95: Then let's destroy the sect!

Yu Xuanji's hand trembled violently.

A flicker of brilliance suddenly flashed in his dim eyes, but it quickly faded away again. He sighed, "Sect Master Lin, you must be joking. No one can remove the Power of the Heavenly Dao within Yu's body."

Hearing these words, the hope that had just ignited in Qingniao and Sweet Potato was instantly extinguished.

Indeed.

That was the Power of the Heavenly Dao!

How could a human fight for their life against the Heavenly Dao?

From ancient times to the present, who knows how many Great Emperors have appeared in the Cangxuan Realm, but didn't they all end up dying and their Dao dissipating?

Young Master... could be no exception.

If they could, they would rather die in the Young Master's place, but some things simply cannot be done. No matter how heart-wrenching it was, they had to accept the fact that the Young Master was about to die.

But Lin Chen's next words left them even more confused.

Lin Chen's tone was certain: "You don't need to worry about that. I'm just asking you, do you want to live?"

"...I do."

Yu Xuanji stared at Lin Chen for a long time, unable to fathom what Lin Chen was trying to do. In the end, he chose his truest inner feelings and nodded.

After all, who would want to die if they could live?

"Good! Those words are enough!"

Having received a definitive answer, Lin Chen smiled knowingly. "Now, have the Misty Rain Tower submit to the Wending Sect and become an affiliated force of the Wending Sect."

"Why?"

Yu Xuanji found this move even more incomprehensible.

Since the Misty Rain Tower was being given to Lin Chen directly, wouldn't it be better to just merge it into the Wending Sect?

Why take this extra, unnecessary step?

"Don't talk nonsense, just do as I say."

Lin Chen didn't explain much, his gaze falling on an item in the Prestige Mall.

[Item]: heavenly dao purification talisman

[Price]: 1,000,000 sect prestige points

[Item Description]: Contains the power of the Transcendent Origin, capable of stripping, purifying, and smoothing all Dao-grade backlashes and curses... In the top right corner of the mall, his remaining sect prestige points were displayed: 557,000 points.

The item existed, but he didn't have enough Prestige points to exchange for it.

The reason he first wanted the Misty Rain Tower to become an affiliated force of the Wending Sect was because he was certain this would trigger a hidden quest, which would definitely grant sect prestige points. Directly joining the Wending Sect might not.

At least, when Miao Dan Valley joined the Wending Sect, the System hadn't reacted at all.

He couldn't take that risk.

It wouldn't be too late to fully absorb the Misty Rain Tower after he got the reward.

"Alright."

Yu Xuanji naturally didn't know about Lin Chen's schemes. Since Lin Chen told him to do it, he would just comply.

Taking a deep breath, he said solemnly, "I, Yu Xuanji, Master of the Misty Rain Tower, make the decision on behalf of the Misty Rain Tower. From now on, the Misty Rain Tower is an affiliated force of the Wending Sect. Everyone in the Misty Rain Tower, from this day forth, will follow Sect Master Lin's lead and remain forever loyal."

"Do you all have any objections?"

Yu Xuanji addressed these words to Night Owl and the others. At such an important moment, these core high-level members were naturally all present.

"Your subordinates have no objections."

Night Owl was the first to speak, and the others agreed one after another.

Not a single person opposed.

As soon as the words fell... [Ding! Congratulations to the Host for successfully subduing an affiliated force—Misty Rain Tower!]

[Hidden quest completed. Reward: sect prestige points × 200,000]

"Uh... it's still not enough!"

Seeing this number, Lin Chen's heart sank halfway.

He now only had 757,000 sect prestige points, still 243,000 points short.

"What's not enough?"

"...Nothing." Lin Chen replied casually, then frantically called out to the System in his mind: "System, can I buy on credit? Give me the heavenly dao purification talisman first, and when I earn the Prestige points later, I'll pay you back double... no, ten times! I'll pay you back ten times!!"

"..."

However, no matter how passionately he called out, the System remained completely unresponsive.

"Tch, stingy!"

Lin Chen cursed inwardly, but there was nothing he could do.

After a long while, Lin Chen sighed and looked at Yu Xuanji: "How much longer can you hold on?"

"Probably about three months."

Yu Xuanji wore a bitter expression.

"Hmm, you absolutely must not die within three months. Wait for me to return!"

Lin Chen nodded and stood up.

"Where are you going?"

"Just walking around."

Lin Chen chuckled, salivating as he threatened, "If you dare die before I get back, then both your maidservants will belong to This Sect Master."

...Several days later, Northern Region.

Here, Sects were as numerous as trees in a forest, and forces were intricately intertwined. Although the overall strength might be slightly inferior to the Imperial Continent in the center, there were also ancient orthodoxies with long-standing legacies presiding over it. Overall, it was even a notch above the Eastern Region before the Wending Sect's rise.

In the far north of the Northern Region, there were ten thousand miles of frozen ice.

The mountain gate of the Northern Darkness Mystic Palace was built upon ten thousand feet of profound ice. The palace gates were forged from ten-thousand-year-old cold iron, emitting a bone-chilling coldness.

On this day, a warship suddenly appeared in the sky above the Northern Darkness Mystic Palace.

The warship wasn't large and looked quite unremarkable.

Before the warship had even come to a steady halt, nine figures appeared from it with several 'swishes'. Stepping into the Void Realm, a vast Emperor's Might instantly enveloped the massive Northern Darkness Mystic Palace. In an instant, the sky and earth changed color, and the entire world turned dark.

The young man walking in front seemed to have the lowest cultivation among the nine, yet he was still at the Supreme Realm.

The several Old Ancestors of the Northern Darkness Mystic Palace suddenly opened their eyes from their slumber, terror instantly filling their cloudy eyes.

"Who dares to invade my Northern Darkness Mystic Palace!"

Three Old Ancestors soared into the sky. They were all powerhouses at the Early Great Emperor stage. While shouting angrily, they collectively activated the Sect Protecting Grand Array, 'Mystic Dark Ice Domain'. In an instant, ten thousand miles were frozen, space solidified, and even time seemed to be frozen.

However, such a terrifying Formation did not cause any harm to the nine people in front of them.

The young man stood with his hands behind his back, not even looking up.

He said indifferently: "Sect Master of the Wending Sect, Lin Chen."

"I give you two choices: submit, or be destroyed."

The Old Ancestors of the Northern Darkness Mystic Palace were beyond furious: "What Wending Sect! Nothing more than a bunch of clowns!"

"Don't think that just because you have some fame in the Eastern Region, you can come to our Northern Region and throw your weight around!"

"Let me tell you!"

"Our Northern Darkness Mystic Palace has also been passed down for hundreds of thousands of years. You think a few nobodies coming to our door can make us submit? It's simply a joke!"

"Get lost!"

"Otherwise, don't blame me for being impolite!"

"..."

The words these people spoke were more arrogant than the last.

"It seems you don't plan to cooperate."

Lin Chen sighed and decided not to waste any more words with them.

He struck down with a palm.

There was no brilliance, no circulation of Dao principles, only the purest and most extreme power crushing forward.

Wherever the palm wind passed, the 'Mystic Dark Ice Domain' shattered inch by inch like glass. That extreme cold, enough to freeze stars, melted away like snow in a spring breeze before the palm's momentum.

"Puff—!"

The Palace Master of Northern Darkness and the three Early Great Emperor stage Old Ancestors were struck as if by lightning, spraying blood and flying backward, their eyes filled with absolute horror.

The Sect Protecting Grand Array, which their successive generations of Ancestral Masters had continuously strengthened, was as fragile as paper before the opponent, and they were even less of a match for Lin Chen.

Feeling that unfathomable and terrifying power, as deep as an abyss and as vast as a prison, everyone's faces turned ashen.

The opponent was clearly only at the Supreme Peak!

How could it be so ridiculous to this extent?!

..."I'll ask you one last time, will you submit or not?"

"The Northern Darkness Mystic Palace has no cowards; we will never submit!"

"Hmm, then let your Sect be destroyed."

Lin Chen was expressionless as he raised his precious sword high.