Chu Yang stepped into the valley with his newly accepted fourth disciple, Mo Li. The Chaos Spiritual Power circulated silently, nourishing her shattered Meridians and suppressing the violent Sword Intent. Mo Li remained silent, but the spark of sword light in her dead eyes seemed to stabilize slightly, no longer flickering like a candle in the wind.
"Master!" Qing Xue, Yu Yin, and Song Jiaojiao greeted him in unison, their gazes curiously falling upon Mo Li.
Chu Yang nodded slightly and said to Leng Wei, "I must trouble Elder to guard the Sect."
Leng Wei responded coolly, "It is my duty." Her gaze lingered on Mo Li for a moment, a hint of surprise flashing through her eyes; this woman's condition was troublesome even for her.
Chu Yang said no more. With a wave of his sleeve, an invisible Dao Rhyme enveloped everyone, and in the next moment, they appeared on the plaza before the Scripture Conveying Hall.
His gaze swept over the four female disciples: Qing Xue, cold as snow; Yu Yin, gentle as jade; Jiao Jiao, fierce as fire; and Mo Li, silent as stillness. All were Hidden Dragons in the Abyss, and he was quite satisfied. The foundation of the Reincarnation Sect was being solidified bit by bit.
"From today onward, you four must cultivate diligently and help each other," Chu Yang's voice was calm but carried unquestionable majesty. "Qing Xue, as the Eldest Senior Sister, you must set an example and reach Foundation Establishment as soon as possible."
"Yu Yin, do not neglect the Pill Dao. I will give you the Foundation Establishment Pill formula and Medicinal Herbs later."
"Jiao Jiao, your foundation is the most unstable. You must temper your Qi and Blood with the foundational Body Tempering Art. Once stable, I will teach you the Xingtian Battle Art."
"Mo Li..." Chu Yang looked at the slender girl with her head bowed, his tone softening. "Your injuries are the most severe. For now, stay with your Master. I will use Chaos Spiritual Power to nurture your Meridians and suppress your Sword Intent. When the time is right, I will reforge your foundation for you."
The four women responded in unison, "We strictly obey Master's command!"
Chu Yang could feel that as these four disciples, each bearing a special destiny or physique, officially took their places, the Sect Destiny subtly solidified once more. This even deepened his own comprehension of the Chaos Great Dao by a fraction. A thought moved in his mind, and he checked his own status.
Host: Chu Yang
Cultivation Level: Peak Heavenly Venerable Realm. Affected by Sect Destiny and disciple feedback, the Bottleneck has loosened. Can attempt to charge toward the next realm.
Cultivation Method: Chaos Heaven Opening Art. Minor Accomplishment.
Sect: Reincarnation Sect. Destiny has begun to gather.
Disciples: 4/???
The Bottleneck loosened? A sharp glint flashed in Chu Yang's eyes. Above the Heavenly Venerable Realm was the Saint Venerable! This world had not heard of a Saint Venerable emerging for countless ages! If he could break through, the Reincarnation Sect would truly possess the capital to stand at the pinnacle of this world!
Just as he was about to instruct the disciples to cultivate separately while he prepared for Secluded Cultivation to break through the Bottleneck, his expression suddenly hardened. His gaze shot toward the direction of Qingyang City, his eyes instantly turning as cold as millennia-old Profound Ice!
"How audacious!"
A surging, overwhelming rage rose from him as if it were tangible, stirring the winds and clouds of the valley! The temperature throughout the entire Reincarnation Sect plummeted instantly, and even the Spiritual Rain scattered by the Spirit Gathering Array Disk seemed to freeze!
Qing Xue and the others were stunned by this sudden, terrifying pressure, struggling to breathe, and looked at their Master in horror.
Leng Wei's expression also turned solemn: "Sect Master?"
Chu Yang did not reply. His Divine Sense had already pierced through the Void Space, clearly "seeing" the scene unfolding in Qingyang City—
The Lin Family Mansion, the main hall for discussions.
Lin Xiao sat upright in the main seat, his face terrifyingly gloomy. Below him, Lin Yuan and the assembled Elders stood with bowed heads; the atmosphere was oppressive.
"Trash! All of you are trash!" Lin Xiao violently smashed his teacup into Powdered Dust. "It's one thing for that Yu Yin! But now, even that sickly seedling Murong Bai is bringing people to fawn over that so-called Reincarnation Sect! You have utterly disgraced the Lin Family!"
His chest rose and fell violently, his eyes filled with Malicious Aura. "Furthermore, news from Wan'er indicates that although she is valued in the Azure Cloud Sect, the competition is fierce, and she urgently needs resources to support herself! Since that Reincarnation Sect refuses to be sensible, don't blame me for being ruthless!"
His gaze swept over Lin Yuan: "Lin Yuan, are you certain the Reincarnation Sect's base is in that area of the Demonic Beast Mountain Range?"
Lin Yuan quickly replied, "Home Master, it's more or less certain! Although the Formation Array is formidable, the Blood Dove Elder's final aura disappeared right there! Moreover, according to our scouts, the flow of Spiritual Qi in that area is abnormal; there must be something fishy going on!"
"Good!" A sinister smile appeared on Lin Xiao's face. "Since they refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit, don't blame me for striking at the root! Issue the order: mobilize the family's 'Black Nightmare Guards,' led personally by you and the Great Elder, and bring that 'Formation Breaking Cone' left by the Old Ancestor! Forcefully blast open that Reincarnation Sect's turtle shell! Bring everyone inside back to me, especially that Yu Yin! If they resist... kill them without question!"
Killing intent flared in his eyes: "I want everyone to know what happens in Qingyang City when one offends my Lin Family!"
"Yes!" Lin Yuan and a gray-robed Elder who had been meditating with closed eyes—the Lin Family's Great Elder at the Perfection of Foundation Establishment—simultaneously accepted the order, cold light flickering in their eyes.
...
Within the Reincarnation Sect, Chu Yang withdrew his Divine Sense. The anger on his face had transformed into an icy, frozen killing intent.
"The Lin Family... it seems it is time for a complete reckoning," he said calmly, yet the air around him seemed to freeze.
He had originally planned to wait until the Sect was more stable and his disciples had grown before slowly dealing with these clowns. He never expected them to dare to attack first and try to harm his disciples!
A dragon has a Reverse Scale; touching it invites wrath! And Chu Yang's Reverse Scale was his nascent Sect and the disciples under him!
"Master?" Qing Xue felt that terrifying killing intent and spoke with concern.
Chu Yang glanced at them, his tone brooking no argument: "You all remain in the Sect, guarded by Elder Leng. Your Master will return shortly."
Before his voice faded, he took a step, and his figure vanished from the spot, directly piercing through the Chaos Concealment Great Array and appearing high above the periphery of the Demonic Beast Mountain Range!
He did not conceal his aura. The Vastness of his Peak Heavenly Venerable Realm pressure descended upon the world like a waking ancient divine mountain! Clouds scattered, and the sun and moon lost their light. All the myriad Demonic Beasts in the forest below, regardless of rank, prostrated themselves, trembling, emitting fearful Lamentations!
Simultaneously, the Black Nightmare Guards, led by Lin Yuan and the Great Elder, nearly a hundred elite cultivators (minimum Late Qi Refining, most at Foundation Establishment), were advancing mightily toward the mountain range. In the hands of the gray-robed Great Elder was a black bone cone radiating a sharp, destructive aura—the Formation Breaking Cone!
However, just as they stepped into the mountain range area and prepared to search for Array Nodes, that terrifying pressure, like the descent of Heavenly Majesty, suddenly bore down upon all their hearts!
Thud! Thud!
Except for Lin Yuan at Late Foundation Establishment and the Great Elder at Perfection of Foundation Establishment who managed to remain standing, all other Black Nightmare Guard members instantly collapsed to the ground like dumplings. Their faces were deathly pale, blood seeped from their seven orifices, and they couldn't even muster a thought of resistance!
"This... this is... what?!" Lin Yuan looked up at the sky in terror, seeing a Green Robe Figure standing with his hands behind his back high above. His face was Mundane, but his eyes were like a divine spirit controlling life and death, looking down upon them indifferently.
The gray-robed Great Elder was also terrified out of his wits; the Formation Breaking Cone in his hand trembled: "Heav... Heavenly Venerable?! Impossible! How can a Heavenly Venerable exist in this world?!"
Chu Yang had no intention of wasting words on them.
To insult my Sect and attempt to harm my disciples can only be washed away with blood!
He slowly raised his right hand and gently pressed downward toward the Lin Family elite below, and the Formation Breaking Cone in their hands.
There was no magnificent Spiritual Light, no earth-shattering spectacle.
It was merely the simplest, purest application of Great Dao rules—Deprivation and Annihilation!
"Buzz—!"
The space within several miles instantly solidified! All laws were forcibly rewritten at this moment!
Under the despairing gaze of Lin Yuan and the gray-robed Great Elder, the Cultivation Bases they relied upon flowed away from their bodies like a tide, dissipating! The Spiritual Power they had painstakingly condensed over hundreds of years was instantly stripped away!
The Dharma Artifacts and Talismans in their hands, including that high-grade Formation Breaking Cone, seemed to have weathered millennia of erosion, silently turning into Powdered Dust and scattering with the wind!
And those nearly one hundred Black Nightmare Guards, along with their equipment, at the same instant, had their Physical Bodies disintegrate and their Divine Souls annihilated, completely vanishing into nothingness, as if they had never existed in this world!
With one press, Cultivation Bases were Confiscated, and existence was Annihilated!
The elite force the Lin Family had spent countless resources cultivating, along with the entire Cultivation Bases of the two Foundation Establishment experts, vanished into smoke under Chu Yang's casual press!
Lin Yuan and the gray-robed Great Elder collapsed on the ground, feeling the empty Dantian and Meridians within them. Looking at the empty forest around them, their faces were filled with extreme fear and bewilderment.
They... had become cripples?! A hundred years of hard cultivation, lost in a single morning!
Chu Yang's figure appeared before them like a phantom, his eyes icy cold: "I will spare your dog lives. Go back and tell Lin Xiao."
"Within three days, the entire Lin Family must cripple their own Cultivation Bases and flee Qingyang City."
"Otherwise, the Lin Family will be left with not a single living soul."
The voice was not loud, but it was like the final judgment, branded deep into their Divine Souls!
After speaking, Chu Yang did not even spare a glance for these two cripples resembling mud, turning and disappearing with a single step.
When a Heavenly Venerable is enraged, hundreds of miles are strewn with corpses, and Cultivation Bases are completely lost!
After this incident, the name Chu Yang of the Reincarnation Sect would no longer be mysterious, but would thoroughly shake all of Qingyang City, and even the wider territories, carrying Supreme Majesty and terror!
And Chu Yang could feel that as this surge of anger was vented, and by crushing the offending enemy with absolute power, the loosened Heavenly Venerable Bottleneck within him seemed to have cracked open a larger fissure!
The Saint Venerable Realm seemed within reach.
Chapter Twenty-Three End