She formed a hand seal, and twelve golden rays of light precisely struck the weak point of the barrier, shattering it instantly.
The Yin-Yang Mystic Pearl drifted down slowly and was caught steadily by her.
In an instant, a vast spiritual power surged into her body, and her cultivation showed faint signs of breaking through!
Mo Bai also sensed the fluctuations in spiritual energy and exclaimed in amazement, "Truly a treasure of heaven and earth!"
Rong Jiaojiao stored the Mystic Pearl into the Moon Spirit's little secret realm and laughed, "This is a huge profit!"
However, at that moment, the entire underground space suddenly trembled violently, and the rock walls began to collapse!
"Not good!" Mo Bai grabbed her. "The demonic main soul is forcibly breaking through the seal again. It's trying to use the tremors of the earth to force us out!"
Rong Jiaojiao gritted her teeth: "We can't let it succeed!"
She summoned the Twelve Yuan Chen Array Beads, and golden lotuses flew into the earth's veins, gradually stabilizing them.
Mo Bai set up a defensive barrier around the two of them.
"We must purify the earth's veins as soon as possible, otherwise the evil spirit will grow stronger and stronger!" Rong Jiaojiao said in a deep voice.
Mo Bai nodded: "Let's go to the core of the earth's veins!"
Without further delay, the two sped towards the deepest part of the earth.
As Rong Jiaojiao and Mo Bai descended, the pressure underground increased, and the surrounding rock walls gradually changed from pitch black to dark red, as if they had been soaked in blood.
The air was thick with malevolent energy; an ordinary person would likely lose their mind instantly if they inhaled even a single breath.
"Be careful, the malevolent energy here has materialized," Mo Bai whispered, as black flames ignited in his hand, burning away the approaching malevolent energy.
With a light tap of her fingertips, Rong Jiaojiao summoned the Twelve Yuan Chen Array Beads around her, and wherever the golden light passed, the malevolent aura dissipated.
Her gaze was solemn: "Further down, I'm afraid, lies the true sealing place of the demonic master's soul."
The two exchanged a glance and simultaneously sped up.
When the two reached the deepest point, the sight before them took their breath away—
A massive pool of blood churned, filled with countless skeletons—human, demon, and even the remains of ancient ferocious beasts.
In the center of the blood pool floats a pitch-black heart, and with each beat, it causes the entire earth vein to tremble!
The heart was covered with dazzling golden rune chains, which bound it tightly like shackles. Even so, one could still feel the terrifying power contained within, as if it would break free of its restraints at any moment and break through everything.
"That is... the origin of the demonic soul?!" Mo Bai's pupils shrank sharply.
Rong Jiaojiao stared intently at the heart and said in a cold voice, "It's absorbing the earth's malevolent energy to increase its power!"
Moon Spirit's voice echoed in her mind: "Master, it has been sealed for too long and is extremely weak, but if it continues to devour, it will break free sooner or later!"
Heiwa also said, "If we don't purify it now, it will inevitably split into countless demonic spirits and fragmented souls over time."
Rong Jiaojiao said to Mo Bai, "You protect me while I begin the purification."
Rong Jiaojiao sat cross-legged on the edge of the blood pool, with the twelve Yuan Chen array beads floating in front of her, forming a dazzling halo of light.
She formed hand seals and chanted ancient purification incantations, her body radiating a holy golden light.
Mo Bai held a blood-red longsword, black flames raging on its blade. He warily glanced around, then his pupils suddenly contracted: "Watch out!"
Dozens of blood arrows suddenly shot out from the blood pool, and the dark white blade flashed like lightning, cutting down all the blood arrows.
The severed blood arrows transformed into hideous blood worms upon hitting the ground, writhing and crawling towards the two of them.
"A mere trick." Mo Bai sneered, his blade plunging into the ground. Black flames instantly spread, burning the bloodworms to ashes.
The heart in the center of the blood pool began to pound violently, emitting a dull "thump-thump" sound. Suddenly, the skeletons in the pool pieced together into dozens of skeleton warriors, wielding bone blades as they charged forward.
"Leave it to me." Mo Bai flashed and rushed into the horde of skeletons.
His swordsmanship was ruthless and fierce; each strike precisely severed the skeleton's joints.
But those scattered bones, after falling into the blood pool, miraculously reassembled.
Rong Jiaojiao frowned slightly, and spared a sliver of her attention: "Yue Ling, help him!"
The moon spirit transformed into a streak of silver light and flew out, radiating a bright moonlight in the air.
The skeletons, illuminated by the moonlight, moved sluggishly. Mo Bai seized the opportunity, and the black flames on his blade surged, pulverizing the skeletons completely.
"Master, it's stalling for time!" Yue Ling cried out urgently, "The Blood Pool is absorbing the earth's malevolent energy!"
Rong Jiaojiao suddenly opened her eyes, her hands forming a hand seal: "Twelve Yuan Chen, heed my command!"
"Stop!"
The twelve array beads simultaneously emitted a beam of golden light, weaving into a large net in the air that enveloped the entire blood pool. The golden light contacted the blood, producing a hissing sound, and the blood pool shrank at a visible speed.
Three years later...
The people on the ground noticed that the tremors of the Demon-Suppressing Stele were becoming less and less intense.
Even more miraculously, the surrounding barren land began to sprout magical herbs.
"The earth's veins are being purified." The Celestial Mystery Master said in disbelief, "They really did it."
Qing Xuanzi, however, frowned and said, "Only three years, there are still twenty-seven years to go..."
Deep within the earth's veins...
Rong Jiaojiao and Mo Bai sat cross-legged in a cave, with a little girl with purple hair standing next to them. She looked about three or four years old and resembled Rong Jiaojiao in appearance.
Around them, thirty spirit orbs floated in the air, forming a small array. These were spirit orbs that Yue Ling and Hei Wa had found, and Mo Bai had taken some to set up a spirit-gathering array to help them cultivate.
Over the past three years, Rong Jiaojiao has been purifying and recovering, and has easily broken through to the mid-stage of the Celestial Master realm.
The heart above the blood pool has shrunk considerably, and its beating frequency is now slower than before.
In the past three years, the demonic main soul has been constantly absorbing the blood pool in order to resist purification. The blood pool has been greatly consumed by it. Rong Jiaojiao thinks that they should be able to purify and get out in less than thirty years.
At this moment, Yue Ling and Hei Wa returned, each holding a treasure in their hands.
As soon as the little girl saw them, she ran over to them, asking, "Yue Ling, Hei Wa, what treasure have you found this time?"
Yue Ling handed the little girl a sparkling stone and said, "Zi Ling, look, I found a meteorite for my master."
Zi Ling asked curiously, "What is it used for?"
Zi Ling successfully broke through to the fifth rank in the second year after Rong Jiaojiao entered the earth vein. Rong Jiaojiao fed her a Transformation Grass, and a majestic ancient thunder sable turned into the little girl she is now. She looks cute and resembles Rong Jiaojiao when she was a child, which Rong Jiaojiao likes very much.
"This meteorite is very useful. It can be used to refine magical flying swords and array cores."
Zi Ling nodded: "That would really be very useful."
Zi Ling's eyes lit up as she held the starstone up to the moonlight, its shimmering light cascading like a galaxy: "So beautiful! It's like crushing stars and kneading them into the stone!"
She skipped and hopped to Rong Jiaojiao's side, "Master, look!"
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