Nine Transformations of the True Spirit.

Chen Yuan's heart trembled: "Mysterious Heavenly Treasure... Legend has it that the spatial passage between the Spirit Realm and my Burning Demon Realm was forcibly opened by a Mysterious Heavenly Treasure, which could not be cut off, forcing the Great Sage of the Tyrant Turtle to seal it with his own body. Could it be this treasure?"

The demon general said, "That's hard to say. But Xuan Tian spiritual treasures are extremely rare. The Spirit Realm probably can't produce many either. That's probably the case."

"It is said that the spirit realm's shadow spy cultivators infiltrated the Burning Demon Realm by relying on this Xuan Tian spiritual treasure, which is why it is said that this treasure is related to the rise and fall of the human race in the spirit realm."

"Without this treasure, the human race of the Spirit Realm would never be able to invade the many realms and obtain countless treasures."

"Otherwise, the Spirit Realm is about the same size as my Demon Burning Realm. How could a single realm possibly nurture a hundred Mahayana cultivators? It would probably have collapsed long ago."

Chen Yuan said thoughtfully, "Mysterious Heavenly Treasure... Thank you, Fellow Daoist Gui Xiao, for clearing up my doubts. If you hadn't told me, I wouldn't have known that such a secret existed in the world."

"The human race in the Spirit Realm is indeed powerful. If one day a hundred Mahayana cultivators were to attack my Burning Demon Realm, I really don't know how I would deal with it."

Qi Yan, the Demon General, snorted coldly: "Fellow Daoist Bei Ming is overthinking it. Although the human race in the Spirit Realm is powerful, they are arrogant, greedy, and have started wars with multiple realms at the same time."

"The Mahayana cultivators who reside on Tyrant Turtle Island make up less than 20% of the population. They should not even think about breaking through the barrier and invading my Burning Demon Realm."

"Although the Xuan Tian Ling Bao of the Spirit Realm is mysterious, my Burning Demon Realm also has a very deep foundation and is protected by Xuan Tian Ling Bao."

"Back then, our demon ancestors were able to reclaim two continents and drive the human cultivator army out of the Burning Demon Realm. Now, we can also keep them firmly outside the Burning Demon Realm, and they won't be able to step out of Tyrant Turtle Island!"

Ironwing Demon General echoed, "Fellow Daoist Qiyan is absolutely right. What is there to fear about the human race in the Spirit Realm?"

“Those human cultivators are even more warlike than my demon race. They are unscrupulous, conquering all the heavens and making enemies on all sides. Sooner or later they will be devoured.”

"At that time, our Demon Burning Realm will unite with the demon races of other realms to launch a counterattack into the Spirit Realm, turning all human cultivators into slaves and completely eradicating this malignant tumor from the Spirit Realm!"

Yanhuang Demon General sneered, "It's not just the demon race. It's said that the human race in the Spirit Realm is also fighting a fierce battle with the Ancient Demon Realm. Those ancient demons are so ferocious that they seem to be able to attract the help of extraterrestrial demons."

"At present, the Spirit Realm seems to dominate all other realms, but in reality, it is like a fire burning with oil, full of crises, and it will soon decline after reaching its peak."

Chen Yuan flapped his wings, and a layer of black light condensed around him. Spatial storms surged from all directions, but in the blink of an eye, they turned into a gentle breeze and quietly dissipated.

Upon hearing this, his eyes flashed, and he laughed, "In the past, I only knew how to bury myself in cultivation and have never participated in the war between the two realms. I am ignorant and far inferior to you fellow Daoists. I did not know that the human race in the Spirit Realm was already in dire straits."

"So, does that mean our Demon Burning Realm will soon achieve a great victory on Turtle Island and then invade the Spirit Realm?"

"This……"

The demon generals fell silent, their expressions slightly embarrassed.

Yanhuang Demon General said, "It won't be so easy to drive the human cultivators out of Tyrant Turtle Island..."

Chen Yuan feigned ignorance: "Just now, I heard from you fellow Daoists that the human race in the Spirit Realm is already struggling to survive. Why can't we subdue Tyrant Turtle Island first?"

Ghost Demon General coughed a few times, resisting the spatial storm as he flew forward, saying, "Even a centipede with a hundred legs does not die easily. The human race in the Spirit Realm has a profound foundation, with a hundred Mahayana cultivators who are unparalleled in all realms. They even have more than one Xuan Tian spiritual treasure. They should not be defeated for the time being."

"However, under the leadership of the great saints, as long as our demon race works together, we will surely be able to drive the human race out of Tyrant Turtle Island and wipe away our shame."

The demon generals fell silent and flew forward against the spatial storm.

Chen Yuan sneered inwardly, but outwardly echoed a few words and said nothing more.

It seems that the spirit realm is indeed extremely powerful, able to conquer several realms at the same time without being at a disadvantage, and even gaining the upper hand.

Tens of thousands of years ago, ancient cultivators from the human realm conquered the thirteen realms, seizing countless rare and precious treasures.

With the power of a single realm, seventeen Nascent Soul cultivators were born, and countless Nascent Soul cultivators were created, resulting in an incomparably prosperous cultivation world.

The Spirit Realm surpasses even the Human Realm. With hundreds of Mahayana cultivators in one realm, it must be incredibly prosperous, producing countless Nascent Soul stage experts and Void Refinement stage cultivators.

He cannot linger in the Demon Burning Realm for too long. Once he has raised his cultivation to the peak of the Nascent Soul stage and obtained a kind of True Spirit Blood, he must find a way to enter the Spirit Realm so that he will not have to worry about his identity being exposed and his cultivation will be much easier.

Those shadow spy cultivators who infiltrated the Demon Burning Realm must have a way to return to the Spirit Realm, but they must also be extremely well hidden, and we don't know how to contact them...

As Chen Yuan's thoughts raced, the five continued forward. After passing through three spatial storms, the spatial fluctuations ahead became increasingly clear, and they could vaguely see a phantom of mountains and rivers. Finally, they arrived at the entrance to the interface fragment.

This spatial passage wasn't very long to begin with, and they were quite lucky not to encounter any particularly fierce spatial storms.

Before entering the interface fragment, Qi Yan Yao Shuai stopped and turned to bow to Chen Yuan with clasped hands: "That white bone giant lizard is waiting outside the space passage. As soon as we enter, it will attack us immediately."

"We will trouble Fellow Daoist Beiming to take action and block it. We will assist you in slaying this beast."

Chen Yuan solemnly said, "I have no choice but to take responsibility. However, it seems a bit strange that the giant skeletal lizard is guarding outside the spatial passage but not entering it. Fellow Daoist Qi Yan, do you know the reason?"

Qi Yan Yao Shuai shook his head: "When Fellow Daoist Tie Yi and I entered the interface fragment, we encountered this giant skeletal lizard and barely managed to escape."

"If it weren't for its low intelligence, the two of us would have been in danger of perishing. We really wouldn't have had the time to investigate the cause."

"However, the two of us risked entering it again afterward. The giant skeletal lizard never left, but it never entered the spatial passage to chase after us."

"It seems to be fear of the void, or perhaps it is bound by something and unable to leave this fragment of the interface."

Chen Yuan nodded slightly: "In that case, this giant skeletal lizard will not escape the interface fragments, nor will it leave the spatial passage. It should not be difficult to deal with."

"There's no time to lose, fellow Daoists, please follow me inside and slay this beast!"

Several demon generals responded enthusiastically, and Chen Yuan took the lead, flapping his wings and flying into the interface fragment.

The interface fragments were extremely unstable to begin with, and the entrance to the spatial passage was completely transparent, as if passing through a barrier. Chen Yuan entered the interface fragments with almost no obstruction.

Before his eyes, the unchanging void vanished, replaced by a dim, gray sky.

A dark red sun hung in the sky, casting a dim red light that stained everything with a blood-red hue.

The exit of the spatial passage was located on a cracked wasteland, desolate and silent, with strange and grotesque plants growing there, their leaves hard and twisted, and no living creatures in sight.

Wisps of gray mist drifted between heaven and earth, remarkably similar to that eerie deathly aura, but a thousand times thinner, rendering them utterly useless against the Demon-Slaying Blade.

A thousand feet away from the spatial passage, a gigantic white skeletal lizard lay on the ground, its body devoid of any flesh or blood, indistinguishable from a corpse, surrounded by wisps of dark death energy.

Only the two dim gray will-o'-the-wisps in its eye sockets emanated an eerie vitality.

As soon as Chen Yuan and his group of five entered the interface fragment, the ghostly flames in the white bone giant lizard's eye sockets flickered twice. It slowly rose from the ground, its four sharp white bone claws carving several deep pits into the earth. Its two bone wings spread out, and a row of sharp bone spikes along its back defiantly pierced the sky.

Chen Yuan was slightly taken aback. This was not a giant lizard of bones at all, but clearly a bone dragon.

She opened her mouth wide, and despite having lost all her flesh and blood, she let out a deafening roar, flapped her bone wings, and pounced on the five people.

A pressure comparable to that of a Void Refining Demon King emanated from the giant bone lizard, enveloping the heavens and earth, causing the five people to involuntarily feel a sense of fear.

Qi Yan, the demon general, flipped his hand and took out a mountain-splitting chisel, shouting, "Fellow Daoists, do not be afraid. This beast has extraordinary energy, but its strength is far inferior to that of the Demon King."

"If Fellow Daoist Tieyi and I were able to escape unscathed, then with the five of us joining forces, this beast is no match for us."

"However, fellow Daoists, please be careful not to use teleportation techniques. This fragment of the interface is only a million miles in size and is extremely unstable."

"If you're unlucky, you might be seriously injured, or even stranded in the void, never to return!"

Chen Yuan also flipped his hand and took out the Demon-Slaying Blade. With a flap of his wings, he took the initiative to meet the attack: "Fellow Daoists, follow me!"

He didn't use teleportation, but his speed was still much faster than the other four demon generals. In the blink of an eye, he crossed a thousand feet and arrived in front of the giant skeletal lizard.

The Demon-Slaying Blade slashed horizontally, appearing as tiny as a needle before the bone dragon, which was dozens of feet long, yet it was by no means inferior.

The dark red malevolent energy surged forth, but was completely devoured by the death energy surrounding the bone dragon.

The bone dragon was completely unaffected, raised one of its front claws, and swung it down heavily.

The gray mist that had been wandering in the world gathered together and condensed into a giant gray claw that was ten times larger than before. It covered the sky and the sun, and with an aura that could suppress the heavens and the earth, it pressed down on Chen Yuan.

The Demon-Slaying Blade collided with the giant gray claw. The sharp blade cleaved through the claw, turning into wisps of gray energy that dispersed, seemingly utterly vulnerable.

Upon seeing this, Demon General Qiyan shouted, "Fellow Daoist Beiming, be careful!"

As soon as he finished speaking, several jet-black death energy burst out from the gray energy, like ferocious black snakes, and burrowed into Chen Yuan's body.

At the same time, the bone dragon's forepaws had already landed on Chen Yuan's head, and unless he used teleportation, he had no way to avoid it.

Chen Yuan dared not be careless and immediately used the Devouring Technique. A layer of black light condensed on his body, flowing like a vortex. The death energy entered into it and disappeared.

clang!
The Demon-Slaying Blade collided with the bone dragon's forepaw, shattering one of the claws, but an overwhelming force also surged forth, far surpassing that of a high-ranking demon general.

Chen Yuan was sent flying backwards, only managing to regain his footing a hundred feet away.

The other four demon generals each summoned their spiritual treasures and divine weapons and attacked. Demon General Qiyan said, "Fellow Daoists, be careful. You must not let this death energy enter your body, otherwise your life force will be extinguished and your immortal body and divine abilities will be useless. Fellow Daoist Tieyi and I almost suffered a great loss."

Chen Yuan nodded, a layer of black light surged from his arms, covering the Demon-Slaying Blade, and with a flap of his wings, he continued his attack.

Facing the combined attack of five demon generals, the bone dragon's two dark ghostly flames flickered twice in its eye sockets, and it roared, seemingly extremely angry.

The deathly aura swirling around it suddenly gathered together, transforming into a black armor that covered its already hardened bones. Its aura intensified, and it flapped its bone wings and brandished its forepaws as it pounced on the demon generals.

Yanhuang Demon General snorted coldly, brandishing a peculiar black stone staff. Cracks wrapped around the staff, with deep red magma flowing inside. It swelled to ten zhang in length and instead of retreating, it advanced, taking the initiative to meet the attack.

boom!
The stone staff easily shattered the gray giant claw and collided with one of the bone dragon's front claws with a deafening roar.

The black serpent of death energy, hidden in the giant gray claw, pounced on Yan Huang Demon General like a hungry tiger, but was engulfed and entangled by the clusters of flames that emerged from around him, unable to enter his body.

The Bone Dragon's power far surpassed that of the Fiery Demon General, who, like Chen Yuan, was sent flying backward.

He flew for thousands of feet, almost entering the spatial passage, before finally stopping. His face was deathly pale, and a line of blood trickled down from the corner of his mouth.

But from that strange black stone staff, several deep red tongues of flame, formed from condensed magma, surged forth, licking at the bone dragon's forepaws, burning through the death aura and leaving several deep wounds; one of the bone claws snapped in two.

The bone dragon let out a painful roar, as if it still retained the sensation of pain even after death, or perhaps it had never died at all, and angrily charged towards the Yanhuang Demon General.

But the other demon generals would not let the opportunity slip by. Demon General Qiyan brandished his strangely shaped mountain-splitting chisel, while Demon General Tieyi flapped his iron-gray wings wildly a few times, circled around behind the bone dragon, and thrust out his iron-feathered long arrow, aiming straight for the two dark ghost fires in its eye sockets.

The Demon General Guixiao possessed unique talents and supernatural abilities, and the magical weapon in his hand was also extremely special. It was not a divine weapon, but a dark blue banner about ten feet long, with gusts of cold wind and ghostly mist spreading around it.

The demon general's eyes flashed with an eerie blue light. He raised his hand and made a hand seal, and two fierce ghosts flew out from the banner.

One of the giant pythons rapidly grew in size, becoming in no way inferior to the bone dragon, and exuded the aura of a mid-level demon general before charging forward.

The other vengeful ghost was a human cultivator, dressed in a long robe, with a refined appearance, but his eyes were filled with confusion, revealing a hint of struggle.

The demon general frowned, bit his tongue, and spat out a mouthful of blood essence, which merged into the illusory body of the human ghost.

The human scholar's eyes turned blood red, and he let out a mournful howl. His aura spread out, revealing him to be a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator. He raised his hand and condensed ten thousand icy flying swords, which shot out.

The Bone Dragon was blocked by the demon generals, which made it even angrier. It swung its sharp claws, and the Rock Demon General was sent flying backward. However, the mountain-splitting chisel was extremely sharp, piercing through the death aura and smashing several white bones.

Ironwing Demon General's longsword pierced the bone dragon's head, penetrating its death aura armor and embedding itself deep within it before it was blasted away.

The bone dragon flapped its wings again, stirring up a storm that blew away all the incoming icy flying swords.

The vengeful giant python bit into the bone dragon's body; its two illusory fangs were extremely sharp, piercing through the deathly armor and crushing several bones.

The bone dragon roared in pain, turned around and bit the giant python, two dark ghostly flames flickering in its eye sockets.

A dense aura of death surged into the body of the vengeful giant python, turning its illusory form black and giving its eyes a deathly stillness.

The demon general was shocked and quickly recalled the giant python, putting it back into the dark blue banner. He said with lingering fear, "This beast is extremely effective against my fierce ghosts. We will still have to rely on you fellow Daoists in this battle."

The bone dragon roared and continued charging towards Yanhuang Demon Commander, seemingly determined to defeat him. Yanhuang Demon Commander's expression changed.

Although the Bone Dragon did not display the same powerful aura as a demon king, its immense strength was somewhere between a high-ranking demon general and a demon king, making the Yanhuang Demon General no match for it.

With just one strike, his demonic power surged and his meridians tore, making it impossible for him to fight him head-on again.

Just then, Chen Yuan rushed forward, pointing his Demon-Slaying Blade at the Bone Dragon, and shouted, "This beast may seem powerful, but in reality, its body is fragile and cannot recover."

"I, Kun, will hold it off, while you fellow Daoists seize the opportunity to destroy its body. Victory will not be difficult!" (End of Chapter)