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

Qiu Qianren says: Read this book!

"The Demon Master Kunpeng?"

Inside the command tent, all the immortals were taken aback upon hearing this. The name was so ancient that it had almost made them forget its existence.

Guang Chengzi frowned, a hint of doubt flashing in his eyes.

Kunpeng had a terrible reputation. Back then, during the Zixiao Palace incident, he was the one who plotted against Hongyun Patriarch, leading to Hongyun's death and the dissipation of his cultivation.

Such a treacherous and cunning ancient demon was something the Chan Sect, which prides itself on being a righteous sect, would never stoop to associating with.

"Vice Master, that Kunpeng has a strange temperament and has long been living in seclusion. Does he know how to break formations?" Guang Chengzi couldn't help but ask.

The Taoist Ran Deng sneered, his cloudy old eyes flashing with an all-knowing light.

"You only know that he has a bad reputation, but you have forgotten his true nature."

Ran Deng's withered fingers pointed heavily at the location of Jiepai Pass on the sand table: "Kunpeng specializes in the Great Dao of Feng Shui, and his mastery of formation deduction ranks among the top three in the entire prehistoric world."

"He was the core participant and setter of the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Grand Array, which the Heavenly Court of the Demon Clan used to suppress the fortune of the past. He even presided over the array for a period of time."

"More importantly..." Ran Deng lowered his voice, his tone carrying a deep sense of gravity.

"During the great calamity of the Lich King, the Twelve Ancestral Witches set up a complete version of the Twelve Heavenly Gods and Demons Formation. That was a ferocious formation capable of summoning the true form of Pangu to fight against even sages!"

"Kunpeng is one of the very few ancient giants from that era who personally participated in the battle of the great formation and is still alive today! He understands the operation trajectory and fatal weaknesses of the Wu Clan's great formation better than anyone else."

These words were like a sudden awakening, and the immortals in the tent suddenly understood.

Yes, Xiao Wuji only set up an incomplete version of the formation. If we could get this ancestor, who once fought to the death with the complete version of the formation, to come out of seclusion and find the flaws, it would be a piece of cake!

"This plan is brilliant!" Cihang Daoren clasped his hands together, his eyes rekindling with hope.

"Once that tortoise shell is broken, Xiao Wuji will have no chance of escape."

"There's no time to lose," Ran Deng said, standing up and making arrangements with swift efficiency.

"Kunpeng is greedy and suspicious. Ordinary people can't even get through the gates of his North Sea Demon Master's Palace when they try to invite him. I will go to the North Sea myself. Junior Brother Cihang, you will come with me."

"As for the main camp..."

Randeng looked at Guangchengzi and Daoxing Tianzun with a cold expression: "Guangchengzi, you take your men and guard the camp strictly. Activate the Jade Purity Restriction to its maximum and patrol continuously for twelve hours."

"That Xiao Wuji acts without any martial ethics; we must not give him any opportunity to take advantage of the situation and launch a night raid!"

Guang Chengzi nodded emphatically, a murderous glint in his eyes: "Rest assured, Vice Master, even if I don't sleep for twelve hours straight, I will never allow that wretch to set foot in my Xiqi camp again!"

With the plan set, Randeng and Cihang did not delay any longer. They transformed into two streaks of light, one gray and one white, and sped straight toward the extremely distant and bitterly cold North Sea.

……

While Xiqi was busy trying to break the formation, Jiepai Pass presented a completely different scene of leisure.

The autumn wind swept across the towering city walls, stirring up endless malevolent energy, adding a somber atmosphere to the entire Jiepai Pass.

Xiao Wuji, dressed in a loose-fitting black Daoist robe, was comfortably leaning back in his chair on the city tower. In front of him was a small table with a pot of top-grade immortal tea warming up, its aroma filling the air.

Below, Xu Gai was urging his soldiers to reinforce the city's defenses.

Since the Five-Colored Divine Light displayed its power last time, morale within the pass has soared to its peak, and no one has any doubts about defending Jiepai Pass.

Just then, the cold, mechanical system notification in Xiao Wuji's mind arrived as scheduled.

[Ding! Day 140 of guarding the pass has been completed.]

[Host detected completing defense of critical nodes.]

[Node Reward Distribution: Primordial Chaos Spiritual Object - Chaos Divine Saliva!]

Upon hearing this reward, Xiao Wuji's half-closed eyes suddenly snapped open, and two piercing beams of light shot out from his pupils, even piercing two tiny cracks in the void before him.

"It's actually a supreme treasure specifically designed for the transformation of the primordial spirit!"

Xiao Wuji sat up straight, his breathing becoming slightly more rapid.

He had received quite a few treasures from signing in these days, but most of them were for increasing his magical power. For a Great Luo Immortal, these treasures were of little use.

The Great Luo Golden Immortal cultivates the Three Flowers at the Top. His Essence Flower and Qi Flower have already blossomed into twelve petals, perfect and flawless. Only the Divine Flower, which represents the origin of the soul, has not yet fully bloomed, keeping his realm stuck at the mid-stage of the Great Luo realm.

Unexpectedly, I found this treasure today that can complete my soul, and it is the final piece of the puzzle.

Xiao Wuji flashed and returned directly to the absolute secret chamber beneath the General's Mansion.

The Dragon-Slaying Stone fell, isolating the great formation.

Xiao Wuji slowly opened his right hand, and a ball of transparent viscous liquid radiating a nine-colored hazy light floated in mid-air above his palm.

There was no earth-shattering pressure, nor dazzling brilliance, only a mellow aura that evoked extreme trembling and longing deep within the soul.

Without the slightest hesitation, Xiao Wuji tilted his head back and swallowed it.

boom!

The moment the Divine Essence entered his body, Xiao Wuji felt as if a chaotic star had exploded deep within his sea of ​​consciousness.

That immense and unbelievable source of soul energy transformed into a continuous, sweet rain, frantically irrigating his slightly parched primordial spirit.

"open!"

Xiao Wuji let out a low roar in his heart. The Chaos Bell rose from his dantian and hovered above his head, hanging down with ten thousand streams of Xuanhuang Qi, locking in the terrifying fluctuations that were about to erupt.

Above his head, the third golden lotus bud, nourished by this spiritual nectar, finally began to emerge from its cocoon.

First rank, third rank, sixth rank...

The petals bloomed at an astonishing speed, with almost no pauses.

Ninth rank, eleventh rank...

Finally, accompanied by a clear Daoist sound, this "Flower of God," representing the ultimate state of the soul, was fixed at the twelfth grade!

Essence, Qi, and Spirit, the three flowers gather at the top of the head, all reaching the twelve perfect levels!

A vast and boundless pressure, typical of a late-stage Grand Luo Golden Immortal, suddenly formed within the secret chamber.

If it weren't for the relentless suppression of the Chaos Bell, the residual force of this pressure alone would have been enough to raze the entire Jiepai Pass to the ground.

Xiao Wuji slowly opened his eyes.

His gaze became more profound and ethereal than ever before, as if he could see through the cause and effect, birth and death of the world at a glance.

His advanced level in the late stage of the Great Luo realm allowed him to elevate his understanding of the Great Five Elements Technique and the fragments of the Jade Tablet of Creation to a completely new level.

"call……"

Xiao Wuji stood up, and the oppressive aura around him instantly disappeared, making him look like an ordinary person with no cultivation.

At this moment, he was in perfect harmony, with all three flowers in full bloom. Even without the aid of formations, he was enough to put any Golden Immortal under his command in the Chan Sect at a disadvantage, and it would be impossible for him to even kill them.

After all, with the Chaos Bell above his head, the Twelve-Petaled Pure White Lotus under his feet, and the killing power of the Immortal Execution Sword, such luxurious equipment would make him a match even for ordinary Quasi-Saints, let alone the Twelve Golden Immortals of the Chan Sect.