440: Chapter 440: Revealing the Truth

"Have... have mercy! Please, two grandmas, have mercy! I am the Saint of the Taiyi Immortal Sect, and my grandfather is a Grand Elder! If you let me go, I will give you immortal crystals, I will kowtow to you..." The playboy Saint wept bitterly, kowtowing frantically in the Void Realm, no longer possessing even a hint of his former arrogance.

Gu Qingxue stood amidst the blood mist that filled the air, her white dress still spotless.

She didn't spare a single glance at the playboy Saint, who was like a pile of rotten mud. She simply tilted her head slightly and looked at Lu Xueyao nearby with a calm expression, as if she had merely stepped on an unsightly ant.

"Xue Yao, do it. Kill them all, leave none alive.

Remember to record the surrounding battle scenes with a high-grade memory stone, especially the Formation they used for the ambush and the words they just said, exactly as they happened.

Revered Master is still waiting for our physical evidence over there."

"Yes, Master's wife."

Lu Xueyao winked playfully and, carrying the Great Luo Heavenly Sword which was still dripping blood, walked step by step toward the playboy Saint slumped on the ground and the three heavily injured Elders who had just crawled out of the meteorite crater.

"No! Don't! You can't kill me—!"

Accompanied by several shrill, despairing screams that sounded like pigs being slaughtered, the cries echoed through the starry sky.

Sword light flashed repeatedly, like a cold Grim Reaper swinging its scythe.

The noble playboy Saint and the remaining three Profound Immortal Early Stage Elders had their heads sent flying. Their Primordial Spirits were instantly shredded by Sword Qi, and they were all executed.

A carefully planned murder and robbery ended dramatically with the hunters being slaughtered to the last man by their prey.

...

Half a day later, in the deepest part of the Taiyi Immortal Sect, inside the most heavily guarded Soul Tablet Hall.

Tens of thousands of life soul tablets, representing the life status of the Sect's core members, were displayed within the hall.

Crack! Crack! Crack...

Suddenly, dozens of crisp cracking sounds rang out abruptly in the silent hall, like notes of a death knell.

The deacon Elder responsible for guarding the Soul Tablet Hall snapped his eyes open. When he saw the location of the shattered soul tablets, his face instantly turned pale as paper, and his legs went weak, nearly causing him to collapse to his knees.

The life soul tablets of the core Elder guarding Taiyi Immortal City, Xue Wuya, three inner Sect Profound Immortal Elders, the Saint whom the Sect had focused on nurturing, and nearly a hundred elite Dark Blood Guards, all cracked simultaneously. Then, their light dimmed completely, turning into a pile of lifeless powder!

"Elder... Elder Xue Wuya... has fallen? The entire force wiped out?"

This news, like a bolt from the blue, reached the ears of Sect Master Yuan Xuji at the fastest possible speed.

Inside the main hall of the Taiyi Immortal Sect.

Bang!

After hearing the report, Yuan Xuji's eyes turned blood-red with rage. His immortal power went out of control, and he crushed the precious Jade Slip used for messaging into dust.

The Golden Immortal pressure rampaged through the hall, forcing the reporting Elder to prostrate on the ground, trembling with fear.

"Investigate! Go investigate immediately! The vicinity of Taiyi Immortal City is my Sect's heartland! Who is it? Who has the audacity to lay such a murderous hand on my guarding Elder?" Yuan Xuji's furious roar almost blew the roof off the hall.

In less than the time it takes to burn an incense stick, Elder Taixuan, who was in charge of the Sect's intelligence network, arrived. Drenched in sweat, he tremblingly presented a blurred memory stone image recovered from the residual aura at the scene through secret methods.

Although the image was blurry and only showed flashes of light from the moment of the encounter, when he saw the Divine Abilities used by the two women in the image...

"The extreme cold frost of the Taiyin Law... the Galaxy Sword Intent of the Daluo Sword Canon..."

Yuan Xuji stared intently at the screen, his pupils shrinking suddenly. Then, he laughed out of extreme anger, his laughter filled with hysterical madness and malice.

"Hahaha! Good! Very good! It's those two women from the Qingyun Dao Sect! It's Lu Yuan's wife, Gu Qingxue, and his precious Disciple, Lu Xueyao!"

"Lu Yuan! I endured for the sake of the big picture and hadn't gone to Qingyun Mountain to find trouble with you yet, but you, you madman, are arrogant to the extreme! You actually sent people to my territory to kill my Sect's core Elder first! Do you really think I fear the Immortal King's Iron Law? Do you really think my Taiyi Immortal Sect is made of clay?"

Yuan Xuji was blinded by rage. He didn't stop to think why Xue Wuya was in a deserted meteorite belt, nor did he investigate the cause and course of the event.

To him, the truth of the matter was not important at all. What was important was that the Taiyi Immortal Sect had finally found a perfect, legitimate excuse to strike at the Qingyun Dao Sect!

He slammed his hand onto the armrest of his chair and gave a sharp command, his voice echoing throughout the entire Taiyi Immortal Sect: "Pass down my Sect Master's decree! Immediately notify all forces in the entire Daluo Heaven! The Qingyun Dao Sect demonesses Gu Qingxue and Lu Xueyao intercepted and killed our Taiyi Immortal City's guarding Elder Xue Wuya and over a hundred Sect elites outside the city without cause. Their methods were extremely cruel, their crimes heinous, and they have incited the wrath of both gods and men!"

"From this moment on, in the name of the leader of the Righteous Path of the Taiyi Immortal Sect, these two women are wanted throughout Daluo Heaven! Dead or alive! Anyone who dares to secretly harbor them or hide clues will be regarded as accomplices, guilty of the same crime as the Taiyi Immortal Sect, and will be prosecuted together!"

Instead of reflecting on the greed of their own Elder, the Taiyi Immortal Sect directly shifted the blame. They used their massive influence and voice to firmly pin the blame for murdering fellow Cultivators on the Qingyun Dao Sect, attempting to occupy the moral high ground and force other forces in Daluo Heaven to take sides.

The Taiyi Immortal Sect's wanted poster seemed to grow wings. Within a short half-day, it spread to every corner of Daluo Heaven through various teleportation Formations and messaging arrays.

Countless Cultivators were shocked, speculating whether the sky of Daluo Heaven was about to change completely.

A full-scale war between the Qingyun Dao Sect and the Taiyi Immortal Sect seemed to be on the verge of breaking out.

However, before the Taiyi Immortal Sect Disciples could even begin shouting about trampling Qingyun Mountain...

And before the aftershocks of this lie-filled wanted poster could fully ferment...

From the direction of Qingyun Mountain, a terrifying Golden Immortal pressure suddenly erupted, soaring into the sky and shaking the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands.

Following that, a grand voice that shook the entire Daluo Heaven, filled with endless mockery and cold killing intent, exploded in the ears of all Daluo Heaven Cultivators like rolling heavenly thunder, making their eardrums ache.

"Hahaha! What a leader of the Righteous Path! What a heinous crime! Taiyi Immortal Sect, you beasts in human skin, the overlords of Daluo Heaven, actually committed the filthy act of following and killing Cultivators who attended your own auction to rob them! Now that the matter is exposed and you were killed like dogs, you actually have the face to shift the blame and issue a wanted poster? Do you really think I, Lu Yuan, am dead?"

Lu Yuan's voice, bolstered by his powerful Golden Immortal cultivation and the Laws of the Great Dao, ignored the obstacles of space and resounded through the sky.

Just as all the Cultivators in Daluo Heaven were shocked by these staggering words.