92: Chapter 92 The Supreme Daoist Canon of Forgetfulness

After a brief moment of shock, an overwhelming surge of wild joy instantly flooded Holy Sect Envoy Gui Cang's heart.

The light in his eyes burned so fiercely it seemed on the verge of igniting.

Heaven Rank Divine Ability!

No! This is absolutely a Divine Ability that surpasses Heaven Rank!

It is a supreme Legacy containing the true Laws of the Great Dao!

"Haha... Hahahaha!!"

Holy Sect Envoy Gui Cang could no longer maintain his image of an exalted expert.

He let out a maniacal laugh: "Treasure! Truly a heaven-sent treasure!!"

He could already be certain that within Chu Xiao's body...

...lay a shocking secret capable of driving the entire cultivation world mad!

The dust slowly settled.

Within the deep crater, a figure staggered to its feet.

Chu Xiao was covered in blood, his clothes tattered.

He raised a hand, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and the corner of his lips lifted slightly!

"See? This is the difference."

Holy Sect Envoy Gui Cang stood with his hands behind his back, his gaze indifferent, like a deity looking down upon an ant: "Before this Envoy, you don't even have the right to stand."

However, as soon as his words fell, he saw Chu Xiao slowly raise his head.

Those pitch-black eyes held no fear, no despair.

Only mockery.

"The power of Soul Transformation is merely so."

"Seeking death!"

Holy Sect Envoy Gui Cang's eyes turned cold, his five fingers suddenly exerting force.

But at that very moment, an Aura as heavy as a mountain, domineering and peerless...

...erupted explosively from within Chu Xiao's body!

"True Intent of the Primordial Mountain Monarch!"

Chu Xiao roared inwardly. The insights gained from the Returning Void Realm mighty figure perfectly merged with his own will.

The spiritual power within his body, at this moment, surged wildly like a breached river, raging forth,

instantly swelling by more than double!

Boom!

The muscles on his body bulged out at a visible, frantic speed.

His bones emitted explosive cracks.

His body swelled against the wind—one zhang, three zhang, five zhang... In the span of a few breaths, he transformed into a terrifying giant over several dozen zhang tall,

his entire body knotted with muscles, exuding an Aura of primordial chaos!

The spatial Law that had been restraining him, in the face of this unreasonable, brute physical force,

was instantly shattered like paper!

The mocking smile on Holy Sect Envoy Gui Cang's face completely froze.

He stared blankly at the heaven-supporting, earth-propping giant before him, feeling that terrifying Aura that seemed capable of suppressing mountains and rivers, his mind a complete blank.

"Wh-what kind of monster is this?!"

Not far away, Elder Lingyun, Xu Linger, and the others, who had been extremely anxious moments before,

were now all petrified on the spot.

They stared wide-eyed at the figure that was several times larger than the giant Liu Zigui had transformed into, shocked speechless.

The situation, in that instant, was completely reversed!

Chu Xiao, now incarnated as a giant, slowly straightened his body.

He lowered his head, looking down at Holy Sect Envoy Gui Cang, who was as insignificant as an ant before him, his voice like rolling thunder: "Now, between you and me, who is the one without the right to stand?"

As his words fell, he raised that enormous fist and punched straight towards Holy Sect Envoy Gui Cang's position!

This punch struck the air, producing a dull, explosive roar.

Before the fist's edge, a visible shockwave formed,

as if it would cause even space itself to collapse.

"Arrogant!"

Holy Sect Envoy Gui Cang finally snapped out of his shock.

He, a dignified Soul Transformation Envoy, how could he be intimidated by a mere Golden Core junior?

With a furious roar, the magic power within his body surged wildly, his hands forming a seal before his chest.

A brilliant magical seal materialized out of thin air,

transforming into a thick shield of light, blocking in front of him.

However, when that mountain-like fist smashed onto the light shield,

Holy Sect Envoy Gui Cang realized just how gravely mistaken he was.

Crack!

The light shield lasted for less than half a breath

before emitting a mournful cry and shattering with a boom!

The terrifying fist imprint, its might undiminished, struck Holy Sect Envoy Gui Cang squarely on the chest.

Pfft!

Holy Sect Envoy Gui Cang spewed a mouthful of old blood.

His entire body transformed into a stream of light,

smashed fiercely down from mid-air.

BOOM!!!

He crashed heavily through the hard arena platform,

leaving a bottomless giant crater in the ground.

The entire Fighting Arena shook violently from the impact.

This scene made everyone outside the barrier suck in a sharp breath of cold air.

That Nascent Soul Late Stage referee Elder's eyes twitched uncontrollably.

He asked himself, if he were to face that punch,

his fate would be no better than Holy Sect Envoy Gui Cang's.

"You brat! You're seeking death!"

From beneath the ruins of the giant crater came Holy Sect Envoy Gui Cang's roar, a mix of shock and fury.

The next moment, a sharp, peerless bloody Saber Qi, carrying soaring killing intent, shot up from the ruins, slashing towards Chu Xiao's head.

Facing this hasty counterattack, Chu Xiao's face showed not the slightest ripple of emotion.

He didn't even have the intention to dodge.

He simply raised his other hand, a giant hand that blotted out the sky and sun,

and grabbed directly at that bloody Saber Qi!

Screech!

The bloody Saber Qi frantically sliced against his palm, erupting in blinding sparks,

yet it couldn't harm that bronze-colored skin in the slightest.

"Shatter."

Chu Xiao spat out a single word, his five fingers suddenly clenching tight.

Bang!

That sharp saber light, capable of slaying a Nascent Soul, was actually crushed bare-handed by him, shattering

into a sky full of light points.

This scene plunged the arena into deathly silence once more.

To withstand a Soul Transformation strike bare-handed, and even crush it?

This... is this still a human's Physical Body?

This is simply an ancient Vicious Beast!

From within the ruins, Holy Sect Envoy Gui Cang's figure shot into the sky.

His clothes were now tattered, blood hung at the corner of his mouth, his hair was disheveled—where was the dignity and grace of an Upper Sect Envoy? He looked as wretched as a stray dog.

To be punched flying by a mere Golden Core junior in front of the entire city's Cultivators,

and have his counterattack casually crushed by the other party...

For him, this was an unprecedented, monstrous humiliation!

"I want you dead!!"

Holy Sect Envoy Gui Cang flew into a complete rage, the killing intent in his eyes boiling over.

He no longer had any thoughts of holding back or testing.

He only wanted to utterly blast the guy who had brought him this humiliation into dust!

"Finally willing to bring out your true skills?"

Chu Xiao's voice came from high above, carrying impatience and disdain: "I thought an Upper Sect Envoy only knew these superficial, ineffective tricks."

This light, casual taunt

became the final straw that broke the camel's back.

"Aaaaaah! You little beast! I will annihilate your Divine Soul!"

Holy Sect Envoy Gui Cang looked like a mad devil. He roared at the sky, raised both hands high, and a pitch-black demonic blade, entwined with countless resentful souls, appeared in his grasp.

He poured all of his Soul Transformation magic power into it without reservation!

"Earth-Grade High Grade Saber Technique — Great Gang Chi Heavenly Devil Saber Art!"

Hum!!!

A hundred-zhang-long pitch-black saber energy separated from the blade, shooting straight into the clouds.

On that saber energy, Devilish Qi surged, ghosts wailed and gods howled,

as if it would cleave the very heavens open!

Facing this heaven-destroying, earth-shattering saber strike, the expression on Chu Xiao's massive body remained unchanged.

He slowly extended a hand. A longsword shimmering with spiritual light

appeared in his palm.

Compared to his enormous body, the sword seemed somewhat miniature.

But the moment he gripped the hilt, his entire Aura

underwent another earth-shaking transformation.

No longer the mountain-like heaviness and domineering force, but an ultimate sharpness and fierceness!

"Wind and Cloud Xun Thunder Sword Technique, Perfection Stage!"

The Golden Cauldron Jade Art within his body operated frantically to its absolute limit.

From his Dantian Qi Sea, spiritual power surged forth wildly.

That Returning Void Realm cultivation compendium

provided him with understanding and empowerment that transcended his Realm at this very moment!

One sword, swung out!

Screech!

A brilliant sword light, also a hundred zhang long, shot into the sky!

Within that sword light, wind and clouds raged, thunderbolts raced.

It carried a majestic heavenly might that could sever all things and purify everything!

Under the horrified gazes of tens of thousands of Cultivators in the arena,

the two equally terrifying attacks, one black and one white, collided fiercely in the sky above the arena!

The pitch-black demonic saber energy and the dazzling thunderous sword light frantically eroded and consumed each other.

After a stalemate lasting less than three breaths,

Crack!

Holy Sect Envoy Gui Cang's demonic saber energy, infused with all his magic power and resentment,

emitted a crisp sound and was the first to shatter!

"No! Impossible!"

Watching his strongest attack crumble inch by inch, Holy Sect Envoy Gui Cang's face revealed a look of terror.

BOOM!!!

The demonic saber energy shattered with a boom. That wind-and-thunder sword light, after defeating its opponent,

though somewhat dimmed, its remaining power undiminished, descended with an unstoppable momentum!

The sword light slashed down, passing straight through Holy Sect Envoy Gui Cang from above.

Freezing his terrified, despairing expression in place.

Along with the massive Fighting Arena platform beneath him, it was cleaved in two!

Pfft!

Holy Sect Envoy Gui Cang's body, along with the demonic blade in his hand, didn't even have time to let out a scream within the sword light

before being instantly vaporized into flying ash.

A terrifying, bottomless sword scar extended from the center of the arena all the way to the edge of the Fighting Arena,

splitting the entire plaza in two.

Chu Xiao's massive giant body also slowly shrank back to its original size following the execution of this sword strike.

He stood quietly on the cleaved ruins, longsword in hand.

The entire world seemed to fall silent.

Everyone seemed to be under a body-freezing spell, staring dumbly at that figure,

at that terrifying sword scar that had annihilated both the Soul Transformation Envoy and the arena platform.

Their minds were blank.

Dead?

A Soul Transformation Realm Upper Sect Envoy... just like that... dead?

Slain by a single sword strike from a Golden Core seventh-layer Disciple?

After a long while, an Elder on the high platform, voice trembling, managed to utter a few words with difficulty: "F-five... fifty percent Sword Intent... He actually comprehended fifty percent Sword Intent!"

These words caused an even greater earth-shattering shock!

However, before everyone could recover from this endless shock,

Chu Xiao, standing on the arena ruins, slowly turned around.

He didn't look towards the Tianyan Sect's direction, nor did he pay attention to the shocked gazes in the arena.

His gaze passed through the crowd, landing on the edge of the Fighting Arena,

on those Jiuyou Sect Disciples who were preparing to slip away quietly,

their faces still etched with lingering terror and resentment.

A biting killing intent instantly locked onto them.

There, the remaining several dozen Jiuyou Sect Disciples, after experiencing the death of their Sect's trump card,

had intended to take advantage of everyone's focus being on Chu Xiao and Holy Sect Envoy Gui Cang

to slip away quietly, escape this nightmarish place.

But now, when Chu Xiao's gaze swept over them,

each of them felt a chill from head to toe.

"H-he... what does he want to do?"

One Jiuyou Sect Disciple's teeth chattered, his voice filled with fear.

"N-no... it can't be... the competition is over... he's already won..."

Another muttered to himself, as if comforting himself.

But his trembling body betrayed the terror in his heart.

However, Chu Xiao used action to shatter their last shred of illusion.

He slowly raised the longsword in his hand.

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At this moment, everyone witnessing this scene felt their hearts skip a beat.

"Has he gone mad?!"

In the Wanfa Sect seating area, Elder Zhao Yuan cried out in shock.

The color completely drained from his face.

Slaying an envoy of the Upper Sect was already a catastrophe that had torn a hole in the heavens!

And now, he was actually going to move against the ordinary Disciples of the Jiuyou Sect?

This was no longer being decisive in killing; this was an attempt to wipe them out entirely!

"Stop!"

On the high platform, the elderly referee at the Late Stage of the Nascent Soul Realm finally reacted from his immense shock.

He let out a sharp shout and prepared to move to intervene.

But it was too late.

Squelch!

A flash of sword light appeared; although it wasn't as world-destroying as the one that had slain Gui Cang...

...it still carried a sharpness capable of severing all things.

That sharpness spanned a distance of hundreds of feet.

In an instant, it slashed toward the seating area where the Jiuyou Sect was located.

"No—!"

The shrill screams had just begun when they were abruptly cut short.

Wherever the sword light passed, the high platform built of hard rock, along with the dozens of figures upon it, was instantly sliced open and violently exploded!

Flesh and blood flew everywhere, and severed limbs were tossed in all directions.

With just one sword strike, more than half of the Jiuyou Sect Disciples were killed or wounded!

Those lucky enough to survive were scared out of their wits by this bloody scene, scrambling and crawling out from the ruins.

Their bodies were covered in the blood and shredded flesh of their fellow Disciples.

The entire Fighting Arena was completely set ablaze by this sudden, bloody scene.

"A devil! He's a devil!"

"Too ruthless! Too ruthless! Those were just ordinary Disciples!"

The gazes of countless Cultivators looking at Chu Xiao had shifted from their previous awe and admiration to total terror.

Being born in the same era as him might not be a tragedy, but a nightmare!

In the Tianyan Sect's seating area, Elder Ling Yun's body was trembling slightly.

He understood Chu Xiao's intention.

To pull up the weeds by the roots and eliminate any future trouble.

Since the Jiuyou Sect had already dropped all pretenses and formed a death feud, there was no reason to leave a single survivor.

But to use such ruthless methods in front of all the Cultivators in the city...

...the consequences it would bring...

...made even him, an Elder at the Late Stage of the Nascent Soul Realm, feel a pang of trepidation.

"Junior Brother Chu..."

Xu Linger's pretty face was deathly pale as she covered her mouth.

Looking at the scene that resembled an asura's field, her eyes were filled with worry and reluctance.

She wasn't afraid of killing; the world of Cultivators was inherently cruel.

But she feared that Chu Xiao would fall into the Dao of Slaughter from then on and become a devil who only knew how to kill.

Amidst the ruins, the surviving Jiuyou Sect Disciples completely broke down.

They knelt on the ground, tears and snot flowing, frantically kowtowing in Chu Xiao's direction.

"Senior Brother Chu, spare us! We were wrong!"

"This has nothing to do with us! It was all the idea of Senior Brother Gu Yan and Elder Xing Tu!"

"Please let us go! We are willing to leave the Jiuyou Sect and become Loose Cultivators from now on, never to be enemies with the Tianyan Sect again!"

Wails and pleas for mercy echoed throughout the arena.

However, what answered them was a second cold flash of sword light.

Chu Xiao's expression didn't show the slightest hint of being moved by these pleas.

In his view, letting any one of them go today would be an act of cruelty toward himself.

When they stood in the Jiuyou Sect's camp...

...and enjoyed the glory brought by the Sect...

...they should have had the realization that they might one day be buried with the Sect.

Rip!

The sword light was like the scythe of Yama.

It swept across the ruins.

All the pleas and wails came to an abrupt halt at this moment.

The surviving Jiuyou Sect Disciples were strangled within the sword light.

They turned into dust that filled the sky.

Two strikes.

Just two strikes.

Of the forty-plus True Disciples of the Jiuyou Sect who had come to participate in the competition, except for Elder Xing Tu who had already left with Gu Yan's corpse, the entire group was wiped out!

Silence.

This time, it was a deathly silence in the truest sense.

In the vast Fighting Arena, tens of thousands of Cultivators were speechless.

Everyone was like a chicken being choked by the throat.

They stared blankly at the white-robed youth who stood with his sword sheathed.

If slaying Gu Yan earlier was a duel between geniuses where life and death were determined by fate...

...and slaying Gui Cang was a forced counter-attack by a Prodigy...

...then right now, slaughtering the Jiuyou Sect Disciples to the last man was the declaration of a Devil King!

He used the most direct method to announce to the entire Tianyuan City: those who offend me will be punished no matter how far they are, and I will pull up the weeds by the roots!

"A lunatic... he's a complete and utter lunatic..."

The Elder of the Divine Sword Sect slumped into his chair, soul-shaken, muttering to himself.

The Disciples behind him were even more silent out of fear.

They didn't even dare to breathe heavily.

Finally, the elderly referee at the Late Stage of the Nascent Soul Realm recovered from his extreme shock.

His face was grim, and his eyes were filled with complex emotions.

His figure flickered, and he appeared in front of Chu Xiao, his voice low: "Chu Xiao! Do you know what you've done?!"

"You slaughtered the Disciples of a Sect in public, treating the rules as nothing! How is such behavior any different from the Demonic Path?!"

"You are going to trigger an all-out, relentless war between the two Sects! Do you want blood to flow like a river?!"

Facing his questioning, before Chu Xiao could speak...

...a figure had already blocked the way in front of him.

It was Elder Ling Yun.

His face was equally solemn at this moment, but his gaze was exceptionally firm.

He looked at the elderly referee and said in a deep voice, "Fellow Daoist, your words are incorrect! War? From the moment the Jiuyou Sect set a poisonous trap, having a Nascent Soul Cultivator disguise himself as a Golden Core to sign a life-and-death contract with the intent to torture and kill my Sect's Qilin child on the stage, the war had already begun!"

"From the moment Elder Xing Tu swore a blood oath to be relentless enemies with my Tianyan Sect, there was no longer any room for maneuver!"

"My Sect's Disciple has merely ended this war they started ahead of schedule!"

"What wrong has he committed?!"

These words were powerful and resonant.

They directly left the elderly referee speechless.

Indeed, the Jiuyou Sect had acted first, and Xing Tu had spoken his piece afterward.

The cause of everything did not lie with the Tianyan Sect.

He opened his mouth, wanting to say something more.

But seeing Elder Ling Yun's unyielding stance and the cold-eyed Chu Xiao behind him—whose Aura was weak but still chilling—he could only ultimately let out a long sigh.

He knew that saying anything more would be useless.

The Tianyan Sect was dead set on protecting this Devil King-like Disciple.

In this tense moment, Chu Xiao's body suddenly swayed slightly.

Forcing the True Intent of the Primordial Mountain Monarch and consecutively unleashing two slashes containing Sword Intent...

...had almost drained all the spiritual energy in his body.

Now, as that taut killing intent relaxed, a wave of exhaustion surged over him like a tide.

"Junior Brother!"

Xu Linger, who had been guarding him from behind, noticed his abnormality immediately.

With a cry of alarm, she hurriedly stepped forward to support his body.

Her soft, fragrant body leaned in, and a faint, delicate scent wafted over.

At this moment, a deep, powerful voice...

...came from the direction of the City Lord's Mansion, echoing throughout the Fighting Arena.

"This session of the True Disciple Grand Competition ends here."

"All unrelated persons, disperse immediately. The City Guard will take over this place!"

As the voice fell, a figure appeared silently in the center of the grounds.

The newcomer wore the official robes of the City Lord's Mansion, with a majestic countenance and an unfathomable Aura.

It was none other than the City Lord of Tianyuan City, Feng Jingcheng.

He glanced at the devastated Fighting Arena and the headless corpse of the Jiuyou Sect envoy, his brow furrowing deeply.

But ultimately, his gaze landed on Chu Xiao, who was being supported by Xu Linger.

He gave Chu Xiao a deep, complex look before finally announcing: "The winner of this Grand Competition is Chu Xiao of the Tianyan Sect. According to the rules, the rewards bestowed by the Holy Sect were already distributed by Envoy Gui Cang just now."

"The Grand Competition is concluded."

He didn't mention that Gui Cang was dead, nor did he mention Chu Xiao's slaughter of the Jiuyou Sect Disciples.

He simply announced the result.

Then he waved his hand, signaling for everyone to leave.

As the City Lord's order was given, the Cultivators of various Sects and Loose Cultivators, who had already been scared out of their wits, felt as if they had been granted a great amnesty.

They scattered like startled beasts, not daring to stay for even a second longer.

Soon, the once-crowded Fighting Arena was left with only the Tianyan Sect and a few other major Sects.

Seeing Chu Xiao's state, Elder Ling Yun no longer hesitated and decisively said: "Let's go! Return to the Sect immediately!"

He summoned the Tianyan Sect's flying boat and told all the Disciples to board.

Xu Linger carefully helped Chu Xiao onto the flying boat.

She had him sit down against the gunwale.

The moment Chu Xiao sat down, the System's notification sound rang in his mind.

[Ding! Detected that the host has defied heaven to change fate, publicly slaying an envoy of the Upper Sect and wiping out the entire household of a mortal enemy, completely reversing his own and the Sect's Luck. Successfully plundered the lifelong Great Luck of the 'Son of Heaven's Mandate' Gu Yan and the Upper Sect Envoy Gui Cang.]

[This Luck plunder has triggered an Opportunity Return!]

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining the Heaven Rank Peak Grade Cultivation Technique — 'Supreme Emotion-Forgetfulness Dao Scripture'!]

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining a complete set of Dao insights from a Returning Void Realm expert!]

Following the series of System prompts, Chu Xiao's spirit was suddenly jolted.

...

The flying boat pierced through the air, turning into a streak of light as it left Tianyuan City.

Inside the cabin, Xu Linger supported Chu Xiao, letting him sit against a soft beast-skin cushion.

Looking at Chu Xiao's face, which was as pale as paper, she felt a pang of pain in her heart.

"Junior Brother, how do you feel? Did you... did you use some kind of forbidden technique?"

Her voice trembled, and her eyes were full of worry.

In her view, for Chu Xiao to erupt with such world-destroying power to slay a Soul Transformation expert...

...he must have paid an unimaginable price.

Chu Xiao indeed felt as if his body had been emptied; his Meridians were completely hollow, and even moving a finger felt laborious.

But his spirit was more excited than ever before.

The Heaven Rank Peak Grade Cultivation Technique — Supreme Emotion-Forgetfulness Dao Scripture!

And a complete set of Dao insights from a Returning Void Realm expert!

The former was enough to serve as the ultimate treasure of any top-tier major Sect!

It was a supreme scripture that could drive even Soul Transformation and Returning Void experts into a frenzy!

The latter was even more of a priceless treasure; it was a broad road leading to a higher Realm, capable of saving him several hundred or even a thousand years of hard cultivation and exploration!

Chu Xiao took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the excitement in his heart.