In the abandoned Exorcist Division hall, Little Li Jinglong knelt in front of the portrait, holding Little Hongjun's hand.
"I can't lose the Silk Star," Little Li Jinglong said. "I beg you to take back all of your orders!"
"You will become the successor of the Six Treasures," the Immovable King said in a deep voice. The Immovable Wisdom King said in a deep voice, "You will receive the Six Artifacts and expel the Sky Demon. This is your mission.
"There is another path to take in the future." Little Li Jinglong said seriously. He knelt in front of the Immovable King and his body gradually grew taller. He said seriously, "I am willing to use the power of the Mind Lamp to cast his three souls and seven spirits."
"You can't inherit both the Mind Lamp and my power," the Immovable King said slowly. "Divine powers repel each other. The power of the Burning Lamp and mine cannot coexist in your body."
"They can," Li Jinglong said in a deep voice. "Everyone who will meet here in the future."
"What are you talking about?" Little Hongjun was a little scared. He wanted to shake off Li Jinglong's hand, but Li Jinglong held on tightly.
In an instant, the surrounding scenery spun rapidly. Little Li Jinglong set up a formation in the courtyard. Day and night changed constantly. In the afternoon, under the blazing sun, Little Hongjun was led by Little Li Jinglong into the formation. Golden flames burned and blood flowed from his body.
The chase in the snow of Dunhuang; the moment Li Jinglong obtained the Demon Binding Rope in the Dragon-Subduing Pagoda; the Moon Eclipse Bow returned to his hand in the Lonely Mountain of Shiwei; the rebel army besieged the city during the An Lushan Rebellion. Hongjun fell into darkness. His body overflowed with black flames. The Phoenix fell. Li Jinglong pulled the Moon Eclipse Bow and a golden light broke through the darkness.
Little Hongjun looked at this scene in fear and shouted. Li Jinglong hugged his thin body in his arms and looked up to wait for the Immovable King's answer.
"Since you want to change," the Immovable King said, "the future will be full of twists and turns and difficulties."
"I don't care," Li Jinglong said.
"Perhaps you will not succeed," the Immovable King said. The Immovable Wisdom King continued, "Once you fail, the Central Plains will be plunged into misery and suffering. What will you do then?"
Li Jinglong: "I will …"
"Then kill me." Little Hongjun, who was being held by Li Jinglong, suddenly said.
Li Jinglong: "…"
Li Jinglong lowered his head to look at Little Hongjun. Little Hongjun turned his head and touched Li Jinglong's face. He seemed to understand that the person in front of him was just like his parents, trying his best to save him.
"The dead cannot be brought back to life." "Even if you change the past, the dead will never be able to return to his side."
Li Jinglong said sadly, "Is that so?"
"But from the moment you opened your eyes," Ye Zichen said. The Immovable Wisdom King said, 「 Everything will be changed accordingly, and I will also return to the distant past to rearrange the appearance of the Six Artifacts for you 」
Li Jinglong instantly felt as if he was struck by lightning. He said in a trembling voice, "Thank you …"
"I have long been tired of this cycle of chasing."
The Immovable Wisdom King walked out of the painting and stood in front of Little Hongjun and Li Jinglong. He was dressed in golden armor and then slowly knelt on the ground. He stretched out a hand covered in battle armor and gently placed it in front of Little Hongjun.
Little Hongjun: "…"
For some reason, at this time, Hongjun felt that the Golden Armored War God in front of him was familiar, as if he had known him for a long time.
"The past will eventually pass away," the Immovable Wisdom King said in a deep voice. Acalanatha said in a deep voice, "The new Mahamayuri and the new Acalanatha will stay behind with their respective missions …"
Before he finished speaking, the Immovable Wisdom King turned into light powder and dissipated in the air.
The east and south gates of Chang 'an had completely fallen. In the dark night, rolling demonic clouds rolled into the city.
Qiu Yongsi rode the flood dragon and carried Hongjun and Yu Zaoyun's demon souls to Chang 'an City.
"… Xie Yu ordered me to seize Yang Taizhen's body." Yu Zaoyun said absentmindedly, "Sister agreed to help him become a demon. I was unwilling, but I had no other choice …"
Qiu Yongsi said, "As a fox demon, you actually chose not to collude with Xie Yu. Why do I feel that there are many secrets hidden in this? Or … is this another scheme within a scheme? "
Yu Zaoyun sneered, "Venerable Subduing Dragon, although you are the guardian of the Dragon Subduing Pagoda, you are still just a mortal. There are too many things you don't understand. Let me give you a word of advice. You must respect the unknown."
"Why?" Hongjun clearly felt that Yu Zaoyun didn't like the human race. Her feelings were very similar to Wu Qiyu's. The two sisters were both powerful characters.
When Hongjun asked, Yu Zaoyun became much gentler. She answered, "How can the Emperor Star of the human world be easily manipulated by the demon race? Seizing Yang Yuhuan's body and merging with Li Longji's yin and yang will consume my demon power. What will be lost will be a large amount of my cultivation. In the end, it will also cause me to fall into eternal damnation … "
Hongjun, "…"
Yu Zaoyun said in a low voice, "Your father already knew the inside story. He used the Five-colored Divine Light to forcibly seal me in Yang Yuhuan's three spiritual and seven physical souls. This seal lasted for a full … twenty years."
Qiu Yongsi and Hongjun only knew about this. Hongjun originally thought that Yu Zaoyun would take revenge on them after they killed Wu Qiyu. Unexpectedly, she didn't mention a word about the past.
"Then next …" Hongjun said.
"Mahamayuri." Yu Zaoyun said, "I have an agreement with your father. Once I am released, it will be the time when Yang Yuhuan dies. At that time, I will have nothing to do with Xie Yu and my sister Wu Qiyu. If you don't abandon me, I can protect you … "
Hongjun was shocked when she heard this. She asked, "Can you use magic?"
"No." Yu Zaoyun answered, "I only have a soul and don't have a body. I need to find a body and cultivate again."
Qiu Yongsi said, "Sigh … Then it's still useless … To think that I thought …"
Before he could finish his sentence, blood splattered. Yu Zaoyun shouted, "Be careful!"
Qiu Yongsi and Hongjun were caught off guard by the sneak attack. The lightning dragon exploded in the air and turned into a bloody mist. At the same time, the two of them were already above Chang 'an and fell toward the city! Qiu Yongsi shook the Mountain and River Brush in the air. Unexpectedly, the bloody mist rolled toward him and surrounded him. The black cloud spread over the city walls and eroded half of Chang 'an City!
An Lushan shouted hoarsely, "I found the demonic seed! Give it to me …"
"Hongjun!" Qiu Yongsi shouted angrily. He released the Mountain and River Brush and drew the tip of the brush in the darkness.
The surrounding scenery suddenly turned into a painting scroll, but it suddenly turned black, like a piece of black paper dyed with ink. Qiu Yongsi kept falling. A blood-red demon broke through the darkness and said in a low voice, "Got you …"
Qiu Yongsi summoned another dragon. Instantly, lightning flashed in the darkness and illuminated the mist. He shouted, "Go and save Hongjun!"
Hongjun floated in the air. Instantly, the demonic energy from all directions gathered toward his body. In the darkness, the demonic energy seemed to form tentacles that stabbed into his body and directly into his heart! Instantly, his body became extremely cold. It was as if his heart was being pulled out of his chest by the demonic energy and into the endless darkness.
Hongjun was speechless.
Hongjun tried his best to release the Five-colored Divine Light, but it couldn't resist the formless demonic energy. The coldness continued to spread to his limbs and bones. His three souls and seven spirits left his body and were dragged into the eternal abyss of darkness along with the demonic seed. In the blink of an eye, another powerful force appeared with a buzz. The Demon-binding Rope bound his three souls and seven spirits. With a flash of golden light, it forcibly pulled his souls and spirits back!
The two forces continued to compete in the darkness. They were in a deadlock.
Qiu Yongsi released the lightning dragon and flew toward Hongjun in the distance. However, his body was suddenly surrounded by a blood mist.
"What a handsome young man …" Blood Demon Liang Danhuo laughed wantonly. Instantly, her voice entered his lungs. Qiu Yongsi's body was in intense pain. He circulated his True Qi to resist her. However, once he concentrated, the power to summon the lightning dragon was instantly exhausted.
"Hehe …" Qiu Yongsi spat out blood from his mouth and nose. He said with difficulty, "I don't want to … be … in love … with a demon like you … Disgusting."
Liang Danhuo screamed and turned into a blood mist. Qiu Yongsi's lungs were severely injured and he spat out blood.
In the darkness, Hongjun felt two forces crazily fighting for his consciousness. They almost tore him in half. A lightning dragon roared and flew toward him. It slammed into his body, opened its mouth, and rushed out of the dark cloud! The pressure was instantly relieved. Hongjun's soul returned to his body. He shouted, "Yongsi!"
The next moment, Hongjun released the Demon-binding Rope. As the lightning dragon disappeared into the boundless darkness, the Demon-binding Rope immediately wrapped around Qiu Yongsi and dragged him out!
The blood demon let out a strange cry and retreated into the black cloud of demonic Qi. Hong Jun caught Qiu Yongsi, and the lightning dragon rushed over with a roar, carrying the two of them far away. However, halfway through, Qiu Yongsi's transcendence energy dissipated. The lightning dragon flashed with electric light and crashed into the houses, causing them to collapse.
Hongjun hugged Qiu Yongsi and shouted anxiously. The sound of heaven and earth seemed to fade away. Qiu Yongsi lay in Hongjun's arms and vomited blood.
Hongjun: "…"
Hongjun felt as if he was struck by lightning.
A long time ago, he saw it clearly in Kun Shen's prophecy.
Qiu Yongsi trembled and coughed. He grabbed Hongjun's hand tightly. In the distance, An Lushan laughed wildly.
"You don't have another chance. Where do you think you're going?"
Mo Rigen stood at the top of Big Wild Goose Pagoda.
Ashina Chong stood at the top of Chang 'an's Ximing Temple.
Atay stood in front of Xingshan Temple.
Lu Xu stood at the top of Xingqing Palace.
Everyone faced the dark cloud that kept rolling into the city. The dark cloud carried Devil Qi and completely submerged the entire city of Chang 'an. Only Big Wild Goose Pagoda, Ximing Temple, Xingshan Temple, and Xingqing Palace were still like isolated islands in the sea of Black Tide.
Mo Rigen held his sword and stood in front of his eyebrows, murmuring.
"Although Chang 'an doesn't have the power of ley lines …" Qiu Yongsi's voice sounded in everyone's mind. "But it has the Dharma. Using the power of the Buddha of Sandalwood Merit and the relics of the eminent monks, it can stop Tianma for a while …"
"Rise!" Mo Rigen shouted.
Big Wild Goose Pagoda suddenly emitted golden light. Then, Ximing Temple and Xingshan Temple emitted Buddha's Light one after another, illuminating the sky. Waves of golden light bloomed one after another, resisting the tidal wave of Devil Qi.
"Hongjun, let's go!" Yu Zaoyun flew down from the sky and shouted at Hongjun.
Hongjun carried Qiu Yongsi on his back and staggered across the long street. The Devil Qi was still closing in, bringing along the Devil Soldiers and Devil Generals. In an instant, the Devil Qi flooded the main street. Hongjun ran up the stairs in front of Xingqing Palace and rushed into the palace.
"Another one is heavily injured," Yang Guozhong had already broken free. The runes around him disappeared. He stood in front of the palace and faced Hongjun. The Carp Demon was extremely nervous. He held two chopsticks in his hands and kept gesturing in front of Li Jinglong.
Hongjun stopped and put down Qiu Yongsi.
"You …"
Yang Guozhong smiled and said, "The restriction on me was placed by the Venerable Dragon Subduing Celestial. Now that he is heavily injured and his mana is weak, I can naturally break free. Is this strange? You're not a smart kid. "
Yu Zaoyun landed on the ground and stood in the middle of the palace. He looked at Yang Guozhong.
"You're finally out?" Yang Guozhong said coldly.
Yu Zaoyun said in a deep voice, "Xie Yu, are you still dreaming about your dragon transformation?"
Yang Guozhong sneered and said, "Thousands of years of prosperity is imminent …"
In the blink of an eye, the exorcists guarding Xingshan Temple, Big Wild Goose Pagoda, and Ximing Temple shouted at the same time, "Go!"
Just as the Devil Qi was about to engulf Xingqing Palace, three rays of Buddha's Light shot from the three temples to the center of Xingqing Palace and merged into Lu Xu's body!
"Merciful Buddha," Lu Xu's voice echoed in the darkness.
His gorgeous horns were bathed in golden light and expanded. Lu Xu was wearing a kasaya. Half of his chest was exposed. The golden-red kasaya fluttered in the wind. He opened his eyes and a huge light wheel appeared behind him!
It was the reincarnation of the Deer King!
The Buddha's Light spread and welcomed the roaring Devil Qi tide. It blocked the Tianma's power and kept it outside Xingqing Palace!
In the Chang 'an Black Sea, the three lone islands were glowing with Buddha's Light and were injected into Xingqing Palace in the center. On top of Xingqing Palace, the Buddha's Dharma was solemn and compassionate. The golden light hit the sea of Devil Qi again and again.
"Jinglong?"
"He's destined to fail. An Lushan's power is far more powerful than you, me, and Yuan Kun thought," Yang Guozhong said slowly, "Accept reality, Hongjun. You still have a chance to live."
Another gust of Devil Qi swirled. Wu Qiyu, Fei Ao, the God of Plagues, Snow Lady, and the rest of the demon spirits that were resurrected by the Devil Qi appeared in the palace one after another.
"Leaving me here alone is the biggest mistake that all of you have ever made," Yang Guozhong said in his deep voice, "Surrender, Hongjun."
A gigantic monster appeared behind Yang Guozhong. It was the Nightmare Tapir that had absorbed 3,000 Nightmares!
"It's you?!" Hongjun exclaimed in shock.
"What did you see?" Yuan Kun's voice came into Hongjun's ears all of a sudden. "Every scene of the future that you saw was created by Li Jinglong's power. It's a brand new future … If you see Qiu Yongsi being severely injured, it means that Xie Yu will be free."
The Milky Way was like a waterfall in the starry night.
Hongjun lay on the Giant Kun's back and fell into a deep sleep.
Li Jinglong looked at the sea of clouds. His long hair fluttered in the wind. He carried the Wisdom Sword on his back like a lonely swordsman.
"Everything is born from a single thought, and also destroyed by a single thought." Yuan Kun transformed into a light and stood behind him. He said in his deep voice, "You've changed everyone's fate. Yours, Hongjun's, and even everyone's on this path."
Li Jinglong said in his deep voice, "I need your help, Yuan Kun. It's your arrangement to give the Mind's Lamp to me. I believe that you're prepared. Come up with a plan to lure Xie Yu in and use him to fight for the Demonic Seed with An Lushan. "
"As soon as Xie Yu transforms into a dragon," Yuan Kun answered slowly, "It'll be difficult to control him."
Li Jinglong turned around and looked at Yuan Kun. He answered, "I'll place a seal on Hongjun's heart meridian …"
"You've failed." Yuan Kun said, "Indeed, you've tried. However, as the Mind's Lamp disappeared in the end, the seal disappeared too."
Li Jinglong answered, "I'll get it back."
Yuan Kun answered, "The Mind's Lamp shouldn't be with you. Forcing you to inherit it is already going against fate. What you should inherit is the true power of the Immovable Wisdom King."
Li Jinglong said, "I won't use the Six Weapons to kill Hongjun who's turned into a demon. Let Xie Yu and An Lushan face each other. Let them fight for the Demonic Seed in Hongjun's body. The moment the Demonic Seed leaves the body … "
"It'll be very difficult," Yuan Kun answered in a deep voice, "To be honest, I've been waiting for this opportunity."
Li Jinglong said, "The opportunity will come."