Chapter 963: Jiuyou Blood Demon

"Blood Demon Ding Xiadong!"

Gazing at the human face within the Blood Sea, a look of intense hatred appeared on Li Yingyun's face: "You have slaughtered millions of living beings to refine this Blood Sea; your sins are monstrous. Today, I shall act on behalf of Heaven!"

"Bitch, you cannot kill me!"

Ding Xiadong's face laughed wildly: "I have a million Blood God Children. Back when I had not yet achieved my Primordial Spirit, you could not kill me... Now that I have refined the Blood Sea Primordial Spirit, I will become the inner demon and nightmare that haunts you for all eternity!"

Li Yingyun's expression remained unchanged; she merely drew her Purple-Green Flying Sword.

This Nine Refinements Flying Sword had purple and green Qi swirling upon it, and now it shone with brilliant radiance, emitting an inexplicable aura.

"No!"

The Mysterious Female Pearl shook, transforming into a youth wearing a blood robe, whose features vaguely resembled Aaron, and he shouted: "I am the Jiuyou Blood Demon, my Daoist title—Tai Su Yuan Xue Xu Ling Zhenjun!"

"Although your Dharma Power is profound, you do not understand the timing of Heaven..."

Aaron grabbed the Mysterious Female Pearl, his face twitching uncontrollably: "Could something have gone wrong when refining this Second Primordial Spirit... His brain isn't working too well; being this arrogant is definitely not my personality!"

This is the supreme Sword Formula of Emei, and it possesses infinite power when it comes to the path of slaying demons!

"Blood Demon... you were actually hiding here!"

"This seat—the Jiuyou Blood Demon, is born into the world today!"

Wanfo Golden Summit.

It was as if... all past karma and filth had been completely severed, and a new life had been obtained!

"A single Purple-Green sword stroke severs karma, slaying others and slaying myself alike!"

The purple and green Qi twisted, and Ding Xiadong was utterly destroyed in body and spirit.

Just at this moment, Tianhe Zhenren's expression also changed, and he pinched a seal to perform calculations.

Li Yingyun summoned a cloud, transforming it into a cloud chariot, and rode it back to her Cave Abode.

Accompanied by Ding Xiadong's unwilling cries, a Blood Egg within the Blood Pool shattered instantly!

Situations similar to this scene were occurring simultaneously across the five Great Immortal Domains.

"Brother Ding, go in peace..."

Yet, unlike the foul-smelling Blood Sea from before, this stream of blood possessed an incredible sweetness, capable of repairing a cultivator's soul and physical body.

"Although these things have been covered up, but... covering them up does not mean they do not exist!"

The blood-robed Aaron laughed and patted his own cheeks: "I must thank Li Yingyun for slaying Ding Xiadong; otherwise, I could never have been born so smoothly!"

"Therefore, just obediently lie low with me..."

Another image was that of Ding Xiadong in his old age, with a sinister, demonic appearance.

Yang Xumi of the Golden Core stage, Zhuge Yun, and Fang Jing, who was still a weakling with only Mysterious Light, followed and landed to offer congratulations.

Clatter!

Before the words had faded, the Milky Way rolled backward, and the power of stars descended one by one, as if to elevate Li Yingyun's realm!

This was the blessing granted by the Universal Starry Milky Way Great Array, making this sword strike of Li Yingyun's equivalent to the Dharma Power of a Primordial Spirit!

A Milky Way even manifested, illuminating the Blood Sea and reflecting Ding Xiadong's true form within it.

"Fortunately, even though you have reached the Primordial Spirit stage, I can still suppress you."

"As well as the karmic entanglement between Emei and me, and the karmic entanglement with Luofu Mountain..."

The blood threads struggled to condense, forming Ding Xiadong's face: "I hate... I hate this..."

Beiju Luzhou.

Li Yingyun exhausted all her power to unleash the most powerful sword strike of the Taiqing Demon-Slaying Sword Formula.

"Xiao Huan Xianzi, this place is dangerous; let us take shelter first..."

Outside the Cave Abode, under a plum tree, stood a person whose figure was like that of a child, wearing a Taiqing Daoist Robe with the hem dragging on the ground, with his back to Li Yingyun.

More importantly, this sword formula can condense a supreme sword intent; no matter how many clones or incarnations the enemy has... it can track the aura in the dark and slay them all with one strike!

It is truly a supreme sword of the killing path!

Combined with the Nine Refinements Purple-Green Sword, this time, Ding Xiadong truly felt a life-and-death crisis.

Li Yingyun pinched a sword seal: "It was only after reaching the Golden Core stage that I had a spiritual epiphany and refined this technique... It is fated that I must slay you, this demon!"

With her mind in turmoil, she could not enter meditation, so she stood up and walked out of the Cave Abode.

"A Milky Way hangs in the void, past and future are both in my palm!"

But immediately, that giant blood-colored face returned to calm: "Very good... the brilliance of the Demonic Dao lies in the changes that break through in every desperate situation... If this sword of yours cannot kill me, it will surely allow my Blood Sea Demon Scripture to reach the pinnacle, and there is hope for me to attain the status of a supreme Heavenly Demon in the future!"

A supreme sword intent instantly wiped out all vitality of this God and Demon body!

Even Ding Xiadong's past and future selves were shattering... and this sword mark appeared on his body!

Thirty years later.

Thinking back on all that happened, Li Yingyun was filled with emotion; she reached out to wipe away the last remnants of this Blood Demon.

His true body froze, and then two shadows split off, like reflections in a mirror.

Li Yingyun's face did not show much joy, but rather a hint of confusion: "Ding Xiadong's Master..."

"As... as you command!"

"Very good!"

Inside the Cave Abode, everything was exactly as it had been before, and no one had triggered the Forbidden Technique.

At this moment, Tianhe Zhenren also exclaimed: "The Blood Demon is dead, yet a Jiuyou Blood Demon has been born; it is a sliver of an Outer Realm Heavenly Demon's thought that snuck into the Blood Demon's body, and by using the Purple-Green Sword to sever all karma... it seized the Blood Demon's foundation, yet it does not inherit the Blood Demon's karma; it possesses the bearing of a Heavenly Demon the moment it is born!"

This friend's expression turned rigid; suddenly, a Sword Light erupted from his eyes, two lines of blood tears flowed out, and he passed away just like that...

Even Tianhe Zhenren was standing to the side.

Aaron sighed: "Not to mention the Tribulation Immortals beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens... even in this world, there are not a few who can kill you. For instance, if Emei and Nanhai join forces, they will surely destroy you. How dare you be so arrogant?"

The Disciples of the entire Luofu Mountain were even more unaware that their Sect Leader had snuck out, accomplished many earth-shattering feats, and then quietly slipped back in.

The Tianhe Primordial Spirit expanded, instantly covering a thousand miles, yet it could no longer discover the trail of the Jiuyou Blood Demon.

At this moment, the Mysterious Female Pearl was like a black hole, continuously swallowing the water of the Blood Spring.

Whoosh!

The stars of the heavens scattered across the sky, revealing the great sun behind them.

"Now that I have obtained the Mysterious Female Pearl to house the Blood Spring, I can finally be considered to have truly refined my Primordial Spirit!"

In an instant, a Sword Light broke through the air, landing on the Golden Summit, revealing the upright figure of Li Yingyun: "Reporting to Master, the last branch of the Blood Demon lineage in Beiju Luzhou has been completely wiped out..."

"No... one is still missing—the Jiuyou Blood Demon!"

The Purple-Green Sword transformed into a purple-green divine light that reached the heavens and connected to the earth, instantly evaporating ten thousand acres of the Blood Sea, and struck down upon the Blood Sea Demon Body of Ding Xiadong with a single slash.

Although Li Yingyun had already refined a Primordial Spirit, she still felt a palpitation when thinking of the scene that day: "This fiend is the true ancestor of the Blood Demons. Even with the two Masters using the Armillary Sphere to exhaust their Dharma Power for calculations, there were no results..."

A portion of the Blood Sea sensed this aura and instantly collapsed...

Aaron quipped: "Wrong, I am the Second Nascent Soul of the main body, and you are the Second Primordial Spirit of the Second Nascent Soul; you could be called the little fourth of the little third..."

A light breeze suddenly arose!

"What kind of nonsense is this? Even if I have thousands of incarnations, I am still me!"

Only after the Purple-Green Sword returned from slaying the Blood Demon did she barely manage to regulate her breathing and recover a breath of true Qi.

Furthermore, even within the Nanhai Sect, several Disciples suddenly froze, scarlet appearing in their eyes, and then a Sword Light flew out, causing them to instantly fall to the ground and die.

Aaron was expressionless as he cast out a bead, which was none other than the Mysterious Female Pearl he had used so handily back in the day!

This bead originally only had Five Refinements, but later, when he achieved the Nascent Soul and obtained the Luofu treasury, he finally promoted it to the level of Six Refinements, making it a top-tier Dharma Treasure.

Suddenly, Ding Xiadong seemed to recall something and screamed: "Beware of my Master... he... he..."

The void tore open, and a Blood Spring flew out.

"Amitabha, my Master said that the Jiuyou Blood Demon is the demonic thought of the Emperor Lord, and its cultivation progress is inconceivable... it may have already attained the status of a supreme Heavenly Demon and ascended beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens."

"With my Blood Demon Secret Arts, few in the world can rival my Primordial Spirit... Main body, what are you still dazed for? Let us quickly go and destroy Tianhe... first execute Nanhai, then annihilate Emei; only with Luofu can one be king in the Immortal Realm... Ah!"

But the next moment, that pool of Blood Spring suddenly erupted with ten thousand feet of blood light, and the ninety-nine supernatural powers of the Blood Demon struck the Tianhe Primordial Spirit like raindrops, forcing it back a hundred miles, before it employed the Blood Escape Technique, burning infinite essence blood, instantly breaking into the void, and disappearing without a trace...

Emei.

"Senior Sister... we have finally wiped out the last True Disciple branch of the Demonic Dao. In the current Earth Immortal Realm, the Demonic Dao is destroyed, the Side Door has greatly declined, and only our righteous path shall flourish forever!"

"Plus my twenty percent of the Side Door Qi Number..."

One could see that on the blade of the Purple-Green Sword, a streak of blood still remained.

"This is the Taiqing Demon-Refining Sword Formula..."

Taiqing Demon-Refining Sword Formula!

It was Tianhe Zhenren who had already withdrawn the Great Array, looking at Li Yingyun, and praised: "With the Nascent Soul complete, the Primordial Spirit emerges... Disciple, you have broken through the Demon Tribulation and can now ascend to the Primordial Spirit."

"Could this wisp of Outer Realm demonic thought originate from some Demonic Dao Emperor Lord? It is actually so difficult to deal with, and can even reverse the changes of yin and yang, life and death?"

Yang Xumi pressed his palms together and said.

At the location of the previously dried-up Blood Sea, another Blood Spring appeared, and a large amount of fresh blood gurgled out.

Li Yingyun lowered her Sword Light, looked at the ashes of the Blood Demon, and pondered in silence.

He turned to look at his disciple: "Yingyun! You have contributed greatly in this battle; go down and rest well..."

Ten thousand miles of ice, snow falling across the world.

The Mysterious Female Pearl hummed incessantly, seemingly wanting to make a sound but being helpless, and was finally swallowed by Aaron in one gulp.

Within its body, clouds and mist rose, continuously opening up brand-new spaces, and in just a short time, it was refined to the level of Eight Refinements!

And Aaron also had his Nascent Soul Dharma Power surge out, continuously stimulating the Dharma formulas and casting them onto the Mysterious Female Pearl.

Qi Miaoyi said: "This is a great merit for our righteous path; we should choose an auspicious day to offer sacrifices to the ancestors and report this merit to Heaven!"

Jiuzhen Xianniang gazed at the scene of the Milky Way flowing backward and looked at a friend she had just met nearby.

In an instant, it accommodated the Blood Spring!

It was just that this Mysterious Female Pearl also turned blood-colored, becoming a scarlet bead.

"With so much Qi Number lost and so much karma gained, can Emei... really still ascend?"

A secret sound of a Heavenly Demon resounded through the void; those Nanhai Sect Disciples with inferior cultivation, merely upon hearing this voice, saw their complexions turn a deep red, and their essence blood flew out of their bodies, turning into sheets of Blood Skin floating about!

"Not good!"

The next moment, this strand of the Second Primordial Spirit was taken into the Mysterious Female Pearl.

"What's more... the world is currently in the midst of a Tribulation struggle; if you take the initiative to emerge, are you going to become the tribulation for the righteous path of the world and help them ascend?"

"Ding Xiadong, today I use one sword to sever karma, and further slay your past and future bodies, as well as all possibilities! Watch the sword!"

Sitting on a meditation cushion, Aaron calculated with his fingers:

"The Jiuyou Blood Demon can occupy at least thirty percent of the Demonic Dao's Qi Number..."

A thunderclap exploded in the sky, and the purple and green Qi gathered, transforming into Taiqing Divine Thunder, burning the last Blood Demon into ashes.

"Disciple, quickly go and invite your Emei Master, bring the Purple-Green One-Qi Divine Talisman over, otherwise it will be difficult to pin down this fiend... The Blood Demon destroying the world does not refer to those human Blood Demons, but the arrival of Outer Realm Heavenly Demons, transforming into the Jiuyou Blood Demon!"

Tianhe Zhenren roared, and a Primordial Spirit flew out, like a great river rushing, his Dharma Power vast and mighty, and it resonated with the East Sea Eye; it was the Tianhe Primordial Spirit he had painstakingly cultivated for thousands of years!

This Tianhe Primordial Spirit merely circled once, intending to pin down the Blood Spring, and drove the Great Array of the Stars of the Heavens to surround it completely.

But at this time, as he silently operated his Primordial Spirit, he felt more and more that something was wrong.

Tianhe Zhenren calculated with his fingers and found he could not calculate where the Jiuyou Blood Demon had gone at all, and could not help but be horrified: "This is a true Heavenly Demon... it is skilled at hiding its origins; I fear I must join forces with Emei and use the Armillary Sphere to search the heavens and earth to discover any clues!"

"I shall wait and see!"

One of them was in the likeness of a youth, dressed in fine brocade robes.

A face in the Blood Sea let out a miserable shriek: "This... what kind of technique is this?"

"I hope so..."

Swish! Swish!

Li Yingyun launched her Sword Light and shouted: "Let us return!"

"That old man Tianhe must be dim-sighted; although my essence was high at the time, I was but an empty shell... I could only deceive him first, then use the Blood Escape to flee!"

Jiuzhen Xianniang's body trembled in fear: "This person had long been killed by the Blood Demon and refined into an avatar... If I had gotten any closer just now, I might have been tainted by the Blood Demon as well... Dangerous, truly dangerous!"

Li Yingyun felt as if a thousand-catty burden had been lifted; nine layers of clear Light radiated from her body, and the quality of her Golden Core seemed to have ascended to a higher level, becoming incomparably perfect.

Li Yingyun thrust her sword out, her Meridians empty and devoid of Dharma Power, her body swaying unsteadily.

Aaron patted his belly and secretly snuck back to Luofu Mountain.

Crackle!

Above a desolate sea region.

After seven days and seven nights.

Sect Leader Qi Miaoyi, Kutoutuo, Juemie Shitai, Baimei, and other Elders were all present.

"Why does this last instance of the Blood Demon escape technique seem to possess some of the wonders of Earthly Polar Meta-Magnetic displacement?"

Within the Great Array of the Celestial Stars and Milky Way.

"Stop acting so high and mighty; you are merely the Second Primordial Spirit I refined!"

"Master?"

In a place of Secrecy, a Blood Pool.

Ding Xiadong was actually using the Heavenly Demon Eight Sounds to shake Li Yingyun's Sword Heart!

But her Sword Heart had long been tempered through a thousand trials, and she shouted: "If it were elsewhere, perhaps that might be possible, but within the Great Array of the Celestial Stars and Milky Way, die, you Demon!"

"Blood... Blood Demon!"

Li Yingyun hurriedly bowed, but heard Qi Miaoyi say indifferently: "Throughout history, Ascension requires both form and spirit to be perfect, the technique to be complete, karma to be resolved, and external merit to be attained! Now that my Emei intends to ascend as a whole sect, you alone are not permitted to ascend; do you harbor resentment in your heart?"

Li Yingyun felt as if struck by lightning, standing frozen in place, unable to speak for a long time.

(End of this chapter)