However, ever since the lich resurrected the beast god, it has been in a state of disappearance.

When the beast tide rushed into the Central Plains, the lich did not follow the Beast God as a vanguard.

This shows that he is a real behind-the-scenes instigator.

The reason why Xu Zhiqiu gave him the Xuanhuojian was to prepare for the situation after he was defeated in the battle against the Beast God.

Regardless of whether what the lich said is true or not, it’s always a good idea to provide some insurance to the world.

Now it seems that what the lich said is true.

"I remember you……"

The Beast God only stared at the lich's face, seemingly ignoring his murderous intent, and said sarcastically:
"Back then, you were a dog under Linglong. Why don't you want to be my dog ​​now?"

In response to his mockery, Kuroki sneered:
"What about you? What are you? A plaything of the Queen?"

These words seemed to have angered the Beast God, and blood suddenly surged on his weak and pale face.
"Kneel down and talk."

boom--!
A huge pressure suddenly descended upon him, and Hei Mu's body trembled. His ghost body was as precarious as a lone lamp in the rain, and his knees bent involuntarily.

"Even though he is weak now, there are few people in the world who can fight him."

Xiaobai looked at this uninvited guest and advised:
"I see that you have a pure and strong ghost essence. It is obvious that it is not easy to practice for a thousand years. In order to avoid your soul being torn apart in front of him, I advise you to leave."

"Hey!"

Hei Mu laughed defiantly, and all his ghost power surged into a stream, swirling around him. He actually managed to stand up despite the pressure from the Beast God.

This surprised the Sky Fox, and even the Beast God frowned.

"It's uncertain who will die today."

"I underestimated your arrogance. You were willing to sacrifice your own body to push your strength to a higher level. But you don't think you can defeat me just by doing this, do you?"

Heimu came with great force, but despite this, the beast god still had an attitude of contempt.

Just as a lion will not tolerate being offended by a hyena, as the king of beasts, he also has his own dignity.

Hei Mu sneered:

"You are indeed a filthy thing. Your brain has never been useful!"

He obviously knew his own limitations and did not attack the beast god, but only offered the Xuanhuojian in front of him.

"Mysterious Fire Mirror?"

The Sky Fox Xiaobai frowned deeply.

"How did this thing end up in your hands? Did Xu give it to you?"

Hei Mu did not answer, and the beast god remained disdainful:

"What can you do to me with this mere spirit of ten thousand fires?"

"Just try and you will find out."

Hei Mu held the Xuan Huo Jian in front of him and began to chant ancient words. As each syllable was recited, the mirror glowed brightly.

Of course, the Beast God would not just sit there and watch.

The right arm swung out, and the arm suddenly grew wildly, with an abnormal amount of flesh piled up. In a blink of an eye, the giant arm that looked like a tentacle as thick as a hug rushed towards Heimu.

However, when the flesh arm was about to touch the black wood, the Beast God's expression suddenly changed.

boom!
As if it had hit an invisible transparent wall, the flesh arm first broke and deformed, and then began to combust without fire.

In just a few seconds, the scorching black fire burned off his flesh arm and even spread to his body.

The flames were so hot that even Xiaobai, who was watching from the sidelines, couldn't help but squint his eyes and raise his hands to block the heat.

The Beast God had to make a prompt decision and tear off the demonized arm to avoid being burned to death.

But he was already injured, and his face looked even paler now.

He looked at the Xuanhuojian in Heimu's hand, which was slowly floating into the air under the stimulation of the spell.

At the same time, the flames in the "fire basin" below burned more and more vigorously.

Slowly, the engraved patterns of the eight ancient evil gods, with the fire basin on the ground as the axis, slowly spread out towards the periphery and formed a base.

Within just a few seconds, the temperature inside the Demon-Suppressing Ancient Cave suddenly rose.

The blazing red firelight illuminated the originally dark cave as bright as day.

Seeing this, the Sky Fox was horrified, and the Beast God was no longer relaxed as before, showing fear.

"This is the Eight Evil Mysterious Fire Formation."

He stared at the dark wood hiding behind the magic circle.

"You can actually set up this formation?"

The lich Heimu snorted coldly:

"I am the queen's personal guardian mage. Why can't the queen teach me the formation method?"

The Eight Evil Mysterious Fire Formation is the most powerful killing formation in the world.

It's just been incomplete for thousands of years.
If you want to set up a complete formation, in addition to knowing the specific activation techniques, you also need the Xuanhuojian as a guide, and then respond with external forces.

The so-called "external force" refers to the Xuanhuo Altar in Fenxiang Valley, which is built on a volcanic crater.

Using the fire power of the earth veins to activate the formation is naturally a natural advantage.

Although there is no usable crater in this ancient demon-suppressing cave, the fire bowl is a treasure from thousands of years ago that can have the same effect and serve as the cornerstone for activating the formation.

"You should still remember it clearly, right?"

Hei Mu put on a thick mocking expression and said to the beast god:

"This 'Fire Basin' was used by the Empress to activate the Eight Evil Formation to burn you. Now, it's my turn to use it."

As if hurt by these words, the beast god was as cold as frost.
"You deserve it?"

The evil spirit in his body was activated, making the surroundings hazy and shadowy, like an ancient demon, with murderous intent evident.

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Xu Zhiqiu told his disciples the truth.

I thought this would be difficult for many of them to accept, or even cause them to collapse.

However, the outcome of the matter was completely beyond his expectations.

Everyone was relatively calm, except for the initial confusion and regret, and then everyone focused their attention on him.

Compared to his apology to his disciples, his disciples were more worried about his mental state as a master.

"Master...it's okay."

"Honestly speaking, we don't really care whether it's connected to the sky or not... Don't you think so?"

"Yes, yes! As long as Master is fine, it doesn't matter if we can't become immortals after reaching the third level. We are all content anyway."

"Yes, even if the third level can't reach the sky, it is still an invincible skill in the world! Besides, there may be a way out, there may be a fourth or fifth level!?"

"..."

Looking at these children who tried to persuade him to let things go,

Xu Zhiqiu felt that it was absurd and ridiculous, yet sad.

It turns out that he is the only one who cares whether it is accessible or not...

This inevitably made him feel frustrated, as if he had never taught his apprentices to the root of the problem in all these years.

But as everyone's master and elder, he still understood and tolerated everything.

After all, in any sect, there are very few people who are truly devoted to seeking the truth.

In the previous life, the Trinity actually consisted of only the Master.

Like Uncle Chong, Senior Brother Cheng Zhen, and all his fellow disciples including him... Now that I think about it, how similar they are to the group of people in front of me?
If one had to choose between whether Sanzang could reach the sky or whether his master would live or die, I'm afraid everyone would choose the latter, right?

This is the power of idols, enough to make people become blind, blindly follow, and abandon themselves...

From his perspective as a person with experience, this is actually a huge hidden danger for a sect.

"Master, I can't let these children... follow the same old path we took back then." Looking at these children, Xu Zhiqiu thought to himself that there was something that should be put on the agenda as soon as possible.

But right now, there is still one thing that needs to be settled.

He raised his eyes and looked towards the south.

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Inside the Demon-Suppressing Ancient Cave,

The situation developed unexpectedly.

The Beast God underestimated the injuries Xu Zhiqiu had caused to him, so much so that now he was being controlled by a "scoundrel".

At this time, the Eight Evil Mysterious Fire Formation activated by the Mysterious Fire Mirror did not seem to have fully released its power.

No one knew what magical power the lich Heimu used, but hundreds of chains formed from blazing black fire bound the Beast God tightly.

The sealing power contained in the chains seemed to conflict with the evil spirit of the beast god.
For a moment, it was like a red-hot chain binding a piece of solid ice, and the two had a serious rejection reaction.

"How can... this be possible..."

The beast god's face became hideous due to the severe pain, and black energy continued to overflow from his body to protect it, but it was burned away layer by layer.

……

Outside the magic circle, the sky fox Xiaobai was in hesitation, wondering whether to lend a hand.

After all, this beast god has a history with her and he is already dying. How can she bear to see him suffer any more?

But then again, this is, after all, a causal entanglement between the Lich and the Beast God that spans thousands of years.

As an outsider, she has no right to get involved.

Even though she was a master of Taoism with thousands of years of experience, she did not dare to easily offend the "Eight Evil Mysterious Fire Array".

Just when she was hesitating, the lich attacked her first.

I saw pillars of fire rising up around it, instantly trapping it inside.

The flames that could melt steel made Xiaobai dare not neglect them. He used his magic power to condense several ice walls for defense.

"You damned bastard!" Xiao Bai was so angry that she jumped up and down: "I haven't even made up my mind to do anything yet, but you've already taken control of me!"

Perhaps because he was afraid that she would get in the way, the lich ignored her after trapping her and walked straight towards the Beast God.

"I have to thank that person for helping me weaken you greatly, otherwise I might not have had it so easy."

Hei Mu tore open the silk covering his upper body, exposing the Beast God's chest, and then -

puff!

The ghost hand inserted into the chest, peeled off the flesh, pried open the ribs, and cut open the beast god.

The chest was open, revealing the beating heart within.

But the beast god didn't even hum.
At the same time, thick and dark evil energy began to overflow from the exposed chest cavity.

Hei Mu's expression suddenly changed, as if he was very frightened of it, and he quickly stepped back to avoid it.

However, the Beast God suddenly reached out and grabbed Heimu's left arm.

I saw the black energy forming the shape of a monster, opening its mouth wide, trying to swallow the black wood.

Stab it!

In desperation, Heimu screamed and had to tear off his own ghost hand before he could retreat and escape from danger.

As soon as the severed ghost hand touched the sticky black Qi, it instantly melted away, at a speed as fast as lighting cotton with flame.

Kuroki's heart trembled.
Knowing that it is the original evil spirit of the Beast God, it can dissolve all things and is extremely vicious.

Although his arm was broken, Hei Mu was not angry.
A trapped beast's fight always requires some effort.

"This evil spirit and violent energy is your origin. It is the essence of your body. This is exactly what I want."

His eyes were scorching, and he suddenly formed a seal with one hand and chanted the spell again.

Then, above the base, the light of the Xuanhuojian suddenly became brighter, as if it was about to melt.

The edge of the treasure mirror was blurred and twisted, as if a raging fire had burned through the void, extending infinitely towards another dimension.

Then, it seemed as if a door had opened up, and eight feet in diameter, billowing black fire rushed out from the door.

"Roar--!"

It was accompanied by a faint high-pitched groan that had never been heard before.

In the distance, Sky Fox Xiaobai seemed to have guessed something, and his face suddenly turned pale:
"It's the Eight Desolate Fire Dragon!"

As the chanting sound became clearer, a huge cold and violent eye flashed across the world of endless sea of ​​fire from the other side of the mysterious fire portal.

Then came the dragon scales, dragon whiskers, and dragon claws...

It was as if a gigantic beast was peeking through a mouse hole, but the size of the door was not big enough for its true form to descend.

The fire dragon seemed to be very envious of the world over here. It only took a quick glance, and then a trace of hot dragon breath overflowed from the portal.

The breath of the Eight Desolate Fire Dragon, which could burn everything, was burning the open chest of the Beast God.

Bah, bah, bah—!
The original evil energy that the Beast God used to protect his body came into contact with the dragon's breath and began to melt like ice and snow.

"Ahhhh——!"

The unprecedented burning of flames made the God of Beasts unable to resist and let out a painful howl.

In fact, thousands of years ago, when he did not yet have flesh and blood, he was just a monster condensed from primitive evil spirit and hostility. He was immortal and had no sense of pain.

But later, when I had a physical body, I naturally had life and death, and the feeling of pain.

Even though it has now become a fatal weakness, he has never regretted it because it was his choice.

Back then, it was he who made the hysterical plea to the witch.

——Then you, let me be a human being!
At this moment, he asked Kuroki:
"Why are you doing this?"

Hei Mu laughed uncontrollably, and felt relieved to see him being tortured:
"To clear the Queen's name."

He pointed at the Beast God's open chest:
"A person has three souls, and the earth soul is sealed in the flesh, blood, and five internal organs. Since the mother gave you her flesh and blood, her earth soul is naturally in you as well."

The Beast God's pupils twitched.
"On me? What do you mean!?"

"Don't you understand? I will free the holy soul of the queen from your dirty body, and then..."

"And then? And then what? What on earth do you want to do!?"

As the dragon's breath continued to burn, the Beast God's pain became more intense.

In severe pain, the Beast God's voice was all roars.

But Hei Mu ignored him, and formed a seal with one hand, chanting a spell:

"One soul leaves the body, the other soul returns, the nine underworlds of heaven and earth, summoning the souls is the guide!"

As the spell was finished, a chilly wind suddenly blew in the ancient cave.

Mixed with the burning flames, it created a crackling sound.

As the calcination continued, a wisp of white smoke emerged from the blood, flesh, and internal organs of the beast god.

The white smoke continued to gather and gradually condensed above him.

At the same time, nine similar wisps of white smoke floated in from the entrance of the cave at the back.

Under Heimu's witchcraft, the ten wisps of white smoke gathered together.

Gradually, it formed a graceful human figure that seemed illusory, like smoke and dust, vague and uncertain.

The hideous pain on the Beast God's face suddenly froze.

He stared blankly at the sky in front of him.

The graceful figure gradually solidified, gradually revealing a beautiful face, so familiar.

Spanning thousands of years, it feels like yesterday.

"Linglong..." (End of this chapter)

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