Chapter 827

Following behind "Daoist Lingxu" were Zheng Xingyun and several other Nascent Soul cultivators of the sect, among whom there were two unfamiliar faces that Song Qingming was seeing for the first time.

Just glancing lightly at everyone present, "Daoist Lingxu" waved his hand and released dozens of formation flags, which fell into the hands of Song Qingming and the others present.

"This is the Heaven-Gang Demon-Subduing Formation I specifically refined, totaling thirty-six formation flags. Those selected will each hold one and go with me to set up the formation; the rest will stay to guard the mountain gate."

After speaking, "Daoist Lingxu" immediately turned and walked out of the great hall. Song Qingming and the others who had been assigned formation flags also followed quickly, and everyone soon arrived at the valley in the back mountain where the upper-realm True Demon was sealed.

After arriving here, "Daoist Lingxu" sat cross-legged in mid-air.

A moment later, a figure flew out from the mountain valley and landed beside "Daoist Lingxu." This person had a face seven or eight parts similar to his, and it was none other than the external incarnation of "Daoist Lingxu" that Song Qingming had seen back then.

After this incarnation appeared, it immediately nodded slightly to "Daoist Lingxu" beside it, and then a very powerful voice was transmitted into everyone's ears.

"Start setting up the formation!"

Following Master "Daoist Lingxu's" order, Song Qingming and the others flew to the high sky one after another, surrounding "Daoist Lingxu" in mid-air. The closest were the six Nascent Soul cultivators headed by Zheng Xingyun.

Seeing everyone sit cross-legged, the formation flags in their hands immediately emitted a streak of spiritual light that shot into the sky. Thirty-six streaks of spiritual light slowly combined in the high sky to form a giant circular formation diagram.

This "Heaven-Gang Demon-Subduing Formation" was a high-tier demon-subduing formation carefully refined by Master "Daoist Lingxu," and its grade had already reached the fifth-tier low-quality.

In the cultivation world, even in a human cultivation holy land like the "Donghuang Kingdom," spiritual items above the fourth-tier were already rarely seen, let alone a fifth-tier formation capable of dealing with upper-realm True Demons.

In order to refine this "Heaven-Gang Demon-Subduing Formation," "Daoist Lingxu" spent hundreds of years crossing the five continents and four seas to find various high-tier materials before he finally succeeded in refining this formation.

Over the past half a year, Song Qingming and the others had participated in the operation of the formation many times; it was not their first time seeing this "Heaven-Gang Demon-Subduing Formation."

The "Heaven-Gang Demon-Subduing Formation" had just gathered and illuminated the sky above the entire "Yuxuan Island." Even the villagers of "Yanhu Village," who were farming at the foot of the mountain, saw the anomaly above the sky through the formation.

These villagers, because they often dealt with cultivators, were already accustomed to the situation on the island. Seeing the anomaly above the sky, they hurriedly put away their farm tools in advance and took the curious children back home.

Apart from the villagers living on the island, various birds and fish around the island were also attracted by the scene before them.

Several wild geese that had just approached the sky above the island were suddenly pushed away by a strange force, almost falling from the high sky.

Seeing this, the other sea birds that had rushed over scattered in a panic, only circling around the island and never daring to approach easily again.

At this moment, on a desert island hundreds of miles away from "Yuxuan Island," a small azure snake was raising its somewhat cute little head, blankly watching the anomaly in the sky in the distance.

The small azure snake was engrossed, totally unaware that above its head, a giant gray bird was flying quickly toward its location.

Seeing that the prey before it had not yet discovered it, the gray eagle's eyes flashed with a trace of killing intent. It opened its sharp claws and accelerated toward the small azure snake.

Just as the gray eagle was pondering in its mind where it should find a place to slowly enjoy the delicious food before it, the small azure snake that had been in a daze suddenly turned its head and revealed a very cold look at it.

Only a loud "hiss" sound was heard. A moment later, only a pile of scattered gray feathers remained on the ground.

After the small azure snake had a full meal, it shook its little tail and turned back into a very well-behaved little snake, then turned and left the spot.

Before long, the small azure snake arrived beside a giant rock on the desert island, and then its figure passed directly through the giant rock outside and entered a somewhat dark space.

After seeing the small azure snake's figure appear, a burst of black energy suddenly appeared beside it, and then the small azure snake was rolled up by the black energy and arrived in a somewhat slender hand.

"The movement on the island is very big now; it should be that the Tai Xu Gate is already preparing to activate the formation. It seems the news that was spread before was not wrong!"

The voice was very soft, as if it came from a woman's mouth.

Just after the woman finished speaking, a relatively old voice sounded not far beside her, laughing happily:

"Hehe! It is indeed as you expected. After waiting for so long, our opportunity has finally arrived this time. As long as we can rescue that Demon Venerable, there will be no rivals for us demonic cultivators in this realm, and we won't have to be so sneaky every time we come out.

I estimate that it won't be long before we also have the opportunity to follow that Demon Venerable to ascend to the upper realm, without having to worry about insufficient lifespan."

"Old brother is right. We have been planning for this matter for so many years, isn't it just to have the opportunity to smuggle into the upper realm?

Otherwise, if we were to learn from others and break into the void outside the boundary alone, I fear it would be mostly impossible to succeed, and in the end, we would only die in vain."

Hearing the conversation between the two beside her, the woman said softly:

"You all practice the demonic cultivation Dao, which is not tolerated by the Heavenly Dao of this realm and is difficult to ascend normally like other righteous cultivators. If you want to smuggle into the upper realm, you can only do as I say.

I estimate that it won't be long before they open the sealing formation themselves; then it will be time for you to perform."

"Oh! What does your remark mean? Could it be that you don't intend to take action yourself?"

Hearing the questioning from one of them, the woman laughed lightly:

"Hehe! As long as Lingxu Zi takes the initiative to open the sealing formation, he will inevitably be restrained by the formation.

Moreover, at this time, the mountain-protecting formation on the island will also be weakened because of the formation setting. With you all here, it is enough to deal with the others; I likely won't be needed.

Rest assured, I have already entered in advance. When the critical moment comes, I will naturally take action.

As long as this trip can rescue that lord on the island, I will naturally explain it to him and bring you all back to the Holy Realm in the future!"

"Alright! It's a deal. Regardless of whether it succeeds or not, for the sake of the great plan of ascension, we must give it a try."

"Hahaha." — After casting spells for more than ten days, the "Heaven-Gang Demon-Subduing Formation" above everyone's heads finally slowly took shape, forming a complete golden circular formation in the sky above the valley.

Seeing that the formation had taken shape, "Daoist Lingxu," who was sitting cross-legged in mid-air, stood up and handed a formation flag in his hand to the external incarnation beside him.

"I am going to open the Heaven-Cauldron Dragon-Locking Formation below; I will leave the top to you all. After I open the formation later, you all must immediately cast spells to drop the sealing formation.

Remember, no matter what happens, you must hold the formation flags in your hands firmly and must not be disturbed by the Demon God's primordial spirit."

After cautioning everyone with a few words, "Daoist Lingxu" flashed and left the spot, falling into the bottomless mountain valley.

After "Daoist Lingxu's" figure left, everyone present instantly began to feel nervous.

After the formation was set up, the next step was when they would have a head-on confrontation with the upper-realm True Demon.

About a quarter of an hour later, four giant bronze cauldrons suddenly flew up from the bottom of the valley. Immediately following, a very thick demonic energy rose from the valley, causing Song Qingming and the others to feel a chill in their hearts for no reason.

Before long, a man in green robes not far beside Song Qingming suddenly had his eyes go black, and his whole person sank into a pitch-black void.

"Ah! Where is this?"

The green-robed man, feeling the anomaly around him, hurriedly shouted, but discovered that the people around him had suddenly disappeared, leaving only him. A look of panic appeared on his face.

Before he could figure out the situation around him, a giant Demon God figure suddenly appeared in mid-air, looking toward his position.

This Demon God was over a hundred zhang tall, with a green face, sharp fangs, purple hair, and green eyes, with two tall horns on its head. Just by exhaling lightly, it blew the green-robed man away.

"Calm your heart and focus your spirit, all evil will not invade, retreat!"

Just as the green-robed man felt dizzy and didn't know what to do, a deafening sound suddenly rang in his ears, shaking away the darkness around him and quickly waking him up.

"Junior Brother, hurry and recite the heart-calming technique to resist the Demon God's primordial spirit."

The green-robed man, who had just woken up, heard the reminder from First Senior Brother Fu Jinglong beside him and hurriedly gripped the formation flag in his hand, beginning to stabilize his heart and mind to recite the technique and cast a spell to form an invisible shield beside him.

Song Qingming, who had not yet been disturbed by the Demon God, seeing this, also quickly recited the heart-calming mantra his master "Daoist Lingxu" had taught him back then, isolating the demonic energy outside the shield.

This upper-realm True Demon could interfere with a cultivator's heart and mind just by attaching a trace of its primordial spirit to the demonic energy. Song Qingming had already learned this when he first came to "Yuxuan Island."

It was just that his cultivation back then was only at the fifth layer of Jin Dan, and his divine sense was far from as powerful as it was now, which was why he had been easily invaded by the True Demon's primordial spirit like the green-robed man beside him.

Apart from that green-robed man, there were seven or eight other "Tai Xu Gate" disciples with lower cultivation present who had also been disturbed by the Demon God's primordial spirit to a greater or lesser extent.

But fortunately, several Nascent Soul experts like First Senior Brother Fu Jinglong beside them discovered it in time and cast spells to quickly wake them up, so they did not let them be confused by the Demon God and drop the formation flags in their hands.

"Tai Xu Gate" front mountain, at the mountain gate.

Two "Tai Xu Gate" disciples were sitting cross-legged before the mountain gate formation, carefully watching the outside of the formation in front.

Suddenly, a streak of flight light flashed, and a man in white robes appeared beside the two of them.

"Disciple greets Senior Uncle Liu!"

The two people saw Liu Yang, who had suddenly arrived, and a look of surprise appeared on their faces. They hurriedly stepped forward to bow and salute. Liu Yang nodded to them and said, "Rise! I have come to check if there is any situation at the mountain gate. You are guarding here; have you seen any abnormal situation? Apart from me, has anyone else been here?" "Senior Uncle Liu, rest assured, there is no abnormal situation at the mountain gate. Apart from you, no one has been here today."

"Hmm! That's good. Thank you for your hard work."

Hearing the other party's answer, a look of satisfaction appeared on Liu Yang's face, but in the next moment, Liu Yang's figure suddenly flashed past the two disciples, and then they felt their eyes blur, and they fell down silently.

After finishing all this, "Liu Yang" had another trace of a strange smile on his face, then raised a token and placed it directly into the formation before him.

Before long, a gap appeared in the mountain gate formation, and then a small azure snake darted in from outside.

"Nothing happened, right!"

Hearing the words suddenly spoken by the small azure snake in his hand, "Liu Yang" hurriedly replied confidently: "Rest assured! Our transformation technique is something even Lingxu Zi cannot identify, let alone these people who only have Jin Dan cultivation. Now everyone has gone to the back mountain."

After "Liu Yang" finished speaking, he reached out and held the small azure snake in his hand, then quickly closed the mountain gate formation.

At this time, a woman in yellow robes, who was sitting on one side of the "Tai Xu Hall," suddenly felt a fluctuation coming from the formation before her and hurriedly stood up.

"Junior Sister Zhu, what's wrong?"

Seeing Liu Yang walking toward her side, the woman in yellow robes hurriedly said, "Senior Brother Liu, I just discovered that there was movement from the mountain gate formation; it seems... it seems like something passed through the formation?"

"Oh! Qingyun and the others are guarding the mountain gate; there shouldn't be anything wrong. Could it be that there are some demonic beasts coming to harass us again, and they cast spells to activate the formation themselves?

The mountain-protecting formation has also been somewhat strange lately; why do such strange things keep happening? Forget it, I'll go take a look with Junior Brother Lin!"

After Liu Yang finished speaking, after pondering for a moment and feeling somewhat uneasy, he took a short man beside him and walked out of the great hall.

Before long, the two arrived in front of the mountain gate.

"Disciple greets the two Senior Uncles!"

Seeing that the two people bowing and saluting in front were fine, Liu Yang felt a sense of relief in his heart. He first stepped forward to check the formation, then asked the two:

"Was there anything that touched the formation just now?"

"Reporting to Senior Uncle, a few low-tier demonic beasts without eyes came again, and they have already been sent away by us."

"Oh! So that's it. There are some things on the mountain these few days; you must pay more attention. No matter what happens, you must send a message to inform us first; you must not open the formation without authorization."

"Senior Uncle, rest assured, disciple understands!"

Liu Yang and the other nodded slightly and soon transformed into streaks of flight light, leaving the spot.

After Liu Yang and the others' figures went far away, a trace of a strange smile suddenly flashed on the faces of the two disciples, and they slowly sat down on the spot! — "Tai Xu Gate" back mountain, Demon-Sealing Valley.

After the Demon God's primordial spirit disturbance, the people responsible for setting up the formation gradually stabilized their hearts and minds, and the light on the "Heaven-Gang Demon-Subduing Formation" gradually became much more vigorous.

Seeing that everyone was almost ready, the external incarnation of "Daoist Lingxu" immediately flew up into the high sky.

"Next, start setting up the formation to seal the Demon God. You all remember to hold your hearts and minds; you must not be disturbed by the Demon God."

"Hahaha, it's rare for you to take the initiative to open the seal. Today is truly a heaven-sent opportunity; I think today is the time for our demonic Dao to flourish."

Just as "Daoist Lingxu's" external incarnation finished speaking, a harsh, wild laugh suddenly came from the sky in the distance. Immediately following, dozens of figures appeared in the sky, coming from far to near, and arrived outside the formation above in an instant.

The dozens of cultivators who came all had at least Jin Dan cultivation, and among them, more than a dozen had already broken through to the Nascent Soul stage. The cultivation of the one tall and one short person leading them was something that most people present, including Song Qingming, could not see through.

Although these people had different cultivation levels, the demonic aura emanating from them was something Song Qingming and the others were extremely familiar with; they were all demonic cultivators who made people hear of them and change color in the cultivation world.

"It's demonic cultivators! How could there be so many high-tier demonic cultivators?"

Seeing the numerous figures in the sky in the distance, everyone setting up the formation instantly revealed a look of surprise. They clearly did not expect that at this critical moment of sealing the "upper-realm True Demon," so many other demonic cultivators from outside would come to cause trouble.

Even Song Qingming was seeing so many demonic cultivator experts for the first time, and he could not help but frown. Before he could figure out the situation before him, a very righteous voice reached his ears.

"You all, first form the formation to seal the Demon God. You must not let this demon escape, otherwise the cultivation world will inevitably suffer a catastrophe!"

Seeing demonic cultivators coming to commit crimes, "Daoist Lingxu's" external incarnation in mid-air rushed to mid-air first, blocking the two.

"Bone Old Demon, Yang Baixuan, I didn't expect you two to have come. It seems that today, if I want to seal the True Demon, I truly didn't pick a good day.

However, if you two want to release the Demon God, you still need to pass me first."

Seeing "Daoist Lingxu's" external incarnation, the two demonic cultivators in mid-air who also had Soul Transformation cultivation revealed a look of disdain.

"Hehe! Lingxu Zi, if your original body were still here, we would still fear you by three parts. But now, just relying on an external incarnation of yours to want to block us... you old thing, you think too much!"

As soon as the words fell, the shorter old man's hand shifted with spiritual light, and a banner filled with bones appeared.

As soon as this Bone Banner appeared, it stirred up a gust of gloomy wind. Immediately following, hundreds of bone cultivators flew out from within, directly surrounding "Daoist Lingxu's" external incarnation in the middle!

Seeing piles of bones rushing toward him, "Daoist Lingxu's" external incarnation's spiritual power shifted. The next moment, a golden flying sword appeared before him.

As soon as the golden flying sword appeared, sword energy surged on it, instantly cutting the dozen or so bone cultivators that were close to him into fragments.

But after these bone cultivators were cut to pieces, they quickly recombined in the gloomy wind, turning into a larger bone giant beast, and charged toward "Daoist Lingxu's" external incarnation again.

The two sides immediately engaged in a fierce battle. For a time, wind and clouds rolled and thunder and lightning flashed in the space of several hundred zhang around, and even human figures could not be seen.

While they were fighting in the sky, Song Qingming and the others, led by First Senior Brother Fu Jinglong, immediately urged the formation flags in their hands and began to urge the "Heaven-Gang Demon-Subduing Formation" to fall quickly into the mountain valley below.

Seeing the "Tai Xu Gate" cultivators below the formation still urging the sealing formation, the "Bone Old Demon," who was manipulating the banner in the cloud, immediately said:

"Yang Fellow Daoist, time is pressing. Let's not entangle with him too much; let's hurry down to open the seal, so as to avoid causing too much movement later and attracting other cultivators."

Hearing his companion's urging, Yang Baixuan, who was standing on the side, immediately nodded and said, "Bone Fellow Daoist, rest assured. Let me break the formation first!"

As soon as Yang Baixuan's words fell, a black flying sword flew out from behind him. Afterward, the dozens of demonic cultivators following behind him each took out a magic treasure.

"Ten Thousand Swords Devouring Spirit Formation!"

Following the flying sword in Yang Baixuan's hand flying into the high sky, the surrounding demonic cultivators also threw out the magic treasures in their hands. Before long, these dozens of magic treasures gathered into a mass in the air, and then, accompanied by a boundless momentum, they fell down.

After a loud "Boom" sound, seeing that the "mountain-protecting formation" above had already cracked a giant gap, Song Qingming and the others, who were fully setting up the formation, instantly revealed a look of surprise.

They did not expect that the "mountain-protecting formation" on "Yuxuan Island" would be broken by the other party in a single blow so easily.

It was not just Song Qingming and the others; even the numerous demonic cultivators in the high sky did not expect that the "mountain-protecting formation" that looked so exquisite would not be able to block even a single blow.

"Hehe! It was indeed said correctly. I thought it would take more effort; I didn't expect the power of this mountain-protecting formation to be weakened to this extent. Today is truly a heaven-sent opportunity for us."

"Yang Fellow Daoist did well. Don't worry about them; before Lingxu Zi comes out, hurry to open the seal."

After the "Bone Old Demon" finished speaking, he didn't care about "Daoist Lingxu's" external incarnation in the cloud and, together with Yang Baixuan, led the demonic cultivators under his command to rush into the mountain-protecting formation below.

"Change formation, stop them!"

Seeing numerous demonic cultivators rush in, First Senior Brother Fu Jinglong's formation flag shifted, transforming the "Heaven-Gang Demon-Subduing Formation," which had not yet fallen to the bottom of the valley, into a giant net that blocked the middle of the mountain valley.

But what everyone did not expect was that this formation was truly a bit too slow in front of the two Soul Transformation demonic cultivators, only blocking the dozens of Jin Dan and Nascent Soul demonic cultivators whose flight speed was slightly slower.

Yang Baixuan and the "Bone Old Demon," leading the dozen or so demonic cultivators beside them, flew directly into the mountain valley before Song Qingming and the others' eyes.

"Our Tai Xu Gate has guarded the Demon God seal for generations and shoulders the heavy responsibility of protecting the cultivation world. We must not let that Demon God escape the seal. Several Junior Brothers, hurry and follow me down to help.

The rest guard the formation!"

Seeing that the demonic cultivators had already entered the mountain valley, First Senior Brother Fu Jinglong, after instructing the several Nascent Soul fellow disciples beside him, prepared to go down to the valley to help.

Just as Fu Jinglong and the others were about to move, a heaven-shaking loud noise suddenly came from the bottom of the mountain valley. Before long, a streak of sword energy flew out from the bottom of the valley with a monstrous momentum, knocking them back.

After this sword energy crossed the valley, its remaining power directly leveled a mountain peak nearby, stunning Song Qingming and the others who were manipulating the formation flags.

Before everyone could come back to their senses, another streak of sword energy flew upward, accompanied by a giant skull flying into mid-air from the bottom of the valley. (End of chapter)