Qing Chen suddenly took a great stride forward. A lotus bloomed in the empty air beneath his feet-a demon lotus as black as ink.
"I'll give you the words of an old enemy. They'll make a fitting inscription on your tombstone-"
"We cultivators possess nothing beyond ourselves. We sever love and loyalty, our ambition set on seeking the Dao."
"The Dao Path is treacherous; we sever our worldly ties. We follow the Dao alone, our resolve never wavering."
"If we cannot attain the Dao, what joy is there in life? When our souls return to the nine heavens, what suffering is there in death!"
With every line he recited, his aura surged higher!
The Demon Lotus Platform blazed with dark light, its petals bursting into bloom. Its flow actually reversed, beginning to devour the vast pressure of the Buddhist Sect's divine will around it!
"I rose from the humblest beginnings, and today I stand upon the crest of the tide-"
"Underhanded schemes are mine, and so are open stratagems and the great Dao! The world slanders me, fears me, hates me-"
"So what?!"
His black robes snapped in the wind as he raised a hand and pointed at Hui'an.
"When you see me again, you'll still have to kneel before me!"
"Kneel before me!!!"
At the same moment-
"ROOOAR-!!!"
The immortality true blood within him boiled. Boundless blood-red light shot into the sky behind him, swiftly condensing into a Lawless Devil Aspect more than six hundred zhang tall, its feet planted upon a sea of blood and a devil dragon coiled around its body!
The Devil Aspect threw back its head and roared, its murderous intent sweeping explosively in all directions!
Below, the two hundred thousand demon lotus cultivators, whose minds had been shaken by the Buddhist chanting, felt their