Houtu showed no mercy. Dark yellow Law Power wrapped around the Daoist's remaining Primordial Spirit as she performed a soul-searching technique. In an instant, his origins, lineage, and cultivation method all surfaced: this man was a disciple of the Chan Teachings!
At the moment of the man's death, a streak of spiritual light shot into the sky, piercing straight through the heavens and sinking into the Chan Teachings roster on the Investiture of the Gods List.
"Hm?"
"So he truly was from the Chan Teachings!"
At this moment, Houtu's eyes were blood-red, the flames of fury nearly burning through her cheeks!
The memories obtained through the soul search had already clearly confirmed his background. Now that another name had been added to the Investiture of the Gods List, the evidence was ironclad!
"Bastard!"
"You dared to kill a disciple of my Chan Teachings?!"
Yuanshi's severe wounds had yet to heal, and he had remained silent as he watched, focusing solely on circulating his power to recover.
Yet who could have expected a violent tremor to suddenly strike his mind? His personal disciple had actually been slain by Houtu in a single blow, his soul returning to the Investiture of the Gods List!
The situation had already been stabilized, but Houtu's move had forcibly pushed the Chan Teachings into the same predicament as the Western Teach—ascending the list to undergo the tribulation!
The fury in Yuanshi's chest exploded!
"Stop yapping here!"
"Your Chan Teachings people just slaughtered an entire village of my Witch Race!"
"I haven't even decided how to deal with you yet, and you dare come here to accuse me first?"
Before her words had faded, viciousness surged in her eyes. A dense dark-yellow ball of light suddenly condensed from the earth beneath her feet, carrying the force of