In the sky, three meteors fell in a "品" shape, trailing white tails like fireworks, hurtling towards Ni Mu.

By Ni Mu's side, seven or eight giant butterflies, each half the height of a man, were flapping their wings, and the fine dust fell like fragments, swirling in the wind that sealed off Ni Mu's retreat and pressed straight towards his face.

Faced with the predicament, Ni Mu appeared calm as still water, not overly flustered.

His fingers moved swiftly through the air, and the Bronze Treasure Mirror floating next to him spun, instantly emitting over a dozen beams of blue light, aiming at the meteors and the enveloping winds.

After coming in contact with the blue light, the meteors and the winds rapidly diminished, quickly shrinking to a quarter or fifth of their original size, and the once-frightening dust and light now became faint and dim.

Immediately after, Ni Mu pinched a spell, and a small ball covered with icicles appeared in front of him; with a thought, the icicles shot out, absorbing moisture from the air and gradually swelling to the thickness of an arm, easily scattering the weakened meteors and winds.

However, no sooner had he resolved one wave of attacks than he saw Wu Yuezhi move chess pieces and place eight white stones on the Heavenly Star Chessboard.

The sound of "swoosh, swoosh" intensified!

With that, more meteors fell from the sky, enveloped in spirit light and taking the form of giant swords, slashing fiercely at Ni Mu.

Not far away, a glamorous woman also made her move, a long centipede-like creature flying out from her hair, spewing out a green poisonous mist from its mouth, which, along with the wind generated by the seven or eight butterflies, surged towards Ni Mu.

Seeing this, Ni Mu's pupils suddenly contracted.

If he didn't truly resolve the issue with Wu Yuezhi and the other person, he would never be able to break free from the predicament.

As thoughts raced through his mind, Ni Mu continued to calmly activate the Bronze Treasure Mirror to counter the onslaught from Wu Yuezhi and the other.

At this time, the backup plan he stored in his Storage Bag had already absorbed enough Spiritual Energy, ready to be deployed at any moment, yet he still waited for the right opportunity with an unfathomable gaze, unwilling to reveal his edge despite being weary from responding to the attacks.

His real enemies were not Wu Yuezhi and the other person but the Six Desires Venerable standing behind them.

The Six Desires Venerable, noticing Ni Mu's cautious stance, revealed a sneer at the corners of his mouth while manipulating Wu Yuezhi and the companion to besiege Ni Mu with Illusion Techniques, not making a move himself and playing a cat-and-mouse game.

Though it seemed overly confident, in reality, he was also trying to buy time to heal the injuries on his body.

The Gu Technique of the glamorous woman, though not life-threatening, had ultimately hurt his Primordial Qi a bit.

But for the Six Desires Venerable, the physical body was merely a garment that could be changed at any time; he would not care about the severity of injuries if not for the time needed to adapt and integrate with each new body.

As long as his Divine Soul was unharmed and the soul leech remained, he could live forever.

However, suddenly, the Six Desires Venerable's expression stiffened, immediately turning his head to look toward the Black Tower, a trace of astonishment in his eyes.

How is it possible that the Divine Soul is dead? Who exactly is...

The news of the main soul's demise caused him a momentary lapse of concentration, which also allowed Ni Mu to keenly detect a flaw in the Six Desires Venerable's flesh.

A gleam flashed in Ni Mu's eyes, and with a light tap of his right hand on the Storage Bag, he took out a palm-sized azure mirror—it was the Thousand Illusion Treasure Mirror he had obtained at the Yin Capital City Lord Mansion.

The Thousand Illusion Treasure Mirror was vastly different from Ni Mu's Bronze Treasure Mirror, its appearance resembling flowing water, barely maintaining an oval shape, making it look as if it could dissolve into a pool of water at any moment.

A layer of hazy mist lingered on the mirror's surface, veil-like, and if one looked too long, it would induce a dizzying effect, appearing quite mystical.

Ni Mu raised the mirror and swiped his hand across it, uttering a soft "go." The center of the Thousand Illusion Treasure Mirror instantly lit up with a spirit light, then abruptly split open. Its form disintegrated, dividing into two streams of mutually repelling blue mist, moving with the speed of Instantaneous Movement, heading straight for Wu Yuezhi and the companion.

In the blink of an eye, the two mists reached Wu Yuezhi and the other, entering their Seas of Consciousness before they could react.

The next instant, blue light shone in the eyes of Wu Yuezhi and the companion, and both froze in mid-air, unable to move even a little bit.

Without their control, Ni Mu easily evaded the meteors and winds, then set Mana ablaze and dashed towards the Six Desires Venerable.

All this happened in the blink of an eye, and by now the Six Desires Venerable had also come back to his senses.

He noticed the change in the situation and while somewhat surprised by Ni Mu's skills, there was still a hint of disdain in his eyes.

Nonetheless, he was not foolhardy enough to underestimate his opponent, and facing the oncoming Ni Mu, he opened his mouth to spit out, finally summoning his Magic Treasure.

That was a folding fan engulfed in purple flames.

The fan's surface looked like human skin, its ribs resembling human bones, and at the handle, two thumb-sized skull heads with empty eyes shone with a dim light. Their jawbones opened and closed, emitting mocking laughter as if they were alive.

Upon witnessing this, Ni Mu's gaze sharpened, yet his momentum did not waver. With a light tap, he reached into his Storage Bag at his waist, and a blinding Golden Light instantly fell into his palm.

Immediately afterward, the Golden Light spread rapidly over his body, and in a mere moment, it enveloped him entirely, before solidifying into form.

In less than a breath's time, a suit of gleaming Golden Iron Armor had covered Ni Mu's entire body, revealing only his eyes and mouth and nose, without a single crack elsewhere.

Seeing this, the Six Desires Venerable became more cautious, directly lifting his hand to grasp the Purple Flame Bone Fan, opening it with a swish, and waving it in front of him.

In an instant, a boundless sea of purple ghostly fire surged from the fan, turning into an enormous skull the size of seven or eight people in midair, issuing a silent roar at Ni Mu.

Facing this scene, Ni Mu did not dodge or avoid. Like a moth to a flame, he charged directly into the mouth of the skull.

A flicker of surprise crossed the eyes of the Six Desires Venerable, and immediately after, that flicker of surprise turned to shock.

In midair, a flash of Golden Light suddenly appeared at the Purple Flame skull's mouth, then rapidly spread, transforming all the flames it touched into Golden Iron.

The Six Desires Venerable had no time to react, as the giant Purple Flame skull completely turned into a statue radiating dazzling Golden Light.

Simultaneously, Ni Mu flew out of the skull's mouth, and he was now less than thirty feet away from the Six Desires Venerable, nearly upon him in an instant.

Seeing this, the Six Desires Venerable's figure explosively retreated while he raised one hand and waved the Bone Fan in his hand. The Soul Power from his Sea of Consciousness also surged out, attempting to use an Illusion Technique to stop Ni Mu's charge.

However, whether it was the Purple Flame or the formless Soul Power, when they came into contact with Ni Mu in his armor, they turned into Golden Iron in the blink of an eye.

Ni Mu moved through the Golden Iron effortlessly, as if swimming in the ocean, not only unimpeded but even accelerating by a fraction.

The Six Desires Venerable wanted to deploy another tactic, but Ni Mu had already caught up to him, flying directly in front of him, silent and determined, he threw a punch.

The Six Desires Venerable tried to dodge by tilting his head, but at that moment, he found that his body too had become rigid and clumsy, as if it had turned into Golden Iron.

In the next instant, Ni Mu's fist struck the Six Desires Venerable's face with a force not lesser than that of a Body Cultivation practitioner, and with just one blow, the Six Desires Venerable's head exploded into bits.

While those pieces were still in the air, one by one, they turned into metallic fragments emanating Golden Light. As for the Six Desires Venerable's headless body, it too turned into a Golden Iron statue in the blink of an eye and plummeted towards the ground.

Ni Mu, wearing the armor, stood in midair, looking down at the lifeless body of the Six Desires Venerable. Once he confirmed that he was thoroughly dead, he relaxed slightly.

But at that moment, a look of pain flashed in his eyes, and he exerted all his strength to unfasten the Thousand Illusion Treasure Mirror that held Wu Yuezhi and another person.

As the Six Desires Venerable's Physical Body died, the Illusion Technique affecting Wu Yuezhi and his companion was also lifted. After the Thousand Illusion Treasure Mirror flew back into Ni Mu's hands, they both quickly recovered.

Wu Yuezhi looked around, taking some time to understand the situation. Seeing the dust settle, joy appeared on his face. He looked up at Ni Mu intending to offer his congratulations, but he saw the expression of pain under the faceplate, and his heart suddenly tightened.

"Not good. Big brother is being assimilated by the Puppet. Use the talisman he gave us earlier!" Wu Yuezhi spoke with urgency and hurriedly flew toward Ni Mu.

The gorgeous woman also revealed a look of panic and rushed alongside Wu Yuezhi toward Ni Mu.

The two did not dare to approach Ni Mu directly. After flying to a certain distance, they frantically took out several talismans from their Storage Bags, using one on themselves first before rushing to Ni Mu and placing another on him.

The spirit light from the talisman quickly entered Ni Mu's body, and after a few breaths, the agony in Ni Mu's eyes gradually faded. The Golden Iron Armor covering his body shook, then suddenly split open, parting to both sides.

Ni Mu stepped out of the armor, looking up to see it closing again, with Golden Iron filling its interior. It quickly solidified into a humanoid Puppet, and only then did he finally breathe a sigh of relief.

"Big brother, this Tongchen Puppet is assimilating foreign objects faster and faster. If you keep using it like this, I'm afraid next time we won't be quick enough to save you with a talisman," Wu Yuezhi expressed his concern.

"It doesn't matter. Once this matter is settled, I will use the Spirit God Pill to break through to the Late-stage Nascent Soul. I should be able to fully control the Tongchen Puppet then, and we won't have to worry about being assimilated by it ever again," Ni Mu shook his head, his expression somewhat relaxed.

"Alas, the origin of this Puppet is unknown. It was too risky for you to refine it as your Lifebound Puppet, big brother. This is not the first time you've been in danger while defeating an opponent," Wu Yuezhi sighed.

"The Immortal Path must be contested. If we don't take risks, how can we glimpse the path to everlasting life? Let's not talk about the distant future; if it weren't for Tongchen today, we would have perished here. What future would there be?" Ni Mu replied with a light laugh, carefree.

"What big brother says is true," Wu Yuezhi sighed, his respect for Ni Mu's resolve growing a bit more.

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