"Just whoosh!"
East Sea Daoist was engulfed by the smelting pot.
Zhong Shenxiu gave it another shake, feeling an aura inside rapidly weakening and gradually fading away...
Perhaps some sufficiently powerful Dharma Bodies could survive a strike from Ancient Immortals, like Zhong Shenxiu, but that did not include East Sea Daoist.
"Dead?"
He nodded and then turned his attention to the smelting pot in his hand.
He saw the surface of the celestial pot suddenly spread with ice cracks, covering the entire body of the pot.
In the end, with a bang, it exploded into a handful of powder, dissipating into the void.
Zhong Shenxiu watched as the smelting pot disappeared and felt no regret.
Although the pot could unleash a technique comparable to the Sleeve Universe Technique of the Ancient Immortals, its power had waned considerably. In truth, aside from the wondrous nature of the Immortal Technique, its strength had diminished to something nearly akin to that of a disintegrated Immortal.
East Sea Daoist died because he was too weak!
Had Zhong Shenxiu taken that strike, it wouldn't have been a big deal. He would just have to restart himself to recover as good as new.
Now, his full strike might compare to that of a disintegrated Immortal.
Thus, he didn't really value a strike from the celestial pot, and it was more satisfying to let East Sea Daoist reap his own bitter harvest.
"Great revenge has been taken, so why do I feel so little? Why do I only feel... emptiness?"
Zhong Shenxiu looked up at the sky, stretched out his hand, and grabbed the black umbrella.
The huge umbrella shrunk instantly, revealing the three suns in the sky.
He stored the umbrella properly, suppressing it with the heart key, so there was no longer any worry about any adverse effects.
Wanbo Lake which had resembled the collapse of the heavens and earth, was gradually calming down. Although the surface of the lake was still as flat as a mirror, it had become tainted with a large swath of earthy yellow color.
On the surface of the lake was a Daoist-robed woman who revived with a faint cry. It was none other than Ji Daoling!
'This smelting pot really is petty; it said it would target one, and it did just that, without taking the opportunity to refine this little wench as well...'
Zhong Shenxiu sighed to himself, landing on the surface of the lake.
"Donghua True Monarch? The giant hand before...was that you?" Ji Daoling's hands trembled, "Have you certified the Dharma Body?"
"Indeed, and not only that, I have also killed your master, East Sea Daoist!"
Zhong Shenxiu nodded.
"Impossible!" Ji Daoling's face turned pale and bloodless, like a translucent jade figure, a tear slowly rolling down, carrying a sense of tragic beauty, "Then kill me!"
"Oh!"
Zhong Shenxiu agreed with a nod, and the Immortal Slaying Flying Sword transformed into a streak of white light, cutting down the East Sea Daoist with one stroke.
He always believed in cutting the weeds and removing the roots completely. Since it was an enemy, he would not stop for any beauty, reputation, or other reason.
Nor would he come up with any cliched agreements of three years or thirty years.
In fact, while killing, he purposefully used his own singular divine position to suppress.
Even if the other party had any means of resurrection, their fate would most likely be grim...
...
"Having dealt with one family, next comes the Supreme Dragon and Tiger Sect!"
Zhong Shenxiu took out a key, and like an ordinary person opening a door, he unlocked the void.
When he emerged again, he was facing the mountain gate of the Supreme Dragon and Tiger Sect.
He walked with a large black umbrella, just like an ordinary mountain climber, passing the outer gate of the Dragon Tiger Sect, entering the mountain gate, and then buildings like the Lie Xing Hall...
Finally, he arrived at a barren land.
The Dragon Tiger Sect's forbidden area—Taiyin Cave!
Before the cave entrance, Zhong Shenxiu knocked on the door with the tip of the umbrella.
The door suddenly turned a grayscale hue, its surface revealing countless cracks before finally crumbling into debris and falling to the ground.
"An old friend pays a visit. Qingwei Dao Miao True Monarch, please show yourself."
Zhong Shenxiu's voice rang out clearly.
Within the cave, a faint sound emerged, as if numerous insects were scurrying about.
Eventually, a pale-faced True Monarch walked out from the Taiyin Cave, "Donghua True Monarch? Have you already achieved your Dharma Body?"
"Indeed."
Zhong Shenxiu smiled, "I have always heard that the True Monarch is adept at divination. Care to guess why I have come today?"
"You're here to kill me."
Qingwei Dao Miao True Monarch sighed.
Even though the secrets of heaven were in disarray, given the current situation, there was no need to divine anymore. After a pause, he asked, "Where is Dongping Haomiao True Monarch?"
"He is on the Yellow Spring Road already. I hope the True Monarch wouldn't let your old friend wait too long..." Zhong Shenxiu said with a smile.
"As expected, destiny, destiny..."
Zhang Guiji wept and laughed, "Dongping Haomiao True Monarch found me and set up this plan, but I have always had my doubts, even deciding to take the risk and cultivate the Taiyin Refining three days later. I didn't expect that you would break through your realm so quickly..."
"I first harmed the sect, then misled our founder, and now I have brought ruin upon myself. I truly deserve to die. However, the prestigious name of the Supreme Dragon and Tiger Sect, as one of the three sects, is going to be ruined by me... I am indeed a sinner!"
Zhang Guiji's eyes seemed to burn with a faint ghostly fire: "After my death, how do you plan to handle the Supreme Dragon and Tiger Sect?"
"Most of what I have learned comes from the Dragon Tiger Sect, so why not take over as the Teaching True Monarch?"
Zhong Shenxiu considered and responded as such.
Qingwei Dao Miao True Monarch, unharmed, had been stunning and commanding, far more formidable than any Dongping Haomiao True Monarch.
And the foundation of the Supreme Dragon and Tiger Sect was not something Fangcun Spirit Mountain could compare with.
Zhong Shenxiu simply wanted to force Zhang Guiji, the person who had plotted against him, to his death. He wasn't particularly inclined to destroy the Supreme Dragon and Tiger Sect.
After all, there was a bit of sentimental attachment.
"You... the Teaching True Monarch?"
Zhang Guiji calculated with his fingers and suddenly burst into loud laughter: "The Supreme Dragon and Tiger Sect has declined because of me, but there is a bit of fortune attributed to you. The vicissitudes of the Heavenly Dao and the ever-changing state of the world make it truly hard to say..."
Now, the Supreme Dragon and Tiger Sect had no Immortal sitting in corporeal dissolution, and there wasn't even a second Dharma Body.
If Qingwei Dao Miao True Monarch died, then Zhong Shenxiu had a real chance at becoming the Teaching True Monarch.
After all, he just needed to conceal his unpredictable Dharma Body and only reveal the Dragon Tiger Daoist Dharma Body, which would be a legitimate Supreme Dragon and Tiger Sect Dharma Body bigwig vying for the position of Teaching True Monarch without any problem.
As for the opinion of the Zhang Family?
That was not important. A bunch of Primordial Pills and Primordial Spirits, if they didn't submit, would die...
...
Months later.
In Emperor City Changluo, several explosive pieces of news shook the world.
The long-awaited imperial succession finally came to a conclusion.
The Fourth Prince ascended the throne and proclaimed the era of Shenwu. The Second Prince hung himself, and parties such as the Ninth Prince were either confined, their properties confiscated, or they were executed or exiled... It was an utterly dreadful sight.
In May of Shenwu.
News came from overseas that the leader of Fangcun Spirit Mountain, Dongping Haomiao True Monarch, had mysteriously died, and the sect's gate had been completely wiped out.
From then on, the lineage of Fangcun Spirit Mountain among the scattered Immortals was entirely severed.
Soon after, the Supreme Dragon and Tiger Sect also received terrible news: Teaching True Monarch Zhang Guiji had succumbed to his severe injuries and perished.
Before his death, he passed the position of Teaching True Monarch to Donghua True Monarch!
Several members of the Zhang Family, both Primordial Pills and Primordial Spirits, met with brutal deaths...
On the twenty-ninth of May, Donghua True Monarch's succession ceremony as Teaching True Monarch took place at the Dragon Tiger Sect's gates as scheduled...
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