206: Chapter 206 Disobedience is the End

A cold voice froze the air on the mountaintop.

Di Hongshen's second claw, condensing destructive power, stiffened abruptly in mid-air.

He turned his head in horror, only to see a dark-robed figure standing silently in the arena, having appeared without anyone noticing.

The newcomer had a stern expression and eyes as deep as an abyss. Although he emitted no deliberate pressure, he made Di Hongshen, who was at the fifth level of the Void Tempering Realm, feel a tremor originating from the depths of his Soul.

"Moon Shadow Sect Master… Heavenly Venerable?!"

Di Hongshen exclaimed in shock. He could not comprehend how he could have arrived so precisely when the space here was isolated from the outside world.

Chi Wanhe and Xia Yingying's tense heartstrings suddenly relaxed, and a wave of immense joy surged into their hearts.

"Revered Master!"

Both of them shouted almost simultaneously, their bodies instantly relaxing.

A ripple also passed through Qing Shang's cold, clear eyes.

Di Fuling's beautiful eyes widened as she stared fixedly at the suddenly appeared Ling Hao. He was clearly only at the Tribulation Transcendence Stage, so why did he make her, a Second Tribulation Loose Immortal, feel a hint of heart palpitations?

"Old Ancestor Fuling, save me!"

Di Hongshen reacted, his liver and gallbladder splitting in terror. He instinctively called out to Di Fuling for help while violently retreating, attempting to put some distance between them.

Di Fuling just looked at him with a livid face, cast a wary glance at Ling Hao, and did not make any move.

She and Qing Shang were restraining each other, their powers entangled, as if stuck in a quagmire, making it impossible for her to pull away to rescue him.

Ling Hao's gaze fell upon Di Hongshen, cold and ruthless.

"This Seat remembers you. At the Guest Welcoming Hall, you were the one representing the Wanxian Dynasty…"

"Lin Xiwei, do you have any impression of her? Why did you hunt her down?"

Di Hongshen trembled all over, a flash of confusion appearing in his eyes.

"What about Lin Yiyi…"

Lin Yiyi, the name of Lin Xiwei in her previous life.

"Lin Yiyi? She… she is still alive?"

This name seemed somewhat distant to him; it took a while for him to dig it out from the depths of his memory.

"That junior at the Soul Transformation Stage? Heh… her life is certainly tough; she managed to escape multiple times from the hands of those at the Body Integration Stage…"

He then seemed to recall something, a flash of malice crossing his eyes, "She can only blame herself for knowing things she shouldn't have known…"

Di Hongshen didn't continue, because he understood that no matter what he said, this Moon Shadow Sect Master before him would never let him go. Begging for mercy? Threatening? It was all in vain.

"It seems you do not wish to speak." Ling Hao's tone was indifferent.

The moment his words fell, Di Hongshen felt an irresistible force suddenly descend.

Ling Hao's figure flashed, appearing beside Di Hongshen, and he immediately began to search his Soul.

However…

As Di Hongshen's eyes turned white, his entire Sea of Consciousness collapsed.

"Tsk… another one with a Restriction placed on it…"

Ling Hao shook his right hand, and Spiritual Qi mixed with Chaos Qi surged.

The powerful Physical Body of the fifth level of the Void Tempering Realm, along with his Primordial Spirit, disintegrated inch by inch, turning into the finest dust and completely dissipating between heaven and earth.

Ling Hao's gaze turned to the musical note imprints on the shuofang tripod. He raised his hand, a wisp of radiance flowing from his fingertips, and gently brushed across the wall of the tripod.

Those musical note imprints rapidly dissolved and disintegrated, disappearing completely in the blink of an eye.

The entire shuofang tripod seemed to tremble slightly, and that biting, murderous cold aura became even purer and more vast.

"It's done!"

Di Fuling was overjoyed! The shackles binding the tripod had been lifted.

She looked at Ling Hao, a flash of mockery in her eyes.

"Hmph! A self-righteous fool! He actually took the initiative to undo my shackles! Heaven is truly helping me!"

Almost the instant the musical notes disappeared, Di Fuling's solid phantom suddenly erupted with monstrous Soul Power.

She no longer entangled with Qing Shang, gathering the terrifying power of a Second Tribulation Loose Immortal, transforming into a stream of light invisible to the naked eye, tearing through space, about to escape into the Void Realm!

"You want to leave right in front of This Seat?"

Ling Hao's voice resonated in the depths of Di Fuling's Divine Soul.

The fleeing stream of light was forcefully frozen in mid-air. Di Fuling felt as if she were an insect solidified in amber, her very thoughts becoming sluggish.

"You… you… how is this possible?!"

Di Fuling's phantom twisted violently, her elegant face filled with extreme horror.

She simply could not understand how someone at the same Realm level as her could possess such unreasonable power?!

Chi Wanhe couldn't help but sneer from the side:

"Heh, you want to escape in front of my Revered Master? You overestimate yourself!"

Xia Yingying also nodded vigorously, her eyes full of admiration.

Di Fuling struggled a few times, only to find that the power of containment was like the Law of Heaven and Earth, completely immovable.

"Forget it…"

Di Fuling gave up.

"A Second Tribulation Loose Cultivator, that's acceptable."

Ling Hao slowly raised his hand, and a point of golden starlight appeared at his fingertip. This starlight ignored the defenses of Di Fuling's Loose Immortal Soul form and sank directly into the center of her eyebrows.

Di Fuling's Soul form shook violently.

A vast, mighty power beyond her comprehension instantly branded itself into the deepest part of her Soul.

She felt that everything about her—her thoughts, her every word and action, and even every tiny fluctuation in the depths of her Soul—was nakedly exposed to the "gaze" of this mighty power and was absolutely controlled by it.

"Your feeling is correct; your thoughts, your every word and action, are all under my control."

"A thought of disobedience is the end!"

This was the result of Ling Hao's deliberation.

Di Wenlong and those people had cultivation levels that were too low; they couldn't possibly reach the core secrets. As an Old Ancestor-level figure of the Di Family, once Di Fuling returned to the Di Family, the truth behind why Lin Xiwei was hunted down might be easily learned.

Furthermore, this woman had a decisive temperament, and her strength was acceptable (Second Tribulation Loose Immortal).

In the future, as the Sect expanded, there would inevitably be some "dirty work" that couldn't be seen in the light that would need to be handled. Such an "instrument," absolutely controlled and with decent strength, was quite suitable.

On the side, the silent Qing Shang bowed slightly in the direction of Ling Hao.

On her face, which was as cold and clear as moonlight, a look of gratitude appeared: "Thank you for your help, for resolving my crisis and protecting the Legacy."

Ling Hao's gaze swept over Chi Wanhe and Xia Yingying, finally landing on the floating nine heavens ringing jade zither and Qing Shang, who was guarding it.

This was the artifact spirit of the ancient zither, her aura ethereal and misty, carrying an ancient charm that had endured endless years.

Ling Hao nodded slightly, by way of response.

"What is going on with this Small World?"