Su Yi asked in puzzlement, "What was the deal with that evil cultivator who fought you earlier?"
Ying Xiu's starry eyes turned cold. "That Old Guy's Daoist title was Purple River Immortal Lord. He was an elder under the Ten Thousand Spirits Church of Buzhou Mountain."
"Not long after I entered White Reed Continent, I noticed that he had been secretly following me. Tonight, I deliberately lured him into this mountain wilderness to kill him once and for all, thereby cutting off future troubles."
"So he was from the Ten Thousand Spirits Church."
Su Yi was somewhat surprised.
Back when he was in the Immortal Hall of Auspicious Clouds at Black Dragon Market, he had killed Chong Qi, the Holy Son of the Ten Thousand Spirits Church. The other Ten Thousand Spirits Church members present at the time had all died at the hands of the Crimson Dragon Dao Lord.
Su Yi still remembered that the Ten Thousand Spirits Church's chief priest, "Cloud Vault," had produced a divine Dharma Decree. Its power had been taboo-like, utterly terrifying.
It was then that Su Yi learned that behind the Ten Thousand Spirits Church stood a god known as the Heavenly Martial God.
"Does the Ten Thousand Spirits Church have a grudge against your Yaoguang Pure Land?"
Su Yi could not help asking.
As far as he knew, the Ten Thousand Spirits Church was a demonic Daoist power that had risen after the Era of Immortal Fall. By now, its lineage could be considered one of the Immortal Realm's top great powers.
Ying Xiu nodded. "Over the years, the Ten Thousand Spirits Church has been wildly ambitious, constantly expanding its territory. By now, it occupies one-third of Buzhou Mountain's domain and claims to have eighty thousand demon immortals!"
"And as you know, Senior,