Chapter 194 The Phoenix Mountain Uprising

In the Phoenix Mountain region, the black grave hills began to shake violently. The Demon King Calamity transformed by the Yellow-Faced Demon King disappeared. At the same time, the wronged souls he had taken away, as well as a portion of the power of other demons, vanished. Even more demons let out miserable screams, collapsing the temples they occupied, black blood spurting from their seven orifices, filled with endless pain.

"Juloubu! What have you done!"

The resolution of the Demon King Calamity was already astonishing, but Juloubu had not only died but had also taken with him a portion of the power of these other demons, even a portion of the Demon King himself. And that part of the power seemed to have been devoured by something.

Something like hungry ghosts, the dead, or vengeful spirits!

Although the demons had transformed into demons, they were still alive. And the hungry ghosts in hell devoured a part of their power, which directly led to the complete disappearance of the power they had separated, causing great damage to their main bodies.

The demons could even vaguely sense in their ears the state of their power when it "died," which was actually excitement and relief, and a strange grinding sound reverberated repeatedly in their minds!

It was as if they were caught by many wild beasts and then eaten alive!

"Impossible! The Trial Dao Demon Calamity was actually resolved! What righteous dharma is unaffected by the demon calamity, but why is there also the sound of countless ghosts grinding their teeth and sucking blood!"

Abnormal conditions occurred one after another on the black grave hills. Yinping Niangzi, who was originally resting, stood up hurriedly. However, the other artificial demon kings would not let Yinping Niangzi escape. The closest black-clad demon woman pointed at Yinping Niangzi while conveying orders to the other demon kings.

"Don't let this woman leave! She was also unaffected by the demon calamity before. She must know Juloubu's current state!"

The demon kings and demons abandoned their own temples. Because the separated power carried a portion of their own wisdom, when this part of the power, along with this wisdom, was eaten and damaged by the hungry ghosts, their own intelligence declined. As a result, some demon kings had already become muddle-headed.

They said they couldn't let Yinping Niangzi leave and had to capture her.

But in fact, when several demon kings took action, they all made killing moves!

The black-clad demon woman still maintained some clarity, but the other demon kings were already half-mad. Yinping Niangzi naturally did not dare to fight, but she didn't expect this situation to happen!

"We agreed to fight one level at a time!"

Yinping Niangzi used Fire Escape to escape. The demon kings missed their target, and the demonic energy of the entire Phoenix Mountain became turbulent and restless.

Yinping Niangzi appeared near a demon temple, where there was heavy demon fire from burning the mountain. Not far away were several demon kings who had just attacked her. This demon king was breathing fire, his whole body charred and rotten.

Although she couldn't beat them.

But she couldn't leave now either.

Yinping Niangzi sensed the turbulent demonic energy....

It seemed that it wouldn't be so easy to leave now.

The Trial Dao Demon was meant to disturb people's inner stability, and Escape Arts required concentration and the operation of thoughts to be performed. The demonic thoughts influenced this world, making it difficult for cultivators with Escape Arts to perform these life-saving skills.

"True Martial Demon Subduing Mantra!"

Yinping Niangzi recited the demon-subduing mantra, hoping to borrow the power of the True Martial Emperor again. But suddenly, to her surprise, those demon kings who were not afraid of the demon-subduing mantra, and even fed on righteous dharma, trembled violently when they were entangled by the True Martial Mantra. Even their forms and spirits were about to be distorted, as if they were twisting a rag.

"It's working? Why?"

These Trial Dao Demons should not be harmed by righteous dharma. Yinping Niangzi was immediately surprised. She had just recited the True Martial Demon Subduing Mantra, but she didn't intend to use it on them.

But this unintentional harm made the demons discover Yinping Niangzi's location. They were blinded by anger, carrying astonishing killing intent, surging like a tide, overturning mountains and seas!

"The ability to control calamity is lost!"

"Our demonic energy, our resentment, is damaged...!"

The black-clad demon woman's face was twisted hideously, and black blood was also spurting from her seven orifices. Rolling demonic energy even poured out of her nostrils, just like incense gods flowing with incense after being injured.

The other demon kings roared:

"Kill her! Slaughter her! Eat her! She has the power of a god. Eating her can restore our power!"

Those demon kings valued strength and were slightly weaker in wisdom. Having suffered damage, they no longer recognized their relatives. The black-clad demon woman warned them: "Catch her, don't kill her! Do you want to disappear from the world completely!"

"The master said to capture her alive!"

But the demon kings and many demons could no longer listen. The demons pushed down everything that blocked their path, including the black grave hills and their own temples!

When the temples collapsed, the demons let out sorrowful wails, and then vaguely shouted that they wanted Yinping Niangzi's body.

Flames flickered in the Phoenix Mountain region. Yinping Niangzi's thoughts began to waver, making it difficult to concentrate. The distance she escaped using Fire Escape became shorter and shorter each time. She kept transferring, consuming a large amount of divine power.

And the demons chased after her. With the boiling demonic energy, Yinping Niangzi, who possessed the divine power of fire virtue, was as dazzling as a shooting star in the dark Phoenix Mountain region.

And although the Heavenly Fire Calamity could burn and kill the demons, the other side had a large number of demons and innate-level demon kings. Yinping Niangzi's divine power was already running low. After recovering for a while, she had now reached the end of her rope again.

"Why hasn't he come out yet!"

Yinping Niangzi was a little anxious. The mastermind behind these demons had not yet appeared!

She couldn't hold on any longer!

*Dong!*

Suddenly, the roaring of the demons stopped. A tall, ethereal figure appeared in front of Yinping Niangzi!

Vast immortal might emanated, and the demons were overwhelmed by the immortal might, all bowing their heads. Yinping Niangzi was stunned when she saw this white-clothed immortal, and then shocked.

Because the killing intent in this immortal's eyes was directed at her!

White-clothed....immortal.

It was the person who called himself the Jade Dragon Dao Lord!

Although he was the Jade Dragon Dao Lord, Yinping Niangzi had never heard of this person's existence in the past two hundred years. She had even visited the Jade Dragon Daoist Temple in the past, but she had never seen this person.

Dao Lord, it was probably just an empty title!

Yinping Niangzi had abandoned her golden spear, so she used a golden sword to meet the enemy. But before she could raise the sword, Chen Taichu gently pressed his hand, immediately freezing all of Yinping Niangzi's movements!

In an instant, it was as if heaven and earth were shrinking together, and thousands of yang qi extinguished the haze, like a blazing sun illuminating the world!

An immortal in the Ascension Realm!

In the next moment, he transformed into clouds and appeared in front of Yinping Niangzi, his left palm grabbing Yinping Niangzi's face.

"I once asked the monks of Lingyin Temple to invite you nicely, but you didn't give me that face."

"I originally just wanted to imprison you for a while."

"But your current behavior has really angered me. Because of you, this woman, I have lost one of my demon king generals."

Chen Taichu grabbed Yinping Niangzi's face, his eyes hollow, filled with the deepest hatred:

"Disrupting my good deeds, forcing me to show myself, who did you make a deal with to gain the power to be fearless of the demon calamity?"

"A mere small god of the mortal world dares to go against the heavens and resist the Trial Dao Demon Calamity! These Trial Dao Demons were created by me with great effort, and even the Heavenly Laws are in my palm!"

"It is impossible for anyone in this world to go against the heavens and resolve the Trial Dao Demon Calamity in an instant!"

"Speak, speak, who is it, which immortal, what is his name, what magic did he give you! If you don't tell me, I will refine you now!"

Chen Taichu was indeed a little exasperated.

After all, in the beginning, he felt that everything was under his control. He also expected that Yinping Niangzi would go directly to Phoenix Mountain to show off her skills. After all, she didn't dare to come to Jade Dragon Daoist Temple the last time he invited her. If he wanted to find clues, he could only come to Phoenix Mountain, where the demons were hiding.

Moreover, he also felt that whether it was Yinping Niangzi or the unknown immortal, as long as they entered Phoenix Mountain, they would inevitably be entangled by the demon calamity. The Trial Dao Demon Calamity would continue to accumulate until they could not bear it.

At the same time, the will of an immortal level, if obtained, could greatly increase the growth rate of the No Delusion Drug. Although he had already obtained a new No Delusion Drug from Xu Fu, all the Dao Heart Demon Seeds in the Qiantang and Phoenix Mountain regions were carefully arranged by him. It would also be a good choice to use them to strengthen the No Delusion Drug given by Xu Fu.

Originally, he only needed to trap them for three days, and with the help of the immortal's will that was taken away after being killed, combined with the powerful No Delusion Drug power obtained here, he could directly transform several Yin World officials of the Myriad Longevity Palace into Trial Dao Demon Kings in the mortal world.

Then, Yinping Niangzi, as the main ingredient, would be refined into Qing Liver Azure Blood. When the Heavenly Fortune Pill was completed, he could start the substitution, replacing the fire virtue of Song with the fire virtue of Ming.

The effect of the Heavenly Fortune Pill was to reverse the heavenly fortune, so that the national fortune of the Ming Dynasty would be replaced by the Song Dynasty. It was no longer a complete plunder, but a silent assimilation.

At that time, the wrong, demonized scriptures and classics that were being recited would all be corrected, requiring only a slight reversal.

Because yin and yang are opposite and relative, if you want to replace each other, you must first turn the wrong into the correct.

Therefore, seize its fortune!

Therefore, change its law!

But now, all of this had failed.

It was as if the immortal had received the help of the mortal world's heavenly fortune in the dark. He really didn't understand how the Demon King Calamity was eliminated.

He was supposed to be catching a turtle in a jar, but now he had become a jumping clown, damaging his immortal dignity. As a result, he had to personally come here to stabilize the situation, but he didn't expect that the mysterious immortal had not yet appeared.

It was like... a calamity specifically aimed at him, set up to design him!

There had been no movement for decades.

But just before the success, there was a great loss, making him restless. This was definitely not something that could be described as bad luck.

Fortune was effective for mortals. For immortals, going against the heavens was not possible, but there was no big problem in spying on some heavenly secrets and fortune. Following the heavens could accumulate a lot of fortune, without having to rely entirely on fate like mortals, powerless to control their future.

Moreover, even if the fortune was tampered with, he should be aware of it, at least he would have a feeling in his heart. But now there was nothing, and yet under this calm surface, there were all kinds of troublesome things that made him irritable.

"It's really ridiculous. I have already become a Taiyi Scattered Number. Although I haven't entered the true stream, I am not far from the peak of ascension. How could there still be a calamity added to my body, and a man-made calamity at that!"

"It's just an immortal of the same level, how could he bring me a calamity? The Demon King is the last demon test. Passing it means ascending and becoming an immortal. What one thousand three hundred good deeds and a compassionate heart can all be thrown behind. Only after entering the immortal world does one know that all dharmas are vast and boundless. It's a pity that the mountains and rivers have no great Dao, so one still seeks it in the mortal world."

"No immortal has ever been punished by any calamity. At most, they are struck by lightning, but those are just strange phenomena that appear after obtaining some strange treasures or cultivating some amazing supernatural powers. If one has mastered thunder magic, they can easily resolve the lightning calamity."

"There must be a reason for this strangeness, but it is definitely not caused by calamity."

Yinping Niangzi was shocked to hear this. Although her face was pressed down and she couldn't move now, she couldn't remember who this person in front of her was, or why he spoke in such a familiar tone?

What... did he need her to do?

"It's... True Martial Emperor who wants to kill you!"

Yinping Niangzi's tone was very certain. Chen Taichu was annoyed: "What nonsense are you talking about?"

"No one can receive the True Martial Godhood."

"You have completely angered me. The time is almost up now. Since you won't tell me, I won't ask. You could have lived for three more days, but you are asking for your own death. I will refine you into Qing Liver Azure Blood here, to make a great medicine."

"But before that, I want to receive the Myriad Longevity..."

Chen Taichu threw Yinping Niangzi to the demon kings, who controlled her. Following that, Chen Taichu began to recite the incantation. With a thought, the demons bowed their heads, and the sound of prayer turned into a mountain call in response. A large amount of will and popular support began to gather on his body.

The broken demon mountains and floating demon temples all began to gather towards the darkest mountain peak. The real Phoenix Mountain was here. Temples were rebuilt, and mountain stones paved the road and foundation. Soon, an ancient and magnificent palace appeared on the black demon mountain.

"Cough cough, who are you, what are you doing?"

"Let me know who I'm dealing with, at least."

Yinping Niangzi tried to get some information from Chen Taichu's mouth, hoping to get some slightly useful surprises, but she only received a cold look from the latter:

"A dying person, why say more!"

Chen Taichu disdained to tell Yinping Niangzi anything. After all, Yinping Niangzi didn't say why she could resist the demon calamity, so he didn't need to expose his actions to the immortal behind Yinping Niangzi.

Anyway, that immortal wouldn't just watch this Yue Xiaoniangzi being killed by him.

He would definitely be able to lure him out!

Chen Taichu held Yinping Niangzi's golden sword.

He just raised it up and looked at it carefully.

*Pa!*

A Five Thunder Divine Machine, the dark muzzle, suddenly appeared on the back of Chen Taichu's head.

A surge of mighty divine power interrupted the magic he was casting!

Heavenly Retribution!

His whole body shook violently. This sudden ominous sign made Chen Taichu's body stiff. He could feel that this firearm was extraordinary! But... how did it appear here?!

It was... some kind of Escape Art!

Ji Xiang ate the power of two immortal artifacts, so he naturally possessed the abilities of the two immortal artifacts. It was even easier to use them with the help of tools.

You say firearm?

This is also an immortal artifact.

And Ji Xiang's voice rang in his ear, the voice was not loud, but it was like hellfire, directly burning his heart.

"Don't move."

"Move and you die."

A hand patted Chen Taichu's shoulder. One of the fingers was pitch black. Following that, this left hand slid off his shoulder and waved back violently!

The Dust Labor Great Sin Subduing Demon Banner descended from the sky. The many demon kings immediately let out screams, covered by the crimson banner, and instantly refined into滔滔demonic energy, all dissipating their forms, and being swept away!

"收." (Shōu - Collect/Reap)

The faint sound of demon subduing fell. The banner disappeared, and ten thousand demons surrendered. The countless demonic energy transformed into Ji Xiang's hand and was eaten into his stomach!

When this demon-subduing power was displayed, Chen Taichu still didn't know Ji Xiang's identity.

After all, Ji Xiang used Ascension supernatural powers and Five Thunder Magic in the two battles with the Yin World.

However, he also possessed Escape Arts. He disappeared when Ji Xiang devoured the demons. When he looked again, his expression finally couldn't be maintained, and he was lost and horrified.

"You... you!"

"The one causing trouble here is actually you, the broken immortal!"

Ji Xiang laughed and pointed to Chen Taichu's shoulder.

"Broken immortal, if you talk like that, you will be beaten."

Chen Taichu still didn't know what it meant. Suddenly, he felt dizzy. His immortal form and spirit, which had been stabilized before, suddenly seemed to separate from his body. It flickered, and even his soul lost consciousness for a very short moment, almost leaving his body.

His left shoulder, the place where the pitch-black finger had pressed, continued downwards, spreading to the position of his heart.

Buzz—!

A strange sound came from his heart, followed by a drop in magic power, difficulty in using his cultivation, a sinking mood, damage to his wisdom, and confusion in his consciousness. It was a regression of his Dao Heart!

He heard Ji Xiang's voice in his ears, faint, with a hint of mockery:

"Now, we're about the same."

"Right...... 'Banished Immortal'!"