Sky-Breaking Demon Lord

At the summit of Mount Luo.

There stood a Daoist temple.

Not a single person was in the temple, yet it was spotless.

As though someone swept it every day.

On the temple plaque, the three words "Peach Blossom Temple" could vaguely be made out.

Before the temple stood an old peach tree that took several people joining arms to encircle.

At that moment, the tree was laden with ripe fruit.

A figure slowly made its way up the mountain path.

It was a short, stooped old man.

It was none other than The Boss.

First Boss Bai walked beneath the peach tree. Then, whether by coincidence or not, a fully ripened peach fell.

It landed in First Boss Bai's hand.

He picked it up and took a bite.

He sat beneath the peach tree and ate slowly.

"Old peach tree."

"I'm going to die."

"Who would have thought that, among the four of us, I would actually be the second to die."

"Miss Huai had it the worst. She was only half a step away from attaining the Dao, yet she died."

"Yellow Two should be able to live for a long time, right?"

"But it probably won't be happy. After all, that fellow even took it with him when he roamed the martial world. They were the closest."

The old peach tree's leaves stirred despite the absence of wind, as though responding to something.

"I wonder whether, thousands upon thousands of years from now, you will be able to set foot on the path of cultivation again and receive Heaven's favor once more."

First Boss Bai rambled on for quite a while.

Then he entered the Daoist temple.

He seemed very familiar with the place and headed straight for the main hall.

The Three Pure Ones' statues were enshrined in the main hall.

Beside them stood three memorial tablets.

The names of the three people enshrined there were, respectively:

Peach Blossom Daoist.

Chen Tianfeng.

Luo Tianjing.

"You said they were merely a group of ordinary people with no connection to us. Why meddle in their affairs?"

"You said a gentleman did not save."

"Yet in the end, you still charged forward without a second thought."

"It was only a pity that your skills were inadequate."

"In the end, you were slapped to death."

First Boss Bai's voice was utterly calm.

After saying those inexplicable words, he left the Three Pure Ones Hall and walked toward the rear.

Behind Peach Blossom Temple.

There was a pitch-black cave.

Daoist demon-suppressing runes were carved into the cave walls.

Chilling winds howled within the cave, and the roars of demons and monsters occasionally echoed out.

But First Boss Bai turned a blind eye to it all.

He walked straight to the end of the cave.

There was a prison cell there.

Its door was forged from darksteel and etched with demon-suppressing runes.

"Oh? Isn't this my good disciple?"

"Judging by your appearance, the Heaven-Changing Demonic Art has reached great completion."

"How about it? Want this old man to pass down another divine ability to you?"

"Let me tell you, this divine ability is vicious beyond compare. It ignites your lifespan, essence blood, soul, flesh, and bone, directly multiplying your strength severalfold."

"With this divine ability, wouldn't killing those two be as easy as turning over your hand?"

Inside the cell.

An old man was bound in chains.

He was tall and powerfully built, with a face full of grizzled white beard and eyes as large as bronze bells.

The moment he saw First Boss Bai, he burst into laughter.

"Sure."

"Teach me."

First Boss Bai said calmly.

The moment those words came out.

The old man froze in embarrassment.

His eyes rolled around.

"Good disciple."

"How about this? Let me out, and I'll help you slaughter your enemies."

"You know of this old man's former renown."

"The Sky-Breaking Demon Lord's name is no empty boast."

"Of course." First Boss Bai nodded. "I have naturally heard of the Seven Demon Lords of the Demonic Path."

"But it seems the old Daoist priest of Peach Blossom Temple possessed even greater divine abilities."

"Who would have thought that Jiang Tianxiao, the Sky-Breaking Demon Lord, one of the Seven Demon Lords who once swept across the world, would be imprisoned for two hundred years in Spirit Mound, this remote backwater?"

The Sky-Breaking Demon Lord flew into a furious rage upon hearing this. "That junior Peach Blossom Daoist was unworthy of the righteous path."

"He actually launched a sneak attack on this old man while I was at the point of withering and rebirth, then imprisoned me here."

"If this old man had been at his peak, I would have slapped him to death with one palm."

"Despicable villain!"

"Despicable villain!"

He roared.

After roaring, he dropped to his knees.

Tears and snot streamed down his face. "Good disciple, I beg you."

"Let me out."

"I swear I'll never harm anyone again."

"Really, it's been two hundred years."

"Two whole centuries. I haven't killed a single person in two hundred years."

"I already turned over a new leaf."

"Let me out, and I can swear it."

"I beg you!"

"Think about it—I've shown you great kindness."

"Back then, those two people wanted to kill you and destroy this Daoist temple. I was the one who frightened them away!"

"I was the one who taught you the Heaven-Changing Demonic Art, allowing you to step onto the path of cultivation."

"I saved your life and gave you the grace of teaching."

"It would not be an exaggeration to call me your reborn parent."

"Could you really bear to let me remain imprisoned here for the rest of my life?"

"I'm old too."

"Look at me, even my hair has turned white." He pointed at his hair.

"I don't have many years left to live. I beg you, let me out."

"Once I'm out, I'll find somewhere to hide and live out the rest of my days in peace."

"I beg you."

He knelt on the ground, weeping bitterly and knocking his head against the floor.

Each kowtow rang out with a bang.

First Boss Bai nodded.

"Fine. I'll release you now."

Boss Bai said, then formed hand seals.

At once, countless talismans lit up on the chains binding the Sky-Breaking Demon Lord.

"Good, good, good!"

"That's it, good disciple!"

"Just like that!"

"Don't worry. Once this old man gets out, I'll gather my followers and help you slaughter those two."

"And their sect too. Send the men off to be eunuchs and sell the women into brothels."

"Ah, fuck your—"

The joy on the Sky-Breaking Demon Lord's face vanished, replaced by fury.

A longsword stabbed into his chest with a single thrust.

Then it returned to First Boss Bai's hand.

At its tip, a drop of crimson blood slowly rolled.

"I'm going to die."

"Once I die, I imagine it won't be long before you break free."

"With your temperament, I fear you will once again bring calamity upon all living things."

"I'll take a drop of your Heart Blood and make a Heart-Imprisoning Seal. If you cause harm in the future, someone will deal with you."

First Boss Bai turned and left as he spoke.

"Fuck your mother, you feathered beast."

"Despicable villain!"

"Once I get out, I'll kill every winged creature I see!"

"Once I get out, I'll eat nothing but geese!"

"Roast goose, stewed goose, grilled goose!"

"I'll kill every Monster!"

"I'll burn down this rotten Daoist temple, I'll—"

"Good disciple, don't treat your master like this."

"Your master is already an old man."

"I don't have many years left to live."

"Can you really bear to have your master controlled by others for the rest of his life?"

"Waaah!"

From within the cave came curses one moment and bitter sobbing the next, accompanied by the sound of a head striking the ground.

But First Boss Bai turned a deaf ear.

Carrying that drop of the Sky-Breaking Demon Lord's Heart Blood, he walked out of the cave.

Lingqiu City.

The moment Song Chengan returned, he saw someone who surprised him somewhat.

Steward Wu.

An Mansion's steward.

"Young Master Song!"

"Is something the matter?"

Song Chengan looked at him in confusion. The man seemed to have been waiting for some time.

"The Second Young Master was praised by his teacher today. The master was very pleased and invited everyone to dinner."

"He sent me to invite you."

Steward Wu bowed slightly, a smile on his face.

What the hell?