Chapter 296: Demon Emperor Manifests, Five Elements Seal Demons

The immense and irresistible attractive force of the erupting seven-colored vortex swallowed all surviving heavenly pride, whether human, demon, or other races, into the seven-colored light pillar piercing heaven and earth, transforming them into streams of light that flew toward the vortex's depths.

The world spun, space twisted.

Wang Ping felt himself wrapped in a gentle yet mighty power, passing through layer after layer of hazy light-shadow barriers. Around him was no longer the violent collapse, but a swiftly passing, rainbow-like passage seemingly composed of countless law runes. He instinctively maintained the circulation of the five-colored divine light, protecting himself and Lei Zhen not far away.

This transmission seemed to last a not-short time, yet also like merely an instant.

When his feet once again touched solid ground, as the attractive force dissipated, Wang Ping discovered he was now in a place utterly different from the Wanfa Pool space.

Here it was still vast, but no longer an open mountain peak platform or the edge of a light sea. Instead, it was the interior of an immensely huge, anciently simple and desolate hall.

The hall was circular, its dome lofty, seeming to directly connect to the starry sky, with specks of faint light twinkling yet indistinct. Around were walls of immeasurable extent, built from massive stones as black as ink yet suffused with a dark gold luster.

Countless intricate, ancient carvings and runes, brimming with barbaric and domineering aura, were engraved on the walls.

Those carvings depicted grand scenes of gods and demons warring, stars falling, and myriad races paying homage, exuding a heavy historical pressure.

The runes flickered with faint light, vaguely forming part of some vast formation.

The hall's floor was smooth as a mirror, likewise a dark metallic luster, reflecting the dome's faint light and the somewhat blurred figures of those present.

The air was permeated with a faint yet unsettling desolate demonic intent, and… a rich, undissipable aura of law origin, older and purer than that of the Wanfa Pool!

This aura did not manifest as a light sea like in the Wanfa Pool, but was deeply contained within every brick and stone, every rune of this hall, as if the entire hall were a peerless treasure carved from vast law origin!

"This is……the Inheritance Hall?" someone cried out softly, voice filled with post-calamity relief and vigilance toward the unknown.

As the heavenly pride successively appeared, they swiftly surveyed the environment, keeping distance from each other, faces solemn. Fewer than twenty ultimately reached this place; besides Wang Ping, Cangxuan, Youying, Mulán, Yuliúli, and Leizhen, only a handful of those with both strength and luck survived, each wounded, their aura unsteady.

On the demon side, Ao Qing, Fengni, and others whom Wang Ping had heavily wounded were also transmitted here, now gathered together, grim-faced as they took pills to heal wounds, their gazes at Wang Ping full of dread and resentment, yet daring no further movement.

"Such rich law origin! Purer and older than the core of the Wanfa Pool!" Múlán of the Ancient God Clan drew a deep breath, her eyes flashing with green light, as if greedily imbibing the law rhythms permeating the air.

"This place……seems somewhat similar to the core inheritance hall of the 'Wanfa Tian Gong' recorded in the annals, but the aura is even more……ancient and evil."

Yuliúli of the Fallen Immortal Clan frowned slightly, her immortal spirit qi circulating on her body surface, resisting the erosion of that intangible demonic intent.

Youying of the Void Clan stood silently in a shadow, seemingly sensing the structure and reality of this space.

Cangxuan of the Heaven Azure Clan raised his gaze to the dome resembling the starry sky, silver pupils tracing stellar orbits, as if calculating something, his expression stern.

Wang Ping similarly observed carefully. His divine sense was keener than others', his five-element perception able to discern the essence of energy. He felt this hall itself was an immensely vast seal, or……a breeding ground for some terrifying existence!

The law origin contained within the walls and floor, though pure and alluring, faintly revealed traces of having been bound, twisted, and stained by some powerful will.

"Something's wrong." Wang Ping's heart rose with a warning, and he said lowly to Lei Zhen beside him, "Lei brother, be careful, this place likely holds great danger."

Leizhen nodded, lightning quietly condensing around his body: "Old I also feels this place is evil, that vibe makes one uncomfortable all over."

Just as everyone was doubtful and on guard——

Boom—!!

At the very center of the hall, that most open area, space suddenly violently twisted and collapsed! A pitch-black, profound spatial rift, its edges burning with eerie black-red flames, tore open without warning!

Immediately following, an indescribable terrifying pressure surged forth, like a volcano dormant for myriad ages suddenly erupting, or like a demon god beneath the Nine Abysses opening its eyes, sweeping instantly across the entire Inheritance Hall!

This pressure's strength far exceeded the Golden Core realm, even surpassing the pressure deliberately released by Nascent Soul elders of the sect that they had once felt, being more domineering, yin-cold, and filled with destructive and devouring desire!

Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!

Several heavenly pride more severely injured or slightly weaker in strength, under this sudden terrifying pressure, were struck as if by a heavy blow, their faces instantly turning deathly pale, vomiting blood, staggering backward, some even sitting directly on the ground, their aura feeble, eyes filled with fear.

Even top heavenly pride like Cangxuan, Múlán, and Yuliúli had their bodies violently shaken, their protective spirit light flickering wildly, faces becoming extremely solemn.

Wang Ping let out a muffled groan, the five-colored divine light on his body surface rapidly circulating to resolve the all-penetrating pressure impact, his heart shocked: "Nascent Soul realm! And an existence far surpassing ordinary early Nascent Soul!"

"Hahahahahaha——!!!"

A burst of wild, wanton laughter, filled with endless greed and tyranny, came from deep within the spatial rift, shaking the entire hall, making eardrums ache, souls swaying.

"How many years……this emperor has finally awaited! So much fresh, delicious, law-aura-containing blood food and divine souls! And this origin left behind by the Wanfa Tian Gong! Heaven does not doom me! Heaven does not doom me, Demon Emperor!!"

Following the laughter, a strand of intensely condensed black-red demonic flame, seeming able to burn through void and devour light, shot first from the rift into the heavens!

Within the demonic flame, countless distorted, wailing faces could be vaguely seen, emitting a nauseating bloody, vengeful, and destructive aura.

Immediately after, a blurred figure, stepping on demonic flame, slowly stepped out from the rift.

It was the likeness of a middle-aged man, wearing tattered yet still revealing former magnificence and ferocity black-red demon armor, long hair disheveled, visage handsome yet pallid as if not alive.

His eyes were entirely pure blood-red, within which seemed to churn mountains of corpses and seas of blood.

His form was somewhat illusory, not fully corporeal, but the aura he emitted was real and substantial, overwhelmingly powerful!

Nascent Soul realm! And far from being a simple early Nascent Soul! His spirit pressure fluctuations had clearly reached the peak of early Nascent Soul, but the law conception contained to the extreme and the essence of his condensed demon soul gave those present a sense of oppression even comparable to mid Nascent Soul!

"Demon Emperor's remnant thought?!" Múlán of the Ancient God Clan exclaimed in shock, her face drastically changing, "Blood Prison Demon Emperor……could it be that from the end of antiquity, who brought chaos to the lower realms and was finally struck into the void turbulence by upper realm powers, rumored to have already fallen? His remnant thought actually lurks here?!"

"Using the inheritance as bait, attracting heavenly pride……he wants to devour us, using the Wanfa Pool origin and our flesh, blood, and souls to reforge his demon body!" Yuliúli of the Fallen Immortal Clan instantly understood, cold light flashing in her immortal eyes.

"Run!" someone shouted, and several figures immediately shot toward the hall's edge, toward the shadow that seemed like a gate! Facing a Nascent Soul realm Demon Emperor's remnant thought, even if merely a remnant, was absolutely not something Golden Core cultivators could resist!

"Want to leave? Having entered my 'Ten Thousand Demon Soul-Devouring Domain,' you are my dish on the plate, my caged bird!" The Blood Prison Demon Emperor's remnant thought's blood eyes flashed, he gave a feral laugh, merely casually waving his hand.

Boom!

The ancient runes on the hall's surrounding walls suddenly lit up with eerie black-red light, a thick beyond compare light curtain flowing with viscous demonic qi instantly generated, sealing the entire hall completely!

The few heavenly pride who tried to escape slammed hard into the light curtain, not only failing to break it, but instead being invaded by demonic qi rebounding from the curtain, emitting shrill screams, rolling on the ground, their bodies beginning to emit black smoke, flesh and blood seeming to melt!

"A barrier! He controls part of this place's restrictions!" someone despaired and shouted.

"Ants, struggle, feel fear! Your flesh, blood, and souls, your law comprehensions, will all become the foundation for this emperor's return to the world!" The Demon Emperor's remnant thought spread his arms, drew a deep breath, as if savoring the fear and vitality permeating the air, his face showing an intoxicated yet cruel expression.

Immediately, his blood eyes locked onto everyone, and he coldly ordered: "Demon guards, awaken! Feast on blood food!"

As his words fell, from the dark gold stone seams of the hall's floor, billowing black smoke suddenly rose! The black smoke rapidly condensed, forming one after another puppets of demonic qi clad in tattered armor, wielding demonic weapons, with eye sockets burning with soul flames!

These demon guards varied in strength, but even the weakest had early Golden Core level, the strongest even approaching late Golden Core! Numbering in the hundreds to thousands, they surged from all directions toward the surviving heavenly pride within the hall!

Meanwhile, the Demon Emperor's remnant thought himself leisurely hovered in midair, his blood eyes mockingly looking down from above, as if watching a cat-and-mouse game.

"Form formations! Defend!"

"Break out!"

In dire straits, the survival instinct overwhelmed all grudges and calculations. The surviving heavenly pride had no choice but to back-to-back, variously producing treasures, displaying divine powers, and engaging the surging demon guards in battle!

For a time, the hall was filled with flashing spiritual light, surging demonic energy, and the unceasing sounds of battle cries, screams, and the booming of spells.

The battle was exceptionally fierce from the very beginning. These demon guards felt no pain, feared no death, and their demonic energy had a strong corrosive effect on spiritual power.

Constantly, heavenly pride cultivators had their protective spiritual light shattered under siege, were pierced through the body by demon soldiers, or were invaded by demonic energy and turned into pools of pus and blood, even their souls sucked away by the soul flames in the demon guards' eye sockets to become nutrients! With each cultivator who fell, the aura of the demon emperor's remnant thought seemed to grow slightly stronger, and the smile on his face became even more pleased.

Cangxuan scattered the power of the stars; wherever the silver radiance passed, demon guards collapsed in pieces, but his face was grim, obviously expending considerable energy, and he had to constantly guard against the demon emperor's true form, which hovered above like a tiger eyeing its prey.

Mulian's body was surrounded by wildly dancing vines; the life force and purification power somewhat restrained the demonic energy, barely protecting a small area.

Yuliuli's immortal light swirled, immortal spirit sword energy crisscrossed, slaying the approaching demon guards, but the immortal light, under the erosion of the thick demonic energy, was also constantly dimming.

The Xu clan's ying shadow moved ghostlike, weaving through the demon guard ranks, where it passed, demon guards fell silently, but he seemed to be searching for something and did not exert his full strength.

Leizhen roared repeatedly, fierce white lightning exploded wildly, clearing patch after patch of demon guards, like a humanoid thunderstorm, but his temperament was fierce and unyielding, and his consumption was also enormous.

Wang Ping stood among the crowd, five-colored divine light bursting forth; within a hundred-zhang radius around him, all demonic energy dissipated, all demon guards were restrained, and the White Tiger Slaying God Sword Gang slashed out, cutting down demon guard after demon guard.

He was like a divine needle stabilizing the sea; wherever he stood, demon guards could not cross the thunder pool even half a step, and he also sheltered several nearby heavenly pride cultivators.

However, the demon guards seemed endless, continuously surging up from the ground. And after fighting to this point, everyone was already exhausted to the extreme, their spiritual power and divine sense rapidly depleting. If this continued, the annihilation of the entire army was merely a matter of time!

Even more deadly, the blood prison demon emperor's remnant thought in midair, after absorbing the blood and soul essence of some fallen heavenly pride cultivators, its illusory form seemed to have solidified slightly; he licked his lips, the greed and impatience in his blood-red eyes growing ever stronger.

"The game should end now." The demon emperor's remnant thought said coldly, raising a hand entwined with black-red demonic flames, aiming at the most densely packed part of the battle formation below, and gently clenched.

"Demon Flame·Soul-Burning Grasp!"

A colossal demonic claw, entirely composed of black-red demonic flames, carrying the terrifying power to incinerate flesh and sear souls, appeared out of thin air above everyone's heads and came crashing down! Even before the claw arrived, the eerie demonic intent that was both scorching hot and bone-chillingly cold made everyone's souls sting, and their spiritual power circulation became sluggish!

The power of this strike far exceeded the combined attacks of all previous demon guards! Enough to simultaneously inflict heavy injuries or even annihilate dozens of people below!

"Join forces! Otherwise, we all die!" At the critical moment, Wang Ping roared loudly, his voice shaking the entire field!

He saw clearly that relying on any single person, there was absolutely no way to withstand this furious strike from a Nascent Soul-level demon emperor! Only by setting aside past grudges and joining forces could there be a sliver of hope!

Cangxuan's eyes flashed with silver light, without hesitation, he raised his hands upward in a virtual support: "Heaven's Azure Law·Stellar River Barrier!" Endless silver radiance and starlight surged from within him, rapidly intertwining in the sky above, forming a dazzling stellar river light curtain, attempting to delay and weaken that demonic flame giant claw.

Yuliuli's immortal voice rang clear and pure: "Falling Immortal Secret Art·Purifying World Immortal Lotus!" She formed seals with her hands, a huge green lotus, still in bud, formed purely from condensed immortal spirit energy, appeared above her head, slowly rotating, emitting a gentle immortal light that purified evil influences and protected the mind, spreading outward to cover everyone.

Leizhen let out a mad roar, pouring all his thunderous power without reservation into the space above his head: "Nine Heavens Thunder Prison·Blessing!" A thunder domain formed of scorching white lightning unfolded in the sky above, crackling and exploding, filled with the energy to dispel evil and uphold righteousness.

Other heavenly pride cultivators who still had some strength also gritted their teeth, channeling their strongest defensive divine abilities or treasure powers upward into the sky!

And Wang Ping, taking a deep breath, the five-colored light in his eyes blazed more intensely than ever before! He formed complex and profound hand seals with both hands; the five-element golden core in his dantian rotated at an unprecedented speed and resonance, the five-colored divine light pierced through his body, no longer scattered, but frantically poured toward the area above his head!

"Five Elements Turn, All Laws Return to the Source! Five-Colored Divine Light——Swish!"

A colossal light wheel, over three zhang in diameter, condensed to near-substance, flowing with yellow, green, red, white, and blue five-colored mysterious light, suddenly appeared at the forefront of the defensive layer jointly constructed by everyone, directly facing the descending black-red demonic flame giant claw!

At this moment, Wang Ping held nothing back, pushing the power of his five-colored divine light, perfected after reaching the Point Ling realm, to the extreme!

That giant claw of demonic flame, imbued with the power to destroy souls and spirits, came crashing down heavily upon the five-colored divine light wheel!

Hiss——!!!

A piercing, extreme sound of energy annihilation rang out! The black-red demonic flame and the five-colored mysterious light clashed fiercely, collided, and mutually eroded!

The demonic flame contained the demon emperor's laws and will, violent and vicious, madly burning and corroding the five-colored divine light. Meanwhile, the five-colored divine light displayed its heaven-defying "Swish Through All Things" characteristic! The high-speed rotating light wheel, like the most precise law grindstone, and also like an all-encompassing chaotic abyss, continuously decomposed (five-element differentiation), assimilated (five-element transformation), and neutralized (five-element annihilation) the demonic flame power it came into contact with!

The fragments of destruction laws within the demonic flame were cut by metal-element divine light and burned against by fire-element divine light; the blood energy and resentful souls were purified by wood-element divine thunder and frozen to extinction by water-element cold tides; its vast demonic energy was borne and dispersed by earth-element divine light, and absorbed through overall transformation by the five-element cycle!

Under the stunned gaze of everyone, that originally sky-shaking demonic flame giant claw, which seemed capable of crushing everyone with a single hand, under the frantic "swishing" of the five-colored divine light wheel, actually shrank, dimmed, and dissipated at a visible speed! Just like a large lump of dirty ink poured into a rapidly spinning clear water vortex, it was quickly diluted, purified, and carried away!

In no more than two or three breaths, that demonic flame giant claw which had plunged everyone into despair was, by Wang Ping's five-colored divine light wheel, literally "swished" clean, not a trace left! Only some ripples of disordered energy remained, spreading through the air.

The five-colored divine light wheel above Wang Ping's head seemed to have dimmed slightly, its rotation speed also slowed a bit, obviously having expended greatly, but it still stubbornly persisted, emitting a comforting five-element Dao rhythm.

"This……this is impossible!" In midair, the blood prison demon emperor's remnant thought, who had been leisurely regarding everyone as ants, for the first time let out a roar mixed with shock and anger!

His pair of blood-red eyes stared fixedly at the slowly rotating five-colored light wheel above Wang Ping's head, his face filled with disbelief,

"Five-element power? Actually used like this?! What divine ability is this?! Able to neutralize this emperor's soul-burning demonic flame?!"

His shock was no pretense. He was an ancient demon emperor, well-versed and knowledgeable, deeply aware that while the five-element path is the foundation of the Great Dao, it is often moderate and harmonious, skilled in defense and growth, rarely possessing such overbearing and unparalleled, seemingly capable of restraining and dissolving all laws, an integrated attack and defense divine ability!

This five-colored radiance made him recall some terrifying legends from an era so ancient it was nearly forgotten……

Wang Ping's face was pale, his breath fluctuating, he suppressed the sweet taste of blood in his throat. Fully activating the five-colored divine light wheel to hard-resist a Nascent Soul-level attack placed an enormous burden on him.

Yet his gaze remained sharp, staring directly at the demon emperor's remnant thought, he said coldly: "Demon fiend, your era has long passed! A mere remnant thought, and you dare to act arrogantly?"

Upon hearing this, the demon emperor's remnant thought, enraged to the point of laughing back: "Good! Good a sharp-tongued junior! This emperor wants to see just how many strikes your five-element divine ability can block!"

His blood-red eyes narrowed, he no longer held back, his hands suddenly clenched! Demonic flames surged skyward from his entire body, condensing behind him into a ten-zhang-tall, three-headed, six-armed, ferocious-faced demon god dharma aspect! The six arms of the dharma aspect each held demonic weapons, emitting a terrifying demonic might that made even space tremble!

"Demon God Kowtow·Ten Thousand Demons Burial!"

The six arms of the demon god dharma aspect swung in unison, six phantom demonic weapons carrying the destructive demonic light that could tear the heavens and bury myriad spirits, like six world-ending floods, came crashing down toward the crowd below, especially toward where Wang Ping stood! The power of this strike, compared to the previous demonic flame claw, was stronger by how many multiples!

"Can't block it! Scatter!" Cangxuan bellowed sternly, the stellar river barrier instantly contracted, protecting himself and several nearby people.

Yuliuli, Leizhen, and others also repeatedly contracted their defenses to the limit, preparing to withstand the aftermath head-on.

Wang Ping's pupils contracted sharply, he knew that relying solely on the five-colored divine light wheel would absolutely be unable to fully block this strike. But his eyes hardened, he not only did not retreat, but instead again activated the five-colored divine light, while, the spiritual nature of two other Point Ling divine techniques within his body were thoroughly awakened!

"Wood Element Divine Thunder·Azure Dragon Purifies the World!"

"Solar True Fire·Golden Crow Burns the Heaven!"

Roar! Cry!

Accompanied by the dragon's roar and phoenix's cry, a colossal thunder dragon, entirely condensed from azure wood-element divine thunder, shot up to the sky from Wang Ping's left hand, its body intertwined with vitality and extinction, bared fangs and brandished claws, it fiercely collided with two of the demonic weapon floods!

Simultaneously, a wheel of golden-red scorching sun appeared from his right hand, within the sun the phantom of a three-legged golden crow spread its wings and cried out, the blazing solar true fire transformed into a sea of fire burning the heaven, sweeping toward the other two demonic weapon floods!

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Four earth-shattering explosions nearly rang out simultaneously! The thunder dragon and the demonic light perished together, exploding into a skyful of azure-black lightning serpents and demonic energy! The solar true fire and demonic flame fiercely consumed each other, mutually annihilating, giving rise to an energy mist that obscured the sky and covered the earth!

Wang Ping, with these two Point Ling divine techniques, literally annihilated the attacks of the four arms of the demon god dharma aspect!

But he also let out a muffled groan, a trickle of blood trickled from the corner of his mouth, his body swayed. Simultaneously activating three great divine techniques, the burden on his soul and spiritual power had already reached its limit!

The remaining two streams of demonic weapon floods continued their unstoppable descent! One slashed toward Wang Ping himself, the other swept toward the nearby crowd!

"Wang Brother!" Leizhen's eyes were about to split, disregarding his own safety, he transformed all his remaining thunder power into a thunder shield and placed it before Wang Ping.

Cangxuan gritted his silver teeth, a condensed stellar river spear shot toward the demonic light sweeping toward the crowd, attempting to deflect it.

Yuliuli bit her teeth and activated the Purifying World Immortal Lotus, the green lotus petals blooming and hanging down strands of immortal light to protect everyone.

However, even if the attack of mid Nascent Soul level was mostly neutralized, the residual power was absolutely not something a Golden Core cultivator could easily withstand!

At this critical moment——

"The five elements turn, mutually generating and overcoming, gathering spirit to form a formation, protecting the four directions!"

Wang Ping forced out the last breath of spiritual power, his hand seals changing suddenly, the dim five-colored divine light wheel above his head instantly disintegrating, turning into five streams of light, respectively shooting toward Cangxuan, Yuliuli, Leizhen, Mulan, and himself!

"With my five elements as the foundation, I draw upon the primordial power of all present, unite—Five Elements Mixed Yuan Protective Spirit Grand Formation!"

Wang Ping roared violently, his voice hoarse yet carrying a strange rhythm. The four-colored streams of light shot toward the four people were not attacks, but contained guiding and connecting power corresponding to the five elements attributes!

Cangxuan (silver radiance belongs to metal, sharp and lethal) felt the pull of the white stream of light, enlightenment struck, and without hesitation he injected the sharp metallic power contained in his celestial laws into it!

Yuliuli (immortal spirit aura contains light, life, and purification, harmonizing with wood) felt the summons of the green stream of light, her mind moved, and the pure immortal spirit origin carrying purification and vitality merged into the green light!

Leizhen (thunder belongs to wood, also containing fierce fire) felt the attraction of the red stream of light, roared, and injected the purest thunder origin power (wood) and the violent thunder-fire intent (fire) into the red light!

Mulan (ancient god life origin, pure wood) was already nearby, feeling the strongest resonance from that green stream of light, and without hesitation injected his vast life origin power into it!

Wang Ping himself, as the core and hub of the formation, bore the impact of the four external forces, using his profound understanding of the five elements' generation and overcoming, he madly operated his cultivation method, harmonizing, guiding, and transforming!

Hum——!!!

The five-colored light instantly connected between everyone, forming a complex and profound five-pointed star formation illusion, enveloping Wang Ping and more than ten other nearby heavenly pride cultivators who still had strength!

Yellow (earth, bearing, Wang Ping in control), green (wood, vitality, Yuliuli, Mulan, and part of Leizhen), red (fire, ferocity, part of Leizhen and Wang Ping), white (metal, sharp, Cangxuan), blue (water, icy stillness, Wang Ping)—the five elements' power flowed and mutually generated in the formation diagram at an extraordinary speed, instantly forming a stable, heavy, inwardly restrained colorful light shield!

This was precisely the joint defensive formation Wang Ping, relying on his ultimate understanding of the five elements' way, constructed on the spur of the moment in crisis, using himself as a guide! Though crude, it was because everyone present was a top-tier heavenly pride, their power pure, and under Wang Ping's harmonization reached a subtle balance, actually unleashing unimaginable defensive power!

Boom! Boom!

The remaining two streams of demonic army torrents fiercely slashed onto the light shield of the just-formed Five Elements Mixed Yuan Protective Spirit Grand Formation!

The light shield violently trembled, the five-colored light flashed wildly and flickered, everyone inside the formation groaned in unison, those with weaker cultivation even bled from seven orifices. Fine cracks appeared on the shield's surface, as if it might collapse at any moment.

But, it ultimately——held!

Those two demonic lights capable of killing a perfected Golden Core cultivator, after exhausting their power, slowly dissipated. Though the five-colored light shield was covered in cracks and its light dimmed to the extreme, it still stubbornly existed, protecting the shocked people inside the formation.

"Success……success?" a heavenly pride looked in disbelief at the unbroken shield above his head, murmuring.

Outside the formation, the few heavenly pride who failed to enter the formation's protective range in time or were not covered, under the aftermath of the demonic light, were either dead or injured, a horrifying sight.

In midair, the regret of the Blood Prison Demon Emperor controlling the demon god's apparition slowly retracted his arms, his pale face showing for the first time an extremely solemn expression, even tinged with a hint of uncertain shock.

He stared fixedly at the trembling yet miraculously blocking his full-force strike five-colored light shield below, his gaze finally locking onto Wang Ping, whose face was as pale as paper, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth yet still holding his spine straight, presiding over the formation.

"The way of the five elements……harmonizing all powers……forming a formation on the battlefield……" the Blood Prison Demon Emperor's残年 blood eyes flickered, his voice low and icy, carrying a complex emotion,

"When did the Spirit Realm produce someone like you? Brat, report your name! This Emperor does not kill the nameless!"

Wang Ping slowly wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, facing the demon emperor's gaze that could shatter the souls of ordinary Golden Core cultivators, he spoke clearly, word by word:

"Ninth Dao Institute, Wang Ping."

His voice was not loud, yet it seemed to carry some power, piercing through the demonic aura's shroud, echoing in the ruined great hall.

Ninth Dao Institute, Wang Ping.

This name, accompanied by today's feat of resisting the Blood Prison Demon Emperor's regret and upholding the heavens to protect the Dao, is destined to be engraved in a more shocking way into the souls of all surviving heavenly pride present, and will surely spread throughout the world as they depart!

And the crisis, far from over. The Blood Prison Demon Emperor's regret killing intent has already boiled over. The next strike—can this hastily formed five-element grand formation still withstand it?

The true life-and-death trial, at this moment, has only just begun.