Storm clouds churned as heaven and earth darkened.
Bhaisajyaguru Buddha's gaze was calm as he directly engaged Immortal Lingya in battle. Buddhist Dao mana collided with demonic qi in midair, and gusts of astral wind swept outward in every direction.
"Fellow brothers, follow me and slay demons and eliminate devils!"
With a light wave of Dragon Subduing Arhat's jade sleeve, the roar of a dragon appeared out of nowhere.
Western Sect disciples and believers all descended upon Lion Camel Ridge. Before long, demon soldiers and generals were being wiped out, while the human race members who had been ravaged and tortured were rescued by them.
Immortal Qiushou and Ling Xiao stood above the Nine Heavens, their gazes colliding.
"This King is a personal disciple of a Sage and one of the Demon Kings of the Demon Court. You colluded with Western Sect disciples to slaughter the lives of my Demon Clan, and you even seek to wipe out us fellow disciples. Aren't you afraid of incurring a Sage's wrath?"
Immortal Qiushou gripped the Blood Vigor Blade tightly, murderous ferocity flashing in his eyes.
Yet even when facing Ling Xiao, he still did not dare underestimate him.
After all, as the Great Emperor of the Azure Radiance, Ling Xiao could invoke supreme power through the Authority of Heavenly Dao. Even Zhao Gongming and the Golden-Winged Great Peng had once fallen into his hands.
Thus!
Immortal Qiushou secretly circulated his mana and sent word to Golden Turtle Island and Phoenix Perch Mountain, intending to use the disciples of the Sect of Interception and the Demon Court to strengthen his position.
Now, Immortal Qiushou only needed to wait for reinforcements to arrive.
"Fool!"
"I bear the duties of Heavenly Dao. Slaying demons, eliminating devils, and protecting all living beings are my rightful responsibilities. You fiends slaughtered humans and violated the principles of Heavenly Dao. Even Sect Master Tongtian cannot protect you."
"As for your little trick, I have long seen through it. I will kill you before the very eyes of the Sect of Interception disciples and the Demon Court!"
Ling Xiao sneered as the God-Slaying Spear appeared in his hand.
The World-Ending Black Lotus beneath his feet released Netherworld Demonic Fire, while Silent Extinction Demonic Light annihilated space.
A mid-stage Golden Immortal of Grand Dao against an early-stage Golden Immortal of Grand Dao!
Ling Xiao feared nothing, for the advantage was his!
"Damn it!"
Immortal Qiushou cursed inwardly. Watching Ling Xiao charge at him with the God-Slaying Spear in hand, he had originally intended to stall for time, but now he could only deal with Ling Xiao's attack.
A blood-red glow tore through the void. Overwhelming demonic qi and killing intent engulfed Immortal Qiushou.
"Crack!"
A sharp, piercing sound rang out.
Immortal Qiushou tried to block the God-Slaying Spear with the Blood Vigor Blade, but he had underestimated the might of this sinister Heavenly Dao treasure. The Blood Vigor Blade snapped in two, and the God-Slaying Spear pierced his chest.
Blood spurted forth, and his aura withered.
"A Golden Immortal of Grand Dao doesn't seem like much!"
Ling Xiao gave Immortal Qiushou no chance to catch his breath, continuing to swing the God-Slaying Spear at the latter's vital points.
Immortal Qiushou's Golden Immortal of Grand Dao cultivation had only been forcibly raised by devouring humans. Thus, he was far weaker than Zhao Gongming and the Golden-Winged Great Peng.
Even without using the Authority of Heavenly Dao, Ling Xiao was confident he could suppress him!
"You have angered this King!"
"A mere ant at the Golden Immortal of Grand Dao realm, you only dare stir up trouble by relying on the God-Slaying Spear and the World-Ending Black Lotus. You know nothing of laws, nothing of Golden Immortals of Grand Dao."
"Devouring Law, Devour the Heavens!"
Blazing demonfire ignited around Immortal Qiushou.
As he opened his lion's maw, heaven and earth darkened at that moment. Everything on Lion Camel Ridge trembled on the verge of collapse, as though it would be swallowed into his belly the next instant.
The spiritual qi of heaven and earth, spiritual herbs and trees, even the corpses of humans and demons—
In an instant, they gathered together and surged toward Immortal Qiushou.
"If I devour and refine you, this King's cultivation will surely rise another level! Ling Xiao, you little thief, watch closely!"
Immortal Qiushou's body shook, and his lion's maw covered a hundred li of void, including Ling Xiao, who stood above the clouds.
The Devouring Law imprisoned Ling Xiao.
"You like swallowing, do you?"
"Then I'll grant your wish!"
Ling Xiao said calmly. Several streams of light then flew into Immortal Qiushou's mouth.
They were the Pure Yang Sword, the Investiture of the Gods List, the God-Slaying Whip, the Qingping Sword, and the Merit Golden Lotus. The instant the five Top-Grade Primordial Spiritual Treasures entered Immortal Qiushou's belly, they directly expanded to over a thousand zhang.
"No!"
Immortal Qiushou was forced to reveal his true form, trying to spit out the many spiritual treasures.
With a thought—
All five Top-Grade Primordial Spiritual Treasures erupted with divine might. Within a few breaths, Immortal Qiushou's body was burst apart, and his vitality and origin were destroyed by countless sword qi and mystic radiance.
"Immortal Qiushou, your sins warrant execution!"
Ling Xiao reached out, seizing Immortal Qiushou's Primordial Spirit and True Spirit in his hand. His body, meanwhile, spontaneously ignited with Pure Yang True Fire and quickly turned to ash before vanishing without a trace.
He had said he would grind his bones to dust and scatter his ashes, so Ling Xiao would grant him that much!
"Dao Friend Ling Xiao, this is Immortal Lingya's Primordial Spirit and True Spirit!"
"All the demonic fiends across the eight hundred li of Lion Camel Ridge have been exterminated by our Western Sect. We have also delivered them to Avici Hell. Once there, they must still repay their sins."
With a gentle flick, Bhaisajyaguru Buddha sent Immortal Lingya's Primordial Spirit and True Spirit crawling before Ling Xiao. Countless chains of Buddhist Dao order bound him.
Both were early-stage Golden Immortals of Grand Dao, but in terms of combat power, Bhaisajyaguru Buddha could easily crush Immortal Lingya.
Immortal Lingya's physical body had not been reduced to ashes by Bhaisajyaguru Buddha.
Instead, it had been collected by Western Sect disciples. Once they returned to Mount Sumeru and refined its origin vitality, it could be used to improve their cultivation.
"Dao Friend Bhaisajyaguru, you have worked hard!"
Ling Xiao smiled and nodded to Bhaisajyaguru Buddha.
Three Enlightenment Tea Leaves flew directly into Bhaisajyaguru Buddha's sleeve. Only after sensing the Dao Resonance within them did the latter smile in satisfaction.
Then!
With a slight stir of Ling Xiao's mana, Immortal Qiushou's Primordial Spirit and True Spirit body also knelt in the air.
Two brothers in misery, lying neatly side by side.
"The Sect of Interception disciples and the Demon Court's people should be arriving soon, shouldn't they..."
Slaying demons and eliminating devils was a duty of Heavenly Dao.
Ling Xiao wished to intimidate the Sect of Interception disciples and the Demon Court's people. Only by killing Immortal Lingya and Immortal Qiushou before their eyes could he achieve that, and he had other plans as well.
But how could merely killing two Golden Immortals of Grand Dao repay the sins committed by the Demon Clan?
"Ling Xiao, how dare you harm this Emperor's two junior brothers?"
At that moment!
The Yin-Yang Laws transformed into countless sharp swords and attacked Ling Xiao from beyond the horizon.
The newcomer was none other than the Golden-Winged Great Peng.
Behind him followed an early-stage Quasi-Sage expert of the Phoenix Clan, along with several hundred demon soldiers and generals. Their presence was imposing and majestic.
"A mid-stage Golden Immortal of Grand Dao. Interesting!"
"After becoming the Demon Emperor of the Demon Court, the Golden-Winged Great Peng must have also used a secret art of the Phoenix Clan to raise his cultivation to the mid-stage Golden Immortal of Grand Dao!"
Ling Xiao remained unmoved. Strands of World-Cleansing Creation Dao laws enveloped him, while the World-Ending Black Lotus emitted demonic light that intimidated Divine Souls. A barrier then appeared before him.
A roar soon erupted.
Dust and smoke rose everywhere as wind and clouds dissipated.
With the God-Slaying Spear in hand, Ling Xiao only needed a light swing for Immortal Qiushou and Immortal Lingya to truly perish, leaving not even scraps of their True Spirits or Primordial Spirits behind.
"Ling Xiao, release my two junior brothers!"
The Sect of Interception disciples arrived late, led by Our Lady of Wudang.
Kong Xuan, Our Lady of Golden Spirit, and Holy Mother Turtle Spirit all unleashed the aura of Golden Immortals of Grand Dao. Their vast presences seemed capable of overturning heaven and earth.
"Immortal Qiushou and Immortal Lingya wantonly slaughtered humans, committing monstrous sins. By the heavenly laws, they must be executed without pardon! If the Sect of Interception and the Demon Court dare shield them, I will pursue the matter to the very end."
Ling Xiao spoke with righteousness and resounding conviction.
His gaze lowered slightly, landing on Immortal Qiushou and Immortal Lingya.
Seeing the Golden-Winged Great Peng and the others appear, the two immediately acted as though they had grasped a lifeline. Their Primordial Spirit and True Spirit bodies trembled slightly in excitement, but they failed to notice Ling Xiao's killing intent.
"Stop!"
Several voices rang out at once, but it was already too late.
Ling Xiao unleashed his ultimate point-blank!
The God-Slaying Spear swept across Immortal Qiushou's and Immortal Lingya's Primordial Spirits and True Spirits. Boundless baleful qi and slaughtering power erupted, and they died without even a burial place.
Not even a shred of their remaining True Spirits headed for the Netherworld!
In other words!
Immortal Qiushou and Immortal Lingya had truly perished.
They did not even qualify for reincarnation!
"Ruthless!"
"Only Quasi-Sage great beings can completely erase a living being's chance at reincarnation, yet Dao Friend Ling Xiao used the God-Slaying Spear to kill Immortal Qiushou and Immortal Lingya."
"Even Sect Master Tongtian is powerless to reverse this..."
Bhaisajyaguru Buddha's eyes flickered, and reverence for Ling Xiao arose in his heart.
The Western Sect absolutely could not offend this Great Emperor of the Azure Radiance.
Western Sect disciples especially could not commit slaughtering sins, or no one would be able to save them.
"Grandmaster Yanchi, suppress that Ling Xiao for this Emperor!"
"I will slice him into a thousand pieces, then use Yin-Yang qi to corrode his Primordial Spirit and True Spirit, avenging my two senior brothers!"
"From this day onward, the Great Emperor of the Azure Radiance will cease to exist between heaven and earth..."
The Golden-Winged Great Peng let out a shrill roar, then spoke to the early-stage Quasi-Sage Phoenix Clan expert beside him.
Immortal Qiushou and Immortal Lingya!
They were his brothers, yet they had just died like this!
He absolutely would not let this go...
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