The First Immortal of Destiny

Slay the demon!

Shen Mo’s body flickered, transforming into a Three-headed Six-armed form. Using the Self-sacrificing method, he sacrificed part of his primal Essence and Qi, causing one head and two arms to wither quickly.

Immediately, he wielded the Taiyi Sword that had ascended to a lower-grade spiritual treasure and slashed down at the Demonic Array!

"Boom!"

The God Slaying Array constructed by over ten thousand demons was destroyed at one corner, and hundreds of demons were killed on the spot. The remaining demons quickly adjusted their positions and stabilized the Formation again.

It was evident that these demons were the elite under Mingpeng’s command, and their control over the Creation Array was not even inferior to that of the Red Flame Sect cultivators!

If not for the protection of the big array, Shen Mo’s Self-sacrificing Sword could have killed ninety percent of the demons. However, he only managed to slay a few hundred, barely a tenth of the demons within the Formation, and couldn’t completely destroy the array.

Helplessly, Shen Mo utilized the Universe in the Sword, enclosing the Demonic Array within the Sword Prison Realm.

The array formed by over ten thousand elite demons was even more formidable than the two Class V demons present. Although Universe in the Sword was extraordinary, it was hard to completely slaughter the demons within the array.

However, as the Demonic Array vanished momentarily, Shen Mo swung the Taiyi Sword again, unleashing two streaks of Universe Sword Qi.

"Puff!"

"Splat!"

The two Class V demons pressing forward were slashed and blown away, while the Formless Realm demon Mingpeng was held back by the Soul Generals Array.

Taking this opportunity, a pair of gigantic wings surrounded by clouds, fierce winds, and thunder light suddenly appeared on Shen Mo’s back, precisely the Cloud Thunder Wing Skill!

Immediately, he rapidly formed seals, summoning fierce winds and clouds with rain.

"Crackle!"

Amidst a swirling tempest, with thunder and lightning, Shen Mo wielded the Cloud Thunder Wing, transforming into a remnant shadow, flying toward the Jadeite Pool.

As for why he didn’t use the faster Sword Escape Skill, the reason was simple. Mingpeng, the great demon of such high Realm, could easily use magic to intercept, snatch away the Demon Slaying Sword flying with the Sword Light, and forcefully break the escape method!

As Shen Mo expected, countless Evil Insects surged into existence around him, screeching and roaring, trying to burrow into his Dao Body.

"Whoosh!"

"Clang!"

The Crystal Brahma Flame burned fiercely, and with the Uncommon Victory-enhanced Sword Light, it spread out and slayed all the Evil Insects.

In the next moment, Shen Mo dove into the pool.

...

Guided by the detailed location given by Lv Xiangtai, Shen Mo found two massive jade stones in the depths of the water, separated by a narrow crevice barely wide enough for one person to pass through.

The entrance to the Jade Verdant Cave was so well-hidden, ordinary people would indeed struggle to find it!

However, Mingpeng was a Formless Realm great demon. His five senses and sense were even more potent and keen than Shen Mo’s. If he learned the Jade Verdant Cave’s entrance was in the pool, he wouldn’t need much effort to locate it.

Just as Shen Mo arrived there, he sensed that the Soul Generals Array left outside the pool had been breached.

Although the Soul Generals Array had increased its power significantly with nine additional array cores of the Class V Demon Soul General, without his meticulous control, it was ultimately difficult to withstand the Formless Realm great demon. Mingpeng found a flaw, smashed a corner, and over a thousand Soul Generals’ soul marks on the flag surface dissipated, completely turned to dust!

To prevent more Soul Generals from being obliterated, Shen Mo immediately shook the Soul Refining Flag and recalled all the Soul Generals.

Simultaneously, the figure of the Thousands Insects Evil Corpse Roc, Mingpeng, also appeared not far from him.

Without further ado, Shen Mo once again set up the Soul Generals Array and engaged in battle with this great demon.

"Boom!"

"Boom, boom!"

The pool water roiled incessantly, with massive waves reaching hundreds of feet high. The edges of the jade stones couldn’t withstand the shockwaves and shattered, making the Jadeite Pool even larger.

The fish and shrimp demonic beasts in the water suffered even more, turning into dust amidst the clashes of these top-tier experts below the Immortal Realm!

While controlling the Soul Generals Array to entangle and fight Mingpeng, Shen Mo swam deeper into the narrow crevice... With the current power of the Soul Generals Array, without using the Blood Sacrifice method, slaying this Formless Realm Thousands Insects Evil Corpse was almost impossible, and the ten thousand merits earned at the cost of his life were hard to earn!

Yet, merely sending the replica of the Mirror into the Jade Verdant Cave to save billions of immortals and mortals within could earn him the same ten thousand merits.

Thus, Shen Mo had no intention to continue tangling with Mingpeng and was eager to enter the Jade Verdant Cave quickly!

After delving dozens of miles into the crevice, a sudden spatial rift appeared before Shen Mo. Yet, instead of plunging in immediately, he released Lv Xiangtai, allowing him to enter the Jade Verdant Cave first.

To prevent Mingpeng and his demonic underlings from storming into the Dungeon, the Jadeite Cave used its deepest resources to construct a powerful Formation at the entrance. Abrupt entry would trigger this killing Formation!

Seeing that they had reached the Jade Verdant Cave entrance, Lv Xiangtai’s face brimmed with delight. He immediately cupped his hands towards Shen Mo and flew into the spatial rift.

A moment later, Lv Xiangtai returned through the rift accompanied by a mid-stage Divine Bridge Realm cultivator appearing as a middle-aged man.

Without needing an introduction, Shen Mo guessed this person’s identity, the Jade Verdant Cave’s master, Cheng Qianbao.

From his appearance, there seemed to be no major issues. However, Shen Mo’s keen five senses discerned that this Jade Verdant Cave master’s Dao Body and soul were extremely weakened and emitting a faint odor, clearly a sign of serious injuries. He was just barely holding on!

Due to the urgent situation, after exchanging greetings, Cheng Qianbao immediately welcomed Shen Mo into the Jade Verdant Cave.

The environment inside the Jade Verdant Cave was not vastly different from the other Dungeons Shen Mo had seen. Only the abundant jade stones within the land stood out, extending even to the Formation at the entrance and most of its buildings made from jade material. It was obvious that it had long since fallen from Fairyland into the mortal dust of the Universal Realm, with Jade Verdant Cave influencing even the external environment!

"Fellow Daoist Qingyun, you’ve braved grave risks to rescue us, and on behalf of the seven hundred eighty million immortals and mortals of the Jade Verdant Cave, Cheng expresses his deepest gratitude..." Just upon entering the Jade Verdant Cave, Cheng Qianbao bowed deeply in appreciation, tears of gratitude welling in his eyes as he spoke.

Shen Mo reached out to help him up and surveyed the Formation at the exit. Upon discovering that, although large and exquisite, it was on par with the Red Flame Sect’s Yin-Yang Five Elements Array, likely unable to stop Mingpeng, the Formless Realm Thousands Insects Evil Corpse. Subsequently, he summoned millions of Soul Generals once more, laying down a Creation Array at the entrance and exit!

"Fellow Daoist Cheng, at this crucial moment, let’s dispense with idle chatter."

"Quickly dispatch your disciples to use the spatial treasure to store the mortals within the cave; take in as many as you can. For the rest, when I set up the replica Mirror, we can invoke Fellow Daoist Taihua’s power to relocate them through the Mirror’s might!"

Before coming here, Shen Mo had already inquired from Lv Xiangtai and clarified everything.

All the spatial treasures owned by the Jade Verdant Cave could store about three million people, leaving nearly five million who would need to be directly teleported away through the Mirror Realm.

Originally, the Jadeite Pool contained several Teleportation Arrays leading elsewhere. Still, years ago, teleportation altars across various places were successively destroyed by demons, and by the time Cheng Qianbao and other Jade Verdant Cave cultivators realized it, it was too late.

Moreover, previously, Jade Spring Fairy had not initiated a crusade against the Corpse Mountain Range, leaving them no choice but to be trapped in Jade Verdant Cave until Mingpeng, the great demon, discovered them!