The former sect leader of Taiyi Sect has returned!

His Excellency was defeated, and Sikong Wu is dead!

The Demonic Path forces in front of the Taiyi Sect's Sect Gate were completely wiped out, and Young Sect Master Ye Qing is taking the lead in liquidating all demonic cultivators in the Eastern Region!

The Faces of these demonic cultivators turned green after watching the profound light mirror sub-mirrors.

They felt as if they were on a roller coaster; their fluctuating emotions were beyond words!

And in the next moment...

When they felt the cold, murderous gazes from the surrounding orthodox path cultivators...

The hearts of these demonic cultivators trembled violently.

"Not good! Run!"

"Let's get out of here!"

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

Without needing any communication, these demonic cultivators instantly transformed into streaks of demonic light, running faster than rabbits.

Each of them frantically searched for a place to hide.

While praying in their hearts that they wouldn't be liquidated... amidst the cheers of the orthodox path cultivators, a different voice rang out in a certain bustling city.

"Hahaha... Good! Great!... Wait! Oh no!"

A Cultivator was standing on the street, watching the footage in a profound light mirror sub-mirror.

He initially laughed along with the crowd, but as he laughed, his Face suddenly changed.

This person was the same unlucky fellow who had previously felt despair, thinking the Eastern Region's Righteous Path was finished.

In a fit of rage, he had thrown all the wealth, treasures, and Spirit Stones he had accumulated over a lifetime onto the street.

He had thought he was doomed anyway, so he threw it away to feel some satisfaction before dying.

Now that he knew the Demonic Path was finished and he wouldn't die, he was first ecstatic, followed by endless heartache!

"Aaaah!"

"My treasures! My Spirit Stones! Give them back! Give them back to me!"

This Cultivator looked at his empty storage ring.

He remembered the scene of him throwing money on the street and causing thousands to scramble for it.

His heart bled; he wished he could travel back in time and give himself two hard slaps!

Throwing money on the street, what a spendthrift!

Too much of a spendthrift!

Meanwhile, in another large city, another Cultivator's Face also changed drastically.

He was the one who thought the Eastern Region was doomed and decided to live it up before dying.

So he ran to the largest Spirit Stone Bank in the Eastern Region, planning to take out a massive loan.

At this moment, he had just finished watching the broadcast on the profound light mirror sub-mirror and was in a state of shock.

And then...

"Fellow Daoist, good news! Your loan application has been approved!"

The bank manager walked over with a beaming smile.

He said enthusiastically:

"Now you just need to imprint your Divine Soul mark on this contract. Once this final procedure is finished, that huge sum of Spirit Stones will be all yours!"

"Congratulations! You're about to be rich! Now, if you'll look..."

Meeting the bank manager's eager gaze, the man shuddered and snapped back to his senses.

Get rich?

Rich my foot!

To hell with that! I'm finished if I listen to you!

He looked at the contract the manager handed over, so scared his soul almost flew away, and waved his hands repeatedly.

He said in terror:

"No, no, no! I'm not borrowing it! I'm not borrowing it! I don't want it anymore!"

"By the way, I have something urgent to do. Goodbye..."

After saying that, he ran out of the bank without looking back, stood on the street, and let out a long breath.

Patting his chest, his Face was full of lingering fear.

"My god... that scared me to death!"

"Fortunately... fortunately, the loan didn't go through! Otherwise, I'd never be able to pay back so many Spirit Stones in this lifetime!"

...In the following period, a vigorous demon extermination operation swept across the entire Eastern Region.

Under the call and leadership of the Taiyi Sect, all orthodox path Sects, Families, and even Loose Cultivators in the Eastern Region took action.

All of them moved.

Based on the Demon-Pointing Compass, a Magical Artifact refined by the Taiyi Sect, and according to pieces of intelligence...

They conducted a thorough purge of those hidden demonic cultivators!

For a time, battle cries shook the heavens throughout the Eastern Region as countless demonic cultivators were dragged from their hiding places and killed on the spot!

After this Great Purge, all traces of demonic cultivators vanished.

When it was all over...

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, realizing that the heavens of the Eastern Region had truly changed!

From then on, the Eastern Region was no longer a place where five top powers coexisted.

Instead, the Taiyi Sect stood alone as the dominant power!

It became the sole overlord-level power in the entire Eastern Region!

After all, with a single order from Young Sect Master Ye Qing, the Cultivators of the entire Eastern Region, grateful for his kindness, were willing to give him Face and work for him.

The Taiyi Sect had already gained the prestige to command the entire Eastern Region!

Inside the Taiyi Sect's Sect Gate.

Human Emperor Ji Yan, along with his princes and princesses, was solemnly bidding farewell to Lu Changhe and Ye Qing.

"Sect Master Lu, Young Sect Master Ye, now that the matter here is settled, I should head back."

Ji Yan's expression was somewhat cold as he spoke.

Although the demonic Cultivator chaos had been settled, his Jinyan Dynasty still had some trouble.

The Imperial City was destroyed, and many experts had fallen.

What angered him even more was that he had learned that during the time he was away while the Demonic Path was rampant, some large Families within the Imperial Dynasty that had previously submitted to him on the surface were starting to stir, attempting to seize imperial power and even wanting to rebuild the Imperial City and become the new Human Emperor themselves!

This was simply... seeking death!

"The matter of the demonic cultivators has been resolved. It's time to settle accounts with these disloyal, unrighteous, and audacious Families."

"It's time for a proper liquidation!"

"It just so happens that rebuilding the Imperial City requires a lot of funds; I'll just get it from them!"

Human Emperor Ji Yan's eyes were cold, and killing intent seethed in his heart.

Ye Qing and the others watched them leave.

Afterward, the Eastern Region returned to peace.

And some time later.

Far outside the Eastern Region, a streak of light moving at extreme speed was tearing through the sea of clouds.

Carrying a vast and majestic Soul Transformation level aura.

It was speeding toward the Eastern Region!

The newcomer had white hair and a youthful Face, with a transcendent, immortal-like air.

He was the former Sect Master of the Taiyi Sect, who had left the Eastern Region with the Jinyan Dynasty's Former Human Emperor Profound Mystery to seek a Breakthrough Opportunity in the outer regions.

Venerable Wu Shuang!

At this moment, he had naturally succeeded in breaking through his Realm and reaching Soul Transformation!

"I'm back... I'm finally back!"

Venerable Wu Shuang hovered in the sky at the border of the Eastern Region, looking down at the familiar yet somewhat unfamiliar mountains and rivers.

His eyes were full of emotion and nostalgia.

Having drifted in the outer regions for many years, he was used to seeing strange and exotic sights.

But in the end, he still felt that the scenery of his own Eastern Region was the most intimate and moving.

"I wonder how that old fellow Profound Mystery is doing. He left a step ahead of me; he must have already returned to the Imperial Dynasty to enjoy the worship of his children and grandchildren."

Venerable Wu Shuang chuckled and stopped thinking about it.

Then his body flickered, transforming into an extremely brilliant streak of light as he sped toward the Taiyi Sect.

However, on his way, his Divine Thought swept across the land below.

Whether passing through bustling cities or the locations of Cultivator Sect powers...

He keenly noticed something was wrong.

"Strange..."

Venerable Wu Shuang frowned slightly and muttered to himself:

"Why does it feel like the population of the Eastern Region is much sparser than when I left?"

"Many places have an air of desolation. Could it be an illusion because I've been gone for too long?"

In fact, it wasn't an illusion.

Previously, Sikong Wu had caused the Demonic Path chaos, slaughtering living beings.

Then Ye Qing ordered the Righteous Path to liquidate the demonic cultivators. After these two events...

The number of Cultivators in the entire Eastern Region had plummeted! At first glance, it naturally seemed sparsely populated... However, Venerable Wu Shuang didn't take this matter too much to heart.

Perhaps some natural or man-made disaster had occurred, but as long as the Taiyi Sect was safe and sound, nothing was a problem.

The priority was to return to the Sect as soon as possible!

With this thought, his speed increased even more.

Soon, the familiar and majestic immortal mountain where the Sect was located came into view.

Looking at the Taiyi Sect's Sect Gate ahead, surrounded by clouds and mist with cranes crying in unison.

A look of excitement appeared in Venerable Wu Shuang's eyes.

"I wonder how the Sect has developed while I've been gone for so long?"

"Has that boy Changhe managed the Sect well? Have those Disciples and grandchildren slacked in their cultivation?"

"Did the Sect encounter any trouble during its development?"

Thoughts flashed through his mind, and then a brilliant idea came to him.

"I've got it!"

Venerable Wu Shuang stroked his beard and smiled, his eyes sparkling with a mischievous glint.

"I can first pretend to be a strange Soul Transformation expert from the outer regions, acting as if I'm going to invade the Sect."

"I'll give them a good scare! At the same time, I can take this Opportunity to test the Sect's emergency response and the Disciples' cultivation results!"

"When they are in a panic and think disaster is imminent, I'll reveal my identity for a total reversal!"

"Hahaha, by then they will surely turn from terror to ecstasy, and they'll feel... hehe, deep admiration for this old man!"

"Brilliant! This plan is simply brilliant! As expected of me, I have so many ideas!"

Venerable Wu ShuangThe more I think about it, the more I feel that my idea is wrong.，It's simply a stroke of genius..

He laughed heartily, feeling extremely proud.

Then, a spiritual light flashed on his body.

His Face, figure, and Qi all underwent a world-shaking change.

His original transcendent air disappeared, replaced by a fierce-looking man with a hideous Face and a body full of Evil Qi.

Having done this, he no longer restrained his Qi.

He pushed the terrifying power of the Spirit Transformation First Layer to its limit!

Boom!

In the next moment, a surging pressure that seemed capable of crushing the heavens poured down like a collapsing celestial river.

It aggressively bore down on the entire Taiyi Sect from the sky!

"Who goes there! How dare you behave so insolently at our Taiyi Sect!"

Sensing the Qi, a loud shout rang out.

However, there wasn't much tension in the voice.

Within the Taiyi Sect, countless Disciples and Elders also looked up one after another.

Looking at the figure in the sky radiating terrifying pressure, there was no fear in their eyes, only surprise and oddity.

"Eh? Is this... a Soul Transformation expert invading?"

A Disciple couldn't help but ask in surprise.

As soon as he finished speaking, a Senior Brother nearby curled his lip.

He spoke with a strange expression:

"Looking at the intensity of this Qi, it seems about the same as that Demonic Path Deity Transformation Stage Cultivator Sikong Wu from before... Could it be a new 'crossing-river dragon' from the outer regions?"

"He dares to invade our Taiyi Sect alone? And with strength similar to Sikong Wu's?"

Hearing this, another Disciple nearby directly shook his head and laughed: "Hehe, this is truly... like an old man hanging himself, he's tired of living!"

"Exactly, with Young Sect Master Ye here, what does a mere Soul Transformation expert matter?"

"Just watch, the Young Sect Master won't even need a second move to beat him."

For a moment, everyone in the Taiyi Sect, from top to bottom, regarding this aggressive "invader"...

...actually didn't care at all.

The reason was simple.

Even the joint attack of six Demonic Path Deity Transformation Stage Cultivators was wiped out by the Young Sect Master with a flick of his finger.

Now there's only one, so what does it matter?

Hovering in mid-air, Venerable Wu Shuang was stunned by the calm attitude of the Taiyi Sect members below.

He felt very strange.

What's going on?

My Soul Transformation-level pressure is already at their doorstep, why aren't these people afraid at all?

They don't even seem to have the intention of activating the Mountain-Protecting Formation?

Why is everyone so calm?

I've been away for all these years; could it be that the Taiyi Sect's defenses have relaxed to this extent?!

If a real powerful enemy were to invade, wouldn't that be disastrous?!

Thinking of this, Venerable Wu Shuang was suddenly filled with anger and was about to shout.

To teach these irreverent Disciples and grandchildren a lesson.

But in the next moment.

A handsome figure in green robes rose silently into the air and appeared before him.

The newcomer was Ye Qing.

Venerable Wu Shuang was stunned, looking at this young man who had an extraordinary temperament but whose cultivation seemed to be only at the Nascent Soul Realm.

He subconsciously wanted to speak.

"You are..."

However, before he could finish.

Ye Qing couldn't be bothered with nonsense.

He felt slightly irritable.

It hadn't been long since the Demonic Path chaos caused by Sikong Wu and the others was resolved, right?

Why did another reckless outer region Soul Transformation expert pop up, trying to provoke the Taiyi Sect?

Is there no end to this?

Or is it that the mysterious Black-Robed Figure is unwilling to give up and has used some new trick behind the scenes?

Whichever it is... in short.

Seeking death!

Thinking of this, Ye Qing raised his hand and gave a casual wave toward the "fierce man" in front of him.

Swoosh!

A seemingly ordinary spiritual light shone out, enveloping Venerable Wu Shuang.

Seeing this, Venerable Wu Shuang didn't pay much attention at first.

He was even laughing in his heart.

He felt that a mere Nascent Soul Cultivator daring to attack him, a Deity Transformation True Lord, was like a mantis trying to stop a carriage.

He was about to casually dodge.

And offer some guidance to this junior along the way.

But in the next moment, the smile on his Face suddenly froze!

Because he discovered in horror that his body, in the Face of that spiritual light, seemed to be suppressed by a ten-thousand-foot divine mountain.

He couldn't move an inch!

Even more terrifyingly, when that spiritual light landed on him...

...the Soul Transformation magic power surging through his body like a river was instantly and completely sealed, and he couldn't mobilize even a trace of it!

I... was suppressed?

Suppressed by a Nascent Soul Cultivator with a casual wave of his hand?!

What is going on?!

Venerable Wu Shuang's mind went blank, completely bewildered.

Even in the outer regions, he had never seen anything so bizarre!

And Ye Qing didn't care about the storm in his heart.

With a wave of his hand, a spiritual light pulled the sealed Venerable Wu Shuang toward the plaza in front of the Taiyi Sect Main Peak Great Hall.

Bang!

With a dull thud, Ye Qing casually smashed Venerable Wu Shuang heavily onto the ground.

The hard bluestone floor was smashed into a human-shaped pit.

"Ouch!"

Venerable Wu Shuang cried out in pain, feeling as if every bone in his body was falling apart.

As a dignified Deity Transformation True Lord, when had he ever suffered such humiliation!

And in his own home, no less!

However, before he could speak, Ye Qing's expression was cold, and his voice rang out.