Beside the Five Lascivious Venerable stood his second disciple, Gu Ying, a towering figure with deep-set black eyes, a wide nose, and broad lips, garbed in robes made of beast furs and bird feathers and draped with multicolored feathered cloud-shoulder pads, and around his neck hung an ancient bronze hoop.

Xuanyuan Dharma King had attained enlightenment for a thousand years and was a contemporary of Master Changmei and Jile Perfected, initially following his master and residing in the West Sea, before eventually moving to Central Earth.

The three elders of Emei – the True Master of Prime Origin, Chu Sanzi, and Master Lianshan, along with Yi Xiu's master and his master-uncle, Iron Drum Immortal Zhou Meng, staged a grand spectacle on the Fishing Rock in the East Sea.

They pretended to turn against each other and dueled over the sea, one side wielding the Invisible Sword Energy of the Taiqing Mysterious Sect, and the other side the acquired and innate constructs of the Five Elements True Qi, both sides equally matched.

Xuanyuan Dharma King and his master fell for the ruse and launched a surprise attack, only to face a sudden joint assault from both sides, which heavily injured the Old Demon and killed all of Xuanyuan Dharma King's fellow disciples.

The master and disciple fled back to the West Sea in disarray. Only after True Master of Prime Origin, Chu Sanzi, and others ascended and Master Lianshan was nearing his final tribulation, when Xuanyuan Dharma King's divine skill reached great success, did he return to launch a surprise attack. Master Lianshan ultimately perished, his Dao destroyed, and Xuanyuan Dharma King exerted significant effort in the process.

In Central Earth, Xuanyuan Dharma King established a sect and took on many disciples, but only seven were his direct inheritors. Four of them had been taken early on in the West Sea, each granted a four-character honorific title. The most infamous elder disciple was known as the Five Lascivious Venerable, and the fourth disciple as Poison Hand Mo Shen; this second disciple was named Grandmaster of Demons (Note).

The elder disciple, Five Lascivious Venerable, indulged in lust like a demon, while the second disciple craved power to an explosive degree. As he could not be an emperor in the Human World, nor dare to covet the Heavenly Immortal Emperor's throne, he aspired to become a Ghost King. He hollowed out an entire mountain, capturing many ghostly souls to serve as his subjects, crowning himself Emperor, and appointing four great Ghost Kings, eight great Ghost Lords, and thirty-six Ghost Marquises, amassing a total of a hundred thousand ghostly followers, constructing twelve Ghost Cities.

Content with being an emperor in his own home, establishing his harem, and cultivating his own power, he usually did not cause havoc in the world. Combined with the strength of his lineage, even the Orthodox Sect left him be, and peace prevailed for many years.

Today, following his elder brother, he duelled with an enemy. He saw that the Nine Heavens Yuan Yang Ruler in Shi Feiyang's hand was his nemesis, especially the three Pure Yang Golden Flowers that specifically countered his Ghost Path spells.

So he said to the Five Lascivious Venerable, "I'll capture this wench for you, elder brother, and take her back to the mountains for your pleasure. You go and take care of that kid. I want his Nascent Soul intact to take back and appoint as the Minister of Works, to help me build the Ghost City."

Without waiting for the Five Lascivious Venerable's agreement, he unleashed a barrage of magical treasures toward Ni Fangxian, including Nine Sky Cold Yin Forks, Heaven and Earth Pestilence Spheres, and Five Yin Demon Fire Bombs. Noticing Ni Fangxian's strong mana, he went all out from the get-go, determined to defeat her in one fell swoop!

The Green Robe Ancestor harbored a grudge against Ni Fangxian for destroying his Mysterious Yin Pearl and crippling his Second Primordial Spirit. With a howling roar, he too lunged into battle against Ni Fangxian.

Since Shi Feiyang had ruined his Demon Banner, the Five Lascivious Venerable felt a bitter hatred and, with a flick of his finger, sent five Golden Sabers shooting towards Shi Feiyang, and with a raise of both hands, he unleashed countless Black Gold Clouds that spun around, growing from small to large, and swirling into myriad vortexes in the sky. Suddenly, they exploded in unison, intertwining with each other, releasing vast black clouds interwoven with streaks of golden light coursing back and forth.

This was the signature magical treasure of the Xuanyuan Dharma King's sect, known as the Seven Evil Yin Divine Curtain. Each of the four major disciples had practiced with one, with slight differences in quality and attributes but broadly similar in nature.

The Five Lascivious Venerable had nurtured this treasure for over eight hundred years. Connected to his very life, once deployed, it enveloped a hundred miles in a boundless sea of black smoke and golden light, instantly plunging the mountains and forests below into utter darkness, with only streaks of golden light, like lightning, occasionally traveling through the blackness.

Shi Feiyang found himself engulfed in this endless darkness, holding the Nine Heavens Yuan Yang Ruler in his left hand for protection, circled by purple qi and guarded by golden flowers, he, too, was inwardly shocked at the scene.

The black miasma contained the corrupting Evil Qi from the core of the earth, vile and defiling, capable of corroding the Immortal Body True Qi and tainting Flying Sword Magical Treasures.

He could have burnt it all to ashes with the Purple and Blue Duoluo Fire, to thoroughly disperse it. However, this Sever Evil Yin Divine Curtain, having been nourished and accumulated over many years by Five Lascivious Venerable, contained an immeasurable amount of evil and malice.

The purple and blue Duoluo Fire, a flame born from the Qianling Golden Lamp petals in the celestial Tai Xu Immortal Mansion, forms a large petal once every three thousand years and a small one every thousand years, specifically designed to overcome all dirtiness and devils.

Nevertheless, a petal is just a petal, and excessive use would diminish its power.

When the Fallen Immortal descended with this fire to the Lower Realm, it was used to fight against demons and to protect himself, diminishing its Primordial Qi quite a bit, and then it was wasted for over a thousand years in the Sha Qing Immortal Mansion. As such, Shi Feiyang dared not use it excessively.

Predicting that he needed to visit the ancient tomb of the Wuhua family to obtain some Eternal Divine Oil for sacrificial refinement, so he could use it without any reservation.

Hence, currently, the three lamp flames could only serve as protection, and he was unwilling to waste them to break the Sever Evil Yin Divine Curtain.

He possessed many magical treasures, yet none seemed perfectly suited for breaking the Seven Evil Yin Divine Curtain that the Five Lascivious Venerable so bitterly used to drive his Black Gold Divine Sabers in a frenzied assault, encircling Shi Feiyang with rapid and fierce attacks under the cover of darkness.

Shi Feiyang used the Three Yangs One Qi Sword to fend off his assailants and initially tried to apply the Miniaturization Technique to escape the pitch-black curtain. However, once the Divine Curtain was released, it naturally inverts the Five Elements and confuses Yin and Yang, causing one to reappear in the opposite direction from where they stepped; not just that, even calculations became unreliable amidst its chaos.

Had he not destroyed one of the Demon Banners earlier, it would have been set up as a Miniature Heavenly Secret Demon Formation, coupled with this Seven Evil Yin Divine Curtain, he would not have stood a chance of escaping.

Five Lascivious Venerable continually urged the Black Evil Gold Thunder toward Shi Feiyang, pressing forward like a surging tide, with countless streaks of Golden Light Thunder exploding violently within the Black Flame, blasting Shi Feiyang into an illuminated figure.

But all these attacks were blocked by the Hongmeng Purple Qi and three Golden Flowers of the Nine Heavens Yuan Yang Ruler; they seemed fierce but actually did not harm a single hair on Shi Feiyang.

The Five Lascivious Venerable felt surprised in his heart, thinking to himself who this expert was, wielding such an impressive Magical Treasure.

Then he remembered what the Green Robe Ancestor had said earlier and couldn't help but let out a lascivious laugh, "Ni Fangxian, you little bitch, seducing someone else's husband, Li Jingxu, and after a thousand years, you've kept this pretty boy Han here!"

Originally, he was quite wary of Li Jingxu. Even his master Xuanyuan Dharma King had told him not to provoke Jile Perfected, and now Ni Fangxian had secretly taken another man. Li Jingxu certainly wouldn't put up with it. Righteous Immortals care about their reputation, and while Li Jingxu certainly wouldn't dirty his hands by killing this adulterous couple, he surely wouldn't bother with Ni Fangxian's affairs anymore...

Delighted with his own thoughts, he decided to intensify his efforts to quickly eliminate Shi Feiyang and then capture Ni Fangxian. After all, his junior brother in his own Ghost Country had taken a female Immortal's Nascent Soul by force to become his queen. Ni Fangxian was also a Nascent Soul incarnation, and there was no guarantee she would not catch his junior brother's eye and be abducted to the mountains to be given a title like an Imperial Concubine or something.

Since he was the junior brother, it wouldn't be appropriate for him to compete, and even if the dispute reached their master, the master would probably just say that since he already had numerous wives and concubines, it would be good to give in to his junior brother who had finally taken a fancy to one.

Hmm, aside from his junior brother, that Green Robe Ancestor was no good either. He had to break this situation quickly!

The Five Lascivious Venerable made up his mind and took out seven Flying Arrows, just as he was about to launch an attack, he suddenly saw a gigantic Demon Beast emerge from the darkness ahead, with a hundred zhang wingspan, an elephant nose, and a wolf's head, mouth full of sharp teeth.

To the left and right of this Demon Beast quickly appeared multitudes of strange beasts: a hundred-eyed giant whale, a six-winged odd fish, a three-headed monster python, a nine-headed pheasant... each one larger than the last.

Compared to these beasts, the Five Lascivious Venerable was like a fly!

With the lead of the Elephant Dragon, thousands of Demon Beasts opened their mouths and flapped their wings, spewing out thousands of fierce fires, myriad rays of cold light, countless lightning bolts, magnetic force, poison fog... all hurling towards him at once!

The Five Lascivious Venerable had cultivated various secret Demon magics from the Color Realms of many Heavens, and though he had never seen such a scene of myriad beasts emerging at once, he had experienced plenty of Demon Realms with myriad demons emerging. Therefore, he was surprised, but not panicked.

He bit his tongue, churned his effort of eight hundred years, mixing Essence Energy with the fresh blood he spat out, which transformed into dark azure Blood Flames.

Like a bunch of wheel-sized flower plates, the Blood Flames directly collided with the horde of demons, first against the combined fire and ice, lightning bolts, crackling and exploding wildly, like thousands of thunders bursting at the same time.

In the midst of the thunderous 'boom', the bodies of the fierce beasts were all enveloped in that azure flame, and those lesser skilled Demon Beasts being scorched by the Evil Fire shrunk down like deflating balloons.

Shi Feiyang had not expected the Five Lascivious Venerable to be so formidable; it was not just that his mana was strong, but his martial experience and application of various spells had reached the point of perfection. It was no wonder for someone who had been cultivated for over eight hundred years and had been personally guided hand by hand by a master with over a thousand years of cultivation.

This scoundrel dared to mess with Jiang Xuejun and had the audacity to flirt with Ni Fangxian; indeed, he had some skill!

Shi Feiyang then took out another Magical Treasure, it was the Heavenly Secret Demon God Lamp. Holding the lamp in his left hand and forming a gesture with his right, he first released the Twelve Flower Evil God Gang.

He did not want to use the Demon Path methods in front of Ni Fangxian, but now he could not care for that. If he still couldn't defeat the Five Lascivious Venerable, he would have no choice but to use the Zhou Tianyu Light Disc and fight to the death.

The Five Lascivious Venerable was busy forming gestures with both hands, commanding those azure Blood Flames to keep burning and exploding, dispersing a large number of the less-powerful fierce beasts.

Suddenly, he saw seven columns of colorful smoke rising behind him. Turning around, he saw that atop each column sat a person.

In the center was the Chuandeng Monk, his body shining with golden light, his noble presence seated on a Lotus Platform, holding a Golden Wheel in his hand.

To his left were the two barbarian monks Varnagyin II and Kashyap Sarbu, and to his right were the Iron Drum Immortal Zhou Meng and the Red Lotus Immortal Bi Xi, each wielding two glittering Golden Precepts Blades.

On either side were the Golden Flower Sect Hierarch Zhong Ang and the Divine Hand Monk Wei Fengniang, one controlling twelve Golden Flower Flying Blades, and the other pointing the White Light Sword.

Then, the Five Lascivious Venerable felt more movements behind him and quickly turned around to see five more columns of smoke rise, each with a woman draped in light veils sitting on top, which were Myriad Cold Centipedes.

Lastly, Shi Feiyang activated the Demon Lamp, ignited the lamp with Heart Fire, revealing four Divine Demons inside.

The Five Lascivious Venerable, looking at the graceful figures of the Myriad Cold Centipedes, licked his lips and said, "Look at you, full of righteousness but using such evil methods, and you're using these demonic methods against me? Very good, very good, I like this; I'll take it!"

He reached out his hand towards the Myriad Cold Centipedes.

"You want her? I would really like to give her to you, but I'm afraid you can't handle her!" Shi Feiyang held the lamp and made a gesture, commanding all the devils and Demon Beasts to surround the Five Lascivious Venerable and attack him all at once.

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