87: The destruction of the holy land terrified the world.

"Senior, spare our lives!"

"We were blind and failed to recognize your greatness. Please, for the sake of how hard we've cultivated, spare our lives!"

"I am willing to offer all my wealth, I only ask that Senior gives me a way to live!"

When Chu He’s cold gaze swept over them, those Nascent Soul Old Monsters, who were previously high and mighty and overbearing, completely broke down.

They kowtowed frantically, crying and begging for mercy, showing every kind of ugly behavior. Where was even half of the dignity they usually held as regional giants?

In the face of absolute death, dignity is worthless.

Chu He looked at all this expressionlessly, without a shred of pity in his heart.

The Cultivation World was originally a place where the strong preyed on the weak.

If today his strength had been insufficient, then his fate would have been a hundred times more miserable than theirs.

His wife and children, his Family—all would have been beyond redemption.

To be kind to your enemies is to be cruel to yourself.

He understood this truth better than anyone.

"Noisy."

He faintly spat out those two words and slowly raised his foot.

Then, he lightly stepped toward the ground.

Boom—!

There was no earth-shaking roar, only an invisible ripple that spread silently from the center of his sole, like ripples on the surface of water.

Wherever the ripple passed, space froze.

Those Nascent Soul Old Monsters who were frantically kowtowing and begging for mercy had their bodies instantly stiffen, their expressions frozen forever at that moment.

Immediately following—

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"

A series of dense explosions, like firecrackers, rang out continuously.

Dozens of Nascent Soul Stage giants, who could make a region tremble by stomping their feet in the outside world, all exploded at this moment into one brilliant blood-colored firework after another.

One step, a total wipeout!

In the entire Black Wind Plain, besides Chu He, there was not a single living being left above the Nascent Soul Stage.

Only those Cultivators of Foundation Establishment and Qi Gathering with low cultivation bases—who previously didn't even have the qualification to approach and could only watch from a distance—luckily escaped because they were too far away.

But at this moment, they had already collapsed to the ground in terror, their bowels and bladders failing them. Looking at the scene before them, which resembled a god or demon destroying the world, they couldn't even produce the slightest thought of running away.

Chu He didn't spare another glance at those ants.

With a move of his Divine Thought, he remotely collected all the storage Magic Treasures left behind by the Nascent Soul Old Monsters and the people from the Central Province Sacred Land after their deaths, giving them a cursory glance.

"Paupers."

He curled his lip, his face full of disdain.

Although their combined wealth was a considerable fortune, it was not worth mentioning to his current perspective.

He casually threw these spoils of war into the storage space of the Heaven-Reaching Pagoda, intending to take them back to enrich the Family treasury.

Having done all this, his gaze turned toward the distant direction of the Central Province.

In his eyes, killing intent rose once more.

"To pull up weeds, one must remove the roots."

"Central Province Sacred Land, is it?"

"Since you like to play so much, then I’ll play a big game with you."

He hadn't forgotten that the previous Soul Transformation Ancestor had wanted to capture his woman to use as a Cauldron.

This had already touched his reverse scale.

A mere Holy Land dared to have such thoughts; then there was no need for it to exist.

With a thought, Chu He communicated with the Heaven-Reaching Pagoda he had just preliminarily refined.

"Xiao Ling, locate the Mountain Gate of the Central Province Sacred Land."

"Yes, Master!"

The voice of the Pagoda Spirit, Xiao Ling, immediately rang out in his mind.

Next, a light screen only Chu He could see appeared before him. On the screen, a vast map of mountains and rivers emerged, and a coordinate point flashing with red light was quickly locked.

"Very good."

Chu He nodded.

He took a step forward, and his figure instantly disappeared from the Black Wind Plain... Central Province.

Hundreds of millions of miles west of the Great Yan Dynasty was a broader land with even denser Spiritual Qi.

Here, Sects were as numerous as forests, families were like clouds, and experts emerged in large numbers; it was the true core and stage of the entire continent.

And the Central Province Sacred Land was one of the undisputed overlords of this land!

Its Mountain Gate was situated atop the top-tier Spiritual Vein of the Central Province—the "Nine Dragons Guarding"—covering millions of miles, with hundreds of thousands of Disciples under its banner, experts as numerous as clouds, and an unfathomable foundation.

Usually, immortal cranes would fly above the Holy Land, Spirit Beasts would roam, and purple qi would rise, presenting a scene of an immortal abode.

But today, the atmosphere within the Holy Land was somewhat oppressive.

Because not long ago, the Elder in charge of guarding the Soul Hall discovered in horror that the Life Soul Lamps of the Saint, Ji Wuming, and the two Grand Elders who had accompanied him as protectors had... simultaneously gone out!

This news was like a bolt from the blue, instantly shaking the entire high-level management of the Holy Land!

The Holy Lord immediately ordered the Soul Transformation Ancestor, who had been in seclusion for many years, to lead four Grand Elders of the Great Perfection of the Nascent Soul Stage, carrying the Sect-Protecting Treasure, to personally head to the Northern Barren Land to track down the culprit.

At this moment, the Cultivators remaining in the Holy Land were all waiting expectantly for the Old Ancestor's triumphant return, to bring the audacious criminal to justice and demonstrate the Holy Land's Divine Might!

Just then—

"Boom!!!"

A terrifying roar loud enough to shatter the Nine Heavens erupted without warning above the Holy Land!

The entire Nine Dragons Guarding Spiritual Vein trembled violently at this instant!

The Holy Land's Mountain-Protecting Formation—the "Nine Heavens Star Formation"—was smashed from the outside by an indescribable, terrifying force in a single blow!

Countless Holy Land Disciples who were cultivating or meditating were shaken by this sudden upheaval, spitting blood and being knocked over.

"What’s happening?!"

"Enemy attack! There’s an enemy attack!"

"Who is it?! Who dares to attack my Central Province Sacred Land?!"

The entire Holy Land instantly fell into a state of chaos and panic.

Countless figures soared into the sky from various mountain peaks and Immortal Caves, looking toward the sky in horror.

Above the Holy Land, outside the shattered Formation light screen, a green-robed figure stood with his hands behind his back, quietly suspended above the Nine Heavens.

He had no aura around him, yet he seemed to be the sole center of this world.

Just by standing there, an invisible and suffocatingly terrifying pressure enveloped the entire Central Province Sacred Land.

All Holy Land Disciples, regardless of their cultivation level, felt as if their Divine Souls were about to be crushed the moment they came into contact with this pressure. One by one, they fell from the sky like dumplings; those with weaker cultivation even fainted on the spot.

"Your Excellency... who are you? Why have you attacked my Central Province Sacred Land for no reason?!"

A remaining Grand Elder of the Late Nascent Soul Stage, enduring the piercing pain in his Nascent Soul, flew high into the sky and questioned with a facade of strength.

Chu He did not answer.

He only lifted his eyelids, his indifferent gaze looking down at the Mountain Gate below that stretched for millions of miles like a fairyland.

Then, he raised his foot.

He stepped down lightly toward the area below.

"Boom!"

A giant foot that reached the heavens, condensed from pure Law power and unimaginably large, appeared out of thin air, blotting out the entire sky!

Upon the giant foot, dragon patterns were entwined, and divine light flowed, carrying a supreme Divine Might that could trample through the ages and shatter the heavens, slowly pressing down toward the magnificent Holy Land Mountain Gate below!

Doomsday had arrived!