The Santu River Basin is vast and boundless, shrouded in yellow-brown Yin Qi or gray fog of death, and is filled with dangerous seas of corpses, bone mountains, ghost realms, barren swamps, blood deserts, countless restricted areas, and inaccessible places.
Disha Ghost City is the third ghost city after Fengdu Ghost City and Impermanence Ghost City. It commands seventy-two underworlds and one hundred thousand ghost stars, and under it are as strong as a crucian carp crossing a river.
The Lord of the Earthly Demon Ghost City, known as the "Ghost Lord", was a powerful figure in the ghost clan. He cultivated the Hunyuan ghost body, created and abandoned the Heavenly Ghost Pattern, and was extremely talented. He was once Di Chen's most terrifying opponent, and even his sons could
Comparing with Di Chen, he is one of the most brilliant figures of this era.
However, even for a person like him, it is still difficult to reach the limitless realm.
After following Emperor Huang Quan, his cultivation improved by leaps and bounds, and he saw hope for the future.
Now the Ghost Lord's cultivation has reached the state of mind-stopping at the peak of Taixu, and the distance is immeasurable, just one step away.
The ghost master was wearing knee-high chainmail and full of energy. He stood alone on the edge of a deserted swamp outside the ghost city, looking at the World Tree in the starry sky. He could transcend time and space and use his spiritual thoughts to peek into the various changes there at the moment.
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The world tree where the Disha Ghost City and the Fengdu Ghost City are located are eight hundred billion miles apart. They seem far away and difficult for ghosts and gods to cross, but in fact they are only tens of light years apart. There are ancient divine roads, space wormholes and
Space formation.
Not long after, wisps of ghost fire floated out from the wilderness of the Yin Tree and condensed into a god wearing a blood robe and holding a blood soul ghost flag.
Luo Wen is the Great God of Taixu Realm in Fengdu Ghost City, and his aura is not inferior to that of the Ghost Lord.
The ghost master showed his face and laughed: "Wen Shen, I've been waiting for a long time!"
Luo Wen's bloody eyes were exposed from under the brim of his hat, and he said in a deep voice: "I didn't expect that your cultivation level would advance so quickly, and you would already be in front of me!"
The Ghost Lord said: "This is the benefit of following the Great Emperor! Otherwise, with the potential of you and me, it would not be easy to break through the infinite and become the God King. Soul Seven is such a genius, but he only narrowly missed becoming the God King.
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"If Emperor Fengdu is here and uses the Yellow Spring Seal to supplement him, Soul Seven will definitely be able to cultivate into a god." Luo Wen said.
The ghost master sneered: "It's a pity that You are the half-ancestor, and Emperor Fengdu can't come back. The Huangquan Seal has also returned to the hands of Emperor Huangquan. We ghost monks can only look forward to the future if we attach ourselves to the emperor's banner."
Luo Wen said: "Wherever the emperor is, I want to pay my respects."
"Is it easy for you to see the Great Emperor? If you want to seek refuge, you must show sincerity or show your value." The Ghost Lord said.
Luo Wen said: "I have something extremely important to report, and I can submit a petition. This matter cannot be delayed for a moment."
The ghost master turned around and looked towards the gray fog-filled wasteland behind him.
The wasteland is boundless and corpses are floating thousands of miles away.
The small lake where corpses and water gather is full of underworld flowers. The petals are crystal clear and dotted with light.
The underworld flower is extremely dangerous, and the breath it emits can poison the gods to death.
"Wow!"
The water surface surged up.
The two-layered coffin of life and death flew out of the water. The skulls at both ends of the coffin looked extremely ferocious, making the roar of thousands of ghosts. Countless ghosts followed and turned into black clouds.
The ghost master and Luo Wen were affected by the terrifying aura, and their souls were under great pressure. They both knelt down on one knee and trembled all over.
"Meet the Emperor!"
Emperor Huang Quan's voice came out from the coffin, hoarse and gloomy, going straight into the soul: "Tell me, it's something important."
Luo Wen immediately said: "Zhou begged the Ghost Emperor, Suzaku Fire Dance, and Hun Qi were building a time and space altar in secret, hoping to bring back the Fengdu Emperor through sacrifice. Now, the altar has been built more than half."
The Ghost Lord stared at the ground, shocked.
The ghost master has known the reputation of Emperor Fengdu since he was born with spiritual wisdom, and he is born with a sense of fear. How relaxed he was before, how frightened he is now.
"This emperor knows it! This is a great achievement and should be rewarded."
From the coffin of life and death, wisps of white Yin Qi flew out and poured into Luo Wen's body.
Luo Wen's ghost body made a "crackling" sound, directly breaking through the body stop limit and entering the soul stop state at the peak of Taixu.
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Bai Wuchang Temple.
He Qing knelt under Zhang Ruochen, twitching all over and letting out a low and painful cry, like a dying person who was about to expire.
"Bang!"
After the soul search was over, He Qing fell limply to the ground.
Zhang Ruochen sat on the throne that belonged to He Qing and fell into deep thought.
Then, take out the Tianshu needle.
He raised his right arm, and a space crack appeared in his palm, leading directly to the Temple of Black Impermanence.
"Borrow your soul for use."
A wisp of Gong Nanfeng's soul flew into the Tianshu Needle through the crack in space.
Zhang Ruochen mobilized his spiritual energy and injected the Tianshu needle, using the Yin energy collected from He Qing's body and belonging to Emperor Huangquan to calculate the secrets of heaven and find the direction.
"Bang! Bang! Bang..."
Heavy footsteps sounded in the temple, getting closer and closer.
The space vibrated accordingly.
Zhang Ruochen raised his gaze and looked along the carved bluestone floor into the gray ghost mist.
Gai Mie's tall and muscular body appeared in front of his eyes, becoming increasingly clear.
He had his long hair loose and was holding a woman in a blue robe in his hand. The woman was tall and slender, but she was imprisoned and couldn't move. Her limbs were drooping. Because her long hair was messy, she couldn't see her appearance clearly.
He Qing, who fell at Zhang Ruochen's feet, suffered from the tyrannical suppression of his mental power and was unable to activate his divine power. When he saw Gai Mie coming, joy finally appeared in his eyes.
"Zhang Ruochen, I heard that an altar of time and space is being built in the Fengdu Ghost City to welcome back the Emperor of Fengdu. Are you delaying your reply to me? Are you delaying time?"
Gai Mieh stopped eighteen feet away, his eyes gleaming.
A piece of blood-colored demonic soil formed under his feet, and behind him was the endless purple starry sky. The unparalleled demonic power was released, showing the profound realm and mysterious Taoism of the heavenly level.
The purple starry sky was created by his cultivation. It is a real starry sky, just like Zhang Ruochen's "Sea of Disillusioned Stars", which is like a prototype universe.
Zhang Ruochen remained calm, put away the Tianshu Needle, and said, "I didn't go to Fengdu Ghost City. I don't know much about the situation there."
"Yeah?"
"Anyone with better information from the Supreme Pillar should know that Feng Caiyi detained my father and I have almost broken up with her. Otherwise, I would have started to fully repair the Impermanence Ghost City."
Gai Mie said: "You didn't repair the Impermanence Ghost City. Do you want to use this to force Feng Caiyi to let your father go?"
Zhang Ruochen nodded and said: "For human monks, the word filial piety comes first. Mother is greater than the earth, and father is greater than the sky. If the colorful wings of the phoenix touch my reverse scale, it is the way to death."
"The emperor has given her a chance, but the Supreme Pillar has also seen it. Not only has she not repented, but she also asked Hun Qi to come and force me. A person who is perfect in the sky should have the wrath of killing the heaven and destroying the Tao. The emperor cannot be deceived.
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He Qing said: "I can't believe him. Zhang Ruochen and Feng Caiyi have been in an affair for many years and have been ambiguous. Moreover, I heard that although Qitian was detained, he was not mistreated. He could freely enter and leave the Palace of Death, but there was no way to leave.
It’s just a ghost town in Fengdu.”
"oh?"
Zhang Ruochen still looked like Xu Tian, stepped on He Qing's back, and said: "Since He Qing, the Divine Lord, knows so much about the situation in Fengdu Ghost City, why didn't he inform the Supreme Pillar about the time and space altar?"
Gai Mie did not fully believe Zhang Ruochen and said with a noncommittal smile: "Zhang Ruochen, no matter what kind of plan you are making, you have to understand one thing. I may not necessarily cooperate with you."
"The Emperor Huangquan's double coffin of life and death can absorb all the strange blood springs in the Impermanent Ghost City. When the time comes, I can slowly refine and absorb it, but it will take more time!"
"More? Refining it by yourself will take ten times or a hundred times as long."
Zhang Ruochen snorted: "Gai Mie, before you cooperate with Emperor Huangquan, you'd better think clearly, who has the final say in the world today? The current half-ancestor is the invincible one. If you get to that point, I will ask Heavenly Grandma
Kill you."
Gai Mie smiled and said, "I don't want to either, but if you continue to deal with it, wouldn't you be forcing me to make a helpless choice?"
After Gai Mie's momentum weakened, Zhang Ruochen was no longer so overbearing and said: "Supreme Pillar, give me three days, and I will give you an answer after three days."
"Okay, I can still wait for three days."
Gai Mie stared at He Qing and sighed: "Why is Di Chen so ignorant of compassion? How about we make a deal?"
"Bang!"
Gai Mie threw the woman in his hand to the ground.
This woman is none other than Fluctlight, who was sent out by Zhang Ruochen to arrange the talismans not long ago.
Gai Mie felt that Yaoguang had a special relationship with Zhang Ruochen, so he captured her as a hostage. Otherwise, he would not dare to enter the Bai Wuchang Temple easily!
After all, what he has to face is Tian Yuan Wu Que.
Even if you are one or two realms higher, you still have to be careful when entering the territory of the Perfect One.
What's more, Gai Mie is also worried that Xu Zhen is really in the Bai Wuchang Temple. He is here not only to give an ultimatum to Zhang Ruochen, but also to explore the truth.
Zhang Ruochen asked: "What do you want her to do?"
"You should know what to do!" Gai Mie said with a smile.
Zhang Ruochen said: "What if I don't let him go?"
"It doesn't matter, I'll take her into the Ghost City of Impermanence." Gai Mie stretched out his hands and picked up Yaoguang. He looked at her delicate and elegant face, looked into her eyes, and said, "It's just like that, who can
Will I help you guard the Ghost City of Impermanence?"
He Qing and Yao Guang were both uneasy and stared at Zhang Ruochen from the corner of their eyes.
"Ha ha!"
Zhang Ruochen changed his appearance from Xu Tian's to Cheng's, and laughed: "I didn't expect that the Supreme Pillar is still a nostalgic person. It's good, we are all of the same kind. Man, you take it away, and leave Fluttering Light behind."
After Gai Mie left with He Qing, Zhang Ruochen struck out with one finger, breaking the seal Gai Mie had placed on Yaoguang.
Yaoguang stood up, looked at Zhang Ruochen who had turned his back, and saluted respectfully: "Thank you Di Chen for helping me."
"It's just a little effort." Zhang Ruochen said.
Although Yaoguang was born into the ghost clan, his spiritual power cultivation method came from Taoism, and he had an immortal charm that was not touched by the world of mortals. He said: "But by compromising like this, Di Chen undoubtedly exposed his weakness to Gai Mie. From now on, he is afraid that he will
It will intensify and continue to threaten."
"Weakness? The emperor thinks you are my weakness?"
Zhang Ruochen turned around and looked directly at her.
How could Yaoguang not have any admiration for this legendary young man in front of him? Zhang Ruochen's own magnanimity and strength have a fatal attraction for women all over the world. What's more, the other party just paid a huge price to save her.
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Everyone says that Zhang Ruochen is the romantic sword god.
However, Yaoguang would never be so self-righteous as to think that Zhang Ruochen saved her because of her beauty, nor would he think that Zhang Ruochen had to save her.
Yaoguang couldn't look at Zhang Ruochen and lowered his head slightly: "Yaoguang is self-aware, so how can he be Di Chen's weakness? However, I once heard Zhuque Huowu say that Di Chen values love and righteousness. If there is a friendship, he can be
He is very dedicated and is a true hero in this world."
Then, he said: "The Ghost Emperor died in Gai Mie's hands! Yaoguang has an sworn hatred with him. Any monk in the world can take Yaoguang by force, but he cannot."
Yaoguang is the concubine of Ghost Emperor Wenhe.
Wenhe Ghost Emperor fell on the Great Wall of Beize and died at the hands of Gai.
The pitiful and resentful temperament on Yaoguang's body at this moment is enough to melt the most hard-hearted man, and then he will hold her in his arms and caress her.
However, Zhang Ruochen knew that a woman who could cultivate her mental power to the eighty-fourth level and gain a foothold in Fengdu Ghost City could be a weak person?
Three mental power pills flew out from Zhang Ruochen's palm and said: "Suzaku Huowu didn't say something clearly. In fact, we don't have enough friendship, but if it is of sufficient value, I can also help. It's all mine.
I cherish it."
Yaoguang saw that Zhang Ruochen wanted to recruit him, so he took the three spiritual pills and said, "Di Chen's kindness today will be remembered by Yaoguang."
"Go and protect the Ghost City of Impermanence. Don't tell Lord Mingye about the matter of Lord Heqing yet," Zhang Ruochen said.
"If Fengtian asks, how should I answer what happened today?" She added: "Before, I carried eight magic talismans, and after I walked out of the Bai Wuchang Temple, Fengtian projected a clone of me to see me."
Zhang Ruochen was speechless for a while. The majestic God of Death kept making small moves, couldn't he take the initiative to come and see him?
Lingxi should have explained clearly to her what happened between herself and Xu Tian.
"No, I can't take this step back. In the past, my cultivation was not strong enough, and I have already retreated enough in front of her, compromising everywhere. Now the sky is perfect, if I still give in first, she will make even more progress in the future. Take my father today, tomorrow
And what kind of means?"
On Baicanxing, Zhang Ruochen and Fengchen Sword God chatted all night and gained countless valuable experiences.
According to Fengchen Sword God, the more powerful and arrogant a woman is, the harder it is to flatter her, and the more rules and bottom lines must be drawn for her.
The more you submit, the more she sees you as nothing. Today she will cut off five cities, tomorrow she will cut off ten cities, and then she will have to sleep overnight. She looks at the surrounding areas, and she is acting like a monster again. How many escape routes do you have?
Zhang Ruochen pondered and said, "If she asks, just tell her the truth."
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Three days are here in a blink of an eye.
Zhang Ruochen tried to attack the immortal body, but failed. Zhonggong Xiaoyan condensed in his body. The yang energy was too heavy and could burn the immortal body. At the critical moment, he had to disperse the condensed five yangs to save his life.
Fortunately, there are enough immortal substances in the body, so the injury is not serious and will not affect the next actions.
A formation was set up in the Bai Wuchang Temple, and the Demonic Sound and Sword Spirit were left behind to guard the cauldron fire.
Use the sword bone to clone itself to protect the two tripods.
Make careful arrangements before setting off.
Because entering the Ghost City of Impermanence this time, the heavenly secrets are chaotic and good or bad fortunes are unpredictable, so we must be cautious.
Those who seek others will also seek others.
None of the old guys who can dominate an era are simple.
Hidden by the Infinite Circle and the Perfect Sky, Zhang Ruochen still felt unsafe, so he activated the talisman patterns of the Emperor Talisman and disappeared into the space. Then, he stepped through the formation light curtain of the Impermanent Ghost City.
Entering the Ghost City of Impermanence, Zhang Ruochen sensed the aura deliberately released by Gai Mie at the Origin Temple located in the center of the ghost city.
Zhang Ruochen did not rush over immediately, but walked along the wall of the Impermanence Ghost City and quietly observed the environment in the city.
Naturally, he did not dare to release his mental power and soul, he relied entirely on his thoughts.
Most of the day passed, and Zhang Ruochen was still not in a hurry, leaping over the half-submerged buildings, as if challenging Gai Mie's patience.
A whole day passed...
In the Origin Temple, from the top of a sacred mountain that was not submerged, Gai Mie jumped up and landed on the shoulders of a thousand-foot-tall giant stone statue. He raised his voice and said: "Zhang Ruochen, I know that you have arrived at the Ghost City of Impermanence. If you don't show up again,
I only think you have broken your promise!"
"What's the matter with the Supreme Pillar? If this Emperor says it, he will do it."
Zhang Ruochen's figure appeared in the Origin Temple, only separated by a sea of blood a hundred miles wide from the sacred mountain where Gai Mi was located.
The entire Origin Temple was submerged by the strange blood spring, like a sea of blood, with only a few tops of the sacred mountains still exposed, like small islands.
Zhang Ruochen was actually ready to evacuate because Gai Mi was too patient!
Being patient means you are a good fisherman.
Gai Mie was secretly shocked. His regular divine patterns were all over the origin temple, like billions of tentacles, but Zhang Ruochen still sneaked in silently.
Gai Miedao said: "Three days have come, where is your answer?"
Zhang Ruochen looked around and said calmly: "Where is He Qing? Why didn't I sense her aura?"
"The strange power here is very strong. With her cultivation, she may not be able to withstand it. Naturally, she will stay in my divine world..." Gai Mie had not finished speaking.
Zhang Ruochen had already displayed his divine light and fled outside the Origin Temple.
"Zhang Ruochen, you can't leave today!"
Every word of Emperor Huangquan's voice was a soul-soothing curse, impacting Zhang Ruochen's soul.
The coffin of life and death flew out of the sea of blood, setting off a thousand waves and chasing Zhang Ruochen.
"Zhang Ruochen, the only reason is that you don't trust me too much. You have been perfunctory over and over again, so I have to make other plans."
Gai Mie put his palms together, raised his hands to the sky, and spit out a beam of demonic energy upwards.
Under his feet, a piece of demonic land appeared for hundreds of miles, which was intertwined with infinite demonic rules and contained the power of order, just like the strongest cage in the world.
Those who do not understand the order cannot break it.
The purple star sea appears in the sky, such as the sky in the "round sky and square place", covering the entire origin temple.
Seeing this scene, Zhang Ruochen, who had been prepared for a long time, merged the way of the sword with the way of space, and blasted out a line of sword energy, tearing open a crack several feet long in the solid space.
"Crash!"
Eight chains flew out of the coffin of life and death that had been chased behind him, hitting eight directions of the space crack, causing the space to tremble.
Not to mention that the void world corresponding to the Impermanent Ghost City has been arranged by Xutian, making it difficult to escape. In the current situation, even if you escape into the void world, you will be hit by eight chains.
The two coffins of life and death behind him, carrying the terrifying power of death that would destroy the heaven and earth, collided and arrived in an instant.
At the critical moment, Zhang Ruochen was lucky not to leave. Thousands of talismans flew out of his body, he turned around and punched out, colliding with the two coffins of life and death.
"Boom!"
An overwhelming force came from his arms, and Zhang Ruochen flew backwards, crashing through the unclosed space, and fell into the pitch-black world of nothingness.
In the void world, dense sword energy immediately flew out.
It is the killing move left by Xu Tian. The sword energy gathers into a river and is unstoppable, comparable to the Twenty-Three Swords.
The Tai Chi Four Symbols pattern appeared behind Zhang Ruochen, and his figure flashed, moving through space in the void world, which was like mastering the order of space.
The river of sword energy passed Zhang Ruochen and hit the coffin of life and death that was pursuing him.
"Bang bang!"
The sound of metal colliding was like bursts of divine thunder.
The two coffins of life and death were knocked out, and the sword energy was also eliminated.
Zhang Ruochen walked out of the broken space and cursed Xu Tian more than ten times in his heart.
The defensive formations of the Impermanent Ghost City are perfunctory, but the sword formations, void divine formations, and phantom formations in the void world are densely packed into a network. Not to mention Zhang Ruochen, it would take a lot of effort to break them all even if he were at the Heavenly level.
This cuts off the possibility of Zhang Ruochen retreating from the world of nothingness.
Zhang Ruochen even had some doubts...
Zhang Ruochen raised his head and looked at the purple sea of stars in the sky, and then looked at Gai Mie on the top of the sacred mountain, and the two coffins of life and death suspended in the void. Four images appeared in the four directions, with the four attributes of gold, wood, water, and fire.
"Even if you two work together to keep me here, I'm afraid it won't be enough, right?"
As Zhang Ruochen's voice sounded, more talismans flew out from his body, manifesting a sea of talisman light above the sea of blood.
Gai Miedao: "Don't you want to know where He Qing went? She went to Bai Wuchang Ghost City. You borrowed the fire source of the black and white yin and yang fire to refine weapons or elixirs. No matter what you do, you must use Jiuding."
"Are you trying to mess up my mood?" Zhang Ruochen said.
Gai Mie said: "If I can capture the Nine Cauldrons, even if it's just one of them, even if I can't keep you today, it will still be considered a big profit."
In the coffin of life and death, a voice sounded: "Even if you escape, we can destroy the Ghost City of Impermanence, release the strange blood spring, and create great turmoil in the Santu River Basin. When the time comes, Feng Caiyi will pay attention to one thing and lose the other, and great things can be accomplished."
"Of course, even if you fight to the death today, your chances of escaping are only 10% at most."
Zhang Ruochen's eyes fell on Gai Mie and said: "Don't think about it anymore?"
"No need to think about it! Emperor Huangquan said that you are not the only one who can activate the Jiuding. You can also activate it using the power of the ancestor. You... can be replaced!" Gai Mie said.
"Then it seems that we must fight today!"
Zhang Ruochen said: "But it's not one-on-two, but two-on-two. Corpse Ancestor, please show up!"
The gray clouds of corpse energy penetrated the purple starry sky, spread into the sea of blood, and soon covered half of the Origin Temple.
Before coming to the Origin Temple, Zhang Ruochen had met with the Corpse Ancestor and finalized the exchange of benefits.
Compared to Emperor Huangquan, the Corpse Ancestor respects this era more, and has been clearing out the remnant souls of the ancient powerful men hidden in the Santu River from the beginning, and releasing goodwill to the heavens of the world.
Corpse Ancestor's voice came out from the gray mist: "Zhang Ruochen, it's not two versus two, it's three versus one."
Zhang Ruochen narrowed his eyes and turned around. His expression didn't change much. He was obviously mentally prepared for the worst situation to develop.