"The Beichen Yellow Dragon Scripture?"

The Human Demon looked astonished, recognizing Canyuan True Monarch’s Cultivation Technique at a single glance.

The Nine Heavens World was vast and boundless. Mortals might spend their entire lives within a thirty-li radius. The range of a Qi Cultivator was much greater, yet even they would find it difficult to leave their own country on a typical day.

But for a Nascent Soul True Monarch, the Nine Heavens World was much smaller. Even other continents were merely a ten-day journey away.

That was why, even though the Human Demon was a Demon Cultivator from the Northern Continent’s Eastern Demon Sect, he was no stranger to the Beichen Yellow Dragon Scripture.

This was the Profound Pure Sect’s Foundation Method, a Cultivation Technique that specialized in cultivating a breath of Yellow Dragon Qi. By refining various Spiritual Objects and Spiritual Qi into this Yellow Dragon Qi, one could release it during battle to neutralize an enemy’s various techniques. It was a remnant of the ancient Qi Cultivator lineage.

Upon reaching the Nascent Soul Realm, this breath of Yellow Dragon Qi would generate its own Spiritual Charm, taking on some semblance of a True Dragon. It shared some similarities with the Thunder Division True Dragon that Yang Jing had once summoned with an altar.

Gouchen is the station of the Yellow Dragon, the Polaris of the heavens.

This stream of Yellow Dragon Qi, though condensed from Magical Power, possessed an immense weight, and its flight speed far surpassed even that of the Sword Qi Thunder Sound.

The Profound Yellow Dragon Qi instantly clashed with the Nine Nether Ghost Car Demon Fire that the Human Demon spat out.

BOOM!

A world-shaking explosion instantly erupted deep beneath the sea. Even on the surface, thousands of zhang away, the water began to churn into violent waves.

The force of the collision naturally reached the nearby Flying Boat.

The Flying Boat’s Defensive Spirit Light fluctuated violently, appearing as fragile as an eggshell under the assault of the massive waves.

"Great Saint! We have to get out of here, now!"

Yang Jing sent to the West Sea Great Saint with his Divine Sense. The aftershocks of a Magical Combat between two Nascent Soul Cultivators were far more than this Martial Might-level Flying Boat could withstand.

In the midst of their Magical Combat, the seawater was rapidly vaporized. A ceaseless torrent of steam pushed the water aside, carving out a dry pocket of space deep beneath the ocean.

The power to burn the heavens and boil the seas.

Within this space, the terrifying high pressure and superheated steam were enough to instantly kill a Foundation Establishment Tier Cultivator. But that wasn’t the greatest danger. The greatest danger was the aftershocks from the two Nascent Soul Cultivators’ Magic.

With no time to re-secure the unfastened anchor chains, the West Sea Great Saint simply transformed into his human form, shouldered the chains, and began to drag the Flying Boat away, quickly leaving the battlefield of the two Nascent Soul Cultivators.

Yang Jing strained his vision to its limits but could only vaguely make out a scale or two from the Yellow Dragon. The Flying Boat that the Human Demon had become was completely submerged in the raging Nine Nether Ghost Car Demon Fire.

’A true man should be like this.’ 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

Such a thought surfaced in his mind.

"So, Canyuan True Monarch was here all along."

Zuoqiu Feng put away her Five Evils Demon-Slaying Flying Saber. In the last few days, the blade had slain more Celestial Demons than in the past several decades combined.

Yang Jing nodded.

"Canyuan True Monarch contacted me via Divine Sense a day ago. He’s been hiding this whole time to avoid startling the Human Demon."

Suddenly, the distant Human Demon cried out in alarm.

His body, transformed into a Flying Boat, suddenly began to generate streams of pure light. The streams linked together, morphing into countless fine chains that ensnared his entire form.

"How did those flying Demon beasts I drove your way taste? Were they to your liking?"

While directing the Yellow Dragon to attack the Human Demon, Canyuan True Monarch formed a hand seal and chanted a mantra, causing the chains covering the Human Demon’s body to tighten even more.

This Magic was called the Profound Pure Demon-Locking Spell, created by the founder of the Profound Pure Sect to counter Celestial Demons. To an ordinary cultivator, Celestial Demons were practically invisible and traceless. Simply finding them was incredibly difficult, and a single moment of carelessness could lead to falling for their insidious schemes.

The Profound Pure Demon-Locking Spell could completely bind these elusive Celestial Demons. If the Curse was cast properly, it could even lock one down until it died.

Casting this Curse required a Talisman. A drawn Profound Pure Demon-Locking Talisman would be burned to ash with Spiritual Fire, mixed with Spirit Water, and this resulting Talisman Water would be fed to various creatures throughout the Nine Heavens World.

As soon as an Outer Celestial Demon devoured a creature that had consumed the Talisman Water, it would fall under the Curse. The caster only needed to form a hand seal to trigger it, and Demon-Catching Chains would manifest inside the Celestial Demon’s body.

The most incredible aspect of this Curse was that the afflicted Celestial Demon would feel nothing after it consumed the creature with the Talisman Water. Only when the Curse was triggered would it abruptly realize it had been cursed.

The centermost phoenix head on the Flying Boat gnashed its teeth as it glared at Canyuan True Monarch. Of course he knew about this kind of spell, one specifically designed to counter Celestial Demons.

"You cunning Daoist!"

He had never expected that the endless stream of Demon Birds had been driven there by the very Profound Pure Sect Daoist standing before him.

"Fellow Daoist, you have become an Outer Celestial Demon. If things had gone awry, you could have immediately fled back to the Outer Realm. To ensure I could keep you here permanently, I had no choice but to resort to this crude plan and plant three thousand, six hundred and fifty Profound Pure Demon-Locking Spells inside your body."

Canyuan True Monarch said with a smile.

The Yellow Dragon Qi he commanded, however, showed no mercy. It relentlessly tore Demon Scales from the Flying Boat’s surface, its claws digging deep into the vessel’s interior and ripping out flesh and sinew.

The roaring head of the Yellow Dragon chomped down, directly blowing apart one of the Human Demon’s phoenix heads.

Torrents of Demon Blood gushed out.

The shattered phoenix head began to regenerate rapidly, growing anew from its neck.

Even before the Nine Phoenixes suffered Demon Contamination and fell to demonhood, they were renowned for their tenacious Life Force. They could quickly regenerate even if only a single head remained.

But even though the phoenix head could regrow, the Human Demon remained at an absolute disadvantage.