The good news: The Taiyi Wind and Fire had given way.

The bad news: Five-Colored Thunderclouds had taken its place.

Swept up by the Taiyi Wind and Fire, the ordinary Mages and Fierce Ghosts of the Golden Wind Sect couldn’t have withstood a single exchange if not for the all-out resistance of the lamp’s Fierce Ghosts.

The Golden Wind Divine King activated the Lamp in his hand, and over a thousand Fierce Ghosts formed an array, yet they only managed to reach a stalemate with the Taiyi Wind and Fire. This left the Golden Wind Divine King aghast.

He could see that Taoist Yan Song’s Cultivation was not as high as his own. However, the Taiyi Wind and Fire was profoundly mysterious, its essence embodying Pure Yang. If not for the sliver of Divinity carried by each of his lamp’s ghosts, he feared they would have been completely suppressed by the flames.

’What kind of Dharma Gate does he cultivate? Even the Spirit Court and the Xuanwei Divine Sect of Jiangbei couldn’t produce such pure Dao Practice Magical Power!’

Consort Yun activated the Golden Wind Divine Banner, shooting out streams of golden light. They carried a powerful Spiritual Power, imbued with various emotions intended to stir the target’s deepest emotions and desires.

"Heaven and Earth Profound Sect, Root of Ten Thousand Qi. Vast Cultivation for Billions of Years, Prove My Divine Techniques. Within and Without the Three Realms, Only the Dao is Supreme. Body with Golden Light, Covering My Body."

Several Daoists chanted in unison, and a golden light immediately covered each of them.

All the golden light that struck them was blocked by the golden light on the surface of their bodies, rendering it completely useless.

The Golden Wind Divine King was speechless.

Both sides of the battle were wreathed in golden light, making it look like a civil war within the Golden Wind Divine Sect.

But a closer look revealed that the golden light of the Golden Wind Sect members was more dazzling, yet mixed with various impurities like Yin Qi and Ghost Qi, and it lacked stamina. In contrast, the golden light of Gu Zhao’s group was gentle and peaceful, exceptionally pure, and seemingly endless.

"Who are you people?" the Golden Wind Divine King demanded, shocked and enraged.

Taoist Yi Hong didn’t bother to reply. Instead, his figure flickered and appeared before the Golden Wind Divine King, his long saber sweeping horizontally for the neck.

The Golden Wind Divine King’s eyes blazed with fury. He raised the Lamp to hover above his head, and with a flip of his hands, two longswords appeared. He used one to block the Yanyue Saber and thrust the other at Taoist Yi Hong’s ribs.

CLANG!

With a slash and a twist, Taoist Yi Hong parried both of the opponent’s swords, the upper and the lower. Then, his body flowing with the saber’s momentum, he swung it in a diagonal arc and chopped down again.

Taoist Ming Yu glanced at the eighteen Golden Wind Guardians, whose strength was greatly enhanced by the golden light, and gave a cold smile. With a wave of his hand, he scattered twelve red paper figures, which instantly transformed into twelve Celestial Warriors.

Taoist Jing Feng didn’t hold back either. He sent out seven or eight tendrils of Yin Qi Telekinesis, encircling the remaining Golden Wind Guardians and enveloping them in the Mingling Prison Illusion Realm.

Yunyang weaved through the crowd with his longsword. The Dharma Aspects of Lü Dongbin, Han Xiangzi, Zhang Guolao, and Cao Guojiu flickered in and out of existence as he cut down the Golden Wind Sect followers, destroying both body and soul.

SWISH SWISH SWISH—

Three Golden Wind Divine Maidens suddenly appeared. They formed an array and began performing the Divine Maiden’s Heart-Bewitching Formation. Their dance was enchanting, their expressions alluring, their clothes half-undone. With fingers curved like hooks, threads of Telekinesis seeped toward Yunyang, attempting to bewitch his mind.

"Women?"

Yunyang chuckled. He gave his longsword a light twirl and canted his body slightly. He executed a move—Immortal Maiden Drunk and Reclining. The hazy, intoxicated Dharma Aspect of He Xiangu flashed for an instant. His sword swept past the waists of the three Golden Wind Divine Maidens, slicing them into six pieces and shattering their Ghost Bodies.

Gu Zhao covered his eyes with his hand. "That’s too painful to watch."

"If it’s too painful to watch, then don’t learn it!" Yunyang huffed, backhanding a Ghost that tried to ambush him. He then looked toward Consort Yun, who was standing beside the Golden Wind Divine King, his expression eager.

"I’ve already learned it," Gu Zhao chuckled. He didn’t make a move, instead using the Array Control Wooden Token to command the entire field. His goal was to prevent a single person from Golden Wind Hall from escaping.

Under the siege of the Celestial Warriors and the pall of Mingling Hell, the golden light of the eighteen Golden Wind Guardians was almost completely worn away. Taoist Jing Feng seized the opportunity to capture eight Ghosts with nearly a century of Dao Practice, suppressing them in Mingling Prison before recalling it to his Sea of Consciousness.

Taoist Jing Feng let out a strange laugh. "How can the Fengdu Ghost Prison not have Ghost Generals? And just like that, the eight generals of Mingling Prison have arrived."

Taoist Ming Yu laughed heartily. While controlling the twelve Celestial Warriors to hold the remaining Golden Wind Guardians at a stalemate, he began Stepping on the Stars and Treading the Dipper, chanting the Purifying Heaven and Earth Divine Curse.

"Heaven and earth are natural, let impure Qi disperse. Within the grotto is profound mystery, illuminating the Grand Origin. The mighty gods of the eight directions, let me be one with nature. By the Spiritual Treasure’s decree, it is proclaimed to the Nine Heavens..."

The Golden Light Divine Curse enhanced the Purifying Heaven and Earth Divine Curse. The resonating sound of the chant made the surrounding golden light tremble. Wisps of the curse’s power seeped in, causing the one thousand three hundred and twenty vengeful souls and Fierce Ghosts to scream in agony. Their eyes grew clearer, but the sound of their wailing and shrieking grew weaker and weaker.

The expression of the Golden Wind Divine King, who was currently fighting Taoist Yi Hong, suddenly changed. He then saw the Taiyi Wind and Fire abruptly flare up, suppressing the golden light emanating from his Lamp.

Taoist Ming Yu and Taoist Yan Song had joined forces to suppress the grand Lamp array unleashed by the Golden Wind Divine King.

Seeing the array’s effect weakening and the Golden Wind Divine King tied down by Taoist Yi Hong, Consort Yun’s gaze sharpened. She looked toward Gu Zhao, who clearly held the highest status, then turned her Golden Banner and concentrated her fire on him, shooting out streams of golden light.

Gu Zhao nonchalantly waved the folding fan in his hand. Just as the golden light was about to hit him, his figure suddenly vanished, only to reappear twenty feet away.

"What the fuck?" Yunyang couldn’t help but curse. "Instantaneous movement? Shrinking Inches?"

Gu Zhao raised his eyebrows, smiling smugly. "Impressive, right?"

After continuous, uninterrupted practice, coupled with his ever-increasing Cultivation and a few minor modifications, he had finally mastered the life-saving magic of Moonlight Evasion. This was his first step in combining the magic of this world with Taoist Skills.

Shrinking Inches was already considered a Taoist Divine Technique.

’I have to say, this move is really sharp. Could Bai Ke really have the bloodline of a Celestial Fox?’

"Don’t attack him!" the Golden Wind Divine King roared. "Break the array!"

The Golden Wind Divine King realized he had still underestimated Daluo Palace.

In his view, his grand Lamp array was unparalleled in power. With over a thousand vengeful souls and Fierce Ghosts enhanced by his divine golden light, even if the five old freaks from Three Extremes Mountain, Stone King Cave, and Bian Palace came together, they would still meet a bitter end.

But not only did Daluo Palace have two masters with astonishing Dao Practice, the Dharma Gates they cultivated were also extraordinary. Their Magical True Qi was suffused with True Yang, as if it were the natural bane of all yin, evil, and foul qi.

Not only could he not defeat them, but he was in danger of the tables being turned on him.

’In that case, it’s best to retreat for now. Their magical power’s attribute seems to be the natural enemy of yin and evil qi. I’ll make a trip to Stone King Cave and Three Extremes Mountain, ask those three Demons and the Corpse King for help, and then come back to fight.’

A glint appeared in Consort Yun’s eyes. She obediently turned the Divine Banner, transforming it into a Light Banner that shot toward the Dragon-locking Light Curtain.

But before the Light Banner was even halfway there, a Five-Colored Thunderbolt descended from the sky. Celestial Thunder, Divine Thunder, Dragon Thunder, Water Thunder, and Community Thunder weakened the golden light by seventy percent, rendering it unable to threaten the Dragon-locking Light Curtain.

And in the time it took for Consort Yun to attempt to break the array, Gu Zhao, Yunyang, Taoist Ming Yu, and Taoist Jing Feng had already coordinated to wipe out all the combat-capable Mages, Ghosts, and the eighteen Guardians within the Golden Wind Sect.

Streams of Evil Qi poured into their Thunder Seeds and Five Thunders Orders, making the group feel stronger the more they fought. Their gazes, fixed on the Golden Wind Divine King, grew brighter and brighter.