Tiandaozi opened the jade box, glanced at the Mother Gu inside, and frowned slightly.
The Mother Gu was enormous, pitch-black from end to end, its body covered in dense, interwoven lines, giving off a thick, sinister aura.
He closed the jade box and turned to look at the black-robed cultivators.
"You all have Gu Worms inside you. I won't kill you. But you must cooperate in removing the Gu Worms from your bodies. From this day forward, you are not to cultivate Gu Worms again, nor touch anything related to Gu Worms. Disobey, and you will be killed without mercy."
The black-robed cultivators lowered their heads. No one dared to argue.
Tiandaozi turned to Lin Taichu. "I'll leave these people to you. I'll take the Mother Gu back and find a place to seal it."
Lin Taichu nodded and was just about to speak when Tiandaozi suddenly raised a hand, cutting him off.
"Wait."
Tiandaozi's gaze swept across the valley, looking at the churning Black Liquid in the Stone Altars and the high-level Gu Worms weaving through them. His brows knitted even tighter.
"Leaving these things here would only be a scourge. Better to destroy them outright."
He raised his right hand, and a ball of golden spiritual energy gathered in his palm. More and more spiritual energy condensed there, growing larger and larger, radiating a terrifying pressure. The surrounding air began to tremble, and the crushed stones on the ground were shaken into the air by the ripples of spiritual energy.
The black-robed cultivators' expressions changed drastically, and they retreated one after another. The Chaotian Gate disciples also instinctively backed several steps away.
Lin Taichu also retreated a few steps, staring at the golden spiritual energy in Tiandaozi's palm, shock surging through his heart. This was the power of