Seeking Good Fortune and Avoiding Disaster, Divine Thunder Refines Malevolence

"Begging for mercy now is too late!"

King Pan's Remnant Soul was unmoved. If Demon God Xiao Mang hadn't invited trouble in, and if he hadn't provided protection, how could the Pan Hu Clan have been drawn into this catastrophe?

Since a mistake had been made, a price must be paid for it.

"Old man, I'll fight you to the death!" Demon God Xiao Mang knew that King Pan's Remnant Soul would not change his mind. He immediately used his innate Spiritual Power to draw upon the power of the Tai Yin, his form soaring tens of thousands of feet. Then, he inhaled, intending to swallow all the poisonous miasma in this small world. He roared, "Heavenly Demon True Form, Sun Devouring Secret Technique!"

Demon God Xiao Mang cultivated the Great Dao of Tai Yin, which allowed him to temporarily strengthen himself with its power. However, this act of devouring poisonous miasma was tantamount to seeking his own death.

He was gambling!

He was gambling that before his physical body and Primordial Spirit completely decayed, he could find King Pan's Remnant Soul and destroy it. Only then would he have a chance to survive.

King Pan's secret techniques were powerful, but without the caster, they were like water without a source. With his Heavenly Demon True Form, he might still be able to withstand it.

"Seeking your own death!"

King Pan's Remnant Soul sneered, "Since you're so eager to die, this ancestor will grant your wish!"

Before his voice even faded, a top-grade Innate Spiritual Sword radiating terrifying curse power, carrying endless malevolent energy, slashed down fiercely at Demon God Xiao Mang's Heavenly Demon True Form.

Where the sword light passed, even the void emitted a "sizzling" corrosive sound. This Innate Spiritual Treasure was none other than "King Pan Yuan Gu Sword," one of King Pan's three treasures!

It was also something Demon God Xiao Mang desperately coveted!

"No!"

Demon God Xiao Mang let out a scream. If he had been in his Innate Dao Body form, he might have been able to dodge this attack. But in his current form as a ten-thousand-foot-tall giant wolf, having pushed his Heavenly Demon True Form to its limit, he was a complete sitting duck.

The "King Pan Yuan Gu Sword," imbued with endless resentment and malevolence, under King Pan's Remnant Soul's control, pierced straight through Demon God Xiao Mang.

Meanwhile, Xuan Qing's Other Self Incarnation watched this scene with lingering fear. He realized that he had underestimated the power of a Quasi-Saint.

Even a remnant soul, even with the authority of the "Plague God" and immunity to countless poisons, King Pan's curse techniques were truly insidious and impossible to guard against.

To this day, he still couldn't figure out how Demon God Xiao Mang had contracted the Bloodline Poison.

"It's all your fault!"

As if knowing he was doomed, Demon God Xiao Mang turned to Xuan Qing's Other Self Incarnation. "If you and this old man King Pan hadn't conspired, how could I have fallen into this situation?"

"Die!"

In the final moments of his life, Demon God Xiao Mang chose to charge at Xuan Qing's Other Self Incarnation, his magic power surging to its limit, intending to detonate his Heavenly Demon True Form and take Xuan Qing's Other Self Incarnation down with him.

Xuan Qing remained unmoved.

He had long anticipated the possibility of being caught in the crossfire. What remained here was merely an Other Self Incarnation. Demon God Xiao Mang's self-destruction would have no effect on his true body.

"Boom!"

The small world manifested by King Pan's cultivation could no longer maintain its spatial stability under the death throes of a Great Luo Demon God.

Countless spatial rifts appeared within the "King Pan Bead," and poisonous miasma transformed into spatial tornadoes, as if the entire world was on the verge of collapse.

"Is it all over?"

After a long while, Xuan Qing's true body revealed itself from the void. He intended to investigate when he saw a cracked, emerald-green bead flying towards him.

"King Pan Bead!"

Xuan Qing did not let it approach. Instead, he sent out a stream of magic power, causing it to hover a hundred feet away from him. He then quietly observed the bead's unusual movements.

As expected, King Pan's Remnant Soul slowly materialized, like a candle flickering in the wind, seemingly about to dissipate at any moment. "Young friend, you have fulfilled your promise to me, and I will not break my word! This 'King Pan Bead' is my comprehension of the Great Dao of plague, curses, and the like. If you refine it, you will naturally gain something!"

"As for the 'King Pan Yuan Gu Sword' and the 'Heavenly Gu Yuan Yu Banner,' they are also within the 'King Pan Bead.' However, due to Xiao Mang's final desperate counterattack, they have sustained some damage and will require you to nurture them with your magic power!"

Seeing this, Xuan Qing nodded immediately. "Then thank you for your generous gift, senior!"

King Pan's Remnant Soul slowly dissipated.

A moment later, Xuan Qing urged his magic power and retrieved the "King Pan Bead."

However, he did not refine it. Instead, he tossed it into the "Innate Thunder Pool."

He had a premonition!

Cultivators often had sudden inspirations. Xuan Qing, who had comprehended the "Innate Eight Trigrams" and possessed the authority of the "Plague God," was particularly sensitive in this regard.

The "Innate Eight Trigrams" were originally a technique for deducing heavenly secrets. To a certain extent, they could also predict fortune and misfortune, thus helping cultivators to avoid danger and seek good fortune.

And the authority of the "Plague God" was not as simple as it appeared on the surface. Cultivating poisons and spreading miasma was plague; raising gu and controlling malevolence was plague; causing people to have misfortune without them knowing, and weakening their Destiny, was also a form of application of the "Great Dao of Plague and Pestilence."

The concept of Destiny was profound and mysterious, yet it was real. Those with flourishing Destiny could often turn danger into safety, while those whose Destiny had plummeted might choke on a mouthful of cold water. Often, misfortune would strike from nowhere, and they would face a life-and-death tribulation. The authority of the "Plague God" included methods for weakening a person's Destiny, sensing fortune and misfortune, and avoiding disaster.

Caution was the better part of valor!

Although King Pan had perished and his remnant soul had dissipated into nothingness, who knew what he had intended? Would he have dragged Xuan Qing down with him?

"Refine it!"

Xuan Qing roared, then activated the "Innate Thunder Pool," using its vast thunderous power to continuously scour the cracked "King Pan Bead," which was on the verge of collapse.

Thunder was the most potent and yang energy. The "Innate Thunder Pool" contained immense heavenly might. Xuan Qing believed that any treacherous means would be rendered ineffective before it.

"Damn it!"

Suddenly, a roar erupted from the "King Pan Bead," and a flickering Gu worm phantom appeared. It could be none other than King Pan, who was supposed to have perished long ago.

This Gu worm was dark purple and black, resembling a silkworm pupa, enveloped in countless poisonous miasma. Strange, dark green, terrifying patterns were branded upon it.

Xuan Qing opened his dharma eye and gazed at the Gu worm. He discovered that the remnant soul of Old Ancestor King Pan resided within it – a ferocious, three-headed Pan Mastiff.

"Old Ancestor, we meet again!"

Upon seeing King Pan's remnant soul, Xuan Qing felt no surprise. This was because, just before, the authority of the "Plague God" and the "Innate Eight Trigrams" had already warned him!

Beings of this caliber were indeed extraordinary. Everyone believed he had perished, yet they failed to notice that a remnant soul of his still resided within the Gu worm.

This time, Xuan Qing did not hesitate. The "Innate Thunder Pool" operated at full speed, unleashing thousands upon thousands of divine thunderbolts like a torrential downpour upon the remnant soul.

BOOM!

The thunder was vast and powerful, specifically designed to counter malevolent spirits, especially in a remnant soul state like Old Ancestor King Pan's.

"You..."

Old Ancestor King Pan tried to say something more, but before he could speak, he was annihilated by the sky-filling thunder. The ultimate destructive power instantly fell upon the Gu worm.

To be safe, Xuan Qing also deployed the top-grade Spiritual Treasure, the "Purple Lightning Hammer," to perform a "thunder tribulation baptism" on the "King Pan Bead" using "Purple Firmament Divine Thunder"!

This was no ordinary thunder; it was Heavenly Dao divine thunder, possessing terrifying power capable of destroying all things.

Finally, after half an hour of thunderous baptism, the unsettling and ominous feeling that had made Xuan Qing's heart palpitate began to recede like a retreating tide.

Only then did Xuan Qing dare to touch the "King Pan Bead" and attempt to refine the Dao essence within.

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