The Rehearsal Wasn't for Nothing

The immortal being was grateful that he possessed the memories of all his followers, especially the memories of a group of outstanding followers, represented by the cult leader, who were proficient in criminal law.

This was a huge help!

His case is an exception. Children in the cultivation world are generally fully developed. The criminal law of the Great Xia Dynasty sets the age of criminal responsibility very low, but no matter how low it is, it would not stipulate that a five-day-old baby constitutes a crime.

He was indeed only five days old, but he possessed immense power and knew many things from birth.

The current criminal law of the Great Xia Dynasty does not stipulate how to deal with people like him.

In the absence of explicit legal provisions, criminal law principles are considered, but in accordance with the principle of protecting minors, he does not constitute a crime.

Even if it constitutes a crime, his attempted possession is not a capital offense.

These reputable sects are certainly law-abiding and wouldn't act like that evil cult, resorting to murder to silence witnesses and cover up their crimes at the drop of a hat.

The Immortal Fairy frowned. She felt that what the Immortal Immortal said made some sense, but upon closer inspection, she felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't quite put her finger on what it was.

The immortal fairy knew very little about the laws of the mortal world.

Lu Yang pondered, then murmured, "What you said makes some sense, but if we kill you here without anyone noticing, it seems like the criminal law won't be able to touch us?"

What the Great Xia Dynasty was unaware of, it naturally couldn't control.

"Oh~ that's how it is, Lu Yang, you're so clever!" The Immortal Fairy praised Lu Yang, truly worthy of being her chosen patriarch, his mind is so quick.

Immortal Immortal: "!!!"

Is this what the righteous path should be saying?

After learning that Lu Yang was from the Ask Dao Sect, the Immortal Immortal still thought that all of Lu Yang's actions in the Foundation Establishment Realm competition were deliberately staged.

Looking at it now, it was simply a matter of letting loose!

Yun Zhi had a different approach to dealing with immortals. "The Five Great Immortal Sects all have law enforcement authority. Theoretically speaking, you can be handed over to our Ask Dao Sect. You know the memories of all the sect members, which is helpful to the Ask Dao Sect. As long as you confess honestly, we can imprison you in the Ask Dao Sect."

Upon hearing that he would not have to die, the immortal was overjoyed. "Look," he thought, "This is the right path!"

As for imprisonment and such, those are minor matters.

"However, if what you tell us is false, then we'll conduct a soul search."

The immortal quickly made a promise, saying that he would definitely be loyal to the Ask Dao Sect, answer all questions, and turn over a new leaf.

He even swore an oath to the real immortal, Huang Doudou.

"Senior, please return the nascent form of the Immortal Dao Fruit to him."

The Immortal Fairy understood Yun Zhi's meaning, nodded gently, and placed the nascent form of the Immortal Dao Fruit into the Immortal Immortal's soul.

Sensing the nascent form of the Immortal Dao Fruit he had regained, the Immortal Immortal felt his power steadily recovering, and the pain from the beating he had just suffered lessened.

Even something as simple as Dao Fruit can be returned to me; there are still many good people in the world.

Yun Zhi continued, "Senior, as the controller of the Immortal lineage, you can control those who possess the rudiments of the Immortal Dao Fruit. With you here, you can control Immortal Immortals."

Immortal: "..."

So the rudimentary form of the Dao Fruit has such a low status?

This is knowledge that neither Lu Yang nor the Immortals knew.

By the time Lu Yang left the secret room, the Great Xia Dynasty had already begun its operation.

After receiving the intelligence from the eldest sister, the Great Xia Dynasty attached great importance to it and sent a special person to deliver the intelligence to the Xia Emperor. The Xia Emperor was moved after reading the contents of the intelligence.

The Ask Dao Sect actually managed to find a headquarters of a demonic sect, and the demonic sect was completely unaware of it!

A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

The four major demonic sects are causing endless harm. If there is an opportunity to completely eradicate one of them, Emperor Xia cannot afford to miss it.

He immediately ordered the mobilization of troops to coordinate with the Ask Dao Sect's operation, determined to capture every member of the Immortal Sect!

The Great Xia Dynasty dispatched men to seal off all exits, with over a dozen Body Integration Realm experts in command. They ordered their subordinates to arrest everyone.

In this life-or-death crisis, the Immortal Cult displayed a high level of civility—they voluntarily laid down their weapons and surrendered themselves to the authorities.

"We surrender!"

All efforts yield results; even seemingly useless surrender drills play a crucial role at this time.

The Great Xia Dynasty must have made thorough preparations to arrest them. These dozen or so Body Integration Realm are the ones in the open, but there must be Tribulation Transcendence stage experts hidden in the shadows as well.

Under this configuration, not a single member of the Immortal Cult could escape.

It's better to surrender than to resist; if you're lucky, you might even save your life.

"Lu Yang, how dare you betray the Immortal Sect!" The sect leader looked at Lu Yang and wished he could tear him to pieces.

Unfortunately, he is currently sealed away, his Law Power is frozen, he has lost all his cultivation, and he is unable to move.

He still doesn't know that Lu Yang is actually an undercover agent from the Ask Dao Sect.

"Master, this is where you're wrong. Insubordination is a tradition of our Demonic Sect!" Lu Yang explained to the Master, arguing that the Master didn't fully understand the meaning of the Demonic Path. How could such a person lead the Immortal Sect?

The two Body Integration Realm cultivators holding the sect leader twitched at the corners of their eyes. As expected of the Ask Dao Sect, their disguise as members of the Demonic Sect was completely convincing.

Space distorted for a moment, and a figure stepped through the spatial portal, arriving in front of Lu Yang.

The figure was tall and slender, a handsome young man. He bowed to Lu Yang and said, "My name is Ming Ge. I request Fellow Daoist Yun Zhi to come out and meet me."

Yun Zhi left Lu Yang's mental world and returned the greeting to Mingge: "Lord Ming."

Mingge quickly replied, "I dare not address you as 'sir' before Fellow Daoist Yun Zhi."

Ming Ge is a Tribulation Transcendence cultivator belonging to the Great Xia Dynasty and is in charge of this operation.

Ming Ge may look young, but she is actually older than the people of Buyu Daoren.

As someone who has reached the Tribulation Transcendence stage, he knows far more than ordinary people; for example, he knows Yun Zhi's strength.

Mingge knew that even if the Great Xia Dynasty didn't make a move, Yun Zhi alone would be enough to wipe out the entire Immortal Sect.

Whether in terms of strength or merit in this operation, Mingge dared not be arrogant in front of Yun Zhi.

Just as Mingge was about to say something, a subordinate came to report.

"Reporting to my lord, we have captured two members of the Immortal Cult. Their cultivation is only at the Foundation Establishment Realm, yet they have already risen to the position of leader. They must be demonic seeds carefully cultivated by the higher-ups of the Immortal Cult. However, these two insist that they are spies sent by the righteous path and are not true members of the Immortal Cult."

"We also received intelligence that the Immortal Cult just held a Foundation Establishment Realm competition, and these two people won second and third place respectively. It's hard to believe they are righteous people with such results."

Lu Yang: "..."

How am I not a righteous person!

Ming Ge rubbed her temples in pain and sighed, "Isn't one of these two named Meng Jingzhou? He's the young master of the Meng family; I even attended his full-moon celebration. Both of them are spies from the Ask Dao Sect."

"Meng Jingzhou is both a member of the Meng family and a member of the Ask Dao Sect. It's normal for him to be so successful in the Immortal Sect. Let them go."

"Yes."