Taiyi's expression remained calm.
Looking at the two or three young men and women whose hostile eyes brimmed with murderous intent, he guessed their identities, then turned his gaze toward the other two middle-aged men.
Not all of them necessarily belonged to the Wang Family, but they were clearly all cultivators of Yanxia Cave Heaven.
Yet a mere Yanxia Cave Heaven probably did not even have a single Dao Palace Realm expert. He did not take them seriously at all.
Much less when it was nothing more than an insignificant minor sect under the Yaoguang Holy Land.
"Boy, I don't know what you're relying on, but don't get too arrogant..."
Up in the air.
A young man stood suspended in midair, divine radiance swirling around him.
His face was full of arrogance as he looked coldly down at Taiyi. "Even if you happen to be the disciple of some important figure from another faction, you have no right to act so insolently before an elder of our Yanxia Cave Heaven... If you know what's good for you, release my younger brother!"
"It seems the Li Family's destruction didn't serve as a warning to your Wang Family. Instead, you've grown even more overbearing and arrogant, treating everyone else as beneath you..."
A mocking look appeared on Taiyi's face.
He looked at these swaggering Wang Family cultivators.
Fixing his gaze on the young man whose face seethed with murderous intent, he said calmly, "Originally, I only intended to give him a small punishment, cripple his cultivation, and let him live as a mortal!"
"But because of what you just did and said, I've decided not to spare his life!"
Whether the Wang Family preyed on the locals and committed every evil imaginable had nothing to do with him, nor did it interest him.
But if they dared offend him, they had to be prepared to pay the price.
Taiyi was not the Sun Saint Emperor of old, nor one of the Nine Great Sacred Bodies.
He could not be so benevolent, so compassionate, so utterly selfless, and he certainly did not want to be some savior.
Leading humanity toward prosperity, spreading cultivation methods, shedding blood and laying down their lives, quelling the Dark Turmoil for all living beings, protecting every creature...
Those predecessors had already done more than enough.
And in the end, what had they left behind?
He was not wallowing in self-pity or dwelling on whether it had been worthwhile.
Everyone had their own convictions and aspirations, their own choices and paths to follow.
Taiyi was not that noble, though he knew he would never go as far as those Forbidden Zone Supremes, slaughtering all living beings to attain immortality or prolong their lives.
He neither would nor wished to saddle himself with so many meaningless shackles and responsibilities for no reason.
If cultivating immortality didn't let me follow my heart and settle debts of gratitude and vengeance freely...
Then what the hell was the point of cultivating immortality!
"How dare you..."
"Arrogant fool!!!"
"Elder, there's no need to waste words on him..."
"First, seize this little wretch who dares look down on our Yanxia Cave Heaven!"
For a moment.
The Wang Family cultivators were both shocked and furious.
Their expressions turned icy, each brimming with murderous intent.
Even the elder of Yanxia Cave Heaven, seeing just how arrogant Taiyi was.
Not only did Taiyi completely disregard Yanxia Cave Heaven, but he had deliberately touched on the "sore spot" they refused to discuss, leaving the elder shocked and angry as well.
Previously, when the Desolate Ancient Jiang Family had come to demand an explanation, Yanxia Cave Heaven had meekly backed down, afraid to offend them, and had been forced into a humiliating compromise...
That had filled everyone in Yanxia Cave Heaven with righteous indignation, along with frustration and helplessness. It had already become an untouchable "taboo."
Whoosh...
Just then, the Wang Family's eldest young master flew forward, about to attack Taiyi.
But Taiyi's gaze turned cold.
Bang! He kicked viciously with his right foot.
A blood-drenched head flew straight into the air.
Wrapped in divine power, it hurtled like a meteor toward the Wang Family's eldest young master, who was about to charge at him.
"What?" The Wang Family's eldest young master's expression changed drastically.
Locked onto and unable to dodge, he struggled desperately to block it.
But he could not withstand it at all. With a scream, his entire body was blasted apart by the power contained within that head.
The bloody scene was horrifying.
Even the passersby watching from far away were stunned.
They were filled with fear and unease.
"Damn it, he's actually a Divine Bridge Realm cultivator?"
At this sight, Han Feng, the elder of Yanxia Cave Heaven, paled and stared in disbelief at the far-too-young Taiyi.
Without question, his opponent was at least a Divine Bridge Realm powerhouse.
For a moment, shock and anger mingled within him.
He was filled with apprehension.
"Attack!"
"Kill him!"
Seeing their own brother and fellow disciple killed so easily.
The cultivators of Yanxia Cave Heaven were horrified, yet also furious beyond measure, their murderous auras surging.
Whoosh... whoosh... Flying swords emerged from their Bitter Seas and shot straight toward Taiyi.
Even Elder Han Feng could not hold back from joining the attack.
Rumble- His Bitter Sea shone as he brought forth a great seal.
It transformed into an enormous mountain, its might terrifying.
It crashed down viciously upon Taiyi.
"You overestimate yourselves..."
Taiyi's gaze was icy.
His entire body shone, even his strands of hair.
He rose into the air, looking indifferently at these cultivators of Yanxia Cave Heaven.
Eighty-one blazing, sacred rays of holy light swirled around him, then shot outward.
Like a force sweeping through rotten wood, they effortlessly shattered the incoming flying swords. Even the mountain-like seal was torn apart and blasted into pieces.
The dazzling rays of holy light continued unabated, hurtling toward the cultivators of Yanxia Cave Heaven to kill them.
"No-" Amid the terrified, despairing, and defiant cries of these Life Spring cultivators.
The rays pierced them in an instant, blasting them to pieces.
Even Elder Han Feng was no exception. He had no power to resist whatsoever.
Sizzle... The scorching holy light evaporated their bones, flesh, and blood, reducing everything to drifting ash.
Nothing remained.
The sight sent shivers through onlookers, making their scalps prickle.
Chapter 15: Jiang Zhe's Tomb? The Jadeite Thumb Ring
"Gulp..."
"Is he an immortal?"
"Those Wang Family cultivators, and the immortal master from Yanxia Cave Heaven, were all killed in the blink of an eye..."
Inside the small town.
The townspeople on the streets had already scattered in fright.
But quite a few had hidden themselves to watch from afar, and at that moment, every one of them froze.
They gazed at that blazing figure wreathed in holy light, like a true deity, sacred and inviolable, impossible to look at directly.
They could not help but feel awe.
They were shaken beyond words.
"How dull..."
Taiyi's expression was indifferent.
He withdrew the dazzling holy light.
Having lost interest in strolling around, he lingered no longer and flew straight into the distance.
When cultivated to its utmost, the Primordial Origin Holy Light Technique.
Could produce one hundred and eight rays of holy light, uniting offense and defense and rendering the user impervious to all techniques.
At present, he had already cultivated eighty-one rays of holy light.
Although he was still far from complete mastery, reaching this level was already astonishing.
Normally, mastering such a secret technique with a mere Other Shore Realm cultivation would have been utterly impossible. Yet Taiyi had accomplished it through his own heaven-defying talent and comprehension.
If word reached the Yaoguang Holy Land, countless jaws would surely drop.
Outside the town, Taiyi suddenly sensed something and stopped.
He looked down and discovered a cemetery.
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