452: Chapter 452 Mid-stage Golden Immortal, Abundant Harvest!

"Crack!"

The blood-colored Karmic Guillotine hanging above the immortal execution platform fell with a thunderous crash! Under this blade, the Primordial Spirit capable of withstanding Lightning Tribulation, along with the last trace of Immortal Golden Nature deep within Yuan Xuji's Soul that attempted Rebirth, was completely crushed, erased cleanly, and reduced to nothingness!

With this, the three Golden Immortal powerhouses of the Taiyi Immortal Sect were completely annihilated!

"Heaven Devouring Demonic Art, activate!"

The battle concluded. Lu Yuan stood silently atop the ruins of the Taiyi Immortal Sect's main peak, slowly spreading his arms.

A deep, dark, massive black hole that seemed capable of devouring the heavens and all worlds slowly emerged behind him.

As the Demonic Technique circulated, the vast Dao Fruits and Immortal Golden Nature of the three fallen Golden Immortals, dissipating into the world, were drawn in as if by a fatal attraction. They transformed into three golden rivers and were completely swallowed by the black hole like a whale inhaling water!

"Rumble—"

After forcibly absorbing the lifelong cultivation of the three Golden Immortals, thunderous roars like the bellows of an ancient thunder dragon echoed from within Lu Yuan's body.

His cultivation Bottleneck, which had just entered the Golden Immortal Realm, was broken through by the violent energy as naturally as water flowing in a channel, firmly stepping into the supreme Realm of the Middle Stage Golden Immortal!

Bathed in the golden blood shed by the three fallen Golden Immortals and the rain of light from the dissipating Formations, surrounded by currents of Chaos, he looked like an invincible and peerless god-demon.

The entire Taiyi Immortal Sect was utterly defeated. The remaining hundreds of thousands of Disciples and Elders watched the invincible figure in the sky, throwing away their Magic Treasures one after another, kneeling in the ruins and pools of blood, shivering and kowtowing repeatedly for mercy.

In the Void Realm far from this place, Sect Master Fu Tianshu of the Taixuan Immortal Sect—another top power in Daluo Heaven—witnessed the entire process through a Heaven-Viewing Divine Mirror flowing with profound Dao rhymes.

At the sight of Yuan Xuji's Divine Soul being utterly destroyed, he made a "thud" sound as his legs gave way, and he slumped directly into the chair behind him.

His face was as pale as paper, his eyes were wide open, and his pupils had shrunk to the size of pinheads from fear.

Just by watching the battle, the cold sweat pouring from his body had completely soaked his Golden Immortal robe, which was supposed to be impervious to fire and water.

"Three Golden Immortals... three Golden Immortals with deep foundations... gone just like that? Like slaughtering chickens or dogs... not even a Medium Grade Immortal Artifact could delay his steps for a moment?"

Fu Tianshu's voice was as raspy as two pieces of dry bark rubbing together, his eyes filled with horror.

"A lunatic... he's an absolute monster! A Prodigy who has broken all the iron laws of cultivation!"

After a brief, deathly silence, fear completely devoured his reason.

Like a madman, Fu Tianshu almost crawled out of the secret room, screaming hoarsely at the bewildered Elders on the square outside:

"Pass the order! Seal the mountain immediately! Activate the Sect's highest-level Grade One defensive Formation! No one, not even a Grand Elder, is allowed to step a single foot out of the mountain gate!"

The Elders were scared out of their wits. Fu Tianshu grabbed the Grand Elder and roared with bloodshot eyes, "And! Go to the secret vault immediately and bring out that hundred-thousand-year-old Snow Jade Ginseng and that piece of Nine Serenity Profound Ice Iron intact! Send someone... no! I will go personally! I will personally visit the Qingyun Dao Sect to deliver the most grand apology!"

He was truly afraid, utterly terrified. In today's battle, Lu Yuan had not only flattened the million-year-old Legacy of the Taiyi Immortal Sect with overwhelming force but had also used that crimson blood to carve his invincible reputation deep into the Soul of every Cultivator and Sect Master in Daluo Heaven!

Fu Tianshu knew very well that from now on, in the entire Daluo Heaven, no one would ever dare say "no" to the Qingyun Dao Sect or to Lu Yuan!

Shifting the focus back to the ruins of the Taiyi Immortal Sect, Lu Yuan slowly withdrew his aura that had been crushing the heavens. His deep gaze swept indifferently over the dense crowd of the Taiyi Immortal Sect below, who had completely surrendered and remained kneeling.

"Pass down the order," Lu Yuan's voice was calm without a single ripple. "The army is to move in and take full control of all resources, Spiritual Veins, and subsidiary mineral veins accumulated by the Taiyi Immortal Sect over the past million years. Anyone who dares to hide anything or resist shall be executed without mercy."

The high and clear sky of Daluo Heaven was now replaced by an endless sense of oppression.

Countless flying ships of the Qingyun Dao Sect, thousands of feet long and engraved with complex golden Dao patterns, shuttled back and forth. They formed a dark mass, their banners blotting out the sun.

The decks of the flying ships were filled with Qingyun Disciples clad in armor and holding sharp weapons, their Evil Qi soaring to the heavens.

Under the personal leadership of the Qingyun Elders, these fierce and aggressive Qingyun Disciples turned into streaks of light, precisely and swiftly occupying top-grade immortal mines buried deep in the Earth Veins and top-tier medicine gardens emitting enticing fragrances.

The foundation that the Taiyi Immortal Sect had accumulated for millions of years, which was originally regarded as their exclusive domain, was now like an open vault, being continuously transported back to Qingyun Mountain.

Cartloads of top-grade immortal crystals emitting brilliant light were lifted onto the flying ships by giant mechanical Puppets. immortal herbs, tens of thousands of years old and some having even developed faint intelligence, were carefully sealed into jade boxes. Herds of rare Spirit Beasts were fitted with beast-controlling collars, emitting mournful cries as they were driven forward.

How spectacular and shocking the scene was.

High above the clouds in the far distance, countless Loose Cultivators and Cultivators from small Sects watched this scene from afar through various heaven-peeking Magic Treasures and water mirror techniques. Everyone's eyes were filled with deep awe and unconcealable envy.

"The Taiyi Immortal Sect... gone just like that? That was a super Sect with a Golden Immortal Old Ancestor overseeing it!" An old Loose Cultivator with white hair and beard spoke with a trembling voice, barely able to hold the cane in his hand.

"Shh! Quiet! From now on, there is only one overlord in Daluo Heaven, and that is the Qingyun Dao Sect! Didn't you see Ancestor Qingyun's methods? Plucking stars with a single hand, destroying Taiyi as easily as flipping a palm!"

They communicated while shivering, knowing full well in their hearts: from now on, the sky of Daluo Heaven had truly changed—it had become a single expanse of Qingyun.

...

On the main peak of the Taiyi Immortal Sect, the Taiyi Golden Hall, which originally symbolized supreme power, had now been completely taken over by the Qingyun Dao Sect.

The statues of the past Taiyi Ancestral Masters originally enshrined in the hall had all been toppled, replaced by a solemn and majestic atmosphere.

Lu Yuan sat high on the main seat at the top of the hall, dressed in a spotless black robe. The dark gold flowing cloud patterns embroidered on the hem shimmered faintly under the light of the hall's ever-burning lamps.

He rested his head on one hand, his expression as calm as a pool of stagnant water. Listening to the reports from the Elders below, there wasn't a single ripple in his deep eyes.

"Reporting to Old Ancestor, all thirty-six main mineral veins and seventy-two top-tier medicine gardens of the Taiyi Immortal Sect have been fully taken over."

"The Taiyi remnants who resisted along the way have all been executed, leaving no survivors."

A Qingyun Elder at the Early Stage of the Profound Immortal Realm knelt respectfully on one knee and reported loudly, "A total of eighty-seven million top-grade immortal crystals have been scavenged from the treasury, along with fifty Acquired Spirit Treasures and Immortal Artifacts. As for Heaven Rank and above Cultivation Techniques and Secret Manuals, there are as many as a thousand volumes. All have been inventoried and are currently being transported back to the Sect's storehouse in batches by the Enforcement Hall Disciples."