Chapter 66 Feeding the Ghost with Her Body She opened her arms with her crippled, demonic form...

The scene from Bitao's perspective in the Silver River Net was pitch black, and the Nine Heavens were blasted apart as if stars had fallen and clouds had scattered, causing chaos and panic.

"What happened? I didn't see her for a second, and the Fairy of Peach Blossoms is dead...dead?"

"Aa ...

"Aa ...

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible! Fairy Bitao couldn't have died so easily!"

"...Although I hate her, I hate most that she deceived Mingguang Xuanxian. I just said that I hoped she would be stripped of her immortal status and returned to the realm of supreme immortals, so that she could never catch up with Mingguang Xuanxian again. But I didn't want her to really die! How could she just die like this? What would happen to Mingguang Xuanxian if she died?"

"How could this happen... Peach couldn't have just perished like this, could she?"

"I'm going to find Immortal Zhu Ming! How could the Fairy Bitao have died so easily!"

"When I said she would be 'overwhelmed,' I didn't mean this kind of overwhelming. She hasn't even faced the moment when Mingguang Xuanxian regained her memories yet, how can she just die like this!"

"Waaaaah, I don't believe it, I don't believe it... How could our Bitao, who is so good and so smart, possibly capsize in such a ditch!"

"I think... I think this is a scheme by the Fairy of the Peach Blossom. I don't care, she can't possibly just disappear like this..."

...

Zhu Ming just put Taiji in the prison, which seemed like confinement but was actually a form of protection.

And then, with great difficulty, they managed to appease and suppress the other ancient immortal clans who were clamoring to strip Taiji of his immortal status and demote him to the mortal realm.

Having just returned to his Jade Bone Palace, he excitedly opened the Silver River Net, only to find that the interface for tracking Bitao had turned completely black.

The Silver River Net is woven from the spiritual silk of the Nine Heavens Immortals. All the Immortals are contained within it. As long as an Immortal does not perish, they will be tracked down no matter where they are in the Nine Heavens and myriad realms.

But now Zhu Ming realizes he can no longer track down Bi Tao...

How is that possible?

He sat there, staring blankly at the Yinhan Gu, which showed no trace of anything and only a pitch-black void. His expression wasn't just disbelief, but utter emptiness.

While cleaning up Bitao's mess, he was still plotting how he would extort a large sum of money from Bitao if she died in the second round of the competition.

He wanted Bitao to agree to some condition so that he could properly repay him for taking care of the waiter for her.

But why did Bitao die so suddenly?

His feelings at this moment were exactly the same as those of the people on the Silver River who were screaming, jumping around, going crazy and collapsing.

How could she... just die like that?!

Zhu Ming jumped up from beside the table, and in a flash, he transformed into a spirit and flew towards Zhu Tian, ​​where the Eastern King Duke resided, in the direction of Penglai.

Unable to track down Bitao, everyone turned their attention to tracking down Mingguang Xuanxian.

They saw Mingguang Xuanxian finally pry open the eighteen firmly nailed coffin doors and lift the coffin lid with his bloodied fingers—

But in the next instant, Mingguang's figure froze completely on the spot.

What terrified him most—the gruesome and horrific death of brides who were suffocated alive—did not occur.

But the coffin was empty.

In this ghostly realm, which is almost indistinguishable from the real Kangquan City, the dead, like mortals, also have corpses.

The Fairy of the Peach Blossom disappeared right under the noses of all the immortals in the Nine Heavens. One moment she was breathing her last in her coffin, and the next... she vanished.

Wei Danxin stared intently into the coffin, a metallic, sweet taste rising in her throat.

Junior sister...where is junior sister?

The ghost realm trembled more and more violently, as if the earth and sky were about to be turned upside down. Countless deep "black abyss maws" cracked open in the earth, devouring the fleeing souls bit by bit.

Countless souls were miraculously brought back to their senses amidst the cataclysmic destruction. This restoration of reason further influenced the control of the evil spirit, and soon the entire evil spirit's dream was rapidly overlapping and shrinking.

The cemetery where Wei Danxin was located was quickly folded up like a towel, with the land, trees, and even the graves all overlapping.

In the midst of this violent tremor, he nearly fell into the coffin.

He had to press one hand into the bottom of the coffin to barely steady himself.

It was precisely because he touched the bottom of the coffin that he was jolted back to his senses amidst the excruciating grief.

My junior sister isn't here.

My junior sister isn't in the coffin!

That means that Junior Sister... his Peach is not dead!

Just as the ghost realm was shaking more and more violently, on the verge of collapse, suddenly five elements of spiritual light rose from the ground in the distance—

The spiritual light, like a dragon, swiftly traversed the cracked earth, leaving a trail of clear light wherever it passed. The gaping maw of the black abyss, which devoured souls, was temporarily forced back and healed by this spiritual light.

The soul about to fall into the abyss was barely caught. The entire ghost realm was like someone falling off a cliff, whose arm was grabbed at the last second, stopping the fall.

The spiritual light flashed like lightning, quickly spreading across the sky and earth, and then, at the edge of the ghost realm, it encompassed everything, its power soaring to the heavens and merging together—the Nine Revolutions Soul Refining Array was activated!

"Fellow Daoist Wei! Fellow Daoist Wei, we must leave here as soon as possible!"

The cultivators who had been helping Wei Danxin dig the grave steadied themselves and gathered around Wei Danxin. When they saw the empty coffin, their expressions were all strange.

But they quickly helped Wei Danxin up and advised him, "Yes, Fellow Daoist Wei, the Nine Revolutions Soul Refining Array is complete. We must return as soon as possible to assist Meteor Pavilion Master in sealing the Evil Ghost!"

After Wei Danxin got up, she shook off the group.

As if he hadn't heard what the others were saying, he looked around and found his sword lying on the ground, muttering to himself as if in a trance.

"Tao Tao isn't dead...Tao Tao isn't dead..."

When someone tried to pull him away, he actually drew his sword and faced them with wild joy, clearly possessed by a demon!

"Fellow Daoist Wei! Fellow Daoist Le is dead! Wake up!"

Wei Danxin shook his head and backed away, repeatedly saying, "Tao Tao is not dead, my junior sister is not dead!"

Then they rushed towards the city, which had been turned upside down—

His junior sister wasn't in the coffin; she hadn't been arranged into a ghost marriage. He was going to find his junior sister!

"Fellow Daoist Wei, you..."

Just then, a sudden gust of cold wind swept by, bypassing Wei Danxin and heading straight for the people chasing behind him.

Caught off guard, the group inhaled the yin energy, paused for a moment, and then continued their pursuit of Wei Danxin.

They urged each other, "Immortal Mingguang! Quickly follow us to form the Nine Revolutions Soul Refining Array. Eliminating the evil ghost is the most important thing!"

"Mingguang Xuanxian! You were deceived by Bitao Shenxian, which is why you fell in love with her!"

"The Fairy of the Peach Blossom has already been sealed and killed by us using the Soul-Suppressing Nails. Now she is probably gone, and no one will be able to bewitch you again..."

However, Wei Danxin had already run into the city without stopping for a moment.

These cultivators, who thought they were always following Wei Danxin and earnestly advising her, were actually going around in circles.

And soon, another gust of cold wind blew by, and these people were completely bewitched by the ghostly aura. When they opened their eyes again, they actually saw the people who should have died standing alive in front of them!

"Peach Blossom Fairy, why are you still alive?!"

"Bitao, you used your treacherous schemes to deceive Mingguang Xuanxian, leading him astray into lust and disregarding the competition. Our ancient immortal clan cannot stand idly by..."

"We deliberately dug up other new graves to lure Mingguang Xuanxian into a situation where he couldn't save you in time. Since you didn't die, we can't allow you to continue living!"

"The ancient immortals are born with their bones shaped by the heavenly rules and are destined by heaven!"

"In the first round of the competition, you were allowed to take the lead by cheating and cleverly helped You Tian, ​​the 'merit dog,' to swagger and show off on our heads. Even if we all die here today, in the second round of the competition, we will never allow a mere wild immortal like you to obtain a general position in the Thunder Fighter Division and wreak havoc on the heavens!"

...

All of them drew their swords at Bitao, their moves fierce and deadly!

However, in reality, these people are killing each other.

Through Wei Danxin's perspective, Yin Hangu heard the group directly reveal Mingguang Xuanxian's identity, which caused another uproar.

Soon everyone started tracking down these immortals again, and hearing their current remarks only fueled their excitement.

"My goodness! Among these immortal positions, two are Thunder Generals of the Thunder Department, one is a Military General of the Military Department, and the other two are sword cultivators from Penglai!"

"Even the Queen Mother of the West has intervened?"

"So those eighteen coffin nails were driven in by them, they wanted to kill the Fairy of the Peach Blossom! They hid it so well before, and even helped Wei Danxin dig up the grave, all so that he would be the last to find the Fairy of the Peach Blossom, and wouldn't have time to save her!"

"How wicked! How wicked! How can such a person be worthy of a celestial position? He is simply a demon from the underworld!"

"Even the most wicked and evil beings kill with integrity, so how could they do such sinister and despicable things behind the scenes!"

"I'm going to report to Zhu Mingxian that these people are harming fellow immortals and plotting something sinister. Arrest them all immediately!"

"I'm going too! Even Penglai Immortal Island is involved. These people clearly have the memories of being immortals, but after I tracked them down to the mortal realm, they didn't face more than two life-or-death situations! It's cheating, it's cheating!"

"Are they bewitched by ghosts? Why do I feel... this is the work of the Fairy of the Peach Blossom?"

"Are you also bewitched by ghosts? They saw the Fairy of the Peach Blossom, but we didn't see any trace of her."

"So many people are cheating! And are the ancient immortals really that inherently noble? They even claim their destiny is with me? We, the spiritual beings condensed from the celestial realm, are all just wild immortals in their eyes, and even those with the merit immortal position are just 'merit dogs'! How amazing!"

"Quickly! Arrest them all and find out who instigated them to harm our fellow immortals!"

"It's really terrifying. The Nine Heavens seem peaceful on the surface, but who would have thought that the celestial beings, who are usually revered, would treat immortals like pigs and dogs, killing people at will? Is this the Heavenly Realm or the Realm of Evil Spirits?"

"I think this is the work of the Fairy of the Peach Blossom, it's so gratifying! But where is the Fairy of the Peach Blossom? Fairy of the Peach Blossom, come out quickly!"

...

This is indeed Bitao's work.

However, Bitao can no longer appear through the Silver Han Gu, nor can she appear in the form of a "person".

It can only conjure up yin energy to bewitch and confuse people, causing them to see each other as enemies, kill each other, and expose their evil deeds.

Because she has now become one of the countless fragments of the evil spirit Xi.

After falling into this dream and discovering that she actually had a father and an aunt, Bitao had already begun to suspect that the dream she was experiencing was not so simple.

Especially after she discovered that this dream was actually a replica of Kang Quancheng, her doubts grew even stronger.

She was sold into the Yuanyang Brothel. The way Boss Qu behaved was nothing like an ordinary businessman who trafficked people and made money by matching souls.

He acted out of place.

Even though his back was hunched over due to old age and his appearance was somewhat wretched, his demeanor when walking, sitting, or lying down was still neat and decisive.

The way he held the knife, stabbing the Seven Star Palace disciple in the abdomen like butchering an animal, the ruthless way he swung the curved blade upwards, and the fact that he wiped the knife with his own sleeve—all these details indicate that he was originally a martial arts practitioner.

Only those who have been on the battlefield would thoroughly shred the enemy's internal organs after their swords and knives pierce the enemy's chest, in order to prevent the enemy from launching a counterattack and killing them.

At that time, the disciple of the Seven Star Palace was restrained and had no power to resist, making his method of killing seem particularly abrupt.

Moreover, the thugs kept in the Mandarin Duck Tower are extremely disciplined and move in perfect unison. This is something that even a high-ranking noble family's guards could not achieve, let alone someone who works as a matchmaker.

Unless it's a regular army.

Bitao originally entered the Mandarin Duck Tower intending to observe for two more days, but Binglun's fire caused her to reunite with a group of cultivators.

According to the information Bingjing revealed to her, Bitao confirmed that she was the only one who had only experienced the dream twice.

Others had to break through several dream sequences before reaching this level of dream.

The Lü Youcai who was led out of the first layer of the dream by her was not in this layer of the dream.

The tomb chambers built beneath the ancestral hall, with their eerie layout resembling rows of small houses, were filled with a truly magnificent array of coffins—all these questions became completely clear to Bitao after she saw the memorial tablets inside the Wanlie Hall.

Bitao used her capture by the living soul to prove that Boss Qu was the governor of Kangquan City.

After confirming this, she was completely certain that this dream was not a replica of Kang Quancheng at all.

Rather, these things actually happened in Kangquan City.

On the memorial tablets of those who died young or violently, the inscription reads "Qu Fenglin weeps and stands."

Judging from the attitude of those living souls towards Boss Qu—respectful and fearful, treating him as a god—it's not hard to guess that this Boss Qu is Qu Fenglin.

Under what circumstances would a prefect of Kangquan City personally carve memorial tablets for those who died young or in battle?

It couldn't be because he was virtuous, kind-hearted, and loved the people like his own children, since he killed people as easily as slaughtering livestock.

Then there is only one possibility—these people who died violently all died for him.

Bitao speculated that Qu Fenglin, the prefect of Kangquan City, had personally led the people of Kangquan City in a battle, in which most of the able-bodied men of Kangquan City died.

After that, Kangquan City will surely be submerged in funeral banners and paper money, just as the group of cultivators saw when they first entered the city.

It's not hard to understand why ghost marriages are so prevalent in Kangquan City. Throughout history, children who died young have caused their parents just as much worry about marriage as children who are still alive.

Ghost marriages are marriages for the deceased, but what they bring peace to is the hearts and souls of the living relatives on both sides.

It's as if one's children, who failed to live a full life in the human world, could have someone to accompany them in the underworld, and it would be best if they could have a few more ghost dolls, thus making life complete.

However, ever since ghost marriages appeared in folk customs, there have always been people who, when choosing marriage partners for their deceased children, focus on living people.

Once a person has power and money, it's like a celestial being wielding the power to command the wind and rain. Over time, they will become arrogant and self-important.

Eventually, they reached a point where they were so oblivious to everything else that they regarded those around them as pigs, dogs, or ants.

And so the tragedy began: the living were paired with the dead, the living were betrothed to ghosts, and they were even given the "beautiful name" of being a match made in heaven, having a thin bond in life and relying on each other in death.

Ghost marriages are strictly prohibited by countless star realm nations. In normal star realms, anyone who dares to use a living person to marry a dead soul will be severely punished and suppressed.

But when this cycle of reincarnation breaks down, life flows away, and the star realm where humans and ghosts can be seen, those parents watch helplessly as their children, in the prime of their lives, die and become ghosts, unable to reincarnate or eat or drink.

In a state of profound grief, yet unable to die in their place...

They would naturally think of arranging marriages for them.

Perhaps at the very beginning, Qu Fenglin, the prefect of Kangquan City, turned a blind eye simply because of his guilt.

Later, it gradually evolved into him personally arranging posthumous marriages for these soldiers who died fighting for him.

If there aren't enough women in the city, they have to go elsewhere to buy them or catch them.

Throughout history, women, due to their innate strong empathy and kind hearts, and being confined to the inner quarters, have had to learn methods of self-protection and retaliation.

Whether in times of peace and prosperity, war, famine, plague, national ruin, or even in the chaotic and turbulent Star Realm, it is always the first to suffer.

Before Bitao descended to the mortal realm, she had already thoroughly studied all the ghosts.

Among them, in terms of ferocity, the evil spirit is not even as good as the wounded bird.

The evil spirits feed on malice from the moment they are born. As long as there is even the slightest bit of kindness or remorse, their bodies will be corrupted until they perish.

Under normal circumstances, it is difficult for evil spirits to grow strong.

Bitao had wondered more than once how the powerful evil spirits here could grow to such an extent, even in the most desolate place where tens of thousands of soldiers were slaughtered.

But if a local official leads the way in disregarding human life, burying living people alive to arrange ghost marriages, then everyone in the city is an accomplice.

No matter how hard they try to escape, they will soon be caught and sent back to their predicament.

If, in a desperate situation, one repeatedly seeks help to no avail, and is ultimately matched with a ghost, one is buried alive underground and suffocates to death.

—Then this town is simply a breeding ground for evil spirits to grow and thrive.

Because of the prevalence of ghost marriages, Kangquan City has become a hellish den for "female spirits".

What everyone thought was "him" and the evil spirit was actually "her".

She was a girl who had survived a famine and was sold into the Yuanyang Tower by her father and aunt. She tried to escape several times, but was caught and brought back by her fellow villagers who were also city dwellers.

She was matched with an old man old enough to be her grandfather, and was sealed in a coffin, where she suffocated to death.

This illusionary realm is indeed the closest place to the evil spirit Xi, and it can even be said to be Xi's lair.

It is the birthplace where she never gave up her will to survive.

All dreams are illusions born from the obsessions of the "living souls" absorbed by the evil spirits, and all of them have a way to break free from these obsessions.

As long as a person is alive, there is always a solution to whatever happens.

However, this dream realm, born from the obsession of the evil spirit, has no way out.

Because the true form of the evil spirit died here, this place is where her obsession arose, where she grew stronger, and also where she was buried.

She drew all the people of Kangquan City into her dream, reenacting the tragedy with them time and time again, using the evil thoughts of these souls to continuously strengthen herself.

She has devoured a vast number of completely lost living and dead souls, making it virtually impossible to seal her away.

Regardless of the exact function of the Nine Revolutions Soul Refining Array, the true form of the evil spirit is composed of the souls of millions of people, all of whom possess equal power and have different faces.

Each one recounts its different grievances and injustices, making it impossible for the Nine Revolutions Soul Refining Array to distinguish which one is the evil ghost.

Are we to refine all the living and dead souls together? That would be no different from killing everyone in Kangquan City. Why go through all this trouble, resulting in the deaths and injuries of most of the cultivators?

If, as Bingjing said, the sect leaders and elders of various sects planned, they would first seal the Xi Evil Ghost and then gradually release the living souls one by one. The Xi Evil Ghost could transfer its true form into any living soul at any time.

Her true form is weak and harmless enough that she will definitely be released.

Just like how Bitao was able to ride a fish into Xuanhui Palace to find her Xiaomingguang back then, it wasn't because the formation in the Immortal Emperor's Palace wasn't powerful enough to shake the heavens and the earth, but because Bitao's body was as weak as an ant and was ignored by the formation.

However, to capture the evil spirit, simply becoming one with her is not enough.

One must experience the pain and despair she went through to resonate with her soul and be accepted into her being before one can accurately locate her, or even kill her.

So Bitao allowed herself to be captured by the living soul, staging a play that only the evil spirit Xi would believe.

Step by step, following the path she had once walked, experiencing everything she had gone through, she finally "died" in her coffin.

Bitao dared to do this because she was familiar with the attributes of the evil spirit Xi. She had been committing evil for so long, yet so many people were still alive in Kangquan City—precisely because the evil spirit Xi could absorb souls without destroying them.

She only feeds on malice, and she takes the souls she absorbs with her to feed on malice as well; otherwise, so many obsessive dreams would not have arisen.

Bitao is now "dead," but she is not truly dead; she has only temporarily become part of the evil spirit Xi.

Her consciousness and soul still exist, and because she has become part of the evil spirit, she has also become the "master" who controls this evil spirit realm.

Her consciousness became infinitely vast, tall, and powerful.

She could easily influence those cultivators who had been sneaking around her ever since she entered the Mandarin Duck Tower, waiting for an opportunity to harm her.

They somehow changed their appearance and disguised themselves as "living souls," but they could not change their superior physical form as immortals.

Bitao is someone who has seen some of the most outstanding male immortals in the Nine Heavens swimming naked. Her ability to distinguish male physiques is comparable to that of pure qi distinguishing turbid qi.

These immortals, mingling among the living souls, stood out like cranes among chickens among those living souls who were hunched over and exhausted from the depletion of their souls.

They even thought they were doing a good job of disguising themselves.

When Bitao met up with Bingjing and Binglun, he even dared to greet Bitao and nod in a friendly manner.

Later, Bitao allowed herself to be captured by the living soul and fall into Qu Fenglin's hands. She struggled wildly, and finally someone in the group couldn't hold back and kicked her.

They even disguised themselves as people "attending weddings and funerals".

Bitao turned the tables on them, letting them "harm" her to death.

Now that the cheating immortals have been exposed in the heavens, Zhu Ming can once again "take advantage of the chaos" and have some fun for a while.

Even when Bitao was tied up in the bridal sedan chair, tears streaming down her face, and she peeked out as she pretended to beg Zhan Kui, who was dragging people around the street, for help, she had already recognized that there were Penglai sword cultivators in this "wedding and funeral" procession.

Bitao had seen Penglai sword cultivators move around in the Nine Heavens several times. Their swords were always hanging on the left side, their steps were neat and uniform, they held the hilts of their swords, and when they passed by the immortal positions, they did not look to the side. They were handsome and had an extraordinary aura.

It is clear that the Queen Mother of the West specially trained and instructed them.

The man who walked beside her bridal sedan chair last night was holding a hammer for nailing coffins, but he deliberately placed it on his left side and even grabbed the head of the hammer.

The other cultivator next to him had nothing in his hands, yet he had his hands resting on his waist as if grasping at something. The two of them walked with a rhythm as if they were twins.

It's so easy to recognize.

The Eastern King has always been at odds with Penglai, and he also has a good relationship with Bitao.

Bitao did him a favor, allowing him to show off in front of his old rival.

This was as a way of repaying him for deliberately not cleaning the storeroom when he learned that the old palace was for Bitao's use, so that Bitao, who was short of money but had just been promoted to the celestial rank, would have to use gifts to repay the kindness of her friends' congratulatory gifts.

At this moment, all of Bitao's plans and speculations have come true.

She only needs her good "fourth junior brother" to lend her a hand so that she can kill the evil spirit and completely break the evil spirit's dream.

She let her consciousness envelop the entire ghost realm, and saw Wei Danxin frantically searching for her.

Whenever he passed a collapsed area, if someone was trapped inside, he would pull them out to check if it was her.

He called out "Junior Sister" and "Tao Tao" over and over again, his voice filled with heart-wrenching sorrow and profound affection.

Bitao was unable to smile, yet her consciousness was filled with sweetness and beauty.

This sweet, honey-like love between men and women is also the thing that evil spirits fear most.

Not to mention that Bitao is now a part of her, which is like setting off firecrackers inside her belly.

Thus, the ghost realm, which had just been forcibly stabilized by the Nine Revolutions Soul Refining Array, broke free of its restraints like a giant beast driven mad by pain, and began to roar, shake, and collapse again.

Bitao expanded her consciousness infinitely and saw Zhan Kui again.

Zhan Kui was being chased so hard by those living souls that he was about to collapse when the Ghost Realm began to tremble, and those chasing them were swallowed up by the abyss rift...

She then pulled along the beautiful woman she had somehow stolen from somewhere.

They took cover against the wall of a building, standing close to the wall, while everyone around them was running.

The beautiful woman beside him turned her head, her eyes clear, yet her mind was elsewhere.

He asked the "hero" who saved him, "Why didn't we run?"

Zhan Kui shook his head with a smile, and even amidst the earth-shattering chaos, he didn't forget to wink at the beautiful woman: "We don't need to run, we can just stay here. This wall is so thick, it definitely won't collapse."

Indeed, as Zhan Kui had said, the wall stood strong despite the surrounding buildings collapsing.

Bitao: "..." If she had a mouth, she really wouldn't be able to hold back her curses right now.

When Bitao peeked out from the bridal sedan chair, she only caught a fleeting glimpse of the beautiful woman Zhan Kui was holding, and she immediately realized that although she was dressed in a wedding gown, she was actually a man.

Upon closer inspection, this was no ordinary "great beauty." This was someone Bitao had never seen before since entering the second round of the competition—the True Immortal of the Moon Palace.

Is there really some kind of ill-fated relationship between these two?

It's unbelievable that we could encounter this under such circumstances!

The True Immortal of Guanghan was definitely not among the group of cultivators accompanying Bitao, otherwise Bitao would not have failed to recognize his charming and flamboyant face.

He was clearly a cultivator as well, and at this moment, spiritual energy was surging within his body, constantly overflowing because he had not restrained it.

Then there is only one possibility—he was the one mentioned by the mainstream star of the Wenxin Pavilion, the cultivators who had accepted the mission to exorcise evil spirits before their various sects joined forces to suppress the evil spirits, but were trapped in the dream.

However, Bitao and the others had already suffered heavy casualties, and none of them encountered the cultivators who had arrived earlier in the dream.

The Moon Goddess is probably the only survivor.

Bitao recalled how, before the competition, he and Zhan Kui, with their fish-head-like appearances, were entangled and affectionate.

At the time, I thought the two of them were an eyesore and unbearable to look at.

Now it seems that it was probably because of this that he was able to survive in this dangerous ghost realm, thanks to the good fortune of the Koi Fairy.

Bitao suddenly realized that all her scheming and self-sacrifice to feed the ghosts were probably not as good as personally taking Zhan Kui and his wife's lives, and for a moment she almost had a burst of evil thoughts.

Fortunately, she was determined, and after glancing at her adorable little Mingguang, she barely managed to suppress her evil thoughts.

At this moment, the wall where Zhan Kui was staying finally collapsed. Before the wall collapsed, she grabbed the beautiful woman she was unwilling to let go of and lightly leaped along the crack in the street.

The "great beauty" looked bewildered, and it was indeed Guanghan.

He was trapped in the final dream of the evil spirit, unable to find a way out no matter what.

Fortunately, he was so handsome that he was already captivating as a man, and his appearance as a woman was absolutely stunning.

He tried to force his way out of the dream, but was injured and taken home by a living soul.

The younger brother, whose spirit is still alive, is seriously ill and about to die. He needs a bride for a ghost marriage.

Guanghan was bound and dressed in red, waiting to be buried with that man.

He waited for several days, going from being clear-headed to becoming confused and even forgetting who he was and what he was doing there.

She still thought she really was someone's wife.

Later on, even the living soul no longer bound Guanghan, and Guanghan no longer ran away.

He had already lost himself and was destined to die in the ghost realm no matter what.

Unfortunately, while he was strolling around his backyard, he ran into Zhan Kui, who was climbing over the wall for some unknown reason.

Zhan Kui was a lecherous man, and not only did he have lustful thoughts, but he also had the audacity to indulge in them.

She wandered around aimlessly, climbing over walls to avoid the spirits of the living. Upon seeing Guanghan, she was utterly awestruck and her lust was aroused.

Observing that Guanghan's expression was confused, he jumped in and touched the person's wrist, immediately determining that Guanghan was a cultivator.

He's a monk who's lost his way here!

Zhan Kui was suddenly overcome by a sense of justice, so he set fire to the person's yard and stole the person out.

Even if she had stolen him away, Guanghan, who had already lost herself, wouldn't have gone with her.

Zhan Kui carried a Heavenly Grade Spirit Stone with him, but not knowing how to help others activate it, he simply stuffed it into Guang Han's mouth.

After using this top-grade spirit stone, the spiritual energy in Guanghan's body was not activated. This is not how top-grade spirit stones are used.

But since it is a celestial-grade spirit stone condensed from pure energy, it will naturally have its effects once ingested.

Because Guanghan's body had lingered in this dream for too long, the ghostly and ominous aura that had permeated her soul began to be dispelled from the inside out by the Heavenly Grade Spirit Stone.

Although he was still confused, he knew he couldn't stay in that courtyard.

Moreover, he regarded Zhan Kui as the "hero" who saved him, because the hero's soul was bright, completely different from the dark souls in those bodies. Being close to him made people feel warm and comfortable.

And so a lecherous ghost and a fool began to run desperately through the streets to escape the pursuit of those living spirits.

Despite facing numerous hardships, they always managed to escape danger and turn misfortune into good fortune.

At this moment, Guanghan remembered that she had come to exterminate the evil spirit Xi—Xu Yuanbai, a cultivator from Taixu Tower.

Xu Yuanbai had already discovered that the Ghost Realm was about to collapse, and he also sensed that the Nine Revolutions Soul Refining Array around him was created by his master!

However, he lingered in the dream of the evil spirit for a long time, lost himself for a time, and even witnessed firsthand how terrifying the evil spirit's true form was.

They knew that the Nine Revolutions Soul Refining Array could not refine the evil ghost.

He ran and then stopped. He never expected that he would survive such a close call and, by some twist of fate, regain his senses, only to die here in the end.

He grasped his "savior's" hand, looked at her, and said, "My name is Xu Yuanbai. May I ask your name, my friend? I can never repay your life-saving grace in this life, but I will surely repay it in the next..."

At this moment, the dream has collapsed more than halfway, and the abyss-like cracks spread from the sky. The cold wind swirls the collapsed buildings, and sand and stones fly, creating chaos in the world.

Countless souls were crushed to death, swept into the sky, or sucked into the abyss's rift, amidst the wailing of gods and ghosts, and the raging winds and darkness.

"Will you repay me with your body?" Zhan Kui turned around amidst the chaos of the world collapsing, his black hair falling loose, his features as beautiful as a painting.

She smiled and raised her neck: "My name is Long Xiao, meaning 'a dragon soaring in the sky, stretching its neck and roaring'!"

The howling wind was so loud that Zhan Kui shouted, "So, to repay your life-saving grace, you'll repay me with your body?!"

Zhan Kui suddenly pulled Guang Han, and the two of them were knocked down by a huge rock that collapsed and was then swept up by the cold wind. They rolled far away together.

Upon landing, both of them coughed up blood.

Zhan Kui spat a mouthful of blood onto Guang Han's neck.

It was as hot as lava, and had a pungent, fishy smell.

As a result, Zhan Kui stubbornly persisted, still adhering to the belief that "dying under the peony is still a romantic death."

He asked persistently, "I don't want to repeat such empty words in the next life; I only want this life!"

Guanghan was shocked by her fearlessness in the face of death.

But beyond her beautiful, blooming face, he saw the true form of the monstrous demon gradually emerging from the crack in the abyss of the sky. In an instant, his hair stood on end, and his heart pounded with fear.

Everyone looked up at the sky—it was an evil creature that even the deepest hell could not give birth to.

Countless distorted human faces were piled up to form a colossal figure that stretched across the heavens and the earth, each face screaming, crying, and cursing madly.

The abyss rift was completely torn apart, and the colossal object that contained millions of souls tumbled down from mid-air, smashing the dream into pieces once again. The ground where everyone could take shelter was completely cracked and shattered!

The yin energy transformed into a fierce wind, spewing from the mouths of countless souls, instantly engulfing the entire dream—intending to shred all living souls and absorb them into the body.

"Aaaaaaaahhhhh!"

"Help! Help!"

"Ah! I don't want to die! I don't want to die!!"

The surviving souls began to fall, and cracks like spider webs appeared on the ground where Wei Danxin was.

The spirit opposite him had clearly regained full consciousness and reached out to him for help. He extended the scabbard of his longsword and offered it to the spirit, but it was no match for the speed of his fall, and the spirit failed to grab it.

The only place that remained stable was within the array illuminated by the five elements' spiritual light, where the group of cultivators stood.

"The true form of the evil spirit has manifested!"

All the cultivators from various sects entered the formation at this moment. When they saw the evil ghost appear, they were shocked by its original form, which could corrupt people's consciousness just by looking at it.

Within the formation, Liu Xing, the leader of the Wenxin Pavilion, activated the Heavenly Grade Spirit Stone above the formation's core with his sword held horizontally. His voice remained as steady as a mountain, calming and reassuring all who heard it: "Cultivators of all sects, follow me to activate the formation and melt down the evil spirits!"

"Yes!" everyone answered in unison!

All the souls began to run towards the direction of the light, but the cold wind was like a knife, constantly eroding their life force. The ground was like an abyss, and the souls would fall into it after only a few steps.

Those souls who were tortured to death and fell into the abyss would soon reappear on the body of the evil spirit, becoming one of the faces of a person who had collapsed and gone mad.

"Help! Help!"

"They all deserve to die! They all deserve to die!"

"What does this have to do with me? This has nothing to do with me! Let me out! Let me out!"

"It's them! This group is the culprit! If they hadn't broken in, we would still be alive and well!"

...

Those living souls were forcibly absorbed by the evil spirits and transformed into a "soul armor" that enveloped the body. They were then aroused by evil thoughts and opened their mouths, causing all the ghosts to howl in unison.

The sound was like a sharp knife or a fiery pestle, and everyone coughed up blood, their souls nearly torn apart.

As Wei Danxin helped the living soul run towards the formation, he looked around anxiously, still searching for the figure that connected his soul.

"boom--"

The evil spirit's true form unleashed another powerful gust of yin energy.

Everyone felt a sweet taste in their throats again. Fortunately, the Nine Revolutions Soul Refining Array had been fully activated at this time, connecting Kangquan City with the Ghost Realm. The sect leaders of the various sects outside the Ghost Dream Realm sat on the Nine Revolutions Array Eye, activating the five elements of spiritual energy within their bodies and pouring it into the Soul Refining Cauldron in the array eye.

"Buzz—"

The yin energy throughout the world solidified, and the wailing of all the ghosts abruptly ceased.

Within the core of the Nine Revolutions Soul Refining Array in the Ghost Realm, the shape of the Soul Refining Cauldron went from blurry to clear, and finally burst forth with a powerful five-colored light!

The intense light, like a white rainbow piercing the sun, cleansed the realm of evil spirits, and then transformed into thousands of spiritual swords, rushing towards the true form of the evil spirit.

As if pierced by a thousand arrows, the evil spirit's true form was pierced through by the intense light.

These intense lights, like conscious ropes, entangled the evil spirit's body, piercing into the array's cores in all directions, fixing it in mid-air, preventing it from rolling and breaking free, and stirring up the yin wind.

After the intense light of the five elements swept through, the "Living Soul Armor" surrounding the evil spirit crumbled in the blink of an eye.

The stripped souls screamed and wailed as they were sucked into the Soul Refining Cauldron—

Wei Danxin had already helped some of the living souls escape outside the formation. She looked up at the true form of the evil ghost with a stern expression.

It was at this moment that he caught a fleeting glimpse of his junior sister among the thousands of faces that were constantly surging, twisting, struggling, and changing as their true forms were revealed by the loss of their "armor."

Wei Danxin froze for a moment, as if she had been suddenly thrown into a mountain of knives and a sea of ​​fire. The shock and pain at this moment could not be described as being torn apart.

His peach!

Did his peach... really die?

impossible.

impossible!

There is definitely, there is still hope!

He ran frantically toward the direction of the demon's true form.

The Nine Revolutions Soul Refining Array was also rapidly absorbing Heavenly Grade Spirit Stones, and the Soul Refining Cauldron in the array's core was growing larger and larger.

"Buzz—"

Another flash of bright light, and the evil spirit's body was once again stripped of countless living souls.

Many of these living souls had already completely merged with it. After being forcibly torn apart, their bodies were incomplete, and even their heads were shattered into pieces, resembling a group of deformed monsters. Before they even entered the Soul Refining Cauldron, they had already turned into ashes under the powerful Soul Refining Array!

The Soul Refining Cauldron can melt ghosts, but it can also melt living souls.

All incomplete or confused souls will be identified as ghosts and killed or burned on the Soul Refining Cauldron.

Wei Danxin had already run into the formation, and everyone's faces lit up with joy. Some even made room for him in the formation.

The sect leaders and elders outside the Ghost Realm clearly discovered that the Soul Refining Cauldron was working, and they also began to pour their spiritual power into it.

"Buzz—"

"Buzz—"

A series of resounding hums echoed throughout the heavens and earth, and everyone's soul seemed to resonate with them.

At the heart of the formation was a cultivator who had been severely injured and tainted by ghostly energy. Unable to withstand the shock, his soul was shattered and he was instantly annihilated.

"Fellow Taoist Qing!"

"Senior brother!"

The cultivator was killed by the Soul Refining Cauldron, and the minds of everyone within the formation inevitably wavered.

With this shaking, the connection between the inner and outer realms of evil spirits also began to sway. The spiritual light of the Nine Revolutions Soul Refining Array weakened, and the evil spirits immediately took advantage of this gap to begin to struggle frantically!

Standing atop the Gate of Life, Guan Xing, the leader of the Wenxin Pavilion, immediately spoke up, rousing everyone's will: "Fellow Daoists, you are all pillars of this formation. You must not be affected by the illusions of the evil ghost's yin energy, otherwise the formation will backfire, and we and tens of thousands of souls will perish here today!"

"Supreme Lord, the response to changes is ceaseless... Gentlemen, be alert!"

Upon hearing the calming mantra, everyone's minds cleared, and they looked closely—the cultivator whose soul had been scattered and destroyed within the formation was still there, not killed by the Soul Refining Cauldron, and was struggling to hold on.

Everyone immediately calmed their minds and focused their attention.

Soon, more severely injured cultivators were killed by the Soul Refining Cauldron as remnant souls.

However, this time the cultivators all regarded it as an illusion, and no one was swayed.

In an instant, the Nine Revolutions Soul Refining Array became incredibly powerful, buzzing incessantly as it forcefully severed the soul from the evil ghost's body.

However, as the number of souls severed increased, so did the number of incomplete or fragmented ones.

In the end, less than one in ten souls were actually able to enter the Soul Refining Cauldron. They weren't saving people; they were killing them.

Wei Danxin also stood on one of the array eyes of the Nine Revolutions Soul Refining Array. Unlike those cultivators, he had not completely immersed his mind into the array and become one with the will of the Soul Refining Cauldron. Now, he remained calm whether killing living souls or the cultivators around him.

He kept his eyes fixed on the demon's true form, intently trying to identify the detached soul fragments.

After another buzzing sound, he saw his junior sister lying beneath the evil spirit's body, her form already very faint, but at least her limbs were intact.

"Junior sister..."

A look of madness flashed in Wei Danxin's eyes. She immediately gathered her spiritual energy and took off to rush out of the formation towards Bitao.

However, there were several cultivators around him at this moment, all of whom were connected with the will of the Soul Refining Cauldron, so they naturally did not allow Wei Danxin to leave the formation easily.

Several people around turned their eyes to Wei Danxin, and it was clear that there was no longer any black pupil in her eyes, only the five elements of spiritual light flowing endlessly.

They all struck at once, pressing their palms against Wei Danxin's shoulders: "Fellow Daoist Wei, the well-being of all people is paramount. Please guard the core of the formation!"

Without hesitation, Wei Danxin drew her sword and said to the crowd, "Let me go out of the battle! I need to save my junior sister—"

The group spoke in unison: "Fellow Daoist Wei, your junior sister is dead. She is now an evil ghost incarnation and should be placed in the Soul Refining Cauldron. Please consider the bigger picture, Fellow Daoist Wei!"

"My junior sister isn't dead! This Soul Refining Array hasn't saved many people yet!"

Wei Danxin drew her sword and stood with the others.

The powerful golden spirit that burst forth, carrying sword energy, crashed wildly within the formation, causing wounds to appear on many people before they suddenly came to their senses.

They were terrified to find that the souls, like melted wax, were wailing and dissipating on the Soul Refining Array.

Lin Xuantu, who was guarding the formation, was also injured by the sword energy. A bloodstain suddenly appeared on his face, and he instantly regained his senses.

Upon discovering the current situation, he, like everyone else, was deeply shaken.

But what shocked him even more was that he actually saw his third senior sister!

The third senior sister mingled among the souls that had been forcibly stripped from the evil spirit!

"Third Senior Sister!" Lin Xuantu shouted hoarsely.

Bitao glanced in his direction and thought to herself that the little rascal had finally woken up.

If he doesn't wake up soon, Bitao will have to sacrifice a part of her soul to forcibly incite the evil spirit to attack.

Although Binglun was uneducated, he was never confused in times of crisis, nor did he forget the important matters at crucial moments.

The moment he saw Bitao, he immediately thought of the "agreement" between the two of them, or rather, the unilateral order from his third senior sister.

Lin Xuantu had no idea what the purpose of his heart's blood was, but since his third senior sister had emphasized it repeatedly, it must be useful.

He saw that his senior brother had started fighting with others to save his third senior sister, but was prevented from leaving the formation. So, he took advantage of the chaos and withdrew his spiritual power without warning and started running away.

He ran while unleashing the fire spirit within his body to its fullest extent.

However, as soon as he ran, the cultivators around him immediately began to stop him. Some, their wills corrupted by the ferocious Soul Refining Cauldron, even drew their swords and thrust them towards Lin Xuantu's vital points in the back.

With a clang, the metal objects clashed.

Wei Danxin blocked the sword for Lin Xuantu with his longsword and roared, "Quickly save your third senior sister!"

If Tao Tao were thrown into this Soul Refining Cauldron, her soul would be so weak that it would surely be completely destroyed.

They've all been deceived by the sect leaders and elders outside. They're not saving people at all; they're clearly killing them.

Although this was a last resort, perhaps the only way to trap the evil spirit, he couldn't just watch his Tao Tao die like this!

Binglun glanced back. Even though he and Mingguang had no memories of each other at this moment, they had grown up together and gone down to the mortal realm together many times. Their tacit understanding was etched into their bones.

Binglun didn't waste a moment and continued running towards the outside of the formation.

His internal fire spirit had been activated to its limit. He bit his tongue, turned his palm over and aimed it at his heart meridian, and slammed it down. Blood from his heart immediately rushed to his throat. Then, he spat out a mouthful of blood from his heart towards Bi Tao's soul, which was about to be sucked to the side of the Soul Refining Peak outside the formation.

Then, his mouth filled with crimson blood, he roared, "Third Senior Sister! I'm here to help you!"

Despite the damage to his heart meridian, he mobilized the fire spirit to help Bitao resist the Soul Refining Cauldron's extracting power.

Bitao's heart blood, which contained the fire spirit of an ancient immortal and had the power to slay demons and monsters, was corroded and lost most of its body.

She winced in pain, but a murderous smile crept across her lips.

I even wanted to praise him, saying, "Good lad."

When Lin Xuantu spat out his heart's blood, the evil spirit, which had been bound by the spiritual light rope and suspended in mid-air, was quickly corroded into a huge hole as if it had been splashed with lava.

With a loud "boom," he went berserk on the spot.

The blade of energy, conjured from the yin wind, erupted from its source as if traversing the heavens and earth, directly slashing towards Lin Xuantu, who was attempting to block Bitao's path—

If this happens, his soul will be instantly severed in two and fall into the Soul Refining Cauldron to be refined into ashes.

However, just as that powerful and violent blade of destruction struck Lin Xuantu's soul, the lightning-patterned seal he had placed within his spiritual platform shattered—

Unfortunately, during the battle, Wei Danxin suddenly used his sword to block for Lin Xuantu, but when he drew his sword back to deal with the encirclement, he was too weak to continue.

The cultivator who had been unwittingly drawn into his battle stabbed him in the heart with a sword, but the tip of the sword failed to penetrate and was shattered by the lightning-patterned protective spell that erupted from his body.

In an instant, the spiritual light of the Five Thunderbolts reached the heavens and the earth, and the awe-inspiring heavenly might was as if the heavenly Dao of all realms had personally descended, with rolling thunder and rumbling lightning.

Wherever the Five Thunderbolts pass, they slay ghosts and vanquish evil, and destroy demons and monsters!

In that instant, even the Soul Refining Cauldron, which everyone had worked together to activate, was annihilated by the vast power of the Five Thunders.

Bitao had been waiting for this moment—with her crippled and demonic body, she opened her arms and fearlessly plunged into the Five Thunders.

The mind opens wide, and the spirit enters the Five Thunders—

Where thunder strikes, nothing is left unbroken; where immense weight presses down, nothing is left unannihilated. ①

All the evil and sinister energy around him was instantly cleansed by the vast Five Thunderbolts.

The broken soul was repaired, filled, and comforted by the gentle lightning, as if in a mother's embrace.

Wherever the Five Thunderbolts passed, the meridians were like strings of a musical instrument plucked by the lightning, producing a clear and harmonious sound.

The image of the Milky Way above the nine heavens, which the Fairy of the Peach Blossom had stopped projecting, suddenly lit up again—

When the lightning subsided, Bitao stood suspended in mid-air, her brows sharp and fierce.

Wielding a blade formed from five thunderbolts, he cleaved the Soul Refining Cauldron in two with a single sword strike!

The Nine Revolutions Soul Refining Array instantly collapsed, and all the cultivators inside and outside the Ghost Realm suffered a backlash, coughing up blood and their eyes widening in horror.

In mid-air, the evil spirit had already broken free from the restraints of the spiritual light array.

Under the vast might of the heavens, it instantly expelled all the souls it had absorbed, breaking them down into smaller pieces and hiding them among countless souls!

No one can restrain her anymore.

Bitao turned around, the lightning-infused sword in her hand transforming into a powerful, earth-shattering whip, which she wielded as she charged into the scattering souls—