After guarding the gates for a hundred years, I drove the Heavenly Saint to madness.

With a command from Randeng, the three great bodhisattvas, Manjushri, Samantabhadra, and Cihang, each urged their mounts forward and quickly occupied the three positions of Heaven, Earth, and Man outside Jiepai Pass.

In an instant, the green lion roared, the white elephant neighed, and the golden-haired lion spewed out smoke and mist.

Three terrifying auras at the Quasi-Saint level soared into the sky, weaving into a massive golden net that began to gradually shrink towards Jiepai Pass.

Wherever the golden net passed, the surging crimson aura hissed, as if snowflakes were being rapidly melted by the blazing sun.

On the city wall, Xiao Wuji leaned on the flagpole, seemingly about to collapse, but his mind was as clear as a mirror.

"This old lamp is indeed like a tortoise, overly cautious."

A cold glint flashed beneath Xiao Wuji's lowered eyelids.

Burning Lamp planned to use the Three Talents Annihilation Formation to slowly wear him down from the outside, which would not only be safe but also gradually erode his life.

If they continue to wear each other down like this, although the Twelve Heavenly Gods and Demons Formation can withstand it, these big fish will just keep swimming outside the net, and it will be impossible to catch them all at once.

"Want to hang out outside and not come in? That's not up to you."

Xiao Wuji sneered inwardly, and with a slight twitch of his fingers holding the flagpole, he silently severed the spiritual energy connection between the formation beneath his feet and the Five Elements Pine Needle Fruit Tree.

"Buzz—!!"

The phantom of Pangu, which had been struggling to hold on, suddenly trembled violently and let out a mournful cry.

Immediately afterwards, the malevolent aura that had enveloped the entire Jiepai Pass collapsed in large chunks, like a crumbling wall that had lost its support!

"puff--!"

Xiao Wuji, perfectly timed, coughed up another mouthful of blood, then collapsed from beside the flagpole, rolling twice on the ground, his hair disheveled as he roared:

"Why was the spiritual energy cut off at this time?"

"Heaven has forsaken me!!"

This sudden turn of events caused the three monks, who were preparing to proceed steadily, to pause in their actions.

Above the clouds, Randeng, who had been staring intently at the changes in the great formation, suddenly had his cloudy old eyes light up frighteningly.

"stop!"

With a wave of his hand, Ran Deng stopped the three monks who were about to continue applying pressure.

He stared intently at the collapsed gap in the aura of malevolence and the desperate, struggling figure on the city wall, rapidly calculating his next move.

The formation has backfired!

It must be that the spiritual root that served as the core of the formation could not withstand the prolonged impact of the malevolent energy and withered away on its own.

"Vice Master, is this a trap?" Guang Chengzi hesitated, after all, he had suffered a loss at Xiao Wuji's hands.

"It doesn't look like it."

Ran Deng shook his head, a barely perceptible glint of greed flashing deep in his eyes.

"The Witch Clan's grand formation was inherently violent. He forcibly activated it for so long with the body of a Taiyi Golden Immortal, so its collapse was inevitable. Now that the spiritual energy at the formation's core has been severed, this tortoise shell is shattered."

"Should we continue setting up the formation and refining it?" Manjushri Bodhisattva asked.

"Refine it? Too late!"

As Ran Deng watched the continuously dissipating malevolent energy, his tone became urgent.

"If we wait until the formation completely collapses, Xiao Wuji, knowing he is doomed, might simply escape. At that point, we won't be able to stop him from outside the formation!"

"That's an ancient array diagram that can condense the true form of Pangu, and the Heaven-Turning Seal. Once it runs back to Jin'ao Island, we're afraid we'll be helpless."

Greed is often the last straw that breaks the camel's back and cloudes reason.

Ran Deng could no longer sit still. While taking a cautious approach was safe, if the cooked duck flew away or the treasure was ruined, then it would be a loss that outweighed the gains.

"Guang Chengzi! Manjushri! Samantabhadra! Cihang!"

With a sharp shout, Ran Deng unleashed his magical power, and his withered hand suddenly flipped over.

Twenty-four precious pearls radiating five-colored light appeared out of thin air and slowly rotated in his palm. Each one seemed to contain the power of the four seas, and it was the Sea-Stabilizing Divine Pearl!

"If we don't attack now, when will we?"

"Follow me into the formation! Seize the core, slay this fiend, and reclaim the treasure!"

"kill!!"

At Ran Deng's command, the three great masters who were originally setting up an array on the outside instantly withdrew their supernatural powers and transformed into three streams of light that converged behind Ran Deng.

Guang Chengzi was even more impatient, his broken bell humming as he took the lead.

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"Xiao Wuji! Prepare to die!"

Five powerful figures, five terrifying streaks of light, rushed into the grand formation of Jiepai Pass without any hindrance through the gap caused by the collapse of the evil energy.

"You wretched creature! Where do you think you're going!"

Guang Chengzi took the lead, and the Fallen Bell in his hand grew larger in the wind, turning into the size of a small mountain. With a terrifying sonic wave that could shatter the soul, it slammed down on the figure who was paralyzed on the city wall.

Xiao Wuji panicked and scrambled to the side, frantically forming hand seals to barely condense a shield from the sparse surrounding malevolent energy.

"when--!!"

With a loud bang, the protective shield of malevolent energy shattered instantly.

Xiao Wuji was thrown back by the shockwave and crashed heavily into the Five Elements Pine Tree in the backyard of the General's Mansion, causing pine needles to fall everywhere.

"Cough cough cough..." Xiao Wuji clutched his chest, vomiting blood, his eyes filled with despair.

"Still not dead?"

When the Taoist Ran Deng arrived, he frowned slightly upon seeing this.

With a flick of his wrist, twenty-four Sea-Stabilizing Pearls roared forth, transforming into twenty-four illusory images of the heavens, instantly suppressing the space-time within a hundred miles and sealing off all of Xiao Wuji's escape routes.

Manjushri, Samantabhadra, and Cihang, the three great bodhisattvas, followed closely behind, descending in a triangular formation to surround Xiao Wuji.

The Dragon-Hiding Stake, the Wu Hook Sword, and the Pure Glass Bottle—three powerful treasures—exuded a chilling killing intent, locking onto Xiao Wuji's vital acupoints.

"Xiao Wuji, you have nowhere to escape."

Manjushri, the Heavenly Venerable of Vast Dharma, looked down coldly at Xiao Wuji, who was leaning against a tree trunk, panting.

"Hand over the Heaven-Turning Seal and the array diagram, and perhaps I can give you a quick death."

"Formation diagram..."

Xiao Wuji raised his head with difficulty, his gaze sweeping over his surroundings.

In front of them was Guang Chengzi, and behind them were the Three Great Masters, with the Sea-Stabilizing Pearl of Burning Lamp hanging above their heads.

The five powerful figures had all entered the core of the great formation, and were several miles away from the gap in the baleful aura.

"You all really got in..."

Xiao Wuji's voice was somewhat weak, but if you listened carefully, you could detect a strange calmness.

"Enough with the nonsense!" Guang Chengzi could no longer suppress the murderous intent in his heart.

"Trying to stall for time when you're about to die? Prepare to die!"

Having said that, he once again raised the Fallen Bell, ready to deliver the final blow to Xiao Wuji.

However, just as the Fallen Bell was about to fall...

Xiao Wuji, who had been leaning against the tree, suddenly reached out a hand and steadily caught a falling pine needle.

"Since you're already inside, there's no need to leave."

Xiao Wuji's voice suddenly changed, the original weakness and hoarseness disappeared instantly, replaced by a clear and calm voice, even with a hint of mockery.

"What?"

Ran Deng's heart skipped a beat, and the unease that had been lingering in his heart exploded instantly.

"Oh no! Something's fishy! Retreat quickly!!"

But it was too late.

Xiao Wuji slowly straightened up. His pale face was now rosy as usual, and there was no trace of injury.

He looked at the astonished immortals of the Chan Sect around him, a cold smile curving his lips.

"The Twelve Heavenly Gods and Demons—Sealing Heaven and Locking Earth!"

Rumble—!!

Suddenly, the Five Elements Pine Tree behind Xiao Wuji burst forth with dazzling five-colored divine light!

The previously scattered malevolent energy erupted from the ground like a volcanic eruption, instantly filling all the gaps.

The phantom of Pangu solidified once more, even taller than before. Its enormous, malevolent hands suddenly clasped together, like an inverted bowl, tightly sealing the entire boundary gate and isolating the inner and outer worlds!

The illusory images of the twenty-four Sea-Stabilizing Pearls, transformed from various celestial realms, trembled violently and dimmed under the impact of this terrifying Pangu evil energy.

Guang Chengzi froze, and the three great masters were dumbfounded.

Ran Deng looked at the young man standing with his hands behind his back, his face extremely grim.

"You...you've been acting all along?"

"Life is like a play, and it all depends on acting skills."

Xiao Wuji smiled.

"Dear senior masters, since you're here, please stay and be our guests."