"Amitabha. The Underworld is now sealed, and we can’t even communicate with the City Gods. How are we supposed to get inside?" Zen Master Kong Ming asked.

Wang Xiao spoke up. "To be honest, I haven’t figured that out yet. However, the most important thing right now is to survive the coming Heaven and Earth tribulation. When that time comes, I hope you will all lend me your aid. I have a way to deal with the Celestial Demon, and once that’s done, we might just find a way into the Underworld."

"What?! Master Wang, you actually have a way to deal with the Celestial Demon?!"

Zen Master Kong Ming and the others were shocked all over again.

After all, the ancient texts all recorded that the Celestial Demon was undying and indestructible. It could only be sealed.

They had never imagined that Master Wang actually had a way to eliminate the Celestial Demon!

’It seems this Master Wang has even more secrets than we imagined.’

Wang Xiao said, "Yes, it’s a method I came across by chance. As for whether it will actually work, I won’t know until I try it."

He didn’t elaborate, as it involved many secrets.

’Saying too much would just be a hassle.’

"Very well. When the time comes, we will certainly help Master Wang deal with the Celestial Demon!" Zen Master Kong Ming and the others, for their part, asked no more questions.

After learning the truth, they found themselves unconsciously aligned with Wang Xiao.

Besides, they had no other choice.

Wang Xiao spoke again. "Everyone, if you can contact any other Dao Realm experts, bring them to Dragon Tiger Mountain. If we don’t remove the thoughts from their Great Daoist Nascent Souls before the Heaven and Earth tribulation arrives, I fear they will be completely controlled and become our enemies!"

There were only five Dao Realm experts present. Excluding those from the Great Hao Divine Dynasty, that still left about ten others.

They had to win over the majority of those ten.

Otherwise, once the Heaven and Earth tribulation began, they would be controlled and would interfere with his plan to refine and devour the Celestial Demon!

Zen Master Kong Ming recited a Buddhist mantra. "Leave this matter to us. I will go at once to find the Headmaster, and before the Heaven and Earth tribulation arrives, I will be sure to persuade the other Dao Realm experts to come to Dragon Tiger Mountain."

"Good. It would be for the best if they come to Dragon Tiger Mountain willingly. If not... we’ll have to use force," Wang Xiao said.

In truth, he had been prepared to use force on anyone who refused to cooperate from the very beginning.

However, if he resorted to force, any resistance on their part would make the extraction process much more difficult.

It could also damage their Great Daoist Nascent Souls, causing a great loss in their power.

Wang Xiao didn’t want to do that unless it was absolutely necessary.

Soon, after their discussion concluded, the group went their separate ways to take action.

「Several days later.」

Wang Xiao returned to Dragon Tiger Mountain, took out the thoughts of the Tier Seven Life, and began refining them by channeling his Three Inches of the Human World technique and the Samadhi True Flame!

However, the refining process proved to be far more difficult than Wang Xiao had imagined.

After a full month, he had managed to refine less than a tenth of it.

’It seems that completely refining all these thoughts will be impossible in anything less than a few years. Fortunately, the Heaven and Earth tribulation is still about nine years away, so there’s still time!’

However, this meant the time for winning over the other Dao Realm experts would have to be shortened.

After all, he had to leave enough time for himself to refine the thoughts.

Fortunately, Zen Master Kong Ming’s efforts were proving to be quite successful. 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

In just half a year, he had managed to bring in four Dao Realm experts one by one.

At this point, the number of Dao Realm experts on Wang Xiao’s side was enough to rival the Great Hao Divine Dynasty.

Unfortunately, the Headmaster of Linlang Academy was said to be wandering the world, and to this day, no trace of him had been found.

Wang Xiao didn’t dwell on it much.

After all, every Dao Realm expert had a mind of their own; he couldn’t expect them all to act according to his wishes.

Fortunately, the number of Dao Realm experts on his side had now reached a total of nine.

This accounted for nearly half of all Dao Realm experts in the world.

When the Heaven and Earth tribulation arrived, he would be able to seize the initiative.

Moreover, over this half-year of refinement, his Great Daoist Nascent Soul had also been growing continuously stronger.

With his current level of power, it was likely that even four or five Dao Realm experts combined would be no match for him.

And he was still far from reaching his limit.

For the next while, Wang Xiao settled down and continued to focus on refining the remaining thoughts of the Tier Seven Life.

In the blink of an eye, eight years passed.