The high-ranking members of the Celestial Travel Sect present knew that the Shen Family was once very powerful, but none had ever witnessed the Shen Family's glory. At this moment, they were all stunned.

Celestial Cloud True Monarch didn't pay much attention to Shen Wang and instead said, "The first defensive line has basically been breached. Organize a retreat immediately and activate the second line of defense based on the eight subordinate veins!"

To prepare for today's assault, they had already set up three lines of defense: the first along the original Sect Protection Array boundary, the second with the eight subsidiary veins, and the main vein as the third and final line of defense.

"Yes, Sect Leader!"

The vein leaders and elders of the major subordinate veins flew to their respective veins, starting to receive the retreating people.

Celestial Cloud True Monarch and others at the main vein adjusted the formation, voluntarily abandoning the outer formations and concentrating their forces at the subordinate veins.

Cyan Leaf Zhenren reminded, "The formations that have already been breached will no longer supply power. The outer formations still intact will withdraw power in the time it takes for one incense stick to burn. Everyone, hurry to retreat to the nearest subordinate vein for defense."

His voice spread everywhere, and the outer defensive line obeyed the order and began a full retreat.

Within the defensive line that Shen Wang was responsible for, the Forest of the Sea spanning hills and valleys began to wither after unleashing its power.

Thousands of birds and beasts perished here, causing the nearby areas to temporarily quiet down, and the pressure on everyone was greatly reduced.

Crack.

The central giant tree split open, and Shen Wang's clone emerged, extremely weak.

Countless admiring gazes looked over, capturing the attention of all, with expressions of deep respect.

For many, it was the first time knowing Shen Wang. At this moment, they were already won over by Shen Wang's great divine techniques. If not for Shen Wang's intervention just now, most of them would already have been dead, swallowed by demon beasts or fallen to bird claws.

"Master Shen!"

"Master Shen!"

A crowd called out with reverence and excitement.

Shen Wang looked extremely weak. Although he had just managed to kill the three Great Demon Kings daring enough to approach him, he had used up all the strength of his clone.

He stored away the bodies of the three Great Demon Kings, weakly saying, "The orders from above are to keep retreating!"

The crowd rallied their spirits, departing from the Forest of the Sea without much difficulty, as there were no mass demon beast pursuits this time.

Shen Chuxue saw her father's condition, feeling worried inside, "Father has expended too much of his essence with that move, and is now extremely weakened."

She thought for a moment and discreetly moved closer, avoiding any formidable figures from attacking her father.

Swoosh!

A flash of sword light, and Yun Lingshu landed beside Shen Wang, with a look of concern, "Are you alright?"

"I'm fine, you lead the retreat. There are still demon beasts nearby that will come to block us, so you handle them with the others."

Shen Wang waved his hand.

"Alright."

Yun Lingshu did not ask Shen Wang how he managed it but turned to lead the retreat. The scattered demon beasts nearby could no longer stop them.

Shen Wang followed behind, while Han Wan'Er moved closer to Shen Chuxue. Seeing Shen Wang, she said, "You're very weak, why not move to the center?"

Shen Wang glanced at his daughter. He had been keeping an eye on her situation earlier and felt very pleased that she was concerned about him.

He shook his head, "I'm fine. Just take care of yourselves. Even if I'm weakened, I'm not someone ordinary demon beasts can deal with."

Shen Wang made a hand seal, and tiny specks of green light flew from the grass and trees around, which then quickly withered.

The green light, the essence of wood, was partially reclaimed by Shen Wang, accelerating the withering of the Forest of the Sea he had manifested. Shen Wang regained some strength.

He said, "You shouldn't walk with me."

Han Wan'Er nodded, "Xue Chu, let's move faster. Even a starved camel is bigger than a horse; we can't help him."

Shen Chuxue did not show too much concern and nodded, moving with Han Wan'Er further away to the center of the group.

Shen Wang looked back, sensing that the demon beast army wouldn't let him off easily. After all, he had just killed four Demon Kings, and he wouldn't let someone like himself reach the second line of defense alive if he were in their place.

He deliberately dropped back a bit, secretly communicating with his main body to prepare.

As they passed through other areas, he absorbed more power from the grass and trees along the way to aid in his clone's recovery. It wouldn't be long before the clone could unleash another powerful attack.

The vein they retreated to was the Xun Vein, tens of miles away. Even if the cultivators flew over, it would take some time, showing how vast the Celestial Travel Sect truly was.

Midway lay hills and little mountain ranges, previously planted with grains and medicinal herbs, but all had been harvested in advance. With no worries, everyone ran swiftly on the ground to conserve strength and retreat quickly.

The cultivators were relatively fast, while ordinary people were slower. They did not mix but dispersed, each handling their own matters to avoid even more casualties.

With the outer defense line fully abandoned, the demon beast army completely broke through.

The group was only halfway when the number of demon beasts from other regions started to increase, though all ranges were manageable.

The array of the subordinate vein had already been activated. With a considerably smaller area, the array's light and thickness increased noticeably, centered on a mountain, with the light reaching the sky.

The arrays of different subordinate veins interconnected, forming a massive Eight Trigrams Array, appearing more stable.

In all directions, the cultivators and ordinary people retreated while fighting off chasing demon beasts. Aside from Shen Wang's side, which was relatively easy, other areas were fierce, with less than half able to retreat alive.

Just when Shen Wang thought he could safely retreat to the second line of defense, suddenly, a great pressure enveloped him. Something more formidable had its eyes on him.

"Here it comes!"

Shen Wang was prepared. Without turning his head, he decisively used the Substitution Technique.

Poof, the next moment, his body was struck by a white light, shattering on the spot,

The people walking ahead of him got caught up, instantly turning into a blood mist; further away, they were torn apart, with some still having the chance to utter a scream.

The sudden commotion made everyone turn their heads, seeing a humanoid figure that had crushed Shen Wang, who had been showing his might moments ago, into dust. Many faces turned pale with fright.

Yun Lingshu, sensing the other's aura, was even more terrified: "Demon Emperor!"

She hadn't expected the Demon Emperor to target them.

It was surely because Shen Wang had killed so many Demon Kings, making even the higher-ups within the demon military unable to sit idly and wanting Shen Wang dead.

To avoid their Nascent Soul Cultivators from stopping him, this entity even conducted a sneak attack.

"Is Shen Wang still alive?"

She looked at the shattered spot, unable to react to that earlier move.

"Dad."

Flying in the front, Shen Chuxue cried out, her father suddenly struck into fragments, making her heart wince.

Her father, who had doted on her since childhood, made a baby cradle for her, created all kinds of toys, cooked delicious food for her — she had seen it all, and he had become her closest person in this life.

She naturally didn't want anything to happen to her father. But now, her father was shattered to pieces by this figure.

Even though the enemy was more formidable, her anger overshadowed fear, and she no longer concealed her cultivation. A chilling aura burst forth.

Crack crack crack.

The ice magical power caused frost to appear in the vicinity, with the temperature plummeting. Many closeby were shivering from the cold, surprisingly looking at her, none expecting the person beside them to be so powerful, with eyes bearing various changes.

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