Overwhelming Karmic Burden, Duobao Daoist's Breakthrough

At this moment, the East Sea had long since been thrown into a complete uproar by Tongtian Cult Master's holy decree.

Looking into the distance, streams of light of every color occasionally whistled through the skies above the sea.

Red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and violet—countless streaks of light intertwined and gathered, all racing at full speed toward Golden Ao Island.

A saint's sermon was one of the greatest opportunities in the Primordial World.

Not to mention that this event also involved the rumored Xuanmen Grand Tournament.

No disciple of the Interception Sect was willing to fall even half a step behind.

Xuan Liu's divine sense was crystal clear as he pushed the mana of his early Taiyi Golden Immortal realm to its limit.

He unleashed a great divine ability and crossed countless hundreds of millions of miles of sea.

With Shrinking the Earth into an Inch, his speed was unimaginably fast.

The Primordial World knew no years; time passed like a white colt flashing through a crack.

Amid the frantic howling of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, an unknown amount of time passed.

Ahead, an immense immortal island that blotted out the heavens and radiated a supreme aura—

At last pierced through layers of mist and appeared in full view beneath Xuan Liu's divine sense.

Golden Ao Island had arrived!

Golden Ao Island was already packed to the brim.

As far as the eye could see, between immortal peaks and divine waterfalls, around jade towers and precious halls,

Interception Sect outer disciples and registered disciples of varying auras sat cross-legged everywhere.

There were innate beings with extraordinary origins, as well as unusual creatures who had only recently taken human form.

Some were furred and horned, while others were born from dampness or eggs. Their numbers exceeded ten thousand by far.

Countless auras, strong and weak alike, intertwined and converged, soaring into the sky.

They stirred the spiritual energy above the entire Golden Ao Island into a violent churn.

Rosy clouds and auspicious signs drifted amid the mountains and valleys, immortal qi billowed, and Dao charm lingered endlessly.

This vast scene was boisterous, yet brimming with life.

Calling it a sight of ten thousand immortals paying homage would not be an exaggeration in the slightest.

Is this the foundation of my Interception Sect?

Xuan Liu withdrew his emerald-green escape light and could not help sighing in heartfelt amazement.

Teach without distinction, and ten thousand immortals came to pay homage!

It truly deserved to be called the supreme saintly lineage with the greatest number of disciples and the most astonishing momentum in the current Primordial World.

In terms of disciple numbers and sheer presence alone, even the Expounding Sect and Human Sect combined could scarcely compare.

However, before the shock in Xuan Liu's heart could fully subside, his brows suddenly furrowed slightly.

As his divine sense swept across the noisy Interception Sect disciples around him,

Xuan Liu discovered in horror that among these tens of thousands of fellow disciples,

A considerable number of them had infinitely obscure, foul crimson currents tainting the deepest parts of their true spirits.

That was...

Overwhelming karmic burden!

How could this karmic burden... be so severe...

Xuan Liu stood with his hands behind his back, his expression gradually darkening.

Those Interception Sect disciples stained with overwhelming karmic burden were gathered in small groups, shouting and making a racket, utterly devoid of an immortal's tranquil air.

The fortune belonging to the Interception Sect upon them was being corroded and worn away day and night by that karmic burden.

At this sight, the tragic course of the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation from his previous life surged uncontrollably into Xuan Liu's mind once more.

Many people in his previous life had wondered why the Interception Sect, despite commanding ten thousand immortals,

Had ultimately met such a miserable end, with its lineage destroyed and the Myriad Immortals Formation broken.

Aside from lacking a supreme treasure to suppress the sect's fortune, the most fundamental and fatal reason was that the Interception Sect's requirements for accepting disciples were too low.

Master Tongtian upheld the principle of teaching without distinction, seeking to carve out a thread of survival for all beings in the Primordial World.

This had originally been a supreme and magnificent aspiration, yet precisely because of it, the Interception Sect became a mixture of mud and sand, with good and bad indiscriminately mixed together.

Among these disciples hid far too many monstrous beings steeped in evil, cruel by nature, who had slaughtered countless lives throughout the Primordial World!

These unusual creatures relied on being disciples of a saint, running rampant beyond the sect and becoming entangled in karma.

With every act of slaughter they committed, that terrifying karmic burden would naturally link itself to the Interception Sect's fortune.

Over time, the Interception Sect's fortune, which had already lacked a supreme treasure to suppress it,

Was directly ruined and gnawed completely away by these scum.

The instant the tribulation officially began, the Heavenly Dao carried out its reckoning.

These disciples stained by countless sins instantly became cannon fodder in the divine and immortal slaughter tribulation.

Even those righteous disciples who had sincerely devoted themselves to cultivation and possessed deep blessings

Were dragged down with them into the endless depths, their true spirits together entering the Investiture of the Gods List.

A few rotten apples had spoiled the whole barrel.

If this continues, the Interception Sect of the future will ultimately be unable to escape the disaster of destruction. Changes must be made.

Xuan Liu looked at those Interception Sect disciples with faint blood light around their bodies, a trace of resolve flashing through his eyes.

Now that he had entered Tongtian Cult Master's sect and become the Interception Sect's fifth personal disciple,

His path of fortune and Dao had long since become completely bound to the Interception Sect.

If the great sect prospered, then he would prosper!

If the great sect perished, then he would perish!

If he wished to remain truly as steady as Mount Tai and secure through the great tribulations of the future,

Then aside from cultivating diligently himself, deepening his comprehension of the Dao and Dharma, and breaking through his realm,

He also had to find a suitable opportunity to discuss this matter properly with his master.

The Interception Sect's standards for accepting disciples had to undergo a complete reform!

Those monstrous beings steeped in evil who corrupted the sect's conduct had to be eradicated entirely, severing their karma.

Only then could they halt the loss of fortune and protect the supreme foundation of the Interception Sect's Dao lineage.

Countless plans rapidly unfolded in Xuan Liu's mind.

Just as Xuan Liu's thoughts churned and he painstakingly considered the greater situation,

"Hahaha! Fifth Junior Brother, you've finally arrived! We've been waiting for you for ages!"

Suddenly, a man's delighted shout

Abruptly rang out from a space not far away.

Xuan Liu's divine sense stirred, and he looked in the direction from which the voice had come.

He saw four escape lights flowing with vast Supreme Clarity Immortal Light rapidly tearing through the air.

In no more than the blink of an eye, they landed steadily before Xuan Liu.

As the immortal light filling the sky suddenly receded, the figure revealed was none other than the Interception Sect's eldest senior brother, Duobao Daoist.

At this moment, however, the Dao charm of Duobao Daoist's Daluo Golden Immortal realm had become even more obscure and restrained, while faint traces of supreme bearing circulated around him.

Around his somewhat plump body, Supreme Clarity Immortal Light had condensed into substance like a jeweled canopy. With every gesture, even the void resonated in response.

"Fifth Junior Brother, thanks to your good wishes, your senior brother has successfully emerged from seclusion and broken through to the middle stage of the Daluo Golden Immortal realm!" Duobao Daoist flicked his broad sleeve, his face glowing with irrepressible delight and high spirits.

Beside Duobao Daoist stood three supreme mighty beings with vast auras and distinct bearing.

Golden Spirit Holy Mother!

Unyielding Holy Mother!

Turtle Spirit Holy Mother!

The Interception Sect's four great personal disciples had gathered before Xuan Liu at this moment!