Blood Demon Great Path Body

No, system, are you serious?! You even have spies planted in Emei?!

"Yeah, after all, Emei is the strongest. We originally planned to bring Emei to our side, but then we found out they weren't interested in finding the Heavenly Book at all; they were only thinking about running away..."

"Sigh, survival is the choice most normal people make, so don't worry too much about it. But honestly, the Emei exam is really annoying. He doesn't have your skills, and there are too many experts at Golden Peak who are very strict invigilators. We can't directly help him cheat. Your predecessor was already considered to be making good progress, but he still spent most of his time catching up on lessons. In the end, he was stuck at the Golden Core stage and never managed to reach the Nascent Soul Stage to join the Inner Sect. Later, he was caught up in the Central Plains feud and perished."

"By the way, that Qiankun Yiqi Golden Core was given to you by directly copying the previous cultivator's cultivation data. Since your own Golden Core is located in your head, it can be considered the only benefit your predecessor could pass on to you."

Damn, the system even has a prequel like this... But why didn't you tell me about the Golden Core sooner!

'To be honest, we didn't expect it to succeed either...'

'And you didn't even ask...'

Damn it! This is ridiculous! Forget it! I'll ignore this system's side story prequel for now!

With the top leader of the Xuanmen sect surrendering outright, isn't the chessboard truly now a battle of wits between the Hengshan, Songshan, and Penglai sects?

Now that we're playing ball, I used to hope that Emei had some grand plan. Even if they didn't have a plan, being a good leader of the righteous path, stabilizing people's hearts, giving them some tasks and support would be fine, right?

Li Fan didn't expect everyone to be like the Sword Sect members, charging forward with him, but at least the brothers should hold the line, right? Well, this guy was the kind of guy who let the leaders go first...

Well, in short, now that they've withdrawn, I'm afraid the Xuanmen sect will crumble and start fighting amongst themselves with the Immortal Palace. How can they possibly defeat the united Divine Sect?

This time it really is true, with Emei here, the world is at peace.

The top-tier Emei sect has simply run away, leaving everyone else helpless to sigh and say, "Fuck you, I'm done lying down..."

Li Fan was stunned by the sudden truth, momentarily speechless and disoriented, while Liu Daoming seized the opportunity to deliver a verbal attack!

"What do you think Yuntai Peak is for! Emei foresaw the impending doom of heaven, the fall of the immortal sects, and the extinction of the Taiji method, which is why they sought another realm for the Xuanmen to escape this great calamity!"

Yuntai Peak is used to coordinate the Xuanmen Immortal Palace, collect the Five Arts inheritances and Heavenly Treasure from all the sects in the world, and prepare for ascension to the Immortal Realm of another world!

With Three Elders and Four Ancestors guarding the Emei family, and having ascended to heaven with the Golden Summit, my Hengshan is indeed helpless. In fact, I'm begging those old guys to leave quickly so we can all be done with it!

Meanwhile, the people of Songshan and Penglai were only thinking about seizing the opportunity to gather resources, waiting for Emei to find a way out so that they would also close their mountains and flee the world!

Only Hengshan is determined to unify the land, uphold the nation, turn the tide, and defy fate! By the Xuan Ancestor Yuanjun Great Heavenly Venerable, Hengshan is the true path!

Liu Daoming roared, his voice like a thunderclap! The remaining Hengshan people were also agitated; their skin appeared dry and cracked, as if it had been shaken and was peeling off! Blood and tears streamed down their faces! They were all covered in blood!

Li Fan was speechless for a moment. "No, I'm also disappointed with Emei, but you don't need to cry like this... Huh? This move is... Holy crap!"

"Blood Demon Great Path Body!!"

With a single punch, Liu Daoming appeared out of nowhere and landed a blow on Li Fan's jaw, making him dizzy and seeing stars! He was sent flying backward!

The three Daoist priests from Hengshan were in the same boat. Although they had clearly exhausted their cultivation before, their Daoist power suddenly surged! In an instant, with terrifying Daoist power, they shattered the tiger's skin and rushed forward, their flesh and blood mangled! They grabbed the tiger skin and began to gang up on and beat the tiger!

"Damn it! They still have the nerve to say they didn't collude with the cult! Ouch, that hurts!"

Li Fan roared angrily and suddenly transformed into a whirlwind, surging away from the four's encirclement to create some distance and catch his breath! But as soon as he landed, the four pounced on him with the speed of ghosts! Their speed was almost only a hair's breadth behind Blood Shadow Godly Movement Speed!

Li Fan was caught off guard and was surrounded by four blood-faced Daoists who beat him up. Although the flurry of punches couldn't damage his Qiongqi Dao Body, the intense pain he was in was probably not a good thing!

Li Fan held back, unleashing a furious attack that seized the opportunity to smash a bloodied figure rushing towards him, shattering its flesh into pieces! But in the blink of an eye, the scattered flesh and blood reformed! Almost instantly, it was restored! And the opponent pounced on the momentum, gouging out Qiongqi's right eye! At this moment, these four Daoists were clearly fighting for their lives! They didn't care at all about exchanging injuries with Li Fan!

"Holy crap!!" Li Fan, enduring excruciating pain, roared and pounced, staring at the bloodied figure before him. He gathered all his Dao power, unleashing a Tai Xuan Gang Wind to blast it away! Whoosh! In an instant! He completely shattered the opponent, reducing it to dust!

'Li Fan has won the battle, increasing his morale cap by 500.'

"Blood Demon Great Path Body!"

To everyone's surprise, even though they killed one of them, the other three roared in unison! They instantly split the scattered flesh and blood into three streams, which they then absorbed again! Moreover, the three of them suddenly grew larger!

Holy crap! What kind of evil magic is this?!

Li Fan felt a chill run down his spine, and was suddenly sent flying by Liu Daoming's punch! The force of this punch was at least ten times greater than the previous one! Blood spurted from Li Fan's mouth and nose! He was sent spinning and flying thirty feet away!

"Holy crap!! Cough cough cough... This is something else, damn it..."

Li Fan lost one eye and injured the other. In the blink of an eye, he took over a hundred heavy punches, leaving him trembling and unable to stand steadily!

Damn it, what's going on! Didn't those people just fight to the death and transfer all of Hengshan's Shangqing True Qi to Jiang Daochun? Why did their power suddenly surge again? And how come they're so strong? And it really hurts! What kind of magic is this?!

Yuepo exclaimed in shock, "Blood Demon Great Path Body... Dao Body... Ah! It really is that move! No way..."

What?! He already said that...

Surprisingly, Liu Daoming didn't pursue, but simply spread his hands, saying, "This is the Blood Demon Great Path Body!"

Are you guys just trying to get word count?

Li Fan spat out a mouthful of blood and a pile of broken teeth, glaring at his opponent and angrily demanding, "So what exactly is the Blood Demon Great Path Body?!"

Then, the two Hengshan Daoists beside Liu Daoming suddenly turned into flesh and blood, sticking to Liu Daoming's body from the left and right. The three of them seemed to merge into one human form! Only two more faces appeared behind Liu Daoming's head!

"This is recorded in the Blood Record Heavenly Book, its power surpassing that of the Blood God Child and the Blood Sword Flying Body —the supreme demonic art of the Ten Absolutes God Sect!"

Liu Daoming pointed, "You ask why we should join forces with the Divine Cult! That's why! Since the Heavenly Dao has changed, and my Hengshan Daoist methods are no longer usable, then let's just switch to something else that still works! Hah! Hundred Peaks True Form Fist!"

The next instant, Liu Daoming disappeared from Li Fan's sight, but the force of his punch did not!

In that instant, Li Fan felt as if he had fallen into an overwhelming blizzard! Endless, powerful fists rained down like hailstones, breaking every bone in his body!

"You all say the rise of the demonic path is ordained by Heaven! But Hengshan refuses to believe in this evil! Even if it means sacrificing our lives for the cause! Even if it means joining the demonic path! Even if it means facing certain death! Hengshan will defy fate and change destiny!"

Qiongqi Dao Body finally gave way! Liu Daoming forcefully shattered its physical form and broke its Dao Bones! A punch pierced through its chest and abdomen, penetrating deep into the giant tiger's body cavity! He then lifted Qiongqi up, hanging it on his forearm!

"Cough, cough cough cough..." Blood streamed from Li Fan's mouth and nose as he forced his eyes open to look at Liu Daoming's face. "Indiscriminate killing... is this the... righteous path of Hengshan...?"

"Indiscriminate killing of innocents? Hmph, do you think those Yellow Heaven Cult members can be considered innocent?!"

Liu Daoming raised the giant tiger above his head, bathing in its blood.

"Do you think we can't figure out what Yellow Heaven Dao is planning? They've gathered so many mortals just to select someone who can read Yellow Heaven Book and offer them to their Dao Ancestor as a vessel for his descent into the world!"

Back then, the Grand Commandant Yinian, showing womanly compassion! He let the remnants of the barbarian tribes of the Ice Plains go, resulting in the emergence of the Dao Ancestor Youquan, who wiped out the entire Nine Yin Mountain sect! Does he want the Yellow Heaven Path to repeat the same mistakes?

You say I'm indiscriminately killing innocent people? Hengshan has already foreseen this! Among this group of people are demonic children who can possess their Yellow Heaven Dao Ancestor!

Yellow Heaven Dao's unorthodox and evil arts are indistinguishable from those of ordinary people; his actions leave no trace, making him impossible to track down! We can only pinpoint his location to this group in Dizhou! If we don't eliminate them ruthlessly beforehand, will there be a second Beichen Sword Sect in the world to stand in its way when Dao Ancestor Yellow Heaven is born?

Liu Daoming pulled out the heart of the Qiongqi tiger, hurled the tiger's mangled body, and smashed it into the main hall of the Tai Xuan Temple. He roared in rage, as if venting his anger.

"Back then, Emei was worried about being caught up in the calamity that would ruin their plan to ascend to the Golden Summit, so they actually sat idly by and watched as the Nine Yin Mountain was wiped out by the Youquan! And those people from Wangwu Mountain are no different! They turned a blind eye to the demonic forces at their own doorstep! When the Yellow Heaven Dao Ancestor is born and the earth is destroyed by the Heavenly Tribulation, the number of dead will be far more than just those in the Gate of Life and Death!"

Do you really think anyone else will step in? In the end, it'll still be Hengshan who has to fight to the death! But there's more than one place under Yellow Heaven! Once all the disciples of Hengshan are dead, who will be left to turn the tide and defy fate?

"In the Xuanmen today, who else but Hengshan dares to get involved in such a calamity and invite such karmic consequences? Who else is there? Who do you think is the demon? Who is... Huh! You're still alive!?"

Liu Daoming turned his head sharply and saw Li Fan, who had transformed into human form, walking out of the rubble of Tai Xuan Temple, clutching his chest. Moreover, his face was only slightly pale, and there was not a trace of blood or wound.

Having a large chunk of flesh torn off is quite a blow, but unfortunately, in the Tai Xuan Dao system, one's body doesn't perish as long as one's magic power is exhausted. So what if Qiongqi Dao Body is destroyed? It can simply transform into a gale. Moreover, Li Fan now has the mountain-protecting formation supporting him, so his magic power is practically inexhaustible. It's no wonder he can't die. However, Qiongqi has been beaten quite badly this time and will need some time to recover.

"Ahem, so you people from Hengshan are actually just martyrs who are unwilling to accept the elimination of Taiji Xian Dao and are planning to defy fate? Ahem..."

I think so too. Only martyrs would act so drastically, and only madmen like you would attempt to cultivate the Blood Register Divine Lord's Great Dao Body, which even the divine sect dares not touch."

This time it was Liu Daoming's turn to be shocked, "... You actually know the titles used by the Demonic Sect! Could it be that you are a member of the Demonic Sect!"

Indeed, this skill is renowned, and Yuepo certainly knows of it! "Blood Demon Great Path Body" is the name used by the Xuanmen sect, but for the Ten Absolutes God Sect, this is the supreme true divine skill passed down in the Blood Record Heavenly Book! Back then, the Divine Lord relied on this method to attain the Dao! Blood Register Divine Lord Great Dao Body!

The sheer power and terror of this Great Dao Body need no further explanation! The fact that the Divine Lord single-handedly destroyed the Sword Sect, seized nine volumes of the Xuanmen Heavenly Book, founded his own Divine Sect, and ascended to immortality speaks volumes! Even now, suppressed by the Tai Xuan Grand Array, it remains outrageously powerful!

However, the practice of this method is naturally extremely dangerous and difficult. It seems that this is because the God Lord's cultivation experience was extremely arduous. His cultivation method is the same. Every time he breaks through a barrier, he has to abandon his cultivation and start all over again! Moreover, he must communicate and merge with like-minded people to grow his primordial spirit. If he is not careful, he will risk the destruction of his soul and body! The dangerous tribulations required are almost always present! And it is not just the once-in-a-century killing tribulation!

However, these True Cultivators from Hengshan are truly ruthless and decisive, which is astonishing! Seeing that they could not borrow any techniques within the Tai Xuan Gate's grand formation and were about to run out of True Breath Pills, they actually sacrificed their entire Xuanmen Supreme Purity Cultivation Method! They crippled their own cultivation! And even fused it into one! Cultivating the Blood Demon Great Path Body!

Damn... Looks like we had too much of an advantage this time, pushing the other side to their limits... Sure enough, even a rabbit will bite when cornered, a dog will jump over a wall when desperate, and even a Xuanmen cultivator might turn to the demonic path when cornered...

"I just deal with them a lot..."

Li Fan curled his lip, pulled a red rope from his sleeve, and attached to it were four divine blood jades, but their light was dim and they didn't react at all. Even at this point, no one was calling for help from the protectors?

"It seems you're telling the truth. You really aren't part of the Divine Cult. This time, Hengshan is acting under the guise of the Divine Cult for their own purposes..."

Liu Daoming was also shocked, "You actually killed so many Devil Sect Dharma Protector! Just who are you?!"

Li Fan ignored him, put away the God Lord Jade, and said, "Well, you guys are at least a little bit stronger than Runaway, but..."

At this moment, Zhu Ming Jianjun suddenly jumped out again, exclaiming in surprise, "Let me speak! Huh! What's going on! Where did the Blood Record Devil Sect come from! You...!"

"Hey, get out of here! Don't interrupt!" Li Fan snapped his fingers impatiently to shoo Zhu Ming Jianjun away, then continued speaking.

"However, your sect claims it's to deal with the Demon Child and prevent the Yellow Heaven Dao Ancestor from descending to earth, and that you have no other choice. But you neither address the root cause of the world's turmoil nor provide shelter for the local mortals. For years, you've stood by and watched the chaos in the north, and now, taking advantage of the opportunity to seize the <Tai Xuan Scripture>, you jump out and shout 'prevention is better than cure,' slaughtering those mortals who were forced to turn to the demonic path for survival because they couldn't live any longer..."

What kind of preventative measures are these? Gathering a cult and an army of immortals to wreak havoc on the world—what kind of righteous path is this? You're defying the heavens; what destiny can you possibly change?"

Upon hearing this, Liu Daoming did not immediately attack. Instead, he calmly said, "Do you think I don't want to save them? But human strength has its limits. Hengshan alone cannot save everyone. We must make choices! That's why we must unite with like-minded people to unify the world and rebuild the nation!"

The Three Realms are now controlled by the Immortal Clan, and the Grand Tutor is an extremely selfish and self-serving individual! They have no place for the common people in their hearts! Those nobles only think about continuing to hold onto their power and wealth! They also want to profit from this chaotic world!

Do you think the powerful clans and immortal families don't want to escape? Although they are not qualified to leave with Emei Golden Summit, Emei has agreed to share its method of ascension for the entire sect! This leaves a way out for other sects and prevents anyone from causing trouble and interfering with their grand plan!

That's why Yuntai Peak received strong support from the Xuanmen and the Three Realms! Moreover, the two elders of Songshan have already joined forces with the Grand Tutor! Our sect has already discovered that they plan to use Emei as a scout first! When the opportunity is ripe, or when the calamity is imminent, they will imitate them exactly and escape this world!

Before this, they also planned to use Yuntai Peak to continue to control the government and exploit the resources of the world, leaving no chance for our Hengshan faction to regain our territory!

I know the Divine Cult has ulterior motives, and cooperating with them is like seeking a tiger's skin; I never thought this would stop Emei. But if we merely use their strength to defeat the Three Enclosures and Songshan factions, and preserve the vitality of the Central Plains as much as possible, then there might still be some hope in dealing with future uncertainties! In that case, all the sacrifices made so far are acceptable!

"Is this acceptable...? In the end, it's because those who sacrificed themselves were all demons of the Yellow Heaven Dao, not the immortals of your Hengshan. You are not much different from Emei, Songshan, and Wangwu Mountain..."

Li Fan shook his head, flipped his hand, and took out the Kongsang Mountain Flying Sword Liuyu that he had collected before. The tip of the sword was pointed directly at Liu Daoming, and the spine of the sword was covered by the blue Yang Flame generated by the power of Tai Xuan!

"Fellow Daoist is so frank, it would seem petty of me to hide my identity any longer. I am Qingyue of the Beichen Sword Sect, the Great Heavenly Venerable, the Xuan Girl of the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden Ruyi Zhenjun!"

Liu Daoming! Today I will not concern myself with the right or wrong of Hengshan's choice! I only wish to punish all those you have abandoned within the gates of life and death!

Since reasoning fails, and we cannot determine who is right and wrong, good and evil, let us settle this with a sword duel! Fellow Daoist, do you have any objections?

"True Lord Ruyi... you, you really are from the Sword Sect..."

Liu Daoming was stunned for a moment, then suddenly burst into wild laughter. He then drew his Hengshan sword, which was stained crimson by the blood-red light of the Divine Sect!

"Hahaha! Good! Good! How can a swordsman not be prepared to die by his sword! Fellow Daoist, don't underestimate me!"

"Xuan Ancestor Yuanjun Great Heavenly Venerable! The True Daoist of Shangqing of Hengshan! Liu Daoming! I would like to learn from your superior skills, fellow Daoist!"

"Beichen Sword Sect! <Beichen Qi Sword True Formula>!"

"Shangqing Jiangzhen Dao! Heavenly Pillar Sword Technique!"

One in green, one in red, the two men roared and clashed with each other, each fighting for their own cause.