As the Universe Turns - Chapter 1390
Chapter 1390 Chongxiao
The entire Azure Cloud Sect was already panicking. Although they had never seen Xiao Chen, nor had they seen with their own eyes what had happened outside Penglai Fairyland that day, during this period of time, the entire Ancient Immortal Realm had been in an uproar. Who wouldn’t know about this God of Slaughter?
Especially at this moment, the cold aura emanating from the other party’s body caused their hearts to tremble even more. It was as if the other party could completely wipe them out with just a raise of his hand … This suffocating oppressive feeling.
The five white-haired elders hadn’t seen Xiao Chen, but they recognized Xiao Chen by Daoist Qingdeng’s side. An elder in Zi Yi shouted uneasily, “Senior Green … Senior Green Lantern.”
At this moment, Daoist Qingdeng’s expression was cold as he said, “I can’t make the decision. Ask him.”
At this moment, everyone’s gaze fell on Xiao Chen, feeling extremely suffocated. He took a few steps forward and said indifferently, “That day outside Penglai Fairyland, your sect leader wanted to kill me. Unfortunately … he died under my sword. Now, you still have something to say.”
As soon as these words were spoken, the hearts of the disciples of the Azure Cloud Sect trembled even more. Indeed, the Sect Leader had indeed died. He had died at his hands. But what should they do now? To avenge the sect leader? He was afraid that with his opponent’s cultivation, he would be able to raze the entire Azure Cloud Sect to the ground with a single palm strike.
At this moment, all of the disciples in the Azure Cloud Sect felt that a great calamity was imminent. The elders were also uneasy. Even if they took out all their magic treasures and used the Mountain Sealing Array, they probably wouldn’t be able to last for a few days!
Previously, when they were discussing with the other sects to deal with Xiao Chen together, they still had the determination to swear to their deaths. But now that the other party had really come, they realized that this aura alone had already caused them to tremble endlessly. How could they talk about fighting against the other party?
“Xiao … Xiao Yichen!”
At this time, two white-haired old women flew out of the sect. However, looking at the two of them, they looked as if they were going to die. They were completely different from the five old men who had come out earlier.
“Junior Sister … why did you come out?”
Old man Zi Yi knew that the two junior sisters’ temperaments were fierce, so he was afraid that he would anger the God of Slaughter again. He repeatedly winked at the two of them, signaling for them to go back first.
However, since these two old women have already come out, they have no intention of returning. They still stare coldly at Xiao Chen, “You devil! If you want to kill, then kill! Today, we can’t lower our heads to you! At most, we can just fight to the death with you!”
After the two of them finished speaking, they both flew up. Wan Tong was desperate, knowing that he was defeated, but he rushed up.
“Junior Sister!”
The five old men behind him were instantly frightened out of their wits. The two of them were only at the Three Realms. Back then, before Xiao Chen had even stepped into the Saint Realm, he had been able to forcefully annihilate cultivators at the Three Realms with the Heavenly Book Technique, let alone now.
Without a doubt, rushing forward like this was like hitting a rock with an egg. As expected, Xiao Chen didn’t even raise his hand. It was just a ray of divine sense that immediately froze the two of them in the air, unable to move anymore.
“Junior Sister!”
The faces of the five old men behind them were deathly pale. Along with the disciples of the sect, all of them had lost their souls. The cultivation of the elders at the Three Realms actually …
“Devil … kill if you want to! Don’t think that we’ll beg for mercy from you!”
The two old ladies’ temperaments were fierce, yet they were still not afraid of death. However, Xiao Chen’s gaze was still cold, “Killing you? It’s too easy, but I won’t kill you.” As soon as she finished speaking, she flicked her fingers and the two old women flew backwards as if they were heavily injured.
“Junior Sister!”
Old man Zi Yi’s mind trembled. He instantly stepped forward and caught the two junior sisters. At the same time, he sent out a divine sense, “This person is decisive in killing. Junior sisters, don’t go and annoy him again …”
Within the Azure Cloud Sect, all of the disciples trembled endlessly. The strength of the person in front of them, even if all the elders combined, would be unable to defeat one move and a half. If he wanted to destroy the sect, it would be as easy as turning his palm.
At this time, Daoist Qingdeng walked forward and looked at the Azure Cloud Sect’s elders. “Each of us can draw out a strand of soul essence to protect the sect,” he said.
Hearing this, the Azure Cloud Sect’s elders trembled. The implication was obvious. They had to hand over a strand of their lifeblood soul essence. If their lives were to be protected like this, the sect would be protected. However, from now on, they would have to listen to each other in everything.
“Senior Brother … No way! A thousand-year-old inheritance would rather be shattered than destroyed!” The two old women were still willing to die, but how could the thousands of disciples behind them not be afraid of death?
“Azure Lamp, I’ll leave this matter to you. If they don’t surrender after two hours, you know what to do.” Xiao Chen’s words were indifferent, and as soon as he finished speaking, he took Xian’er into the distance.
Although he had left, it gave the people from the Azure Cloud Sect a stronger sense of oppression because he had already sent a message to Daoist Qingdeng. If they did not surrender, they would only die.
“Azure … Senior Azure Lamp …”
The faces of the old men turned deathly pale as they looked at the Azure Lantern Daoist in midair. It was as if they had grabbed onto the last life-saving rope, but they looked at each other like they were drinking poison to quench their thirst.
Daoist Qingdeng, on the other hand, still had an indifferent expression and said, “You heard what that person said just now. It’s only been two hours. Think about it.”
…
Outside the valley, spiritual energy surrounded her, and flowers bloomed. Xian’er stopped walking and turned around. She blinked her big eyes and said to Xiao Chen, “Big brother, are you really going to kill them? But Xian’er felt that the bad thing was the people from that day. They were innocent …”
“How could that be? I was just scaring them.” Xiao Chen gently stroked her face, picked another flower from the tree, and inserted it into her hair.
“Hehe, I knew brother was trying to scare them …”
Xian’er still had an innocent smile on her face. She was not familiar with the world, so how could she know the cruelty of this world? If it was only to frighten her, then Lustless Heaven would not be the Lustless Heaven of today.
Two hours later, Daoist Qingdeng followed behind him. Seeing that Xian’er was playing, he quietly handed Xiao Chen seven jade notes. He lowered his voice and said, “The matter is settled. These are the souls of those people.”
“Yes.”
Xiao Chen nodded slightly and didn’t pick up the jade slip. He only said, “Go to the next place.” After saying that, she turned to Xian’er, who was playing in the flowers not far away, and said, “Xian’er, let’s go.”
Three days later, he and Daoist Qingdeng came to Broken Heart Valley and used the same method to make him submit. In just one month, he had made the dozen or so sects that had surrounded him outside Penglai Fairyland submit.
He naturally had his reasons for doing so. He couldn’t return to the mortal world now. He had to stay in Ancient Immortal Realm for a while longer to find that Xiantian spirit treasure. Only then could he return to save Wei Yang. Before that, there was nothing wrong with strengthening his own strength.
Of course, he wasn’t worried that those sects would suddenly betray him, or secretly harm him, as long as Daoist Qingdeng didn’t betray him.
Those people’s lives were in Daoist Qingdeng’s hands, while Daoist Qingdeng’s were in his hands.
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“This last sect has also surrendered.”
Within the Ruyi Sect, Daoist Qingdeng walked out with three jade notes in his hand. They were the lifeblood soul essences of the three Elder Tai of the Ruyi Sect.
The three Elder Tai were only one step away from reaching the Seven Realms. Unfortunately, today was a calamity. They had no choice but to surrender the lives of 13,000 disciples.
“Yes.”
Xiao Chen nodded slightly. Looking at the trembling Ruyi Sect elders in front of him, he said indifferently, “From today onwards, I will be your Excellency. If you dare to offend me again …”
“I don’t dare … I definitely don’t dare!”
The bodies of more than a dozen elders trembled like chaff, and even the three Elder Tai had each handed over a strand of their lifeblood soul essence. What else could they do? Do you still dare to resist?
“That’s good.”
Xiao Chen’s eyes were indifferent as he walked out of the plaza. The dozen or so elders immediately said in unison, “Send Excellency respectfully …”
Actually, they knew in their hearts that Ancient Immortal Realm was originally a place where the weak preyed on the strong. The Sect Leader had died in Penglai, and their fate had been decided. Soon, there would be even more powerful forces to swallow them up. Now that they were submitting to this person, what difference did it make?
Moreover, judging from the current situation, falling into the hands of this person was no worse than falling into the hands of those powerful people. At the very least, their Ruyi Sect was still called Ruyi Sect. If they were to be annexed by those powerful forces, then there would be no Ruyi Sect in the world from now on. Each of them would even have to hand over a strand of soul essence.
In a short month, he had subdued more than ten sects. This matter had naturally set off a storm in Ancient Immortal Realm. Whether this storm was good or bad for Xiao Chen was still unknown.
It was currently February, and it was unknown if the mortal world was also filled with spring. On the ancient path, Xian’er jumped up and down, walking alone at the front.
Daoist Qingdeng followed behind Xiao Chen without saying a word. After a while, Xiao Chen stopped and asked, “Do you have something to say?”
Daoist Qingdeng was stunned for a moment, then gradually frowned. Finally, he raised his head and said, “In this period of time, more than ten sects have descended, but which faction do they belong to … at least, there must be a name, right?”
“Name …”
Xiao Chen thought for a moment, then looked at the distant mountain shadows and said, “Call it Chongxiao.”
At this moment, Master’s voice sounded in his ears, “Chongxiao, also known as Wu Gou, Wu Gou Heart, is not deceived by demons …”
“Chongxiao, good …”
Daoist Qingdeng nodded and looked at him again. “That little friend is Chongxiao Excellency today. Move back …”
Xiao Chen did not say anything, nor did he listen to him continue. Seeing that Xian’er was far away, he shouted, “Xian’er, slow down.” He immediately followed.
Daoist Qingdeng’s eyebrows furrowed slightly as he looked at his figure walking forward. He couldn’t help but recall the young man who had been snatching the Ding Hai Zhu from the Nether Sea that day. In less than a year, the young man had already become the existence he was looking up to.
“What are you still doing?” Seeing that he hadn’t caught up, Xiao Chen turned his head slightly and said.
‘”Coming” Daoist Qingdeng came back to his senses and immediately followed.
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Further ahead was the Xuanzhou Territory. Inside, there was an extremely vast Immortal Domain called “Heaven of Nether Void”. This was the Immortal Domain of the middle-aged man named Penglai Fairyland who was killed by Xiao Chen outside Yan Wen.
As for Heaven of Nether Void, Daoist Qingdeng had already investigated it clearly. This Immortal Domain was so large that even if it was 30,000 cultivators, it would still be 300,000.
Nearly a thousand years ago, Yan Wen had occupied the place where the spiritual energy in the Immortal Domain was the most abundant, the “Serene Void Heavens”. At the same time, he had subdued more than twenty sects, large and small, around him. They were known as 30,000 xiuzhe, and all of them obeyed his orders.
More than three hundred years ago, Yan Wen had gone to the Nether Sea in search of long life. Before leaving, he had entrusted Youxutian to his junior sister, Yan Ruyu, to take care of. At the same time, he had ordered the sect leaders to extract a wisp of soul essence from themselves and entrust it to Yan Ruyu to preserve, in case these people rebelled after he left.
Now that Yan Wen had died, more than twenty sects had brought people to the Netherworld to force Yan Ruyu to return his soul essence. If Yan Wen hadn’t left behind a few formidable restriction formations before he left, those people would have already attacked Nether Void Palace.
Apart from the chaos caused by the 20-odd sects, the other forces in Heaven of Nether Void had long since taken a fancy to this heavenly paradise. In the past, they were afraid of Yan Wen, so they didn’t dare to act. Now that Yan Wen was dead, those people immediately rushed over. In just a few months, they had already occupied a lot of places, leaving only Nether Void Palace unoccupied.
However, she was left alone, and Yan Ruyu was unable to survive on her own. She could only last for another half a month. After Yan Wen exhausted the few formations left behind by Spiritual Energy, Nether Void Palace would be occupied. Even a great beauty like her would eventually become the cauldron of those people.
Apart from the forces of Heaven of Nether Void, there were also quite a few forces outside that wanted to invade the 10,000 meter Immortal Domain of Heaven of Nether Void. In short, in the past two months, the entire Heaven of Nether Void had been in chaos. There were also quite a few forces fighting for resources inside, and even two experts from the Seven Realms had died.
After hearing what Daoist Qingdeng said, Xiao Chen understood the situation in Heaven of Nether Void. It was probably the most chaotic place in Ancient Immortal Realm. However, Yan Wen was killed by him that day. It was impossible for him to take advantage of others for nothing, right?