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Zhou Yuan looked at the Forbidden God Token in his hand and sneered inwardly.

Give up one-third of your primordial spirit?

What's the difference between that and being dead?

He did not hesitate at all.

The Twelve Stabs of the Divine Court!

Twelve invisible divine sense spikes, combined with Zhou Yuan's terrifying divine sense, shot out from between Zhou Yuan's eyebrows with lightning speed!

On the side of the Extreme Yin Ancestor, while they were still waiting for Zhou Yuan's choice, suddenly—

His head felt as if it had been pierced by a red-hot iron spike!

"ah--!"

He let out a scream, and his consciousness instantly went haywire!

The flow of magical power throughout his body became stagnant.

Even the corpse fire of that day dimmed a bit due to being out of control!

And at that very moment.

A beam of emerald green sword light shot out!

Green Blaze Sword!

With a flash of sword light, it aimed straight for the heart of the Extreme Yin Ancestor!

"puff!"

The sound of flesh tearing rang out as the Green Radiance Sword pierced his heart with unparalleled precision!

The Yin Ancestor stared wide-eyed at the bloody hole in his chest in disbelief.

He opened his mouth, letting out a hoarse, angry sound:

"What kind of technique is this... to unleash such an astonishing mental attack..."

"Kid..."

"When my true form descends, I will surely extract your soul and torment you, refining your body into a demonic corpse... only then can I vent my hatred for today!!"

Before he finished speaking, his eyes lost their sparkle.

The body twisted.

It transformed back into its ugly, black form and softly sank towards the sea.

Zhou Yuan raised his hand and snatched Wu Chou's storage bag into his hand.

At that very moment—

In the distance, five streaks of light were rapidly approaching this direction!

The leader was a middle-aged man with a dignified face and a powerful aura; he was in the late stage of Core Formation!

He was followed by four men, all of whom were in the early stage of Core Formation!

They had obviously come to investigate because they had noticed the fighting commotion here.

The middle-aged man flew closer, glanced at Zhou Yuan, and then his gaze fell on the ugly corpse on the sea. His pupils suddenly contracted!

"Ugly Crow? How did he die here?"

He looked up at Zhou Yuan, his eyes filled with surprise and doubt.

Looking at him, Zhou Yuan already had a guess in his mind—this person should be the traitor of Jiyin Island and the leader of Yinsha Sect.

"This kid has been lurking here for a long time, and even killed someone from the Miaoyin Sect to frame you. I estimate that someone will come looking for revenge soon," Zhou Yuan said calmly.

Sun Bu'er's expression changed drastically!

He instantly understood the cause and effect; the Extreme Yin Demon had set a trap.

They want to use the Myriad Sounds Sect to get rid of me!

"What...it seems that old devil has his eye on me..."

He took a deep breath and solemnly cupped his hands to Zhou Yuan: "Thank you for informing me today!"

"May I ask your name? I, Sun, would like to be your friend!"

"No need."

Zhou Yuan waved his hand, "You should take your disciples and run away as soon as possible."

Sun Bu'er gave him a deep look, said nothing more, turned and transformed into a streak of light, flying towards the deserted island. Clearly, she was going to gather her disciples on the island and evacuate as quickly as possible.

Zhou Yuan withdrew his gaze and looked down at Wu Chou's corpse.

He launched a fireball, burning the body to ashes, which fell into the sea and left no trace.

After doing all that, he turned his attention to the storage bag in his hand.

The bag was filled with a dazzling array of items—spirit stones, elixirs, magical artifacts, materials…

But Zhou Yuan's gaze only fell on two of them.

A jade box.

And, eighteen strange, monstrous corpses.

Those eighteen green-colored corpses each exuded a chilling aura, surrounded by a faint corpse energy, clearly not ordinary objects.

Zhou Yuan understood.

These must be the eighteen Heavenly Capital Demon Corpses that the Extreme Yin Ancestor painstakingly refined!

Each one possesses the combat power of a Core Formation stage cultivator!

This time, the Yin Ancestor suffered heavy losses—not only did the plan fail, but even the eighteen Heavenly Capital Demon Corpses fell into Zhou Yuan's hands!

However, Zhou Yuan had no time to examine these details at the moment.

He quickly took out the jade box.

Upon opening the box, a withered bamboo, several inches long and as thick as a thumb, lay quietly inside.

This is the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo that Zhou Yuan was looking for!

However, Zhou Yuan's expression instantly darkened.

This Thunder Bamboo has no roots!

"How could this happen?!"

He went to great lengths, even killing Wu Chou and forging a blood feud with the Extreme Yin Ancestor.

The purpose is to obtain a complete Tianlei bamboo with roots so that it can be cultivated!

Now, this Thunder Bamboo is just a broken section of bamboo and cannot be planted at all!

"Purple Spirit!"

Zhou Yuan instantly recalled the plot of the original novel: after the Miaoyin Sect obtained the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo, they split it in two, hoping to sell it for a good price.

He had cultivated a good relationship with Miaoyin Sect more than a decade in advance, thinking he could avoid this kind of thing.

did not expect.

The other party did the same thing again!

Zhou Yuan took a deep breath.

Suppress the anger in my heart.

He closed the jade box and put it, along with the eighteen Heavenly Capital Demon Corpses, into his storage bag.

He then quickly left the area and sped towards Tianxing City.

Of course, on the way back, he set up several layers of restrictions on Wu Chou's storage bag to completely isolate the aura inside.

To prevent the Yin Ancestor from tampering with the storage bag, it was able to sense the location.

A cold glint flashed in Zhou Yuan's eyes.

……

That battle on the deserted island.

It quickly spread throughout the Chaotic Star Sea.

With the Hidden Fiend Sect's deliberate promotion, this earth-shattering news spread like wildfire, reaching all the major and minor forces in the Chaotic Star Sea in just a few days—Wu Chou, the young master of Extreme Yin Island, was killed on a deserted island in the outer sea!

What was also exposed was the despicable behavior of Jiyin Island: murder and robbery, framing others, and using others to commit murder...

Although the reputation of Jiyin Island was already infamous, this act was so despicable that it was despised by countless cultivators.

For a time, Jiyin Island became the focus of discussion in the streets, alleys, teahouses, and taverns.

Everyone scorns them.

The mysterious expert who killed the young master of Jiyin Island also attracted the attention of various forces.

Who is this person?

What is its origin?

Why kill Wu Chou?

Is it a personal grudge, or is there some other motive?

Countless speculations circulated among the people, but no one could provide an answer.

The mysterious expert appeared suddenly and disappeared without a trace, like a ghost, leaving no clues whatsoever.

……

Tianxing City Market, Miaoyin Gate's temporary residence.

Left Envoy Zhuo Ruting sat in the hall, holding a communication jade slip in her hand, her expression constantly changing.

A moment later, she suddenly stood up, hurriedly crossed the corridor, and arrived at a secluded room in the backyard.

"Little Sister Ziling, are you there?"

"Please come in, Sister Zhuo."

The door opened, and a purple figure appeared in the doorway—it was Fairy Ziling.

She was still shrouded in purple mist, obscuring her true appearance, but her eyes revealed a hint of weariness and sorrow.

Her mother's death was a huge blow to her.

"Sister Zhuo, what is it?"

Zhuo Ruting handed her the jade slip: "Sister Ziling, look—the latest news."

Zi Ling took the jade slip and probed it with her divine sense.

A moment later, her body trembled violently, and an expression of disbelief appeared in her beautiful eyes!

"Wu Chou... is dead? Killed by a mysterious powerful figure?"

"Moreover, the real murderer who killed my mother was Wu Chou, not those so-called 'Crimson Cultivators'?"

She looked up, her eyes filled with shock and confusion.

According to the information in this jade slip, Wu Chou set a trap in the outer sea, killed her mother, and then framed the people of the Hidden Fiend Sect.

"Where are Elders Zhao and Fu?"

Zi Ling suddenly asked.

"I left Tianxing City this morning."

Zhuo Ruting said in a deep voice, "He left without saying goodbye, in a hurry."

I sent people to investigate; their cave is empty, and all their belongings have been taken away.

Zi Ling fell silent.

After a long while, she sighed softly.

"It seems those two have already colluded with Extreme Yin Island."

Her voice contained anger, sorrow, and above all, a sense of powerlessness.

The sect elders actually colluded with outsiders to kill the sect leader... What an irony!

"But no matter what..."

She looked up, a complex expression flashing in her eyes:

"Fortunately, that mysterious cultivator intervened and eliminated the real culprit who killed my mother."

She paused, then murmured:

"I wonder who he really is..."