Ye Bin had a discussion with Qian Kang and Ruan Zheng about how to slay the Demon Dragon next. After yesterday's encounter, they had realized how formidable the Demon Dragon's tactics were, having turned the Myriad Cold Centipede into a Divine Demon and ambushing them at the palace entrance, on top of which his disciples and followers had forced them to retreat in disarray without even catching a glimpse of the Demon Dragon.

Ye Bin hadn't come alone; he had also brought over twenty female disciples from the Golden Bell Island to join forces with the City That Never Sleeps. This number of people would have been enough to deal with a sect, but the Demon Dragon had not only a multitude of disciples, but also tens of thousands of Demon Clan outcasts who had pledged their loyalty to him. Although they suffered significant losses last night, the remaining numbers were still vast. In a mixed battle, they would not fare well.

"We still need to have the Demon Clan and the people from the Forty-Seven Islands take the lead in the fight, at least to ensnare the Demon Dragon's minions!" Ye Bin suggested.

"This is difficult," Qian Kang said with a frown. "According to the disciples who returned, Deng Bagu brought out a cauldron, and we later learned that it was the Yu Ding, used by Yu the Great during the great flood to specifically slay demon beasts. It captured several thousand formidable Demon Clan members out of thin air, and the rest were unable to withstand and were scattered. Their morale is now broken, and they are a disorganized mob, unable to organize again after just one defeat."

Shen Tuhong suggested, "Courage in a common man can be incited by greed. With enough enticement, they can be driven to charge again."

Hesitating for a moment, Qian Kang ordered his disciples to bring out twenty large chests from the storeroom, all filled with various rare and exotic treasures. He had been the city master on the Outer Heaven Divine Mountain for hundreds of years, where Spiritual Medicines grew everywhere and treasures piled up. He had chosen the best and collected them in large quantities.

These twenty chests contained a variety of crafted elixirs, unprocessed Immortal Fruits, collected Five Elements Essence Qi, as well as millennia-old coral trees, and all sorts of fist-sized pearls, among other things.

He had his disciples carry these chests out and dump them into the sea, attracting water sprites like koi fish fighting for food, swarming over and frantically snatching and gobbling them up, even biting and fighting each other for the loot.

The disciples did as instructed, loudly telling the myriad sprites below that these treasures were all plundered from the warehouses of the Bright Realm last night. There were many more treasures inside, but of course, the best part was the Black Dragon itself—the Dragon Ball and Dragon Soul went without saying, as well as the Dragon Tendon, Dragon Skin, Dragon Bone, Dragon Blood, Dragon Liver, Dragon Heart... all were rare and invaluable treasures. Starting from today's Hai hour, the City That Never Sleeps would attack the Bright Realm again. The city master claimed that he would only slay the Demon Dragon and would not take the rest of the treasures. Whoever had the ability could claim them for themselves.

Those Demon Clan outcasts always acted on their own instincts and were short-sighted. Some seized Spirit Pills, others grabbed Treasures. Upon hearing this announcement, they became as excited as if injected with chicken blood, howling and preparing to return to the Bright Realm to loot treasures today!

In the shadows, the wrong-doers from the Forty-Seven Islands who had been watching this scene returned to discuss the matter, cursing as they did.

They had entered the following night and indeed had seen treasures, but suffered heavy losses. They were driven out before seizing anything significant, and because they returned late, the Aurora Fire had reignited, and they couldn't leave. They had to stay on the Outer Heaven Divine Mountain for a year.

They gathered on a small island to discuss their next steps. When they heard that the disciples of the City That Never Sleeps were dumping things into the sea, they were furious: "So the great treasures were all snatched away by the bastards of the City That Never Sleeps!"

The individuals from the Forty-Seven Islands were all practicers of side paths and irregular Dao, with varying degrees of Daoist power. The three strongest Island Masters, who needed to conduct combined refining of the super nuclear weapon—the Heavenly Stars Secret Demon of Shushan World, known as the Varnagyin II—were in retreat underground on Wuyu Island with a group of their close followers.

Over twenty Island Masters had entered the Outer Heaven Divine Mountain this time, along with their disciples and followers, totaling over seven hundred people. The weakest disciples could only release a Flying Sword which could decapitate a man from a hundred paces away—a feat that in the Mortal World would make them invincible amongst ordinary knights, but in the gathering of Sword Immortals, it hardly counted for anything.

After yesterday's battle, a large number had perished, leaving only a little more than two hundred survivors, many of whom were wounded, and some even missing an arm.

They had suffered such heavy losses, while the City That Never Sleeps reaped a wealth of gains, picking up all the bargains. And that would have been fine, but to show off by dumping them into the sea, box by box!

This group was gnawing with envy.

Among them was the Island Master of White Whale Island, named Gui Wu, a born freak with a bizarre appearance and exceedingly strong mana. He and Bai Mingyu, the daughter of the White Rhombic Reef Master, were husband and wife in their previous life, deeply in love. They had recognized each other in this life not long ago and were just about to rekindle their old romance when Bai Mingyu caught the eye of the son of Divine Monarch Xu, Xu Tong, who, with his father relying on their powerful mana, intended to force her into marriage.

As both sides calculated against each other and were about to make a covert move, they were caught up in the event of slaying the dragon at Outer Heaven Divine Mountain. Bai's father used this event to persuade Gui Wu to help them to gain benefits as well and privately promised that as long as he earnestly exerted himself, his daughter would be married to him after this venture.

Gui Wu conspired with the disciples of the Iron Umbrella Daoist in his past life, joining hands to set Purple Cloud Palace ablaze, intent on boiling the vast ocean within thousands of miles, to force Chu Feng and the others to cede the Palace to them—such a greedy bunch. Knowing that the Master of White Rhombic Reef was using him and might not fulfill his promises in the end, Gui Wu had still followed, ready to seize the opportunity to act and take out Divine Monarch Xu and his son.

As a result, not only did Divine Monarch Xu die at the hands of Lin Han, but the Master of White Rhombic Reef was also slain. Gui Wu didn't take the remaining Xu Tong seriously, directly teaming up with Bai Mingyu, declaring they were fated spouses from a past life, a couple in this world.

Now feeling triumphant in his heart, he put on the airs of an island master and proposed to the other island masters, "Qian Kang sincerely used us as pawns to fend at Bright Realm and sacrifice to the heavens, using our blood to coat his Flying Sword—truly despicable. This time, we absolutely can't let him take advantage of us again. Just now, I saw from afar a rainbow of sword light as brilliant as the nine-colored aurora; that lowly wench Ye Bin has also arrived. Let's pretend to attack Bright Realm as before but secretly execute a reverse ambush. While Ye Bin and Qian Kang are attacking Bright Realm, we'll counter-attack and enter the Eternal Night City!

They've already looted so much yesterday, casually dumping twenty large chests into the sea; certainly, what's left is even more and better. Just taking what they have would be enough for us. Occupy Eternal Night City first, hold the relatives and disciples inside as hostages, then wait for the right moment. Even combining forces with the Black Dragon for a pincer attack on Qian Kang and Ye Bin is not out of the question! Anyway, the Aurora Fire has already started; getting back would have to wait until after a year. Taking Eternal Night City will allow us to rest and live well!"

Hearing this, the crowd of evildoers applauded in approval: "Eternal Night City was originally the Heavenly Palace of Abundance, and Qian Kang has been occupying it for hundreds of years. It's time for him to step aside and let us enjoy the spoils! He must have amassed plenty of good things over the years, not to mention what was looted from Bright Realm yesterday. Let's completely overthrow him; indeed, a marvelous plan!"

To deceive the people of Eternal Night City, these minions of the left path attacked simultaneously with the Demon Beasts as they did the previous day. The aquatic Demon Beasts prepared to land from east to west while land-based Demon Beasts attacked Shenzhe Palace from south to north. They were blocked by the five palaces' Demon Clan led by the Divine Shen and the Red Snake Xuan Turtle. The people from the Forty-Seven Islands broke into the five palaces' territory, this time not engaging in prolonged fights with the disciples, but rather darting about wildly, unleashing Divine Thunder, starting fires everywhere, creating chaos.

Ye Bin and Qian Kang and others, seeing them engaged in battle, immediately flew directly to Tianxin Palace.

In front of the platform, colorful smoke spouted forth, revealing divine demons within the smoke, including Varnagyin II, Kashyap, Wei Fengniang, and Zhong Ang—four in total—plus the Myriad Cold Centipede with its nine avatars. Ruan Zheng then released Tianxuan Divine Sand, and they were ensnared by Sanxiao with the Heaven and Earth Qingning Ring.

This time, there was an addition—Golden Bell Island's master. Ye Bin launched the Ice Soul Divine Light Sword. This Immortal Sword of hers was quite unique. When unleashed, it was a beam of nine-colored red light, dazzling and colorful, with a brilliant radiance. During a duel, she could split the colors within, changing them at will; separated they became nine, together they fused into one. Attacking an adversary with a streak of rainbow light, and for defense, a swath of colorful aura enveloped her—extremely beautiful to behold.

She wasn't superficial like Qian Kang, who regarded the three Plant Spirits as treasures, only thinking of capturing them to nurture. In situations like these, decisive action was needed; any further delay and procrastination would lead to uncertainties if the Demon Dragon awoke.

She made a lethal move against the three little beings with a flick of her fingers, splitting out three rays of sword light—one green, one white, one red—stabbing directly at the Mo Family brothers.

With profound Daoist power and superb swordsmanship, her Flying Sword pierced through, and in the blink of an eye, colorful light exploded, and the three little ones were about to be corpses on the ground.

Suddenly, a vast expanse of Hongmeng Purple Qi rose up in front of the three great halls blocking the sword light. It was precisely Jade Lotus Miaomiao wielding the Nine Heavens Yuan Yang Ruler. The three dazzling rays of colored sword light chopped and pierced relentlessly upon the Purple Qi, attacking continuously. Ye Bin, seeing she couldn't breach it, immediately released the remaining six rays of colored sword light, attacking in a chain with intensity like sudden rain.

Every time her Flying Sword struck the Purple Qi, Miaomiao's Jade Ruler would tremble, and the Hongmeng Purple Qi would continuously thin out. The difference in their Daoist power was simply too vast!

Ye Bin, rapid in her sword strikes, suddenly felt this speed was too slow. She spread her arms and flew backward to stand atop a jade railing, pinching fingers to release her self-refined Magical Treasure, the Zi Wu Divine Light.

This treasure was forged by her over three sixty-year cycles, using the Yin Yang Qi to combine the meridian and recovery lines' Yin Yang Magnetic True Qi, a work of immense effort with limitless uses. Once released, it transformed into a green and white light, shooting straight forward into the Hongmeng Purple Qi. Slightly hesitating, the Purple Qi then dissipated with her sharp cry and a tug back, pulling the Nine Heavens Yuan Yang Ruler out of Miaomiao's hands.

Seeing it was a remarkable treasure, Ye Bin reached out to retrieve the Jade Ruler through the air.

As the Ruler flew past the doorway, Mo Zhui saw it and swiftly used a hand seal, his fingertip emitting a beam of green light that enveloped and pulled the Ruler down.

Although possessing three thousand years of mana and comparatively weak next to Ye Bin, he used Treasure Collection Technique taught by Shi Feiyang. Today, Shi Feiyang had instructed him, should Miaomiao fail to defend the treasure, to protect it at all costs.

Ye Bin, capturing nothing but air, now contested with Mo Zhui. The Ruler, still hovering in midair, slowly descended towards Mo Zhui's hand.

With a cold hum, she flicked the Zi Wu Divine Light, the green and white threads still in her hand, the tip wrapping around the Nine Heavens Yuan Yang Ruler. Mo Zhui could no longer contend with her. Not only that, she unleashed three more sword lights, slashing towards the three little beings!

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