Chapter 443

Yinchi Mountain

The majestic Yin Mountains stand tall in the midst of Slaughter God State.

This mountain range resembles a demon god lying upon the earth, its entire body exuding grandeur and magnificence.

Legend has it that this divine mountain is the transformation of a powerful ancient demon god after its fall, containing the primordial creation of ancient deities, from which numerous profound yin mysteries are nurtured.

Zhang Jian operated the Taiyin Rainbow Light Great Law, his speed extremely fast.

In half a day's time he arrived before Yinchi Mountain, where in the distance lay the famous Thirteen Yin Pools of Slaughter God State.

It was shrouded in mist and clouds, the water light hazy, like autumn waters, revealing a clear and cold chill.

There was not a trace of demonic aura; it did not appear to be a demonic sect's stronghold.

Zhang Jian's gaze swept over, yet he spoke with a smile.

"Master, have you not yet made a move?"

In the void, the Slaughter Sword True Monarch appeared, still wearing a black Daoist robe, her three thousand strands of black hair bound into a ponytail, holding a long sword, dressed as a handsome man, yet the sharpness in her eyes could not be concealed.

She glanced at Zhang Jian and let out a light snort, saying.

"Wicked disciple, you have already arrived—do you still need the master to act?"

"Leave the showy deeds to you; the master will hold the rear for you!"

Zhang Jian glanced at his lips and said.

"Master, are you not afraid that your disciple will suffer at the hands of these demons?"

The Slaughter Sword True Monarch looked at Zhang Jian and coldly snorted, saying.

"You wicked disciple still wish to hide things from the master? Even Senior Brother Zijin has spoken of the events in the Sunset Moon Cave Heaven—that extraterritorial demon god Gluttony is no match for you, let alone the demons deep within the Taiyin Demon Palace; stop your deceit and hurry!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Jian was somewhat speechless.

He glanced at the Slaughter Sword True Monarch, who might simply be testing his cultivation.

Immediately, a hint of heroic spirit arose in his heart.

This is none other than the purpose of his coming this time.

Having concealed himself for so long, it is now time to reveal a bit of his own strength.

Zhang Jian smiled faintly and said.

"Well then, since the master has commanded, naturally the disciple obeys his labor!"

His gaze fell upon the Thirteen Yin Pools before him, his pupils flashing with purple and yellow light, the divine radiance of the Son of Heaven's Mandate emerging from his body, instantly enveloping ten million kilometers.

The myriad earthly essences of the entire Slaughter God State fell into his control at once.

"Divine Might!"

The Slaughter Sword True Monarch also saw the Daoist golden light flowing around Zhang Jian's body; even knowing he bore the rank of Daoist Son of Heaven, her heart still trembled slightly.

These strands of golden Daoist light flowed forth, as if delaying the heavens and earth, possessing the power to suppress countless lands and states.

"Found it!"

At this moment, Zhang Jian's eyes flickered with a smile; his gaze fell upon, and within one of the Yin Pools' pocket dimensions, he saw a peculiar divine mountain.

It was a black divine mountain, standing like a pillar between heaven and earth in that pocket dimension, propping up the sky and standing firm on the ground.

It was filled with a dense, intense yin energy.

This is an immortal treasure.

A second-grade cave heaven-type immortal treasure.

Magnificent palaces filled the cave heaven's void.

It seemed to be the Purple Mansion Palace of the ancient deities.

In the depths of the void, rolling waves of intense yin energy flowed.

Above the pocket dimension, two clear, bright moons scattered with spiritual light, from which threads of heavenly and earthly essence descended, inhaled and exhaled by the cultivators of the Taiyin Demon Palace within the palaces.

Aside from this central region.

In the outer perimeter, deep within the mountains surrounding the Thirteen Yin Pools, there were also many elixir terraces and immortal palaces, extremely ethereal, resembling some immortal sect's lineage, rather than a demonic sect.

Since we are to eradicate, we must naturally root it out completely; Zhang Jian raised his hand, and in the depths of his palm, the Nine-Color Dao Diagram appeared.

Under the Slaughter Sword True Monarch's slightly astonished gaze, the Nine-Color Dao Diagram flew forth, spreading out in an instant to envelop the entire Yinchi Mountain, nine-colored divine light flowing, the void shifting, heaven and earth overturned, and the disciples of the Taiyin Demon Palace were silently drawn into the diagram without a sound.

This terrifying sight also caused the Slaughter Sword True Monarch to feel a tremor.

Know that around Yinchi Mountain lies the Taiyin Demon Palace's protective sect formation, plus countless restrictions.

If attacked by force, it would surely cause the demon nest to explode, demon followers scattering in chaos.

Even with her power, it would be impossible to capture them all in one net.

But now, under Zhang Jian's palm immortal law, these demon followers felt nothing, one by one naturally swept into the nine-colored divine light, including the high-ranking cultivators within the sect who had attained the Nascent Soul.

"What law is this?"

The Slaughter Sword True Monarch's eyes flickered, still unable to suppress her inner doubt as she asked.

Zhang Jian smiled and said.

"The Mountains, Rivers, and State Diagram!"

The Slaughter Sword True Monarch pondered in her heart, then sighed lightly and said.

"Although the master has roamed heaven and earth, even traveled through the outer star rivers, visited many places, yet never heard of such a profound immortal law, so strange!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Jian laughed and said.

The Slaughter Sword True Monarch certainly could not have heard of it.

Because this is a Daoist scripture he comprehended like the Milky Way, a personal immortal law he enlightened himself to.

He then said: "It is normal that the master has not heard of it; this is a personal immortal law I created after comprehending the profound mysteries of the boundless Dao!"

"This law differs from ordinary Tai Xu-type immortal laws; it forms its own dimension of heaven and earth—think of mountains as mountains, think of water as water; unless the Dao mind is supremely exalted, penetrating the heavenly heart's transformation, otherwise it is difficult to perceive the wondrous creation of this diagram!"

The True Monarch of Slaying Demons wore an expression of astonishment as she glanced at Zhang Jian.

Such a profound and wondrous method was actually created by Zhang Jian.

It truly stirred her heart.

Many immortal arts can create their own space.

But those that can create their own dimension of heaven and earth are exceedingly rare and extraordinary.

Such a realm has already surpassed the limits that even a True Monarch of the Primordial Spirit can comprehend; even a true immortal may not possess such terrifying accumulation.

Deep within, the True Monarch of Slaying Demons could not help but admit that Zhang Jian was indeed a heaven-sent talent.

At a single glance at this nine-colored Dao diagram before her, she knew she likely could not decipher it; once ensnared by an ambush, she would surely become a puppet within the scroll.

At this moment, the demonic cultivators in the outer periphery of the Yin Pool Mountain's Yin Yin Demon Palace were almost entirely wiped out by Zhang Jian in one sweep.

The nine-colored divine light began to infiltrate the subspace within the Yin Pool.

The nine-colored Dao diagram swept across heaven and earth.

At this moment, Zhang Jian also turned his gaze toward the depths of the subspace.

Although this River and River Community Diagram has been upgraded to a third-rank immortal art, it ultimately relies on the passive advancement of the "Heart of Dimension"; whether it can achieve the expected effect remains unclear to Zhang Jian at this moment, requiring extensive practical testing.

At this moment, the nine-colored divine light silently entered the subspace, completely enveloping and covering it.

"Was it not even detected by the immortal artifacts within the subspace?"

Gazing at this scene, the True Monarch of Slaying Demons felt even greater astonishment in her eyes.

She had previously probed through secret arts and locked onto the demon nest of the Yin Yin Demon Palace, but could also confirm that deep within the demon nest, there must exist special immortal artifacts suppressing the subspace; any intrusion would easily trigger their prohibitions.

Zhang Jian's lips curled into a faint smile.

Having accommodated the Heart of Dimension, the River and River Community Diagram gradually can form its own universe of time and space; suppressing a subspace is no great difficulty—how could it trigger a backlash of prohibitions?

Moreover, the profound interplay of illusion and reality contained within the River and River Community Diagram can deceive even immortals, and thus can also deceive and transform the many prohibitions within the subspace.

This rune grand master of his is no mere decoration.

In the depths of the Yin Yin Demon Palace, a woman in black robes suddenly opened her eyes, furrowed her elegant brows, and gazed around with some surprise.

She is the Palace Lord of the Yin Yin Demon Palace, Yue Qingcheng.

She was also the former Palace Lord of the Han Yue Palace.

For some unknown reason, a sudden surge of intense palpitations arose deep in her heart.

This was a sudden impulse.

Her visage bore some strangeness.

Though residing in the old nest of the Yin Yin Demon Palace, she felt no one could threaten her.

Yet she still stepped out of the Han Yue Palace, her graceful figure gazing around.

Everything was quite normal.

There was no omen whatsoever.

Numerous powerful demon sect cultivators, demon palace dark sentries, and even demon palace guards remained within her perception.

At this moment, a thought stirred in her mind, and a piece of black demon stone appeared in her hand.

The demon stone flew up, instantly transforming into a vortex hovering above the Yin Yin Demon Palace; a massive vortex emerged, beginning to devour the countless black demonic qi from the depths of the subspace, as if possessing the power to swallow the heavens.

"This seems to be..."

Zhang Jian gazed toward the depths of the subspace, his eyes showing some astonishment.

Following his gaze, the True Monarch of Slaying Demons now seemed to view the image from outside.

Looking down from a higher dimension at a two-dimensional picture.

She spoke softly.

"This object is called the Evil Thought Stone, a supremely evil entity born of heaven and earth; though malevolent, it is also a top-tier divine treasure of heaven and earth, barely deserving the name of a rare treasure!"

"Quite a fine thing—it appears this strong one of the Yin Yin Demon Palace does not know the method of sacrificial refinement and cannot unleash the power of a rare treasure!"

Zhang Jian's eyes flickered slightly.

He knew that any object worthy of the name "rare treasure" possesses extraordinary value.

For example, the Three Lights Divine Water.

A trace of a smile appeared in the eyes of the True Monarch of Slaying Demons as she spoke.

"This is natural; the Evil Thought Stone is formed from the accumulated evil thoughts of all beings in heaven and earth, gathered in a desperate place and nurtured for over a million years before it can take form. My master once saw a demon god in the outer realms refine it into a map of extreme evil, slaughtering millions of beings—even immortals who have condensed their Dao fruit must fear it by three parts!"

"Yue Qingcheng may be strong, but she is merely a true immortal and fundamentally incapable of unleashing the divine marvel of this treasure!"

Immediately, a hint of admiration still appeared in her eyes.

Although the Evil Thought Stone has not yet been refined into an immortal treasure, as a heavenly and earthly rare treasure, its power is itself astonishing.

By virtue of this rare treasure, Yue Qingcheng, among true immortal-level experts, can also be considered a formidable force—no one dares to provoke her lightly.

Yet now, even by harnessing the power of such a rare treasure, she cannot stir the power of the River and River Community Diagram.

The conceptual law of "thinking of mountains makes mountains, thinking of waters makes waters" possesses terrifying attributes.

The True Monarch of Slaying Demons glanced at Zhang Jian; at this moment, she somewhat understood why so many second-generation ancestral masters hold Zhang Jian in such high regard.

"Come!"

At this moment, Zhang Jian smiled faintly, spread his palm, sensed that the River and River Community Diagram had completely suppressed the spacetime power of the second-rank immortal mansion below, and with a wave of his hand, drew the diagram deep into his palm.

At this moment, within his palm, a nine-colored Dao diagram manifested various scenes.

Inside, there were scenes of Yin Yin Demon Palace cultivators practicing demonic arts in the Yin Pool, and also of the Yin Yin Demon Palace's Primordial Spirit elders contemplating the demon diagram, refining their primordial spirit power.

Also, vast numbers of Yin Yin Golden Centipedes flowed and turned in the depths of the Void Mountain Peaks, hunting.

Furthermore, demon women offering their flesh, chanting the lascivious sounds of attracting yang to supplement yin.

All kinds of scenes, varied yet complete, were all under Zhang Jian's deep palm control—as if a single thought could overturn them, reducing them to cosmic dust.

Zhanmo Zhenjun watched this scene, and couldn't help but feel a sigh arise.

Such immortal arts truly seize the creation of heaven and earth, exhausting the divine marvels of all things.

"Defiant immortal arts!"

At this moment, Zhang Jian raised his hand and took a piece of black, strange black stone into his hand.

This is precisely that stone of evil thoughts.

At this moment, Zhang Jian sensed the terrifying evil thoughts contained deep within this object, his brow slightly twitched, and then he immediately handed the evil-thought stone to Zhanmo Zhenjun, smiling and saying.

"Master, this object has limited use in my hands; it's better to give it to you, Master, which can also be considered my filial piety toward you!"

Zhanmo Zhenjun glanced at Zhang Jian, and indeed did not refuse, merely smiling and saying.

"At last, you, this unworthy disciple, still have a bit of filial heart!"

"Having this object fall into my hands, Master, is indeed of some use; Master's Slay-Demon Slay-Immortal Sword lacks sufficient material, and to advance further, it is indeed necessary to integrate such a heavenly and earthly rare treasure into it!"

After a slight pause, Zhanmo Zhenjun spoke again.

"Ayu, this time Zhao'er is to marry the heavenly beauty of the Si family; you truly should not be lazy, and when it's time to be ostentatious, you should indeed be more ostentatious, needing to create more commotion!"

Her gaze turned toward the direction of Yin Chi Mountain.

Within the realm of Yin Chi Mountain, the Yin Demon Palace vanished silently and completely, and now can only be counted as a 'missing person'.

If one were to claim the credit for oneself, other high-level cultivators would likely not agree.

Seeing this, Zhang Jian gave a light smile.

"Master, this is not difficult!"

"Just be more ostentatious; this is nothing difficult. In a few days, I will drag all the demon sons and grandsons of the Yin Demon Palace to the vegetable market of Haojing City and behead them—this will be enough to shake the cultivation world."

Zhanmo Zhenjun glanced at Zhang Jian, the two exchanged a look, and immediately set off toward the next region.

The territory of the Xiluo Demon Sect differs from that of the Yin Demon Palace.

The sect's location of the Xiluo Demon Sect is even more hidden.

But this cannot escape the eyes of the Tongshan Dao Tong's spies.

Zhanmo Zhenjun early on, through the Tongshan Dao Tong's spies, became aware of the location of the Xiluo Demon Sect's sect.

……

And at this moment, within the Tongshan Dao Tong

In the Tianchi Peak, at this moment, the Tongshan Sect Leader, Floating Daoist, similarly sensed the fortune deep in the Tianchi Pool, with omens appearing one after another in the lotus pool.

The fortune of the Tongshan Dao Tong is continuously growing.

Not only Zhanmo Peak, but in the lotus pools of fortune in the other main peaks' veins, fortune also fluctuates.

Only the growth speed is not as fast as that of Zhanmo Peak.

"It seems that Junior Sister Zhanmo's actions are faster than those of other senior brothers and sisters!"

His eyes flickered with joy!

Immediately, his gaze fell upon the center of the fortune lotus pool!

Yet he saw that in the central region of the lotus pool, another blue lotus flourished eternally!

But at this moment, he saw that black-red qi flowed around this blue lotus, like countless black snakes!

Such a sight is shocking to the heart!

This lotus is named the Wanling Jie Yuan Qinglian!

Not an ordinary fortune blue lotus!

It senses calamity and gives rise to change!

Floating Daoist at this moment looked upward, and also saw countless dark clouds dense and heavy, like mountains and like ink!

Such calamitous qi makes one's face change color!

Fortunately, below there are countless fortune light pillars shooting into the sky, supporting the vault of heaven!

Floating Daoist's eyes also held a hint of sigh, and he silently prayed in his heart: "May the ancestors protect us, allowing all beings to smoothly pass this great calamity!"