The giant monk was completely enveloped in a bloody glow, unable to move or break free, and let out a sharp scream,
"Lies! Lies! You tricked me, monk!"
Chen Xuantian kicked Snake Bone with his eyes closed,
"I didnât lie. I indeed didnât poison you, I just cast a small curse to temporarily activate the Power of Laws of this demonâs Enlightenment."
The giant monk was terrified, staring at the dense Blood Talismans emerging from Snake Bone surrounded by the intense bloody glow,
"Blood Talismans! Blood Talismans! Youâre not from Mystic Sect! You are the Supreme of the Divine Sect!"
Chen Xuantian sneered,
"Donât be so startled, itâs just a mere Primordial Spirit Method, everyone knows it, right?
But you arenât entirely wrong, I am indeed the Supreme of the Divine Sect part-time."
The giant monk was overwhelmed with shock and anger, still mad with fury,
"Cursed! This monk has been overly tolerant! You continue to torment me time and again! Do you really think this monk is easy to bully?
You shouldnât be so arrogant! Iâve long suspected you might pull something like this! I specifically left my Divine Soul here! The Stone Killing wonât be triggered! Your mana canât hold me for long!
If you want to make a move, then go ahead â OOO Oh oh oh ah ah ah ah!"
Before the giant monk could act, he screamed in agony, his pitch soaring.
Because the Sun had risen.
At 5:00 AM, the clouds cleared and the mist scattered. The great sun broke at dawn, a golden wheel leaped from the surface of the lake and rose slowly in the east. Thousands of golden rays spread from the lake surface, reflecting like mirror fragments, scattered across the skyâs morning light. As if drawn by some mystical force, they gathered around the giant monkâs body. Sunlight blazed, golden rays converged, and with a bang, the giant monk suddenly became a brilliant bonfire.
Chen Xuantian sat in a sea of dazzling golden light, slowly opened his eyes, his gaze reflecting the same radiant brightness, like two scorching beams illuminating directly, shooting out two Divine Lights, piercing into the burning fire and into the eyes of the giant monk, who was screaming in agony while struggling among flames and the serpentâs mouth,
"Of course I knew, and I knew youâd be cautious. I prepared a whole table of dishes for you last night, but who wouldâve thought, you wouldnât come even when invited into the trap. Today I specially revealed my true body to invite you, yet you were still wary, not daring to come in person.
Itâs a pity that although you were cautious, you underestimated me indeed. Iâve already broken your array once, yet you still hide your Dao Body in the array. And with dawn approaching, you still dare to emerge with a ghostly soul. Seriously think you can escape instantly and flee my grasp in case of an emergency?
Humph, with your meager tricks in the Evil Path, daring to jump back and forth in front of me, shaming yourself, now with the great sun at its zenith, the sunlight blazing alone, righteousness is at its peak, heavens counter your evil sorcery.
Although my cultivation is shallow, my Daoist practice is limited, borrowing only a stick of incenseâs worth of real solar flame, but within this stick of incenseâs worth, I am the greatest between the heaven and earth, with a flip of my hand, I break your magic, burn your divine form, destroy your soul, whether you believe it or not."
Bound by the serpentâs head demonic light, and further focused by the vast sunlight, the giant monkâs entire being seemed to melt away like a Snow Mountain, his whole body crumbling apart, no longer daring to speak stubbornly, only "Have mercy, have mercy..." OOO wailed endlessly.
Chen Xuantian said coldly,
"Youâve escaped from me several times; I must admit, you do have some skill. So I give you one last chance now, so no one can say I bullied you. Speak! How many people have you harmed!"
The giant monk, knowing the situation was dire, wouldâve kneeled in front of him long ago to kowtow if the bloody glow hadnât restrained him, howling, sobbing plaintively,
"Supreme deity, have mercy! Supreme deity, have mercy! I truly havenât harmed anyone! I am unlucky not to be able to join an orthodox sect, only able to learn some Left Dao magic, following in the footsteps of Immortal Palace to pick up corpses! Those people were all killed by the Nangong Family! Itâs none of my business!"
Chen Xuantian spoke righteously! A voice filled with anger burst forth!
"Daring Demon Path! Lies of a ghost, and still dare to deceive! You were not long ago feasting on tributes in Prince Nan Mansion! Now fled to the Southern Border to wreak havoc! Feasting and fattening yourself this well! How many innocents have you harmed!
It wasnât your order, how would a group of dimwitted barbarians from the Nangong Family know how to set that Infinite Purgatory! Decades of meticulous plotting, just waiting for that beast to break free from the array, to emerge and perpetrate harm! Hiding in the dark to fan the flames! Aiding tyranny! Still dare say youâre not harming people!
Besides with your ability, you dare not even enter the Sealing Demon Array, how could you know that beast would have a chance to break free! Speak! Who is behind guiding you, instructing you to set this trap! If not confessed honestly, Iâll destroy you!"
The giant monk was scorched, his skin and flesh erupted, letting out a loud, pained scream,
"Mercy! Mercy! Itâs really none of my business! It was all arranged by my master!"
Chen Xuantian frowned,
"Oh? Youâre already this old, and yet you still have a master? Trying to scare me, huh?"
The giant monk, roasted so that his bones began to crumble, kept sobbing,
"I-I truly have a master, a teacher named Wu Lian, now a protector under the Heavenly King. These things were all arranged by him for me to do. I beg Supreme to spare me a small mercy on behalf of my master."
Chen Xuantian made a calculation with his fingers, discovering that he couldnât calculate anything, and thus knew either this rascal was courting death, or was not lying, as the Wu Lian mentioned had some skills to block heavenly mechanisms. With this realization, he cheerfully flipped his hand,
"Alright, the debtor has a master, the creditor has a head, you may go."
"Youâre untrustworthy ah ah ah ahââ!"
The giant monk screamed miserably, then was burnt to ashes by sky-filled divine flames, exterminating his Primordial Spirit, obliterating his ghostly soul, all his cultivation turned to dust, directly transformed into a handful of ashes, scattered at the bow of the ship.
Chen Xuantian shrugged,
"I never said Iâd spare you if you confessed, how can you accuse me of being untrustworthy."
Ahem, alright, indeed Chen Xuantian really didnât lie. Nor did he intend to despise these minor heterodox outsidersâ thoughts. What he said to the monk earlier was truly heartfelt.
After all, of the saying, "Among three people walking, one must be my teacher," maybe even Evil Demons and Heretics have things worth learning and referencing. Heâs killed quite a few people himself, whatâs there to dislike about others?
Moreover, although that odd monk is a Mixed Cultivator, he did have the Divinity Transformation Realm, initially a transitional support, so he actually planned to make friends with people from the opposite sect after forming the Golden Core, gain confidence, and occasionally invite people out or team up to venture into dangerous zones.
Itâs just that plans canât keep up with changes...
Who wouldâve thought that the two intervening right now would be righteous partners, each more uprightly deviant, destiny hardened to a severe degree?
Especially after hearing Yang Yunzhao say Chan Zi was that blind person, Chen Xuantian almost felt his scalp numb, where would he still dare engage deeply with such rebellious ringleaders? He promptly and cheerfully eradicates the person, saves any displeasure when the blind person wakes up seeing him mingling with Demons and Spooks intricately...
Ahem, in short, since relations had soured and action was taken, cleaning up loose ends is necessary.
Thus, Chen Xuantian stood up, covered the serpent-head bone with canvas, then sailed towards the dock to retrieve the Dao Body hidden in the water prison by the odd monk.
After all, it was still a Great Treasure of Divinity Transformation...