Talisman within talisman, formation within formation!

Rune Arrays stacked upon Rune Arrays!

Talisman Scripts nestled within Talisman Scripts!

With one hand, Qi Xiu twirled the Golden Cry Jade Beads, his mouth chanting mystical verses while his other hand ceaselessly formed spell gestures. Dazzling finger seals and Dharma Seals were paired with obscure and complex chanting syllables. Endless streams of Cloud Seal Talismans surged from the Golden Cry Jade Beads, revolving around Qi Xiu and rustling with a divine and extraordinary presence.

Above the turbulent waves of the Heavenly River, Nie Biao spewed fierce, bloodthirsty energy from his mouth and nose. His roars thundered, a ferocious gleam surged in his eyes, and he fiercely battled the Five Thunder Demon-Subduing Grand Deity.

In the void above, nine ruby-red, crystalline gourds hovered high. Their mouths emitted an amethyst haze from which, occasionally, tyrannical Sword Light would slash down like bolts of silk. Forced to repeatedly retreat and dodge, Nie Biao was unable to evade in time. His flesh would tear and bones shatter, and he would also endure several heavy, commanding punches from the Five Thunder Demon-Subduing Grand Deity!

Simultaneously facing the joint attack of the Five Thunder Demon-Subduing Grand Deity, the waters of the Heavenly River, and the Great Sun Purple Dawn Sword Qi, all unified by the Suppressing Talisman, Nie Biao cursed viciously, yet fear began to surface in his pupils.

If it had been during his prime, this trifling setup could not have trapped him; he could have withstood the attacks, reached the young Daoist, severed his head, and drunk his hot blood. But now, his protective golden armor is destroyed, and all nine of his lives have perished. Moreover, the many cultivation methods and secret techniques he cultivated all require self-harm to activate. At this moment, if he used them, his body absolutely could not withstand it; it would be no different from suicide! I have no choice but to make a desperate move!

With a decisive look in his eyes, Nie Biao knew clearly that the young Daoist before him was like a walking treasury of Talisman Scripts. The number of Talisman Scripts in his hands was frighteningly immense. If I keep fighting like this, I'll eventually be consumed alive by him!

With this thought, Nie Biao took a deep breath. His chest swelled dramatically as streams of ominous, unclean blood light permeated his bones and flesh, and a thick, dense aura of necrotic death qi spread out. The air itself seemed to drip with blood!

Uh-oh! Not good! His pupils shrank as he detected Nie Biao's abnormality; a warning jolted through Qi Xiu's mind.

"Evil Eruption!"

Nie Biao's body instantly swelled and burst, transforming into a cloud of blood mist and flesh. At the same time, a terrifying, heaven-shaking black flame swept through like a cataclysm, consuming everything around it. The two Rune Arrays covering and suppressing him, along with the nine Sword Gourd Talismans, were instantly reduced to ash.

BOOM!

The delayed, mighty sound wave spread and exploded with deafening roars.

His expression slightly tense, Qi Xiu flicked his hand, throwing out ninety-nine Suppressing Talismans.

HUMMM—

The ninety-nine rising strands of protective golden light formed a towering, unyielding wall. Qi Xiu's Divine Soul retreated in a flash, heading straight toward his corporeal body.

BANG!

The brilliant golden light only hindered the black flames for the briefest moment before the destructive black fire, surging like a tide, pounced toward Qi Xiu.

Divine Soul returns to the aperture!

The eyes of Qi Xiu's physical body suddenly brightened as he abruptly stood up.

Divine Authority!

Without hesitation, he activated the Divine Marvel of the Innate Mixed Yuan Holy Body. Under the radiance that illuminated three thousand worlds, the raging black flames were stopped as if by a dam, unable to advance even an inch further.

But at that very moment, a piercing cold current violently surged forward, startling Qi Xiu, who was fully focused on resisting the black flame invasion. Suddenly, Nie Biao's hideously smiling face appeared before him.

Divine Soul True Spirit!?

Having self-detonated his physical body into black flames, Nie Biao took advantage of the moment Qi Xiu was resisting the black fire's assault to launch a stealth attack with his Divine Soul.

"Now you realize, but it's too late!" Nie Biao sneered, spitting out a skinning knife that exuded ominous, eerie energies and was covered with fresh, red rust. Wielding the sinister knife, Nie Biao abruptly transformed into a fine streak of light. He rammed straight into Qi Xiu's Ancestral Aperture at his glabella and, with a casual slash, actually cut an opening and barged in.

「The Ancestral Aperture.」

Above the boundless, dim expanse of the Forest Sea, Nie Biao's figure squeezed in with a maniacal laugh. "Hahaha! You damned little beast, you destroyed my physical body, so today I'll take over yours as compensation! Come, let me see where you, this little pest, are!"

Squinting, Nie Biao swiftly searched for Qi Xiu's presence amidst the seemingly endless, dark-green ocean of the Forest Sea. This little beast, although also at the Realm of True Spirit of the Soul, has merely reached the First Heavenly Layer of Blood Stain. Through some unknown means, he managed to cultivate a Divine Soul True Spirit, but it definitely hasn't been for long. I, on the other hand, have been a Divine Soul True Spirit for over one hundred and thirty years. Compared to me, he's a mere child.

Resolved to capture Qi Xiu's Divine Soul and tear it to pieces, Nie Biao's gaze suddenly hardened. Then, his lips curled into a malicious and deranged smile.

"Found you!"

BOOM!

Transforming into a streak of light, Nie Biao descended upon the center of this boundless Forest Sea. Large swathes of trees were destroyed by the sweeping shockwave.

"Little beast! I have arrived!" Emerging from a cloud of dust, Nie Biao was enveloped in swirling black flames. Two sturdy arms grew from his ribs, wings sprouted from his back, and sharp, coarse fangs protruded from his lips, radiating a dreadful and eerie aura.

At the stone table in the center of the Forest Sea, Qi Xiu sat calmly. "You actually dared to barge into my Ancestral Aperture." His gaze shifted slightly, Qi Xiu's eyes landing on the ominous knife in Nie Biao's hand. It was this eerie knife that had allowed the Corpse Demon to pass directly through his glabella and into his Ancestral Aperture.

"What wouldn't I dare? We are both Divine Soul True Spirits, but I cultivated mine over a hundred years before you."

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