residing in the world before the arrival of the new era. This way, they could occupy a huge amount of fortune. At the same time, they could use this method to destroy the original mountain gate and re-establish a great religion, and lead the Shangqing Ancestral Talisman to be born.

But later, the Palace Master of Bi You Palace, that is, the former Shangqing Daozi, broke contact with the Shangqing main sect of Lishanhe, and didn't know who he had defected to. He stole the Qingping Sword and left, causing those ninth-rate Dharma masters in Bi You Palace to greatly improve their cultivation one by one. Some even directly advanced to the level of pure Yang, reaching the peak of the human world, while these guys were all low-level cultivators who were not in the mainstream in the human world before.

"Where in this world is there such a spell? If there is, then the price is probably huge."

Constantly improving cultivation in a short period of time, without any bottlenecks?

While Ji Xiang was fighting with Lei Wang, he was also trying to seal off the sky, preventing the treasure scripture from flying away. At the same time, he recalled in his heart that he seemed to have heard the heavenly lord who came down from Bi You Palace in Dingjia City say that they were no longer what they used to be.

"Of course, that's a ruthless method of squeezing out all of one's own potential and severing the next life." Looking at the disappearing celestial light in Bi You Palace, Zhou Sheng couldn't help but sigh, "All of one's own potential is squeezed dry, in exchange for an extremely high realm. This is life-consuming. Ordinary people don't have the guts to learn it, but those low-level cultivators themselves have no hope of longevity. They use someone's vicious method to experience the feeling of pure Yang, or even ascending to immortality, for several years."

"Moreover, even if they ascend to immortality, it is said that there is no way to replenish lifespan. Their 'fate' was already 'set' when they practiced that method!"

There are gods in the sky who control the lifespan of the world. The Song court once also held the position of the Nine Heavens Life Controller, who could deprive people of their lifespan, change the moment of their death, distribute excess lifespan, and replenish incomplete lifespan.

In the folk tale *Journey to the West*, Sun Wukong crossed out the book of life and death, causing the monkeys and grandchildren to be immortal. The Yin Division controls the three books of law, whose function is to control the life and death increase and decrease of all things in the world. Although one of these books is difficult to tamper with, the other two can still be changed.

If it can be changed, then 'fate should not be cut off'.

"If the fate of this kind of person is 'set', then there is no way to replenish it, no matter what method is used. The people of Bi You Palace cherish their lives very much and rarely show up easily. Moreover, the 'set' I'm talking about doesn't just have one meaning."

"It is said that that great power can also freeze their lifespan at a single moment. Let them remain in this state forever. Time will not flow on them, but once this frozen supernatural power is lifted, then they will probably turn into ashes and disappear in an instant."

Ji Xiang was shocked when he heard this.

This was like briefly pulling a living being out of the flow of time. They were not affected by the flow of time in the world, and the remaining lifespan, whether it was three years or three breaths, didn't matter to these people who pursued power. Anyway, they would die immediately once they returned to the years.

"Demons and heretics, should be tested by me."

Ji Xiang believed that this method was an abnormal path of cultivation, and the people of Bi You Palace were hiding within the Dharma realm, using the close connection between the Dharma realm and this world to indirectly take action. Half of the Shangqing Dharma realm was controlled by them, and the Shangqing realm itself was one of the extremely powerful Dharma realms, and was very close to the human world.

"Forget it, the treasure scripture of the Thunder Department has been obtained by them. Even if you are ranked as a demon king in the sky, you may not be able to test them. I haven't heard that the Demon Department can manage the Thunder Department."

Zhou Sheng didn't take Ji Xiang's harsh words seriously.

Because at this time, Bi You Palace was about to succeed.

"Among the various departments and divisions in the sky, the supernatural power of the Thunder Department is the greatest and the power is the strongest. It can interfere with everything in the world. If they obtain this Jade Pivot Treasure Scripture, I am afraid that the divine position of the Thunder Department will soon be taken over by Bi You Palace in large numbers!"

"Now that the treasure scripture has been snatched away, it is a foregone conclusion."

Ji Xiang frowned and was about to use his supernatural powers, when suddenly, the Eastern Flower Immortal Maiden seized an opportunity, withdrew from the battlefield, and flew out a silver hammer and a copper bell from her sleeves.

The Western Abundance Bell rang, and the melodious bell sounded echoed throughout the heavens and earth. The treasure scripture was suppressed in the sky and was gradually being pulled back by the Eastern Flower Immortal Maiden.

In the sky, the Shangqing aura rippled, and more than a dozen arms tentatively stretched out from the Dharma realm, vying with the Eastern Flower Immortal Maiden. At the same time, Lei Wang, possessed by some existence, became even more violent. The raging thunder on the Lei Zu Ruyi almost destroyed his flesh and turned it into dust. Large areas of scorching marks also appeared on the indestructible thunder body.

It was almost a corpse fighting.

[As you wish others would do to you, do so to them.]

A sudden voice completely froze the treasure scripture in a certain position in the sky. Whether it was Bi You Palace or the Eastern Flower Immortal Maiden, the forces of both sides suddenly formed a balance. Unless a third party intervened, the balance could not be broken.

Ji Xiang looked to the side, it was the blue-clothed missionary with a dark face.

The blue-clothed missionary stared at Ji Xiang, his heart filled with anger.

He was angry that Ji Xiang had taken away his false gospel before.

But he couldn't attack Ji Xiang. Instead, he appeared at this time to help Ji Xiang.

Because this was Christ's will.

"I cannot disobey the Lord's divine will, otherwise I will curse you to fall into hell."

The False Gospel was activated, solidifying the sky. The blue-clothed missionary's face was sullen, and Ji Xiang didn't say much, just nodded.

This was not the other party's intention, but Christ's intention. Although Christ had repeatedly tried to assimilate himself, he had indeed helped him many times at critical moments. Even if the purpose was strong, one thing was one thing.

From Ji Xiang's body rushed out the Tongtian Mingyan. The white smoke rolled up into the sky like a huge wave. Once the Jade Pivot Treasure Scripture was eaten by the white smoke, then all the immortal writings on it would be taken away by Ji Xiang.

"Flowing Fire Heavenly Court!"

Ji Xiang summoned the Demon Heaven. Accompanied by the roars of 80,000 ancient demons, the immortals in Bi You Palace began to tremble. The fear in their hearts was read by the 80,000 demons along with their wishes. These immortals had long distorted their spirits, let alone experiencing the demon test. Hearing the voices of the demons, they began to tremble with fear.

The Flowing Fire Heavenly Court was set up. Once external forces appeared in Bi You Palace, they would immediately be pulled into it for the demon test. Their real names would be reflected in the Scarlet Tomorrow Heaven and they could not escape. Under Ji Xiang's operation, this test would turn into "slaughter."

Bi You Palace obviously knew this, so they didn't send anyone to interfere from the Dharma realm.

Instead, they delivered the tip of a sword.

"Qingping Sword!"

Ji Xiang saw the tip of the sword.

The moment this sword was delivered, it was clearly still extremely far away.

But at the same time, a burst of blood suddenly spurted from Ji Xiang's forehead, splattering blood on the Demon Heaven.

The sword energy entered his body, piercing through his true body. Qingping was the sharpest in the world, unstoppable!

The Qingping Sword succeeded in one strike and was about to tremble, but it suddenly stopped in the sky. It seemed that countless voices were ringing at the same time from all directions.

Ji Xiang didn't know when, but he had divided himself into 129,600 Yang God incarnations. All the incarnations aimed at the Qingping Sword and started the spell at the same time:

"Imperial Heaven's Retribution!"

The power on the sword was eliminated, only for a moment.

The next moment, the Qingping Sword withdrew, but the Tongtian Mingyan had already clung to half of the sword body of the Divine Sword. A sword shape was forcibly torn off from the Qingping Sword's body by the Tongtian Mingyan!

"Caught it!"

As half of the sword shape was torn off, the divine light on the Qingping Sword suddenly dimmed! Ji Xiang laughed loudly!

That sword shape had already gathered in Ji Xiang's hand, holding the Tai Xu Treasure Light in his right hand and the Qingping Sword Shape in his left hand.

"Tai Xu Sword Intent!"

Only a nine-colored sword light was seen scattering across the ten heavens and ten earths.

But it did not slash towards Bi You Palace.

Instead, the sword turned and stabbed towards Lei Wang! As the sword light fell, half of Lei Wang's body was erased, and a possessed form was also forced to appear.

The Tai Xu Sword Intent instantly erased the other party's arm, and the form of the Ghost Slaughtering General also appeared on Ji Xiang's body, shattering all laws.

In the next moment.

A thunderclap roared.

The Lei Zu Ruyi left his hand and was grabbed by Ji Xiang, who shook it towards the sky!

Ten thousand thunders roared in the sky. Outside the Demon Heaven, the Thunder City shifted. Ji Xiang felt a violent pain in his palm. Even the Ghost Slaughtering General's form could not hold it and could only forcibly control it, but he would be countered by the thunder hammer.

"It has been seized, but it won't work. The treasures of the Thunder Department can only be held by the gods of the Thunder Department, not to mention that this is the immortal treasure of the Nine Heavens Responding Origin Thunder Sound Universalizing Heavenly Venerable! Although the Primordial Divine Position is used, it is essentially still a demon and is not recognized by the Lei Zu Ruyi."

"However, it's not a big problem."

Zhou Sheng was a little surprised when he saw this scene. After all, it was rare to see a treasure that even the Yuqing power could not hold. But for Ji Xiang, Zhou Sheng understood how many heavenly god images this Arctic True Man had.

The Lei Zu Ruyi had been obtained. It seemed that the Thunder Department and the Demon Department were about to merge.

Sure enough.

Ji Xiang glanced at Zhou Sheng:

"Don't panic."

His tone was indifferent, and the next moment, he retracted the form of the Ghost Slaughtering General.

Revealing the image of Marshal Tian Peng!

"For all who practice the Thunder Law, without Tian Peng, the Thunder Gods cannot be employed."

"For those who practice the Thunder Law alone, without Tian Peng, it cannot be shown to be effective."

"All the gods of the Thunder Department, listen to my orders!"