He cultivated himself into a Dao Ancestor starting from Qi Refining.

"S-senpai... what are you doing? What are you doing?!"

"Wrong! You've made a mistake!"

"ah!!!"

"You've burned the wrong person! Senior! You've burned the wrong person! We...we are cultivators from the Corpse Raising Sect!"

"Senior! We are the army protecting the royal city!"

"Senior! Senior! Please stop your supernatural powers!!!"

"..."

The numerous cultivators and soldiers within the Royal City screamed in terror. Their faces were filled with panic, their sins ablaze, the flames of karma burning them relentlessly. They let out mournful cries and shouted at Lin Shaoyu that they had burned the wrong thing.

"Hahaha……"

"A demon! He truly is a great demon!!!"

"He doesn't belong to either side at all!"

"The Blood Demon Body Refining Sect! What a Blood Demon Body Refining Sect! They actually intend to burn down the city! They actually intend to burn down the entire Royal City!!!"

"That's too cruel! Absolutely too cruel!"

"!!!"

Among the Yue Kingdom's army, cultivators from the Iron Sword Sect, Divine Wind Sect, and Tiger Soul Sect reacted. Seeing this situation, they clearly understood Lin Shaoyu's plan.

Burn the city!

He's going to burn the entire Protectorate City to the ground!

What Yue Kingdom? What Yan Kingdom? This great demon of the Blood Demon Body Refining Sect doesn't care at all. He's going to use the entire city as nourishment to nurture his 'Floating Pagoda Karmic Fire'!

At this time, Lin Shaoyu had wiped out all the supernatural beings on the Yue Kingdom's side, and the supernatural beings on the side of the Royal City were also seriously injured and had little fighting power left.

Now, Lin Shaoyu has even used the "Thousand Faces of a Thousand People" technique ahead of time, creating a thousand clones. Although each clone only has one-tenth the strength of the original, they have already surrounded the entire Protectorate City, forming a magic array that seals off the entire Protectorate City.

"A demon! This great demon!!!"

"The Blood Demon Body Refining Sect truly deserves to die!!!"

"Kill him! Kill him!"

"Let's fight him!"

"Our only chance of survival is to kill him!"

"!!!"

Faced with such dire straits and despair, the cultivators from Yue and Yan, as well as cultivators from various sects, set aside their previous hatred and grudges and actually united. Even the minor supernatural beings who were already injured on the side of the Royal City did their best to fight their way out and together they attacked Lin Shaoyu.

Unfortunately, these were nothing but futile struggles and resistance. The Floating Pagoda Karmic Fire Formation had already been formed, and endless karmic fire enveloped the city. Under the burning of the karmic fire, these cultivators and minor supernatural beings could only die in endless pain and wails, turning into ashes scattered across the sky.

hum!hum!hum!

Lin Shaoyu clearly sensed that gray, white, and black destinies were coming from all directions, all rushing towards the He Shi Bi jade.

It can be said that this is the time Lin Shaoyu has gained the most and fastest number of lives since obtaining the He Shi Bi jade. Just as Lin Shaoyu has always believed, destruction is easier than creation.

"My lord, he..."

Du Min and his group guarded the area near the teleportation array altar. The surrounding karmic flames seemed to possess a mind of their own, deliberately avoiding them and causing them no harm. "They're actually going to burn down the entire Royal City!"

"I really didn't expect the Lord to do this."

Zhang Qianmian also fell silent.

"Is this the great demon who came from the Bone Demon Sect? He really is..."

Su Ya opened her mouth, her delicate face filled with fear and awe, as if she wanted to say something, but she quickly shut her mouth, afraid that Lin Shaoyu would hear her and then punish her, or even burn her to ashes in the karmic fire.

"If the Protectorate City didn't have a ruler, it would surely have been breached by the Yue army. These Yue armies have been conquering cities and territories, massacring entire inhabitants with each fall. Even without a ruler's intervention, the Protectorate City wouldn't have survived, and the people would have suffered the same tragic fate."

Du Min sighed and said slowly, "The life of a mortal is like that of an ant, and in the eyes of most cultivators, it is simply not worth mentioning."

"At the same time, it is like weeds, with strong vitality. Once you cut it down, it will grow back quickly."

Time flies.

Three days have passed without us even realizing it.

The Floating Fire burned for three days and three nights in the Protectorate City, igniting all the sins of the city. However, the Floating Fire did not burn the city itself; all the houses and buildings remained intact. Only the soldiers, generals, nobles, commoners, and cultivators in the city were gone, leaving no trace of their remains.

"call……"

Lin Shaoyu opened his eyes. He inhaled deeply, swallowing the Floating Pagoda Karmic Fire that covered almost the entire Protectorate City. The fire transformed into one Floating Pagoda Blood Lotus after another, merging into the 'Divine Power True Seal'.

This is the karmic fire of the Buddha, ignited by the sins of the entire Yue army and the entire Protectorate City. It has condensed into a total of 1,008 Buddha Blood Lotuses.

If all 108 of these pagoda-shaped karmic fires were released at once, the power they would unleash would reach a terrifying extreme, potentially even harming powerful beings.

Aside from having an extra trump card in his minor supernatural power, "Floating Fire of Karma," Lin Shaoyu's greatest gain was in destiny. The numerous destinies within the He Shi Bi had formed a gray cloud. This was because there were simply too many gray destinies gathered together, creating this phenomenon.

There are quite a few white and black fates, but not as many as gray fates. The fewest are red fates, with only fifteen.

"There are still people alive."

Lin Shaoyu's divine sense spread out, sweeping across the entire Protectorate City. "These people are all innocent, so the power of the Floating Pagoda Karmic Fire is ineffective against them. They cannot ignite the karmic fire, which is why they survived in the Floating Pagoda Karmic Fire."

"There weren't many people, mostly children, some even newborns. There were very few adults, only two, and one of them was an old man."

Lin Shaoyu quickly determined the exact number of survivors. In the fire that engulfed the city, only 128 people survived in the Protectorate City.

"grown ups!"

brush!

Ye Shuanghua appeared at this moment, her appearance and aura changed. She came to Lin Shaoyu's side, her beautiful face showing a hint of excitement. "Your subordinate has already mastered the 'Precious Life Heavenly Vast True Technique'."

"oh."

Lin Shaoyu looked over and indeed sensed the aura of 'Precious Life True Qi' within Ye Shuanghua's body. He revealed a satisfied smile, "Not bad."

"grown ups."

Ling Qingxiao's figure appeared in the next moment, his appearance and aura also changed. He knelt in front of Lin Shaoyu, but his aura dropped from the twelfth level of Qi Refining to the tenth level. He had obviously severed one of his minor supernatural abilities. His tone was respectful, "I have also lived up to my mission and have mastered the Precious Life Heavenly Vast True Art within the stipulated time."

"it is good."

Lin Shaoyu smiled and said, "You're all very good."

"Thank you for your praise, sir."

Ye Shuanghua and Ling Qingxiao responded quickly.

"What do you think should be done with the survivors inside the royal city?"

Lin Shaoyu suddenly asked.

"Um?"

Ye Shuanghua was stunned for a moment, then scanned the area with her divine sense and said in surprise, "How is this possible? Could someone actually survive the fiery inferno of the Floating Pagoda?"

"this……"

Ling Qingxiao was also somewhat incredulous, but after spreading his divine sense, he did indeed discover the survivors. "These mortals do have something to offer. To survive in the fiery inferno of the Floating Pagoda, one must be without sin. But how can all living beings born between heaven and earth be without sin? This is truly the first time I've ever seen anything like it!"