Xu Ling also heard that several people were discussing the situation in Ba Ling City, Xu Ling thought to himself: "So they all knew about the situation in Ba Ling City, how could it be so quiet? Not one of the powerful gods from the Jiuhua border appeared, and no one from the Xianmen Dao faction came down from the mountains?"

  She had been back in Heqian Village for a long time and hadn't left since. Although she vaguely felt that the world was undergoing changes, she couldn't grasp the underlying trend. In fact, it wasn't just her who couldn't understand the pulse of this world on the verge of great change; even the powerful gods and the leaders of various Xian mountains' mysterious sects couldn't comprehend it either. They only shared the same feeling as her. Therefore, today's Xuanmen Daoist sects were divided into two kinds: one kind actively allowed their disciples to travel between heaven and earth because whenever there was a great change in heaven and earth, there would be danger but also great opportunities. On the other hand, some sects strictly confined their disciples within the mountain gates, not allowing anyone to leave the mountain.

  The sky turned dark, with thick clouds in the sky and no stars or moon. The spirit stood in front of the River God Temple, watching the waves crashing against the riverbank, lost in thought. In the darkness, a large red shrimp crawled out of the river, suddenly having an epiphany after days of meditation. Following closely behind was the green moss shell, its moss still lush and green. Where did Chen Jing go? They were very clear about it, and also understood that Chen Jing was now trapped in Ba Ling City.

  For them, the big thing that was going to happen in Baling City was already known, because Chen Jing had told them before he left Baling City, telling them not to go to Baling City and it's best not to get close. Later on, when people from Baling City came to invite the gods, although they didn't say anything to let Chen Jing not go, in their hearts they thought it was best if Chen Jing didn't go, because since Chen Jing owed others not to go, it was clear that he himself couldn't drive away the evil spirits in the city.

  Big Red Shrimp was usually talkative, but now he had nothing to say, and just kept turning around on the empty ground in front of the River God Temple. After a while, he heard him muttering: "It's really a group of ungrateful things, when the River God is here, they come here every day to ask this and that, but when the River God is in trouble, they all disappear."

  The shell floated quietly in the void three inches from the ground, shrouded in a mist of water vapor, like a spirit, silent and motionless. On black nights, whether people wanted to see it or not, it still arrived on schedule, enveloping all things in heaven and earth.

  In the darkness, there were spirits flying in from all directions. A nightingale silently landed on a big tree in front of the River God Temple, quietly blending into the night. It was as if the temple had always had this one nightingale. Then, a small black and white snake emerged from the grass, its beady eyes flashing with vigilance, but it didn't get close. Next, a mountain monkey appeared on the opposite riverbank, wearing a Taoist robe that seemed to have come from nowhere. It stepped onto the river surface, walking towards the temple, the water covering its knees. The impression was that the river had always been only knee-deep. Its pace was slow, as if it might fall into the river at any moment, but it didn't. Finally, it arrived safely in front of the temple. The monkey's eyes darted around, finally settling on the spirit, seeming to want to speak, but ultimately remaining silent. After a while, another figure emerged from the darkness - Zhao He.

  After a long time, the night grew even darker, and no living thing came to the River God Temple. Except for the low voice of the big red shrimp's curse, there was no other sound. At this time, the virtual spirit spoke.

  "We don't bear grudges or seek revenge, but we can never forget kindness. The River God lectures on the doctrine every night in front of the temple, which is the kindness of spreading the teachings. For us, there's no greater kindness than imparting the teachings and passing on the methods. Now that the River God is in trouble, we can't just ignore it."

  Xu Ling knew more clearly than anyone else the power of the Qin Guang Wang seal in Ba Ling City, even clearer than Chen Jing. She knew that she had to come up with a plan tonight, otherwise, by tomorrow, everyone in the city would be dead, and Chen Jing would definitely die among them.

  Darkness covers many things, human world is daytime, so the world of monsters is nighttime.

  The dark night does not only belong to the spirits of the dead, nor does it only belong to the evil spirits, but also belongs to the malevolent ghosts and demons.

  In the city of Balin, within the City God Temple, there was a dark and foreboding castle that seemed to swallow all vitality and light. However, amidst this darkness, two people could see clearly - one was Jiang Liuyun, and the other was Qin Yang. Both of them were surrounded by an aura of spiritual light. Jiang Liuyun's body had the original dan energy, while Qin Yang's body had a faint, uncertain gray glow.

  Although Jiang Liu Yun was sitting there motionless, his eyes were fixed tightly on Qin Yang, or more precisely, on the Qin Guang Wang seal in Qin Yang's hand. At this moment, the Qin Guang Wang seal was silently trembling, and with each tremble, a circle of invisible ripples spread out. With each ripple, a ferocious evil spirit emerged from the Qin Guang Wang seal, rushing upwards and escaping from the City God Temple.

  "Qin Yang, are you going to hold on even if it kills you?" Jiang Liuyun said suddenly.

  Qin Yang's eyelids twitched, but he didn't open his eyes or speak. Jiang Liudong continued, "Qin Yang, you want to use the lives of the entire city to refine the Qin Guang Wang Seal, but I'm afraid it won't work out as you wish. You can't refine the Qin Guang Wang Seal, and if you can't, then you'll be devoured by it."

  Qin Yang remained still, holding the seal of Qin Guang Wang in his hand, with waves of ripples shaking around it.

  "Qin Yang! Qin Yang......"

  Jiang Liu shouted Qin Yang's name, deeply thinking in his heart. The reason he had not left was not that he could not leave at all, but because he also wanted to get the Qin Guang Wang seal. He just hadn't had the opportunity yet and didn't fully understand Qin Yang's state, so he didn't dare make a move rashly.

  He had three chances to seize the Qin Guang Wang seal, one of which was during his time in the underworld. At that time, Qin Central had just used the Black Armor General's seal to suppress the original form of the Qin Guang Wang seal. However, he did not make a move at that time due to caution in his heart. The second time was when Ye Qingxue entered this City God Temple, and Ye Qingxue summoned the Nine Heavens Thunderbolt to strike. He intended to take action but was deprived of the opportunity by Ye Qingxue using some unknown method to snatch away the Cyan Pearl.

  The third time Chen Jingjin came, at that moment he also made a move towards Qin Yang at the same time as Qin Yang's sudden attack, but it was unsuccessful. It wasn't until then that he discovered Qin Yang seemed to be in a very precarious situation, and although he was cautious and didn't make another move, after such a long time, he suspected that the Qin Guang Wang seal was too abnormal, and Qin Yang was fundamentally unable to refine it, or rather, unable to refine it with normal methods.

  Just before that, two people entered the city of Chengdu, but were defeated by Qin Yang holding the imperial seal. One of them was even swallowed alive by an evil spirit that emerged from the imperial seal held by Qin Guangwang.

  This made Jiang Liuyun shocked at the same time, and also found that Qin Yang was extremely abnormal, as if he had become somewhat uncontrollable, especially after using the seal of King Qin Guang once.

  Suddenly, the darkness in the sky cracked open, and a flame cloud appeared, which rushed straight down.

  The river flows with dark clouds, and as soon as it sinks, it already understands that this is the transformation of Yuanyan.

  At this moment, Qin Zhong's eyes opened, and a hint of joy flashed in his dull gray eyes. He suddenly raised the seal of King Qin Guang, and the flames swept down. One of the five evil heads on the seal came to life, and an evil spirit burst out, its body still connected to the seal. However, the evil spirit's body outside the seal was like a black cloud that blocked the flames.

  The evil spirit howled in the midst of the fire clouds, sounding extremely painful and angry. For a moment, they were at an impasse. However, Qin Yang's mouth suddenly spewed out a ball of white gas, which was incredibly pure.

  Jiang Liuyun was shocked at heart when he saw that Qin Zhong's spewed out was actually the original power of faith. It wasn't until now that he realized he had underestimated Qin Zhong, who could already refine his willpower and release it freely like spiritual energy, turning it into a means to an end.

  That surge of faith and willpower burst forth onto the Seal of Qin Guang Wang, and the Seal of Qin Guang Wang actually emitted a "zzt... zzt..." sound.

  "He wants to take advantage of the opportunity to worship the seal of Qin Guangwang."

  The river flowed and the clouds moved, and in an instant, Jiang Liu understood Qin Yang's plan. It was clear that the imperial seal of Qin Guang had a powerful instrument spirit, but it was unknown whether it was born when the seal was first created or if it had been nurtured over the long years.

  So long ago, Qin Central was clearly vying with the instrument spirit for control of the Qin Guang Wang Seal. The reason he couldn't kill the instrument spirit in the Qin Guang Wang Seal and completely refine it was not only because the instrument spirit was too powerful, and even he couldn't do it in a short period of time, but also because Jiang Liuyun was there.

  Just then, Jiang Liuyun discovered that Qin Yang seemed to be getting weaker and weaker, the aura on his body was flickering uncertainly, as if it would extinguish at any moment, and the willpower he spat out with his mouth was also getting thinner.

  Jiang Liu thought to himself, "This doesn't feel right. He was clearly pleased earlier, so why would he suddenly think he's going to die? For so long, he's been practicing alone without incident. Now that the Wish-Extinguishing Spirit's power is weakening, it's illogical for him to be like this." As he thought, he suddenly had an epiphany: "No good, he must be about to refine the Qin Guang Wang Seal and is afraid I'll discover his plan, so he's pretending to be weak in order not to arouse my suspicion."

  He had barely formed the thought in his mind when he suddenly appeared silently before Qin Zhong, a palm striking out towards Qin Zhong's chest with no warning. This palm seemed ordinary and unremarkable at first glance, but it carried an aura of overwhelming catastrophe, as if the entire sky was collapsing and all living creatures on earth had nowhere to hide. The palm was ancient and heavy, subtly imbued with a hint of heavenly power within. Only now did he reveal the true strength of the Thousand Luo Palm Gate.

  Qin Yang suddenly let out a cold laugh and shouted: "Haha, too late."

  He suddenly withdrew the seal of Qin Guangwang from his hand and held it in his palm towards Jiang Liuyun.

  "Bang......"

  Dark winds howled, and the river flowed with clouds. He only felt himself striking into the endless darkness of Qin Guang Wang City. Endless evil spirits rushed forward, and that one palm was like striking into a nest of evil spirits. His hand quickly withdrew as if bitten by a snake, but then a chill of resentment surged up his arm.

  "Not good, I've fallen into their trap."

  Jiang Liuyun was shocked in his heart, he understood when he struck the Qin Guang Wang seal with one palm that Qin Yang wanted to use his own strength to kill the Ling Qi or lure it out, and then he would take advantage of the opportunity to plant a divine thought to complete the sacrifice.