Chapter 194: The End of Wei

Above Qianye Island.

Ao Laozu of Lei Yuanzong, Nanlan Xi, True Person of Canghai Xiancheng, and Yuwen Hong, Laozu of Lingyu Men—three Jin Dan cultivators formed an encircling formation, jointly attacking a howling wolf king standing dozens of zhang tall.

The three unleashed spells of cataclysmic power, forcing the third-rank beast king into steady retreat.

Moments later.

The wolf king's head split open, revealing within a tangle of crimson, bizarre vines, twisting and writhing—the very Blood-Cursed Vine.

The Jin Dan elders' attacks tore chunks of flesh from the wolf king, yet seemed to inflict no real harm upon the Blood-Cursed Vine inside.

From the wolf king's mouth, countless blood vines surged forth, possessing the ability to repel magic, briefly halting the three Jin Dan cultivators.

Then the beast's body suddenly erupted in a burst of crimson light, seizing the moment to transform into a streak of rainbow light and break through the gap between the three.

"Worse! It's fleeing!"

"We can't let it escape—given blood, it will recover its strength quickly."

Immediately after.

Three streaks of light shot toward the direction of the crimson glow at breakneck speed.

Qin Ming watched from afar, stunned—he hadn't expected the Blood-Cursed Vine to be so tenacious.

Even under the assault of Jin Dan elders, it still managed to escape. The tens of thousands of beasts entrenched on Qianye Island, under the thunderous assault of the three factions, swiftly collapsed in disarray.

Without the leadership of the third-rank Blood-Cursed Vine, they scattered like monkeys fleeing a fallen tree, chaos erupting everywhere.

Qin Ming hesitated, then saw many cultivators heading toward the direction where the three Jin Dan were chasing the blood-cursed Blood-Cursed Vine—clearly drawn to this pivotal battle.

So he stealthily concealed his form and followed after them.

After flying for half an hour, Qin Ming halted.

Kunwu Mountain, Twin Peaks.

This location lay at the border between the Beast Roar Mountains and the spiritual energy Archipelago.

Two colossal peaks stood like giant sentinels amid the mist-shrouded mountains, piercing straight into the clouds.

The wolf king, parasitized by the blood-cursed Blood-Cursed Vine, seemed intent on fleeing into the Beast Roar Mountains.

But it was trapped beneath the Twin Peaks by a high-level array deployed by True Person Nanlan Xi, now desperately trying to break it with brute force.

If it escaped again into the Beast Roar Mountains, finding it would be as impossible as climbing to heaven.

Beneath the heavens, a golden magical net flickered intermittently, inverted over the twin peaks, countless runes radiating immense power, swirling within the array's space.

The wolf king's powerful attacks hammered against the array repeatedly, causing Nanlan Xi's expression to change.

"My array was hastily constructed—it won't hold this fiend for long. Friends, hurry and use your strongest techniques!"

True Person Nanlan Xi, one hand controlling the array plate, spoke rapidly to the other two Jin Dan elders.

"Hmph!"

"I have roamed the Southern Wild Immortal Realm for over five hundred years, witnessing countless rises and falls."

"Will I allow demons and monsters to run rampant in Wei's land?!"

"Before I depart, I can still do something for this land—my life will be without regret."

Ao Laozu of Lei Yuanzong's gaze burned like fire; his chiseled face bore an unprecedented resolve.

Instantly, a transparent spiritual pill appeared in his hand, entwined with six distinct Dao patterns.

"One premium Soul-Returning Pill!!"

Yuwen Hong of Lingyu Men and Nanlan Xi instantly recognized the pill—their expressions changed drastically. Even Yuwen Hong gazed at Ao Laozu with a complex expression, lost in thought.

"Hahaha! Yuwen Hong, I can no longer continue dueling you."

"But don't think Lei Yuanzong has no one left to oppose you now that my old bones are gone."

Ao Laozu let out a thunderous laugh, then without hesitation swallowed the premium Soul-Returning Pill in his hand.

In an instant.

Ao Laozu's magic power surged upward in an extraordinary manner.

Boom! His aura rippled violently; his magic power instantly reached the peak of Jin Dan early stage—but it didn't stop there.

Crack! A massive spiritual pressure descended upon the Twin Peaks; Ao Laozu's cultivation level surged directly to Jin Dan mid-stage! The blood-cursed Blood-Cursed Vine noticed this too, finally showing panic, attacking the array with even greater ferocity.

Ao Laozu formed a strange hand seal, then vanished from his spot.

When he reappeared, a circle of golden swords surrounded him—thirty-six golden flying swords in total.

Shhh! Ao Laozu pointed his finger, and countless golden sword rays crisscrossed—anything they touched was instantly sliced and shredded.

Even the third-rank beast king parasitized by blood vines was no exception—under Ao Laozu's peak attack, his body shattered into four pieces.

Then he was swallowed whole by countless golden sword rays.

……

After unleashing this peak sword strike, Ao Laozu's life force began to plummet rapidly.

His hair turned white instantly, wrinkles creased his face, his features withered—but a faint smile still clung to his lips.

Gradually.

Ao Laozu's body, like the golden sword rays, dissolved into countless star-like specks, drifting and scattering through the air.

Thus, the five-hundred-year-old living fossil of Wei's Immortal Realm, Ao Laozu, revealed his most brilliant moment in this battle.

"Look!"

"Ao Laozu slew that demon!"

"That demon is finally dead!"

"Alas—Ao Laozu perished too."

"It seems he sacrificed his lifespan to unleash his ultimate strike."

"Huh? Then who in Lei Yuanzong will oppose Lingyu Men's Jin Dan now?"

"..."

Qin Ming, watching from afar, had also witnessed the entire process.

He was still immersed in the earth-shattering shock of Yunxi Laozu Ao's sword formation.

Under the onslaught of a spell with such power, even a formidable third-rank demonic plant stood no chance of survival.

"Phew~ That was close! Finally, I don't have to run."

"Luckily Wei Wuya sought me out to refine pills; without my one premium Soul-Returning Pill, those three Jin Dan experts might not have been able to exterminate this demon."

True Person Nalan Xi in the sky also dispersed the formation and descended alongside Master Yuwen to inspect the demonic plant's corpse, ensuring absolute safety.

Very quickly.

The two located the corpse of the possessed Howling Moon Demon King, along with a Blood-Cursed Demon Vine similarly sliced into fragments, within a canyon on Twin Peaks.

"Why is a small section missing from this Blood-Cursed Demon Vine's corpse?"

Just as Master Yuwen and True Person Nalan Xi had gathered all parts of the demon's body and placed them together, they were startled to discover that the central vine was missing.

"The missing part is the core of this Blood Demon Vine; could it have escaped?"

"Impossible; I just swept the area with my divine sense, and within a radius of several dozen li, there is no other aura of this demon vine."

"It must have been reduced to ashes under Fellow Daoist Ao's sword formation."

"Even if a branch or fragment luckily slipped through, this demon's origin has been destroyed; it cannot recover to the third-rank realm within several hundred years and is no longer a threat."

"For now, defending against the beast tide assault is paramount; let the sect disciples search centered on this location, while this seat returns to Yunze Xiancheng first."

"Very well."

"By the way, how does Yunxi Laozu Ao possess a premium Soul-Returning Pill?" Master Yuwen asked with considerable surprise.

"I heard that Alchemist Yan of Lei Yuanzong failed more than ten times without succeeding in refining one."

"Heh! Perhaps he found another alchemist to refine it; this seat is unaware."

(End of Chapter)