41: The elixir is completed and the demons retreat.

Tianshu Quiet Room.

Yao Delong's face was deathly pale, devoid of any color. His body trembled slightly, and sweat had long formed a small puddle on the ground.

Yet, in his eyes, a nearly fanatical flame burned.

"Seventh rotation... Eighth rotation..."

The vibrations inside the Pill Furnace reached an unprecedented and terrifying level!

The furnace walls even let out a grating, teeth-aching groan!

That mass of purple-gold essence liquid was undergoing a fundamental transformation, bound by the violent vibrations and the profound Pill Incantation.

Strands of the Heavenly Dao's dao rhyme were forcibly imprinted into the core, and the purple Pill Heart was frantically condensing and compressing!

Every vibration felt like the creation of heaven and earth! Every refinement was accompanied by intense pain in Yao Delong's Divine Soul!

"Condense... now!"

His withered fingers were as steady as a rock. The final, and most profound and complex, Pill Incantation Rune,

carrying his complete focus and will, slammed into the Pill Furnace!

"Nine Revolutions... Heavenly Soul! Condense—Pill!"

North City Battlefield.

Protected by Liu Tiezhu and the City Guard's desperate defense, Mu Long finally rushed to a spot less than three hundred zhang from the City Lord's Mansion gate!

The towering outline of the mansion gate was clearly visible in the darkness! He could even see the faint spiritual light emanating from the core of the Formation inside the mansion!

"Hold on! We'll be there soon..." Liu Tiezhu shouted hoarsely while fending off the attacks of the Demonic Cultivators.

However, a trace of extreme impatience and brutality flashed in the Blood-Robed Demonic Cultivator's murky eyes!

"Trash! You've delayed too long!" His hoarse voice carried a bone-chilling coldness.

"If the Saintess blames us, we will all die! Use the 'Heavenly Demon Disintegration'! Finish this quickly!"

Upon hearing this, the eyes of the White Cloud Twin Fiends were instantly replaced by madness! They simultaneously let out shrill screams, and their bodies inflated like balloons!

Their skin cracked, and strands of pure Demonic Blood and Origin surged out, merging into their respective attacks!

The Phantom of the Ghost King instantly solidified into a physical form, roaring up at the sky, its giant claws tearing through the air!

The Poison Net transformed into a sea of emerald-green corrosion, covering them from above!

The Phantom of the Demon God behind the Blood-Robed Demonic Cultivator also opened its blood-red eyes. A giant hand, wrapped in endless vengeful spirits, fiercely grabbed toward Mu Long's head!

The power of the attack instantly doubled! It already possessed the might of the Mid Nascent Soul Stage!

"It's over..." A trace of despair flashed in Liu Tiezhu's eyes! The City Guard's golden light shields shattered like glass!

The Magic Treasures of the two Retainers were sent flying, and they spat blood as they were thrown backward!

Mu Long bore the brunt of the attack! The oppressive force of the Demon God's giant claw made his remaining Nascent Soul feel suffocated!

He looked at the mansion gate, which was almost within reach, his eyes filled with unwillingness and grief!

It was at this critical moment, just as the City Lord's Mansion side was about to be completely crushed!

"Buzz~~~!"

An incomparably profound fluctuation, containing vibrant Vitality and strange dao rhyme,

without warning, like water ripples, quietly spread out from the White Cloud Merchant Guild as its center, instantly sweeping across the entire White Cloud City!

This fluctuation was so pure, so vast!

It wasn't intense, yet it seemed to contain the rhythm of "newness" and "life" from the initial creation of heaven and earth!

Wherever it passed, the violently raging Devilish Qi, Ghost Qi, and Poison Mist seemed to encounter their nemesis, freezing slightly for a moment!

Even the awe-inspiring Demon God's giant claw slowed down imperceptibly for that single instant!

It was this momentary pause!

"Formation! Activate—!" Liu Tiezhu roared hoarsely! He slammed a Token covered in Runes onto the ground!

Buzz—!

Deep within the City Lord's Mansion, a colossal blue pillar of light that pierced the sky erupted with a roar!

Countless profound Runes flowed within the light pillar, rapidly spreading out,

transforming into a massive, azure-blue water curtain that covered the entire City Lord's Mansion and the hundred-zhang area in front of it!

Upon the water curtain, waves surged violently, seemingly possessing the Might to Overturn the Heavens and Seas!

"Boom!!!"

The Demon God's giant claw, the Solidified Ghost King, and the emerald-green Poison Sea fiercely slammed into the blue water curtain!

An earth-shattering explosion echoed throughout the city! The violent energy impact leveled all buildings within a hundred zhang radius!

The blue water curtain violently shook, its light flickering erratically, but in the end, it held firm!

But Liu Tiezhu and the few Formation Masters who controlled the Formation instantly bled from all seven orifices and collapsed onto the ground!

"Pfft!" The Blood-Robed Demonic Cultivator let out a muffled groan, forcibly suppressing the churning Qi and Blood within his body.

His murky gaze swept uncertainly toward the direction of the White Cloud Merchant Guild,

then looked at the barrier of the Great Sea Overturning Formation, which was violently shaking but had not shattered.

"Go!" He made a decisive call, roaring the order. If they continued fighting, not only would it be difficult to break the Formation, but forcibly lingering,

if they alarmed the other Nascent Soul old monsters in the city or the Ba Xia Dynasty Garrison, the consequences would be unimaginable!

Although the Saintess's mission was not completed, at least... they had a direction!

He took one last deep look at the City Lord's Mansion and the Merchant Guild's direction,

His figure and those of the White Cloud Twin Fiends instantly turned into three blurry black shadows, merging into the night and disappearing without a trace.

Only the ravaged battlefield, broken walls, and ruins remained, along with Mu Long at the City Lord's Mansion gate,

who was severely injured with a severed arm and massive loss of Vitality, alongside a group of Guards, almost all of whom were wounded.

At the same time.

White Cloud Merchant Guild, Tianshu Quiet Room.

The buzzing sound of the earth fire spirit nurturing furnace abruptly ceased!

The Furnace Lid popped open by itself with a soft sound!

In an instant, nine dazzling purple-gold pillars of light shot up into the sky!

A rich Medicinal Fragrance mixed with pure Life Aura and profound dao rhyme permeated the air, instantly filling the entire quiet room!

Inside the pillars of light, three flawless Medicinal Pills, the size of longans, quietly hovered!

The entire Medicinal Pill was a deep crimson-gold color, and nine profound silver pill patterns flowed ceaselessly across its surface like living things!

At the core, a purple Pill Heart, condensed to the extreme, emitted a terrifyingly vast Medicinal Power and dao rhyme!

nine revolutions heavenly soul foundation establishment pill!

The pill is complete!

Yao Delong looked at the peerless Treasure Pills, radiant with light and imbued with dao rhyme, and his taut nerves suddenly relaxed.

His vision darkened, his body could no longer support him, and he fell straight backward!

His Mental Energy was completely exhausted! But on his withered face, there was a sigh of relief, an extremely weary smile. He then slowly fell asleep, leaning against the Cushion.

Outside White Cloud City, at the Absolute Peak of a Cliff dozens of miles away.

The night was ink-black. The Blood-Robed Demonic Cultivator, Black Fiend, and White Fiend knelt on one knee.

Their heads were deeply bowed, their bodies trembling slightly, not daring to look directly at the black figure standing with her back to them.

The figure was slender and graceful, dressed in a black gown that remained motionless in the strong wind, her waterfall-like Black Hair dancing with the breeze.

She did not turn around, merely gazing quietly at the dark canyon below, which resembled the gaping maw of an abyss.

"Where is it?" A cold, pleasant, yet slightly lazy and sinister voice sounded,

like a lover's whisper, yet it made the three kneeling figures feel as if they had plunged into an ice cellar.

"Subordinate... Subordinate is incompetent!" The Blood-Robed Demonic Cultivator's voice was hoarse and filled with terror.

"Mu Long fought desperately, and he was protected by the Great Sea Overturning Formation... Subordinate... failed to retrieve the Medicinal Pill!"

"Oh?" The Black-Gowned Woman responded softly, her tone betraying no emotion.

But on the cliff, the invisible pressure suddenly became several times heavier; even the air seemed to solidify!

Cold sweat streamed down the Blood-Robed Demonic Cultivator's forehead. He quickly added:

"However! Subordinate has learned that the Medicinal Pill is called the 'Profound Dao Pill'! It can increase the Chance of Forming a Nascent Soul by ten percent!

The Refining Technique used is unheard of; even the Sixth-Rank Alchemist invited by the White Cloud Merchant Guild was astounded!"

He paused, cautiously raising his eyelids to quickly glance at the beautiful back, and continued:

"During the fight, Subordinate sensed an extremely subtle yet incomparably pure and profound Alchemical Aura Fluctuation coming from the White Cloud Merchant Guild...

The dao rhyme contained the Righteous Qi of the Heavenly Dao... causing our Demonic Technique circulation to momentarily stall, which gave Mu Long the opportunity to activate the Formation!"

"I fear that this Profound Dao Pill was also made by this person!"

The Blood-Robed Demonic Cultivator's voice carried a hint of speculation and apprehension.

A brief silence fell over the cliff. Only the whistling wind passed by.

After a long while.

Moonlight shone down, illuminating a face so beautiful it could eclipse the stars and moon.

Her skin was whiter than snow, her features picturesque, and her red lips full and alluring.

However, in her eyes, deep as the night, flickered a cold and sinister flame, completely contrary to her beauty,

as if it could devour all light and reason.

The corners of her mouth curled slightly, revealing a strange smile that could bewitch all beings yet sent chills down one's spine.

"Interesting! You are to remain hidden in the city and quickly find out who the person remaining at the Merchant Guild is!"