The outbreak of the demon calamity in the spirit world had lasted for hundreds of years. During this period, both sides were in a stalemate. The invading Infernal army could not expand any further after expanding their forces to a certain point. The area they could control was at most an extension of the spirit world's three factions' influence. They were unable to invade the interior of the spirit world.
As such, the demon calamity was like an itch to the spirit world. Although it did not pose much of a threat to the three factions, it still had a huge impact on the small and medium-sized sects.
For this, the three factions of the spirit world set up an alliance headquarters in Feilian City at the frontline of the demon calamity. The Taiqing Pavilion's Sect Master, Zheng Tingyun, personally presided over it. The various large sects sent their elite cultivators to assist in the battle. The small and medium-sized sects' Sect Masters also personally participated in the battle.
At the beginning of the demon calamity, one of the three factions, the Mythical Flame Palace, had only sent one of the Mythical Flame Elders, Ceng Shun, to lead a small number of disciples to participate in the battle. For this, many small and medium-sized sects pointed at them behind their backs. On the surface, they did not dare to say anything because of the Mythical Flame Palace's power.
Thankfully, the situation had changed in recent years. The Mythical Flame Sect had sent a group of people to the spirit cultivator alliance headquarters to await orders. Among them, the number of Spirit Severing and Spirit Severing cultivators was equal to the other two factions. Unfortunately, without iconic leaders like Chi Wuji and Ji Xingzhu, their overall strength had become the weakest among the three factions.
However, the Mythical Flame Palace's fame had resounded in the spirit world for nearly ten thousand years. The arrival of this group of people greatly boosted the spirit cultivator alliance's morale. As a Li Fire Sect's Body Integration cultivator, Ceng Shun felt a sense of exaltation. Furthermore, after learning about the secret operations of his sect, he felt a lot more confident.
Faced with the spirit world alliance gradually recovering, the Infernal army began to feel troubled. The number of Body Integration cultivators was about the same. If any Body Integration cultivators from both sides rashly participated in the battle, they would definitely be detected by the other side.
Hence, most of the time, the demon calamity battlefield was led by Spirit Severing cultivators. As the battle line dragged on for too long, there would often be a large number of cultivators fighting at the edges of the battlefield.
Thankfully, there was no news of the death of Body Integration cultivators from both sides in the past decade. However, when the Infernal army split up, the alliance led by One-eyed Demon had lost an early-stage Body Integration cultivator. No, it was said that the cultivators of the Spirit Realm were not responsible for this matter, so the demon coalition had no excuse to provoke a fierce battle between the two sides.
However, both sides knew that such peaceful days would not last long. Since it was a large-scale invasion, they had to make some noise. Although they couldn't directly attack the main city of the Taiqing Pavilion like they did during the previous demon disaster, it wasn't the style of the demon army to be confined to the edge of the Spirit Realm.
Peaceful days continued like this for several decades. One day, on the way to the frontlines from the hinterland of the Spirit Realm, a Taiqing Pavilion transport ship was speeding through the air at full speed. It would take less than two hours to reach the current headquarters of the Spirit Cultivator Alliance.
In the cabin of the transport ship, Qing Lianyun, who had just reached the Body Integration stage, was personally overseeing it. Beside her were a dozen or so Severed Soul stage disciples from the Taiqing Pavilion. Hua Yulin from the Hua Family was among them. However, his status had also risen along with his sister's status.
The powerful sect disciples beside him were looking at him with a hint of fear in their eyes. At this moment, Qing Lianyun said with a calm expression, "This time, the cultivators of the Taiqing Pavilion are escorting the Buddhist secret treasure to the headquarters of the Spirit Cultivator Alliance. We can launch a counterattack immediately."
As the representative of the people below, Hua Yulin directly asked, "Senior Martial Sister Qing, do you know how powerful this Buddhist secret treasure is? Can it suppress Body Integration cultivators of the Devil Race?"
Logically speaking, after Qing Lianyun's cultivation reached the Body Integration stage, the Severed Soul stage cultivators could only refer to her as Martial Uncle. However, Hua Yulin's identity was special, and he was also from the same generation as her.
Qing Lianyun replied, "I don't know the details, but this item was sent over by Master Yizhen, the abbot of the Great Thunderlight Zen Temple. It's meant to be used against demonic cultivators. Naturally, it will have a great restraining effect on them."
"In that case, are we going to launch a counterattack?" Hua Yulin asked.
"This matter has yet to be decided by the Sect Master. Furthermore, it isn't that simple to launch a counterattack. We have to wait for the representatives of the various sects to come to a decision." Qing Lianyun said, "At the very least, Sister Yuxin from the Mythical Flame Palace will fully support this matter. As long as the Sect Master of the Feiyu Kenshū Sect makes a decision, it will be time for the final battle between us spirit cultivators and Devil Cultivators."
At the mention of Hua Yuxin, Hua Yulin's eyes lit up with joy. At the same time, a rather proud expression appeared on his face.
Suddenly, the cabin shook violently. The people inside hurriedly flew into the air to stabilize themselves. Qing Lianyun spread out her divine sense to investigate the situation. After three breaths, her expression changed slightly. "Not good, we've been attacked. There are actually two Body Integration cultivators, and they aren't weak either."
Hearing this, the expressions of the people below changed slightly. They instantly lost their composure. It was extremely rare to see Body Integration cultivators of the Devil Race at the border of the Spirit Realm.
They didn't know how they had broken through the defensive line and infiltrated the Spirit Cultivator Alliance's territory, which was tens of thousands of kilometers away. As the backbone of the alliance, Qing Lianyun's expression was unsightly. If it was a one-on-one situation, she could calmly retreat. However, she had a group of disciples with her, and the enemy had twice as many people as her. Naturally, it wouldn't be easy for her to escape.
After quickly calculating the gains and losses in her mind, Qing Lianyun shouted, "Open the cabin door. The ten of you will each take a part of a Buddhist secret treasure and head to the Spirit Cultivator Alliance's headquarters. No matter what happens, don't look back. Find the Sect Master and ask her to come forward to resolve this crisis. "
With that said, she waved her hand and took out a jade Buddha statue from her storage ring. She lightly patted it, splitting it into ten pieces and handing them over to the people in front of her.
After three breaths of time, ten streaks of light flew out of the transport ship in different directions. At the same time, a streak of azure light flew out. It paused in the air for a moment before turning and flying in another direction. As for the transport ship, spiritual light flashed around it, and it continued to fly at full speed toward the Spirit Cultivator Alliance's headquarters.
Just ten breaths of time after the azure light left, two figures appeared in the air. Their spiritual pressure fluctuations were comparable to Qing Lianyun's. If Yi Tian was here, he would discover that these two were actually the Flame Prison Devil King Yan Lei and the Dark Night Matriarch An Ming. Speaking of which, they were old acquaintances, especially since Yan Lei and Yi Tian had interacted several times. If he saw the state of a spirit cultivator, he might be able to recognize him.
Then, the two of them abandoned the Taiqing Pavilion disciples and chased after Qing Lianyun.
Qing Lianyun's divine sense swept over and was shocked. She realized the severity of the problem and immediately took out an ancient jade talisman. She activated it and sent it out. The jade talisman transformed into a shooting star and streaked across the sky, flying in the direction of the Lifire Palace.
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