Cultivation begins in Qingfeng Market.

A silver-white Vermilion Bird, hundreds of feet in size, flew out from the sword formation.

With a flap of its wings, countless silver-white sword energies flew out from the edges of its wings, turning half the sky silver.

The Celestial Vermilion Bird swooped down and collided head-on with the Mysterious Water Dragon Turtle.

The silvery-white sword energy collided with the deep blue water mine, and a blinding white light exploded.

The shockwave spread outward from the point of impact, forming a wave hundreds of feet high.

The two were locked in a fierce battle at sea. Zhuque's sword energy cleaved through the barrier of sea mines, while the corrosive power of the mines eroded Zhuque's silver-white wings. The spiritual light and water mist mingled together, making it impossible to see anything within a radius of dozens of miles.

The tortoise shell was repeatedly attacked by the Heavenly Vermilion Bird, and finally a crack appeared. Lin Zhao seized the opportunity and poured in the Divine Fiend Sword Qi through the crack, piercing through the dragon tortoise's head from the inside.

Although Lin Zhao forcibly killed the Xuan Shui Dragon Turtle.

However, he also exhausted most of his magical power.

Lin Zhao did not use the spiritual liquid in the Nine Luminaries Thunder Pool to restore her mana. The Inner Sea was not the Black Sea, and there were no thunderstorms, so she could replenish her spiritual liquid at any time.

Once the spiritual liquid in the Thunder Pool is used up, it takes a very long time to recover. To replenish it quickly, the only option is to use high-grade spirit stones.

Not only the Nine Luminaries Thunder Pool, but also the Blood Essence Bone Fiend Palace were useless to him.

This top-grade third-tier magic weapon was one of his trump cards.

Revealing one's full strength in front of the many cultivators in the Immortal City is not a wise choice.

During the battle between the immortal city and the ghostly mist, more than twenty peak third-tier demonic beasts appeared, causing numerous casualties among cultivators.

But no matter how difficult it was, the immortal city was still defended.

These monsters were killed by the combined efforts of the group, and each one was extremely valuable.

The morale of the Core Formation cultivators rose higher and higher with each battle, and they reaped considerable rewards.

Lin Zhao also fought against the cultivators who had revived in the ghostly mist.

Compared to demonic beasts, these ghost mist cultivators were considerably weaker. Cultivators relied on a combination of magical treasures, spells, formations, and combat experience to achieve their full potential.

After being revived by the ghostly mist, they were mentally unstable and unable to use many of their abilities.

The late-stage Core Formation cultivator that Lin Zhao was facing had rigid moves and a noticeable delay in his attacks, which Lin Zhao pierced through with a single strike using the Three Fiends Sword Qi.

But it's unknown whether high-level Ghost Mist cultivators are different—if a Nascent Soul level cultivator is resurrected by Ghost Mist and retains their fighting instincts from their previous life, that would be a real problem.

Dongyang Zhenjun also intervened several times during the process.

The opponents were all demonic beasts that had reached the Nascent Soul stage after being empowered by the Ghost Mist.

Even the powerful Core Formation cultivators of the Black Sea camp, working together, could only barely withstand such an existence; they couldn't kill it at all.

The Dongyang True Lord's natal magic weapon, the Dongyang Cauldron, flew out from above his head. The cauldron was blue-gold in color, with three legs and two handles, and its walls were engraved with restrictive runes.

The cauldron overturned, and beams of azure-gold light poured down, enveloping the demonic beast.

The demonic beasts struck head-on by the Dongyang Cauldron had their protective ghostly mist evaporate instantly, and their demonic bodies disintegrated inch by inch within the pillar of light.

His actions were clean and efficient.

But the most impressive thing is the three-headed serpent.

Each of the three snake heads spews a different power—corrosion, freezing, or deadly poison.

After being empowered by the ghostly mist, his strength steadily reached the Nascent Soul stage.

Dongyang Zhenjun fought it for several days, and the shockwaves of the battle swept over a thousand miles.

The sea was shattered, sometimes frozen into tundra, sometimes corroded into stagnant water, and sometimes blasted into countless deep craters by spiritual energy.

Even through the protective array, the cultivators in the immortal city could feel that terrifying pressure.

Three days later, Dongyang Zhenjun finally killed it completely.

The Dongyang Cauldron smashed two of the Nether Serpent's heads, and the last head was refined by his natal fire for a whole day before it finally died.

When Dongyang Zhenjun returned to the Immortal City, there were some bloodstains on his sleeves.

His complexion was paler than usual, and he had suffered some minor injuries, but he had won after all.

Countless cultivators cheered within the immortal city.

However, the several peak Core Formation cultivators who emerged from the Black Sea camp did not cheer.

Several people stood on the city wall, glanced at the back of Dongyang Zhenjun, exchanged a look, and remained silent.

Although Dongyang Zhenjun has a great reputation, he doesn't seem to be very strong in terms of combat power among Nascent Soul Zhenjuns.

He only had one fourth-tier magic weapon, and his avatar didn't even appear during the battle, so it seems he didn't have one.

Although the Three-Headed Nether Serpent is stronger after being empowered by the Ghost Mist, it is at most at the level of Nascent Soul Dharma Body, belonging to the lowest tier of Nascent Soul.

A normal Nascent Soul cultivator could easily kill a Dharma Body level warrior with some effort.

Dongyang Zhenjun fought for several days and even suffered some injuries. Even if they were just minor injuries, it showed that he was fighting with great difficulty.

I originally thought the ghostly fog was already halfway through, and based on past experience, it should last another year or two before starting to dissipate.

Moreover, the higher-ups of the All-Laws Alliance have already begun to take action, so the ghostly mist will only dissipate faster.

The immortal city should be able to be defended, and everyone is safe.

It's not certain yet.

I've heard that some immortal cities have already fallen during this ghostly fog invasion.

Dongyang Zhenjun is the last line of defense for the Immortal City. If he is not strong enough, the safety of the Immortal City is in jeopardy.

The group at the Black Sea camp began to keep a watchful eye on things.

On the surface, everything remained the same—the city was defended as usual, and the demons were killed as usual.

But everyone made a lot of preparations in private.

Inside a large blue stone hall in the core area of ​​Dongyang Immortal City.

Nine fist-sized luminous pearls were embedded in the roof of the hall, their cold white light illuminating every detail inside.

At this moment, only Dongyang Zhenjun sat high on the tall stone chair in the main hall, and his expression was not good.

His strength is indeed among the weaker tiers of those in the early Nascent Soul stage.

It originally had a Nascent Soul Dharma Body, but it was destroyed in a demon-hunting operation a hundred years ago and has not been able to be reconstituted since.

He only possesses one fourth-tier magic weapon, the Dongyang Cauldron.

This made it somewhat difficult for him to fight against the Ghost Mist; otherwise, he wouldn't have so readily accepted the group from the Black Sea camp.

As a Nascent Soul True Monarch, the information he has access to is naturally beyond what ordinary cultivators can obtain.

Although the Ghost Mist outbreak is more than halfway complete, some powerful entities within the mist have begun to take action.

The Alliance of Myriad Laws has already lost three immortal cities, and five or six more are seeking reinforcements.

There was a celestial city near Dongyang Immortal City, which was forcibly breached by a demon lord.

That demon lord was named the Silent Night Demon Lord.

He was a renowned figure from four thousand years ago—legend has it that he obtained part of the inheritance of the Nine Nether Demon Sect, was at the peak of the early Nascent Soul stage, and his combat power was no less than that of the mid-Nascent Soul stage. He roamed the endless demon sea for a thousand years.

In the end, it was only after the Alliance of Ten Thousand Laws mobilized six Nascent Soul True Monarchs to besiege him that they were able to successfully kill him.

Unexpectedly, he was resurrected by the ghost mist.

Even if the Demon Lord of the Night is not as powerful as he was in life after his resurrection, he is still someone I can't fight against now.

Dongyang Zhenjun sat in the main hall, his fingers slowly tapping the armrest.

It seems we need to make plans soon.