"Supreme Elder!"
"Martial Uncle Deng Ao!"
The people of the Yuhua Sect were completely shocked because the person walking out from that spatial passage was a Supreme Elder cultivating in seclusion in the deepest, most unfathomable depths of space and time of the Yuhua Heavenly Palace!
Heavenly Punishment Elder recognized him even more clearly. This was Deng Ao, who had entered secluded cultivation three thousand years ago, and was also his Martial Uncle. He once held a nickname called "Great Immortal Demon Slaughterer." During the Heavenly Demons' invasion of the Xuanhuang Great World, who knew how many demons he had slain. Moreover, among the seven branches of the Demonic Dao, countless formidable demons had died by the hands of this "Great Immortal Demon Slaughterer" Deng Ao.
He formerly held an illustrious reputation within the Yuhua Sect, having cultivated the Undying Body very early on, and ultimately comprehended spatial laws to become a Supreme Elder! He was a myth within the Yuhua Sect.
Such formidable figures normally would never emerge. They would only act when the Yuhua Sect faced life or death. Even if all the true disciples died out, it had nothing to do with them, so long as the Yuhua Heavenly Palace was not affected.
They were equivalent to highly exalted emperors in the mortal world, while the disputes among true disciples were like brawls among rural squires in the countryside. How could the emperor bother with the affairs of rural squires?
"Supreme Elder, why have you come out."
Yi Jianqiu, Chen Tianxia, and Wang Daoling all respectfully lowered their heads.
"If I don't come out, you all will start a deadly clash! Every one of you holds a venerable status; you are the actual power holders of our Yuhua Sect. Carrying on like this, what does it look like?" The Supreme Elder, the Great Immortal Demon Slaughterer, waved his sleeve. A surge of spatial power vibrated throughout the entire hall, instantly oppressing everyone present so that none dared to breathe loudly.
Experts who had comprehended spatial laws were over a hundred times stronger than figures at the first level of the Longevity Secret Realm, the Myriad Years Realm. Especially figures like Deng Ao! He was someone who had immersed himself in spatial laws for thousands, even ten thousand years. He could not be compared to half-baked amateurs like the Pure Yang Palace Master, Lü Dongxian.
"Martial Uncle, it is like this. As the Heavenly Punishment Elder, I am in charge of the sect's penal laws. Now Hua Tiandu has made a complete mess of the sect, and now he even wants the true disciples to slaughter each other. I naturally must intervene."
Heavenly Punishment Elder said.
"That is the situation, Supreme Elder!" Yi Jianqiu, Chen Tianxia, and Wang Daoling hastily said.
"Enough, I am clear on the matter. When our Supreme Elders' council summoned Hua Tiandu to appoint him as a vice sect master, he already told me. The conflict between him and Fang Han… that true disciple is called Fang Han, right? The inheritor of the Demonic Dao's Great Emperor Huangquan? Who acquired the vicious and evil Demonic Dao magical artifact, the Huangquan Diagram, and committed all manner of evil?"
The Great Immortal Demon Slaughterer, Deng Ao waved his hand and said indifferently.
"Oh no, how could I have forgotten. Martial Uncle Deng Ao's wife was killed by demonic enchantresses five thousand years ago. In his entire life, he loathes demons the most. As long as someone is from the Demonic Dao and falls into his hands, there is only one word: kill!" Heavenly Punishment Elder suddenly recalled past events and broke out in a horrified cold sweat.
"The Supreme Elder is wise!" Immediately hearing Deng Ao's immense disdain toward Fang Han, Yi Jianqiu, Chen Tianxia, and Wang Daoling all rejoiced in their hearts.
"I know that Feng Baiyu has always been lenient toward that person named Fang Han, but he's been lenient to a fault. Actually killing Ruyizi! Ruyizi was a favored disciple of my senior brother. My senior brother is currently deep within space and time, calculating the workings of heaven, and has no time to bother. After hearing from Hua Tiandu, I wanted to come out and see exactly how this person of the Demonic Dao managed to sneak into our Yuhua Sect. Our Yuhua Sect is upright and honorable, a leader of the Immortal Dao. Since when did we need to scheme for objects of the Demonic Dao? Feng Baiyu's cultivation is indeed astonishing, but he does not know how to govern a sect."
"Great Immortal Demon Slaughterer" Deng Ao snorted coldly: "Say no more. Hua Tiandu has done well. He knows how to maneuver alliances, fostering good relations with the Taiyi Sect to numb them, while leveraging the Taiyi Sect's influence to gather talented rogue cultivators into our Yuhua Sect. This is a tremendous feat. Anyway, the supply of pills and magical treasures for these disciples is entirely borne by Hua Tiandu alone; it has not added to our Yuhua Sect's burden. Why not be happy to do it?"
"It is exactly so. The reason our Yuhua Sect doesn't recruit formidable rogue cultivators in large numbers is that we do not want the burden to be too heavy, supplying the pills needed for their cultivation. Now that Hua Tiandu is recruiting disciples, he provides the pills and magical treasures himself, and has never asked for the slightest fraction of internal expenditure from our Yuhua Sect. How is this throwing the sect into chaos? This is being utterly selfless, dedicated solely to others, and planning whole-heartedly for our sect. Heavenly Punishment Elder, what motive do you have in saying Hua Tiandu is throwing the sect into chaos?"
Yi Jianqiu argued forcefully: "Hua Tiandu's background is grand and upright, how many times superior to that Fang Han! Nothing like Fang Han, who is a remnant of the Demonic Dao harboring ulterior motives."
"Alright, none of you argue anymore. If the disciples want to make a fuss, let them make a fuss. It is also good for our Yuhua Sect to clean house. Do you hear me? Heavenly Punishment? When that Fang Han returns, I still need to personally interrogate him to see just how deep he has fallen into the demonic path. If his demonic nature is truly profound, I will eliminate the demon in Feng Baiyu's place." Deng Ao smiled.
"Martial Uncle, although you are a Supreme Elder, you cannot interfere in sect affairs; this is a sect rule! Fang Han is an important figure arranged by the Sect Master and cannot be touched recklessly." Heavenly Punishment Elder hurriedly said. He knew that with the Great Immortal Demon Slaughterer's mana cultivation, he could kill Undying Body experts, and his comprehension of spatial laws was extremely profound. If Fang Han returned, there would absolutely be no chance of survival.
As things stood, he could only use Feng Baiyu to suppress Deng Ao.
Although Feng Baiyu's seniority was lower than Deng Ao's, his cultivation was a full two realms higher than Deng Ao's. Whether in the Immortal Dao or Demonic Dao, the level of cultivation commanded utmost respect.
"Hmph! Me using my status as a Supreme Elder to clean out a single true disciple from the sect is perfectly reasonable and fair. When did the sect rules ever dictate that a Supreme Elder has no authority to deal with a true disciple?"
The Great Immortal Demon Slaughterer, Deng Ao said: "What? That Fang Han isn't a vice sect master yet, is he."
"The Supreme Elder is wise and divinely martial. Indeed, enchantresses of the Demonic Dao should not exist in this world," the three major vice sect masters hastily said.
Around Samsara Peak, at this moment, many lights suddenly converged. A full dozens of Golden Core disciples, along with three experts at the ninth level of the Divine Ability Realm with Heaven and Earth Dharma Forms, and one figure in the Heaven-Defying Fate Modification Realm, had enveloped Samsara Peak.
"Listen well, people inside Samsara Peak. Hand over the Nine Palaces Great Gold Pagoda of my Tiandu Peak. Otherwise, we will break open this Yanyue Sword Array and Giant Spirit Array, and go straight in to reclaim the magical treasure of our Tiandu Peak."
This group of people gathered together. Senior Brother Liu Li, who had cultivated to the tenth level of the Divine Ability Realm, led the way, flying right above Samsara Peak and suddenly shouting loudly.
His voice carried into the great array.
Suddenly, a voice transmitted out from within the great array: "Everyone, that Nine Palaces Great Gold Pagoda of Tiandu Peak was already won by Senior Brother Fang Han during his fight with Ruyizi. Why are you all coming back to demand it."
This voice belonged to Demoness Fang Xiaolin.
"Mm? That demoness's cultivation seems to have improved drastically?" Hearing the voice, Liu Li frowned. He possessed a mind as fine as a hair; otherwise, he would not have been taken under Hua Tiandu's command.
"Senior Brother, why speak so much nonsense with them! Attack the peak!" A disciple at the ninth level of the Divine Ability Realm with a Heaven and Earth Dharma Form let out a long howl. His intrinsic Heaven and Earth Dharma Form flew out, fiercely grabbing with its hands as a volley of lightning and fire fiercely bombarded the Yanyue Sword Array below.
"Everyone attack together and shatter the great array!" Immediately, all the besieging disciples became wholly excited. Sparing no cost, they unleashed their lightning and fire, and various magical treasures, furiously bombarding the great arrays of Samsara Peak. In an instant, a gap was forcefully torn open in the Giant Spirit Array and Yanyue Sword Array of Samsara Peak.
"It's broken open!"
"Good, let's charge in and pillage it clean! That Fang Han plunders everywhere, and rumor has it he has plundered many excellent treasures. This time we must snatch them all."
"That Jialan is supposedly a veteran Golden Core disciple, once equally famous with Alliance Leader Tiandu. I am going to properly toy with her this time. That flavor… will be truly exhilarating!" Another expert at the ninth level of the Divine Ability Realm with a Heaven and Earth Dharma Form took the lead and charged in. This expert possessed a set of magical treasures consisting of forty-nine long banners, called the Pixiu Banners! Every single banner was a Peerless-Grade magical artifact. Combined, their power approached that of a Low-Grade Dao Artifact.
However, just as this expert charged in, Rumble! A massive battle flag rolled out from within the great array! This battle flag completely reeked of iron and blood; it was the Iron-Blood Battle Flag!
This Iron-Blood Battle Flag rotated just slightly, completely shaking the expert who had charged in directly into powder.
Long Xuan flew out, waving this Iron-Blood Battle Flag. With a slight shake, the heavens and the earth were entirely filled with iron-blooded cloud energy.
"Ah! This is! This is a High-Grade Dao Artifact! And it's even being driven by Pure Yang Power! Quickly retreat! Quickly retreat!" Liu Li's eyesight was extremely accurate, recognizing it at once.
"It's too late to try retreating now!"
Another earth-shattering boom resounded. Above Samsara Peak, a massive dragon bed appeared. Standing atop the dragon bed was Nebula Baby. He clasped his hands together, and an enormous amount of pure yang energy was devoured by the Star Emperor Dragon Bed. Boundless starry radiance flew out from it. Within this starry radiance, the moment those Golden Core cultivators were illuminated, they instantly melted, leaving only their individual Golden Cores behind.
"Tuoluo Sutra Pillar!" At the same time, Jialan also flew out, a sutra pillar hovering above her head, spinning non-stop, absorbing all those Golden Cores into it.
"Imperial Indra Scepter!" Finally, Demoness Fang Xiaolin flew out, grasping a scepter in her hand. It conjured tens of millions of staff illusions that enveloped Liu Li. Under this colossally powerful scepter, Liu Li's physical body was shattered in an instant!
In a fleeting moment, the vast and mighty power of the magical treasures outright annihilated the many disciples who had come to besiege Samsara Peak this time.
Those dozens of Golden Core disciples were almost entirely killed! Their Golden Cores were also collected by the High-Grade Dao Artifacts.
Only Liu Li, along with the three experts at the ninth level of the Divine Ability Realm with intrinsic Heaven and Earth Dharma Forms, were bitterly holding on, their physical bodies also entirely destroyed.
"What is that!"
Such an immense disturbance had long shocked the Yuhua Heavenly Palace. The appearance of four High-Grade Dao Artifacts in a row was enough to scare someone completely speechless. Normally, only the Supreme Sect Master of a major sect possessed one High-Grade Dao Artifact, but now, a full four pieces had appeared.
The three vice sect masters, Yi Jianqiu, Chen Tianxia, and Wang Daoling, gazed at the four spinning High-Grade Dao Artifacts above Samsara Peak, remaining utterly dumbstruck. The next moment, they snapped back to reality and, with a whizz, flew toward Samsara Peak.
"This is?" The Supreme Elder, Deng Ao, shifted his body. The next moment, he appeared in the sky above Samsara Peak.