331: Chapter 331 Accomplices Collision - Desire to Recruit Believers

The Ferocious Beast Clan, descendants of the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts of the Primordial Era, still possessed world-destroying demonic power despite their diluted bloodlines, occupying a territory in the current star domain with immense influence.

The Huangdao Sect was secretly discussing the matter of submission. This matter was extremely confidential, yet at this very moment, they ran into an uninvited guest. How could they not be suspicious?

He concluded: This person definitely did not stumble in by accident; there must be a conspiracy behind it!

"The Huangdao Sect is not my backyard for now..." Jiang Chen suddenly raised his eyes, his gaze like torches, "But it soon will be."

"Because I did not come here to pay a visit to the sect, but to incorporate it."

As soon as these words were spoken, the whole place was in an uproar, and the disciples turned pale with fright.

The Enforcement Elder shuddered, almost thinking he was hearing things, and then laughed in extreme anger, his voice trembling violently: "Hahaha... You brat! You actually brought your daydreams right to the gates of my Huangdao Sect!"

"You stinking brat, once I lock your soul, let's see if you still dare to spout such arrogant nonsense!"

Before the words faded, a vertical pupil suddenly split open in the center of the Enforcement Elder's forehead, emitting a cold light like a blade, chilling to the bone.

The spiritual light in his palm surged violently, and a deep blue longsword appeared, its blade wreathed in dark spiritual fire that was ink-colored, swallowing light and devouring shadows.

An incomparably sharp sword pressure exploded, like a ten-thousand-ton mountain crushing down, causing the air to stagnate and twist.

"Brat, to be able to die under my 'Xuanming Sword Qi' that I have immersed myself in for a hundred years, even if you fall into reincarnation, it is enough for you to boast about for three lifetimes!"

The Enforcement Elder's lips curled slightly, filled with arrogance.

Even an Earth Immortal expert would applaud this move upon seeing it.

"Peak Mahayana? You are nothing more than a showy pillow. Your sword intent is shallow and not profound, your sword heart is murky and not pure—filled with schemes and distracting thoughts, you haven't even touched the basics of being a sword cultivator. You aren't even worthy of carrying my sword or wiping away its dust." Jiang Chen scoffed, his eyes filled with cold mockery.

"What an ignorant fool! Since you seek death, I will grant it to you. I will first break your limbs, then peel away your divine consciousness, and make you unable to live or die!"

The Enforcement Elder's face was like cold iron, his voice like a venomous scorpion.

"Oh? You want to be dealt with by my own hands?"

Jiang Chen's gaze sharpened, and with a light flick of his fingertips, a frost-white spiritual sword condensed out of thin air.

He fought using his Second Primordial Spirit. Although his strength was suppressed to the Mahayana realm, it was exactly what this battle required—only through life-and-death combat could he urge his primordial spirit to break its cocoon and transform.

With the sword in hand, the world lost its color.

A sword momentum that could cleave heaven and earth and sweep away yin and yang burst forth, as if the moment he swung his sword, he could split the nine heavens above and sever the netherworld springs below.

The Enforcement Elder's pupils contracted sharply, and alarm bells rang in his heart: This person is definitely not a rogue cultivator; he must have been sent by some hidden giant! He probably has already set his sights on the secret agreement between the Huangdao Sect and the Ferocious Beast Clan...

Hmph, the momentum is indeed astonishing.

Since you are hiding your true identity, you must have an extraordinary background.

Unfortunately, the Huangdao Sect's trend of reaching the pinnacle of the Azure Blue Star is set; whoever comes to stop us is like a mantis trying to stop a chariot!

"Ruler of the Azure Blue Star?"

Jiang Chen raised an eyebrow, his tone revealing a hint of playfulness, "I remember that your Huangdao Sect is merely one of the ten great sects of the Azure Blue Star—where do you get the confidence to keep the word 'ruler' on your lips?"

"Heh, why do dead men need to know so much?"

The Enforcement Elder sneered, but his expression grew more arrogant, "Fine, I'll let you be a ghost who knows the truth—our sect has already concluded a blood pact with a prince of the Ferocious Beast Clan. Before long, the bloodline descendants of the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts under the command of the ancient Beast Emperor Shen Ni will descend upon the Azure Blue Star to help our Huangdao Sect control the star domain! And we only need to build ten-thousand-foot temples for Shen Ni and the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts, making all living beings on the Azure Blue Star burn incense and kowtow morning and night!"

Jiang Chen's fingertips paused, a ripple flashing in the depths of his eyes.

Shen Ni... is he actually still being mentioned?

Back when he awoke from the bronze coffin, the setting sun of the Primordial Era had not yet fallen, and he had fought that Beast Emperor who could crush stars for seven days and seven nights on the edge of chaos.

Now, the remnants of the ferocious beasts are not yet extinct, and they actually want to borrow the incense of the living beings of the Azure Blue Star to reignite their former divine might?

What's even better is—they are actually taking the path of faith.

It is identical to what he is plotting.

If they really gather hundreds of millions of sincere offerings, it is not impossible for Shen Ni to tear through space-time and bring the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts back to the human world...

Thinking of that fateful reunion that spanned eras, the corners of Jiang Chen's mouth slowly curled into a long-lost arc.

But he already had his own plans for the incense of the Azure Blue Star.

"What a coincidence, I happen to be in need of a batch of devout believers."

His smile was gentle and faint, but his voice was as deep as an ancient bell, "If the Huangdao Sect is willing to bow and obey, and establish altars for me and gather incense, I guarantee you will reach the heavens in one step and be ranked among the immortals."

The Enforcement Elder's expression changed abruptly, and he laughed in extreme anger: "Crazy talk, what nonsense are you spouting?! Regardless of whether you are playing the fool or acting stupid—today, I will definitely capture your soul, pull your tendons, refine your spirit, and interrogate you in detail!"

Before the words faded, his figure tore through the void like a ghost, instantly forcing his way in front of Jiang Chen, the black-flame longsword wrapped in the momentum of ten thousand jun, slashing down at his head!

Before the sword arrived, sonic booms had already risen, the void crumbled inch by inch, and the high-pitched whistling was deafening.

Jiang Chen, however, did not move a muscle. He lightly raised the frost sword in his hand, and in an instant, an extremely cold aura surged out, condensing into the breath of ten-thousand-year black ice, chillingly freezing all life around him.

Clang—!

The two swords clashed, deafeningly loud.

Boom!

Ice shards and black flames shot out wildly, the air waves rolling like an angry tide, sweeping across the entire cliff.

The Enforcement Elder was shaken back more than ten steps on the spot, the blue bricks under his feet crumbling inch by inch, his face full of disbelief.

He never expected that despite his cultivation realm being a level higher than the opponent's, he would be suppressed to the point of having no power to fight back in the very first encounter.

Jiang Chen stood with his hands behind his back, his gaze like a blade, looking down at everything: "I said it before, your meager skills are nothing more than average. That arrogant black flame is just for show—now, are you still going to talk tough?"

"Arrogant fool! Don't you be proud too early!"

The Enforcement Elder's face turned purple, a mix of shame and anger, his eyes flashed with fierce light, and killing intent surged out.

Before the words faded, he had already ferociously activated his trump card technique: "Undying Black Fire!"

He slashed the longsword horizontally across the air, and in an instant, black flames soared into the sky, the raging fire churning like an evil dragon emerging from the abyss, roaring like ten thousand ghosts screaming in unison, carrying the momentum to burn everything to nothing, charging straight for Jiang Chen's throat!

Although Jiang Chen was only fighting with his Second Primordial Spirit, as a supreme existence who had long since broken free from the shackles of the Heavenly Dao, how could his combat experience and accumulation of Dao foundation be fathomed by a mere Mahayana cultivator?

Facing the overwhelming torrent of black flames, he did not even lift an eyelid, just casually swung his sword—a cold light appeared, frost surged angrily, and in an instant, it condensed into a frozen plain stretching for ten thousand miles, forcibly sealing the entire sea of fire into ten-thousand-year black ice, motionless.

"This is impossible!"

The Enforcement Elder hissed and roared, his voice trembling, "Cultivation suppression is an iron law of heaven and earth! By what right can you break it?!"

He had already vaguely sensed that something was wrong: the person in front of him was clearly only in the Mahayana realm, yet after just a few exchanges, it made a bone-chilling cold rise in his heart—as if he were not facing a cultivator of the same rank, but an ancient god looking down on all living beings.

"No matter how bright a firefly is, it cannot illuminate the bright moon." Jiang Chen's tone was calm, but every word was like a knife, "Just now I spared your life, but you not only spoke foul words, you even wanted to take my life. Now—you deserve to die."

Before the words faded, the figure was already before him. His five fingers were like hooks, reaching straight for his heart!

The Enforcement Elder's hair stood on end, and he instinctively held his sword horizontally to block—

"Crack!"

That spiritual sword, soaked for many years in the essence of black fire, actually snapped like a withered branch!

"Pfft!"

Blood splashed, and a heart still warm with residual heat was already gripped in his palm.

"You... your physical body... has already surpassed the mortal realm, comparable to a True Immortal?!" His pupils contracted sharply, his voice trembling uncontrollably.

"True Immortal body?" Jiang Chen scoffed, his five fingers suddenly closing—

"Are you worthy of comparing it to me?"

A loud explosion, and blood mist filled the air.

The body of the Ancestral Zombie was inherently a foundation of immortality; even an Innate Spirit Treasure could hardly harm a hair on it, let alone a sword refined by an ordinary cultivator.

The Enforcement Elder's heart veins were completely destroyed. A Mahayana cultivator, after all, had not yet ascended the immortal path, so his vitality instantly dissipated, and he fell backward, lifeless.

"Wuji, you know what to do now, right?"

Jiang Chen turned his gaze slightly, looking with a smile at the young man standing stiffly in the distance.