He was invincible from the beginning of the Heaven-Covering Era.

"What kind of fist technique is this? Who exactly are you? How do you have such combat power? Why are you so strong?" Saint Chenyuan asked in a daze, somewhat incredulously.

His questions surged forth like a mighty river, for this matter was truly terrifying. In all his years of traversing the world, he had never seen such a being before, not even on the ancient star road.

"This fist is called the Heavenly Dao Fist. Heaven is supreme, and Dao is the source of all laws. This fist is formed by me gathering the Dao thoughts of all the young supreme beings in the Dao-cutting stage throughout the ages. It is the culmination of all Daos."

"As for who I am, the world calls me the Demon Lord. You can ask the Taiyin Elders and you'll know a lot about me. But once you fall into my hands, you won't have that chance."

"If you could fight against every young supreme cultivator who has ever mastered the secret realm techniques throughout history, and completely absorb their Dao fruits and transform them into your own punch, then you would know why I am so strong."

As Zhou Qing answered casually, he recalled the details of how he had just thrown that punch.

The Heavenly Dao Fist is a summary of all his gains from the Dao Child Trials over the past few years. He absorbed the essence of the Great Dao concepts of all the young supreme beings and made it his own. Then, with his own Great Dao concepts as the core, he created this fist.

He had been slowly comprehending this punch since he completed his Dao Tribulation, but it wasn't until he became a half-saint that inspiration suddenly struck him and it truly took shape.

"Why don't you kill us? Do you want to use us for something else?" Saint Tianyuan said expressionlessly.

Zhou Qing looked at the two primordial spirits in his hand and revealed a strange smile. He slowly said, "Of course they're useful, especially for you. As one of the biggest executioners back then, countless people in the Ziwei Star Region wish they could skin you alive. You want to die directly at my hands? It's not that simple."

Saint Tianyuan's face darkened with anger as he asked, "What exactly do you want?"

“Establish an altar, place your Saint-level primordial spirits on it, and see if it will trigger a humanistic resonance again. That’s all,” Zhou Qing said calmly.

Saint Tianyuan was driven to rage by his impotence and seemed to want to resist, but unfortunately, he only had half of his primordial spirit left. Zhou Qing easily suppressed him into the Mountain and River Diagram.

"I never imagined there would be someone as strong as you in this life. I never imagined someone like you would become an enemy of our Taiyin Divine Sect. What a pity," said Saint Chenyuan.

"You were a genius, but unfortunately you were born into this lineage, destined to be my enemy. Now you can only fall in despair," Zhou Qing sighed, suppressing Saint Chen Yuan into the Mountain and River Diagram as well.

Now that both sages have been suppressed by Zhou Qing, the Taiyin Divine Sect has completely lost its ability to resist.

Zhou Qing also stopped making a move. He stood in the sky, his divine sense covering the entire Taiyin Divine Sect, silently watching all the battles below.

The elders of the Taiyin Divine Sect are not unlimited. After several fierce battles, there are now less than five people left. The Taiyin Sect Leader is still alive, although he is covered in blood and seriously injured, and is still fighting fiercely.

brush!

A beautiful figure appeared beside Zhou Qing.

He asked, "Have you dealt with those two saints?"

"It's resolved. You've killed quite a few living fossils in this battle. I see your path is becoming clearer and clearer. How much longer until you can sever your path?" Zhou Qing said with a smile.

"Who can say for sure? I thought I was strong enough on the path I was on, but after seeing your punch, I realized that I'm nothing special and can become even stronger." Dao Qingling's tone was somewhat helpless, strange, and contained an indescribable complex emotion.

She stopped making a move. There weren't many strong people left in the entire Taiyin Divine Sect, and the living fossils of the Sun lineage were enough to clean up the entire battlefield. So she stood in the sky, watching the battle below while talking with Zhou Qing.

Half a day later, the Taiyin Divine Sect fell completely silent. Mountains of corpses and rivers of blood lay scattered across the land, cracks spread across the earth, and countless palaces and pavilions collapsed, creating a scene of utter desolation.

A Kunpeng flew over from afar and landed beside Zhou Qing, transforming into a middle-aged man. He said, "I've dealt with that Great Sage. I must say he's quite capable. It took me some effort to finish the battle."

After landing beside Zhou Qing, the Kunpeng Ancestor glanced at the scene and then asked in surprise, "You really dealt with those three people? There was even a Saint King among them. How did you do it?"

He found it incredible. Zhou Qing had previously sent him a telepathic message, instructing him to take only the Great Sage and leave the other three behind. He had felt that Zhou Qing was being somewhat reckless.

However, he figured that with the Supreme Emperor Weapon here, he wouldn't have any problem keeping his life safe, so he let it go. He thought that when he returned, Zhou Qing would still be fighting those three saints, but he didn't expect that the battle here had already ended.

"The Demon Lord killed a Saint with just one sword strike. It's truly unimaginable how easily he could slaughter a Saint," a living fossil of the Ancient Sun Cult flew up and exclaimed.

When Kunpeng Ancestor heard this, he was surprised but also felt it was normal. A half-saint killing a saint was something any of the Eight Forbidden Ones could do, so it was nothing. What puzzled him was how that Saint King was killed.

Driven by curiosity, he used the Return to Origin technique to reverse time in this area and view past scenes.

Upon closer inspection, he was astonished and speechless!

Seeing Zhou Qing activate his divine restriction, unfold his divine form, and unleash an extremely terrifying fist technique in the past, he was completely stunned.

“You are truly a variable in the world, so powerful that it is unimaginable. I don’t know why someone like you would appear in the world. Logically speaking, even if the universe were to be born and destroyed, it might not produce a person like you. I don’t know how to describe you. What should you be?” Kunpeng Ancestor murmured.

Zhou Qing smiled and said, "Anyway, we're on the same side, and that's enough."

As if waking from a dream, the Kunpeng Ancestor laughed, genuinely grateful that he had chosen to befriend such a person. Would he lack a potential emperor in the future?

"Demon Lord, the battlefield has been basically cleaned up. Here is a list of the spoils. Please take a look," said the living fossil of the Sun lineage.

He didn't fly up here out of boredom; he had come to report that the battlefield below had been cleaned up.

Zhou Qing glanced at the list: scriptures, magical artifacts, ancient medicines, refining materials, various sources, and so on. The harvest was simply enormous.

“The amount of divine sources is rather small,” Zhou Qing said.

"There's nothing we can do. In order to provide energy for the Great Sage Array, the Taiyin Divine Sect poured in most of its stored divine source, and now only this much is left," sighed the living fossil of the Sun Ancient Sect.

"That's settled then. Let's go back to Tanggu first, and then we can discuss dividing the treasure," Zhou Qing said.

Then the portal opened, and the group returned to Tang Valley.

After everyone left, the commotion attracted passersby in Luzhou, and the news quickly spread throughout Ziwei.

Chapter 226 Movements of the Purple Star

The destruction of the Taiyin Divine Sect caused another huge uproar on the ancient star Ziwei.

In Luzhou, in Shenzhou, in the East China Sea, in the North China Sea, you can hear people discussing this matter almost everywhere.

The Ice Demon Palace in the Land of Extreme Ice is located in the vast ice plains of the far north of Luzhou, and is also an immortal holy site of Luzhou.

But today, the atmosphere in their council hall is heavy. The Taiyin Divine Cult has been wiped out, leaving them feeling extremely insecure.

Not only the Ice Demon Palace, but even major sects not located in Luzhou lack a sense of security.

The place that was destroyed was an immortal holy land, not the ordinary sect that Wu Daoque destroyed, which barely produced one or two great powers and had no other foundation.

In just a few years, the Golden Crow Clan and the Taiyin Divine Sect, two great immortal holy lands, have been destroyed. There are few forces on the Ziwei Ancient Star with a stronger foundation than them.

Nowadays, only forces like the Temple of Longevity and the Palace of Human Kings, which continue their glory and have preserved their various foundations relatively well, can feel at ease knowing they are not threatened.

Forces like the Ice Demon Palace, which once had quasi-emperors but have now destroyed all their quasi-emperor array patterns and quasi-emperor weapons, do not have the same confidence as the Longevity Temple and the Human King Palace.

In addition, forces that are on good terms with Zhou Qing, such as the Ziwei Divine Dynasty and the Guanghan Palace, are also at ease.

Although they were equally shocked by the destruction of the Taiyin Cult, they were not overly concerned about their own safety.

It's obvious who did this. The supreme imperial might in this battle was like a declaration to the world: This was done by my Sun God Cult!

On the ruins of the Taiyin Divine Sect, the old man king reappeared, using a king's secret technique to view the past scene. Then he suddenly gasped, his expression one of utter shock.

"Senior King, do you know who made the move?" A group of passersby gathered in a circle and asked in awe.

Most of these passersby were senior elders of various sects, and some sect leaders also came here in person, just to see the battlefield and see if there were any treasures they could have found.

For example, sacred blood and sacred bones are excellent materials for both medicine and weapon forging.

Although Zhou Qing and his group cleaned up the battlefield, took away the accumulated wealth of the Taiyin Divine Sect over countless millennia, and also took away a lot of the holy blood and holy bones scattered on the ground, some things were still left behind.

These passersby came specifically for these overlooked treasures. They would find as many as they could, and even if the magical artifacts they found were broken, they could still be used to reward disciples with low cultivation levels.

Old Man Wang stood on the ruins, his expression shifting, as if he had witnessed something incredible, something so unbelievable that he felt like he was living in a dream.

Finally, he sighed deeply and said, "The Demon Lord can actually slaughter a Saint. I am no match for the Demon Lord!"

Upon hearing this, all the passersby immediately turned their attention to him, speechless with shock.

Much later, people began to murmur, and more and more people started to discuss it intensely.

And so, the old man's words were spread.

The shock caused by this event far exceeded Zhou Qing and others' expectations, because it was a very unusual signal.

this means,

The fact that someone with imperial potential has reached the level of being able to slay saints is the worst possible news for all geniuses aspiring to attain enlightenment.

Besides a group of young prodigies such as Yin Tiande, Sanque Daoren, and Jiutou Jiaowang, there were also some reclusive kings, such as Guangming Wang and Tianyao Wang, who all felt extremely oppressed.

However, this may not necessarily be a bad thing.

Although many people felt immense pressure, it was precisely because of this that many finally recognized their own talents and understood just how difficult the path to enlightenment truly is.

In fact, even without Zhou Qing, once they reached the Ancient Star Road, they would eventually realize their true status. The so-called successors of the Immortal Holy Land, the divine sons of a clan, etc., were mostly just there to make up the numbers.

Now that Zhou Qing is here, they have experienced the cruelty of this path in advance, and many of them are actually cultivating more steadily.

The path of spiritual practice requires being down-to-earth and taking one step at a time. Now, many people have a different state of mind after letting go of the pressure of urgently seeking spiritual practice.

Watching the clouds drift and the leaves fall, my mind calmed down, which aligned with the true meaning of cultivation, and my own cultivation improved greatly.

However, some people, upon hearing news of Zhou Qing, not only failed to let go but became even more anxious than before.

For example, Yin Tiande's eyes turned bloodshot after hearing the news, and he was almost driven mad.

"Damn it, why can't I sever my path?! How do I sever it? How do I sever it? How do I walk this path?!"

Yin Tiande suddenly went mad inside a cave, his magical power surging, destroying the cave in a mess. Some of his followers were so frightened that they trembled and hurriedly left the cave.

At this moment, only one person dared to enter the cave, and that was Yin Tianzhi.

His complexion was poor; his body was fine, but his Daoist heart was flawed.

Not long ago, he was easily defeated in a battle against the maid of the Shenzhou princess, which greatly damaged his confidence.

Although he believed that his talent was not as good as his elder brother Yin Tiande, his talent was by no means inferior to that of some ordinary holy sons and daughters of holy lands.

But he couldn't even beat a maid.

He was depressed for a long time after that battle, but after being comforted by Yin Tiande, he barely regained his confidence.

But from then on, his Dao heart was like a glass ball full of cracks, ready to shatter again at any moment.

Now Yin Tiande is also experiencing psychological problems. Yin Tianzhi looked at his older brother's crazy appearance with a face full of worry.

He stood at a distance that was close but outside Yin Tiande's attack range, and couldn't help but say, "Brother, you can't rush the Path of Cultivation. In the past, how many outstanding people have perished at this stage because they didn't think about their own path and hastily cut off their path?"

However, Yin Tiande's situation was better than he had imagined.

The reason why a genius is a genius is not only because of his extraordinary physical constitution, such as his flesh and blood and primordial spirit, but also because of his extraordinary personality.

Don't get annoyed by problems, don't get impatient when faced with obstacles, never give up, and even if you encounter unimaginable setbacks, you can quickly calm down, think carefully, and overcome the difficulties with unwavering will.

It's easier to change mountains and rivers than to change one's nature. Throughout history, many people have had extraordinary encounters, but if their character doesn't match their power, they are prone to premature death or getting stuck in a certain realm.

He never made any further progress in his life.

Yin Tiande is a true prodigy. Although he is currently out of balance, he can still control his power and keep it concentrated in a small area without spreading it out.

In less than a quarter of an hour, Yin Tiande's expression returned to calm. He waved his hand, restored the cave to its original state, and then walked out.