Outside Sishui Pass, the giant crater that once stretched for dozens of miles had disappeared, and the plain had returned to its original flatness. This was restored by Duobao and Lu Ya using their supernatural powers.

The walls of Sishui Pass have been completely repaired, and the soldiers in the city have been dispersed to other passes. Now, Sishui Pass is only occupied by three major factions: Taoist cultivators, demons, the Jie Sect, and human cultivators.

The twelve Quasi-Saints took turns guarding the city gate. A month had passed since the last great battle. According to scouts, the Xiqi army was currently stationed five hundred miles away, a distance that cultivators could reach in an instant.

In fact, the Investiture of the Gods has deviated greatly from the original work at this point. In the original work, the Investiture of the Gods was a gradual process, with the immortals appearing in stages and the battles gradually intensifying. Only in the end did the Quasi-Saints appear one after another. Instead, as it is now, the two sides have gathered nearly twenty Quasi-Saints and countless Great Luo Immortals, which would have been remarkable even in the era of the Lich King and the Demon King.

On this day, Lu Ya and Duo Bao were playing chess on the city wall, with Nezha, Shen Gongbao and Li Jing on the other side.

Nezha was clearly not interested in this adult game; having been bored for a month, he was already getting impatient.

"Master, how much longer do we have to stay? I'm so bored," Nezha whispered to Shen Gongbao.

"Nezha," Li Jing quickly whispered, reminding Nezha not to disturb their game of chess.

Nezha stuck out his tongue, then walked to the city wall and looked into the distance.

"Look!" Nezha suddenly exclaimed, pointing into the distance.

"What?" Li Jing and Shen Gongbao quickly looked in the direction Nezha was pointing.

Countless figures could be seen flying in from the distant sky.

"Two seniors!" Li Jing was immediately shocked.

"Don't worry, nothing will happen today." Duobao didn't even look up, still holding a chess piece in his hand.

"Indecisive, Fellow Daoist Duobao?" Lu Ya said with a smile.

The two were clearly unconcerned about what was happening outside.

Shen Gongbao and Li Jing exchanged a glance, took a deep breath, and felt relieved. Their composure gave them great courage.

A large group of figures landed twenty miles away from Sishui Pass. It was the Chan Sect, and their numbers were significantly greater than before.

"Master Shen, look! Who are those strangely dressed people?" Li Jing suddenly said.

"They don't seem to be disciples of the Chan Sect, I'm not sure either," Shen Gongbao said after examining them.

At this moment, many cultivators gradually appeared on the city wall. Everyone looked across and discovered those strangely dressed cultivators mixed among the disciples of the Chan Sect.

"Hmph, I didn't expect even those small fry from the Western Sect to come." Bai Ze sneered.

"Senior, are those people from the Western Church?" Li Jing asked in surprise.

"Indeed, they're all crooked and unorthodox people," Bai Ze said disdainfully.

"Could it be the Two Saints of the West?" Shen Gongbao exclaimed in surprise.

No.

"Lu Ya said, who was playing chess."

"The two Westerners did not accept formal disciples; they only had a servant who was an incarnation of a white lotus, called the White Lotus Child."

"As for these people, they are just miscellaneous cultivators who rely on the two saints of the Western Sect. They are not worthy of their attention and are obviously being used as cannon fodder by the two of them," Lu Ya explained.

"I see." Everyone nodded in agreement.

Meanwhile, the Chan Sect had already set up camp and seemed to have no immediate plans to open for business. Randeng looked smugly at the Sishui Pass across the way.

"Let you be smug for a few more days," Ran Deng murmured.

"Guang Chengzi, what do you think? What did the Dragon Clan say?" Ran Deng asked.

Guang Chengzi, who was behind him, quickly stepped forward and answered.

“I have already sent Junior Brother Yu Ding and Yang Jian to the Four Seas. With the two of them on the front lines, the Dragon Clan of the Four Seas will have no chance to resist.”

"Yes, with the help of the Dragon Clan, we can form the Nine Dragons Formation to seal the heavens and the earth. Unless a saint appears, they won't be able to escape," Ran Deng nodded.

The Nine Dragons Formation was the greatest formation of the dragon race in ancient times. It was jointly set up by nine quasi-saints of the dragon race and combined with the essence of the dragon race's blood. Once the formation was completed, even a Hunyuan could not escape it. Unfortunately, the Nine Dragons Formation was only successfully set up once during the Dragon-Han Calamity. On that occasion, the dragon race fought against the Phoenix Clan and the Qilin Clan alone and finally became famous in one battle.

This time, Randeng sent people to the Dragon Clan only to obtain the prototype of the formation for setting up the grand array. It would be best to bring the Dragon Clan into the formation as well. His side would send several Quasi-Saints to cooperate with the Four Seas Dragon Kings to set up the array. Although it would not be able to achieve the original power, it could seal off the escape route under the Hunyuan level.

On the Shang Dynasty side, although the two Quasi-Saints said there was nothing to worry about, the others still made the necessary preparations, and the entire Sishui Pass became tense for a moment.

"Rumble rumble rumble..."

A large contingent of about a thousand people was heading towards Sishui Pass. A flag bearing the character "商" (merchant) was flying in the middle of the procession. Most striking was a huge oxcart in the very center of the group.

People inside Sishui Pass quickly spotted the procession approaching from behind.

The group was not stopped and quickly entered the city.

"Wow, what a handsome ox."

"When did our demon race get such a handsome ox?"

"I don't know, I don't think I've ever seen one among the Bull Clan."

"Hey, Old Ox, are you one of your kind?"

"Hmm, I don't know him."

The many demons in the city were discussing it animatedly.

“It’s Niu Er!” Nezha exclaimed happily from the city wall.

“Niu Er, what Niu Er?” Lu Ya asked.

“Mengmeng’s mount has been sleeping soundly in the palace and rarely comes out,” Nezha quickly said.

"Senior, whose mount is this ox?" Li Jing asked hurriedly.

"What?!" The quasi-saints were immediately shocked. They hurriedly flew down from the city wall.

"Could it be that he's here too?" Shen Gongbao murmured.

Soon, the twelve quasi-saints stood respectfully beneath the walls of Sishui Pass, quietly awaiting the arrival of the oxcart.

"Huff, huff..."

The enormous Niu Er, panting heavily, slowly pulled the huge oxcart along, each step incredibly steady.

As the oxcart approached, a strange tremor ran through the hearts of all the demons, as if they wanted to kneel down and worship.

"Moo..."

Niu Er raised his head and let out a loud shout.

"Thump, thump..."

Except for a few demon saints, all the tens of thousands of demons present knelt down.

"Hiss, that's terrifying, bloodline suppression." Lu Ya gasped. Just now, he felt a tremor in his heart; if it weren't for his high cultivation level, he would have knelt down.

"How is this possible? How could the Bull Clan have such a strong bloodline suppression?" Bai Ze murmured.

"Look at those guys, do they seem to have some powerful bloodline?" Shang Yang Demon Saint pointed to the cow race kneeling on the ground not far away.

“Strange, this ox is quite extraordinary,” Duobao said with a serious expression.

Soon the oxcart came to a slow stop, and a warrior in armor rode up on horseback.

"The Heavenly Dragon Guard of Chaoge has come to report and greet you, esteemed lords." The warrior dismounted and knelt on one knee.

"The Heavenly Dragon Guards? Li Jing mentioned you. Each one of you is a powerful warrior, with strength comparable to a true immortal. It's remarkable that the human race has actually forged a path of martial arts. Truly impressive." Lu Ya nodded in praise.

"Hiss, a martial arts expert at the True Immortal level? Are humans this strong?" The surrounding cultivators were all astonished. The soldiers guarding the city had already impressed them, but they didn't expect that even stronger ones had arrived.

"Get up, what's on the oxcart?" Lu Ya asked.

"It's us." At that moment, a female voice came from the oxcart, and then two figures flew out of the oxcart, one in red and one in white.

“Senior Dongfang, Senior Long,” Nezha exclaimed in delight.

"Hehe, we're here too. Little Nezha."

Immediately afterwards, two more figures flew out; they were none other than Princess Longji and Su Daji.

"Who is it?" Duobao asked softly. He had previously visited the Tower of All Heavens with Tongtian.

"Haha, so it's two fairies." Duobao greeted them with a smile.

The others didn't dare to be negligent either, even though the main person hadn't come, these two were still quite distinguished.

"Invincible East".

"Little Dragon Girl".

"Greetings, everyone."

The two bowed slightly to the crowd.

Nezha cheered and ran over to hug Daji. He had been close to this beautiful older sister since he was a child. Daji also affectionately ruffled Nezha's bun.

"You two, what brings you here too?" Duobao asked curiously.

"We're here to lend a hand," Dongfang said with a smile.

“Uh…” The quasi-saints were stunned.

The two of them were only at the late stage of True Immortal, not even Golden Immortal. What kind of assistance was this?

Seemingly sensing everyone's suspicion, Dongfang Bubai took out a scroll from his sleeve.

"Splash."

The human Heavenly Dragon Guards behind him all knelt down.

The scroll emitted bursts of precious light, and all the Heavenly Dragon Guards looked at it with reverence.

"This is the Heavenly Ranking," Dongfang said.

The crowd remained puzzled.

"Alright, now is not the time. You will naturally understand the purpose of this list when the time comes." Dongfang said, putting away the Sky List.

Everyone could only laugh awkwardly.

At this moment, Xiaolongnu looked around and found that the demons were still kneeling on the ground, so she walked to Niu Er's side.

"Alright, Niu Er, put away your arrogance." Little Dragon Girl gently patted Green Ox's thigh.

"Huff?"

"Moo..."

Niu Er nodded, and then his body gradually shrank back to the size of a normal ox. The surrounding demons immediately felt relieved, and the powerful sense of oppression they had just felt disappeared.

However, everyone was still staring at the Green Ox in shock, especially the Bull Clan demons, whose legs were trembling. The feeling they had just experienced was even more terrifying than when they saw the Supreme Being's mount.

"Gentlemen, what's going on with this cow?" Duobao asked curiously.

“You mean Niu Er? Actually, we don’t know much about him, we only know that he grew up with Dao Yi,” Dongfang Bubai said.

"Moo..."

The blue ox nodded quickly, seemingly agreeing with Dongfang's statement.

The speaker meant no harm, but the listeners took it to heart. Many quasi-saints, upon hearing this, showed surprise, exchanging shocked glances. This ox had actually grown up with someone...?

Upon realizing this, everyone bowed deeply to the blue ox.

"Greetings, senior."

"......"

The blue ox tilted its enormous head, looking at everyone with a bewildered expression.