Shi Feiyang had not expected the Taiyin Hunyuan Ancestor to actually offer to proactively teach him the method of forging the Heavenly Demon Immortal Slaying Sword.

To tell the truth, he was somewhat tempted.

The Heavenly Demon Immortal Slaying Sword was the ultimate hope for the Evil Sect during the third swordfight between the righteous and evil factions in the Shushan World, but unfortunately, it was never forged.

Unlike the Purple and Blue Double Swords, which were simply flying swords like Purple Ying, Green Rope, and Nanming Li Fire, the Heavenly Demon Immortal Slaying Sword was more akin to a Magical Treasure.

It could do more than just cut people; it had many wonderful uses of the treasures of the Demon Cult.

Shi Feiyang did not plan to forge a sword immediately, but he was very curious about how it would be done.

After some thought, he replied, "My little nephew disciple was passing through Red Cloud Valley and was captured and tortured without cause. I am also on my way to seek revenge for him. Since you are going too, let's take separate actions and discuss the forging after we break through Red Cloud Valley."

The Taiyin Hunyuan Ancestor agreed to go with Shi Feiyang.

Shi Feiyang declined again, indicating that he needed to heal his two nephew disciples.

"In that case, let's meet later," said the Taiyin Hunyuan Ancestor as he flicked his horsetail whisk, raising a white cloud from the ground, which carried him straight toward Red Cloud Valley.

After he had left, Yang Xu introduced Shi Feiyang to the two junior disciples.

Chen Taizhen and Hu Yanxian quickly rose to their feet to give thanks, with their wounds having begun to heal rapidly in this short time.

The smaller wounds had completely healed, the charred bones were quickly coming back to life like dead wood in spring, and flesh and skin grew at a visible rate, causing an itchy feeling where they were injured.

In less than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, the two were able to get up and move normally.

Shi Feiyang instructed them to find a quiet place to recuperate properly and took Yang Xu back to Red Cloud Valley.

Chen Taizhen and Hu Yanxian also volunteered enthusiastically: "Our injuries are nothing. With the Spiritual Medicine bestowed by our uncle master, we are almost fully recovered. This time, going to Red Cloud Valley is not only to avenge our eldest senior brother but also to retrieve the book for our uncle master. We ought to do our utmost."

"Very well." Shi Feiyang took the three back to Red Cloud Valley, where a battle had already erupted.

The Taiyin Hunyuan Ancestor was engaged in a fierce battle with the Red Cloud, a massive red cloud formation that spanned several acres, rolling tumultuously from east to west, south to north, zipping through the air like lightning. Occasionally, with a roar, a multitude of Red Cloud Scattering Flower Needles would burst forth, tinting half of the sky red like the most intense flames of a sunset.

The Red Cloud Scattering Flower Needle was extremely formidable. The version forged by the Red Cloud Master had even more quantity and greater power than the original set from the Scattering Flower Daoist. Once released, the sky filled with red glints as countless fine needles spread like dense fog, spilling out uncontrollably.

Even the Taiyin Hunyuan Ancestor had difficulty defending solely with his flying sword, using the Taiyin Five Smoke Net to block the needles before counterattacking with the Immortal Sword.

Red Cloud Master also had Mixed Element Poison Fog, Heavenly Forbidden Technique, and various other methods at his disposal, launching a ferocious offensive. However, the Taiyin Hunyuan Ancestor used only the Taiyin Five Smoke Net to defend without revealing any other Magical Treasures.

Hu Yanxian exclaimed in admiration, "This Red Cloud City Master is incredibly powerful! Earlier, even if I and my second senior brother had not been stopped and had managed to reach here unobstructed, we probably still wouldn't have been able to save our eldest senior brother."

Yang Xu raised a question, "Then why is the Taiyin Hunyuan Ancestor at a disadvantage? Why is he being chased and attacked by the Red Cloud City Master?"

Shi Feiyang explained to him, "The Taiyin Hunyuan Ancestor wants to use her for sword refining and his main concern is that she might escape. Cultivators' Primordial Spirits are swift in Flying Escape, able to leave at the thought of it. Even though he seems to be chased, he is actually luring Red Cloud. His Five Smoke Net has been divided into eight parts, forming a formation and sealing off all eight directions. They will soon determine the victor, so we must hurry."

Yang Xu was here for revenge and quickly found the disciples who had tortured him. The opponents saw him too, and a fight immediately ensued.

Previously, Yang Xu had fought one against eight and was overwhelmed, captured by a misstep. This time, with two junior brothers by his side, the three wielded their swords against more than twenty enemies. Though they were outnumbered, they had support from one another, especially as Chen Taizhen had the highest mana, and aside from exquisite swordsmanship, he also had several self-refined Magical Treasures. Once the fight started, they even gained an advantage.

Shi Feiyang moved invisibly, accurately estimating the location of the hidden books and found the Red Cloud's sleeping chamber, entering it to find the entrance to the Underground Palace.

Unaware of how to open it and preparing to break through the ground to enter, he suddenly felt someone come in.

It was Zhu Heniang, whom he had encountered at the Bell Tower before. She was sneaky and looked around with a guilty conscience, walking quickly and lightly into the sleeping chamber.

Standing in front of a large red bed strewn with petals, she took a deep breath and first said, "Master, I'm sorry!"

Then, she took out a small banner and muttered some words before waving it, causing the entire bed to disappear instantaneously, revealing an entrance to the Underground Palace.

Zhu Heniang looked pleased and hurriedly entered.

It turned out that she had realized Red Cloud couldn't resist the invaders and had come in to steal the scriptures.

Shi Feiyang didn't know what to say. Zhu Heniang had been afflicted by his Secret Demon Great Technique, Divine Needle Acupuncture, Demon Fire Burning Body, and the illusion of Heavenly, and Red Cloud must have gone through a lot of trouble to dispel the Magic and save her in such a short time. Yet, she had taken advantage of the crisis in her sect to come and steal the scriptures.

The interior of the Underground Palace was also exquisitely and lavishly furnished, with a White Jade Cloud Bed, a Golden Incense Burner, and a large desk with the base of a Green Jade inlaid golden Flood Dragon, where a Jade Box was enshrined, containing a silk book.

The book lay open, emanating a golden light, and within the luminescence, there hovered a deity from ancient times.

The god's frame was robust and towering, with sword-like sideburns and two horns on his head. His eyes were closed, as if he were in light slumber.

Upon seeing this ancient deity, Shi Feiyang's heart skipped a beat, immediately thinking that this must be Chi You, or to be precise, a fragment of Chi You's Primordial Spirit...

Before he fully understood, that Zhu Heniang had already run over, kneeling in front of the desk to pray. She claimed that a formidable enemy had arrived and that she was under her master's order to transfer the scriptures.

Suddenly, the deity "Chi You" opened his eyes, and a red light shot out from his gaze onto Zhu Heniang's head, instantly pinning her Primordial Spirit in place: "You are lying!"

With a stretch of his hand, Zhu Heniang's Primordial Spirit flew out from her body and into the golden light, where the ancient god grabbed her by the neck.

Zhu Heniang was terrified and unable to struggle, only managing to plead, "I speak the absolute truth, a formidable enemy has indeed come..."

"An enemy comes, then kill them! Why flee? Clinging to life in such a manner, how can you inherit the Dao of Emperor Chi You!"

After he spoke, he opened his mouth wide and devoured Zhu Heniang's Primordial Spirit in one gulp.

Then, he turned towards Shi Feiyang, with the red light from his eyes shooting forth again, intending to pin Shi Feiyang's Primordial Spirit in the same manner.

Shi Feiyang was quite familiar with this tactic. The head of the three thousand Fierce Beasts in the Yu Ding, the Elephant Dragon, had the same skill—to nail a person's Primordial Spirit with red light from their eyes.

As the red light approached, Shi Feiyang had already taken out the Nine Heavens Yuan Yang Ruler, releasing three Golden Flowers above his head to shield himself. As the Golden Flowers blossomed, the red light hit them, causing ripples of golden waves and a shower of red stars.

"Guang Chengzi!" Chi You recognized the origin of this Jade Ruler.

In truth, when the Yellow Emperor defeated Chi You, he had not yet sought Dao from Guang Chengzi. Nineteen years after the Yellow Emperor unified the land, he visited Guang Chengzi on Kongtong Mountain to learn what the Great Dao was, how to cultivate himself, and how to rule the world so that his people could live better lives.

However, by then Guang Chengzi had already lived more than a thousand two hundred years and was well-known. Chi You was aware of him too and had even visited him, even hoping that Guang Chengzi would help him seize the world.

Guang Chengzi declined, citing irreconcilable differences in their respective Daoist paths.

Chi You, not nearly as polite as the Yellow Emperor, almost exploded in rage, threatening to blow up Kongtong Mountain and burn Guang Chengzi's stone cavern abode.

The two did not engage in a full battle, but they did have a confrontation. It was then that Chi You saw that Jade Ruler in the hands of Guang Chengzi.

Guang Chengzi told Chi You that he had deviated from the great Dao passed down from his ancient ancestor Emperor Jun. Not only would his people and realm not last, but he would also struggle to die well in the future.

Chi You flew into a rage, intent on killing Guang Chengzi.

They dueled in the stone box, Chi You unleashing many spells capable of toppling mountains and cleaving earth, all of which were suppressed and unraveled by Guang Chengzi. Afterward, he lectured him on the Dao of Emperor Jun.

Emperor Jun, also a descendant of the matriarchal lineage after Nuwa, conducted himself by observing the Dao of heaven, aligning with heavenly acts, setting the heavenly Dao to determine the fate of humans. The fundamental principles of his teachings were unwavering and universal.

Yet, once it reached Chi You, who commanded various Eastern Yi tribes, he began to forsake the human path, sliding back into the innate nature of beasts, the law of the survival of the fittest, cultivating a taste for sheer brutality.

Ancient humanity developed the concept of "humanity" and derived from it the virtues of morality, benevolence, propriety, wisdom, and fidelity, because such principles better organized human society into a powerful collective. This enabled humans to survive in the treacherous wild and quickly surpass other beasts, becoming sovereigns of the primordial world.

Chi You's renunciation of the human path for the Demon Path broke with the ways of his ancestor Emperor Jun, who once observed the heavens and earth, allowing his two wives to measure the sun and moon to establish calendars, and his children to classify all things to create boats and rafts.

Upon hearing Guang Chengzi's reasoning, Chi You ceased his attacks. He was aware of the ways of Emperor Jun yet did not accept them. He believed that humans were merely beasts of a different kind. To him, someone like Guang Chengzi, who had lived more than twelve hundred years, was also a demon, and in his eyes, a "Little Demon" of younger age at that.

The intrinsic nature of the world is survival of the fittest, and it ought to be embraced as such. The contriving of "humanity" is superfluous and is nothing but a tool of the cunning and deceptive among humans to facilitate their rule and restrain natural instincts. Everyone should live freely, relying on their own abilities and doing as they please!

He even made a bet with Guang Chengzi that he would ultimately triumph. Once he conquered the world, he would return to find Guang Chengzi, make him descend the mountain on his knees, and acknowledge him as a master.

Later, he rallied a multitude of Eastern tribes, along with the Seventy-two Cave Demon Kings and Thirty-six Demon Kings, all admiring his formidable strength and voluntarily joining his ranks for battle. His forces stormed the Central Plains, initially achieving consecutive victories... until the Yellow Emperor received military strategies taught by the Nine Heavens Profound Girl.

Chi You had never seen the Nine Heavens Profound Girl and did not believe that the heavens would aid his opponent.

In the natural realm, all beings compete freely, the weak are prey to the strong, and only the fittest survive. If the heavens truly sent down Heavenly Gods to assist his opponent, then there was no point in talking about the naturalness of Heavenly Dao. The notion that heaven and earth are impartial would be a complete jest. Clearly, heaven and earth would be more benevolent towards humanity and less so towards other beings. If such were the case, then heaven and earth would prove partial, and their existence could be doomed!

He knew that the Yellow Emperor's military tactics—the Taiyin, Liu Ren, Qimen, and the like—all stemmed from Heaven and Earth numerology. Moreover, Yin Yang Five Elements Eight Diagrams had existed since the time of Fu Xi, who brought these to great fruition. He firmly believed that these were all derived by the Yellow Emperor and his ministers through their own deductions.

Even the Heavenly Mirror was crafted by the Yellow Emperor with his people.

Heavenly, heavenly. Emperor Xuanyuan gave such a name to his Magical Treasure, merely to win over the people in the name of the Emperor!

Chi You scoffed at everything the Yellow Emperor had done. Although the term "hypocrite" did not exist in his era, he perceived the Yellow Emperor as embodying such an image.

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