390: Trapping a turtle in a jar, the death of a Daoist.

That indifferent Divine Thought was like an invisible ice pick, piercing deep into the Divine Soul of Jian Wuchen, making him feel chilled to the bone.

He turned his head abruptly, and what came into view was that young face that made him feel a murderous rage.

At some point, Shen Yuanmo had vanished from the center of that storm and silently appeared before the sealed Divine Treasury gate.

Behind Jian Wuchen, that Outer Realm Heart Demon with its damaged Origin and that ten-thousand-zhang Thunder Dragon were closing in from the left and right, carrying a world-destroying power!

A dead end ahead, and pursuers behind!

At this moment, Jian Wuchen, this Hedao Realm Old Ancestor who had lived for a hundred thousand years, finally felt the emotion known as despair.

“Little Beast! Do you truly intend to fight my Taiyi Sword Sect to the death?!”

Jian Wuchen let out a roar of blustering bravado, attempting to use the Sect's reputation to trade for a sliver of life.

“I am a Grand Elder of the Taiyi Sword Sect! If you kill me, the Sect will surely exhaust all its power to hunt you to the ends of the earth, leaving you with no path to heaven and no door to the earth!”

Faced with this final threat, not even a ripple appeared on Shen Yuanmo's face.

He merely lifted his eyelids, looking at Jian Wuchen with the gaze one uses for a dead man.

“Taiyi Sword Sect?”

“It will soon be unable to look after itself.”

Before his voice had even faded, Shen Yuanmo raised his right hand and lightly clenched it in the direction of Jian Wuchen.

Rumble—!

The entire Myriad Thunder Return Ruins completely came to life at this moment!

The earth cracked open, and countless streaks of Purple Divine Lightning as thick as mountain ranges surged into the sky like an earthen dragon turning over, weaving into an inescapable net that completely sealed off all of Jian Wuchen's paths of retreat!

Upon the four-directional spatial barriers, billions of profound Law Runes emerged, each one transforming into a Lightning Spear, their tips locking onto Jian Wuchen's dao body from afar!

Under Shen Yuanmo's will, this piece of heaven and earth had turned into a tailor-made Sure-Kill Cage for Jian Wuchen!

“No... No! This is impossible!”

Jian Wuchen was completely horrified!

He could feel that his Law connection with heaven and earth had been forcibly severed by a more Advanced and overbearing power!

“Roar!”

The Outer Realm Heart Demon's attack had arrived!

It did not care about any Sect threats in its chaotic perception.

This Hedao Realm Sword Cultivator before it was the greatest obstacle preventing it from performing a Possession on that Soul Transformation ant!

As long as it killed this Hedao Realm Sword Cultivator, it could perform the Possession without any scruples.

The Golden Bone Claw, burning with Source Demonic Liquid, tore through the Void Realm, carrying an aura that could decay all things as it clawed fiercely toward Jian Wuchen's head!

“Get away from me!”

Jian Wuchen was both shocked and enraged; in a burst of survival instinct, he struck back with a sword, a shrill sword light slashing toward the bone claw.

At the same time, the massive tail of the ten-thousand-zhang Thunder Dragon also carried the heavenly might of judgment as it whipped around from another direction with a boom!

Bang! Bang!

Jian Wuchen exhausted his final strength to withstand the two fatal attacks, and he was sent flying like a kite with a broken string, blood spraying wildly from his mouth.

The Protective Sword Qi on his body flickered unsteadily, liable to completely collapse at any moment.

He had just wanted to stabilize his form when he discovered to his horror...

His body was actually being firmly bound in place by an invisible spatial power, unable to move at all!

He watched helplessly as that Outer Realm Heart Demon pounced again with reckless abandon!

“Fellow Daoist! Fellow Daoist Shen! I was wrong!”

In the instant between life and death, Jian Wuchen completely cast aside all dignity, and a terrified plea for mercy was sent through his Divine Thought.

“Spare my life! I am willing to offer up my entire fortune and swear a Great Dao Oath to never be your enemy! The taiyi world-crossing boat! A seventh-grade Dao Artifact! And my lifelong collection, I can give them all to you!”

“As long as you grant me a path to live!”

This Hedao Realm Old Ancestor, who not long ago had stood high above and viewed Shen Yuanmo as an ant, was now like a stray dog wagging its tail and begging for pity.

However, Shen Yuanmo just watched quietly.

He watched as that Golden Bone Claw, entwined with pitch-black demonic liquid, grew larger and larger in Jian Wuchen's pupils, which were filled with fear and regret.

“Too late.”

He spat out two words, pronouncing Jian Wuchen's death sentence.

From the moment Jian Wuchen had ruthlessly attacked him without asking for the reason, all for the sake of the deceased Sword Profound One, the outcome had already been decided.

Shen Yuanmo was never soft-hearted toward anyone who wanted to kill him!

“No—!!!”

Amidst Jian Wuchen's roar of extreme despair.

Puchi!

The Golden Bone Claw pierced through his crumbling Protective Sword Qi with irresistible force, and then plunged fiercely into his chest!

The powerful dao body of the Hedao Realm was as fragile as a thin sheet of paper once it lost the reinforcement of the power of Law.

“Ugh...”

Jian Wuchen's roar came to an abrupt halt, and he lowered his head.

He looked incredulously at the bone claw that had pierced his body; all the light in his eyes was rapidly fading away.

Life, Dao Fruit, Divine Soul... under the erosion of the Heart Demon's overbearing Demon-Tainted Origin, they were being frantically devoured and dissolved.

His final gaze passed over the Heart Demon's shoulder and fixed deathly upon that young man with the indifferent expression in the distance.

It was filled with endless regret and deep fear.

Even in death, he did not understand exactly what kind of monster he had provoked!

Boom!

Jian Wuchen's dao body exploded with a bang, turning into a sky full of light specks, which were then completely swallowed by the Heart Demon and the Return Ruins lightning.

A Storage Ring flashing with sword-shaped runes, the seventh-grade Dao Artifact Taiyi Divine Mirror, and that somewhat tattered “taiyi world-crossing boat” floated quietly in the air.

A generation's Hedao Realm powerhouse, the Taiyi Sword Sect Grand Elder, Jian Wuchen.

Both form and spirit extinguished!

...Outside the Divine Treasury, at the edge of the God Burying Thunder Sea.

“It's gone...”

A flash of extreme horror crossed the one eye of the Black-Robed Demonic Cultivator.

“Jian Wuchen's aura... has completely vanished!”

“What?!”

The Blood-Eyed Giant stood up abruptly, his Divine Thought sweeping out frantically.

But he could only sense that wicked Devilish Qi deep within the thunder sea, as well as a brand new, vast thunderous might that felt like the Dominator of heaven and earth!

“Dead... He's dead? A Hedao Realm Old Ancestor just died inside like that?”

The Blood-Eyed Giant's voice was trembling.

This result far exceeded their imagination.

“Did that demonic creature win? No... that creature's aura has also become extremely weak! And...”

The Black-Robed Demonic Cultivator stared intently at the Divine Treasury entrance, his expression shifting between light and dark.

“That thunderous might is not Dao Lord Zixiao's remnant Dao Thought; it is full of vitality and control! It's as if... as if this Divine Treasury has changed masters!”

The two looked at each other, and both saw the greed and madness in each other's eyes.

No matter what had happened inside, of the two Hedao Realm existences, one was dead and the other was crippled!

This was precisely the best time for them, the 'yellow birds', to strike!

“Let's go! Let's go in and see!”

“Wealth is sought amidst danger! If we miss such a God-given opportunity, we will surely suffer heavenly punishment!”

The two no longer hesitated; enduring their injuries, they turned into two streaks of light and plunged headlong into the now-calmed Divine Treasury entrance!

...Inside the Myriad Thunder Return Ruins.

After devouring Jian Wuchen's Dao Fruit and Divine Soul, the Outer Realm Heart Demon's aura recovered slightly, but it was still in a heavily damaged state.

Its crimson demonic pupils stared intently at Shen Yuanmo, filled with greed and brutality.

“Jie jie jie... It's your turn, ant!”

It roared and was about to control the golden skeleton to pounce toward Shen Yuanmo.

However, in the next moment, it suddenly froze.

It saw Shen Yuanmo slowly extend a finger toward it.

“Noisy.”

Buzz—

The endless lightning Laws of the entire Zixiao Divine Treasury were completely triggered at this moment!

Billions of Law Chains emerged out of thin air; they were no longer simple energy, but were condensed from the Zixiao Divine Thunder Laws that restrained all evil demons!

Clatter!

The chains were like dragons, instantly binding that massive golden skeleton tightly!

“Roar?! What is this?!”

The Heart Demon let out a roar of shock and rage.

It discovered to its horror that each of these Law Chains was like a red-hot branding iron.

They were searing fiercely into its Heart Demon Origin, making a “sizzle” sound and causing it immense pain!

“Let me go! Let me go!”

It struggled frantically, but to no avail.

Before Shen Yuanmo, who had now completely taken control of the Divine Treasury, it was like a fly caught in a spider web; the more it struggled, the tighter it was bound.

“Don't be in a hurry.”

Shen Yuanmo walked slowly to the front of the imprisoned skeleton and looked at that black heart whose beating had slowed and whose Devilish Qi had greatly diminished, his tone flat.

“Your value hasn't been squeezed dry yet.”

Before his voice had even faded, he beckoned with his hand.

The Storage Ring belonging to Jian Wuchen, the Taiyi Divine Mirror, and that jade-white “taiyi world-crossing boat”...

...turned into three streaks of light and landed steadily in his palm.

As his Divine Sense probed the ring, Shen Yuanmo's eyebrows couldn't help but twitch slightly.

As expected of a Hedao Realm Old Ancestor who had lived for a hundred thousand years, this fortune was simply rich enough to be appalling!

Top-Grade Spirit Stones piled up like mountains, various Heaven And Earth Treasures, and high-level Medicinal Pills almost filled the storage space to the brim.

Among them, what Shen Yuanmo cared about most were the dozens of Jade Slips emitting pure Sword Intent.

What was recorded inside was none other than the complete Sword Dao Legacy of the Taiyi Sword Sect, from the low levels all the way to the Hedao Realm!

“This haul isn't bad.”

Shen Yuanmo nodded with satisfaction and put the ring away.

Subsequently, his gaze fell upon that Outer Realm Heart Demon, which was still roaring frantically while bound by the Law Chains.

This fierce creature from the outer domain, which could even pollute a Hedao Realm powerhouse, was also a rare and hard-to-come-by treasure in his eyes.

Its core Heart Demon Origin was practically a great tonic for him, who specialized in the Divine Soul!

If he could completely refine it, his Nine Revolutions Spirit Refining Art might break through the Bottleneck in one go and reach a brand new height!

Just as Shen Yuanmo was calculating how to deal with this Heart Demon...

...his expression shifted slightly, and his gaze pierced through layers of space, looking toward the entrance of the Divine Treasury.

“Oh? Two more rats who aren't afraid of death have slipped in?”