Chapter 297: Nine Heavens Demon, Demon-Suppressing Divine Tablet, Eight Dao Fruits

On the way to the demonic abyss, Qian Chen lit the last three sticks of God-Praying Incense. In the dark demonic qi of the demonic abyss, many things were squirming and changing, peeping at them in the dark.

But within the ten-zhang range covered by the God-Praying Incense, the darkness receded.

Everyone followed behind Qian Chen, advancing while rubbing against the smoke of the God-Praying Incense. Even the remaining disciples of the Lei and Xin families were like this, and even Lin Zhanglao of the Shenxiao Sect shamelessly came to rub against the incense.

The only disciples he had left alive beside him were two, one of whom was a female disciple whose face was flushed red, looking somewhat ashamed.

She seemed ashamed that she, a true disciple of an ancient immortal sect, still needed the protection of a loose cultivator.

But old foxes like Lin Zhanglao and Lei Yu wouldn't have such thoughts.

If anyone still thought Qian Chen's background was really just that of an ordinary loose cultivator by now, then they didn't deserve to be a power-holder of a great clan.

The things in the darkness peeped for a long time, and finally, something couldn't help but act! A strand of demonic qi drilled into the mud on the road in front of Qian Chen, hiding itself in the demonic soil. Like it, there were several other strands of demonic qi, small ones like whiskers, thick ones like a child's arm, seeping into the soil.

But when Qian Chen and the others passed by, Lei Yu and several people among the loose cultivators became highly vigilant, but they didn't remind Qian Chen. This was a test, a test of Qian Chen's true background and purpose.

Tao Kan hesitated for a moment before reminding: "Be careful, there seems to be something ambushing underground ahead!"

Qian Chen didn't care at all and stepped right over it.

A strand of demonic qi rose from the ground, transforming into an arrow leaving the bow, shooting toward Qian Chen. But that strand of demonic qi only shot out three feet before being dissipated by the smoke permeating the air. The demonic qi and the incense fragrance rubbed against each other, causing the incense fragrance to sparkle with golden light.

It looked as if golden light had suddenly condensed in front of Qian Chen, dissipating the demonic qi.

"It's nothing, just some ordinary Nine Heavens demons!"

Qian Chen smiled at Tao Kan. Xiao Yu followed behind, seeing the wrinkles on the old Daoist's face twitch, trembling. Beside him, Tao Kan's expression was also very colorful. Only the green ox walked with its steps, muttering: "Just Nine Heavens demons... kid, you are the most arrogant Penetrating Law cultivator I have ever seen!"

"What is a Nine Heavens demon?" Xiao Yu asked the old Daoist in a low voice.

"A strange existence transformed from Nine Heavens demonic qi, like a fierce ghost, but a hundred times more strange and terrifying than a fierce ghost. A Nine Heavens demon in this state of black qi is the gathering of demonic qi; dispelling the Nine Heavens demonic qi can drive them away. But if they take over a cultivator's body... they become a hundred times more difficult to deal with than before."

"Even the weakest among them can easily kill ordinary Penetrating Law cultivators, and slightly stronger ones are difficult for Core Formation True Persons to deal with."

The old Daoist's face twitched: "Every time there is a demon tribulation, the Nine Heavens Demon Realm opens wide, and countless demons rush into the human world, instantly creating countless demonic creatures comparable to the Penetrating Law realm. These things can possess any life, possessing plants to become demonic plants or demon trees, possessing animals to become dog demons, sheep demons, and other beast demons, and possessing humans to become human demons. If there is enough time, even dead objects, as long as there is wish-power entrusted to them, can be demonized."

Xiao Yu imagined countless such demons possessing mortals, or even attaching themselves to trees, birds, and beasts, instantly creating countless demonic creatures, the lowest of which were comparable to himself, sweeping across the entire Shenzhou, and couldn't help but shiver from the bottom of his heart.

During the Chang'an demon tribulation, the Luoyang seal was destroyed and the Nine Heavens rift opened wide. The first to rush out of the Nine Heavens were these demons that couldn't be counted at all.

If it weren't for Sima Chengzhen and the Luoyang Fomen fighting to the death to block the seal, the demons rushing out of the Nine Heavens could have demonized countless living beings in the entire Guandong region in one night.

At that time, the demons attacking Chang'an would have been a hundred times, a thousand times more numerous, boundless and endless.

The old Daoist's face looked slightly better, and he continued: "Fortunately, except for the Nine Heavens, other places won't breed too many demons... probably!" The old Daoist glanced at the dense and strange existences in the darkness of the demonic abyss and hesitated.

"This kind of demon, even if only one escapes, possessing a mortal, will grow wisdom and become very cunning."

"They use the essence blood and life-force of mortal bodies to perform various magic, while constantly devouring the essence blood and raw souls of mortals to grow stronger. If you are not careful, it can harm hundreds or thousands of people, cultivating into a demonic creature comparable to the Core Formation realm."

"Outside the Shenzhou, in places without the protection of City Gods and Earth Deities, barbarians are often devoured by mountain spirits and ghosts. If they accidentally provoke a Nine Heavens demon, it often means an entire tribe dies out."

"When I was young, I also traveled outside the Shenzhou. Except for overseas inheritances that are not inferior to the Shenzhou, other barbarian lands are truly miserable. Sorcerers are cruel, mountain spirits devour essence, and ghost deities are even more... but encountering these, you can still worship and endure them. Only Nine Heavens demonic creatures are the enemies of all living beings, with no room for compromise."

"Even for the Demon Sect, for these demonic creatures, they only swallow, refine, and utilize them."

"So in barbarian tribes outside the Shenzhou, sorcerers are most valued. Even if many witchcraft methods are extremely cruel and require blood sacrifice of raw souls, they can only endure it. If there are no sorcerers, or if the sorcerers are too weak, they will even actively worship some powerful mountain spirits and ghosts."

"This Nine Heavens demon is so strange, is there any way to restrain it?" Xiao Yu asked worriedly.

The old Daoist grinned: "Yes, not only is there a way to restrain it, but everyone knows it. If you go to the roadside and buy a Daoist scripture for three coins, there is a way to restrain these demons!"

Xiao Yu hesitated slightly, really unable to imagine what profound methods a roadside Daoist scripture would have.

The old Daoist then said slowly: "Jin Guang Incantation!"

"The Jin Guang Incantation can actually restrain demons, so why is everyone still so surprised?" Xiao Yu asked curiously.

"Don't underestimate the Jin Guang Incantation. It is the first of the eight great divine incantations of the Dao Sect, a supreme divine ability that is easy to learn but difficult to master..." Qian Chen, walking in front, said leisurely!

The green ox also said: "The Jin Guang Incantation is the first protective divine incantation of the Dao Sect. In terms of rank, it is far above the Six Ding Six Jia Divine Incantation. Even when Primordial Spirit Immortals fight, they often use it. But this divine incantation is not a matter of being easy to learn but difficult to master!"

"A divine incantation is a divine incantation; without the response of the gods, it cannot be called a divine incantation at all! When loose cultivators use it, the Jin Guang Incantation only carries the most basic divine power, capable of slightly protecting against demon possession. It is a method spread throughout the world by the Dao Sect to prevent demons from causing harm. But this incantation can only prevent demon possession, and it is difficult to eliminate demons. Only when people of the Dao Sect themselves perform it can they have the response and blessing of the gods, sweeping away demons and monsters, omnipotent."

The green ox sighed: "I once had the honor of seeing Heavenly Master Zhang of the Zhengyi Sect perform the Jin Guang Divine Incantation. The ghost deities of the twenty-four cures of the Shenzhou worked together, the City Gods of the world blessed it, a total of three thousand six hundred gods, and the Five Emperors and Thunder Department of the Heavenly Court stamped it. It had the power to sweep away all demons!"

"So this Jin Guang Incantation is good at looking at people's backgrounds?" Xiao Yu clicked his tongue.

The green ox nodded, its big head swaying up and down: "Nine Heavens demons are still best restrained by the Divine Path. The Dao Sect has the Jin Guang Incantation to borrow divine power, the Fomen cultivates wish-power, and the Demon Sect... hehe, I know the true foundation of the Demon Sect, which is to use demons to control demons. When it comes to dealing with demons, they are the ancestors. Only we loose cultivators are miserable, without a background, and every time we encounter a demon, we lose half our lives first."

"To talk about the means to deal with demons, it's actually not strange. The God-Praying Incense is a treasure of the Divine Path, with infinite wonderful uses. I'm just curious, which god or Buddha he is inviting."

The green ox stared at Qian Chen, wanting to see which god or immortal he was inviting with the three sticks of incense in his hand.

What kind of divine power was burning in the wish-power of the incense.

While they were talking, they had already stepped into the deepest part of the demonic abyss. The blood river circling the Demon-Suppressing Hall was already close. What made people's hair stand on end was that the demonic soil under their feet had also turned black-purple, as if one could squeeze blood out of it if they grabbed a handful.

The demonic soil exuded strands of black mist like smoke, and in the mist, shadows were flickering. Except for the blood river and iron halls in the distance, nothing else could be seen clearly.

That Demon-Suppressing Iron Hall and the blood river didn't know what kind of oddity they had. Even though the surroundings were shrouded in black mist, it couldn't stop others from watching them at all.

Above the blood river, countless demons intertwined and entangled, transforming into black clouds covering the sky and blocking the sun, squirming in the sky. But when Qian Chen and the others stepped here, these demons all whistled and dived down.

There were more than ten thousand dense demons. Under this surging demonic tide, let alone a group of loose cultivators chanting the Jin Guang Incantation that was better than nothing, even if a true disciple of the Dao Sect held the incantation, they would be instantly submerged.

The Lei family boy let out a desperate scream.

When the first demon broke into the incense fragrance, the smoke transformed into points of golden light, and it was dissipated after entering three feet. But then hundreds and thousands of demons rushed in frantically, and a thick, inseparable black qi rushed toward Qian Chen's face. Under the crazy impact of the demonic tide, the divine power and wish-power of the God-Praying Incense were fully manifested.

A golden light screen appeared three feet in front of Qian Chen's nose. The golden light was as solid as substance, and eight strange characters appeared on it.

Xiao Yu looked for a long time before he reacted. These characters were facing the demonic tide.

What they saw was the opposite reflection—reverse characters.

Those eight characters were exactly—Supreme Subduing Demons, ominous to those who see it!

The demons crashed into that light screen, and the eight characters floated, carrying a dignified divine power, causing them to turn into ashes in an instant. Countless demons evaporated on the golden light screen.

No, this golden light screen was just one side of the stone tablet. Under the impact of the demonic qi, the incense fragrance compressed into the shape of a stone tablet. It was exactly the stone tablet that the Lei family disciples had kicked over when they came in!

Coincidentally, that Lei family disciple who kicked the stone tablet actually luckily survived until here.

His legs were trembling, terrified to death!

A projection of a stone tablet, in front of the Nine Heavens demonic tide that was enough to set off a demon tribulation, suppressed the demonic tide, causing millions of demons to turn into ashes.

The stone tablet that had fallen with one kick was now as dignified as a god.

Qian Chen said calmly: "When I came in, I grabbed a bit of soil from under the stone tablet. These three sticks of incense were made by kneading the soil, protecting us through the demonic tide. Thanking it once, it's not too much, right!"

That Lei family disciple knelt down immediately...

Kowtowing to the stone tablet with 'clangs'!

Qian Chen shouted: "Get out of here!" The three sticks of God-Praying Incense in front of him burned in half instantly. The phantom of the stone tablet expanded infinitely, sweeping away the demonic tide. A group of demons retreated frantically. The phantom of the stone tablet rose high—ten zhang, a hundred zhang, a thousand zhang, and finally disappeared into the darkness.

And in front of Qian Chen and the others, a path leading to the eight Demon-Suppressing Halls had already been opened.

The demons retreated, and strands of smoke still drifted beside Qian Chen.

The remaining people were already dumbfounded. The green ox stared with wide eyes and said: "If I had known... I should have moved the stone tablet in! With such a tablet, what are we afraid of?"

"Move it in?" Qian Chen smiled: "If the stone tablet left that path, the demon dragon underneath could swallow everyone!"

"Kicking the tablet I wrote!"

Qian Chen sneered in his heart. Now you all have to bow and salute to it!

Stepping across the blood river, the three sticks of incense burned another third. Everyone stared at the three sticks of residual incense with fear, knowing that once the incense went out, they would have to deal with the dangers of this place themselves.

But until they arrived in front of the eight iron halls, the last bit of incense tip finally went out leisurely.

Between the eight iron halls, it was incomparably empty. Except for a divine furnace the size of a small mountain placed in the very center, the rest of the place was large enough to be a battlefield. Between those eight iron halls, which were like small cities, were thick iron chains that could accommodate three or four people walking side by side.

Lei Yu raised his head and looked at the iron chains, and couldn't take his eyes off them.

"The chains between those iron halls are actually made of Meta-Magnetic Divine Iron!" Someone shouted out the terror in his heart.

"How is that possible?"

"Meta-Magnetic Divine Iron is one of the best materials in the universe for forging flying swords, most suitable for forging pairs of flying swords. Outside, one liang is a sky-high price. If these chains are really made of Meta-Magnetic Divine Iron, how much would that cost?"

"Among the best strange metals in the universe for forging flying swords, aren't those Supreme Ether Meta-Gold and Heavenly River Star Sand?" Qian Chen wondered in his heart: "Meta-Magnetic Divine Iron doesn't even rank!"

His natal flying sword was forged from Supreme Ether Meta-Gold.

And Meta-Magnetic Divine Iron could only be used to forge chains here.

In this regard, Qian Chen still had some research...

The green ox looked at the plaque of the iron hall and muttered: "Jade Emperor Court—the Heavenly Court of the higher realm that rules the Earth Immortal Realm, its Heavenly Emperor is known as the Jade Emperor! What is sealed there should be the brain god of the Supreme Supreme Tian Mo that commands the demonic body. Nine Heavens Qi... named after the Nine Heavens, yes, that Supreme Supreme Tian Mo cultivates the demonic path, and the location of his origin qi is indeed like the Nine Heavens Demon Realm."

"Avici Ghost... the deepest part of the Nine Heavens Demon Realm, legend has it that it is a hell known as Avici! Avici is Avici! Void Xu Xu Jian Sheng, Indestructible Bone, Demon Painted Skin, Azure Heaven Blood, Wucang Prefecture..."

On the green ox's cow face, a vivid look of horror appeared.

"Big trouble! Big trouble..." The green ox blinked its eyes, opened its dharma eyes, and looked through the heavy seals into the hall. It knew the severity and only dared to look at the Wucang Prefecture hall where it speculated the innate Five Elements were hidden.

Inside the iron hall, the vast Five Elements Qi rotated. At its core was the incomparably pure innate Five Elements essence qi, and the Five Elements Qi, both Yin and Yang, were complete. Just the Wood Qi was not inferior to the green ox's essence at all.

The innate Five Elements Qi of the Heavenly Stem technique rotated, transforming into Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth. The five worlds rotated, opening a small world between reality and illusion, like a cave heaven.

The green ox shivered: "Earth Immortal Dao Fruit!"

Qian Chen stood beside it, talking to himself like a drama queen: "Just the five qi in the chest, and he has attained the Earth Immortal Dao Fruit..."

"Definitely a great demon at the Demon Lord level!" The green ox shrank its neck: "If the Wucang Prefecture is a cave heaven world of the Earth Immortal lineage, then the others..."

The green ox couldn't help but use its dharma eyes to look at the other halls. It saw that in the Nine Heavens Qi hall, it was vast and boundless, like the Nine Heavens world, one qi giving birth to all things. Just one look was like standing in front of a Nine Heavens rift.

"The Dao Fruit of an immortal of the Qi Refining path!" The green ox exclaimed.

In the Jade Emperor Court, it was a Heavenly Court, with countless illusory gods, heavenly soldiers, and generals, and divine officials ranked under the court.

"The Dao Fruit of the Divine Path!" The green ox was already trembling.

It turned its head to look at the Indestructible Bone hall, which was an immortal and indestructible holy bone that combined the indestructible golden body of the Fomen and the immortal demonic body of the Demon Sect perfectly.

The green ox took a few steps back and turned to look at the Avici Ghost hall.

Deep in the dark ghost hall, an extremely evil, indescribable, and unspeakable existence made the green ox scream and turn to flee.

"Too terrifying! Too horrible! Scared the ox to death! Is this the Supreme Supreme Tian Mo from the Land of Reincarnation?"

The green ox seemed to have returned to when it was at its weakest. It decisively cut off the memory related to that glance at the Avici Ghost hall, then wiped the cold sweat and said to Tao Kan: "The secrets buried in these eight iron halls are too terrifying!"

Tao Kan saw that the Spirit Venerable, who had the strongest cultivation and the most experience in the Tao family, was scared into this state, so how could he dare to pry into the secrets within.

He just said solemnly: "If we can lead the disciples of the clan to leave this demon cave, Tao will never step into this place again in this life!"

Qian Chen observed the expression of everyone, and suddenly found a loose cultivator staring at the eight iron halls in a daze. His eyes seemed to have double pupils, and the pupils were split into two, one of which reflected the Azure Heaven Blood hall.

It reflected a boundless sea of blood, which was the Supreme Supreme Tian Mo Dao Fruit of the Blood Demon lineage.

"These are not his eyes!" Qian Chen thought: "Someone is using his eyes to look at the eight iron halls... Hmm? Is it that Zangshan Laozu of the Jin family? When did he hide in the sea of consciousness of this person?"

"It should be the forest of Bone Pagodas, when those demonic magic treasures appeared!"

"This method of possessing a god has some tricks!"

Qian Chen curiously observed the Zangshan Laozu of the Jin family hiding in someone else's soul, thinking: "The method is still a bit rough. Is my demonic body that easy to watch?"

The Zangshan Laozu of the Jin family was staring in a daze, and he also saw some things, his heart filled with endless terror: "Could these eight iron halls be suppressing the eight different Dao Fruits of that Supreme Supreme Tian Mo? Doesn't this mean that that Supreme Supreme Tian Mo has walked through eight different Immortal and Demonic paths at the same time?"

"Jade Emperor Court is the Divine Path, Wucang Prefecture is the Earth Immortal, Nine Heavens Qi is the Nine Heavens Demon Path, Azure Heaven Blood is the Blood Sea Demon Path, Indestructible Bone is the Buddhist golden body and the demonic immortal holy body, Demon Painted Skin is the world as a bag, Void Xu Xu Jian Sheng is..."

Just as he was staring at the Void Xu Xu Jian Sheng hall, suddenly, he saw a pair of eyes in the void looking at him. This was a hazy feeling, as if the existence in the hall sensed his peeping, opened its eyes, and looked along the gaze to see who was peeping in the dark!

The Zangshan Laozu of the Jin family's heart warned him frantically. Two lines of blood and tears flowed from the eyes of the loose cultivator he possessed, shocking many people.

The Zangshan Laozu of the Jin family let out a scream. When that gaze from the hall swept over, it stabbed his Yin Spirit. The gaze stabbed into his eyes, and the loose cultivator screamed while covering his eyes, and a shadow escaped from his body.

On the soul body of the shadow, a mark of a pair of eyes was branded on it.

This was the trace left by that gaze.

Just one gaze left an injury on a Yin Spirit Zangshan Laozu that would be difficult to heal for eternity, and even more so, it severely injured him. His broken Yin Spirit had at least thirty percent of its soul body destroyed.

Qian Chen sneered in his heart: "Good thing it was Void Xu Xu Jian Sheng. If it were Avici Ghost, or Jade Emperor Court... you'd be in big trouble!" ===== CHAPTER 298 =====