Ordinary disciples of the Mystics Yin Sect used only a set of nine, eighteen, or twenty-seven rods to arrange their arrays, and it was rare to see thirty-six.

Because it was difficult for a single person to control that many "Evil Spirits," although they were not as subtly influential as Divine Demons, they brought a powerful recoil when used, continuously impacting the user's Primordial Spirit Soul. Once they could not be suppressed, they would "rebel" and devour their master, even more ferociously than Divine Demons.

The original Evil Corpse Gu Chen used eighty-one rods, which already constituted the complete Mystics Yin Soul Refining Formation, and once activated, it shook heaven and earth.

The Sky Lusting Sect Leader, Gu Chen, used eighty-one rods for a complete Mystics Yin Soul Refining Formation that covered all three hundred miles of the Mystics Yin Island. The contained fierce and Evil Spirits were even more formidable, each a "stitched monster" refined from thousands of demon gods' and humans' souls, capable of causing a disaster on their own.

When this array operated, it could muddle Yin Yang, twist time and space, and for others, even if they weren't instantly killed or refined, they'd be like a lone boat in a vast sea, barely able to protect themselves.

Shi Feiyang was enveloped in purple and blue Divine Light, holding the Heavenly Mirror in one hand and the Yu Guang Disc in the other, which he affixed to the back of the treasure mirror. A breath of Immortal Energy upon it and the mirror shot out a beam of awe-inspiring light.

The Yu Guang Disc affixed to the back of the mirror resulted in the forward beam containing the Twenty-Eight Constellations, the Heavenly Stars, the Yellow Path's Twelve Star Palaces, and the likes—all evolved by the Huaxia Immortals from the Yellow Path, also inclusive of the Seven Birds Fire Pearl transformed from the main star, left by the past Hundred Birds Daoist, where each held the imagery of Ancient Times' spiritual beasts formed by the Sun, Moon, and five stars.

This light beam shot straight out, piercing through the evil clouds and Evil Spirits on its path!

Within a dark cloud, a stitched monster beast spewed a thousand beams of evil light to clash with the Divine Light of the treasure mirror.

When the two powerful lights met, the evil light crumbled and dissipated in an instant, followed by the mirror's golden light enveloping the monster.

Such a ferocious stitched creature, caught in the mirror light, was like being trapped and sealed in a mountain-like copper and iron fortification. It roared and struggled furiously but couldn't shake the mirror light at all.

The Mystics Yin Beast-Gathering Banner holding the creature, upon being illuminated by the mirror light, had its Mystics Yin Talismans peel off, fluttering like venomous snakes and earthworms, dissipating in the golden mirror light.

An array's strength lies in the fact that once one point is controlled, it immediately triggers the whole, pulling one hair and moving the body.

If it were just one Mystics Yin Beast-Gathering Banner alone, Shi Feiyang could easily break it.

But as soon as one banner was attacked, a thousand banners around it responded at once.

Nine complete Mystics Yin Soul Refining Formations attacked from the left, nine from the right, and nine from behind, totaling two thousand one hundred and eighty-seven evil banners, each with its Evil Spirit baring fangs, launching a synchronized assault on Shi Feiyang.

Shi Feiyang had no time to shatter the one in front of him, so he turned the mirror light behind, sweeping away while his body, wrapped in a purple and blue light cocoon, shot lightning-fast in the opposite direction.

In urgent situations, unable to break the formation and pressed for time, he needed to quickly traverse it to find Jiang Shu.

And while he and Deng Yin passed through the Mystics Yin Formation, the fight at Jiuhua Mountain had already begun.

After announcing the start of the swordfight, there was no exchange of verbal sparring or accusations; Li Yingqiong of the Emei Sect rushed ahead of her fellow disciples, swiftly taking the Purple Ying Sword to the center of the field.

"Li Yingqiong of the Emei Sect stands here! Who from the Wutai Sect will come to fight?"

Being a junior, logically, it should have been Fang Ying or Yuan Hao from the Wutai Sect's side to fight, at most Jiang Shu or Situ Xingming.

Considering Li Yingqiong had the Purple Ying Sword, Xu Feiniang realized none of these people were a match and decided to take action herself, "Let me meet the Purple Ying of the Emei Sect with my Hundred Spirits Immortal-Slaying Sword!"

Before she could finish, Taiyin Hunyuan Ancestor reached out to stop her, "I'll go instead!"

Everyone was stunned; the other side had sent a junior, and they were fielding their strongest trump card hierarch, which seemed disproportionate.

Even the normally indifferent and uninvolved Mahayana Venerable Sikong Zhan stood up to offer, "Or let me go with my Lie Que Double Hooks..."

"No need, I'll go!" Taiyin Hunyuan Ancestor, asserting his authority, soared into the fray.

Seeing Taiyin Hunyuan Ancestor enter the battle, the Emei Sect was taken aback, and they all worried for Li Yingqiong.

Several elders even discussed with Qi Shuming about substituting Li Yingqiong.

Li Yingqiong herself was gleaming with excitement, fearless, "You've come at the right time! Today I shall use the Purple Ying Sword to slay demons and eradicate evil!"

With a gesture, the Purple Ying Sword transformed into a hundred-zhang-long purple rainbow, shooting directly at Taiyin Hunyuan Ancestor.

Li Yingqiong had reached the threshold of becoming a Heavenly Immortal, not far from Ascension. Although she was a junior, her accumulated cultivation over a millennium was more than that of Taiyin Hunyuan Ancestor by four or five hundred years!

The cultivation of her past lives exploded in this lifetime, and when combined with the exertion of the Purple Ying Sword, there were indeed few in this world who could withstand her strike.

Taiyin Hunyuan Ancestor didn't dare to take her lightly and promptly brought out the Heavenly Demon Immortal Slaying Sword.

His Heavenly Demon Immortal Slaying Sword, with Chi You's Primordial Spirit as the Sword Spirit, meticulously nourished over the years, immediately caused a change in the wind and clouds upon its release.

Within a radius of three thousand miles, all beings—be they human, immortal, demon, ghost, bird, or beast—felt the premonition of a great calamity approaching!

Atop Jiuhua Mountain, in an instant, an eerie silence engulfed everything; not even insects dared to make a sound, and fish sank to the bottom of the water, as even the usual mountain mist and breeze came to a halt.

All the Sword Immortals present felt tingles on their scalps and had trouble breathing.

As soon as the Demon Sword appeared, the world was immediately covered with a red filter, turning into a hundred-yard Blood Rainbow that charged towards the Purple Ying Sword.

When the Immortal and the Demon Sword clashed in midair, they emitted a deafening clang of metal on metal, exploding into a myriad of purple sparks and thousands of red beams!

Next, the two swords entwined in a flurry of sparks, resembling two dragons—one purple, one red—in a fierce struggle.

Since its creation, the Heavenly Demon Immortal Slaying Sword had never met its match; whenever it struck, it would invariably cleave the opponent in two, regardless of whether it was a Magical Treasure or a Flying Sword, all were severed without fail.

Today, it had met its first formidable opponent in the Purple Ying Sword.

The Sword Spirit Chi You was gradually exerting its might, and the space between heaven and earth was getting redder. The midday sun turned into a red "salted duck egg yolk," its motions causing everyone's blood to roil as if it would be sucked out from their bodies, and their Primordial Spirit Souls felt as though they would be extracted from afar!

The Elders of the various sects had anticipated that the Heavenly Demon Immortal Slaying Sword would be powerful, but they hadn't expected it to be this formidable.

They each instructed their disciples to retreat and used their Flying Sword Magical Treasures to protect themselves while concentrating intensely to prevent their souls from being sucked away.

The Heavenly Demon Immortal Slaying Sword wasn't directly targeting them, and even at a distance, it made them extremely uncomfortable; Li Yingqiong, who faced it head-on, suffered even more!

It was only because her Primordial Spirit had reached the state of Pure Yang and she practiced the orthodox teachings of the Mysterious Sect that she wasn't stripped of all her spiritual energy.

She repeatedly spurted True Qi to drive the Purple Ying Sword in a series of fierce attacks, all suppressed by the might of the Heavenly Demon Immortal Slaying Sword.

The sword momentum of the Taiyin Hunyuan Ancestor was like five tall mountains, firmly rooted to the earth. Even though the Purple Ying Sword was formidable, it couldn't shake them.

The short elder Zhu Mei, seeing that Li Yingqiong was bound to lose if the fight continued, sent a message to Zhou Qingyun: "You must go and assist Yingqiong niece immediately!"

Zhou Qingyun said, "Today's fight is a swordfight; winning by outnumbering the opponent could give others cause for criticism."

Zhu Mei said, "You two are juniors; attacking one with two is not a big deal. Hurry, only by fusing Purple and Blue can we combat that Demon Sword."

Zhou Qingyun also noticed that Li Yingqiong's situation was becoming increasingly perilous. If no one helped her soon, she would have to resort to using her Magical Treasure and activating the Muni Ding Bead.

She released the Green Rope Sword, which transformed into a hundred-yard Green Rainbow and flew straight across: "Wutai Sect Hierarch, don't get too proud. Does your Demon Sword dare to contend with our fused Purple and Blue?"

She was very clever; her words had several implications. First, she made it clear that the opponent wielded a "Demon Sword," setting the stage for a battle of good versus evil. Since she was on the side of good and the opponent was evil, resorting to unconventional means was understandable. Second, it provoked the Taiyin Hunyuan Ancestor, suggesting that the most powerful technique of the Emei Sect was the fusion of Purple and Blue, challenging, "Your Demon Sword is so formidable, do you dare to fight us?"

"Well done!" exclaimed Taiyin Hunyuan Ancestor. "Let me experience this fusion of Purple and Blue from the Emei Sect."

Zhou Qingyun joined the fray. The Purple Ying Sword and the Green Rope Sword tangled with the Heavenly Demon Immortal Slaying Sword, fighting even more fiercely.

Previously watching from the sidelines, whenever the Heavenly Demon Immortal Slaying Sword spun towards her or pointed its tip from afar, or its sword edge seemed to slice through the air, Zhou Qingyun felt extremely uncomfortable—a sensation of being pierced or bisected by the Demon Sword, with her Primordial Spirit intermittently losing focus.

Now that she was up close and engaging in combat, she truly realized the exceptional power of this Demon Sword.

The Green Rope Sword was typically unbeatable, but now it faced tremendous pressure. Its operation was sluggish, as if a mountain weighed on her chest. Mana flowed out like floodwaters through an open sluice, yet she still felt overtaxed.

Fight as he might against two, the Taiyin Hunyuan Ancestor still maintained the upper hand!

Seeing that she could not prevail this way, Li Yingqiong gritted her teeth and shouted, "Dual Sword Fusion!"

In harmony, the two of them performed hand seals simultaneously, causing the swords to fuse into a spectacular Purple and Blue long rainbow, with a momentum that seemed to split heaven and earth, slashing wildly at their opponent.

The Heavenly Demon Immortal Slaying Sword also issued a long cry, the Demon Light on its body surging, showing no fear, bravely meeting the onslaught.

The clashing sounds rang out chaotically, purple light exploded, green light scattered wildly, and large patches of pale red Demon Light sprinkled all around like rain.

"The Purple Ying and Green Rope Swords of the Emei Sect, the so-called Mountain Guardian Divine Swords, are merely overrated," declared Taiyin Hunyuan Ancestor loudly. "Isn't the Emei Sect also home to the Seven Repairs? Don't they have Heavenly Wisdom and E Yi Guang? Don't they also boast about some ridiculous Golden Fierce Fire Sword and Mandarin Duck Lightning Sword? Bring them all out, and I will eradicate them all today!"

The onlookers were stupefied; they all saw that the Purple Ying and Green Rope Swords lived up to their reputation, especially the fusion of Purple and Blue, which was truly capable of slaying gods and demons and possessed the power to rend the skies. If it were they who faced this challenge, they would have been cleaved in two, along with their swords!

True, the Heavenly Demon Immortal Slaying Sword was exceedingly powerful, but it was already slightly at a disadvantage against the fusion of Purple and Blue. It was only the accompanying magic of the sword that was terrifying, this ability to remotely suck blood and snatch souls made everyone's heart tremble with fear...

Nevertheless, having met a formidable match, the Taiyin Hunyuan Ancestor still seemed dissatisfied and continuously urged more opponents to join the fray, inviting a group assault upon him?

Initially, everyone thought the Emei Sect was somewhat cheating by fighting two against one, but as it involved the younger generation, it could be justified.

Members of the Wutai Sect were indignant, ready to join the battle if another member from their side got involved. They prepared for their opportunity to attack in pairs. However, they were left dumbfounded by their Sect Leader's words...

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