"So can we now discuss the function of that giant demon array?" Yuan Ming asked.

"If I'm not mistaken, I'm afraid that array is the Breaking Realm Transfer Array. Its effect is to break through the barrier between the Demon World and the Yunhuang Continent and establish a stable spatial passage," Qi Ye said.

"Is that really true!" Yuan Ming suddenly stood up, his expression extremely solemn.

"Eight or nine out of ten, it is so. Once the Sky-reaching Demon Pillar appeared, the Blood Demon Ancestor immediately came after us. That's the best proof. The Breaking Realm Transfer Array, although capable of breaking the barrier between the two realms, is not very effective, and the probability of failure is quite high. If we could get a Sky-reaching Demon Pillar, it would be almost a sure thing," Qi Ye explained.

Yuan Ming's expression was extremely grave. If the purpose of the Wu Yue Sect was really as speculated, the situation was serious.

The Wu Yue Sect's attempt to unify the Yunhuang Continent was just to establish hegemony. If people from the Demon World were to descend, who knows what would happen.

"Why would the Demon World want to attack the Yunhuang Continent?" He paced the room a few times before stopping and asking.

"Naturally, it's to plunder resources. Many tribes within the Demon World have a strong sense of aggression and will create spatial passages connecting to other realms whenever possible, to plunder their resources. As you know about the Magic Cloud Tree, even if the Demon Tribe can't directly use the nature's spiritual energy here, they can transform it into Demonic Qi through the Magic Cloud Tree. Therefore, the Demon World will not let go of any realm it can invade! The Sky-reaching Demon Pillar is specially refined by top experts of the Demon World to breach the power of realms. There are said to be eighty-one in total. Sadly, most of them have disappeared today, and who would have thought one would end up in the Yunhuang Continent," Qi Ye slowly said.

After hearing all this, Yuan Ming's expression turned somewhat ugly.

He had previously been wary of the Demon World and hadn't expected the people from the Demon World to be so ferocious and domineering. If they were to descend, the entire Yunhuang Continent would likely suffer a catastrophic blow.

"According to Wulu, the Blood Demon Ancestor should be a spy the Demon Tribe planted in the Yunhuang Continent. This person has lived for thousands of years; during such a long time, why hasn't he arranged a Breaking Realm Transfer Array to summon the people of the Demon World?" Yuan Ming pondered for a moment and then asked.

"The Breaking Realm Transfer Array is not an array that can be set up just anywhere. The stronger the Spiritual Power in a place, the greater the chance of breaking the barrier. The best Spirit Vein in the Yunhuang Continent belongs to the Spirit Vein of Chang Chun Temple. I suspect that the Wu Yue Sect's war that swept through the continent had, from the beginning to the end, only one goal, and that was to take down the Chang Chun Temple," Qi Ye continued.

"Indeed, that makes some sense," Yuan Ming nodded and said.

Although Qi Ye's analysis was logical, he was, after all, a person from the Demon World and not to be trusted lightly. The purposes of the Wu Yue Sect and the Blood Demon Ancestor still needed his own verification.

Yuan Ming summoned the Sky-reaching Demon Pillar with a wave of his hand, running Demonic Qi into it. This time, the Sky-reaching Demon Pillar did not resist.

Unlike previously in the Southern Border Underground Palace, as soon as he poured Demonic Qi into it, he immediately detected its condition.

Inside the Sky-reaching Demon Pillar, like the Stealing Heaven Tripod, there were many forbiddances, although not as many as the Stealing Heaven Tripod, there were still two or three dozen.

And at the center of these forbiddances, a giant rune was suspended, more than ten times larger than ordinary runes, shining a bright silver-white, like a silver lantern.

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"It seems that this Sky-reaching Demon Pillar is indeed as Qi Ye said, sealed by casting, using the True Demon Energy within the Chang Chun Temple's demon array to revive," Yuan Ming murmured, then started to manipulate the Demonic Qi to refine these forbiddances.

Unlike the forbidances of the Stealing Heaven Tripod, the forbiddances of the Sky-reaching Demon Pillar were simple to refine. It took less than half an hour to refine most of them, and Yuan Ming's Demonic Qi reached the silver rune, trying to activate it.

Silver light appeared at one end of the Sky-reaching Demon Pillar, flickering into the void as if it was as simple as piercing into water.

Yuan Ming's eyes brightened. This Sky-reaching Demon Pillar really was a treasure against the force of space. With this item, he would no longer need to worry about spatial forbiddances in the future.

He continued to operate the Demonic Qi, quickly refining the forbiddances of the Sky-reaching Demon Pillar completely. Unfortunately, the Artifact Spirit of the Sky-reaching Demon Pillar did not appear, still hidden deep within the pillar.

Yuan Ming did not force the Artifact Spirit, planning to communicate with it over time.

He stored the Sky-reaching Demon Pillar away and continued to rest with his eyes closed.

A night passed in the blink of an eye.

Yuan Ming followed Xi Ying to a secret chamber where a crystal coffin was placed. Inside lay a woman who looked eighty percent like Xi Ying, with the oil lamp in her hand burning quietly.

Yuan Ming looked at the woman in the crystal coffin for a moment, then quickly withdrew his gaze.

With a sweep of her sleeve, Xi Ying opened the lid of the crystal coffin, which flew to one side on its own.

The figure of the Five Elements Child flew out of one of Xi Ying's Spiritual Beast Bags and exhaled a stream of verdant light, infusing it into Xi Qian's body.

A layer of green light illuminated on Xi Qian, and her pale cheeks regained a bit of color.

"Does your sister practice a wood attribute cultivation method?" Yuan Ming asked with a raised eyebrow.

"My sister possesses a wood attribute Heavenly Spirit Root Physique and is a Yimu Spirit Body, a genius in the realm of Magical Practitioners. Unfortunately, she was harmed by a sneak attack and has been lying in this crystal coffin ever since. Otherwise, with her talent, she would have already reached the late-stage Nascent Soul by now, and even advancing to the Returning to Void Stage would not be impossible," Xi Ying said with a trace of sadness in her eyes.

Yuan Ming had heard Xi Ying talk about Xi Qian before. It seemed she was wounded by someone from the Wu Yue Sect, which was also why Xi Ying hated the Wu Yue Sect so much and always wanted to eradicate them quickly.

"Next, I will feed my sister the Immortal Elixir. I need your help to protect her meridians," Xi Ying said, pulling herself together and looking at Yuan Ming.

Yuan Ming nodded, operated the Ju Mang Spirit Technique, and pressed down into the void with his right hand.

Dozens of Undying Tree Roots appeared around Xi Qian, piercing into her body.

The roots emitted strands of Undying Tree Demon Power, turning into innumerable tiny fibers and merging into Xi Qian's meridians.

This was a variation of the Soul Cultivation Method by the Nine Yin Venerable, the Heavenly Silkworm Parasitic Technique.

Although the Heavenly Silkworm Parasitic Technique was cruel, it was undeniably a top-tier Soul Cultivation Method, and the technique of transforming the soul into threads was particularly exquisite.

Yuan Ming imitated the method as if drawing a gourd based on a model and, by casting with his mana, he transformed the spirit into silk, which possessed a piercing strength far greater than ordinary mana and also carried a certain ability to control.

"It's ready," Yuan Ming said.

Xi Ying exhaled softly and took out a white jade box, which revealed a thumb-sized black elixir that emitted multicolored lights upon opening.

Strong fluctuations of Spiritual Power emanated from the black elixir, instantly sweeping through the entire room, making the nature's spiritual energy in the air vibrate.

"This Immortal Pill is indeed hard for ordinary people to bear," Yuan Ming said, sighing inwardly as he looked at the black elixir.

Xi Ying fed the elixir to Xi Qian, and as soon as it entered her mouth, it dissolved and spread throughout her body.

Boom!

A tremendous wave of mana surged from inside Xi Qian's body, rushing through her meridians like raging waves, transforming her body and reawakening a hint of life.

The pressure on Yuan Ming increased sharply. Although Xi Qian's meridians had been fortified by his secret technique, the strength of the elixir's power was so formidable that he quickly intensified the activation of the Undying Tree Root.

Wave after wave of Undying Tree Demon Power poured into Xi Qian's body, barely countering the strength of the Immortal Pill's power. Even though her meridians occasionally tore, they quickly healed.

Yuan Ming continued to suppress the strength of the Immortal Pill's power while examining Xi Qian's body at the same time.

The main injury to Xi Qian was to her Divine Soul, which had suffered some kind of devastating damage. Her Nascent Soul's Divine Soul had almost completely dissipated, unable to sustain the body's functions, which was why she lay in a death-like slumber.

Moreover, Xi Qian's Nascent Soul had shrunk a great deal, appearing extremely withered.

Yuan Ming carefully sensed Xi Qian's Divine Soul and let out a light exclamation.

The Divine Soul was weak and exceedingly chaotic, split into several strands of power that were attacking each other, causing continuous internal consumption of her Soul Power, leading to decay.

Seeing this, Yuan Ming was quite astonished.

The power of the Immortal Pill rapidly merged with every part of Xi Qian's body, steadily strengthening her faint life force. The sound of her heartbeat grew stronger and stronger, pumping fresh blood throughout her body.

Her body's mana was also stimulated and began to flow smoothly.

Besides her physical body and mana, a burst of life force also infused into Xi Qian's Divine Soul, healing the soul's wounds and bolstering her Soul Power.

"To think it can thoroughly heal both the physical body and Divine Soul, it truly deserves the name of an Immortal Pill," Yuan Ming remarked with amazement.

Time passed by, and soon a quarter of an hour had gone by.

The power of the Immortal Pill showed no signs of weakening, and Xi Qian's body and mana had already recovered, but the chaotic force within her Divine Soul still existed.

Simply boosting Xi Qian's Soul Power without removing this chaotic force would not awaken her, and might even backfire.

Yuan Ming's Divine Soul was sealed within the Stealing Heaven Tripod, limiting the Divine Soul techniques he could use. After much contemplation, he failed to think of a solution and was about to discuss the issue with Xi Ying.

Suddenly, Xi Ying's hands formed seals and then pressed on Xi Qian's head.

"This is…" Yuan Ming's eyes moved.

The technique Xi Ying had just applied was his Six Jia Qimen.

A flash of spirit light passed through Xi Ying's palm, and the chaotic force within Xi Qian's head abruptly vanished. Xi Ying herself, however, let out a muffled grunt and staggered backward several steps, with blood flowing from her nostrils.

She quickly sat down cross-legged, a bright golden light emanating from her glabella, looking as if flames were burning.

"Xi Ying, you…" Yuan Ming's expression changed slightly.

The chaotic force that had just disappeared from Xi Qian's Divine Soul, at that moment, appeared within Xi Ying's Divine Soul.

The power of Xi Ying's Divine Soul immediately became turbulent. Her already unstable Soul Power became even more critical, causing her Sea of Consciousness to vibrate.

She uttered a low shout, and her Divine Soul transformed into a magnificent flaming Golden Crow. Its golden flames rolled and surged, enveloping that chaotic force within it and scorching it fiercely.

This chaotic force was exceptionally tenacious, but Xi Ying's Soul Power had reached the Peak of the Sleeping Witch, and the flames of the Golden Crow Soul were even more powerful, quickly incinerating it.

Only then did she breathe a sigh of relief, and her complexion improved slightly.

"Xi Ying, was that Six Jia Qimen you just used? Can this Divine Skill even transfer injuries?" Yuan Ming asked.

"The Six Jia Qimen recorded in the Golden Sunflower Heavenly Book is a Divine Skill of unforeseeable potential. Your previous application of it was merely scratching the surface," Xi Ying said, wiping the beads of sweat on her forehead.

Upon hearing this, Yuan Ming showed an interested look on his face.

Having mastered the Six Jia Qimen, he had not delved deeper into it. Unexpecting it to hold further mysteries, he decided that he should study it more when he had time.