Chapter 1081 - 378: Ninth Heavenly Layer, Mahayana High Immortal!

Chapter 1081: Chapter 378: Ninth Heavenly Layer, Mahayana High Immortal!

But the leading Demon King on the opposite side was incredibly fierce.

In fact, as Zhang Ziye, Yuan Mobai, and Shangguan Ning knew, this time near Chang’an Luoyuan’s portal had opened, and only one Ninth Heavenly Layer Great Demon had invaded.

But it was a world-shattering Demon King equivalent to the Great Tang Human Race Ninth Heavenly Layer Perfection level expert.

Its name was Youluo Mountain Lord.

A kin of Spectre Tiger and Lord Black Mountain, but even more powerful than the Northern Border Great Demon Lord Black Mountain in the Mortal World.

This Youluo Mountain Lord didn’t have other Ninth Heavenly Layer demon race powerhouses under his command, the strongest was only an Eighth Heavenly Layer Perfection Demon King.

But he himself led troops...

Medium and low realm Spectre Tigers could control more or less ghost thugs.

And this Ninth Heavenly Layer Perfection level world-shattering Great Demon, the realm and strength of the ghost thugs he could control were terrifyingly high.

With his presence, even if Shangguan Yunbo and Xiao Hang held the Expelling Invaders Halberd and Haoran Sword, Chang’an still teetered on the brink.

From Luoyang, orders to aid the king were dispatched like snowflakes to various regions.

The Great Tang princes, who originally had the duty to protect the territories, began to leave their fiefdoms as ordered to hurry to the Old Capital Chang’an in such an urgent situation.

Among them were no shortage of Eighth Heavenly Layer experts from the royal family like Prince Changshan Zhang Junhai, Weiyang King Zhang Zhen, King Zhang Xiaohao of Mucheng, King Zhang Ji of Zhaoping, and King Zhang Ming of Mucheng.

But then a heavyweight message first came from Chang’an’s direction.

A heavy minister of the Great Tang was lost to the chaos of the demons.

His cultivation realm was Seventh Heavenly Layer, not particularly eye-catching on the current battlefield of Chang’an.

But his identity was quite special.

Xiao Chunhui, always relied upon by the current Tang Emperor as a trusted minister, perished under the claws and fangs of the Luoyuan Great Demon, while his brother Xiao Hang could not rescue him in time due to the Youluo Mountain Lord.

The news spread, and the world shook once again.

Inside the Celestial Master Mansion on Dragon Tiger Mountain, Yuan Mobai and Shangguan Ning exchanged glances.

In terms of cultivation realm, Xiao Chunhui was not as good as his brother Xiao Hang and his sister Xiao Xueting, but the Empress relied more on him for court politics.

Initially, the splitting of the Council Hall to replace the functions of the Secretariat and the Department of State Affairs, dividing the power of the two provincial heads, first paved the way for Xiao Chunhui to rise to power as a minister.

After stepping down from the position of Academy Libationer to serve as a participant in government affairs of the Council Hall, that illegitimate child of the Xiao Clan from Longwai in the past somewhat became the Empress’s chief minister.

The biggest problem revealed by his demise was...

The current Majesty’s condition is truly precarious to an extreme point!

.........

On the East Sea Ocean, waves surged and roared, rolling in all directions.

In the depths of the ocean, an intense battle was unfolding.

Under the leadership of Clan Chief Ye Yan, Qingzhou Ye Clan experts were currently fighting against Taoist Sect cultivators in Penglai, targeting the Void Gateway leading from the Mortal World to Penglai.

It was still unclear which part of the Mortal World the opposing side came from.

The Qingzhou Ye Clan only knew that the leader of the Ninth Heavenly Layer Mahayana High Immortal, referred to by the Penglai Taoist Sect as the Southern Red Emperor.

In the fierce battle, the opponent intended to seal and close the Void Gateway from Penglai to the Great Tang Mortal World.

Ye Yan, composed and calm, engaged in combat.

After receiving the order for the emperor’s aid from the Imperial Capital Luoyang and the latest news from the Old Capital Chang’an, Ye Yan pondered slightly.

Then, he unfolded a special drawing paper.

The paper was blank, allowing Ye Yan to freely apply brush and ink to create a painting.

The scene depicted was not of the Great Tang Mortal World.

It was the scenery of Penglai that Ye Yan had continually encountered contacting Penglai and briefly in and out during the tug-of-war battle, finally rendering it on paper...the scenery of Penglai.

Inside, semblances of reality emerged, but the real and vivid Taoist Sect Dharma Essence flowed from it.

Ye Yan’s brushstroke continued, and numerous scrolls filled with Confucian Haoran Qi continuously appeared.

The Confucian brushstroke kept clashing with the experts of the Penglai Taoist Sect.

The secretly written Penglai painting scroll instead aided the opposing side, ultimately sealing the portal from Penglai to the Great Tang Mortal World.

People from the Mortal Path Country inside Penglai could not enter the Great Tang Mortal World to cause chaos for a short time.

But on the other hand, it temporarily blocked the return path for Xu Yuanzhen, who had previously left the Great Tang and traveled via Penglai to the Ming Realm...

Meanwhile, heading south, Suzhou Chu Clan experts, under the leadership of the old clan chief Chu Xiuyuan, were joining forces with other Great Tang cultivators to counteract Heavenly Principle.

Heavenly Principle was besieged from both sides, inside and out, the situation was critical.

Heavenly Principle cultivators also attempted to seal the Void Gateway leading to the Great Tang Mortal World from the direction of Heavenly Principle, to avoid being attacked from both sides.

Chu Xiuyuan looked at the Heavenly Principle before him.

The former name of this place was Guicang, renowned alongside Great Unity, Bluestone Drop, Penglai, and Sumi.

Thousands of years ago, the ancestors of the Suzhou Chu Clan once took control of Guicang.

To some extent, that era could also be called the heyday of the Suzhou Chu Clan.

But alas, prosperity cannot last long, and for various reasons, the Suzhou Chu Clan ultimately lost Guicang.

Just like how the Ye Clan once occupied Lian Mountain but eventually lost it as well.

In this aspect, they are inferior to the Lin, Fang, and Xiao clans; at least Great Unity remains... albeit with various issues.

Chu Xiuyuan’s thoughts returned, gazing once more at the Heavenly Principle in front of him.

Guicang was no more.

Only Heavenly Principle remained.

Now it had transformed into something almost unrecognizable to the Chu Clan.

Fortunately, the Chu Clan’s ancestors once occupied and dominated this place.

Over the long years, although many people and things have changed, some aspects can still be utilized by Chu Xiuyuan.

The old man sat calmly on the sea, playing the zither.

The sound of the zither was vast, as if the sea tide endlessly attacking Heavenly Principle, standing in clear opposition to the Neo-Confucianism Great Scholar on the other side, seemingly unyielding.

But just like the sea tide howling, beneath the water’s surface, countless undercurrents flowed, possibly in directions entirely contrary to the waves and winds above.