These mirror demons were endless, surging towards them like a huge black tide. And from within the four-sided mirrors, more mirror demons continued to emerge.
Jiang Wen, holding a wooden whip, unleashed the Four Symbols Sword Formation, setting up a large array around himself to block the mirror demons.
“You guys stay here in the Four Symbols Formation for now. Tiger and I will go deal with these mirror demons,” Jiang Wen said, rushing out with his wooden whip. His left hand formed the Three Purities Hand Seal, while his right hand swung the wooden whip.
He chanted, "Supreme divine spirit, essence of the Yan Emperor. Light and lightning flash, illuminating the Three Purities. Raging fire for ten thousand miles, no ghost can escape."
As the spell was cast, raging flames arose, spreading from his feet towards the mirror demons. Countless mirror demons were scorched by the fire, turning to ashes in an instant.
“With a divine seal, subdue and annihilate evil spirits. Three or five generals, dispatch officers and soldiers. Pacify the earth, ceaselessly execute ghosts. Flying talismans and walking seals, wearing the five stars on my head.”
With another incantation, a divine seal appeared above his head. Behind him, phantoms of divine generals emerged. Though the mirror demons were endless, they found it difficult to approach Jiang Wen.
“Throw fire ahead, kill ten thousand ghosts and thousands of spirits. The six heavens' evil thieves, deliver them to Bing and Ding. The Five Spirits True Elders are my original teachers. Unobstructed divine power, all spirits return to the same source. Exterminate evil ghosts. Pursue misfortune without fail. The nine paths of the Middle Yellow, spread majesty in all directions. Subdue and hide the old energy, leaving no trace behind. The five plagues and seven curses, I can kill them.”
Incantations flowed from his mouth, and the wooden whip shone with a golden light. With each swing, it transformed into a ten-zhang-long whip, sweeping in all directions, crushing anything it touched. He was like a tiger entering a sheepfold, truly unstoppable. Even though the mirror demons emerged endlessly from all directions like a tidal wave, Jiang Wen still managed to carve out a haven of peace in the midst of the chaos.
“What ghost dares to resist, what god dares to defy? Shape punishment in Fengdu, behead corpses with the Northern Dipper. With a divine blade, all ghosts vanish. Act as swiftly as the law commands!”
With the incantation completed, Jiang Wen stood before the formation, sweeping away the mirror demons with his whip. He stomped his foot, and a white light spread from beneath him, sweeping across the entire Divine Wood Palace. The endless mirror demons were instantly cleared away, leaving only a few stragglers struggling to emerge from the mirrors.
“What, what kind of magic is this?” Chang音 looked at Jiang Wen in surprise. She had never imagined that there could be such profound magic in the world. It seemed different from the magic of the immortal sects she had imagined. Jiang Wen's magic also carried a unique charm.
Searching through her memories, she recalled that the Daoist charm of Pure Yang Zhenren's spells was somewhat similar to Jiang Wen's. However, Pure Yang Zhenren had already reached the realm of a sage, so his magic was naturally extremely powerful. But in terms of the purity of Daoist charm, Jiang Wen's magic was more in line with the path of Qi refining.
“After all, this method of Qi refining came from his hands, so it's no wonder it has such a unique Daoist charm.” Chang音 remembered Jiang Wen's identity and felt natural about his ability to perform such powerful magic. After all, she had chosen Jiang Wen precisely because of this.
“This is the Northern Dipper Subduing Seal Mantra. It is the Supreme Northern Dipper Subduing Demon Divine Mantra Talisman,” Jiang Wen said calmly.
Since his realm had entered Qi Refining and Transforming into Divinity, his strength was comparable to that of the Dao Palace. He could also use most of the Dao techniques deduced by the stone tablet. Although these spells were more complicated to cast, their power was immense. After entering this Pure Yang Cave, Jiang Wen had been trying to use these Daoist spells. Talismans were powerful, but they needed to be replenished frequently. If he encountered situations like this one after another, it would be difficult to maintain them with talismans alone.
There were many Daoist spells, the most famous of which were the Thirty-Six Heavenly and Seventy-Two Earthly techniques. Unfortunately, the Heavenly techniques were difficult to cultivate, and even Jiang Wen could only use a few with the help of merit points. He had little contact with the Seventy-Two Earthly techniques, mostly techniques for passing through walls and escaping. Therefore, he also needed to practice some of the other Daoist spells.
Just like the spell he used to break the Eight Dragons Heavenly Fire Formation last time, it was the Transformation Emperor Command from the Five Thunder Martial Marquis Secret Technique. This technique was mysterious and powerful, able to summon the Five Thunders and call forth divine fire, destroying gods and demons, unstoppable.
The spell he used this time was the Arctic Subduing Seal Mantra from the Northern Dipper Subduing Demon Mantra, which could summon the nine directions of flowing fire and destroy ten thousand ghosts and thousands of spirits.
However, it was a bit of an overkill to use it against the mirror demons in this Divine Wood Palace.
“As expected of the person I chose, truly amazing.” Chang音 praised, but she still looked at the Divine Wood Palace with a serious expression.
“Although we can temporarily kill these mirror demons, we are still in this Divine Wood Palace, and these mirror demons are endless. They are connected to the Jianmu tree and are immortal and indestructible. Unless we uproot the Jianmu tree, it will be difficult to destroy them.”
“Then what should we do?” Jiang Wen asked, puzzled.
“If we don't remove the demonized state of the mirror spirit, we won't be able to enter the Myriad Flowers Mirror Image, and it will be difficult to retrieve the Divine Wood Heart from the Divine Wood Palace. The source is still on the Jianmu tree, which is the 'Chi' sealed on the tree,” Chang音 said with some distress. “But once we move the seal of this 'Chi', the 'Chi' will inevitably break free from it. Although it has been sealed for ten thousand years and its strength has been greatly weakened, we may not be its match.”
“This won't work, that won't work. Then what are we doing here?” Tiger said dissatisfied. “In my opinion, it's better to fight this 'Chi'. The outcome is still unknown.”
“'Chi' is one of the three corpses of Pure Yang Zhenren, and probably has the strength of a half-sage. Although Brother Jiang is strong, he may not be able to defeat this 'Chi'. After all, 'Chi' is very strange, and its innate divine power is extraordinary,” Chang音 sighed.
“It is unacceptable to be timid before the battle,” Jiang Wen said calmly. “Since you know so much about 'Chi', you should also know its weaknesses. Why not tell me, maybe there is a way.”
“'Chi's' weakness? Let me think.” Chang音 stroked her chin, carefully considering 'Chi's' weakness. “'Chi' is transformed from Pure Yang Zhenren's heart, and can corrode everything. Whether it is the mirror spirit of the Myriad Flowers Glazed Mirror, ordinary magical artifacts, or living beings, they will be corroded into demons by 'Chi', thereby losing their minds. Once controlled by 'Chi', they can never get rid of 'Chi'. But 'Chi' does have a weakness, which is that it has no magic power. Although it can bewitch people's hearts and induce people to fall into demons, if it is isolated and sealed, it will no longer be able to cause trouble. It's just that there are few places in the world that can isolate it, and even Pure Yang Zhenren couldn't find one.”
“Why not exile 'Chi' into the void?” Jiang Wen asked.
“You don't know, the Sumeru Realm is difficult to connect to the void chaos. Even if Pure Yang Zhenren is a sage, it is difficult to tear open a place leading to the void chaos from the Sumeru Realm. In addition, the situation was urgent at the time, and Pure Yang Zhenren could not bring the three corpses he had cut off back to the mortal world. At that time, he had no way to go back, because that might bring greater danger to the mortal world,” Chang音 sighed.
“I see.” Jiang Wen nodded. As if he had thought of something, he said to Chang音, “I might have a way to exile this 'Chi' to a deserted place.”
“Really?” Chang音's eyes lit up.
“Naturally.” Jiang Wen responded.
He had a divine power, which was the Universe in the Sleeve. He had previously used it to contain the golden dragon and the tiger demon's clone. Now it was perfect for sealing the 'Chi'. After all, the Universe in the Sleeve could contain everything, and the universe inside was in a state of standstill. So even if this 'Chi' had the power to erode, it would be difficult to do anything in this Universe in the Sleeve.
The only trouble was that this kind of magic required continuous consumption of merit points. The more powerful the things it contained, the more merit points it required. He didn't know how many merit points it would cost to maintain after he took 'Chi' in this time.
