A fairy banquet was held on Youdu Fairy Island today. All the attendees were the fairy officials and demon officials in Youdu City. The hall was full of guests, and fairy birds were flying above the palace, scattering layers of fire feather illusions. Great demons were seated in fairy official robes, and maids were walking around in palace skirts, holding jade tripods and silver pots.
Among them, there is a mirage monster carrying a large shell on its back, which spits out a mirage illusion, which transforms into various illusions in the mountains and seas, including snow-capped mountains and lakes, city walls and pavilions, the joys and sorrows of human beings in the mountains and seas, and the exotic customs of Nanzhou.
During the fairy banquet, the Lord of Youdu was in high spirits and promised the monsters that after the banquet, he would open the gate of Xianque Mountain. He also granted the official of Dongchengfang, an old horse monster who presented rare treasures to the Lord of Youdu at the banquet, a chance to enter the Heavenly Monster Pool.
The monsters were discussing the matter. They knew that Xianque Mountain was the fairy mountain in the back garden of the forbidden palace of the Lord of Youdu, but no one knew what this Tianyao Pool was.
At the Fairy Palace banquet, amid the ringing of bells and the sound of drums, the entire palace was filled with a drunken atmosphere. Thousands of monsters gathered together, some looked like humans but had tails, some had demon heads on their heads, but they drank happily and were courteous to each other.
This bizarre, strange and dreamy banquet makes people feel like they are in a foreign place.
A charming woman with black feathers on her cheeks asked, "Prime Minister? Do you know what the Heavenly Demon Pool is?"
Upon hearing this question, the surrounding demon generals and officials immediately gathered around and pricked up their ears.
Prime Minister Maoyou drank two pots of immortal wine. He was drunk and said tremblingly, "I just heard the king mention this recently. The Heavenly Demon Pool is an immortal pool on Xianque Mountain. Bathing in the immortal pool can wash away all the blood impurities and obtain the ancient heavenly demon inheritance. With a mortal body, you can truly transform into an ancient great demon, instead of borrowing the power of the demon god."
As soon as these words were spoken, all the monsters in the Nether City were shocked. It was like the sound of thunder pouring into their ears.
Prime Minister Youdu was sitting at the banquet. Several immortal officials from the You Palace on his left and right were staring at his mouth, holding their breath, for fear of missing any word he said. The old prime minister burped: "More importantly, can... can..."
The demons quickly asked: "What can we do?"
At this point, the Prime Minister blurted out everything in one breath: "Being able to extend one's life to a thousand years can be called immortality!"
"Hehe! I asked the king a few days ago and got a chance to enter the Heavenly Demon Pool."
"Your Majesty, your life is as long as the heavens. Even if I live for thousands of lifetimes, I will never be able to repay your kindness!"
Although his words were full of drunkenness, he could not hide his smugness and uncontrollable joy. No wonder he got drunk at the banquet.
With a loud bang, the people below completely lost the mood to drink and have fun, or watch the actors perform. Everyone's mind was completely immersed in what the prime minister had just said, as well as what the Lord of Nether City had said, that he would open the Heavenly Demon Pool as a reward.
Everyone looked at the prime minister and the demon official who had been granted the great gift of entering the Heavenly Demon Pool with envy and jealousy. The heat in their eyes was more than jealousy. If they could kill these two demons, they could get a chance to enter the Heavenly Demon Pool. I'm afraid they would not hesitate at all.
The demon official who presented the rare treasures from the mountains and seas was so excited that he could not control himself. He did not care much at first, but now he realized what kind of opportunity he had obtained. This was simply a great blessing from heaven and an invaluable gift.
For hundreds of years, no one knew what path to take after the third level.
A lifespan of two hundred years is like a natural barrier that weighs on the heads of all demons, fairies, and monsters. Until now, no one has been able to break through this barrier, and no one knows how to obtain the fourth-level inheritance.
The Lord of Youdu, an immortal who survived from ancient times, must know how to break through this huge mountain that weighs heavily on all practitioners and demons. However, this ancient immortal would return to heaven at any time and had not returned for dozens or hundreds of years. Even when she was in Youdu, no one dared to mention her power that overwhelmed all demons in front of her. They could only hint at it, hoping to receive a reward from the Lord of Youdu one day.
He hoped to obtain some words of advice and inheritance on how to break through to the fourth level from the oracle of the Lord of Nether City.
And today, they finally got their wait.
Everyone immediately looked towards the Xianque Mountain behind the numerous palaces and buildings, their eyes filled with fanaticism and madness, although this was the first time that Xianque Mountain was opened, and there was only one person.
But as long as two people obtain this gift, there will naturally be a third and a fourth person, which gives them endless hope.
The banquet was over, but the wine was gone, and the mood was still there. Everyone followed the Lord of Nether City's ceremonial carriage, like a group of immortals guarding the emperor, and flew towards Xianque Mountain in a mighty procession.
The demons and immortal officials, wearing wide-sleeved robes, followed the huge group of palace maids and went up to the immortal palace together. Even the little demons rode on the wind and soared.
Monsters on the mountain walk on the stone steps to admire the flowers, spiritual beasts walk all over the mountain, fairy birds sing, and gurgling water flows through the forest garden. Every flower, tree, and veterinary stone here are extraordinary, and the whole mountain is full of magical medicines and fairy herbs.
Then, halfway up the mountain, they saw the Tianyao Pond, which was like a mirror, emitting the spiritual charm of the Tao and endless vitality. The water in the pond was rippling, and the immortal charm and spiritual energy it exuded was so strong that one sniff made people feel that some magical changes were taking place in their souls.
A demon general looked at the fairy pond emitting waves of spiritual light and blurted out in shock: "Is this the Heavenly Demon Pond?"
"No wonder no one has broken through the fourth level and truly transformed into the body of the ancient celestial demon. It turns out that such a fairy pond is needed to shed our mortal bodies."
"Only a fairy pond like this can allow people to achieve immortality, and only my Lord can own such a fairy pond."
Many immortal officials and demon officials shed tears of excitement: "Our master is as old as the sky, and he is an ancient immortal who has blessed all demons. We are truly blessed after thousands of lifetimes to be able to practice under our master."
Witnessed by all the monsters, the demon horse monster was thrown into the pool. Immediately, a thousand-foot-long silver light burst out from the bottom of the pool and enveloped it. Its original half-monster, half-human body was constantly undergoing drastic changes as its blood and soul merged.
The will of the soul and the will left by the demon god in the blood collided with each other, and it was like a life-and-death struggle.
The horse demon let out a painful wail inside the fairy pond, and little by little it separated from its human form and transformed into an inky black horse.
The blood and spiritual energy continued to converge, and inspiration surged. Two large lumps appeared on its back, and then a pair of wings grew out from its back. A human head replaced the horse head, and the long black mane danced with the water. Its body was covered with divine patterns, like those of a tiger or leopard, but full of charm and power.
It broke free and flew up to the sky, its hooves stepping on the wind and clouds, its wings spread like a flash of lightning, crossing tens of millions of meters in the blink of an eye. It cheered and ran around the fairy palace, its speed was faster than the perception of divine consciousness, it was unbelievable.
It roared under the huge silver moon, and wind, rain, thunder and lightning gathered in the sky. On the entire Xianque Mountain, wind, rain, snow and frost alternated, and the power covered nearly two hundred meters, forming a dark cloud in the sky. This was a rare phenomenon in Youdu.
Someone present immediately recognized the image of this celestial demon: "He has a human head and a horse body, wings on his back, and tiger stripes on his body. This is Ying Zhao, it's Ying Zhao!"
As a demon clan, not to mention that Youdu is a place where all demons gather, the demon people of Youdu know the inheritance and bloodline of some celestial demons better than anyone else: "It's Yingzhao! This is the ancient celestial demon Yingzhao, the celestial demon bloodline, the inheritance of the divine beast!"
Na Yingzhao ran to the ground, spread her wings, and prostrated herself in front of the Lord of the Netherworld, who was guarded by female immortal officials in the center.
The Lord of Nether City said nonchalantly: "From now on, you will be responsible for guarding Xianque Mountain and the Heavenly Demon Pool!"
Ying Zhao was inexplicably excited: "I wish to guard Xianque Mountain for my master for generations to come, forever and ever!"
"Without the master's order, no one can set foot here!"
Fang Xiu stood in front of the Ten Thousand Monsters, beside the Lord of Nether City, watching this scene, and nodded: "I didn't expect it to be successful on the first try. This Yingzhao seems to have some luck."
Within a few months, seven more people in Youdu asked the Lord of Youdu to open the Heavenly Demon Pool, but four of them died directly due to the breakthrough and blood conflict, one had his original will wiped out by the will of the demon bloodline, and was transformed into a monster and killed by Ying Zhao, and the other failed to break through, but did not die, leaving behind a horrible and deformed demon body to survive.
Among the seven people, only one succeeded. This made everyone realize how dangerous and difficult it is to break through the fourth level from the third level.
The Lord of Youdu stayed on the fairy island for several months, and then left the fairy island on a fairy carriage and returned to heaven.
Fang Xiu untied the dragon horse tied at the foot of Xianque Mountain, mounted it, and galloped all the way through the prosperous city of Youdu. The purple phoenix flowers on the streets fell and sprinkled on the monsters and carriages walking in the city.
The entire Youdu Fairy Island is like a paradise for the monsters.
After Fang Xiu circled the entire Youdu Fairy Island twice and took in the bizarre and prosperous capital, he untied the reins tied to the dragon horse and led it to the dock.
"Go and rest! Go and rest! Go to the Mountain and Sea Realm and see if you have the opportunity and blessing!"
"If there is, we can meet again next time!"
Fang Xiu lifted the horse's spine, and the dragon horse leaped into the air. Its body suddenly stretched out and turned into a magical dragon. It circled in the sky and circled towards Fang Xiu, as if bowing. After a long time, its figure gradually went away along with the big ship that set sail, disappearing into the black curtain and heading towards the distant mountain and sea realm together.
Fang Xiu turned back and finally opened the Three Realms Abyss, jumped into it, and returned to the world.