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As for the three members of the Demonic Path, their Dao bodies were destroyed on the spot, while their spiritual bodies were sent back to the Demon God Realm. After all, the Ghost Path was still not strong enough to contend with the Demon God Realm, so we could only turn a blind eye and pretend we had never seen them, lest we invite political disputes.
Still, the killing of six Demon God Realm henchmen should be enough to intimidate the Demon God Realm somewhat. Hopefully, they would not reach their hands too far in the future.
By the time Luofu and Taozhi were brought up, their earlier arrogance had long vanished. They were forced down onto the hall, their faces filled with terror.
"Heh heh. I originally planned to lock you up for a thousand or eight hundred years and let it go at that. But you refused good wine only to drink a toast of punishment. Now I want to see just how hard your bones really are!" I sat on Taozhi's former throne and sneered.
"Great Saint Emperor, spare me! Taozhi knows his mistake! It was all that bastard Luofu's fault. I swear I won't run again!" Taozhi immediately crawled forward on hands and knees, begging for mercy.
"Taozhi! How dare you pin this on me?" Luofu cursed, then put on an awkward expression and said, "Tuming, let's talk this out. We've served in the same court for so long. For the sake of the Buddha, spare the monk—don't make things too difficult for your brother."
"Hmph. You knew you were doomed to begin with, yet you stubbornly tried to escape. The thousand-year sentence discount is gone now. I'm going to kill both of you, so if you have anything to say, speak quickly!" I said