175: Let's send him on his way.

"Heh, thinking of escaping?"

Fairy Li Meng waved her fair hand, and a ten-thousand-foot ice wall instantly condensed in the Void Realm ahead.

"This way is closed."

Dao Chen's figure flickered, and he appeared in another direction, his Buddhist light transforming into a cage.

Old Ghost Han was like a headless fly, crashing around blindly, but he was easily blocked every time, as despair submerged him like a tide.

"Hahaha... This Immortal has failed today!"

"But remember this! The Domain Lord will definitely know of today's events!"

"Your Wending Sect is doomed! Doomed! Hahaha..."

He laughed maniacally, but as he laughed, he began to wail loudly; his Dao Heart had already collapsed.

"This man has gone mad. Send him on his way."

Li Tiangang said indifferently.

Five attacks, powerful enough to tear the sky apart, landed on Old Ghost Han simultaneously.

This Old Ancestor of the Tiansha Sect, a powerhouse at the Peak True Immortal Realm, couldn't even let out a scream before his body and Soul were annihilated in the brilliant yet destructive light.

As a Peak True Immortal fell, a faint wail echoed between heaven and earth; blood rained down, and the laws of the Dao mourned.

Venerable Duobao's gaze swept over the "playing dead" Furious Bloody Saber, and he chuckled, "Oho, there's still a little cutie lying here."

With a casual sweep of treasure light, the Old Ancestor of the Blood Saber Gate perished.

Above the Void Realm, a sudden deathly silence fell.

Only turbulent energy whistled, and the blood mist and wreckage of Magic Treasures scattering across the sky told of the brief yet extremely tragic battle that had just occurred.

The Cultivators watching from afar were all dumbfounded; after a long while, someone finally spoke with a trembling voice.

"I-Is it over?"

"The aggressive coalition of the five major forces, the world-shaking battle that claimed it would rewrite the landscape of the Qinggu Heaven Domain... it just ended like this?"

"The Wending Sect... where on earth did they come from? Five True Immortals! Is this really the Foundation a Lower Realm Sect can have?"

"The Elders are already this terrifying; then the Sect Master of Wending who leads this Sect... what Realm must he be at?"

"The Qinggu Heaven Domain... I'm afraid the sky is really going to change!"

"Now, it depends on how the Domain Lords Mansion and the Three Great Academies respond..."

Panic, awe, shock, speculation... various emotions swept through every corner of the Qinggu Heaven Domain like a storm.

After this battle, the name of the Wending Sect will truly resound through the heavens, making all living beings tremble!

...Outside the mountain gate of the Wending Sect, the clouds and mist remained.

Xiao Hei was holding his dog head high, looking impatiently at the people from the Zhao Family and the Xuanji Immortal Kingdom.

He had just received a message from the Sect, and his little tail almost curled up to the sky.

"Disperse, disperse! No need to wait, go back quickly!"

Xiao Hei waved a paw, his tone carrying an arrogance of "This Immortal already expected this."

The Great Clan Elder of the Zhao Family, Zhao Xuanming, stepped forward with worry: "Lord Black Immortal, but... that world-shaking commotion ahead, and that terrifying phenomenon of a True Immortal's fall... Is the Wending Sect truly unharmed? Do you need us to..."

"Unharmed? More than just unharmed!"

Xiao Hei interrupted him, his dog face full of disdain: "How many times has This Immortal said it? Those five major forces are just slightly larger ants; they can't jump around for long!"

"This Immortal just received news that the coalition of the five major forces has been completely wiped out—not a single one left!"

"As for why This Immortal is here? That is the Sect Master's decree, ordering This Immortal to guard the mountain gate to prevent any petty thieves!"

"Otherwise, with just those few small fry, This Immortal could have wiped them out with a flick of a finger!"

"Completely... completely wiped out?!" Zhao Xuanming and Empress Xuanji looked at each other, both seeing the shock and disbelief in the other's eyes.

That coalition, which swept through half the heaven domain and was led by several True Immortals, actually... vanished in an instant?

"Is this... for real?" Empress Xuanji's voice was a bit dry.

"Nonsense! Would This Immortal lie to you?"

Xiao Hei rolled his eyes: "Once the Sect Master's decree was issued, our Sect's five True Immortal Elders descended, and they were turned to ash in the blink of an eye!"

"If you don't believe it, sense it with your Divine Sense; there are still residues of the heaven and earth's mourning for the fall of a True Immortal over there!"

Everyone instinctively looked toward the battlefield; even from a great distance, they could still vaguely feel the terrifying energy turbulence and the faint, sorrowful Dao rhyme remaining in that part of the world.

Recalling the several True Immortal auras that had erupted and dissipated earlier, making their Souls tremble... for a moment, it was silent before the mountain gate, with only the sound of heavy breathing remaining.

Everyone looked at Xiao Hei and the seemingly peaceful Wending Sect mountain gate shrouded in mist behind him, their eyes filled with endless awe and fear.

Not long after, in the Main Hall of the Wending Sect.

Li Tiangang, Xu Wenxian, Fairy Li Meng, and the Sweeping Monk stood in the hall, with a hint of lingering murderous intent still on them.

"Reporting to the Sect Master, the invading coalition of the five major forces has been completely annihilated!"

The True Immortal leaders Han Ku, You Ji, Ghost Abyss, Du Wanren, and Furious Bloody Saber have all been executed. Over ninety percent of the remaining Heavenly Immortals, Earth Immortals, and coalition Cultivators have been wiped out, and the rest have scattered and are of no concern."

Li Tiangang reported in a deep voice.

Lin Chen sat high above and nodded slightly: "Very good, you have all worked hard."

However, the expected System notification did not sound.

Lin Chen's thought stirred: "System, is the mission not completed yet?"

[Ding! It has been detected that the mission targets, the 'Five Major Forces,' have not been completely wiped out; their Sect headquarters still exist. The mission is judged as incomplete.]

"Oh? So that's how it is."

Lin Chen realized that wiping out the incoming enemies and uprooting them were indeed two different things.

His gaze swept over the four people below the hall and suddenly noticed someone was missing.

"Hmm? Where is Venerable Duobao? Why hasn't he returned to report?"

Fairy Li Meng stepped forward, her cold voice ringing out: "Reporting to the Sect Master, Elder Duobao said that the Sect Master's decree was to annihilate the five major forces."

"Although their main force has been destroyed, their Sect Foundations still remain, and there must be those who escaped the net and residual resources."

"To eradicate evil completely, he has gone ahead to the Yuxian Continent, intending to wipe out their Sect headquarters as well to eliminate any future trouble."

Lin Chen heard this and was first stunned, then a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

"Sensible! This Duobao really knows my heart!"

At this moment, Venerable Duobao, who was tearing through space and speeding toward the Yuxian Continent, suddenly sneezed loudly for no reason.

"Achoo—!"

He rubbed his nose, a look of confusion appearing on his round face.

"Hmm? Who is talking about This Immortal behind my back?"

He shook his head and quickly put it behind him, his small eyes shining with excitement again, and his speed increased a bit more.

"Never mind! Business is more important!"

"The Tiansha Sect, Xuanyin Sect, Blood Saber Gate, Five Poisons Cult, and Ten Thousand Ghosts Cave... they are all old-brand super forces with long legacies; their wealth must be abundant!"

"High-grade Immortal Treasures, rare Materials, Immortal Crystal Veins... Hehehe, This Immortal is coming!"

As if he could already see countless treasures waving at him, Venerable Duobao smiled so widely his eyes were nearly closed, and his escape light sped up by another thirty percent.

In the Main Hall, Lin Chen pulled back his smile and said to the four below: "You have all performed great deeds in defeating the invading enemies! Your merits will be recorded first, and once Duobao returns, I will reward you all together!"

"Thank you, Sect Master!"

The four responded in unison.

"You may go and rest now."

Lin Chen waved his hand.

The four were about to leave, but Li Tiangang stopped, turned, and bowed, his expression slightly solemn: "Sect Master, there is one more thing."

"Speak."

"The head of the five major forces, Old Ghost Han of the Tiansha Sect, shouted madly before he died, saying that the 'Domain Lord' would definitely take an interest in our Sect, especially... the matter of our Sect being able to 'resurrect True Immortals'."

"I fear he has already passed the news out through some secret technique."