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

Gu Changjin directly raised a banner that stood on the moral high ground.

To act on behalf of Heaven, to recover the stolen funds, and to save all living beings in the land.

Once this banner was raised, the entire demon army descended the mountain with a completely different aura.

This isn't robbery; it's to save the people of Kyushu, to collect funds for the salvation army, and to recover the illegal profits that the Qiyun Sect has gained from stealing the origins of Kyushu over the past thousand years.

The first to suffer was the Liuyun Sect, which had been affiliated with the Qiyun Sect for many years.

This sect is neither too big nor too small. It has five Nascent Soul cultivators within it, and they usually act arrogantly and domineeringly in the surrounding counties, relying on the name of the Qiyun Sect.

As soon as the sect leader of Liuyun Sect heard that the army of ten thousand demons had arrived, the sect's protective formation was immediately activated.

As a result, less than ten breaths after the great array's light screen lit up, hundreds of demon kings attacked simultaneously.

boom!

The light screen shattered.

It shreds faster than paper.

The sect leader of Liuyun Sect stood in front of the mountain gate with a group of elders and disciples, his face pale and his legs trembling.

The leading demon king was a blue-faced bull demon.

It transformed into a burly man, holding a golden imperial edict in his hand, his face filled with righteous indignation.

"Flowing Cloud Sect, heed my command!"

"The Qi Yun Sect stole the very essence of the Nine Provinces. For many years, you have been subservient to Qi Yun. The spirit stones and precious medicines in your sect's treasury are all made with the blood and sweat of the people of the Nine Provinces!"

"Today, our mighty army of ten thousand demons, in accordance with the will of Heaven, is here to punish Qi Yun, and we have come specifically to collect funds for our salvation campaign!"

The sect leader of Liuyun Sect suddenly felt dizzy and staggered two steps.

"This... how is this any different from robbery?"

The blue-faced bull demon flew into a rage and brandished the golden decree in his hand.

"Bullshit! If it were robbery, would we have a demon lord's decree?"

After saying that, it waved its hand, and its demon kings skillfully rushed into the sect.

The sect's treasury was emptied, the alchemy room was emptied, and even the spiritual soil in the herb garden was scraped away.

Even the two jade lions that could gather spiritual energy at the entrance of the Ancestral Hall were carried away by a pig demon.

The sect leader of Liuyun Sect felt his heart bleed. Just as he was about to fight to the death, the green-faced bull demon turned his head again, his expression solemn.

"We are going to the Qiyun Sect to act on behalf of Heaven and shatter the Heavenly Secrets Disc."

Are you going or not?

The sect leader of Liuyun Sect looked at the massive, dark army of demons, then at the now empty mountain gate.

After a three-breath silence, he suddenly straightened his back with an air of righteous indignation.

"The righteous cause of the demon race!"

"But how can we allow the demon race to handle matters concerning our human race?"

"Our Flowing Cloud Sect is willing to join the army in this expedition!"

"Firstly, to do my part, and secondly... to keep an eye on you all!"

The green-faced bull demon was very satisfied and patted the Qiyun Sect leader on the shoulder with his thick, dark hand.

"You've got a good tongue, kid!"

With the Flowing Cloud Sect taking the lead, things got completely magical afterwards.

The demon army begged for alms along the way, attaching themselves to the righteous minor sects of the Qiyun Sect. First, their treasure vaults were emptied, and then they were asked if they wanted to join them.

Not going?

That is to collude with the culprit who stole the heavens and remain unrepentant until death.

go with?

That means having compassion for all living beings and believing that change is still possible.

So one by one, the sect leaders joined the punitive coalition in tears.

The rogue cultivators who had long disliked the Qiyun Sect also arrived.

The demonic cultivators, who seemed to thrive on chaos, fled even faster.

The banners they waved were varied and numerous.

"Supervise the demon race."

"Combate injustice."

"Give me back my life."

"Smash the Heavenly Secrets Disc, and everyone can cultivate immortality."

In the end, this team became extremely outrageous.

In front was a massive army of ten thousand demons, exuding malevolent energy; in the middle were small righteous sects forcibly confiscating funds for their salvation mission; and behind them were rogue cultivators and demonic flying boats.

Humans, demons, and monsters mingled together, disliking and despising each other.

But their goals were surprisingly similar: the Qi Yun faction.

Just as this peculiar coalition was getting closer to the Qiyun Sect's mountain territory, auspicious clouds suddenly appeared in the sky ahead.

A crane-like immortal descended. This old crane immortal had traveled for a thousand years, constantly discussing the Dao with the righteous path of the human race. He considered himself aloof and was full of compassion for humanity.

As soon as it landed, it transformed into an old man with white hair, draped in fairy feathers, his face filled with heartache and indignation.

"Nonsense!"

"That's utterly ridiculous!"

"You bunch of ignorant brats, how dare you start a war between humans and demons?"

"The Qi Yun Sect's foundation is unfathomable; how could a few newly-broken demon immortals like you possibly shake it?"

"You are going to destroy the entire demon race..."

The Mountain-Shaking Demon Ape kept picking its ears as it listened, then turned to ask the Thousand-Legged Heavenly Centipede.

"Who is this old man?"

The centipede squinted and looked at it.

"have no idea."

"It must be some old... idiot from the demon race."

"Just hit them directly."

The Mountain-Shaking Demon Ape thought this made a lot of sense, and beckoned to the demon immortal beside him to climb up shoulder to shoulder.

The next instant, the seven demon immortals surrounded them.

Before Lao Hexian could react, the Mountain-Shaking Demon Ape had already swung its ironwood club down.

boom!

"I'll call you a junior!"

boom!

"Serves you right for being so compassionate!"

boom!

"Our brother treated us to a good meal, and you're just trying to boost their morale?"

The old crane fairy screamed repeatedly, its fairy feathers flying wildly.

It tried to reason with him, but the Black-Winged Wind Tiger slapped its mouth shut with one claw.

It wanted to say that it was a veteran, but the white bone wolf bit its wing, making it howl in pain.

It tried to escape, but the centipede's venomous legs wrapped it up like a dumpling, leaving it no chance of escape.

In the end, Old Crane Immortal was beaten black and blue, and his white feathers fell all over the ground.

Blackwing Wind Tiger used a wind lock to lasso its neck and forcibly dragged it into the group.

"From today onwards, you will pull the rickshaw for your elder brother."

The human and demonic cultivators following behind were dumbfounded, gaining a deeper understanding of the brutality of the demon race.

Even veteran demon immortals are willing to fight without hesitation, so who will dare to spout nonsense in the future?

Gu Changjin was sitting inside the Demon Emperor's palace at that moment.

The palace was personally pulled by the old crane immortal, amidst swirling auspicious clouds and billowing demonic energy.

I must say! This immortal mount is indeed much more imposing than ordinary demonic beasts.

Gu Changjin leaned back on the soft couch, looking at the spiritual items sent from various places while refining them with Dao Fruits.

Along the way, the so-called "salvation military funds" collected a great deal of goods.

Not only spirit stones and pills, but also many innate spiritual objects that sects have kept for many years.

These things, in the hands of ordinary cultivators, are the foundation of a sect; in the hands of Gu Changjin, they are nothing but the return to the Dao.

The Dao Fruit roared, devouring one innate spiritual object after another, and the Dao Yuan of the Returning One Dao continued to surge.

One thousand two hundred strands.

One thousand six hundred strands.

Two thousand one hundred strands.

Looking at the number, Gu Changjin finally felt much more at ease.

He immediately consumed a thousand strands of energy to further strengthen the Bashe demon body and the foundation of its divine soul.

boom!

A ten-thousand-foot-long phantom of a giant serpent suddenly appeared above the Demon Emperor's palace.

Black and gold scales pressed down on the sky, and the nine-fold golden wheel of merit shone in all directions.

Gu Changjin's aura rose steadily, from the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm to the peak of the late stage, and finally to the limit of this realm.

Taking another step forward felt like touching a boundary between heaven and earth.

He vaguely felt a sense of rejection, but at the same time, he also felt a pull from a higher world.

Gu Changjin raised an eyebrow.

"Um?"

"They haven't disappeared from either this realm or the upper realm."

"At the peak of the late Nascent Soul stage, one is almost able to fly."

"Does the Qiyun Sect really want the entire sect to ascend to immortality?"

He remained silent for a moment.

"Too greedy."

One person flying wasn't enough, a few people flying wasn't enough, they insisted on taking the entire sect with them, and even wanted to use the entire Qian Jiuzhou as a ticket.

Isn't this just because they think they're living too comfortably and they're pushing the heavens to their limits?

Looking at the remaining thousand-plus strands of Returning to the Dao Yuan, Gu Changjin's last bit of unease subsided.

These will remain untouched, kept as a trump card.

If the Qiyun Sect really uncovers some kind of coffin-wearing monster.

Can't beat them?

Excuse me, have you ever heard of "breakthrough in the midst of battle"?

He will then directly suppress this world with his power, slaughter the Qiyun Sect, and finally restore order to the world.

Several days later, outside the Qiyun Sect's mountain gate, the once ethereal mountains were shrouded in boundless dark clouds.

At the very front was an army of ten thousand demons, their malevolent aura soaring to the heavens.

Seven great demon immortals stood on the clouds, more than twenty great demon kings revealed their true forms, and hundreds of demon kings formed an array to press on the border.

In the middle were countless independent cultivators and demonic flying boats.

Behind them, there were also human sects who had been "invited" to come, flying in long lines on their swords, their spirit boats like clouds.

Humans, demons, and all the forces of the Nine Provinces, for the first time, stood under the same sky in an absurd and shocking manner, due to the pressure of the Heavenly Mystery Disc and the forceful leadership of the Ten Thousand Demon Mountains.

Outside the Qiyun Sect, the area was packed with people, and the Demon Emperor's palace slowly came to a stop.

Old Crane Immortal lay on the cloud, his face bruised and swollen, looking meek and submissive.

It had no choice but to obey; the monkey would beat it a few times a day, and now it was completely obedient.

Gu Changjin walked out of the palace, the nine-layered golden wheel of merit behind his head illuminating the heavens and the earth.

He looked up at the Qiyun Sect's mountain gate and smiled gently.

"Gentlemen."

"They've come to collect the debt."