Chapter 777: The Tribulation of the Nine Profound Sect
"Yes, grandpa. This time I have gone through several life-and-death battles and was plotted against. If not... I would have almost been buried in the Dark Heaven." Tai Shiba said.
During this period, he was originally going to mention Qin Ziling, but when he thought of his personality and what he had said, he changed his mind and simply skipped mentioning it.
Tai Shijun was a very capable person. When he saw his grandson suddenly change his tone in the middle of his words, he knew that his grandson was hiding something. A hint of surprise and astonishment flashed across his eyes.
However, Tai Shi Jun did not feel unhappy at all . On the contrary, he felt somewhat relieved.
"Who plotted against you?" Tai Shijun asked, without pressing the point that his grandson had omitted.
"Shang Minxiu from Piao Miao Palace and Zhou Ziru from the Zhou family. Shang Minxiu stole a Nine-Leaf Heavenly Pattern Grass from me and killed Tai Shi Cong, while Zhou Ziru took the Heavenly Dao Creation Fruit while I was fighting the Golden Winged Peng Bird. Afterwards, she teamed up with Shang Minxiu and Tian Yuanmao from the Ancient Qi State in the Great Wasteland to ambush me.
But this is a matter of grudges between them and me, Grandpa, please don't worry about it. When I become a Taoist immortal, I will definitely come to them to avenge this hatred." Tai Shiba replied, his eyes full of murderous intent.
"In order to avoid causing a major conflict and causing great turmoil in the Great Savage Sea, we have an agreement among all the major forces to fight for the opportunity of the Dark Emperor Heaven. All the grudges that arise here should be resolved by yourselves, and we will not intervene.
However, Shang Minxiu and Zhou Ziru, who have received such great benefits, actually teamed up with Tian Yuanmao to ambush you. It is obvious that they are planning to keep you in Dark Emperor Heaven. They are really cruel and daring! You must avenge this grudge in the future!" Tai Shijun said angrily when he heard this.
"Repay kindness with kindness and take revenge with revenge. My grandson will definitely avenge this hatred in the future!" said Tai Shiba.
"Haha, well said, we should separate gratitude and resentment. This is my grandson, Tai Shijun! Come on, today is your happy day with a great harvest. Let's not talk about these things for now, let's just drink and eat meat.
"This mountain gypsum meat is so fragrant, chewy and strong. Grandpa has forgotten how many years it has been since I last ate mountain gypsum meat. Thanks to you, I am enjoying it again!" As he said this, Tai Shijun bit off a piece of meat fiercely, chewed it with big mouthfuls, and his mouth was full of oil.
"Grandpa likes to eat it, so let's keep this mountain gourd." Tai Shiba said.
"Haha, it's good enough that you have this filial piety. But giving this mountain jelly meat to me, grandpa, is mainly to satisfy my appetite, but it won't have much effect on nourishing and improving my cultivation.
"I've had a feast today and I'm already satisfied. Let's leave the rest to the outstanding children in the clan. This mountain jellyfish is a precious blood and flesh medicine for them, better than most elixirs." Tai Shijun said.
"Unfortunately, the aura of the flesh and blood of the relic species is strong and violent, and the size of the relic species is often very large. The storage ring specially prepared this time can only carry one or two relic species of the eighth or ninth grade." Tai Shiba said regretfully after hearing this.
"It's already very good to be able to bring back one or two powerful descendants. These are real precious blood and flesh medicines." Tai Shi Jun waved his hand.
The grandfather and grandson rode on a palace-like flying magic vehicle, talking while eating meat and drinking wine, feeling indescribably comfortable and relaxed.
On this day, the palace arrived at the West Sea of Daman.
A sword light broke through the air and landed in front of the palace, revealing a dusty and strong man.
The man had just landed on the platform of the palace when the door slowly opened.
The man hurriedly walked in and knelt on one knee to greet Tai Shi Jun and Tai Shi Ba.
"Is there any news from Jinting City?" Tai Shijun asked.
"Reporting to the head of the family, the number of casualties on this trip to Dark Emperor Heaven is much higher than the last time, especially the strong ones who are ranked high have suffered serious casualties, which is much higher than the previous times." The strong man replied.
" Oh, there is such a thing. Tell me who was killed in it!" Tai Shijun raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard this, revealing a hint of surprise and curiosity.
"Yes, patriarch." The sturdy man responded, and then began to list the death lists of important forces and important figures one by one.
The first one mentioned is Shang Minxiu from Piaomiao Palace, followed by Qi Gui, Ximen Jingli, Zhou Ziru, Chen Yuanji, Tian Yuanmao, Zong Qianhong, Hao Bing and others.
"Shang Minxiu and Zhou Ziru both died in there? Is this news true?" Tai Shiba was incredulous after hearing this.
No one knew the strength of these two people better than him.
The last time the two of them fled, it was simply because they didn't want to fight Qin Ziling and him, not because they were really defeated.
It was precisely for this reason that Tai Shi Ba found it even more difficult to believe that the two of them would die in there.
Because they are not only powerful, but also good at calculations and ways to save their lives. Later, the two of them apparently formed an alliance.
Others may not know these things, but Tai Shi Ba knows them very well.
Even if others said that Si Shaonan died in there, it would be easier for Tai Shi Ba to accept than this news.
"Master Sun, it is absolutely true! It is said that Meng Zongqin, the Palace Master of Piaomiao Palace, was furious. He even went to many forces in the Daman South China Sea to inquire about the news and refused to leave for a long time. The same is true for Zhou Shixin, the head of the Zhou family." The strong man replied.
"Both of them have won great opportunities and have the potential to become immortals. They failed to return safely. It is normal for Meng Zongqin and Zhou Shixin to be furious and behave out of character.
However, both of them had consumed the Heavenly Dao Creation Fruit in Dark Emperor Heaven, and were already at the level of Half-Dao Immortals, yet they both died there. Qi Gui, Ximen Jingli and others were also powerful figures, yet they also died there. This was really unexpected."
Tai Shijun said this, turning his gaze to his grandson.
"After my grandson escaped from the Twelve Underground Palaces Mysterious Gate Formation, he quickly found a place to take the Heavenly Dao Creation Fruit to heal his wounds. When he came out, there was only one year left before the Dark Emperor Heaven would reopen.
During that year, I did inquire about a lot of information, but I didn't hear anything special." Tai Shiba shook his head.
The image of Qin Ziling flashed through his mind, but he immediately denied it!
He was also aware of Qin Ziling's strength.
In a one-on-one situation, Tai Shiba believed that both sides would be defeated, but he didn't believe that Zhou Ziru and Shang Minxiu could be killed, even if he died.
Especially Shang Minxiu, who is already a genuine half-immortal-level powerful figure. Even if she faces a Taoist immortal, she still has some chance of escape. She can be said to be almost invincible in the Dark Emperor Heaven, and it is impossible for anyone to kill her.
The only possibility is that he accidentally entered the extremely dangerous place in the Dark Emperor Heaven and died there.
It was just that so many powerful people died at once, and no special news came out, which was a bit weird.
It is impossible that so many people have accidentally entered the dangerous place. If that were the case, that dangerous place would be as famous as the depths of the Hundred Beasts Mountain Range, and it would be impossible for no news to have leaked out.
"That's really strange!" Tai Shijun shook his head upon hearing this, but soon he laughed and said, "It's good this way, otherwise when they grow up, they will be a big threat to you."
…
Jiuxuan Mountain.
Thousands of feet high, fairy mist surrounds the mountainside like a silk thread, fairy clouds float in the sky, and fairy cranes fly and shuttle among the fairy clouds.
The sun was hanging high in the sky, billions of golden rays were shining down, the clouds were billowing and the scene was magnificent.
It is indeed a holy place for cultivating immortals that is admired and yearned for by countless cultivators in the sea area within a radius of 90 million miles.
However, today, Jiuxuan Mountain does not look like a holy place for cultivating immortals, but instead looks like a netherworld hell.
Hanging in the sky was a bloody sun, with the bloody sunlight shining down, turning Jiuxuan Mountain blood red, as if a basin of dirty blood had been poured on it.
In addition to the bloody sun, there was also a biting and cold wind howling.
The cold wind was as sharp as a knife. As it blew past, some mountain peaks were suddenly cut off and caught in the cold wind, turning into rubble and scattering all over the sky.
The cold wind brought up rolling black evil clouds, which rolled back and forth in the mountains. Wherever they passed, the trees withered and rotted, and the birds and beasts turned into black blood, emitting bursts of foul odor, which then dripped down, making the whole mountain filthy.
As more and more trees withered and rotted, lives were lost, the black evil clouds grew thicker, and the blood light from the blood sun in the sky grew brighter.
The blood light fell on the evil clouds, and the evil clouds were also dyed into blood clouds.
Gradually, the sky above the entire Jiuxuan Mountain was covered by black and blood-colored evil clouds.
Black evil clouds and blood-colored evil clouds continued to gather, like an ancient giant beast slowly closing its mouth to swallow up the entire Jiuxuan Mountain.
In Jiuxuan Mountain, there are eight mysterious peaks and seventy-one earth peaks, and from time to time, precious light rises up into the sky, trying to drive away the black evil clouds and blood-colored evil clouds.
Among them, the precious light from Xuandu Peak and Xuanting Peak is the most radiant.
The precious light of Xuandu Peak was a shocking yellow beam of light that shot up into the sky. When the evil clouds touched the beam of light, they melted like snow and turned into smelly blood rain that fell down.
The precious light of Xuanting Peak is purple electric light.
The purple electric light was extremely strong and masculine, and it transformed into a purple electric dragon that soared in the air. As the dragon's tail and body swung, there was a crackling sound, and countless electric flashes burst out. When the evil clouds touched the electric flashes, they collapsed and scattered, just like broken glass.
The two large light pillars from Xuandu Peak and Xuanting Peak stood on Jiuxuan Mountain, reaching into the sky. The precious lights from the other Xuanfeng and Difeng, except Xuansha Peak and Diyou Peak, were intertwined with them as the center of support, forming a sky light curtain supporting the sky above Jiuxuan Mountain, blocking the erosion and attack of the black and blood-colored evil clouds.
However, there was no precious light on Xuansha Peak and Diyou Peak, which caused gaps to form in these two places, and rolling bloody and evil winds rushed into the two gaps.
The bloody and gloomy wind rushed in, enveloping the entire Xuansha Peak and Diyou Peak.
From a distance, Xuansha Peak looks like a huge blood cocoon.
The living creatures in the mountains, as well as the disciples of the sect, had their bodies exploded, turned into blood rain, and were sucked into the blood cocoon.
Fresh blood was dripping down from the blood cocoon, emitting an endless bloody smell.
The Diyou Peak is like a huge black cocoon.
There were constant shrill ghost cries coming from inside, emitting the terrifying power of death from the underworld.
As the bloody and evil wind rolled in, the living creatures in the mountains were constantly swallowed by the red and black giant cocoons. The two giant cocoons continued to swell, bulging as if they were about to explode at any time and rush towards other mountains and the sky light curtain.
There are black and red evil clouds pressing down from outside, and there is a black and red giant cocoon inside that is constantly growing and may explode at any time. The situation is critical, making people's scalps numb and their hearts tremble with fear.
But at this time, the masters of the eight mysterious peaks and seventy-one earth peaks, their disciples, and the supreme elders who had come out from the back mountain were helpless except to use all their strength to activate the formation and barely hold on to the current situation.
At Xuandu Peak, Sect Master Yue Huai sat cross-legged with a mirror hanging above his head. His originally smooth and delicate face was now dry and wrinkled like old tree bark.
His shiny white hair and eyebrows now turned a deathly gray.
"Uncle, senior brother, there's such a big commotion here, and the message for help has been out for so long, but no one has come. It seems there will be no reinforcements!" Yue Huai said with a wry smile.
There were two old men sitting cross-legged next to Yue Huai.
They are all supreme elders, and their realm is the ninth-grade true immortal. Now, like Yue Huai, their skin is dry and wrinkled, and their hair and beards are gray and dull.
"Haha, isn't the Lord of Lingyun Palace, You Shijin, the General Manager of the Western Route of the Great Barbarian South Sea, representing the Immortal Court to guard the Western Route of the Great Barbarian South Sea, uphold justice, and maintain stability? That's all bullshit!
Didn't they see the massacres being carried out by the Netherworld Palace and the blood sacrifice of hundreds of millions of lives by the old demon Youtong? "One of the supreme elders laughed sadly and pointed his hand upwards to the sky.
"Hold on a little longer! If you really want to destroy it, we will destroy the Nine Palaces and Seventy-two Earthly Evil Formation and help Yin Ranyue escape. This time in the Thunder Cave Heaven, she has learned the Taoist tradition from the ancestor Lei Zhu, and she has the hope of becoming a Taoist immortal in the future.
The power of thunder is huge, and it can overcome the evil magic of the old demon Youtong. As long as she can escape, our Jiuxuan Sect will have a chance to rise again." Another supreme elder said.
"Uncle Master is right. Fortunately, Ran Yue's army has emerged and brought out the true power of Thunder Peak. Otherwise, Xuan Sha Peak and Di You Peak would have rebelled, the formation would have been broken, and the old demon You Tong would have recovered his power. I'm afraid my Jiu Xuan Sect would have been destroyed!" Yue Huai turned his head and looked at Xuan Ting Peak.
At this time, there were still thunder and lightning above Xuanting Peak, which defeated the evil clouds that were gathering.
Yue Huai felt relieved when he saw this.
Outside the formation, a thick blood cloud floated in the sky.
The blood cloud surged, with a blood-red throne suspended above it.
Two blood pythons were entwined around the armrests of the throne, spitting out scarlet tongues from time to time.
A handsome young man in a blood-stained robe sat on the throne, holding a seductive woman in his right hand, with an evil sneer on his lips.
A bead, half red and half black, hung above his head.
The beads slowly rotated, and the blood cloud under the blood-red throne rotated along with it, forming whirlpools.
Under the blood cloud, from the vast ocean of tens of thousands of miles and the islands on it, blood was escaping and was sucked into the vortex of the blood cloud, and then poured into the bead.
The sea was filled with all kinds of corpses.
The island was littered with corpses, each of which was shriveled.
The red and black beads, the red is brighter, as if they could drip blood, and the black is darker, as if they could absorb all the light.
The red and black beads were suspended in the air, absorbing the blood and vitality of countless lives, while at the same time releasing rolling netherworld death force towards Jiuxuan Mountain, creating a whistling cold wind.
This handsome man is none other than the Lord of the Netherworld, Patriarch Youtong.
That bead was his most treasured Taoist treasure, the Blood Underworld Bead.
The Blood Nether Pearl is a mid-grade Taoist treasure of the Xuan class. Ancestor Youtong uses a secret method to activate it, which can be used to sacrifice blood of living beings, transform qi and blood vitality into the deadly power of the Netherworld, and unleash boundless Taoist magic.
On both sides of the blood-red throne of Patriarch Youtong, there stood four men and four women.
The leading man and woman were ninth-rank immortals, and the remaining six were seventh-rank and eighth-rank immortals.
In addition to these eight people, there are two hundred true immortals standing around the blood-colored throne and above the blood clouds.
These eight people and two hundred true immortals either used their magic to sacrifice living beings and transform into the netherworld to attack Jiuxuan Mountain with their death force, or directly released magic weapons to continuously bombard Jiuxuan Mountain.
From time to time, precious light shot out from the great formation of Jiuxuan Mountain, transforming into swords, spears, axes, or ancient ferocious birds and beasts to resist their attacks.
"Master, looking at the power of this formation, I'm afraid it will take some time to break through. How about I take people around to collect some blood and vitality from the strong men and increase the offensive?" The charming woman pressed her body against Youtong's chest and said in a gentle and seductive voice.
"Our attack on the Jiuxuan Sect has already caused enough noise and killed countless lives. If we expand the scope further, I'm afraid the Siyou Sect and Nanbo Sect will have objections.
If it were in the past, since we had already obtained the tacit approval of You Shijin, the governor of the Western Route of the South China Sea of the Great Barbarians, we would not have to worry about Xiyoumen and Nanbo Sect.
However, my foundation has been injured after all, and now I have just recovered from the serious injury. My strength has not yet fully recovered. It is not appropriate for me to conflict with the Siyou Sect and the Nanbo Sect. It is better not to create unnecessary trouble.
Although the Jiuxuan Sect's mountain protection formation is powerful, and there have been changes on Xuanting Peak, Shentu Kun and Yuwen Sen have secretly broken two of its bases. Its power has been greatly reduced and its flaws are obvious. As long as the attack continues, it will surely collapse in a short time.
When that time comes, we can charge in and reap the vitality of the strong and collect the Jiuxuan Sect's heritage for many years. Why should we rush at this moment?" said Ancestor Youtong.
"The Lord is wise, it is I, Meng Lang, who has been reckless!" said the charming woman.
As soon as the charming woman finished her words, a seventh-rank true immortal flew over from the direction of the Gathering Immortals Sea, stepped into the blood cloud, and knelt on one knee in front of the blood-colored throne.
"Your Excellency, it has been confirmed by multiple sources that Lingyun Palace's Young Palace Master You Shiqi not only returned safely, but also won a Heaven and Earth Creation Fruit and some other opportunities. Nanbo Sect's Young Sect Master died in the Dark Emperor Heaven." The seventh-rank True Immortal reported.
"Good!" said Patriarch Youtong.
“However, it is said that Elder Qi Gui of the Nether Blood Sect also died in the Dark Emperor Heaven.” The Seventh Rank True Immortal reported immediately.
"He actually died in Dark Emperor Heaven?" The face of Patriarch Youtong became gloomy and ugly, but he quickly asked, "Is there any news about Shen Tukun?"
"Not yet!" replied the seventh-grade True Immortal.
"Go and ask again!" said Patriarch Youtong.
…
Nanboshan Sea Area, Pengzhou Mountain.
A fairy boat appeared on the horizon.
Qin Ziling and Xiao Qing stood side by side at the bow of the boat, gazing into the distance at the Pengzhou Mountain that towered into the sky.
"I haven't been back for more than 20 years. I don't know how Ranyue and mother are doing?" Qin Ziling said, with a look of longing in his eyes.
"Ran Yue and mother are both in Jiuxuan Mountain, so nothing will happen. But since you are so worried about them, Pengzhou Mountain is ahead, so why don't you go and ask about the situation first?" Xiao Qing said.
"Okay!" Qin Ziling nodded.
The one who came to greet Qin Ziling was neither Lei Yanlong, nor Lei Chen and Lei Yu, but Lei Changfu, the third son of the Lei family, who was not very liked by Qin Ziling.
