Huo Wuhai had also underestimated Gu Chen's strength, and as his Second Primordial Spirit invaded the Sun Divine Pearl, with one hand wielding the Black Evil Sword and the other the Fire Cloud Chain, he was about to strangle Huo Wuhai.

Originally, Huo Wuhai was sitting inside the bead, but now he stood up and released three hundred and sixty Sun Divine Needles, each emitting an infinite number of light needles, billions of divine rays flying outward, continuously striking the Black Evil Sword and the Fire Cloud Chain, each hit sparking a shower of Mars.

He then spread his ten fingers, shooting ten streams of Sun Sword Qi from his fingertips.

This was a technique specially tailored for him by Shi Feiyang from the "He Sha Book," where he independently developed it from the Yin Yang Five Elements Sword Qi. He refined the Sword Qi with Sun Essence Energy and his True Yuan, continuing the lineage of the Five Elements Sword Qi but without the diverse transformations of generating and overcoming; however, walking the path of pure utter Yang, it had a power of its own.

The ten beams of Sword Qi charged forward, first entangling the Black Evil Sword.

This Black Evil Sword, which Gu Chen had crafted with the help of the Sky Lusting Sect Leader when he first embarked on his Dao over a thousand years ago, had been severed into parts by the Green Rope Sword during a duel with Master Changmei. He later picked up the pieces, reconnected them, and constantly absorbed the yin evil energy from the earth's core to enhance its power.

This sword, if used against others, would naturally still be invincible, but against Huo Wuhai, it first suffered from the restraint of the True Sun Fire. It was caught by ten strands of Sword Qi, with the dense yin evil from the earth's core being massively burnt off. Gu Chen, in a hurry, spat out his True Yuan, trying to retract it, but it was too late. The sword, caught by the ten strands of Sword Qi, split open again from its ancient fractures, and before it could fall, it melted into molten iron, the Black Evil completely vanishing.

Enraged, Gu Chen raised his left hand and emitted thousands of cold flames, but they were quickly refined by the True Sun Fire. The Genuine Fire in this Sun Divine Pearl was too intense, leaving many of Gu Chen's spells and magical treasures restrained; only the Fire Cloud Chain could be used. It continually collided with the Sun Divine Needles, and facing against the ten streams of True Fire Sword Qi, it somewhat struggled. The Sword Qi swept away the encirclement. The Sun Divine Needles flew straight out and counter-encircled him. All three hundred and sixty needles pointed inward, densely firing and stabbing. Gu Chen had no choice but to retract the Fire Cloud Chain to protect himself, then furiously urged the ten-thousand-year Warm Jade, bursting out a large amount of purple light to shield his Primordial Spirit.

His Second Primordial Spirit dueling with Huo Wuhai, from the entry into the Sun Divine Pearl to being counterattacked by Huo Wuhai, happened in just an instant.

Gu Chen's original self had thought that just with the Second Primordial Spirit, he could finish off Huo Wuhai and snatch his Primordial Spirit and Sun Divine Pearl. He hadn't expected this Fire Essence to be so formidable. At this moment, his original self also formed a seal and chanted, activating the eighty-one Mystics Yin Beast-Gathering Banners, flying up to cover the Sun Divine Pearl from outside, forming the famous Mystics Yin Soul Refining Formation in this world. A wild spray of black fog enveloped a giant fireball with a diameter of nine hundred feet, resembling a celestial hound devouring the sun, plunging the world into darkness again as numerous Fierce Beasts roared towards the Sun Divine Pearl.

On the Rainbow Bridge, Gu Chen's two junior brothers, along with disciples from the Zhushan Sect, Ghost King Sect, and those of the Red-haired Ancestor, had all clashed together into a melee.

Previously, under the "scorching sun," although the surroundings for thousands of miles were enveloped in the Mystics Yin black curtain, the grand sun had illuminated above the Rainbow Bridge. Now, the light dispersed, completely vanishing; everyone on the bridge, along with disciples from Snow Mountain and Qingcheng, grew anxious. Shi Sheng even came over to ask Yuan Hua, "Should I go up and help Brother Huo fight that Demon Corpse?"

Yuan Hua looked up and said to Shi Sheng, "Your Brother Huo is only temporarily trapped; the Demon Corpse can't do much to him. Our most important task today is to protect the Rainbow Bridge and help Uncle Jiang secure the treasure from the Golden Ship. We must not disrupt our formation!"

Shi Sheng was still worried, but he chose to trust Yuan Hua, released his Flying Sword, and faced a large swath of Bamboo Swords that had just flown over.

At the same time as Gu Chen made his move, his thousand-year companion, the Old Charm from Snow Mountain, also took action.

This Old Charm practiced the Two-Mind Divine Skill and flew straight from upstream in the sky, being a blast of extremely cold white air, akin to a polar cold wave, coming straight from the West. When near, he revealed his true form, a bizarre creature resembling a mountain goblin, about three meters tall, with a head like a mountain, green hair and red eyes, a full mouth of sharp teeth, and collapsed nostrils pointing upwards. Apart from a few inches of green hair on his face, his body was covered in snow-like white fur.

This creature, besides normal arms, had a single long, dry, iron-hard arm growing out from behind its neck, naturally with seven fingers, large as palm-leaf fans, holding a grey-white luminous bead in the palm, held behind its head. He had an extra hand but one less leg; from his abdomen down, his two legs merged into one, naturally a monopod, moving without any visible action, swiftly transforming and fast as lightning.

Wrapped in a cold wave, he rushed forward rapidly, stopping a thousand meters from the Rainbow Bridge. The odd hand behind his head snapped its seven fingers, immediately emitting seven streams of chilling cold grey-white light.

This bead in his hand was his inner core, refined from the ten-thousand-year yin cold energy under the Snow Mountain; in the world, apart from a limited three or four Pure Yang treasures, the rest of the Flying Swords and magical treasures could not match it. People hit by the cold light from a hundred meters away would die instantly, and if struck directly, their bodies would immediately shatter into pulverized ice, more deadly than many Yin Thunders!

Lin Han and Jiang Shu, among others, had anticipated this Old Charm following Gu Chen and had specifically assigned Lin Han to deal with him.

Lin Han possessed the Nanming Leaving Fire Sword, which happened to be able to suppress this old monster. Seeing the cold wave approaching, Lin Han immediately went to meet it, raised his hand releasing the Nanming Leaving Fire Sword, morphing into a hundred-meter-long striking vermilion arc, diagonally slicing through the seven cold lights. With one clash, loud explosions echoed, bursting the cold light apart, scattering freezing air, and spontaneously wafting a large scatter of fine snowflakes!

Surprised by this, the Old Charm, fortunately strong in mana, used his three bizarre hands to simultaneously cast spells, initiating the cold wave.

He had also emerged earlier than expected. Out of spite, Deng Yin, infuriated by Shi Feiyang's actions, had dispatched Sect Hierarch Gongye Huang to suppress him and sincerely troubled Shi Feiyang. Besides instructing Gu Chen in Sword Refining and treasure creation, he also informed the old snow mountain demon that the opponent possessed a Flying Sword Magical Treasure specifically designed to counter him, advising him to gather ice and snow essence and absorb extreme cold air to forge six ice cores. Arranged according to the mysteries of yin and yang and the six harmonies, it could unleash six frigid cold waves.

His Magical Treasure was not fully refined yet, but it was already of considerable scale. Lin Han, unable to withstand the overwhelming chill with his Nanming Leaving Fire Sword, hurriedly took out the Heavenly Escape Treasure Mirror and waved it, releasing billions of five-colored light rings. Like electric wheels spinning rapidly and floating all over the sky, the layers upon layers of lights held back the cold wave.

The true form of the old snow mountain demon attacked Rainbow Bridge. In reality, he employed the Two-Mind Divine Skill, where another self had entered the water upstream early on, secretly moving toward the golden ship along the riverbed, aiming to directly sever its lifeline and attack the golden ship. By casting, he sealed Jiang Shu inside the golden ship and intended to sink the ship to the Earth Core.

Unbeknownst to him, White-haired Dragon Girl Cui Wugu was waiting for him underwater. As he approached, she activated the pre-arranged Five Mountains Cloud Bag. Vast amounts of five-colored smoke rose from under the water, tinting the river waters with various hues. From the riverbed to the river surface, it formed a massive filter net that allowed normal waterflow and even fish and shrimp to pass through unimpeded, but specifically trapped the old snow mountain demon.

His Two-Mind Divine Skill was unlike ordinary techniques of deploying a Second Primordial Spirit or External Body—both bodies were his true bodies, identical with white fur and red eyes, three arms, and one leg, each holding a Yin Pill.

As the old demon moved downstream, he suddenly encountered the colored fog blocking the river. Initially intending to stealthily bypass it, he plunged headfirst into the Five Mountains Cloud Bag, getting completely enveloped by a large clump of Huang Yun.

He roared as he rushed outward, with the Yin Pill releasing seven streams of extremely cold evil Qi, piercing straight out and actually tearing seven huge holes in the Five Mountains Cloud Bag!

Cui Wugu, lacking treasures like the Nanming Leaving Fire Sword, found it troublesome to counter this evil Qi. In her urgency, she launched the Vajra Divine Fire Arrow, accompanied by the crisp sound of thunder. Nine arrows transformed into nine streaks of golden light thunder, blasting towards the yin evil. Over the years, she had also accumulated quite a lot, having purchased many items from the Mingyu Immortal Market. Not only did she use the True Sun Fire to refine and upgrade her existing Divine Fire Arrows, but she also crafted nine Taiyin Cold Ice Arrows. Together, the nine yin and nine yang, a total of eighteen arrows, coupled with her Flying Sword simultaneously unleashed, clashed fiercely with the old snow mountain demon underwater.

The old demon below, suppressed by Cui Wugu, roared repeatedly, stirring up thousands of layers of river water, freezing millions of acres of vast waves. The old demon above suppressed Lin Han, shouting furiously, triggering a ten-thousand-feet cold wave, shattering the Infinite Halo.

At the same time, two of Gu Chen's junior brothers, True Master of White Bones He Ju, brandished a giant white bone banner dozens of meters high, leading many corpse ghosts and demons from the north side of Rainbow Bridge. Another, Hundre Desires Demon Yan Shen from Sky Leaking Hole, brought five Rotten Corpse Demons and a large number of ghostly demonic beings from the south side of the bridge.

The Sect Hierarch of Zhushan Sect also personally arrived at the scene, leading the four Great Elders of his sect and over a hundred disciples. Elder Ghost Dan Wu led his eight Ghost Kings and over fifty disciples directly to the ship, as they, unlike Gu Chen and Du Mang, intended to seize the treasures onboard.

Besides them, numerous Loose Cultivators who heard the news were also eyeing the treasures and Spirit Pills inside the ship.

The situation was quite typical. Many from Red-haired Ancestor's sect under Lush Peach Mountain and Tu Cui Peak also arrived. Their Cultivation Method was different from the norm, fusing their Primordial Spirits with various poisonous serpents and demon beasts from the beginning, saving a lot of effort in cultivating Primordial Spirits. If transformed into demonic beasts, they could also access many spells, employing various potent Magical Treasures passed down by the Red-haired Ancestor. These mountain folk, Hong Changbao, Yao Kaijiang, Lei Zhuazi, Blue Sky Dog, and others, used either highly poisonous Flying Crossbows or the blood-curdling Demonic Nets, proving extremely troublesome.

The younger disciples of the Xueshan and Qingcheng sects got injured by them right after arriving; two were even poisoned by arrows and caught in the Demonic Nets, hanging in the air, to be completely dissolved into a pool of blood.

Fortunately, True Master Bai Shui Liu Quan arrived just in time to rescue, and Shi Sheng, seeing this from the bridge, quickly intervened to help. Liu Quan promptly released the Golden Mandala Divine Scissors to cut the Demonic Net and saved the people.

Centered around Rainbow Bridge and the golden ship below, along the riverbanks, the battle erupted over several hundred miles. Dark clouds churned, thunder roared, and the sky glinted with various colors of sword light, rising and falling intermittently.

Upon boarding the golden ship, Jiang Shu entered the first layer and immediately met with nine fierce Sword Qi slashing towards him.

Shi Feiyang, during his previous boarding, had encountered an ambush by Sect Hierarch Shang Heyang's disciple, Cai De. He had set up the Nine Palace Sword Formation according to the Nine Palace Eight Diagrams used by the Yellow Emperor during his battle with Chi You, killing Cai De, after which the golden ship sank to the riverbed.

Cai De, having cultivated for hundreds of years as a Demon, though his physical body was slain, his Primordial Spirit still existed. For years, he had been trying to escape from here, but whenever he made any movements, the Sword Formation would activate and shatter his Primordial Spirit into numerous pieces.

This time, when Jiang Shu boarded the ship and entered the tower, Cai De immediately rushed forward, trying to escape, while numerous streams of Sword Qi shot directly toward him.

Before coming, Jiang Shu had already received instructions from Shi Feiyang and had prepared the Heavenly Escape Treasure Mirror in advance. This mirror was also a Demon Refining Treasure used by Guang Chengzi in ancient times and matched perfectly with various prohibitions on this golden ship, which was the main reason why Shi Feiyang had him oversee this treasure retrieval.

The Heavenly Escape Mirror emitted a brilliant multi-colored radiance, reflecting Cai De's Primordial Spirit into it first.

It was Cai De's misfortune, having cultivated a Demonic Skill and spent hundreds of years refining his Primordial Spirit into a Lifebound Divine Demon. Being suppressed beneath the ship and continuously shattered by Sword Qi over the years had greatly weakened him. Already much weaker than before and barely clinging to life, he couldn't withstand the attack from this ancient extrordinary treasure. His Lifebound Primordial Spirit quickly transformed into strands of red light within the colorful glint, scattering in all directions.

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