Chapter 828: Soul Transformation Battle, Is It a Blessing or a Curse

"Bone Chen Chen Laozu!"

Before the "Tai Xu Gate" crowd could see clearly whose skull this was, someone among the demonic cultivators who had been blocked by the "Heavenly Gang Demon-Subduing Great Formation" earlier recognized the somewhat familiar aura on it and couldn't help but exclaim.

This bone skull was a Dharma-image incarnation of the Soul Transformation demonic cultivator "Bone Old Demon," and it was a supernatural power that this great demon, who was famous throughout the "Donghuang Immortal Continent," had not used for over a thousand years.

Just as everyone was filled with shock, two spiritual lights flew out from the canyon again, and it was Yang Baixuan and "Bone Old Demon" who had rushed down earlier to open the True Demon seal.

It was just that these two demons, after escaping the canyon, had absolutely no arrogant aura on their faces; "Bone Old Demon" even had a trace of blood remaining at the corner of his mouth.

"The situation has changed, retreat quickly!"

After spitting out a sentence to the other demonic cultivators who were still confused, the two demons didn't care about them anymore and headed straight for the gap in the "protective mountain formation" that had already been broken.

Seeing this, the other demonic cultivators who were still in the valley also hurriedly followed the two and fled outward.

"Master, save me!"

But just as the demons were leaving quickly, a Nascent Soul demonic cultivator flew out from the bottom of the canyon. This person had already lost his physical body and only had his Nascent Soul left, his small face full of panic, as if something powerful was chasing him from behind.

A golden light immediately appeared behind him, and then a golden sword energy that was five or six zhang wide rolled the Nascent Soul into a golden light.

"Ah!..."

Only a scream was heard, and this Nascent Soul demonic cultivator, who was majestic outside, was instantly shredded by the sharp sword energy, and even his primordial spirit could not escape from the fierce sword energy.

"Everyone, it was not easy for you to come to my Tai Xu Gate, why be in such a hurry to leave!"

After beheading that Nascent Soul demonic cultivator, the golden sword energy did not diminish in momentum, chasing after Yang Baixuan and "Bone Old Demon" in mid-air again. Immediately following, a huge human figure filled with golden light stood up from the canyon.

This golden human figure, several hundred zhang tall, was like a high mountain. It was the Dharma-image golden body of Song Song Qingming's master, "Daoist Lingxu Daoist."

Seeing the golden sword light coming too fast, Yang Baixuan and "Bone Old Demon" frowned, turned around, and waved the magic treasures in their hands to block the aftermath of the golden sword light.

When they entered the canyon earlier, they thought that "Daoist Lingxu Daoist" had already opened the sealing formation and would be restrained by the Upper Realm True Demon, having no time to block them.

They didn't expect that before they even saw the True Demon seal, they almost fell into an ambush of a great formation.

Fortunately, "Bone Old Demon" had a powerful magic treasure on him that sensed the danger in advance, so they stopped their steps one step ahead.

Before they could figure out the situation, they ran into "Daoist Lingxu Daoist" who was chasing from below, and both sides immediately engaged in a fierce battle in the canyon.

As a result, the two demons, together with the dozen or so demonic cultivators under their command, were still no match for "Daoist Lingxu Daoist" alone.

In just a moment, all the demonic cultivators they brought died under "Daoist Lingxu Daoist's" sword, and only Yang Baixuan and "Bone Old Demon" escaped desperately.

At this moment, looking at "Daoist Lingxu Daoist's" golden body Dharma-image below, Yang Baixuan and "Bone Old Demon" still had a look of fear in their eyes.

Fortunately, they were already close to the exit of the formation at this time. As long as they safely escaped the formation, even if they couldn't defeat the other party, they would have a good chance of escaping.

"Lingxuzi, being calculated by you today is our miscalculation. We will definitely settle this in the future!"

"Fellow Daoist Daoist Lingxu is so hospitable, but you demonic rats don't give any face at all. How about adding me?"

Just as Yang Baixuan and "Bone Old Demon" were about to escape the formation, a white light suddenly appeared out of thin air not far from the "protective mountain formation," and then a black-clad man with thick eyebrows and sword-like eyes walked out of the white light.

This sudden scene also made Yang Baixuan and "Bone Old Demon" stop their steps, revealing a look of shock that was hard to believe.

"Chen Chen Qingxuan! How could you be here."

This black-clad man who made the many demonic cultivators present shocked was the first expert of the human race in the "Donghuang Immortal Continent" cultivation world recognized by the outside world, the Supreme Elder of the "Heavenly Imperial Sect" — Chen Chen Qingxuan.

Seeing this first expert of the righteous sect in the "Donghuang Immortal Continent" appear, the faces of Yang Baixuan and "Bone Old Demon" were filled with ugliness.

Before they could think about how to escape, "Daoist Lingxu Daoist's" external incarnation, who was still entangled with many bones in the clouds in the high sky, also broke free from the entanglement of that bone flag magic treasure and arrived beside Chen Chen Qingxuan.

"You have been hiding nearby for many years, always coveting the True Demon seal on the island. I had already sensed all this, so I specifically invited Fellow Daoist Chen to come together to deal with you."

"Today, this demon-subduing great formation is not prepared for that True Demon outside the boundary, but for you."

"Hehe! Lingxuzi, you are truly good at calculating. In the end, it was still us who were too impatient, so we easily fell into your trap."

"But today, you want to keep us all here, the appetite is a bit too big."

"Who will die and who will live is still unknown!"

With strong enemies blocking the way in front and pursuers behind.

Seeing that everyone had been surrounded like a turtle in a jar, facing this desperate situation where it was difficult to escape, Yang Baixuan and "Bone Old Demon" looked at each other, and a look of determination flashed in their eyes.

"I didn't want to fight you to the death, but now that it has reached this point, we can only see who is better in a real fight!"

After Yang Baixuan finished speaking, the black giant sword in his hand flew into mid-air and rotated rapidly. Before long, the black giant sword grew several times larger.

Afterward, several very terrifying demonic auras actively emerged from the giant sword, and in the blink of an eye, they quickly rolled up the seven or eight demonic cultivator disciples who were following Yang Baixuan.

The others with higher cultivation levels, seeing this, hurriedly stayed away and hid to the side, kneeling and kowtowing to Yang Baixuan who was casting the spell: "Master! We have been so loyal to you, please spare us!"

"Since you want to be loyal to me, then today this Chen Chen Laozu just happens to need you, so just obediently come to my side."

After Yang Baixuan finished speaking, his hand again emitted a thick black energy, which wrapped around the black giant sword, and then the black energy on it shot out over a dozen black lights again.

Those Jin Dan and Nascent Soul demonic cultivators who wanted to escape, seeing the black light attacking, just wanted to dodge and flee, but discovered that no matter how they dodged, they could not shake off the tracking of the black light.

Before long, they were all rolled into that "black giant sword," making the momentum on it instantly grow several times larger.

On this side, "Bone Old Demon" also took back the bone flag magic treasure he had placed in mid-air and summoned a giant bone dragon whose aura and pressure were no less than the Soul Transformation stage from within.

"This battle is not something you can participate in. You all retreat first and guard the formation!"

Seeing that Yang Baixuan and "Bone Old Demon" had become ruthless and were preparing to fight to the death, "Daoist Lingxu Daoist" immediately transmitted his voice to Song Song Qingming and the others, leaving them in the canyon.

Everyone also understood that this kind of Soul Transformation-level battle was not something they could participate in, so they could only control the "Heavenly Gang Demon-Subduing Great Formation" to block the canyon entrance above their heads.

At this time, above the canyon, wind and clouds changed, and several Soul Transformation cultivators also began to engage in a life-and-death duel.

Among the few, "Daoist Lingxu Daoist" and Chen Chen Qingxuan were both Soul Transformation mid-stage cultivators, while Yang Baixuan and "Bone Old Demon" only had Soul Transformation early-stage cultivation, and their strength was much weaker than the righteous side.

But both sides were Soul Transformation cultivators, and wanting to kill the other party was not something that could be decided in one move.

Although Yang Baixuan's cultivation was not as good as "Daoist Lingxu Daoist's," after swallowing and refining his disciples just now, his strength suddenly soared, and for a time, he didn't fall behind in the battle with "Daoist Lingxu Daoist."

It was just that Yang Baixuan used a tricky method, and "Bone Old Demon," having been injured by "Daoist Lingxu Daoist's" main body before, seemed to have his strength affected, and after cooperating with the bone dragon he summoned to fight Chen Chen Qingxuan, he was still quickly suppressed by the other party.

The other "Daoist Lingxu Daoist" external incarnation was guarding the only exit where the "protective mountain formation" was broken outside, ready to block the demonic cultivators who wanted to escape at any time.

"Eh! Where is Junior Sister Yun?"

Not long after the battle above started, Song Song Qingming and the others who were setting up the formation heard a question from Senior Brother Fu Fu Jinglong, only to discover that among the thirty-six people who were supposed to be responsible for setting up the formation, one person was missing for no reason.

"Senior Brother, I just saw Junior Sister Yun, she was right beside me. I don't know why she suddenly disappeared. Could it be that there are still demonic cultivators hiding nearby?"

"Guarding the formation is the priority. Now that Master and Senior Chen are dealing with the Bone Old Demon, we must guard the canyon at this time and cannot easily let any demonic cultivator in."

"Zheng Xingyun, take people down to see, pay attention to checking the sealing formation, and if there is anything, send a message up quickly."

Although it was only one person missing, the power of the formation would not be reduced much, but after all, it was a fellow junior sister who suddenly disappeared, so the "Tai Xu Gate" crowd present certainly couldn't ignore it.

Senior Brother Fu Fu Jinglong comforted everyone who was setting up the formation while instructing Zheng Zheng Xingyun and the others beside him to go down to the canyon to search for the missing Junior Sister Yun.

Afterward, he cast a spell to summon an ape spiritual beast on his body, directing it to search around in the vicinity. — Right at the bottom of the canyon, a yellow-clad woman was standing in front of a stone platform filled with cyan vines, looking at a bronze cauldron in the middle of the stone platform with a smile.

"You were right, Lingxuzi is indeed not that easy to deal with. Fortunately, I didn't feel at ease and came personally; otherwise, just relying on those two people, they would inevitably have fallen short of success today."

The yellow-clad woman was alone, talking to herself in front of the stone platform, when a somewhat muffled voice soon entered her ears.

"Hehe! If they hadn't lured Lingxuzi away, how could you have walked here? Lingxuzi missed a move this time; I'm afraid he still doesn't know of your existence."

"Hmph

"Hmph! Rest assured, I don't want to stay in this lower realm for a lifetime. Enough nonsense, get ready; I want to act quickly to open the seal, otherwise, if they discover something is wrong and chase over later, it will be troublesome again!"

"Don't be in such a hurry to act. There is still a secret technique restriction on this Heavenly Tripod Dragon-Locking Formation. We must find a way to cover it up first, otherwise, once you trigger the great formation, Lingxuzi will inevitably discover the commotion here."

"Rest assured, as long as I can get out, finding a space node to take you back to the Sacred Realm is merely a matter of lifting a hand. When the time comes and I recover my strength, I will return to blood-sacrifice the entire Donghuang Immortal Continent; only then can I resolve the hatred in my heart from being suppressed here for so many years."

When that voice said this, it carried a bit more of a gnashing-of-teeth tone, and the hatred in the words already filled the entire area around the stone platform.

The yellow-clothed woman, upon hearing the other party's words, was indifferent and directly replied: "I only need you to help me return to the Sacred Realm; as for what you want to do later, that is your business, and you don't need to tell me."

After the yellow-clothed woman finished speaking, a short black blade suddenly appeared in her hand, and she began to cast a spell to gather spiritual energy upon it.

Before long, that short black blade transformed into a patch of black mist, shrouding the entire stone platform, and this place also turned into a pitch-black color.

After doing this, the yellow-clothed woman glanced at the four bronze ears glowing with spiritual light on the giant bronze tripod in the middle of the stone platform, then with a wave of one hand, a giant black blade emerged from the black mist above, and then directly hacked with great force toward one of the giant bronze ears.

After a loud "Bang!" sound, that giant bronze ear fell off the bronze tripod under this strike.

Seeing this, the yellow-clothed woman also revealed a look of satisfaction on her face.

Just as the yellow-clothed woman gathered spiritual energy again and began to repeat the same trick to hack off the second giant bronze ear, a voice suddenly interrupted her as she was about to cast the spell.

"Wait a moment, someone has already come down from above."

"Hmm! No rush, this seal still needs some time to be opened; I will deal with them first."

Hearing the other party's reminder, the yellow-clothed woman nodded slightly, then directly put away the magic power in her hand and turned to walk out of the black mist.

After receiving the instructions from Senior Brother Fu Fu Jinglong, Song Song Qingming and the other three Jin Dan fellow disciples followed Fourth Senior Brother Zheng Zheng Xingyun and soon arrived deep in the canyon below.

Just after arriving on the ground, Zheng Zheng Xingyun cast a spell to release a protective barrier in front of him, and reminded the few people beside him:

"The place ahead is the location of the True Demon seal. You all be careful; do not let the Demon God from outside the realm disturb your minds, and be careful that there are still demonic cultivators left behind nearby!"

"Many thanks for the reminder, Senior Brother!"

Song Song Qingming and the others, upon hearing this, immediately took out their respective magic treasures to protect themselves, then followed Zheng Zheng Xingyun to slowly fly toward the sealing ground ahead, searching for that fellow disciple surnamed Yun along the way.

Song Song Qingming and the others had not personally experienced the great battle that had occurred in the canyon below earlier.

But through the traces left behind along the way and the few high-tier demonic cultivator corpses scattered below, everyone still felt the ferocity of that great battle, and could not help but become a bit more cautious in their hearts.

This time, according to what their master "Daoist Daoist Lingxu" had said, everyone gathered in the canyon originally to strengthen the seal of the "True Demon from outside the realm" in the canyon.

But later, the demonic cultivator army suddenly attacked, and "Daoist Daoist Lingxu" and Chen Song Xuanqing suddenly appeared; in the blink of an eye, the area above the canyon turned into a battlefield for the great war between the righteous and demonic sides.

This sudden change also caused Song Song Qingming and the others who were in the dark to have their hearts turn and tighten incessantly for a time.

Moreover, through the performance of Senior Brother Fu Fu Jinglong and the others today, Song Song Qingming could also see that almost the entire "Profound Heaven Sect," including himself, was unaware of the demonic cultivator attack.

Only now did Song Song Qingming slowly begin to feel that everything that had happened before seemed as if it had been intentionally done by his master "Daoist Daoist Lingxu," just to attract those demonic cultivators who coveted the seal here, and then wipe them out on the island in one fell swoop.

Just as Song Song Qingming was pondering in his heart, an outer disciple of the "Profound Heaven Sect" at the mid-stage of Jin Dan, who was flying at the very front, suddenly seemed to see something and hurriedly shouted out.

"Fourth Senior Brother, look quickly, there is someone ahead; it seems to be Senior Sister Yun!"

Hearing what the other party said, everyone hurriedly looked forward, only to discover a yellow-clothed woman walking slowly toward a stone platform ahead with a dull gaze.

"Not good, she must have been controlled by the primordial spirit of the True Demon from outside the realm. Quickly go over and stop her; we cannot let her touch the sealing great formation."

Seeing the situation of the woman surnamed Yun, Zheng Zheng Xingyun immediately saw at a glance that the other party seemed to have had her mind bewitched by the True Demon's primordial spirit, and hurriedly led everyone to fly rapidly toward her location.

Just as everyone was about to approach the woman surnamed Yun, the other party suddenly turned around, and then revealed a smile toward Zheng Zheng Xingyun and the others.

"Senior Brothers, how did you all come here?"

"Eh! Junior Sister Yun, you are fine; you really scared us. We thought you had just been bewitched by the True Demon's primordial spirit."

"Oh! I am fine; I accidentally entered this place and was a bit curious, so I walked over to take a look."

Seeing that the woman surnamed Yun seemed very clear-headed, Zheng Zheng Xingyun and the others immediately set their hearts at ease, then stood where they were and began to chat with the other party, with everyone looking relaxed.

After everyone chatted for a few sentences, the woman surnamed Yun saw Song Song Qingming, who was standing in the distance and still looking around, and asked him with a smile: "Senior Brother Song, why are you standing there? There is no danger nearby, hurry and come over!"

"Oh! It's nothing, I'll be right there..."

Just as Song Song Qingming lifted his foot to walk forward two steps, he suddenly stopped his footsteps and began to look around.

"Senior Brother Song, hurry and come over!"

"Junior Brother Song, hurry and come over, we still have to go to the sealing ground together to check the situation!"

"That's right, Junior Brother Song, don't delay time; if Master blames us later, it won't be good."

"..."

Hearing Zheng Zheng Xingyun and the others ahead calling out incessantly, Song Song Qingming could not help but walk forward a few more steps, but then he did not go forward anymore.

Just as everyone had puzzled expressions on their faces, a burst of cyan spiritual light suddenly erupted from Song Song Qingming's body, and the next moment, he seemed to have suddenly woken up, leaping backward rapidly and moving directly away from Zheng Zheng Xingyun and the others not far away.

"Senior Brother Song, what is wrong with you?"

Seeing Song Song Qingming suddenly make such an unusual move, the woman surnamed Yun suddenly walked toward him with a smile.

While moving her footsteps, she loudly asked Song Song Qingming; her voice sounded like waves entering the ears, echoing incessantly beside Song Song Qingming, and again making him stop his retreating footsteps involuntarily.

Just at this moment, the cyan light on Song Song Qingming's body surged, and then a cyan dragon flew out from his body, coiling above his head; a dragon roar quickly repelled the woman surnamed Yun's voice from beside Song Song Qingming's ears.

"This is... actually having such a spiritual object to protect the body, the Profound Heaven Sect is truly full of hidden talents; I really underestimated you!"

Seeing the cyan dragon coiling above Song Song Qingming's head, the woman surnamed Yun's expression changed, and she immediately revealed a somewhat ugly look.

And at this moment, Song Song Qingming, who was not far from her, already had his forehead covered in bean-sized beads of sweat, and his gaze toward the woman surnamed Yun was also filled with disbelief.

"You are not Junior Sister Yun?"

Although the woman surnamed Yun before Song Song Qingming's eyes had the same figure and appearance as the person he had seen before, and he could not see that the other party had used any illusion technique, Song Song Qingming still confirmed it firmly.

The person before him was definitely not a true disciple of the "Profound Heaven Sect."

After Song Song Qingming finished speaking, he quickly cast a spell with his hands, releasing his natal magic treasure, the "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror," and then shot a dazzling white light from it, covering the woman surnamed Yun.

Being directly illuminated by the scorching Profound Yang Qi from the "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror," the woman surnamed Yun still maintained a calm expression, seemingly completely unaffected, which also made Song Song Qingming's face reveal a bit more astonishment.

One must know that the "Profound Yang Qi" in his natal magic treasure was the most effective at restraining demonic path cultivation techniques; even if the other party were a demonic cultivator with Nascent Soul cultivation, it would be impossible for her to have no reaction at all.

Seeing Song Song Qingming looking at her so cautiously and solemnly, the woman surnamed Yun also sighed slightly.

"I originally didn't want to make things difficult for you, but I didn't expect that a small Jin Dan cultivator like you could actually dodge my secret technique; it really surprised me a bit.

Since that is the case, I can only deal with you first."

After the woman surnamed Yun finished speaking, she lifted her left hand lightly, and the scenery around her immediately changed, allowing Song Song Qingming to see the true scene before him.

The stone platform that had been empty behind him had now disappeared, shrouded by a mass of pitch-black mist.

And Zheng Zheng Xingyun and the others, who had walked over a step ahead of Song Song Qingming, were standing where they were, talking to themselves, wrapped in a mass of flickering black water mist.

At this moment, the woman surnamed Yun's other right hand was still placed on that mass of black water mist, seemingly carefully maintaining this secret technique beside her.

Seeing this, Song Song Qingming also understood; Zheng Zheng Xingyun and the others had been eager to step forward to stop the woman surnamed Yun just now, and had been controlled by the other party due to a moment of carelessness.

Fortunately, he had a special item on his body that woke him up in time at the critical moment, which allowed Song Song Qingming, who was walking at the very back, to escape a disaster and not be wiped out by the other party in one fell swoop.

However, even so, the woman surnamed Yun's divine abilities and methods were truly unfathomable, and Song Song Qingming could not even see the other party's cultivation.

At this moment, facing the other party, he did not know whether what awaited him next would be a blessing or a curse. (End of chapter)