Ye Fan's determination left Wu Ding and Elder Wu at a loss; they have a tolerant mindset and won't forcefully keep Ye Fan in the Pangu Mystical Realm, and are more willing to fulfill Ye Fan and Li Zhaojun's wishes.

"If you insist on leaving, we can't stop you," said Elder Wu, "but first, take us to Heavenly Peak Mountain. This place is a restricted area for information from all sects, and no one knows whether divine artifacts exist there."

Ye Fan looked at Shen Biancheng, also seeking the opinion of this third senior brother.

"Junior brother, don't rush to leave; returning isn't urgent now. It's always right to have a look at the mountain," Shen Biancheng nodded and said.

The group headed up the mountain, with Shen Biancheng and Ye Fan leading the way. Everyone could pass through the spiritual energy shield of Heavenly Peak Mountain. Once on the mountain, everything was peaceful, with no sign of any divine artifacts being hidden.

"What's that up there?" Shen Biancheng noticed something different this time compared to before: a flagpole with an evil spirit banner hanging on it.

Ye Fan explained the situation just now, and Wu Ding beside him said, "Junior brother, are you saying that just by hanging the evil spirit banner, even the heavenly thunder can be halted?"

"Yes, I don't know the specific reason," Ye Fan nodded, looking at Bai He, who had a somewhat evasive expression. "Do you know?"

Bai He replied nervously, "This item was passed down from my mother. I only use it for cultivation and do not know its principles."

Wu Ding said nothing, directly reaching out to grasp the evil spirit banner. However, as he sent spiritual energy towards it, the banner did not move an inch, nor did the flagpole shake. Wu Ding grumbled, "Strange, do I have to do it myself?"

Just as Wu Ding was about to forcefully try, Elder Wu suddenly pulled her back, saying, "Don't be reckless."

The evil spirit banner hanging on the flagpole twisted together with the flag with similar patterns, as if trying to devour each other.

"Woo..." It was like the wailing of demons from the underground, and the sky around Heavenly Peak Mountain suddenly darkened. Without clouds, not to mention sunlight, even the remaining light was gradually swallowed by the evil spirit banner.

Wu Ding exclaimed in surprise, "How could this happen?"

"Not good, what is that flag cloth next to the evil spirit banner?" Elder Wu urgently asked Ye Fan.

Ye Fan shook his head, "I don't know; when I arrived, it was already hanging there. I took it down to look; the material is exactly the same as the evil spirit banner, just that it is larger in size."

Elder Wu was instantly terrified, "If nothing unexpected, this is the true evil spirit banner. Originally, what you held was just a small part of the evil spirit banner. This evil spirit banner is known for soul swallowing in the Pangu Mystical Realm. Let's leave quickly!"

With Elder Wu's words, the two pieces of flag cloth on the flagpole had completely merged, the area expanded instantly, much larger than the two pieces of cloth combined, and it was still swelling rapidly.

"It seems this is a trap set here, intended to reunite the evil spirit banner. Someone wants to use it to open the spiritual energy net of Heavenly Peak Mountain!" Elder Wu felt a chill. The power exhibited by the evil spirit banner indicated it was not an ordinary magic artifact, possibly even an Immortal Artifact-grade ancient magical tool, and the six thousand evil spirits within it could unleash world-destroying power.

"Howl..."

The evil spirit banner emitted a wailing, the sound was very piercing, as if countless souls were suffering under hellfire.

Soon a black mist exuded from the entity of the evil spirit banner, initially faint, gradually forming a closed black space, gathering from all directions towards the spiritual energy net of Heavenly Peak Mountain, finally enveloping the few people standing at the peak.

"Junior sister, you take the left, I'll take the right!"

Elder Wu shouted, first conjuring a magic sword to protect the left, while Wu Ding also protected the right of the crowd. Others maneuvered magic treasures, but found the black mist came from all directions without any tangible spiritual energy to engage with.

"How can this be?" Wu Ding said, "I can't feel any spiritual energy fluctuation in this black mist, even if I release spiritual energy, it can't be dispelled."

This is where the black mist is terrifying; it's like water vapor enveloping people but immune to any spiritual energy and magic artifacts. One can only watch the black mist come, turning the brightly lit world into pitch black, not knowing where the attack comes from or how to escape its cover.

"Let me try first!" Shen Biancheng was the first to stand up; Wu Ding and Elder Wu needed to take care of the crowd, Ye Fan and Min Shang needed to protect the injured Li Zhaojun and Bai He, leaving him unburdened. With his Golden Core Stage cultivation, he could first attempt to break through the black mist with his magic artifact.

In the darkness, after Shen Biancheng rose, he seemed to vanish, eyes unable to see. Ye Fan could only use spiritual sense to perceive, but the black mist had a strong blocking effect on spiritual sense too; Ye Fan could only sense the few people around him, and nothing else.

Elder Wu said with a bit of frustration, "The worst outcome now is that we've been swallowed by the evil spirit banner, becoming one of the six thousand souls within it."

Wu Ding laughed coldly, "What nonsense are you saying? Here we are, physically present."

Saying so, she couldn't help but touch Ye Fan's body, even deliberately touching private areas, pulling back her hand, and saying, "Junior brother is still here."

"Junior sister thinks too simply, who truly knows the inside of the evil spirit banner?" Elder Wu continued as he kept trying to break the surrounding darkness with spiritual energy.

After a long time, Ye Fan suddenly embraced Li Zhaojun; in such danger, he wanted to protect his beloved.

Vaguely, Ye Fan felt something in his body glowing again, familiar light helping him out of danger and completing advancement in the ancient ice cellar: the copper mirror. Now it flashed with golden light, seemingly urging Ye Fan to wield it to bring light.

"Out!" yelled Ye Fan as a strong golden light suddenly emanated from his body, instantly dispersing the black mist around him and Li Zhaojun.

The golden light grew stronger, the black mist completely unable to stand against it. The copper mirror shimmered so that with Ye Fan's spiritual sense movement, the mirror followed like a flashlight.

Bit by bit, the black mist dispersed, and when it could no longer block the line of sight, they could see each other.

"Hoo..." A faint wind sound, the black mist quickly retracted, and all entered the evil spirit banner, even the huge banner turned into an ordinary flag cloth fluttering in the wind on the flagpole, with the original two pieces now separately waving in different directions.

"Strange, how could it be this way?" Wu Ding was somewhat unsettled, everything that just happened was so bizarre as if walking through the gates of hell.

Ye Fan suddenly looked around and said, "Where are the third senior brother and Bai He?"

Only then did everyone notice that since Shen Biancheng ascended and disappeared, Bai He was also missing.

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