The Red Lotus Demon hurriedly rushed through the Earth Axis, emerging from Wuding Island, and as he passed over the North Sea, the Tribulation Qi above him had become visibly apparent to the naked eye!

A speck of Nine Heavens Divine Fire was condensing at the highest point in the sky, accompanied by the Shenxiao Mad Thunder that only he could hear...

The Red Lotus Demon dared not delay any longer and, fleeing as fast as he could, he hurried back to West Kunlun, slipped through the cliffs, and returned to his lair.

Hiding in the Red Lotus Cave Heaven, quite some time had passed before the tribulation clouds outside slowly dissipated.

Even with his Mana so powerful as to be divine, he still experienced a heart-pounding terror.

Considering the strength of his Mana and the deeds he had done in past years, the Heavenly Tribulation he triggered was extraordinary; it made the standard Forty-Nine Tribulations of an Independent Immortal look like child's play by comparison!

He steadied his spirit and looked at the Heaven and Earth Harmony Fragrance in his hand, took a long breath, and stepped back into the palace.

After entering the back hall of the Demon Palace, on the spacious bed, the Saintess appeared as a girl less than three feet tall, with her hair draped over her shoulders, and sitting cross-legged, barefoot.

"My dear wife! Have you missed your husband?" teased the Red Lotus Demon.

Jiayin did not reply at all, her body and mind unmoved and steadfast as if she heard and saw nothing.

"Heh, you ignore me, but it doesn't matter. Your husband has specifically gone to the Outer Heaven Divine Mountain this time to bring back something good. Can you guess what it is?"

Of course, no answer came.

The Red Lotus Demon took out the Heaven and Earth Harmony Fragrance and asked Jiayin, "There's a nefarious being on the Outer Heaven Divine Mountain that had turned into a dragon called Shi Feiyang. Do you know of him? It's said that he killed the Myriad Cold Centipede, took advantage of One Light Master's Heavenly Punishment to destroy it, and with the help of Elder Lu Yu, he ambushed Elder Kuzhu. But he has already been eradicated by Grandmaster Ha Ha. This treasure, called Heaven and Earth Harmony Fragrance, contains the Essence Blood of Xuanwu during the time of turtle and snake union. Even Primordial Spirits, Nascent Souls, and ghostly beings would be overwhelmed by this fragrance."

Upon hearing these words, Jiayin finally opened her eyes and stared at the incense stick in the hands of the Red Lotus Demon.

The Red Lotus Demon, seeing her react, was very pleased and said to Jiayin, "I still hope you can cultivate the Heavenly Demon Great Technique I taught you and then work with me... It will be mutually beneficial for both of us. When we join as husband and wife, we will become inseparable, able to withstand the Heavenly Tribulation in this realm together, achieve eternal life, and ascend to the Otherworldly Demon Realm. In the future, I will be the Demon King, you will be the Demon Queen, we will rule supreme. Why would you refuse such a joy?"

Jiayin finally spoke, "You evil demon! You've cultivated for over a thousand years and still indulge in delusional daydreams! Now, as the tribulation looms near, you continue to commit heinous acts, utterly incurable!"

The Red Lotus Demon sighed, took an incense burner, and lit the incense stick in it, and said, "Today, I truly witnessed the Heavenly Tribulation; indeed it's ferocious, but well, I have this Red Lotus Cave Heaven, and the Heavenly Tribulation can do nothing to me. Can the Shenxiao Heavenly Thunder even strike inside here?"

As the incense stick burned, wisps of fragrance wafted through the air.

The Red Lotus Demon tried a breath and indeed felt a rush of sweetness at his heart, a warm sensation throughout his body...

"It's the blood from the turtle-snake union; such crossbreeding is rare, and ones with Dao Level can only form the Essence Blood of Xuanwu under the right heavenly and earthly conditions. That Evil Dragon really had some luck to obtain such a treasure." While he was speaking, he took three more breaths, and suddenly a strong drowsiness overwhelmed him, alerting him, "Something's not right!"

He put down the incense burner, retreated a few steps, and already began to stagger.

How potent! The old demon was in shock: What kind of poison is this? It could actually take me down!

He swiftly waved his hand, and the incense in the incense burner shattered to dust, yet it didn't disperse, all falling inside the burner.

He was still not sure if this was the natural effect of the Heaven and Earth Harmony Fragrance and decided to treat this intense drowsiness first before thoroughly studying and analyzing it later.

At that moment, he felt someone had entered the Cave Heaven and urgently tried to leave, only to take a few steps before he felt weak at the knees and nearly fell.

Sitting down on the spot in resentment, he hastily began casting, exhaling a beam of Demon Light, which formed a light screen in front of him, displaying a scene:

Grandmaster Ha Ha was entering from the outside of the cave, quickly flying towards the Demon Palace.

This Red Lotus Cave Heaven wasn't just a place anyone could enter or leave; the cave's entrance required his unique spell to pass through, and outsiders wouldn't even find it because it wasn't in the same space-time!

Whenever he held the Red Lotus Dharma Assembly every sixty years, those who wanted to participate had to kneel outside in advance, requesting permission to enter, in order to receive his Red Lotus Guide and gain entry.

Aside from that, the vast Lotus pond and thousands of Plum Blossoms in front of the cave had extremely strong Magic Restrictions and were imbued with the most formidable Arrays of the Demon Path; any outsider that entered would surely get trapped, and over time, they'd undoubtedly die!

However, these methods couldn't stop a supreme master like Grandmaster Ha Ha; for him, entering was as if treading on level ground. Many arrays didn't even activate, and the few that did were quickly suppressed by his casting.

Red Lotus the Old Demon was taken aback, realizing he had fallen into the enemy's scheme!

He hurriedly flew backward until he reached the spacious bed, landing behind the Saintess Jiayin. Then, with a wave of his hands, the red gauze curtains on both sides automatically fell down, covering the two of them inside.

Grandmaster Ha Ha, who was also Shi Feiyang, entered the Demon Palace soon after.

"Ha Ha, my fellow Daoist, what urgent matter brings you here so hastily?" Red Lotus the Old Demon's voice came from behind the curtain, still deep and stable, betraying no hint of emotional fluctuation, as if everything was under his control.

Shi Feiyang said, "I've come to ask you, my fellow Daoist, when will your Red Lotus bloom again?"

This question baffled Red Lotus the Old Demon.

He knew that "Grandmaster Ha Ha" was never a good person, being one of the three demons among the Southwest Five Marvels and even more ferocious and brutal than the Cosmic Six Strange. His early use of the fragrance to poison him was clearly malicious.

However, he didn't know what the other party's real intentions were. He thought he would be faced with an unbearable demand or even a direct attack, but he hadn't expected to be asked about this.

Red Lotus the Old Demon said, "The Red Lotus assembly hasn't been convened for sixty or seventy cycles, and I've been cultivating the Demon Technique and several powerful Magical Treasures all these years. Now that the great disaster is approaching, I have even less desire to hold it. Why do you suddenly ask this? Do you wish to attend?"

In the past, when assemblies were called, Grandmaster Ha Ha had never come.

Shi Feiyang chuckled, "That's not it. When I came in just now, I saw a unique and separate space world, with thousands of acres of Red Lotus and ten thousand Plum Blossoms. It's truly captivating."

Red Lotus the Old Demon was impatient with his idle talk, but at that moment, he wished for nothing more than for Feiyang to speak longer, buying him enough time to dispel the severe poison within his body using his Mana.

Shi Feiyang continued, "There aren't many in the world who can independently create a Space-time Law Realm. The most famous is the one from Iron City Mountain, who, following the Buddhist 'Ksitigarbha Sutra,' created a world of his own. It is said to contain a sea within which lies the Great Iron City Mountain, surrounded by eight layers of Hell in each cardinal direction.

Within each layer of Hell, countless Divine Demons and evil ghosts are imprisoned, a place worth yearning for. You saw earlier that Outer Heaven Divine Mountain is where I cultivate my Dao. Although it's called 'Outer Heaven,' it's still within this world. I wish to independently create a cosmic space-time and include that Outer Heaven Divine Mountain inside it..."

Red Lotus the Old Demon suddenly realized, "My fellow Daoist desires the technique to create a Grotto Heaven World – I can share it with you. But even my Mana is limited; this Red Lotus Cave is three hundred miles wide and eight hundred miles long, which is already my limit. I'm nowhere near the Demon Lord of Iron City Mountain. As for including the entire Outer Heaven Divine Mountain, I fear not even the Demonic Monarch himself could achieve that."

Shi Feiyang had long had a plan in place, "Do you know that worlds can also grow and evolve?"

Red Lotus the Old Demon was surprised and did not respond.

"A cosmic world, too, can grow like a blade of grass or a seedling. Your world might be somewhat small, but I believe that with my care and cultivation, it will thrive. And eventually, it will become a towering tree, surely able to encompass my Outer Heaven Divine Mountain someday."

Red Lotus the Old Demon heard this and exploded with rage, "Do you intend to snatch away my Grotto Heaven World?"

Feiyang laughed and nodded, "Exactly! Though, it would be best if you willingly gave it to me."

"Dream on! You're even more delusional than I am!" Red Lotus the Old Demon roared in anger, "This Red Lotus Dharma Realm is the transformation of my Dharma Body, dependent on my will and breath. As long as I exist, my Dharma Body persists, and so does this world! If I die, my Dharma Body vanishes, and this world along with it! Nobody can take it away! What is your Dao Level that you dare speak such madness in front of me?"

Shi Feiyang laughed, "Of course, I have my methods!"

He finished speaking, took out the Heavenly Secret Demon God Lamp, placed it on the ground before him, then sat cross-legged, loudly chanting a Buddhist invocation, "Amitabha Buddha! Fellow Daoist Jiayin, I have been entrusted by a dear friend to rescue you from suffering. Now that the calamity is nearly over, be prepared!"

Sitting on the large bed, the Saintess Jiayin was also somewhat confused. She sensed that the moment for her to escape the sea of suffering was near, with Amitabha Buddha from the Western direction coming with Guanyin Bodhisattva and Mahasthamaprapta to guide her to ascend to Pure Land... but she was unclear about the specifics.

However, the words of "Grandmaster Ha Ha" left her feeling overwhelmed: Isn't this insanity?

The passphrase was correct, but not the person!

Grandmaster Ha Ha, one of the three demons among the Southwest Five Marvels, a well-known architect of the Evil Cult, her Yihuan Ridge located in the southwestern region, was familiar with Grandmaster Ha Ha; they didn't interact much before... mainly because she didn't dare provoke Grandmaster Ha Ha. This old fiend was notorious in the past, disregarding everyone but a few supreme masters like Shi Pi the Elder, Fire Spirit God, Jile Perfected.

After Jiayin's Cultivation was complete, Ha Ha had deviated, but she knew all too well about Ha Ha's tyranny. Even if just his Primordial Spirit emerged, he could flip Yihuan Ridge upside down!

She didn't meddle with Ha Ha's disciples, and Ha Ha's disciples didn't meddle with her, maintaining a mutually non-interfering relationship that barely kept the peace.

But now... with Ha Ha coming to ferry her away from suffering and claiming to have been sent by an old friend, Jiayin couldn't help but suspect: is this Red Lotus the Old Demon's trick, or is it Grandmaster Ha Ha's trick?

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