Shi Feiyang emerged from seclusion and first sought to understand the situation outside.

His disciples, in the third year after he began his seclusion, Huo Wuhai led Shi Sheng to Jiulei God's Demon Palace for an appointment.

Yuan Hua, who was an Earth Official akin to the prime minister of the Demon Kingdom, managing endless affairs, could not always stay away. He returned early to Outer Heaven Divine Mountain. When the time came for Huo Wuhai and Shi Sheng to honor their appointment, Yuan Hua intended to join the battle but was stopped by Jin Xunu.

Jin Xunu said, "Our master and his fellow disciples are fighting life and death battles out there, I can't always stay out of it. Now that Outer Heaven Divine Mountain has a regular Heavenly Number, everything has fallen into place. It won't matter if I'm gone for a few years. On the contrary, human affairs are unpredictable, you can't leave lightly. This time, I will go down the mountain in place of you. I can meet our younger brother Huo, who was taken in later by our master, and also that Jiulei God!"

And so, Yuan Hua held the fort while Jin Xunu crossed the Aurora Fire to aid Huo Wuhai and Shi Sheng.

He was the last to arrive. Xiong Man, Deng Bagu, Lin Han, Mo Zhui, and others arrived at the Demon Palace one after the other following Huo Wuhai's group.

They had originally planned to go with Huo Wuhai and the other person, but after being declined, they set out after the two had departed.

Upon reaching the Demon Palace, Deng Bagu told the Jiulei God and his wife, "This is your lair, but don't say we're bullying you with numbers. We simply won't allow you to bully our fellow disciple. If you engage in a fair duel, we won't interfere. If they lose to you, it's because they are outmatched, and we'll have nothing to say. But if you try any tricks, relying on your home ground advantage or outnumbering us, we won't stand for it!"

The Jiulei God was angered to the point of itching teeth and responded, "Very well, there's no need for such harsh words. Since you're here, let's all join in then!"

Initially, it was still a two-person duel, with the Jiulei God fighting solo against Huo Wuhai. One was "Fierce," the other "Fire." After two days and nights of battle, the ground was ablaze with fire, Thunder Pearls rolled chaotically, and much of the Demon Palace was shaken to collapse.

Huo Wuhai, adhering to the prior agreement, didn't use the Five Clouds Separation and Union. But since Shi Feiyang had distributed Treasures and Huo Wuhai had contributed greatly, he was given another Treasure — an ancient Immortal's Demon Refinement Treasure. Due to the initial agreement, this was also not used. He only employed several treasures he had specifically created for this situation, having made thorough preparations. Although Jiulei God had the upper hand, he couldn't win the battle, and instead risked destroying his own home.

The Owl Goddess became restless, and Shi Sheng took the initiative to challenge her. Once their fight began, the Owl Goddess, having previously lost her Three Corpse Incarnations and Shi Sheng wielding the Heavenly Heart Double Rings, couldn't defeat him.

Seeing his mother outmatched, the Jiulei God's son, Hei Chou, attempted a stealthy attack with the Jiulei Yin Thunder, but was caught by Deng Bagu who trapped him with a vast expanse of the Ice Soul Divine Light. Other disciples in the Demon Palace, seeing this, released Flying Fork Magical Treasures to attack Deng Bagu, some also activating the palace's Arrays.

Xiong Man shouted, "You truly do not honor the agreement, seeking victory by numbers. Do you think we'll just let you bully us?" She took the lead, unleashing a Golden Sword, along with a Vajra Pestle, Vajra Wheel, and an ancient battle axe, charging fiercely into the fray.

The Jiulei God's concubine, Song Xiangwa, had been planning to ambush Mo Zhui's group, grab a millennium-old Spiritual Medicine with the Demon Net, and then flee overseas, but ended up being hacked into many pieces by Xiong Man along with her Treasure!

Both sides clashed, the Owl Goddess died by Shi Sheng's hand, Hei Chou perished within the Ice Soul Divine Light, and all of Jiulei God's disciples fell.

The Demon Lord's eyes turned bloodshot with rage. In a moment of fury, he lost his senses and released the Nine Child Mother Thunder Pearl!

He had an agreement with Huo Wuhai by the Yuan River's shore: he wouldn't use the Nine Child Mother Thunder Pearl, and Huo Wuhai wouldn't use the Magical Treasure taken from the Golden Ship. Now that he had first breached the agreement, he was ready to sacrifice everything to perish with the enemy!

The Thunder Pearl, once released, was shrouded in a deep purple-green Treasure Light, looking unremarkable, but once it exploded, it instantly became a tens of thousands feet high blaze, piercing the heavens above and the underworld below, even threatening to blast through the Earth's crust.

Deng Bagu and the others had prepared a contingency plan beforehand. Seeing this, they urgently yelled to Shi Sheng, "Little junior brother, quick use the Heavenly Heart Double Rings!"

As they shouted, Shi Sheng had already cast the Heavenly Heart Double Rings, transforming them into red and blue heart-shaped light that enveloped the Thunder Pearl at its center.

The Thunder Pearl was initially powered by Demon Magic, and the Heavenly Heart Double Rings were precisely able to suppress all Evil Demons, but even so, the explosion couldn't be contained.

Once the Double Rings had captured it, Shi Sheng immediately began casting, propelling the rings along with the Thunder Pearl skyward, intending to send it into space to explode harmlessly and avert catastrophe.

This move was highly risky. The Heavenly Heart Rings had to be retrieved before the Thunder Pearl's detonation, or they'd be destroyed along with it and lost forever. But if retrieved too soon, there was a fear that the Thunder Pearl wouldn't reach a sufficient altitude and would still wreak havoc in the Human World.

Beforehand, when discussing the possibility of the Jiulei God cornered into releasing the Thunder Pearl, they had prepared for this dangerous method. Shi Sheng bravely volunteered, willing to lose this Treasure in order to send away the Thunder Pearl... He was ready to make this sacrifice, unaware of how many people's tribulations depended on that very Treasure!

When the Jiulei God saw the Thunder Pearl being encircled and sent to outer space for destruction, he spewed out True Qi, intending to make it explode immediately, to die along with his enemies.

However, when the Heavenly Heart Double Rings came together, they instantly severed the True Qi connection between him and the Thunder Pearl; he cast spells in haste but was no longer able to control the Thunder Pearl.

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