Han Xuanji's words were calm and even, yet they struck Li Wentian like a thunderclap.
"Exterminate... exterminate the Devil Seed?!"
Li Wentian's pupils suddenly contracted, and his voice trembled.
"Senior, spare my life!"
Li Wentian reacted instantly, then knelt down with a thud, his forehead hitting the cold ground heavily.
"Although I am the sect leader of the Heaven-Swallowing Devil Sect, I have never personally committed any heinous acts. I am merely a figurehead in the Heaven-Swallowing Devil Sect. I beg you, senior, to show leniency."
Even the white-haired old man felt a pang of pity; in reality, without Li Wentian, their lives would have been far worse.
"Killing him would only alert the Heaven-Devouring Patriarch prematurely. Does Senior have a better plan?"
Han Xuanji shook his head slightly and explained:
"When did I say I was going to kill him?"
Upon Li Wentian breathed a sigh of relief.
He didn't want to die so hastily.
Han Xuanji raised his right hand, a wisp of clear light swirling around his fingertips, and his Double Pupils revealed the extremely hidden Devil Seed in every detail.
My fingertips lightly touched my brow.
Buzz--!
A gentle yet boundless power, like the first ray of sunshine in early spring, instantly surged into Li Wentian's body.
Li Wentian felt no pain; instead, he experienced an unprecedented sense of coolness.
It was as if a clear spring had been poured into a murky swamp.
"Ah--!"
However, just as that clear stream touched the Devil Seed deep within his Dantian...
A sudden change has occurred!
The jet-black Devil Seed seemed to sense a deadly threat and suddenly erupted with a blinding blood-red light.
Han Xuanji snorted coldly, his Double Pupils shining brightly.
The power that surged into Li Wentian's body was like the most precise scalpel, cutting away the Devil Seed with unparalleled accuracy!
This is largely thanks to Han Xuanji's previous signing in to the " Heaven-Devouring Devil Cultivation Method," making him quite familiar with this Cultivation Method.
He should be the second person in the entire Heaven-Swallowing Devil Sect to master the true Heaven-Devouring Devil Cultivation Method.
"Puff--"
As Li Wentian suddenly spat out a mouthful of foul blood, his body trembled violently.
But at the same time, an indescribable sense of ease instantly swept over my entire body.
It was as if an immense burden had been lifted.
"Ha ha."
Li Wentian, panting, suddenly burst into laughter.
His cultivation level dropped, but that didn't matter.
He looked at Han Xuanji, his eyes filled with unbelievable ecstasy:
"It's gone, really gone, thank you so much, senior!"
" The Devil Seed has been eradicated?"
The white-haired old man and the other imprisoned Immortal Ascension experts witnessed this unbelievable scene.
They were well aware of the terrifying nature of the Devil Seed. Ordinary cultivators couldn't even detect Devil Seed existence, but these Immortal Ascension cultivators could. However, if they forcibly removed it, at best their cultivation would be completely destroyed, and at worst their souls would be annihilated.
Unexpectedly, Han Xuanji to completely eliminate it with such ease.
If that's the case...
Can the Devil Seed within them also be removed?
Just as the white-haired old man and the other imprisoned Immortal Ascension were about to speak...
On the ground, deep within the Devil Palace, an overwhelming killing intent suddenly erupted!
"Damn it! Who did this?!"
The Heaven-Devouring Patriarch was utterly enraged.
Li Wentian was the furnace he had carefully nurtured, as this was crucial to his Dao Path.
The sudden loss of the Devil Seed was like a knife twisting in his heart!
Li Wentian's heart skipped a beat; it was the voice of the Devouring Ancestor.
He's awake?
"Getting anxious?"
Han Xuanji smiled.
He remained calm and quickly removed the Devil Seed from the remaining cultivators at the Immortal Ascension Realm.
This completely pinpointed the location of the Heaven-Devouring Patriarch.
Previously, Han Xuanji had used the Heaven-Shrouding Technique to completely block the aura, which kept the Heaven-Devouring Patriarch in the dark.
However, with the auras of many Devil Seed severed, the Heaven-Devouring Patriarch finally noticed the anomaly.
His house was completely robbed.
The base is about to explode.
Above the sky, the sea of clouds churned, Heaven-Devouring Patriarch seemed to have summoned the Thunder God, causing a terrifying phantom of Devil God to manifest in the sky, looking down upon the world.
The other Immortal Ascension cultivators of the Heaven-Swallowing Devil Sect were alarmed, wondering what had happened to provoke such great anger from the Heaven-Devouring Patriarch.
"You thief, come out here!"
The voice of the Heaven-Devouring Patriarch echoed from the palace, reverberating throughout the heavens and earth.
"I'm going to skin you alive and pull out your tendons!"
At the same time, all the Ascended Immortal experts from the Heaven-Swallowing Devil Sect Immortal Ascension together.
"The patriarch has ordered the capture of the thief!"
"All disciples, prepare for battle!"
In an instant, all the cultivators in the entire Devil Palace and even the entire holy city were alarmed.
Many people were hearing the voice of the Heaven-Devouring Patriarch for the first time and were speculating about who had broken in.
"You're allowed to send people to invade, but I'm not allowed to come and visit?"
Han Xuanji's voice rang out, unusually calm, yet it caused all the cultivators' expressions to change.
Utterly arrogant!
This is the most arrogant person the Heaven-Swallowing Devil Sect has encountered in ten thousand years.
Suddenly, the gates of a palace deep within the Devil Palace opened.
A man dressed in gold stepped out. He had a heroic face, and behind him surged phantom images of weapons, as if a war god had been born.
"Ridiculous! You dare come to the Holy City? I see you're already courting Dao of Death!"
The valiant man spoke and quickly spotted Han Xuanji at the entrance of the Devil Palace, his presence barely perceptible.
His only response was a Heaven-Reaching Sword.
boom--
The enormous Devil Palace was struck by the sword light, and even though countless magic arrays were activated to block it, they were instantly destroyed.
Many disciples of the Heaven-Swallowing Devil Sect stared in disbelief, unable to believe their eyes.
The valiant man from earlier was also one of the Saint Venerable of the Heaven-Swallowing Devil Sect, with extraordinary cultivation. He hadn't gone to the Nine Provinces because he was in seclusion to comprehend a Secret Method. It was assumed that this Saint Venerable would be able to capture this mysterious person with his own efforts.
But only for a fleeting moment.
This once-powerful and influential Saint Venerable has fallen.
The next second.
Rumble--
Above the sea of clouds, a giant face coalesced, occupying most of the sky, making everything in the world seem extremely small.
At the same time, countless cultivators of the Heaven-Swallowing Devil Sect felt that most of their life force had been drained away.
Even some high-ranking experts who Tribulation Transcendence or Immortal Ascension were pale-faced and depleted of their Qi and Blood.
Many people were already feeling panicked. If the Heaven-Devouring Patriarch continued to absorb their power, they would probably be gone before this powerful figure even died.
At this moment, Li Wentian and the others who were imprisoned came to the ground and stared at the giant face, speechless with astonishment.
This was the first time he had seen the Heaven-Devouring Patriarch unleash his full power, and the terrifying pressure he felt was a kind of oppression he had never experienced before.
" The Heaven-Devouring Old Devil is probably close to the Earth Immortal realm."
The white-haired old man had a solemn expression.
Back then, their Nine Luminaries Divine Sect was personally attacked and destroyed by the Heaven-Devouring Patriarch. The Heaven-Devouring Patriarch used this move to directly kill their strongest ancestor.
Even the Heaven-Devouring Patriarch didn't possess such power back then!
How did you do that?
An aged voice resounded from the heavens, as if a deity were speaking.
The fact that the Devil Seed could be eradicated silently was beyond his comprehension.
Han Xuanji slightly raised his head, and his voice resounded throughout the heavens and earth:
"You don't need to know any of this. All you need to know is that the Heaven-Swallowing Devil Sect will cease to exist from this day forward."