The Demon King, reborn in Japan as a monk

Even so, the Evil Emperor of the Rending Heaven still could not escape the fate of being sealed. Under the relentless control of the Three Corpses, the Evil Emperor of the Rending Heaven ultimately could not escape the fate of being sealed. His will was sealed by Ishihara Sho using the Light and Dark Mandala Takara Barrier.

Then, Ishihara Sho appeared with the Chaos Bell and suppressed the Heavenly Evil Emperor himself inside the Chaos Bell.

As for the Eternal Regret Demon Palace, it will naturally be dealt with after the Heavenly Evil Emperor has been completely digested.

As for now...

Of course, the goal is to find Blood Shadow and Xuan Yinzi, eliminate them, and incidentally obtain the last missing Xuan Yin Fruit from the Ten Great Dao Fruits of the Evil Path!

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Immediately afterward, Shi Yuanzhang left the secluded chamber of the Heavenly Emperor and, based on the reaction of the three forbidden incantations left on the Blood Shadow, found the whereabouts of the Blood Shadow, who was currently circulating his energy to regulate his breathing and recover his cultivation.

Without any preamble, they directly activated the Three Forbidden Incantations upon meeting, severing all thoughts and actions of resistance from the Blood Shadow. Then, the seal was lowered, suppressing the Blood Shadow.

Then, following the same method, he found Xuan Yinzi's room. Relying on his Heavenly Demon Body's influence on the Five Yin Demons, and his understanding of the Xuan Yin Demon-Slaying and Soul-Seizing Technique, he seized the initiative, captured Xuan Yinzi, and wiped out all the evil experts of the Changhen Demon Palace. He then returned to the secluded chamber of the Rift Heaven Evil Emperor, released Yun Xiangxiang, and began his looting—

Having obtained the Blood Shadow's Blood Nerve and the Netherworld Blood River Chariot, I have also acquired the specific cultivation and condensation methods for the Blood God Dao Fruit.

I acquired the Xuan Yin Demon-Slaying and Soul-Seizing Technique from Xuan Yinzi, the cultivation method for the Five Yin Demons, the Xuan Yin Fruit, and all the magical treasures of the Xuan Yin Sect.

The entire legacy of the Eternal Hatred Demon Palace, the Five Great Dao Fruits of the Heaven-Splitting Evil Emperor, the control methods of the Eternal Hatred Demon Palace, the essence of earth milk, and other collections of the Eternal Hatred Demon Palace.

In short, the harvest this time was comparable to that of Ishihara Zhang when he plundered the major sects, lineages, and families of the Great Qian Dynasty, and in terms of quality, it was even greater than the harvest in the Great Qian Dynasty.

Unfortunately, there wasn't enough Crimson Copper to refine the Thunder Pool; otherwise, Ishihara Zhang would have thrown them all into the Chaos Bell long ago, allowing it to instantly evolve into the King of Divine Artifacts.

However, it's not too troublesome. After all, it's only temporarily impossible to refine, not impossible forever. We can wait until we get out and deal with the wealthy Emperor Taizu of the Great Zhou before fusing it. So there's no need to rush.

Not to mention, with the help of Blood Shadow, Xuan Yinzi, and the Evil Emperor of Rending Heaven, the number of thoughts in Ishihara Zhang's soul finally reached the number of one, and he perfected his cultivation of the Creator Realm. He was just waiting for the tribulation to descend so that he could try to pass through the nine tribulations and become a Yang God.

Most importantly, Shi Yuanzhang made up for the gap using only the thoughts of Xuan Yinzi and Xue Yingzi. In other words, all of Lie Tian Xie Di's thoughts were preserved and could be used after he underwent tribulation to accelerate his recovery from the weakness period, or given to his women to enhance their cultivation.

Then, Ishihara Sho put away the Eternal Regret Demon Palace and continued to wander through the Despair Plain with Yun Xiangxiang.

You should know that besides the heretics, there are plenty of righteous people here waiting for him to harvest.

Chapter 537 Domineering

Heavenly Demon, Reborn as a Monk in Japan

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"If we really find those descendants of the righteous path from eight hundred years ago, how do you plan to deal with them?" Yun Xiangxiang asked Shi Yuanzhang beside her during the flight.

"They claim to be descendants of the righteous path from eight hundred years ago. Are they really? Who can prove it? Since there's no way to prove it, it's perfectly acceptable for me to say they are evil masters disguised as righteous people. And since they're all evil masters, there's no need to be particular anymore. Just wipe them out like we did with the White Bone Scholar and the Rending Heaven Evil Emperor." Shi Yuanzhang chuckled as if he'd heard a joke. "Besides, I didn't come to the Nine Abyss Divine Realm to find friends, but to find treasures and forge the King of Divine Artifacts. So my approach to the people here in the Nine Abyss Divine Realm is simple: if they cooperate, everything is fine; if not, don't blame me for eliminating demons and protecting the righteous path."

"You're not pretending at all," Yun Xiangxiang said with some surprise, glancing at Shi Yuanzhang beside her.

“Our goal is transcendence. Since it’s about transcendence, there’s no need to worry too much or put too many shackles on ourselves. Otherwise, how can we transcend?” Ishihara Akira asked with a smile.

"..." Yun Xiangxiang remained silent.

However, the Fragrance Cult is not a so-called orthodox sect to some extent. At least in the eyes of the Supreme Dao and the orthodox sects of the Great Qian Dynasty, the Fragrance Cult, even if it is not an evil sect, is still a heretical sect. Therefore, Yun Xiangxiang would not have the worldly views and values ​​of an orthodox sect to criticize and judge Ishihara Akira's choice.

Moreover, what Ishihara Sho said isn't entirely wrong; if there are too many shackles, it's indeed impossible to achieve transcendence.

In this silence, the two flew for an unknown amount of time until finally, a land completely different from the desolate and barren area they had encountered before, almost turning into a desert, came into view—

With abundant vegetation and lush green mountains, it's hard to believe that such an area, indistinguishable from the outside world, exists on the Despair Plain of the sixth level of the Nine Abyss Divine Realm, if not for the contrast with the previous area.

With this added to the essence of earth milk in the Palace of Eternal Hatred, it becomes clear why that area was so desolate before.

It was entirely because the Eternal Regret Demon Palace had extracted the essence of the earth's milk too ruthlessly, severing the life force of the Despair Plain. Otherwise, that area might have looked just like the place before us, a lush and prosperous landscape.

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Ishihara Sho and Yun Xiangxiang weren't very lucky. Unlike in the original story, they didn't encounter the patrolling disciples of the Heavenly Sword Sect as soon as they flew over and were taken directly to the sect's location. So they could only continue flying slowly, looking for a place to land and people to gather intelligence.

However, it's not too difficult. After all, compared to those who were left with only one survivor—killed by the Evil Emperor of the Rending Heaven—aside from formidable experts like the White Bone Scholar, Blood Shadow, Heavenly Evil Child, and Xuan Yin Child, as well as those who helped fight against the righteous faction, the other evil sects were either wiped out one by one by the righteous in past wars between good and evil, or occupied and absorbed by the Evil Emperor of the Rending Heaven, becoming resources for the Palace of Everlasting Regret. Therefore, the righteous side still has a large population and many sects.

At least in the original work, it was mentioned that there were as many as ninety-nine sects that had survived, and with their disciples and followers, the population was as large as ten million, which was almost the size of a small overseas country.

Therefore, it didn't take long for Shi Yuanzhang and Yun Xiangxiang to discover the population among the mountains and grasslands. They then went down to control and explore, and found out the location of the nearest sect. Without hesitation, they immediately rushed to that sect...

"Who dares to trespass on my Liuyun Sect!"

Because they hadn't been able to hide, their presence was quickly spotted by the experts from the sect they were about to arrive at, who couldn't help but call out and question them.

At the same time, a middle-aged man dressed in flowing cloud-patterned robes flew out from the sect and appeared in the sight of Ishihara Akane and Yun Xiangxiang.

"Who are you?" Ishihara Akira asked, scrutinizing the other person with interest.

The opponent flew up with his body, which means that the person in front of him is at least a first-level ghost immortal. In addition, based on the aura emanating from his body, Ishihara Sho conservatively estimates that the person in front of him should be a second-level expert!

As for whether it will go even higher, we'll only know after we play it.

His martial arts skills were not very good; he was only at the level of a Grandmaster of Marrow Refining, not a Martial Saint, and not as powerful as Ishihara Akira's women.

"That's what I should be asking you," a master from the Flowing Cloud Sect coldly retorted.

“Really…” Ishihara Akira shook his head: “I’ll give you a chance. Hand over the cultivation techniques and inheritance of your Flowing Cloud Sect, as well as all the magical treasures and resources in the sect, and I’ll let you go. Otherwise…”

"What if we do something else?" the expert from Liuyun Sect said with a gloomy expression.

Although they knew that Ishihara Sho might have ill intentions, they did not expect Ishihara Sho to have such malicious intentions. He was almost here to wipe out their sect. This was many times more domineering and unreasonable than the three righteous ancestors on Ancestral God Mountain.

At least if the Three Ancestors wanted to plunder these small and medium-sized sects, they would find a reason or an excuse, and they would only want resources, not sect inheritance techniques.

Therefore, in terms of conduct alone, Ishihara Sho is almost indistinguishable from heretics.

The people of Liuyun Sect had no choice but to think about it.

"Then there's no need for your Liuyun Sect to continue existing," Ishihara Sho said in a low voice.

"How dare you!" the man from Liuyun Sect roared angrily.

Without saying a word, he immediately used his magic to launch an attack.

Boundless clouds began to appear in large areas around the man, forming a wave of clouds that crashed towards Ishihara and the other man like a tsunami.

“No wonder it’s called Flowing Clouds Sect,” Shi Yuanzhang said with amusement.

Then, with a flash, he appeared behind the Liuyun Sect expert. With a single grab, the Liuyun Sect man was caught in Ishihara Zhang's "Buddha Kingdom in the Palm" spell without any power to resist.

Then, Shi Yuanzhang flicked his hand towards the Liuyun Hall below, and a thick bolt of lightning, like a pillar reaching to the sky, crashed down straight down. While shattering the Liuyun Hall, it also stunned the elders of the Liuyun Sect who were watching from the sidelines but did not come to help. Their cultivation levels were roughly around Ghost Immortal.

Then Shi Yuanzhang called Yun Xiangxiang, and together they landed in Liuyun Gate.

"I believe you have all heard what I just said, so I don't need to tell you what to do now, right?" Shi Yuanzhang stood on the ruins of the Liuyun Hall, looking down at the anxious Liuyun Sect elders, and said in a calm voice.

"Leave one person behind to tell me about the situation of the righteous path in the Plains of Despair, and the rest of you go and deliver everything I need."

"Yes."

Afterwards, the elders exchanged glances, and finally left one elder, who still possessed a charming and alluring presence, to explain the situation to Shi Yuanzhang. The others went to places like the Hall of Cultivation Techniques and Inheritance to organize the cultivation techniques, magical treasures, and resources of the Flowing Cloud Sect, and had their disciples transport them over one by one...

Chapter 538 The Great Looting

Heavenly Demon, Reborn as a Monk in Japan

What followed was simple. Shi Yuanzhang first used the Liuyun Sect as a threat, threatening the Liuyun Sect master he had previously captured, who was also the sect leader, to become his subordinate. Then he led him to attack other small sects near the Liuyun Sect!

Of course, he would fight those he could defeat, and if he couldn't, he would send out the Heavenly Serpent King Xingmou, and only then would he himself be sent.

In this situation, small sects whose leaders were generally only at the second or third level of the lightning tribulation were no match for Ishihara Akira and his group. They were all suppressed, and their pillars and grand leaders became new resource points in Ishihara Akira's hands...

It must be said that when faced with a life-or-death crisis, people's bottom line is still quite flexible. What sect inheritance, status and glory are all worthless in the face of life!

Although not everyone is such a pragmatic creature, and there are people who are willing to sacrifice themselves for these things, Ishihara Akira was determined to plunder the righteous sects, so anyone who dared to jump out was suppressed by Ishihara Akira.

Moreover, it's not like imprisoning a sect leader or a top expert; it's a real killing, extracting their consciousness and throwing it into the Book of Life and Death, and having their souls refined into pure medicine and collected.

So it was very easy for Ishihara Akira to get the resources he wanted from these small sects.

Then, following the same method, the life marks of disciples, servants, and the like were added to the Book of Life and Death. Experts were threatened and used their sects as bargaining chips to become Ishihara Sho's puppets, cooperating with the leader of the Flowing Cloud Sect to continue attacking other sects.

As for why it's so complicated, why not just suppress the sect directly...

It was entirely because Ishihara Akira had no interest in such repetitive operations, and also to prevent the previously plundered sects from tipping off other sects and affecting his own actions, as well as to make preparations in advance for their departure later. Otherwise, Ishihara Akira would have been too lazy to spare the lives of these experts.

Thus, with the snowball effect, Ishihara Akira's team grew stronger and stronger, able to attack more and more sects, and reaping increasingly rich rewards. Finally, after more than half a day on the Despair Plains, all the small sects of the righteous path were plundered by Ishihara Akira, and he began to attack the medium-sized sects.

As a result, even sect masters below the second or third tribulation level, and even the Heavenly Serpent King Xingmou, are somewhat outmatched.

Because any Taoist sect that can be considered of medium size must have a leader who is a master of the third tribulation or above, and it is not uncommon for a master of the fourth tribulation to be one. Moreover, there are even more ghost immortals in the sect, and there are even elders of the first tribulation. Only outside of this are the slaves who can only cultivate martial arts.

Therefore, as the looting operation progressed, Ishihara Yuu made his moves more and more frequently...

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"Yaochi Dao, could it be the ancestors of your Yaochi Sect?" As they entered a certain sect, Shi Yuanzhang turned to Yao Qinghui, who looked like a fairy, and asked her.

"It should be." Yao Qinghui looked at the martial arts used by the disciples of Yaochi Dao, as well as the spiritual fluctuations and magical aura emanating from them, and nodded in affirmation: "Moreover, our sect does have records about our ancestors leading their disciples to participate in the great war between good and evil eight hundred years ago. However, both I and the predecessors at the time believed that our ancestors had died in the war. We never expected that they would survive and even create such a large force in the Nine Abyss Divine Realm..."

“Since they are your ancestors from the Yaochi Sect, I’ll let them off the hook for your sake, as well as for Yue Ting and Yue Ru’s sake. As for the sect’s resources and inheritance… you go and talk to them. If they cooperate, I’ll let the current Yaochi Sect leader go. If they don’t cooperate… then don’t blame me for cleaning up your own sect and laying the foundation for your new leader,” Shi Yuanzhang said after thinking for a while.

"On behalf of the elders of the sect, Qinghui thanks you, sir," Yao Qinghui said, bowing respectfully.

"Xiangxiang, could you please go with Qinghui to prevent the old folks inside from being inconsiderate and using seniority to intimidate people?" Shi Yuanzhang then said to Yun Xiangxiang, who was standing beside him.

“Okay.” Yun Xiangxiang and Yao Qinghui had a good relationship and were considered close seniors and juniors, so she naturally wouldn’t object to Shi Yuanzhang’s arrangement. She agreed and led Yao Qinghui into the Yaochi Road in front of them, found the person in charge, and discussed the follow-up matters.

Ishihara Akira wasn't interested in knowing the specifics of the negotiations. He only knew that after sensing the burst of aura belonging to Yunxiang, Yaochi Dao's defenses completely relaxed, and were easily breached by the people brought by Ishihara Akira, who then occupied Yaochi Dao's mountain gate.

Then Yao Qinghui led the sect leader and elders of Yaochi Dao in the Nine Abyss Divine Realm out to pay their respects to Shi Yuanzhang. After she gestured for Shi Yuanzhang to show off his cultivation level, the entire Yaochi Dao completely surrendered. They began to move cultivation techniques and resources out without any charge, which Shi Yuanzhang accepted without any hesitation.

Then, without stopping, the group continued their attacks on other sects.

Moreover, the Yaochi Sect sent its main force to provide assistance this time, which greatly accelerated the speed of Ishihara Akira's group's conquest.

Finally, as evening approached in the Nine Abyss Divine Realm, all ninety-nine righteous sects, except for the last seven—the sects from which the Seven Sons of the Righteous Path originated—had been dealt with by Ishihara Akira, completing a large-scale plunder of the righteous forces.

Then, Shi Yuanzhang used the people of Yaochi Dao as his undercover agents to lead the group in launching an attack on the four major righteous forces, excluding the sects of Chen Xingzi, Yin Yunzi, and Lian Yunzi of Xingchen Dao...

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"Who goes there!?" As the next morning approached, Yin Yunzi, who was meditating in the cultivation room, opened her eyes and shouted sharply.

Following Yin Yunzi, several other experts from their sect who were also experts in the Tribulation of Thunder flew out and arrived in mid-air, carefully examining the huge barrier that abruptly separated the entire sect from the outside world.