From the moment the Demon Mother appeared to when all the enemies were slain, it was no more than three to five minutes.

Nine little demons were still gnawing at the Golden Silkworms. In just a short while, they invented many new ways of eating them. Some released Demon Fire to roast them, some tore the Golden Silkworms apart and wrung out the juice, consuming only the bodily fluids, while others froze them to eat like ice pops.

As they ate this way, their efficiency was slow. The battle had already ended, yet their bodies were still covered with Golden Silkworms.

The Demon Mother came over, intending to cast a spell to kill all the Golden Silkworms, but the nine little demons hastily stopped her, having yet not had enough fun.

The Demon Mother urgently said, "The master is dueling with Elder Kuzhu and has summoned me repeatedly. We must hurry back now!"

The little demons dissatisfied, "He's dueling with Elder Kuzhu, why summon us?"

"Exactly, he usually acts all high and mighty with us, scolding us from morning till night, always ready to punish us. He's so formidable, yet now that he can't beat someone else, he actually comes to ask for our help?"

The Demon Mother grew impatient, "Stop your useless talk and follow me quickly!"

She was about to cast another spell when the little demons hurriedly got up from the ground, scraping off the worms crawling on their faces, "No, no, no, Mother, please don't trouble yourself, we'll handle it!"

The nine of them each opened their mouths wide, tearing the corners of their mouths to an extreme extent, and each emitted a beam of Demon Light that enveloped all the Golden Silkworm Gu on their bodies. Then they took a deep breath.

This breath caused the sky to darken, the sun and moon lost their light, and they inhaled continuously for several minutes, sucking all the Gu Worms into their stomachs. Then, with lingering satisfaction, they licked their lips and patted their bellies, "All dealt with now!"

The Demon Mother waved her hand, collected them all and then went to find Lin Han and Shi Sheng, "We need to hurry back to Baiyang Mountain!"

Lin Han, seeing her urgency, realized that Baiyang Mountain must be in the middle of a battle. His master once mentioned that Zhushan Sect and many other evil forces were planning to attack Baiyang Mountain to capture Mo Zhui and the others.

This return would undoubtedly be extremely dangerous.

He expressed his gratitude to Sikong Ping and the others, then took the initiative to bid them farewell.

Sikong Ping and Ouyang Hong had stopped by to help and naturally could not be asked to continue on this perilous journey.

However, Luo Lu and Qiu Zhixian were specifically there for Qiu Yuan. As elders witnessing their nephew's apprenticeship, they definitely intended to go.

Sikong Ping also generously said, "Although our Mana is insufficient, we've heard that many demons are seeking the Queen Mother Grass. We can't compete with old monsters like the Red-haired Ancestor, but fighting ordinary demons is still possible."

Having put it this way, if Lin Han were to refuse again, it would seem as if he were dismissing their abilities, so they all decided to go together.

The reason the Demon Mother hadn't departed earlier was to ensure Lin Han and Shi Sheng were completely ready before returning, and to hand over Yu Ding and the Heavenly Demon Sword; now that their chatter was over, she waved her hand, transforming everyone into a streak of red Demon Light that moved instantaneously.

At this moment at Baiyang Mountain, Shi Feiyang and Elder Kuzhu had reached the most critical point.

For a top expert like Elder Kuzhu, most methods were ineffective; they could only clash with real skill.

Naturally, the initial divinations and calculations were also part of that real skill.

Elder Kuzhu thought Shi Feiyang had gone to Tu Cui Peak. He reached Baiyang Mountain intending to employ a strategy of attacking the unguarded, capturing the Mo Zhui brothers along with all the pygmies from the Dwarf Kingdom and taking them to Wuzhong Ridge in Great Wilderness Mountain to present these dwarfs to the son of the Green Emperor, Giant Wood God, as palace toys.

Shi Feiyang was waiting for him in the valley, planning to provoke him to duel elsewhere by causing a catastrophic split between heaven and earth!

However, just before Elder Kuzhu arrived, another figure clad in black, an old woman, reached the valley. It turned out to be Luo Lu, another member of the two elders of the great wilderness.

Seeing it was her, Shi Feiyang immediately went out to meet her.

The three teacher-brothers were there, Elder Kuzhu as the eldest, Luo Lu the second, and Han Xiao the youngest.

Elder Kuzhu and Lu Yu are known as the Two Elders of the Great Wilderness and are also counted among the Cosmic Six Strange.

Han Xiao was also quite formidable, having found the ancient Immortal's cave beneath the White Rhinoceros Pond. He gathered more than a hundred Magical Treasures, including the Divine Yu Order and the Ruyi Water Smoke Net, which are Ancient Treasures.

However, the cultivation methods practiced by the three were not from the mainstream schools; their path to immortality did not have as many rules and regulations as the Mysterious Sect, but it was exceedingly perilous, becoming more arduous as they progressed further.

At last, Han Xiao nearly had his body and soul destroyed under the Heavenly Tribulation, but he was saved by using Master Changmei's Golden Saber Soldier Resolution and regained his vitality.

The Dao Level and spells of the Two Elders of the Great Wilderness were much higher than Han Xiao's, reaching the pinnacle of this realm. In terms of Mana alone, there were hardly any who could surpass them by much. Even if there were some differences in level, there were no class disparities; however, they too had to face the imminent heavenly and earthly great calamity.

In the original story, both chose to seek support from the Emei Sect; Elder Kuzhu voluntarily exchanged the Heavenly Heart Ring and Yin Ring for the Qi Jincan from the Giant Wood God and Lu Yu eagerly helped Li Yingqiong and others guard the Illusion Wave Pool, secretly casting spells to deal with Ji Nan.

In fact, considering that Lu Yu had helped Master Changmei acquire the Purple and Blue Double Swords a thousand years ago, her connection with the Emei Sect was even better.

But now everything had changed. Although Elder Kuzhu still chose to support the Emei Sect, he ended up forging an irresolvable deadly enmity with Shi Feiyang, which had escalated to a life-and-death struggle by now.

However, Lu Yu didn't have this burden. As a practitioner from a side path, her temperament was extreme and peculiar, unrestrained by rules and regulations. The greater her power, the more wanton and lawless she was.

The Two Elders of the Great Wilderness had had conflicts a thousand years ago, plotting against each other and battling incessantly, with their grievances growing ever more immense. By now, the two hadn't spoken in over a hundred years.

Back then, Elder Kuzhu had suffered a great loss at the hands of Shi Feiyang, which Lu Yu found quite satisfying. However, upon careful calculation, she discovered that Shi Feiyang was not a native Demon Dragon of this realm, but his Primordial Spirit came from another world.

She calculated further, tracing back to his origins to explore where Shi Feiyang came from.

As an Immortal who would meditate in ancient caves and deserted mountains for decades or even centuries, she took no interest in the various high-tech objects of Earth, such as mechanical gears, levers, and electric chips; she understood their principles at a glance.

To her, these were all ingenious but licentious skills.

Indeed, for a person cultivating towards immortality, true freedom meant not relying on external objects, not even depending on external elements like wind, rain, lightning, or thunder. All power had to come from within oneself.

Having reached such a level in her cultivation, she no longer desired to even use the Flying Sword Magical Treasure.

Long-distance Transmission, Teleportation, Moving Mountains and Filling Seas, Controlling Lightning—all these were at her fingertips, and this was the true essence of freedom.

That method of confining oneself in a metal box, burning fuel, and needing heating and cooling, not to get burned or frozen… in her view, these were mere tricks of physical mortals.

Her concern was why Shi Feiyang could travel from that world to this one.

Initially, she suspected Shi Feiyang was a Heavenly Demon, a demon from beyond their realm, summoned here by secret techniques.

She revisited all causal connections related to Shi Feiyang, from any point in time, both past and future, and ruled out that reason.

Eventually, she found that both Deng Yin and Gongye Huang had gone to that other world!

Thus, she also contemplated descending to that other realm using her own methods, without alerting anyone, quietly observing the two worlds.

Over ten years ago, Shi Feiyang sought treasures in the Qiao Mountain Sacred Tomb; simultaneously, both the Yuanjiang Golden Ship and the Mingyu Immortal Market were attacked by various evil beings.

At that time, Lu Yu had already determined that Shi Feiyang was the person who could help her transcend the tribulation. Knowing that the Yuan River situation didn't need her intervention, she took the initiative, flying from the East Sea to help Deng Bagu drive away several formidable demons.

She never showed herself, speaking only a few words with Deng Bagu and Zhu Changyuan.

She said she particularly liked Zhu Changyuan and invited him to visit the Southern Star Plain of the Great Wilderness Mountain in the future, then she left.

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