Qi Shuming, having acquired the Imperial Heavenly DouRate True Decree from the Emperor Mansion, had greatly advanced his Dao Level and Mana, stepping into the tier of super first-class masters. He had endured a thousand years of arduous cultivation and multiple lifetimes of tribulations, refining the most pure Mana through the "Nine Heavens Mysterious Scripture", and with several Magical Treasures at his disposal, he was able to hold his own against Deng Yin.

Deng Yin's cultivation in the "Nine Heavens Mysterious Scripture" was mixed and impure, and in the "Blood God Scripture" he had only reached the Half-step Evil Book level; yet his talents were exceptional, blending the paths of Dao and Demon, achieving new insights on both fronts.

The duel between the two was incredibly swift. Each strike of Blood Shadow Divine Light and each wave of Invisible Sword Energy was faster than lightning. Deng Yin, being composed of three Blood Shadows, moved in dizzyingly rapid and forceful strikes, which Qi Shuming was gradually unable to withstand. Relying on the protection of the Nine Commandments Immortal Banner, he swiftly retreated.

He lured Deng Yin into the Annihilation Gate and raised his hand to release lightning, unleashing thousands of golden thunderbolts that roared and shook the Immortal Array, causing multicolored smoke to surge from the ground. Within the smoke, time and space twisted, techniques became chaotic, and a compelling killing aura emerged.

The Annihilation Gate was supposed to be in the East, embodying the properties of Jia Yi Wood, yet this Liangyi Dust Formation manifested the killing aura of the western direction.

The array shifted, trapping each of Deng Yin's three Blood Shadows within three separate small worlds:

- The first world blazed with immense fires, all of Pure Yang Taiyin Immortal Fire;

- The second world was filled with boundless golden thunder, with lightning strikes more densely packed than a storm, furiously and frequently lashing out;

- The third world featured mountains of swords and knives, with a square mountain of blades below and an inverted one above, coming together like the interlocking fangs of a monstrous beast, capable of shredding anything into pieces.

These phenomena, generated by the array, seemed real yet were like illusions; if regarded as false, they became real. Once the Annihilation Gate was fully activated, even a person made of steel entering it would be thoroughly annihilated!

Deng Yin's three avatars – one was incinerated into ashes by the fierce fire, another was obliterated by thunder, and the third was sliced into pieces by the mountain of blades.

Qi Shuming enveloped the three worlds with the Taiqing Divine Light, determined not to let even a trace escape, then activated the array further to create a larger world that encompassed these three smaller ones, continuing the annihilation process.

Suddenly, he sensed something was wrong and hurriedly elevated the Nine Commandments Immortal Banner. The treasure banner fluttered, casting a golden beam of light around him. Looking beyond the golden light, he saw dense masses of Blood Shadows, resembling hundreds of large leeches, staring back through the golden barrier, barely a few feet away.

The most terrifying aspect was that these Blood Shadows, initially dark red and with blurred features, now displayed the eyes, ears, mouths, and noses of familiar faces – Xuan Zhenzi, Xun Lanyin, Miechenzi, Ji Nan, Li Yingqiong, Qi Lingyun… all old acquaintances of Qi Shuming, each either bleeding from seven orifices with cyanotic faces, or with half a head chopped off, oozing brain fluid, some with severed hands or feet, others with bodies charred.

These figures screamed loudly at Qi Shuming, horribly as if they had fallen into Avici Hell!

Next, demonic lights flickered faintly from the wide-open mouths of these figures. Through the protective light of the Nine Commandments Immortal Banner, they formed a vague connection with Qi Shuming across the space, drawing out his spiritual energy and his Three Souls and Seven Spirits!

This tactic, if used against others, would likely succeed in nine out of ten cases and even figures such as Zhu Mei and Bai Guyi of the same esteemed tier could not withstand it.

However, Qi Shuming's Dao Foundation was unbreakably stable, his Nine Heavens Immortal Skill exceptionally pure; his mind unwavering, his body full of Pure Yang Immortal Qi, rendering Deng Yin's most formidable Demon Skill from the "Blood God Scripture" utterly ineffective, unable to draw even a trace of his energy.

Instead, Qi Shuming extended his Taiqing Divine Light outward, trapping the hundreds of fearful Blood Shadows between the Nine Commandments Immortal Banner and the Taiqing Divine Light, quickly releasing a burst of Purple and Blue Divine Flames.

The world's Purple And Blue Douluo Fire, totaling seven blooms, all originated from the Taiyin Pure Yang Immortal Fires formed over thousands of years by the Qianling Golden Lamp in the Spiritual Space Immortal Realm of the Taixu Immortal Mansion. Brought to the lower realm by the Fallen Immortal for protection and demon refinement purposes.

Three of these larger blooms, each formed over three thousand years, were obtained by Ai Zhenzi and sealed within the Shaqing Immortal Mansion in the Golden Stone Gorge, later acquired by Shi Feiyang.

The remaining four smaller blooms, formed over a thousand years, were obtained by the ancient Immortal Pan Luo and sealed within the Pan Luo Immortal Mansion beneath the northeastern boundary between the two seas. The Laughing Monk once led a team to open the Immortal Mansion and secured them, bringing them back to Emei Mountain and handing them over to Qi Shuming.

Initially, it was intended that the three blooms acquired by Shi Feiyang would go to Li Yingqiong, crucial for her eventual path to enlightenment as she was the future Sect Leader. Qi Shuming gave her these three blooms, keeping one for himself after years of sacrificial refinement specifically prepared to confront the Blood God's disciples.

At this moment, as the Purple And Blue Divine Flames ignited and he injected copious amounts of Taiyin Pure Yang Immortal Fire generated by the array, the Several hundred terrifying Blood Shadows were almost instantaneously incinerated, leaving only the last three, which writhed briefly in the flames and Divine Light before suddenly exploding with a loud "pop", scattering the outer Taiqing Divine Light and forcefully breaking through.

Qi Shuming extended his hand, pointing as flames, like a tidal wave, chased from behind. Meanwhile, the Immortal Array activated, with the Light Energy surging and encircling from all sides, trapping the three Blood Shadows within, aiming for complete refinement.

The three Blood Shadows floated and sank in the pure white flames, shrinking progressively until they completely disappeared.

Seeing this situation, Qi Shuming did not dare to relax. He stood under the Nine Commandments Immortal Banner, manipulating the array, and further evolved a vast number of micro-worlds, stacked layer upon layer and spread out in all directions.

This Annihilation Gate was the central hub of the entire array, possessing the greatest power. In an instant, it produced thirty-six thousand micro-worlds, arranged in all directions, rapidly drilling through the air in the configuration of the Liangyi and Six Harmonies.

Each of these micro-worlds composed the "Destruction Formation" and if these completed a Circulation, everything within them, except for Qi Shuming himself, would vanish into thin air.

Just as these celestial arrays had rotated through a third of their cycle, the micro-worlds below Qi Shuming turned red, and each world burst into thick, crimson Demonic Flames!

The demon fire devoured many micro-worlds, burning continuously upwards, rapidly becoming a wildfire. Qi Shuming pointed downwards, sprinkling a mass of Taiqing Divine Light and stimulated the light from the Nine Commandments Immortal Banner to spray downwards to suppress the increasingly fierce demon fire.

At that moment, a gigantic demon claw, resembling a skinned human hand and spanning several acres, suddenly appeared above him. It reached down and grabbed the Nine Commandments Immortal Banner floating above Qi Shuming's head, and with a demonic howl, forcefully pulled it upwards.

Qi Shuming hurriedly cast spells to hold onto the treasure banner, but the demon flames below blazed uncontrollably. Streaks of blood-red demon fire soared tens of meters high, burning up to his feet. Within these demon flames appeared figures like Xuan Zhenzi, Xun Lanyin, Qi Lingyun, Qi Jincan, and others, all screaming in agony, stretching their arms out to grasp his legs, crying out for him to save them.

Deng Yin's mana, though not as pure as his, was much greater in volume. With a second demonic howl, the bloody demon claw exerted force again, yanking the banner away like pulling a radish from dry land!

Once the Nine Commandments Immortal Banner was taken, the surrounding demon sounds, flames, and lights converged upon Qi Shuming, with hundreds of Blood Shadows suddenly darting out towards him.

Qi Shuming would have been confident in confronting Deng Yin head-on, as his major reliance was on the Nine Commandments Immortal Banner. Once deployed, he was nearly invincible. With the banner taken, he found it difficult to resist the unpredictable demonic attacks of the Blood God's progeny.

Decisively, he dispersed the Purple Divine Flame that enveloped his body, covered himself with another layer of Taiqing Divine Light, and merged his body into the Invisible Sword Escape, disappearing from the spot in an instant and fleeing far away.

Deng Yin wove a dense Blood Shadow Divine Light in front of him, forming a blood-colored Demon Net, which was meant to capture and kill him. However, Qi Shuming was no ordinary opponent. He revved up his entire body's Taiyin Pure Yang Immortal Fire, pushing the Invisible Sword Energy of the Taicing Mysterious Sect to its limit, piercing through the Demon Net and creating a hole.

As Deng Yin howled and transformed into a Blood Shadow to chase him, Qi Shuming quickly reversed the array. Countless micro-worlds crowded forward, and although these small spaces couldn't trap Deng Yin, the space and time inside each were distorted differently. Even someone as adept in the Dao as Deng Yin felt disoriented after traversing hundreds of micro-worlds and momentarily lost focus, by which time Qi Shuming had escaped from sight.

Blood God's progeny snorted, "You can run from the monk, but not from the temple! This Annihilation Gate is the whole array's hub. If I break it here, the whole array will cease to exist. Once I break this Liangyi Dust Formation, let's see where you can hide!" He howled and split his Primordial Spirit, manifesting hundreds of Blood Shadows that shot out in all directions, beginning to search for positions to break the array.

Qi Shuming didn't dare venture far, hiding in the shadows, manipulating the array to try and trap Deng Yin.

Apart from him, Red Corpse God Monarch and Jiulei God also each entered the fray, one entering the Annihilation Gate and the other the Death Gate, both heavily engaging in combat, with Blood Shadows and Yin Thunder erupting all around.

Before coming here, Deng Yin had already briefed them on the general changes in the Liangyi Dust Formation, instructing them on which gateways to target for breaking the formation once inside.

This method of fighting was extremely fierce. Master Can Xia sat atop Spiritual Jade Peak, coordinating the overall management of the array as previously directed by Qi Shuming.

This formation was ever-changing, and she was still unable to comprehend all its subtleties. Now, with someone as highly skilled in mana and familiar with arrays as Deng Yin trapped inside, she did her utmost, activating the Innate One Qi Talisman to control the array, cooperating with Qi Shuming, Xuan Zhenzi, and others.

Shi Feiyang, displaying a "frustrated yet unable to assist" demeanor, spoke to the people on the peak, "I foresee that White and Zhu, our fellow Daoists, are already at a disadvantage. You all stay here to protect Master Can Xia. I'll go and lend them a hand!"

The crowd was deeply moved, with Li Yuanhua, Tong Yuanqi, and others urging him to be cautious.

After Shi Feiyang left, he indeed headed toward the two elders of Song Mountain. On his way, he found a blind spot in the surveillance and used the Heavenly Mirror to establish a divine thought contact with Deng Yin, "You fool! What are you doing breaking that array? You're being entangled by Qi Shuming, and the other two aren't familiar with the Liangyi Formation. They'll be exhausted to death if this drags on! Wait a little longer, and the reinforcements from Li Jingxu will arrive!"

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