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Chapter 97 Earth Demon, Demon Lord Mara! (Second update, please subscribe and vote)

Time and space have changed.

Taiyi arrived at a dark and secluded place.

The mountains collapsed, the rocks were jagged, and not a blade of grass grew.

The chilling aura here surged and roared, as if a vengeful ghost was wailing.

Moreover, the malevolent energy of death was extremely dense.

"This is not good!"

Tai Yi's expression was somewhat solemn.

Feng Bai and Long Ya also emerged from the halo behind his head. After looking around, Feng Bai exclaimed excitedly, "This is the place!"

He closed his eyes, sensing carefully, then pointed in a direction: "This way!"

Long Ya, however, looked grave: "Something's not right here!"

"The layout here has changed drastically. It is no longer a place where the yang energy flows into the dark, but has become a place where yin and death energy gather."

"This is a perfect place to raise corpses!"

The underworld is also a natural breeding ground for corpses, hence there are many corpses and ghosts in the underworld.

Like the yellow corpse.

However, due to the inherent characteristics of the Netherworld, even if it is a corpse demon, that is considered normal.

Or perhaps the corpse itself harbors lingering attachments and resentment, thus giving rise to new consciousness, forming a new primordial spirit.

Or perhaps the corpse has no obsessions or resentments, but because of the natural order and the nurturing of the heavens and earth, the corpse becomes spiritual and transforms into a corpse ghost.

Both of these are cases where the corpse itself is reborn with intelligence.

Another type is formed when a broken, foreign spirit combines with a corpse to create a corpse demon.

The ghouls are not demons, but ghosts.

But right now, besides the overwhelming Yin and Deathly Aura here, Longya also sensed a faint, almost imperceptible, demonic aura.

Upon hearing this, Feng Bai immediately calmed down, looked around, and then his expression turned grim: "This place is a gathering place for the Yin and Death Qi of the Longmen Mountains and even the desolate mountains."

Longya snorted: "It seems my predecessor will be quite unfriendly."

"He must have become a demon!"

The Earth Demon is one of the Ten Demons, and is exceptionally ferocious!

Furthermore, the ten demons are not gods, nor are they demon gods.

In the primordial world, there were innate saints, innate gods and demons, and innate beings, all of whom were divided into gods and demons.

For example, "innate gods and demons" refers to innate gods and innate demon gods.

Just like the difference between Yin and Yang.

The distinction between the two is not based on the inherent good or evil nature of the deities themselves, but on the great principles they uphold.

The so-called Earth Demons are those who absorb Yin and turbid Earthly evil, are lawless and without God or Dao, and regard the order of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth as nothing!

Whether they are gods or demons, they are all maintainers of order.

Even when gods and demons clashed in the Dark Ages, it was nothing more than a struggle for ideas and power.

But the Heavenly Demons and Earthly Demons are natural destroyers of order!

The reason why the underground entity was judged to have transformed into an earth demon was not only because of the intense yin and deathly aura, but also because of the demonic energy, a demonic energy full of chaos.

But demons don't possess demonic energy!

"The demonic nature of this place is deeply hidden; fellow Daoists, please be careful."

Taiyi reminded him that his cultivation level was higher, so his senses were naturally more acute.

Feng Bai and Long Ya nodded in unison and each took out their divine artifacts.

Taiyi took the lead, his Heavenly Eye penetrating the darkness, revealing even the smallest details of the workings of the Qi of Heaven and Earth.

Such a place for raising corpses is half man-made and half created by nature. It also contains profound mysteries of the Great Dao and should not be ignored.

The three of them crossed the rocky mountain and then stopped.

There was a huge crater in front of them, and when the three of them looked down from the air, it was clearly a giant handprint.

The palm print of nine fingers is imprinted on the earth, changing the landscape. The patterns on it are interwoven, and the aura is sinister. Hundreds of years have passed, but it has never been erased.

Furthermore, after careful observation, Tai Yi discovered that this palm print had also become part of the corpse-raising ground.

He frowned and asked, "Brother Feng Bai, do you know if the owner of this palm print has perished?"

Feng Bai said, "He was killed by a god-emperor under the command of His Majesty the Human Emperor during that turmoil."

Taiyi shook his head upon hearing this: "I'm afraid it's dead but not stiff!"

Longya had already realized what was happening and roared, "That bastard actually used my body to regenerate!"

Feng Bai's eyes gleamed with an eerie light, his gaze piercing through the earth and revealing what lay beneath.

The tree roots were intertwined, supporting a coffin.

Instantly, His face turned extremely ugly.

That coffin was created by His own body!

Those tree roots are the roots of His true form!

Damn it!

Feng Bai wished he could immediately go up and tear down the coffin lid, but he dared not make any rash moves.

Below, demonic energy and malevolent, deathly aura intertwined, surging and turbulent like the sea.

Moreover, He sensed a terrifying aura.

He was all too familiar with this aura; it was the very same innate god-king who had killed Longya and nearly killed him back then.

"My two fellow Daoists, please cover for me!"

After observing for a while, Taiyi spoke up.

Feng Bai and Long Ya nodded in unison, ready to make their move at any moment.

Tai Yi flipped his right hand, and Tai Mo appeared, which he then tossed aside.

Tai Mo, a low-grade acquired merit treasure, immediately expanded rapidly, transforming into Mount Tai and pressing down.

Oh oh oh!

A fierce wind howled and surged, transforming into an angry dragon that tried to catch the falling Tai Mo, but it was dispersed by the dark golden light emanating from Tai Mo.

Immediately afterwards, the Daoist patterns on the palm print below emitted demonic light, and the demonic energy and Yin Death Qi merged to form Yin Death Demon Qi, which gathered into a nine-fingered palm, raised high to support Tai Mo as he was being suppressed.

However, even a low-grade acquired spiritual treasure is still at the God Emperor level in terms of the Great Dao.

Even if we disregard the present, when the owner of this palm print was a Primordial God King in the past, without a spiritual treasure, he might not have been able to withstand it either.

Taiyi pressed down with his palm, and the Great Dao patterns on Mount Tai, which was formed by Taimo, intertwined. At this moment, the mountains, rivers, grass and trees were all formed by the Great Dao, and at the bottom of the mountain range, the Netherworld Great Dao intertwined, shining brightly.

At this moment, Taiyi activated Taimo, a spiritual treasure imbued with acquired merit, by employing his own divine authority and communicating with the Longmen Mountains, striving to fully unleash its power.

Boom!

The nine-fingered palm exploded, and then the mountain range that Tai Mo had transformed into crashed to the ground, flattening the original nine-fingered palm print.

The earth trembled, the mountains formed by Taimo shook, and from time to time, beams of light of various colors shot out from the edges.

Taiyi is erasing the Dao patterns on the nine-finger palm print left by the innate god-king of the Dark Age.

After all, he was a primordial god-king, and even after hundreds of years had passed, he still possessed astonishing power.

However, it cannot stop the great power of acquired merit and spiritual treasure!

Erasing this palm print and Dao pattern would break the structure of the Corpse-Nourishing Ground, meaning that even if the Earth Demon in the coffin were to be born, it would be unable to benefit from the Corpse-Nourishing Ground.

The being within the underground coffin was clearly aware of this, as a faint roar of a dragon could be heard, and terrifying demonic energy and malevolent aura surged forth, like pitch-black ink, threatening to dye the entire space-time black.

"Such a powerful, demonic influence!"

Feng Bai and Long Ya exclaimed in unison, their brows radiating divine light, the divine positions bestowed by the Divine Court shining brightly.

Although Longya is a natural spirit of the Longya Mountains, it has also been granted a title by the Divine Court, representing recognition of the Divine Court and also serving as a form of protection.

Now, both of them are using their divine positions in the Divine Court to connect with the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth in order to resist this terrifying demonic force.

Taiyi, however, had a thought, and a golden wheel of merit appeared behind his head. The golden light of merit shone, and wherever the light shone, the demonic energy disintegrated and the demonic nature dissolved.

"Be careful!"

Feng Bai suddenly shouted, because black tree roots suddenly rose from the ground below and swarmed towards him.

The beings inside the coffins, unable to harm the acquired merits and spiritual treasures, turned around and attacked them.

Longya stood guard beside Taiyi, while Fengbai tossed aside the wooden staff in his hand.

The wooden staff immediately grew larger in the wind, transforming into a strange tree covered in burls.

The strange tree fell, and circles of eerie light bloomed. Wherever it passed, the towering, twisting, and dancing roots immediately quieted down.

Tree roots swirled around the strange tree, cautiously probing as if trying to confirm something.

Feng Bai urged the strange tree to grow out identical roots, which carefully wrapped around the roots that grew from the ground, and then gradually merged and connected with each other.

The wooden staff is part of the tree trunk of His being.

The strange tree is its true form, and it is called the Ghost Cypress!

"It's done!"

Feng Bai showed a look of joy, but then his expression changed drastically as he felt a terrifying demonic force invading Gui Bai.

Not good!

His defenses were being breached with overwhelming force, and control of the staff was being rapidly lost.

The tree roots left behind by His true form underground had long been completely refined by the demon in the coffin, and now it wanted to take this part from His hands.

"How dare you! I won't let you get away with this!"

Feng Bai roared, his figure transforming into a stream of light and merging with Gui Bai. The tree burl split open, sap gushing out, and the Five Poison True Water formed a great river that rushed down, clashing with the invading demonic energy and demonic nature.

Although the Five Poisons True Water has a restraining effect on demonic nature, there is a significant difference in cultivation level between the two.

Taiyi frowned slightly, fearing that Fengbai might not be able to withstand him.

He immediately tossed it aside, and the jade inkstone flew out, pouring down onto the ghost cypress and its roots below. The turbid Yellow Spring water rushed down like a celestial river.

This Yellow Spring Water wasn't from Taiyi's own Netherworld, but rather something he collected during his battle with the Yellow Corpse at Yellow Stone Lake in the Netherworld. It was far more potent than his own Yellow Spring Water.

Sure enough, the demonic energy and nature were instantly dissipated by the Yellow Spring water, and with the addition of the golden light of merit, they were forced to retreat and shrink into the ground.

At this moment, the Dao patterns beneath Tai Mo had been almost completely obliterated, and the being in the underground coffin could no longer remain still.

boom!

The earth exploded, accompanied by a surge of demonic and malevolent energy, and a pitch-black coffin flew out, attempting to break through the air and disappear.

Taiyi was prepared and had been waiting for this moment. He unleashed the innate five-colored divine light, swept it across the black coffin, and sent it into his Netherworld Yellow Spring Sea.

Rumble!

The Yellow Springs Sea exploded, the black coffin trembled, and demonic energy surged forth, attempting to break through the Yellow Springs Sea, because this place could neutralize His demonic energy and Yin Death Qi. If He did not escape, His power would inevitably be gradually disintegrated.

However, just as it broke through the sea surface, Tai Mo transformed into Mount Tai and pressed down, burying the black coffin into the seabed.

Three more chains came clattering and whistling, locking the black coffin in place.

At this moment, even if the demon inside the coffin wanted to break out, it would be impossible.

The surging undercurrents of the seabed washed over the black coffin, constantly dissolving the demonic energy and deathly aura, turning them into nourishment for the underworld.

Above, Mount Tai, transformed from Taimo, suppressed and eroded the black coffin, while below, the chains used by Tubo in the past bound it, so the black coffin could not be moved at all.

"Who are you?"

Dragon roars and demonic howls emanated from within the black coffin.

The Yellow Springs water surged and gathered into the shape of Taiyi, who said, "I am Taiyi of the human race, a friend of Fengbai and Longya."

"Oh...they are the people you killed back then."

The demon inside the black coffin sneered, "Why befriend me when you can befriend them?"

"Let me out, and I know a place where there are hidden innate spiritual treasures. I can show you the way."

Upon hearing this, Taiyi chuckled softly: "A primordial spiritual treasure, what a great temptation."

"Unfortunately, I don't need your guidance. Once I subdue you, you will understand!"

The demon inside the black coffin sneered: "Without me, going there would only be courting death."

"That place has been transformed into a demonic realm. Even a god-emperor would never return, let alone you!"

Taiyi remained unmoved: "It's alright, I will simply ask the Divine Venerable to make the trip at that time!"

"You bastard!"

Do you know who I am?

The demon inside the coffin was furious, causing the coffin to shake and the Yin Death Demon to surge and rage, yet it could not break free.

Tai Yi asked with a calm and unhurried smile, "Who are you?"

"I'm curious too."

The demon inside the coffin roared, "I am Xinman, the innate god-king, who has been enlightened by the demon lord Bo Xun and will become a demon king."

"Taiyi, you dare to obstruct my path! You will surely be watched by the Demon Lord, and when the demonic calamity descends, you will surely perish!"

Ok?

Demon Lord Mara?

Heavenly Demon!

As soon as Taiyi began to recite the mantra, he sensed that demonic energy was spontaneously generated in the underworld.

This is a response to a thought!

(End of this chapter)