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  The ground was shaking violently, with rocks tumbling down all around, while the star disk burst forth with a dazzling array of light, illuminating the entire Ghost King Stone Chamber. The air was filled with an unbearable stench of blood, the intense smell making it seem as if one was immersed in a bloody ocean. Gui Li didn't know why this strange phenomenon had suddenly occurred, but after his initial shock wore off, he suddenly came to his senses and turned around, shouting loudly: "Xiao Hui!"

  The shout was immediately transmitted far away, and soon after, the echo of his shout came from the stone room. It was then overwhelmed by an even more intense tremor and shockwave. Amidst the rumbling sound, dust flew everywhere above their heads, and the falling rocks grew larger and larger.

  But there was no response, and the familiar "squeak squeak" cry did not come. A look of anxiety appeared on Gui Li's face, and after a brief moment of hesitation, his gaze turned to the inner room. Beside him, Mr. Gui had also moved over at some point, and with his black veil covering his face, it was impossible to see his expression. However, his tone of voice at this moment seemed not to be panicked, but rather eerily calm, subtly revealing a hint of excitement.

  "Your monkey must be inside!" Mr. Gui said faintly beside Gu Lian.

  The ghostly figure glanced at him, without hesitation, his body moved and he slipped into the inner chamber. He immediately stiffened, standing still in the empty room, where on the stone wall a dark door seemed like a deep black hole, coldly staring at him.

  Behind him, a bright light suddenly moved over, and it was Mr. Gui who followed with the "Star Plate" that continuously emitted dazzling light in his hand. When he saw the dark door on the wall, he also stared blankly for a moment, apparently not expecting the stone wall to suddenly open a dark door, or perhaps he knew there was a dark door here, but didn't expect it to be opened. For a while, he didn't speak either.

  The two of them were both highly cultivated individuals, and after standing in this inner chamber for just a moment, they could already sense that the source of the intense bloody aura was coming from within the dark door.

  The ghost's face turned cold, and he stared at Mr. Ghost for a long time. Mr. Ghost's eyes flickered with uncertainty, and after a moment of hesitation, he said calmly, "Don't look at me like that. I haven't left your side for even an inch these past few days. I don't know what's going on either."

  The ghost let out a cold hum, and although his heart was full of doubts, the earthquakes around him were getting more and more severe. The missing Xiao Hui had obviously left from this cave entrance. Whatever the case, now was not the time to investigate. He made a swift decision and said calmly, "Let's go in."

  Mr. Ghost furrowed his brow, seemingly hesitant and indecisive, just as he was about to say something, but only saw Mr. Ji's figure flash by, already charging into the darkness within that dark door.

  The Ghost Master stood still for a moment, looking at the sparkling star plate in his hand and then at the dark door. He suddenly let out a soft sigh and said, "Man's calculations are not as good as heaven's calculations, and it was actually ruined by a monkey..." After speaking, he shook his head and chuckled softly, and his black shadow also floated up and swept into the dark door on the stone wall.

  The passageway behind the stone wall was narrow and long, and as Gui Li quickly made her way deeper into it, the terrain gradually sloped downward. The air around her also began to grow damper, but what she found most disgusting was that with each step further down, the foul smell of blood grew thicker.

  At this moment, Gui Lie was in the middle of the passageway, surrounded by hard stone walls that were violently shaking. If an ordinary person were walking here, they would have a fear that the stone walls on both sides might collapse and bury them alive. However, Gui Lie's face showed no such worry at all. His figure moved faster and faster, and in just a short while, he had already reached the other side of the passageway and jumped down. He looked up to see that right in front of him was a long platform that was now flashing wildly with red light and surrounded by a red glow. From the direction of the platform came a faint but familiar roar.

  The ghost's face changed slightly, and the roar he heard was the growl of Xiao Hui after his transformation. But what exactly was in the red shadow, and what kind of danger could make Xiao Hui transform into this life-and-death struggle?

  He didn't hesitate, his body was like lightning, and he rushed into the dark red glow like a whirlwind. Behind him, Mr. Ghost also slowly floated down from the cave entrance. After standing firm, he didn't make any other moves, but instead looked back first. At this moment, behind where he stood, one was the cave entrance they had just entered, and the other was another dark passageway. Mr. Ghost was looking at this other passageway.

  Mr. Gui gazed at the passageway for a moment before slowly withdrawing his gaze, which fell onto the star disk in his hand. To his surprise, the light emanating from the disk did not weaken after arriving at this location; instead, it grew even more dazzling. Within the halo of light, golden ancient characters continuously emerged on the center of the disk, shining brightly in the white light before slowly falling back down, an extremely mysterious and seemingly powerful response to something. Mr. Gui lifted his head to look forward, where the dark red glow flickered wildly and violently, with massive gusts of air surging chaotically. The intense earthquakes and trembling stone walls surrounding them seemed to be announcing some enormous danger.

  He faced them with a smile in his eyes, took a step forward and walked lightly into the dark red glow.

  The demon rushed into the dark red light, and almost at the same time the red glow shone on his body, with his Taoism, he suddenly felt a slight dizziness, although he recovered in an instant, but the scene before his eyes still made him extremely shocked.

  A massive pool of blood, a crumbling mountain wall, and the air filled with the stench of blood were all beyond his expectations. And in mid-air, at this moment, a gigantic humanoid monster reappeared, formed from countless crimson blood auras, tens of meters tall, almost filling the entire vast cavern. At the end of the platform, Xiao Hui, transformed into a giant ape, was roaring loudly without any fear, but its body shape was far inferior to that of the giant. Most importantly, at this moment, it seemed that Xiao Hui had no power to fight back, and could only dodge continuously as the blood-aura giant kept spewing out massive flames like blood from its enormous mouth.

  That fierce flame of blood continued to slash down from mid-air, sweeping away everything. Wherever it passed, even the hardest rocks were melted. Xiao Hui, although not a mortal body, did not dare to take it head-on and could only jump back and forth on the platform, dodging in the narrow gap between danger. Looking at its gray fur now, it was already covered in wounds all over, clearly having suffered greatly, and now it was just barely holding on, struggling to survive.

  At this moment, Xiao Hui jumped up with all his might, barely avoiding a wave of flames that swept past from under him. He even felt the burning sensation on his fur as he was in mid-air, and couldn't help but let out a loud roar. It seemed like he had dodged it again, and as he fell back down to the ground, his feet suddenly felt an intense pain, almost piercing through to his bones. Xiao Hui looked down to see that the surface of the rocky platform beneath him had turned into scorching hot lava, and his paws were already charred and blistered in an instant.

  This pain is not trivial, and the small gray giant's body swayed as if it were about to collapse. However, the blood giant in the sky seemed to have no intention of showing mercy, and another wave of flames covered the sky, making it seem like the little gray would be crushed to pieces. The giant ape let out a loud roar towards the sky, and from far away, there also came several angry roars, but they were apparently ineffective.

  A scorching blood flame descended, and the three eyes of Xiaohui seemed to turn into a red shadow. At this critical moment, a long whistle suddenly came from behind, like a dragon's hum, a cyan light flashed across the sky, drawing an arc in the air, like a thunderbolt, like a lightning bolt, barely making it in time. In an instant, a cyan light shield formed in front of Xiaohui, with sharp edges flashing and a Taiji diagram appearing, shining brightly. With a deafening crash, it forcefully blocked the seemingly unstoppable blood flame of the Blood Giant.

  It was just in time for Gui Li to arrive at the critical moment.

  Although this blow was blocked, Gui Li's body shook violently, and his vision suddenly darkened. The light shield he had conjured up almost dissipated, and his body was nearly knocked into the blood pool. Fortunately, his cultivation was deep, and as his body fell, he managed to grab onto the edge of the stone platform with one hand, and his entire person floated upwards, sweeping past the giant ape's side. With a swift glance at Xiao Hui, he didn't say a word, but instead directly grabbed Xiao Hui's massive body with one hand, letting out a low growl as he lifted him off the ground.

  Xiao Hui let out a painful cry, his body floated up, and his skeleton made a cracking sound in mid-air. After a moment, his body quickly shrunk down, and in the blink of an eye, he had returned to his normal size, transforming into a small grey monkey.

  At this moment, the Blood Giant above seemed to become even more enraged because someone had suddenly blocked his blood flames, and his target shifted to Gui Li. He opened his huge mouth and let out a "Boom" sound, as a five-zhang-long blood flame spewed out, like a fire dragon descending from the sky, burning towards Gui Li.

  A fierce ghost grasped Xiao Hui with one hand and placed him on his shoulder, shouting "Hold tight!" His body then floated up again. At this moment, his speed of movement was much more agile and faster than Xiao Hui's. Although the blood flame of the giant had unparalleled power, he darted back and forth through the gaps in the flames with ease, looking quite composed.

  While Xiao Hui was not idle, it restored its usual body and grabbed the collar of Gui Li's shirt with one hand. Despite Gui Li flying up and down in mid-air, Xiao Hui sat steadily, its other hand busily grasping its own feet and looking at them with a pained expression, "Squeak squeak squeak" calling out non-stop. Afterwards, it kept using its hands to fan itself, blowing cool air onto its two soles, probably because the soles were scalded and felt uncomfortable.

  However, Gui Lie heard Xiao Hui's cries in his ears and saw Xiao Hui's movements out of the corner of his eye. His heart became calmer, and he could see that apart from some superficial injuries, Xiao Hui had not suffered any serious harm. With a slightly more at ease mind, Gui Lie's flying body became even more composed. The blood flames were powerful but slow, and in his eyes, they were nothing to be feared. Taking advantage of this opportunity, he began to observe the surroundings and the Blood Giant itself during the intervals of avoiding the blood flames.

  In the depths of the foot, it was like an abyss, but the blood pool below the abyss was a strange and eerie scene. Especially when Gui Li saw the four ferocious beasts soaking in the blood pool, he was shocked. Among the four ferocious beasts, except for the Wild Ancient Candle Dragon which he had never contacted before, the other three ferocious beasts were all related to him, but unexpectedly they were trapped here.

  And he suddenly thought of the Ghost King, who had exhausted all his strength in the Ghost King Sect over the years, from the earliest Qiu Niu ten years ago to the present four great spiritual beasts gathering together, were they all just for setting up this strange and mysterious formation here?

  He felt a sudden movement in his heart, and he abruptly lifted his head to look at the giant with an aura of blood. A wave of flames came crashing down on him, and the surrounding air seemed to be on fire. Ghostly and eerie, his figure flashed out several meters away in an instant, avoiding the attack by a hair's breadth. The wave of flames crashed into the stone wall behind him, sending rocks flying wildly everywhere, leaving behind a massive hole several meters wide in the hard stone wall.

  The ghost floated in mid-air, gazing far away, and saw that the giant's body was entirely composed of blood-colored spiritual energy. The red light was like a cloud of steam, churning and surging ceaselessly. On his face, two huge eyes were especially fierce, burning fiercely like flames, staring fixedly at the ghost's shadow. When he opened his mouth, another wave of blood flames came crashing down. This enormous spiritual energy seemed to be inexhaustible, as if it would never stop.

  The demon's eyes gleamed with sharp light, but he didn't stop this time. Instead, he moved in the direction of the blood flames, advancing against them at a distance of less than three feet from the scorching heat. He was heading straight for the giant itself. Xiao Hui perched on Gui Ye's shoulder, watching as they drew closer and closer to the terrifying giant, but showed no fear, instead becoming excited and chirping "Squeak squeak squeak!" as he raised his fist, ready to engage in a fierce battle.

  The Blood Giant seemed to have not anticipated Gui Lie's sudden counterattack, and with his own body being too large, he naturally couldn't react in time. In the blink of an eye, only a cyan shadow was seen as Gui Lie transformed into an arrow shot into the giant's body made of blood energy.

  As soon as he entered the body, Gui Li felt a heavy pressure coming from all directions, his movements slowed down instantly, and his ears were filled with frantic cries, like the wailing of ghosts in hell. His blood was churning violently. In front of him, everything was blurry and covered in a thick fog of blood, making it impossible to see anything clearly. He furrowed his brow, held back his golden aura, and as soon as he had an idea, a wonderful technique was born. A majestic golden light burst forth from his body, his presence became grand and heroic, and with a flicker of his eyes, the blood energy outside his body was pushed back three feet, and the discomfort inside him also improved accordingly.

  Unexpectedly, the surrounding blood energy changed again, and in a vast expanse of bloody fog, countless human faces appeared beside Gui Li. Their faces showed joy, sorrow, anger, and ferocity, all different from one another, as if ten thousand ghosts had gathered together, surrounding Gui Li's body.

  "Save me!"

  "Come and take my life!"

  "Don't go..."

  "Go die!"

  Innumerable sudden noises, like a flood, swarmed in, millions of red arms stretched out from the bloody fog, grabbing at Gui Li. The horror was indescribable. This kind of ghostly magic was an unparalleled, flawless technique that worked on everyone else, but it just so happened to have encountered Gui Li's Buddhist "Mahayana Prajna Paramita", which was its natural nemesis.

  The supreme divine art of Buddhism is the great enemy of the demonic path. The countless ghostly faces surrounding it seem to be surging and roaring, with an unparalleled aura. However, as soon as they approach the golden light emanating from the Buddhist practitioner's body, they let out shrill cries and scatter in all directions, unable to withstand it. A few that failed to escape were incinerated by the golden light, turning into a cloud of ash and smoke that dispersed with the wind.

  With such a great method protecting his body, he was even more fearless of the fierce ghosts. His body charged forward, and in front of him were countless ghostly faces, but none dared to block him, retreating in disorder. With a "whoosh", he had already burst out of the Blood Energy Giant's body and rushed out.

  "Boom!"

  The Blood Giant let out a strange and furious roar, its massive body slowly turning around. Gui Liang had managed to pass through smoothly, but his expression turned extremely solemn. The monster's entire body was made of blood energy, with no physical form, and it seemed that his previous attack had no effect on it. This meant that he could only take the beating without being able to counterattack. Looking at the monster's spiritual energy, which was abundant to a terrifying degree, Gui Liang clearly felt that there were scattered spiritual energies constantly pouring into the giant's body. If this continued, he would only exhaust himself to death first.

  Just as Gui Lie was concentrating his mind to think of a way to deal with this seemingly unbeatable blood monster, the blood giant suddenly changed on its own. The huge blood body suddenly collapsed and dispersed, releasing countless blood mist that churned violently in mid-air without any signs of dissipating. Instead, it grew thicker and more concentrated, eventually forming a ten-zhang tall crimson blood sphere, like a red sun radiating myriads of red rays in mid-air.

  Just as Gui Lie was stunned, a loud noise suddenly burst out from the depths of the blood ball. After a moment, thousands of red tentacles shot out from the condensed blood mist, each with a thickness of a bowl mouth and a length of tens of meters. The blood gas was steaming and flying horizontally.

  In an instant, the entire vast cave turned into a sea of red tentacles. The Blood Flame Ghost that was invincible just moments before could avoid them with ease, but now faced with the countless and terrifying tentacles that were everywhere, even the ghost's scalp felt numb and its face changed color.

  From the initial confrontation with Xiao Hui, to the summoning of skulls and the transformation into a giant blood golem, to the current bizarre blood sphere with countless tentacles, the mysterious and sinister powers within this cave seem to have endless strange abilities, changing unpredictably amidst the ominous atmosphere, making it impossible not to feel despair and helplessness.

  "Hmmph! Hmmph! Hmmph!"

  A shrill, piercing sound filled the air as countless tentacles burst forth from all directions, leaving no room for retreat or evasion. The ghostly face was stern and solemn, letting out a loud roar as a brilliant golden light erupted from its body, forming a protective barrier that enveloped both itself and Xiao Hui. At the same time, a magical artifact known as the "Soul-Devouring Treasure" appeared in its hand for the first time.

  In the blink of an eye, amidst a shrill whistling sound that made one's teeth ache, countless red tentacles descended from the sky, instantly enveloping the eerie light in a shroud. Not only was it impenetrable to the wind, but even a single ray of clear light couldn't be seen. What entered one's line of sight was a layer upon layer of strange red tentacles tightly wrapped around each other, transforming into an eerie red sphere in mid-air.

  Those red tentacles slightly wriggled, all of them shrinking with full force, squeezing inward. The red spherical body formed by the surrounding red tentacles in mid-air slowly sank in, and after a moment, rebounded to its original state. However, the surrounding tentacles exerted force again, sinking in a few more times, but it seemed that the rebounding force was very strong, and it slowly bounced back again.

  It was as if the heartbeat, like breathing, repeated several times, and suddenly a loud explosion sounded from within the red autumn body. In an instant, it turned into a deafening roar, and a large piece of red flesh was torn to shreds by a massive force, turning into red smoke that dispersed in all directions. Under the residual shadow, Gui Li's figure flashed out, falling from mid-air onto the platform in the center of the blood pool, but his legs softened upon landing, almost unable to stand steadily.

  Seeing Gui Lie's face turn deathly pale, he faintly heard his heavy breathing. With his current cultivation level, he was actually forced to this extent by the eerie enemy in front of him within just a short period of time. It can be imagined how formidable the Four Spirits Blood Formation is.

  It's not just the Four Spirit Blood Formation and the Fulong Cauldron, although it was freed from its predicament by Gui Lian, but a large piece of red tentacles that exploded in mid-air seemed to be nothing compared to the huge blood ball in the air. In fact, after those tentacles exploded, they turned into red misty energy, and most of them were sucked back by that strange red ball in an instant, making it seem like an endless cycle of energy, leaving even the strongest person helpless.

  Only a moment later, more red tentacles emerged from the floating red blood cells in mid-air, countless long red tentacles danced in the sky, it was truly terrifying and frightening, even Gui Li felt a chill.

  As more and more red tentacles covered the sky, making a loud noise, and were about to swoop down, Gui Li had already retreated. The ghostly creature in front of him was not like anything from the human world, and it was impossible for humans to resist it. Just as he opened his body and was about to pounce on the cave entrance with a group of red tentacles like a stormy rain, the little monkey Xiao Hui, who had been tightly clinging to his shoulder, suddenly let out a sharp cry, pointing towards the giant red ball in the sky.

  Gui Li was taken aback, just now he had used all his energy to deal with the terrifying red tentacles, how could he have had the leisure to observe that red ball? At this moment, in a flurry, he hastily raised his head and glanced at the distant red ball in the direction of Xiao Hui's pointing hand.

  At this glance, he suddenly stopped in his tracks. In the deepest part of the crimson red sphere, a faint white light appeared, which was completely different from the violent and ferocious red light around it. Almost at the moment when the white light appeared, the strange red ball monster that had been unstoppable also underwent a strange change. It seemed like an originally inflated balloon suddenly froze for a moment, with more than half of it turning into red smoke, while the remaining part shrank back. The original giant crimson sphere, which was over ten feet in size, quickly shrunk down as well.

  Those half-air blood mangs were rolling rapidly, with a hint of madness, but there was nothing to be done. Even from a distance, Gui Li could faintly feel the madness and gnashing hatred of that violent intent.

  Suddenly, this strange change occurred right before one's eyes, leaving people stunned and bewildered. However, as the red glow in the sky gradually weakened, under the intense gaze of the ghostly eyes, a cluster of eerie red clouds finally appeared at the deepest part of the red blood cells. The color of the blood gas was the deepest there, and from a distance, it seemed so dense that it was about to drip with blood. The white light that reversed heaven and earth also shot out from the deepest part of this red cloud, although it looked weak compared to the surrounding violent blood gas, but it never showed any signs of shaking. On the contrary, the color of the blood gas around this white light gradually faded and dissipated.

  The ghost suddenly realized that the earthquake under his feet and around the huge cave was subsiding, and the violent tremors were gradually calming down. The only thing left was the bloody smell in the air, which was still so strong, and it was unclear whether it was because of the large amount of blood in the pool below.

  In the midst of the void, that mass of blood energy was still shrinking in size, with sharp whistling sounds constantly emitted from the sides as they rapidly swept by, as if extremely unwilling yet helpless. Finally, after the red haze had completely dissipated, the true appearance emerged from deep within the red clouds.

  A quaintly shaped, ancient-looking cauldron with strange inscriptions etched all over its body. On the front of the cauldron, there is a sinister devil's face, and on the forehead of that face, a brilliant white light pillar that seems dazzling to the eyes at this moment is emitting from here.

  "Dragon Tripod!"

  Gui Li recognized it at a glance, this ancient tripod was the most treasured and mysterious magical instrument of Gui Wang in his heyday.

  The ghost king slowly turned around, his gaze returned from the Fow Dragon Cauldron floating in mid-air, and looked around at the four walls of the cave, which were already broken and cracked, the eerie and terrifying giant blood pool under his feet, and the four great spiritual beasts trapped inside, weak and suffering, obviously sealed with a mysterious spell. Was all this done by the ghost king?

  And the eerie and terrifying power above his head, an intangible monster that shouldn't exist in this mortal world, was it also summoned by the King of Ghosts?

  This behavior can only be described with the four words "lost heart and mad".

  Xiao Hui now seems to have lost his usual energetic personality after the intense battle, quietly lying on Gui Li's shoulder, but his three eyes keep gazing up at the Fow Dragon Ding in the sky, as if he too is still shaken by the mysterious power from earlier.

  The ghost's face was stern and he stood still for a long time, then slowly walked to the end of the platform. The ground beneath his feet had been affected by the intense battle earlier, and what was originally hard ground had become uneven with holes everywhere, some of which were corroded or blasted out by massive force. He stood at the edge of the platform, just like Xiao Hui initially did, leaning forward to look down.

  The little grey creature on his shoulder also withdrew its gaze from the Fowlong Ding, let out a few low, mournful cries, seemingly with a pleading intention, wanting to ask Gui Lie to save the spirits beasts below. Gui Lie's eyes flashed with an otherworldly light, his eyebrows tightly furrowed together. When he had seen the four great spirit beasts below earlier, he had felt that something was off. Now, taking a closer look, he discovered that these four so-called ancient spirit beasts, remnants of the Hongyuan era, were all severely injured, their spiritual energy depleted to less than one-tenth of its original amount.

  Before, Gui Li had never heard of such a vicious and evil technique that absorbs spiritual energy. It seems that the strange natural formation is just the mysterious array set up in this huge cave, as well as the Fow Dragon Cauldron in the sky.

  He couldn't help but hesitate, the vicious Four Spirits Blood Array in front of him was not something he had any good feelings about. However, among the four spiritual beasts below, three of them had a deep connection with him. It seemed only natural to help these spiritual beasts escape their predicament. But he was no longer the naive young man he once was. Upon further thought, he realized that this array's power was enormous and that everything before him must have been set up at great cost by the Ghost King. If he were to rashly intervene and ruin the Ghost King's plans, wouldn't that be equivalent to turning against him?

  In fact, if it were just a falling out with Gui Wang, Gui Li would not have the slightest fear in his heart, and he could turn against him at any time. However, there was still Bi Yao lying there for ten whole years...

  As soon as he thought of Bi Yao, the light in Gui Li's eyes dimmed, and he let out a soft sigh. He slowly stood up straight, shook his head silently at Xiao Hui on his shoulder, and Xiao Hui immediately became anxious, scratching his ears and cheeks, waving his hands, and pleading with a sincere expression, obviously wanting Gui Li to go save Fang Ling Shou. Gui Li's eyebrows were tightly furrowed, his face was unpredictable, and he was also hesitant in his heart.

  Just then, a clear and crisp voice suddenly came from behind them, both Gui Li and Xiao Hui were shocked, and they turned their heads to look back, only to see that the black-clothed Gui Xian had somehow appeared on the platform behind them. The ancient divine artifact, the Star Disk, was shining brightly, with rolling rays of light surging like waves around it, forming a pillar of light that shot straight up into the air, and amazingly, it was resonating with the mysterious pillar of light on top of the Fulong Ding.

  In the dazzling light column, a star plate appeared below, and countless pieces of white light petals emerged one after another, connecting to each other like the lotus throne under the Buddha's seat. It was crystal clear, like crystal, holding the star plate in balance; above the star plate, amidst the layers of auspicious clouds and misty aura, a golden ancient character shone brightly, radiating splendor, floating and sinking uncertainly in the light. But this time, the shining gold did not fade away again, instead it grew brighter and brighter.

  As the golden light shone brightly, as if in response, the radiant glow that bound the dragon cauldron also lit up in mid-air.

  His heart suddenly tightened, he took a step forward and shouted: "What are you doing?"

  But Mr. Gui seemed to be deaf to Gui Li's words, at this moment his black figure was completely wrapped in the light emitted by the star plate, a pair of eyes staring tightly at the star plate floating in front of him, somehow, he looked like he had lost some of his usual ghostly aura and gained a few more solemn airs.

  Under the dazzling light of the starry sky, Mr. Ghost's hand was like a lotus flower, leisurely and carefree, lightly touching the center of the starry sky where the light was most brilliant, as if with his pointing, another scene emerged, shining brightly, floating gently in the light above the starry sky; while Mr. Ghost did not hesitate for a moment, his eyes fixed tightly on the center of the light, as if searching for something, and in an instant, he tapped four more times at the center of the starry sky.

  Four golden characters emerged one after another, and the entire star plate shone brightly. The range of the light pillars around it had expanded by more than twice, and correspondingly, the "乾坤所" light pillar on the Fow Dragon Cauldron in the sky above suddenly swelled several times and emitted a soft crackling sound, constantly flickering as if it were about to break free from its body.

  The horror of this surprise is not trivial, even the stupidest person who has just gone through that fierce battle knows that the mysterious light column on the devil's face is the only thing that can restrain that invincible and unmatched strange power at this moment. If by chance this Dry Kun Lock is opened, the consequences are imaginable. He can no longer care about any feelings at this moment, in his anxiety, he rushes towards Mr. Gui, shouting: "Stop!"

  Unexpectedly, he was swift as lightning, but when he rushed into the five-foot distance around Mr. Gui and the star plate, he was bounced off by a soft but extremely powerful invisible force. At the same time, Mr. Gui pointed to the star plate again.

  This time, however, he seemed to be pointing very slowly, his fingers slightly trembling, it was unclear whether it was due to tension in his heart or the result of concentrating all his strength too much, his slightly trembling fingers stretched into the star disk's radiance, with a momentary pause, and after a brief moment, only a soft crackling sound could be heard, the seventh golden character slowly rose above the star disk.

  The seventh golden character, looking bigger than the previous six golden fonts, with a deeper color, rose to the star plate and did not float like other golden characters, but slowly rose and fixed in mid-air. As the seventh golden character rose, the remaining six golden characters suddenly surrounded it, forming a circle around it, and in an instant, the seven golden characters shone brightly, gathering into a golden light pillar, about the thickness of a finger, straight up to the Qiankun Lock Light Pillar on the Fulong Cauldron.

  In the vast cave, the giant cave that was turbulent and surging not long ago suddenly fell into an eerie silence. Everything became quiet, even breathing stopped. All eyes, including those of Gui Li, Gui Xiansheng, Xiao Hui, the spirit beast in the Blood Pool, and even the mysterious existence in the darkness, were fixed on what was about to happen, holding their breath in anticipation.

  "Bang!"

  A very light, crisp sound.

  The light pillar on the Fulong Ding's Qiankun lock quickly dimmed and disappeared, leaving a small hole the size of a finger tip in the center of the devil's forehead. The golden light pillar shot out from the star plate just happened to shine on this small hole. A moment later, a bead slowly rolled out from the small hole, presenting a deep blue color, falling into the golden light pillar.

  The golden light column slowly retracted and descended, while the mysterious blue bead also slowly fell towards the star plate. As it approached the ground, it could be seen that the blue inside was like a vast ocean, endless and infinite, with faint misty air locked within, flowing slowly like the tides rising and falling, day and night, eternal and unbroken.

  The golden light pillar gradually dimmed, and the seven golden characters on the star plate also faded away, eventually disappearing. However, the deep blue strange pearl that was taken out floated half a foot above the star plate, slowly starting to rotate. The dazzling light around the star plate retreated and gradually withdrew into the star plate. Soon, the star plate returned to its original appearance, floating in mid-air, only emitting soft and gentle light. The small jade blocks in the center of the jade plate were still running and sliding endlessly, but what was different was that there was an additional blue rotating pearl above the star plate, making it seem as if the star plate was the sky, and all the stars were revolving around that beautiful deep blue star pearl.

  The universe's ultimate principle, billions of years of endless time, seems to have all appeared in this one instant, faintly revealed within this small celestial body.

  In the cave, there was a moment of silence, as if everything had been stunned by this magnificent and mysterious scene. But this tranquility only lasted for an instant.

  "Boom!"

  Inexpressible thunderous cheers, carrying the madness of thousands of years since ancient times, infinite blood halos suddenly appeared in this vast cave, every place was filled with intense bloody steam, every corner was a whistling red light shadow, the intense bloody smell that could not be opened rose to the sky and floated high above the Fulong Cauldron, countless bloody airs rushed towards it frantically.

  On the ancient, clumsy cauldron, the originally pale mysterious inscriptions lit up one by one, with a strange rhythm, transformed into blood-colored text. In mid-air, a mysterious and eerie voice sounded, like an ancient, desolate, and forgotten spirit, reciting a poem that had been forgotten for thousands of years.

  Red, crimson color, like a tide, surged over the entire Fulong Cauldron, transforming it into a red, radiant monster. Finally, all the blood energy surrounded the devilish face on the front of the ancient cauldron, starting from the chin, slowly invading upwards. The lips turned red, the nose was submerged, and the eyes were swallowed up.

  Finally, as if all the blood energy was surging together, the entire Fow Dragon Cauldron shook violently. All the fierce and wild Blood Halos howled in unison within this vast cavern, their ear-piercing wails thundering on without end. The blood water in the Blood Pool began to churn and boil, causing the earth to shudder and rocks to fall from the sky like rain...

  Blood and energy, a surging torrent that could not be stopped, permeated the small blue cave where he once was, dyeing the entire devil's face red.

  "Rumble!"

  Huxi Mountain peak, wind and cloud change color, heavenly thunderbolt descends, exploding loudly at the mountain summit!

  A strong wind blows, sweeping away the misty giant rocks, a desolate and bleak landscape stretches far and wide!

  Inside the icy stone chamber of Huojiashan Cave, the ground and stone walls were shaking violently again in another intense earthquake, with rocks falling down all around, but Gui Wang seemed completely unaware, his eyes had already turned a deep blood red, extremely eerie.

  In the trembling stone chamber and amidst the falling rocks, he slowly raised his right hand to look at it. On the palm of his right hand, a crimson inscription suddenly emerged from the flesh and blood, shaped like an ancient tripod, strong and powerful, with a hint of eeriness.

  The Demon King stared intently at the inscription on the tripod, and after a moment, he slowly burst out laughing. His laughter was filled with ferocity and madness, even a hint of hysteria...

  "Success, success... finally succeeded! Ah..." He took a deep breath, his voice had already become hoarse, the muscles on his face twisted, his face red as blood, looking very eerie.

  He suddenly clenched his right hand into a fist, and in an instant, a powerful force burst out from his body, almost visible as tiny blood specks danced around his hand like miniature lightning bolts. The surrounding stone walls seemed to have been subjected to a massive pull, instantly collapsing a large section, with rocks flying everywhere.

  "Hahaha... Hahahahaha..."

  In the midst of maniacal laughter, the Ghost King walked towards the entrance of the stone chamber with an air of madness and triumph. However, just as he reached the entrance, he suddenly stopped and a hint of hesitation appeared amidst his frenzied expression. His body slightly moved, as if he wanted to turn around and take a look at something.

  Behind him was Bi Yao's quietly lying body.

  However, after that brief moment of hesitation, the Demon King still did not turn back. The massive and hard stone gate in front of him suddenly shattered into pieces and flew outwards. Amidst the intense earthquake and flying rocks everywhere, with a fierce determination, the Demon King strode out of the icy stone chamber.

  "Boom!" The intense vibrations continued to emit a crashing sound, and the falling rocks grew larger, as if they were about to engulf this place. And this thin green figure lay quietly on the stone platform, lonely and still, with a hint of desolation.

  "Ding......ding......" The crisp sound of the bell, quietly, in this stone chamber echoed up, only to be quickly drowned out by the even louder rumbling and crashing sound of falling rocks.