Part 2
“Fine.”
Su Huan agreed aloud and stepped forward alone.
All demon soldiers fell silent. The people around him looked at him in astonishment.
The Demon Lord Yin Li was shocked and said sadly, “Divine Lord, you mustn’t!”
Nangong Yi also stepped forward to stop him. “They are forcing you to die; why do you agree?”
Yin Li swept a cold glance over the thousands of demon soldiers who had developed disloyalty at some point. “I will clean up the house right now…”
Su Huan raised his hand to stop him.
He said, “My mistakes should naturally be borne by me.”
Nangong Yi frowned. “But…”
Su Huan comforted him with a gentle gaze and turned to look at the thousands of demon soldiers.
Brilliant golden light suddenly erupted from the mark on his brow, sprinkling toward everyone with the will of the god.
He said, “From today on, there will be no more demons in the world.”
Between heaven and earth, a golden light edict flew into the sky. His snow-white hair seemed to become a little lighter.
He said again, “Those who cultivate spiritual arts shall take saving the world and its people as their duty. Those who do evil shall bear the karmic retribution themselves.”
The second edict flew into the sky. His long snow hair became as faint as nothingness, a phantom floating with the wind.
Just then, a hand seized Su Huan’s wrist.
Su Huan turned back and met a pair of black eyes.
In an instant, he understood who the other party was.
Not a familiar face, but a familiar divine soul.
The youth gripped his wrist, his voice trembling, “Don’t say anymore…”
Tens of thousands of years of reincarnation had worn away most of the divine power. The first two divine edicts were already a strain. If the third one were forced, Ah Qing gege would really die.
At this moment, he wished he could take Ah Qing gege‘s place, but he had the divine status in name only, without the right to exercise divine power.
Because from the beginning, his authority was fixed in the Boundless Sea.
Su Huan patted his arm to comfort him and said the third edict firmly—
“Those who seek immortality and ask the Dao shall be judged by the magnitude of their merit, not by the level of their cultivation.”
Suddenly, a huge explosion sounded from the center of the secret realm.
The power was so great that the entire secret realm shook three times and began to collapse.
A trace of surprise flashed in Nangong Yi’s eyes, his face solemn. “Bad, the secret realm is starting to collapse. Let’s get out quickly!”
Once the secret realm collapsed, everyone inside would be sucked into the time-space rift and die without a doubt.
On the undulating hills, a figure slowly appeared, smilingly calling out to the Demon Lord: “Father.”
It was the Chief Disciple of the Xuanji Sect, Yinzhu.
Nangong Yi was shocked. The Chief Disciple of the Xuanji Sect is actually the Demon Lord’s son?!
The Demon Lord frowned at him, narrowing his eyes. “You want to kill me?”
A blood-red demon mark appeared on Yinzhu’s forehead. Although he was trembling with pain, he still smiled and said, “Yes. Only by killing you can I gain freedom.”
The Demon Lord scoffed. “With your cultivation, you can’t kill me.”
Yinzhu didn’t panic at all. He slowly revealed a sword and said, “I can’t kill you, but it can.”
Seeing the name of the sword clearly, the Demon Lord’s pupils shrank, and he looked abruptly at Su Huan.
Su Huan looked at the sword in his hand and frowned. “Chaoyang Divine Sword.”
Yinzhu turned his gaze to him. After seeing his face clearly, a trace of surprise flashed past, and the upward angle of his mouth was gradually smoothed out. “So the Divine Lord is really still alive. So you are the god, Junior Brother Su.”
Yinzhu swung his sword casually a few times. The swift divine power emitted cut several gullies through the thousands of troops, causing countless casualties instantly.
The Twelve Demon Generals were heartbroken. “If you want to kill the Demon Lord, kill him. Why hurt our own clansmen?!”
Yinzhu sneered, “For such a group of villains who deceive superiors and abuse children, allowing them to live until now is already my mercy.”
Hearing this, the Twelve Demon Generals all choked. The Demon Lord was thoughtful.
It seemed these clansmen were dissatisfied with him because of the Divine Lord matter but didn’t dare to act out, so they privately vented all their anger on his son.
Yinzhu no longer had a smile on his face. He looked at everyone present viciously and said, “Today, all of you must die!”
Several sword qi slashes were swung out again. The Demon Lord couldn’t dodge in time and was hit on the shoulder by one, his arm severed instantly.
The entire secret realm had collapsed by more than half. The great powers of the immortal sects scattered everywhere in the secret realm, unaware of the truth, thought it was a demon trick. They acted one after another, struggling to maintain the secret realm and opening teleportation channels for the disciples to exit quickly.
The demons weren’t so lucky. Beaten to pieces by the powerful sword qi, they were utterly defeated, looking fearfully at the young master they had once oppressed.
Amidst the chaos, a light sigh sounded.
A voice of emptiness and compassion rang in everyone’s ears.
He said, “This is the last time I will protect you.”
In an instant, a blinding white light engulfed everyone. Time seemed to stand still, and the whole world was left blank.
When everyone reacted, they had arrived at a divine temple.
After Nangong Yi came back to his senses, he looked at the white-haired youth who had fallen onto the divine throne, his emotions complex.
At this moment, the divine light was gone, and snow fell silently outside the hall.
Suddenly, a person stabbed the divine throne with a knife, shouting hatefully, “I don’t believe your nonsense, go die!”
“Ah Qing gege!”
“Divine Lord!”
“Fellow Daoist Su!”
Pu—
Su Huan was already exhausted. A knife suddenly pierced his heart, and he spat out a mouthful of blood abruptly.
Turning back to look at the other party, it was the youth who had shot an arrow at him.
The youth originally had the heart to die, but seeing Su Huan spit blood, he felt somewhat incredulous. The high-and-mighty god was actually really wounded by him?!
Seeing the god look over, he shrank back involuntarily, but soon ecstasy surged in his heart. He stabbed forcefully again: “Bullshit Divine Lord, go die!”
Xiao Jianming’s eyes were splitting with rage. He kicked the person off the divine throne. The Demon Lord reacted from his daze, turning the person to ashes with a wave of his sleeve, and knelt forward attempting to stop Su Huan’s injury, his voice filled with grief. “Divine Lord…”
Su Huan was dazed. After coming back to his senses, he slowly grasped the blade, using his remaining strength to say the last sentence—
“All edicts, execute immediately.”
Pu-chi—
The demon knife was pulled out.
When fresh blood splattered onto the divine throne, the swarming Demon Army inside the Divine Temple was annihilated in the blink of an eye by thunderbolts suddenly striking down from the sky.
The sin of regicide (killing a god) was a heinous crime.
Rolling thunder resounded through the entire cultivation world.
Every peal of thunder meant a person of great evil bearing their own karma and turning to ashes.
A sudden fast rain began to fall between heaven and earth, mixed with broken snow. Following a gust of cold wind blowing into the hall, a few grains of snow dust were scattered on the empty divine throne.
A drop of rain fell on the lotus center of the Divine Monarch’s forehead. The still-warm corpse slowly slid down the long steps. Everyone rushed forward in panic, but it was snatched away by a nameless disciple of the Xuanji Sect, disappearing without a trace overnight.
Seven days later, the Chaoyang Sword Spirit, who rushed over upon hearing the news, wept sorrowfully and angrily drove everyone out of the Divine Temple.
However, just as the last person stepped out of the Divine Temple, the entire temple collapsed with a loud crash instantly. After the flying dust settled, only a few ruins remained, leaving everyone astonished.
…
In the early spring of the coming year, cultivators of various sects had become accustomed to traveling everywhere, upholding justice. The common people lived and worked in peace and contentment, singing and dancing in times of peace. Everything was a harmonious scene.
It was just that, from now on, there would no longer be a god protecting them.
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