"Gu Xuan is really good at hiding his strength. If his disciple hadn't revealed it, we would probably still be in the dark."

The patriarch of the sword lineage gave a bitter smile and said, "Who would have thought that we old guys who have cultivated for tens of thousands of years would be inferior to a junior?"

"That old bastard Yun Hezi has taken on a fine disciple!"

"No one has ascended to immortality in the Tianxuan Continent for tens of thousands of years. Gu Xuan is probably the first person to do so."

"With Gu Xuan in charge, it shouldn't be difficult for my Yunxiao Sect to surpass the main sect."

"An era of great strife may truly be approaching!"

"Hmph, those guys from the Demon Realm are starting to get restless and have their eyes on my Great Wilderness Realm."

"That's right, I really don't understand why we didn't wipe out these demons back then."

......

He listened to the discussions of the elders.

Yun Zhongzi gazed in the direction of Qingshui City and pondered for a moment.

He turned to the assembled ancestors and said in a deep voice, "Elders, demonic activities have been discovered within the territory of the Great Gan Dynasty. Should we send someone there while also informing the main sect?"

"This matter is of great importance and should be communicated to the General Archives."

Elder Yun stood up with a solemn expression and volunteered, "I will personally go to the Great Gan Dynasty."

Although Gu Xuan was there to deal with the demons sealed in various parts of the Great Wilderness, one cannot entrust all matters to others.

Since the other party is unwilling to get involved in too much karma, our Yunxiao Sect should also do as a favor.

Yun Zhongzi bowed and said, "Thank you for coming, Elder Yun."

"It's alright."

Old Master Yun lightly waved his sleeve.

In an instant, it transformed into a divine rainbow and vanished into the sky.

In fact.

The moment the Demon Emperor Theodore broke through the seal, the Nine Heavens Holy Land, one of the holy lands of immortals in the Central Region, immediately sensed the anomaly.

When the seal was first placed, the sect's patriarch set up a small early warning array.

For a Demon Emperor to break through the seal is no ordinary matter.

Moreover, in the Great Wilderness Domain, where the Heavenly Dao is flawed and the rules are lacking, the overall strength of cultivators there is relatively weak.

That was a demonic calamity!

The higher-ups of the Nine Heavens Holy Land had no choice but to send a powerful expert at the Great Emperor Realm who had been in seclusion for a long time to the Great Wilderness Domain.

Not long after Elder Yun passed away.

A dark and deep spatial rift suddenly appeared above the observation deck.

In the blink of an eye.

An elderly man in grey robes, with an air of otherworldly wisdom, slowly emerged from the crack...

All the elders were shocked when they saw this person.

They all hurriedly stood up and bowed to the gray-robed old man who emerged from the spatial rift.

"The lower sect pays respects to the Supreme Elder of the upper sect."

......

The Great Wilderness, Northern Region.

In a desolate, uninhabited mountain range.

Gu Xuan's figure suddenly appeared in the sky above this mountain range.

The sealed location marked by the jade pendant is located within a canyon in the mountain range below.

Before long, his gaze was firmly fixed on the heart of the canyon.

It was a vast swampy area, seemingly ordinary on the surface.

However, Gu Xuan immediately spotted the hidden six-star sealing formation within.

Compared to the Demon Emperor he killed in Clearwater City.

The demon beneath this seal possesses eight demonic runes, corresponding to a supreme human realm expert.

Their strength is slightly inferior.

With Gu Xuan's current cultivation level of half-step Great Emperor, killing Supreme Realm experts is as easy as mowing grass.

Before breaking the sealing formation.

With a wave of his arm, Gu Xuan sent five small flags—the Apricot Yellow Flag, the Azure Lotus Flag, the Plain Cloud Flag, the Earth-Shattering Light Flag, and the Profound Origin Water-Controlling Flag—transformed into streaks of light, which landed in the five directions of the swamp: east, west, south, north, and center.

These little flags have quite a background.

It is called the Five Banners.

When Gu Xuan obtained this item through daily check-in, he only saw a series of question marks on its attributes.

Its quality is unknown, but it is known to be a primordial spiritual treasure.

These five flags can be used to set up a grand formation called the Five Elements and Five Directions of Heaven and Earth.

As the saying goes, Heaven has five elements and Earth has five directions. The two complement each other and can give rise to the most powerful law among the three thousand laws: the law of chaos.

The East Gate controls life and death, the South Gate controls destruction, the West Gate governs slaughter, the North Gate oversees creation, and the Central Gate controls illusion and annihilation.

The five gates are infinitely variable, capable of turning the world upside down and reversing yin and yang.

Everything depends on the decision of the leader.

Those who enter the formation become mentally unstable and their fate is uncertain; even immortals who enter the formation never return.

If one were in the realm of evolution, one could even seal oneself within the world of array flags.

Even the Celestial King could not break through it.

Separately, they are five large flags; together, they form the Five Elements and Five Directions Formation of Heaven and Earth.

It is comparable to the Zhou Tian Star Array, and it is difficult to distinguish between them!

Therefore, to prevent any mishaps when breaking the seal, Gu Xuan, who is always steady and cautious, directly used his ultimate move.

After the five flags are in their respective positions.

He waved his hand again, injecting the matching innate five elements and five colors of divine light into the five flags.

In an instant.

The five flags radiated five deep and simple rays of light, piercing straight into the sky.

In an instant, they coalesced into a Five Elements Array that shimmered with five-colored divine light, enveloping the vast swamp.

......

The grand formation was completed.

Gu Xuan took out an ancient and elegant palm-leaf fan that shimmered with a strange light.

This is a supreme celestial artifact—the Celestial King's Five Animal Fan!

This treasure is an ancient weapon of destruction, forged from the original true feathers of five divine birds: the Azure Phoenix, the Vermilion Bird, the Roc, the Silver Phoenix, and the Dragon Sparrow.

With a mere wave of a fan, mountains can crumble and rivers can dry up.

It can be used by those at lower levels, and it can operate on its own and display divine power without requiring immense magical power to activate it.

He faced the sealing formation and waved the Five Animal Fan in his hand.

A crimson beam of light shot out in an instant.

Phew!

A resounding phoenix cry that shook the heavens and the earth suddenly rang out!

These crimson lights instantly coalesced in the void into a large vermilion bird engulfed in flames—the Vermilion Bird, one of the Four Divine Beasts.

When Suzaku appeared.

The spiritual energy of heaven and earth surged violently, and the temperature in the air suddenly rose!

The sky appeared to be ablaze with fiery red, and the intense heat caused the surrounding space to distort.

The next moment.

The Vermilion Bird, soaring high, resembles a supersonic fighter jet.

Carrying unparalleled power of the laws of fire, it hurtled towards the sealing formation on the ground with lightning speed!

How could a mere six-star sealing formation withstand the attack of the Vermilion Bird?