139: Chapter 139 only revealed eighteen mysterious characters radiating the aura of supreme Dao!

Taiyi Dao Sect, Main Peak Grand Hall.

A murderous aura soared into the sky, and the area inside and outside the hall was packed with dense crowds of Cultivators.

Chu Qianqiu stood on the high platform, overlooking the entire scene.

The leaders of all the top forces in Qingzhou were gathered here at this moment.

The Sect Master of Tianjian Sect, the Valley Master of Shenhuo Valley, the Grand Elder of Qingyun Sect, and the Ji Family's Soul Transformation Old Ancestor, Ji Daoyuan, who sat at the very front.

Using the banner of being the leader of the Qingzhou Righteous Path, Chu Qianqiu issued the highest-level Demon-Slaying Order.

"Fellow Daoists!"

"Cao Kun of the Hehuan Sect is cruel and bloodthirsty!"

"Not only did he slaughter the elites of our various Sects in the Secret Realm, but he also used evil arts to control the Saintess of our Sect. If such a Devil Head is not executed, the Qingzhou Cultivation World will never know peace!"

Chu Qianqiu's voice was like a booming bell, his spiritual power carrying his words throughout the grand hall.

"Today, led by our Taiyi Dao Sect and with the full support of the Ji Family's Old Ancestor, we gather the strength of the Qingzhou Righteous Path to trample the Hehuan Sect flat! Slay the Devil Head, Cao Kun!"

"Trample the Hehuan Sect! Slay Cao Kun!"

The crowd below was incensed.

The Cultivators of the major Sects were already jealous of the recent anomalies at the Hehuan Sect, and with the promise of heavy rewards, they raised their Magical Artifacts and shouted.

"Trample the Hehuan Sect!"

"Slay the Devil Head!"

Chu Qianqiu's face was flushed with excitement.

He thoroughly enjoyed this Peak sense of power, commanding the masses.

A mere Hehuan Sect was destined to be crushed into dust under the weight of the entire Qingzhou Cultivation World.

Just as the murderous intent boiled over and the atmosphere reached its Peak, the Void Realm above the grand hall was suddenly torn apart.

A heaven-toppling pressure descended with it.

Hundreds of great Cultivators at the Nascent Soul Stage or higher inside the hall were all forced to bend at the waist.

The slightly weaker Golden Core Stage Cultivators were forced to kneel directly on the ground.

From within the rift, three old men stepped out through the air.

The one in the center wore a Yin and Yang Daoist robe, his hair and beard were completely white, and as his eyes opened and closed, illusions of stars being born and dying flickered within them.

The two old men half a step behind him also possessed auras as deep as the abyss and as vast as the sea, with the space around them slightly distorting.

Chu Qianqiu looked up, and a look of wild joy spread across his face.

The leader was none other than the Sect Master of the Taiyi Dao Sect, who had been in secluded cultivation for five hundred years, Dao Tae!

A true Half-step Void Refinement expert!

Following behind him were the Grand Elder and Second Elder, who were rarely seen, both at the Peak Middle Stage of Soul Transformation!

"The Sect Master has emerged from seclusion!"

Chu Qianqiu was trembling with excitement, thinking that the Sect Master had sensed the Sect being humiliated and had broken out of seclusion specifically to support his "Demon-Slaying Great Cause."

He hurriedly pushed through the crowd, walked up to meet them, and bowed:

"Welcome, Sect Master! With the Sect Master's Divine Might, now that you have come out of seclusion, that Hehuan Sect is surely doomed to turn to dust..."

"Slap!"

A crisp, explosive sound interrupted all the flattery.

Before Chu Qianqiu could finish his sentence, his entire body was smashed against a pillar in the hall.

Blood sprayed wildly.

The entire hall of Cultivators gasped, not daring to let out a breath.

Dao Tae slowly withdrew his hand, his face as dark as water, his eyes scanning Chu Qianqiu on the ground coldly.

"You idiot."

"The thousands of years of foundation of the Taiyi Dao Sect were almost ruined by an idiot like you who thinks he's clever!"

Chu Qianqiu clutched his swollen face, stumbled to his feet, and looked at him in disbelief:

"Sect... Sect Master, why did you hit me? That Cao Kun insulted our Taiyi Dao Sect..."

"You still dare to mention him?!"

Dao Tae took a step forward, arrived directly in front of Chu Qianqiu, and pointed at his nose, cursing him.

"Before you made your move, didn't you investigate his background?!"

"I did investigate!" Chu Qianqiu said aggrievedly, "He was originally just a piece of trash, his potential drained by that Yu Linglong of the Hehuan Sect, completely unable to Cultivate..."

"Bullshit!"

Dao Tae flicked his sleeve, interrupting him with a cold shout.

"How could I have handed the Sect over to a brainless idiot like you!"

"A piece of trash whose potential was drained, in just one month, not only resumed Cultivating but also soared all the way to the Peak Late Nascent Soul Stage!"

"In the Secret Realm, he slaughtered Nascent Soul Middle Stage Cultivators like killing chickens and dogs. After coming out, he even resisted your Early stage of Spirit Severing pressure face-to-face without changing his expression!"

"Is this normal? Huh? Use that brain of yours and think, is this normal?!"

Chu Qianqiu subconsciously shook his head.

"Of course this isn't normal!" Dao Tae shouted sternly.

"In the millions of years of the Cultivation World, have you ever seen anyone whose Cultivation speed defies common sense to this extent?"

"This is not some coincidence. This is an anomaly burdened with Heaven-Defying Luck!"

The entire hall of Cultivators was shocked.

Thinking about it carefully, this Cultivation speed and combat power were truly terrifyingly evil.

Dao Tae took a deep breath, his expression becoming extremely grave:

"Last night, I expended a hundred years of my Lifespan and used the Sect's supreme secret tome to forcibly divine this child's destiny and background."

One could hear a pin drop in the grand hall.

A Half-step Void Refinement expert expending Lifespan to divine—the cost was too great.

"What was the result?" the Grand Elder behind him couldn't help but ask.

Dao Tae smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"The moment I touched his destiny, I was met with a terrifying backlash from the Heavenly Dao."

"In that Chaos, I saw nothing. I only saw eighteen mysterious characters radiating the aura of the Supreme Dao."

A trace of deep dread flashed in Dao Tae's eyes.

"I risked my life to record the pronunciation of those eighteen characters. It seems to be 1... x"

"A person whose destiny cannot even be divined by the Heavenly Dao, whose fate is completely shielded."

"You gathered a bunch of rabble with such fanfare to crusade against him—what is the difference between that and lining up to die?!"

Chu Qianqiu clutched his face, still defending himself with some reluctance:

"Sect Master, isn't that a bit much!"

"We have so many people, plus five Early stage of Spirit Severing experts guarding the flanks. Even if he is evil, two fists can't beat four hands. Could he really kill us all in return..."

"Shut up!"

Dao Tae shouted, interrupting him, his eyes filled with the weariness and ruthlessness of someone who had seen through the world:

"During the years I was in seclusion, I read countless ancient novels and books left behind from past eras."

"I have long since seen through the patterns and tropes of these anomalies of destiny!"

"I will tell you what will happen next if we follow your approach."

He sneered repeatedly, directly deconstructing the situation.

"You take these Qingzhou fellows to crusade against the Hehuan Sect, and the result will definitely be that you are all killed by him, becoming the stepping stones for his rise to fame!"

"Then, you luckily save a sliver of your soul and flee back to the Sect to cry and complain."

"The Grand Elder and Second Elder, for the sake of the Sect's face, go personally to suppress him."

"As a result, he breaks through in the middle of the battle, kills both Elders, and seizes their Magic Treasures!"

"Finally, he attacks our mountain gate. I, this old bone who has been in seclusion for five hundred years, am forced to come out."

"After a heaven-shaking battle, I am killed by him despite the level gap, and the entire thousands-of-years foundation of the Taiyi Dao Sect turns to nothing!"

Dao Tae's shocking remarks completely shattered the arrogance of the high-level Cultivators in the Cultivation World.

The Sect Masters and Elders present were sweating coldly.

Putting themselves in that position, they realized that if it really developed according to that pattern, they would definitely be the first batch of cannon fodder to die in an AOE Spell!

"To deal with a Prodigy with such a bizarre destiny, there are only two paths." Dao Tae's tone was icy,

"Either prepare generous gifts, reconcile with him, and turn hostility into friendship."

"Or, do not have any probing! Do not give him any room to grow, and kill him in one strike!"

Dao Tae turned and looked at the Grand Elder and Second Elder behind him.

"Reconciliation is already impossible. He killed our Sect's Elders and spoke arrogantly. This is a struggle of Dao lineages; it is a life-or-death battle."

"So this time."

He waved his long sleeve, and his Half-step Void Refinement pressure was released without reservation.

"I, the Grand Elder, and the Second Elder. We will go with you!"

"We absolutely cannot give him any room to breathe or grow!"

The entire crowd of Cultivators was completely shocked by this desperate decision.

A Half-step Void Refinement expert leading the team personally, two Middle Stage Soul Transformation experts, five Early Stage Soul Transformation experts, plus dozens of Nascent Soul Elders.

With this lineup, let alone trampling one Hehuan Sect, even sweeping across the entire Qingzhou would be more than enough.

After experiencing a brief suppression, morale climbed to its Peak.

"We are willing to follow the Sect Master into battle!"

"Trample the Hehuan Sect!"

...

Meanwhile.

Hehuan Sect, Lianxiang Peak, inner chamber.

In stark contrast to the tense, murderous atmosphere outside, it was beautiful and spring-like here, with warm fragrance filling the air.

Cao Kun was half-leaning on a jade couch, holding Yu Linglong in his arms, who was as soft as a pool of spring water.

"Master..." Yu Linglong's voice was hoarse as she rubbed against him unconsciously.

Her long, slender jade legs were still draped limply across Cao Kun's waist.

Cao Kun comfortably stroked her smooth back.

A crisp System prompt suddenly sounded in his mind:

[Ding! Detected that exclusive Jade Beast Luo Qingcheng has used an exclusive item due to missing the Host excessively!]

[taming value + 10!]

[Current taming value: 65/100]

[Congratulations to the Host for receiving the reward: 1000 task points! (Current balance: 16900 points)]

"Tsk tsk."

Cao Kun rubbed his chin and muttered to himself in his heart.

"As expected of an Innate Dao Body, this comprehension ability is truly strong; she learns really fast."

Just as Cao Kun was calculating how, after Luo Qingcheng Advanced to the Soul Transformation Stage, he should personally go over to help her properly channel the Origin of her Innate Dao Body, the Restriction outside the inner chamber was suddenly triggered.

"Cao Kun, are you inside?"

Qin Canglan's somewhat anxious voice sounded outside the door.

Yu Linglong frowned slightly and climbed off Cao Kun with some displeasure.

She grabbed a piece of purple gauze as thin as a cicada's wing and draped it loosely over her plump, alluring body.

Cao Kun smiled indifferently and waved his hand to remove the Restriction.

The inner chamber door pushed open.

As soon as Qin Canglan raised her eyes, she saw Yu Linglong's seductive appearance.

Her pretty face couldn't help but flush red.

But the current crisis made her unable to worry about such things, so she got straight to the point:

"Something big has happened! Intelligence just sent back by the Dark Peak Master!"

"The Taiyi Dao Sect has issued a Demon-Slaying Order in the name of eliminating demons and defending the Dao!"

"Qingyun Sect, Tianjian Sect... and the Ji Family! All the influential forces in Qingzhou have already gathered at the Taiyi Dao Sect!"

She took a deep breath and looked at Cao Kun:

"And even the Taiyi Dao Sect's Half-step Void Refinement Sect Master, who has been in seclusion for five hundred years, has been alarmed!"

"He threatened to trample our mountain gate and extract your soul and refine your soul!"

Although the intelligence obtained so far only remained at the level of Chu Qianqiu leading the Alliance, even so, the Alliance of the entire Qingzhou force was enough to make any Sect feel despair.

"Is that all?"

Cao Kun grabbed Qin Canglan's plump waist and forcibly pulled her into his arms.

"Ah!"

Qin Canglan exclaimed, her whole body crashing directly into Cao Kun's embrace.

"It's already burning our eyebrows and you're still messing around!"

She struggled shyly and angrily, but found she couldn't break free at all.

"That's a Half-step Void Refinement expert! Can our Sect-Protecting Formation... withstand it?!"

Cao Kun leaned close to Qin Canglan's ear, smelling the faint, unique fragrance of a mature woman on her body, and spoke calmly.

"Sect Master, put your heart in your stomach."

"Since they are tired of living, this Elder will let them know today exactly whose surname the sky of this Qingzhou bears!"