In less than a month, Mo Wuji had already touched upon some of the array patterns of the defensive formation. These array patterns and array techniques were superior to a level nine immortal array, but not so outrageously high that they were beyond Mo Wuji's array dao level, making them perfect for him to study.

Within these array patterns, Mo Wuji's array dao level rose rapidly. Unknowingly, his array dao level had surpassed level nine immortal arrays, entering a newer realm.

This made Mo Wuji even clearer that he had overestimated the time it would take to open this protective array because he had not accounted for his own continuously rising array dao level.

Just as Mo Wuji was about to open the next layer of the protective array's base, he actually felt faint cracking sounds emanating from the protective array.

This was definitely not the sound of him opening the array base, but rather the protective array being opened from the inside. The person trapped within the protective array was about to come out, and Mo Wuji stopped his continued deduction of the array dao, feeling very excited in his heart.

The first person that appeared in his mind was Han Qingru, followed by the words she had said to him while looking at him in the Sword Prison.

"Swish!" A fiery red flying sword landed in Mo Wuji's hand. Seeing the information on the flying sword, Mo Wuji's face immediately darkened, and killing intent once again enveloped him.

"Sect Leader, it's really you!" Su Zian's voice rang out in surprise.

"Master..."

"Big brother..."

Su Zian, Fu Jingfeng, and Dou Hualong rushed out, all extremely excited.

Mo Wuji saw the heavily injured Wei Zidao and Jian Mingcheng. He also noticed that many familiar faces were missing. He didn't see Nie Chong'an, Cha Rui, Lu Ming, and others.

"Sect Leader, I have failed in my duties. Esteemed Master Nie, Deacon Cha Rui, Lu Ming, and others all perished in the sect defense war..." Seeing Mo Wuji's joy turn to confusion, Su Zian knew that the Sect Leader was asking why so many people were missing.

"Where are Qingru and Lian Yingxian?" Just as Mo Wuji asked this question, another flying sword arrived.

"Han Qingru and Lian Yingxian left the sect for training several years ago and have not yet returned," Su Zian quickly replied.

Mo Wuji's spiritual will had already swept over a large number of flying ships surging towards the Ping Fan Immortal Sect. He grabbed a bottle of pills and threw it to Wei Zidao, saying, "The army of the Grand Supreme Heaven is coming. I'll go take a look."

...

"Sect Leader Mo, Zi Changluo has personally taken action," Chen San said with a solemn tone after seeing Mo Wuji emerge. However, he wasn't worried, as he knew that Mo Wuji's strength was certainly not afraid of Zi Changluo. What he was worried about was the foundation of the Grand Supreme Heaven. There were too many experts in the Grand Supreme Heaven, and once they besieged this place, no matter how powerful Mo Wuji was, he wouldn't be able to hold out alone.

"It's not Zi Changluo personally taking action, it's Gongshu Shipan." The person standing next to Chen San was an early-stage Immortal Emperor whom Mo Wuji didn't recognize.

Mo Wuji nodded to the two of them and raised his hand to throw out a pile of array flags. Soon, the Ping Fan Immortal Sect, which was under construction, was protected by a layer of faint mist.

Mo Wuji wasn't someone who hadn't been besieged before. At his level, what use was it to have more people? He was worried that the Ping Fan Immortal Sect, which was just about finished being built, would be damaged again in the battle.

"Boom boom boom!" Flying ships landed on the ground recklessly. Because they hadn't deliberately controlled the sound of their landing, each flying ship that landed would smash out a large pit, raising a cloud of dust.

Tens of thousands of immortals from the Grand Supreme Heaven's army emerged from the flying ships, neatly surrounding the Ping Fan Immortal Sect.

Compared to the organized army of the Grand Supreme Heaven, the scattered and disorganized people standing on Mo Wuji's side perfectly exemplified what a rabble was.

"Zi Changluo really didn't come. The people who came are Grand Immortal Emperor Gongshu Shipan, and Grand Immortal Emperors Cai De, Yong Yutang, Si Heyi... and so on. That person is..."

Chen San's voice, which was originally introducing them to Mo Wuji, suddenly paused, and his tone even became trembling and worried.

"It's Zhu Yin, it's actually Zhu Yin..." The early-stage Immortal Emperor standing next to Chen San also recognized the person next to Gongshu Shipan, and his tone also became frightened.

"Who is Zhu Yin?" Mo Wuji asked in confusion, looking at the disheveled and weak-looking man. Chen San and this early-stage Immortal Emperor seemed to be afraid of this person.

Before the early-stage Immortal Emperor could answer, Gongshu Shipan had already walked up to Mo Wuji and said faintly, "You don't need to know who Zhu Yin is, you only need to know that he is the person who will kill you... Zhu Yin, kill this person..."

As soon as Gongshu Shipan finished speaking, Mo Wuji detected a terrifying killing intent. However, Mo Wuji didn't move, as he sensed that this killing intent wasn't directed at him.

"Zhu Yin, you..." Gongshu Shipan only said three words before he heard the sound of his bones and soul shattering, and his sea of consciousness collapsing.

"Remember, no one can order me. You're just taking a step ahead of Zi Changluo. I'll accept your soul, although it's only so-so." Zhu Yin said the last few words that Gongshu Shipan would ever hear in his life.

Mo Wuji's eyes narrowed. Gongshu Shipan's strength was definitely not weaker than Lei Guyun and Jin Yusheng. This kind of expert was actually directly strangled by this skinny, long-haired man, who then devoured his primordial spirit.

Others couldn't see this skinny man devouring the soul, but he could see it clearly. Even if Mo Wuji was self-confident, he was very clear that this guy's strength was not weaker than his. Zhu Yin's dao rhythm was complete, vaguely forming a majestic aura. This person was definitely not an ordinary Grand Immortal Emperor, nor an ordinary Dao Emperor.

"He is the Soul-Severing Man, Zhu Yin," Chen San said softly, taking a breath.

The Soul-Severing Man, Zhu Yin? Who was this person? He had never heard of him.

"I heard that this person is the founding patriarch of the Dao of Severing Souls. He has committed countless killings in the Immortal Realm. He has annihilated no fewer than thirty immortal sects. The number of experts who have died at his hands is even countless. Later, after he learned of the path to the Grand Supreme Heaven, he wanted to provoke Zi Changluo, and then he disappeared. Everyone thought he was dead, but I didn't expect that he actually took refuge with..."

Chen San's words stopped there. He originally wanted to say that the Soul-Severing Man Zhu Yin had taken refuge with Zi Changluo, but Gongshu Shipan was a staunch supporter of Zi Changluo. Zhu Yin had just killed Gongshu Shipan, so it didn't seem like he had taken refuge with Zi Changluo.

The other Grand Immortal Emperors who had come with Zi Changluo subconsciously took several steps back. Zhu Yin had actually killed Gongshu Shipan.

"You're called Mo Wuji? Let me try to eat your soul and primordial spirit. Don't disappoint me." Zhu Yin stared at Mo Wuji, showing his pale and terrifying teeth.

He hadn't guessed wrong, nor had he misjudged. This Mo Wuji, whom Zi Changluo had called him to deal with, was indeed not a simple person, not someone like Gongshu Shipan could compare to. No matter how ordinary Mo Wuji's aura was, he, Zhu Yin, would not take him lightly.

Mo Wuji said to Chen San and the others, "You guys leave here immediately."

"Yes." Chen San and the others knew that when they encountered someone like Zhu Yin, they wouldn't be able to help even if they wanted to. At most, they would just become a few more wandering souls.

Chen San and the others quickly retreated, and Mo Wuji turned to look at Zhu Yin and said, "The people you brought are too annoying and are affecting my battle with you, so I want to get rid of this trash."

Zhu Yin laughed loudly, "That's simple..."

He opened his hand, and handprint rules automatically gathered, forming a completely new rule world under his handprints.

The immortal army that Gongshu Shipan had brought this time was basically composed of experts above the Grand Luo Immortal realm. However, under Zhu Yin's handprint rules, not a single person was able to break free.

The others could only see blood mist exploding under the handprint rules. Mo Wuji saw that many primordial spirits and souls were devoured by Zhu Yin on the spot, and he felt his scalp tingle. No wonder Chen San and the others were so afraid of Zhu Yin, this guy was simply not human.

The few Grand Immortal Emperors who had come with Gongshu Shipan rushed out of Zhu Yin's rule world even more frantically upon seeing this.

Zhu Yin grinned, "You still want to leave under my Zhu Yin's rule world?"

As he spoke, Zhu Yin directly stretched out his fingers and tapped a few times. Clusters of blood mist exploded, and the few Immortal Emperors didn't have any power to resist and were killed by Zhu Yin using his finger dao divine ability.

Mo Wuji's heart turned cold. He knew that Zhu Yin's fingers were far inferior to his Seven World Fingers. But he knew very well that his Seven World Fingers wouldn't be able to easily kill several Grand Immortal Emperors like Zhu Yin could.

The only explanation was that his strength was far inferior to Zhu Yin's.

As soon as he thought of this, Zhu Yin seemed even more terrifying to him.

"How powerful, no wonder this person dared to break into the Grand Supreme Heaven alone even though he knew that Zi Changluo wanted to kill him back then." Chen San gasped and muttered to himself as he watched Zhu Yin's methods.

Although Chen San's voice was very low, Mo Wuji still heard it clearly.

"Zhu Yin, the Immortal Emperor pitied your hard-earned cultivation and didn't kill you, but I didn't expect that you would not only not be grateful, but you would actually want to kill us. If the Dao Emperor knew, you would definitely be caught and brought back to the Soul Locking Prison..." A Grand Immortal Emperor watched helplessly as Zhu Yin's immortal essence handprint slapped over, but he couldn't avoid it, and he could only curse loudly.

Imprisoned in the Soul Locking Prison? Mo Wuji quickly transmitted his voice to Chen San and asked, "Immortal Friend Chen San, do you know what the Soul Locking Prison is?"

Chen San quickly transmitted his voice and said, "That's the most terrifying prison in the Grand Supreme Heaven, even more terrifying than the Sword Prison of the Grand Sword Dao of the Immortal Realm. As long as you're imprisoned in there, your soul and primordial spirit will be locked up, and then you'll be burned by wind, thunder, ice, and fire every moment. In the end, your soul will be completely ground away, and you'll become a complete idiot..."

"You see, I've helped you kill all these people. Now we can have a good conversation, right?" Zhu Yin killed the last Grand Immortal Emperor and turned to look at Mo Wuji with a smile.

The Grand Supreme Heaven's army was constantly exploding under his rule handprint, but he seemed to not see it at all.

Mo Wuji slowly said, "Zhu Yin, your cultivation technique is not bad. You can actually devour other people's souls and primordial spirits to cultivate..."

"I have a lot of research on this devouring of souls. If you need it, after you restrain me, I can teach it to you." Zhu Yin grinned.

Hearing these words, it was as if a bolt of lightning flashed through Mo Wuji's mind, and his fear of Zhu Yin disappeared in an instant.

(That's all for today's update, friends. Good night!)