True Master Jun Shan lowered his head.

The already dried-up Spiritual Spring Creek's water was eroded by Evil Qi, and the reflected silhouette in the creek was also stained pitch black.

Blackness spread out.

He took a step back, and the next moment countless Evil Qi spouted from the creek beneath his feet, turning into a black pillar. The trees rustled wildly, and the black pillar rose from the ground and suddenly exploded in the sky.

There was no need to form seals.

With White Ghost's cultivation realm, forming a barrier only took a moment.

"Rumble."

The already dark and gloomy heavenly peak was completely enveloped in blackness. Mo Taoist and Joyful Zen Master looked up, seeing this world entirely swallowed by darkness. It began to rain from the top of the sky, and pitch-black ink trickled down, splashing acidic foul water onto the ground. The methods of White Ghost were indeed formidable... Even they felt a bit oppressed within this barrier.

True Master Jun Shan stood in the creek, with a smile still on his face.

He suddenly took another step back. This time, however, his steps were unusually heavy, as if he was burdened with a thousand kilograms of weight.

The rain poured down heavily, ink black and torrential.

Where it touched, everything was inundated and solidified.

"Tsk..."

True Master Jun Shan slightly raised his eyebrows.

A wisp of Sword Qi leapt out and hovered around his head, gently humming, turning into an invisible umbrella. But under the corrosion of the ink rain, the umbrella began to disintegrate at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"It really is just 'Cave Heaven Realm'."

White Ghost felt somewhat disappointed: "I thought you had secretly advanced to the Yin God Realm... at least mastered a complete Tao Realm..."

"Do you think I wouldn't want that..."

Jun Shan smiled: "How can cultivation be so easy? I am a reincarnated true person, not a reincarnated immortal."

For a moment, White Ghost didn't know what to say.

He seriously looked at the figure trapped in the pitch-black creek and asked, "In that case, how dare you come here?"

"Rather than that..."

True Master Jun Shan smiled and extended his hand, pointing behind White Ghost at Mo Taoist and Joyful Zen Master: "The more important question is, why have I come here, isn't it?"

Indeed.

This was the most important question.

The confidentiality of tonight's meeting was extremely high. The Three Great Sects had been at internal strife for years, forced to unite because of the pressure from Paperman Sect.

Despite this, the Three Great Sects still guarded against each other.

Yin Mountain needed to guard not only against the Heavenly Puppet Sect and Hehuan Sect... but also against the infiltration techniques of Paperman Sect!

"Are you implying that someone leaked the secret?"

White Ghost spoke softly, turning to look at the two hovering figures.

Mo Taoist and Joyful Zen Master exchanged glances, neither happy nor sad.

True Master Jun Shan watched this scene with interest.

For a moment, the atmosphere became eerily cold once again... The cultivators most adept at suspicion and betrayal were probably all concentrated in the South Border. This land, known as the most heartless "Cultivation Land," saw the rise of successive sect leaders of the Three Great Sects through extremely violent and bloody means. Every change of leadership was a bloody event, with the predecessor almost always meeting a tragic end.

In fact, no one had leaked the secret.

The reason True Master Jun Shan was here was all thanks to "Tao Realm Guidance." The second Tao Realm he unexpectedly comprehended tonight gave him a very important vision... Following the Heart Lake Sensing, he traveled along the creek flowing out of the Tiger Creek Grotto Heaven and saw the gathering of the three evil sect leaders.

"It wasn't me."

Mo Taoist slowly moved his head to look at Joyful Zen Master: "If there is a traitor, it must be her."

"Fool."

Joyful Zen Master said softly: "If the information had been leaked... would it be only Jun Shan who came here?"

The conversation was transmitted through Heart Lake Sensing, but the deathly silence on the scene lasted for a moment.

This silence was broken by True Master Jun Shan's light laughter.

"Alright, alright."

He said, smiling: "I was just speaking casually, you didn't really believe it, did you?"

"..."

White Ghost's expression turned frighteningly gloomy.

He didn't understand how a mere Cave Heaven Realm dared to venture here.

The barrier was already formed.

Killing True Master Jun Shan required only a thought.

Yet...

From the moment he saw Jun Shan, unease had surged in his Heart Lake. At this cultivation stage, maintaining stability in the Heart Lake was crucial, as everything was interlinked; ignoring such a premonition could lead to disaster.

This was the reason White Ghost delayed and hesitated to act.

He wanted to see if "True Master Jun Shan" was hiding something. If this reincarnated true person had indeed stepped into the Yin God Realm and returned to Yin God Perfection strength, White Ghost could be at ease, as the unease would merely stem from Jun Shan himself, not from any other potential danger.

However.

True Master Jun Shan was merely at Cave Heaven.

Surrounded by the three leaders, he showed no intention of breaking through.

What did this mean?

"Many say you have mediocre talent and merely relied on luck."

True Master Jun Shan suddenly spoke, his gaze crossing over White Ghost to the black barrier in the sky: "They say you found an 'Earth Dragon' which started your path to becoming a saint in South Border... Anyone who found that Earth Dragon could become Yin Mountain's Mountain Master."

White Ghost snorted coldly.

He had heard such comments countless times over the years.

None who spoke like this in South Border were spared; all were captured, refined to death, and merged into the Soul-devouring Banner.

"I don't see it that way... In the grand scheme, the victor writes history, and the truth lies beneath the surface."

True Master Jun Shan earnestly watched the ink rain, genuinely praising: "This barrier is the belly of the Earth Dragon, right? It's quite peculiar how you turned the Earth Dragon into a 'lifebound object'... No wonder the Heavenly Puppet Sect couldn't defeat you. Wherever you go, as long as the Earth Dragon opens its mouth, it becomes your Cave Heaven."

"?"

Mo Taoist and Joyful Zen Master were slightly startled by these words.

After years of conflict.

Everyone knew White Ghost had an Earth Dragon.

But since White Ghost became a saint, the power dynamics among the Three Great Sects had stabilized, with Yin Mountain suppressing the other two. Mo Bai Taoist hung up his flag, and the two Zen Masters cultivated. Even though the sects clashed fiercely, the disputes were mostly among the disciples, rarely involving Yin God Venerables... The Earth Dragon card had never been seen since.

At White Ghost's level, life-and-death battles revolved around "home-ground advantage."

The Earth Dragon opens its mouth, swallows the heavens and earth, dragging its foes into its lifebound Cave Heaven...

Then how could one fight?

No one had ever seen White Ghost use this method!

"As expected of True Master Jun Shan."

White Ghost candidly said: "Indeed, this is my Earth Dragon's Cave Heaven."

Upon hearing this, Mo Taoist and Joyful Zen Master immediately floated three feet into the air, deploying barriers to shield themselves from the ink rain.

If this was the belly of the Earth Dragon, then this ink rain...

Mo Taoist's face revealed a look of disgust.

Joyful Zen Master brushed off her robe, the exaggerated smile on her face disappearing.

"I thought the three of you were life-and-death allies by now."

True Master Jun Shan shook his head: "After all, you betrayed the Great Chu together... What's a little ink rain from the Earth Dragon's barrier?"

"Fellow Daoists need not worry..."

White Ghost said indifferently: "Releasing the Earth Dragon is only a precaution against Jun Shan, nothing more."

The explanation seemed pale, given they were already in the Earth Dragon's belly.

Mo Taoist and Joyful Zen Master's expressions darkened.

"Aha."

True Master Jun Shan chuckled, spreading his arms wide: "By the way, raising such a big worm must consume a lot of resources, right? How many people do you kill every day?"

"Courting death!"

The evil aura around White Ghost's eyebrows condensed into substance.

Though the danger sensed in his Heart Lake remained, his patience was exhausted. True Master Jun Shan was only a Cave Heaven, while they had three Southern Border Sect Masters beyond Yin God Realm.

With the Earth Dragon barrier up, no message or divine thought could be transmitted out.

White Ghost no longer hid his killing intent.

He took a step forward, shaking the creek, as if rain was flowing backward—

In that instant.

In just that instant.

White Ghost closed in on True Master Jun Shan.

He saw Jun Shan's eyes, those seemingly naive eyes holding ridicule and sneer.

And deeper, coldness and tranquility.

Even now, True Master Jun Shan showed no sign of drawing his sword. White Ghost's senses weren't wrong; Jun Shan was just a Cave Heaven. Breaking through now was meaningless; mastering a complete Tao Realm, even reaching Yin God Perfection wouldn't be enough against these three.

So.

Jun Shan never intended to fight.

To be precise.

He never intended to fight personally.

The Taoist robe was blown by the wind, fluttering, as the child who foresaw the future through Tao Realm quietly spoke two words.

"Wu Zhexian."

The moment the words were spoken.

White Ghost was puzzled.

Wu Zhexian?

Who was... this?

But the next moment, he understood.

White Ghost's pupils contracted, as the danger in his Heart Lake multiplied. He wanted to evade, but it was too late—

Mo Taoist and Joyful Zen Master's faces were filled with disbelief.

Rumble!

A thick, brilliant golden light pierced through the sky, like a pillar, incinerating the tainted ink rain upon contact.

Before the sound reached, the person had arrived—

Wu Zhexian descended from the heavenly peak, stepping into the trembling black creek, and delivered a punch right in front of True Master Jun Shan.

This punch landed squarely on White Ghost.

Despite the Soul-devouring Banner's protection, White Ghost uncontrollably spat out a mouthful of blood, flying hundreds of feet back.

Countless black evil qi burst out of his body!

Wailing ghosts cried out, pleading for mercy.

The barrier shook and shattered in mere moments.

As the dust settled.

White Ghost clutched his chest, struggling to stand, his face pale.

Crackling sounds of burning echoed in the heavens and earth.

The ink rain was burning.

The dark heavenly peak was torn apart by the golden light, casting a clear hue onto the earth.

The towering figure, like a blazing sun, stood there, majestic and oppressive.

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