Red Snake discovered there were spies infiltrating and immediately ran to the right courtyard to capture the demons.

It was a single-horned white mo, a golden-eyed blue xiu, locked with iron chains, and tortured for their origins.

The two little demons refused to admit anything. Red Snake stripped off all their fur and peeled off their nails, then scorched their limbs with fire, torturing them to death. Finally, he hung their half-charred corpses on the archway of the right courtyard for all to see.

Afterward, Shi Feiyang was informed of this and praised Red Snake for his careful and cautious actions, but also rebuked him, "No man is a saint capable of perceiving every speck of dust in the cosmos. Methods can always go wrong. You cannot solely rely on Gua Xiang to determine life and death and abuse the power in your hands! However, this is also my fault. With the great tribulation approaching, I haven't established laws for you to use as a guide. If something similar happens before then, just seal it up first. Once I've overcome this tribulation, I'll issue the laws and tell you how to handle it."

Red Snake dutifully accepted the command, feeling slightly aggrieved, but was glad to have received some praise and recognition. He returned and discussed with Xuan Turtle, becoming even more meticulous in identifying spies every day.

As the Winter Solstice approached, Outer Heaven Divine Mountain grew even more tranquil. The demons that loved to stir up waves in the sea all hid. Every creature sensed the imminent storm and acted cautiously, daring not to make careless moves.

Finally, on the day of the Winter Solstice, at midnight, the originally bright Sun began to dim, and the surrounding Aurora Fire also showed signs of weakening, forming a depression along the comeback line, with a gap gradually appearing in the vicinity of the forty-seven Islands of Little Antarctic.

Before the hour of Hai, Shi Feiyang felt so weak that he didn't want to move, and he fell into a deep sleep in the main hall of Tianxin Palace.

The palace door was open, Miaomiao knelt at the dragon head position, sending three drops of True Water into the dragon mouth every quarter hour.

Mo Zhui was sitting cross-legged on a wide warm jade chair, meditating with his eyes closed, unmoving.

Mo Xiang crouched on a Dharma Platform set up with a white jade desk, guarding the Sun and Moon Seven Star Lamps, which were seven colored glass lamps burning bright flames. In front of the lamps, there were three high-legged golden basins with red cloth spread inside. On the red cloth were the Nine Heavens Yuan Yang Ruler, the Cave Spirit Zither, and the Circulation Hunyuan Umbrella, three treasures placed. Further ahead lay the Yu Ding.

Mo Ying, deviating from his usual playful and mischievous behavior, hid on the high threshold, leaning against the doorframe. The Immortal Palace was very spacious, and the door was almost thirty feet tall. Mo Ying, just over a foot tall, sat inconspicuously in the corner, almost overlooked if not for the divinely shining object in his hand that he continuously wiped and explored.

Suddenly, the sky outside brightened abruptly as if a Sun had exploded overhead.

Miaomiao and the three little ones didn't move; they had their orders to stay put since Shi Feiyang had said this demon tribulation would activate simultaneously. Invisible and formless Yin Demons would stealthily infiltrate his heart at his weakest, stirring his Primordial Spirit and damaging his Dao level. Therefore, all four little ones were eager to know what was happening outside, yet they still remained at their posts.

Tensions were also high outside. At that moment, many looked up into the sky in confusion, not understanding what was happening. Only Deng Bagu and Jin Xunu immediately recognized, "This is bad! The enemy is mobilizing the Aurora Fire to strike our Guardian Immortal Formation!"

Xiong Man knew to use seawater to flood the Sleepless City; naturally, the enemy also knew how to leverage their forces, directly drawing a stream of Aurora Fire of over thirty feet in diameter from the edge of Outer Heaven Divine Mountain. It fiercely struck the Guardian Immortal Formation above the Five Palaces.

Shi Feiyang had set up a total of Nine Layers of Restriction from the outside to the inside. The Aurora Fire, controlled by a spell, formed a straight pillar of light, like a powerful beam shot from outer space, hitting the first Immortal Formation. The formation immediately reacted, displaying a hazy layer of purple light. The Aurora Fire exploded upon it, forming thousands of waterfall-like flames cascading around the Purple Light Shield.

Seeing such a catastrophic scene, the Demon Beasts below trembled in fear. Those with shallower Dao levels sought refuge underground, immediately burrowing into holes.

The six chief disciples grew anxious and looked solemnly up at the sky. Xiong Man asked Deng Bagu, "Taking such a defensive stance isn't wise. Little sister, can the Snow Soul Pearl break through that fire?"

Deng Bagu slowly shook her head, "The Aurora Fire is endless. If I confront it with the Snow Soul Pearl, it won't last long before it's refined. I don't mind sacrificing a Magical Treasure. If it could help our master escape the predicament, I'm willing to even stake my life. However, master has assigned each of us tasks, and the Snow Soul Pearl has another use that cannot be squandered at this moment."

Red Snake and Xuan Turtle in Shenzhe Palace weren't worried at all. Xuan Turtle had long been detached from life and death, able to remain calm and composed regardless of the situation. Red Snake had enough confidence in Shi Feiyang, "The King's divine skills are vast, and his mana boundless; how could he be harmed by those trivial beings? It's just the bunch inside the right courtyard; seeing this scene might lead them to have ulterior motives, I need to keep an eye on them."

Xuan Turtle asked him, "That bunch has many powerful Great Demons, and they are numerous. If they truly develop ulterior motives, what do you plan to do?"

Red Snake responded, "I possess a Magical Treasure bestowed by the King. If anyone dares to rebel at this moment, I will certainly not show mercy."

Xuan Turtle glared at him, "Besides the King, none can subdue those fellows single-handedly, not even Sister Deng or Brother Jin; you trying to do so would merely be a needless sacrifice. To win their loyalty, it is necessary to employ a combination of kindness and severity. Thus, let us gather all the pearls, treasures, elixirs, and spiritual grasses collected over the years, as well as the exquisite wines and delicacies stored away, and set a table in the main hall of the right court.

Invite all the Great Demons, those over eight thousand years old—I recall there being twenty-three of them—together, tell them of the King's divine feats to bolster their confidence, and then show them the Magical Treasure that breaks Dan Qi to caution them. Only then can we stabilize them and have them collaborate with us to pacify the remaining Little Demons. With that, their allegiance should be solidified."

Hesitant at first, Red Snake agreed to her proposal and immediately went to their respective sleeping chambers to fetch the collections accumulated over the years, totaling several large chests, and had several strong demons carry them to the right court.

On the other side, Shi Sheng was confident about Shi Feiyang as well, but not blindly so, as he had tasks entrusted by Shi Feiyang, and from the difficulty of these tasks, he deduced the situation was also perilous.

Lin Han stood at the highest point of Genyuan Mountain, standing upright, his face stern, gazing upward at the flames in the sky.

Shi Sheng asked, "Brother, what would happen if I crossed the sea to Nightless City now and took down the Qian Family's stronghold?"

Lin Han, unchanging in his stance, briefly replied, "Do whatever Master has instructed you, and do not digress."

Shi Sheng chuckled and looked up at the sky alongside him, "Brother, how long do you think it will be before they attack?"

"I don't know." Lin Han was annoyed and disturbed because he noticed that the layer of Purple Light Shield formed by the celestial array was beginning to indent and deform.

Shi Sheng then asked, "Brother, do you think once the external celestial formation breaks, they will direct the Aurora Fire straight down to burn us? If so, how should we respond?"

"I don't know." Lin Han found his state of mind unquiet and unnatural, having lost his composure. He quickly calmed himself down and responded to Shi Sheng, "They won't do that. The master has collected Heavenly Star Debris, forged the Five-Colored Divine Sand, rebuilt the rivers and mountains, and refurbished the Immortal Palace making it a thousand times stronger than before. Qian Kang certainly wouldn't want to turn it into ashes; he'll probably just use the Aurora Fire to break our protective Immortal Formation and attack us himself when the real confrontation begins."

Shi Sheng felt that made sense, "Starting today, this tribulation by Master is supposed to last three days…"

Before he could finish, the Purple Light Shield formed by the celestial formation above twisted, the exterior severely scorched by the Aurora Fire, becoming thinner, and the inner layers significantly indenting—a collapse of the structure was just moments away. A huge explosion ensued, completely shattering the formation, and the Aurora Fire continued to surge downward. Soon, a layer of red light rose, which was quickly breached followed by another layer of white light, which too was dispersed.

These three layers of prohibition were shaped like inverted bowls, covering the diameter of over three thousand miles above the Immortal Palace, all being penetrated and shattered. Beneath them were the separate prohibitions for each palace, also shaped like inverted bowls, each covering a palace area.

The Aurora Fire in the sky did not continue its descent; people thought the enemy would fight their way through each palace, but suddenly, the ground shook violently as if a massive Earth Dragon was flipping and rolling, causing fractures everywhere across three thousand miles.

Every mountain was shaking, every palace jolting.

"This is bad! It's the Cosmic Spirit Shuttle of Shenjun Zhenyue!" Deng Bagu, having seen much and known wide, recognized the situation, although she had not seen the actual artifact, and instantly named the Magical Treasure employed by the antagonist.

Shenjun Zhenyue, an Earth Immortal from the East Sea, like Qian Kang, also practiced cultivation with his wife, who was also of Earth Immortal Cultivation and known as Shenjun Grandma. He possessed a mountain treasure, which was also of nuclear level, called the Cosmic Spirit Shuttle, with nine representing the greatest number of Yang and six, the greatest of Yin, hence representing the extreme Yang and extreme Yin.

Once activated, regardless of the distance, in an instant, the billions of years of Extreme Yin Evil Qi stored in the Earth Core and the Sun Gang Qi radiated from the Cosmic Core in space are stirred._combined, they shake the central Earth, triggering a super-intense earthquake. The quake's epicenter reaching a radius of thousands of miles, shattering the Earth's crust, erupting volcanoes, surging black waters, grinding Gang Qi and Evil Qi, mixing Yin and Yang, reversing Five Elements... within the seismic zone, everything turns to a dead zone, all life forms utterly annihilated!

At that moment, the disciple of Shenjun returned to the palace and stealthily took the sect's treasure to show off before his peers, activating the artifact. The protective treasures of the Five Palaces, all rooted in the Earth's veins, were twisted and broken by the tremors, shattering all protective formations at once.

Fortunately, Qian Kang intended to keep this place to later gift it to the Emei Sect as an alternative residence. Repeatedly instructing beforehand not to go overboard—had the treasure continued, the entire region would have cracked open, all becoming rubble. If not handled carefully, even the foundation of Outer Heaven Divine Mountain could have fractured, releasing the Chaos True Qi and True Qianyang Fire within. At that time, the surrounding Aurora Fire and Magnetic True Qi would also be drawn inwards, clashing and burning, causing the entire Outer Heaven Divine Mountain to collapse and shatter into cosmic Tribulation Ash.

Qian Kang sent a disciple to stop the disciples of Shenjun, then took off with his wife and disciples into the high sky.

Previously, someone had been casting spells to draw down the Aurora Fire to break the formation; at that moment, they retracted their Magical Treasure, allowing the Aurora Fire to return to its origin, drifting downwards,('//*[@data-auto="selected"]') , three young Sword Immortals fluttered down from the sky, led by a beautifully angelic youth dressed in blue robes, with flowing sleeves, and radiating strong Immortal Energy!

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