On the big locust tree, Yuan Qi climbed back to the intersection of the tree crown, breathing and accumulating strength, preparing to break through the barrier while waiting for the second transformation.

"Stinky snake, will you transform into a human this time?" Da Zhong asked.

Yuan Qi was very excited and smiled, "When a great demon becomes a demon king, they can transform into a human. When I became a demon king, I was delayed because I drank a lot of dragon blood. But this is the second transformation, I will definitely be able to become a human."

Da Zhong became interested, "Although Xu Ying taught you the Taiyin Yuan Yu Gong, are you sure you have comprehended it thoroughly? If you only comprehend the Taiyin, you will become a woman. You might even become hermaphroditic!"

Yuan Qi was startled and became uneasy.

Da Zhong quickly said, "You are currently in the barrier-breaking period, breaking through the Xuan Guan barrier. If your heart is not sincere, the Xuan Guan will not open! Quickly focus your mind and don't think about becoming a man or a woman. Let nature take its course!"

Yuan Qi quickly focused his mind.

Da Zhong revolved around him, gently shaking and emitting a bell sound, helping him calm his mind, thinking, "It's my fault. If I hadn't mentioned becoming a man or a woman, he wouldn't have had these random thoughts. I hope he can successfully transform this time!"

The fragrance of flowers was strong all around, and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was abundant. Therefore, there was no need to take large pills. Breaking through the barrier could be achieved by being surrounded by the fragrance of the locust flowers.

Unknowingly, it was already nighttime. The Nai River emerged, and Da Zhong, guarding Yuan Qi, suddenly felt the temperature drop and the air become colder. Since coming to the Locust Flower Palace, it was the first time it had spent the night outside, so it didn't expect it to be so cold at night.

It quickly pushed Yuan Qi towards the fire pit to prevent him from freezing.

At this moment, on the other side of the big locust tree, at the foot of the Nai River, little ghost fires suddenly gathered together and floated towards the big locust tree.

"Weird..."

Da Zhong carefully sensed it, and its body trembled. Those ghost fires rushing towards the big locust tree were actually countless underworld ghost soldiers riding on tall and mighty skeletal horses, wearing decayed armor!

These underworld ghost soldiers were in neat formations, not only riding on skeletal horses but also riding on giant ox demons, bone dragons, and bone phoenixes.

There were also ghost soldiers carrying tattered flags, with the flag surface fluttering in the wind. An eerie wind seeped out from the flag surface, and many strange underworld creatures crawled out of the holes in the flag surface, with smooth and dark bodies, wriggling around inside the flag surface.

In the center of the army of underworld ghost soldiers was a canopy covering several acres of land. It looked like a tattered umbrella, but it was extremely magnificent, although it was full of holes.

Around the canopy, there were many long black ribbons hanging down, corroded and full of holes, fluttering in the wind.

Under the canopy, the atmosphere was eerie, with a ghost king holding a ghost head sword standing tall, emitting a murderous aura.

And in the back of the canopy, there sat a majestic figure wearing an emperor's crown, with pearls hanging down, and dressed in a golden dragon robe, with a coiled dragon embroidered on the chest.

However, this majestic figure had no flesh and blood at the moment. The face under the emperor's crown was a white skeleton, and the hand holding the dragon throne was also a chilling white bone!

Da Zhong shouted in alarm and thought to itself, "The Feng Shui chosen by Zhou Qiyun is not good! The owner of the Locust Flower Palace should be an emperor! No wonder the Locust Flower Palace has never been occupied by anyone. It turns out that the emperor also resided here after death! Now, the owner has returned!"

It suddenly understood why the owner of the Mud Pill Palace had not come to "reap" Zhou Qiyun. It was waiting for the arrival of the owner of the Locust Flower Palace.

If Zhou Qiyun occupied the Locust Flower Palace, the owner of the Locust Flower Palace naturally couldn't sit idly by.

When Zhou Qiyun and the owner of the Locust Flower Palace confront each other, it will be the time for the owner of the Mud Pill Palace to "reap"!

"If Zhou Qiyun can't handle this calamity, then there will be no survivors under the collapsed nest. Xu Ying is afraid it will be in trouble too!"

They looked at each other from a distance, silently thinking, "I wonder which emperor from the mortal world this emperor is?"

At this moment, Zhou Qiyun, the ancestor of the Zhou family, walked over, followed by thirteen ancient-looking elders. They were extremely old and had been sitting in the center of the main hall, comprehending the jade slip scriptures.

Xu Ying was surprised. These thirteen elders of the Zhou family had been unaware of worldly affairs while comprehending the jade slip scriptures. Why did they wake up now?

Behind the thirteen elders, there were the descendants of the Zhou family who had dismantled the Great Temple World. They were of all ages and genders, and their faces were solemn, as if facing a great enemy.

"I only stole a pillar. Is it necessary to make such a big fuss?" Xu Ying felt a little scared in his heart.

Zhou Qiyun walked past him without stopping and asked, "Who took the pillar from the hall?"

Xu Ying was about to make a cunning excuse when the thirteen elders of the Zhou family behind Zhou Qiyun all raised their hands and pointed at Xu Ying.

Xu Ying no longer made excuses and said, "I took it. Is this pillar very important?"

Zhou Qiyun walked outside the palace and said indifferently, "If you took it, then you took it. After all, this palace is not owned by my Zhou family."

Xu Ying was quite surprised. Zhou Qiyun was always thorough in his actions wherever he went. Why was he so generous today?

"The true owner of this palace has come to seek justice." Zhou Qiyun said calmly.

Xu Ying followed him out of the Locust Flower Palace and looked up. He saw countless underworld ghost soldiers standing in the sky, in neat formations, without making any sound.

In the center of the army, under the canopy full of holes, sat a white bone emperor with a dignified appearance. The ghost king and other officials stood below him.Xu Ying's heart trembled as he said, "It's not necessary to make such a big fuss over a bronze pillar. Zhou Laozu, the other party is not here for me."

Zhou Qiyun sighed and smiled, "They're here for me. I believe the owner of the Mud Pill Palace has been waiting for this opportunity, and now he finally has it."

Xu Ying understood what he meant. The reason why the Huaihua Palace was unoccupied was because it had an owner. Others were wary of the owner and dared not seize it!

And the owner of the Huaihua Palace was none other than the imposing Bone Emperor!

The reason why the owner of the Mud Pill Palace had not "tasted" Zhou Qiyun all this time was because he was waiting for the owner of the Huaihua Palace to come and hold Zhou Qiyun accountable!

The owner of the Mud Pill Palace was in the dark, while the owner of the Huaihua Palace was in the light. He had to confront both of them at the same time, and it was likely that the odds were against him.

Zhou Qiyun said, "Facing these old immortals, we really can't make any mistakes. Any slip-up could result in death."

By "mistake," he meant the Huaihua Palace.

Although the palace was good, the Zhou family should not have occupied it without understanding its origins. It was a long-standing habit of the Zhou family to be overbearing, which led to this oversight.

"From the words on the gate of the Huaihua Palace, he is an ancient Qi Refiner, even older than Lord Zhong."

Xu Ying looked at the Bone Emperor from a distance and thought to himself, "Then who is he? If Yuan Qi were here, he would definitely recognize him as a certain emperor from the mortal realm."

A clear light surged behind Zhou Qiyun, like a tide, rising upwards. He calmly said, "But I can also let the owner of the Mud Pill Palace rest assured and give me the opportunity to kill him and eliminate future troubles."

Upon hearing this, Xu Ying's heart stirred. "Does he have the confidence to confront two great Nuo Immortals at the same time?"

The sky was filled with turbulent winds and thunder, and boundless dark clouds shrouded the Huaihua Palace, pressing down heavily. Suddenly, amidst the lightning and thunder, a black hand flew out of the dark clouds, with raging flames underneath, pressing towards the Huaihua Palace!

This black hand encountered the clear light behind Zhou Qiyun and suddenly stopped. The thunder and fire formed a thin light curtain, sweeping in all directions like a sharp blade.

Xu Ying immediately sensed a slight vibration in space, and then saw a wound appear on the Great Huai Tree, deep into its trunk.

Not far away, a mountain silently flew up, as if it had been cut off by an invisible blade. The mountain flew for dozens of miles before crashing down diagonally, but it was hit by the shockwave and suddenly exploded.

This scene was silent and soundless. After a breath's time, a muffled roar reached everyone's ears.

Xu Ying quickly activated his divine sense and used his Heavenly Eye to see the scene in the sky.

Behind Zhou Qiyun, there was another Zhou Qiyun, sitting in the boundless space. It seemed small, but it was actually vast and boundless, emitting a green light.

The surging and constantly rising clear light came from this Zhou Qiyun!

"Spiritual Soul?"

Xu Ying immediately thought of the Spiritual Soul of the girl in the coffin, but then realized something was wrong.

The Spiritual Soul of the girl in the coffin was powerful and substantial, but it couldn't be seen with the naked eye. Even the light emitted by the Spiritual Soul couldn't be seen. In contrast, although Zhou Qiyun's "Spiritual Soul" was even more massive, it always seemed somewhat illusory, and its light could be seen by the naked eye.

Upon careful observation, Xu Ying noticed that there was a fire on top of Zhou Qiyun's "Spiritual Soul," which was the Yang Fire on his Soul.

"The Soul should have three Yang Fires, one on each shoulder and one on the top of the head. Why does Zhou Qiyun only have one... it's the Samadhi True Fire!" Xu Ying suddenly realized, finding it hard to believe.

Zhou Qiyun had actually merged his three Yang Fires into the Samadhi True Fire. His talent and potential were truly terrifying!

"He doesn't understand the Qi Refiner's techniques. He should have excavated the tombs of Qi Refiners and Nuo Immortals and obtained some incomplete inheritances from there. He used these incomplete inheritances to refine the Samadhi True Fire and cultivate his Soul to such a powerful state!"

For a Nuo Master, the Samadhi True Fire was an ancient and mysterious technique that had been lost for who knows how long. Its method of refinement was completely unknown. Yet Zhou Qiyun managed to restore the Samadhi True Fire. Such a person with great courage and wisdom was truly admirable.

Xu Ying looked at the Bone Emperor and saw that he also had a Spiritual Soul, hidden in a dark space behind him. The Spiritual Soul was covered in black aura, tattered and decaying, with black aura overflowing from the holes in the decaying Spiritual Soul.

The black hand that pressed down on the city was the Bone Emperor's Spiritual Soul manifesting. Otherwise, he would not be visible at all!

And the hand of the Spiritual Soul that blocked him was Zhou Qiyun's Soul.

They clashed with an invisible collision between a Soul and a Spiritual Soul. The aftermath of their divine abilities erupted between their palms, forming an invisible shockwave, which caused a wound to appear on the trunk of the Huai Tree and a mountain in the distance to be sliced off.

If it weren't for the use of the Heavenly Eye, the truth would not be visible at all!

Suddenly, the Zhou Qiyun beside Xu Ying soared into the sky and, in the next moment, had already arrived in the air, floating in front of the Hua Gai.

His clothes fluttered, and although his figure was small, it seemed immeasurably vast. The countless Yin Soldiers from the underworld, riding on various strange beast skeletons, occupied dozens of miles of space. But in front of him, they seemed like a group of tiny ants!

His aura exploded, intensely powerful. Wherever the clear light shone, the Yin Soldiers under his command, who were as obedient as fingers, suddenly became chaotic. Each and every bone soldier raised their hands in disbelief, looking at their own palms.Their palms, where they touched the clear light, were rapidly growing flesh and skin, and their bones were regaining vitality. The flesh and skin crawled up their arms and quickly reached their shoulders.

In their chest cavities, hearts were throbbing and growing.

Their internal organs gradually formed, and the dead, withered bones gradually regained vitality.

Countless ghost soldiers from the underworld lost their killing intent for a moment, staring blankly at their resurrected bodies.

Zhou Qiyun walked towards the canopy, and the White Bone Emperor, whose figure was shrouded in the shadow of the canopy, also raised his palm, watching the flesh grow on his palm, with ghostly flames flickering in his eye sockets.

"Is this the art of exorcism?"

An ancient voice sounded, and the White Bone Emperor repeatedly observed his palm, the voice coming from the shadows, "In my time, there was no such peculiar magic. I can feel the powerful force I had when I was still in the world..."

He suddenly clenched his fist, and the flesh on his palm burst open, turning back into white bones.

"Pity, resurrection is just an illusion!"

The White Bone Emperor slowly stood up, his voice mixed with the rumbling thunder, "You tried to control me with a body of flesh and blood, but you let me feel your aging from the flesh and blood you created. You possess vitality, but you age and decay like a mayfly, with only a three-hundred-year lifespan, even shorter than us Qi Refiners who do not possess vitality. You, have cultivated the wrong way, haven't you?"

Zhou Qiyun's face changed slightly, and the White Bone Emperor took advantage of his momentary mental turmoil, suddenly pointing a finger, and the space twisted and rotated where his white bone finger passed!

At the same time, behind him, his soul bowed to a floating curved blade, which howled and slashed towards Zhou Qiyun's soul!

Xu Ying's eyes twitched, "The White Bone Emperor is right! Zhou Qiyun has clearly opened all the secret realms of the Mud Pill, possessing endless vitality and life force, so why would he still age and have only a lifespan of three hundred years? It seems he didn't escape the trap of the Mud Pill Palace Master!"

In a battle between experts, the most taboo thing is to have an unsettled mind.

Zhou Qiyun's inner weakness was directly pointed out by the White Bone Emperor, causing his breath to fluctuate and his mind to be uneasy, thus revealing a flaw!

At this moment, the earth near the Pagoda Tree Palace suddenly exploded, and a huge creature roared like thunder, rushing towards Zhou Qiyun in the sky!

"The Mud Pill Palace Master!" Xu Ying exclaimed in surprise.

In the darkness, the huge creature was covered in scales and fierce flames, not knowing whether it was a dragon or a snake.

On top of the creature's head sat a skeleton, sitting cross-legged, looking extremely small.

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"Master, you finally decided to show up!"

Zhou Qiyun suddenly burst into laughter, pointing a finger to meet the White Bone Emperor's startling finger. The moment their fingers collided, the White Bone Emperor's knuckles suddenly burst open!

The curved blade that the White Bone Emperor's soul had sacrificed howled and slashed, hitting Zhou Qiyun's soul's neck, cutting his soul in half!

"I have cultivated to the extreme of the Mud Pill Secret Realm, my soul is immortal!"

Zhou Qiyun turned to face the huge creature, smiling, "Master, this is something you didn't expect when you passed on your skills to me, right? Today, I will show you the ultimate realm that you have never comprehended, and send you on your way!"

———Thank you to the 110th Alliance Leader, Shu Tu Zhong Tong Gui, for the reward, and thank you to the Golden Alliance's Zhaitai for adding another clock!