Myriad Daos of the Heaven

Jiang Jichen hadn’t expected such a coincidence. A battle was raging in the very transit town marked on his map.

It wasn’t just Jiang Jichen’s group of four; several other groups were also approaching the town.

These people, however, stopped to watch the fight, with no intention of getting involved.

After all, the attacking party was very strong, nearly a hundred people in total. They seemed to be a coalition of three factions, incomparably powerful.

"These bandits, once they take the town, will set up a checkpoint here. Anyone who passes through will have to pay an astonishing toll."

"So if we want to pass through later, does that mean we’ll have to pay the toll?"

"What can we do? They’re far stronger than us. People like us are just entering the New Domain to try our luck, hoping to find a few rare Spirit Medicines."

...

The crowd behind them murmured amongst themselves, standing at the town’s entrance, not daring to move forward.

But Jiang Jichen’s group of four paid them no mind.

It was already a show of great restraint that they weren’t meddling. They weren’t about to let this fight stop them from moving forward.

So, even with the battle raging ahead, Jiang Jichen and his companions calmly walked forward, intending to pass by the combatants.

"Halt! We’ve taken over this territory. If you want to pass, it’s a toll of one hundred thousand Six Paths Basic Level Spirit Stones per person. Otherwise, scram!" an Undead Cultivator shouted coldly as he casually cut down a towns-person.

At this moment, there were about four or five hundred townspeople, but many were young children, sheltered at the back.

These children, ranging from infants to about ten years old, numbered more than a dozen.

They were being protected at the very rear by the hundreds of townspeople.

But even with several hundred townspeople, their Cultivation was too weak. Only a few dozen had reached Nascent Soul Perfection.

The town mayor was the only one among them who was an old Cultivator, having been at the Nascent Soul Perfection Realm for nearly a hundred years.

But he alone was no match for the invaders.

What’s more, the three most powerful leaders among the invaders hadn’t even made a move.

At that moment, the old town mayor was surrounded by five invaders, none of them weaker than him, making it impossible for him to break free.

Then, the other invaders began to slaughter the remaining townspeople.

By the time Jiang Jichen saw this, the ground was already stained red with pools of blood. Two hundred townspeople had been killed, their bodies littering the ground.

The townspeople were completely powerless to resist.

"We’re willing to surrender! Please, spare the children!" the old town mayor cried out in despair.

"If you’re surrendering, then seal your Cultivation first!" one of the invader leaders said.

"Fine! As long as you spare the children, we will seal our Cultivation!"

"I hope you keep your word!" the old town mayor said, his voice filled with grief.

After speaking, the old town mayor gave up his resistance and sealed his Cultivation.

PFFT!

However, the moment the old mayor sealed his Cultivation, a greatsword swung out and sliced him clean in two.

"You... You went back on your word! You animals!" the townspeople screamed, their eyes bloodshot, their faces contorted with rage.

PFFT!

But the merciless blades rose again. Before the townspeople could even react, they were cut down at the waist.

The invaders began to speak, sneering, "We gave you a chance to surrender at the start, but you dared to resist. Now, surrendering won’t save your lives!"

"Our word? You’re like ants. What right do you have to talk to us about keeping our word?"

"Slaughter them all! Leave no one alive!"

...

The invaders let out chilling, cold laughs.

And continued the slaughter.

"Ah, you Demons!"

"Don’t hurt my son!"

"I’ll fight you to the death!"

...

The townspeople roared in fury, but they were helpless.

No matter how they struggled, they could only become ghosts under the blade.

The invaders, now in a killing frenzy, slaughtered anyone they saw.

An invader even raised his blade to strike at Jiang Jichen, who was standing there.

"Heh, if we just kill you, we won’t have to bother with you paying the toll!"

He looked at these invaders, who had lost all humanity and were no different from beasts.

’Of course I know what you’re thinking,’ Jiang Jichen thought.

’Kill us, and you can take everything we have.’

’That’s far more profitable than just collecting a toll!’

Jiang Jichen’s eyes narrowed. He had only wanted to pass through the town quietly and enter the New Domain.

’But now, it seems that’s impossible!’

In the distance, the cries of a little girl could be heard. She was shaking her mother, who had fallen into a pool of blood.

A moment ago, her mother had blocked an attack for her, sacrificing her own life to save her daughter’s.

But the invader was still sneering, raising his huge butcher’s blade to strike down the little girl.

The little girl was oblivious, unaware of the terrible blade about to fall on her. She just cried in grief.

"Mama!"

"Mama!"

"Mama!"

...

She just kept calling out sadly, hoping her mother would hear her and wake up.

But it was all in vain. How could a life, once gone, ever return?

From now on, she would be all alone in this world.

No father’s heartwarming smile, no mother’s warm embrace.

The little girl’s desperate, desolate cries did nothing to soften the invader’s heart in the slightest.

Jiang Jichen’s body suddenly vanished. The next moment, he had reappeared, holding the little girl, a safe distance away.

The blades of the invaders—both the one striking at him and the one aimed at the girl—hit nothing but air.

This... made them freeze for a second.

At the same time, the two invaders who had charged at Han Qing and Little Gray suddenly felt their heads take flight.

The turn of events was so sudden that no one could react.

Youu still hadn’t made a move, following closely behind Jiang Jichen step for step.

"I just wanted to leave quietly. Since you’re all so determined to die, then die you shall!" Jiang Jichen’s indifferent voice rang out.

These people were a mix of Undead, the Beastman Race, and the Human Race!

The townspeople, on the other hand, were all from the Human Race.

Hearing Jiang Jichen’s words, the invaders stopped their slaughter, and all eyes focused on him.

Meanwhile, the remaining townspeople quickly grabbed the children and scurried behind Jiang Jichen.

They had just seen Han Qing and Little Gray casually slay two of the invaders.

Instinct told them it would be safer behind this group.

Now, hearing Jiang Jichen’s powerful declaration, a glimmer of hope sparked within their hearts.

"Since when could a Spirit Infant Realm Cultivator act so arrogantly? I must be out of the loop!"

"He even killed two of our men. He’s courting death."

"Go, take them—"

The three leaders’ faces were grim, their eyes brimming with killing intent.

They thought the kid’s words were nothing but pure arrogance.

PFFT!

But before one of the leaders could finish his sentence, a flash of Sword Light streaked past, sending his head flying.

Blood sprayed across the faces of the two leaders beside him.

This sudden turn of events plunged the entire scene into a deathly silence.