Inside the underground secret hall of Cloud City, Xu Zheng and Chang Ji sat opposite each other, their hearts looking haggard.

Xu Zhilong flew into the hall and said, “Zhao Rong, Ling Feng and the others are coming.”

“Let everyone come in and see the Yi Clan’s main hall,” Xu Zheng said cheerfully. “Whether the Yi Clan can recover its former glory depends on them.”

Xu Zheng’s words were inspiring, but the pessimism in Xu Zhilong’s heart could not be dispelled. As the descendant of an ancient god who once ruled Yi Clan, how could Heavenly Huan Realm possibly be revived after his authority was usurped by traitors?

Su Junchen and Su Muchen stood at the side, speechless. They had seen Xu Zheng’s silence and depression in the past few days.

Su Tang, Qianlan, Xu Zhaorong, Su Lingfeng, Su Hu, and the remnant descendants of the Yi Clan, the Su Clan, almost half of the thousands of disciples with cultivation at the Dharma Aspect and Heavenly Human Realm flew into the main hall.

Su Tang and Qianlan were both chosen by Master Su Dan to protect the Yi Clan. Even if their status was not comparable to Xu Zheng and Chang Ji, they were still stronger than Su Junchen, Su Muchen, and Xu Zhilong. At this time, they walked to sit down behind the long table opposite Su Muchen and Su Junchen.

These thousand plus disciples were the last elites of the Yi Clan’s crippled descendants.

Such an elite force could not be said to be weak. It had swept across the borders of Snowdragon Mountain and Dishi Mountain in the early years. There was absolutely no problem, and it was enough to support billions of imperial dynasties. However, against the background of the Blood Sea Demonic Tribulation, it was so small and insignificant, let alone comparable to the powerful forces that the Emperor had mastered.

Even without considering the six million Wei soldiers, the Heavenly Dao Demonic Army after the war in State of Dongsheng, Yendang Mountain, might already be ten times stronger than the elite of Yi Clan’s Crippled Descendant. Moreover, Chen Xun had hidden a secret army with Mo Ming’s strength besides the Heavenly Dao Demon Swinging Army.

Xu Zheng, Chang Ji had long known of the existence of such a secret army, but he didn’t pay much attention to it in the past.

The Profound Cultivators of the Heavenly Jun Realm and their affiliated Small and Medium Heaven Realms above the Dharma Aspect Realm and the Heavenly Human Realm were all famous figures. As for the Nirvana Realm Profound Cultivators and Cloud Barren Mountain, they had only gathered more than 2,000 people. How many people could Chen Xun secretly dispatch to form a secret army?

After knowing that there was a Chaos Spirit Treasure that could change the flow of time, Xu Zheng and Chang Ji realized that Chen Xun’s hidden secret army was most likely the real trump card in Chen Xun’s hand.

“Zhilong, you and Guardian Chang will also go to State of Dongsheng this time. Join Chen Xun’s secret army and listen to his orders …” Xu Zheng withdrew his gaze from the thousands of disciples of Yi Clan and said to Xu Zhilong.

Xu Zhilong was shocked and couldn’t help but ask, “This is different from what we agreed to back then. Could it be that Chen Xun is retorting again?”

Su Tang, Qianlan, and Xu Zhaorong all looked at Xu Zheng in confusion. Back in the secret hall, they had agreed that the three of them would lead over a thousand disciples of Yi Clan into State of Dongsheng and borrow primordial spirit treasures to cultivate. However, before the appearance of the Taiyuan Immortal Palace, they would return to Tianjun without being involved in the Taiyuan War.

Su Tang and Qianlan naturally hoped to fight side by side with Chen Xun, but they were similarly puzzled as to why Xu Zheng suddenly changed his mind.

Xu Zheng waved his hand to let the other disciples leave the hall first. There were some things that would disturb the cultivation of the Dao Heart. Seeing that the people left behind were still puzzled, he sighed softly,

“They are newborn calves who are not afraid of tigers. The older they cultivate, the more greedy they become. You have already seen what kind of person Xiong Yanzhao is. If Xiong Yanzhao doesn’t have any backing behind him, why would he volunteer to enter the Great Origin Secret Realm to fight against the demon race’s bloodline?”

Hearing this, Xu Zhilong was shocked and asked in disbelief, “The first wave of pursuers sent by the rebel emperor has already arrived at Tianjun?”

Xu Zheng bitterly nodded and said, “Even if we don’t directly enter the Heavenly Jun, it is highly likely that we are hiding in the depths of the vast starfield. We have already lost the good opportunity to withdraw from the Heavenly Jun …”

Hearing this, Su Junchen, Su Muchen, Su Lingfeng, and the others sat in horror, as if they were being stared at by a poisonous snake. Their hearts were frightened, and traces of coldness rose from their hearts:

The strength of the Xiong Clan was so strong that they had already witnessed it several days ago. If the first wave of pursuers sent by the Traitor Emperor had already arrived near Tian Jun, how would they be able to escape from the heavens?

I’m afraid every move of the southwest foothills of the Cloud Desolate Mountains is already under the surveillance of the rebellious Emperor’s pursuers!

Su Tang and Qianlan’s hearts were filled with bitterness. Although there were only a few days between them, the Yi Clan’s disabled descendants were forced to join Chen Xun’s secret army because of the situation. The meaning of joining the secret army was different from joining the secret army on their own initiative …

“If I don’t go to State of Dongsheng, I won’t be a general under that fellow!” Xu Zhilong suddenly said.

Xu Zheng glanced at his son, Xu Zhilong, and did not force anything. He only said to Xu Zhaorong, “Go to the Void Origin Pearl and bring it into State of Dongsheng …”

Xu Zhaorong expressionlessly nodded.

Chang Ji knew that Xu Zheng’s arrangement was for An Chen Xun’s heart.

With the Void Origin Pearl by Xu Zhaorong’s side and Xu Zhaorong by Chen Xun’s side for a moment, there was no possibility for Yi Clan to withdraw from the western foot of Cloud Barren Mountain alone. This was also to ask Chen Xun not to restrict anything on their side.

Chang Ji sighed bitterly in his heart. Chen Xun had originally handed over the Void Origin Pearl to calm their hearts. Who would have thought that only twenty years had passed and the situation had actually reversed like this?

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In order to eliminate the wariness of the other eight sects, Chen Xun’s Sect Leadership Ceremony didn’t make much noise, and he didn’t even invite any guests from other sects.

This was also to show Chen Xun’s guilty conscience, and that the sudden departure of Yu Xuzi’s master and disciple could still threaten Chen Xun’s “trick.”

After the succession ceremony, Chang Ji, Su Tang, Qianlan, and Xu Zhaorong led more than a thousand descendants of the Su Clan from Yi Clan into State of Dongsheng with Chen Xun.

The remaining pages of the Lotus Book were no longer a secret, but the existence of the Primordial Black Lotus would not arouse the vigilance of the demons until the Taiyuan Immortal Palace appeared again.

In order to prevent the news from leaking out, only the Black-clothed Army, who were in a closed state, could enter the Bronze Dao Palace at the top or halfway up the mountain to cultivate.

Chen Xun originally intended to make an exception for the Yi Clan’s disciples, but he didn’t expect that Xu Zheng would still be able to clearly understand the situation, allowing Chang Ji, Su Tang, Qianlan, Xu Zhaorong, and over a thousand elites of the Yi Clan to directly join the Black Shirt Army.

After learning of the existence of Fang Xiaohan, Chaos Demon, Lei Yangzi, Bai Wuya, and the others who had transformed into Ancestor Lei Jun, Chang Ji and the others were naturally shocked.

In fact, after Chen Xun returned to Tianjun, Zuo Qingmu, Flying Bear Daoist, Madam Tian Yin, Zhao Daolin, Hua Xu, and the other generals of the Black-clothed Army had cultivated in the Lotus Book Cave for more than 200 years.

During this period, forty-seven people successfully broke through to the Nirvana Realm, bringing the total number of Nirvana Realm experts in the Black-clothed Army to more than a hundred.

Outside the Black-clothed Army, the Jiang Clan had nearly 50 Nirvana Realm disciples returning, so they directly joined the Heavenly Dao Demon Swinging Army.

Even excluding Emperor Wei Xu Chunwang’s six million Wei soldiers, the Heavenly Dao Demonic Army had more than a hundred Nirvana Realm experts.

At the peak of the Heavenly Dao Sect, there were only 200 Nirvana Realm profound cultivators directly under the sect.

Before the appearance of the Taiyuan Immortal Palace, the Brahma Heaven Palace and the Heavenly Dao Sect will not only send more elite disciples to the Black-clothed Army, they will also provide Nirvana Pill at full power so that more Xuan Xiu disciples who have reached the perfection of the Celestial Human Realm can break through to the Primordial Embryo stage in the Black-clothed Army …

Whether it was due to the situation or not, after Immortal Beiya and Immortal Cidu reached an agreement, the magical artifacts, formations, and medicinal pills that could be supplied to the Black-clothed Army after bypassing the other eight sects would be an unimaginably large number.

After Chen Xun left, Immortal Cidu personally took charge of the Demon Stop Ridge. Using the Immortal-ranked Eight-view Heavenly Lamp to cooperate with the Heaven and Earth God Execution Array, Chen Xun would temporarily be safe from future troubles …

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After Chen Xun returned to State of Dongsheng, in the depths of Yendang Mountain, Lotus Mountain completely appeared and was situated in a huge rift valley.

The remnants of the human race in State of Dongsheng had already moved out, and the roots of the Chaos Black Lotus could unscrupulously penetrate into the earth’s veins. It was like a water pump, gathering State of Dongsheng’s spiritual energy and elemental energy into Yendang Mountain for the generals of the Black-clothed Army and the Heavenly Dao Demonic Army to cultivate.

Apart from the Heaven Spreading Array, the Earth Fire Heaven Melting Array in the depths of Yendang Mountain was completely sealed off.

In order to prevent the existence of the Heavenly Demon God Puppets and the Black-clothed Army from leaking out, all personnel and materials could only enter and exit Yendang Mountain through strictly controlled teleportation formations.

After Su Tang, Qianlan, and Xu Zhaorong entered Yendang Mountain, they finally saw Lotus Mountain’s true appearance.

The Lotus Mountain Grand Formation had been repaired, but for the time being, Chen Xun didn’t have any more resources to repair the second almost completely damaged Lotus Mountain Grand Formation.

None of them followed Chen Xun back to Tian Jun. They stayed in Yendang Mountain to refine the Xuan Yan Capital Heavenly Demon God Puppet. They even refined precious materials such as Li Huo Essence Gold, Demon Marrow Essence Iron, and Zi Xiao Yuan Copper into the Puppet Demon Body without any treasures. Afterwards, they would refine them into defensive formations.

Under the auspices of Chen Che, Patriarch Primordial Chaos, Fang Xiaohan, Jiang Chengge, and the others, this Xuanyan Capital Heavenly Demon God Puppet would be a masterpiece of the Divine Night Sect.

Su Tang, Qianlan, and Xu Zhaorong entered the Lotus Mountain to cultivate and weave into the Black Shirt Army. They also needed to refine their divine soul aura into the Heavenly Demon Mysterious Diagram of Xuanyan City, so that they could enter the battlefield in the future and work with the other Black Shirt Army generals to maximize the power of this puppet soldier …

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In the depths of the dim starfield, space collapsed, and turbulent streams of space surged into a gorgeous nebula. At this moment, a pair of eyes suddenly opened in the darkness. It was like a bolt of lightning striking out of the nebula, as if the void had collapsed again, completely unnoticed by anyone.

However, State of Dongsheng Yendang Mountain was completely obscured by the Heaven and Earth Grand Formation. Even though these pair of immortal pupils had the ability to see through the Nine Nether Realm, they were completely unable to see through the secrets in the depths of Yendang Mountain.

“This arrogant man upholds the Heavenly Dao and rises to prominence in a small region. He should be cultivating the Jiang Clan’s secret Ancestral Dragon Art. That’s why he is so arrogant and proud.”

No one expected that Xiong Yanzhao, who had left Qingwu Ridge in a sorry state and returned to Xiong’s territory, would actually appear in the depths of the Star System near State of Dongsheng. He was hiding in a gorgeous nebula and talking to a white-robed profound cultivator.

“But Yan Zhao has already tested out his true strength. After arriving at the Great Origin Secret Realm, this child does not have the will of all living beings to borrow. Old Ancestor, killing him is like crushing an ant to death …”

“That day, they killed the Black Rock Demon Emperor in State of Dongsheng, but there was no one who could borrow their willpower. Don’t underestimate this child!” The divine light in the eyes of the white-robed profound cultivator dimmed as he said indifferently.

Behind the white-robed mystic cultivator stood two battle generals with halberds and armor. The battle armor revealed a faint green Spiritual Flame, like a divine needle in a nebula vortex formed by turbulent currents in the void. Their eyes opened, and divine light flickered. They didn’t feel that Xiong Yanzhao’s awkward performance in Qingwu Ridge was merely testing Chen Xun’s realities …