At the Pentecost Mountains of the Desolate Celestial Fraternity, where the Blue Phoenix Sacred Sect is located.
A monstrous floating citadel was seen floating on the stratosphere above the Blue Phoenix Sacred Sect and it was accompanied by numerous profound ships, big and small totaling 144 vessels.
This monstrous floating citadel was indeed the Evil Cultivation Palace of the Evil Cultivation God and the Evil Cultivation God was inside the Evil Cultivation Palace.
The main flotilla of the Evil Cultivation God had decided to position itself in the Pentecost Mountains because the opposing cultivators of the Desolate Celestial Fraternity were still making guerilla tactics against them.
The Evil Cultivation God had thought that with the death of the Saintess Fang Zhenfei who was the spiritual leader of the resistance forces, the bulk of the cultivators in the Desolate Celestial Fraternity would surrender to them.
Instead, her death only aroused the fighting spirit of the resistance forces.
Even though 1/5 of the orthodox and unorthodox cultivators did surrender but the rest was defiant to the might of the Evil Cultivation Palace.
It was because Saintess Fang Zhenfei had shown them that even a True God could still be killed. And the death of the Desolate Dragon God Longdi by Saintess Fang Zhenfei only aroused their determination to fight to the end.
Although the Saintess Fang Zhenfei was also mortally wounded by the Desolate Dragon God Longdi during their battle, it did not stop her from going to the Great Desolate Divine Palace to mount a challenge against the Great Demon God Hong Meng.
Although she had perished in her attempt, she had shown the resistance forces her courage and the determination to stay the hands of the Evil Cultivation Palace from the Desolate Celestial Fraternity.
Even thought Saintess Fang Zhenfei was dead but the people of the Celestial Desolate Fraternity had positioned her in their hearts and cemented her as their heroine.
The resistance forces actually did not know that the Evil Cultivation Master Yin Xian had usurped from the Great Demon God.
What they know was that they had been fighting against the elusive Evil Cultivation Master for a long time and now that he had come out of his hiding, he had suddenly declared himself to be the Evil Cultivation God.
And the Evil Cultivation God was also contended to allow the resistance forces to believe that he was merely a powerful puppet of the Great Demon God and using the fear of the Great Demon God to subjugate anyone that opposed to his rule.
The Evil Cultivation God was now saying angrily to Number 2 Murong Yue the Eternal Night and to the Goddess Alyssa, "These lowly ants are too infuriating! They are still erecting status of the Saintess Fang Zhenfei in this place!"
Ever since the death of the Saintess Fang Zhenfei, the celestials of the Desolate Celestial Fraternity had been secretly erecting statues of the Saintess Fang Zhenfei in the Pentecost Mountains to make their defiance against the tyranny of the Evil Cultivation Palace.
No matter how many statues of the Saintess Fang Zhenfei that the Evil Cultivation Palace had destroyed, celestials from all over the Desolate Celestial Fraternity were still erecting statues in secret on the lofty peaks of the Pentecost Mountains to show everyone that the resistance forces still stand.
It was not to say that the Evil Cultivation God did not do anything to break the spirits of the celestials.
In fact, they had ordered a massacre to kill all the young men that were in the Pentecost Mountains, not even sparing the ones that were still at the first to the second cultivation realm, which the celestials considered to be merely mortal cultivators that have yet to become a true celestial cultivator.
As for the maidens and the children, they were stripped naked and given to the heretic cultivators of the Evil Cultivation Palace to be their living cauldrons or slaves.
That did not stop the celestials in the Pentecost Mountains from surrendering their determination to fight the Evil Cultivation Palace. Rather, it aroused their rage and caused many of them to go into hiding in the mountains to fight against the Evil Cultivation Palace.
For that, the numerous celestial sects that were allied with the Blue Phoenix Sacred Sect were all willingly to abandon their sect's palaces and sacred grounds.
It was quite impossible for the Evil Cultivation Palace to clean the vast mountains of the Pentecost Mountains to look for the dissenting cultivators in such a short time, especially when the bulk of their flotillas were still receiving attacks from numerous areas in the Desolate Celestial Fraternity.
The biggest irony now was that in the past, even though the Evil Cultivation Palace had suffered numerous defeats by the celestials in the Desolate Celestial Fraternity, it had always managed to escape due to the vastness of the mountains and also due to the desolate mists that were at below the mountains.
The same thing now had happened to the Evil Cultivation Palace as they found it difficult to weed out the celestials from the Pentecost Mountains due to the very same reason.
The presence of the floating citadel of the Evil Cultivation Palace here however, did reduce the number of attempts to erect statues of the Saintess Fang Zhenfei and that was why the Evil Cultivation Palace had chosen to position their presence here while sending their profound ships to put down any resistance forces that they encountered elsewhere.
At the same time, they were also eager for any news of the Sacred Maiden Xue Qianxue and her Celestial Orthodox Sect.
The Goddess Alyssa said coldly, "It seems to me that we no longer have any hope of subjugating the celestials before the end of the Empyrean Warrior Labyrinth. I am not so much worried about the return of the powerful celestials. No matter how powerful they are, they are still lowly seventh realm cultivators."
Number 2 Murong Yue was hissing unhappily, "You… mean-n-n… Num-ber 1?"
The Goddess Alyssa nodded as she said to Number 2 Murong Yue and the Evil Cultivation God, "Indeed. And also, the Death God Mingwang will also be becoming back. Don't forget that the Death God Mingwang is also a True God!"
The Evil Cultivation God Yin Xian displayed a slight frown, "The Death God Mingwang and Number 1 are indeed troublesome to deal with. However, his loyalty with the Great Demon God is questionable since he is also a True God. And no True God will serve another willingly. Therefore, we can still try negotiations with the Death God Mingwang first since he should be pleased that we have killed the Great Demon God for him. Surely the Death God Mingwang isn't so foolish as to fight us all at the same time?"
Then he smiled as he took a look at Number 2 Murong Yue, "I am sure that Number 1 isn't your match now. After all, you have regained to the peak of your Ninth Immortal Positioning in your beautiful form here. And Number 1 may still not be able to regain to her peak here."
The 'beautiful' form of Number 2 was actually quite ugly after her metamorphosis.
Number 2 Murong Yue hissed, "Kill-kill… Num-ber 1!!!"
The Goddess Alyssa asked, "What about that Sword Saint Ji Yuan? Isn't there a prophecy about him by Diviner Mo Ming that after he has emerged from the Empyrean Warrior Labyrinth that he may be able to be a savior?"
The Evil Cultivation God said with cold disdain, "Is this Sword Saint Ji Yuan even a threat to us? He can't even fight anyone of us here and he has a poor background. The only savior that he is going to become is to be a savior of the beardless cultivators in the Desolate Celestial Fraternity."
The Goddess Alyssa laughed jovially, "That's right. And beards are ugly. Maybe we can even make him our special ambassador to champion for the beardless cultivators…"
"What did you just say?" The Evil Cultivation God stroked his beard as he growled, "Beards are ugly?!"
The Goddess Alyssa turned ashen as she quickly explained weakly, "I don't like beardless man as they are too effeminate. I mean even if this Ji Yuan has a beard, it looks ugly on him. No one can be comparable to my Evil Cultivation God here."
The Evil Cultivation God nodded his approval, "This ugly Ji Yuan must die. He dares to take away Little Princess from me."
The Goddess Alyssa returned a slight nod, "Naturally this Ji Yuan must die. I can deal personally with him. After all, I have fought with him once before and I have the full confidence that I will be able to defeat him. But I am a little worried about the Abyssal Null Goddess that is with him."
The Evil Cultivation God frowned, "The Abyssal Null Goddess is our own race. Now that we manage to become the master of this world, surely she would stand on our side."
The Goddess Alyssa weakly said, "I hope so. A superior goddess like the Abyssal Null Goddess won't side with a puny celestial like this Ji Yuan."
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Author Note:
1. I'd really appreciate it if the readers can contribute power stones to this story as a show of support even if you are reading from other websites. Your spirit stones are crucial for motivations and releases. Also, it means alot me/ story, Many love and thanks! ?(⌒▽⌒?)
2. This Chapter and the Previous Chapter is a foreshadowing of what is to come later. Next Chapter, Ji Yuan will be reaching the Nightfall Heights.
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