Slaying Demons: Starting with Upgrading my Calligraphy-Chapter 679 - 567: Primordial Child

The demons turned to ashes, the ghost fiends vanished. 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

As the enchanting crimson flame gradually faded away.

The ghost fiends that loomed were also reduced to nothingness.

Only the Daoist in wide-sleeved robes stood between heaven and earth, sweeping away the last trace of evil.

"We've won..."

Witnessing the vanishing phantom of the ghost fiends, the Yun Generation Elders also saw Qi Xiu standing indifferently.

"It appears the power of the Vice Sect Leader has already reached an unimaginable level for us."

Taoist Yun Yang stroked his long beard lightly, a hint of a comforting smile in his eyes.

Previously, when he took Qi Xiu to the Hell Forest to retrieve the Dual Heart Realm, Qi Xiu was but a small cultivator in the Blood-Stained Realm.

No one expected that in just a hundred years, the former young Daoist had already become a top True Monarch capable of shouldering heavy responsibilities.

Even in the absence of the Sect Master, he managed to turn the tide and stabilize the Shenxiao Sect's situation.

"Indeed, this child is truly extraordinary."

Equally astonished was Daoist Yun Xiong, although he always knew his young disciple's progress in cultivation was terrifying, as every meeting brought earth-shattering changes.

He just didn't anticipate that in merely a hundred years, Qi Xiu's cultivation would surpass his own.

"Master Uncles and Master Brothers, though the hell demons have been subdued, the turmoil within the Hell Forest has not yet subsided.

You must quickly return to your respective Spirit Peaks and maintain the Sect Protection Array."

With one hand extinguishing Su Buqing's last remnant soul, Qi Xiu turned to the group of Yun Generation Elders below and advised them.

The seventy-two True Lords of Hell have all been obliterated.

But the constantly escaping demonic energy and the increasingly chaotic energies within the Hell Forest clearly indicate that the resurrection of the Hell Path Divine Artifact hasn't been affected in the slightest by the deaths of the seventy-two True Lords of Hell.

After instructing the Yun Generation Elders to maintain the Sect Protection Array, Qi Xiu transformed into a domineering thunder light, directly rushing towards the Hell Forest as if it were about to erupt.

"Xiuer..."

Seeing Qi Xiu enter the Hell Forest alone, Daoist Yun Xiong tensed up, intending to follow.

But Taoist Yun Yang raised his hand to stop him.

"Yun Xiong, didn't you hear the Vice Sect Leader's command? Returning to Yunti Peak to uphold the Sect Protection Array is what we need to do now."

Upon hearing Taoist Yun Yang's words, Daoist Yun Xiong furrowed his brows with a worried gaze towards the distant Hell Forest:

"But Xiuer, he..."

"Trust the Vice Sect Leader. Since the Sect Master can entrust him with such a major task, the Acting Sect Leader also expressed full trust in him. Why don't you, his master, have faith in him?"

Taoist Yun Yang's words made Daoist Yun Xiong pause, then his expression softened, and he nodded.

"You're right, Senior Brother Yun Yang. Given Xiuer's current power, if there's a problem he can't handle, going there myself probably wouldn't help."

"It's good you understand. But you don't need to worry, you just witnessed the capabilities and talents of the Vice Sect Leader.

Fighting the seventy-two Hell Path True Monarchs alone, and winning decisively.

This power in the Dao Body Realm may be unmatched in the world.

Moreover, the Vice Sect Leader holds the Nine Heavens Shenxiao Imperial Thunder Command personally bestowed by the Sect Master. No mere resurrection of the Hell Path Divine Artifact can harm him."

With worries set aside, Daoist Yun Xiong stopped dwelling on it, and soon enough, the Yun Generation Elders transformed into divine light, returning to the Spirit Peaks they guarded.

Though the Sect Protection Array can autonomously draw strength from Spirit Peaks, with the Peak Master in position, it can fully exert its power.

Even if the Hell Path Divine Artifact fully resurrects, there's no fear of it causing any damage inside the mountain gates.

...

Thunder light surged, transforming into terrifying bolts crashing down from the sky, piercing through the strange demonic energy swirling above the Hell Stone Forest.

The blazing brilliant thunder light touched the ground, and the calm young Daoist emerged from it, his purple-intertwined eyes slowly surveying the long-abandoned Middle-Aged Demon Sect headquarters he visited a century ago.

"This demonic energy contains divine marvel power that erodes and corrupts the soul. Over time, it would turn those within into soul corpses, neither alive nor dead, with no hope of release."

Perceiving the forces within the demonic energy, Qi Xiu furrowed his brows slightly.

This type of demonic energy was recorded in the secret archives of the Shenxiao Sect, named: Soul Return Seven Fiends.

Those transformed into soul corpses by Soul Return Seven Fiends not only retain their powers from before but their souls are dissolved and converted into cultivation, greatly enhancing the soul corpse's power.

Once the soul corpse is defeated, it will explode instantly, causing even more intense Soul Return Seven Fiends pollution to the surroundings.

This demon fog is incredibly mysterious, and without the appropriate methods to dispel it, it can linger for a millennia.

If the Soul Return Seven Fiends here are allowed to spread, the entire Shenxiao Sect gate would become a dead zone.

Unless the Sect Protection Array is kept open forever, disciples below the Dao Body Realm can only stay within the array.

Slowly closing his eyes, a captivating blue silver light flickered continuously between Qi Xiu's brows.

In the next moment.

A corner-deficient Thunder Pond slowly opened in the void, with thunder liquid surging within, evoking domineering thunder light that dispersed across the four poles and eight directions.

Thunder Magic is the essence of celestial yang and rigidity.

It naturally subdues all evil demonic energies.

Summoning the Hua Sheng Thunder Pond, Qi Xiu's figure swayed slightly, and an external incarnation emerged.

"You stay here and guard this Hua Sheng Thunder Pond, refining these Soul Return Seven Fiends, and ensure they do not continue to spread." Qi Xiu instructed his external incarnation.

"Rest assured."

Leaving an external incarnation here to use the Hua Sheng Thunder Pond to refine the Soul Return Seven Fiends, Qi Xiu's true self continued to journey deeper into the Stone Forest.