Just a Useful Pawn in the Stain Sect

RUMBLE!

As soon as Minor Metal finished speaking, Ye Guyue, whose mind had long been invaded by the Heart Demon, did not hesitate to detonate himself along with all his Spiritual Treasures!

The Master of Heaven Mending Peak was dumbfounded.

"Ah?"

Before he could react, the devastating storm caused by the self-detonation slammed heavily into the Vast Ocean he had created with his Abilities, causing him to let out a muffled groan on the spot.

In an instant, the surging gold and white storm swept out like a death by a thousand cuts, nearly shredding his Ability, Chiru Fish, to pieces. On top of that, the Spiritual Treasure that Ye Guyue had used his life to Refine, the Nine-Child Mother Celestial Demon Sword, also exploded at this moment. The blast ruptured his Dharma Body, sending him plummeting from the sky.

He thought, "Maniac! A lunatic from the Sword Pavilion!"

The Master of Heaven Mending Peak was both shocked and furious, his mind filled with endless confusion. He thought, "Why did you just blow yourself up? I only just suppressed you. You could have still struggled a bit.

"Who knows, maybe you could have broken free?

"You weren’t one of those Foundation-Stage Cultivators with no hope of reincarnation. You had reached Mid-stage Foundation Establishment Perfection and had a clear shot at becoming a Great Trueman. Why would you throw away such a bright path on the Dao?

"I completely do not understand!"

Ye Guyue’s sudden self-detonation not only severely injured the Master of Heaven Mending Peak but also temporarily shook his Dao Foundation, which was already a massive problem concerning his path on the Dao.

However, what was done was done. The Master of Heaven Mending Peak could only swallow this bitter pill. At the same time, he decisively retracted all the radiant light of his Abilities, completely unwilling to make another move. After all, he still had ambitions of becoming a Great Trueman. His intervention this time was solely to mend his relationship with Fortune, and he certainly wasn’t going to risk his own Dao Foundation for it.

"Never mind.

"Since Ye Guyue is already dead, only a Jiangnan Loose Cultivator remains. Even without me, given Wu Cang and Tuanxu’s Cultivation, it shouldn’t be difficult for them to Slash him..."

The Master of Heaven Mending Peak waited patiently for a moment.

Soon, the thick fog dispersed, revealing the battlefield. He was immediately stunned, for as far as the eye could see, the battlefield was in absolute ruins!

The Forbidden Array and Magic Altar that had just been set up were all smashed to pieces without exception. Even the Spirit Vein was severed, making it impossible to re-establish the array in the short term. The Qi Refining Disciples had suffered countless casualties. Meanwhile, in midair, Wu Cang and Tuanxu stood side by side, but Master Xiao Hai was nowhere to be seen.

"Where is he!?" the Master of Heaven Mending Peak asked sharply.

"He ran away."

Wu Cang waved his hand with a helpless expression. "It’s not like you don’t know me, Daoist. My methods are decent for frontal assaults, but when it comes to keeping someone from escaping, I fall short."

The Master of Heaven Mending Peak thought, "What a useless Loose Cultivator!"

He cursed inwardly, then looked toward Tuanxu on the other side. The latter just spread his hands and said, "Martial Uncle, I am only at the Early Stage of Foundation Establishment..."

It was a convincing reason.

But this meant an enemy at the Mid-phase of Foundation Establishment had escaped. Since he couldn’t make a move himself and could only rely on Wu Cang and Tuanxu, didn’t that mean this battle was fought in vain?

He thought, "More importantly, Ye Guyue is dead, yet I can’t swiftly take down Gantang Dao. What if the Sword Pavilion receives the news and sends a Great Trueman as reinforcements?" At this thought, the Master of Heaven Mending Peak felt a mouthful of vital blood surge to his throat, and it took a great deal of effort to force it back down.

"Send a Fei Xin!"

After a moment of silence, the Master of Heaven Mending Peak gritted his teeth and said, "Send a message to Fellow Daoist Hongyun. Tell him to dispatch more reinforcements. We need at least one Great Trueman to hold the line."

Hearing this, Wu Cang and Tuanxu’s eyes lit up slightly.

Above the Sea of Suffering, waves churned while undercurrents surged below. Every spray of water and every undercurrent served as imagery for the events and matters in the Current World.

On the Sea of Suffering, Lü Yang stood with his hands clasped behind his back.

He pinched a brilliant golden Splendid Light in his hand, spreading it out like a spiderweb. It chased the waves, accurately grasping one of the undercurrents.

This undercurrent was the minor tribulation he had guided out.

Through the Cataclysm Launcher, he was able to easily analyze its imagery. Time, location, characters—not a single detail could be hidden from him.

"What a great scheme by Master Chong Guang!"

Lü Yang revealed a look of lamentation. "Besieging an outpost to annihilate the reinforcements, making the Stain Sect and the Sword Pavilion constantly expend their forces against each other. If this continues, the Heart Demon will be the only thing left in the entire Gantang Dao!"

Of course, reaching this extent was partly due to Minor Metal’s high-level methods. On the other hand, it was also because the Heart Demon had not been in the Current World for long. Most Cultivators were completely off guard and had no means to deal with it whatsoever. Otherwise, Wu Cang and Tuanxu wouldn’t have been dealt with by Minor Metal without even making a sound.

"From this perspective.

"The expansion of the Beiji Exorcism Institute is of utmost urgency. We must spread the Thunder Skill as soon as possible, engage in Exorcism and Protection of the Dao, and save the world’s Cultivators from their suffering!"

Immediately after, Lü Yang’s thoughts took a turn.

He thought, "Having killed Ye Guyue, Master Chong Guang will definitely have Master Xiao Hai request reinforcements from the Sword Pavilion next. When that time comes, who will the Sword Pavilion send for the rescue?"

While pondering, he once again examined the beginning and end of the event.

At this moment, Lü Yang seemed to see a tree diagram, based on one main storyline and branching into several side paths. The thickness of each branch represented the likelihood of it occurring.

He first concentrated his Profound Mysterious and looked at the thickest branch.

Soon, Lü Yang’s Heart Spirit sank into it. Scenes flashed before his eyes. Under the Profound Mysterious of the Cataclysm Launcher, various pieces of information surfaced one by one:

[Time: Within ten days.]

[Location: Sword Pavilion.]

[Character: Demon-Vanquishing Perfected.]

[Event: Following the arrival of Master Xiao Hai’s request for reinforcements, Ye Guyue’s death sends the Ye Family into a fury. They immediately request the Demon-Vanquishing Perfected to intervene and stop the demonic chaos.]

[The Demon-Vanquishing Perfected, sitting on Zenith Cliff, executes a Sword Slash upon hearing the news... Tribulation ends.]

Looking at the final displayed outcome, Lü Yang blinked. "Ah?"

The next second, an expression of not knowing whether to laugh or cry appeared on his face. He thought, "Master Demon-Vanquishing Perfected... this won’t do. If you get involved, how can I still play this game!"

With this in mind, he immediately looked at the other branches. Although the branch where the Demon-Vanquishing Perfected intervened was the largest, the existence of other branches meant there was still a possibility. And with the Profound Mysterious of the Cataclysm Launcher, he could easily find a way to alter the event’s ultimate direction.

"...Hm?"

Suddenly, Lü Yang’s eyes lit up as he looked at the thinnest branch in the tree diagram. "To think it could be you... In that case, I choose you!"

With this thought, he immediately circulated his Profound Mysterious.

Following that, Lü Yang reached his hand, which had gathered the brilliant golden Dharma Light, deep into the Sea of Suffering. By manipulating the seawater, he changed the flow of that specific event undercurrent.

"Now, I really have become a mastermind working behind the scenes."

In the Sword Pavilion, upon Zenith Cliff.

"Bastard!"

Looking at the Fei Xin in his hand, the current Patriarch of the Ye family, Ye Shaoying, was absolutely furious. "Guyue is dead, his soul scattered... This Jiangbei Demon is simply pushing things too far!"

Thinking of this, he immediately planned to find the Demon-Vanquishing Perfected and ask him to intervene. Although doing so would consume the already scarce goodwill between the Ye family and the Demon-Vanquishing Perfected, considering the ferocity of the Demon Sect and the fact that he couldn’t risk his own precious life, it would be much safer to have the Demon-Vanquishing Perfected handle it.

However, right at this moment, a somewhat frivolous voice rang out. "What has happened to make Senior Brother so furious?"

Hearing this, Ye Shaoying looked over, only to see a young Daoist who rarely showed his face within the Sect striding toward him.

"...Demon Subduing?"

Ye Shaoying was taken aback for a moment, then sighed. "I’ve let Junior Nephew see a joke. The Demon Sect killed a Direct Lineage member of my Ye family, one who had reached Mid-stage Foundation Establishment Perfection.

"Therefore, I was just planning to ask Guangji to intervene."

"...Ask Senior Brother Demon-Vanquishing Perfected?"

Hearing this, Demon Subduing Zhenren raised his brow slightly. As a Cultivator of the Fruit of Blade-Edge Metal, he had always felt a sense of competition toward the Demon-Vanquishing Perfected, who was currently ranked first in Foundation Establishment.

Therefore, upon hearing that Ye Shaoying intended to seek out the Demon-Vanquishing Perfected, a desire to compare himself immediately arose in his heart.

With this thought, he took the initiative to speak.

"I wonder what Cultivation this Demon possesses? Why not let me take a look?"

His words were incredibly natural, with no fluctuations in karmic links. Everything came from the bottom of his heart, to the point that even the True Monarch’s Residual Thought Dragon Map inside Demon Subduing Zhenren’s body didn’t notice a thing.

Naturally, Ye Shaoying was more than happy to oblige.

Soon, after reading the message, Demon Subduing Zhenren revealed a confident smile. "I see. There’s no need to bother Senior Brother Demon-Vanquishing Perfected with such a trivial matter.

"I am now at the Late Stage of Foundation Establishment, so my Cultivation is quite passable. Moreover, I cultivate the Fruit of Blade-Edge Metal. Dealing with these petty Demons will be a piece of cake.

"I will just make the trip myself!"