Due to the overwhelming number of ghost monsters, Chen Jiuge had no choice but to unleash divine skills. A Wood Dragon, condensed from a massive amount of immortal power, appeared beside him, swirling around the entire castle.

“I’ll leave the rest to you!”

Chen Jiuge’s attack methods were actually not many; apart from the Five Elements Divine Technique, he only had a moderately formidable Body Refining Power. However, the Body Refining Power was rather ineffective against ghost monsters, so he concentrated on defense instead.

“Leave it to me!”

Gu Zhengyu nodded slightly, his long sword transforming one into countless, and sharp sword qi instantly tore open a vacuum passage in the ghost monster horde. Countless ghost monster corpses fell from the sky, their black blood splattering on the entire earth.

The Stone Snake, drenched in ghost blood, let out excitable hisses and charged under the leadership of the Stone Snake King.

For a moment, a large number of ghost monsters fell, stirring excitement among those on the castle.

Only Chen Jiuge, Tian Yue, and Gu Zhengyu frowned, as the other disciples, due to insufficient cultivation, could not see the black mist behind the ghost monster horde, but the three of them could.

In the black mist, dozens of distinctly different ghost monsters, looking more ferocious and exuding a denser aura, stared indifferently at the slaughter before them, as if those who died weren’t their own kin.

But ghost monsters were grouped into clans too, and even if it wasn’t their clan dying, nor would they care even if it were, because they don’t keep weaklings in the Underworld!

“Alright, time to act, too many have died; we can’t report this to the master!” one ghost monster remarked leisurely.

“Indeed, indeed, I still want to go back and savor my Hundred Women Wine. Let’s end this quickly!”

“Whatever you say goes!”

These ghost monsters’ movements instantly caught Chen Jiuge’s attention. As the black mist dissipated, these powerful ghost monsters hadn’t yet acted, when a giant purple sword fell from the sky.

How big is this sword? About as large as a mountain peak!

The colossal purple sword, carrying unparalleled might, descended from above and directly cleaved Purple Sun Mountain in half. As for the targeted ghost monster horde, more than half vanished, only a few with high cultivation survived.

“Damn, what sort of method is this? Is it an array?”

“Our forces fill this place, when did you set up an array!” The One-Horned Ghost King looked at Zi Ling in disbelief.

Standing atop the giant sword, Zi Ling sneered: “If not for someone unwilling to obey orders, do you think you could still stand here talking to me?”

With a wave of her little hand, the giant sword dissipated, transforming into small purple flying swords that slaughtered the ghost monsters!

Seeing the battlefield soon determined, an evil ghost suddenly caught a flying sword, saving the One-Horned Ghost King.

“Thank you.” The One-Horned Ghost King, escaping death, expressed gratitude.

“Hmm? Thanks?” The evil ghost was surprised, seemingly not expecting to hear such words.

“Crack”

Grasping the One-Horned Ghost King’s neck, the evil ghost mocked: “Ghosts from the Underworld actually thanking an evil ghost, how amusing!”

“Evil ghost?” The One-Horned Ghost King struggled to lift his head.

Red horns, a green visage, two canine teeth, one black and one white protruding. His big arms brandishing black runes.

An ancient memory began to stir, the memories of the evil ghosts surged to his mind, the One-Horned Ghost King, wide-eyed with fury: “You…you are an evil ghost!”

“Remember now? That expression is really delightful!”

“Crack”

Breaking his neck, biting down, black ghost blood was continuously sucked by the canine teeth, letting out a wretched scream from the not-yet-dead One-Horned Ghost King.

The other surviving ghost monsters were seized by the evil ghosts descending from the sky and divided up, this bloody scene was chilling even for the enemy, making Chen Jiuge and the others shiver, it was so brutal.

“Junior Brother, what should we do?” Tian Yue was at a loss for decision.

Chen Jiuge looked up towards Zi Ling surrounded by purple sword qi in the air, furrowing his brows: “Do not act rashly now!”

The screams lasted only for a brief moment, the ghost monsters were finished off by the evil ghosts, leaving a land full of remnants.

“The cultivators of this era?”

“Hmm?”

First glancing at Zi Ling, the evil ghost initially wanted to launch some harsh words but then noticed the aura on Chen Jiuge, giving him a meaningful look.

Extending a green hand against his throat, clicking his tongue with a strange laugh twice, he took off with his subordinate evil ghosts.

“They actually left directly?” Zi Ling let out a sigh of relief, filled with many doubts.

The evil ghosts were far superior to the ghost monsters. Even with the Great Array’s support, Zi Ling wasn’t confident in winning, fortunately, for some reason, they left.

“Is this the same kind of evil ghost as Jialouluo Elder?” Zi Ling stored away the purple flying sword and landed beside Chen Jiuge asking.

“Probably so!” Chen Jiuge answered uncertainly.

Although Jialouluo also had horns like them, his face was more human-like, at most looking a bit rugged.

“But wasn’t the Evil Ghost Clan already extinct? Could Jialouluo Elder know the origin of these evil ghosts?” Zi Ling inquired.

Chen Jiuge shook his head, indicating his own uncertainty, although Jialouluo showed strong surprise initially upon knowing the Evil Ghost Clan’s demise, Chen Jiuge wasn’t sure if it was genuine.

“Leave Purple Sun Mountain to you for now, I need to return to the Sect.” Seeing he couldn’t get any information from Chen Jiuge, Zi Ling gave up.

“Leave it to me?” Chen Jiuge asked in surprise.

The relations between him and the Zi family weren’t friendly, having Purple Sun Mountain entrusted to him, is Zi Ling really comfortable?

“Don’t look at me like that; the Zi family is the Zi family, and I am me.” Zi Ling said indifferently.

Chen Jiuge remained silent; Zi Ling did not say much either.

Evening

Chen Jiuge sat in the castle’s study, his hands flipping the Purple Jade skillfully. It was the core of the Great Array set by Zi Ling, also the controller for summoning the purple giant sword.

With it, forget Heavenly Immortal, even a Golden Immortal had to be cautious; being hit head-on by the purple giant sword would end in ash and smoke.

“She really didn’t guard against this!”

“Senior Brother!”

Qiu Ruo walked in, her face puffed in anger.

“Hmm? What’s up?” Chen Jiuge asked curiously.

Now there was no impact from the ghost monsters; Purple Sun Mountain was quite peaceful. If not for the ghost blood-stained black soil, reminding everyone of the ghost monsters’ existence, it wouldn’t differ from the past.

“Senior Brother, am I really useless?” Qiu Ruo said sadly.

Casually strolling outside supervising other disciples, Qiu Ruo suddenly overheard gossip claiming her leisure was all thanks to selling her body, actually just a vase.

Having already become an Immortal, it was easy to tell at a glance if someone was a maiden without deliberate concealment, those disciples saying such things likely just couldn’t stand Qiu Ruo’s leisurely stance.

After all, constructing a large defense project isn’t achieved by Tian Yue’s simple press; the process is quite intricate and requires the cooperation of many Array Masters.

“Don’t mind it. If you feel unhappy, go to the Sect for me and inquire about the Golden Desert’s situation.” Chen Jiuge suggested.

“Golden Desert? Is Senior Brother worried about Star Moon City?” Qiu Ruo immediately asked.

“Exactly. It’s my territory after all, the remaining forces there are crucial for me, Qiu Ruo, I need you to figure this out for me!” Chen Jiuge said seriously.

Qiu Ruo nodded firmly: “Rest assured, leave it to me!”

After sending Qiu Ruo off, Chen Jiuge felt slightly more relaxed.

“It’s unfortunate Purple Sun Mountain can’t do without me; otherwise, I’d go myself for certainty!”

The Great Array’s core couldn’t be casually handed to others, especially since Zi Ling directly left it with himself, who had issues with the Zi family, rather than with Tian Yue or Gu Zhengyu; this clearly indicated a problem!

“Senior Brother Tian Yue, I hope you don’t disappoint me.”

As for Gu Zhengyu, Chen Jiuge wasn’t particularly suspicious, as his status within the Five Elements Sect was already at the highest position currently, Gu family’s base also sat at the Five-Colored Peak, seemingly improbable for such foolishness.

Just as Chen Jiuge intended to store away the purple jade pendant, he paused, then pulled out a nearly identical purple jade from the Chaos World, carving it into a core of the Great Array, an identical pendant.

Placing the fake pendant on the desk, Chen Jiuge assumed a hastily frantic mien.

Not long after Chen Jiuge left, in the quiet corner of the study, a statue slowly opened its murky eyes, suddenly flashing a beam of light, fixating on the pendant at the desk.

The statue quickly shut its eyes again, returning to normal.

Unbeknownst to the statue, in the shadow, multiple pairs of black eyes monitored its actions.

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