Just as the old patriarch forced me to my death, I achieved the unity of Dao and fruition.

In the southwest of the Ten Thousand Demon Mountains, there is a solitary peak ten thousand feet high, which rises straight into the clouds. The surrounding winds are as sharp as knives, and ordinary demon beasts cannot even climb halfway up the mountain.

At the summit, a great demon king, the Mountain-Shaking Demon Ape, with a cultivation level of late-stage Nascent Soul, was entrenched.

He possesses innate brute strength, has a volatile temper, wields an ancient ironwood staff, and despises the slippery demons in the water.

At the summit of this solitary peak, there grows a primordial nine-aperture purple-gold cinnabar fruit.

This fruit is masculine and domineering, capable of tempering muscles and bones and strengthening blood and qi. It was originally left secretly by the Qiyun Sect for a certain genius disciple who followed a fierce and powerful path.

The Mountain-Shaking Demon Ape knew nothing of this; all it knew was that this fruit was something it had guarded for three hundred years.

Anyone who dares to touch it will die.

Until this day, the sky suddenly darkened.

The Mountain-Shaking Demon Ape was sitting on the mountaintop, polishing an ironwood stick, when it suddenly looked up.

Amidst the sea of ​​clouds, a thousand-foot-long black-gold python slowly swam by.

Its enormous serpentine body blotted out the sunlight, its scales were like cast black gold, and a dark, serpentine mark was atop its head, like an inverted abyss.

The Mountain-Shaking Demon Ape narrowed its eyes.

"That scoundrel from Blackwater?"

"Wait, your aura..."

Before it could figure it out, Gu Changjin had already looked down at it.

"Monkey, this old ancestor has taken a liking to your mountain."

The Mountain-Shaking Demon Ape was enraged on the spot.

"Bullshit! You're just a cowardly snake from the water, how dare you cause trouble on my mountain?"

It swung its ancient ironwood club, smashing the mountaintop with a deafening roar, and brought the club down on Gu Changjin's head.

With this strike, a huge hole was punched into the sea of ​​clouds.

But Gu Changjin just flicked his tail.

boom!

The Mountain-Shaking Demon Ape, along with its staff, was whipped into the mountain wall by its tail.

The entire solitary peak trembled violently, and boulders rained down.

A moment later, the Mountain-Shaking Demon Ape crawled out of the pit, its mouth full of blood.

"I'm not convinced!"

Gu Changjin had another tail.

boom!

This time, the Mountain-Shaking Demon Ape was directly pulled to the other side of the peak.

"I... don't accept it!"

boom!

"I refuse to accept this!"

boom!

"No……"

boom!

The Mountain-Shaking Demon Ape lay sprawled out, embedded in the mountainside, its eyes practically rolling back in its head.

Gu Changjin brought his enormous snake head to the edge of the pit, speaking in a very gentle tone.

"Still not convinced?"

The Mountain-Shaking Demon Ape's lips twitched.

It looked at those blood-moon-like vertical pupils, and then at its own cracked ironwood stick.

There was a moment of silence.

"I... meant to say, I'm done fighting, I give up..."

Gu Changjin smiled, a very kind smile.

"That's strong."

"From this day forward, you are my half-brother."

The Mountain-Shaking Demon Ape was stunned. Wait, what's going on? Beat him up and then take him in as a buddy?

"what?"

Gu Changjin continued, "Since we're brothers, I'll keep the Nine-Aperture Purple-Gold Vermilion Fruit from your mountain for you for now."

The Mountain-Shaking Demon Ape opened its mouth.

I really want to say that it's not something your older brother should be keeping.

But its tail was still hanging over its head.

Forget it.

Brothers it is.

Without any hesitation, Gu Changjin opened his snake mouth and swallowed the Innate Nine Aperture Purple-Gold Vermilion Fruit directly into his stomach.

The moment the fruit entered his stomach, a strong, masculine energy exploded.

Purple-gold spiritual light spewed from its nine orifices, attempting to align with the Heavenly Secrets Restriction.

The Dao fruit roared, and the seal of the Bashe appeared in a scroll.

The barrier didn't even struggle much before it was crushed into pieces.

The Dao Yuan began to condense.

Ten strands.

Twenty strands.

Thirty strands.

Another thirty strands of silk entered the tent.

Gu Changjin was in a good mood.

But soon, he sensed a subtle, unseen gaze.

It's very light.

It flashed by in an instant.

It was as if an eye had swept across the mountain range from a great distance.

Gu Changjin's eyes turned slightly cold.

One time it was an accident.

Both times constitute provocation.

Although the hypocrites of the Qi Yun Sect are disgusting, their foundation is indeed not weak.

If he continues to eat like this, the other party's broken Heavenly Secrets Compass will eventually be able to calculate his movements.

The genius disciple who delivers packages won't be here then.

Instead, they will launch a full-scale attack, and might even set up some kind of demon-slaying formation, which would be no fun at all.

Gu Changjin coiled his snake body and focused his mind on the Dao Fruit.

"Trying to deduce my position?"

"I'll smash your radar first."

He did not hesitate.

Sixty strands of the Dao Yuan were thrown down directly.

This is his largest investment to date.

The light of the Dao Fruit shone brightly.

The energy of the mountains and rivers, the direction of the demon veins, the operation of the heavenly secrets, and the devouring power of the Bashe were all constantly being disassembled, reassembled, and intertwined in his mind.

After a long time, the outline of a fierce formation emerged.

The Myriad Demons Covering the Sky Array is based on the Great Demon King, with the demon veins forming the array lines, and the power of the Bashe Devouring Serpent as its core.

Once the grand formation is complete, the entire Wanyao Mountain Range, spanning tens of thousands of miles, will be transformed into a fog of war, obscuring the secrets of heaven.

The Qi Yun Sect wants to calculate?

can.

First, stick your head into the fog.

Gu Changjin opened his eyes.

He then used the remaining strands of the Dao to deduce a method for controlling the Great Demon King.

We can't keep an eye on every demon king we capture.

That would be too tiring.

He transformed back into a burly, black-faced man and walked up to the Mountain-Shaking Demon Ape, who was still grimacing and healing.

With a flick of his wrist, a golden hoop covered in golden demonic runes appeared in his palm.

The Mountain-Shaking Demon Ape froze, a sudden tremor emanating from the depths of its bloodline.

"What is this?"

Gu Changjin smiled and said, "Good brother, I have a golden headband here, do you want to wear it?"

The Mountain-Shaking Demon Ape glanced at the golden hoop, then at Gu Changjin's smiling face.

Suddenly I felt a chill run down my spine.

It intended to refuse.

Before he could even utter a word of refusal, Gu Changjin had already raised his hand.

"Wear."

The Mountain-Shaking Demon Ape closed its eyes.

"I'll wear it."

The first base of the formation was thus established.

Within a radius of a hundred miles, the secrets of heaven were instantly shrouded by a thin layer of demonic mist.

Although it is still far from enough to cover 100,000 li.

But it's enough.

Next, Gu Changjin completely let loose.

Two days later, in the Poisonous Miasma Valley.

The great demon king, the Thousand-Legged Centipede, had half its body severed by his tail, and a golden headband was forced onto its head.

Gu Changjin swallowed the Nine Netherworld Grass in the valley on the spot.

The second array base is formed.

Five days later, at Gale Ridge.

The unruly Black-Winged Wind Tiger had just finished saying, "This king will never submit," when the true form of the Bashe bit off half of its wing.

It cried and swore allegiance.

The innate wind and thunder stone nurtured on the ridge also ended up in Gu Changjin's stomach.

The third array base is complete.

Ten days later, at White Bone Ravine.

Twelve days later, Yin Fire Swamp.

Fifteen days later, the Sky-Splitting Eagle's Nest.

In less than half a month, the seven demon kings on the outskirts of the Ten Thousand Demon Mountains were forcibly recruited by Gu Changjin with the force of an autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves.

The seven demon mountains are connected in one place.

The seven divinely ordained spiritual objects all became Gu Changjin's buffet.

Later on, he didn't even need to take action himself.

The Mountain-Shaking Demon Ape, carrying half a piece of ironwood, led several great demon kings wearing golden hoops, visiting each of them one by one.

The very first thing he said was...

"My older brother said that from now on we will all be brothers, even if we are not from the same father."

"Who's in favor, and who's opposed?"

Those who oppose it will be beaten up.

Those who objected, Gu Changjin came to eat himself.

……

Millions of miles away.

The main hall with the golden roof of the Qiyun Sect.

The sea of ​​clouds churns, and cranes cry out.

The sect leader, clad in a purple-gold Taoist robe, sat cross-legged beneath the Heavenly Secrets Disc.

The Heavenly Secret Disc hung in mid-air, with thousands of stars moving around, each corresponding to a certain location in Kyushu.

Suddenly, a faint starlight, representing the junction of water and fire in the southwest earth veins, flickered gently and then went out.

An elder standing nearby showed a slight change in expression.

"Sect Leader, the Kanli Fire Lotus that was left for one of the Twin Stars at Deep Swamp Volcano, has lost its aura?"

The Purple Gold Sect Leader slowly opened his eyes.

He glanced at it only once and then smiled faintly.

"The will of Heaven is set; who can disrupt it?"

"It must have been that old crocodile in the deep swamp, or some stupid and foolish monster that couldn't resist its greed and mistakenly ate the immortal lotus."

"That lotus contains a Heavenly Secret Restriction of our sect. Even if that beast swallows it, it cannot refine it; it will only turn into a death warrant within its body."

Upon hearing this, the elder's expression calmed down somewhat.

The Purple Gold Sect Leader flicked his whisk and looked outside the hall.

There, several stunning sword lights were flashing and gleaming in the sea of ​​clouds.

"Pass down the order."

"The Three Swordsmen and Two Stars have been cultivating in seclusion on the mountain for many years."

"It's time to go down the mountain and gain experience."

The elder immediately became excited.

Three swordsmen and two stars descend the mountain!

This means that the Qiyun Sect's millennia-long plan for the entire sect to ascend to immortality is finally about to begin.

The Purple Gold Sect Leader remained calm on the surface, but the fingers hidden in his sleeve gently gripped the whisk.

Is the strange behavior of the Deep Swamp Fire Lotus really just a foolish creature's gluttony?

Or is it a scheme by other factions?

On the celestial compass, next to the extinguished star, a faint wisp of black mist seemed to be spreading silently.