Staying in the sect, controlling beasts and cultivating immortals

Deep within the Chaotic Imperial Palace, Yu Changsheng sat atop the Xuan Yu Imperial Throne, a wisp of chaotic source power erupting from his fingertips, condensing into a massive map of the Wuzhou territory on the dome. Blood-red light surged at the location of Rift Heaven City within the map, and filthy chains coiled around the earth's veins like writhing dragons, with faint, ethereal shadows of grayish spores floating between the chains.

"Mo Heng." Yu Changsheng's voice was like the clash of gold and jade.

Mo Heng stepped forward, the illusory image of the Myriad Transformations Returning to the Void Furnace floating behind him: "Reporting to the Emperor, the celestial divination has become clear—the Rift Heaven Alliance has used the Myriad Spirits Blood Gu Array to drain the life essence of thirty percent of the living beings in Wuzhou, and the filthy earth veins are now eroding the 'Heavenly Wind Pass' in the eastern border of Qingzhou. Its foul odor resonates with the annihilation spores left behind by the ancient filthy pupa. If it is not eradicated within three days, it will surely shake the foundation of the Emperor's Array!" The furnace projection clearly showed: gray spores, like tentacles, probed into the earth veins of Qingzhou, connecting with the blood-red chains to form a net.

Wang Cheng, clad in a dark divine martial armor, held a struggling remnant soul in his palm: "The remnant soul of the Soul-Locking Old Ghost confesses that before the destruction of the Xuanming Sect, Xue Ming secretly transferred three drops of the Netherworld Blood Sea Origin to the Rift Heaven Alliance."

The remnant soul's image flickered—the essence of the blood sea seeped into a bronze compass engraved with the celestial constellations, and spiderweb-like blood patterns appeared on the compass's surface. "This object is the 'Myriad Manifestations Celestial Secrets Compass,' now transformed into a soul-devouring evil artifact!"

Yu Changsheng's eyes turned icy, and the chaotic energy beneath the emperor's throne surged like a raging torrent: "The Rift Heaven Alliance uses the remains of myriad phenomena to raise Gu poison, feeds demons with the essence and blood of countless people, and even colludes with the remaining poison of Annihilation... They should be executed!"

The Purple Spirit Imperial Sword was drawn with a clang, its blade pointing directly at Rift Sky City:

"Three days later, we will raze this city to the ground and use the ruins of Wanxiang as a foundation to build the Eastern Heavenly Gate of our Divine Dynasty!"

The imperial edict transformed into nine chaotic dragon shadows that pierced through the imperial palace, and the entire Qingzhou territory responded with a thunderous roar.

On the withered wasteland, thirty thousand Demon Slayers stood solemnly like a forest. Wang Cheng's battle armor trembled, and the Overlord Blood Burning Heaven Domain was unleashed with a roar. Crimson-gold flames, carrying the dark and powerful essence of breaking the law, covered every black iron battle halberd.

"Freeze the evil spirits!" Wang Cheng roared.

Boom! The 30,000 Demon Slayers roared in unison, their sound waves condensing into a tangible crimson-gold aura that shot straight into the sky! Above the army formation, endless aura frantically gathered and compressed, transforming into a crimson-gold giant wolf a hundred feet tall! The giant wolf roared to the sky, and as its eyes opened and closed, two dark divine lights containing the true meaning of destroying all laws and returning to the void to annihilation to tore through the thick clouds, pierced through the void, and locked onto the east.

Five thousand Sky Patrol soldiers, piloting streamlined psionic airships, swept silently across the skies above the Demon Slayer Army like ghostly blue arrows released from a bow. On either side of the airships, countless psionic crossbows were already poised to fire. The arrowheads were not metal, but rather Void Returning Runes personally engraved by Mo Heng, shimmering with a ghostly light and radiating a terrifying, bone-corroding aura. These runes activated the killing intent within the core of the Emperor's Array; a single arrow was enough to pierce through the body of an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator!

Chen Xueqing did not stand at the front of the battle. Instead, she sat cross-legged on a floating jade lotus platform. The illusory image of the Pure Lotus slowly rotated behind her, casting down countless rays of azure light that enveloped the entire Divine Guard Legion. Wherever the light touched, the soldiers' slightly agitated blood and qi, stirred by their boiling killing intent, were quietly calmed, their minds cleared, and their condition instantly elevated to its peak. With a light tap of her fingertips, strands of pure life force quietly flowed into the earth below, like invisible roots connecting with the life network deep within the Qingzhou ley lines, silently purifying any remaining trace of impurity or interference.

"The time has come!" Mo Heng's voice resounded throughout the entire army via the Imperial Formation, "Imperial Formation—Open the Heavenly Gate!"

Rumble——!
The Chaos Myriad Tribulations Emperor Array, covering tens of thousands of miles of Qingzhou, erupted with unprecedented light! Above the sky, a massive portal with a diameter of a thousand feet, spinning a chaotic vortex, suddenly burst open! At the center of the vortex, space was like shattered glass, revealing distorted light and shadow and violent spatial turbulence.

"Where the divine might points, none can prevail! Slay demons! Patrol the heavens! Follow this king—" Wang Cheng's eyes blazed with battle intent like a volcanic eruption, and his newly formed chaotic bone arm swung forward fiercely, "Shatter the heavens!"

"kill--!!!"

The crimson-gold giant wolf roared first, shaking the universe, and carrying 30,000 demon-slaying soldiers, it transformed into a crimson-gold torrent that tore through space, crashing into the Chaos Heavenly Gate! Five thousand patrol boats followed closely behind, their ghostly blue tails leaving five thousand death trails in the chaotic turbulence!

Eastern border of Wuzhou, in front of Tianfeng Pass.

This place has been transformed into a filthy demonic realm. The once majestic and formidable fortress walls are now covered in thick, blood-red filth and moss, with countless fang-filled "mouths" cracking open on the walls, greedily sucking up the filthy torrents surging from the veins of Wuzhou. Below the walls, the land is a deathly, desolate wasteland, with mountains of corpses of Wuzhou people drained of their lifeblood, rapidly turning into grayish-white skeletons under the corrosive influence of the filth. The air is filled with a nauseating stench of sweet, rotten flesh.

boom--!
The Chaos Gate suddenly tore open the filthy sky before it! A giant crimson-gold wolf, carrying a baleful aura that could incinerate all things, crashed down onto the filthy earth like a meteor!

"Awooo—!" The giant wolf roared to the sky the moment it landed. Terrifying divine light burst forth from its eyes, like two giant axes that split the heavens, slamming into the filthy walls of Tianfeng Pass!
Chi Chi Chi -!
The filthy moss, as if encountering its nemesis, emitted a mournful corrosive sound and turned into blue smoke in large swaths! Under the divine light of the magic-breaking technique, the solid city wall was cleaved open like a hot knife through butter, with two bottomless, enormous cracks! Countless demonic vines and tentacles clinging to the city wall, formed from blood essence and resentment, snapped off one by one, emitting shrill screams like the cries of infants.

"You filthy demons, how dare you block the heavenly soldiers of my divine dynasty?!" Wang Cheng's voice boomed like thunder in the ears of every evil cultivator guarding the pass. He took a step forward, already in mid-air, and his Chaos Bone Fist slammed into the two cracks in the city wall without any fancy moves!
"Overlord Blood Chaos - City Breaker!"

Wherever the fist pointed, space visibly collapsed and distorted! A condensed crimson-gold fist aura, carrying a dark, destructive power, was forcefully poured into the depths of the crack!

Rumble——! ! !
A deafening roar, like the sky collapsing and the earth splitting! The entire Tianfeng Pass trembled violently, like an eggshell being smashed by a giant hammer! The two massive cracks cleaved by the Divine Light of Destruction spread wildly to both sides and exploded under Wang Cheng's punch! Large sections of the filthy city wall completely collapsed and shattered in the blinding energy light! Bricks and stones mixed with filth, blood, and bone fragments poured down like a mudslide!

"Enemy attack! It's the Chaos Demon Army of Qingzhou!" The last remaining evil cultivator on the city wall screamed in terror.

"Release the Blood Corpse! Quickly release the Blood Corpse Pool!" the guardian general of the Rift Heaven Alliance commanded hysterically.

Behind the breach in the collapsed city wall, a stench of blood surged into the sky! Countless "blood corpses," soaked in viscous blood, their bodies rotting and their eyes glowing red, were released like a flood bursting its banks. They roared inhumanly, trampling over the broken bones of their comrades, and frantically rushed towards the Demon Slayer Army that had just breached the city!
"Form ranks! Demon Slayer - Arrowhead!" roared a general under Wang Cheng. The 30,000 Demon Slayer troops instantly changed formation, their halberds pointing forward. Crimson-gold aura condensed in front of the formation into a gigantic, incomparably sharp, and gleaming phantom of a crimson-gold halberd! The halberd swept across, unleashing a destructive aura!

Puff puff puff puff——!
The blood corpses at the forefront were like those that had run into an invisible meat grinder, exploding one after another under the phantom of the crimson-gold battle halberd, with filthy blood and broken bones flying everywhere! However, these blood corpses felt no pain, and their numbers were endless. The ones following them continued to surge forward, stepping on the remains of the former, their filthy claws and teeth frantically tearing at the demon army's baleful shield, making a grinding sound that made one's teeth ache.

"Sky Patrol Army! Return to the Void—Pour!" Wang Cheng's chilling command echoed across the battlefield.

Om-!
Five thousand Sky-Patrolling Flying Ships instantly hovered high in the sky, their dark blue Void Crossbows simultaneously lighting up! The next moment, five thousand Void Crossbow bolts, trailing dark shadows, rained down like a death storm, precisely targeting the rear of the blood zombie horde and the evil cultivators' gathering points on both sides of the breach in the city wall!

Chi Chi Chi -!
Where the Void Returning Arrows landed, there was no violent explosion, only a chilling dissolution! The blood corpses hit instantly stiffened, their flesh, bones, and even the foul energy silently turning to ashes and scattering like weathered sand sculptures! The protective blood-red aura and defensive magic artifacts erected by the evil cultivators were utterly fragile under the erosion of the Void Returning Runes, and along with the evil cultivators beneath them, were completely decomposed and annihilated! With just one volley, a large area behind the blood corpse horde was forcibly cleared, and the evil cultivator strongholds on both sides of the breach in the city wall were reduced to a desolate void!
"Purifying Lotus - Cleanse!" Chen Xueqing's clear voice, like heavenly music, rang out over this filthy battlefield.

The suspended lotus platform shone brightly, and the projection of the Pure Lotus instantly expanded a thousandfold, like a jade-green sky descending! Soft, azure light poured down like a tide, covering the entire battlefield! Wherever the light reached, the pervasive filthy, bloodthirsty aura melted away like ice and snow, being frantically purified! The flowing blood, scattered pieces of flesh and withered bones on the ground rapidly faded and decomposed under the illumination of the life-giving light, transforming into minute nutrients that nourished the earth. Those Demon Slayer soldiers who had been scratched by blood corpses and tainted by the filthy demonic energy saw wisps of black smoke rise from their wounds, their excruciating pain quickly subsided, their eyes regained their clarity, and their fighting power increased rather than decreased!
Under the combined suppression of the Sky Patrol Army's Ruins-Returning Arrow Rain and Chen Xueqing's Purifying Lotus, the onslaught of the Blood Corpse horde was instantly halted. The pressure on the Demon Slayer Army was greatly reduced, and their Arrowhead Battle Formation erupted with even more ferocious killing intent. Crimson-gold giant wolves led the way, and wherever their battle spears fell, the remaining Blood Corpses and evil cultivators fell like wheat being harvested! The army, like a red-hot iron piercing butter, swept through the ruins of Tianfeng Pass with unstoppable momentum, charging towards the heart of Rift Sky City!
The core of the Lietian City·Wanxiang Ruins.

This place is a convergence of filth and evil. The once magnificent palaces of the Myriad Manifestations Immortal Sect have long since collapsed, their ruins covered by a dark red, filthy fungal carpet. At the center of the ruins, a colossal altar, cast from countless bones and twisted metal, stands tall. At the top of the altar, suspended, is the supreme treasure—the Myriad Manifestations Celestial Disc—completely corrupted by the source of the Netherworld Blood Sea.

The Celestial Disc of this moment no longer possessed the profound and clear light of stellar deduction. Its bronze surface was covered with spiderweb-like dark red blood-red patterns, pulsating like the veins of a living creature, emanating a filth and soul-devouring power that could freeze the soul. At the center of the disc was no longer a star map, but a slowly rotating vortex of filthy blood; deep within the vortex, countless faces of souls struggling in agony could be vaguely seen.

Below the altar, the leader of the Rift Heaven Alliance, "Blood Bone Master," withered like a skeleton, clad in a human skin robe, was frantically pushing the last batch of abducted Wuzhou people into the blood pool surrounding the altar. The blood pool churned, vengeful spirits wailed, and essence blood was extracted, turning into blood threads that flowed into the altar, maintaining the operation of the filthy vortex of the Heavenly Secrets Disc.

"Soon...almost there!" Blood Bone Venerable's eyes gleamed with greedy and frenzied red light. "Once this Myriad Spirits Blood Gu Array completely connects with the remaining poison of Qingzhou's Annihilation, triggering the backlash of the withered Dao Laws, the Chaos Emperor Array will surely break! Once the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Mystery Disc has devoured enough blood souls, it can open the hidden node of that Ancient Burial Ruins of Gods and obtain that ancient..."

boom--! ! !
An indescribable, terrifying pressure descended upon Rift Sky City as if the entire sky had collapsed! The filthy, blood-red light covering the entire city was instantly suppressed and dimmed, and the frantically operating Myriad Spirits Blood Gu Array emitted a piercing wail, its operation immediately slowing down!

The Blood Bone Immortal looked up in shock.

Above Rift Sky City, the chaotic imperial array light had silently spread out, like an inverted giant bowl, completely sealing off the entire city and the surrounding hundred miles! Space was frozen, and not even a single soul's plea for help could be transmitted! Above the imperial array light screen, Yu Changsheng stood with his hands behind his back, his chaotic imperial robes fluttering without wind, his eyes indifferent, as if looking down on dust.

"Yu...Yu Changsheng?! How could it be so fast?!" Blood Bone Master was terrified.

"Evil heretics, how dare they covet the legacy of all things?" Yu Changsheng's voice was calm and even, yet carried the chilling weight of a divine judgment. He didn't even glance at the Blood Bone Immortal; his gaze was fixed on the pulsating, filthy Heavenly Secret Disc, his brow furrowing almost imperceptibly. "So filthy, what use is it?"

He extended his right index finger and gently touched the filthy vortex at the top of the altar.

"Return to the ruins."

A glint of gray light appeared at the fingertip, then transformed into a gray line that was condensed to the extreme and pure to the point of nothingness, shooting out silently.

This gray line moved faster than thought! It ignored distance! In the horrified gaze of the Bloodbone Master, in the instant the Filthy Heavenly Secret Disc erupted with desperate crimson light in an attempt to resist—

laugh!
The gray line was precisely positioned at the core of the swirling vortex of filthy blood.

There was no explosion, no loud noise.

There is only one thing that can freeze the souls of all living beings—the sound of annihilation.

The vortex of filthy blood stopped spinning abruptly. The foul energy that constituted the vortex, the countless souls struggling in agony, and even the Netherworld Blood Sea Daoist imprint on the Heavenly Secrets Disc itself, disintegrated and dissipated into the most primordial void particles the moment they touched the gray line, just like grains of sand thrown into the Eye of Return to Nothingness!
That filthy treasure, which the Rift Heaven Alliance paid a huge price for and regarded as their ultimate trump card, along with the evil spirit within it that was not yet fully formed, was completely reduced to nothing by Yu Changsheng's casual flick of his finger, leaving not even a trace!

"No—!!!" Blood Bone Master let out a heart-wrenching, desperate scream. His Dao Heart shattered instantly, and the backlash made his withered body as cracked as porcelain.

"kill!!!"

Wang Cheng descended like a divine warrior, his Chaos Bone Fist carrying the power to shatter the void, fiercely striking the Blood Bone Master who had lost his composure due to the destruction of his treasure!
The roars of the crimson-gold giant wolf and the battle cries of the Demon Slayer Army echoed like a final death knell throughout the defiled ruins of Wanxiang! (End of Chapter)