Chapter 478

In the dark depths of the earth, Si Princess Qingcheng waited with increasing anxiety. She glanced at the divine dharma body sitting in the dragon carriage and reached out to summon the *Western Kunlun Mirror*, wishing to peek at the movements ahead.

Just as the mirror light was in her hand, she saw two blurred figures approaching in the mirror...

Si Princess Qingcheng looked up in a daze and saw Brother Qian Chen's Yin Spirit incarnation approaching, holding the *Affection Sword*.

His figure was faint, as if he were a ghost that could be seen through entirely, as if he would dissipate if a gust of wind blew!

Behind Brother Qian Chen was the white-haired Xiao Xie Xiao Xie Anshi, arriving in a beam of light while wielding the *Nine Melodies Tuning Sword*. The heavenly sound sword qi crossed the sky, cutting out pleasant sword sounds.

Seeing this, Si Princess Qingcheng said happily, "Yan Yan Shixiong, Xiao Xie Gong, you have returned!"

Brother Qian Chen nodded slightly, turned to look in the direction of the Altar of Sacrificial Gods, and sighed, "Master Sima Wu Yue calculated everything, thinking he had succeeded, but he didn't expect that he was merely a sacrificial offering prepared by Master Sima Yan!"

Xiao Xie An's expression was solemn as he said to Brother Qian Chen and Si Princess Qingcheng, "If it is truly as you say, that the Master Sima clan had long discovered the Wu Hou's Seven-Star Lamp Formation hidden within the dragon vein of the Jin Ling Cave Heaven! Then everything makes sense!"

"Since Master Sima Yi went missing, several Primordial Spirit seeds have emerged among our noble families, especially Wang Dao and Wang Wang Xizhi of the Wang family..."

"Why be so humble, Xiao Xie Anshi Gong!" Brother Qian Chen sighed, "In the past, when Wang Dao was impacting the Primordial Spirit, the Master Sima family tested him in every way, even forcing the Wang family's most outstanding younger generation, Wang Wang Xianzhi, to divorce his wife and remarry, forcibly marrying Princess Xin'an, Master Sima Xu Daofu, to him! When Wang Dao was impacting the Primordial Spirit, Wang Wang Xizhi was severely injured in his Yang Spirit to block Master Sima Shi. Although he remains a top-tier Yang Spirit, because he created the great magical *Lanting Preface*, his combat power is still above yours."

"But burdened by old injuries, he has taken a step slower on the path to impacting the Primordial Spirit."

"Among the noble families of the Central Lands today, you, Xiao Xie Xiao Xie Anshi, are the next Primordial Spirit seed!"

Xiao Xie An sighed slightly, "To compensate for Yishao's old injuries, after A-Long achieved the Primordial Spirit, he would often ascend to the nine-heaven gang qi layer to collect the essence of the heavenly flow and the harmony of thunder to combine into medicine. Even so, Yishao will need a hundred years to repair his old injuries and have a chance to impact the Primordial Spirit."

"If it weren't for this, the Great Jin would have long ago ceased to be known for both the Wang and Xiao Xie families, but rather the Wang family would be the hope of the world!"

"It is also because of this that you didn't expect Master Sima Yan would dare to excessively drain the pure Yang dragon qi of the Southern Jin! Not only did he recover from his injuries, but after his death, he even refined his soul into pure Yang again!" Brother Qian Chen said calmly.

Xiao Xie An's expression was as still as ancient water, "Originally, we calculated that Master Sima Yan would impact the Primordial Spirit, but we thought that only when he reached that step would he borrow the pure Yang dragon qi of the Great Jin. In this way, he would have to pass two barriers: first, the transformation of his Yin Spirit, using the ritual of deification to Yang-ify his soul, and then he would borrow the pure Yang dragon qi to impact the mysterious light of life and death and attain the Primordial Spirit!"

"The information obtained by our hidden agents planted in the Master Sima clan has always been like this."

"If that were truly the case, then when Master Sima Yan impacted the Primordial Spirit, he would fall into a state of neither life nor death, relying entirely on the demonic path for protection, and his own state would be extremely fragile." Brother Qian Chen understood, "The layout of the three Heavenly Masters was based on this?"

Xiao Xie An nodded slightly, "Although the demonic path knows I have attained the Yang Spirit, they would never know that I am only a line away from the Primordial Spirit."

"Longxiang and Xiao Xie Lingyun possess spirit treasures that suppress the foundations of our Wang and Xiao Xie families, plus Zhen'er as an inside agent, and the various Yin Spirit True Persons of the noble families helping. Even if Master Tao hadn't arranged for you, Taibai, to be a contingency, I alone would be enough to contend with the demonic path! And Master Zhang has long had arrangements; the various noble families in the Southern Jin will also take action to stop the deification rituals arranged by the Master Sima clan."

"Even if the plan fails by a step, with the Daoist Academy in charge of the Deification List, it is absolutely impossible for Master Sima Yan to succeed in deification!"

"But Master Sima Yan deceived you!" Brother Qian Chen stopped and looked back, "Now Master Sima Yan only needs to use the Seven-Star Lamp Sacrifice to seize the destiny of Liu Yu, and the moment the remaining qi of the Immortal Han falls into his hands, he can directly impact the Primordial Spirit. And the one you have to deal with is not the ghost body that is extremely fragile during the impact of the mysterious light of life and death, but Master Sima Yan at his peak!"

"Once Master Sima Yan attains the Dao, the overall situation within the cave heaven will be settled!"

Xiao Xie An said solemnly, "Fortunately, there is still you, Taibai!"

"Although Liu Yu has fallen into enemy hands, the strength of the True Persons of the noble families is undamaged, while the demonic path has suffered no small casualties under your calculations, Taibai!"

"During the Seven-Star Lamp Sacrifice, the demonic path will be trapped guarding the Altar of Sacrificial Gods. That will be the moment for the situation to turn around."

"The enemy is in the light and we are in the dark. The various layouts of the demonic path—Master Sima Yan's state, the Yang Spirit of the Blood Sea Sect, and even the key to this game, the Seven-Star Lamp Sacrifice—are all clear, while many of our contingency plans—whether it is the two great spirit treasures or the true strength of this old man—have not been exposed. As long as we attack the Altar of Sacrificial Gods guarded by the demonic path at the critical moment and destroy the blood sacrifice! Then we have won this game!"

"The current plan is to recall all the True Persons and bring out our full strength."

"The various True Persons should, more or less, still have some hidden family assets."

"The Immortal-Slaying Daoist of the demonic path has been calculated by you, Taibai, and plus an old demon from the Blood Sea Sect, there are only five Yang Spirit combat powers. And when Master Sima Yan impacts the Primordial Spirit, he cannot move, so it is not that we have no chance of winning!"

Brother Qian Chen shook his head, "No need for so much trouble!"

Xiao Xie An was slightly stunned upon hearing this.

Instead, he saw Brother Qian Chen draw the *Affection Sword*, take the *Heavenly Net Umbrella* from Si Princess Qingcheng's hand, and tuck the *Mysterious Yellow Yellow Ruyi* and the *Magnetic Light Bottle* into his sleeves, tidying up the *Floating Cloud Flying Sleeve* dharma robe on his body.

At this moment, a youth as white as snow stepped out from the void and arrived in front of 'Li Taibai', and the two figures slowly merged into one.

That youth took the place of 'Li Taibai' and laughed loudly, "Master Sima Yan choosing this place to attain the Dao is his greatest mistake!"

Xiao Xie An looked at this familiar face and sighed faintly, "Li Er! It really is you!"

"Yan Yan Shixiong!" Si Princess Qingcheng also bowed gracefully and smiled, "Not changing your appearance this time?"

Brother Qian Chen flicked the hilt of the *Affection Sword* and smiled, "Since Xiao Xie Gong has seen this sword, he should have guessed most of it."

"Actually, the demonic path still has a bigger trump card. Have you forgotten, Xiao Xie Gong?"

Brother Qian Chen gazed into the lightless abyss. The demonic path would definitely have chosen to hold the blood sacrifice when the Yu Jiuyou darkness descended, because at that time, Zhu Zhu Jiuyin could shake off his muddled state. As long as he took action, no matter how deeply the righteous path hid its trump cards, it would be of no avail.

But they should have noticed!

Since they discovered that Zhu Zhu Jiuyin had voluntarily abandoned them... the demonic path might not necessarily choose this time period!

That's fine too!

The descent of the Yu Jiuyou, although Brother Qian Chen could borrow the demonic nature to refine pills, the medicinal effect would be stronger.

But if the *Heaven and Earth Dragon-Imperial Pill* came to life, Brother Qian Chen wouldn't need to do anything; it would kill all the demonic path members itself. It wouldn't be fun if the demonic pill descended into the world by borrowing the medicinal pill!

Brother Qian Chen flicked his fingers lightly and said in as relaxed a tone as possible, "The Kingdom of No Sun in the Yu Jiuyou was originally the divine kingdom of the ancient god Ancestor Zhu Long. After Ancestor Zhu Long fell, his remnant soul did not perish and fell into the Yu Jiuyou darkness, which caused the tragedy of the Fangxian Dao ten thousand years ago!"

"The biggest card of the demonic path... is the Demon Lord Ancestor Zhu Long!"

"Unfortunately, he is mine now!" Brother Qian Chen thought to himself.

"Fortunately, Master Tao had long calculated this and secretly formed an alliance with the 'Queen Mother of the West'! The Altar of Sacrificial Gods is an old object of the Queen Mother of the West!" Brother Qian Chen did not hesitate to attribute all the unspeakable matters to Master Tao, which made the eyes of Si Princess Qingcheng, who was beside him, flash with a smile.

She secretly glared at Brother Qian Chen, meaning: "Don't attribute everything to my father!"

Brother Qian Chen signaled with his eyes—"The Zhang Tian Shi is broad-minded; he should take on more responsibility when things happen. This matter even involves the Daoist Lords; my small frame can't handle it!"

But Xiao Xie An believed it completely!

While secretly sighing at the depth of Master Tao's calculations, he even felt a hint of wariness in his heart, and he opened his mouth to praise, "If it weren't for this calculation by the Zhang Tian Shi, our righteous path would definitely have returned in a miserable defeat!"

"On one hand, forming an alliance with the Queen Mother of the West to settle the overall situation, and on the other, sending out an outstanding talent like Fellow Daoist Li to adapt to changes and test out the various layouts of the demonic path..."

Brother Qian Chen did not commit, smiling, "And the Seven-Star Lamp was laid out by the Wu Hou before his death. The Wu Hou's path of heavenly secrets is peerless in the world. How could the calculations of a few Master Sima family trash and demonic path scoundrels peek into them?"

"And Liu Yu was determined by the Wu Hou to be the one to continue the Han mandate. Using the Seven-Star Lamp Formation left by the Wu Hou to shave away the destiny of the person the Wu Hou values... the demonic path thinks too highly of itself!"

Hearing the phrase "Master Sima family trash," Si Princess Qingcheng couldn't help but raise her head and glare at Brother Qian Chen again, looking puffed up.

Brother Qian Chen spread his hands helplessly. It wasn't that he was harsh, but the performance of people like Master Sima Wu Yue, Master Sima Yan, and Master Sima Shi was truly too profit-driven.

It was one thing that Master Sima Wu Yue couldn't think of himself as the 'Crown Prince' being a sacrificial offering prepared by Master Sima Yan to impact the Primordial Spirit and represent the destiny of the Southern Jin!

Master Sima Yan and Master Sima Shi thought that because the Wu Hou had been dead for thousands of years, he could be bullied, and they viewed the three Heavenly Masters of the Daoist sect as nothing. If they weren't profit-driven to a certain extent, how could they be so stupid?

They didn't even stop to think: if Langya Zhuge's things were so easy to use, why would Master Sima Yi have made no move for thousands of years?

"So..." Xiao Xie An raised his head abruptly.

"At the Queen Mother of the West's place, there is a contingency left by the Wu Hou. It doesn't matter if they don't use the Seven-Star Lamp Sacrifice! Once they attempt to sacrifice the Big Dipper, the only thing they can sacrifice is themselves!" Brother Qian Chen said coldly.

Hearing this, Si Princess Qingcheng couldn't help but shudder. She looked up in horror, her eyes filled with emotion as she looked at Brother Qian Chen.

Brother Qian Chen spread his hands helplessly, "Those who commit evil will not survive!"

"Yan Yan Shixiong, is this really my father..."

Si Princess Qingcheng finally couldn't help but ask in the team channel.

Before Brother Qian Chen could express anything, the Junior Sister denied it herself: "Yan Yan Shixiong is right, those who commit evil will not survive! The Master Sima clan is acting so perversely, and Father not letting me know these things is also for my sake! Since that's the case, I shouldn't ask so much... so as not to put him in a difficult position."

"I didn't say anything this time!" Brother Qian Chen looked at Master Tao sitting in Jiankang, with the pot falling from the sky, and thought to himself.

Getting rid of the demonic path's biggest backer and turning them into his own people; forming an alliance with the Shu Han Chancellor, Wu Hou Langya Zhuge; step by step exposing the demonic path's various trump cards, and even capturing a Yang Spirit and killing several Yin Spirits.

The nine great demonic sects that participated in this matter, he had handled five of them himself... these things had nothing to do with Master Tao!

Wait, you can't say it has nothing to do with him!

After all, if it weren't for Master Tao, he might not have been involved...

So in the final analysis, it was all Master Tao's calculation, and it had nothing to do with me, Brother Qian Brother Qian Zhuzhu... If the demonic path suffers heavy losses this time, it's best not to count it on me!