It was an endless starry sky, and a flying boat shining with golden light was floating in the sky. Han Zhangxiang, Han Debiao, Liang Youshan, Han Yuanfeng, Han Benfu, and Han Changbing were standing on the flying boat with different expressions.
They made an appointment with the Tianbing Palace to break the ban together.
"They won't break the ban on their own and leave us aside."
Han Yuanfeng said with a frown.
"It shouldn't happen. We have set up a ban near the restriction. It takes joint efforts to open it. Even if they break the ban privately, I will find out."
Han Zhangxiang said.
His eyes lit up with a dazzling golden light, and he looked into the distance and said, "They are coming."
Not long after, a red light came flying from a distance at an extremely fast speed.
After a flash, the red light stopped, revealing a flying boat with flashing red light. Four men and one woman were standing on it, led by Chen Yan.
"Friend Han, you guys came so quickly!"
Chen Yan greeted with a smile.
"Now that everyone is here, let's go! I hope we don't make any mistakes this time."
Han Zhangxiang said.
Chen Yan had no objection and agreed.
The golden flying boat and the red flying boat flew towards the distance, chatting as they traveled.
"Fellow Daoist Chen, I heard that a Buddhist cultivator in the Fusion Stage passed through the Chiyang Star Region?"
Han Zhangxiang asked curiously.
"You are talking about Zen Master Yunkong, right? He has great magical powers and is said to have a magic treasure that can reach the sky. I don't know if it's true or not."
Chen Yan said.
"The Tongtian Magic Treasure? After the destruction of the demon race, the Tongtian Magic Treasure must have become extinct!"
Han Debiao asked doubtfully.
"It can't be said to be extinct. Some forces still exist, such as cultivators who practice magic techniques. However, the Tongtian magic treasure is indeed rare. The main reason is that the materials are difficult to find, and it is difficult to repair it if it is damaged."
Chen Yan said that it was very difficult for human weapon refiners to repair the Tongtian Magic Treasure. In addition, the materials were hard to find, so the Tongtian Magic Treasure was becoming increasingly rare.
"I heard that there are demons appearing? Could it be that the demons have revived?"
Liang Youshan said curiously.
"The demon race is a race after all, so it's normal for them to have some remnants. To say they're coming back from the ashes is nonsense. In terms of reproduction ability, which race can compare to our human race? If the demon race has some remnants, then I believe it's impossible for them to come back from the ashes, unless there are multiple great demons."
Chen Yan said.
"That's right. In the past, the demon clan had many Mahayana cultivators, but they were all wiped out. If they want to revive, the demon clan will have to have a genius like the Immortal Venerable of Creation."
A plump young woman in a white dress spoke up.
Liu Yue, early stage of fusion.
"Madam Liu, you are joking. It is not easy for the demon clan to have a Mahayana demon, let alone a great power like the Immortal Venerable of Creation."
Han Yuanfeng said with a smile.
It is very difficult for a force to rise again after its decline. The Han family declined. After years of development, under the leadership of Han Zhangxiang, Han Changming, Han Debiao and other senior leaders, the Han family has reached its current state. It does not have any mortal enemies.
The human race and the demon race are mortal enemies, and there is no room for easing. The human race will certainly not sit idly by and watch the demon race rise again. The demon cultivators need demonic energy to practice, and there are not many places with abundant demonic energy.
"That's right. Once the demons are discovered, we humans will never let them go."
Chen Yan strongly agreed.
Three days later, they arrived at their destination and appeared in an endless starry sky.
Han Zhangxiang and Chen Yan looked at each other, and each of them offered up a golden flag and cast a spell. The golden flag suddenly lit up and disappeared into the void.
Ripples appeared in the void, and the environment before them changed. They could see a huge nebula, but their target was not the nebula, but the void somewhere in the distance.
Chen Yan took out a small mirror that was shining with golden light, injected magic power into it, and with a flash of golden light, the golden small mirror sprayed out a golden glow and hit the void somewhere.
There were ripples in the void, and a faint gate of light could be seen.
“This is it.”
Chen Yan said.
"Work together to break the ban, don't hold back."
As Han Zhangxiang spoke, he took out the Red Dragon Sword and slashed with it.
There was a sharp sound of a sword, and then a red sword light swept out and slashed towards the void where the light gate was.
Wherever the sword light passed, the void was torn apart, and a terrifying crack appeared.
Han Debiao and others took action one after another, attacking the void where the light gate was.
A huge explosion sounded, colorful spiritual light lit up in the starry sky, smoke and dust rolled, and ripples appeared in the void.
Chen Yan shook his sleeves, and nine small mirrors with flashing red light flew out and floated above his head. He pinched his fingers and the nine small red mirrors suddenly lit up, each spurting out a thick red flame, which condensed together and turned into a red pillar of fire that reached the sky, striking the void where the light gate was.
The eleven combined monks joined forces to break the ban with an astonishing momentum.
In less than half a minute, the void was torn apart, revealing a hole several feet in size, which showed signs of healing.
Chen Yan showed a look of joy, raised his right hand, and a golden ring flew out of his hand and flew into the hole, instantly expanding and preventing the hole from healing.
"Chief, let's go in and investigate. You stay outside to provide support!"
Han Debiao suggested.
"Benfu and Yuanfeng stay outside to provide support, and we will go in to investigate."
Han Zhangxiang said that he had already cultivated the Golden Eyed True Child to perfection, which would come in handy.
"Brother Chen, Sister Liu, Brother Sun and I will stay outside, you guys go in and investigate!"
A tall man in a gold shirt suggested.
Chen Yan and Liu Yue agreed, leaving two fellow disciples outside to provide support, while the three of them and Han Zhangxiang and the other four flew into the cave.
After passing through the hole, they appeared in an unknown space. The spiritual energy here was abundant, but they did not find any high-level spiritual medicines or monsters, which was strange.
"A secret realm? It doesn't look like that! The spiritual energy is so abundant, but I haven't seen any old spiritual medicines or high-level monsters!"
Chen Yan's face was full of confusion.
Han Zhangxiang frowned, activated the Golden Eyed True Child, his eyes flashed with golden light, and looked into the distance.
"It's strange, there isn't a single demon beast, this shouldn't be the case!"
Han Zhangxiang asked in confusion.
"Oh, no, there's a monster."
Han Zhangxiang said with a frown.
"Where is it? Why didn't I find it?"
Chen Yan asked in confusion. His spiritual sense was fully opened, but he didn't find any evil insects.
Han Zhangxiang flew forward, and Chen Yan and others hurriedly followed.
Not long after, they stopped over a small valley surrounded by mountains on three sides. The valley was overgrown with weeds and there was nothing unusual.
Han Changming looked towards a mountain on his left with a frown.
Liang Youshan shook his right hand, and a sharp white sword light swept out and slashed towards the mountain.
With a loud rumbling sound, the mountain split into two, smoke and dust rolled, and a large number of black ants flew out, their wings were golden.
There were hundreds of thousands of black ants, heading straight towards them.
Chen Yan frowned, took out a red gourd, and chanted a spell. The red gourd spewed out a red flame and went straight towards the black ants.
There was a loud bang, and billowing flames engulfed the black ants.
There was a sound of breaking through the air, and a pitch-black spear flew out from the flames and headed straight towards them.
Han Changbing lightly pointed his right index finger at the air, and a beam of white light shot out to meet it.
The white light collided with the black spear, and the white spear shook and instantly froze, turning into a white ice spear. However, soon the ice layer melted away, and a black flame emerged out of thin air, emitting a terrifyingly high temperature.
A white sword light swept over and hit the black spear, making a muffled sound.
Liu Yue frowned, took out a small mirror that was shining with green light, and injected magic power into it.
The surface of the small green mirror suddenly lit up, and countless mysterious green electric arcs surged out. A thick green lightning bolt shot out and hit the black spear. A large number of black ants fell down, with black smoke coming out of their bodies.
Chen Yan raised his right hand, and a small tower with green light flashing flew out. It instantly grew larger, emitting a stream of green light, covering the black spear and taking it in.
As he activated his magic formula, countless blue arcs of electricity surged out of the small blue tower, emitting a terrifying spiritual pressure with an astonishing momentum, and thunder and lightning flashed in the sky.
"What kind of spiritual insect is this? How come I have never seen it before? It is invulnerable to water and fire, swords and guns."
Han Changbing asked in confusion.
She was very interested in repelling insects and warding off beasts, and had read many books on the subject, but she could not recognize the origin of the black ants.
Liu Yue waved her hand and two black ants flew towards her. Their bodies were charred and they were completely lifeless.
"Golden-winged demon ant!"
Liu Yue frowned. The golden-winged demon ants are a type of demon insect unique to the demon clan. They are more resistant than ordinary spirit insects. It is difficult to seriously injure them with ordinary attacks. Thunder magic is their nemesis.
"Golden-winged demon ant? Is this a demon insect?"
Han Changbing asked doubtfully.
"Why are there golden-winged demon ants here? The spiritual energy is so abundant, this shouldn't be the case!"
Chen Yan's face was full of disbelief.
“Maybe there is something else going on here!”
Han Zhangxiang's eyes shone with dazzling golden light as he looked into the distance.
Along the way, they found a lot of golden-winged magic ants. Fortunately, their levels were not high, with the highest being no more than level six. They also found some skeletons of monsters with signs of being bitten.
"It seems that all the monsters and spiritual medicines here were eaten by the golden-winged demon ants. Where did these golden-winged demon ants come from?"
Liu Yue's face was full of confusion.
"This place seems to be used to seal something, maybe it's a demon?"
Han Zhangxiang said with a serious expression.
"How do you know? We didn't find any altars or buildings!"
Chen Yan's spiritual sense was wide open, but he didn't find anything special.
Liu Yue held a pale golden round bead in one hand and injected magic power into it, and the golden round bead emitted a dazzling golden light.
"The altar may be out front, and I don't know if we will release something terrible."
Han Zhangxiang pointed to the distance and said that with the help of the Golden Eyes True Child, he could clearly see that there was a restriction in the distance, which was looming. If he had not cultivated the Golden Eyes True Child to perfection, he would not have been able to discover it.
They flew forward, and after half a quarter of an hour, they stopped.
Ahead was a stretch of rolling green mountains that looked nothing special.
Chen Yan's spiritual awareness was wide open, and he found nothing unusual.
"There are forbidden fluctuations there."
Han Zhangxiang pointed somewhere and said.
Chen Yan activated the Dharma Image, and a huge human-shaped phantom appeared in the void above his head, with red light flowing all over the body, like a real entity.
Chen Yan pinched his fingers and the human-shaped shadow's right hand slapped the void. Countless red flames appeared out of thin air, condensed together, and turned into a red fire palm, which slapped towards the distant void with terrifying high temperature.
Wherever the red fire palm passed, the ground spontaneously combusted, flames shot up into the sky, and the void was torn apart.
The red fire palm hit a high peak, there was a loud bang, the peak exploded, and smoke and dust billowed.
Han Debiao and others took action and attacked the place where Han Zhangxiang mentioned.
After a loud rumbling sound, the scene in front of him became blurry. The green mountains disappeared, and were replaced by a huge golden light curtain. Runes flashed on the surface of the golden light curtain, and inside were 108 thick golden stone pillars, engraved with a large number of mysterious runes.
Each golden stone pillar is wrapped with a golden chain, locking a huge black skeleton. Runes flash on the surface of the skeleton, which is locked by 108 golden chains.
"What is this? A monster skeleton?"
Chen Yan asked doubtfully,
"It can't be a demon corpse!"
Han Debiao said with a frown.
There are demonic insects here, and a corpse is locked up with a ban? It's really weird.
"I have read some records about demons in the classics. It is said that the demons have strong bodies. Some high-level demons are immortal and difficult to kill. Ancient monks would imprison them and seal them in places with abundant spiritual energy, using time to wear down the high-level demons."
Liu Yue said.
"Immortal? At most, he is hard to kill. How can there be an unkillable demon? Maybe I didn't have the ability at that time? Or maybe this person's identity is important, or he holds some secrets, so he was sealed up and slowly investigated?"
Han Zhangxiang guessed.
Soul-searching techniques are not 100% effective. Some cultivators have special cultivation techniques, and forcibly searching their souls will only lead to the destruction of their spirits. Some cultivators possess important information, so forcible soul-searching is useless, so they have to be captured and tortured, or interrogated with the use of treasures or special formations.
"That's possible, but how did the golden-winged demon ants appear? Did they come from somewhere else? Or from this corpse? How about opening the restriction and investigating?"
Liu Yue suggested.
"The restriction has been loosened. The golden-winged demon ants escaped from the restriction. We should set up a new formation to cover this place. It is better not to break the restriction. There is no benefit. If something terrible is released, such as the residual soul of a powerful demon, it will be troublesome."
Han Zhangxiang said.
Chen Yan agreed deeply. He took out a set of formations and arranged them based on the original formation to form a larger isolation zone.
They patrolled here and found a lot of golden-winged demon ants, and killed them all.
Half a day later, they flew out.
"Patriarch, what did you gain?"
Han Benfu asked curiously.
"This is not the Five Spirits Star, but an ancient seal. It might be the devil corpse. Let's strengthen the formation! Don't tell anyone."
Han Zhangxiang said.
They took out the formation flags and formation plates, set up a more powerful formation in the starry sky, sealed the loose entrance, and left.
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Tianyue Star, a vast green grassland with potholes on the ground, and several corpses can be seen.
The golden light and the black light collided in the sky, the air waves rolled, and some Sanskrit sounds could be faintly heard.
A fat white monk in a golden robe stood high in the sky. His right arm was missing and his face was pale. There was a huge human-shaped shadow above his head, with golden light flashing constantly.
Mu Xiao was standing opposite, with a three-headed, six-armed humanoid shadow above her head, and demonic energy surging.
"The remnants of the demon clan!"
The golden-robed monk spoke, his voice weak.
"You stinky monk, you actually dared to set a trap against me, do you really think I'm made of mud? I'll send you on your way."
Mu Xiao's face turned cold, and as she made a hand gesture, a humanoid figure opened its mouth and spewed out a stream of black flame, heading straight for the opposite side.
The golden-robed monk made a hand gesture and a golden flame spurted out of his Dharma image to meet the attack.
The golden flame collided with the black flame, causing a powerful gust of air to erupt. The black flame quickly dissipated as if it had met its nemesis.
Three giant black fists came towards him, hitting the golden-robed monk's image one after another.
With a loud rumbling sound, the golden-robed monk's image was shattered into pieces and he spat out a large mouthful of blood.
A giant black fist fell from the sky and smashed the golden-robed monk's head to pieces. As soon as a mini Nascent Soul left the body, it was caught by Mu Xiao, who attached a talisman with glowing black light to it and put it into a jade box.
"If you bring it to my door, don't blame me for being rude."
Mu Xiao sneered, she searched the corpse for valuables, burned the body, and left.