Chapter 1830: Dragging Him Down With Me

Therefore, the battles outside were also exceptionally important, and the Heavenly Palace forces dared not hold back.

Moreover, the Infant Cave King was a traitor!

Once the Infant Cave King bared its sharp claws, it dropped all pretense and viciously attacked the Heavenly Palace members. If not for the overwhelming true flame of the Divine Radiance Meteorite, which it was unwilling to approach, the Heavenly Palace team would have suffered far greater losses.

Bai Ziqi personally drew his bow and shot at it twice, but it dodged both attacks.

Bai Shi said bitterly, "Damn it, this double-crossing creature!"

Now they finally understood why, when their army crossed the lake into the lower realm, the two Heavenly Demons sent by Miaozhantian to apprehend and kill Elder Xutuo had unexpectedly met their demise.

It was this Infant Cave King's doing!

The grey parrot suddenly announced, "It's no longer the Infant Cave King!"

Everyone was startled.

The grey parrot flapped its wings, shedding a few feathers. "Pick them up," it instructed, "and then look at the Infant Cave King again."

Bai Shi and the others quickly picked up the parrot feathers, pinning them to their clothes. When they looked up at the Infant Cave King again, they were all astonished:

Within the body of the gigantic vulture, a cluster of red light seemed to be attached. If the Infant Cave King flew lower, they could vaguely discern this red light taking the form of a skull.

Without the x-ray vision granted to them by Miaozhantian, no one would have noticed anything unusual about the Infant Cave King.

"What has possessed it?"

"It's a formless, incorporeal fiend brimming with bloody karma." To the grey parrot, this entity was completely exposed. "Qianhuan has even released something like this; it seems he's going all out too. Several people in your team have already been possessed by it; you should eliminate them."

Bai Shi hesitated slightly, but Bai Ziqi had already stated, "They were already dead the moment they were possessed."

"It's secretly killing people within your team, but its actions are hampered because the Divine Radiance true flame is too strong. However, if left unchecked, the enemies around you will only multiply."

As soon as the grey parrot finished speaking, the White Guards no longer hesitated. They drew their arrows and immediately fired.

With the feathers' blessing, they could clearly see that some individuals within the army, just like the Infant Cave King, had red light hidden within their bodies. These unfortunate people, infected by the fiend, appeared no different from ordinary individuals, yet during combat, they secretly dealt deadly blows to their teammates.

For every person killed, another could be possessed.

About a dozen people in Bai Ziqi's team had already been possessed. The enemy was silently eroding his army, and if left unchecked, the situation would only worsen.

The White Guards, acting as executive officers for Bai Ziqi, could wave their hands and kill, and no one in the army dared to stop them.

The puppets, possessed by the Blood Demon's avatars, suddenly surged, but were quickly cut down by the army's powerful experts and monsters.

The remaining ones, seeing the unfavorable situation, had their red smoke avatars abandon the puppets and flee into the distance. Some were incinerated by the Divine Radiance true flame, while others were eliminated by the White Guards.

As two arrows shot into the sky, the Infant Cave King, realizing its trickery had been exposed, quickly spread its wings and flew away.

Bai Ziqi gazed at the Divine Radiance Meteorite, his brow still deeply furrowed.

The Heavenly Palace immortals and demons desperately protected the formation, but the Illusion Sect Elder still held the upper hand. The situation was far from optimistic.

If the goddess could not quickly win the battle in the sea of consciousness, their defeat outside would only be a matter of time.

The grey parrot suddenly declared, "Earlier, when I fought Qianhuan through the Divine Fire Grand Formation, I sensed a third power intervening, but it quickly vanished. Now, I finally know where that familiar feeling came from!"

Miaozhantian's main divine soul was battling in Qianhuan's sea of consciousness, leaving only a faint wisp of consciousness in the lower realm to communicate with Bai Ziqi.

"The Grand Square Jar!" It stated with certainty, "That was the power of the Grand Square Jar! We once felt it from its lid."

It was only a small amount, just a trace.

But for beings at their level of existence, power was like a unique and exclusive scent; once experienced, it left a profound impression.

Bai Ziqi's gaze sharpened.

This was extremely useful information, laden with immense implications.

The grey parrot added, "The battle between Qianhuan and me in the sea of consciousness might also have been monitored."

Bai Ziqi was appalled and blurted out, "The Grand Square Jar again?"

The phrase "battle in the sea of consciousness," especially with the prefixes of True Immortal and Righteous Deity, carried immense weight and implied an extremely high status—something ordinary cultivators could barely imagine.

Yet the goddess suggested that even at this level of confrontation, there was still room for the Grand Square Jar to spy?

One must understand, that was Qianhuan's sea of consciousness, where he was essentially in complete control!

The grey parrot nodded. "Since its birth, the Grand Square Jar has kept its distance from the immortals of Spirit Mountain. I've heard it said that this supreme treasure dislikes immortals."

A divine object like the Grand Square Jar naturally had the right to decide its own preferences.

Of course, it also disliked Heavenly Demons, but that wasn't the main point at the moment. Bai Ziqi's mind raced, and he quickly exclaimed, "There's an opportunity! Given this, the Grand Square Jar is very likely to intervene in the Upside-Down Sea as a third-party force. This… this explains why He Xiao's behavior has been so strange!"

"Go on."

"He Xiao has essentially been proven to be the one who caused havoc in the Heavenly Palace and stole the jar's lid. This means he has a significant connection with the Grand Square Jar. This time, entering the Upside-Down Sea, he very likely came as a representative of the Grand Square Jar!"

"He didn't come representing Spirit Mountain?" The grey parrot's voice rose by two tones. "The Grand Square Jar would allow him to represent it?"

"Representing Spirit Mountain might just be a smokescreen he created! When he burned down the Star-Picking Tower and destroyed Spirit Void City, he must have received help from Spirit Mountain. Clearly, at that time, both sides had already colluded." Bai Ziqi quickly continued, "The Grand Square Jar once chose Yuan Nation and Panlong City, so choosing a He Xiao wouldn't be surprising! Those chosen by it at least have the potential to become heroic figures."

"So he's not just targeting us, but also True Man Qianhuan! True Man Qianhuan is likely still in the dark about his true intentions! In previous battles, he secretly schemed against us while also undermining the Illusion Sect, hoping we would fight to our mutual destruction so he could profit from the aftermath!" It seemed his previous suspicions were correct: He Xiao's assistance to the Illusion Sect was half-hearted, missing several combat opportunities, which indicated a hidden agenda.

Bai Ziqi stated, word by word, "He doesn't show himself often, but I'm certain that even if both realms were turned upside down, his strength would remain the most intact!"

As he said this, the grey parrot could also sense He Xiao's ill intentions. It flapped its wings. "What do you suggest?"

"Drag him into it!" Bai Ziqi said without hesitation. "On one hand, it will resolve our immediate crisis. On the other hand, we absolutely cannot let him comfortably watch from the sidelines."

The Lone Dragon City within Qianhuan's sea of consciousness.

Miaozhantian faced two powerful enemies. No matter how much it mustered its spirits or exerted its utmost effort, as time passed, the scales of victory gradually tipped toward its opponents.

Qianhuan's wounds had completely healed. Compared to Miaozhantian's disheveled state, he was much more composed.

Miaoyuntian's arm had been broken and had not healed for a long time.

This indicated that Miaozhantian's soul power was stretched thin.

If it could just hold on for another half hour or so, or if one or two of the three Great Dharmakayas returned, this battle would be over.