Just as the old patriarch forced me to my death, I achieved the unity of Dao and fruition.

Master Xuanzhao's sword intent soared to the heavens, a black Dao sword hovered in front of him, its cry like a lament.

His eyes were bloodshot as he stared intently at Gu Changjin, as if he were about to burn everything to ashes and unleash the strongest sword strike of his life.

"You beast! Xingzhou had no intention of killing demons!"

"He has a kind heart; he is different from those people!"

You even killed him!

As soon as the voice fell, the Ten Thousand Demon Mountains seemed to fall silent for a moment.

Gu Changjin looked down at him.

Then, I ignored it.

The ten-thousand-foot-tall serpent slowly retracted, its black-gold scales transforming into a dark gold robe.

A moment later, he transformed back into the black-robed figure resembling a demon emperor and returned to the central throne.

The nine-fold golden wheel of merit behind his head slowly rotated, and the Bashe seal between his eyebrows was dark and deep.

It was as if he had just swallowed the Three Swords and Two Stars and casually ate a few snacks.

Master Xuanzhao's sword intent faltered. He hadn't expected that the other party wouldn't even bother to respond to the grief and indignation that had ignited within him.

But the next moment, the Mountain-Shaking Demon Ape was already standing in front of him, carrying an ironwood club.

The monkey had fiery golden fur all over its body and grinned with its teeth bared.

"You old bastard, if we need our elder brother to step in, doesn't that make us look utterly incompetent and useless?"

"And with your meager skills, do you really think you deserve my elder brother's personal intervention?"

The Thousand-Legged Heavenly Centipede, the Black-Winged Wind Tiger, and the White Bone Demon Wolf also surrounded them at the same time.

Four demon immortals stood in four directions, their demonic aura as high as mountains and their killing intent as surging as tides.

The Mountain-Shaking Demon Ape turned around and glanced at Gu Changjin on the throne, then grinned.

"Big brother, sit and watch."

"We'll give our big brother some entertainment!"

It suddenly swung the ironwood stick.

"Brothers, what's the point of reasoning with righteous immortals?"

"Let's go shoulder to shoulder!"

boom!

The four demon immortals moved simultaneously.

Master Xuanzhao roared, and his black sword tore through the void. The sword intent was pure and upright, and it even had a hint of cutting through the dust.

In a one-on-one situation, he is indeed not weak.

He is even more like a true immortal than a flamboyant, fat Taoist like Master Baoguang.

pity.

There's no one here to play one-on-one with him.

The Mountain-Shaking Demon Ape charged straight at the black Dao Sword, slamming its club into it.

clang!

The sword light vibrated.

Just as Master Xuanzhao was about to change his move, he suddenly felt a chill under his feet.

The skeletal wolf pounced on the ghostly flames of the underworld, its sharp white claws aimed straight for his back.

He hastily drew his sword back, but the centipede's thousand poisonous legs had already wrapped around him from the side.

Each poisonous foot was like a black blade, densely packed, sealing off all his escape routes.

Just as Master Xuanzhao used the talisman in his sleeve to dispel the poisonous shadow, a thunderous roar erupted above his head.

The Black-Winged Wind Tiger slammed down with its claw.

boom!

The protective celestial light trembled violently.

The Xuanzhao Master was so shocked that half of his body went numb.

Seizing the opportunity, the Mountain-Shaking Demon Ape struck down with its club again.

"Take this from the old ape!"

boom!

Master Xuanzhao was smashed into the ground.

Before he could even climb out, the skeletal wolf stomped on his chest.

The centipede's poisonous gas bound its limbs, while the black-winged wind tiger's wings locked the void.

The Mountain-Shaking Demon Ape raised its ironwood club and began to strike his natal sword repeatedly.

"Call me sword!"

"Serves you right for being so arrogant!"

"I told you not to insult my older brother!"

Click.

A crack appeared in the black sword.

Master Xuanzhao's eyes were bleeding, and he gritted his teeth, trying to recall his natal sword.

The Mountain-Shaking Demon Ape delivered another blow.

"Still moving?"

Click!

His natal sword shattered completely.

Master Xuanzhao suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, and his life force plummeted instantly.

Four demon immortals surrounded him; it hardly looked like a battle of magic.

Like forging iron, clanging and banging away.

A dignified immortal was ultimately trampled into the center of the basin like a tattered sack.

His hair was disheveled, his fairy robes were tattered, and even his spine was bent under the weight.

But he still looked up, staring intently at Gu Changjin.

"evildoer……"

"All you do is kill."

"You have no idea what compassion is!"

"Xingzhou harbors good intentions and has never killed an innocent demon."

"I am aware that the sect has acted improperly, and I have been secretly making amends over the years."

"But what about you?"

"You killed him without even asking what happened!"

Gu Changjin finally rose from the throne and walked down the steps one by one.

His dark gold robes trailed on the ground, and the ninefold golden wheel of merit illuminated him as if he were a god.

He walked up to Xuanzhao Zhenren and looked down at the disheveled immortal.

"remedy?"

Gu Changjin laughed. Isn't this just as ridiculous as fairness that comes too late?

"You know your sect has suffered losses, yet you still feel at ease absorbing the spiritual energy that the Qiyun Sect has obtained by draining the source of the Nine Provinces."

"You care about your apprentice, yet you let him follow a bunch of idiots down the mountain to his death."

"You see mortals being killed, yet you dare not utter a sound; the earth's veins being drained, yet you dare not resist."

"Even if you see the Heavenly Secrets Plate suppressing the fate of all the people in the Nine Provinces, you can only sigh twice in your heart."

Gu Changjin bent down, his voice not loud, but he tore away the last fig leaf of Xuanzhao Zhenren.

"What does your kindness amount to?"

"A self-righteous sense of superiority?"

"Or is it just a rag used to cover up one's cowardice and greed?"

Master Xuanzhao's face turned deathly pale.

"you……"

Before he could finish speaking, Gu Changjin continued, "The Qiyun Sect's Heaven-Stealing Array has been operating for a thousand years, extracting the earth veins of the Nine Provinces, seizing the fortune of the world, damaging its origin, plotting ascension, and intending to burn the entire Nine Provinces as firewood."

"Black Mountain County suffered a severe drought for three years, a small ice age in the north, and windstorms along the coast, resulting in a complete crop failure in all the states."

"Which one of these wasn't done by your Qiyun Sect?"

"Don't you know? Do you really not know, or are you afraid to know?"

Master Xuanzhao's lips trembled.

He knew, he knew everything...

It is precisely because I know this that I am in even greater pain.

The mockery in Gu Changjin's eyes grew even stronger.

"You know it all, but you dare not look at it directly."

"You don't even have the courage to face evil, yet you dare to talk about compassion?"

boom!

As these words fell, the last glimmer of light in Master Xuanzhao's eyes finally shattered.

He dedicated his life to Taoist practice, believing that he had lived up to the expectations of heaven and earth and all living beings.

In the end, his so-called conscience was nothing more than a sigh that felt neither painful nor effective in the face of the sect's prevailing trend.

He did not save the women of Black Mountain County.

They did not stop Ye Xingzhou from going down the mountain.

The Heaven-Stealing Array was not destroyed.

He didn't even utter a single genuine objection.

He wasn't being compassionate; he just wanted to keep a clean patch of his sleeve amidst all the mud.

But the cuffs were dirty too.

"Master..."

In a daze, Master Xuanzhao seemed to see the old Taoist priest in the dilapidated Taoist temple from his youth.

The old Taoist priest asked him.

"Why do you cultivate Taoism?"

He opened his mouth.

But he couldn't answer any of them.

The next moment, his Dao heart collapsed.

Master Xuanzhao's aura suddenly became chaotic, and the divine light in his eyes gradually faded.

Gu Changjin shook his head.

"waste."

With a single swallow, the shattered physical body, primordial spirit, Dao intent, and remaining essence of the human immortal were all swallowed into the belly by the power of the Bashe.

Rumble!

The heavens and earth trembled once more.

The four great immortals fell one after another.

It's as if the origin of Kyushu has finally been freed from a tight band.

A surge of spiritual energy poured into the Ten Thousand Demon Mountains.

The rain of spirits falling from the sky was heavier than before.

Drops fell onto the rocks, and withered trees sprouted new buds.

The attack landed on the demon, healing their injuries and causing their demonic energy to surge.

Gu Changjin waved his hand, not wanting to monopolize this opportunity.

The spirit rain was drawn by his Ten Thousand Demons Covering the Sky Formation and sprinkled across the entire basin.

"All those who participate in the battle today will be rewarded."

How much you can break through depends on your own fate.

These words caused a frenzy among the demons.

Several powerful demon kings who were stuck at their bottlenecks roared to the sky on the spot, and their demonic power began to break through the barriers.

There was also an aura of demons and immortals, faintly brewing in the spiritual rain.

The Mountain-Shaking Demon Ape, carrying an ironwood club, was beaming with excitement.

"Big brother!"

"Are we still going to fight?"

Gu Changjin returned to the throne and looked down over the entire Ten Thousand Demon Mountain Range.

The four great immortals are dead, and the three swords and two stars are gone.

But that's not enough; the Heavenly Secrets Disc is still there, and the Heaven-Stealing Array is still there.

In the ancestral hall of the Qiyun Sect, those old fogies who have truly feasted on the essence of the Nine Provinces are still alive.

Gu Changjin spoke slowly, his voice echoing throughout the entire Ten Thousand Demon Mountain Range.

"It is impolite not to reciprocate."

"Since the Qiyun Sect dares to come to the Ten Thousand Demon Mountain Range to their deaths..."

"Then I will lead you..."

"Let's take a trip to the ancestral hall of the Qiyun School."