Silence of crows and sparrows!

Deathly stillness on the islands!

Even the ancient General fighting within the Absolute Profound Array was stunned.

The Red Granny, wrapped in blood and rapidly falling from mid-air, had already revealed her true form, her three tails powerless against the wind, originally a source of extra mana.

Her corpse was swiftly pulled into the grasp of a mysterious silhouette emerging from the darkness, held firmly between its five fingers.

Her ruby-like essence blood was quickly absorbed, falling into the silhouette's palm; the Crimson Palace soul, still lingering, was bound by several Changwang Tiger patterns.

And the corpse soon vanished, evidently stored into a storage bag.

The wind and sand abruptly stopped, revealing the white-haired blood corpse who had been hiding in the fiendish wind, intending to ambush the Red Granny, now hunched and bowing low.

Blood Cliff swiftly approached, deep reverence flashing in his old eyes towards the mysterious silhouette in the darkness, then respectfully kowtowed, shouting, "Greetings to the Sect Leader!"

The Puppet Sect disciples, commanded to attack, also hastily followed Blood Cliff in kowtowing.

The sound of "Greetings to the Sect Leader" reverberated, covering the entire Misty Sea.

In the distance, the Puppet Sect disciples on other islands also hurriedly kowtowed from afar, while the Sword Sect disciples, trapped and fighting, looked utterly bewildered, their morale plummeting to freezing point once again.

For Song Yan, in this battle, hiding his identity had lost all significance.

Clad in a profound robe, he stood in mid-air, his gaze indifferent, striving to exude the majesty of a sect leader.

Even though it was his first time, he would put forth every effort.

Not far away, Gong Libai, shocked, finally reacted, the scene of "Red Granny being instantly killed" had deeply imprinted into his divine soul, making any remaining vague thought of defiance vanish completely.

He raised his hand slightly, revealing in the void the magnificent and grand shadow puppet flying palanquin, veiled with gauze, luxurious inside like a private room, complete with tea sets and fruit dishes.

This flying palanquin was a specialty of Mechanical Peak, and as the eldest disciple of Paperman Peak, upon realizing they had a new master, Gong Libai had immediately ordered this luxurious palanquin, now finally put to use.

The palanquin swiftly moved forward, Gong Libai accompanying it with a smile, arriving beside the high-altitude shadow, ingratiatingly saying, "Please, Sect Leader, enter the palanquin."

As he uttered these words, he severed his connection with the shadow puppet flying palanquin, presenting it directly to the sect leader before him.

Song Yan accepted it unceremoniously, took control, and lifted the curtain to enter.

Although he did not particularly enjoy such pomp, the newly emergent Puppet Sect Leader required it, not only for grandeur but for other reasons as well.

The Emperor in the mortal realm wore a crown of twelve white jade pearls, concealing his face. Why do this? To prevent ministers from seeing his face, his joys and sorrows. If they knew the Emperor's emotions were no different from theirs, how could he remain beyond their reach?

Deities and Buddhas, sitting in niches with golden bodies and jade statues, silent and unseen, for what reason? Because only deities and Buddhas who are not understood are true deities. If you knew their path to divinity, their process, knew they also had setbacks, knew you could become a deity if you had the chance, would they still be considered deities?

Of course, you could showcase your strength to tell everyone you are powerful, but that would merely make you 'measurable,' which is incomparable to an unfathomable, unquantifiable, and invincible existence.

One does not govern with benevolence nor manage wealth with righteousness; a Sect Leader of the Demon Sect could not be all smiles.

Unbearable chill at the heights, this is the truth.

Besides, the "combination of shadow puppet and mechanical mechanisms, forming such a peculiar shadow puppet vehicle" was novel to Song Yan, although he hadn't had the opportunity to learn about it before.

Now someone had presented it as a form of introduction.

The gauze curtains swayed, Song Yan reclined slightly, lying, and asked indifferently, "Can the fox cubs discern it?"

"They can."

"They can."

Gong Libai and Blood Granny hurriedly responded.

Song Yan's tone remained constant, lacking even a hint of ferocity, as he casually said, like chatting at home, "Libai, you take people, and kill them all."

"Yes!" Gong Libai accepted the order with great delight, this command indicating that he would remain a leader in the sect thereafter, and he accepted the order willingly, no longer under the previous compulsion of "due to Cold Ice Hell Bracelet and Changwang Tiger Blood." Moreover, he felt a curious sense of privilege at being addressed with the intimate "Libai." Yet, considering the traditions of the Puppet Sect, he couldn't help but feel a surge of apprehension.

Blood Granny wisely stood with her head bowed at the front of the palanquin, in a posture of leading the way for her lord, quietly awaiting directives.

Initially, she had been shocked upon seeing Song Yan wearing the Cold Ice Hell Bracelet and knowing he had killed Gu Huangzi, and today... she had completely yielded. Be it his swift and decisive actions, choosing unimaginable timing, places, and methods to instantly kill Red Granny, or his current demeanor, all were like so.

Within the flying palanquin...

Song Yan slightly closed his eyes, holding the Red Granny's essence blood, focusing a thought on it, surprisingly choosing to absorb the essence blood at this moment amid the slightly calmed battlefield.

Great Granny Fox had told him, "Purifying 'same clan essence blood' depends only on purity, not realm. A 'Three-tailed' wanting to absorb a 'Five-tailed' is dreaming. A 'Five-tailed' absorbing a 'Three-tailed' carries risks. As for 'fox cubs,' they can absorb however they want. To prevent internal strife, the Fox and Wolf Races prohibit mutual slaughters within the same clan."

With the thoughts flashing, the purification began.

[You operate 'Multi-tailed Fox Blood,' drawing the essence blood before you, which enters your body and merges with the already digested Multi-tailed Fox Blood, returning to the second Central Palace of your heart]

[Under the pressure of Profound Qi, the thin essence blood within the limited area begins to be squeezed out, leaving behind more pure essence blood]

[You misstep, injuring your heart during the purification process, reversing time]

[You continue the purification]

[Heart injury, reversing time]

...

Through repeated cultivation, Song Yan thoroughly digested Red Granny's three-tailed fox blood within just half a year, transforming his own fox blood from 'Three-tailed' to 'Four-tailed.'

The resulting 'Splitting Sword Qi' evolved from creating three swords from one to four swords from one.

Moreover, this combination of 'Multi-tailed Fox Race Essence Blood' and the 'Profound Sword Scripture' resulted in a small anomaly in the 'Splitting Sword Qi,' allowing it not to be limited to ordinary Sword Qi but to become... any Sword Qi.

In other words, if Song Yan employed 'Soul Piercing,' 'Imprisoned Soul,' 'Startling Soul,' 'Profound Water Ghost,' 'Water Dividing' these types of Sword Qi, each could form four from one.

However, there was a prerequisite that four tails had to "burn" simultaneously to provide Profound Qi.

The "increase in the number of tails" in the Multi-tailed Fox not only signified quantitative change but also... qualitative change.

...

Though it speaks slowly, all these events transpired extremely quickly.

Soon, an unsuspecting Elder of the Puppet Sect from the Crimson Palace cried out, "You... you're not the Sect Leader, Gu Huangzi! You're Song Yan! You are Song Yan!!"

Chaos erupted instantly.

The disciples who were worshipping gasped in shock.

"Song Yan?"

"Is it Song Yan?"

"How did Song Yan become our Puppet Sect Leader?"

Blood Cliff stood at the front of the Flying Palanquin, hearing the whispers, he slightly squinted his old eyes and let out a thunderous hum: "Is deciding the Sect Leader up to you?"

Elsewhere, a bizarre figure wrapped in various fabrics, exuding venom and revealing only a pair of eyes, suddenly leaped out from an island yelling, "Song Yan is the Sect Leader? How come I didn't know? How come I didn't know?"

Blood Cliff glanced at the person and said, "Qu Yue, you've been practicing that technique, messing up your brain more and more. The old lady has mentioned this to you!

Song Yan was a disciple of Gu Huangzi; this is rightfully justified.

He openly killed Gu Huangzi, his power is the first of our Puppet Sect, which makes it reasonable.

Rightfully justified and naturally reasonable, he is the Sect Leader, naturally.

The odd figure scratched his head, found it reasonable, and laughed foolishly, apologizing repeatedly to the flying palanquin, "My brain was long gone, sorry, Sect Leader," then stood proudly beside Blood Cliff.

Song Yan moved the Flying Palanquin forward, landing outside the Absolute Profound Array on Copper Sparrow Island, accompanied on either side by two Peak Masters of the Puppet Sect.

Song Yan looked down without making a move, quietly observing the fighting within the Array shield, patiently watching the ancient general's methods.

Copper Beard's method is to drag you to a kindergarten level with the "Absolute Profound Array," then crush and annihilate you with his formidable body.

However, this method seems ineffective against the ancient general.

Or rather, this "Absolute Profound Array" isn't cutting off completely.

At least both sides still have Profound Qi, though it's quite thin.

This powerful Corpse-Eating Wolf's form is ghostly, vanishing into the blood on Copper Sparrow Island's surface, which has turned into a blood river, only to reappear behind Copper Beard.

Despite Copper Beard's strong physique, he was covered in wounds after a short encounter.

The blood from his injuries kept drifting out, one strand after another, floating in the air, only to fall to the ground because of the scarce Profound Qi.

Song Yan watched this scene, feeling momentarily dazed, "Since when did werewolves practice vampire talents," but then he somewhat realized the Corpse-Eating Wolf could trigger fear by howling to provoke Qi Blood.

At the same time, when he looked at the ancient general, his gaze no longer held clarity but instead showed uncontrollable greed.

He wanted the ancient general's blood.

His Third Central Palace required the Essence Blood of the Corpse-Eating Wolf Race!

"Copper Beard seems unable to hold on any longer."

A light voice drifted into the ears of Blood Cliff and Qu Yue.

Blood Cliff said, "Sect Leader, the old lady requests to fight."

"Alright."

Song Yan responded.

Blood Cliff squinted at the Array for a moment, flew over a hundred yards, looked down at the ground, and shouted, "Copper Beard, let me in."

Copper Beard, struggling to hold on, heard Blood Cliff's voice as if receiving a great pardon, quickly pulling out the Array Plate to manipulate it, but seeing the black giant wolf leap from within the blood, pouncing towards him.

Copper Beard hurriedly defended, barely managing to manipulate the Array Plate after a fierce battle, opening a gap in the "Absolute Profound Array."

Blood Cliff moved almost instantaneously, flying sand and stones swirled as a white-haired blood corpse rapidly leaped in.

But...

Too late.

At least, before the ancient general, it was too late.

The blood river, initially limp on the ground, suddenly surged fiercely, as if a blood streak was rushing into the sky, swiftly emerging, accompanied by an eerie, terrifying wolf howl, forming an unrivaled attack.

Blood Cliff rushed to hide behind the white-haired blood corpse.

The white-haired blood corpse raised its hand to block, but the blood streak "cracked" as it tore through.

A smooth mark appeared on the blood corpse's arm, cleanly severed.

"Damn it!"

Blood Cliff roared in fury, preparing to strike again, yet suddenly saw the blood river that soared into the air halting, with a black giant wolf with bristle-like hair appearing in midair.

Strangely, the giant wolf's eyes were dull and lifeless.

Whoosh!

The flying palanquin's gauze curtain flung open, an image from within darted out, almost teleporting to that giant wolf in the misty sea.

The ancient general only felt a sharp, indescribable pain between its brows, and upon regaining clarity, its eyes were overtaken by a large hand that then "slapped" down on its brow.

"I'm hungry too."

There was greed hidden within these calm four words.

The Changwang Tiger Pattern on the arm behind his five fingers slithered like tentacles reaching from the abyss, hissing as it burrowed into the ancient general's brow.

In mid-air, the ancient general shuddered fiercely a few times, then its limbs drooped, claws fell, and it was lifeless.

"I acknowledge my mistake, I acknowledge my mistake!" the blood granny realized, hurriedly bowing and confessing continuously at the side.

Song Yan said lightly, "No matter, it was to let you test, not truly intending for you to act."

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