Ten Thousand Ghosts howled, countless ghostly shadows bombarded Heavenly Master Zhang's divided Dragon and Tiger, continuously dispersing their forms.

Even with the support of Heavenly Master Zhang's True Qi, it was merely a drop in the bucket, unable to fully restore the Dragon and Tiger. Not to mention, he also had to counter the Ghostly Energy assaulting the seal.

In such a plight, Heavenly Master Zhang could be said to be completely at a disadvantage.

However, at this moment, the ones facing a formidable enemy were not Heavenly Master Zhang, but rather the Ten Kings of Netherworld Palace, who occupied the upper hand.

The Wind Tiger and Cloud Dragon suddenly scattered, transforming into shapeless Feng Yun. In the sky, three swirls began to take shape.

An endless, terrifying aura permeated, the beings or objects behind these three swirls bringing a strong sense of danger to the Ten Kings.

However, just as the swirls were about to take form, they suddenly collapsed.

"Pardon!"

Heavenly Master Zhang suddenly let out a loud shout; the utmost firm and righteous Thunder Skill struck out, hitting the gradually closing Netherworld Gap.

The Thunder Skill shattered the light ribbon shot out from Yang Ping's City Governance Seal and hurled it into the Netherworld Gap.

Heavenly Master Zhang actually shattered the light ribbon that was about to close with his own hands!

Thunder Light dazzled; after shattering the light ribbon, its power undiminished, it flew into the Netherworld Gap.

"Crack—"

A loud crack sounded as the thunder and lightning struck a pitch-black bone hand that extended from the crack.

The electric arcs flowed over the bone hand, yet they couldn't cause it the slightest damage. Then, with a swipe downwards, the crack, no longer suppressed by Yang Ping's City Governance Seal, rapidly widened.

"Ghost Emperor's body is being pulled. Aid me!" King Yanluo called out.

The Ten Kings acted with one mind once again, their True Qi converging into a stream, and together with the Ghost Emperor's body within the crack, they struck Heavenly Master Zhang from both front and back.

The power of both was not weaker than that of Heavenly Master Zhang. Two attacks filled with evil energy came at once, the chilly wind blowing through Heavenly Master Zhang's snow-white hair.

"Enough."

Heavenly Master Zhang suddenly let out a light sigh and struck out with a palm, but not towards the bone hand; instead, he struck the Netherworld Gap.

A ripple went through the space, and a pitch-black skeleton sprung out from the Netherworld Gap.

Seeing this, the Ten Kings switched from attacking to pulling, capturing the skeleton within a Qi Shield formed by their True Qi.

The skeleton shook within the Qi Shield, boundless Ghostly Energy erupting forth again. However, this time, the Ghostly Energy encountered a clear obstruction.

As juniors, the Ten Kings of Netherworld Palace knew very well the Ghost Emperor's Body. Their means of sealing the body were far more clever than those of Dragon Tiger Mountain.

"Go!"

The Ten Kings, absorbing the Ghost Emperor's remains, simultaneously exerted their strength to strike out a pitch-black crack, stepping into it together.

In the blink of an eye, the Ghostly Energy that filled the surroundings of Dragon Tiger Mountain completely disappeared, and the night sky returned to its previous clarity, without a trace of ghostly miasma.

"The Ghost Emperor's Body has been taken; once the Ten Kings of Netherworld Palace suppress it and completely assimilate it, there will be even more chaos in the world," Heavenly Master Zhang suddenly sighed.

The Ghost Emperor's Body was originally suppressed within the generations-old Secret Realm of Dragon Tiger Mountain, being slowly digested by the Primordial Energy within.

According to the plan, after digesting the remnants of the strongest warrior, the Secret Realm was to see significant growth. However, hundreds of years ago, someone had secretly meddled.

Using a branch descendant of the Zhang Family as a piece, they stealthily arranged an Array within the Secret Realm that reversed the seal. Instead of the Ghost Emperor's Body being digested by the Primordial Energy of the Secret Realm, it began to consume the Primordial Energy of the Secret Realm instead.

As a result, the corpse of the Ghost Emperor that was about to vanish retained its last skeletal remains. Moreover, due to the bizarre nature of the Ghost Emperor's cultivation body, its skeletal remains became a weird and evil presence.

Over the past few centuries, as the Primordial Energy of the Secret Realm was absorbed, the hereditary Secret Realm of Dragon Tiger Mountain slowly became a lifeless haunt of wraiths. The seal, which was originally meant to expand the Secret Realm, turned instead into the catalyst for its downfall.

Were it not for the Heavenly Master Zhang Wenda, who later broke through to the Divinity Realm, redeveloping the Secret Realm, Dragon Tiger Mountain might have never recovered.

But now, with the departure of the Ghost Emperor's Body, although the previously fallen Secret Realm still swarmed with rampant Ghostly Energy, it could be quickly cleansed under the "Driving Gods and Enslaving Ghosts Technique" of Dragon Tiger Mountain.

Heavenly Master Zhang need no longer agonize over annihilating the ancestral Secret Realm along with the Ghost Emperor's Body; this piece of the Secret Realm would become an important place to cultivate the disciples of the Secret Department of Dragon Tiger Mountain.

Since the first Heavenly Master, Dragon Tiger Mountain's research on the Ghost Emperor's Body had never stopped. Within it, countless secret techniques and Absolute Skills were developed.

"Starting today, Dragon Tiger Mountain can be said to have been relieved…" Heavenly Master Zhang suddenly found himself somewhat contentedly stretching his muscles and joined the opened gap with his hand.

The loss of the Ghost Emperor's Body would surely lead to great turmoil, but it also meant the disappearance of the stubborn thorn that had long controlled Dragon Tiger Mountain.

From today onwards, Heavenly Master Zhang would not need to stay atop Dragon Tiger Mountain all the time; he could do the things he wished to do.

Even though he was an elderly man, Heavenly Master Zhang actually didn't mind living on Dragon Tiger Mountain for an extended period. However, choosing to stay and being forced to stay were two different concepts.

At least now, Heavenly Master Zhang could do some things he had always wanted to do.

For instance...

Avenge his second son.

A cold murderous intent flashed by as Heavenly Master Zhang's gaze turned towards the south. There lay the presence of the enemy who had killed his son. Previously, due to the frequent eruptions of the Netherworld Gap, even with the death of his own child, Heavenly Master Zhang had been unable to seek revenge. Instead, he was drawn into cause and effect by that thieving monk, and was outmaneuvered.

But now, things were different.

"Xinyuan, be prepared to pay the price."

Powerful Divine Thought roared silently in the air, causing numerous wild animals to flee as though facing a natural disaster.

In Dragon Tiger Mountain, people were sensing these intense fluctuations, with their spirits perturbed. The more severe cases fell unconscious on the spot. Among them, several warriors at the Divinity Realm could clearly perceive the message and murderous intent, remaining silent with various thoughts, either sighing or rejoicing.

The invisible murderous intent penetrated the spatial distance, distinctly felt by the abbot of Great Zen Temple, who was sitting in meditation and chanting scriptures.

After all, having designed the killing of someone's child, and considering the victim was of formidable strength, this karma line was the thickest. Even if Heavenly Master Zhang had not revealed his murderous intent, Xinyuan would have felt a strong sense of danger.

The stealing of the Ghost Emperor's Body from Dragon Tiger Mountain was not a secret and could not be hidden. With such ghostly wails and howls in the dead of night, ordinary people from ten miles away could see the phenomenon, making it impossible to conceal.

"Heavenly Master Zhang, this monk has received your murderous intent," the youthful-looking Xinyuan said to himself with a smile.

He wasn't the slightest bit perturbed by Heavenly Master Zhang's intense killing intent, as if he had long anticipated it.

Xinyuan smiled tranquilly, his fingers plucking at the colorful threads in his palm, exuding an air of composure as he watched the storms of life unfold. Since he took over as abbot, integrating the Zen Sect and opposing the Taoist order, he had never been without trials.

Lantuo Temple vaguely regarded the Zen Sect as an adversary, Dharma Temple focused solely on cultivation; dealing with the entire Taoist order, and not just Dragon Tiger Mountain, was what Xinyuan faced alone.

Thus, Heavenly Master Zhang alone was nothing more than a trifle.

Xinyuan gently nudged one of the karma lines, propelling the unfolding of events, "Heavenly Master, allow this monk to offer you one more courtesy."

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