Chapter 671 - 48: Demon Tide, Divine Incense, Startling Thunder

Mingxiao Domain.

The Sealed Ancient Land.

A colossal tower, its entire body covered in Golden Seal Jade Talisman Profound Patterns, shot up from the ground. It was nine stories tall, majestic and grand, like a gigantic pillar propping up the heavens and piercing the clouds.

This Sealing Array, personally laid down by a great Spirit Immortal power from the Upper Realm, was named the Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Exquisite Treasure Tower Formation. The tower stood ten thousand zhang tall, suppressing the Demon Lord’s left arm.

The seventh floor of the Treasure Pagoda and above were all high above the sea of clouds.

High in the firmament, ten thousand li of clouds cascaded like a waterfall, churning like waves above and below. Ethereal Spirit Sounds echoed through the void. The sight was unusually magnificent, further accentuating the Treasure Pagoda’s sacred majesty.

Three massive, peak-like islands floated in the air around the Treasure Pagoda, shrouded in celestial clouds. Palaces and pavilions were faintly visible, appearing and disappearing within the swirling mist.

As far as the eye could see, the structures on the three Floating Islands were almost exclusively Pocket World Spiritual Buildings. Disciples from the many sect families of the Mingxiao Domain were all gathered here.

Inside a Spirit Mountain Cave Mansion on one of the Floating Islands.

Blue smoke curled from a warm brazier, shrouding a pool of turquoise water that gurgled softly.

White lotuses bloomed upon the turquoise water, their roots steeping in the tranquil spring. Amidst the curling smoke, a graceful and serene woman sat cross-legged atop a jade lotus.

She appeared to be in her early thirties, with a beautiful, oval face and bright, spirited eyes that held a divine light. Her mature aura was suffused with a powerful dignity.

This was none other than the Supreme Elder of the Mystic Sky Saint Sect, the number one sect in the Mingxiao Domain.

A watery image materialized above the pool, revealing an elderly monk in hemp robes. He was seated cross-legged amidst a blazing golden light, surrounded by Golden Seal Jade Talisman Profound Patterns so brilliant they were hard to look at directly.

The Dragon Elephant Wanderer.

He was currently presiding over the Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Exquisite Treasure Tower Formation, communicating with the Tribulation Realm Cultivators on the three giant floating islands.

According to the original design by the great Spirit Immortal, these three Floating Islands would both guard the Treasure Tower Array and be protected by it. However, the Cultivators on the islands could not easily enter the Grand Array, preventing anyone from colluding with forces inside to break the Sealing Array and release the Demon Lord’s remains.

For ten thousand years, only the five Hall Masters of the Red Profound Association could enter the Treasure Tower Arrays within their respective Sealed Ancient Lands.

Within the Mingxiao Domain’s Treasure Tower Array, the Dragon Elephant Wanderer alone presided over the formation’s core, controlling the Grand Array.

The Cultivators on the other three giant floating islands were responsible for defending the Grand Array.

Inside the Cave Mansion, besides the beautiful woman, seven other people sat cross-legged on jade mats by the pool, silently listening to the Dragon Elephant Wanderer’s arrangements.

These seven were all Tribulation Realm Cultivators on this giant floating island, hailing from the top ten Mystic Sects of the Mingxiao Domain. They were all now under the beautiful woman’s command.

One of them, a man of average height with a gaunt face and slightly sunken eyes, wore a Gray Mist Weaving Sun Daoist Robe. His appearance was unremarkable, but he possessed the Cultivation of the First Tribulation.

This was Yang Yi, the prodigy from the Mingxiao Domain who had once made a dueling pact with Fang Cheng.

After he and Monk Haideng had returned from Qianyu Heaven, they first went to the Heaven Crossing Hall to deliver the Demon-Suppressing Immortal Cicada. Afterward, he returned to the Mystic Sky Saint Sect to enter secluded cultivation. Fifty years ago, he finally succeeded in breaking through to the Tribulation Realm, becoming the fourth Tribulation Realm Great Power in the Mystic Sky Saint Sect.

He was also the only person in the Mingxiao Domain to reach the Tribulation Realm in nearly a thousand years.

Since then, he had remained in seclusion to consolidate his Cultivation. Only after recently passing the First Celestial Tribulation did he lead the other Elder Disciples of the Mystic Sky Saint Sect to this Sealed Ancient Land.

Along the way, Yang Yi had heard about the world-shaking battle between Fang Cheng and an incarnation of the Demon Lord.

After hearing the news, he could only remain silent.

Back when he had contended with Fang Cheng for the Red Profound Order, he could still hold his own against him. He had even boasted that within the Dharma Realm, he was a cut above Fang Cheng.

But now... it was truly beyond his wildest dreams. He couldn’t have imagined that his opponent’s strength had skyrocketed to such a degree.

Even though he had entered the Tribulation Realm, he was now so far behind he couldn’t even see the man’s shadow.

After the Dragon Elephant Wanderer finished his arrangements, his figure vanished. The beautiful woman dispersed the watery image, looked around at the others, and said slowly, "The great calamity is upon us, and our futures are uncertain. I have two items here for you. Take them, in case of emergency."

With a flick of her fair hand, a dozen or so streams of Profound Light flew out of the pool and descended toward the seven people at its edge.

Yang Yi caught two of the streams of Profound Light and saw that they were an inky-black Crystal Bead and a pointed, ebony stick.

Although the Crystal Bead was transparent, it had no luster and looked completely unremarkable. Its only distinguishing feature was its extraordinary weight.

The pointed ebony stick was two chi long and about a cun thick. It was as hard as profound iron, black and shiny—it was, in fact, a stick of Spirit Incense.

The beautiful woman’s voice drifted over, "These are a Profound Celestial Divine Thunder and a stick of Yinglong Fragrance. Even a Mid-stage Fifth Rank Celestial Demon would find it hard to withstand them. As for their wondrous uses, you may discover those for yourselves."

Everyone rose and gave their thanks.

The beautiful woman spoke with the seven for a while longer before dismissing them from the Cave Mansion.

...

A few days after Yang Yi returned to his Cave Mansion, just as he finished refining the Profound Celestial Divine Thunder and the Yinglong Fragrance, he suddenly heard a world-shaking CRASH from outside.

He flew out of his Cave Mansion to look, only to see a startling celestial phenomenon suddenly appear to the west of the Sealed Ancient Land.

The entire sky looked as if it had been brutally torn open by two invisible, giant hands!

Impossibly dark Demonic Qi surged violently, pouring out of the rift in the blink of an eye.

RUMBLE!

A series of earth-shattering booms echoed continuously.

From the black rift in the sky, Demonic Qi spewed forth. Countless grotesque and ferocious demons poured out of the black mist like a great flood, surging toward the Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Exquisite Treasure Tower Formation.

The Celestial Demons had descended!

The three giant floating islands bore the brunt of the assault.

SWOOSH!

A streak of azure sword light shot out abruptly.

In the vast void outside the Treasure Tower Array, a ripple of sword light spread out like a wave on water.

Wherever the sword light passed, demons shrieked in agony and disintegrated.

A halo of light flowed around the beautiful woman from the Mystic Sky Saint Sect as a suit of form-fitting golden armor silently materialized, encasing her long, graceful body.