After a brief period of Breathing Control to regain some strength, Yuan Ming immediately returned to the front gate of Chang Chun Temple, where the battle had nearly reached its conclusion.

After Xi Ying had slain the Wu Yue God, the person most shocked was none other than her own father, Xi Zheng.

He had never imagined that his daughter had grown so powerful that even the Wu Yue God was no match for her.

It was not until this moment that he recognized his choice of path for the family was wrong, and so he ceased his resistance on the spot and chose to surrender.

Considering his relationship with Xi Ying, Wan Tianren and others simply detained him for the time being instead of taking his life.

Ni Mu only felt the tide had turned after witnessing Wulu slay the Blood Demon Ancestor.

However, he went even further than Xi Zheng, not only by stopping his resistance but also by turning his blade around on the spot, betraying his own and beginning to slay the disciples of the Wu Yue Sect.

Due to his betrayal on the battlefield, the already declining forces of the Wu Yue Sect suddenly displayed a rout.

This unexpected development even left Tian Jizi stunned.

Upon Yuan Ming's return, with the head of Xue Li in his hand, he bellowed, "Xue Li is dead, do you still wish to stubbornly resist?"

The followers of the Wu Yue Sect were intimidated by his voice, which was as imposing as the tolling of a great bell, and they were terrified.

On one hand, they were frightened by the consecutive deaths of their leader-level figures; on the other, they were suppressed by the Divine Soul Power embedded within Yuan Ming's voice.

"At this point, surrender is but a path to death," Luo Yongqi said through clenched teeth, his face fierce.

As one of the early cultivators who had joined the Wu Yue Sect, he knew that once defeated, the other Sects would surely not spare them, and their fate would be even more miserable than that of the Xi Family, which was originally a subordinate of the Wu Yue Sect.

Therefore, he had no intention of surrendering.

There were not a few who thought like him. A desperate battle became their last hope in the anticipation that they could delay long enough for the Breaking Realm Transfer Array to establish a pathway to the Demon World, possibly reversing the situation once more.

Apart from them, there were also the refining corpse puppet army, created by Demonic Qi, who continued to ruthlessly attack the forces of the Cloud Desolate Alliance, causing both sides to suffer extreme casualties.

The entire Chang Chun Temple was like a great grindstone of flesh and blood; no matter how many were fed into it, they would be ground into bloody remnants, leaving limbs and torsos scattered everywhere, rivers of blood flowing.

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The man, who had always been domineering, now seemed to have aged tenfold, his form slightly stooped, his expression complex.

As his daughter approached, his lifted gaze showed more confusion and guilt than anything else.

"You were right, I chose the wrong path and led the Xi Family astray, sacrificing too many of our people. I deserve to die," Xi Zheng said, unable to meet his daughter's gaze, sighing deeply.

"I didn't come here to hear this, father. There is still time, quickly tell me where the Breaking Realm Transfer Array is located and how to break it," Xi Ying asked with furrowed brows.

Wan Tianren and the others also looked over at this moment.

Xi Zheng's eyes flashed, knowing that his daughter was giving him one last chance at redemption, and he didn't hesitate to say:

"After the incident with Yuan Ming, the Wu Yue God and the Blood Demon Ancestor added a layer of the Soul Capturing Array on top of the original Protective Array. If you want to break it, you must have a strong will and a powerful Divine Soul. Otherwise, if the Array Restriction is triggered, the Array will capture your Divine Soul."

"I'll go and break the Array myself," Xi Ying nodded and said.

"Furthermore, apart from the external Protective Array, the Breaking Realm Transfer Array itself is a spatial Array and is inherently indestructible. Without a special Magic Treasure, it's impossible to break it. Merely shattering the black Stone Pillars will do nothing; by now, the power controlling that Array may no longer be on our side," continued Xi Zheng.

Upon hearing this, Xi Ying's gaze flickered briefly, and a sudden feeling of dread arose in her heart.

She immediately turned to Wan Tianren and said, "I'll leave him in your hands."

"Rest assured, with me here, he won't escape, nor will anything happen to him," Wan Tianren obviously understood her meaning and promptly nodded in assurance.

Xi Ying nodded, then leaped up, but instead of heading directly to Chaotian Peak, she flew beside Yuan Ming.

Yuan Ming, about to further demoralize the remnants by killing Luo Yongqi, saw Xi Ying approach with a grave expression.

"Never mind these people for now, we need to hurry and destroy the Breaking Realm Transfer Array. According to my calculations, the portal to the Demon World is about to open," Xi Ying said urgently.

Yuan Ming's expression shifted slightly upon hearing this and he immediately turned his head towards Chaotian Peak.

He saw that the mountain top was still shrouded in Demonic Clouds, but within the tumultuous black clouds, a hint of Blood Light was already faintly visible; he could even feel the rippling of space from there.

"Good, let's go," Yuan Ming grabbed Xi Ying's wrist, and together they flew towards Chaotian Peak.

In an instant, the two arrived below Chaotian Peak and could immediately see the huge Array enveloping the entire mountain.

"Wait here for a moment, I'll break the Array," Yuan Ming said.

With a raise of his arms in front of him, the Demon Image Prison Suppression Skill roared into action. The Qi Blood Power churned within his body like boiling water, bursting forth with an unrivaled strength, as a Blood-colored Giant Elephant emerged out of nothingness.

Last time he came, he had used the spatial shuttling power of the Undying Tree to break in so as not to alert the enemy. Now, he had no such concerns, seeking only to breach the defenses as quickly as possible.

Just as Xi Ying was about to say something, Yuan Ming had already taken a vigorous step and charged forward.

The blood-colored giant elephant that shrouded his body also swung its trunk, colliding head-on with the vast light screen that enveloped the entire Chaotian Peak.

"Boom..."

A loud sound like a bell ringing erupted!

The whole Chaotian Peak shook violently, and streaks of black light lit up from the Forbidden Light Screen around it, converging at the waist of the mountain to form an immense pitch-black ghost face.

The ghost face, twisted in ferocity, with horns on its head, opened its abyss-like maw towards Yuan Ming and roared silently.

From the gaping maw, a profound black vortex emerged, exerting an incredibly strong suction force.

Yuan Ming only glanced at it and felt his Divine Soul tremble, almost giving him the illusion that it was about to be drawn out of his body by that force.

Fortunately, his Divine Soul was stable enough to not actually be captured.

At that moment, a dazzling golden light suddenly burst forth from beside Yuan Ming, followed by a basin-sized blazing sun appearing out of thin air, speeding towards the ghastly ghost face.

The vortex from the ghastly ghost face was meant to capture the Divine Soul, and since the golden sun contained a highly pure Divine Soul Power, it flew unobstructed into the gaping maw.

The mouth of the ghost face suddenly closed, as if it had swallowed the golden sun into its belly.

But in the next instant, golden cracks erupted all over the ghost face, followed by dozens of blinding golden rays piercing through, tearing it apart.

Accompanied by a "bang," the ghastly ghost face exploded into fragments.

Yuan Ming's body also slammed into the protective barrier of Chaotian Peak, causing the massive light screen that enveloped the entire mountain to collapse and dissipate.

As this layer of the barrier collapsed, the pure Demon Qi that was condensed all over the mountain suddenly scattered, flooding towards Chang Chun Temple like a torrential flood.

The puppets, which were originally refined from demonic Qi, became even more aggressive under the nourishment of the surging demonic Qi, attacking the Cloud Desolate Alliance's army with increased ferocity.

Although the alliance members had already gained an overwhelming advantage, they were exhausted and drained, with no choice but to brace themselves and charge into the fray.

As Yuan Ming and Xi Ying leaped toward the mountain peak, they both spontaneously sent out blazing flames towards the top, spreading a sea of fire that engulfed the Magic Cloud Trees translating Spiritual Power into demonic Qi.

Soon after, they reached the summit of Chaotian Peak and saw the Great Array.

Yuan Ming discovered that, unlike the last time he saw it, at the center of the array in front of him, instead of an intertwined mass of light and dark Qi, there was a blood-colored sphere as big as a giant's eyeball.

In the center of the blood-colored sphere was a vertical black crack, resembling the slit pupil of an eye, with strong fluctuations of space undulating around it and dense black mist seeping out, impossible to dissipate.

Above the sky, within the terrifying mass of demon clouds, a huge gap was still open, allowing streams of daylight to leak through and illuminate the massive Demon Array below.

Countless streams of Primordial Qi poured into the array like a funnel of daylight.

Yuan Ming was about to step forward when the Storage Bag once again transmitted a restlessness, with the Sky-reaching Demon Pillar nearly unable to be contained and about to burst forth on its own.

However, at that moment, Xi Ying suddenly spoke, "My father said that since this Great Array has harnessed the power of space and has taken on its full form, ordinary methods can't break it. Perhaps the Sky-reaching Demon Pillar is required."

"When it emerged last time, it absorbed a lot of the pure Demon Qi from the array and recovered its original form. If it comes out again, I'm afraid it will be the same. But this item also has the ability to break open the void. Once it is released, whether the outcome will be good or bad, I too, can hardly predict," Yuan Ming said hesitantly.

He didn't want to take the risk and chose to forcibly suppress the Sky-reaching Demon Pillar, not allowing it to emerge rashly.

"Your concerns aren't unfounded, let's try other methods first," Xi Ying replied thoughtfully, after hearing him.

Having said that, the two began to act simultaneously, launching attacks on the black Stone Pillars atop the mountain.

In an instant, the summit of Chaotian Peak was ablaze with fire, and the sound of explosions was incessant.

The black Stone Pillars shattered and exploded one after another, turning into dust.

In a short time, they had destroyed the entire Great Array made of black pillars.

However, the Magic Pattern Array Map suspended in mid-air did not change at all, and the blood-colored sphere, like a giant's eye, still hung in the air. The black slit in it, resembling a vertical pupil, had instead widened slightly.

Yuan Ming's gaze grew sharp, and he took a deep breath as the Blood Qi in his body boiled once again.

His figure shot out straight as a bullet, with the blood-colored giant elephant materializing in mid-air and directly colliding with the blood-colored giant eye.

However, his form along with the blood-colored elephant was stopped ten feet away from the blood-colored eye by an invisible barrier.

Folds visible to the naked eye rippled through the void; these weren't ripples from the impact of force but wrinkles formed by the space being solidified, under the impact of an external force.