501: Chapter 501 Shock to All Parties

Tens of thousands of Disciples within the Blood Shadow Sect looked up in terror, only to see their sect-protecting array—the Mountain Protection Array that had guarded the Blood Shadow Sect for hundreds of thousands of years—shattering like glass!

After slicing through the array, the blade light did not slow down in the slightest, heading straight for the main peak of the Blood Shadow Sect.

The Blood Fiend Old Monster's expression changed drastically. He let out a roar, his hands violently forming seals, and blinding blood-colored light erupted from his body as he attempted to mobilize his entire cultivation to withstand this blade strike.

However, the blade light descended too quickly—so quickly that he didn't even have time to react.

"Rumble—!"

The Blood Shadow main peak, which stood tens of thousands of feet tall, was cleaved straight down the middle by this blade light! The entire mountain was split completely in two from peak to base! As the mountain collapsed, boulders tumbled down, the earth shook, and it felt as if the apocalypse had descended upon the entire Blood Shadow Sect.

Inside the main hall, the Blood Fiend Old Monster let out a scream of extreme agony.

A Karma blade glow struck him with unerring accuracy, instantly severing more than half of his Immortal Golden Nature and splitting his Physical Body in two! Crimson blood gushed out like a fountain, staining the entire hall red.

"Ah—! My Golden Body! My Origin!" The Blood Fiend Old Monster was terrified. His two severed halves writhed frantically, trying to reform his Physical Body, but the power of Karma contained within the blade glow was like maggots on rotting bones, constantly eroding his Golden Nature Origin and making it impossible for him to recover.

What terrified him even more was the spatial suction force coming from the blade scar, pulling at him frantically like a black hole.

"No—!"

The Blood Fiend Old Monster let out the most desperate roar of his life.

His battered Primordial Spirit, along with his two severed halves, was forcibly dragged away from the Blood Shadow Sect by this power.

A blood-colored passage tore open in the Void Realm, swallowing him whole.

Meanwhile, high above the Imperial Pass, Lu Yuan remained seated steadily on the commander's chair, which had been makeshiftly assembled from the bones of exotic beasts.

His hand still held the posture from when he pushed out the immortal execution platform, and the light from the drop of Golden Immortal essence blood at his fingertip was slowly fading.

His gaze was as calm as an ancient well, without a single ripple, as if he had just done something insignificant.

A moment later, the Void Realm tore open, and a streak of blood-colored light fell down.

"Bang!"

The two severed, battered halves of his body and his Primordial Spirit, which was weak to the extreme, slammed into the ruins at Lu Yuan's feet, kicking up a cloud of dust.

It was none other than the Blood Fiend Old Monster who had just been spouting nonsense!

At this moment, he was a completely different person from his majestic self just a moment ago.

His body had been neatly split into two halves, and faint blood-colored blade light remained at the wound, continuously slicing at his Golden Nature Origin.

His Primordial Spirit was dim and lusterless, like a candle in the wind, ready to be extinguished at any moment.

He struggled to lift his head, his eyes filled with unconcealable fear and despair.

"You... you..." He stared fixedly at Lu Yuan sitting on the chair, his lips trembling, but he couldn't even utter a complete sentence.

A strike across the Star Domain not only split his sect-protecting array but also captured him, a Golden Immortal Middle Stage expert, alive! What kind of unfathomable, god-like method was this? Even a Golden Immortal Late Stage powerhouse couldn't achieve this, right?

Lu Yuan didn't even glance at him; he simply waved his hand faintly, his voice calm and without a ripple: "Hang him up."

As soon as he finished speaking, two Golden Immortal Cultivators dressed in the robes of Qingyun Dao Sect Elders immediately stepped forward.

In their hands, they held special Immortal Locking Chains—divine weapons forged specifically to bind Golden Immortal realm powerhouses, made from meteor iron collected from the ruins of the Imperial Pass, combined with dozens of rare Materials.

One of the Elders grabbed a severed half of the Blood Fiend Old Monster, while the other struck instantly, the Immortal Locking Chains piercing through his collarbones with a "squelch."

"Ah—!" The Blood Fiend Old Monster let out a heart-wrenching scream. With his collarbones pierced, not only was he in extreme pain, but more importantly, the binding power of the Immortal Locking Chains began to frantically erode his Golden Body, leaving him unable to even struggle or move.

The two Elders expressionlessly dragged the battered remains of the Blood Fiend Old Monster, walking step by step toward the gate of the Imperial Pass.

The Immortal Locking Chains dragged along the ground, emitting a harsh metallic scraping sound.

"Let me go! You ants! Do you know who I am?"

The Blood Fiend Old Monster struggled with all his might, but the only response he received was a cold rebuke.

"Shut up!"

The other Elder formed a seal with his hands, and a flash of golden light sealed the Blood Fiend Old Monster's mouth, preventing him from even screaming.

The two dragged him to the gate of the Imperial Pass and used a winch to hoist the Immortal Locking Chains high up.

"Creak, creak, creak—" The sound of the winch turning was exceptionally jarring in the deathly silent Imperial Pass.

The Blood Fiend Old Monster was like a dead dog on a chopping block, hung upside down on the dilapidated gate of the Imperial Pass.

As the wind blew, his battered body swayed in the air, and blood slid down the city wall, leaving shocking trails of blood on the mottled ramparts.

After finishing all this, Lu Yuan flipped his palm, and a surge of great magical power erupted from within his body.

He pressed his hand in the air, and the clouds in the sky suddenly split open, a huge screen of light unfolding out of thin air.

In the light screen, the scene of the Blood Fiend Old Monster being hung upside down on the city gate was clearly visible.

His pained, twisted face, his two battered severed halves, and his desperate gaze of dying with a grievance were all projected into the skies above the various Star Domains of the Daluo Heaven.

Every faction, whether it was a supreme top-tier immortal sect or a struggling Loose Cultivator faction, saw this scene.

Deathly silence; the entire Daluo Heaven fell into a silence as deep as death.

At the Xuanyang Immortal Mansion, the Mansion Master was sitting in his Purple Gold Hall sipping tea.

He had just been discussing with several Elders how to deal with Lu Yuan's three-day deadline, even feeling that they could unite with other factions to confront Lu Yuan head-on.

But when he looked up and saw the light screen in the sky, the teacup in his hand fell to the ground with a "snap," shattering into seven or eight pieces.

Boiling hot tea splashed all over him, but he didn't care at all.

His face turned as pale as paper, and his lips were trembling, even quivering.

"Quick!" He roared fiercely at the door, his voice slightly distorted: "Quick! Prepare generous gifts! Assemble ten Profound Immortal Elders! This seat is going to the Imperial Pass to report immediately!"

At the Jiuyuan Temple, the Temple Master was in secluded cultivation. Sensing the commotion outside, he frowned and walked out of his Immortal Cave.

When his gaze fell upon the light screen, he froze in place as if he had been struck by an immobilization spell.

He saw a dignified Golden Immortal Middle Stage expert being hung on the city gate like livestock, blood flowing down the city wall, and even his Primordial Spirit swaying in the wind.

"We can't afford to offend him! This is a god of slaughter!" The Jiuyuan Temple Master was so scared that he rushed straight out of his secluded Immortal Cave, not even wearing his shoes properly: "Hurry and leave! If we're late, we'll end up just like that Blood Fiend Old Monster!"

The various factions of the Daluo Heaven, which had originally been watching from the sidelines, or even secretly uniting to prepare to resist Lu Yuan, all gasped in unison upon seeing this scene.