Yellow Court Daoist

"True Man Yue Yu remains as ruthlessly efficient as ever."

Lu Qingfeng's voice was clear and loud as he watched the Great You Circle hurtling towards him, intent on shattering him to pieces. He immediately conjured up a white Divine Light and fiercely brushed against the Great You Circle several times—

The Great You Circle, radiant with ten thousand beams, instantly contracted. What was once vast as hundreds of feet shrank down in an instant.

By the time it reached Lu Qingfeng, the light had fully retracted, and it was only the size of a palm, feebly falling towards the ground. Lu Qingfeng reached out to catch it and grasped the Great You Circle in his hand.

After a brief glance, he tossed it into his storage bag.

Then he looked towards True Man Yue Yu in the distance, whose face sunk as he bellowed, "Scoundrel, how dare you steal my Magic Artifact!"

Seeing this, Lu Qingfeng chuckled and shouted, "True Man Yue Yu, please take a closer look."

"Hm?"

True Man Yue Yu was taken aback. As he moved closer, he saw Lu Qingfeng's face and recognized the familiar voice in his ears, remembering in a flash, "Guangyuan Demon! Weren't you trapped in the barren and strange realm? How could you be standing here?!"

This surprise was not of the ordinary kind!

Compared to the Great You Circle, the Upper Origin Eight Sceneries Tower was the true Supreme Treasure of the Upper Origin Palace. Passed down through generations, the Upper Origin Palace had used it to trap demons without fail. Having been confined within the Eight Sceneries Tower for a full five hundred and ten years, how could the Guangyuan Demon appear outside the tower today?!

"Junior brother?"

True Man Yue Yu glanced at the Eight Sceneries Tower nearby, sensing it briefly and finding no irregularities, he let out a sigh of relief. Then, he turned his attention downward, to True Man Ling Yun trapped within the Thunder Prison.

"This demon is mysterious; we don't know how he escaped from the Eight Sceneries Tower."

True Man Ling Yun understood and whispered silkily into True Man Yue Yu's ear.

"Guangyuan Demon!" True Man Yue Yu's expression became grave, his gaze fixed on Lu Qingfeng while also tuning into the Great You Circle. Not until he could no longer sense it at all did his heart sink.

"How could such a trifle Eight Sceneries Tower confine me?"

"Of course, I come and go as I please."

Lu Qingfeng, having been trapped for five hundred years within the Eight Sceneries Tower, now faced familiar faces with great cheer and laughed loudly.

While speaking, he even slapped his head, "I almost forgot."

True Man Yue Yu was bewildered, with countless doubts swirling in his mind. Down below, True Man Ling Yun struggled desperately to unravel the Thunder Prison, his expression grave.

They then saw Lu Qingfeng turn around and conjure another white brilliancy, fiercely brushing against the Eight Sceneries Tower.

The Eight Sceneries Tower remained still.

Then, he conjured white and yellow radiances, brushing against the tower once more.

The Eight Sceneries Tower trembled slightly, but still, no changes occurred.

"Inside the Eight Sceneries Tower, the sceneries include the Five Elements. It seems five colors must be simultaneously present!"

Lu Qingfeng perceived the secret and immediately deployed green, yellow, red, black, and white Five-Colored Divine Light altogether, fiercely brushing downwards at the Eight Sceneries Tower. The tower trembled, shrinking from eight hundred feet to four hundred. Lu Qingfeng brushed again, and it became two hundred feet.

Brush!

Brush!

A rapid series of forceful brushes, the radiance of five colors flickering, and the grand Eight Sceneries Tower, within the blink of an eye, stood only three feet tall, landing on the ground. Lu Qingfeng reached out to grasp it, about to clasp the tower in his hand.

Both True Man Yue Yu and True Man Ling Yun, who had never seen such profound and mysterious Divine Skills, were momentarily stunned. Only when Lu Qingfeng was about to grab the Eight Sceneries Tower did they spring to action—

"Guangyuan Demon, how dare you behave so arrogantly!"

True Man Ling Yun bellowed, his hands forming a Seal Technique. Behind him, the Divine Sword flew towards Lu Qingfeng, cut through the air, stirring wind and thunder.

"Trivial tricks!"

Lu Qingfeng continued to draw the Eight Sceneries Tower towards him with one hand, while the other hand formed into a Palm Fan. With a wave, white brilliancy appeared, flickering repeatedly, and the menacing Divine Sword instantly had its Sword Qi shattered, its radiance retracted.

Feebly, it fell to the ground.

Both his hands caught the empty air.

The Divine Sword and the Eight Sceneries Tower landed in his hands at the same time.

"A Sixth Rank Magic Artifact, the Kanshan Sword."

"Not bad, it'll make a nice meeting gift for Lin Ye."

Lu Qingfeng smiled slightly, putting both the Divine Sword and the Eight Sceneries Tower into his storage bag. By this time, True Man Yue Yu had just finished forming seals, casting countless talismans to deploy the 'Upper Origin Eight Sceneries Talismanic Skill,' intending to envelop Lu Qingfeng.

"The Eight Sceneries Tower couldn't confine me; how could the mere Eight Sceneries Talismanic Skill deal with me?" Lu Qingfeng scoffed, rubbing his hands together as scorching Divine Light burst forth—

Great Sun Annihilation Divine Light!

Once the Divine Light appeared, it illuminated the heavens, relentlessly shattering the layered illusions of the eight realms and sceneries.

"Pff!"

True Man Yue Yu bore the hit and was sent flying back, the Divine Light catching up and slamming into him, blood spilling from his mouth.

"Senior brother!"

True Man Ling Yun stepped forward, using soft Qi to support True Man Yue Yu.

"It's nothing."

True Man Yue Yu shook his head, wiped the blood from his mouth, and looked up at Lu Qingfeng with great solemnity.

After five hundred years.

The Guangyuan Demon had emerged once more, and catastrophe loomed for the Upper Origin Palace.

"Guangyuan Demon."

"How mighty must these Divine Skills be to let you collect those Magic Artifacts?!"

True Man Ling Yun was also shocked to the core.

The gaze of True Man Yue Yu flashed with contemplation, and then with a jolt of realization, he pointed at Lu Qingfeng exclaiming, "The Five-Colored Divine Light!"

He had finally remembered: among the ancient records in the Upper Origin Palace, there seemed to be a Supreme Divine Power referred to as 'Five-Colored Divine Light'. When deployed, its functions mirrored precisely the Divine Skills used by the Guangyuan Demon. With the power to brush away adversaries and collect treasures, it was truly formidable.

"Five-Colored Divine Light?"

True Man Ling Yun was passionate about swords and paid little heed to elusive and ethereal Divine Skills, uncertain of their true extent, hence he looked towards True Man Yue Yu for clarification.

But he saw True Man Yue Yu with extreme wariness in his eyes, staring at Lu Qingfeng and speaking gravely, "Five-Colored Divine Light, nothing can withstand its sweep. Who are you exactly, and why do you trouble the Upper Origin Palace?!"

True Man Yue Yu might not recognize any of the many Divine Skills Lu Qingfeng had used five hundred years prior.

But witnessing the Five-Colored Divine Light, he was shaken to his core.

Such Divine Skills were surely not within the reach of ordinary Lower Realm Mortal Cultivators.

"Could it be a Reincarnation of an Exiled Immortal?"

True Man Yue Yu's eyes fell on Lu Qingfeng, his wariness intensifying.

"Senior brother."

"Forget about the old demon's origins for now, we cannot lose the Eight Sceneries Tower and the Great You Circle!" True Man Ling Yun, oblivious to the power of the Five-Colored Divine Light and unaware of True Man Yue Yu's speculation.

All he knew was that the Eight Sceneries Tower was the Supreme Treasure of the Upper Origin Palace. The infinite foundation of the palace depended on this treasure for at least seventy percent. The Great You Circle was also a supreme offensive treasure. In times of vulnerability, it was these two artifacts that allowed the palace to stand tall and defiant.

Failure is not an option.

Speaking of which,

Before Yue Yu True Man can respond, he draws talismans in the void. With a flicker of spirit light, he fiercely shoves them at Lu Qingfeng.

"How pathetic!"

Lu Qingfeng's voice booms, echoing in all directions.

With a wave of his hand, the Great Sun Annihilation Divine Light flickers again, shattering all the talismans to pieces. Fortunately, Ling Yun True Man is prepared, dodges swiftly, and narrowly avoids the Divine Light.

Boom!

The Divine Light misses its target and strikes the island behind Ling Yun True Man, obliterating an island tens of miles in size along with the palaces on it.

"This—"

Yue Yu True Man and Ling Yun True Man exchange a look, both seeing the sign of trouble in each other's eyes.

Trapped in the Eight Sceneries Tower for five hundred years, upon his return, Guangyuan Demon's strength has increased by more than tenfold compared to five hundred years ago.

His combat power is immense and his Divine Skills are unpredictable.

There's simply no stopping him!

Lu Qingfeng stands with hands behind his back, looks at Yue Yu and Ling Yun, and then surveys the surroundings, wondering, "Why aren't Qing Han and Meng Zhu True Men here?"

Both have reached Golden Core, it doesn't make sense that with such commotion at Upper Origin Palace, they would not appear.

Yue Yu and Ling Yun's faces stiffen.

Seeing this, Lu Qingfeng's fingers twitch behind his back and with a slight divination, he realizes, "Turns out they've already passed away. What a pity, I couldn't see them off on their last journey."

Shaking his head with great regret.

At these words, Yue Yu and Ling Yun look even more grim.

Qing Han and Meng Zhu True Men were worn to death by the Guangyuan Demon. Unwilling to accept this, before their demise, they made a last request to keep Guangyuan Demon trapped in the Eight Sceneries Tower.

But now,

He has emerged perfectly fine, with no signs of being disheveled, and instead, his Divine Skills have greatly improved.

Both feel a sense of injustice. While anxious thoughts race in their minds about how to deal with the old demon,

Suddenly—

"What demon dares to run rampant in Upper Origin Palace!"

From within Upper Origin Palace, a chorus of angry shouts rings out.

Immediately followed by streams of light speeding toward Lu Qingfeng, it's the Jiedan True Men of Upper Origin Palace reacting, all rushing over together. Their voices and Magic Artifacts arriving before they do.

Intending to blast Lu Qingfeng into ashes.

"This is bad!"

"Quick, retract your Magic Artifacts!"

Upon seeing this, Yue Yu and Ling Yun True Men instantly panic. They've seen how just now, Guangyuan Demon employed the Five-colored light to take in magical Artifacts of Three Sects, including Seventh-Order Great You Circle and the Eighth-Order Eight Sceneries Tower.

The arriving Magic Artifacts are mostly of Fourth and Fifth Order.

How could they withstand him?!

Unfortunately, it's already too late.

Whoosh whoosh!

The Magic Artifacts whiz through the air.

"Excellent!"

With a face showing delight, Lu Qingfeng watches the sky full of light, as green, yellow, red, black, and white beams of light erupt from his head. With a shake, seven or eight Sect Magical Artifacts all drop helplessly. With a sweep of his sleeve and a swirl of Qi, he collects all the Artifacts into his storage bag.

"Damn you!"

"Return our Artifacts!"

The cultivators from Upper Origin shout in unison, furious and frustrated. The importance of Magic Artifacts to a cultivator goes without saying. To have their trusted Artifacts taken away would reduce one's strength immensely.

How could they not be shocked, how could they not be furious?!

"Haha!"

"Upper Origin Palace, you are merely this!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Qingfeng laughs out loud. His laughter resonates throughout Upper Origin Palace. The disciples of Upper Origin Palace are bewildered, looking up at the True Men engaging in combat.

In the midst, the demon is brazen.

The surrounding True Men are frustrated and enraged.

The situation looks bleak.

"Activate the Sect's Great Array!"

Ling Yun True Man shouts explosively, retreating while commanding the other True Men to start the Mountain Guarding Array.

Yue Yu True Man also retreats explosively, stretching his hand out and urgently calling, "Go and ask for assistance from Great Xumi Mountain and Qingyun Sect!"

With the demon being so outrageous, Upper Origin Palace alone cannot match him. Only by rallying the Three Sects together can they capture the demon.

Otherwise,

The entirety of Fengyue Star would tremble.

"Yes!"

A True Man accepts the order, dashing outwards.

But just as he ascends into the clouds, he is struck down at an even greater speed.

"What?"

"Who is it?!"

Ling Yun, Yue Yu, and the others are startled and look up.

Only to see the True Man who took up the order spewing blood midair, he stabilizes himself and lands in front of the two True Men, crying out—

"The Four Demons have appeared, at the gate of the mountain!"

At this utterance,

The entire Upper Origin Palace is stirred up—

"The Four Demons!"

"Here again!"

"Four mere fleas, you really think Upper Origin Palace is easy to bully?"

"Please order us, esteemed seniors, and let the disciples capture the Four Demons."

The Upper Origin Palace's True Men below are indignant, volubly volunteering to fight. Clearly, they have been harassed by the Four Demons many times and cannot tolerate it anymore.