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Li Hong's heart sank, and the Yandao Demon Lord's heart was truly malicious!
Seeing that this attack on the Nine Li Sect had failed, he left behind a poisonous scheme, deliberately making Xuan Xuzi and others believe he was a traitor betraying his own sect. Although Du Yizi and the others from Beast Cultivation certainly did not believe it, those present, such as Yiyang, Bai Juzi, and Ling Jizi, looked at him in a way that clearly revealed their thoughts.
This matter seemed unlikely to end well. Li Hong decided that after the Old Demon left, he would immediately ask Ling Xuzi, Shibo, and Master Spirit Stone to help clarify the truth. For now, he could only grit his teeth and endure. Thinking of Chu Xi made his heart ache even more, but everything had to be prioritized for the greater good.
The Demon Sect, led by the Yandao Demon Lord, slowly retreated towards the Heaven and Earth Platform. The Immortal Sect reinforcements, including members of the Nine Li Sect, cautiously followed behind them, with the two factions moving distinctly apart. The Yandao Demon Lord no longer spoke much, but Li Xiaolou deliberately lagged behind the group, occasionally throwing deep glances at Li Hong in front of all the Immortal Sect members.
Li Xiaolou hated Li Hong to the core; his actions were obviously theatrical. However, to those from the Immortal Sect who were unaware of the truth, it felt quite different. When they looked at Li Hong, their expressions showed realization as if saying, "So that's how it is! This Chu Hongzi from the Nine Li Sect couldn't resist the allure of the Demon and thus betrayed his sect," followed by deep disdain as they turned away. In their hearts, Li Hong had already been branded a traitor.
Li Hong coldly watched Li Xiaolou while feeling deeply pained by the scornful gazes from his fellow Immortal Sect members. Memories of Chu Xi before her ascension flashed repeatedly in his mind. At this moment, any explanation felt unnecessary; thus, Li Hong remained silent.
The Old Demon finally led his army to the sky above the Heaven and Earth Platform.
The first batch of lower-level Demons stepped onto the Heaven and Earth Platform first. The Azure Guardian immediately stepped forward and skillfully performed hand seals to activate the Heaven and Earth Platform. A red light flashed, and the first batch of Demons disappeared. Soon after, another batch stepped up.
All Nine Li Sect disciples watched this scene with bleeding hearts. The Demon Sect monsters were surprisingly familiar with activating the Heaven and Earth Platform! Even if all Demons withdrew now, this platform would no longer be usable; it could only be destroyed. The legacy of their Ancestor was being ruined in their generation.
The Yandao Demon Lord casually floated above the Demon Sect army, hidden within black mist; his eyes had never left Li Hong for a moment.
Thinking about the many secrets hidden within Li Hong—the strange techniques he displayed, that girl's peculiar ascension circumstances, the aura of the Divine Slaying Monument within him along with another familiar Celestial Artifact aura—the secrets of the Ancient Celestial Field—how much did he really know about the Ancient God? All these thoughts led Yandao Demon Lord to decide that he must capture Li Hong quickly.
However, he could no longer seize Li Hong; just Du Yizi alone was enough to give Yandao a headache, not to mention that all reinforcements from Immortal Sect stood with Li Hong. So Yandao Demon Lord cleverly devised a scheme to sow discord. Unfortunately for him, Xuan Xuzi was indeed a person of character; despite his suspicions, he still directed his focus towards the Demon Sect first. This left Yandao Demon Lord feeling as if he had swung at empty air. Yet he remained undeterred. If Immortal Sect truly viewed Li Hong as a traitor, they would at least expel him from their ranks—then would he still have to worry about him escaping?
Deep down, Yandao chuckled insidiously and decided to stoke the flames further. Just as he pondered a better strategy, he saw two figures swaying out from Chengxian Pavilion's main hall; one was Ling Xuzi. The other was a white-clad man with a severed arm whose face seemed vaguely familiar.
At that moment, Li Xiaolou transmitted a message: "Adoptive Father, Lingxu has come out. And that one-armed man is indeed Chu Hongzi's master."
Yandao's eyes turned sharply as his figure suddenly vanished. In an instant, he appeared above Ling Xuzi and Spirit Stone without any warning; two streams of black light shot forth like spiritual serpents towards Ling Xuzi and Spirit Stone. Simultaneously, Old Demon shouted loudly: "Chu Hongzi, let me take care of them for you! That way you won't have to explain anything!"
Li Hong suddenly looked up in shock, but there was no time to react. His figure shot out like lightning, just in time to see Ling Xuzi surrounded by a strange flame resisting the Black Light. However, Spirit Stone trembled all over as the Black Light entered his body directly. He raised his head and looked at Li Hong, his eyes revealing obvious affection and reluctance, before crashing backward onto the ground.
Until his death, Spirit Stone's eyes remained wide open, staring at Li Hong, with the reflection of Li Hongfei's figure in his pupils. Those eyes finally became cloudy, the affection and reluctance vanished, leaving only emptiness.
Li Hong trembled violently, stopping in front of his master, staring blankly at his master's lifeless face, his mind blank.
He could never have imagined that his master did not die in the previous attack from the Demon Sect but instead died at this moment at the hands of Yandao Demon Lord. Instinctively, Li Hong turned his head and fixed his gaze on Yandao, only to see Ling Xuzi's flushed body and face before him. At the same time, reinforcements from the Immortal Sect were shouting loudly as they rushed toward this place like a tidal wave.
The Purgatory Ten Kings, Azure Guardian, Ironclad, and others who had not yet retreated from the Heaven and Earth Platform immediately clashed with Du Yizi and other Beast Cultivation members. In an instant, treasures filled the sky as red and green lights illuminated Li Hong's pale and dazed face in a myriad of colors.
Suddenly, a loud shout rang out: "Stop! Or I'll kill him!"
In the sky, Yandao was enveloped in a haughty black mist that contained a person. This person was engulfed in raging flames, pain etched across his face—it was Ling Xuzi.
"Don't hurt him!"
"Don't hurt my Elder Brother Zhangmen! Shibo!"
Many voices shouted simultaneously.
"Then you all back off; I don't want a free-for-all," Yandao said coldly.
Ling Xuzi's face had turned dark purple; it was clear that Yandao had already restrained his Nascent Soul, and he was struggling desperately.
Yandao sneered: "I have no interest in the Nine Li Sect. I just realized how wrong it was to attack the Nine Li Sect! So I don't want any unnecessary sacrifices; you must feel the same way. If you're sensible, quickly step aside and let my people go!" He paused for a moment before adding mockingly: "Actually, in a chaotic fight, it’s not necessarily me who will lose, but it will definitely be the Nine Li Sect. Their entire foundation will be destroyed in this battle. So what do you say, Xuanxu Junior Brother? Can you bear this responsibility? Will you call your people back?!"
Xuan Xuzi's face shifted between blue and red; Yandao Demon Lord's words struck home. Now even Old Demon had restrained Ling Xuzi. After pondering for a brief moment, Xuan Xuzi made his decision coldly: "I can withdraw, but you must release Ling Xuzi as well!"
"Alright." Yandao's hand seemed to relax slightly, and Ling Xuzi's face was no longer as purple as before. Yandao Demon Lord then called down to Li Xiaolou and the others, "You all retreat, everyone retreat. I can handle this alone."
All the members of the Immortal Sect were taken aback. This Yandao Demon Lord actually seemed to care about the lives of his subordinates, which was quite unlike the ruthless reputation he had! It was said that he was extremely cruel, indifferent to mountains of corpses and rivers of blood, let alone the lives of his own subordinates. Only Xuan Xuzi understood that Yandao simply did not want his subordinates to be a hindrance here.
The Heaven and Earth Platform flashed with red light again and again, until only sixty Azure Guardians remained on the platform.
Yandao Demon Lord casually pointed to one person: "You stay behind and teleport me last."
The guardian immediately bowed and stepped aside without a word. The remaining Azure Guardians all vanished in a flash of red light.
Seeing that only two remained from the Demon Sect, Xuan Xuzi's mind raced with thoughts of whether to keep Yandao Demon Lord here. The temptation was immense. However, this thought was quickly dismissed. Ling Xuzi was still in Old Demon's hands, which was one reason; the second was that he truly had no chance of keeping him here. With his power combined with the White Tiger's strength, he could at most reach the Heavenly Fusion Stage, while Yandao Demon Lord was said to have been at the Tribulation Stage for three thousand years.
In fact, looking across both the Immortal and Demon Sects, no one could rival Yandao! He could kill anyone at will; taking Lingxu and killing spirit stones right under the noses of many Immortal Sect heroes was proof enough.
Xuan Xuzi coldly waved his sleeve: "Put Ling Xuzi down; you can leave on your own!"
Yandao smiled: "Sure. Xuan Xuzi, Junior Brother, we will meet again!" With that, black mist suddenly opened up, and a massive hand formed from the mist pushed outward, sending Ling Xuzi flying towards everyone.
The last Azure Guardian had already performed a spiritual technique to stand on the Heaven and Earth Platform. Yandao swiftly flew towards it like a bird returning to its nest and soon stood beside the Azure Guardian. Just as they were about to be teleported away amidst a flash of red light, suddenly a Black Light shot out from the black mist and struck Ling Xuzi in the back as he flew towards the Immortal Sect members.
In an instant, everyone watched as Ling Xuzi's body jolted violently mid-air before plummeting like a stone from the sky to the ground below. At that moment, they heard Yandao's eerie laughter: "Chu Hongzi, I'll let you take over as sect leader ahead of time! Haha, congratulations!"
As soon as his words fell, Yandao Demon Lord was teleported away, disappearing from the Heaven and Earth Platform.
It all happened too quickly for anyone to react. With a dull thud, Ling Xuzi's body crashed onto White Jade Plaza, a pool of fresh blood rapidly spreading beneath him.
"Master!" Countless people rushed towards Ling Xuzi, with Xuan Xuzi moving fastest among them.
Flying down in front of him and bending over, just one glance was enough for Xuan Xuzi to know that Ling Xuzi was done for. The final blow of Black Light was the culmination of Yandao Demon Lord's lifelong cultivation, which had shattered Ling Xuzi's Nascent Soul and crushed his Viscera. Now, Ling Xuzi's entire body was broken beyond repair, his bones shattered. He coughed up Purple Blood, his body limp, with only a wisp of spiritual awareness remaining as he weakly said, "Chu Hong, Chu Hong, let him come over..."
Ling Jizi rushed to Ling Xuzi's side and happened to hear this. Just as he was about to express his dissatisfaction, he caught a fierce glare from Ling Daozi. Ling Jizi had no choice but to swallow his words and turned around to shout, "Chu Hong, are you dead? Sect Leader Uncle is calling you; hurry up and come here!"
Li Hong was already a "dead" man.
He stared blankly at Master Spirit Stone's face, watching that familiar old face as memories flooded back—misunderstandings when he first entered Nine Li Sect, the time Spirit Stone poured out his grievances and cried, fighting alongside Master against Demons to save himself, and how he tried everything to lift his spirits when Wanyi passed away... All of Master’s smiles—bitter smiles, proud smiles, teasing smiles, mocking smiles, cold smiles—floated before him.
But now, Master lay cold and lifeless in front of him; the method for refining broken pills he had prepared for him would no longer be needed...
Until the commotion erupted behind him, Li Hong suddenly turned around and saw Ling Xuzi being blasted away by Yandao. He watched helplessly as Ling Xuzi fell to the ground, a pool of fresh blood slowly spreading across the white White Jade Plaza.
Li Hong's head throbbed painfully; his heart ached so much he could hardly breathe. All emotions froze in an instant. His heart had turned to ice.
If before Chu Xi's departure he had only felt a vague pain without daring to think too deeply about it, now witnessing the deaths of two of his closest relatives right before his eyes brought a pain akin to when he saw his mother killed by the Jin people. When that scene unfolded, the world spun around him and he couldn't breathe; everything went blank.
Li Hong numbly flew to the front of the crowd, which parted for him. He didn't even know how he ended up squatting in front of Ling Xuzi.
Ling Xuzi used his last bit of strength to grasp Li Hong's hand. His palm was warm and slick with blood, yet Li Hong felt nothing at first. Suddenly, warmth surged through his palm, and an intense aching pain shot through him—not from himself but from... Li Hong gasped in shock and finally came back to his senses.
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