Yunxiao, seated atop a cloud, watched the Twelve Golden Immortals of Chan Sect shiver atop the barren summit of Kunlun Mountain and could not help speaking:
"Senior Disciple Brother, don't you think we've gone a little too far?"
Nearby, Qiongxiao was counting their spoils. Upon hearing this, she answered without even raising her head:
"Sister, we haven't gone too far at all. Look, we even left them a set of winter clothes."
"Besides, it's not as though you don't know how arrogant Guangchengzi and Juliusun were earlier, calling us 'lowly sluts' every other word."
"Ending up like this is simply what they deserve."
"Hmph."
Yunxiao's delicate brows furrowed slightly.
"Third Sister, where did you learn such vulgar expressions? At least show some restraint in front of Senior Disciple Brother."
Qiongxiao immediately hugged Lin Xuan's arm affectionately, stuck her cute little tongue out at Yunxiao, and said:
"Hmph, I only act this way in front of Senior Disciple Brother. In front of outsiders, I'm still the dignified Empress Qiongxiao."
As Lin Xuan piloted the auspicious cloud, he heard the sisters' exchange, and a thoughtful look flashed through his eyes.
Guangchengzi and Juliusun?
The next time I see them, I'll have to teach them an even more memorable lesson.
At that moment, Bixiao, who had not spoken a word until then, suddenly said:
"Senior Disciple Brother, we got so much this time! We even brought back those two Innate Spirit Cranes. Should we raid another home?"
Lin Xuan's lips twitched slightly when he heard this.
Great, another troublesome girl.
Bixiao couldn't have been influenced by me and developed a lifelong passion for the healthy activity of raiding people's homes, could she?
Lin Xuan then rubbed Bixiao's little head.
"This battle between Master and the Four Saints in the Outer Chaos could end at any time. If we keep raiding homes, we might get blocked at someone's doorstep by a Saint. That would make Master lose face."
"Later, when we find the opportunity, I'll take you to raid the homes of the other few as well."
Qiongxiao, who was clinging to Lin Xuan's arm, immediately exclaimed excitedly:
"Me, me, me! Senior Disciple Brother, I want to come too!"
Lin Xuan readily agreed:
"Good. When the time comes, I'll take all of you and see this home-raiding enterprise through to the end."
"Senior Disciple Brother is the best Senior Disciple Brother in the world. Hehe."
Lin Xuan and the Three Sisters of Sanxiao returned to Golden Ao Island with their arms full of spoils.
Raid a home and run away. It's truly thrilling.
Meanwhile.
In the Outer Chaos.
With the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, one of the three supreme killing formations of the Primordial World, Tongtian was beating Yuanshi, Laozi, and the other two Saints into submission.
The power of the sharp and peerless Immortal Slaying Sword Qi erupted in full force.
As each strand of sword qi shot through the air, countless minor worlds were born and destroyed in an instant.
The Four Saints could only rely on their personal supreme treasures to hold it back for the time being.
Originally, by combining the strength of the Four Saints, they had indeed been fully capable of breaking Tongtian's Immortal Slaying Sword Formation.
However.
This was not a battle to the death. Aside from Primordial Heavenly Venerate, the other three Saints were all holding back.
Yuanshi had also been wounded earlier by Lin Xuan's God-Slaying Spear. His protective supreme treasures, the Pangu Banner and Myriad Heavens Auspicious Cloud, had both suffered damage as well.
He was simply incapable of matching Sect Master Tongtian, who was fighting at full strength.
From beginning to end, Tongtian had been pummeling him relentlessly.
It was an utterly miserable sight.
After a short while, Yuanshi gradually began to show signs of defeat.
At this point, even if the other three Saints wanted to help, it was already too late.
At that moment.
A long, leisurely sigh drifted over.
"Tongtian, you've gone a little too far."
Accompanying the sigh, Hongjun, as ethereal as the Heavenly Dao, appeared within the chaos.
When Primordial Heavenly Venerate saw Hongjun appear, his hair disheveled and his Saint origin already wounded, he seemed to have grasped a lifeline.
He hurriedly pleaded:
"Master!"
"Tongtian disrespected his elder brother, defied your decree, disrupted the Great Tribulation of Investiture of the Gods, and disregarded the lives of all living beings in the Primordial World."
"Please take action and punish Tongtian."
Seeing this, Laozi and the other Saints also bowed in unison and said:
"Please take action and punish Tongtian!"
They all knew perfectly well that the cause of this Investiture of the Gods Tribulation was merely the disciples of Chan Sect disrespecting Haotian.
But once the tribulation had been triggered,
it needed the lives of cultivators to fill it.
Although Interception Sect was the most powerful force in the Primordial World, reputed to have ten thousand immortals paying court,
if its disciples did not enter the Investiture of the Gods, whose disciples should?
As the saying went, let someone else die, not me.
Tongtian, let your Interception Sect fill this hole.
Amid the Saints' sinister gazes and hidden thoughts, Hongjun spoke:
"Tongtian, do you know your mistake?"
Sect Master Tongtian remained silent for a while after hearing this. The Four Swords of Zhu Xian drew in their sharpness and faintly circled around him before he answered in a low voice:
"Where did Tongtian go wrong?"
Hongjun cast a cold glance at Tongtian.
"You do not respect the will of Heaven or obey Heaven's mandate. You should enter Zixiao Palace and face the wall for three tribulations, purifying your Dao heart!"
"Otherwise, everyone in Interception Sect will be reduced to ashes!"
When Tongtian heard this undisguised threat, his hands clenched tightly.
He wished he could draw his sword right then and hack Hongjun before him in half.
But he endured it.
The disciples of Interception Sect were his weak point.
When he founded Interception Sect, the Dao heart he established was to seize a thread of life for all things beneath Heaven.
How could he let his disciples turn to tribulation ash because of a moment of impulsiveness?
After a while, under the gloating gazes of the Saints, Tongtian slowly unclenched his fists and bowed as he said:
"Yes. This disciple admits his mistake."
When Yuanshi heard Tongtian say this, an irrepressible smile finally spread across his lips.
Hmph.
Once you enter Zixiao Palace to face the wall, let's see how this Venerable One deals with your disciples.
Especially that detestable Lin Xuan!
After admitting his mistake, Tongtian formed a hand seal.
He severed his connection with the Four Swords of Zhu Xian and the Zhu Xian Formation Diagram, then flung them toward Golden Ao Island.
When Primordial Heavenly Venerate, Zhunti, and Jieyin saw this, a fervent gleam appeared in their eyes.
Those were the Four Swords of Zhu Xian and the Zhu Xian Formation Diagram, treasures that required four Saints to break!
At that moment, Tongtian's icy voice reached their ears.
"If any of you dare stop me from sending my treasures to my disciple, I'll self-destruct right now!"
Upon hearing the threat in Sect Master Tongtian's voice, the four Saints, who had been itching to make a move, immediately suppressed every thought they had.
A short while later, Hongjun took Tongtian away, leaving behind only one sentence:
"Conduct yourselves well."
After Hongjun's figure had completely vanished, Primordial Heavenly Venerate took the initiative to speak:
"Junior Brother Tongtian has been taken to Zixiao Palace by Master to face the wall. As his martial uncles, shouldn't we help take care of his disciples and grand-disciples?"
Zhunti and Jieyin exchanged a smile upon hearing this.
"Precisely, precisely. Those Spawned and Moisture-Born under Tongtian are incapable of changing their innate nature and should properly receive our instruction."
Afterward, the Four Saints leisurely headed to Golden Ao Island, preparing to give Tongtian's disciples a thorough 'education.'
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