Inner Demons

Chapter 189: Ten Myriad Flags

The first thing that comes to Yue Yunzi's mind is "Emperor Ye." Qing Kingdom is north of Ye Kingdom, and it is a buffer zone between Qing and Ye.

But he soon realizes that what Li Yunxin said was not "Emperor Ye," but "Emperor of Ye."

The dynasty before Qing was the Ye Dynasty.

A long, long time ago, Great Ye was also a powerful kingdom in the world. The current Qing Kingdom and Ye Kingdom were both part of Ye's territory a thousand and three hundred years ago. But six hundred years ago, the Ye Kingdom split into "Northern Ye" and "Southern Ye." The current Qing Kingdom inherited the territory of Southern Ye. Southern Ye claimed to be the orthodox successor of the Ye Dynasty, while Northern Ye even changed its name.

A terrifying thought flashes through his mind in an instant. His face turns ashen, and he doesn't even speak, but dives into the thick clouds under his feet.

The clouds are very thick, and lightning and thunder are rolling within them, like the purgatory of the Nine Heavens. Yue Yunzi is not afraid of those thunders. He dives down like an arrow and finally breaks through the clouds and enters the pouring rain.

He is still above Weicheng. But from here, he can see the full view of Weicheng shrouded in water vapor.

Then...

He sees a sight that the people in Weicheng cannot see.

The land of Weicheng is boiling, as if it has turned into a thick porridge, and the houses and streets in the city are just an illusion.Although the real situation is that the boiling land is an illusion and the houses and streets are real, Yue Yunzi understands what can truly threaten him.

The souls of the tens of thousands of people who died unjustly in front of the Divine Dragon Temple were separated from this world by his formation that severed cause and effect, so their souls were not taken away. At this moment, it seems that Li Yunxin has dispelled his prohibitions, and the souls of those tens of thousands of people have been released.

However… these tens of thousands are only a small part of it.

On the entire land of Weicheng and the vast land outside the city, countless souls are emerging, even denser than the raindrops falling from the sky!

This piece of land… has almost become a ghost realm at this moment.

However, this is not what shocks Yue Yunzi the most. The most unimaginable and terrifying spectacle is in the center of Weicheng.

That area of the ruined palace, which was destroyed by war a few hundred years ago!

The ruined palace has changed its appearance. For hundreds of years, this palace was sealed by a Daoist priest's evil-dispelling array, but the seal has now been lifted by someone, at some point.

In Yue Yunzi's eyes, the collapsed palace walls have been re-erected, and the decayed halls have been restored to their original forms. This grand architectural complex that buried the last emperor of Great Ye, with its skeleton beams, souls covering the roofs, and its sad clouds and mournful wails decorating it…

It has been restored!

A tall, majestic, eerie, and terrifying palace from the underworld has appeared in the center of Weicheng. And in the center of this Yama palace, on the main hall of the former Violet-Gold Palace, stands a Ghost Emperor who is over ten feet tall, wearing a scarlet court robe with a black collar and a Nine-Beaded Imperial Crown with a coiling dragon on his head!

Beside this Ghost Emperor stand two other Yin Spirits.

One of them is an old man with a wild beard, but there is nothing else remarkable about him.

The other one is a black-armored general on a tall horse. His face is ferocious, and his armor is also ferocious. He is surrounded by a miserable blue-black mist, and a pair of eyes on his burnt face flash with a blue light, looking dignified without being angry!

Yue Yunzi gasps in a cold breath.

Is this really the Emperor of Ye?!

But the Ye Dynasty has been destroyed for hundreds of years, and the last emperor of the Ye Dynasty has also been dead for hundreds of years. How can his soul still appear in the world?!

And as a Ghost Emperor?!

This thought has just come into his mind and has not been carefully considered, when he sees the Ghost Emperor suddenly looking up, his gaze piercing the dense clouds in the sky. His face is like a withered gourd, and his eyes are like copper bells. As he opens his mouth, the ghostly energy around his body wildly surges out, forcing the heavy rain in the sky away from his body for a distance of ten feet. His voice is like a great bell, and also like the simultaneous wailing of millions of living beings.

"—I am the Great Ye Emperor Zhaowu, Lu Zhengyang!"

"Today, a rogue Daoist Orthodoxy kills thirty-six thousand, one hundred and fourteen of my Great Ye's Weidu citizens—"

"According to the Great Ye criminal law, he is to be beheaded immediately!"

"—Wei River Dragon King Li Yunxin! Today, I will help you kill this madman, as promised!"

"—Great Ye Weidu Jinwu Guard General Diwu Boyu, heed my command!"

The general on his horse immediately turns and makes his horse kneel in front of the Ghost Emperor. "This humble general is here!"

The Ghost Emperor stares intently at Yue Yunzi in the sky and roars, "My Weidu's million Yin Soldiers, raise the ten thousand flags—and help that Wei River Dragon King complete his formation!"

The ghost general shouts, "Your command is received!"

Then he gets up and rides his horse, parting the heavy rain, and rushes directly toward the outside of the palace walls along the wide middle path of the Violet-Gold Palace!

At first, he is just one person, one spear, and one horse. But as he gallops for a hundred steps, Yin Souls form out of the void beside him and on the ground, following closely behind him, like the general's attendants and personal guards.

As he gallops out of the palace gate, the Yin Souls that were originally stirring under the ground immediately become agitated and violent. Their faces are ferocious, and they maintain the appearance they had before their deaths. They wear various clothes and follow Diwu Boyu, roaring and rushing forward!

The tall Yin Soul of the ghost general runs through the streets and alleys, past trees, past houses, past courtyard walls, and he raises the long spear in his hand and points it forward, shouting fiercely, "Great Ye Longwu Army, where are you?!"

It is unclear which people respond to him. Those ghosts wear a misty blue light, and their bodies are almost transparent. They are crowded together, making it impossible to see them clearly, but they do let out a mournful roar in response to his fierce shout.

It is as if they have been waiting for this moment for hundreds of years!

After this roar, the ghosts that responded to him gather together. It is impossible to see from within the ocean of dead souls. But Yue Yunzi in the sky can see clearly.

Those Yin Souls, who have no reason and only obsessions, actually gather together on their own, forming a loose but real army formation—the army formation that protected the last capital and last emperor of the Ye Dynasty hundreds of years ago!

The ghost general shouts fiercely again, "Great Ye Dingxiang Army, where are you?!"

Another group of ghosts responds to him and gathers more ghosts around them.

The ghost general gallops around Weicheng and shouts for a total of six armies, "Longwu," "Dingxiang," "Yingyang," "Piaoqi," "Shence," "Huben," and four guards, "Zuo Ling," "You Wu," "Zuo Xiao," and "You Wei." By the time he rushes to the Chongyang Gate in the south of Weicheng, he has truly gathered a well-organized army of ten myriads of flags and a million Yin Soldiers behind him!

At first, the formation is very loose.

In reality, the souls that truly belonged to that Ye Dynasty army from a few hundred years ago are only a hundred thousand. But those hundred thousand ghosts of the Ye army, under the command of the ghost general, let out a heaven-piercing murderous aura, suppressing the hundreds of thousands of Yin Souls from who knows where, causing them to tremble and gather into the army formation!

Once the million-strong army is formed, the faces of the Yin Soldiers that make up the army become more and more blurry. In the end, they gradually materialize the generals, colonels, lieutenants, and army flags of each army, and even ten huge black cloud flags that flap in the heavy rain!

The ghost general stands in front of the Chongyang Gate on his horse and looks up at the sky.

Soon, a gradually growing roar that finally fills the entire city is heard from within Weicheng. That is not the roar of souls, but the voice of the hundreds of thousands of living residents in the city.

Although the million-strong ghost army is invisible, the murderous, ghostly aura that rises into the sky is always felt by the people in the mortal world. For example, the chickens and dogs in the houses are restless, and the snakes and rats run rampant. Some mortals who are born with the ability to see Yin and Yang can even see the sight of the Yin Soldiers passing through—what a terrifying sight that is!

Because of these abnormalities, most people, fearing that they will encounter an earthquake in this rainy weather, rush out of their homes into the heavy rain.

But when they rush out of their homes, it is the time when the million-strong Yin Soldier army is formed and when the hundred-foot-long dragon body of the Wei River Dragon King rushes out from the heavy Yin clouds and clashing lightning above!

People—for the first time, truly and clearly see—a "dragon"!

Even if this is not a true dragon, who knows what a true dragon really looks like?!

And the "giant dragon" circling and dancing in the sky now, with its snow-white mane and blood-red horns, has two long whiskers that meander by its side, emitting specks of golden light. It is so huge that the people, who are like ants on the ground and in the heavy rain, can still see its figure.

The power of faith bursts out like a landslide and a tsunami!

In his entire life, Yue Yunzi has never been stunned for such a long time—a full quarter of an hour.

He watches the Ghost Emperor appear, the Yin Soldiers form, the tens of thousands of people fill the streets and alleys of Weicheng, and he sees the Dragon's Son in the sky, who lets out another earth-shattering roar.

He realizes that he…

Has lost completely.

He doesn't even know which parts are Li Yunxin's calculated plans, which are lucky coincidences of the weather, and which parts he himself has filled in for the other party.

But he only knows that everything is a seamless chain—everything he planned and calculated was a part of what the other party had prepared!

He turns his head to look at Li Yunxin and shouts madly, "How dare you—manifest your power in front of tens of thousands of people! Once my Daoist Orthodoxy knows about this, they will surely destroy you! Your end is near!!"

He sees the dragon's body, which is enveloped in clouds and mist, let out a long roar that shakes for a hundred miles!

With this roar, its original hundred-foot body suddenly grows. It soars in the wind to two hundred feet, and after another turn and circle, it has stretched to three hundred feet!

And at this moment, Yue Yunzi is truly like a tiny ant standing in front of a person!

The electric light illuminates the three-hundred-foot-long dragon's body with a cold light. The Wei River Dragon King bares his teeth and lets out a cold laugh. His voice shakes heaven and earth, making it clear for everyone to hear. "You evil rogue! You came to my Weicheng and massacred thirty thousand of my Weicheng citizens to refine your evil array!"

"I, the Wei River Dragon King, protect this land and guard the peace of this region. Now you are acting so wickedly, and I have no choice but to reveal my true form to eliminate you for the people—what does the Daoist Orthodoxy have to say about this?!"

Yue Yunzi realizes what the other party is doing. It is just like what he had done on the high platform before. He immediately uses his divine abilities and shouts loudly, "It was clearly you—"

But he only manages to say four words…

And then he can't use his divine abilities anymore.

Before, it was only the three-step barrier that didn't work. Then his strength was insufficient and his Daoist Arts became ineffective. And now, he can't even transmit his voice for a hundred miles. The other party's restrictions on his power are getting stronger and stronger!

He is greatly shocked and now only thinks about escaping from this place! He doesn't say anything more and turns to leave!

However, this time, the giant dragon follows closely behind him like a shadow, clinging to his trail. Yue Yunzi realizes in despair…

That the Wei River Dragon King has actually advanced to the True Realm with the power of faith from the tens of thousands of people just now!

This despair finally crushes Yue Yunzi's mental defense.

He looks down and sees the million Yin Soldiers, who have split into ten groups and are heading to all directions of Weicheng, not knowing what they are going to do.

He looks behind him. One of the giant beast's copper-bell-like eyes is like a huge house, and his body, which would be considered tall in his normal life, is not even as tall as one of the fangs in the giant beast's mouth!

He is a True Realm Daoist priest, but he cannot use his powerful Daoist Arts. The other party's strange formation has completely restricted him, and he does not even know how they did it!

Originally, the powerful body of a True Realm cultivator could be used, but now… that Dragon's Son has also entered the True Realm!

How can a Human Cultivator's body compare to a demon's body?!

If, if, if… he hadn't deliberately played with this Li Yunxin, if he had listened to Linliang Zi's advice and killed him with a single true talisman before he had completed his arrangements…

A single true talisman would have been enough to kill him!!!

Yue Yunzi is so angry and resentful that he lets out a crazy, heart-wrenching roar!

After this roar, the True Realm cultivator finally sees the reality and decides… to cut off his own arm!

But what he is going to cut off is not just his "arm," but his body.

A cultivator, once they enter the True Realm, is said to be "immortal and indestructible." This does not mean their body, but their soul. A Master's body, if defeated, will be damaged just like an ordinary person, and only the soul will remain. But a Master's Daoist Arts are powerful, and they can keep a trace of their consciousness at the moment they turn into a ghost.

After becoming a ghost, although their cultivation is greatly reduced and they have obsessions and mental barriers, they were still an immortal and indestructible Master. Even if the Black and White Yama Kings were to personally come to take them away, they would have to put in a lot of effort.

And the Black and White Yama Kings are not people who like to cause trouble. Unless it is absolutely necessary, they will not harass a Master's soul. The known world has a population of over a billion, but there are only a few hundred Masters, and there are even fewer Masters who died an unnatural death!

So after Yue Yunzi's crazy roar, he turns around and uses all his strength to rush toward the giant beast!

In the sky, in the rain, a long bright line suddenly appears, and then this bright line crashes into the giant dragon's head with a loud bang!

But the result is within his expectations.

The Chiwen giant beast bites down hard, and the lightning-entangled fangs instantly bite the Master's body into a cloud of blood mist!

As Yue Yunzi's body is destroyed, his soul immediately escapes. Li Yunxin shakes his head violently, and the two long whiskers are like two electric whips, lashing out at his soul… but they pass right through it!

He roars again, and the Nine Heavens Thunderflame, which once blasted the Underworld Emissary's soul into pieces, immediately gathers in the clouds—

And it still does no harm at all!

At this moment, after two failed attacks, Yue Yunzi's soul finally calms down.

The soul abruptly stops in mid-air, turns around, stares intently at Li Yunxin, and shouts fiercely, "Do you know that a Master's soul is immortal and indestructible?! My body is now destroyed, and I have no hope of cultivation! But I will definitely go back to the Daoist Orthodoxy and explain everything that happened today! I will have you be buried with me, be buried with me! Be buried with me!! Be buried with me!!!"

The giant dragon finally stops chasing. It coils its body in the clouds, and its head and upper body stand tall, with lightning swirling around it.

It stares at the small human soul in front of it, which is like a speck of dust, and after a moment of silence, it lets out a sinister and cruel laugh. "You think that at this point, I have exhausted all my plans and have no more tricks up my sleeve."

"Hmm… you also thought that when I was building bridges, paving roads, and digging canals, I had exhausted all my plans and had no more tricks up my sleeve."

"Fool… do you never learn your lesson?"

"I—have endured humiliation for two months, and I have done so many things and made so many arrangements in this Wei River Weicheng. Do you think—it was just to destroy your body?!"

Li Yunxin roars, "This is only the beginning! Foolish Daoist priest!"

"Hehe! Destroying your body was the most difficult step, and now you, a fool, have done it for me yourself!"

"So now…" The giant dragon lowers its head and gets closer to Yue Yunzi. It bares its mouth full of fangs and says with a ferocious smile, "I'm just really starting to—kill you."