Lu Changsheng coldly replied, “I want to borrow that head of yours for a moment, to act as Heaven’s agent and accumulate virtue.”
Upon hearing this, Black Mountain Old Ancestor became even more furious.
After all, as a prodigy of the Demonic Dao, it only took him over two hundred thousand years to become a great demon at the third level of the Daluo Golden Immortal. Yet Lu Changsheng wanted to treat him as some wild monster to farm?
“Seeking death!”
Black Mountain Old Ancestor activated his Demonic Cultivation Skills, and a cataclysmic Demonic Qi covered the heavens. Endless dark clouds pressed down with chilling winds that made one’s hair stand on end.
The terror of Black Mountain Old Ancestor’s demonic skills caused even some of the lower-leveled heretic cultivators of Black Cloud Cave to tremble.
Black Mountain Old Ancestor had a notorious reputation, as well as extremely high strength.
The other Demon Sect Elders also summoned their magical artifacts and joined Black Mountain Old Ancestor in besieging Lu Changsheng.
“It’s just right to test the might of the Fifth Layer of the ‘Sword Scripture of the Divine King’ by using your hands.”
Lu Changsheng summoned three Immortal Swords at the same time—the second sword of the Nine Heavens Sword Formation, Bixiao Celestial Sword, the third sword Qingxiao Immortal Sword, and the seventh sword Zixiao Immortal Sword!
Hongmeng Green Qi, Hongmeng Blue Qi, and Hongmeng Purple Qi—three columns of sword Qi light that illuminated the heavens and earth shattered the demonic clouds.
“Three… three medium-grade Holy Artifacts!”
“One person controlling so many Holy Artifacts?!”
“He has too many medium-grade Holy Artifacts!”
Black Mountain Old Ancestor and the assembly of Demon Sect Elders were shocked to see three medium-grade Holy Artifact-level Immortal Swords revolving around Lu Changsheng.
They had severely underestimated Lu Changsheng’s strength!
“Unity of Person and Sword, Heaven and Earth, Only I!”
Lu Changsheng drove the three divine swords simultaneously, achieving Unity of Person and Sword, feeling the terrifying pressure of the three columns of sword Qi.
He began to use the Fifth Layer of the Sword Intent from the ‘Sword Scripture of the Divine King’.
“No!”
Black Mountain Old Ancestor and the Demon Sect Elders found the gap in strength between them too vast!
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A day later, corpses lay strewn all over Black Cloud Cave, with the bodies of Black Cloud Cave’s heretic cultivators visible everywhere.
By his own power, Lu Changsheng had leveled Black Cloud Cave.
Before Black Mountain Old Ancestor could reveal his backer, Lu Changsheng had already killed him.
As for the billions of beings enslaved by Black Cloud Cave, Lu Changsheng had released them all.
This act directly earned Lu Changsheng hundreds of millions of units of virtue.
After dealing with the heretic cultivators of Black Cloud Cave, Lu Changsheng moved on to the next location to slay demons and eliminate evil.
Ten days after Lu Changsheng left Black Cloud Cave, several beams of golden light descended, and a few great monks appeared, led by a compassionate-looking divine monk.
“Black Mountain Old Ancestor has been annihilated both physically and spiritually, and he has been killed by someone.”
“Black Mountain Old Ancestor was not weak. Who exactly killed him?”
“That person has erased all traces of themselves.”
“Black Mountain Old Ancestor had committed numerous atrocities and had incurred the hatred of many Immortal Sects. It’s not surprising that he was killed.”
…
Lu Changsheng, unlike Zhengsheng Sect, which had many concerns, took action to erase a few Great Demon Heads. After ensuring he had accumulated enough virtue to increase the levels of the Heavenly Earth Mystical Yellow Exquisite Pagoda, he returned to Zhengsheng Sect.
The remaining virtue would be accumulated by his disciples.
Lu Changsheng began to comprehend the Sixth Layer of the ‘Sword Scripture of the Divine King’.
…
Twenty-nine thousand five hundred years after Lu Changsheng left Jinglong Mountain, because his disciples gradually returned virtue, the Heavenly Earth Mystical Yellow Exquisite Pagoda finally grew to twenty-three layers.
The quality of the twenty-three-layered Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda surpassed that of a medium-grade defensive Holy Artifact!
With such a defensive magical artifact, along with the Void Mirror and Dragon Bone Red-gold Armor, Lu Changsheng could at least ensure his own safety.
“It’s time to call back the disciples.”
Lu Changsheng took out a talisman—a seventeenth-grade Golden Immortal puppet talisman.
His True Qi infused into it, and the talisman shone with golden brilliance, from which an extremely beautiful woman emerged.
The woman’s eyes were hollow.
She was merely a Daluo Golden Immortal puppet from within the talisman, possessing the combat power of a second-level Daluo Golden Immortal.
Afterward, Lu Changsheng took out three Sunflame Puppet Talismans and summoned three Heavenly Immortal puppets.
Lu Changsheng assigned four strands of his Divine Sense to control the four puppets, heading down the mountain to seek his four disciples who were training far and wide.
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In the Immortal Realm’s beast-infested mountain ranges, Lu Qinglian was seated beside the fire, savoring the juicy roasted beast meat with relish.
Suddenly, a Heavenly Immortal cultivator appeared.
Just as Lu Qinglian was about to make a move, she suddenly sensed that this cultivator had no sign of life, but instead, carried the aura of her master.
“Lian, this puppet was acquired by your teacher. It’s time to come back.”
“Alright!”
Hearing that her master had finally summoned her back to the sect, Lu Qinglian placed the unfinished beast meat into her Inner World to eat on the road later.
“This disciple really hasn’t changed.”
Lu Changsheng, from far away at Zhengsheng Sect, could see the scene the puppet witnessed. Seeing that Lu Qinglian was still eating nonstop even after reaching the Heavenly Immortal level, he couldn’t help but chuckle.
Another puppet located Ning Qianqian, who possessed the Dragon Emperor Bloodline.
Just like her fellow disciple Lu Qinglian, Ning Qianqian was also constant in her eating.
The difference was, Ning Qianqian had wiped out a Demon Sect, then consumed all the Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures that the sect had cultivated, stuffing everything into her mouth without hesitation.
The Dragon Emperor Bloodline was extremely tyrannical, able to digest all kinds of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.
The third Heavenly Immortal puppet found Xiao Fan.
Xiao Fan, as a result of his chivalrous actions, was revered as the State Preceptor by a minor country.
Upon learning of his teacher’s summons back to the sect, Xiao Fan immediately bid farewell to the king and followed the puppet back to Zhengsheng Sect using Sword Flight.
A female Daluo Golden Immortal puppet then located Dugu Aotian and Liu Yiyi.
When the Golden Immortal puppet appeared in front of Dugu Aotian, he was startled, thinking it was the Hall of Senluo coming for revenge.
After all, he couldn’t have imagined that his teacher had acquired a puppet of a Daluo Golden Immortal level.
“Teacher has called for my return, and so, we must part ways.”
Upon receiving his teacher’s command, Dugu Aotian chose to bid farewell to Liu Yiyi.
“Mhm.”
Right before departing, Liu Yiyi actually felt a bit reluctant to let go.
Even though she knew that Dugu Aotian’s body was that of a great demon, completely incompatible with her own status as the Holy Maiden, the two of them had traveled together for more than two thousand years. During their travels, Dugu Aotian acted with valor and righteousness, vanquishing demons and exorcising devils, nothing like a demon chief.
If it weren’t for Dugu Aotian practicing Demonic Cultivation Skills, Liu Yiyi would have believed him to be the Holy Son from some Holy Land.
Dugu Aotian followed the Golden Immortal puppet and left. Before leaving, he glanced back at Liu Yiyi, causing an inexplicable stir in her heart.
“I’ve been away from the Holy Land for a long time; it’s time for me to return.”
Liu Yiyi summoned her Immortal Sword and returned to the Holy Land of Yaochi.
All four disciples returned to Zhengsheng Sect. Their trial on the mountain for several thousand years significantly enhanced their experiences and combat acumen.
Lu Changsheng immediately performed Power-infusing Initiation on his four disciples, returning tens of thousands of years’ worth of cultivation.
Lu Changsheng had called his disciples back to fulfill the promise made to Fairy Qingxia and Grandmaster Taixu at Jinglong Mountain.
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In the Yuhua Domain, within Liuyun Pavilion, Fairy Qingxia’s palace for cultivation.
Almost thirty thousand years had passed, and the Spirit Sword Physique Fairy Qingxia had already broken through from a half-step Daluo Golden Immortal to the Golden Immortal Realm.
“I am only at the second level of Daluo Golden Immortal, not even comparable to the seven Great Demons. Could it be that there’s truly no other way?”
Fairy Qingxia thought about the impending thirty-thousand-year promise. Even after pushing herself to the limits in cultivation, she couldn’t possibly rise from a half-step Daluo Golden Immortal to the ninth level within thirty thousand years.
The gap between those nine realms could mean a difference of hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of years.
Without the resources of the Holy Land, she could never bridge this gap in such a short period.
The King of Chaos was one of the outstanding in the realm of Daluo Golden Immortals, moreover, he had six sworn brothers, each one a Demon King of the Golden Immortal realm.
Was she really going to marry the King of Chaos?
As Fairy Qingxia’s thoughts became a tangled mess, the sound of a cane and footsteps approached; an old crone, leaning on a walking stick, stepped in.
“Master.”
“Qingxia, I gave you thirty thousand years. Now that the time is approaching, I have prepared a dowry for you. In addition, the King of Chaos’s betrothal gifts have already been sent to our Liuyun Pavilion. Surely you haven’t forgotten the vow you made back then?”
“Disciple remembers.”
“That’s good. The King of Chaos has a significant background, and the seven Great Demons share a brotherly bond. If our Liuyun Pavilion were to form an alliance with the Accumulated Thunder Mountain through marriage, it would undoubtedly become the most powerful sect in the Yuhua Domain…”
The old crone was making plans for the Liuyun Pavilion.
However, Fairy Qingxia couldn’t hear her master’s words; she could only pin her hopes on the younger generation of Mount Shu, “Can this junior of Great Void really defeat the King of Chaos?”
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