Searching Memories, Purging the Sect

At those words,

the many Interception Sect immortals looked at one another, their voices rising without end.

"What?! Senior Brother Long-Eared colluded with the West and betrayed the Interception Sect? Is that true?!"

"Most likely! Look at what Senior Brother Long-Eared is clutching in his hand—isn't that a Bodhi Fruit unique to the West? How does he explain that?!"

"Feeding on the Interception Sect's fortune and enjoying Master's protection, yet he went to be the West's lackey and sold out our own Fifth Senior Brother to outsiders. What a wolf's heart and dog's lungs!"

"I called him Senior Brother in vain all this time. Had Fifth Senior Brother not been blessed with profound fortune, wouldn't our Interception Sect have lost a pillar of heaven for nothing today?! He deserves ten thousand deaths!!"

The denunciations and scorn pouring in from every direction were like rolling heavenly thunder, nailing Long-Eared Fixed-Light Immortal firmly to the pillar of shame as a traitor.

"Enough nonsense! Die!!"

Xuan Liu's expression was icy, without a single unnecessary word.

He stepped forward, the late-stage Primordial Unity Golden Immortal mana within him surging madly.

The Thunder Emperor Secret Art erupted with a thunderous blast and swiftly descended to suppress Long-Eared Fixed-Light Immortal.

"Rumble!!!"

Endless wild lightning, carrying an incomparably tyrannical aura, completely swallowed Long-Eared Fixed-Light Immortal.

"Aah!!!"

Long-Eared Fixed-Light Immortal let out a miserable scream, his face twisted in agony.

Even with cultivation at the peak of the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm, he failed to forcefully endure even a single breath beneath Xuan Liu's assault.

"Crack!"

Amid the piercing boom of divine bones shattering, Long-Eared Fixed-Light Immortal screamed and sprayed blood essence wildly.

His entire Dao body was blasted black by the Thunder Emperor Secret Art and thoroughly crippled.

He collapsed miserably amid the ruins, no longer possessing the strength to resist.

"Buzz!!!"

Just as Xuan Liu was about to wield the Ancient Immortal Heaven-Locking Chain and sever Long-Eared Fixed-Light Immortal's life completely, the skies above Golden Ao Island suddenly underwent a drastic change.

A supreme, vast, and boundless saintly pressure swept forth from the deepest reaches of Jade Tour Palace.

Tongtian Cult Master's true body strode forth at once.

With sword-like brows and starry eyes, his face was incomparably grim. Clearly, Long-Eared Fixed-Light Immortal had enraged him utterly.

He had considered that the Interception Sect might truly have produced a traitor.

Yet he had never expected that traitor to be Long-Eared Fixed-Light Immortal.

As one of the Seven Attendant Immortals, Long-Eared Fixed-Light Immortal had always been highly valued by him.

Even when he had disgraced the Interception Sect during the Xuanmen Grand Tournament, Tongtian Cult Master had not blamed him too harshly.

"Disciple Duobao pays respects to Master. May Master's saintly life know no bounds, and may the Great Dao flourish eternally!!!"

"Disciple Jinling pays respects to Master. May Master's saintly life know no bounds, and may the Great Dao flourish eternally!!!"

Duobao Daoist, Golden Spirit Holy Mother, and countless Interception Sect disciples did not hesitate in the slightest. Together, they bowed deeply.

"Master!! Master, save me!!"

A fanatical gleam lit Long-Eared Fixed-Light Immortal's eyes as he cried out hysterically, "Master, see clearly! This disciple, Long-Eared, has absolutely no intention of betraying the Interception Sect! This Bodhi Fruit was merely a fortuitous chance encounter when this disciple was traveling through the East Sea. I found it within a hidden innate barrier—it was not bestowed by the Western Sect!"

"It was Xuan Liu! Xuan Liu slandered me without cause, destroyed my Daoist sanctuary, and seeks to turn fellow disciples against one another!"

"I beg Master to uphold justice for this disciple and punish Xuan Liu!"

Long-Eared Fixed-Light Immortal spoke at great length, clinging desperately to phrases such as "fortuitous chance" and "fellow disciples turning against one another."

He sought to exploit Tongtian Cult Master's former trust in him to carve out a sliver of survival.

However.

Tongtian Cult Master stood in the heavens, looking down at the weeping Long-Eared Fixed-Light Immortal below.

There was not the slightest trace of pity upon that dignified saintly face.

Instead, it was as cold as an eternal glacier.

"Hmph! Whether that is true or not, this seat need only take a look with the Saint's Dharma Eye!"

Tongtian Cult Master snorted, his voice ringing like great bells and massive chimes.

There were no superfluous movements; his actions were clean and decisive.

Tongtian Cult Master reached out with his right hand through empty space. An indescribable great power instantly seized Long-Eared Fixed-Light Immortal and lifted him into the air.

The will of a Heavenly Dao Saint brutally forced its way into the depths of Long-Eared Fixed-Light Immortal's Niwan Palace.

Following the threads of karma, it frantically searched through his past memories.

In an instant, scene after scene of truth appeared within Tongtian Cult Master's mind.

"Fixed-Light Immortal, tell our sect when Xuan Liu breaks through to the late stage of the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm, and this Bodhi Fruit shall be given to you to aid your attainment of the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal realm."

"Haha, rest assured, Two Saints. I will keep this matter strictly secret. If anything similar happens in the future, feel free to come find me!"

Every conversation between Long-Eared Fixed-Light Immortal and the two Western Saints was revealed in minute detail through Tongtian Cult Master's soul-searching technique.

The evidence was irrefutable.

All of Long-Eared Fixed-Light Immortal's stubborn denials and twisted arguments came to an abrupt halt. His face turned ashen.

"Wretch! I, Tongtian, have never treated you poorly, yet you dared deceive your master and betray your ancestors, committing such a vile act to sever the foundations of my Interception Sect!!!"

Tongtian Cult Master flew into a rage, killing intent laid bare within his Dharma Eyes.

Today, to seek justice for Xuan Liu,

he had wielded the Four Swords of Execution and forcibly sliced away a corner of Mount Sumeru in the West.

Yet he had never expected that behind it all, there was even a treacherous lackey within his own sect, feeding on its bounty while betraying it.

Such a scandal, one that struck at the lifeblood of the great sect, drove this Heavenly Dao Saint completely berserk.

"Today, before the myriad immortals of my Interception Sect, I shall personally purge the sect and establish the rules of the Interception Sect!!!"

Tongtian Cult Master roared, raising two fingers of his right hand like a sword.

He slashed through the air at Long-Eared Fixed-Light Immortal's charred body, still trembling in terror.

"Swish, swish, swish!!!"

A terrifying azure Sword Qi, radiating the might to annihilate a great thousand worlds, erupted with a thunderous crash.

Without the slightest suspense, it struck Long-Eared Fixed-Light Immortal.

His fleshly body and Primordial Spirit were both forcibly reduced to nothingness!

Not even a wisp of true spirit or a drop of divine blood remained. He vanished completely from the heavens and earth of the Primordial World, dead beyond all doubt.

After the sect had been purged, an uproar broke out across Golden Ao Island, voices rising one after another.

"Good death! Long-Eared Fixed-Light Immortal was one of the Seven Attendant Immortals, yet for such trifling profit, he was willing to sell out Fifth Senior Brother. He deserved to die!"

"Exactly! Who could have imagined that the traitor in our Interception Sect would be Long-Eared Fixed-Light Immortal, one of the Seven Attendant Immortals!"

"Fortunately, Fifth Senior Brother's Dharma Eyes were as bright as torches, and he discovered that this fellow had betrayed the Interception Sect. Otherwise, who knows what calamities might have arisen in the future!"

"Master did well! For such an ungrateful white-eyed wolf to die like this was far too merciful!"

Tongtian Cult Master turned and looked at Xuan Liu below, dressed in green robes, his Dao heart unwavering.

Endless gratification and fondness welled up in the Saint's Dharma Eyes.

"Alas! Disciple Xuan Liu, you have suffered injustice because of this traitor!"

Tongtian Cult Master sighed, then said with gratification, "You discovered this traitor and eliminated a hidden danger for my Interception Sect."

"You have rendered great merit. As your master, I cannot leave you unrewarded."

"Tell me, what do you want?"