.......

　　In an instant, sounds of chanting resonated from two different worlds!

　　The yellow-faced demon king uttered an incantation.

　　Ji Xiang also uttered the same incantation in the mortal world.

　　The demonic tribulation guided and responded to the chanting. All the sounds Ji Xiang heard were reflected back without a single word out of place.

　　"People born in the Lower Yuan, filled with turbid qi, form and essence complete, thirty-six thousand, believing in heresy, not following the Dao's source..."

　　"Various gods and demons mixed, yin demons and evil ghosts, chaotic hearts and vicious intentions, killing living beings..."

　　The demonic tribulation operated, transforming into five calamities of killing intent and harm, arising from the heart with the yellow-faced demon king's so-called words of "disloyalty and unfilial piety," "unrighteousness and unkindness," manifesting outwardly on the physical body!

　　.......

　　The yellow-faced demon king was performing the demonic tribulation, but he found that the Silver Vase Maiden before him did not change at all!

　　Whether in body or mind, she remained clear, brave, and vigorous, without any decay or regression. She was not affected by the calamity. The yellow-faced demon king was greatly shocked.

　　"What kind of supernatural power can avoid the five demonic tribulations? This girl, your magic power is not to be underestimated!"

　　The Silver Vase Maiden only guessed that the Zhenwu Great Emperor had helped her eliminate the demonic tribulation, but she was not to be outdone verbally, and blurted out: "You are too kind, just a little supernatural power. It seems your skills are not so great either."

　　The yellow-faced demon king was naturally enraged. Since the demonic tribulation was useless...

　　He would actively "bestow tribulation!"

　　After saying that, countless wronged souls rushed out of his temple, wailing and howling. Their number was so large that the Silver Vase Maiden was speechless.

　　These wronged souls were definitely not "fresh!"

　　Not so many people had died near Qiantang.

　　"Since ancient times, who can know how many people have died on this land? In the previous dynasty, at the Battle of Yamen, when the Song Dynasty was destroyed, there were a hundred thousand wronged souls who did not enter Fengdu, did not enter reincarnation, and did not return to the realm of yin spirits. The various demon heavens and dharma realms use this as food. Demons often appear in times of chaos because they are nourished by the dead."

　　"These mere wronged souls surprise you?"

　　After the yellow-faced demon king finished speaking, he threw another punch!

　　This punch shook the entire temple and Black Mountain. The Silver Vase Maiden naturally also opened the dharma form of the Fire Virtue Star Lord to fight, but the difference in strength between the two sides was too great. In addition, the Silver Vase Maiden was already somewhat weak. After only three punches from the yellow-faced demon king, the Silver Vase Maiden could no longer resist, and the golden spear in her hand broke at that moment!

　　Divine power dissipated, incense scattered, and nothing was left, all devoured by those wronged souls.

　　"We demons feed on divine mantras and incense."

　　"If it weren't for the fact that I can't kill you, you would have already..."

　　As he was speaking, his entire body suddenly stiffened!

　　In the dark, from a void world, five demonic tribulations descended, immediately causing him to let out a terrified howl!

　　"What's going on!"

　　The demonic tribulation killed lives and rotted minds. His demonic qi declined, as if five demons were lying on his body, gnawing at him. He suddenly saw various illusions in his eyes, and his seven emotions were not controlled by his mind. Sorrow, anger, and hatred all surged from that dark demonic heart!

　　The five demons seemed to want to divide him and eat him, and then be resurrected from the demonic tribulation!

　　"Why would the demonic tribulation descend upon me!"

　　"Someone must be causing trouble!"

　　The yellow-faced demon king was now encountering an unprecedented disaster, but he quickly came up with a solution. In an instant, thousands of wronged souls entangled him, wrapping him inside. The yellow-faced demon king's form and spirit gradually disappeared, and even his body and soul gathered within the form and spirit, becoming a kind of invisible "power" in the void.

　　"We are demons! We are demons who test the Dao!"

　　"We will never be harmed by our own demonic tribulation!"

　　"I must find out who is causing this trouble. Then let me transform into a demonic tribulation, gathering the grievances of the demons, so that my own spiritual resentment will not be extinguished, tracing the various realms far away, to the heavens and the earth, I must see who dares to hinder our demons from 'testing the Dao'!"

　　"Daring to go against the heavens! Although he can restrain the five tribulations, the demonic tribulation I transform into after death is of the demon king level. I don't believe he can still stop it!"

　　The yellow-faced demon king let out a voice that shook the heavens and the earth, looking at the Silver Vase Maiden in front of him: "I'll let you off for now!"

　　"Everyone, help me! I've encountered a trouble that cannot be underestimated. Someone is reversing our demonic tribulation! This is an astonishing thing!"

　　As his words fell, the hundreds and thousands of black demon mountains behind him all trembled, as if feeling puzzled and incomprehensible by these words. But soon, a resentful demonic qi flew out of each demon mountain, causing the illusion of demons roaring in the void. Several large temples also took the initiative to collapse, and there were black shadows moving inside, seemingly watching the yellow-faced demon king's every move.

　　The Silver Vase Maiden watched him disappear before her eyes. Although her expression was somewhat puzzled, she guessed from what this guy had just said that he was probably going to find the Zhenwu Great Emperor. This made her mutter softly:

　　"I didn't expect the Great Emperor to have this kind of power, reversing the demonic tribulation. He is indeed the Lord of Subduing Demons."

　　"But... it's a good thing I got a chance to catch my breath."

　　The yellow-faced demon king's mud temple had not collapsed yet, but no demonic qi appeared. The Silver Vase Maiden breathed a sigh of relief. Although she didn't know why this was happening, she guessed that perhaps it was because that guy, carrying the anger of a bunch of demons, had transformed into some kind of tribulation... determined to compete with the Zhenwu Great Emperor....

　　Because the resentment still existed, the temple had not collapsed.

　　"The Great Emperor will win."

　　The Silver Vase Maiden had no doubt.

　　After all, the thirty-six celestial gods would give that white-faced Zhenwu some face, and the sound of thunder was like drums, sending him off in a vast manner. How could this be comparable to a small trial demon?

　　.......

　　The yellow-faced demon king's resentment transcended the barriers of the world. His remaining consciousness existed in the tribulation, becoming a metaphysical, unfathomable, strange phenomenon.

　　When he saw the statue of Zhenwu, he roared, carrying the anger of his death and dao dissipation, shouting that he would make the person who went against the heavens pay a heavy and painful price!

　　The resentment surged with an ominous aura. He had to see who had the ability to dare to hinder the generation of the demonic tribulation! He, the dignified "Demon King of Testing the Dao," was actually entangled by the demonic tribulation!

　　The demons roared and pounced on the Zhenwu statue. At this time, in the Silver Vase Maiden's temple, demonic qi grew, and everything was gloomy. The red-haired puppy hidden in the temple, which was transformed from the world's divine sha (inauspicious energy), was also frightened by the resentment of these thousands of demons, revealing its form, tucking its tail, and screaming.

　　And it barked wildly at the dark direction where the demonic tribulation appeared.

　　The yellow-faced demon king saw the red-haired puppy, but he had not come for this little divine sha.

　　"Although it is a divine sha spirit, killing it will bring ominous things, but I have now become a demonic tribulation, an unknowable and immeasurable thing in the world. You, a little divine sha, dare to bark at me!"

　　A demonic thought descended from the darkness, wanting to entangle the red-haired puppy and kill this naturally born divine sha spirit. But suddenly, that demonic thought changed direction and was directly swallowed by the Zhenwu statue.

　　The red-haired puppy's tucked tail also stood up, sticking out its tongue, which made the yellow-faced demon king furious!

　　At this time, the Zhenwu statue blocked the way and issued a grand voice:

　　"A little demon in the mortal world, dare to find your way to me?"

　　"You have to look at the owner before you beat the dog."

　　The Zhenwu statue issued a mocking and contemptuous voice!

　　Although this world's divine sha does not have any combat power, it can at most bring some omens of good and bad fortune, but if you kill the divine sha casually in front of my temple, this will bring misfortune to my temple!

　　Although, this temple is called the Silver Vase Maiden Temple.

　　However, in fact, the most prosperous incense is for the Zhenwu Great Emperor.

　　So... calling it the Zhenwu Temple is also okay, right!

　　"It's you, it's you! You dare to go against the heavens!"

　　"Your karmic retribution for life and death should fall into the cycles of the worlds, without seeing its end. This dark long night will leave you with no way to break free, suffering and tormented without a moment's rest!"

　　"Enter the great demonic tribulation that I have transformed into, your Dao heart will rot day by day! Your good heart will be contrary and vanish! Your compassionate heart will surely fall into the muddy filth, forever abandoned in the demonic heaven's burial ground, so that you have supreme Dao methods but cannot practice them, and ultimately indulge in sounds, music, dogs, and horses, transforming into the thoughts of the ten evils, wasting your thousands of years of hard cultivation, so that it is all lost in one morning!"

　　The demon king tribulation transformed by the yellow-faced demon king wrapped around the Zhenwu statue!

　　In an instant, the temple was pitch black, and the emotions of hatred and resentment affected living beings. Even the red-haired puppy trembled and barked randomly.

　　And in the "ears" of the Zhenwu statue, he heard many bewitching demonic sounds.

　　Insults, slanders, curses, ridicule, seduction, temptation, confusion, and slander... all kinds of sounds were transmitted from the ten directions and various realms. Everything that descended in the demonic tribulation came from the thoughts of all living beings.

　　The Great Dao is pure and bitter, how can it compare to the joys of the mortal world?

　　Thus, the Dao heart rots.

　　Good and evil are inherently non-existent, only the strong are eternal. It has always been so!

　　Thus, the good heart vanishes.

　　Mortals are useless and can be discarded after gaining a thousand three hundred good deeds.

　　Thus, the compassionate heart forever falls into the turbid earth.

　　Harming the mind, then fusing with the body, causing the meaning of life and death in the human body to be reversed, the mind to decay and rot, and the body to move towards death. In this way, magical power is insufficient, the meaning of the Dao does not arise, and sinking into greed occupies the body, the thoughts of the ten evils naturally take shape!

　　Thousands of years of cultivation are lost in one morning!

　　"Scatter!"

　　Only a soft hum was heard, and the ferocity of the demonic tribulation was greatly reduced immediately. At this time, the yellow-faced demon king suddenly felt an abnormality. The various demonic tribulations and hardships that he had roared, descended, and entangled, should have been realized on the person in front of him, but at this time, those demonic tribulations and hardships were like mud entering the sea, disappearing without a trace!

　　Why is the Dao heart indestructible?

　　Why is the good heart not extinguished?

　　Why does the compassionate heart still exist and not fall!

　　This... why is it so!

　　"You thing, going against the heavens, hindering us demons who test the Dao, why are you not harmed by the demonic tribulation!"

　　"Heaven's will is also on our side! We are not harming people, but punishing you!"

　　"We are acting in accordance with heaven, and you dare to fight against heaven's will, why, why are your Dao heart, good heart, and compassionate heart still there!"

　　"Why are your ten evil thoughts not born, why are you not disturbed by the evil thoughts of the mortal world, and why are you not affected by greed and slander?"

　　"Why is your cultivation still so powerful!"

　　"Once the demonic tribulation is born, it immediately evolves. In a short instant, it should be a hundred thousand years of illusion, and indulging in it will lead to ruin!"

　　The yellow-faced demon king had many questions.

　　He did not think that his own strength was insufficient.

　　Because what he brought was the resentment of many demons in Phoenix Mountain!

　　So many demons, transformed into the same demonic tribulation....

　　Immortal Chen said that.

　　Even if a person in the Ascension Realm came here, even if a true immortal of the mortal world came here, and was entangled by this level of demonic tribulation...

　　He would inevitably encounter difficulties! Although it might not be fatal, his cultivation would definitely be greatly reduced!

　　The more demons you kill, the more profound the demonic tribulation will be!

　　Hundreds and thousands of demons, all emitting resentment....

　　Could it be that he still couldn't kill this strange sculpted god in front of him!

　　"I don't believe it...."

　　"There really is Zhenwu in the mortal world!"

　　"You don't believe it?"

　　Whoosh—!

　　With the rise of the purple cloud flames, accompanied by the whistling sound when the fire rose, the face of the Zhenwu statue suddenly changed!

　　The white-faced Zhenwu opened his eyes, and with just a gentle wave of his hand, in an instant, the invisible demonic tribulation took on a rough form and was grabbed out of the Zhenwu statue!

　　*Zhongbu Yu Shu* (Central Jade Book), the art of creation!

　　The yellow-faced demon king saw the image of the white-faced Zhenwu, and in his ears and heart, he heard a sound like thunder, like a celestial voice, like a dragon's roar and a tiger's howl, like an emperor's angry rebuke, like the earth's wind and thunder, cutting off!

　　"You lower realm turbid pests, take a good look, who am I!"

　　The yellow-faced demon king and all the resentment of the demons suddenly sensed that vast demonic qi that filled the heavens and the earth!

　　Like mountains floating!

　　Like the sea boiling!

　　The demonic qi was so surging, the demonic qi was so vast, the demonic qi was so intense, and the demonic qi was so fierce that the demonic qi of these man-made demons was almost completely melted away in an instant!

　　The yellow-faced demon king knew he was wrong....

　　Wrong to the extreme.

　　What was in this sculpture was not a god.

　　It was a demon far more powerful than them...!

　　"Great demon....you! Who ordered you!"

　　"Order?"

　　The white-faced Zhenwu's voice carried a hint of戏谑: "If you have to say it."

　　"Then it was under the instruction of the Yuanshi Tianzun (Celestial Worthy of Origin) to come to the mortal world to exterminate you impure pests that should not exist!"

　　"You call yourself demons of testing the Dao? But you were entangled by the five demonic tribulations, you didn't pass, and instead you came to kill me."

　　"You created your own demonic tribulation, and you didn't pass it."

　　"Test the Dao?"

　　"You also deserve it!"

　　Demonic qi shook the heavens, and even the illusory dark world where the demonic tribulation descended was shaken. Although the mortal world was not moved, it seemed that what these demonic qi could affect was precisely that illusory world where the demonic tribulation descended.

　　The yellow-faced demon king, at this moment, sensed an even clearer demonic qi.

　　It was different from their demonic qi, which carried resentment....

　　The other party's demonic qi had a vastness and grandeur, as heavy as mountains and seas, and a surging and majestic power that moved like thunder, righteous and fierce, purely without any resentment or hatred.

　　The one who tests the Dao...the demonic qi....is not worthy!

　　"Five.... Heavens.... Eight Emperors....??!"

　　The yellow-faced demon king could think of was an "incorrect answer" that made him extremely terrified.

　　He dared not determine that what appeared before him was truly a cultivator who had received the Five Heavens and Eight Emperors and various demon kings?

　　But... those were not the positions of the tenth department of the heavens, the source of all gods!

　　"The demon test has not been passed."

　　"And you are also attempting to assassinate living beings, and falsely claiming to act in accordance with heaven's will."

　　"You, claiming to be demons of trial... are of course unqualified. Since you are unqualified, then you must be disposed of."

　　"Unfortunately, there is no term in the heavenly rules to restrain the demons, but according to the old affairs of the Yuanshi Tianzun, if the demons are to be punished, then the demonic tribulations issued by the demons themselves will be returned to the demons themselves."

　　The white-faced Zhenwu's voice suddenly became high and vast, as if the words spoken at this time would become heavenly laws and punishments!

　　The yellow-faced demon king seemed to hear a great thunderous sound suddenly appearing in the dark world where the demonic tribulation had arrived!

　　"According to what Yuanshi said!"

　　"All demons and ghosts, under the four heavens, who cause the people to die unjustly, suffer from diseases, drown, die violently, die prematurely, and confuse the minds of the people."

　　"In an instant, let you suffer the tribulations you have inflicted, causing ten thousand deaths and a thousand births, Chu pain, and howling!"

　　But after thinking about it, the white-faced Zhenwu added another sentence.

　　"If there are those who cannot bear it."

　　"You can enter my palm and go to the Avici Hell to escape one tribulation."

　　After saying that, a scarlet divine banner rose to the sky, causing the demons to wail!

　　And on a blank divine tablet, dots of text appeared.

　　[Number of demons above the Yuanshen (Primordial Spirit) level killed: Four.]

　　[Julou Department: A demon king ghost from the Jin Dynasty legends, with 800,000 demons under his command, spreading 11,600 kinds of diseases. Those who die unjustly and suffer calamities in the world are all taken by him.]

　　What was described after that was the transformation into a demonic tribulation, carrying how much resentment, and being able to bring all kinds of fierce and evil things, all of which were as the yellow-faced demon king himself had said, without the slightest mistake.

　　"It's not boasting."

　　.........

　　Chen Taichu, who was waiting for Xu Fu to bring him medicine in the Jade Dragon Taoist Temple, was immediately shocked.

　　The matters of good and bad fortune were already in his *Taiyi Sanshu* (an ancient divination method) heart.

　　He had just learned that a demon king tribulation was being born in Phoenix Mountain and was very vast. He thought that the immortal behind the Yue family girl had already entered the trap in the mountain. Next, based on the intensity of the demon king tribulation, he should be trapped and die in the demonic tribulation.

　　But....

　　"Why, damn it, why didn't he fall into the demonic tribulation!"

　　The demons under his command were all those who tested the Dao in accordance with heaven, how could they kill the demon king's tribulation and not be affected in any way, erasing all traces so easily!

　　No matter how he traced it, he could only see that blue sky!

　　"No! Damn it, if the demons die out, how will the immortal officials of the Longevity Palace be transformed back into the demonic path and re-enter the world! You have to force me to act. I must see which of those three immortals you are. Forcing me to act at this refining medicine juncture. If I go this time, I will tear you to pieces to dispel the hatred in my heart!"