Chapter 1686
Obtaining Information about the Ruins of the Myriad Souls Ghost Realm
at the same time.
Inside Purple Abyss Valley.
"Why didn't the Cangxuan lineage of the Tianhe Realm take advantage of the Panshi Evil Ghost Clan's weakness and join forces with righteous forces like the Yaoxing Immortal Sect to besiege them and seek opportunities? Why did they come to attack our clan instead?"
"Could it be that the Heavenly River Realm also has plans against our alliance of five superior evil spirit forces?"
"Their appetites are far too great."
"..."
The Purple Miasma Evil Ghost King, a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator from the Purple Miasma Evil Ghost Clan, looked at the outside world with a face full of panic and confusion.
It looks somewhat like a human-shaped toad, but its body is covered with fist-sized purple bumps.
Moreover, it is surrounded by an extremely strong poisonous gas, as if it were poisonous itself, and ordinary people dare not approach it.
In addition, it is said that it is difficult for the evil spirits of the other ancient ghost realms to leave the ghost realm.
However, its intelligence was extraordinary, and it had long ago learned about various information about the Heavenly River Realm in recent years through some righteous forces that entered the Ghost Realm, using great benefits.
This included the Cangxuan lineage at its peak.
Moreover, as far as it knew, the Shining Star Immortal Sect of the Heavenly River Realm had also entered the Ghost Realm at the beginning of the once-in-a-millennium Limitless Storm.
Perhaps it was to gain resources, especially since the only top-tier Nascent Soul power in the Ghost Realm, the Rock Demon Clan, was currently in a weakened state.
Since the beginning of the ancient ghost realm, the Radiant Star Immortal Sect has commanded a large number of righteous forces to jointly besiege the Rock Demon Clan, intending to do something big.
However, the Radiant Star Immortal Sect is indeed powerful, so the Rock Demon Clan is in a rather unfavorable situation.
This matter is both a good thing and a bad thing for the Purple Miasma Evil Ghost Clan and the other four superior evil ghost forces.
After all, once the Rock Demon Clan is defeated, its interests will inevitably fall into the hands of the Shining Star Immortal Sect.
The Purple Miasma Evil Ghost Clan and other evil ghost alliances are extremely envious of such things.
Fortunately, with powerful righteous forces like the Shining Star Immortal Sect being restrained by the Rock Demon Clan, the Demon Alliance, including the Purple Miasma Demon Clan, no longer needs to worry about the Shining Star Immortal Sect targeting them.
In addition, they had some special advantages and trump cards, which meant they had been in a good position all along.
But now that the Cangxuan lineage has taken action against them, it will undoubtedly change their situation.
Fortunately, there is still a chance...
"As long as the Nascent Soul stage experts of my clan stationed in the remaining ghost lands, and the other four superior evil ghost clans can quickly come to our aid, with the combined strength of our five superior evil ghost clans, we will surely be able to stop the Cangxuan lineage."
'...'
The Purple Miasma Demon King frowned, secretly making plans.
The Purple Miasma Evil Ghost Clan, along with the other four superior evil ghost clans, obtained numerous benefits during their encounter with the ruins left behind by the Myriad Souls Ghost Realm a thousand years ago.
It contains not only powerful ghost treasures, but also a large number of ghost-related spiritual objects.
They used this opportunity to cultivate many Nascent Soul level experts.
Each of them currently has at least forty Nascent Soul experts in charge, far exceeding ordinary established top-tier Nascent Soul evil ghost forces, and already possesses the foundation of a top-tier Nascent Soul evil ghost force.
Under such circumstances, if the five of them were to combine their efforts, they would be able to unleash an extremely astonishing power.
In addition, the territory of the Purple Miasma Evil Ghost Clan is quite vast, and the number of its Nascent Soul cultivators is scattered throughout its various territories.
Currently, there are only a dozen or so Nascent Soul stage experts from this clan stationed in Ziyuan Valley.
Therefore, the advantages of this race's Nascent Soul stage experts are difficult to fully utilize.
However, the Purple Miasma Ghost King reacted extremely quickly. He immediately used some top-grade fifth-tier communication methods to send the news to his fellow Nascent Soul cultivators in various places, as well as the other four superior evil ghost clans, and asked them for help.
Those communication methods were acquired by the Purple Miasma Evil Ghost Clan at great expense in recent years in order to deal with the current predicament.
Moreover, because they are of higher grade, they possess greater power.
Even though the Cangxuan lineage had long ago set up methods to isolate communication around Ziyuan Valley, they were all broken through.
News of the siege of Ziyuan Valley quickly spread.
In addition, to prevent the Purple Miasma Valley from being breached prematurely, the Purple Miasma Evil Ghost King immediately summoned four top-tier fifth-order ghost treasures to assist him.
Two of them are the "Purple Miasma Ghost Mist Gourd" and the "Purple Miasma Bronze Bell," the most treasured artifacts of the Purple Miasma Evil Ghost Clan.
They have all been nurtured by the Purple Miasma Demon Clan for many years, and their quality is excellent, far surpassing that of other demonic treasures of the same level.
That Purple Mist Bronze Bell is a defensive ghost treasure, forged from a large amount of incredibly sturdy high-grade ghost iron.
It is only the size of a fist, purple in color, and looks extremely ancient.
With a flash of ghostly light, it instantly erected an incredibly thick defensive light barrier that enveloped the entire Purple Miasma Valley, greatly reducing the pressure on the valley's protective formation.
The Purple Mist Ghost Gourd is said to have been crafted by the ancestors of the Purple Mist Ghost Clan using the essence of many poisonous evil ghosts in the Ghost Realm as the main material, making it a supreme treasure of the poison path.
It is about the size of a palm, indicating that it is engraved with many phantom images of poisonous demons.
Moreover, at this moment, it spewed out countless purple poisonous gases, forming a vast poisonous fog.
Moreover, because the entire Ghost Realm was swept by extremely strong boundless storms, and with the deliberate manipulation of the Purple Mist Ghost King, the poisonous fog spread at an incredibly fast speed.
Before the Cangxuan lineage could even react, the ghostly mist rapidly spread to the surroundings, directly corroding a large portion of the Cangxuan lineage's attacks into nothingness, demonstrating its extreme dominance.
As for the other two treasures of the Purple Miasma Ghost King, they are rather special.
They originated a thousand years ago when the Purple Miasma Evil Ghost Clan, along with the other four superior evil ghost clans, touched upon the opportunity left behind by the ancient Ten Thousand Souls Ghost Realm.
They are respectively "Boneless Bow and Arrow" and "Boneless Ghost Sword".
They all appeared to be crafted from extremely powerful skeletons, and their appearance was bizarre.
Moreover, its power is no less than the two clan-protecting treasures of the Purple Miasma Evil Ghost Clan, making it a rare find.
In fact, if the Purple Miasma Evil Ghost Clan hadn't been quite strong when they encountered that opportunity, they probably wouldn't have had a chance to get their hands on those two items at all.
Now, as the Purple Miasma Ghost King unleashed those two items, the Withered Bone Ghost Sword suddenly erupted with an extremely sharp edge, directly transforming into countless sword beams, which swept out in a dazzling torrent of sword beams.
The skeleton bow and arrow set was a complete set of ghost treasures, consisting of a bow and arrow and thirty-six arrows.
The Purple Miasma Demon King gripped the withered bone bow tightly in his hand, repeatedly drawing the bow and nocking arrows, firing powerful volleys of arrows.
In an instant, relying on those four powerful top-grade fifth-tier ghost treasures, his strength skyrocketed, and he was even able to exchange a few blows with a newly promoted Nascent Soul cultivator like the Star Sea Ancestor.
……
Outside Ziyuan Valley.
Among the Azure Flying Boats.
"That Ghost King is quite interesting!"
"By the way, Pengyun, help me seize the Ghost King's Ghost Sword first."
During the battle between the Star Sea Ancestor and the Purple Miasma Ghost King, he was slightly surprised by the latter's methods. However, he then showed some interest in the withered bone ghost sword and the withered bone bow and arrow, and greeted Ling Pengyun.
In his early years, he learned by chance from Ling Pengyun and other powerful figures of the Cangxuan lineage that the Purple Miasma Evil Ghost Clan had obtained the opportunity from the ruins of the Myriad Souls Ghost Domain.
I've even seen some special ghost treasures left behind.
All those ghost treasures were made using extremely unique methods, and they all resembled skeletons.
Therefore, the Star Sea Ancestor saw that the withered bone ghost sword and the withered bone bow and arrow were unusual.
He then paid more attention to those two items.
Besides, he had only recently reached the peak of the Nascent Soul stage.
In addition, Xinghai Pavilion has a relatively weak foundation in high-level spiritual treasures, and he still does not have any fifth-grade top-quality spiritual treasures to help him.
His strength was not fully utilized, so he desperately wanted to obtain one or two powerful fifth-grade top-quality spiritual treasures.
However, this matter is difficult to accomplish if done step by step.
Even with the full support of all the major forces in the Cangxuan lineage, it would probably take at least tens of thousands of years to accomplish this task using only ordinary resources.
But that wait time was simply too long, and the Star Sea Ancestor couldn't afford to wait any longer.
He then decided to take a shortcut.
The withered bone ghost sword of the Purple Miasma Ghost King is quite similar to his natal flying sword "Star Sea Flying Sword". Both are flying swords that follow the path of sword light attack. As long as we get our hands on it...
After a simple tempering of its demonic essence, it can be completely transformed into resources for the Star Sea Flying Sword, helping it to quickly improve its foundation and prepare for inscribing fifth-tier top-grade weapon patterns and attempting to break through to the fifth-tier top-grade realm. However, since it is only the beginning of the war, it will be quite difficult to obtain the ghost sword in front of the Purple Miasma Ghost King.
But the benefits are significant.
Moreover, that flying sword is extremely powerful. Once it is taken away, the Purple Miasma Ghost King's strength will be weakened, which will be of great benefit to the upcoming battle.
However, this matter is quite difficult, and even a Nascent Soul cultivator like the Star Sea Ancestor would find it somewhat challenging.
But with Ling Pengyun's help, things would be different.
Although Ling Pengyun's cultivation level is still in the late stage of the Nascent Soul stage, he is extremely skilled in the Dao of Great Divine Powers, and he has more fifth-grade high-quality spiritual treasures than the Purple Miasma Ghost King. Therefore, his strength is not much worse than that of the Star Sea Ancestor, who is at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage.
If the two of them were to combine their powers, they might even be able to kill an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator at the peak of their cultivation.
Under such circumstances, it would be extremely easy to seize the Ghost Sword of the Purple Miasma Ghost King.
"it is good!"
Ling Pengyun, who was standing to the side, understood what the Star Sea Ancestor was thinking and immediately agreed.
Then, with a wave of his hand, he mobilized the all-powerful natal fifth-grade superior spiritual treasure, the Five Elements Hundred Treasures River, to cooperate with the Star Sea Ancestor.
Immediately afterwards, the Five Elements Treasures River transformed into a raging torrent, carrying surging waters that shot straight into the sky, quickly engulfing the ghost sword that was constantly resisting the attacks of the Cangxuan lineage's army.
"Pengyun, well done."
"Give me the town!"
Ancestor Xinghai's eyes were filled with sharp light. His expression hardened, and he raised his hands to continuously form hand seals, activating Xinghai Pavilion's supreme divine power, "Xinghai Seal".
Although this move was originally just a relatively strong divine ability, the Star Sea Ancestor was exceptionally talented, and in recent years he had acquired many profound inheritances through various opportunities. He then used these to gradually perfect that divine ability to the level of a great divine ability.
Even that technique is among the upper-middle level in its class, and its power is quite impressive.
Moreover, it is a method that contains immense power, making it extremely suitable for suppressing or crushing enemies.
Most importantly, the Star Sea Ancestor had already mastered it to a high degree.
His spellcasting speed is relatively fast; every instant, he can unleash a Star Sea Seal.
Ancestor Xinghai quickly unleashed a powerful Xinghai Dharma Seal.
Moreover, due to his profound cultivation, the Star Sea Seal he unleashed was inexhaustible.
Furthermore, since his only target was the withered bone flying sword, the magic seals surged into the Five Elements Hundred Treasures River and bombarded the withered bone flying sword, forcibly suppressing it into the air.
"go with!"
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Ancestor Xinghai unleashed more than a dozen powerful artifact-sealing talismans, sealing the flying sword and finally putting it into his possession.
"This flying sword is of truly excellent quality; I've certainly acquired a treasure this time!"
"By the way, Pengyun, thank you for this."
Ancestor Xinghai smiled and thanked Ling Pengyun.
"It doesn't matter."
"By the way, Ancestor, the Ghost King's Bone Bow and Arrow are quite similar to the Golden Yuan Bow and Arrow, the signature spiritual treasure of the Golden Yuan Immortal Sect. They are both extremely sharp. If we can obtain them, I can try to reforge them into a set of fifth-grade high-quality righteous Golden Yuan Bow and Arrow with a small amount of spiritual materials, so that they can be used by us righteous sects."
"In fact, since it has thirty-six fletchings, the power of that gold-bearing bow and arrow may be quite extraordinary."
"Therefore, I am extremely interested in such things, and I hope that you, Ancestor, will also help me to seize that set of ghost treasures."
Ling Pengyun smiled and waved his hand, making a request.
"It's easy to talk about."
Having just obtained the Dry Bone Flying Sword, the Star Sea Ancestor was in high spirits and readily agreed to the matter.
Then, they began to try to work together to forcibly take away the withered bone arrows shot by the Purple Miasma Ghost King.
As for the Dry Bone Ghost Bow, it is currently in the hands of the Purple Miasma Ghost King in Purple Abyss Valley, so it is temporarily impossible to obtain it.
But for Ling Pengyun and Xinghai Ancestor, it was only a matter of time before they seized it.
In addition, during this time, they saw that some of the ghost treasures unleashed by the other Nascent Soul demons in Purple Abyss Valley were also quite powerful, so they forcibly seized them as well.
Even though they hadn't managed to breach Ziyuan Valley, their gains were still quite good.
Moreover, they seemed to possess an invincible aura. No matter what methods those evil spirits used, they could not resist their domineering power, nor could they reclaim the stolen ghost treasure.
"Ling Pengyun and his companion from the Cangxuan lineage are truly going too far in deceiving ghosts!"
"..."
The Purple Miasma Ghost King and other Nascent Soul evil spirits, whose ghost treasures had been stolen, were extremely aggrieved and immediately began to curse angrily.
But all they can do is talk; they can't actually make any waves.
Moreover, with their treasures being taken away, their strength has decreased significantly.
On the other hand, Ling Pengyun, the Star Sea Ancestor, and the other Cangxuan lineage cultivators who participated in the battle maintained a very good level of strength.
The Cangxuan lineage grew increasingly fierce as the battle progressed, and in addition, they had come prepared with numerous methods to break the formation.
In just a few hours, they broke through the protective formation of Ziyuan Valley and, like a tidal wave, stormed into the valley, where they fought against a large number of evil spirits.
Moreover, because they were stronger, they defeated the evil spirits.
They can even slay countless evil spirits at any moment.
In an instant, this sacred place for the cultivation of ghosts was transformed into a graveyard for those evil spirits.
'I never expected...that things would come to this so quickly.'
'We truly underestimated the Cangxuan lineage.'
Seeing this situation, the Purple Miasma Ghost King had a very complicated expression. Then it sighed softly and decided to abandon its fellow cultivators and break through the encirclement.
"Want to leave now? It's probably too late."
With a smile on his face, Ling Pengyun directly mobilized his late-stage Nascent Soul cultivation and activated some physical techniques, transforming into a humanoid ferocious beast. He strode forward and quickly caught up with the Purple Miasma Ghost King.
He then used the Five Elements Primordial Axe to block him, continuously swinging the axe at him.
Ancestor Xinghai also arrived at this time.
The Purple Miasma Ghost King was thus completely cut off from any chance of escape.
Ultimately, they were both killed by Ling Pengyun.
Immediately afterwards, Ling Pengyun and the other party quickly seized the benefits from it.
Among those benefits, the most valuable were the withered bone bow without arrows, the Purple Miasma Gourd, the Purple Miasma Bronze Bell, and its ghost core spirit.
Ling Pengyun had long coveted the withered bone ghost bow on his person, and this was something he had agreed upon with the Star Sea Ancestor beforehand.
He then successfully obtained it.
In addition, he obtained the Ghost King's Purple Miasma Gourd by virtue of his achievement in killing the Ghost King.
Such poisonous magical treasures are extremely rare, and can be of great use in certain special circumstances.
Moreover, Ling Pengyun's craftsmanship was indeed formidable, so he was confident that he could refine it into a righteous spiritual treasure and make it his own.
The Star Sea Ancestor obtained the Purple Miasma Bronze Bell, intending to use it as material to refine the Star Sea Pavilion's Star Sea Bronze Bell.
As for the core spirit of the Purple Miasma Ghost King, there is only one such entity.
They then decided to refine it, turning it into the main material to create some effective cultivation resources to improve their cultivation.
Following that, they used some special methods to quickly learn about some of the core inheritances of the Purple Miasma Evil Ghost Clan through their primordial spirits, including the superior-level poison magic "Purple Miasma Ghost Mist".
This method can be used in conjunction with the Purple Miasma Gourd; the two complement each other and are extremely powerful.
Moreover, they learned the location of the ruins left behind by the Myriad Souls Ghost Realm within the Ghost Domain, and obtained some of the means to enter that place.
The ruins were located in a secluded and incredibly hidden ghost realm.
It is impossible for ordinary people to find it.
Even the Purple Miasma Evil Ghost Clan, along with the other four superior evil ghost clans, only managed to find that place by chance during a time of limitless storm a thousand years ago.
Furthermore, they learned the location of the ruins left behind by the Myriad Souls Ghost Realm within the Ghost Domain, and obtained some of the means to enter that place. (End of Chapter)