82: Soul-Searching Demonic Cultivator!

One must know that the self-detonation of a Late Golden Core Stage Cultivator is powerful enough to level an area spanning dozens of miles.

Even space itself would be torn apart!

Chen Daoxuan, who was some distance away, watched his expression change drastically.

He could clearly feel how terrifying that energy was!

However, facing the opponent's struggle,

Chen Xu merely snorted coldly: "Hmph."

"In front of this Seat, if you wish to die, you must first have my permission."

The moment his words fell,

The purple Qi Golden Core within Chen Xu's body rotated slightly.

A wisp of purple-gold light quietly separated from it.

The next moment, a dazzling chain, entirely woven from purple-gold lightning, appeared out of thin air.

It ignored the violent Devilish Qi in front of the Greedy Wolf Demon Envoy.

It directly plunged into his Dantian!

Buzz~!

The seemingly slender chain, the moment it entered the Greedy Wolf Demon Envoy's body,

Instantly wrapped around the Demonic Path Golden Core that was about to explode.

A strange scene unfolded!

The originally incredibly violent Golden Core, on the verge of exploding,

The moment it was entangled by the purple chain, all its light, all its destructive aura, instantly extinguished!

That violent energy was forcibly suppressed.

The dense cracks were forcefully smoothed over, and the entire Golden Core was tightly bound by the chain.

Not even a trace of energy could leak out!

"No... this... this is impossible!"

The madness and ferocity on the Greedy Wolf Demon Envoy's face instantly froze.

Only a deathly gray remained.

He could clearly feel that the connection between him and his Golden Core

Had been severed by that strange purple chain!

Let alone self-detonation, he couldn't even mobilize a trace of spiritual power now!

His power, his dignity,

Were so casually... stripped away in front of his opponent!

Thinking of this, the Greedy Wolf Demon Envoy's heart completely sank into the abyss... Chen Daoxuan, beside him, was already dazed and shaken to his core.

From his father's move, to the Devil Head preparing to self-detonate, and then to his father's casual wave of his hand to suppress it,

Everything happened in a flash of lightning.

He had just been terrified by the destructive power of the Golden Core's self-detonation.

The next second, that crisis, capable of destroying heaven and earth,

Was so casually resolved by his father.

That purple-gold chain, that absolute control over power, scenes appeared in his mind one after another.

This was true strength!

Not mere destruction, but doing as one pleases.

Absolute control, where words become reality!

His father's figure, in his eyes, was once again infinitely elevated.

Chen Xu no longer paid attention to the Greedy Wolf Demon Envoy, who had completely given up on life. He pressed his right hand onto the top of his head without hesitation.

Overbearing Divine Sense surged into the opponent's Sea of Consciousness!

Soul search, begin!

Rumble!

Memory fragments, like a turbid ocean, surged into Chen Xu's Sea of Consciousness.

Those were the shrill screams of countless living beings being tortured and killed.

Those were the desperate cries of countless young girls being harvested.

Those were various inhumane, bloody scenes of refining Magic Treasures and Cultivating Demonic Techniques with living people... These memories were filled with malice and chaos.

Enough to make any Cultivator with an unstable Dao Heart instantly suffer a Divine Soul collapse and Dao Heart damage.

However, Chen Xu's Sea of Consciousness was as solid as a divine domain, as vast as the Universe.

These filthy memories pouring into it were like a few drops of sewage falling into an boundless ocean.

Then they were instantly purified and sorted by the glorious purple Qi.

Chen Xu's expression remained unchanged.

He coldly sifted through the dirty and reprehensible life of a profoundly sinful Cultivator.

Searching for the information he needed.

Soon, an even grander picture slowly unfolded in his mind.

"seven kill demon star"!

This was not a single person, but a secret organization composed of Demonic Path Cultivators of the current Demonic Path!

In the Greedy Wolf Demon Envoy's memory, Chen Xu saw the current structure of the Demonic Path.

Blood Fiend Sect, Myriad Poisons Sect, Hehuan Sect, Heavenly Corpse Cult!

These four Demonic Sects were the number one mortal enemies of the Righteous Path Alliance in the current Great Feng Dynasty Cultivation world.

And the seven Demon Envoys of the "seven kill demon star" were hidden within these four Demonic Sects, with some of them even being Sect Master-level figures of certain Demonic Sects themselves!

They used constellations as their code names: Po Jun, Greedy Wolf, Ju Men, Lian Zhen, warrior star, Wen Qu, Lu Cun!

This Greedy Wolf Demon Envoy was an Elder of the Blood Fiend Sect!

And their common goal was not simply to expand their territory and contend with the Righteous Path.

But a crazy plan — to unleash the "World-Ending Demonic Tribulation"!

They wanted to cleanse the entire world with the flesh and Divine Souls of billions of living beings, pollute the Spiritual Veins of heaven and earth, and transform this bright Universe into an boundless Demonic Domain suitable for the Demonic Path's survival.

To welcome the return of an ancient Demonic Lord!

What a grand scheme!

Chen Xu's eyes grew even colder.

He continued to dig deeper, and soon, the complete plan for the East Sea was also thoroughly revealed to him.

It perfectly matched the fragmented information he had previously obtained from Elder Demon You Ying's memory and his own conjectures.

And was even more detailed!

The ultimate goal of the seven kill demon star in the East Sea was precisely the "demon lord holy embryo" suppressed in the deepest part of the "Dragon Fall Sea Trench"!

And to unlock the Seal of the Dragon Fall Sea Trench, a special key was needed — the vast sea dragon heart!

But an ordinary vast sea dragon heart wouldn't do; it had to be completely contaminated by the flesh and resentful spirits of countless living beings.

A "Demonic Dragon Heart" after demonization!

For this, the seven kill demon star sent a group of Demonic Path experts led by the Greedy Wolf Demon Envoy to infiltrate the East Sea.

They secretly arranged a total of eighty-one "Blood River Sacrificial Spirit Array".

This Black Reef Island was just one of them!

When the time was ripe, all eighty-one Formations would activate simultaneously, and the resentful spirits of billions of living beings would gather into a monstrous sea of blood.

This would severely wound the Late Nascent Soul Stage great demon Xuan Shui Dragon Turtle, who guarded the vast sea dragon heart.

And seize the opportunity to contaminate the Dragon Heart!

One link after another, insidious and vicious!

However, when Chen Xu's Divine Sense continued to delve deeper, turning to a memory deeply hidden by the Greedy Wolf Demon Envoy,

A monstrous killing intent finally erupted from his eyes!

It was a scene of a secret meeting.

In the picture, the Greedy Wolf Demon Envoy was meeting with a Nascent Soul Stage Sea Clan Cultivator wearing blue scales and exuding a cold aura, in a hidden underwater Immortal Cave.

The Sea Clan Cultivator's body emanated an aura from the same source as Elder Azure Cliff, the Nascent Soul Elder from earlier in the day.

And that arrogant Young Lord Cang Jie!

Azure Scale Sea Clan!

In the memory, the Elder of the Azure Scale Sea Clan was solemnly assuring the Greedy Wolf Demon Envoy.

They would use their influence in the East Sea to provide convenience for the actions of the Demonic Path Cultivators, help them hide their Formations.

And even provide some of the "sacrifices" needed for the blood sacrifice!

What they sought in return was, after the deed was done,

To obtain that "vast sea dragon heart" after it had been demonized!

With the help of this infinitely powerful Magic Treasure, their Azure Scale Sea Clan would be able to overpower the East Sea Sword Sect and the other two mortal enemies of the Azure Scale Sea Clan, becoming the sole overlord of the East Sea!

"So that's how it is..."

"Colluding with the Demonic Path, slaughtering living beings, just for selfish desires..."

Boom!!!

An uncontrollable killing intent erupted from Chen Xu's body!

In an instant, the temperature of the entire valley seemed to plummet to freezing point.

Even the air seemed to be frozen!

Chen Daoxuan, in the distance, felt a chill shoot from the soles of his feet straight to the top of his head, and couldn't help but shiver.

He looked at his father in horror.

He saw that the space around his father's body was slightly distorted by that terrifying killing intent.

This was the first time he had felt such an intense killing intent from his father!

"What a grand Azure Scale Sea Clan!"

Chen Xu slowly withdrew his hand; the soul search was over.

He had obtained all the information he wanted to know.

The Greedy Wolf Demon Envoy, clutched in mid-air by the purple giant hand, had now become a blank shell with a vacant expression.

Chen Xu no longer paid attention to him.

With a mere thought of his Divine Sense, the purple giant hand slowly clenched.

With a soft "puff" sound,

The Late Golden Core Stage Greedy Wolf Demon Envoy was completely disintegrated under the incomparably overbearing purple-gold divine lightning.

Annihilated without a trace.

Having done all this, Chen Xu slowly turned around, his back to his son.

Looking towards Wanghai City.

"Azure Scale Sea Clan..."

"Colluding with the Demonic Path, they —"

"Shall be —"

"Annihilated — as a clan!"

As the last word "clan" fell, an invisible Sword Intent soared into the sky.

That soaring, invisible Sword Intent was incomparably overbearing, slicing a huge gap in the thick clouds in the sky, which lingered for a long time without healing.

Chen Daoxuan stood behind his father, feeling a rush of hot blood to his head!

Annihilate the clan!

This was the code of conduct for his Chen family!

For all such matters, those who cross my bottom line shall be uprooted with thunderous means, eradicating the root cause!

However, just as the killing intent in the valley reached its peak,

A sword light, as clear as the moon yet as sharp as a sword,

Streaked from the distant horizon.

The sword light was incredibly fast; one moment it was at the edge of the sea and sky,

The next, it had torn through the night sky and hovered above the valley.

The sword light slowly dissipated, revealing a stunning figure.

The newcomer was a woman, dressed in the East Sea Sword Sect's signature moon-white Daoist robe.

Her figure was graceful, and her long hair cascaded like a waterfall.

Her face was exquisite, her skin as fair as snow, and her pair of Phoenix eyes were incredibly clear.

Yet they carried the unique sharpness of a Sword Cultivator, as if they could see through people's hearts.

It was none other than Lan Shuyao, who had been observing the situation from the top floor of the Tide Listening Tower earlier in the day!

The moment she appeared, a powerful pressure belonging to a Middle Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator spread in all directions, carrying an incomparably sharp Sword Intent!

It seemed to envelop the entire valley.

Chen Daoxuan's expression changed, and the spiritual power within his body instantly tensed, as if facing a formidable enemy.

Another Nascent Soul Ancestor!

And judging from her aura, this person's strength seemed to be more than just a notch stronger than Elder Azure Cliff, the Nascent Soul Elder of the Azure Scale Sea Clan from earlier in the day!

However, when Lan Shuyao's gaze swept downwards and saw Chen Daoxuan standing amidst the ruins with a cautious expression,

She paused slightly.

That Nascent Soul pressure quickly retracted, disappearing without a trace.

This subtle action undoubtedly indicated that she had no ill intentions.

Lan Shuyao's gaze finally fell upon Chen Xu.

She could clearly feel that on this scarred island, two distinct yet equally overbearing powers still lingered.

One was the majestic heavenly might, the ultimate yang and rigid power of purple-gold lightning.

It seemed to be the bane of all evil demons in the world.

The other was the soaring killing intent that still permeated the heaven and earth, making even her, a Nascent Soul Sword Cultivator, feel a chill in her heart!

Her eyes instantly became incredibly solemn.

After a moment of silence, Lan Shuyao's voice slowly rang out, breaking the valley's stillness.

"Fellow Daoist, perhaps we can talk."

Chen Xu slowly turned around.

That terrifying killing intent also completely retracted into his body the moment he turned.

As if everything just now was merely an illusion.

He looked up, his gaze calmly meeting Lan Shuyao, who was floating in mid-air, and spoke indifferently: "Lan Shuyao?"

His tone was flat.

Yet it made Lan Shuyao, in mid-air, raise an eyebrow!

This person actually stated her identity in one breath!

One must know that although she had some fame in the East Sea,

She had been in seclusion for many years and rarely showed her face, so she was by no means widely known.

And the way the other party looked at her, it seemed as if he was looking at an old acquaintance whose background he already knew.

Without the slightest ripple.

This composure, this confidence, raised her evaluation of Chen Xu to another level.

"It is I."

Lan Shuyao suppressed the surprise in her heart, slowly descended from mid-air, and bowed to Chen Xu from a distance, her posture very proper: "Fellow Daoist, coming here late at night, you must also be here to investigate the Demonic Path's traces, correct?"

She got straight to the point, her gaze sweeping over the shattered demonic Puppets on the ground and the lingering Blood Fiend Qi in the air, and continued: "The Devilish Qi here is identical to a massacre case that our sect has been investigating for several months."

"Our sect followed the clues here, but unexpectedly, Fellow Daoist was one step ahead and resolved the demonic trouble here."

"It was merely a small effort."

Chen Xu's expression remained unchanged.

He glanced at Lan Shuyao; although the other party was a Middle Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator,

Her Foundation was solid, and her Sword Intent was pure.

She was clearly a true Sword Dao Genius, not a hothouse flower.

Moreover, this person acted decisively.

Unlike the Azure Scale Sea Clan's unreasonable arrogance, she was a suitable person to communicate with.

After a brief thought, Chen Xu decided to reveal some information.

Firstly, the Demonic Path's scheme was vast; although he could solve it alone, it would ultimately be time-consuming and laborious.

With the East Sea Sword Sect, a local power, charging ahead,

He would save a lot of trouble.

Secondly, he also wanted to see how much the East Sea's largest sect understood about the Demonic Path's infiltration.

"The Demonic Cultivator here is the Greedy Wolf Demon Envoy from the Demonic Path organization, the seven kill demon star."

Chen Xu was concise, directly dropping a bombshell.

"Their goal is to set up eighty-one Blood River Sacrificial Spirit Array in the East Sea, using the flesh and resentful spirits of billions of living beings to contaminate the vast sea dragon heart in the Dragon Fall Sea Trench, thereby unsealing it and welcoming the so-called 'demon lord holy embryo' into the world."

Chen Xu's information exploded in Lan Shuyao's ears!

seven kill demon star!

Blood River Sacrificial Spirit Array!

demon lord holy embryo!

These words made Lan Shuyao, a Nascent Soul Sword Cultivator whose state of mind was already as calm as an ancient well,

Her expression instantly changed drastically!

"Is what Fellow Daoist said true?!"

Her voice wavered, even carrying a hint of disbelief.

"He said it himself."

Chen Xu pointed to the human-shaped crater not far away.

There, a trace of the Greedy Wolf Demon Envoy's aura, after being annihilated by the purple-gold divine lightning, still lingered.