Immortality: Starting with a grave, I'm invincible when burying corpses.

Located on the east side of Qi'an City, at the headquarters of the Seven Demonic Cults Alliance.

In their plan to attack Qi'an City and seize the destiny of the Great Qi Dynasty, the Demonic Alliance divided Qi'an City into four regions: east, south, west, and north, with a terrestrial deity in charge of each region.

Because Mingqiu Mountain is located on the east side of Qi'an City, the eastern district naturally became the main focus of the attack, and three terrestrial immortals temporarily resided there.

These three individuals are, respectively, Yunmeng Laomu of Luoyun Demon Sect, a major sect of the demonic path in Chengtian Domain; Qingling Laozu of Qingling Huahai Sect, a righteous sect in Xiling Domain; and Xiangshan Laozu of Wanshan Yunwu Sect, the overlord of the southern part of Xiling Domain.

All three are ancient monsters from a thousand years ago, living in the same era as the Old Celestial Master.

The three were close friends before they attained enlightenment, and each of them was the most renowned genius in the world at that time.

If it weren't for the fact that the Celestial Master's brilliance was so dazzling, his power overwhelming the world and illuminating an entire era, the names of these three people would likely have been the most shining figures a thousand years ago.

Now, a thousand years have passed. The young heroine who stirred up the world a thousand years ago has become an old monster who sits in charge of a region, nearing the end of her lifespan.

Having received news from the Xuantian Pavilion, the three reunited in Qi'an City to compete for the Great Qi's fortune, temporarily forming an alliance.

At the hour of Xu (7-9 PM), seeing that the Cloud Dream Mother, who was in charge of the great formation, had activated the formation ahead of schedule, the Qingling Ancestor and the Xiangshan Ancestor stepped forward and arrived in front of their former friend.

Under the dim night sky, the three stood on the mountaintop, gazing at the blood-red curtain of light rising above Qi'an City.

"Old Mother Yunmeng, didn't we agree that we would wait until your Chengtian Domain's Sword Saint started to challenge the sword and hold back the royal family's terrestrial immortals before we made our move?"

"The Sword Saint hasn't made a move yet, so why have you activated the formation ahead of schedule?"

Although she was nearing the end of her life, the Old Mother of Yunmeng still appeared as a young and beautiful woman, with a natural charm in every smile and frown, and was both alluring and graceful.

Upon hearing her old friend's question, the Cloud Dream Mother raised her hand and lightly tapped the air, drawing a map of Qi'an City on the mountaintop. Her slender, jade-like fingers pointed in the direction of the Imperial Palace and Mingqiu Mountain.

"Sword Daoming is indeed a sword fanatic, but he is also a person who clearly distinguishes between gratitude and resentment. Back in Chengtian Domain, he had many conflicts with me over various trivial matters."

According to our initial plan, Jian Daoming should have challenged the four terrestrial immortals in Qi'an City to a sword duel early this morning.

Halfway through her sentence, Mother Yunmeng's gaze stopped above the palace, and her voice suddenly changed, taking on a chilling tone.

The temperature on the mountaintop suddenly dropped by about twenty degrees, and wisps of ice crystals began to precipitate from the air.

"The fact that we haven't seen them fight yet can only mean that the Great Qi royal family has reached an agreement with Jian Daoming, allowing him to change his target to us."

This situation is quite strange. Qi'an City is the capital of Daqi, the largest city in the Nine Regions. The Daqi royal family and the people of literature and art have been operating here for more than a thousand years.

With such a commotion we caused in Qi'an City, it's impossible that the Great Qi side didn't notice.

It's going too smoothly, to the point of being abnormal.

A mobilization of this scale, even if it were a covert operation, should have been discovered long ago.

But up to now, not to mention us, even the useless people under our command have not been stopped.

The people of Daqi seemed to be blind, allowing us to set up a grand formation and annihilate hundreds of gangs.

Such an abnormality must be suspicious. It's likely that the Great Qi royal family and their supporters have already laid a trap, waiting for us to fall into it.

The Old Ancestor of Elephant Mountain nodded in agreement, his head shaking incessantly, which, combined with his five-meter-tall body, made him look quite ferocious.

If city children saw this, they would probably be so frightened that they would burst into tears on the spot.

"What Mother says is very true. This operation in Qi'an City is strange in every way. It seems like someone deliberately lured us into a trap."

As the first dynasty of the human race, the Great Qi is naturally powerful, with countless powerful forces rooted here. It's not an exaggeration to overestimate its strength. I just wonder, Mother, who do you think the reinforcements from the Great Qi side will be?

"Perhaps it is that Five Elements True Lord, perhaps it is the power of Wenhua Palace, or perhaps it is a terrestrial immortal of the feudal lords of Daqi."

They are all terrestrial immortals; if they intend to hide, we would have no way of knowing.

No one knows how many terrestrial immortals have gathered in this ancient capital, or how many unexpected situations will occur.

Those who scheme against others are themselves schemers, and others are always scheming against them.

We scheme against them, and they scheme against us.

As our lifespans draw to a close, we gaze upon the destiny of the Great Qi, and perhaps the powerful beings of the Great Qi are also eyeing our own path to immortality.

After thinking for a short while, Mother Yunmeng added.

"Throughout ancient texts, there has never been any record mentioning that the fortune of an imperial dynasty could extend the lifespan of terrestrial immortals."

Unfortunately, this news came from the Xuantian Pavilion just when our lifespans were running out.

The Xuantian Pavilion was peculiar to begin with, its location constantly shifting and impossible to find.

The Xuan Tian Pavilion Master even risked offending people by compiling a bunch of messy lists.

If you say there was no scheming involved, I simply do not believe it.

Ancestor Qingling sighed softly, "How could we not know the dangers involved?"

What my mother said was true. The news that the Great Qi could prolong life was strange in every way, and seemed more like a conspiracy to lure us here.

If it weren't for the fact that the Great Qi Dynasty was the first unified dynasty to rule an entire region in the Nine Domains over so many years, which is quite special, we wouldn't have risked coming here.

More importantly, the two also sensed that the fortune of the Great Qi was indeed different from that of any other human nation, containing a trace of extremely pure spiritual power.

If we could obtain this portion of pure spiritual energy, even if it couldn't extend our lifespan, it would definitely be of great benefit to our cultivation... As our cultivation level increases, our lifespan will naturally be extended.

Otherwise, we wouldn't have our current plans.

Yunmeng Old Mother understood what Qingling Ancestor meant. If the Great Qi's fortune hadn't been truly exceptional, she would never have been able to stay in Qi'an City until now.

She gazed at the chaotic city of Qi'an at the foot of the mountain.

The stars shone brightly, but the world was plunged into chaos. A raging fire spread through the ancient city, engulfing most of the outer city and turning the outer city of Qi'an into a living hell.

As the flames burned, beams of golden light rose from the towering pavilions of the palace, illuminating the night sky and turning it gold.

A torrent of energy poured down, the great array activated, and the golden protective shield quickly closed, enveloping the entire inner city and separating Qi'an City into two parts, inside and outside.

Amidst the earth-shaking tremors, four massive cracks spread outwards along the central axis.

Even their combined attack on the Myriad Demons Extermination Formation failed to breach the inner city defenses of Qi'an City in the first instance.

Looking at the impregnable inner city defenses, the Old Mother of Yunmeng spoke solemnly.

"As we expected, the Daqi royal family was well prepared. I observe that this formation is unpredictable, combining offense and defense, and is indeed difficult to break through."

The enemy's strength is unknown, and Qi'an City is located in the heart of the Great Qi. If this drags on, something unexpected could happen at any time.

Therefore, I believe we should make a clean break now, otherwise things will only get worse.

"What Mother says makes sense." Ancestor Qingling stroked his long beard, affirming the words of Mother Yunmeng.