In a narrow passage filled with thick primal qi inside the Small Nether Realm.0 The seventeenth and eighteenth levels of Hell were too small. When Xi Lian brought Wang Sheng and Mu Wanxuan out of the Volcanic Hell, the space below was already packed with wandering spirits and ferocious ghosts.0 "Out of the way!" Xi Lian shouted impatiently. 0 Her long silver hair fluttered in the wind, but she did not dare release too much of her power. She merely wrapped herself, Wang Sheng, and Mu Wanxuan in a pale white sphere of energy and dove swiftly downward.0 Wang Sheng placed his left hand on the arm of the half-immortal fox and infused streams of Pure Yang Energy into her. With his right hand, he also opened the sword case on his back and drew Spiritless, hoping to clear the path ahead with fine threads of sword qi. Unfortunately, his sword qi wasn't strong enough. It could barely harm the wandering spirits in the seventeenth and eighteenth levels.0 One after another, spirits flew upward. Among them were seven to eight ferocious ghosts with grotesque flesh wings. Though they looked different from each other, they all radiated an eerie and frightening aura.0 The closer they were to the Earth Qi Seal, the more terrifying the ghosts were.0 After a thousand years of absorbing primal qi and devouring one another, some of the ghosts in the eighteenth level had unsurprisingly gained enough power to rival Nascent Soul Realm cultivators.0 Xi Lian snorted coldly and suddenly sped up. Her eyes flashed blood-red once again as she charged into the swarm of ghosts. Soon, a muffled explosion erupted at the bottom of Hell. The eighteen levels, which had just settled, shook once more.0 From a well-like pit at the very bottom, a torrent of wandering spirits and fierce ghosts surged upward. The pale-white orb of light followed right behind them. Barely ten seconds after the orb emerged, waves of devilish qi surged out of the same opening, and several dark shadows shot after it with explosive speed.0 Their sharp, shrill cries echoed through the narrow space outside Hell.0 "Lifeblood! I want to drain all of their lifeblood!"0 "Take their bodies! Ours are already withered!"0 "Devour that fox fiend! It'll make us stronger!"0 With a furious expression, Xi Lian turned her head toward them abruptly. More of her silver hair turned orange. "Just you lot? Hmph!"0 She threw Wang Sheng and Mu Wanxuan toward the dense forest below. Afterward, she turned in midair to meet the ancient devils head-on.0 Remaining composed, she telepathically told the two, "Hurry and help the Celestial Immortal stabilize the Earth Qi Seal. Do not act recklessly. Remember, you are reincarnated immortals. You can do what ordinary mortals cannot."0 She then transformed into a snow-white silver fox once more, though she only grew to a little over ten meters long this time. Silver radiance surged from her, blocking the enemies charging toward her. 0 The ancient devils howled with excitement. With their eyes gleaming with greed, they lunged at Xi Lian. Just as they had said moments earlier, they intended to devour Xi Lian, then seize Wang Sheng and Mu Wanxuan's bodies.0 Now that she had thrown the martial siblings down into the forest, Xi Lian could finally go all out. However, she still held back from unleashing her full power—she used just enough to stall the devils.0 She bit her paw and spilled a stream of blood infused with primal qi into the air. The blood quickly attracted the fierce ghosts and wandering spirits, pulling them toward her.0 However, not all things went as planned.0 Wang Sheng and Mu Wanxuan had just stabilized themselves in midair when their hearts suddenly tightened. With no time to think, Wang Sheng stepped on his sword and rushed toward the pyramid-shaped stone mountain below to assist the female corpse.0 Unfortunately, before they could get far, sharp shrieks echoed from above. Two flesh-winged ferocious ghosts from the seventeenth and eighteenth levels shot down like arrows, their auras far beyond the Golden Core Realm! 0 The ghosts swung their claws downward. Mu Wanxuan stepped onto Ice Crystal and raised both arms, forming a rotating black-and-white Tai Chi diagram in front of them. Meanwhile, Wang Sheng gripped her left shoulder. Using his Sword-Controlling Art, he pushed his flight technique to the limit.0 Nevertheless, their opponents proved too fast. The Tai Chi diagram had just taken shape when two violet-black claws struck it. The formation only managed to slow their attackers a little before it flickered violently and shattered in the air.0 The Dao of Balanced Yin and Yang had never failed Mu Wanxuan, and Wang Sheng had rarely made the wrong decision in combat. 0 Using the force of the recoil, Wang Sheng pulled on his senior sister's shoulder as they swiftly retreated. Once they had built up momentum, he positioned her in front of him. He then looked down, finding Mu Wanxuan's face deathly pale.0 It seemed she had yet to fully recover from her injuries at Fengdu City. Withstanding the brunt of the ghosts' assault only further deepened her wounds.0 With no hesitation, Wang Sheng held her tightly and channeled the last of his Pure Yang Energy into her. They then shot across the sky on Flying Haze.0 Mu Wanxuan trusted him completely. She didn't resist even when she felt him use his energy to activate the meridians in her lower back.0 The female corpse and the Earth Qi Seal on the stone mountain were already in sight.0 However, two piercing shrieks rang out from behind once again. The two powerful ghosts flapped their fleshy wings, swiftly surpassing Wang Sheng's speed.0 With the mountain only a short distance away, Wang Sheng shouted, "Senior!"0 The lack of response was enough for him to know that the female corpse was still holding the seal and could not leave her position. Hence, he swiftly twisted him and Mu Wanxuan upside down. Using Flying Haze as a pivot, he dove at high speed.0 Immortal light erupted from Flying Haze as they accelerated downward. A moment later, two black shadows swept past the soles of their feet and slammed into the stone mountain. 0 They barely avoided disaster, but they were still in danger. Considering their free-fall speed, it was already too late to pull back and flip upright.0 Twisting in midair, he embraced Mu Wanxuan tightly and turned her to the side. Using his back to shield her, they burst through the canopy, crashed through branches, and tumbled across the ground. Wang Sheng rolled until his back slammed into the base of a large tree. He let out a muffled groan as half his body went numb from the impact.0 Unlike him, Mu Wanxuan was completely unharmed. Moreover, her injuries had been stabilized, at least for now. She quickly helped Wang Sheng up.0 The two ferocious ghosts circled above, seemingly unsure whether to target Xi Lian again or chase after them. In the end, they chose to continue the hunt.0 Wang Sheng laughed bitterly. His Golden Core pulsed, and sensation slowly returned to his limbs. His eyes unleashed a starlight gleam as he gripped Spiritless again.0 "We can't run anymore, Senior Sister. We have to fight. Set the formation to a ten-meter radius." 0 With a calm expression, Mu Wanxuan nodded. She showed neither panic nor fear. "Mm!"0 Stomping on the ground lightly, she unleashed the Yin-Yang Grand Formation. Following Wang Sheng's instructions, she expanded the formation to a ten-meter radius.0 The two black shadows rushed toward them again, their auras wild and overwhelming. They were only a hundred meters away now.0 With no time to channel his Sword-Controlling Art, he made Flying Haze shoot out from under him. He then struck the hilt with a powerful left kick, sending the sword hurtling like a burst of radiant light toward the ferocious ghost on the left.0 Simultaneously, he gripped Spiritless and used the Ziwei Heavenly Sword Art to unleash a flurry of sword phantasms toward the second ghost.0 Flying Haze struck the ghost on the left. Although the ghost simply swatted the sword aside with its claws, it was enough to break the ghost's momentum.0 The two ghosts were now slightly out of sync. With one now behind the other, the martial siblings gained a temporary two-on-one advantage. Like a beam of white light, a strand of silver-white hair with reddish-orange streaks then shot down from the sky and pierced straight through the back of the ghost on the left!0 That's Big Sister's!0 Xi Lian was still locked in a fierce battle against the dozen ancient devils and the vengeful spirits blotting out the sky. They proved difficult enough to deal with that she could only seize a brief opening to strike from a distance, managing to take out one of the ghosts coming after Wang Sheng and Mu Wanxuan.0 Unaffected, the other ghost just kept rushing at them in a frenzy. Still, Wang Sheng's Dao Heart remained unmoved.0 His sword phantasms spread out like stars, forming a constellation in the forest. A commanding aura swept through the trees, as if enforcing a sovereign's decree.0 With its fleshy wings now folded, the fierce ghost lunged forward. Its claws gleamed coldly, seemingly capable of tearing even the heavens and earth apart!0 "Ha!" Wang Sheng roared. 0 His countless sword phantasms trembled. With Spiritless in hand, he charged forward and leaped straight into the attack.0 Behind him, Mu Wanxuan raised her hand. A Tai Chi diagram formed before the ghost's path. In a split second, dozens of yin and yang qi beams burst upward and wrapped around the ghost just as it shattered the formation.0 Starlight flared within the forest. The countless sword phantasms instantly overlapped, all converging upon Wang Sheng's forward thrust. The starlight also gathered into a single beam as Wang Sheng shot into the sky. The ghost behind him hovered motionlessly in midair, as if it had turned into a clay statue.0 Wang Sheng then landed and stood firmly in front of Mu Wanxuan. He raised his hand and called Flying Haze back to him as cracks slithered across the ferocious ghost.0 Its limbs, torso, and head fractured and shattered. A moment later, it dissolved into black mist and scattered into the forest's dense primal qi.0 Wang Sheng sighed in relief. As the tension in his chest finally eased, his legs gave out. Unsteady on his feet, he staggered back a couple of steps until he fell backward. A pair of small hands caught him just in time.0 Mu Wanxuan followed through with the motion and knelt on the ground, allowing Wang Sheng to lean against her. Only then did she manage to exhale in relief as well.0 That last sword strike had cost him everything; he had poured all of his enchanted power into it. With the added sharpness of Spiritless, he barely managed to slay the fierce ghost. 0 If a few more of those things show up...0 Mu Wanxuan pointed to the sky. With a hint of helplessness, she said, "Above us."0 Wang Sheng looked up. Albeit barely, he could make out several black dots rapidly growing larger.0 Higher in the sky, the battle surrounding Xi Lian had reached all the way to Hell. A massive crack had appeared beside it, allowing one fierce spirit after another to crawl out of it.0 Fortunately, the rupture seemed to be near the eighth or ninth level. The fierce spirits raining down from there weren't too powerful. Under normal circumstances, he and Mu Wanxuan wouldn't have had much trouble dealing with them.0 Unfortunately, neither of them was in any condition to fight.0 Wang Sheng breathed in sharply and quickly swallowed a few pills that he used to take when he was still at the Illusory Core Realm. Pulling out several talismans, he slapped a Qi-Restoring Talisman and a Vajra Talisman onto his chest. He then stuck a Godspeed Talisman and an Ape's Leap Talisman onto his thighs.0 "Don't move around yet, Senior Sister. I'll carry you for now, so you just focus on your recovery. I'll rely on my footwork to dodge what I can as we head straight to the stone mountain."0 "Mm," Mu Wanxuan whispered. She then leaned into him and wrapped her arms around his waist.0