Chapter 23 The Great Ascension Demon Lord Becomes a Miserable Tutor? A Casual Deduction Scares Away the Heavenly Tribulation!

Eastern Wasteland, Taixuan Dao Sect.

Sect Head Immortal Master Qingxu was leading thousands of Disciples, looking up at the Void Realm above the Taixuan Main Peak, waiting expectantly like a stone statue of a waiting wife.

"Buzz——!"

With a violent fluctuation of space, a purple-gold divine seat, pulled by the phantoms of nine purple-gold dragons and emitting the pressure of a peak Void Returning Stage Magic Treasure, emerged steadily from a crack in the Void Realm.

"The Old Ancestor has returned! Welcome the Old Ancestor back with a full harvest!"

Immortal Master Qingxu was so moved that tears streamed down his Face, and he kowtowed repeatedly. The Old Ancestor had gone to the Central Plains and not only returned unscathed, but the treasure light on his seat seemed even brighter than when he left!

"That is enough, Qingxu. Go do whatever you need to do. Don't kneel at my door every day; it affects the Feng Shui of my immortal palace."

Lin Yuan sat on the purple-gold divine seat, yawning lazily, and casually threw a tattered cloth bag, which landed precisely in Immortal Master Qingxu's arms.

"I went to the Central Plains and brought back some local specialties. Inside are some broken wall bricks and bone fragments from the tomb of a Great Mahayana Demon Venerable. Although they aren't very useful, they are barely good enough to serve as the core for your Taixuan Dao Sect's protective Formation."

Immortal Master Qingxu hurriedly caught the bag and opened it.

"Hiss——!"

Inside, there were more than a dozen ten-thousand-year divine gold wall bricks emitting extremely ancient and terrifying Demonic Path Laws, as well as several ribs of a Void Returning Stage Demon General that even a Soul Transformation Stage Flying Sword couldn't leave a white mark on!

This was what he called broken wall bricks?! Any one of these could ignite a sect-destroying bloodbath in the Eastern Wasteland! The Old Ancestor actually brought them back by the sackful as a gift?!

"Thank you, Old Ancestor, for the gift! The Taixuan Dao Sect is willing to go through fire and water for the Old Ancestor for generations to come!" Immortal Master Qingxu kowtowed like a pestle, holding the sack as if it were the hope for the next ten thousand years of the Taixuan Dao Sect, and scurried off to reinforce the Formation.

Lin Yuan ignored the fanatical Sect Head and drove the purple-gold divine seat straight back to the [Nine Heavens Carefree Immortal Palace] on the back mountain.

...

In the backyard of the immortal palace, beside the Nine Nether Spirit Spring bath.

Lin Yuan lay comfortably back on the rosewood lounge chair, and Little Ice skillfully coiled around his neck, blowing cold air huffily.

"Jinyue," Lin Yuan said casually with his eyes closed.

"This servant is here!"

Jinyue, dressed in red, immediately stepped forward and knelt respectfully beside the lounge chair. In her hand, she was still clutching the [Great Mahayana Demon Venerable Origin Relic] that emitted a dark purple glow. Along the way, she had felt like she was dreaming.

"Since this relic has been bestowed upon you, hurry up and consume it to refine it. Your current Nascent Soul Stage cultivation, although bolstered by my power, has too poor a foundation. It is still a bit embarrassing to take you out."

Lin Yuan tapped his fingers lightly on the armrest of the lounge chair. "Within a month, achieve a Breakthrough to the Void Returning Stage. If you cannot do it, I will let Little Ice take over your position as the head maid."

"Roar!" Little Ice on his neck immediately let out a proud dragon roar in coordination, even glancing provocatively at Jinyue.

"Young Master, please rest assured! Even if this servant is smashed to pieces, I will never let a loach look down on me!"

Jinyue bit her silver teeth, a terrifying fighting spirit erupting in her eyes. But this was a Great Mahayana relic; the Dao Laws contained within were as vast as the sea. Even though she was once a Demonic Cult leader, wanting to perfectly refine it and break through two major Realms within a month was as difficult as ascending to the heavens.

"I know your foundation is thin, and you have indigestion."

A playful arc curved at the corner of Lin Yuan's mouth. "That's why I specially hired a 'gold-medal tutor' for you from the Central Plains."

Having said that, Lin Yuan moved his mind.

The 《Three Thousand Gods and Demons Visualization Method》 roared into operation!

"Buzz!"

A purple light shot out from the center of Lin Yuan's brow, directly manifesting into a palm-sized purple Soul phantom on the open space beside the Spirit Spring bath, exuding the Soul pressure of a Mahayana Stage expert but wearing an extremely aggrieved expression.

It was none other than the ancient Demon Venerable Wanhua, whom Lin Yuan had taken as a tool spirit servant!

"Old slave Wanhua... pays respects to the great, supreme, and ultimate Master..."

As soon as Demon Venerable Wanhua's remnant Soul appeared, he immediately performed a prostrate bow in mid-air with great proficiency. His humble posture was ten times more professional than that of the Taixuan Sect Head.

Jinyue widened her eyes, looking at this Mahayana Stage remnant Soul that made her Soul tremble.

"You... Young Master, who is this..."

"Oh, I forgot to introduce him. This is the original owner of this Great Mahayana relic, the ancient Demon Venerable Wanhua."

Lin Yuan pointed casually at the little purple man on the ground. "Old Wan, this is my head maid, Jinyue. From today on, you are her private tutor."

"I don't care what kind of cramming education you use, within a month, you must guide her to perfectly refine this relic, and stuff all those ancient Demonic Path Divine Abilities and Three Thousand Left-Handed Paths Laws of yours into her head. If she fails to graduate and cannot break through to the Void Returning Stage..."

Lin Yuan's voice was extremely flat, but it made Demon Venerable Wanhua's Soul body tremble violently.

"Then I will throw you into a black hole to play tug-of-war with those fifty thousand elephants."

Hearing "black hole" and "elephants", Demon Venerable Wanhua's remnant Soul let out a terrified shriek like a slaughtered pig:

"Master, please rest assured!!! This old slave guarantees to complete the mission!!! This old slave was a famous teacher in the Demon Realm back in the day! This old slave will definitely Cultivate this Fairy into the top-tier peerless female Demon Venerable in the Shenhuang Continent! I will never let Master worry about a single thing!"

A dignified Mahayana Stage Demon Venerable, once an supreme overlord who ruled half of the Shenhuang Continent.

At this moment, he had bitterly become the head teacher of a "death row cram school", and one who had signed a life-and-death contract at that.

"Fairy! Sit down quickly! Swallow the relic into your Dantian!"

Demon Venerable Wanhua flew in front of Jinyue like a sycophant, acting like an extremely strict yet extremely humble tutor. "This old slave will now teach you the guidance method of the [Heaven Swallowing Demonic Art]! Follow this old slave's rhythm, sink your Qi into your Dantian, and keep your mind on your spiritual platform! Hurry, hurry, hurry! Time is tight and the task is heavy!"

Jinyue looked at the remnant Soul of the Great Mahayana Demon Venerable who was sweating profusely in front of her, and felt that the whole world was magical.

She took a deep breath, swallowed the Great Mahayana relic into her abdomen, sat down cross-legged immediately, and under the personal guidance of Demon Venerable Wanhua, began her extremely crazy closed-door cultivation.

For a time, the entire backyard of the immortal palace was rolling with Devilish Qi, and the Dao Laws were roaring. A Mahayana Stage Soul personally came down to provide one-on-one tutoring.

Watching the maid and the tutor enter their state, Lin Yuan stretched lazily, feeling extremely satisfied.

"This kind of fully automatic cultivation game is indeed quite interesting."

Lin Yuan touched his chin, suddenly feeling that just watching others Cultivate was a bit boring.

"Old Wan, while you are tutoring her, by the way, recite the supreme Demonic Path technique you were most proud of during your lifetime for me to hear. I can't sleep right now, so consider it storytelling to relieve my boredom."

Demon Venerable Wanhua's remnant Soul, who was busy channeling Meridians for Jinyue, heard this and immediately sent a Divine Thought transmission with extreme respect:

"Master's orders, how would this old slave dare not to obey!"

"The technique this old slave was most proud of during my lifetime is called the 《Great Freedom Heavenly Demon Nirvana Profound Technique》! This technique is a supreme Law that this old slave comprehended while observing the fall of ancient stars and the nirvana of the world! When cultivated to the Major Achievement stage, one can turn a Star Domain of ten thousand miles into a dead zone with a single thought, stripping away all vitality and time!"

"Master, please listen carefully. The general outline is: Heaven and Earth are unkind, treating all things as straw dogs; the Demonic Path has no form, taking nirvana as the destination. Reverse Yin and Yang and Five Elements, shatter the barriers of space and time..."

Demon Venerable Wanhua recited with extreme pride the supreme Demonic Technique he had spent over ten thousand years of effort to create. In his view, although the Master's Physical Body was invincible like a monster, in terms of comprehension of Laws and Daoist Magic, he would still need time to accumulate, right? This technique of his would definitely open the Master's eyes!

However.

Just as Demon Venerable Wanhua finished reciting the core outline of this technique.

The familiar heavenly sound in the mind of Lin Yuan, who was lying on the rosewood lounge chair, exploded again in an extremely violent posture!

[Ding! Detected the core Profound Truth of the Mahayana Stage supreme Demonic Technique 《Great Freedom Heavenly Demon Nirvana Profound Technique》! Triggered Max-Level Comprehension feedback!]

[You have listened carefully to the principles of stellar nirvana and the shattering of space and time! Combining the Origin of the Heaven Swallowing Demonic Art and the Eternal Immortal Sword Body, you have fallen into a deep Epiphany!]

[Warning! The technique the host is deducing exceeds the current plane's Heavenly Dao tolerance limit! It has triggered plane Law repulsion!]

[Congratulations to the host, you have deduced and comprehended the Forbidden Godly Technique — 《Space-Time Annihilation · Great Luo Burying Heaven Scripture》!]

"Boom——————!!!"

The moment Lin Yuan comprehended this Forbidden Godly Technique!

The entire Shenhuang Continent, no, the starry sky of the entire Lower Realm's Three Thousand Dao States, at this moment, suddenly went completely dark!

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It was not dark clouds blocking the sun, but pure, absolute darkness that even dominantly erased the starlight!

"What's going on?!"

"Why has the sky suddenly turned black?! It's clearly noon right now!"

Inside and outside the Taixuan Dao Sect, tens of thousands of Disciples looked up at the sky in terror. An ultimate fear, originating from the depths of their Souls, instantly seized everyone's hearts!

Following that...

Above that vault of absolute darkness, an [Eye of Heavenly Dao] that covered the entire Taixuan Mountain Range and flickered with endless destructive lightning slowly opened!

"Boom!"

A [Purple Cloud World-Extinguishing Divine Lightning], as thick as a water vat and shimmering in purple-gold, was frantically brewing within the Eye of Heavenly Dao!

This was not an ordinary Lightning Tribulation that Cultivators experienced during a Breakthrough. This was a Heavenly Punishment sent down by the Heavenly Dao after sensing the birth of a "taboo existence" that could threaten its own operation—a strike for absolute erasure!

"Hea... Heavenly Punishment?! This is a world-extinguishing Heavenly Punishment!!!"

Immortal Master Qingxu, who was reinforcing the Formation, dropped the brick in his hand directly onto his foot... He knelt on the ground in utter despair, watching that cold and heartless Eye of Heavenly Dao in the sky, his entire body trembling violently.

"What sin did my Taixuan Dao Sect commit?! We just escaped the Demon Venerable's sect destruction, and now we've drawn the Heavenly Dao's world-extinction?!"

Meanwhile, in the backyard of the Immortal Palace.

The moment the Eye of Heavenly Dao opened, the remnant Soul of Demon Venerable Wanhua, who was teaching Tantai Jinyue, was so terrified that half of his Soul body turned transparent!

"A Heavenly Dao erasure Lightning Tribulation?! How is this possible?! Even if someone in this world achieved Ascension in broad daylight, it wouldn't draw a Lightning Tribulation of this level!"

Demon Venerable Wanhua looked up in extreme horror, only to find that the destructive aura of the Eye of Heavenly Dao was deathly locked onto Lin Yuan, who was lying on the reclining chair with his eyes closed!

"Ma... Master?! What... what did you just do?! This old servant only recited a Cultivation Technique for you!!!"

Demon Venerable Wanhua was on the verge of tears. He swore he had really just recited a Cultivation Technique he was proud of. How did the Master manage to piss off the Heavenly Dao right after hearing it?!

On the reclining chair, Lin Yuan slowly opened his eyes.

In his eyes, there were no whites or pupils. Instead, there were two terrifying phantoms of miniature Universes that were constantly collapsing, annihilating, and being reborn!

《Spacetime Annihilation · Great Luo Heaven Burial Scripture》!

This taboo divine technique, forcibly deduced by his Max-Level Comprehension, had only one core Profound Truth—Heaven Burial!

This was no longer a technique for immortal cultivation; it was a pure dimensional strike! As long as Lin Yuan wished, a single glance could forcibly erase a piece of space in this world, reducing it to zero along with the Universe's time itself!

No wonder the Heavenly Dao was anxious. This was like building an anti-matter bomb right in the Heavenly Dao's territory that could blow up the entire Universe!

"So noisy."

Lin Yuan frowned slightly. He looked up with extreme impatience at the Eye of Heavenly Dao in the sky, which was frantically brewing the Purple Cloud World-Extinguishing Divine Lightning and trying to lock onto his aura.

"My Immortal Palace was just built, and the flowers and plants were just planted. If this lightning strikes down and ruins my yard, can you afford to pay for it?"

Lin Yuan did not get up, nor did he use the "Great Luo Heaven Burial Scripture" he had just comprehended.

He simply and casually took the blood and Qi pressure from the full fifty thousand [Divine Elephant Particles] in his body, mixed with a trace of the ultimate Sword Intent from the [Eternal Immortal Sword Body] that could even sever the Laws of the Heavenly Dao.

It transformed into an extremely faint wisp of aura that followed his gaze and pierced straight toward the firmament!

"Begone."

Lin Yuan's lips parted slightly as he uttered a single word with extreme indifference.

"Buzz—!"

The moment this wisp of aura, a blend of the Ancient Divine Elephant and ultimate Sword Intent, struck the Eye of Heavenly Dao that covered the sky!

An unbelievable scene occurred!

That Eye of Heavenly Dao, which represented the supreme will of the Shenhuang Continent and was cold and heartless, preparing to descend the world-extinguishing lightning punishment, actually... shuddered violently in an extremely human-like manner the moment it touched this wisp of aura!

That was an ultimate fear of encountering something at the absolute top of the food chain, a crushing pressure from a higher dimension!

"Sizzle—!"

That [Purple Cloud World-Extinguishing Divine Lightning], which had been brewed to its limit and was about to strike, was forcibly "held back" by the Eye of Heavenly Dao! Even though the forced suppression caused muffled thunder to explode within the clouds, the Heavenly Dao didn't dare to drop a single spark of electricity!

Following that...

Under the completely shattered gazes of the entire sect and the remnant Soul of Demon Venerable Wanhua.

The rolling absolute darkness in the sky, as if being chased by a dog, frantically dissipated in all directions at a speed a hundred times faster than when it arrived, in an extremely pathetic manner!

The massive Eye of Heavenly Dao "blinked" impatiently, then with a "whoosh," it closed completely and vanished without a trace!

Sunlight once again spilled onto the peaks of the Taixuan Dao Sect.

The blue sky, white clouds, and a gentle breeze returned.

It was as if that world-extinguishing crisis just now had been nothing more than a mass hallucination.

Silence.

Inside and outside the Taixuan Dao Sect, there was a deathly silence.

Immortal Master Qingxu maintained his posture of kneeling in prayer, staring blankly at the cloudless sunny sky.

"The... the Heavenly Punishment... ran away? It was scared off... by a single 'Begone' from the Old Ancestor?!"

Immortal Master Qingxu's brain had completely stalled. The Old Ancestor could even shout down the Heavenly Dao?! Then, when the Old Ancestor usually stayed idle in the Death Prison, was he just giving Face to the Heavenly Dao?!

Meanwhile, in the backyard of the Immortal Palace.

Demon Venerable Wanhua's purple Soul body had now completely collapsed onto the ground, like a puddle of purple mud.

He had lived for tens of thousands of years and considered himself an invincible hegemon of the Mahayana Stage. What storms had he not seen?

But today, his worldview had been repeatedly smashed into powder by a hammer named "Lin Yuan."

Just by listening to a Mahayana technique, he directly had an Epiphany of a taboo divine technique that drew Heavenly Punishment!

Facing the world-extinguishing Heavenly Punishment, he didn't even lift a hand, scaring the Heavenly Dao into fleeing on the spot with a single word!

"How the hell is this a human... this is clearly a hyper-dimensional ancient god nurtured at the beginning of Chaos!!!"

Demon Venerable Wanhua roared frantically in his heart. He was now incredibly grateful that he had surrendered quickly and proactively offered to be a power bank. If he had been even slightly slower, he probably wouldn't even have the right to carry this big shot's shoes!

"Whew, finally quiet. Time to sleep."

Lin Yuan closed his eyes with great satisfaction, turned over, and continued his nap on the red sandalwood reclining chair.

It was as if shouting down the Heavenly Dao just now was a matter even more insignificant than swatting a mosquito.

"Ye... Yes! Please rest well, Master! This old servant will absolutely not let anyone disturb you!"

Demon Venerable Wanhua sent a flattering divine transmission, then turned his head and looked at the still-dazed Tantai Jinyue with an extremely fierce expression.

"What are you looking at! Hurry up and refine the Sarira! Can't you see that the Master's Realm is already so high that he doesn't even care about the Heavenly Dao?! As the Master's head maid, if you can't even break through to the Void Returning Stage, will you be worthy of the Master's nurturing?!"

Demon Venerable Wanhua had completely stepped into the role of a "fanatical dean who would do anything to keep his job," his Soul whip cracking loudly:

"Continue! Reverse your Devilish Qi and wash your Meridians! If you don't refine one-tenth of the Sarira today, no one is allowed to eat!"

Tantai Jinyue snapped out of it, her eyes erupting with a light a hundred times more fanatical than before:

"Yes! Old Wan! This servant will practice right away!"

To keep up with the Young Master's pace, to be able to stand by the Young Master's side forever to serve tea and water—she would give it her all!

For a moment, the study atmosphere in the Death Prison tutoring class reached an unprecedented climax.

...

While the Taixuan Dao Sect was falling into a frenzy of fanatical worship and internal competition due to Lin Yuan's casual deduction.

At the extremely distant end of the Shenhuang Continent, deep within the [Forbidden Sea] shrouded in endless mist.

Inside an underwater divine palace that had been slumbering for an unknown number of tens of thousands of years.

An extremely Ancient Bronze Coffin, its surface covered in Deep-sea Devil Vines, suddenly emitted a very dull vibration.

"Crack..."

A crack opened in the ancient coffin, and a decaying aura, even more ancient and terrifying than Demon Venerable Wanhua's, slowly spread out.

A raspy voice, sounding like two stones rubbing together, echoed eerily in the divine palace:

"Just now... why did the aura of the Heavenly Dao fluctuate so violently? Who... touched the taboo power of that level?"

"Someone... go to the East Desolate and investigate... If that item has appeared... bring it back... at all costs..."