# Chapter 1480: Powerful Reinforcements
The saints within the Ten Thousand Saints Formation were already in a state of panic, and moreover, in order to let Fang Yi, Dongliu Sword Venerable, and Yue Kong enter the formation, they had opened a gap in it.
The gap in the formation had not yet fully closed, and the power of the ten thousand saints was not yet coherent (lián guàn), making it the weakest moment. When it was struck by the Confucian Ancestor Sacred Book, it quickly collapsed in defeat.
The graceful figure of the Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden appeared at the foot of the Holy Mountain, like a heavenly maiden from the divine realm walking through the mortal world. Her jade-white hand grasped the Confucian Ancestor Sacred Book, mobilizing the power of a Confucian Ancestor within the sacred book, condensing it into a towering mountain of books.
The mountain of books was piled up from countless volumes, reaching into the clouds. From within the mountain came the sounds of reading and reciting verses, spreading out vast and boundless.
"Boom."
The mountain of books flew horizontally, crashing violently toward the saints of the Blade Prison Realm and the Purple Mansion Realm, stirring up an energy storm that overturned mountains and seas, finally completely breaking the Ten Thousand Saints Formation.
"Now is the time."
Zhang Ruochen drove the Golden Step Dragon Chariot, charging at the fastest speed toward the gap blasted open by the Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden, quickly breaking through the encirclement.
Standing atop the dragon chariot, he held the Buddha Emperor Relic and struck out with the source power he had already condensed, causing a large group of saints to spit blood from their noses and mouths, thrown back like fallen leaves swept up by an autumn wind.
The Golden Step Dragon Chariot charged straight ahead, with the Buddha Emperor Relic clearing the path, and no one could stop it.
"Saints of the Kunlun Realm dare to interfere in the affairs of the Blade Prison Realm and the Purple Mansion Realm?"
Fang Yi recognized the Confucian Ancestor Sacred Book and knew that a powerful expert from the Kunlun Realm had made a move.
At the same time, he also realized that he had fallen for Zhang Ruochen's trick.
Zhang Ruochen had never intended to detonate the Great Saint Relic, and it was even possible that he couldn't detonate it at all. Everything he had done was to coordinate with that powerful expert from the Kunlun Realm, attacking from within and without to break the Ten Thousand Saints Formation.
Fang Yi's heart was filled with rage and indignation, his eyes turning red. He burst forward at top speed, letting out a roar: "Stop them! Don't waste words with them, just kill them all!"
Even if he lost the Rule Imperial Artifact, he would still kill Zhang Ruochen and the others here today.
"Saints of the Kunlun Realm, since you dare to oppose the Purple Mansion Realm and the Blade Prison Realm, kill her too." Dongliu Sword Venerable's state of mind was very profound, but at this moment, murderous intent was also blazing in his eyes.
Yue Kong let out a great roar, leaped up, rising more than three hundred meters high, reaching above the Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden. He struck down with a heavy punch, breaking through the textual defense formed by the Confucian Ancestor Sacred Book, attacking downward.
In his view, the Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden, who wielded the Confucian Ancestor Sacred Book, was a huge threat, constantly causing chaos among the saints of the two worlds. If he could kill her, it would be much easier to surround and kill Zhang Ruochen and the others.
Suddenly, the corner of Yue Kong's eye caught sight of an old man in a Confucian robe standing atop a flaming ancient tree to his left front.
He saw that old man take out a scroll painting from his sleeve.
"Whoosh—"
From the scroll painting, seven rivers of seven colors rushed out. As the rivers continuously rotated, they condensed into the phantom images of seven worlds.
The seven worlds overlapped, forming a world divine tower, crashing toward Yue Kong, who was attacking the Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden.
Yue Kong felt a tremendous pressure, but he was fearless. With his Saint King realm cultivation, he could suppress any enemy in the Ancestral Spirit Realm.
"Soaring Dragon Fist."
The moment Yue Kong's fist seal touched the sevenfold world divine tower, he felt a surging, mountain-toppling force rushing toward him, as if seven worlds had crashed into his body.
"Boom." The sevenfold world divine tower suppressed Yue Kong, sinking dozens of zhang downward. Waves of sacred power surged outward, causing the space beneath the Holy Mountain to churn like a turbulent sea.
"Saint King Yue Kong has been suppressed! The Kunlun Realm also has a Saint King-level expert, and not an ordinary one at that."
The saints of the Blade Prison Realm and the Purple Mansion Realm stared at Chu Siyuan, who held the "Seven Lives Seven Deaths Diagram," their expressions turning somewhat unnatural. As for the latter, he raised his chin, looking arrogantly self-satisfied.
The saints gathered at the Black Gold Holy Mountain were numerous, continuously charging out to intercept the Golden Step Dragon Chariot.
Each time, at least a hundred saints gathered together, either using combined attack formations or jointly activating powerful war weapons.
After breaking out of the Ten Thousand Saints Formation, seven such small groups appeared ahead of the Golden Step Dragon Chariot, blocking their path.
A Le, Han Qiu, Feng Mo, and Mo Yin quickly rushed out of the Golden Step Dragon Chariot, each attacking one of these small groups.
Zhang Ruochen sat atop the dragon chariot, raising both hands, supporting a dense sacred mist. The Abyssal Ancient Sword and the Shield Monument both floated within the sacred mist, unleashing their full power, respectively dealing with attack forces flying in from two directions.
Directly ahead of the dragon chariot, more than four hundred saints gathered, each activating a sacred artifact. Instantly, streaks of brilliant sacred light connected into a vast expanse.
If more than four hundred saints struck simultaneously, even a Saint King could not withstand it.
Zhang Ruochen's brows furrowed deeply, feeling a suffocating pressure. He quickly raised the Buddha Emperor Relic, drawing out the Great Saint source power within the relic.
Suddenly, a change occurred.
From behind those four hundred-plus saints, a wave of Nuanling Dragon Fire surged forward. The flames were over ten zhang high, continuously melting the ground beneath.
The saints of the Blade Prison Realm and the Purple Mansion Realm all changed expression drastically. Some fled in all directions, some struck at the Nuanling Dragon Fire with sacred artifacts, and some activated protective talismans to guard their bodies.
From within the ten-plus-zhang-high wall of fire, more than a hundred fire feathers flew out. With just the first wave of attack, dozens of saints were killed, and countless more were injured.
In an instant, the four hundred-plus saints were routed, with countless dead and wounded.
Seeing this, a strange expression appeared in Zhang Ruochen's eyes.
The tall figure of the Rakshasa Princess emerged from the Nuanling Dragon Fire. Her soul-stirring eyes gazed at Zhang Ruochen from afar, revealing a look of resentment.
"It really is her," Zhang Ruochen said.
The Rakshasa Princess's curvaceous body, like a water snake, flew sideways.
"Pfft."
The Rakshasa Princess pierced the brow of a Purple Mansion Realm True Saint with one finger. The next moment, Nuanling Dragon Fire burned from within that True Saint's body to the outside, reducing his sacred body to a pile of ashes.
"Shua, shua."
She continued to strike, targeting only top-tier experts at the True Saint and Ultimate Saint levels, killing each with a single blow.
In an instant, more than ten top-tier experts had died, terrifying the surrounding saints, who all dodged away from the Rakshasa Princess.
"Truly a female demon, killing so ruthlessly," Zhang Ruochen thought to himself.
With the assistance of the Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden, Chu Siyuan, and the Rakshasa Princess, along with Zhang Ruochen and the others being top-tier experts themselves, they soon completely escaped the Black Gold Holy Mountain and re-entered the Two Poles Swamp.
Arriving at the Two Poles Swamp, the surrounding saints of the Blade Prison Realm and the Purple Mansion Realm grew increasingly sparse, and the pressure on them lightened.
Zhang Ruochen sensed that he could once again mobilize spatial power. He leaped to the top of the Golden Step Dragon Chariot, furiously circulating the sacred qi within his body. He tore open dozens of huge spatial rifts in succession, striking them out behind him.
Each spatial rift was dozens of zhang long.
Instantly, the saints of the Blade Prison Realm and the Purple Mansion Realm were all forced to stop, even retreating backward.
No saint dared to confront spatial rifts.
By the time the spatial rifts closed, the Golden Step Dragon Chariot had already disappeared deep into the Two Poles Swamp. Even if they pursued, not to mention whether they could catch up, even if they did catch Zhang Ruochen and the others, it would be very difficult to keep them there.
"Zhang Ruochen, the Kunlun Realm, and the Spirit Flame Demon Consort—you will all pay the price."
Fang Yi stared in the direction where the Golden Step Dragon Chariot had vanished, trembling with rage, as if he were about to turn into a demon.
The Golden Step Dragon Chariot charged into the forest of chaotic space and slowly came to a stop.
Having contended against tens of thousands of saints from two worlds, even the Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden and the Rakshasa Princess had sustained some injuries and did not escape unscathed.
As for Feng Mo, A Le, Han Qiu, and Mo Yin, they were even more severely injured. Fortunately, they had seized a large number of protective talismans and possessed strong vitality, allowing them to hold on.
The Rakshasa Princess did not care at all about her injuries. Her beautiful eyes, misty with emotion, gazed at Zhang Ruochen and said, "Zhang Ruochen, today you should see that my feelings for you are sincere, right? Last time, you went to great lengths to avoid me and guard against me, which really hurt me for a long time."
This time, they really had the Rakshasa Princess to thank. Otherwise, breaking out of the siege of the Blade Prison Realm and the Purple Mansion Realm would not have been easy.
"Thank you."
Zhang Ruochen could not see through the purpose of the "Spirit Flame Demon Consort," but he still spoke these two words.
At the same time, Zhang Ruochen was also on guard against her. After all, he held the Merit Book Wall and had seized the Rule Imperial Artifact. The "Spirit Flame Demon Consort" could make a move against him at any time.
On the battlefield, one could not afford even a moment's slack.
A Le, Han Qiu, and the others all swallowed healing sacred pills and sat cross-legged on the ground, focusing all their energy on healing their injuries.
The Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden's body surged with brilliant sacred light, and then she split into nine, transforming into nine beautiful and peerless mysterious maidens. Their temperaments were either elegant, holy, heroic, or shy.
A gleam of sharpness flashed in the Rakshasa Princess's eyes, and she deliberately revealed an expression of disbelief, saying, "Nine in one? How is that possible? Zhang Ruochen, what kind of cultivation technique have these nine friends of yours been practicing?"
Zhang Ruochen shook his head and did not speak.
Shengshu Cainü, however, was sizing up the Rakshasa Princess, saying, "The cultivation technique you practice is also very special. Clearly, you have a yin-cold attribute constitution, yet you can control Nuanling Dragon Fire—very unreasonable. Moreover, I just saw a different light in your eyes. It gives me the feeling that you are not really that surprised."
This time, the Rakshasa Princess was genuinely astonished. She had never seen anyone so meticulous, able to capture even the subtlest change in her expression.
The Rakshasa Princess had always prided herself on being exceptionally intelligent, able to deceive heaven and earth. She never expected to be exposed by another woman.
Knowing she had met her match, the Rakshasa Princess became somewhat interested in Shengshu Cainü. She smiled and said, "Who says that a being with a yin-cold constitution cannot acquire Nuanling Dragon Fire? The Ice Fire Phoenix can simultaneously control the Extreme Yin Nether Ice Force and the Purifying Divine Flame. So, never casually show off your petty cleverness—it's easy to offend people you can't afford to offend."
Saying this, the Rakshasa Princess deliberately intended to provoke Shengshu Cainü.