"The Li Clan's Old Ancestor, the Fire Ancestor... actually possesses such strength?!!"
Underground, Banshu Weide had been keeping a close watch on the great battle in Jade Mist Valley.
From Jade Mist Valley being surrounded, to the cultivators of the Three Prefectures falling into the Jade Mist Valley's trap, and now to Jade Mist Valley falling into a disadvantage, he took everything in.
Two days had now passed.
Inside Jade Mist Valley, one could see that the inner array had been completely submerged by the Fire Ancestor's Heavenly Fire.
The grand array formed by the combined efforts of the Jade Mist Valley cultivators was actually being forcefully smashed into spiderweb cracks by the Fire Ancestor.
The Jade Mist Valley disciples could only frantically patch the gaps, yet they still couldn't stop the firework Dao rhythm from seeping out through the cracks.
Any cultivator below the Golden Core realm who touched it died instantly.
"A Spirit Treasure body, forged entirely from Tier-4 to Tier-3 materials. What a bold and prodigious talent. With such a body, it is no wonder he can withstand the Jade Mist Valley's array."
Banshu Weide exclaimed in shock.
The immortal infant in his arms, usually arrogant and irritable, felt Li Yaotie's body and still harbored a bit of apprehension.
"He absolutely cannot be allowed to live; he must be executed!!!"
Banshu Weide's heart skipped a beat. The last time the immortal infant wanted to kill someone this desperately was when Xu Xian of the Eternal Immortal Sect passed through Grandhaven Prefecture.
And the Li Clan's Old Ancestor.
Although the immortal infant hadn't spoken of the Li Clan's Old Ancestor, Banshu Weide could sense its apprehension.
It wasn't that it couldn't utter the words to kill him, but because of the other party's spatial rules, the immortal infant lacked the certainty to do so.
Banshu Weide looked at the critical situation in Jade Mist Valley.
It wouldn't be long before the Fire Ancestor broke through the Jade Mist Valley's grand array.
When that time came, with the combined efforts of the Three Prefectures' cultivators who had already finished accumulating their power outside, Jade Mist Valley would have absolutely no chance of winning.
"I'm hungry! Kill them, eat them all up, and we can rebuild the Banshu family!"
The immortal infant's piercing screams echoed.
Banshu Weide looked at the immortal infant's body in his arms, his heart filled with apprehension.
His ancestor, Banshu Ao, had placed his hopes on him and had always instructed him: the world called the immortal infant a watchdog, but in reality, their Banshu family were the watchdogs of the watchdog.
Once one accepted the immortal infant's Spiritual power, they could never break free.
Caught between becoming a running dog and the Banshu family descending into a future with no way out after his ancestor's fall, Banshu Weide suddenly hugged the immortal infant tightly in his arms, his gaze resolute.
"If we eat them all, we won't have to flee anymore. No one—not the Red Dust Immortal, Jade Mist Valley, nor the Blood Moon—will be able to enslave my Banshu family bloodline!"
"Right!"
The immortal infant turned its head, glaring at the experts inside and outside Jade Mist Valley—they were the best blood food.
It sneered hideously, "Eat them, and I can grow up. From Grandhaven Prefecture to Clearpeak Prefecture, eating our way all the way to Azure Cloud Prefecture.
This is the best of eras; we have no natural predators. Once my body matures again, I will be the strongest Heavenly Immortal, and I will even become a Great Golden Immortal!"
"Then what can I become? What can the Banshu family become?"
"You can become my first kin, and the Banshu family will all become my kin!"
...
"First Master."
The Fourth Master stopped her knitting, staring at the disadvantaged Jade Mist Valley.
"The forces inside the valley are evenly matched. If the Li Clan breaks the array, we will have no more chances."
"The Red Dust Immortal hasn't appeared, the other three Masters are nowhere to be found, and the Banshu family's watchdog has left no trace."
The Fifth Master let out a cold snort.
"Before the very end, you want us to make a move and bear the risk? You truly are a traitor."
The Fourth Master couldn't be bothered to retort. She and the Fifth Master really didn't get along.
Twenty thousand years ago, after she ate the Fifth Master's pills and conveniently tore his books to shreds, this grudge had lasted for twenty thousand years.
"The Fifth Master speaks reason."
The First Master exhaled a long breath. "Before doing so, contact the Red Dust Immortal."
"No results." The Fifth Master frowned deeply.
"Still no sign of him. The Red Dust Immortal feeds on the mortal vitality of a region.
The more prosperous the area encompassed by his immortal methods, the better he can maintain and even strengthen his own Spiritual power.
Grandhaven Prefecture is his domain of enlightenment, and we possess his Immortal Dao. No matter what, he should lend us some assistance."
"He has too many choices. He is the Red Dust Immortal no matter where he goes, but we are the ones who are truly part of Grandhaven Prefecture."
The First Master let out a long breath. "Perhaps he has already lost hope in us."
The two Masters fell silent. Where was there any mortal vitality left in today's Grandhaven Prefecture?
Generation after generation of Masters had enlightened Grandhaven Prefecture.
Their Red Dust Realm was inherently a part of Grandhaven Prefecture, growing stronger as Grandhaven Prefecture grew stronger.
But with the decline of Grandhaven Prefecture, the very method of strengthening themselves by strengthening the prefecture had instead caused their Spiritual power to wane.
They were reduced to preparing to eat everyone here, beginning to devour the mortal realm to maintain and strengthen their power.
They themselves also realized that they were beginning to become greedy.
Amidst their thoughts.
The three Masters' expressions froze slightly.
"Rumble!"
The earth shook, and the mountains swayed outside Jade Mist Valley.
The Three Prefectures' cultivators outside the grand array all wore horrified expressions, looking in all directions.
Even the massive battle inside Jade Mist Valley paused for a moment, as everyone looked outward in sheer terror.
They saw crack after crack forming on the ground until they became rift valleys.
These rift valleys, winding into the distance, devoured everything on the surface, sending rocks and boulders tumbling down!
"Bang! Bang!"
One after another, tentacles large enough to prop up the heavens pierced out from the abysses formed by these rift valleys, surrounding the entire Jade Mist Valley battlefield and the numerous cultivators.
White mist surged from underground, and a piercing, hoarse voice echoed amidst the crumbling mountains, splitting earth and the drifting immortal qi.
"Eat you all!"
The three Masters' expressions changed.
The First Master exhaled a long breath. "The watchdog."
"Our Red Dust Realm is lacking exactly one watchdog." A smile surfaced on the Fourth Master's delicate and handsome face.