Immortal Fish Daoist Li Wanshou and Tao Qian had long held a grudge between them, that's why he was the most anxious to get the first bite.
The fish mouth sucked, and indeed swallowed Tao Qian along with thousands of demons.
At that instant, Tao Qian seemed to smell the most foul odor under the heaven. Billions of fish were piled up before his eyes, and he saw countless oddly-shaped Parasitic Worms shrieking sharply enough to crush a soul, rushing over to compete for a taste of his flesh.
Among the Cultivation World, Tao Qian was also known as the "Deceitful Secret Demon Child," and many knew of his methods for taming Outer Realm Heaven Demons.
Now, their loyalty was evident.
Power Demon, Eye Demon, Heart Demon, Illusion Demon, Substitute Demon, Star Zha Demon, Red Lady Demon... Even the coquettish Black Skin Desire Demon seemed to grow a heart of loyalty and courage, automatically shielding Tao Qian on all sides, each deploying Outer Realm Magic to resist the filth and protect their master completely.
Seeing this, Master Tao was about to be moved, thinking his investment in the Demon Pill had not been in vain.
Then he heard Yuan Gong's shout and immediately understood.
It turned out Yuan Master's previous childish tattling was knowing that Duobao would come, deliberately stalling for time.
"This pair of love-hate relationship, indeed know each other very well."
"However, it is said that Master is only a hair away from breaking through the Daoist Transformation Tribulation. With such cultivation, how could he confront the Twelve Emperors of Alchemist? It seems difficult to take them on one by one."
Just as this thought arose in Tao Qian's heart, he immediately faced a stark contradiction.
The place shrouded by the Twelve Layers of Immortal Illusion suddenly saw billions of beams of Divine Radiance tearing apart the sky, creating an unprecedented gaping hole as something truly colossal seemed to crash through from another world.
Anything it touched along its path was utterly shattered.
However, to the people of the Seventy-two provinces, obscured by the spell cast by the Twelve Emperors, it was naturally another splendid spectacle.
All they saw was a rainbow bridge-like array of Immortal Treasure Things, coming from the Penglai Sea, intending to escort Tao Master back to the Mountain Gate.
Apart from a few who knew the truth, most were unaware.
Seeing this scene, they all said:
"Duobao True Monarch is really stingy. Isn't it good for the Emperors to invite Tao Master to a feast? Why stop it?"
"Perhaps he's concerned about Liu Pei, Li Wanshou, and other Human Emperors competing with him for disciples?"
"There might be such a possibility, there have been rumors and gossip from the Penglai Sea stating that Tao Master was originally destined to be the disciple of the leader of Spirit Treasure Sect's female fairies [Yunhua Immortal]. However, he was intercepted by Duobao True Monarch using Sublime Dharma Powers. Now acting this way, it seems he is worried and fears others will follow suit."
"Indeed, Tao Master is a rare talent, and it's reasonable for many powerful beings to compete for him."
...
Outsiders were unaware of the truth, thinking everything had ended.
But in Qiantang Province City, a real and incredible battle of magic was continuing.
Duobao came with overwhelming momentum!
Upon his arrival, he directly faced Sheep God Dao Monarch Sima Zhongda from the Twelve Emperors.
This old creature's Dharma Body was too large to fully enter this realm, so only a rotting sheep's head squeezed through.
Tentacles writhed, tusks exposed, the sheep's face covered with thousands of crimson Blood Eyes, oozy and venomous saliva flowing incessantly, instantly forming a lake of deadly poison.
Historical records state: this creature was naturally cautious, had wisdom, but loved to hide its talents and save itself.
However, that was in life.
After becoming an Alchemist, this creature might have changed its nature, or completely let loose, becoming wild and greedy without restraint.
The moment it saw Duobao descend, it thought: This Daoist, although famous and with a high status, is just at the Ultimate Happiness Realm, easily defeated by me.
Especially seeing Duobao arriving on the Golden Radiance Immortal Island, the endless treasure light nearly blinded its thousands of sheep eyes, also igniting its flame of greed in an instant.
This Emperor then loudly declared:
"Let the rest of you keep tasting that little thief's flesh. Leave Daoist Duobao to me."
With that said, those thousand sheep eyes lit up together.
Terrifying Evil Light, filled the entire sky.
If in other territories, facing other enemies, this one Divine Power could instantly erase a dozen mountains, dozens of cities, millions of people.
After casting the spell, the old thief seemed confident of victory.
Along with the sound of "ripping," the sheep's mouth split open to the back of its head, like an unraveling canopy of the heavens, intending to swallow Daoist Duobao along with the now-revealed Golden Radiance Daoist Field.
Looking at this situation, it was evident that he intended to monopolize the feast.
Unfortunately, a good plan was useless unless hit at the right target.
The Dao Field, made purely of tens of thousands of treasures, Daoist Duobao was unconcerned about his treasures being swallowed by Sima Zhongda, only controlling the Field to continue surging forward.
Sima Zhongda, about to laugh at Daoist Duobao, an Ultimate Happiness Realm cultivator overestimating himself, quickly realized something was wrong.
Behind the Golden Radiance Field appeared a "Star Aperture" flashing with billions of colorful beams of Source Qi.
That aperture, connected to the Outer Realm Abyss and Divine Qi Source Sea.
Although it was closing bit by bit, it was still frantically sucking in endless Source Qi.
This created an unimaginable collision force.
Sima Zhongda's sheep face changed dramatically, fear revealed in all thousand Evil Eyes, shouting loudly:
"Duobao have you lost your mind? Using the Star Aperture like this, you can release a terrifying Divine Power, but your Dao Field will burst in a short while."
"You absolutely can't afford the price. You... you're undutiful..."
Before the old thief could finish speaking, a foul sheep's head was smashed to pieces by the force of the Field.
Behind him, aside from Li Wanshou, the other ten Emperors had a premonition and avoided this unstoppable one-time collision.
Li Wanshou was too greedy to give up Tao Da, who was already in his mouth.