Pill Qi Lingxiao, Jiang Zizai

In Spring Return Valley's Yellow Grade Pill Room.

All the high-ranking elders of the Great Luo Pill Dao who were in seclusion had gathered here. Over fifty elders from the Dan generation, nine from the Qi generation, five from the Ling generation, and two from the Xiao generation. This was already the entirety of the Great Luo Pill Dao's current elite. Today, they were going to join forces to activate a Yellow Grade pill furnace. This high-level furnace, equipped with countless profound formations, could greatly condense medicinal power and increase the success rate and output of pills. They would use it to refine the large batch of spiritual herbs sent by Jiang Zizai.

If their strength were not so lacking, they would have even wanted to jointly activate a Black Grade, or even a Earth Grade or Heaven Grade furnace. However, with the cultivation of the two elders from the Xiao generation being at the Nascent Soul Stage, even with the combined efforts of the other elders, they could only barely activate the Yellow Grade furnace. This was already their limit.

The group of old Daoists took their positions around a pill furnace nine zhang tall, which emitted a faint light all over. They closed their eyes and regulated their breathing, striving to bring their internal true essence to its optimal state. Xiao Chen and Xiao Yun, the highest-ranking elders of the Great Luo Pill Dao, wore moon-white Daoist robes and held whisk brushes. They walked rapidly around the pill furnace, their steps following mysterious patterns. They continuously flicked their whisk brushes, releasing streams of pure true essence to activate the formations within the furnace. Gradually, fist-sized runes flickered in and out of existence on the furnace's exterior, and faint sounds of wind and fire could be heard from within.

Xiao Chen shouted in a long voice, "A Yellow Grade pill furnace has nine cauldrons per batch and can refine nine different types of pills simultaneously. Once the furnace is open, quickly place the prepared medicinal ingredients into the cauldrons. Danling, you and your group will solely input true essence into the furnace and control the furnace fire. Qi You, each of you will control the condensation of medicinal power within one cauldron. Ling Kong, you and your group will be ready to take over at any time and control the changes in the spiritual formations within the furnace."

After assigning tasks one by one, Xiao Chen and Xiao Yun let out a loud shout. They formed hand seals and slowly raised their hands from their lower abdomen upwards. With a 'hum~~~,' the lid of the Yellow Grade pill furnace slowly rose three zhang and six chi according to their hand gestures. A milky white, almost transparent flame suddenly erupted from the furnace. The temperature in the pill room soared, and the walls of the room flashed with light. Numerous restrictive formations activated simultaneously, firmly containing the heatwave within the pill room. With a 'whoosh,' half of the elders from the Dan generation, whose cultivation was only at the Golden Core Stage, were caught off guard. Their clothes, beards, eyebrows, and hair all ignited simultaneously. A foul smell of burning filled the pill room.

Daoist Danling shouted sternly, "Junior brothers, why haven't you activated your protective spiritual talismans yet?"

Daoist Danling and the other elders of the Dan generation wore expressions of shock. The disciples from the Dan generation whose clothes and hair were burning hurriedly patted their waistbands, activating the protective spiritual talismans they wore. Streams of faint light tightly enveloped their bodies, thus isolating them from the external heatwave. Daoist Danling continuously injected true essence into the pill furnace from a distance, controlling the changes in the furnace's heat. He muttered in shock, "I thought it was already an incredible feat to be able to refine pills using a Universe Grade furnace, and I didn't realize how powerful a Yellow Grade furnace was. I never expected that this Yellow Grade furnace and those four grades of furnaces – Universe, Great, Grand, and Yellow – were completely different matters! Ugh, it's so hot!" Even Daoist Danling, who had cultivated to the Nascent Soul stage, could not withstand the invasion of the heatwave and hastily activated his spiritual talismans.

Nine old Daoists simultaneously took to the air. They ascended above the pill furnace, positioning themselves according to the nine palaces. They cast spells to inject the pre-mixed medicinal ingredients into the cauldron. These ingredients were all spiritual herbs over a thousand years old, with extremely potent medicinal power. As they were steamed by the furnace fire, the medicinal fragrance overflowed. The dense medicinal vapor even condensed into a purple cloud above the furnace. Before the pills had even begun to be refined, the leaked spiritual energy was already close to condensing into the form of dragons and phoenixes.

Xiao Yun and Xiao Chen felt immense joy. They exchanged glances and smiled in agreement. It was worth breaking their seclusion. How many years had it been since they had witnessed such a magnificent sight? The Yellow Grade pill furnace of the Great Luo Pill Dao had not been activated for nearly a thousand years, had it? Vaguely, they seemed to see the grand scene of the Great Luo Pill Dao in its prime, with Heaven, Earth, Black, and Yellow grade furnaces refining countless spiritual pills and even immortal pills day and night! Of course, these glorious scenes were only things they had heard from their grand-teachers.

Taking a deep breath, Xiao Yun and Xiao Chen saw that the nine disciples of the Qi generation had already placed the medicinal ingredients into the cauldron. They simultaneously formed hand seals and cast dozens of spiritual spells rapidly. The heavy furnace lid, accompanied by the sound of roaring wind, slowly descended. The lid also brought with it a brilliant flame, forcing the hazy purple cloud into the furnace. The medicinal fragrance that had filled the pill room instantly dissipated. The furnace fire surged, and purple-red light shot up from within the furnace. The restrictive formations on all four sides of the pill room repeatedly activated, creating clouds and auspicious light everywhere. A layer of multicolored radiance fell upon everyone's faces. The sounds of wind and fire within the furnace intensified, like surging ocean tides, shaking people's souls.

Xiao Chen and Xiao Yun had expended all their true essence just by opening and closing the furnace lid. The two old Daoists staggered back a few steps, sat down on the futons on the ground, and weakly waved their hands at the five disciples of the Ling generation. The five elders of the Ling generation, dressed in dark cyan Daoist robes, slowly rose. Without a word, they surrounded the pill furnace according to the five elements positions, holding spiritual seals and ready to deal with any unpredictable changes that might arise from the furnace. The Yellow Grade furnace had been unused for too long, and no one knew if there would be any flaws.

However, fortunately, everything seemed to be going smoothly. Xiao Chen and Xiao Yun took more than ten pills to replenish their true essence and meditated for a little over half an hour to recover their full true essence and spirit. During this time, no adverse changes had occurred within the furnace. The pill refining was proceeding smoothly. More than half of the precious medicinal ingredients in the cauldron had condensed their full medicinal power, transforming into fist-sized liquid spheres that rolled around in the cauldron. The spiritual formations within the furnace activated, and streams of multicolored light swept over these liquid spheres, continuously refining the impurities within them. The impurities, transformed into colorless and odorless smoke, were transferred out of the cauldron by the spiritual formations. After being tempered by the furnace fire, they turned into colorless and odorless smoke that dissipated into the air.

The colorless and odorless smoke, formed from impurities, gradually spread out, covering the entire pill room.

The elders of the Dan, Qi, Ling, and Xiao generations of the Great Luo Pill Dao did not notice this colorless and odorless smoke. They concentrated their minds and meticulously attended to the pill furnace, fearing they might waste the spiritual herbs within.

Outside the pill room, a group of disciples of the Great Luo Pill Dao, led by Hua Feng'er, stood solemnly. Although their cultivation was not as high as the elders within the pill room, they had the advantage of numbers. If Daoist Danling and the others were unable to cope and an accident occurred, these disciples could step in and hold on for a while. The Yellow Grade furnace had not been used for a long time, and no one knew how much energy it consumed. Hua Feng'er and the others were the reserve team. When the elders' true essence became insufficient, they would enter the pill room to fill the elders' vacancies.

With a light cough, Old Daoist Jiang, accompanied by his five disciples, walked over along the small path. Hua Feng'er and the other senior disciples quickly led their junior brothers to bow repeatedly to Old Daoist Jiang. Old Daoist Jiang waved his hand lazily and smiled, "Elders, have you already started refining the pills? Hmm, may I come in to observe?"

Hua Feng'er showed a troubled expression and hesitantly looked at her senior brothers beside her.

A steady and powerful voice came from within the pill room, "If True Person Jiang is interested, please enter the pill room. True Person is knowledgeable and experienced, and surely has other insights into the art of alchemy. It would be good to exchange ideas with us."

Old Daoist Jiang smiled slightly, winked at Hua Feng'er and the other disciples, and said calmly, "You all stay here and diligently learn from the senior brothers of the Great Luo Pill Dao." After speaking, he waved his large sleeves and leisurely walked into the pill room. A glow of light flowed at the entrance of the pill room, as Xiao Chen from within the pill room opened the restrictive formation, creating a passage.

As the restrictive formation opened, a milky white heatwave 'whoosh' rushed out for dozens of zhang. Hua Feng'er and the others were caught off guard, and their hair and clothes ignited simultaneously. The group of Daoists, startled, hastily retreated and each used their restrictive formations to protect themselves. Fortunately, the restrictive formation at the entrance of the pill room was only slightly opened before closing again. The fire wave raged for only a fleeting moment before disappearing without a trace. However, in that extremely short moment, the ground at the entrance of the pill room was also scorched, with a thin layer of sand and paving stones melting into a single piece.

The Daoists outside the door looked at each other, finally understanding why Daoist Danling and the other elders had asked them to be the reserve support, yet not allowed them into the pill room. The power of the Yellow Grade pill furnace was indeed not to be underestimated. Jiang Zizai's five disciples also showed surprised expressions. They exchanged glances and shook their heads simultaneously.

Jiang Zizai entered the pill room and performed a four-sided bow. He said with a slow smile, "Jiang Zizai greets all fellow Daoists."

Xiao Chen and Xiao Yun nodded at Jiang Zizai with smiles and pointed to a futon beside them. Jiang Zizai did not stand on ceremony. He walked to Xiao Chen's side, sat cross-legged on the futon, and looked at the pill furnace with a smile, asking, "This is your sect's Yellow Grade pill furnace, isn't it? It truly is imposing. I imagine the spiritual pills refined from it are also excellent."

Xiao Chen smiled faintly and nodded with a hint of pride, "It is indeed the Yellow Grade pill furnace. This furnace~~~"

As Xiao Chen was about to introduce the benefits of the Yellow Grade pill furnace, thirteen Daoists from the Dan generation beside him grunted simultaneously. One of them shouted loudly, "The furnace consumes too much true essence; we can't bear it anymore." All thirteen Daoists at the Golden Core Stage had their true essence completely drained by the furnace. Their bodies were now empty, and their Golden Cores in their Dantian had become dim and lusterless. They slammed their hands on the ground, their bodies lightly floated back several zhang, and they simultaneously sat cross-legged on the ground, taking out large quantities of spiritual pills to replenish their true essence.

Jiang Zizai's brows twitched. He said directly, "Since everyone is focused on refining pills, this old Daoist will not disturb you." He sat cross-legged, formed a lotus hand seal with his hands, and placed them in front of his Dantian. His eyes were fixed on the pill furnace, and he indeed said nothing more.

Xiao Chen and Xiao Yun exchanged glances and immediately ordered the five elders of the Ling generation to fill the vacancies left by the thirteen elders of the Dan generation, continuing to inject true essence into the pill furnace. The furnace fire, which had seemed to have lost more than half of its spiritual energy with the brief pause, immediately became agile and skillful again. Streams of fire essence leaked from the furnace, condensing into fist-sized red lotuses that spun around the pill furnace.

Jiang Zizai couldn't help but nod slowly. He said in a soft voice, "Just by looking at your sect's fire control technique, I know that the Great Luo Pill Dao lives up to its reputation. I have also seen several rogue cultivators refine pills, but they only know how to scorch with fierce fire. How could they have such refined methods as your sect? This time, this old Daoist has found the right people."

Xiao Yun smiled faintly and said humbly, "Fire control technique is merely a minor skill."

Xiao Chen and Xiao Yun said nothing more. They focused on directing their disciples to carefully tend to the furnace fire, striving to refine high-quality pills as perfectly as possible. These nine cauldrons of spiritual pills were merely for practice, to familiarize themselves with the Yellow Grade pill furnace. The real highlight was still those few ten-thousand-year-old spiritual herbs. If they couldn't refine some top-grade pills using those ten-thousand-year-old spiritual herbs, Xiao Chen and Xiao Yun themselves would feel a deep sense of guilt. Ten-thousand-year-old spiritual herbs, even thousands of years ago, were treasures that would cause people to fight over them, let alone now.

Therefore, the elders of the Great Luo Pill Dao carefully attended to this Yellow Grade pill furnace, with no mind for external matters. Normally, they would absolutely not allow outsiders to be present when they refined pills, for their own safety and the safety of the pills. However, they clearly did not have such wariness towards the Demon Subduing True Person Jiang Zizai. Jiang Zizai's reputation was simply too resounding and too upright that it was impossible for anyone to guard against him.

Soon, eighteen days passed quickly.

After eighteen consecutive days of high-intensity consumption, the faces of Xiao Chen, Xiao Yun, and other senior elders couldn't help but show a hint of fatigue. The power consumed by the Yellow Grade pill furnace far exceeded their current cultivation level. Daoist Danling, Dan Fusheng, and the other elders of the Dan generation had even lost weight, clearly having suffered a great loss of vitality. If not for the large quantities of spiritual pills they were taking, Daoist Danling and the others would have long since lost the strength to even move.

However, all the elders of the Great Luo Pill Dao had a look of fervor on their faces. Wisps of purple-gold pill qi were rising from the furnace, forming a canopy-like cloud above the furnace. Within the mist, a dragon and a phoenix could be faintly seen twisting and soaring. Purple-gold pill qi, according to the records in the Great Luo Pill Scripture, was the unique pill qi of Black Grade spiritual pills! Could it be that they had refined Black Grade spiritual pills using a Yellow Grade furnace? This was truly an exciting and joyous occasion!

How many years had it been since the Great Luo Pill Dao had refined pills of Universe Grade or higher? With each grade increase in pills, their efficacy increased tenfold or even a hundredfold. The nine cauldrons of pills they were refining were all foundational and cultivation-assisting pills. If they could refine a cauldron of Black Grade foundational spiritual pills~~~

Daoist Danling's mouth split into a wide smile. Black Grade foundational spiritual pills! Their effects of strengthening tendons and cleansing marrow would surely be incredibly potent! Hmm, perhaps if they found a few disciples with good talent and cultivated them deliberately, it wouldn't be impossible to produce two more monsters like Lin Xiao! The only headache was whether they should give these Black Grade foundational spiritual pills to Jiang Zizai.

Thinking of this, Daoist Danling glanced at Jiang Zizai with a hint of sadness. Just then, he saw Jiang Zizai take out a black jade bottle, about the size of a fist, from his sleeve and hold it in his hand, carefully playing with it. The black jade bottle was extremely thin, its body almost transparent. One could vaguely see half a bottle of liquid inside, with wisps of smoke swirling above the liquid. Jiang Zizai felt Daoist Danling's gaze, immediately looked up, smiled friendly at Daoist Danling, and asked casually, "Sect Leader Danling, are the pills about to be produced?"

Daoist Danling nodded slightly and smiled, "We are currently nurturing the pills with martial and literary fire. It should be about the time it takes for a cup of tea before they are formed."

"Oh!" Jiang Zizai nodded slightly. He smiled and said, "Since the pills are about to be formed, as for the subsequent steps and spiritual spells, this old Daoist has also done some research. Therefore, there's no need to trouble you all." He formed a strange hand seal and smiled at Daoist Danling.

Daoist Danling discerned a hint of ill intention from Jiang Zizai's words and asked with a frown, "What does Senior mean by this?"

Daoist Danling's voice was slightly louder, and the elders of the Great Luo Pill Dao in the pill room all looked over.

Jiang Zizai sat cross-legged, stretched leisurely with a comfortable sigh, and smiled, "What this old Daoist means is, the remaining matters can be handled by this old Daoist, and you all can rest."

After speaking, Jiang Zizai easily crushed the black jade bottle in his hand. Instantly, a faint blue smoke billowed out from the bottle, filling the entire pill room in an instant.

Xiao Chen and the others immediately held their breath, but the blue smoke penetrated their skin and entered their bodies. A peculiar fragrance slowly spread from their internal organs, making everyone feel refreshed and invigorated. They felt their energy suddenly restored to its optimal state, and the somewhat depleted true essence within their bodies was also rapidly recovering.

"What is this!" Old Daoist Xiao Chen looked at Jiang Zizai in surprise.

"This is 'Soothe Spirit Incense,' refined from Blue Dream Grass and Heavenly Dragon Saliva. It is a top-grade spiritual medicine that greatly replenishes vital energy." Xiao Yun took a deep breath and sighed, "'Soothe Spirit Incense,' this is Earth Grade spiritual medicine, isn't it? And this rich, sweet fragrance is from a top-grade ingredient nurtured by ten-thousand-year-old agate for nearly a thousand years. True Person Jiang, you are truly thoughtful!"

Hearing that it was 'Soothe Spirit Incense,' such a supreme and beneficial spiritual medicine for replenishing vital energy, Daoist Danling and the others' tense faces instantly relaxed. They carefully savored the immense spiritual power contained within the blue smoke and couldn't help but nod repeatedly. That's right, it was indeed top-grade Soothe Spirit Incense. It turned out that Old Daoist Jiang had good intentions and truly wanted them to rest. Well, it was just that Jiang Zizai's tone of voice just now made it impossible not to doubt his intentions.

Daoist Danling looked at Old Daoist Jiang and bowed slightly with a hint of embarrassment. With Jiang Zizai's profound cultivation, their earlier vigilance and wariness must not have escaped his notice. Had their cautiousness perhaps offended Jiang Zizai's gentlemanly demeanor?

Elder Jiang smiled faintly and stood up gracefully. He said with a smile, "It's not that I'm intentionally doing this, but you all deserve a rest. Hmm, however, before I kill you, this old daoist wants to ask, where is your Great Luo Pill Scripture?" Elder Jiang looked at the elders of the Great Luo Pill Dao in the Pill Room with a smile and nodded seriously, "I want the Great Luo Pill Scripture. Hand over the Great Luo Pill Scripture, and you can keep your souls to reincarnate. If you don't hand it over, your souls will be scattered!"

The expressions of the many old daoists in the Pill Room changed drastically. Daoist Danling exclaimed, "True Master Jiang, have you gone mad?"

Elder Jiang shook his head gently and said indifferently, "I'm not mad, nor am I foolish. I'm telling you the truth. Hand over the Great Luo Pill Scripture, and all three thousand four hundred and seventy-five people of your Great Luo Pill Dao can keep a soul to reincarnate. If you don't hand over the Great Luo Pill Scripture~~~ you naturally know how many methods there are in the cultivation world to deal with souls." Elder Jiang looked at Daoist Danling very gently and smiled, "Someone wants you all to die completely, to be utterly annihilated! But this old daoist always likes to leave a sliver of hope for people! Therefore, hand over the Great Luo Pill Scripture, and you can keep your souls to reincarnate!"

The many elders of the Great Luo Pill Dao suddenly gathered together, led by Xiao Chen and Xiao Yun, forming a mysterious formation. Xiao Chen sneered, "Jiang Zizai, with your strength alone, what you're saying is a bit too much."

Jiang Zizai looked at the elders of the Great Luo Pill Dao who had formed the formation, a mocking sneer appearing on his face. "Do you know why I allowed you to form the formation?"

Xiao Chen and Xiao Yun exchanged a glance and shook their heads simultaneously.

Daoist Danling said faintly, "I suppose it's not because True Master is showing great mercy?"

Jiang Zizai nodded and said with a smile, "It's certainly not because I'm showing great mercy. Although Soothe Spirit Incense is a top-grade spiritual medicine, if Soothe Spirit Incense is used with 'Essence Dissipating Mist,' unless it's a cultivator nearing ascension, others will have their true essence dissipate and their Nascent Soul collapse within the time it takes to brew a cup of tea, unless they are prepared and wear the Ten Thousand Year Poisonous Flood Dragon Pearl beforehand. Their cultivation will turn into flowing water~~~ Essence Dissipating Mist, this is also a secret Heaven Grade Pill Poison of the Great Luo Pill Dao. You all must be very clear about its power."

The faces of the elders of the Great Luo Pill Dao turned ashen, and they exclaimed in horror. They instinctively circulated their true essence, and indeed, they felt as if their bodies were like a bamboo hat with countless holes, their true essence gushing out. Whether it was their Golden Core or Nascent Soul, it was like a snowman in the sun, rapidly dissipating.

"Essence Dissipating Mist!" Xiao Chen shouted with a pale face, "This Heaven Grade Pill Poison has been extinct for over three thousand years! Our Great Luo Pill Dao's medicinal storehouse doesn't have a single trace of it! Where did you get such a vicious drug?"

"Vicious?" Jiang Zizai shrugged and said nonchalantly, "Since I could get seven spiritual herbs of ten thousand years' maturity, why couldn't I get the Essence Dissipating Mist that only existed three thousand years ago? Coupled with this Soothe Spirit Incense, hmm, all the elders of your Great Luo Pill Dao have been caught by me. With just a few of your disciples who have just formed their Golden Core, hmm! The Great Luo Pill Dao's destruction today is certain. However, one way of dying is to reincarnate after death, and another way is to have your souls scattered~~~ No, no, you'll be refined into magical treasures and never be reborn! Which way do you choose?"

While teasing the elders of the Great Luo Pill Dao, Jiang Zizai skillfully cast a spiritual technique, opened the lid of the Yellow Grade Pill Furnace, and calmly collected the purple light-flashing pills that were ejected from it. As he collected the spiritual pills, he smiled and said, "As expected of good pills! Good pills! If I obtain the Great Luo Pill Scripture, when this old ancestor establishes a sect in the Hanging Sea in the future, I will have a foundation. Hmm, with so many spiritual pills, plus the pills stored in your Great Luo Pill Dao, it shouldn't be difficult to cultivate a group of capable disciples in a short time, right?"

"Old Ancestor?" Daoist Danling keenly noticed the change in Jiang Zizai's self-address.

"Oh! I forgot to explain to you all! This old ancestor was rude!" Jiang Zizai narrowed his eyes and smiled. His face was still the same, but a thick, evil aura suddenly appeared on it. The vertical eye between his brows also turned a chilling blood-red at that moment, with strands of blood-red light faintly shooting out several feet from his eyes. "This old ancestor, I was once known as the Blood God Ancestor, heheheheh, but you juniors probably have forgotten this old ancestor's mighty reputation!"

Sighing to the heavens, Jiang Zizai said indifferently, "As for this old daoist~ no, this old ancestor, I am merely a wisp of the original spirit's clone of my main body. Pity this old daoist~ no, this old ancestor has been pretending to be a good person for so many years, and even killed so many junior demonic cultivators hypocritically. I am truly ashamed."

Changing the topic, Jiang Zizai suddenly laughed, "However, if it weren't for this, how could this old~ ancestor have so easily caught you all in one net? Among the medicinal materials I brought, a trace of Essence Dissipating Mist was infused into each. This was something your Great Luo Pill Dao elders used to scheme against this old ancestor. Now that this old ancestor is using it on you, it is retribution!"

In just a few sentences, Jiang Zizai had collected all nine types of spiritual pills. The elders of the Great Luo Pill Dao were already sitting on the ground with ashen faces, their bodies trembling continuously. Their cultivation had turned into flowing water, and they had become mortals.

Xiao Chen stared blankly at Jiang Zizai and asked in a low voice, "Since you are a senior of the demonic path, why did you attack our Great Luo Pill Dao first?"

Jiang Zizai smiled slightly and sighed, "Who told you that the spiritual energy in the cultivation world is so thin now? This old ancestor wants to quickly obtain a group of disciples who can fight and kill, so naturally, a large number of spiritual pills are needed!"

Xiao Yun said with a bitter smile, "Aren't you afraid that all the righteous sects will attack you?"

Jiang Zizai curled his lips dismissively and said with a faint smile, "What they will attack is the Blood God Ancestor, not the demon-slaying True Master Jiang Zizai! This identity, since it could fool all of you, I suppose the Origin Sect and the others will also be fooled, right? This old ancestor killed thirteen of your Great Luo Pill Dao ancestors back then and found quite a few extinct Pill Poisons from them. It's indeed very promising!"

Xiao Chen, Xiao Yun, and the others looked at each other in despair and lowered their heads powerlessly.

Jiang Zizai narrowed his eyes and said gloomily, "Hand over the Great Luo Pill Scripture. On account of an old ancestor of yours saving Yin Sanniang's life back then, I will let all of you keep your souls to reincarnate."

Xiao Chen and Xiao Yun looked back at their disciples. All the disciples had a look of resolute determination on their faces. They would rather have their souls scattered than hand over the Great Luo Pill Scripture to Jiang Zizai.

The Great Luo Pill Dao was a sect that refined pills to save people. Even if Daoist Danling and some elders had some merchant-like habits, in their bones, they still possessed the pride of true healers. To hand over the Great Luo Pill Scripture, preserve their own souls for reincarnation, and let the Great Luo Pill Scripture become Jiang Zizai's aid in wreaking havoc on the cultivation world? This was something a compassionate healer would absolutely not do.

What did it matter if their souls were destroyed?

My life has a limit, but the Dao has no boundary. To seek the boundless with the limited is an extremely difficult task. Even if their souls were scattered today, they could not go against their true hearts.

The elders of the Great Luo Pill Dao all sat down cross-legged, with calm smiles on their faces, quietly chanting a cultivation mantra passed down by some senior cultivator. Their ashen faces were now clear and serene. At this critical juncture of life and death, they had instead broken through their inner barriers, their state of mind advancing by leaps and bounds, reaching the perfect Mahayana stage.

"Heh~~~" Jiang Zizai stared at the elders of the Great Luo Pill Dao with his mouth wide open. "Fine, you are indeed~~~"

With a flick of his sleeve, a patch of blood-red flames flew out from Jiang Zizai's sleeve, burning the bodies of the elders of the Great Luo Pill Dao. "I have already ruined your cultivation. In your next life, go and be born as ordinary people. The cultivation world belongs to this old ancestor. If you dare to offend me again, you will not survive!"

Where the blood flames passed, dozens of elders from the Great Luo Pill Dao's Dan, Qi, Ling, and Xiao generations all turned into ashes and scattered.

Jiang Zizai silently looked at the spot where they disappeared and sighed in a low voice, "Fine, this clone has been pretending to be a good person for too long and has become soft-hearted. Sanniang~~~ Sanniang~~~ I, Blood God, have spared souls for the first time after killing someone for you!"

With a wave of his large sleeve, a blood-red light shot out, shaking the restrictions in the Pill Room, which then shattered. Jiang Zizai slowly walked out of the Pill Room and saw hundreds of disciples of the Great Luo Pill Dao slumped on the ground outside. A faint, exotic fragrance was drifting in the air. Hua Feng'er leaned softly against the railing of a flower bed by the door, glaring at Jiang Zizai's five disciples, and shouted sternly, "Ethereal Floating Incense, this is the secret Ethereal Floating Incense of our Great Luo Pill Dao. Where did you get it from?"

Jiang Zizai pointed his finger, and a blood-red light pierced Hua Feng'er's glabella. A very fine stream of spiritual light flew out from Hua Feng'er's glabella and shot towards the sky, disappearing without a trace. Hua Feng'er's body rapidly withered, as her cultivation and vital essence were completely absorbed by Jiang Zizai. Jiang Zizai, following suit, killed the hundreds of disciples of the Great Luo Pill Dao outside the door one by one, then turned his gaze towards the direction of the Spring Return Valley's mountain gate. "Those two juniors from the Yin Specter Sect should have already opened the protective mountain formation of Spring Return Valley, right?"

The sky flashed with strong light, and the protective mountain formation at the Spring Return Valley's mountain gate opened. A powerful blood-red light, carrying countless black smoke and evil energy, rushed directly into Spring Return Valley.

In Spring Return Valley, apart from Danxia and Lin Xiao, those with high cultivation had all been killed. No one discovered the abnormality outside, and no alarm was sounded. Spring Return Valley was already occupied by nearly ten thousand demonic cultivators!

The handsome Blood God Ancestor floated in the air with his hands behind his back, his sinister voice echoing throughout the valley.

"Search the entire valley, find the Great Luo Pill Scripture! Everyone, kill!"

After the cruel order was given, Jiang Zizai shot a blood-red light and arrived in front of the Blood God Ancestor.

The 'two' looked at each other for a while, streams of blood-red light flowing between their eyes for a long time. Finally, the Blood God Ancestor gloomily changed the order: "Destroy their physical bodies and let their souls go!"

Jiang Zizai nodded slightly, his hands behind his back, and stood behind the Blood God Ancestor.

'Boom,' the high peak in the south of Spring Return Valley was completely overturned by the demonic cultivators using the Mountain Moving Forbidden Technique. The peak instantly disintegrated into countless fragments, and the contents of the many caves and stone chambers within the mountain were all moved out by the forbidden technique.

Following that, many peaks in Spring Return Valley broke apart. The demonic cultivators roared with laughter, wantonly displaying their most prized magical techniques and creating the greatest commotion.

The disciples in green, blue, and white robes of the Great Luo Pill Dao were terrified and scattered everywhere, but they could not escape the divine abilities of these demonic cultivators and were all killed on the spot.

A raging fire began to burn, and the flames gradually covered the Pill Qi Lingxiao Hall.

Finally, the entire Spring Return Valley was engulfed in flames. (To be continued)