Chapter 85: Causality

Inside the City Lord’s Mansion, a group of Eternal True Gods remained vigilant at all times, fearing an attack from the Heart Shadow Sect.

“They’ve made a move!”

“Luo He has made a move and killed the Eternal True God of the Heart Shadow Sect.”

“Another strike, and he destroyed a super-large mechanical treasure! With just one strike! This is his true power—far more terrifying than General Yong!”

The entire Huyang City resembled a massive mechanical fortress, with the City Lord’s Mansion at its core, capable of monitoring the activity within the city at all times. Especially when Luo Feng made his move, it was done without any concealment! The City Lord’s Mansion naturally witnessed everything clearly.

The divine power incarnations of the leaders of the Five Great Families gathered together, watching the scene recorded from the recent clash.

“Divine Lord Luo He’s strike tore open such a long spatial rift! The power is terrifying, no wonder he could kill Xue Yun.” Magili Xiao watched in awe; his strength was far inferior to Xue Yun’s.

And this strike was even more powerful than Xue Yun’s!

“Divine Lord Luo He probably killed Xue Yun with just a few strikes outside the city!” The Huyang City Lord marveled.

“Incredible, truly incredible.” The leader of the Wu Clan was equally excited, “Now that Divine Lord Luo He has turned against the Heart Shadow Sect, it’s great news for us—we’ve gained a powerful ally.”

“Luo He turning against the Heart Shadow Sect doesn’t necessarily mean he will help us,” the leader of the Mei Wu Clan said. “Don’t forget, he previously demanded a price of 1 billion Cosmos Sand for his services.”

“No matter what, as long as he’s against the Heart Shadow Sect, it’s a good thing for us,” said an elder with white hair.

“City Lord, quickly contact Luo He and see if he needs assistance,” Magili Xiao reminded.

The Huyang City Lord nodded and immediately reached out to Luo Feng.

“Luo He, my brother, you’ve turned against the Heart Shadow Sect, and your situation is dangerous. You can escape to the City Lord’s Mansion. Once you’re inside, with your help, the Heart Shadow Sect won’t be able to break through,” the Huyang City Lord conveyed. “You could also escape the city; the elite forces sent by Lord Hou are waiting outside to support you.”

“No need, the Heart Shadow Sect can’t do anything to me,” Luo Feng replied.

The Huyang City Lord insisted, “I know the Divine Lord’s power is formidable, but the Heart Shadow Sect still has the foundation of a Divine King-level sect. Even in decline, they shouldn’t be underestimated.”

“If I need help, I’ll ask for it,” Luo Feng responded.

“Very well, just say the word! The elite forces outside will act immediately; getting you out won’t be difficult,” the Huyang City Lord said.

After ending the communication, the Huyang City Lord looked at his four companions.

“How did it go?” The four companions were unaware of the conversation.

“Luo He said he doesn’t need our help,” the Huyang City Lord replied with a self-deprecating smile. “He also said the Heart Shadow Sect can’t do anything to him.”

“Not even the Heart Shadow Sect? No wonder he never cared about our Five Great Families,” the leader of the Mei Wu Clan couldn’t help but comment.

“With his strength, unless someone at the Chaos-level intervenes, who could threaten him?” Magili Xiao shook his head.

“One-on-one, they might not be able to do anything to him, but the Heart Shadow Sect has many methods. No Eternal True God can withstand an all-out attack from the Heart Shadow Sect,” the Huyang City Lord said. “Divine Lord Luo He probably only has a chance to escape.”

“Being able to escape from the Heart Shadow Sect is already impressive,” Magili Xiao said.

“I’ve also shared this information with the elite forces outside,” the Huyang City Lord added. “If Luo He truly falls into a desperate situation, the elite forces will act immediately to rescue him. At that point, Luo He will owe us a debt of gratitude!”

The leaders of the Five Great Families watched the monitoring screens of the entire city, observing the unfolding situation.

…

The Seven Flames Tower was one of the nine great smithing shops established by disciples of the Tianyan Sect. It was jointly founded by seven of Entropy Tianyan’s most outstanding personal disciples. Among the nine smithing shops, it was the strongest, with the most apprentices.

“Boom.” “Boom.” “Boom.”

Three Eternal True Gods leisurely walked in. With just a flick of a finger or a wave of a hand, the craftsmen, apprentices, and customers in three areas of the Seven Flames Tower turned to dust, leaving only remnants of artifacts.

“Hand over all the treasures. Those who resist will die!” The eyes of the three Eternal True Gods swept across the entire Seven Flames Tower. Many cultivators inside were furious, as among the dead were their relatives and friends.

But facing the might of the Heart Shadow Sect, rushing forward blindly was just courting death.

Seeing that no cultivator dared to resist, the three Eternal True Gods were satisfied and turned to head towards another nearby commercial power. “On to the next one.”

“Junior Brother Zhang, you don’t need to slaughter indiscriminately; those Void True Gods wouldn’t dare resist anyway,” said a gray-clad figure patrolling outside.

“Senior Brother Qiu, using slaughter to instill fear will make the plundering faster. Also, to comprehend the Path of Destruction, one must frequently kill to grasp the heart of destruction.” The smallest of the three Eternal True Gods spoke. “Our Heart Shadow Sect’s foundational legacy is the Path of Destruction.”

“You and I haven’t reached the Chaos-level, yet you’re already thinking about the Path of Destruction?” The gray-clad figure shook his head.

“With a heart of destruction, comprehending our sect’s legacy becomes easier.”

“Senior Brother Qiu, if you’re unwilling to slaughter, just stand aside and watch.”

The three Eternal True Gods left with disdain.

The gray-clad figure watched the scene.

“According to legend, Boundary Beasts born from the Path of Destruction only knew destruction, and in the end, were hunted down by the various forces of the Origin Continent. Only the one in the Tianmu Kingdom, who became a servant and dared not kill recklessly, survived,” the gray-clad figure, Qiu Yi, sighed inwardly. “The Heart Shadow Sect acts recklessly; last time, they accidentally killed the bloodline of the Great Sage Jiuyuan, provoking him to attack, which led to the sect’s decline…”

“Even now, the Heart Shadow Sect hasn’t learned its lesson, remaining stubborn and unrepentant.”

“Well, the ancestor who founded the Heart Shadow Sect also comprehended the Path of Destruction. The five Divine King-level legacies he left behind all contain the Path of Destruction,” the gray-clad figure shook his head slightly, “But the ancestor is dead!”

“Reckless destruction will only lead to self-destruction in the end.”

“My master was kind to me; without him, I wouldn’t be where I am today. So I crossed five Divine Kingdom territories to return, just to help the sect establish a stronghold.” The gray-clad figure looked around, “But I really don’t like the environment of the Heart Shadow Sect.”

“Once the sect establishes its stronghold this time, I’ll consider my debt repaid, and I won’t need to return again.” The gray-clad figure murmured to himself.

Suddenly—

The gray-clad figure’s pupils contracted as he saw a cold, stern figure in a black robe appear.

As this figure appeared, an invisible blade aura naturally spread out, enveloping the world!

“It’s Luo He! The top-tier Eternal True God of Yuguo?” The gray-clad figure’s heart trembled, “Indeed, stronger than me.”

Qiu Yi was confident.

But upon seeing Divine Lord Luo He, he immediately understood he was no match.

However, upon seeing Divine Lord Luo He, he immediately understood that he was no match.

After Luo Feng emerged from the void, he swept his gaze around, causing all the disciples of the Heart Shadow Sect to tremble with fear.

“Divine Lord Luo He.” The blacksmiths and apprentices in the Seven Flames Tower were excited. As disciples of the Tianyan Sect, most of them were familiar with Luo Feng.

“Has the Heart Shadow Sect been slaughtering people?” Luo Feng’s gaze swept over the scattered storage artifacts and weapon treasures on the ground.

“They indeed committed slaughter.” A blacksmith immediately spoke up, using his divine power to manifest the scene of the massacre carried out by the three Eternal True Gods just moments ago. “As soon as they arrived, they started killing without saying a word.”

Luo Feng nodded after watching the displayed slaughter scene. “I understand.”

His Life and Death Domain had already enveloped a vast area, covering the location of those three Eternal True Gods.

With a single thought from Luo Feng—

“Boom.”

The three Eternal True Gods were instantly restrained and, still somewhat bewildered, were forcibly transported into the Seven Flames Tower.

The three of them looked around in shock at the blacksmiths, apprentices, and customers within the Seven Flames Tower, as well as at Luo Feng in his black robe.

“Divine Lord Luo He, Divine Lord Luo He, our Heart Shadow Sect holds you in the highest regard,” the three Eternal True Gods tried to flatter him.

Suddenly—

Inside Huyang City, all the Heart Shadow Sect disciples received a message.

“All disciples, hear the order: Divine Lord Luo He has destroyed one of our super-large mechanical treasures and has become a mortal enemy of the Heart Shadow Sect! If you see Divine Lord Luo He, flee immediately!” The command had already been issued.

The higher-ups of the Heart Shadow Sect reacted quickly, knowing that ordinary disciples would be nothing but cannon fodder in front of Divine Lord Luo He, so they only instructed them to escape.

“Run, run, run.”

“Hurry, escape.” The surrounding Heart Shadow Sect disciples, terrified, fled in a frenzy.

As for the three Eternal True Gods restrained in midair, they were filled with despair. “It’s over!”

“Divine Lord Luo He…” The three of them still tried to speak, hoping that Divine Lord Luo He would spare them.

Luo Feng looked at them but couldn’t be bothered to respond.

“Buzz.”

The power of the Life and Death Domain flowed, life and death intertwined. The three Eternal True Gods seemed to be crushed by a Taiji millstone, ground into powder, and killed on the spot.

The blacksmiths, apprentices, and customers who witnessed this scene with their own eyes were thrilled.

“Well done.”

“They deserved to die.”

They had long been filled with hatred.

“Let’s go.” Luo Feng waved his hand, collecting all the cultivators in the Seven Flames Tower. With a step, he traversed the void to the next smithing shop.

After Luo Feng left, the distant Heart Shadow Sect disciples finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the fleeing super-large mechanical treasure also came to a halt.

“Is this the power of Divine Lord Luo He?” These disciples trembled in fear.

In the distance, the unremarkable gray-clad man, Qiu Yi, watched this scene. “Junior Brother Zhang, I warned you not to slaughter recklessly. In this world, there is causality. For every cause, there is an effect.”

…

Chaos Armor District, Heart Shadow Sect Headquarters.

The Sect Master of the Heart Shadow Sect and the Eighteen Elders had gathered. Some were present in person, while others were represented by their divine power incarnations.

“Sect Master, Luo He has already made a move against our Heart Shadow Sect. At the Moyu Smithing Shop, he killed a total of twelve Eternal True Gods,” an elder said anxiously. “At this point, are we still going to endure this?”

“Why did he suddenly make a move?” the Sect Master of the Heart Shadow Sect asked urgently.

“Moyu Smithing Shop was established by Moyu Liuxing, the younger brother of Luo He’s servant, Moyu Qingyan,” an elder explained. “Our Heart Shadow Sect disciple, Chan Wuqi, was in charge of collecting the treasures and killed a group of cultivators at the Moyu Smithing Shop, including Moyu Liuxing.”

“The younger brother of a servant?” The Sect Master of the Heart Shadow Sect frowned. “Is he really turning against our Heart Shadow Sect just for his servant’s younger brother?”

Many elders also felt that Divine Lord Luo He was being overly reckless.

“When Luo He arrived at the Moyu Smithing Shop, he first killed Chan Wuqi. At that time, the nearby super-large mechanical treasure ‘Black Fire Beast’ only asked him a question, and Luo He destroyed it with a single strike, killing the eleven Eternal True Gods and numerous disciples inside. He even said, ‘How dare you speak when I’m doing something? You’re courting death.’ This Luo He is truly too mad,” one elder said.

The other elders were also furious. Divine Lord Luo He had utterly disregarded them.

The Sect Master of the Heart Shadow Sect hesitated.

“I’ll contact Luo He,” the Sect Master said.

“Contact him? For what?” Elder Xin Yan interjected. “At this point, Sect Master, are you still going to endure this?”

“Luo He has made another move!”

The Sect Master of the Heart Shadow Sect and the Eighteen Elders saw through the sect’s grand formation that Luo Feng had appeared at the Seven Flames Tower and had crushed three of the Heart Shadow Sect’s Eternal True Gods to death.

“He openly killed three of our Eternal True Gods! Sect Master, are you still going to endure this?”

“Sect Master, if you can endure this, I can’t!”

“Sect Master!”

One by one, the elders felt their anger boiling and were no longer willing to tolerate it.

The Sect Master of the Heart Shadow Sect watched this scene, summoning the scattered disciples back. The Heart Shadow Sect had been in disarray, barely held together to establish a stronghold for the sect. If they continued to endure while Divine Lord Luo He carried out such open and repeated killings, the disciples of the Heart Shadow Sect would become even more disillusioned.

“If we don’t take action, the disciples of the Heart Shadow Sect will lose their morale.”

“If we fear even a single Divine Lord Luo He, how can we fight the Jiugang Marquis’ army?”

Most of the elders were no longer willing to endure.

The Sect Master of the Heart Shadow Sect sighed inwardly.

The situation had escalated beyond his control.

“Very well!” The Sect Master’s three eyes were filled with killing intent as he spoke, “We’ve given Divine Lord Luo He enough face, but he has trampled on the dignity of our Heart Shadow Sect. We can no longer be blamed for what comes next.”

“Before the great battle, let’s first use Divine Lord Luo He for practice. This time, make sure to kill him! Don’t let him escape!”

“Yes!”

The Eighteen Elders responded in unison.

Even though a few elders still harbored doubts, once the Sect Master gave the order, all of them set aside their concerns. The entire Heart Shadow Sect was now united in their resolve to eliminate the arrogant Divine Lord Luo He.