The Demon King, reborn in Japan as a monk

Then, just as Ishihara Akira was preparing to finish off Wei Taicang in one fell swoop, Wei Taicang's long-awaited guards and soldiers finally arrived, bows drawn and arrows nocked, swords drawn and spears raised, pointing at Ishihara Akira who was fighting Wei Taicang.

"Stop right now! Do you want to be riddled with arrows?!" A middle-aged man who looked somewhat like Wei Taicang and seemed to be a relative of his stood at the front of the group and shouted at Ishihara Sho.

"Phew, looks like I can't use you as a practice subject anymore." Seeing this, Ishihara Akira stopped what he was doing, looked at Wei Taicang, who had fled back to the middle-aged man in a disheveled state, and the soldiers behind them, and sighed.

Chapter 480 The Great Luo Sect

"You bastard, you dare to spout nonsense even when you're about to die! Guards, shoot him dead!" Wei Taicang became even more furious upon hearing this and directly ordered Ishihara Akira.

Without hesitation, the surrounding soldiers immediately released their arrows and shot them toward Ishihara Sho.

Ishihara Shu remained unmoved, but a golden barrier appeared on his body, enveloping him entirely.

Golden Light Curse!

At the same time, Ishihara Akira reached out again, and the new Xuan Yin Ghost-Slaying and Soul-Seizing Vacuum Great Handprint, which he had deduced by combining the Xuan Yin Ghost-Slaying and Soul-Seizing Great Technique, the Vacuum Great Handprint, one of the Eight Extraordinary Techniques Under One Person, the Spirit-Binding and General-Commanding Technique, and the Yin-Yang Chaos Method recorded in the Peach God Path Yin-Yang Secret Manual, burst forth. In an instant, he captured the aura of all the residents in the entire prefecture city. In fact, with just a thought, he could exterminate all the living people and creatures in the entire city.

However, Ishihara Akira wasn't quite that ruthless. So he quickly controlled his divine sense to shrink back, only allowing it to cover the entire area of ​​the Governor's Mansion of the Seven Southern Provinces, which was the place where Wei Taicang's family lived. Then he activated the power of soul-capturing. Apart from Wei Taicang, who was a Martial Saint, and was able to resist a little, everyone's souls were uncontrollably separated from their bodies and rushed into the soul vortex created by Ishihara Akira, like moths drawn to a flame.

This also includes the soul of Wei Taicang.

After all, Ishihara Akira was not the same person he was when he dealt with Steward Wu. Although it seemed like only two or three days had passed, under the deduction of the half-finished future primordial spirit cultivated by the Future Life Sutra, the new Profound Yin Ghost-Slaying Soul-Seizing Vacuum Great Handprint in Ishihara Akira's hands was already significantly different from that day. Therefore, even a martial saint like Wei Taicang could not last long before his soul was forcibly pulled out...

Of course, this could also be due to the various injuries left by Ishihara Sho on Wei Taicang's body.

In short, before the arrows ordered by Wei Taicang could fully complete their mission, they struck the golden protective shield around Ishihara Sho and were bounced off to the ground. Everyone in the entire governor's mansion—whether it was Wei Taicang himself and his son, the soldiers and guards around them, or the servants of the mansion who had not yet come over—had their souls captured and became so-called vegetative state patients lying on the ground.

Then, Ishihara Sho used the Soul Shattering Technique to instantly crush and pulverize the souls that had been drawn into the soul vortex, reducing them to the purest soul energy, which returned to Ishihara Sho's body along with the spell's retraction.

The feeling was like eating ice cream on the coldest days of winter—it was incredibly comforting.

"With my current strength, I can withstand five tribulations of lightning without weakening myself," Ishihara Akira said silently, assessing his own condition.

With a casual turn, Ishihara Akane wandered around the now deserted mansion, collecting anything that caught his eye—such as books, cultivation techniques, precious medicines, and silver. He then vanished from the governor's mansion, which had been transformed into a dead zone, and returned to his original form. He found Zhao Feirong, who was sitting at a tea stall, looking somewhat distracted.

“Let’s go,” Ishihara Sho said simply and decisively.

"Have you finished your work?" Zhao Feirong asked curiously as she stood up.

“Of course, I have no reason to fail against a mere Martial Saint,” Shi Yuanzhang replied with a smile. After a while, Shi Yuanzhang asked again, “Where is the mountain gate of your Great Luo Sect?”

"What are you trying to do?!" Zhao Feirong's expression changed upon hearing this, and she asked in a startled voice.

"What do you think?" Ishihara Akira pinched Zhao Feirong's cheek and asked her with a smile.

"Don't even think about me taking you to the Great Luo Sect!" Zhao Feirong said resolutely.

“Then you can’t blame me.” Ishihara Sho said coldly.

Then he quickly activated his divine soul power, connected with the imprint he had left in Zhao Feirong's mind, and delved into the core of Zhao Feirong's consciousness to search for relevant information about the Great Luo Sect.

And very quickly, they found intelligence about the Great Luo Sect from it—

This includes the location of the base, the personnel defenses inside, and the martial arts styles and strengths of each individual.

Then, without hesitation, Shi Yuanzhang put his arm around Zhao Feirong's waist and used his Divine Foot Technique to tear through the void once more. He traveled from the city where the governor of the seven southern provinces was located to the foot of Shuiyang Mountain near Shuiyang City, which was under the jurisdiction of Hong Kang. He took another step and, following the memory in Zhao Feirong's mind, walked towards the mountain gate of the Daluo Sect located on Shuiyang Mountain.

……

With his strength as a backing, and the internal layout and security map of the Great Luo Sect obtained from Zhao Feirong, Shi Yuanzhang easily infiltrated the Great Luo Sect. Without alerting anyone, he found the room where the current sect leader, Zhao Feier, was located. Without hesitation, he first threw Zhao Feirong into the Buddhist sacred mountain he had constructed using the chakra and mandala womb barrier to imprison her. Then, using the power of the Heavenly Demon Avatar, he transformed into Zhao Feirong's appearance before opening the door and entering the room.

"Fei Rong, you escaped?" Zhao Fei'er asked in surprise as Zhao Fei Rong walked in through the door.

Thanks to Hong Yi's reaction that day, although Zhao Feier knew that Hong Xuanji had sent Steward Wu to the Green Standard Army to capture Hong Yi and rescue Zhao Feirong, she did not know that Steward Wu had gone but died there that day. Therefore, she did not suspect that the Zhao Feirong in front of her was not Zhao Feirong, but someone else in disguise.

Because the news of Steward Wu's death had not yet officially reached her.

"Where is Steward Wu?" Zhao Feier then looked behind Zhao Feirong and asked in confusion.

"Butler Wu is dead," Zhao Feirong, played by Ishihara Akira, said in a low voice.

However, by this time, the distance between the two had been reduced considerably, to the point where they could approach each other with just one or two steps...

"What? Dead? How did he die?" Zhao Feier asked in surprise.

"I killed her." After saying that, Shi Yuanzhang unleashed all his divine soul power, and with overwhelming force, instantly suppressed Zhao Feier's divine soul, who had already passed the first tribulation of lightning, and suppressed her.

Then, Ishihara Akira used the Heaven-Shattering Earth-Shattering Technique to imprison Zhao Feier's soul, and began searching the room for any magical treasures Zhao Feier possessed...

Unfortunately, it was not found.

This is normal, after all, magic weapons are all about the unity of the person and the treasure. The magic weapon can be stored and nurtured in the body. It is not like an ordinary weapon, which is only worn on the body when used and put outside when resting. Therefore, if you want to get the magic weapon of the Great Luo Sect, you still need to work on Zhao Feier herself.

With that thought in mind, Ishihara Akira turned his gaze back to Zhao Feier, then his soul entered Zhao Feier's body, searching for the loopholes in her mind, preparing to use them as anchors to completely break down Zhao Feier's defenses and turn her into his prisoner.

Chapter 481 Two

Zhao Feier's psychological vulnerability was easy to find and very simple, even to the point of being somewhat unexpected by Ishihara Akira.

Because her inner demon was actually Hong Xuanji's feelings for her!

There are two main aspects. One is that Hong Xuanji would rather choose Zhao Wan'er as his wife than marry him...

Although her reason was that she had better talent and could better promote the Great Luo Sect, as a woman, was that what she cared about? It was being able to be with the man she loved!

But Hong Xuanji used this excuse to dismiss herself; the sadness in her heart was indescribable.

Even if Hong Xuanji later made her his mistress as compensation, it couldn't compare to the pain and regret she felt for not being able to marry him.

The second loophole is that Hong Xuanji's true love was not herself, nor was it Zhao Wan'er or Yao Qinghui of the Yaochi Sect, but Meng Bingyun, the previous Holy Maiden of the Supreme Dao.

This was a huge blow to Zhao Feier, who had placed all her hopes on Hong Xuanji. Even though Meng Bingyun was poisoned to death by Zhao Wan'er afterward, and Hong Xuanji even passed on the Cosmic Scriptures that he had obtained from Meng Bingyun to her, she still felt somewhat resentful and dissatisfied.

Therefore, it was very easy for Ishihara Akira to seize the loophole, exploit it, and then transform into a demon and completely implant it into her heart.

Then, Ishihara Akira used this to amplify the influence, leveraging his advantage in the spiritual realm to guide Zhao Feier to lower her mental defenses, allowing Ishihara Akira to successfully leave a mental imprint on her spiritual thoughts.

Then, without any further politeness, Shi Yuanzhang directly took action and forcibly seized the Taiyu Tower and the Zhouji Bell that Zhao Feier had visualized while cultivating the Two Scriptures of the Universe, as well as the Yin-Yang Chaos Void that she had visualized while cultivating the Yin-Yang Secret Scripture of the Peach God Path, and even the Heavenly Life and Death Wheel that she had barely condensed because she was not primarily cultivating martial arts, from her soul. After sealing it slightly, he stored it in his own soul.

"Phew, I can finally forge my own King of Divine Artifacts..." Ishihara Sho exclaimed with satisfaction after obtaining the Tower of the Universe, the Bell of the Universe, and the Yin-Yang Chaos Essence.

Although this resulted in a significant decrease in Zhao Feier's strength and even damage to her cultivation, did Shi Yuanzhang care?

Of course he didn't care! He didn't even kill her directly because he saw that she and the Great Luo Sect still had something to use. Otherwise, he would not have let go of Zhao Feier, who was worried about how to quickly accumulate strength to overcome the tribulation.

"I'm giving you a task," Ishihara Akira said, looking at Zhao Feier, who had now been completely transformed and subdued by him.

"Transform the beliefs of the Daluo Sect, replace the Daluo Heavenly Venerable they originally worshipped with me, and spread this message to the ears of the powerful families in the south who worship the Daluo Heavenly Venerable, so that they will also worship me. The faster the better, do you understand?"

"I understand. But the elders might not agree," Zhao Feier said with some difficulty.

“Anyone who disagrees can bring them to me, and I’ll explain it to them,” Ishihara Akira sneered.

Zhao Feier was spared because she was the sect leader of the Da Luo Sect and could change its rules, making her useful. But what about the elders? Aside from their strength, they were of no use to Shi Yuanzhang. If they obeyed, that would be fine; for the sake of the Da Luo Sect's influence, Shi Yuanzhang could spare their lives and transform them into loyal dogs to continue helping Zhao Feier manage the sect. But if they remained obstinate, Shi Yuanzhang wouldn't mind turning them into precious medicine to help him rapidly increase his strength.

It should be known that every individual who can become an elder of the Great Luo Sect is a practitioner of both spiritual cultivation and martial arts, and has reached a remarkably high level in both areas.

"Also, call Yan Zhenzong over later," Ishihara Akira said after a pause.

"Yes."

……

Not long after, another ghost immortal from the Da Luo Sect besides Zhao Feier, namely the famous cuckold king in the original work—Yan Zhenzong, arrived in Zhao Feirong's room. However, before he could speak, a powerful suction force suddenly descended upon him, causing him to freeze in his tracks. His soul was involuntarily separated from his body and flew out, disappearing into the soul vortex created by Ishihara Sho.

Following the shattered soul, the spirit, will, and remaining intentions were obliterated, transforming them into pure divine soul energy which was absorbed into the body.

Then, Shi Yuanzhang flicked his finger, and a divine thought flew straight into the remaining body of Yan Zhenzong, taking over control of the body from the already dissipated Yan Zhenzong.

"Alright, go down and process his memories," Ishihara Akira said to his clone.

"Okay." The fake Yan Zhenzong nodded, then turned and left Zhao Feier's room, returning to his own residence to process everything about Yan Zhenzong.

"Since it's still early, let's take a break," Ishihara Akira said with a light laugh to Zhao Feier beside him.

"Yes," Zhao Feier replied, and followed in the footsteps of her daughter, Zhao Feirong.

And before long, under Ishihara Akira's manipulation, she and Zhao Feirong became Ishihara Akira's training tools...

The next day, Shi Yuanzhang, looking refreshed, went with Zhao Feier, Zhao Feirong, and Yan Zhenzong, whom he controlled by his thoughts, to the Daluo Hall, where the Daluo Sect held meetings. Together with the elders, they discussed the matter of changing the object of worship.

Of course, at this time, Ishihara Sho is invisible and undetectable.

"I wonder what has happened that has led the sect leader to summon us here?" An old woman who looked like a woman in her seventies or eighties, but with bright eyes, did not look like an eighty-year-old woman at all, and asked Zhao Feier, who was sitting in the main seat, first.

"The main reason I have summoned all the elders here is to announce something—" Zhao Feier didn't mince words. After scanning the elders present with her gaze, she said directly, "I plan to add another sacrificial object in addition to the Great Luo Heavenly Venerable."

"Add a new sacrificial object? I wonder which ancient powerhouse the sect leader wishes to add as a sacrificial object?" The elders exchanged glances, all showing puzzled expressions. Finally, the old woman who spoke first asked.

“Shi Yi,” Zhao Feier said.

"Shi Yi, who is this?" the elders asked, puzzled.

“It’s me.” The next moment, Ishihara Akira’s figure appeared, looking down at the elders of the Great Luo Sect below.

"Who goes there!"

"Who are you?"

"So you are Shi Yi?" The elders of the Great Luo Sect stood up and shouted angrily.

"That's right, I am Shi Yi. I want you to change the Great Luo Heavenly Venerable to worship me. Now, who agrees and who disagrees?" Shi Yuanzhang didn't hold back and directly displayed the strength of his four tribulations of lightning, creating a scene of constant birth and death of the world around him. Like a demon god, he looked down at the Great Luo Sect elders present and questioned them in a calm voice.

Chapter 482 Refining Treasures

As soon as Ishihara Akira displayed his imposing presence, the elders sitting below fell silent.

They are used to acting arrogantly and domineeringly, and they are used to thinking that everyone is above them, with the sect leader being the third most important person. But that doesn't mean they are brainless. They still know who they can mess with and who they can't.

Although Shi Yi's request sounded strange, it was only strange and did not affect their original interests. Moreover, judging from the current situation, Shi Yi had already won over Zhao Feier and Yan Zhenzong, the two nominal leaders of the Great Luo Sect, so they would not be so foolish as to jump out and oppose him.

It's not a matter of life or death for the sect, so there's no question of surrendering being shameful.

Therefore, the elders quickly gave in and agreed to allow Ishihara Sho to establish another priesthood in addition to the Great Luo Heavenly Venerable.

But now that Ishihara Akira had stepped forward, how could he so easily let go of these lowly soldiers? He immediately seized the opportunity and ordered all the elders present to open their hearts and accept his mark.