“The two of you, holding hands, making physical contact, and connecting with each other’s hearts, should have a better effect,” Jia Yun said.

As the evil mist spread, Chenxiang and Xiaoyu took a deep breath, cleared their minds, and nodded emphatically.

The two of them came from different backgrounds and had completely different fates. However, by a twist of fate, they met and traveled together through the Immortal Realm. They went through many hardships and trusted each other.

For example, Chenxiang's mother was the Third Holy Mother of Mount Hua, and his father was Liu Yanchang, who was just a mortal with no great abilities. Therefore, the Third Holy Mother violated the heavenly rules and was punished by the Jade Emperor, who suppressed her under Mount Hua and deprived her of her freedom!

Who can disobey the Jade Emperor's decree?

Yang Jian harbors both dissatisfaction with his sister's marriage to Liu Yanchang and anger at her fate.

Unable to openly defy the Jade Emperor, he secretly sided with the Queen Mother of the West, which was one of his moves.

Chenxiang, his nephew, also hoped that the child could grow up.

Therefore, although Yang Jian appeared disdainful, he secretly provided a great deal of assistance.

This allowed Chenxiang to rise to prominence, and now he has reached the Great Luo Realm!

There are also many top-notch opportunities!

As for Xiaoyu... she was an innocent and adorable little fox spirit, but after her parents perished and her soul was reincarnated, she was raised by her grandmother. Coupled with the pain of separation and death, Xiaoyu matured quickly.

In order to find her parents' reincarnations, Xiaoyu diligently cultivated herself. After achieving some success, she left her grandmother and went down the mountain to make her way in the world. There she met Chenxiang, and they traveled together and gradually developed feelings for each other.

Here, the deaths of Xiaoyu's parents have absolutely nothing to do with Sun Wukong.

An ordinary fox demon, unable to withstand even a single glance from Sun Wukong!

The two traveled together without the interference of others, thus avoiding misunderstandings and conflicts.

From beginning to end, they never doubted each other and trusted each other deeply.

Otherwise, how could one obtain one of the lineages and methods left behind by the great god Pangu?

The "Heaven-Splitting Divine Palm" is inherited from the Great God Pangu, and it points directly to the Primordial Saint Realm!

In a sense, they could be considered direct descendants of a sage.

However, the great god Pangu has long since passed away and is no longer a saint living in this world.

The Pangu axe that created the world also collapsed, merging into the primordial world to support heaven and earth and evolve the universe.

Only some imitations remain to this day.

What Chenxiang and Xiaoyu possess is a counterfeit version of the Heaven-Opening Axe!

Even so, it is still a second-class spiritual treasure!

After all, the genuine Heaven-Opening Axe is arguably the strongest first-class spiritual treasure!

In fact, if the two of them went to that cave that remained after the creation of the world on their own, they would most likely only be able to learn the "Heaven-Splitting Palm," while the replica of the Heaven-Splitting Axe would remain out of reach.

But when the two arrived together, their feelings for each other were so deep and moving that they gained the approval of the replica of the Heaven-Opening Axe, and thus the replica followed it!

Overjoyed, the two tried using a replica of the Heaven-Opening Axe, but failed.

They believed this was because the practitioner's mastery of the "Heaven-Splitting Palm" technique was still insufficient.

Even with the help of the "Heaven-Splitting Palm," which had reached the Great Luo Realm, they still couldn't make the replica of the Heaven-Opening Axe tremble... The two were quite bewildered.

If second-class spiritual treasures completely ignore them... then why bother following them?

They both disappeared into the ocean of the two souls, protecting their true spirits, but why have they remained unmoved all this time?

Now, thanks to Jia Yun and Ni Er's recounting of Ji Gong's guidance, they finally understood.

It turns out that only when they join hands, their hearts and souls are perfectly intertwined, can they activate the second-class spiritual treasure!

This was something that Chenxiang and Xiaoyu had not considered before.

Perhaps they sensed each other's feelings, but young people are too shy to confess.

This actually clarified the relationship!

They have been in Dongsheng Shenzhou recently and overheard some news that there may be a major change in Shenjing City!

The two arrived in the Great Shen Kingdom and its capital city. After waiting for a while, sure enough, an unexpected change occurred!

They joined forces, intending to break through the evil fog's blockade and rescue the people inside, but they failed repeatedly.

"Perhaps, we need to break through to the Quasi-Saint Realm and then activate the Heaven-Splitting Palm before we will have a chance to break into the Grand View Garden and rescue the people inside!"

"As for the Great Luo Realm... it's still a bit lacking!"

Such a thought flashed through the minds of both Chenxiang and Xiaoyu.

"The Heaven-Splitting Palm" is one of the secret martial arts techniques passed down by the great god Pangu.

It should be noted that the giant who created the world was born a saint, and later he even reached the pinnacle of the saint realm, attempting to break through the limits of the saint realm!

Although Pangu failed to attain enlightenment, he succeeded in creating the world.

In the vast and primordial world, life has evolved and changed, and now it is so prosperous.

Naturally, each of Pangu's divine powers is extremely mysterious and requires a sage to fully utilize them.

Even a weak saint or a quasi-saint cannot operate it to 100%!

As for the Great Luo and below... they are far inferior!

However, for all living beings in the world, becoming a Great Luo is extremely difficult, let alone a Quasi-Saint.

The young couple understood that they had no hope of becoming quasi-saints in the short term.

Therefore, the only way to blast away the evil fog is to jointly use the replica of the Heaven-Opening Axe!

The Jia family's actions, including the Quasi-Saint Immortal Formation, the magical treasures, and the infusion of magical power by various people such as Grandmother Jia... cannot be said to be useless, but given the current situation, it is feared that it will be difficult to break into the Grand View Garden even in ten days or half a month!

By then, the daylilies will be too cold, and all that will be left is to collect the bodies of those inside.

The imperial court's messengers were equally helpless; even the mighty Luo generals could not subdue the evil mist.

After all, the Great Shen Kingdom has already shown signs of decline. The quasi-saints who were once blessed by the fortune of humanity have all abdicated and are unable to go out and interfere in the human world.

At least, it doesn't involve the life or death of the Great Shen Kingdom or the safety of the capital city. Just the Grand View Garden... isn't worth those people risking their lives to get involved!

Furthermore, the current top figures in the Great Shen Kingdom, who are at the peak of the Great Luo realm, possess spiritual treasures and have spared no expense in utilizing the nation's current fortune. They may possess the power of ordinary quasi-saints, but that is all they can do.

They wanted to defeat the evil mist... but they were still powerless to do so! Besides, why would they even bother to lift a finger?

Therefore, he offended a powerful enemy and was resented by a great man. How unwise!

In any case, it's the Grand View Garden that will suffer; the Jia family will be fine, so there's no need for them to take the risk.

It's just a garden, and even if it's the villa where the imperial concubine visited her family, it only slightly damages the reputation of the imperial family and doesn't really matter much.

As for the people in the garden... in the eyes of the high-ranking officials of the Great Shen Kingdom, they wished they were all dead!

Those people, as they are seen now, all have unique past lives, involving powerful figures from all realms.

Otherwise, how could the disaster at Grand View Garden have occurred today?

This is a disaster for the Great Shen Kingdom! Complete annihilation would be the best outcome!

It should be noted that among the demons who have fallen, there are likely quite a few powerful quasi-saints! Behind them, there may very well be a big shot from one of the most powerful forces in the Three Realms secretly directing them!

The emperor and high-ranking officials of the Great Shen Dynasty are all having trouble sleeping tonight, as they are constantly watching the Grand View Garden!

In his heart, however, he cursed the Jia family, thinking they were really asking for trouble!

The powerful nobles of Da Shen had angered the emperor, and the fate of the Jia family was predictable.

The numerous demons, however, were also mindful of their actions and did not openly target the Great Shen Kingdom. They merely kept their eyes on the Grand View Garden, thus avoiding provoking the Fire Cloud Cave and other powerful entities.

Fire Cloud Cave is the first holy land of the human race. Although the restrictions imposed on it are not great, they are not entirely unaffected by the cycle of human fortune.

After much thought, Chenxiang and Xiaoyu both understood that their shyness prevented them from activating the counterfeit's Heaven-Opening Axe...

"Heaven-Opening Axe, rise!" Chenxiang shouted, and his right hand, which was tightly clasped with Xiaoyu's, suddenly shone with dazzling light.

"Thump!" In the next instant, a huge axe appeared in the world.

Chenxiang and Xiaoyu immediately gripped the axe handle tightly with both hands. Despite their surging power, they still felt an unbearable pressure that almost crushed them!

"Buzz." Fortunately, the replica of the Heaven-Opening Axe trembled slightly, releasing a strange Daoist aura that enveloped the young man and woman, relieving their pressure.

Otherwise, a second-class spiritual treasure would really crush them!

"That's... the Heaven-Opening Axe?!" Jia Yun and Ni Er exclaimed with curiosity.

People all around also looked around, as did the officials from the imperial court in the distance.

The legend of the Heaven-Opening Axe has resonated throughout the ages; who in the Three Realms hasn't heard of it?

But seeing it with their own eyes... even if it's a counterfeit, is a first for them!

The great god Pangu created the heavens and the primordial world, and all living beings within the universe are grateful.

The replica of the Kaitian Axe also carries a special significance that is difficult to articulate.

"Clap clap." Then, many people knelt down and kowtowed to the replica of the Heaven-Opening Axe.

However, the various factions in the Great Shen Kingdom were filled with apprehension upon witnessing the replica of the Heaven-Opening Axe.

Such a person is not someone you should easily offend!

If we sided with the Jia family...

"Hmm, probably not! According to the information, those two, one human and one demon, travel in the Immortal Realm. Although they have chivalrous hearts, they will not stay in one place for long."

Those important figures from the Shen Kingdom quickly felt relieved again.

However, everyone in the Jia family, including those who had awakened to their past lives, was overjoyed.

With such reinforcements, we should be able to defeat the evil spirits and save the Grand View Garden!

"Swoosh!" Chenxiang and Xiaoyu's faces were tense and very solemn. They gripped the replica Heaven-Opening Axe tightly with both hands, channeled their Great Luo magic power into it, and used the profound meaning of the "Heaven-Splitting Palm" that they had comprehended to refine this spiritual treasure, allowing it to display its power. They slowly chopped down, cutting towards the evil mist in the Grand View Garden!

In an instant, the universe fell silent, the heavens and earth lost their color, and all the myriad paths of heaven and earth seemed to be annihilated, unable to exist under the divine power of the Heaven-Opening Axe!

Everyone who saw this scene felt their scalp tingle!

What a terrifying replica of the Heaven-Opening Axe!

It's hard to imagine how terrifying a genuine copy of the Heaven-Opening Axe would be.

******

In the Grand View Garden.

This place originally belonged to the Jia family. They specially built it to welcome Jia Yuanchun, the virtuous concubine, home for a visit. They used a lot of spiritual materials and resources to form a magical array, which was very mysterious.

After Consort Yuan returned to the palace, she issued a special imperial decree allowing the girls of her clan, as well as Jia Baoyu, to live there.

Among them, Lin Daiyu lived in Xiaoxiang Pavilion, Xue Baochai lived in Hengwu Garden, Jia Yingchun lived in Zilingzhou, Jia Tanchun lived in Qiushuangzhai, Jia Xichun lived in Nuanxiangwu, Li Wan lived in Daoxiang Village, Miaoyu lived in Longcui Nunnery, and Jia Baoyu, who was "a touch of green among a sea of ​​flowers", lived in Yihong Courtyard.

Besides these young ladies, their maids and nannies also moved in to serve them.

Furthermore, due to the vast size of the Grand View Garden, Grandmother Jia granted special permission to build a kitchen within the garden, with a designated person in charge.

As for maintaining the flowers, trees, and shrubs in the garden, that's an even more lucrative business that makes everyone inside and outside the two prefectures envious! They can make a fortune from it, accumulating wealth and resources for cultivation!

However, the Grand View Garden at this moment no longer resembled the celestial paradise it once was.

The ethereal, celestial aura had been dispelled by the demonic mist, leaving the light dark and gloomy, so dark that one could not see their own hand in front of their face.

Various evil auras rose and fell, sending chills down one's spine.

“Roar.” Every now and then, fierce roars would echo within the Grand View Garden, reverberating in all directions. Because of the obstruction of the evil mist, those outside could not hear it, but the people inside had to tremble with fear because of it.

"Splash..."

The demonic mist churned between heaven and earth, causing the once spiritual plants to wither and die, their life essence and spiritual light completely drained away, leaving not a trace.

"Buzzing." In the various buildings in the garden, the people inside activated the immortal array, with the spiritual treasures as the array eyes. Everyone worked together and poured in their magic power, but they could only barely support small light shields.

As time went by, the celestial aura shield grew smaller and smaller, the courtyard was invaded by demonic energy, and large areas of spiritual flowers and herbs began to wither.

"This can't go on."

In the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, amidst "beautiful flowers reflected in the water and willows swaying in the breeze," and with "brows like wisps of smoke, seemingly frowning yet not frowning, and eyes full of affection, seemingly weeping yet not weeping," Lin Daiyu ponders a solution.

Beside her, her head maid Zijuan, her junior maid Xueyan, and other nannies such as Granny Wang were all activating their treasures to enhance the formation of Xiaoxiang Pavilion, combining it with the immortal formations of other courtyards to form the divine formation of the Grand View Garden in order to deal with evil spirits!

However, the signs of defeat on the side of Grand View Garden were quite obvious.

If this garden had not been built for the Imperial Concubine's visit home, and the Jia family had not spent such a huge sum of money... I'm afraid that all the courtyards would have been breached by evil spirits long ago, and that they would have been burned, killed, and looted!

But as the light of the immortal array grew dimmer, Lin Daiyu knew that the situation was not good.

She communicates with others through the celestial array.

“Pin’er is right.”

Within Hengwu Garden, Xue Baochai, with her radiant skin, "lips red without rouge, eyebrows green without paint, face like a silver basin, and eyes like water apricots," like Lin Daiyu, also knew that the situation in the Grand View Garden was as precarious as a pile of eggs.

"Splash splash".

Beside them, Shi Xiangyun, Xiangling, Ying'er, and others who had come to the Jia family mansion at the invitation of Grandmother Jia all had tense faces. They used their magic to enhance the power of the immortal array, protecting Hengwu Garden and temporarily isolating it from the erosion of demonic energy.

"Hiss."

However, the demonic energy was incredibly powerful. Despite their efforts, the support of the immortal array and spiritual treasures, and the restraint of the evil mist by the heroes outside... such self-protection could not last long. If the time dragged on, all the courtyards would be completely engulfed by the demonic energy, and all the dead and injured would be wiped out!

"The old ladies will definitely not abandon us."

In the Grand View Garden, Jia Baoyu wore a jade pendant around his neck, which was now faintly glowing.

Qingwen, Xiren, as well as Sheyue, Meiren, and others are all putting in their best efforts!

"The problem is, how long will it take for the old lady and her entourage to break in from the outside and drive back the evil spirits? If it's only a quarter of an hour or two, we can hold out, but if it drags on for three to five hours..."

In Qiushuangzhai, Jia Tanchun frowned, thinking of many possibilities, but for the time being, she had no solution.

Jia Yingchun, Jia Xichun, and Miaoyu were all nervous and at a loss for what to do.

“How about we gather together in one courtyard, activate the immortal array, and fight the evil forces together… perhaps we can hold out for a few more hours,” Shi Xiangyun suggested.

Now that they are scattered, it is indeed difficult for them to stop the enemy.

"Then where should we choose?" Jia Baoyu asked.

As he spoke, the magical jade shone brightly!