The upheaval within Demon City actually began with Yin Qiye's rebellion. The watching cultivators were sowhat perplexed.
A rebellion is just a rebellion, and it seed like layers stacked upon layers in a matryoshka doll.
Now, everyone watched that bizarre Secret Demon Child, forcing two major figures, the Ninth Prince of the current court and the Governor of Ancient Qin Province, to kneel before him, offering up the Ancestor God Treasure... Each person was exceedingly shocked and wanted to exclaim in surprise, but at the sa ti, they all felt they could wait a little longer.
"What if? What if this scene is going to turn around? What if this Secret Demon Child ends up kneeling too?"
It wasn't surprising that the cultivators and demons harbored such thoughts.
It was like a group of conspirators and ambitious characters, playing their gas seemingly endlessly.
However, to everyone's disappointnt, the scene they all anticipated with the Secret Demon Child kneeling did not occur.
Tao Qian, despite his mutated appearance, took the Mountain and River Map and Sheji Seal from the two n.
During the process, it was clear from the fire burning in the eyes of Zhang Jiudeng and Ling Qi, especially the latter, who had been toyed with ti and ti again, driving him nearly mad. This thoroughly confird Huang Chong's assessnt of him: an utter fool.
At the sa mont, Huang Chong had already rushed back.
But what greeted him were two auras exploding, with figures about to self-destruct.
Although the "Saint's Avatar" and "Ninth Prince's Body" were now re Cavernous Mystery Realm Puppets in Tao Qian's hands.
Others would have been ecstatic and taken great care of them.
Yet for Tao Qian, they were nothing more than chicken ribs, of no use to keep, so he might as well recycle waste and controlled the two to confront Huang Chong, the Alchemist Saint Child.
Ordinarily spoken, neither of them was a match for Huang Chong, not even together.
But at this mont, Tao Qian was pushing them to their limits, and that made a difference.
Take Ling Qi, for example. Even though he was controlled by Tao Qian to step forward, his hatred for Huang Chong was clearly greater than for the Secret Demon Child, with fierce anger bursting from his eyes as he was forced to shout, "Huang Chong, pay with your life."
Following that, his body clad in a dragon robe shimred with nurous cracks, bursting out with blinding Demon Light.
In a haze, Huang Chong and everyone else saw a black Taiyang explode.
Among the surviving cultivators and demons, there were many Demon Cultivators, who imdiately recognized the origin of this Magic Skill.
"Taishang Heavenly Demon Shape Splitting thod!"
"This Secret Demon Child is really crazy; he's making mortal enemies with Lingwa."
At this mont, everyone could see the original cause.
Of course, Ninth Prince Ling Qi did not wish to die, but he had no choice.
Struck by the Huangquan poison and then the Desire Sin Worm.
At this breath, he was forced to use this self-destructive spell before the crowd.
A flash of black Demon Light and Ling Qi t a swift death without leaving a single last word.
Amidst the radiance, Huang Chong stumbled out, staggering.
At this mont, the Alchemist Saint Child was in rags, his body with no single piece of unscathed flesh, charred and rotten, with a rotting eyeball falling out of its socket—a truly miserable sight, nowhere near his previous charr and venomous look.
Even so, Huang Chong didn't intend to let Tao Qian go.
Just then, he was faced with Zhang Jiudeng's Saint's Avatar.
"Damn it, I've been hit too."
"Huang the Strategist, I'm imposing on you, take this 'Heaven and Earth's Longevity' strike, but don't die on ... Boom!"
Zhang Jiudeng's words were not yet cold when the Exotic Treasure, forged with great difficulty over several months by the Heavenly Immortal Dao, exploded.
It was as if millions and millions of people were roaring in anger, the sky and earth trembled as a result, and a terrifying aura swept out, completely subrging Huang Chong.
In that final mont, Huang Chong also let out a hiss filled with resentnt and unwillingness.
Not because he was attacked by self-destruction by his new and old masters.
But in that mont, he and the cultivators of Demon City saw an utterly unbelievable scene.
Due to the previous upheavals and scenes, everyone was aware of so of the details of the Mountain and River Map and Sheji Seal. For instance, the two treasures were actually a pair, both born from the Ancestor God Forbidden Technique Fragnt. Once refined, they could completely control a certain territory, wiping out the cultivators, demons, and Alien Species and other Transcendent beings within it.
But to refine them, one would need to et harsh conditions like Blood Sacrifice, True Dragon Blood and Flesh, chaotic tis of demons, and strange celestial phenona.
Hence, there were scenes like Ling Qi stepping onto the Heaven Rank, and Zhang Jiudeng proclaiming himself emperor to the sky.
One might say that although the Secret Demon Child acted as the "Yellow Sparrow," it was impossible for him to refine the Mountain and River Map in a short ti.
But the grand spectacle that was unfolding proved it was entirely possible.
The mont the two items entered Tao Qian's hands, they rged without any ceremony or refining process, with the Sheji Seal turning into Golden Light and entering the Mountain and River Map. After covering the markings, one could see the Mountain and River Map unfolding again with a "whoosh," but this ti, the radiance within depicted not just scenes from Demon City.
But the real mountains and rivers, the scenery of the vast Longevity Heavenly Dynasty, which included Demon City, Imperial City, Devil City, the views of the seventy-two provinces, famous mountains and Great Rivers, Cave Heaven Blessed Lands, Immortal Birds and Strange Beasts, mysterious celestial phenona... truly, the entire vast landscape captured within the painting.
If it were only so, it could only be seen as a testant to the power of the Ancestor God Treasure.
But quickly, within that Mountain and River Map, a dazzling column of Golden Light fell down with a rumble, enveloping Tao Qian, and then began to draw him into the painting.
At the sa ti, behind Tao Qian, the boiling Human Dao Destiny appeared visible to the naked eye as if thousands of hands were supporting Tao Qian, bit by bit, ushering him into the Mountain and River Map.
Seeing this scene, everyone realized the truth.
It turns out that refining this treasure did not necessarily require eting so many stringent conditions.
If supported by Human Dao Destiny, it was also possible.
"So it is, since the Mountain and River Map is born from the Ancestor God Forbidden Technique Fragnt, it naturally also belongs to the Human Dao Magical Treasure."
"Once favored by destiny, any Human Dao treasure can be refined."
In the crowd, so well-inford cultivators began to explain.
At the sa mont, from another end of the sky, a thunderous roar ca, along with Huang Chong's screams of agony.
If the Alchemist Saint Child had avoided from the start.
Neither of their self-destructions would have hard him.
But he did not evade, desperately rushing back, only wanting to recapture the "Mountain and River Map."
After suffering two consecutive self-destructive attacks, Huang Chong's body was completely annihilated.
Bound by the sa lifespan as heaven and earth, Huang Chong turned to ashes.
But as his flesh vanished, a strange Gu Worm burrowed out from the top of his skull.
The insect, initially no larger than a palm, swelled rapidly upon leaving the human body, and in an instant, it had grown as large as a small mountain, moving about below the sky.
It appeared insect-like yet not, fish-like yet not, its body covered in a hard shell with fish gills and antennae of sorts.
At the forefront of its fish head dangled sothing like a "lantern," emitting a blinding rainbow light.
What drew even more attention was the giant fishhook hanging from the mouth of the Gu Fish.
At this mont, in the vast Demon City, no one could overlook this enormous, bizarre fish—was it a Gu Worm, or sothing else entirely?
Even Tao Qian, who was being absorbed by the Mountain and River Map, seed to sense sothing and violently turned his head to look.
When his gaze t the rainbow light and the fishhook, a stir arose within him, the Immortal Fish Technique, which he hadn't cultivated for a very long ti, unexpectedly sparked a recognition.
Without a mont to spare, the gigantic fish Huang Chong had turned into fixed its bulging phosphorescent dead fish eyes on Tao Qian, filled with an intense, undissolvable resentnt.
Suddenly, it spoke human words:
"Disciple's true Gu form is here, willing to pay any price."
"Master, please help once more, capture this child and send the Mountain and River Map to my lord's side."
As Huang Chong finished speaking,
Tao Qian's mind imdiately exploded with noise, and his expression uncontrollably distorted.
At this mont, he finally understood where his third tribulation should take place.
While cursing his bad luck, Tao Qian no longer cared about anything else and, with a body as agile as a swimming fish, he actively dove into the Mountain and River Map.
"My TMD...no wonder I have scales among the mutations on my body; it turns out this was a sign as well."
"And the owner of the Immortal Fish Technique, I practiced it just once, shalessly took your bait once—is it necessary to haunt so persistently, my great uncle Li Changle being related to you, and the Alchemist Saint Child I managed to trick is your disciple...?"
Tao Qian grumbled as he frenziedly fled for his life.
As he was about to drill into the Mountain and River Map, he also saw that from beside the massive fishhook of Huang Chong's true Gu form erged a transparent fishing line, appearing without warning; it then jerked upwards, yanking Huang Chong's mountainous Gu form into the void, leaping into an unknown void.
In the last mont, Huang Chong still glared at Tao Qian, howling with bitterness, "You won't escape."
Huang Chong's curse instantly beca reality.
Visible was the fishline connected to the fishhook that had just pulled Huang Chong away, dropping from within the unknown void.
At the end hung sothing.
It shone brightly and was unclear in detail.
But the Exotic Fragrance it emitted made everyone in Demon City lift their heads uncontrollably, greedily swallowing saliva.
Tao Qian included.
"Damn it, what kind of bait is this, slling so good?"
Tao Qian cursed under his breath, struggling to resist the impulse to rush over and consu the bait.
He scrambled with hands and feet, pushing his way into the Mountain and River Map.
As he was about to imrse half his body into the Exotic Treasure, surrounded by the support of Human Dao Destiny, he was on the verge of refining this treasure.
He had a premonition that as long as the refinent was successful, there was a high chance of surviving this third tribulation.
But just at that instant, a sudden change erupted within Tao Qian.
The long-neglected Immortal Fish Technique began operating automatically, simultaneously generating a fatal attraction to the fishhook.
The fishing line began to drift toward Tao Qian.
Even as Tao Qian clenched his mouth shut, refusing to bite the hook,
a lump of flesh on his body suddenly burst open, and amid the spraying juices, a ferocious large mouth appeared out of thin air, stretching out and biting the hook on its own.
With this developnt, a lazy voice, indeterminable in gender, age, or whether it belonged to the Human Clan, penetrated Tao Qian's mind:
"Hmm? Quite an interesting little fish."
"Your origin alone could have exempted you from disaster, but unfortunately, you cultivated my spell."
"Be a good boy, bite the hook, co on up!"
With that voice, a Record also surged forth.
[Bound by the power of the Immortal Fish Heavenly Dao... Exemption available after half an hour!]
Hearing of the exemption, Tao Qian cursed bitterly in his heart.
"TMD! Half an hour, I can't even last half a breath, my wretched luck. I'm about to be fished away."
"No good, call for help, quickly call for help..."
Tao Qian's thoughts churned, despite having other ans at his disposal, even fools knew that things like Buddha Bird relics or the Secret Demon Sword Technique were of no use against the current predicant.
The only way was to call for help from his own master, Aunt Bai Yin, and others; that was exactly what he planned to do.
But just as he was about to act, an unexpected change occurred—one that neither Tao Qian himself nor the distant owner of the Immortal Fish Technique had anticipated.
The boiling Human Dao Fortune, sensing Tao Qian's plight,
erupted fiercely at that mont, forcibly thrusting him into the Mountain and River Map.
Even as the "Mutated Immortal Fish Mouth" spontaneously generated on Tao Qian's body officially bit the hook, the Mountain and River Map suddenly closed, turning into a streak of Golden Light, wrapping Tao Qian, dragging the void fishing line, thunderously plunging into the earth, and in a mont, traveling countless miles away.
The fishing line anwhile, was stretched taut, on the verge of snapping.
Suddenly, that voice ca again: "Heh, interesting, interesting. Let's see how far this little fish can go. Can it escape my hook?"
As the words fell, the fishing line began to stretch infinitely, allowing the Mountain and River Map to dash chaotically across the world.
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