Episode 154

  At the top of the mountain, a few high-energy repairs were carried out under the banner. The remaining repairs were divided into several low-level repairs, flying down and searching for footprints that were not enough to tread on.

  "Gentlemen, since he has fallen into the water, I reckon he's done for! It's pointless to linger here any longer. Why don't we each display our divine powers and search along the Heavenly Stream? Perhaps those who are destined to find it will do so. What do you gentlemen think?"

  Everyone nodded in agreement after brief discussion.

  "Wait!"

  That's what Shi Yiqing said.

  "What's on your mind, fellow Taoist?"

  One repair is not enough to make the road pleasant.

  "What if one of them gets it first?"

  "Robbery!"

  One of them, who appeared to be rough and impetuous, spoke out loudly.

  Hahaha...

  Everyone burst out laughing. One of them fixed the road:

  "Is this what you mean? The strong will take it by force, can they be reasoned with?"

  "Alright! In that case, let's split up and act separately."

  The water of the Tianxi River is powerful and fast-flowing, but because most of its flow is underground, very little of it is visible. This section of the Tianxi River is above ground, with steep cliffs on both banks that serve as the river's shores. There are no obstacles anywhere, so if something enters the water, it will either sink to the bottom or float away with the current, without any unexpected occurrences. Therefore, the middle and lower-level cultivators either ride the wind along the shore to search for things, or they follow the current downstream on a cloud. However, all of them know that this river has powerful aquatic beasts, so they do not dare to travel by water, even approaching the surface of the water is fraught with great danger.

  After searching for about three days, they had no success! The puppet's life or death was unknown, and its body was nowhere to be seen! The numerous cultivators were already impatient, and everyone thought that the puppet had become a monster's food, but they couldn't bear it, so they hunted and killed thousands of monsters in the Tianxi River, dissecting their abdomens for inspection, without exception.

  Shi Yiqing was calm and wise, but before he could be knocked down the cliff into the Tianxi River below, he secretly ordered his subordinates to hunt down the demon beasts, in case they were not enough to swallow the demon cultivators, and thus lose track of the three realms. The rest of the sects waited for a clear hour before it was all over.

  Thousands of cultivators entered the Tianxi River to slaughter demons, with a majestic momentum and a magnificent scene. Moreover, because all the demons were disembowelled, the bloody scene was shocking, and even after hundreds of years, those who had personally experienced it still couldn't bear to recall it.

  This move greatly enraged the Tianxi Zhong Yao Xiu lineage.

  "What can be tolerated and what cannot! Urgently transmit the rescue order, please have the Lord of the Land Demon Kings send reinforcements to the edge of the sky. Otherwise, I fear that my family's Heavenly Creek lineage will become extinct!"

  A certain secret land of immortals on earth, a gathering place for powerful demons and witches. On top of a hundred-zhang high white jade platform, a dozen or so meters in size, a demon king sat upright, his anger raging like fire.

  "Killing my clan is one thing, but since ancient times, the struggle between humans and demons has never ceased. They have been killing each other, swallowing each other's elixirs to aid their cultivation, who knows how many times? But such brutal slaughter and exposure of corpses has never been heard of! If this continues for just a few more days, the Tianxi lineage will be exterminated!"

  "Greatly revered one, it has only been a short time since the Great Revered One broke through the void and ascended. Yet, the human cultivators have already suffered greatly at the hands of our family's demonic cultivators. They act with such recklessness and disregard for consequences, do they not look down upon us? I, an incompetent subordinate, wish to lead a contingent of our clan's demonic troops to personally provide rescue and support."

  The wolf king shouted loudly.

  "Fearing only that it may come too late! Pass on the imperial edict to the million-strong Peach Mountain clan, mobilize all of them to launch a surprise attack on the people of Tianxi."

  "Yes!"

  A monster swiftly flew down and delivered an imperial edict before leaving.

  "By imperial decree, all members of our clan in the eastern continent and Tianxi region are to mobilize and hunt down the cultivators of various sects."

  "The Great Respect, it is indeed so, only fearing that the Heavenly Creek clan will still be unable to save us! As for now, we can only seek help from the Sea Clan. Fortunately, the Heavenly Creek and our clan are both water clans, although they reside on the mainland under the jurisdiction of my family's Great Respect, but the Sea Clan won't refuse to provide aid either."

  "Thus, the Southern Great Ocean's Sea Clan's Supreme One Holy Sect's Rushing Heaven Stream lineage will be destroyed. Another letter was sent to the Daoist Upper Person, the Buddhist Temple's Abbot Saint Monk, and the Demon Teachings' Great Heavenly Venerable, with only this one sentence: Are you willing to carry out the Great Absolute Kill of the Ten Thousand Ancients, either the demon clan perishes or humanity is destroyed?"

  "The arrangement of the grand and majestic is light and heavy at the right time, grasping the subtleties beyond the sacred!"

  "In preparation for unexpected events, from today on, all land-based demons will take up arms and stand guard at dawn!"

  "Yes!"

  Under the high platform of white jade, ten thousand demons howl in unison, their voices shaking the four fields.

  Three days later, the massacre continued in Tianxi. The Demon King was furious and ordered the demons of the eastern and southern regions of the ancient continent to attack the human cultivators, destroy their sects, and slaughter their followers. At that time, the eastern continent was filled with sword lights and shadows, blood rain and wind. Eight sects including Wuliang Mountain's Wuliang Gate were destroyed by the demon cultivators, losing their foundation.

  The Original Palace of the Taoist Immortals is the dwelling place of the virtuous and noble ones.

  Inside the mansion, fresh flowers bloom in all seasons, bees play and butterflies dance; occasionally cranes fly by, and from time to time hundreds of birds chirp; fish and shrimp swim leisurely in the clear streams, and sacred animals roam freely in the divine woods. All things are almost in harmony with each other, and whenever people come, it is rare for birds and beasts to be frightened!

  On a hill of grass and trees, a young boy sat on an ox herding, playing a flute with a lingering sound.

  "Report! Master! The Great Ancestor of the Demon Clan has sent a letter with extreme urgency."

  "Hmm? What's going on?"

  Like a young shepherd boy in appearance, but with a voice and complexion as old as an elder's.

  "This is the Green Bird delivering a book; disciples dare not open it!"

  "Here it is!"

  The shepherd said.

  "Good heavens! How could such a thing happen? Summon the Four Heavenly Kings at once."

  "Yes!"

  The messenger retreated with a bow. It turned out that the shepherd boy was actually the moral superior.

  Before long, the Four Heavenly Kings arrived.

  "Master, the chaos at Tianxi, could it be that you really provoked the demon clan and they are determined to fight a decisive battle with humans?"

  "I think the situation is indeed critical, but it has not yet reached the point of a decisive battle between humans and demons. However, preventive measures must be taken in time, and we cannot afford to slack off. Send someone to the Great Buddha Temple's Grand Master and the Demon Realm's Heavenly Lord to deliver an invitation for them to come and discuss this matter. Also, issue an order to the sects related to the Eastern Continent and Tianxi event to immediately stop the slaughter!"

  "Yes!"

  "In the Four Heavenly Kings' place, dispatch personnel, closely monitor the movements of the demon clan, and report immediately if there is any unusual movement."

  "Yes!"

  Four Heavenly Kings

  Three days later.

  Yuandao Xianfu, on the grand hall of Daoist moral cultivation, a handsome young monk with kind eyebrows and eyes was having tea with an emaciated old man whose face was full of gloom.

  "So it seems that the demon clan has already destroyed several of our mountain gates!"

  "Yes! The Eight Gates Sect suffered a disaster, with over 10,000 casualties."

  "Is it because of the three coffins in the legend?"

  That monk said.

  "It's true! The Fangzhou family's god master sought revenge and massacred the entire Guigu family many years ago, only sparing the third master of the Guigu family and one of his grandchildren. Later, the Fangzhou family hunted them down, and Shi Yi escaped with his life. His grandson's whereabouts were unknown. However, decades later, he suddenly reappeared! Moreover, it is said that Sanjie coffin was carrying him on his body, and he suffered a severe blow, already dead, and his treasure had been obtained by the god master."

  The superior man explains.

  "It is said that humans die for wealth, and birds perish for food! This is the inferior nature of human beings, and there's nothing we can do about it! However, since the great ancestor of the demon clan has been enraged, no matter what treasure it is, we must not kill any more of their tribe's talents. Otherwise, under the wrath of the great old demon, we won't be able to escape, and a full-scale war might even break out!"

  Mystic Realm of the Heavenly Lord

  "Then shall we contact the Lord of the Great Ark and plot for the Holy Treasure?"

  Morally speaking, people should make such proposals.

  "That old fellow, with his extraordinary skills and accomplishments, refuses to interact with us. I'm afraid it's unlikely he'll agree this time!"

  Mystic Realm of the Heavenly Lord

  "Hum! The old devil is afraid. This time, the Ark's flow has caused such a catastrophic disaster. If you can't give us an explanation, how can we let it go?"

  Mahayana Tao

  "Yes! The Southern Great Ocean's Sea Clan's Supreme Saint, the Taiyi Shengxiu, is also leading an army of 100,000 troops lined up by the sea, ready to attack at any moment. Wouldn't it be better to take this opportunity to negotiate with that Divine Master?"

  "Hum! The leader of the demons, under the pretext of revenge, is actually after the treasure!"

  "Don't bother with the demon tribe! They have already killed over 10,000 of our people and destroyed nearly ten families. Their resentment has been dispelled. We only need to send someone to negotiate and return to our old territory. On the other hand, the Divine Master's side should put in more effort."

  "Right! That makes sense!"

  Thus the three of them conspired until deep into the night before stopping.