Meng Yuxuan led the elite soldiers on the shore in a close-quarters blood battle with the disciples of the Fang Immortal Dao. The spear in his hand shimmered with a cold light under the sunlight and firelight, bringing with each swing a shower of blood and a storm, but the disciples of the Fang Immortal Dao, relying on their familiarity with the terrain and their tenacious will to resist, stood in a stalemate with the soldiers of the Great Yu Dynasty, with both sides continually suffering casualties.

Just at the critical moment when the battle was deadlocked, a blinding flash of light suddenly swept across the sky.

Next came a roar that echoed between heaven and earth; the Heavenly Spirit Master had successfully passed through the Heavenly Tribulation and advanced to a Thunder Tribulation Ghost Immortal!

He was surrounded by a terrifying vigorous flow, suspended in mid-air, standing with hands behind his back, overlooking the battlefield below like an ancient god and demon.

"Ants of the Great Yu Dynasty, today is your day of death!" The voice of the Heavenly Spirit Master reverberated in the sky above the battlefield like rolling thunder.

He rapidly formed seals with his hands, and powerful gang wind flows roared from his palms, sweeping crazily towards the warships and landing soldiers of the Great Yu Dynasty's navy.

Wherever they passed, the warships were shattered instantly, and the soldiers let out continuous screams.

At this moment, a black figure appeared on the battlefield as if tearing through the void; it was the Guardian Vajra Demon King summoned by Xu Qing.

The Vajra Demon King exuded a terrifying essence qi, rushing skyward and piercing the stars.

Its body was extraordinarily massive, with every step it took making the entire sea surface tremble.

"Heavenly Spirit Master, today is your retribution!"

Xu Qing's voice came from within the Vajra Demon King, full of majesty and resolve.

The Heavenly Spirit Master continued to form seals, and the gang flow in the sky became increasingly violent, forming a gigantic vortex, crashing towards the Vajra Demon King.

Unafraid, the Vajra Demon King let out a thunderous roar, violently swinging the enormous demon mallet in its hand to meet the gang flow vortex. The collision unleashed a deafening bang, with ripples transforming into gales that swept outward.

In the terrifying explosion, the Vajra Demon King's figure flashed, instantly appearing before the Heavenly Spirit Master, the demon mallet carrying immense force as it smashed fiercely towards him.

The Heavenly Spirit Master swiftly dodged to the side, simultaneously forming a gang qi shield with his hands, enveloping himself within it.

"Just with these tricks of yours? Far from enough!" The Heavenly Spirit Master roared, smacking the shield hard, causing it to expand instantly, pushing the Vajra Demon King back several steps.

He then retreated rapidly like lightning, stuffing elixirs into his mouth to quickly recover from the post-tribulation weakness.

Meanwhile, he continually formed seals with his hands, unleashing powerful and exquisite spells one after another.

Having passed through a Heavenly Tribulation once, he wielded Ghost Immortal level dao skills almost at will, with astonishing speed.

Even so, confronting the close-quarters combat of the Martial Saint, he, as a Ghost Immortal, was greatly wary, instinctively pulling away.

The Vajra Demon King was likewise unyielding, swinging its demon mallet to fend off the spells of the Heavenly Spirit Master one by one.

The battle between them grew ever more intense, their powers enveloping the entire battlefield, making other fights seem like mere backdrops to this supreme duel.

Meng Yuxuan and the Fang Immortal Dao disciples, watching from the sidelines, were so shocked by the terrifying battle scene that they momentarily forgot to continue fighting.

Gazing at the two powerful figures in the sky, their hearts were filled with awe and fear.

This battle was not just a duel between two people but a collision of two forces that would determine the future direction of the Southern Ocean: whether the forces of the Great Yu Dynasty would further expand or the Fang Immortal Dao would continue to dominate overseas.

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In the distance, aboard the East Sea.

Xu Qing watched the battlefield with calm eyes, while the East Sea Princess beside him blushed.

"Xu Lang, you're amazing; to think you can fight a Ghost Immortal who has passed through a Heavenly Tribulation to a draw with just an avatar." The East Sea Princess felt the occurrence before her was utterly surreal, beyond her understanding.

"Because he just passed through the Heavenly Tribulation and has a weakness period. His current battle power might not even surpass what it was before attempting the tribulation." Xu Qing said calmly.

To interfere with a Ghost Immortal passing through a Heavenly Tribulation, especially for a Heavenly Demon like Xu Qing, was definitely not a good thing.

Because Heavenly Demons are innately fearful of the Heavenly Tribulation.

Moreover, Xu Qing knew that a Ghost Immortal would have a weakness period after passing through a Heavenly Tribulation.

Only those with a very high realm could maintain perfect condition post-tribulation.

Such beings could often pass through several Ghost Immortal Tribulations at once.

But in reality, such beings generally chose the Primordial Spirit Right Path rather than the lowest Ghost Immortal Path.

Achieving the Primordial Spirit leads directly to the Earth Immortal Path, making becoming a Heavenly Immortal highly promising.

This was the path taken by astonishingly talented individuals like Chongyang True Master.

Purely focusing on Divine Soul Cultivation to become a Ghost Immortal requires undergoing numerous Heavenly Tribulations to continuously improve the state of mind and fortify the Divine Soul, which means taking a long detour.

The risks are very high.

However, the path of the Primordial Spirit Right Way is especially hard to tread. Xu Qing would never have achieved the Purple Mansion Primordial Spirit without those opportunities. Even so, he strayed off course, becoming a Heavenly Demon.

In his life, only Elder Fang's path was straight.

But Old Fang's path is not replicable.

He validated and understood himself through the Daoist Collection. In the martial arts realm of Huang Yi, he would be a Lang Fanyun or even the template of Ling Donglai.

Furthermore, Elder Fang's cultivation depth is probably unknown even to himself.

The East Sea Princess asked, "When do you plan to act, Xu Lang?"

Xu Qing waved his hand and replied, "No rush."

He knew this was a rare opportunity.

He needed to leverage this great battle to gather information on the Heavenly Spirit Master, adding further depth to the Heavenly Demon Technique's Heavenly Demon Transformation.

As his position in the Great Yu Dynasty grew more stable, with his influence expanding, the Taichu Demon Qi would, like a reservoir, continually receive new influxes of water.

With sufficient Taichu Demon Qi, there would be no problem in achieving Heavenly Demon Transformation; what was lacking was how to gather the aura of a powerful being and leave a profound heavenly demon imprint on them.

By comparison, killing the Heavenly Spirit Master might not yield as much benefit.

Because the premise of Heavenly Demon Transformation is that there exists a corresponding being in the world; only then can there be Heavenly Demon Transformation.

Like a mirror.

If the being no longer exists, naturally, there won't be a reflection.

Xu Qing is still under a lot of pressure right now.

The Black Mountain Old Demon is the creator.

A Ghost Immortal must undergo seven heavenly tribulations to become a creator.

Ordinary Human Immortals are not opponents for a creator, unless they cultivate to the level of blood and flesh rebirth to stand a chance in battle.

The most terrifying part is, according to Xu Qing's intel, the true Sky Demon body of the Black Mountain Old Demon itself is also at the level of Human Immortal blood and flesh rebirth.

The true Sky Demon body is not a primordial spirit body, but a special physical body independent of the Black Mountain Old Demon's primordial spirit.

In terms of techniques, the Black Mountain Old Demon is renowned throughout history.

The Daoist of the previous generation from the Xuantian Dragon Ascension Path severely injured the old demon at its peak, knocking down the opponent's realm. After Xu Qing's knowledge improved, he found it incredibly unbelievable.

He even suspects whether the previous generation Daoist invited the True Martial Great Emperor to possess him in the end.

Only then would it make sense.

Now that Xu Qing has achieved Heavenly Demon, he has a new understanding of divine spirits like the True Martial Great Emperor.

Their existence actually relies on the heart of the people.

In ancient times, demons rampant in the world, and the masses sincerely hoped for the appearance of saving divine spirits, leading to the emergence of the True Martial Great Emperor sweeping away the demons.

The birth of a divine spirit should be similar to the cycle of existence arising from non-existence.

Existence is born from non-existence.

Non-existence is not complete nothingness but a kind of will.

Of course, his current understanding does not represent the truth, it can only be said that his current stage of understanding is like this.

The affairs of the world have no absolute definition and must be viewed by stages.

Now, it seems Xu Qing's efforts in setting up workshops and opening coal mines is good for the people.

But as the times progress, after the people's living standards temporarily improve, many drawbacks will also follow.

Simply put, the people entering workshops and mines are equivalent to industrialists plundering the people's time for agricultural production and corvée labor activities.

Because by paying money, people can also avoid corvée labor.

Especially in coal mines, they indeed earn a lot, but they also bring about many diseases.

If there is progress, it's because the court's corvée labor requires no wages and workers must bring their own food. If not done well, they are punished.

Xu Qing has experienced a relatively good era, he can foresee future development, so he hopes to get closer to a better life as much as possible.

Don't think Heavenly Demons are evil.

Actually, the nature of Heavenly Demons lies in desire and enjoyment.

Advancing toward the destruction of all beings is actually the worst thing for Heavenly Demons.

As everyone knows, those who like to destroy the world are usually righteous gods!

Because after leveling everything, they can redesign it.

Xu Qing's gaze calmly rested in the direction of the Heavenly Spirit Master and the Vajra Demon King's battle.

At the same time, he keenly sensed another force about to arrive on the battlefield.

"The news is quite fast." Xu Qing thought to himself.

He didn't mind this either; Xu Qing always does things with a margin.

For the new force joining the battlefield, Xu Qing is not without backup plans.

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The students of the Martial Arts Academy were mixed in with the ships of the East Sea Gang under the leadership of King Lin.

Moreover, inside the ship, there was a beautiful silver-haired woman and a man with a broken arm. Even when they were close by, the students couldn't detect the slightest hint of their aura.

The silver-haired woman was Ji Changxi, one of the two saints of the Great Yu.

She lifted a cup of clear tea and took a sip.

"Sky Wolf King, care for a sip?" she asked softly, then chuckled and said, "I forgot you only have one hand."

Fu Xuan's old face turned black.

He had already been teased by Ji Changxi all the way due to his broken arm.

This old woman, truly shameless.

Doesn't she know why and how he lost his arm?

Xu kid really is inhuman, practically a demon king, actually letting him be on the same boat with Ji Changxi, his arch-enemy.

The key question was, what did Xu Qing use to win over this old undying Ji Changxi?

Could it be his good looks?

Fu Xuan grumbled internally but remained silent.

If he responded, he would lose.

Only a fool would respond!

And the power on this ship, to be honest, is more terrifying than the current battlefield at Old Port.

If other forces really interfere.

Well, they would certainly understand what despair truly means!

Xu Gongming isn't acting with martial virtue at all!

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