One day ten years later, the sun was shining brightly and the sky was cloudless.
In the Liuyun Waterfall in the Shiwan Mountains, water splashes everywhere, hanging like silver threads between the mountains.
Beneath the waterfall, a clear pool, emerald green like jade, resembled a mirror embedded in the earth. Beside the pool, a young man in white sat cross-legged on a cloud-bed carved from jade. It was Su Rui. He was handsome, elegant, and his eyes shone with a deep and calm gaze.
Opposite him sat a middle-aged man who resembled a giant monkey. He wore a black robe, his face covered in fuzzy hair, and his eyes sparkled with a lively light. They were playing chess, but instead of actual pieces, the board displayed two figures. One of them was a gibbon, short in stature with extremely long arms. Thunder and lightning flashed around its body, and a thick, dark cloud covered its head. Faintly, a bronze seal could be seen hidden within the clouds. The seal sometimes transformed into the shadow of a continuous mountain range, then reverted back to the form of a small bronze seal.
The other figure was a divine earth-walking ape. Its tusks were short and sturdy, its body covered in long hair, its limbs strong and powerful, and every breath was like a thunderclap. A layer of earth-yellow light shrouded its body. In its left hand, it held one of the Five Sacred Mountains, and in its right, it grasped a fine iron rod, as if it was about to shatter the entire world.
Beside Su Rui stood a beautiful young girl, transformed from a fox demon. She resembled a lotus flower, but was even more beautiful. Next to the middle-aged giant monkey stood the fox demon's "Sister Sun"—Sun Yanan, daughter of the Black Mountain God.
Meanwhile, on the chessboard, two divine apes engaged in close combat, each a match difficult to determine. The Tongbi Divine Ape, with his bare hands, could effortlessly summon a bolt of lightning. The lightning shifted with ease in his grasp, sometimes transforming into a spear, sometimes a whip, his attacks unleashing unparalleled ferocity. Meanwhile, the Tuxing Divine Ape, enveloped in a thick layer of defense, seemed indestructible. Mastering the art of power, each strike carried an overwhelming force, as if capable of easily destroying the world. Despite the Tongbi Divine Ape's piercing lightning strikes, they were unable to penetrate the Tuxing Divine Ape's defenses. And despite the Tuxing Divine Ape's immense power, the Tongbi Divine Ape always foresaw its next move, deftly avoiding its attacks.
The two were fighting fiercely and it was difficult to tell who was the winner.
Suddenly, a figure descended rapidly from the sky, landing steadily beside the two men. As the light gradually faded, a resolute and determined face emerged. It was Shi Yi. His gaze, blazing like a burning flame, fixed his gaze on the intense battle on the chessboard, a blazing fighting spirit in his eyes.
Without hesitation, Shi Yi decisively bit his fingertip, dripping a drop of slightly golden blood onto the chessboard. The drop of blood landed on the chessboard and instantly transformed into a Cangshui Monkey with a huge mouth and sharp fangs. Its appearance was fierce and fierce, its body covered in white hair, and a layer of transparent water swirled around it. In its hand, it grasped a weapon similar to a harpoon. As soon as the Cangshui Monkey appeared, it immediately pounced on the fighting Divine Ape, but it clearly sided with Su Rui.
Faced with a pincer attack from both sides, the Earthly Ape was immediately trapped and unable to cope. Before long, it was badly beaten and repeatedly defeated. Finally, the Earthly Ape raised its hands in defeat, saying, "I surrender! I won't fight anymore! You two are really bullying me! You're actually teaming up against me! You're simply cheating!"
Upon hearing this, Su Rui and Shi Yi exchanged a glance and couldn't help but laugh. They simultaneously summoned their magical powers, retrieving the divine ape from the chessboard. Su Rui then smiled and replied, "We are brothers, as close as brothers. So, it's only natural that we unite and fight the enemy together! Isn't that perfectly natural?"
After saying that, he patted the Earthly Ape's shoulder gently and said soothingly, "Alright, forget it this time. I'll have a good sparring match with you next time."
The Earthly Divine Ape snorted helplessly, without making any comment.
The middle-aged man with a face somewhat similar to the giant monkey was the "Great Sage" who had saved Su Rui from Qiao San in Tongqu County. This "Great Sage" and the Black Mountain God were also friends for many years, so "Sister Sun" came to him for refuge.
Since Su Rui left Shenjing, he returned to Qingcheng Sect and secluded himself for a full ten years in order to make full preparations to retake Black Mountain.
Now, he had come to meet with the Great Sage of Flowing Clouds to once again explore the details of the mysterious force that had been eyeing the Black Mountain Divine Seal. After some inquiries, he learned that this mysterious force was an underground organization called the "Shengtian Alliance," consisting of several demon kings from the Hundred Thousand Mountains and two tribulation-crossing masters from the human race.
To put it bluntly, these people had finally reached the Tribulation Crossing Stage, but because they were afraid of death, they dared not cross the Heavenly Tribulation. Instead, they searched everywhere for materials to cross the Tribulation Crossing. They were simply a fearful alliance. Su Rui naturally looked down on such an alliance. This kind of behavior of bullying the weak and fearing the strong was truly despicable.
Although Su Rui despised them strategically, he took them very seriously tactically. After all, this was an underground force comprised of tribulation-crossing masters from both the human and demon races. If they escaped without adequate preparation, locating them would be difficult. Therefore, he had dedicated a decade to planning and completely eradicating this threat.
To achieve this, one must possess sufficient strength and means. To this end, Su Rui deliberately suppressed the arrival of his final celestial tribulation. With the help of Xiaotu, he repeatedly journeyed through the ruins of the Heavenly Palace, delving into the underground world of Emperor Gou Chen's Heavenly Emperor Palace, collecting a large number of precious star stones. He then used these star stones to refine a complete set of 365 celestial star flags.
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