570: Reactions from all parties

"Cough cough... Pfft!"

As soon as the Restriction was set up, a mouthful of scorching golden blood could no longer be suppressed and sprayed onto the hard rock wall, instantly rising into hot steam.

Yao Delong's face was like golden paper; he collapsed to the ground, gasping for air.

Each breath felt like tearing apart his shattered internal organs.

Gathering the last shred of clarity, he slammed his hand against his waist!

A ferocious Puppet, entirely black, covered in crimson cracks and ancient demonic runes, emanating the terrifying aura of a cold, brutal Late Nascent Soul Stage, crashed to the ground!

It was precisely the asura war puppet that had been gathering dust in his Storage Pouch.

Clatter!

Without looking, he slapped almost all of his remaining Mid-Grade Spirit Stones into the core embedding slot on the war Puppet's back as if they were worthless!

A cold Divine Thought command instantly poured in: "Protector! Intruders... kill!"

The asura war puppet's crimson eyes blazed with light!

Like an activated killing golem, the serrated bone blade in its hand instantly appeared before Yao Delong!

Emitting a heart-stopping protective Killing Intent!

Having completed all this, Yao Delong could no longer support himself and collapsed with a thud!

Enduring the inhuman agony of needles piercing his Sea of Consciousness and his body tearing apart inch by inch,

The Rosy Seal Yin Yang Art slowly activated in his extremely depleted Meridians!

Buzz... hiss... hiss... The faint Origins of Divine Sun and Divine Moon flickered and trembled in the depths of his almost dried and torn Sea of Consciousness!

In the depths of that cracked Primordial Spirit phantom, fiercely guarded by Divine Fire,

A faint yet tenacious opportunity for Yin and Yang transformation was painstakingly born amidst absolute destruction!

His mind sank into a deathly stillness.

Every frame of this battle replayed in his mind. That world-destroying "world dust Condensing Star"...

That profound trajectory of the Heart Sword Without Trace that instantly killed the Primordial Spirit... "The power of Void Refining Peak... ultimately cannot last long..."

Broken Divine Thought flashed with cold introspection, and immense fatigue, like a bottomless cold abyss, slowly dragged his consciousness downward.

"Next time... if I encounter such a tough opponent again..." The last flicker of unwilling flame weakly jumped before completely sinking into darkness.

"Demoness... Xin Yuelan..." Intense rage and a predatory, cold possessiveness condensed in his dazed state.

"You dared to break the agreement and ambush me... just you wait... I will definitely... train you into the most obedient cauldron..."

His consciousness completely fell into a deep, hibernating Chaos... Meanwhile, in the Eastern Region, a deep, demonic underground lair.

"Useless! All useless! Can't even find a trace of a person!"

The Mad Extreme Demon Lord's furious roar almost shattered this Immortal Cave, which was harder than fine iron!

Dark red Demonic Qi surged around him like out-of-control venomous insects!

His originally resolute and majestic face was now completely twisted by anger and anxiety!

The two Soul Transformation Realm trusted demonic cultivators standing by were trembling with fear, not daring to breathe!

How could he not be anxious? How could he not be angry?

His daughter, Luo Tianying! She was his only Bloodline! And the Saintess was now also missing!

"The Saintess used the ultimate demonic talisman! That old fellow A'Da's Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering... What about Tianying?! What happened to Tianying?!"

He suddenly turned his head, his crimson eyes like those of a man-eating Vicious Beast!

"Reporting to Lord! Young Miss's... Young Miss's Natal Soul Tablet, although not shattered,

But... the Demonic Essence radiance on it... is dim... flickering unceasingly! Like a candle... in the wind!"

A trusted demonic cultivator tremblingly held a bone tablet covered in cracks, with only a faint black light flickering on its surface.

"Damn it!!" Mad Extreme slammed his palm onto the conference stone table, cast from Profound Essence Iron, turning it into a sky full of iron dust!

His daughter's situation must be extremely perilous! And to make matters worse—that old schemer Sha Wuji!

He actually directly sent his arrogant, condescending head Disciple, Wan Bulei, with a secret order to "assist"?!

"Assist? Hmph! Clearly, he's here to take advantage of my misfortune and seize power!"

Killing Intent surged in Mad Extreme's eyes, yet it was also tinged with deep apprehension. "Even more troublesome is Old Fox Hundred Refinements... he was also given a death order by that effeminate fellow Zhu Wuneng to cooperate..."

The Old Demon Hundred Refinements's smirking face, with its cunning, calculating eyes, flashed through his mind!

The last Northern Territory plan ended in utter failure, and Hundred Refinements suffered heavy losses.

He already harbored much resentment and dissatisfaction towards him, but was temporarily enduring due to Sect rules.

Now that this "atone for one's crimes" task has fallen upon him... that old bastard would absolutely be delighted to trip him up and dig deeper pits for him!

He would wish for him to fall even harder!

"Any word from Hundred Refinements?" Mad Extreme suppressed his surging Demonic Qi, asking in a hoarse voice.

"Reporting to Demonic Lord... the Moyang Sect is also in turmoil and Chaos!

The traces of that battle outside Jinling City were too terrifying and shocking; several waves of reconnaissance teams they sent found no living traces whatsoever.

The residual destructive Laws on the battlefield were mixed and unclear, making it impossible to accurately determine friend or foe!

They only deduced... that it might involve... the aura and Foundation of one person seemed vaguely... similar... to the traces of the Heavenly Sword Peak's ultimate art of the Yin Yang Sect—the Nine Transformations of the Vast Sun!"

The other trusted subordinate responsible for intelligence reported in a low voice, his tone filled with disbelief.

"Nine Transformations of the Vast Sun?! Impossible!" Mad Extreme subconsciously denied it!

He knew the group of Daoist priests from the Yin Yang Sect best.

Among his peers, only one person could cultivate the Nine Transformations of the Vast Sun to the eighth transformation or above, unleashing the combat power of Void Refining Stage Perfection!

Not to mention achieving the battlefield destructive power rumored to be at the level of A'Da's demise!

That was the supreme Divine Might possessed only by the Perfection of the "Eighth Transformation"! "The Yin Yang Sect? They don't have such a person!"

"Could it be...?"

An absurd thought suddenly flashed through his mind—a vague intelligence report received a few days ago about a "Northern Territory new talent resisting Hundred Refinements... that Soul Transformation Realm brat?!

Frenzy and confusion intertwined like poisonous vines! The clues were disorganized!

"Search! Activate all overt and covert lines! Pry open every possible mouth for me!

No matter who it is! I want to know the Saintess! And Tianying's last whereabouts!

Whoever dares to slack off... I will refine their living souls into lamps!"

...White Cloud Mountain Range, Yin Yang Sect, Dragon Head Peak Main Hall.

Inside the cloud-shrouded quiet room, the ancient charm was elegant. But the atmosphere was now as stagnant as ice sealed in a cold abyss.

Sect Master White Cloud Master, in a plain Daoist robe, still exuded an air of immortality,

But in the depths of his profound, unmoving eyes, monstrous waves were stirring!

An Elder, responsible for intelligence transmission in the Eastern Region, with a withered face like an old tree, and at the Peak of Soul Transformation, bowed and stood below.

His voice was heavy as he reported the astonishing news that had just arrived through the Sect's emergency channel:

"...Secret message returned by the Night Hawk Guards outside Jinling City!

Several individuals spared no Origin to trace the source of that devastated area... finally, by piecing together Law fragments in reverse... it can be confirmed that among the two combatants, the gray-robed man used... with ninety percent certainty, a forbidden 'Heavenly Domain Secret Art' recorded as extremely rare and containing the Origin of 'world dust Annihilation'!"

The Elder's voice carried an unprecedented horror.

"As for the other person... the source of sword Dao destruction that ultimately erupted and ended everything,

Although severely distorted and polluted by the Origin power of world dust, making it impossible to fully confirm,

But the core dao rhyme within it, which is utterly rigid, utterly Yang, burning all Laws to a single stillness... and... and the Profound Truth of our Sect's Heavenly Sword Peak's Nine Transformations of the Vast Sun, Seventh Stage or above... have an extremely high Origin compatibility!"

The Elder paused, then with difficulty, clearly stated his final judgment:

"The Night Hawk Guards unanimously deduced... the unknown entity who used the Nine Transformations of the Vast Sun, fought against, and allegedly killed that Heavenly Domain expert on the spot... their final strike... its power... is very likely... to have broken through the 'Void Refining Perfection' barrier!!"

"What—?!"

Even with White Cloud Master's centuries of Dao Heart cultivation, the handle of the whisk in his hand let out a faint whine at this moment!

A trace of uncontrollable sharp Qi overflowed from around him, instantly and silently turning a hard jade brick on the ground into powder!