After Ye Tianfan left the tent, he found an empty tent, posted his name at the entrance, and then moved in.

Upon entering the tent, Ye Tianfan discovered that although it was quite small, it was fully furnished. It even had a bed with a sponge mattress. Don't ask me why there would be a sponge mattress in a place like this.

Ye Tianfan comfortably lay down on the bed, ready to take a good rest. After being chased by the Sacred Evil Lion, climbing the mountain, and rushing back all the way, he hadn't had a proper rest for days. Given the tight schedule and heavy task, he wanted to complete the mission as quickly as possible.

It's critical to know that this mission was of huge importance. Such a vast area was polluted by Evil Qi, containing numerous demons within. If not dealt with promptly, these demons could quickly evolve to the Baihui Stage, Shifang Stage, or possibly even the Taichu Stage.

Therefore, all the righteous sects in the world had to participate in this mission.

In fact, even the Demon Sect took part in this event. However, they couldn't appear openly here, as almost all the righteous sects were gathered here, and surely many of them had deep-seated enmity with the Demon Sect.

The Demon Sect, at this moment, was on the other side of Copper Gong Town. They set up tents on that side and were searching for clues.

The reason the Demon Sect also joined this event is that, regardless of alignment, once tainted by the Evil Qi, one would gradually turn into a demon. Those with strong capabilities could hold out longer, while the weaker ones would succumb more quickly. Without special means, all would eventually become demons.

Moreover, demons don't differentiate between right and wrong, humans or animals. They kill everything in sight and carry Evil Qi, contaminating everything.

The Demon Sect didn't want the world to end up like this either. Otherwise, they wouldn't know where to commit their evildoings—after all, with no people left and Evil Qi everywhere, where would they unleash their evil?

So, to prevent this world-polluting thing from spreading and destroying everything, the Demon Sect also lent a hand. They stopped the Evil Qi from spreading toward their side, while the righteous path began devising ways to eliminate the Evil Qi in that area.

In truth, as long as the Demon Sect didn't cause trouble during this time, that would be the greatest help to the righteous path.

Just as Ye Tianfan was lying on the bed resting, someone suddenly called for him from outside the tent. Judging by the voice, it sounded like Senior Brother Yun Tian.

Ye Tianfan sat up with a speechless expression, thinking, "Could there be another task? Come on, I just got back! Not letting me rest and arranging a task right away, is that appropriate?"

Despite his inner complaints, Ye Tianfan got up quickly, walked to the tent flap, and pulled it open. Indeed, it was Senior Brother Yun Tian. After welcoming him in, Ye Tianfan asked, "Senior Brother Yun Tian, aren't you going to rest? Why are you here? Is there an urgent task?"

"You're right!" Senior Brother Yun Tian nodded, then continued, "This task is to go to Star River Garden to invite the Evil Slaying Elder!"

"Evil Slaying Elder?" Ye Tianfan was a bit puzzled. He knew of the Evil Slaying Elder, a person who was righteous yet evil at times. Sometimes, he could sacrifice his life to slay evil. Yet, at other times, he would confront the righteous path when they displeased him.

Overall, though, his righteous actions outweighed his evil ones.

At that moment, Ye Tianfan also guessed why they were inviting the Evil Slaying Elder. It was likely because the Evil Slaying Elder had in his possession a Magical Treasure powerful enough to counteract Evil Qi—the Eye of Thunder Punishment.

Of course, this Eye of Thunder Punishment isn't the one in the heavens. It merely shares the name, but its capabilities are far less. After all, one is the divine arbiter, while the other is a thunder attribute Magical Treasure. It's named the Eye of Thunder Punishment because the Evil Slaying Elder, during his previous Celestial Tribulation, secretly captured a sliver of celestial thunder.

He then used this sliver of celestial thunder to craft this Magical Treasure.

This sliver of celestial thunder is the most vigorous and yang energy in the world. Though limited in quantity, after being nurtured for hundreds of years, the Eye of Thunder Punishment in the Evil Slaying Elder's possession can now emit four strikes of celestial thunder.

Now, besides those desperate battles, no one dares to provoke the Evil Slaying Elder, as the four strikes of celestial thunder he possesses are identical to those encountered during a Celestial Tribulation.

This time, the invitation to the Evil Slaying Elder isn't just for those four strikes of celestial thunder, but because the Eye of Thunder Punishment itself, even without unleashing thunder, has been nurtured by celestial thunder to become one of the most vigorous and yang Magical Treasures in the world.

This time, they want the Evil Slaying Elder to use his Eye of Thunder Punishment as the core for setting up the Heaven-Reaching Array. Using the Eye of Thunder Punishment will enhance the power of the array.

The array that Zhen Chu intended to establish was already one of extreme vigor and yang. With the Eye of Thunder Punishment as the core, even Zhen Chu couldn't guarantee that the array wouldn't harm them, since the effect of combining extreme vigor with extreme vigor isn't simply additive.

Everyone has evil within them, so Zhen Chu couldn't be certain if the array he created would end up destroying the evil within them.

However, if the Eye of Thunder Punishment wasn't used as the core, Zhen Chu couldn't be sure if his array could completely eradicate the Evil Qi, especially since they hadn't even found the source of the Evil Qi. Only by finding the source could they entirely annihilate the Evil Qi and its source.

Otherwise, if the source isn't destroyed, then all the efforts to eliminate the Evil Qi could be for nothing, as it would repopulate Copper Gong Town in less than a day.

Just like the previous influx of Evil Qi—it filled Copper Gong Town rapidly in less than a day and started spreading out at a fast pace.

Although the array temporarily blocked the Evil Qi's spread, its high corrosiveness meant that the array needed to be recharged every hour, or else the Evil Qi would corrode it clean, allowing Evil Qi to erupt from the array.

At that point, things would get even more troublesome, as their current camp was also within the eruption zone.

"Alright, are we setting out now?" Ye Tianfan asked, puzzled.

"No, the team to invite the Evil Slaying Elder has already set off!" Senior Brother Yun Tian replied.

"Hmm?" At this moment, Ye Tianfan felt like flipping the table. They'd already left, so why call him? Couldn't they let him have a proper rest?

"We have another task!"

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