Slay the Mahayana monk and return to your sect.
When Chen Yuan's terrifying Late Mahayana Stage pressure swept across the world like a tide, the entire battlefield fell into a deathly silence.
Leng Youmeng and Qin Shuhan, being closest to Chen Yuan, felt the shock and clarity most intensely.
On Leng Youmeng's cold and peerless face, a look of stunned surprise appeared for the first time.
This had completely exceeded the scope of her comprehension; no secret technique or Medicinal Pill could allow a Soul Transformation Cultivator to instantly cross the two great chasms of Void Return and Body Integration and directly reach the Late Mahayana Stage!
She had only one thought: What kind of existence was this Disciple of hers?
Qin Shuhan's mind went blank. Her delicate hand subconsciously covered her mouth, her beautiful eyes wide with nothing but endless shock and confusion.
She looked at the man holding her beside her, whose aura had become as vast as that of a deity, feeling as if everything were a dream.
From Mid-stage Soul Transformation to Late Mahayana Stage?
The gap between these stages was even greater than the difference between an ant and a Dragon!
She even suspected she had fallen into some kind of Heart Demon illusion.
Meanwhile, the Sect Master of the Sacred Demon Sect opposite them, whose sneer and greed had long since frozen, was now filled with boundless horror and fear!
As a Mid-stage Mahayana Demonic Cultivator, he could even better appreciate the terrifying and irresistible nature of Chen Yuan's current aura!
"No... impossible! This is absolutely impossible! What exactly are you?!" The Sect Master of the Sacred Demon Sect's voice trembled, devoid of his previous indifference and arrogance.
Those two Late Stage Body Integration Demon Venerables were like ducks whose necks had been wrung; their laughter abruptly stopped, their faces turned pale as paper, and their bodies trembled uncontrollably, unable to even muster a thought of resistance.
The Sacred Demon Sect Prodigies on the Bone Boat behind them were dumbfounded, wanting to run but finding themselves firmly restricted by the pressure.
Chen Yuan ignored their panic, merely repeating faintly, "Now, it's my turn to demand an explanation from you."
Before his voice faded, he released the two women, pointed his fingers like a sword, and casually slashed through the air toward the two Body Integration Demon Venerables.
"Sizzle—!"
Two invisible Sword Qi streaks crossed space, instantly sweeping past the bodies of the two Demon Venerables.
The two Late Stage Body Integration Demon Venerables, who had dominated the Demonic Realm, were silently annihilated—their bodies and Demonic Souls vanishing before they could even let out a scream.
Instant kill!
Done with ease, like brushing away dust.
The Sect Master of the Sacred Demon Sect was utterly terrified, losing all Battle Intent. Devilish Qi furiously burned around him as he attempted to tear space and flee!
"Trying to leave?"
Chen Yuan's eyes turned cold. He clenched his hand toward the direction the Sect Master was fleeing.
"Imprison."
What he said became law!
The space within a ten-thousand-mile radius instantly became solid as iron. The Sect Master of the Sacred Demon Sect felt as if he had crashed into an invisible wall, and all his Escape Techniques instantly failed!
Immediately afterward, Chen Yuan struck out with a palm.
A Chaos-colored palm, obscuring the sky and sun, covered the entire heavens and slowly pressed down toward the Sect Master of the Sacred Demon Sect.
"No—! This Venerable One refuses to accept this!!!"
The Sect Master of the Sacred Demon Sect let out a desperate roar, exhausting his life's Cultivation, summoning several Demonic Path supreme treasures, and unleashing his ultimate forbidden secret technique. The monstrous Demonic Flames attempted to resist.
However, in the face of an absolute difference in power, everything was futile.
The Chaos palm slowly descended. All the Demonic Treasures and secret techniques shattered and disintegrated the moment they touched the palm.
The palm pressed down upon the Sect Master of the Sacred Demon Sect's Demonic Body without any hindrance.
"Pfft—!"
This Mid-stage Mahayana Devil Head, who had dominated the Demonic Realm and planned the northern invasion, along with his powerful Demonic Soul, was directly crushed and purified beneath that Chaos palm, completely vanishing from existence.
From the moment Chen Yuan's cultivation skyrocketed until the three Devil Heads were executed, only a few breaths of time passed.
Peace returned between heaven and earth.
Only the ruined Qin City below and the massive Bone Boat proved that everything that had just happened was not an illusion.
Chen Yuan slowly withdrew the Mahayana pressure surrounding him.
"I-is it over?" Qin Shuhan asked, her voice slightly dry.
"Yes, it's over." Chen Yuan smiled faintly.
The surviving Disciples of the Xuantian Sect finally breathed a sigh of relief, looking at Chen Yuan as if they were looking at an Immortal.
Leng Youmeng looked deeply at him, finally choosing not to ask further, merely saying softly, "Let's handle the matters here first."
Chen Yuan nodded, and with a wave of his hand, he used a Seal to collect the unconscious Qin Feilang and the aged Song Wan.
The Sacred Demon Sect Bone Boat and the remaining Demonic Cultivators aboard it were also incinerated by a casual True Fire from him.
Chen Yuan collected all the storage rings belonging to the group of Demonic Cultivator Prodigies, the Sect Master of the Sacred Demon Sect, and the others.
Qin Shuhan immediately returned to her Family to activate the border Formation defense.
This was an Ancient Formation, and if a Body Integration Cultivator guarded it, it could withstand a Mahayana Stage offensive for several days.
Leng Youmeng also sent a voice transmission to the Sect, requesting support, without mentioning that the Qin Family had been secretly suppressing Demonic Cultivators.
She only stated that Demonic Cultivators had launched an attack.
Not long after, the Xuantian Sect's reinforcements finally arrived, led by the newly promoted Early Integration Stage Cultivator, Feng Buyi.
Feng Buyi was a Direct Disciple of the Elder of Zhuqing Peak (who was also the Sect Master). After achieving a Body Integration Breakthrough, he could establish his own peak and be promoted to Core Elder, but he refused, being accustomed to a carefree life.
Feng Buyi's talent was indeed strong; among the nearly forty Void Return Stage Cultivators in the Xuantian Sect, he was the first to achieve a Body Integration Breakthrough.
After understanding the shocking events that had occurred, Feng Buyi could not hide his astonishment, especially when he heard that Chen Yuan had used a trump card to kill a Mahayana Devil Head; he looked at Chen Yuan several more times.
To be honest, he didn't believe it. He felt that Leng Youmeng had done the killing herself, and the story was just to build momentum for her Disciple.
Subsequent matters for the Xuantian Sect were quickly arranged. Elder Feng Buyi personally took charge of Qin City and dispatched Sect Formation Masters to construct a colossal teleportation array leading directly to the Sect, ensuring that reinforcements and supplies could arrive quickly.
Subsequently, Chen Yuan, Leng Youmeng, Qin Shuhan, and the surviving Disciples, bringing the crippled Qin Feilang and Song Wan, used a temporarily constructed small teleportation array to return to the Xuantian Sect to report.
Xuantian Sect, Tianqing Peak Main Hall.
Sect Master Song Yuanji immediately rose after hearing the reports from Leng Youmeng and Chen Yuan, looking at Chen Yuan with some shock,
"Chen Yuan, did you truly kill a Mahayana Stage Demonic Cultivator?"
Chen Yuan curled his lips. He knew no one would believe it. Didn't that Feng Buyi have the exact same 'you're lying' expression? He couldn't be bothered to explain.
"That's right," Qin Shuhan said, stepping in first.
Leng Youmeng also nodded.
Although this incident resulted in the loss of some Disciples and the destruction of Liuyun City, it exposed the Sacred Demon Sect's conspiracy, shattered their plan for northern expansion, and unexpectedly stabilized the defense of the southern border. The merits outweighed the faults.
After a long while, Sect Master Song Yuanji slowly spoke. Regardless of whether the story was true or false, the bodies could not lie.
"If Chen Yuan hadn't turned the tide, the consequences would have been unimaginable. This contribution deserves a heavy reward!"
He looked at Chen Yuan. "Chen Yuan, your contributions this time are immense. Not only did you rescue your fellow Disciples, but you also saved the border crisis. The fifth floor of the Technique Pavilion is open to you."
The fifth floor of the Technique Pavilion contained one Saint-rank Cultivation Technique and two Saint-rank Secret Manuals.
That was the treatment reserved for Inner Sect Elders.
Chen Yuan's expression was calm. He bowed and saluted, "Thank you, Sect Master, for the reward."
Song Yuanji nodded, then looked at Qin Shuhan and said gently, "Shuhan, you have suffered. You also made great contributions regarding the matters in Qin City. I bestow upon you..."
He also gave generous rewards to Qin Shuhan and the other surviving Disciples one by one.
After everyone had received their rewards and retired, Sect Master Song Yuanji sat alone in the Main Hall, gazing south, and muttered to himself, "Sacred Demon Sect... Outer Realm Heavenly Demon... a troubled autumn indeed."