Yang Jing slowly descended from the sky, landing before Feng Sun and Feng Yue.

"Head southwest."

He had sensed traces of Magical Power fluctuations in that direction.

Feng Sun and Feng Yue didn’t dare hesitate, immediately following behind Yang Jing. According to Shi Qingfeng, the last Evil God they encountered possessed terrifying Power despite having devoured only a dozen Golden Core Cultivators and one other Evil God since its birth. The Nine Heavens Small Realm wouldn’t open for almost another year. If these Evil Gods were left to feast and grow, the Golden Core Cultivators here would have no chance of survival.

Since Feng Sun and Feng Yue weren’t skilled in concealing their auras during flight, Yang Jing simply took them both with him, using the moisture in the air to perform a Water Escape.

Though the moisture was sparse, with Yang Jing’s current mastery of Water Escape, his speed was already considered extremely fast among Golden Core Cultivators.

In less time than it takes for two incense sticks to burn, they reached their destination.

Below them, a group of Golden Core Cultivators was locked in a fierce battle with several Demons, holding nothing back.

Yang Jing cast a spell, completely concealing the three of them within the clouds.

"Wait here for an hour. If no Evil God appears, we’ll move these fellow Daoists into the Positive and Negative Five Elements Grand Array."

He told the duo, preparing to spring an ambush.

Yang Jing didn’t know how the Evil Gods tracked Cultivator auras, but he was certain that if one was nearby, it would be drawn to the fluctuations of Magical Power from the Golden Core Cultivators fighting with all their might.

If none appeared, they would move the cultivators into the Positive and Negative Five Elements Grand Array. It was a scorched-earth tactic, meant to stop the Evil Gods from growing stronger by hunting Golden Core Cultivators.

Feng Sun and Feng Yue nodded; they couldn’t think of a better solution.

After giving his instructions, Yang Jing closed his eyes and began to refine the Celestial Waterfall Sword.

The battle to slay Sifala was the first exhilarating, all-out fight for the Celestial Waterfall Sword since it was forged. As a Slaying Treasure, a Flying Sword couldn’t just be nurtured; it had to be tempered through battle to grow.

The Celestial Waterfall Sword had benefited greatly from the battle.

Suddenly, Yang Jing’s eyes snapped open, a cold light glinting within them.

"Something’s coming."

He activated his Grotto Dark Dharma Eye and saw a figure rapidly approaching. Its Tunneling Speed was incredible.

The next moment, a figure appeared on the battlefield. It had two arms, a single leg, and a third eye set in the center of its forehead. Its three eyes stared greedily at the cultivators and Demons below.

These Divine Beings from the Primordial Storage Realm, unlike Cultivators, did not rely on breathing in and out of spiritual energy to improve their Cultivation. To them, the Essence Qi of mortals and the Spiritual Essence in their Divine Souls were the finest of nourishment. Human sacrifice was an exquisite pleasure.

But how could the weak mortals of the Primordial Storage Realm ever compare to the High Tier Cultivators of the Nine Heavens World? Moreover, those participating in the competition for the Nine Marvels were the elites among Golden Core Cultivators.

A single one was worth ten thousand.

Even in the Primordial Storage Realm, where mortals grew like weeds, a grand sacrifice of ten thousand people still required the resources of an entire nation. It also risked attracting the covetous gazes of other Outer Gods.

But here in the Nine Heavens World, all one had to do was devour a single Golden Core Cultivator.

"What kind of Demon is that?"

The Golden Core Cultivators below had never seen an Evil God before and stared strangely at the one that had just appeared.

"Could it be a Demon whose Transformation is incomplete?"

The Evil God flew into a rage, preparing to strike and devour these ignorant Golden Core Cultivators.

The next instant, a figure appeared behind it. A piercing sword cry rang out, and razor-sharp Sword Silks instantly sliced the Evil God into a hundred pieces.

Its incarnation suddenly dismembered, the Evil God was shocked, thinking it had been ambushed by another Divine Being hatched from a Primordial Seed.

Before it could react, Yang Jing had already unleashed the Five Fire Divine Thunder.

This Divine Prohibition was immensely powerful and possessed a relentless, self-sustaining quality. If an enemy was touched by even a spark, it was impossible to shake off. They could only watch helplessly as the Five Fire Divine Thunder blasted them into ash.

It was the perfect counter for a being like an Evil God, which possessed regenerative abilities.

A brilliant flash of Divine Thunder erupted from Yang Jing’s fist, slamming into the scattered fragments of the Evil God’s body.

The moment the Five Fire Divine Thunder touched the Evil God’s remains, it began to detonate with unparalleled ferocity. The terrifying lightning expanded rapidly, one explosion following another without pause.

It spread quickly, engulfing all the Evil God’s fragments.

Before the Evil God could reform its body, the Five Fire Divine Thunder blasted it apart again. It was trapped in an endless cycle of destruction and regeneration, unable to even utter a scream.

The Golden Core Cultivators, who had been busy fighting the Demons, were stunned by the sight of such a terrifying Thunder Technique.

’Can a Golden Core Cultivator really use a Thunder Technique like that!?’

After a long while, the roaring Five Fire Divine Thunder finally subsided. In its place, amidst a patch of scorched earth, lay a single, irregularly shaped Treasure Pearl.

Yang Jing took out the Treasure Bottle and placed the Treasure Pearl inside it.

He turned, walked toward the Golden Core Cultivators, entered the Demon’s lair, and took out the stream of Nine Marvelous Creation Qi.

All the Golden Core Cultivators backed away, putting distance between themselves and this ruthless man who had just annihilated his enemy without a trace. As for the Demons they had been fighting, they had been scared off by the Five Fire Divine Thunder long ago.

"Get down here and explain the situation to them."

Yang Jing called out to Feng Sun and Feng Yue, who were still hiding in the clouds.

The pair, as if jolted from a trance, flew down and began explaining the whole story about the Evil Gods to the terrified cultivators.

"Until all the Evil Gods are slain, everyone should hide in the Grand Array for now."

Feng Sun hadn’t even finished speaking when two streaks of Tunneling Light shot into the sky, heading in different directions.

With a flick of his finger, the Celestial Waterfall Sword before him split in two, transforming into the White Dragon Magical Sword and shooting off in pursuit.

The sword’s light far outpaced the cultivators’ flight. The two hadn’t gotten far before the White Dragon Magical Sword caught up, and in an instant, it sliced them and their Defensive Magical Treasures in half.

Many of the other cultivators had also been thinking of fleeing, but this scene made them all reconsider.

’With a Flying Sword that fast, there’s no way we can escape,’ they thought. ’We can only do as he says.’

Yang Jing raised an eyebrow. In a flash, he appeared before one of the corpses. The White Dragon Magical Sword spun, transforming into the Yellow Dragon Magical Sword. It pierced the corpse’s skull and dragged out an Evil God that had been hiding inside.

Looking at the palm-sized Evil God, Yang Jing’s gaze was ice-cold.

’It seems these Evil Gods hatched from their Primordial Seed state before even entering the Nine Marvels Small Realm. They must have deliberately infiltrated the teams. That’s how it’s ’coincidentally’ turned out that almost every group has one.’

A sense of dread washed over Yang Jing.

’This group probably encountered the Demons late, so they’ve remained at peak strength. That must be why this Evil God never found an opportunity and chose to stay hidden.’

’The other teams might not have been so lucky.’

Yang Jing channeled his Magical Power and unleashed the Five Fire Divine Thunder.

This Evil God’s Power was extremely weak. In a matter of moments, it was blasted into nothingness by the Five Fire Divine Thunder.

Perhaps because its Power was too weak, it did not leave behind a misshapen jewel like the other Evil Gods.

Yang Jing recalled his Flying Sword, and his gaze suddenly turned in another direction.

He saw an extremely burly cultivator wearing Treasure Armor abruptly flying over from the distance.

The man had disheveled hair, a square mouth, a broad nose, and a pair of wildly prominent eyebrows. He wielded an Iron Mace, and as he flew, he gave off the strange illusion of a flying mountain.

"It’s Xiang Dingtian!"

His appearance was so distinct that he was instantly recognizable. He was Xiang Dingtian of the Divine General Sect, whose Power ranked among the top three of all the cultivators present.

Seeing him, the cultivators all breathed a collective sigh of relief. Even if what Yang Jing and the others said was true, they were unwilling to place their lives in his hands.

’If we enter that Positive and Negative Five Elements Grand Array, won’t our lives be completely at his mercy?’

’Even if he’s wary of our backgrounds and doesn’t dare kill us, he could just lock us up until the contest for the Nine Marvels is over and take all the Nine Marvelous Creation Qi for himself.’

When it came down to it, nearly every cultivator trusted themselves more than anyone else.

’Now that Xiang Dingtian is here, if the two of them clash, we can use the opportunity to escape.’

Feng Sun, not wanting a conflict to break out between Yang Jing and Xiang Dingtian, started forward to explain, but Yang Jing stopped him.

"Stay back."

The other Golden Core Cultivators, however, paid Yang Jing no mind and rushed forward.

"Fellow Daoist Xiang, this man is arrogant! He actually wants to lock all of us in an Array!"

Xiang Dingtian forced a smile.

"No, you should listen to him."

The next moment, his arm shot out and pierced straight through a Golden Core Cultivator’s torso, ripping out the Golden Core within.

Yang Jing had already been suspicious of Xiang Dingtian’s identity. Seeing him attack so brazenly, he immediately formed a Sword Mantra and unleashed a wave of Sword Qi at his top speed.

Amidst a piercing shriek, the Five-Colored Sword Threads enveloped Xiang Dingtian’s body.

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