"The Golden Flower Maternal Sect has indeed colluded with an Outer Realm Evil God!"

Having glimpsed the evil god worshipped by the Golden Flower Maternal Sect using the Observing Qi Skill, Qi Xiu silently sighed to himself, just as he was about to focus his thoughts.

In the depths of his being, a sudden premonition surged within him.

Opening his stinging eyes, Qi Xiu looked around. The tribulation energy, seeping in from some unknown source, had thickened severalfold in an instant. The grey-yellow tribulation energy churned tumultuously, nearly swallowing half his body.

This…

Qi Xiu's expression froze. He hadn't anticipated that the Outer Realm Evil God could provoke such a drastic increase in tribulation energy.

Could it be that the true target of my tribulation is not the Golden Flower Maternal Sect, but this... Outer Realm Evil God?

A thought, so preposterous it was almost unthinkable, began to rise in his heart, twisting Qi Xiu's brows into a deep frown.

What is an Outer Realm Evil God? They are ancient, indescribable, and elusive existences that roam the myriad worlds beyond our domain. Each one possesses utterly terrifying power! For me, a mere cultivator in the Dao-Entering Realm, to have my breakthrough tribulation linked to an Outer Realm Evil God... this is simply inconceivable.

With such a tribulation, how can I possibly transcend it? It's utterly a death sentence.

Gently rubbing his brow, Qi Xiu closed his eyes, his thoughts slowly turning.

I have the protection of Human Path Merit and a rising fortune; there's no reason for me to face such a death tribulation. The tribulation energy is still gestating and hasn't erupted into a full-blown disaster. Perhaps the final tribulation isn't this Outer Realm Evil God.

Leaving the temple of the Golden Flower Maternal Sect, Qi Xiu wandered through the county town. After just one circuit, a cloud of grim fury gathered on his brow.

This county town, resembling a kingdom of women, appeared bustling and splendid at first glance, but it was all an illusion. The seemingly normal women on the streets and in the alleys had all been forcibly converted by the Ten Thousand Births Origin Sutra. Their souls were extracted daily, leaving them listless, like the living dead. They merely repeated their daily actions mechanically, unable to even perform basic reasoning, their souls in extreme anguish.

And in the residential houses, apart from the temples and palaces, lay, astonishingly, countless pregnant women. These women were kept and bred like livestock, completely unaware. In their rooms, golden flowers the size of millstones extended countless slender tendrils into their foreheads. A Divine Marvel liquid, thick with the scent of milk, was continuously infused into their bodies, supplying the energy needed for gestation.

The women, controlled by the Ten Thousand Births Origin Sutra, had effectively become birthing machines. Under the catalysis of these Demonic Path Techniques, they carried a pregnancy to term in merely one week. The price was a severe depletion of their life force and the complete submergence of their consciousness. In a sense, these beings could no longer be considered "human."

The Golden Flower Maternal Sect used these endlessly born children to strike a deal with Divine Sorrow Ridge, exchanging them for vast territories to establish their so-called An'ning Holy Nation. And this was just one county town. One could only imagine how many children were born daily across the six prefectures controlled by the Golden Flower Maternal Sect, and how many were sent to Divine Sorrow Ridge, the Demon Nation on earth.

At this thought, Qi Xiu shuddered.

Through some imperceptible, mysterious vision, the grey-yellow tribulation energy that had already swallowed half his body churned violently, surging through his seven orifices and into his body.

As the tribulation energy entered him, countless dim, blurry visions of all things withering and decaying manifested behind Qi Xiu.

He stood rooted to the spot, his head slightly bowed, his face hidden in shadow. A low, almost inaudible mutter, yet firm and resonant, escaped his lips:

"When I entered the Dao, I established my Dao Heart. In this life of cultivation, all I seek is a clear conscience. I knew this place belonged to the Golden Flower Maternal Sect, and I knew that if I acted rashly, I would be beset by countless dangers. But what I've witnessed today clings to my heart like demonic shadows, haunting and confining me. If this urge is not vented, my Dao Heart will surely shatter. My over a decade of cultivation will be for naught."

In the unseen depths of his being, a flicker of understanding arose in Qi Xiu's heart. The Virtue Golden Wheel behind his head suddenly blazed with light, his eyes grew clear, and he whispered softly:

"Today, I am willing to be the bridge to guide you all to reincarnation. Should there be any unresolved karma, I, Qi Someone, am willing to shoulder it all."

As Qi Xiu spoke the last sentence, his eyes abruptly turned pitch-black, and a boundless killing intent erupted from within him.

He raised his hand, unleashing his strongest killing move: **Thunder Magic—Ninety-Ninefold—Bing Fire Divine Thunder!**

Only the most terrifying lightning could baptize and cleanse this defiled land!

BOOM—

The clear, cloudless sky suddenly turned black as ink, as if veiled by a thick, dark curtain. Ominous clouds gathered, resembling a colossal grey mountain hanging overhead, layer upon interwoven layer, a maelstrom of boundless darkness.

Endless scarlet lightning flickered within the clouds, coiling and roaming like True Dragons that devoured clouds and exhaled mist, their eyes opening like great suns, coldly gazing down upon the filth below!

Thunder roared!

An ineffable, terrifying pressure permeated heaven and earth.

Such a dreadful commotion naturally and immediately caught the attention of all the Golden Flower Maternal Sect Disciples and the host of Demonic Evil Cultivators within the city.

The might of heaven was vast; the fury of the thunder, ferocious!

Gazing up at the thunder dragons soaring through the Sky Dome, the Demonic Evil Cultivators stared wide-eyed, their teeth chattering, their bodies shaking like chaff in the wind. Thunder Magic's innate suppression of evil and heretical ways sent waves of unbearable pain through them at the mere sight of the lightning. A few Demonic Evil Cultivators with weaker cultivation bases were so terrified their courage shattered; they vomited dark green bile, their eyes filled with terror, and collapsed, convulsing on the ground. Before long, they were dead.

"What's happening? This-this-this, where did this Heavenly Thunder come from!" A ram demon, its mouth dripping with gore from a Taotie feast it had been enjoying, scrambled out in panic at the sound of the thunder. Staring at the terrifying thunderclouds blanketing the entire county, all the fleshy tumors on its body clenched tight, and its legs trembled violently.

"Thunder Magic? It's a Shenxiao Sect cultivator!"

Compared to the Demonic Evil Cultivators, the Golden Flower Maternal Sect Disciples felt slightly less pressure and managed to retain a shred of composure. The leading Golden Flower Maternal Sect Disciple stared at the thunderclouds that had materialized from nothing and instantly concluded that Shenxiao Sect cultivators must be nearby.

"Find them! Find him!" The Golden Flower Bishop's usually serene and gentle face was now contorted in a savage snarl as he bellowed, ordering his subordinates to find the Shenxiao Sect cultivator unleashing the Thunder Magic.

"No need to look. Qi Someone is right here."

Qi Xiu appeared, treading on white bones and skulls, his black robe whipping in the wind. His hands were clasped behind his back, and his eyes, blazing with lightning, were fierce and savage.

"Are you aware that this place is the An'ning Holy Nation of the Golden Flower Maternal Sect? Countless masters from our sect are nearby and will arrive in moments. Even if you, a Cultivator of Dao, practice Thunder Magic, so what! I advise you to retreat quickly! Otherwise, be warned: your decades of hard cultivation could vanish like a dream!"

Looking at the revealed Qi Xiu, the Golden Flower Maternal Sect Disciple, outwardly fierce but inwardly cowardly, threatened wildly, attempting to scare off this Shenxiao Sect cultivator.

"Hahahaha!" Qi Xiu threw his head back and laughed, his wide sleeves dancing in the wind. He stood high above, gazing down upon this city of demons and evil.

"You're afraid. You're afraid that with a single command of my Thunder Magic, your pathetic lives will end. You're afraid that after today, you'll no longer enjoy these fine days of tyranny. You're afraid that heaven's justice is manifest, that retribution is inescapable! For the colossal sins you've committed, you won't even qualify to be reborn as pigs or dogs in your next lives! But the more afraid you are, the more I, Qi Someone, want you to die amidst this vast fear!"

Each question, laced with the vast rumble of thunder, seemed to vent all the indignation and fury boiling in Qi Xiu's heart.

In an instant, countless bodies and souls were stunned by the thunderous voice, frozen in place, bewildered and helpless.

Then, a colossal BOOM echoed.

Endless scarlet lightning descended, immensely domineering. The Bing Fire Divine Thunder, potent enough to obliterate demons and annihilate evil, swept out and fell upon the squalid An'ning Holy Nation.

"Ah! Run!"

"Go, go! This thunder cultivator is going to slaughter the whole city!"

"Scatter and flee! He can't kill all of us!"

"Damn it! Is this thunder cultivator insane? So what if we ate a few humans?!"

"Shenxiao Sect! It's Shenxiao Sect again! When I return to Divine Sorrow Ridge, I'll report to the King! We'll lead billions of demons to trample this cursed Shenxiao Sect flat!"

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!!!

The overwhelming, rampaging lightning and fire quickly drowned out the clamorous voices, instantly transforming the entire county town into a raging inferno.

Numerous Demonic Evil Cultivators shrieked and fled, their bodies charred black. Like human torches, they desperately spewed clouds of demonic qi and devilish fog, trying to extinguish the divine flames engulfing them.

But if the might of Divine Thunder were so easily dispelled, Thunder Magic would not be revered as the King of All Techniques.

As the Divine Thunder swept through, the entire city was annihilated.

Those ordinary people controlled by the Ten Thousand Births Origin Sutra turned to ash in an instant, their painful, tragic lives brought to an end.

In contrast, the Demonic Evil Cultivators and Golden Flower Maternal Sect Disciples shrieked incessantly in agony. The evil-subduing power within the lightning fire subjected them to a torment ten thousand times more agonizing than being sliced by a thousand blades.

Qi Xiu silently watched this scene, akin to an endless purgatory, and listened to the wails of the Demonic Evil Cultivators and heretical practitioners. He felt no pity or mercy. Instead, his eyes grew clearer, and an indescribable sense of ease and comfort spread through his body.

"You treated my people as livestock, as sacrificial animals. Then I, Qi Someone, shall let you taste the most extreme tortures of this world."

As he watched all the Demonic Evil Cultivators in the city turn to ash beneath the Thunder Magic, Qi Xiu was about to depart when his heart suddenly trembled.

Within the scorched ruins of the county town, wisps of pale white Spiritual Light slowly rose, coalescing into countless figures of men, women, the old, and the young. They stood in the void, unable to speak, yet their eyes all conveyed gratitude towards Qi Xiu.

These were the townspeople who had been forcibly controlled and transformed by the Golden Flower Maternal Sect. Qi Xiu had killed them, yet he had also liberated them from that abyss of extreme torment.

Gazing at these human souls bowing slowly to him, Qi Xiu's expression softened slightly, and he raised his hand in a return salute:

"This place is perilous. Go and reincarnate swiftly."

Nodding silently, the multitude of human souls transformed into motes of light and gradually dissipated.

And in the instant the human souls vanished, the tribulation energy surging within Qi Xiu suddenly ascended. In the unseen realm, it pushed open a great gate, accompanied by a colossal boom from the infinite depths.

Strands of Xuanhuang Qi flowed out, materializing within Qi Xiu's body. As soon as this Xuanhuang Qi emerged, it automatically streamed towards his spine. There, it faintly coalesced into a bridge—profound, mystical, and indescribable—spanning the great divide between heaven and earth...

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