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Chapter 93 Innate Yin-Yang Five Elements Dao Body Holy Embryo: 100%! (Please Subscribe!)

Grab him!

The moment Master Tianyi's thought arose, he noticed a strange change in the scene before him, and his vision suddenly blurred.

When his vision returned, there was no longer a courtyard or Zhao Zheng in front of him; all that remained was a space filled with desolation and destruction, filled with demonic energy.

This demonic space is indistinguishable in terms of up and down, left and right. The surrounding demonic mist surges and is as thick as ink. Within the ink, or rather, within the demonic energy, the phantoms of celestial demons appear and disappear.

Not only did the phantom of the Heavenly Demon appear and disappear intermittently, but within the demonic energy, distorted human faces suddenly appeared, emitting painful and groaning screams before vanishing just as abruptly.

It seemed incredibly eerie!

Master Tianyi's expression changed drastically upon seeing this. Looking at the surging demonic energy that was corroding every inch of his skin, causing him to feel a stinging pain like being pricked by needles, and chilling him to the bone, his Dao heart trembled.

He wasn't afraid of being moved to this demonic place; he was just worried about Zhao Zheng's condition!

Leave this place, find Zhao Zheng, and remove the demonic influence from him!

This was what Daoist Tianyi was thinking, but before he could make a move, a terrifying pressure descended from the sky with a roar.

Looking up, one sees the four world-destroying mechanical symbols, their bodies shrouded in terrifying demonic energy, slowly materializing from the void. Though they do not engage in any killing, they exude terrifying power.

As the mechanical azure dragon raised its head, its iron-cast scales clattered together, and its roar shook the heavens, demonstrating its ability to devour all life in its surroundings.

The mechanical white tiger crouched with its back arched, its cold blade gleaming with a chilling light. As the tiger roared and ripped through the sky, a metallic aura hissed, eroding the myriad Daoist principles between heaven and earth.

The mechanical Vermilion Bird spreads its wings and bursts into flames, its molten iron feathers fluttering, its phoenix cry scorching the sky, and scorching waves of fire roar and rush in, displaying its power to incinerate all living things.

The mechanical Xuanwu lay still on the ground, its black iron armor roaring and emitting a hoarse, deep roar that suppressed the waves, unleashing a world-destroying and silencing power.

The four symbols roared and intertwined, unleashing their world-destroying power, and terrifying pressures enveloped Daoist Tianyi.

Master Tianyi saw the void trembling and the air wailing, and just as he subconsciously thought something was wrong.

It's time to get ready to take action!

"roar"

In the central Wuji Earth position, a mechanical Qilin slowly emerged and raised its head, its entire body covered in dark yellow Dao gold pivots resonating.

The Yin-Yang core, connecting the beginning and end, burst forth with dazzling golden light, and the Qilin roared, instantly overwhelming the power of the Four Symbols.

The power of the Earth element's central core spread rapidly, instantly freezing the imbalance of the four elements, restraining the world-destroying ferocity, and incidentally stopping the pressure that was pressing down on Daoist Tianyi.

The roars of dragons, tigers, phoenixes, tortoises, and unicorns echoed and reverberated, as five colossal figures stood in the void, displaying the terrifying power of the Four Symbols and Five Elements.

Even before the oppressive aura arrived, Daoist Tianyi felt his Dao heart tremble, his meridians stagnate, and his magical power was difficult to circulate. For a moment, even his breathing became heavy.

He looked at the Azure Dragon coiled in the east, its iron limbs intertwined like withered wood, exuding an aura of devouring all life; and the White Tiger crouching in the west, its cold blades menacing, its Daoist essence gradually eroded by its sharpness.

And the Vermilion Bird, with its wings folded in the south and its iron wings flowing with the intense heat of the setting sun, and the Black Tortoise, which lies dormant in the north and whose every breath seals off all things, and the Qilin, which suppresses the four symbols.

For a moment, Daoist Tianyi lost his will to fight. He now had only one thought: to leave this place and find Zhao Zheng.

Remove his demonic nature; you must remove his demonic nature!

With a thought in mind, Daoist Tianyi followed his intuition and turned into a rainbow of light, flying towards a direction that was neither up nor down nor left nor right.

One breath, ten breaths, a hundred breaths —

Along the way, Daoist Tianyi broke through countless demonic mists and avoided countless demons. Just as he saw a glimmer of light and thought he had found a way out, he stopped flying and looked up.

He was stunned; he froze on the spot!

Master Tianyi stared wide-eyed in horror as five jade pillars, engraved with demonic patterns, pierced the sky.

"I—have become Sun Wukong—!"

Daoist Tianyi looked down along the five towering jade pillars, and what came into view were the interwoven palm lines at their bases.

And, a giant hand, a demonic hand that blots out the sky!

Oh no, I've really become Sun Wukong!

Master Tianyi turned around with a trembling body, only to see a four-headed, nine-armed demon above him, whose eyes alone resembled stars, looking at him with a half-smile.

"Uncle-Master, why are you looking at me like that?"

As the sound faded and the scene disappeared, Daoist Tianyi saw the face of the great demon holding various white tiger flesh and blood gradually recede back into Zhao Zheng's.

And he returned to the courtyard once again!

The demonic energy, the four world-destroying symbols, and the Wutu Qilin were nowhere to be seen. Just when Daoist Tianyi thought that everything was an illusion, he saw a huge magical image, sixteen feet tall, slowly emerge behind Zhao Zheng.

The four heads lowered slightly and spoke in a demonic language that he could not understand, whispering in Zhao Zheng's ear what he perceived as a bewitching message from the heavenly demons.

Realizing that what he had just witnessed was not an illusion, Daoist Tianyi was greatly shocked and stepped back. Just as he was about to speak...

He saw Zhao Zheng frown, grab the Great Demon's neck with his left hand, and as the Great Demon screamed and turned into demonic mist, he saw Zhao Zheng open his mouth and inhale, swallowing the Great Demon.

"This is my martial uncle, my own, my own martial uncle! You want me to kill him? What kind of idiot are you? You dare to tell me what to do!"

"???"

The scene was too outrageous. Daoist Tianyi looked at Zhao Zheng, who seemed unaffected by the demonic influence, with a blank and wary expression.

So the question is, who can be unaffected by demonic influence?

"Uncle-Master, don't misunderstand. This is just a side effect of the cultivation technique. I haven't fallen into demonic possession. How could mere demonic thoughts control me?"

"Zhao Zheng spoke, thought for a moment, and then activated his technique. The new Great Magic Image behind him reappeared, but the technique quickly changed and the demonic energy disappeared. It was then quickly tinged with a brilliant gold color!"

Golden Buddha light, filled with great compassion and purity!

The Buddha's light shone brightly, and the three characters "Mahaksha" (大黑天) of Mahaksha Tathagata quickly faded away, and the three characters "Mahāprabhā" (大慈悲) were quickly added to them.

The Buddha's light shone brightly, exuding a sense of purity and peace, as if the supreme demonic intent filled with great destruction, great annihilation, and great annihilation was just an illusion, making Master Tianyi's expression even more bewildered.

After thinking about it, Master Tianyi understood!

"How dare a mere demonic heretic disturb my mind!"

Master Tianyi moved his feet, then he moved, then Master Tianyi stopped moving, then Master Tianyi moved again, then Master Tianyi stopped moving again!

Two minutes later!

Zhao Zheng successfully explained the whole story to Daoist Tianyi through reasoning. Daoist Tianyi, sporting dark circles under his eyes and a sullen face, stared at Zhao Zheng: "So you really haven't fallen into demonic possession?"

"Of course, I feel great right now!"

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""

Do you know how incredibly demonic you are right now?!

Master Tianyi's eyelids twitched as he watched Zhao Zheng, who spoke with emphasis and whose Tathagata image behind him occasionally flashed, transforming into a great magical form.

After thinking for a moment, he frowned and said, "So, you obtained your strength from the relic left behind by your master? Why didn't you tell me before?"

"To be honest, I always thought those things were marbles. I only found out in the last few days that the gifts my master gave me when he accepted me as his apprentice were all real. At first, I thought only those few things that looked real were genuine!"

"???"

What is truly real?

Wait, a gift for accepting an apprentice?

Isn't this a ceremony for becoming an apprentice?

Master Tianyi was taken aback for a moment, but he didn't dwell on the matter. Instead, he frowned and looked at Zhao Zheng: "Are you sure you haven't fallen into demonic possession?"

'

"No, I simply revised the Lotus Sutra of Salvation based on the eight characters 'the suffering of all beings' and 'the inherent non-existence of all phenomena' —"

"???"

"What's wrong?"

"—Continue!"

"I have revised the Lotus Sutra based on the eight characters 'The suffering of all beings is inherently nonexistent,' meaning that if all beings cease to exist, then there will be no suffering in the world."

Zhao Zheng paused for a moment, then continued, "Although it was a little unexpected that I managed to cultivate the Great Black Heaven Tathagata Dharma Form, it's not a big problem. It's still Tathagata, and this Tathagata is even more effective!"

Just like the saying goes, "Darkness makes you three times stronger, while whiteness makes you three times weaker," the power brought by the Mahakala Tathagata Dharma Form is much more effective than the power brought by the Mahaparinirvana Tathagata Dharma Form!

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I can not understand!

Furthermore, does the phrase "the suffering of all beings and the inherent non-existence of all phenomena" really mean that if all beings cease to exist, then suffering will no longer exist in the world?

Master Tianyi was bewildered. To be honest, he still felt that Zhao Zheng had fallen into demonic possession and was deceiving him.

However, given that he now has more important things to do, he decided to go back and call his master to discuss the matter of whether or not he is a demon.

Thinking of this, Daoist Tianyi glanced at Xiulian's room with a sigh and said, "She's a pitiful person too!"

"Uncle-Master, I don't want to hear her story!"

Zhao Zheng frowned and looked at Daoist Tianyi's puzzled eyes. He looked up at the courtyard, which was slowly being invaded by the rainstorm because it had lost Xiulian's power.

"There's always a reason why someone is pitiful!"

'

""

Master Tianyi remained silent. Zhao Zheng, watching his power waning, said, "Besides, saving lives is more important right now."

'

Zhao Zheng, the Flying Immortal, transformed into a streak of light and soared into the sky, leaving behind Daoist Tianyi, who opened his mouth but said nothing.

Zhao Zheng's figure appeared in the clouds, his gaze looking down at Anping County. Before his eyes, a curtain of dark rain, accompanied by a fierce wind, kept falling, and the turbid waves of the Haihe River, which had burst its banks, were churning in Anping County.

Or rather—the entire Tianjin area!

In the low-lying areas of the west and south of the city, large swathes of brick houses, thatched huts, and shacks collapsed under the flood.

The people struggled desperately in the water, some clinging tightly to the collapsing roof beams, their fingertips bleeding from the effort.

A child was swept away by a sudden wave, his small figure bobbing up and down in the yellow water. His mother frantically reached out to grab him, but was violently swept away by the current, and could only cry out in heart-wrenching pain.

A strong young man tried to protect his family, but was hit on the shoulder by a floating log. After screaming in pain, he was instantly swallowed by the flood.

The old man clung to a door panel, drifting with the current, barely breathing, while countless figures struggled in the turbulent water.

Cries, shouts for help, and pleas for assistance were drowned out by the torrential rain and the roar of the waves. A downpour turned most of the streets in the east and south of the city into a vast expanse of water.

"Mother! Hold on to me tight—"

"Waaaaah, someone save me—"

"Don't be afraid, baby, Mommy's holding you tight—"

"Waaaaah, it hurts so much—"

"Where are you, my husband?!"

"Help! Is anyone there?!"

"My home is gone, my home is gone—"

Then look at the brightly lit mansions in the high-lying eastern and northern parts of the city, and the scene of the rich sitting comfortably in their high halls, laughing and toasting each other.

Let's take a look at the concessions, which are situated on higher ground—

Then look at the women who lost their lives after Xiulian stole their faces, as well as Lu Chengyuan and his companion who were doing disaster relief downstream of the Ping'an River, and Xiang Yu who was rescuing people near the soup kitchen in the south of the city.

And some comrades who save lives, and some who use unorthodox methods to harm people —

"Tell me, if I kill them all, can you help me achieve the true realm of a terrestrial immortal?"

Zhao Zheng asked the Mahakala Buddha image behind him, and Mahakala's lips twitched a few times. Looking at this being who was even more demonic than himself, he said, "We're here to rescue people!"

"Oh, it's not allowed—"

Zhao Zheng gave an "oh," his voice tinged with regret, which prompted several cultivators passing by in the distance to quicken their pace and leave.

To be honest, this world is truly terrifying!

These were the thoughts of the passing monks!

"Speaking of which, where did this old woman get such a lot of resentment? It actually caused such a huge rainstorm and flood—"

""

Zhao Zheng pondered for a moment, but he had no intention of reading Xiulian's story. The reason was that he was simply too kind!

He didn't want to cause any more trouble!

The thought only lasted a moment. Zhao Zheng reached into his middle dantian, took out the relic that had lost most of its divine essence, and crushed it.

Click—

When the relic shattered, Zhao Zheng's primordial spirit was also shattered, though this was because he had completely refined the relic into his own. Although he could not directly attain the realm of a terrestrial immortal because of this.

However, having relics on his body will affect his future Buddhist practice—but never mind, what's the point of talking about it now that it's all gone!

"go!"

Zhao Zheng waved his hand and the golden powder that the relic had turned into flew in all directions. In an instant, all the dark clouds in the night sky disappeared.

The torrential rain that was about to pour down stopped instantly, and the floodwaters in Tianjin began to recede at a visible rate.

The people who should have been seriously injured were reduced to minor injuries by the golden powder transformed from the relics, and those who should have been slightly injured recovered their health.

Even the houses that should have collapsed stopped tilting, and the suffering beings were no longer so miserable!

"I really want to start this world anew—"

Zhao Zheng muttered to himself, and the eyelids of the sixteen-foot-tall Black Heaven Tathagata behind him twitched. It was still the same sentence!

Zhao Zheng is far more wicked than this great demon!

"However, it seems I really do need to restart!"

Zhao Zheng stared expressionlessly at his primordial spirit, which was severely injured by the shattering of the relic, and at the physical injuries caused by using the relic to gain a temporary terrestrial immortal realm.

To be honest, everything was just as he had imagined; he wouldn't feel any fear even if he faced death head-on!

Even so, he still didn't want to die!

But it's not a big problem; he can revert to his previous state after he dies!

"Once the game is over, I'm going to kill all ten of Xiulian's clans—" Zhao Zheng thought to himself as he fell from the clouds.

As he looked at the talent Gui Cang, whose image of life's myriad aspects had begun to flicker, he started to imagine that when he fell to the ground, he would create a large crater.

And will it hit someone?

A blinding light, a brilliant golden light that ordinary people could hardly see, even those who cultivated the Dao, suddenly erupted from the heavens and earth, emanating from all living beings in Anping County!

The dazzling golden light resembled the golden powder from the relics that Zhao Zheng had originally scattered, but upon closer inspection, it did not.

Golden light gathered in the sky before the naked eye, transforming into a golden relic similar to the previous one, but more like a marble, which was about to plunge into Zhao Zheng's brow!

However, before the relic could penetrate into Zhao Zheng's brow, a talisman radiating a mysterious blue light, namely the Yuanhuang's True Text of the Primordial Chaos Ancestral Qi, emerged from Zhao Zheng's brow.

A burst of pure energy transformed into three streaks of azure light, which gently touched the relic. In the next instant...

Click—

The relic shattered, turning into sparkling golden specks that seeped into Zhao Zheng's body amidst a regretful sigh!

The progress bar of the innate Yin-Yang Five Elements Dao Body Holy Embryo, which had been growing slowly, suddenly began to increase dramatically.

Innate Yin-Yang and Five Elements Daoist Body Sacred Embryo: 40%

Innate Yin-Yang and Five Elements Daoist Body Sacred Embryo: 60%

Innate Yin-Yang and Five Elements Daoist Body Sacred Embryo: 90%

Just as Zhao Zheng landed on the ground with a thud, creating a huge crater in human nature, just as he had expected.

The progress bar of the Innate Yin-Yang Five Elements Dao Body Holy Embryo reached 100% in an instant, and the injury that should have restarted was stopped in an instant.

As the five elements and yin-yang energies of heaven and earth converged and entered Zhao Zheng's body in an instant.

Zhao Zheng saw a string of prayer beads, composed of five colors—blue, yellow, red, black, and white—appear from the void and slam into his stomach with a thud.

"???"

Did I lose my prayer beads when I was a child?

Zhao Zheng's thoughts lasted only a moment, before disappearing and being replaced by the rosary made of twenty-one beads that appeared on his wrist!

It's confirmed, I really did lose my prayer beads when I was a child!

Zhao Zheng tried to do a somersault, but failed. He also felt a soft pillow behind his head!

The scene is roughly as shown in the picture below!

Zhao Zheng :) —●)

"Hey, are you alright? Don't die! I haven't even looked for you yet—" The voice that spoke was tinged with tears.

Chu Ruoxi is holding Zhao Zheng!

Before Chu Ruoxi could even cry, her voice disappeared as Zhao Zheng turned his head and looked at her with an expression as if she were an idiot, leaving Chu Ruoxi with a look of surprise in her eyes.

"Are you alright?"

"Something's wrong, I'm about to burst!"

Because Chu Ruoxi was holding him too tightly, Zhao Zheng was forced to make a muffled sound, which made Chu Ruoxi blush and quickly let go of Zhao Zheng.

During the process of loosening his grip, Zhao Zheng fell to the ground because he used a little force. Zhao Zheng looked expressionlessly at Chu Ruoxi, who was holding him in her arms and asking, "Are you alright?"

To be honest, he felt that woman was doing it on purpose!

However, Zhao Zheng thought to himself that it was alright, he would just consider it for the woman's sake—anyway, he wouldn't hold her mistake against him.

While Zhao Zheng was using the five energies within his body to recover from his injuries, which were no longer severe, he looked at Chu Ruoxi, who was holding him.

"How did you find me?"

"A woman's intuition!"

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Suddenly realizing that the other person wasn't so great either, Zhao Zheng regained his mobility, broke free from the other person's embrace, stood up, and asked.

"Are the girls' school students alright?"

"Oh, this—"

"—Never mind, I'll calculate it myself!"

Zhao Zheng looked at Chu Ruoxi, whose plain cheongsam was half-soaked by the rain, the thin silk clinging to her skin and outlining her voluptuous figure.

To be honest, it's actually not bad!

Zhao Zheng glanced past the two protruding figures, then used his left hand to perform divination using the Little Six Ren method to confirm that the female school student was alright.

That is, several female teachers died.

Zhao Zheng stopped his thoughts, his brows furrowing slightly as he assessed his unusually calm state of mind. He said to Chu Ruoxi, "Go back to the girls' school first. I'll go deal with some troublemakers!"

"Oh, okay, but are you really alright?"

Chu Ruoxi, recalling the scene she had witnessed Zhao Zheng falling directly from the sky, spoke with some concern.

Unfortunately, Zhao Zheng ignored her and disappeared, which made her so angry that she stomped her feet. However, she still went to the girls' school as Zhao Zheng had instructed.

Don't misunderstand, the reason she was so obedient was mainly to thank Zhao Zheng for saving her life in that strange place.

Yes, that's right, that's exactly it!

Zhao Zheng was unaware of these things, because he was currently rushing from the concession towards the south of the city; yes, he had just fallen into the concession.

He fell near the girls' school, which was a secondary reason why Chu Ruoxi found him, besides her intuition.

"My current speed is at least equivalent to two—three Fury—" Zhao Zheng said, looking at the street scene rushing past him.

After the innate Yin-Yang and Five Elements Dao Body Holy Embryo was successfully forged, it not only helped him find the string of prayer beads he had lost when he was a child.

At the same time, it is also enhancing him in all aspects!

Whether it's physical body or spiritual essence!

In addition to the above, even his Great Five Elements Destruction Divine Light, which had been in the process of being conceived, was completely successfully conceived due to the successful forging of the Innate Yin-Yang Five Elements Dao Body Holy Embryo!

Although he had already used it once with his temporary terrestrial immortal realm, the one that killed Xiulian.

"The speed is still a bit slow —"

As Zhao Zheng watched his speed increase with the use of lightness skills and movement techniques, he thought for a moment, then took out a few Jiama talismans and stuck them on his legs.

Swah—

As Zhao Zheng increased his speed again, the people in the concession and the eastern part of the city only felt a gust of wind appear beside them.

A minute later, Zhao Zheng arrived at the southern part of the city, where he had suspected someone was taking advantage of the chaos. The southern part of the city was some distance from the soup kitchen.

Arriving at a street where houses had collapsed due to the flood, Zhao Zheng didn't speak. Instead, he used his current speed to directly collide with the monk in front of him.

Thud—

The monk who was collecting souls with his prayer beads suddenly turned into a shower of blood and bits of flesh, exploding and scattering everywhere.

Just like Hughie in a certain TV series, the Taoist priest was stunned into a state of dazed terror. However, this Taoist priest was not Hughie after all, and he quickly came back to his senses.

The Taoist priest, regaining his senses, quickly pulled out a bottle from his robes, opened the bottle, and splashed it on Zhao Zheng's face, who was spotless and whose clothes were completely dry.

The pungent and foul-smelling venom was splashed towards Zhao Zheng's face, but Zhao Zheng stood there dumbfounded, neither dodging nor avoiding it.

Snapped-

Just as the Taoist priest was overjoyed to see the venom splashed on Zhao Zheng's face, he froze the next second!

He discovered that his venom didn't land on Zhao Zheng's face at all; instead, it slid down Zhao Zheng's clothes and onto the ground.

Seeing that Zhao Zheng's face and clothes were both unharmed, the Taoist looked at the ground sizzling and smoking from the venom, and turned to run away in horror.

[Status: Rising from the mud, yet remaining unstained]

[Description: Under the personal blessing of Prince Natsaguvara, your resistance to spells such as soul-capturing and plague has been greatly increased—you will not be contaminated by any impurities—]

[Note: Congratulations, you don't need to take a shower anymore]

The state of being untainted by mud not only provides resistance to spells and filth, but also to poisons.

After all, poison is also filth!

However, Zhao Zheng thought of another problem because of this. For example, what if Wu Xuan, who had always wanted his two junior sisters to go down the same path, were in this state?

When Wu Xuan has his junior sisters play with the tortoise, will this state cause any problems? Probably not, right?

The thought only lasted a moment. Zhao Zheng looked at the Taoist priest who had run five meters away, stretched out his right hand as a palm, and aimed it at the back of the fleeing Taoist priest.

Supernatural Power: The Great Five Elements Destruction Divine Light Unleashed!

As the light formed from green, yellow, red, black, and white bloomed in Zhao Zheng's palm, it reached the fleeing Taoist, who immediately stopped in his tracks.

Immediately afterwards, with a gentle breeze, the Taoist who had stopped in his tracks was reduced to dust in a series of cracking sounds and the sound of bones breaking, which then scattered in the wind.

Under the absolute divine power of the Great Five Elements Destruction Divine Light, the Taoist's life force was annihilated in an instant.

The kind that includes the primordial spirit!

"The power is decent, and the energy consumption is also decent, it's just a pity that it can't directly drive the opponent into the enemy territory, it can only drive them into the enemy territory————"

Zhao Zheng withdrew his hand with regret. When a person dies, they become a ghost; when a ghost dies, they become a spirit. This divine power of his could only kill the opponent twice, and he felt somewhat ashamed of the word "divine power."

The Great Five Elements Destruction Divine Light: ————

"Um?

Zhao Zheng raised an eyebrow as he watched the dense specks of light, smaller than the essence of the sun and moon and shaped like flames, pour into his body from all directions like a thick fog, causing subtle yet noticeable changes in his body.

Swah—

Subconsciously, he looked at the panel displaying the various aspects of life!

Status: Passing on the torch

[Introduction: There was once a country called Suiming, where people did not know the four seasons or day and night. In this country lived a fire tree called Suimu, which stretched for thousands of acres. Later, a sage traveled beyond the sun and moon and arrived in this country, resting beneath this tree. A bird resembling an owl pecked at the tree, and brilliant fire appeared. The sage was moved by this and used a small branch to drill for fire, thus becoming known as Suiren (the Man of Fire)]

[Feature 2: Leather]

[Introduction: Whenever you cleanse the world of filth, your act is seen by Heaven and Earth as a transformative act. Not only will killing not incur karmic consequences, but you will also receive a very small reward from Heaven and Earth.]

[Note: Filth ≠ Bad person]

"But—bad people = filth—"

Having understood some of the things, Zhao Zheng muttered to himself, then quickly gathered up the items left behind by the monk and Taoist priest, which were possibly things he had lost as a child, and continued his divination.

"continue!"

Zhao Zheng intended to continue towards his next destination, but his gaze was drawn to a woman who had witnessed him committing murder not far away, or rather, to her face.

Seeing the other person's face, which had become somewhat blurry because of Xiulian, Zhao Zheng frowned slightly. He changed his destination and headed straight for Xiulian's relatives' house!

He didn't mean anything by it; he had already said he would exterminate the other party's entire clan, and he meant it. Otherwise, he was afraid he would be letting down the women who had been killed by Xiulian.

The following day, August 23rd, at 6:00 AM, at Zuowang Temple, No. 49 Wangyun Road, East of the city, in the main hall of the expanded inner courtyard.

"Are you sure you haven't fallen into demonic possession?"

Thinking of the deaths of Xiulian's family members, Daoist Tianyi took a deep breath, clenched his fists, and asked Zhao Zheng, who was kneeling in front of the statues of the Three Pure Ones and the Three Mao True Lords.

"Uncle-Master, I have already backed down. I only exterminated Xiulian's three clans, I did not kill her—" Zhao Zheng stopped talking. Looking at Daoist Tianyi's expression, he chose to shut up.

"Master, Junior Brother didn't do anything wrong either. After all, according to what you said, the reason why Xiulian has such great abilities is because she harbors resentment, resentment forced out by her family. In other words, besides the remnants of the Great Chen Dynasty behind those people, Xiulian's family was also involved in the murders of those people."

Xiang Yu, who had sustained some injuries while rescuing people the night before, spoke weakly as he rubbed himself with safflower oil.

Master Tianyi didn't speak, but just glanced at Xiang Yu expressionlessly, and saw Xiang Yu leave the main hall with a sheepish smile.

He looked at Zhao Zheng with a helpless expression and said, "Get up." When Zhao Zheng didn't get up, he spoke even more helplessly.

"I'm not angry that you slaughtered Xiulian's entire clan last night—they deserved to die, just like those unorthodox practitioners you killed last night. But—you couldn't have just killed them!"

"Uncle-Master, do you mean to torture them slowly? That's not right, it's too cruel!" Zhao Zheng said, frowning slightly.

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Is it cruel?

Haven't you been torturing me all along?

Master Tianyi stared at Zhao Zheng expressionlessly for several seconds before saying, "What I mean is, if you're going to kill, you have to do it openly and honestly, so that no one can find an excuse to cause you trouble!"

He wasn't blaming Zhao Zheng for being too ruthless, because he also felt that those who took advantage of the chaos deserved to die.

He just felt that Zhao Zheng had left a loophole in the process, a loophole that others could use against him!

"Oh, is that so? So the unorthodox methods I killed last night weren't just unorthodox methods after all—" Zhao Zheng said with a smirk.

"—Good to know!"

Master Tianyi looked helpless, but Ziguang still scrutinized Zhao Zheng, asking, "Are you sure you haven't fallen into demonic possession?"

"I've fallen into demonic possession! Just now, the primordial demon of the demon realm even asked me to be his underling, saying he'd lead me to storm the Heavenly Court!"

"...

""

It's confirmed, this kid really hasn't fallen into demonic possession!

But—never mind, I don't want to think about it anymore!

Because his Dao heart had given him another warning, Daoist Tianyi stopped thinking about Zhao Zheng's words, "The suffering of all beings is inherently without form," which meant that if all beings ceased to exist, there would be no more suffering.

The more he tried not to think about it, the more his mind would unconsciously start thinking about it, and he even thought of some Buddhist scriptures along the way!

To be honest, he didn't think that was what the statement meant!

Master Tianyi subconsciously thought to himself, but then he looked at Zhao Zheng, who had clearly made a mistake but had cultivated the "Scripture of the Myriad Forms of No Salvation".

Click—

With an invisible, crisp sound, Daoist Tianyi took a deep breath, his face slightly pale, and swallowed the metallic taste rising in his throat.

"Hmm? Martial Uncle, were you injured by Xiulian?"

Zhao Zheng turned his head, and Daoist Tianyi nodded expressionlessly, opened his mouth, revealing teeth stained with blood.

"Yes, that's right, that's exactly it!"

He didn't mean anything by it; he just felt that everything Zhao Zheng said was correct. It wasn't that he didn't want to—never mind.

He doesn't want to anymore!

Master Tianyi left the main hall, but he didn't forget to tell Zhao Zheng to have dinner. Zhao Zheng replied that he understood.

Look at the panel depicting the myriad aspects of life!

A Portrait of Life

[Photo by: Zhao Zheng]

Age: 18

[Sect: Maoshan Seventy-Two Temples - Zuowang Temple]

[Record: The True Text Record of the Primordial Chaos Ancestral Qi]

[Rank/Class Status: Pending Trigger]

[Constitution: Innate Yin-Yang Five Elements Daoist Body, Sacred Embryo]

[Talent: Keen Eyes]

[Status: Severed Three Corpses (1/3) ————]

[Dao Realm: Refining Essence into Qi (Mid-Stage)]

[Martial Realm: Late Ninth Rank (Late Skin Refining)]

[Cultivation Method: The Sutra of Salvation from the Absence of All Phenomena (Completed)]

Skill Points: 5

Although Zhao Zheng's realm remained unchanged, his strength had increased several times over due to the innate Yin-Yang Five Elements Dao Body Holy Embryo, the relic, and the passing down of the torch.

As for where these five skill points came from, Zhao Zheng found the process of acquiring them somewhat laughable. The reason it was laughable was that he had actually tried to find demons and monsters to kill in order to gain skill points.

As it turns out, killing one's own kind also grants skill points. These five skill points were provided to him by those unorthodox practitioners who died at his hands last night.

"Um?"

Zhao Zheng's thoughts were automatically opened by the scroll and quickly swept over the three ink paintings of the intermediate state, the overturned master, and the eunuch, before actively separating out a fourth ink painting that was sketched at lightning speed.

A painting titled "Woman in Shackles"!

The ethereal voice, just as the ink painting was being drawn, rang in Zhao Zheng's ears.

"A single sheet of paper binds her to the passing years; though her reflection is absent in the mirror, her sorrow remains. Broken bones and a troubled heart ultimately lead to death; the shackles of the human world imprison her as well."

"Can I not read her story?"

Zhao Zheng, who didn't want to see Xiulian, the victim, become the perpetrator, thought to himself, but unfortunately, his Tuzi completely ignored him.

The sound and the image entered the ear at the same time. As Xiulian's story came to an end, Zhao Zheng added a line of poetry to the painting of the shackled woman with a blank expression.

"Faceless, I have never truly become a ghost; shackles bind my body, my soul gnaws at my bones. My life is but a killing spree, the knife is my only companion; before and behind the mirror, both are filled with sorrow."

You may be pitiful, but that doesn't give you the right to harm others!

Zhao Zheng muttered to himself, and with a thought, he became too lazy to look at the shackled woman's painting anymore. Instead, he looked at the new talent he had gained from the shackled woman's ink painting in the talent panel.

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