Staying in the sect, controlling beasts and cultivating immortals

The gray-purple clouds were completely torn apart by the pseudo-god's massive bone wings, which were as large as mountains. It was as if a huge hole had been pierced in the sky above Rift Sky City, revealing the twisted and writhing dark void behind it.

The enormous, suffocating skeleton hung in the sky, its gray-white bones entwined with countless dark red, filthy flesh tentacles. Every tiny tremor stirred up visible ripples in space.

Deep within its hollow eye sockets, two crimson lights suddenly shone, like demonic eyes opening in the depths of hell, sweeping across the earth with a pure will to destroy.

"Guixu Ballista, suppress! Lock onto the core node!" Wang Cheng's thunderous roar, amplified by the Chaos Emperor Formation, echoed across the battlefield.

He stood at the forefront of the Demon Slayer Army, his dark gold armor stained with purplish-black blood. His broken and regenerated Chaos Bone Arm was now wrapped in wisps of gray light, exuding a chilling aura of returning to the void.

The thirty thousand demon-slaying soldiers roared in unison, their military aura soaring into the sky and coalescing above the formation into a blood-soaked phantom of a giant wolf with bared fangs, silently howling at the false god and demon.

On both sides of the military formation, three hundred silent war puppets, cast entirely from gray-black metal with dark red patterns flowing at their joints, silently activated. Their cold metallic eyes locked onto the vital joints of the pseudo-gods and demons. They were silent yet deadly, weapons of slaughter forged by Mo Heng in the Myriad Transformations Returning to the Void Furnace.

High in the sky, the Sky Patrol Army's airship fleet scattered, converged, and evaded like a swarm of bees. The muzzles of the Void Crossbows shone with a deep, eerie light, and beams of light, imbued with the annihilation power of the Void, tore through the air and slammed into the massive leg bones and entwined tentacles of the pseudo-gods and demons.

Each impact exploded into a cloud of corrosive black mist and splattered bone fragments and blood. The ballista's energy left charred craters on its skeletal surface, but it could not truly shake its foundation. The pseudo-demon's massive head turned slightly, and its two crimson points suddenly locked onto a squadron of rapidly diving airships attempting to attack its ribs.

"Not good! Scatter!" The roar of the Sky Patrol Army Commander exploded in the communication device.

Too late.

The false god's jaw suddenly opened, and a thick, solidified, dark gray beam of light, seemingly compressed from billions of dead souls, silently burst forth!

The beam of light traveled at a speed that exceeded the limits of visual perception. The several sky-cruising ships that were struck, along with the valiant cultivators on board, lost all color and vitality in an instant, without even exploding. Like insects thrown into amber, they were frozen in mid-air, and then silently turned into the finest dust and scattered under the crushing force of the laws.

The beam of light, still powerful, slammed into the phantom image of the giant tortoise shield that had been temporarily raised on the flank of the Demon Slayer Army.

Boom—Crack!
The phantom of the Xuan Turtle trembled violently, its surface instantly covered with spiderweb-like cracks. The hundreds of elite Demon Slayers supporting the formation turned deathly pale, coughing up blood and their auras weakened.

The destructive beam of the pseudo-gods and demons carried a despairing power of law, the lingering might of gods and demons forcibly distorted and corrupted, filled with an extreme aversion to life.

"Purifying Domain: Azure Lotus Soul Suppressor!"

A clear and resolute female voice pierced through the destructive roar. Chen Xueqing sat cross-legged on the jade lotus platform atop the purification tower, her face pale, but her fingertips as steady as a rock.

The Pure Blue Lotus before her shone brightly, and layers of pure blue-green ripples rapidly spread outwards from her center.

This purifying power, brimming with boundless vitality, formed a solid light barrier in front of the Demon Slayer Army. On the barrier, countless illusory blue lotuses bloomed and spun, firmly resisting the terrifying mental roars and law-shattering shocks brought by the subsequent impact of the destructive beams.

The light barrier fluctuated violently and even caved inward, but it did not shatter, giving the crumbling Xuan Turtle Army a precious chance to breathe and preventing a complete collapse of its flanks.

"Your Majesty!" Mo Heng's voice was unusually urgent, echoing in the core of the Chaos Emperor Array. In the center of the Returning Void Star Orbit Compass in front of him, a dazzling crack was slowly spreading.

"The intelligence Ling Wuying risked his life to relay is accurate! The core driving force of that pseudo-god-demon is precisely the half-piece of the Chaos Origin Core that was forcibly refined into its chest cavity! Those madmen from the Rift Heaven Alliance drained the essence of the largest remains deep within the Burial God Ruins, corrupting and distorting it, using it as a 'key' to activate this pseudo-object! If it is allowed to completely fuse..."

Standing at the core of the formation, Yu Changsheng's imperial robes fluttered even without wind.

He did not answer immediately. His deep gaze pierced through the barriers of the imperial formation, crossed the brutal battlefield, and locked onto the depths of the pseudo-god's chest cavity—not where the heart was, but where a huge crystal fragment, constantly pulsating and emitting a nauseating dark red and purplish light, was embedded.

Countless thick tubes, seemingly made of congealed blood, connected the fragments to the bones of the false gods and demons. With each pulse, they pumped out withered Dao power that was enough to pollute the heavens and earth.

“The key…” Yu Changsheng whispered, his voice as cold as the ice of the deepest hell.

He sensed it; the Sword of Annihilation was humming like never before beside him, its blade trembling violently, and the dark red divine runes were writhing and extending wildly like living things, almost detaching from the sword.

That wasn't excitement, but a primal, insatiable greed and a desire to devour power of the same level!
This ferocious weapon, which once devoured the finger bones and Dao traces of gods and demons, developed an uncontrollable desire for that corrupted and distorted fragment of the source core.

At the same time, a cold, silent, vast, and boundless will, emanating from that fragment and through the body of the pseudo-god, indifferently cast its gaze upon the battlefield. The will of the Chaos Origin Core!

It is not an ally, but a predator of a higher level, taking advantage of the madness of the Rift Heaven Alliance and this war to seize what it wants!

"Mo Heng, lock the compass! Wang Cheng, clear the way for me! Xue Qing, purify the source nuclear contamination with all your might!" Yu Changsheng's orders were resolute, carrying an unquestionable imperial authority.

He stepped out of the core of the Imperial Formation, his figure already appearing high in the sky at the forefront of the battlefield, facing the terrifying creation that resembled a mountain. "Understood!" Wang Cheng roared, the gray light on his Chaos Bone Arm surged, and the Overlord Blood Burning Heaven Domain was activated to its limit, as if a layer of burning crimson flames covered his dark gold armor.

He no longer held his ground; his figure, like a crimson-gold meteor tearing through the battlefield, charged fiercely towards one of the pseudo-demon's supporting giant legs! "Demon Slayer Army! Follow me—break!"

The Bloodstained Giant Wolf Army roared once more, and all the Annihilation War Puppets' eyes blazed with red light. They abandoned their ranged attacks and followed Wang Cheng closely, like the sharpest awls, fiercely chiseling at the leg joints of the pseudo-god and demon!

The firepower of the Guixu crossbows was concentrated instantly, providing cover for this desperate charge.

High in the sky, the remaining spaceships also adopted a desperate posture to attract the attention of the pseudo-gods and demons.

Chen Xueqing took a deep breath, her hands forming an intricate and profound mudra on the jade lotus platform, a trickle of crimson blood spilling from the corner of her mouth.

Despite her own nearly depleted life force, she unleashed the power of the Pure Lotus to an unprecedented level.

A beam of pure, emerald light pierced through layers of filthy energy and distorted laws, like a glimmer of life breaking through the heavens and earth, and shone with unparalleled precision on the pulsating dark purple source core fragment inside the chest cavity of the pseudo-god and demon!
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Like a red-hot iron being plunged into ice water, a piercing corrosive sound resounds on the soul level.

The viscous filth and dark red blood vessels wrapped around the source core fragments churned violently, shrank, and emitted large plumes of foul-smelling black smoke under the illumination of the emerald green light.

For the first time, the enormous body of the false god-demon let out a painful, inhuman howl, its movements instantly stiffening, even causing the beam of destruction to pause!
The cold will of the Chaos Origin Core seemed to fluctuate slightly, instinctively feeling disgust and rejection towards this pure purifying power.

It's now!

Yu Changsheng's eyes flashed with a sharp light!
The Sword of Annihilation transformed into a dark gray lightning bolt, carrying the true meaning of returning to the void and devouring all things. Ignoring spatial distance, it pierced straight into the chest of the false god and demon!
Wherever the sword passed, space silently vanished, leaving behind a dark trail that could not be healed for a long time.

This time, the target of the Annihilation Sword was crystal clear—the fragment of the source core whose contaminated outer shell had been temporarily suppressed by the Purifying Lotus!
Boom! ! !

The Sword of Annihilation pierced its target with unparalleled precision! The dark red divine runes, like sharks smelling blood, instantly wrapped around the source core fragments.

A devouring power a hundred times more ferocious and ten thousand times more greedy than when it devoured the finger bone of the god and demon suddenly erupted!

The purified portion of the source core fragment dimmed and collapsed at a visible speed. Streams of pure and ancient, yet primordial chaotic and violent primordial power were forcibly drawn out and surged wildly into Yu Changsheng's body along the sword!
"Ugh—!"

Yu Changsheng's body trembled violently, and he let out a suppressed groan.

This power was too immense, too primal! It washed over his limbs and bones, impacted his Dao foundation which was covered in hidden injuries, and poured even more fiercely into the Annihilation Sword itself.

The Sword of Annihilation emitted a dragon's roar of extreme excitement. The dark Dao patterns on its blade spread, multiplied, and became solid and heavy, while the dark red divine patterns became even more eerie and profound. The aura of the entire sword rose at a terrifying speed! The space around the sword's edge completely distorted and collapsed into a constantly rotating and expanding miniature black hole, frantically tearing and devouring the pseudo-god's body! The massive skeleton began to shake violently, bone fragments flew everywhere, and the flesh and blood channels connecting to the source core snapped one by one!
However, something strange happened suddenly!

Deep within the source core fragments pinned by the Sword of Annihilation and being rapidly devoured, the cold and dormant will of the chaotic source core suddenly became incredibly clear and incredibly furious!
It seemed to be utterly enraged by the "ant-like" plundering by the Sword of Annihilation. An absolute will of "nothingness" and "end," far more terrifying than the pressure of a pseudo-god or demon, seemingly originating from the very beginning of the universe, pierced through the fragments of the source core, ignoring all defenses, and crashed fiercely into Yu Changsheng's sea of ​​consciousness!
puff!
Yu Changsheng was struck as if by a massive hammer blow, and his imperial robes were instantly soaked with the purple-gold imperial blood he spat out!
His tall figure staggered suddenly in mid-air, and the chaotic imperial aura flowing around him instantly became disordered and dissipated!
At his brow, the purple-gold rune symbolizing the Chaos Emperor's Seal flickered violently, its light fading like a candle in the wind. Even more terrifying, the dense cracks on his Dao Foundation, which had been forcibly suppressed, suddenly accelerated and expanded under this soul impact from his very source, like a stone thrown into ice! The excruciating pain that penetrated to the bone and tore at his primordial spirit swept through his entire body, almost causing him to lose his grip on the sword hilt.

The devouring of the Annihilation Sword paused momentarily. Seizing this critical opportunity, that cold and immense will, like the most cunning venomous snake, did not directly confront the Annihilation Sword's devouring. Instead, it separated an extremely subtle force, yet carrying the intent of ultimate withering and annihilation, and silently flowed upstream along the energy channel connecting the sword to Yu Changsheng, its target the largest crack in his Dao foundation!

“Ants…thieves…become…nourishment…” Intermittent, emotionless, and cold thoughts echoed in Yu Changsheng’s mind.

"Your Majesty!" Chen Xueqing cried out in utter agony. She clearly "saw" the worsening of Yu Changsheng's Dao Foundation cracks and felt the ultimate malice directed at His Majesty, surging back along the sword. The pseudo-demon was briefly stunned by the damage inflicted by the Annihilation Sword, and the pressure she was under lessened slightly, but the light on the Jade Lotus Platform flickered even more rapidly, indicating that it was at its last gasp.

Without the slightest hesitation, a resolute glint flashed in Chen Xueqing's eyes, and her ten fingers formed hand seals like butterflies flitting among flowers, leaving behind afterimages with such speed.

She opened her mouth, and a spurt of essence blood, containing rich life essence and the Daoist charm of the Azure Lotus, as dazzling as stars, gushed out and merged into the Pure World Azure Lotus in front of her without reservation!
"With my blood, I ignite my soul, to purify the world... and return to the source!" A clear shout echoed across the battlefield.

Om-!
The Pure Lotus burst forth with an unprecedented, boundless blue light that seemed capable of purifying all the heavens and myriad worlds! The brilliance of the light instantly dispelled the vast expanse of foul and dark clouds above Rift Sky City.

This light was no longer merely for defense and purification; it carried the final prayer and pure Dao principles formed from Chen Xueqing's burning life and soul, transforming into an exquisitely condensed emerald rainbow. It no longer attacked the fragments of the source core, but traversed the void, precisely illuminating the point where the blade and body of the Annihilation Sword were frantically devouring the power of the source core—the core node where the sword body and Yu Changsheng's power merged, and also the key channel through which the withered and annihilating power flowed back to erode it!

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The emerald rainbow collided fiercely with the hidden power of withering and annihilation!
There was no earth-shattering explosion, only the most intense dissolution and annihilation at the level of laws. The power of purification, like the gentlest flame and the most resilient vine, tightly bound that cold, lifeless force, frantically purifying, neutralizing, and stripping away its evil intent.
At that moment, a vast vitality and the Daoist charm of the Azure Lotus flowed along the sword, like sweet spring water flowing into a dry riverbed. Part of it flowed into the largest crack deep in Yu Changsheng's Dao foundation, attempting to repair and smooth it out; the other part was injected into the excessively greedy spirituality of the Extinction Sword itself, which was almost being eroded by the will of the Chaos Source Core!
The tremor of the Annihilation Sword suddenly changed! Previously pure devouring and ferocity, it now possessed a soothing clarity. The flow of gray Dao patterns and dark red divine runes on the sword's body momentarily paused and balanced. The withering power that was reversing its flow and eroding Yu Changsheng's Dao foundation was firmly resisted by the Azure Lotus Divine Rainbow, even forced back slightly!
"Xue Qing!!!" Wang Cheng's eyes widened in horror as he watched the figure seated atop the tower spit out blood essence, her aura plummeting like a cliff's edge, the light of the jade lotus platform instantly dimming by more than half. He let out a beast-like roar, the gray light and crimson-gold blood energy intertwining on his chaotic bone arm, and with a reckless punch, he shattered a huge bone spike sweeping towards him, charging wildly towards Chen Xue Qing.

He knew that Chen Xueqing was risking her life to buy His Majesty a glimmer of hope to reverse the tide of fate! (End of Chapter)