If you don't give up, I'd like to be your adoptive father.

Chapter 1369 Taking the Initiative to Accept the Order, Arranging a Robbery of Dong Ye

They flew north, and Grand Master Yu escorted Master Guan to Dang County, where the two parted ways.

Guan Zhenren returned to Guanzhong on her own. She said she was going to Dongjun to continue clearing the earth's veins, but in reality she returned to Mangdang Mountain.

She didn't land, but instead flew high above the white clouds and waters to investigate the situation there.

Surprisingly, the "Cultivator Market" there was not shut down; on the contrary, there were even more extraordinary people, martial arts heroes, and other eccentrics seeking immortality.

The strength of this group of newcomers, including extraordinary individuals and martial arts practitioners, was clearly one or two levels lower than that of the earliest group.

They probably only heard the news later and then rushed off to try their luck at the immortals.

The last time Baiyun Cave appeared in Dazexiang, it caused quite a stir in the Dazexiang pond for almost half a year.

If it were Xiaoyu who had just arrived in Shenzhou, even if she had heard this news across thousands of miles, she would have come to seek her destiny in the immortal realm.

It's no surprise that wandering swordsmen and eccentric characters from nearby prefectures and counties also yearn for immortality.

As for the mad "murderous tyrant who kills and steals treasures," time is the best healer and the best medicine for forgetting panic.

Xiao Yu circled over Baiyun Water Marsh but couldn't find any trace of the Old Demon. Instead, she saw Liu Laosan again.

Unable to go home for the New Year, Liu Laosan couldn't stay cooped up in the cave and wandered off to the marshland.

After hesitating for a moment, she still didn't transform into "Old Taoist Wuyazi" to go down and find him.

"I'll finish my own things first, then help him upgrade 'Old Man's Fun'!"

Having confirmed that there was no trace of "Old Demon Bujie" in Baiyun Marsh, Xiaoyu crossed Mangdang Mountain and continued flying southeast until she arrived at Kuaiji Mountain in Kuaiji County.

The Xiang family had not yet started their rebellion; she was not there to see them.

Dong Ye, one of the Four Friends of Qionglin, attained enlightenment on Mount Kuaiji, and his Daoist temple was located at "Ji Xuan Da Yuan" on Mount Kuaiji.

As soon as she arrived at the foot of Kuaiji Mountain, before even entering the cave, she seemed like someone who had been starving for a long time. She walked into a small alley, at the end of which was a restaurant deep-frying "pork and sweet potato dumplings" at its door.

Even though the rich fragrance had drifted far, it was very faint when it reached her nose, yet it still made her heart race and her mouth water.

Unbeknownst to her, she had transformed into a celestial demon: a pale face, rosy lips, long purple-black hair with dark red streaks, her eyes transformed into a pool of dark springs, her body almost transparent, disappearing from the material world and existing in the cracks of space and time.

In this state, the aroma of the fried pork and sweet potato balls did not become more intense.

It was as if you were straining your nose to sniff forward and smelling even more and clearer fragrances.

"As expected, it's tribulation energy, and it's that bastard Dong Ye's tribulation energy. Hahaha, the Heavenly Demon is most effective against cultivators who have entered tribulation. Even a trace of tribulation energy, even across dimensions of time and space, cannot be blocked."

Hmm, Dong Ye's soul already contains a faint trace of inner demonic energy, but this demonic tribulation has little to do with him personally.

The aroma is sweet with a herbal scent—it's Dan Jie!

The essence of divination is to use known big data to deduce results.

Xiao Yu had known for a long time that Dong Ye was refining the Nine-Turn Bone-Changing Pill. He had been refining it for many years, and this year, the elixir was about to be completed.

At this moment, when she "smelled" the aura of calamity again in her Heavenly Demon form, she immediately figured out why the Bewitching Demon Lord and the Soul Devouring Demon Lord were targeting Dong Ye: on the day the Nine-Turn Bone-Changing Pill was completed, a demonic calamity would descend, hindering the completion of the immortal pill and preventing Dong Ye from attaining enlightenment.

While "smelling" Dong Ye's aura of tribulation, Xiao Yu sensed his own "super beggar's version of the Great Luo Heavenly Dao," which is also the "Heavenly Demon Dao."

Using her "Heavenly Demon Authority," she entered the Dao Integration state of the Demonic Sect, resonating with the Great Dao of Rahu.

Once she actively "merged with the Dao," the erosion of her true nature by the Black Lotus Mark within the Hall of Bright Mind immediately began to accelerate. At the same time, the deduction process for the "Method to Annihilate Wutian" also began to speed up.

This is a high-stakes gamble: whether the Black Lotus Mark will erode her soul first, or whether the "Method to Annihilate Wutian" will be completed first, or at least break through a certain critical point, allowing her to stop the Black Lotus Mark's power from spreading further, in order for her to win the bet.

Xiaoyu felt that she had a better chance of winning.

Because she has the initiative, she can choose to enter the Heavenly Demon state and merge with the Great Dao of Rahu, or she can choose not to touch the Great Dao of Rahu at all.

Now, she abandoned all distractions, disregarded the erosion of the Black Lotus Mark, and forgot about "Wu Tian," focusing solely on sensing the calamity aura of the Rahu Path and Dong Ye.

Before long, as if by instinct, she activated the "Karma Awareness" that the Buddha had taught her through the radiant light.

Understanding karma means discerning cause and effect and the power of karma.

Now, without any formal instruction, she has mastered the Buddhist concept of karma with exceptional ease, combining it with the power of the Heavenly Demon, and the two forces show no repulsion whatsoever.

She directly saw the cause and effect between "Dream-Eating Demon Xiaoyu" and Dong Ye.

Then, Tianmo Xiaoyu used the "Heavenly Demon Authority" as a finger to manipulate this cause and effect, connecting it with the "Dongye Dan Tribulation".

"~~~" Without a sound, the mark of the twelfth-grade world-destroying black lotus lit up between Meng Shi Xiaoyu's brows.

A force and a piece of information were transmitted from the Heavenly Dao of Rahu to the "Black Lotus of Annihilation," and then accepted by the Black Lotus Mark and digested by Xiaoyu's own consciousness: the Dao declines and the Demon grows, the Dao grows and the Demon declines, the Dao and the Demon coexist, one rises and the other falls.

This is God's will!

When the Way flourishes, demons will surely obstruct it. When a Taoist is about to attain enlightenment, demons will surely bring about his tribulation.

vice versa.

When evil is about to flourish, it will inevitably commit heinous acts against Heaven and reason. Taoists who slay demons and eliminate evil are acting in accordance with Heaven's will and will reap merit.

Almost at the same time.

Inside the alchemy room of the Supreme Profound Great Yuan Heaven, Zhongyuan Immortal Mansion.

Dong Ye Daxian sat cross-legged on a wisteria futon, his eyes slightly closed, holding a whisk in his left hand and making a meditation gesture with his right. His lips moved slightly as he chanted the Huangting Daojing.

In the spacious alchemy room in front of him stood a bronze-colored octagonal alchemy furnace, taller than an adult.

The alchemy furnace had three holes in its abdomen, from which bright red flames could be seen emerging, causing the children nearby to break out in a cold sweat.

But the three children dared not retreat a single step.

They divided into three groups. One person stood in the Xun position, holding a banana leaf fan and forcefully blowing air into it; another person stood in the Zhen position, holding an electric hammer and a thunder chisel, and continuously poured thunderous power into it.

There was also a boy carrying a bamboo basket, who kept adding spiritual materials to the fire according to the heat.

"Oops!"

Suddenly, the immortal Dong Ye opened his eyes, let out a soft cry of surprise, and his face turned ugly as he frantically made calculations with his hands.

"Master, what's wrong? Did we not control the heat properly?"

The three boys were startled and immediately stopped what they were doing, looking nervously at their master.

Dong Ye shook his head and said, "It has nothing to do with you. The Nine-Turn Bone-Changing Pill is the key to my attainment of the Dao. Now that the elixir is about to be produced, it has already attracted external demons."

An old demon was inhaling the fragrance of the elixir, completely absorbed in it!

The three boys breathed a sigh of relief, and the tension on their faces completely disappeared.

The boy fanning the fire laughed and said, "Didn't Master foresee the 'Elixir Tribulation' three years ago and make thorough preparations in advance?"

Dong Ye's expression was solemn as he said, "For this batch of Nine-Turn Bone-Changing Pills, I have spent a hundred years of effort, traveling all over the land, and I have only been able to find one or two tenths of the required ingredients."

The remaining 80-90% took another thousand years, traveling to thousands of fairy islands overseas and venturing into the boundless ocean millions of miles away, before finally gathering all the materials needed for a single furnace.

These spiritual materials are formed from the purest essence of heaven and earth, and are incomparable to ordinary immortal medicines.

For an ordinary person to obtain even one of these blessings would already be a great depletion of good fortune, making them hated by heaven and earth and envied by all living beings.

Moreover, the treasures of heaven and earth have always had owners, either guarded by dragons, snakes, or strange beasts, or protected by divine beasts such as phoenixes and qilin.

Demons and heretics also know that obtaining and consuming this substance is a shortcut to cultivation. They regard spiritual herbs as their lifeblood and have guarded them for thousands, tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of years.

If it were taken away from them, wouldn't they be furious and fight back?

I gathered herbs and killed my way through.

How could I not be punished for seizing the essence of heaven and earth to satisfy my selfish desires?
The arrival of the alchemical tribulation was anticipated long before the furnace was even opened for alchemy.

Just now I sensed an unexpected and ominous feeling.

It seemed as if some evil spirit had come directly to Mount Kuaiji, staring at me greedily and maliciously, which made me very uneasy.

The boy who administered the elixir said, “Master, there is no need to worry! When the elixir is completed, Master Fuqiu, Immortal Futu, Immortal Guo, your fifteen personal disciples, and two hundred followers will all come to Zhongyuan Palace.”

With so many powerful immortals setting up the legendary 'Ten Thousand Immortals Formation,' what evil spirit could possibly break through?"

Dong Ye pondered for a moment and said, "Go and inform 'Spring Water' to lead fifty True Immortals to thoroughly search Mount Huiji."

If we can cripple the demon who orchestrates the tribulation before it arrives, things will be much easier later.

At the foot of Mount Kuaiji.

"Huh, so easily, I've become Dong Ye's 'Heavenly Demon of Calamity'?"

Xiaoyu's expression was a little strange.

She merged with the demonic path and became a celestial demon.

The Enchanted One also sided with the demonic path and received the "Mandate of Heaven"—a mission issued by the Heavenly Dao, which became Dong Ye's tribulation.

Now that Venerable Mixin is dead, can she take his place?
Upon arriving at Mount Kuaiji, she immediately "smelled" the aura of calamity and accurately identified its "scent," confirming that it originated from Dong Ye and was a calamity of immortality.

The Heavenly Demon's ability surprised her a little, but that was all.

If there were no great benefits to achieving the Heavenly Demon Body and reaching the highest realm of demonic cultivation, what would the millions of demonic cultivators in the Southern Demonic Sect be after?
What truly alarmed and distrusted her was the compatibility between Buddhist practices and the Rahu demonic path.

She was not originally the "Heavenly Demon of the Tribulation of Dong Ye Dan Jie" appointed by "Heaven".

The demons who caused the calamity for Dong Yebu were the Bewitching Heart Venerable and the Soul Devouring Demon Venerable.

They received their "destiny" early on and have been in China for several months.

Xiao Yu was thinking, now that the Bewitching Demon is dead, should she take the initiative to accept a mission from the "Heavenly Dao"?

She only made a slight attempt—using the Buddhist concept of karmic insight—to connect her karmic connection with Dong Ye to the "Dong Ye Dan Tribulation," and "Heaven" immediately accepted it.

It seems that the ability to discern karmic phenomena is not the true Dharma of Buddhism, but rather a powerful supernatural ability of demons.

"The Rahu of yesteryear, or rather, the Wutian of today, must be connected to the Western Paradise!"

Xiao Yu would never forget how the weakened will of Wutian passed through the protective golden light of the Eighth Grade Merit Lotus without any hindrance.

"Forget it, I won't think about it anymore. Now that I have the 'divine decree' to prevent Dong Ye from refining the elixir, I can legitimately sabotage it. Wait, that's not right! The Heavenly Demon is trying to stop Dong Ye from refining the elixir, but I want to steal it."

"What if Dong Ye's Nine-Turn Bone-Changing Pill is ruined?"

Xiaoyu became conflicted again.

After only a moment of hesitation, she sensed the immortal approaching her.

"The direct shift of cause and effect was too crude and seems to have alarmed Dong Ye."

We absolutely cannot reveal ourselves now. It would be too unjust and shameful to be killed before the raid is even started. Time to get out of here!

Xiaoyu sank into the earth, first traveling three hundred miles underground before transforming into a rainbow and disappearing.

At this point, she had determined the exact time when Dong Ye's Nine-Turn Bone-Changing Pill would be produced: the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, noon, 13 minutes and 42 seconds.

It was accurate to the second; even Dong Ye himself probably couldn't have calculated it that precisely.

This is the power of the "domesticated fake extraterrestrial demon".

Well, rather than calling them celestial demons, it would be more accurate to call them "chosen demons."

It was given to God to use as a "chamber pot".

This "God of Heaven" is not just the "Little God of Heaven" Rahu, but the "Complete Heavenly Way God of Heaven," the overall will of the Pangu world.

Before his death, Rahu made a great vow: "May the demonic path endure forever, may it be with Heaven, and may it rest in harmony with the Dao."

He died, but his grand aspirations were accepted by Pangu's Heavenly Dao and became a Great Dao rule, or rather, a world mechanism.

No matter how nice the righteous sects of Taoism sound, they still plunder spiritual energy and essence from the Pangu world during their process of becoming immortals.

Those who practiced the evil Vajra Zen method were punished by Heaven and Hell.

Those who cultivate the orthodox methods of the Xuanmen are themselves the ruling class, and can only be judged by the "True Will of Pangu".

With about ten days left until the Lantern Festival, Xiaoyu didn't plan to return to Xianyang for the New Year.

At this moment, she focused all her attention on three things: familiarizing herself with the Heavenly Demon Secret Technique, deducing the "Heavenless Killing Technique," and erasing the Black Lotus Mark as soon as possible. She had lost all interest in celebrating the New Year.

She didn't waste any time waiting near Kuaiji Mountain.

There's no need to rush to find the Soul Devouring Demon Lord and his group to hold a "victory reunion" with them.

Even after she became a demon, the Soul Devouring Demon Lord's Soul Corruption Curse remained unresolved, but it was suppressed by her own "Heavenly Demon Power".

Give her three to five years, do nothing, just rest and recuperate, and she can heal her injury naturally.

Of course, this does not mean she will let the Soul Devouring Demon Lord go.

She guessed that the Soul Devouring Demon Lord and his group would sense the news that she had also become a Demon of Calamity.

After all, she was now sensing their presence.

They did not know their exact location or identities, but they did know of the existence of another group of Heavenly Demons.

If she were to encounter the Soul-Devouring Demon Lord again, she would definitely bite him without hesitation and swallow him whole.

I haven't used the "God-Stealing Chapter" of the Demon Eye Technique for many years.

Now, the "Dream-Eroding Demon Ancestor" proves the Great Dao of Rahu through "foreign object erosion".

This means that this demonic art has been completely accepted by the Heavenly Dao, making it more powerful and more compatible with the rules of the Pangu world.

Why doesn't she go with the flow of "divine will"?
When Grand Tutor Yu entered Dongjun, he devoted a portion of his attention to reconstructing the earth's veins. He also gathered the "Divine Earthquake Power" he had accumulated before the new year and sent it to Luofeng Mountain.

He devoted the rest of his energy to comprehending the Dao, familiarizing himself with the power of the "Dream-Eating Demon Ancestor" while deducing the "Heavenless Annihilation Method".

A few days later, when Dongjun was fully incorporated into the "Yu Clan's New Earth Vein System of the Divine Land," she had already elevated "Demon Eye Stealing God" to a new level.

The progress of the Wutian Annihilation Method has reached 10%!

At this point, through the information she had deduced, she had basically figured out Wutian's identity.

Wu Tian lied, but not completely.

Wutian is not the reincarnation of Rahu, nor is he a "second-generation Rahu." Rather, he is the twelfth-grade world-destroying black lotus, a supreme innate treasure that Rahu once possessed.

(End of this chapter)