Can You Have Some Shame?

"Wretched maidservant! You're courting death!"

A treasured mountain that towered over heaven and earth seemed to cross the universe and descend upon the Qingyuan Realm. Carrying Jiang Chuan's fury, it shattered through the pitch-black lightning and crashed down upon Li Chanyu.

Its majestic, overwhelming aura made even the void tremble, as though it would grind everything into powder.

"The Demonic Soul Yin Fiend Thunder actually failed to kill him!"

Li Chanyu's almond eyes widened, and her delicate body trembled relentlessly before the treasured mountain phantom manifested by the Treasured Mountain Seal.

"Fellow Daoist Jiang Chuan, stop!"

Li Yuejiao gave a sharp cry. Three azure flying swords flew from the storage jade pendant at her waist and met Jiang Chuan's Treasured Mountain Seal.

Boom!

Sword and seal collided. The azure flying swords were sent flying backward, while the treasured mountain phantom dissipated into nothingness.

"You dare stop me?!"

The pitch-black lightning dispersed, revealing Jiang Chuan's tall, upright figure.

"Junior Brother!"

Seeing that Jiang Chuan was unharmed, Jing Hui stopped struggling and let out a breath of relief.

Jiang Chuan glared furiously at Li Yuejiao and Li Chanyu, lingering fear still churning in his heart.

So close!

Just that close!

Had he not comprehended the Great Dao of Space within the Dao Stele, deepening his understanding of Darkness Space—

At the very instant the Demonic Soul Yin Fiend Thunder exploded, he used the Void Devouring Scripture to unleash Darkness Space and swallow the lightning.

He would already have been a dead man!

Li Yuejiao spoke again.

"Fellow Daoist Jiang Chuan, although Chanyu was somewhat heavy-handed just now, she acted only out of desperation to save someone. Please spare her this once."

"I'll spare her once in her next life. Since you dared stop me, you can die alongside her!"

Jiang Chuan knew perfectly well that Li Chanyu, a mere princess, could not possibly have the nerve to kill him, the contractor of the Great Sun Divine Bell, no matter how spoiled she was.

Recalling Li Yuejiao's every action, Jiang Chuan was seventy percent certain that Li Chanyu had been a scapegoat ordered about by Li Yuejiao.

Jiang Chuan formed sword fingers and pointed forward.

The sword technique recorded in the Lihuo Dao Scripture was unleashed by Jiang Chuan.

Streams of golden-red Sword Qi, blazing like fire and pouring like a cascading waterfall, shot toward the two women.

"Stop!"

"Fellow Daoist Jiang Chuan!"

As Li Kaitai, Li Shaoheng, and the other princes shouted, they all made their moves to stop Jiang Chuan from killing Li Yuejiao and Li Chanyu.

Ji Yuansheng and the others were, after all, disciples of Maha Hall.

The Nine Abyss Dynasty had fallen out with Maha Hall. Keeping these disciples at their side might not necessarily be a good thing.

Thus, even Li Shaoheng merely shouted symbolically and did not take action.

But Li Yuejiao and Li Chanyu were different. They carried true imperial blood!

Buzz! Buzz!

The golden-red, flame-like Sword Qi was reduced to dust by the four princes and Li Yuejiao.

At the same time, a golden beam swept toward Li Yuejiao and Li Chanyu.

The golden beam was as thick as the mouth of a bowl, as though cast from gold itself. Under the sunlight, it gleamed brilliantly.

It was the Flame Sun Needle that Jiang Chuan had previously controlled to kill Ji Yuansheng.

The sword technique had merely been a feint. This High-grade Treasure Artifact, the Flame Sun Needle, was Jiang Chuan's true killing move!

Li Chanyu and Li Yuejiao had both been drawn in by the overwhelming spectacle of Jiang Chuan's sword technique. Caught off guard, they had no time to react.

Bang! Bang!

Li Chanyu and Li Yuejiao were sent flying by the Flame Sun Needle.

"You dare!"

The unremarkable-looking Tenth Prince Li Yuchuan, dressed in black, flicked his sleeve, sending five treasure pearls shimmering in different colors toward Jiang Chuan.

Just as Jiang Chuan prepared to strike, an aged hand appeared out of thin air and seized the five pearls.

"The Five Elements Pearls. As expected of a prince of the Nine Abyss Dynasty—your household is truly well-stocked!"

Elder Jing Zhen smiled at Li Yuchuan, then tucked the Five Elements Pearls into his robes.

Jiang Chuan's eye twitched slightly.

He was now increasingly certain that Elder Jing Zhen had to be an undercover agent of the demonic path.

What kind of monk robbed people outright like a demonic cultivator?!

At the same time, a question surfaced in Jiang Chuan's heart.

Just how strong was Elder Jing Zhen?

"The Five Elements Pearls are five High-grade Treasure Artifacts. Li Yuchuan is a fourth-realm cultivator, and even if he wielded them at full strength, a fifth-realm cultivator could not have taken them so easily."

Jiang Chuan's thoughts surged as he involuntarily recalled Ancestor Ziyun's words: it would be rather troublesome to beat up that fellow Jing Zhen.

"The sixth realm, or perhaps the seventh? But if he's in the seventh realm, why is he in charge of the Chore Yard?"

"Return my Five Elements Pearls!" Li Yuchuan panicked the instant he saw his treasures taken away.

"Once something reaches my, Jing Zhen's, hands, it belongs to me. If you want to take it back, call your father here." Elder Jing Zhen looked utterly disdainful.

Jing Hui hurriedly said, "Elder Jing Zhen, the Nine Abyss Dynasty and Maha Hall tried to kill Junior Brother. You must uphold justice for him!"

"Are you sure your junior brother needs me to uphold justice for him? I feel that if I had arrived a little later, he would have slaughtered everyone here clean."

As Elder Jing Zhen spoke, he swept his gaze over Qu Changhe and the dozen or so Maha Hall cultivators who had not attacked Jiang Chuan.

"Elder, I am a disciple of the Buddhist path and hold compassion in my heart. I would never do such a thing," Jiang Chuan said solemnly.

Although he had confidence in his own strength, he also knew that the princes present were likely no easy opponents.

Killing one or two would be manageable, but slaughtering everyone was most likely impossible.

Elder Jing Zhen: "."

How did you have the nerve to utter the words "hold compassion in my heart"?

Why not ask the corpses on the ground whether you looked more like a demonic cultivator or a monk?

"What happened?"

Abbot Kong Ming's figure then appeared beside Jiang Chuan.

In less than two breaths' time, the Sacred Emperor of Nine Heavens, the elders of Bodhi Temple, and the elders of the Nine Abyss Imperial Clan all arrived.

"Abbot, this is what happened."

Elder Jing Zhen immediately pulled Jing Hui over and had him recount everything that had just occurred to Abbot Kong Ming.

"Defeating fourth-realm Ji Yuansheng in two moves, then slaughtering more than ten cultivators of the same realm with one slash!"

Elder Kong Bei, Elder Jingyun, and the many elders of Bodhi Temple were all astonished.

Cultivators capable of challenging those above their realm were not uncommon in the Qingyuan Realm.

But someone like Jiang Chuan, who could challenge above his realm and defeat his opponents so effortlessly—

It might not be absolutely unprecedented, but it came close!

Not to mention that Jiang Chuan's opponent had been a fourth-realm Maha Hall cultivator who had cultivated a Divine Law Body!

"As expected of the only cultivator since Bodhi Temple's founding capable of contracting the Great Sun Divine Bell! Truly a Peerless Heavenly Prodigy!"

The Sacred Emperor of Nine Heavens was also shaken by Jiang Chuan's strength.

"When dealing with those little bastards from Maha Hall, you have to act directly!"

After hearing the account, Abbot Kong Ming repeatedly praised Jiang Chuan for a job well done.

"Jiang Chuan, you did well this time! You have half the flair I had in my youth!"

The Sacred Emperor of Nine Heavens: "."

Didn't monks refrain from lying? How could you lie without even blushing?

Half the flair, indeed.

Can you have some shame?

If you had possessed even this kind of strength in your youth—

The Qingyuan Realm might truly have had the immortal, Buddhist, and demonic paths standing side by side!

"Chanyu knows Yanran, the younger sister of Fellow Daoist Ji Yuansheng. That was why she acted to stop Fellow Daoist Jiang Chuan from killing Fellow Daoist Ji Yuansheng."

Li Yuejiao supported the pale-faced Li Chanyu and spoke slowly.

"Chanyu never truly wished to put Fellow Daoist Jiang Chuan to death. Yet Fellow Daoist Jiang Chuan dealt her a lethal blow. I ask Father Emperor and Abbot Kong Ming to uphold justice for Chanyu."