If you don't give up, I'd like to be your adoptive father.

Chapter 1393 The Path to Enlightenment is Full of Perils

"Damn it, I'm so angry! I'm going to kill you right now and show you what divine retribution is!"

Fuqiu Gong's words infuriated Huangyan Laoguai, who couldn't help but want to launch an immediate attack.

"Rumble~~~" The immortal mountain where Zhongyuan Immortal Mansion was located began to shake.

The powerful earthquake caused the mountain to crack from the summit all the way down to the foot.

The entire sacred mountain must be divided in two.

The crack in the mountain happened to pass through Zhongyuan Immortal Abode, threatening to cut the abode in two.

"Ancestor Huangyan, do not act rashly! Yu Fengxian has not yet activated her power; the optimal time has not yet arrived."

Several voices came from all directions, sounding anxious and helpless, from men, women, young and old.

"Damn it, Yu Fengxian, what are you waiting for? Damn it, I've never seen such a dawdling demon like you." Old Monster Huangyan paused his movements, using the entire mountain as a megaphone, and shouted into the sky in a voice that shook the very fabric of time and space.

"Oh, you bunch of guys, are you here to steal the Nine-Turn Bone-Changing Pill?"

Meng Shi Xiaoyu finally realized what was happening.

The Heavenly Demon who spread the calamity is considered part of the "Heavenly Tribulation," while the group of evil spirits that plundered the elixir belong to the "Human Tribulation."

Natural disasters and man-made calamities are often mentioned together and usually occur together.

"Yu Fengxian, stop spouting nonsense and quickly cast the spell to make the sky blaze with demonic flames and make Dong Ye scream in agony!"

"We'll assist you and help disrupt the immortal formation of Zhongyuan Immortal Mansion." This was another aged yet powerful male voice.

"Who do you think you are, daring to point fingers at this Grand Tutor!" Meng Shi Xiaoyu shouted.

"Damn you! I've made it so clear that I'm going to help you. Have you been possessed by Dong Ye's evil spirit? Now you're going to challenge me?" the old monster cursed angrily.

It activated the Great Destroyer again.

Meng Shi Xiaoyu looked down at Dong Ye, then turned to look at Jie Yun, and said, "Old Dong, you have now passed the eighth level of your Nine-Nine Heavenly Tribulation."

Finally, at the ninth level, eight heavenly lightning bolts were completed, leaving only the last one.

Since you won't cooperate with me, I'll just have to use you as an advertisement, so the world understands that encountering me is like encountering an irresistible natural disaster!

"Yu Fengxian, are you out of your mind? All you know is that there's only one last bolt of heavenly lightning left, and you're still yelling around like this?!"

"Yu Fengxian, don't be foolish. The final heavenly lightning strike is probably in about twenty breaths. If you have any killing moves, use them quickly, and we'll cooperate with you!"

It's no wonder the unorthodox cultivators nearby couldn't hold back; time was running out.

If the Heavenly Demon Feather Phoenix Fairy doesn't unleash her ultimate move to disturb the minds of the immortals in Zhongyuan Immortal Mansion, they'll have no choice but to slink away.

"Twenty breaths left, that's enough!"

Meng Shi Xiaoyu disappeared without a sound, and suddenly a large amount of purplish-black and dark red foam fell from the sky within a radius of fifty miles.

A strengthened version of the Dream Erosion Curse, combining the Heavenly Dao Authority and the Calamity Qi of the Pill Tribulation.

Those unorthodox individuals who used special secret methods to hide in the shadows, who were originally anxious and cursing, suddenly fell silent, as if a pause button had been pressed.

It wasn't that they were satisfied or stopped cursing after seeing Old Demon Yu make a move.

In fact, they couldn't see the purplish-black and dark red bubbles falling from the sky at all.

Only Xuanmen immortals who were more than fifty miles away and possessed unwavering Daoist resolve and great strength could see the demonic curse spreading wildly within the "Heavenly Demon Realm" by amplifying the tribulation energy of the Pill Tribulation.

In an instant, it eroded the space-time within a radius of fifty miles, forming a "magical barrier".

As the targets, they suddenly felt a little sleepy, and then the sleepiness turned into a mental tsunami, sweeping through their hearts. After that, most of the heretical demons who were preparing to seize the core had nothing to do with it.

Even the Old Ancestor of Huangyan only struggled a few more times deep underground, causing a major earthquake within a radius of hundreds of miles.

"Whoosh~ Whoosh~~"

Only three figures floated up from the ground, separated from the tree trunk, and descended from the void.

Their breathing was disordered, their faces were deathly pale, their eyes were filled with terror, and their tone was extremely grief-stricken and indignant: "Yu Fengxian, what are you doing?"
"You are hindering Dong Ye's attainment of Dao, so why are you casting this evil spell that devours our primordial spirit and Dao heart?"

There were a total of fifteen heretical sorcerers. Some of them knew each other, while others had gathered together purely because of Dong Ye Dan Jie, with the aim of seizing Zhong Yuan Immortal Mansion.

If we can seize the Nine-Turn Bone-Changing Pill, that would be best. If we can't get the elixir, we should at least plunder the Zhongyuan Immortal Mansion.

Only these three survived; the rest of the unorthodox practitioners vanished without a trace.

Soul, flesh, and magic were all devoured.

Without triggering the Great Destroyer or completing the "N methods of brute force," merely using the Dream Erosion Curse to erode the minds of these heretical demons had this effect.

The main problem is that they lack the flawless Dao heart of true Xuanmen cultivators, and they don't understand the divine incantations used by Xuanmen to suppress demons and calm the mind.

However, it is unrealistic to expect a single Dream Erosion Curse to kill everyone completely.

Just like when Meng Shi Xiao Yu used the Dream Erosion Curse on ordinary immortals and fairies of the Extreme Profound Great Yuan Heaven, they were still alive, only their minds were eroded, but they could still struggle and be saved.

"Ancestor Huangyan, the Four Fiends of Black Wind, Widow Luo, and the Golden Princess~~"

Among the three survivors, a young man in brocade robes, his face contorted in horror, shouted down in panic, "Are you alright? Wake up! Yu Fengxian has gone mad and cast a nightmare curse on us!"

Among the survivors was an old woman with white hair. She coughed a few times while clutching her chest, then looked up at Meng Shi Xiaoyu in the tribulation clouds with a look of fear on her face, and rushed straight towards the direction of Zhongyuan Immortal Mansion.

"I surrender! Please don't kill me! Master Fuqiu, Immortal Dong, please save me! I've been cursed by Immortal Yu Feng. Now I'm turning away from darkness and seeking the light, I'm willing to become your disciple, even as a gatekeeper!"

A commotion erupted within Zhongyuan Immortal Mansion.

The young man in brocade robes was stunned for a moment, then exclaimed, "Granny Silver Flower, have you lost your mind? We have a grudge against Dong Ye, and we came here to seize the Nine-Turn Bone-Changing Pill. Why are you betraying us at the last minute?"

Granny Yinhua had already landed at the main gate of Zhongyuan Immortal Mansion.

Because of her previous pleas for mercy, the Mountain Guardian Formation did not attack her, and Dong Ye's disciples hesitated to make a move.

Once inside the range of the "Golden Light Mantra," Granny Silver Flower breathed a sigh of relief and shouted angrily at the young man in brocade robes, "Tian Dingzi, haven't you realized yet? Yu Fengxian has gone mad; she's going to wipe us all out!"

Huangyan Patriarch, the Four Black Wind Fiends, Widow Luo, Qianjinzi, Jia Bodhisattva of the South Sea, and Haifeng Zhenren of Duck Egg Island are all dead. Their souls, magical powers, and physical bodies were devoured by the incomparably fierce demon Yu Fengxian using her demonic thoughts.

They truly devour people without spitting out the bones.

I saw it with my own eyes; Widow Luo didn't even leave a trace, didn't even have time to scream, and didn't even have the chance to be reincarnated.

"Ah, Huangyan Patriarch and the others are all dead?!" Inside and outside Zhongyuan Immortal Mansion, many Xuanmen immortals were horrified.

"Impossible! Ancestor Huangyan was a primordial demon god, capable of fighting against a Golden Immortal. How could he have died here silently?! How long has it been?!" Tian Dingzi's face was full of disbelief, and his voice was filled with fear.

While shouting, he subconsciously moved closer to Zhongyuan Immortal Mansion. He originally intended to rob Zhongyuan Immortal Mansion and ruin Dong Ye's plans.

Now I feel that the whole world is extremely dangerous, and only Zhongyuan Immortal Mansion and the Four Friends of Qionglin can bring me a sense of security.

"Don't be afraid, you can be reincarnated. I only absorbed the power of the primordial spirit, not the soul of the dead as well," Meng Shi Xiaoyu said gently.

Tian Dingzi, Granny Yinhua, and another middle-aged Taoist priest immediately felt a sense of peace, and all their negative emotions such as fear, anger, and despair vanished.

"Be careful!" Fuqiu Gong exclaimed in alarm and anger, "Yu Fengxian, why are you so heartless as to want to slaughter them all?"

He roared angrily, his hands forming a mudra, and he separated a portion of the golden light that enveloped Zhongyuan Immortal Mansion, directing it towards Granny Yinhua and Tian Dingzi, who were closest to the mansion.

But it was too late, or rather, the ordinary Golden Light Mantra had lost its effect.

The three had already been affected, their primordial spirits were severely damaged, and their Dao hearts were riddled with flaws.

Now, Meng Shi Xiao Yu has also triggered the "Seven Emotions and Meng Shi Composite Curse".

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, the three unorthodox figures, with serene smiles on their faces, vanished without a trace as their bodies and souls turned into specks of light.

However, just as Old Demon Yu said, they left behind illusory and weak souls.

Meng Shi Xiaoyu asked curiously, "These heretical sorcerers are clearly here to steal the elixir and become your enemies, so why are you so agitated?"

"You are utterly insane!" Fuqiu Gong shouted. "Who is without fault? Does being an enemy mean we must immediately eliminate them?"
"That's right, you've fallen into demonic possession, you're a peerless fiend. You wouldn't understand if I talked to you about the principles of benevolence and forgiveness!"

Meng Shi Xiaoyu was speechless. "Are you so shocked by my decisive action of clearing the area that you're starting to ramble on?"

This group of heretical and wicked people exuded an aura of malice, clearly displaying their usual reckless and unruly behavior.

Even if we don't say he killed countless people, his hands were certainly bloody, and he had harmed many living beings.

Even if they possess considerable fortune, and even if their lifespan is not theoretically over, killing them would incur karmic retribution and potentially hasten their own demise. As great immortals of the Xuanmen sect, you should have killed them with a single sword strike if you encountered them on the road.

"Now you're talking to me about benevolence and forgiveness? No wonder the four of you can't become immortals; you're all out of your minds."

"You know their fate is not yet over, so why kill them?" Old Daoist Meng Qi, who had been holding back for a long time, finally couldn't help but shout, "The fact that their fate is not yet over means that Heaven does not want them to die."

Take Huangyan Laozu for example; he is the "spirit of the mountain" of Huangyan Peak in the East China Sea's Xiankong Mountain.

There are several volcanoes near Huangyan Peak, which are quite terrifying.

Beyond the mountains lie thousands of miles of fertile land, which has nurtured millions of people.

Thanks to the Huangyan Ancestor's suppression of the nearby earth veins and volcanoes, the surrounding kingdoms were able to live in peace and prosperity.

"Now that you've killed him, what will happen to the millions of people in Trapped Sky Mountain?"

Meng Shi Xiaoyu said calmly, "If he truly had immeasurable merits, how could he be shrouded in a seven- or eight-acre aura of evil spirits?"

Meng Qi said, "He is ultimately a heretical demon, and he has eaten and killed people in the past. But it is also true that he has protected countless lives."

People can be educated! They can be guided and taught to return to the right path.

Of course, that's not the point. The point is that you didn't need to do that!

You've only come to spread calamity, and they haven't hindered you. Why ruin your own merits and burden yourself with negative karma?

Meng Shi Xiaoyu said, "If he is a Great Luo Golden Immortal, I have no need to cause trouble for myself."

Even if you can't stand it, you can only put up with it.

He was full of malice and cursed at me, but he didn't have the corresponding strength. It would only take one move to kill him, and it would be done in an instant.

Why don't I follow my heart?

Now that my mind is at peace, even if calamity befalls me in the future, I will accept it.

Old Master Meng was speechless.

"Grand Tutor Yu, don't fall for the tricks of the Four Friends of Qionglin and Old Daoist Meng! They're buying time for Dong Ye! The twenty breaths are almost up. Once the last bolt of heavenly lightning strikes, the alchemy tribulation will be over!"

Just then, an anxious shout drifted faintly from fifty miles away.

Meng Qi was furious and shouted, "I advised Grand Tutor Yu not to kill you heretics who steal elixirs, why are you so ungrateful and slander me out of thin air? This is simply outrageous!"

The person didn't respond to him.

Meng Shi Xiaoyu laughed and said, "It seems that you have offended quite a few people in the past. Not only are there evil sects, but even the great immortals of the Xuanmen want to see the Zhongyuan Immortal Mansion drenched in blood and hope to hear the mournful cries of the great immortal Dong."

"Nonsense! Such a cowardly and treacherous person must be some evil demon!" Meng Qi shouted righteously.

While shouting, he winked at her: "Don't say it if you see through it. We're all true cultivators of the Xuanmen. If we tear off the mask, how will we meet in the future?"

Meng Shi Xiaoyu vanished without a sound, instantly arriving eighty miles away, facing a void, her eyes blazing with demonic light.

The powerful spiritual force transformed into dazzling silver light, causing faint ripples to spread across the space and time within a two-mile radius.

"Ughhhh~~~" First came painful groans, coming from all directions.

Immediately afterwards, within the ripples of spacetime, wisps and strands of water vapor gathered together, forming a cloud the size of a double bed.

"Ah, no~~~ Yu Fengxian, Grand Tutor Yu, I am not your enemy!"

The cloud actually spoke in a human voice, and kept twisting and deforming, eventually transforming into a middle-aged Taoist priest dressed in cloud-patterned fairy robes.

This person's cultivation is quite high; he is about to cultivate the Elixir of Immortality and attain the Golden Immortal status.

"Is that Baiyun Shangxian from the Heavenly Court's Hall of Reports?! What is he doing here?" The nearby Xuanmen immortals saw it clearly, and some exclaimed in surprise, while others remained silent but had strange looks in their eyes, making the atmosphere somewhat eerie.

It turned out that a powerful immortal from the Xuanmen sect was trying to ruin Master Dong's plans, and he even exposed it in public.

This is awkward.

"Grand Tutor Yu, you are a celestial demon who orchestrates calamities! Why do you repeatedly help the Heavenly Emperor assign you the targets of these calamities?"

The immortal Baiyun cried out in grief and indignation.

Meng Shi Xiaoyu didn't bother to explain at all, and only said coldly: "What are you? How dare you, how dare you, point fingers at this Grand Tutor?"
You're lucky; you only have auspicious light above your head, no malevolent forces.

This proves you are indeed a virtuous and genuine immortal of the Xuanmen sect. I will not harm you; you may leave!

"I, I won't leave~~~" Immortal Baiyun hesitated for only a moment before throwing caution to the wind and shouting bluntly, "I want to see rivers of blood flowing in Zhongyuan Immortal Mansion, I want to hear Dong Ye's mournful cries!"

"Alas, Fellow Daoist Baiyun, why do you do this!"

Guo Qiong also drifted away from Zhongyuan Immortal Mansion, looking at him with a complicated expression from a hundred feet away, and let out a deep sigh.

(End of this chapter)