Chapter 38

Yue Qing knew that these demonic spirits were all housed in the Mystic Yin Beast Banner hidden in the thick fog. If the banner was not destroyed, even if they were scattered, they could immediately regenerate from the banner.

He took out the Pure Yang Celestial Token given to him by the Liu brothers from his treasure pouch. Over the past few days, he had been refining this treasure at Great Bear Reef, and now he could use it with ease. Holding the token, a surge of warm, pure yang energy spread through his body, and the runes on the token glowed with a pale golden light. He pointed the token upward, and a white-golden light shot out, striking the forehead of the dragon. The dragon, which had been baring its fangs and claws, spewing out a large amount of yin evil, was suddenly pinned by the golden light and immediately froze in the air, appearing as a black cloud in the shape of a dragon.

Yue Qing first pinned the dragon's soul with the Pure Yang Token, then pinned the blood shark swimming below. He used his immortal sword to cleave a path and flew forward swiftly.

Yan Shen was so shocked to see that Yue Qing could pin the demonic souls of the Mystic Yin Beast Banner that he was terrified. The Mystic Yin Beast Banner was a secret treasure passed down by their sect, and his master, the Heavenly Lust Sect Lord, had once used it to form the Mystic Yin Soul Refining Array, which killed countless experts, even the three elders of Mount Emei could not deal with him. Yan Shen had never heard of, let alone imagined, that anyone could pin the demonic souls on the banner.

Over the past few days, Yue Qing had refined the immortal token, knowing that this treasure was made from pure yang warm jade, containing the true yang energy that arose at the beginning of the universe. Although weak, its power was irresistible when it erupted. After refining it with his Primordial True Qi for several days, its power became even greater, specifically effective against all kinds of evil yin spirits. Indeed, as soon as he used it, he pinned over a dozen demonic souls. He sprayed a mouthful of Primordial True Qi onto the token, made a spiritual gesture, and pointed it at the sky. The banners connected to these demonic souls immediately burst into Taiyi Pure Yang Immortal Fire, burning the yin evil with a hissing sound, turning it into wisps of blue smoke. Countless demonic souls screamed in agony, and in a moment, the banners were burned to ashes.

The Mystic Yin Soul Refining Array was set up with eighty-one Mystic Yin Beast Banners. With over a dozen banners destroyed by Yue Qing, the array immediately had a gap, and its operation showed a flaw.

Yan Shen, seeing his painstakingly refined treasure banners destroyed, felt as if his heart was bleeding. Afraid that the remaining banners would also be destroyed, he hurriedly gathered his power. Suddenly, two immortal swords flew out from the thick yin evil behind him. His Black Evil Sword automatically protected him, making a series of crisp sounds. Yan Shen quickly transformed into a black smoke and flew upward, but he felt a chill in his back, followed by intense pain. A foot-long gash was cut into his back. He had been cultivating underground for years, using yin evil to temper his body, making his flesh and bones as hard as a zombie's. Even a regular flying sword could not harm him, but Yue Qing's sword only cut through his skin, and the large wound only oozed some thick, dark red blood.

Yue Qing pursued relentlessly, stirring up the black yin evil, making it boil like a pot of water. The five people below heard the commotion. Dong Xiu was the first to exclaim in surprise, "Junior Brother Yue is already making that demon run for his life! Let's go help him!" She then released her flying sword and flew upward. Feng San and the others also flew up, following the sounds of the battle. Without the support of the evil array, the yin evil could not withstand the five people's assault. Feng San held the Xuan Guang Ruler, and the colorful light circle in front of her cleared the way. The black yin evil dissipated upon contact. Jin Xun Nu's Taiyi Qingning Fan was even more powerful, and with a few waves, all the black yin evil was swept away, and the world was bright again.

Yan Shen, engaged in a sword duel with Yue Qing, was surrounded by the five people. He had spent decades refining the Mystic Yin Beast Banners, and now most of them were destroyed. Feng San had also used the Xuan Guang Ruler to capture several banners. Enraged, he did not think of fleeing but instead laughed maniacally, "You want to overwhelm me with numbers? I'm not afraid of you!" He spat out a black gas and released five zombie spirits.

These zombie spirits were originally zombies that had been trapped in the Heavenly Leak Hole for over a thousand years. Their bodies gradually rotted, leaving only their seven souls nourished by the yin evil rising from the underground, forming demons. When Gu Chen was killed by the Long Eyebrow Immortal, he fled to the South Sea and hid in the Heavenly Leak Hole. Seeing these five zombie spirits, he refined them with Mystic Yin techniques for nearly two hundred years, turning them into extremely fierce zombie spirits.

The five ghostly figures seemed to have form but were actually insubstantial. When Feng San and the others released their flying swords to fight, whether they pierced through the bodies or cut off the heads, the swords passed through as if they were just human-shaped images, causing no damage.

Yue Qing loudly warned them, "If you are caught by those ghostly claws, your soul will be dragged out, and you will be destroyed both in form and spirit!"

Feng San took out the Xuan Guang Ruler and released five light circles to protect herself. The five ghosts, seeing the power of the light circles, did not dare to touch them. However, they moved as fast as lightning and quickly attacked from the sides of the light circles. Feng San, unable to control the Xuan Guang Ruler as she wished, quickly used the Heavenly Demon Soul Splitting Technique when the ghosts approached. The bodies of the five ghosts split into several pieces and scattered, but they quickly reformed. Frightened, Feng San quickly transformed into a blood light and fled.

The five zombie spirits rampaged, and except for Jin Xun Nu's Taiyi Qingning Fan, which they dared not approach, the other four were chased and fled in disarray. Er Feng was even more unfortunate, as a ghostly claw grabbed her head, causing her to scream. Jin Xun Nu desperately came to her aid, and the Taiyi Qingning Fan released green and red qi, causing the zombie spirit to dissipate. However, it reappeared in the distance.

Yan Shen, seeing the zombie spirits' power, laughed, "Yue Qing Bin, your helpers are not as good as mine. After my treasures eat their souls, I'll come for you!"

Yue Qing pressed him with two flying swords and coldly replied, "Yan Shen, considering our past relationship, I'll give you one more chance. Take those five zombie spirits and run! Otherwise, I won't let you go!"

Yan Shen, furious, said, "Yue Qing Bin, if you have the ability, show me! Don't just talk..." He was confident that Yue Qing could not deal with the thousand-year-old zombie spirits refined with Mystic Yin techniques. He wanted to say more, but he saw Yue Qing take out a black jade gourd, hold it in his hands, and chant a few spells. The gourd emitted three streams of blood qi, from which twelve divine spirits emerged. Following Yue Qing's command, five of them chased the thousand-year-old zombie spirits, catching them like eagles catching chickens, and the zombie spirits struggled in vain.

The five divine spirits brought their prey to Yue Qing and knelt before him. The remaining seven rushed at Yan Shen.

Seeing the Six Ding and Six Jia divine spirits, Yan Shen was terrified. He no longer had the courage to fight Yue Qing and turned into a black smoke to flee. In an instant, he was ten miles away, but suddenly a five-colored smoke appeared in front of him. It seemed thin, but when he tried to charge through it, it was like a copper wall and iron wall, and he fell back. He remembered that it was the Taiyi Wuyan Luo used by the Taiyi Hunyuan Ancestor in the past. The seven spirits caught up and captured him, biting his head and gnawing his feet, and in a moment, they ate Yan Shen to the bone, not even a drop of blood fell into the sea. They then brought his soul back to Yue Qing.

Yan Shen's soul, held by the divine spirits, trembled in fear and knelt, begging, "Brother Yue! Immortal Yue! Spare my life!"

Yue Qing was unmoved. After rescuing Huang Feng, Jin Ping, and Lu Rongbo, he said, "Yan Shen, you captured the disciples of Purple Cloud Palace and blocked their entrance, so it is up to Purple Cloud Palace to deal with you. If you want to beg for mercy, you should go to them." He then had the divine spirits hand Yan Shen's soul to Feng San.

Feng San took out a gourd and captured Yan Shen's soul. Looking at the powerful divine spirits, she was full of admiration and envy. "Junior Brother Yue, what do you plan to do with the five zombie spirits?"

"These five spirits are thousand-year-old zombies refined with Mystic Yin techniques. If we let them go, they will harm the world." He took out the Five Ghosts Soul Seizing Banner and waved it lightly, releasing five streams of black qi to capture the five ghosts and store them in the banner. "I was planning to refine the Five Yin Demonic Banner and needed to kill five extremely evil people to capture their souls. Now these five zombie spirits are perfect."

Feng San had wanted to ask for them but gave up when she heard his explanation, feeling very disappointed.

The group returned to the palace, and Huang Feng and the others specially came to Great Bear Reef to thank Yue Qing for saving their lives. After this incident, everyone looked at Yue Qing differently, knowing that he had deep cultivation and boundless power. When the five leaders of the palace had their disciples captured and blocked at the entrance, they were at a loss, but Immortal Yue Qing went out and easily broke the array and killed the demon in just a short time. Even those who had previously looked down on him, like Hui Zhu and Jin Xun Nu, now respected him.