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

Chapter 1387 The Frustrated Nine Palaces Master

"Haha, the immortal has made his move!"

Upon seeing the seven-colored demonic mist spreading across Star Lake, Master Tianmu guessed what was about to happen and immediately burst into excited laughter.

"The unicorn dragon was hiding in the lake, and even the Immortal Elder and the Nine Palaces True Man couldn't find it. They could only use a magic spell to force it out."

The Old Demon of Extreme Yin frowned, feeling slightly uneasy.

—The unicorn dragon not only hides in Star Lake, but also uses Star Lake as a battlefield that is advantageous to him.

Since it's a battlefield, besides hiding in the waterways to prevent us from finding them, they must have made other preparations.

Nobody is a fool; if the Immortal of Forgetfulness could think of something, he could guess it immediately too.

And they were right.

"Wow~~"

As soon as the "Seven Emotions Calamity Curse" took effect, countless spirit fish went mad and died in the lake. While Ji Yin was shocked and fearful of the Immortal Elder's demonic power, he also breathed a slight sigh of relief.

"The unicorn dragon miscalculated after all; we can't pinpoint its location directly. But as long as we know the approximate area, we can easily force it out using demonic arts."

Xuanyuan the Old Demon's expression was solemn. He secretly transmitted his voice and said, "The Forgetful Immortal is not just relying on his age. He has lived for millions of years. His cultivation is too profound and his demonic power is too strong."

Star Lake is thousands of miles long, eight hundred miles wide, and a thousand feet deep at its deepest point. He dealt with it all with a single magic spell.

If it were me, I'd probably need to cast hundreds of spells to cover the entire lake. Forget it, let's just scrap the previous plan and share the unicorn dragon!

Ji Yin felt frustrated, but did not refute it.

Having truly witnessed the old demon's ferocity, he realized the vast difference between himself and the old demon, and a sense of fear crept into his heart.

"Good, good, good!" Tianmu Shangren was rather simple-minded. Seeing the old demon unleash his power and the entire Star Lake quickly filled with blood and resentment, he felt only pure excitement and joy.

"Under the Seven Emotions Bewitching Curse, no matter where the Unicorn Dragon hides, it will be affected. As long as he is under the spell, even if he can remain still, his heart will still be moved. As soon as his heart is moved, the Immortal will lock on."

Qi Qiao looked up at the sky and said quietly, "The Immortal Elder is using magic spells so recklessly to harm the creatures in the lake, and the dignified Grand Luo of the Xuanmen Sect is completely unresponsive. Their relationship is really good!"

"This is a good thing. With the help of the Nine Palaces Master, the Unicorn Dragon is doomed this time and has no chance of survival. Hmm!"

Upon hearing the Seven Apertures Demon mention the Nine Palaces True Man, the Heavenly Eye Master subconsciously looked up.

He glanced at it, and before he could finish speaking, he suddenly felt that the sky above him was both clear and somewhat blurry.

At first glance, the sky is still the sky, but he has a "Heavenly Eye," which comes with a "Demon Eye buff," capable of seeing through illusions and discerning the spirit of all things.

It can also find the flaws and loopholes in the flow of the spiritual energy of all things, and then break through the defenses of the body, magic power and mind, and invade the enemy's soul with demonic thoughts and magic power.

Looking at the sky with the third eye at this moment, one immediately discovers that the blue sky, filled with blood-red vapor, has become hazy, shaky, and illusory.

"Something's wrong! We've fallen into an illusion. No, it's not just an illusion, it's a formation!"

"Damn it, a magical array has risen from the lake and surrounded us! Everyone, be careful!"

He not only shouted, but also used his Heavenly Eye to quickly find the place where the flow of Yuan Qi in the "Illusionary Sky Curtain" was stagnant, which was the weak point of the Immortal Array. He planned to fly into the sky and escape the range of the Immortal Array first.

His reaction speed and coping strategies are absolutely worthy of his title of "Peerless Old Demon".

Before he could move, the Soul-Devouring Demon, which he was holding in his left hand, moved first, its eyes bursting with dazzling demonic light, and the "Soul-Corroding Curse" was activated.

The Heavenly Eye, being so close, was completely unprepared and bore the full force of the curse.

It was as if a bucket of aqua regia had been poured solidly onto his "steel soul".

"Aaaaaah~~~" Tianmu screamed in agony, "It hurts so much! You old ghost, what are you doing?!"

He flung out his left hand, trying to throw the Soul-Devouring Demon away.

But after the Soul-Devouring Demon released the Corrupting Soul Curse, he immediately formed a sword with his fingers and stabbed at Tianmu's armpit.

There was no attack on the chest or a sneak attack on the back, because Tianmu had four heavenly eyes, so there was no gap in his field of vision.

Only under the armpit, slightly obstructed by the arm, can one launch a sneak attack.

"Pfft~~" The sword energy pierced through the flesh and tore the internal organs to shreds, and also shattered the Heavenly Demon Body of the Heavenly Eye.

"Boom~~~" The Heavenly Demon Body exploded, leaving only a lonely demonic soul.

And every inch of the Demon Soul's skin was covered in brown bubbles.

The bubble bulged and swelled, then burst open with a "pop," releasing a large amount of pus.

This is more than just tragic. Just watching it from the sidelines is chilling.

"Soul-Devouring Old Monster, have you gone mad?!" The Extreme Yin Old Demon was shocked and horrified, then enraged.

He immediately opened his mouth and spat out "Extreme Yin Soul-Destroying Light" at the Soul-Devouring Demon.

A thick, grayish-white beam of light shot out, aiming to freeze the Soul-Devouring Demon's Heavenly Demon Body into ice shards.

The Seven-Aperture Old Demon beside him reacted even faster and acted immediately. He
With a quick recitation of a magic incantation, the Soul-Eating Demon's mouth was stuck together, his nostrils were blocked by polyps, his eyes disappeared, leaving only smooth skin and flesh around his eye sockets, his fingers were stuck together, and his arms were stuck to his body. If an ordinary person were to be affected, they would instantly turn into a lump of blood and flesh.

Even though the Soul-Devouring Demon is not an ordinary person, he still has to "seal his seven orifices and lose all six senses".

As the saying goes, the eyes are the windows to the soul.

The mouth is also considered the gateway to the heart, and the senses of hearing, smell, and touch are all extensions of the soul.

When all windows and doors are sealed, the heart naturally becomes dark. When the heart is sealed, even thought processes cease.

Without a sound, the Soul Devouring Monster deliberately self-destructed.

Instead of flying blood and flesh, he exploded into a dazzling white light.

The three old demons, Ji Yin, Xuan Yuan, and Qi Qiao, instinctively closed their eyes, and then an overwhelming fear arose uncontrollably in their hearts.

They had witnessed a similar scene before: at the border of the Great Yuan Heaven, the Unicorn Dragon, being chased so hard, turned around and unleashed a dazzling white light with the prayer beads in its hand. The Soul Devouring Demon was immediately struck, becoming dazed and motionless, its mind locked in an endless battle with the demonic shadow.

The white light that the Soul Devouring Demon is unleashing now is not ordinary light, but pure and vast spiritual power.

As before.

If there's any difference, it's that the unicorn dragon didn't appear, and the two Chaos Demon Eyes from the left-hand rosary weren't there to assist him.

"Damn it, the Unicorn Dragon has been controlling the Soul-Eating Demon with his inner demons for a long time, deliberately waiting until now to ambush us. Now he's using this trick again, trying to corrupt our minds. Please don't target me!"
The three old demons were all praying in their hearts.

Finally, Ji Yin saw a female swordswoman with flowing robes flying in from the white light. She must be the Demon Sword Immortal.

She was undeniably beautiful and graceful, but she was not ethereal at all; instead, she was quite demonic and bewitching.

Her long, deep purple hair, tinged with dark red, danced wildly in the wind, like a demonic cloud.

Her skin was snow-white and almost translucent, her lips an unusually vibrant color, and her eyes had no pupils, only two black swirls. During her high-speed flight, a magical light seemed to emanate from the corners of her eyes, leaving long, faint trails of smoke along her cheeks and the back of her head.

"No~~~~"

Extreme Yin roared in anger and despair, surging his entire body with magical power, unleashing his strongest spell, and engaging in a fierce battle with the Demon Sword Immortal.

The battle was exceptionally fierce, exceptionally brutal, and exceptionally desperate.

No matter what kind of killing moves he used, they were all broken by the opponent's sword, and then he was beheaded with a single sword.

"Why, why did you come to find me? Why are you so familiar with my demonic arts? Why can you perfectly and flawlessly counter the killing moves that I have never used on anyone before? This shouldn't be, it doesn't make sense."

"You're such a fool, your brain isn't working properly. This is my innate curse. I am the Dream Eater, it is my instinct to devour all things and all spirits!"

The Demon Sword Immortal wasn't just focused on fighting; she constantly hurled insults and disdain at people.

After all, the key to the Demon Eye's ability to steal a person's soul is to completely shatter their beliefs, causing their inner demons to arise.

Defeating someone can drive them to despair; verbal attacks can achieve a similar effect. Therefore, every time the Demon Eye Steals the Soul technique, the target, Xiaoyu, deep within the mind, talks trash like a 1990s NBA star.

"Fellow Daoist Jiugong, save me!"

"Fellow Daoist Jiugong, make your move quickly!"

"Nine Palaces, I'll enter your mother's palace~~~"

The Nine Palaces True Man could actually hear every call and curse from the Forgetful Immortal.

Even if you can't hear it directly, you can still vaguely sense it.

This was not only because he had merged with the Heavenly Heart and his consciousness had become one with the Heavenly Dao of the Great Profound Heaven, but also because Xiao Yu had not deliberately concealed the voice of the Forgetful Immortal.

She even intentionally let his screams spread over Star Lake so that True Man Jiugong could hear them.

Just a second before Jiugong Zhenren heard Wangqing Xianweng's miserable cry, he had already noticed that the spiritual energy of heaven and earth within the Star Lake area had become abnormal.

Of course, when the Immortal of Forgetfulness used the "Seven Emotions Calamity Curse" to drive the spirits in the lake into a frenzy, stain the lake water red, and fill the air with blood mist, the natural energy of Star Lake was already abnormal.

However, at that time, the primordial energy of heaven and earth only became turbid.

The pure spiritual energy is mixed with a large amount of resentment, bloodlust, murderous intent, demonic energy, and evil energy.

Even the sky showed strange phenomena: resentment filled the sky, forming a gray-black fog that could be sensed by immortals thousands of miles away.

At this moment, the sudden changes in the primordial energy of heaven and earth became regular and complete.

When Master Jiugong looked down, he saw that the lake was shrouded in a white mist.

The white mist obscured the blood in the lake and dispersed the blood mist.

Even the frenzied creatures tearing and biting wildly in the lake gradually calmed down.

"Oh no, this is a celestial array from the Xuanmen sect! The Unicorn Dragon has secretly set up a celestial array in Star Lake. He really is using this place as a battlefield."

He immediately understood, and then subconsciously stretched out his right hand, intending to tear the immortal array below to shreds.

A gigantic hand, spanning hundreds of miles in radius, moved with seemingly slow speed but actually swift speed, reaching Star Lake in almost an instant and touching the white mist on the lake's surface.

The mere movement of the giant hand stirred up a gust of wind that dispersed the clouds thousands of feet high, creating a Force 14 gale around Star Lake.

Just as Meng Shi Xiaoyu had told the Forgetful Immortal, if the Nine Palaces True Man wanted to violently dismantle her immortal array, he could do so in the blink of an eye.

But the giant hand stopped abruptly after touching the immortal array.

Because the Nine Palaces True Man suddenly had a whim, the consequences of his palm strike would be unimaginable: the entire Star Lake would be uprooted, a huge hole would be torn open in the Extreme Profound Great Yuan Heaven, the earth of the Cave Heaven World would crack, and earthquakes would erupt everywhere. The Cave Heaven would be instantly destroyed by one-fifth, and then continue to shatter until it was completely destroyed.

"This immortal array not only gathers the water spiritual power in the lake, but also connects the underground water veins and the nearby earth veins, using the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to connect this world into a whole."

"This...this is the method for setting up the Xuanmen Mountain Guardian Formation!"

Master Jiugong widened his spiritual eyes, observing the flow of spiritual energy in the immortal array in the lake while rapidly calculating.

The more he looked and calculated, the more shocked he became.

The immortal array in the lake is exquisite, probably a fifth-grade immortal array (ps).

Unbeknownst to him, the unicorn dragon secretly used the terrain and ley lines of Star Lake to set up a fifth-grade immortal array.

Even the mountain-guarding formations of mid-level sects are only of the fifth rank.

Back when Empress Dowager Zhao was still alive, due to the large number of high-ranking immortals leaving the court, the protective array of the Empress Dowager's palace was only of the sixth rank!

This shocked him, yet he could understand and accept it.

A fifth-grade immortal array, which could be temporarily set up, was perfectly compatible with this world. Forcibly destroying the immortal array would simultaneously destroy the earth's veins and water veins. This not only required extremely high-level immortal array skills, but more importantly, authority!
What makes you think you can perfectly connect the formation with the earth's veins and water veins?
Does the earth obey you? Do the lakes and waterways obey you? You are not an immortal from a celestial realm.

Even immortals from elsewhere, who wish to establish a sect in the Great Yuan Heaven of Extreme Profoundness and build a mountain-guarding array that connects to the earth's veins, must obtain a "land certificate"—permission and authority—from the master of the grotto-heaven.

"You're not a unicorn dragon, who are you?!"

Master Jiugong roared at the lake, his voice causing the thick fog on the lake to ripple endlessly.

No one responded to him.

Master Jiugong was both shocked and furious, and he wanted to slap down and smash Star Lake to pieces.

He has the ability, but he doesn't dare.

The reason why Xingchen Lake is called "Xingchen Lake" is not because hundreds of lakes are connected together and the lake surface reflects light, making it look like a cluster of stars when viewed from high altitude.

The name Star Lake comes from a human perspective.

If you look closely above Mount Kuaiji from the human world, you can see a small, faint star.

It is the starlight reflected by Star Lake.

If he were to carry out a violent demolition, slapping down one room without regard for anything else, it would be like one room in a five-bedroom, one-living-room apartment collapsing completely.

With the Great Luo Mindset of severing the Three Corpses, the Nine Palaces True Man forcibly suppressed the agitation and rage in his heart, and rationally and calmly analyzed the "Fifth Grade Five Lakes Formation".

As he calmed down, he quickly discovered that the fifth-grade immortal array covering Star Lake possessed the charm of Dongting Lake, the charm of Zhenze (Taihu Lake), the charm of Pengli Lake (Poyang Lake), and the charm of all the "five lakes" of China.

"The Immortal of Forgetfulness has lived for millions of years in vain, completely deceived by the 'unicorn dragon.' He is definitely not a unicorn dragon."

Even a true immortal of the Xuanmen sect would find it difficult to adapt to local conditions and set up such an ingenious immortal formation.

Its level is not high, only fifth grade, but it did not use any magic treasures as an array plate.

Purely utilizing the terrain and adapting to the circumstances, it is almost a natural creation, a skill that is close to the Tao!

No wonder I didn't notice before.

Master Jiugong was not trying to save face for himself.

Xiao Yu set up the Five Lakes Formation at Xingchen Lake, much like Qiao Feng using the Taizu Long Fist.

The level is not high, but the people who use them are too powerful and their skills are too superb, turning the rotten into the miraculous.

　P.S.: Immortal Array Grade.

　　As mentioned before, I'll briefly reiterate it now.

　　The grade of a celestial array is mainly determined by the grade of the "array plate" used to construct the array.

　　For example, setting up the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation requires the Four Immortal Slaughtering Swords and the formation diagram. Their quality determines the strength of the immortal formation from the root.

　　The level of the artifacts used in the formation is similar to that of magic treasures, from highest to lowest: Chaos Supreme Treasure, Innate Supreme Treasure, Innate Spiritual Treasure, Acquired Supreme Treasure, and Acquired Spiritual Treasure.

　　Chaos Treasures and Innate Treasures are classified as "Super Grade" and are not among the grades one through nine.

　　For example, the Twelve Heavenly Gods and Demons Formation set up by the Twelve Ancestral Witches summons the Pangu Dharma Body, which is of the highest grade.

　　Innate spiritual treasures are divided into three grades: top-grade innate spiritual treasures, such as the Four Swords of Zhuxian (lacking the innate array diagram, which was later added by the Tongtian Sect Master); high-grade innate spiritual treasures (treasures of saints), such as the Red Embroidered Ball; and ordinary innate spiritual treasures.

　　Top-grade innate spiritual treasures can be used to set up formations, such as the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation and the Myriad Immortals Formation, which are classified as Grade One.

　　Then, following the same logic, the level is gradually reduced.

　　The top three grades are all innate spiritual treasures, the fourth grade immortal array is equivalent to an acquired supreme treasure, and the fifth grade immortal array is an acquired spiritual treasure.

　　Of the same level of formations and spiritual treasures, formations are definitely superior to spiritual treasures.

　　In the Pangu world, the fifth rank is already considered quite high-end.

　　For example, the "Turbid Water and Yellow Sand Array" set up by the Continental Zelong Palace using the Yellow River's waterways is only a fifth-grade formation.

　　In this chapter, Xiaoyu was able to use the Fifth-Rank Five Lakes Formation to stop a Grand Luo Golden Immortal, mainly relying on two points: First, it was ingenious and secretive, and no one had noticed it beforehand; second, he used the Extreme Profound Great Yuan Heaven as a hostage.
　　
　
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