The Gao family's God Lord, the Li family's God Lord, the Holy Lord of Origin...

These big figures who seemed to be standing high and mighty in the clouds before were now frightened, their faces turned pale and they were trembling all over.

That was the Pure Yang Holy Lord, and he was refined in an instant right under their noses. How could they not be terrified?

"Gu Zhi, what are you doing?"

Gao Lingxue was furious. She was originally very grateful to Gu Zhi for saving the reputation of Qingming Daozhou, and even developed admiration and respect for Gu Zhi.

But at this moment, seeing her father, the God Lord of the Gao Family, being put into the Furnace of Pain by Gu Zhi, and the Holy Lord Chunyang being refined by Gu Zhi in the Furnace of Pain, her gratitude, admiration, and adoration for Gu Zhi just now... all these emotions disappeared in an instant.

"Just become the Demon Lord. Do you think it's that easy to become the Demon Lord?"

Gao Lingxue was very brave. Even though she knew how terrifying Gu Zhi was, she was not frightened and shouted at him:

"What caused the ancient war? It was because the spiritual energy of each Dao Continent was declining and was showing a trend of spiritual energy depletion!"

"So, ten thousand years ago, becoming an Immortal Venerable or a Demon Venerable was already difficult. The era of the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Venerable was extremely brilliant and was known as the Golden Age. Many rare and special physiques emerged. Normally, the birth of more than a dozen Immortal Venerables and Demon Venerables wouldn't be a problem. But in the end, only the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Venerable reached the pinnacle!"

"Before the fall of the Sky-Swallowing Demon Lord, the clashes and struggles between the various Dao Continents had already begun. However, when the Sky-Swallowing Demon Lord was alive, no one dared to challenge the Qingming Dao Continent. After the Sky-Swallowing Demon Lord's fall, many Dao Continents wanted to share in the spoils. This led to the ancient war, which nearly destroyed the Qingming Dao Continent. The speed at which its spiritual energy depleted was faster than that of the other Dao Continents."

"Now, why is Guangming Daozhou attacking Qingming Daozhou? It's because Guangming Daozhou's spiritual energy and resources can no longer sustain it, and it has to expand outward. Qingming Daozhou is the 'medicine garden' that Guangming Daozhou has cultivated for a long time. It is safest to attack Qingming Daozhou first."

What Gao Lingxue said were all her guesses based on the current situation, but they were basically accurate:

"I admit, Gu Zhi, you have extraordinary talent. Even in this difficult environment, you have the possibility of becoming a Demon Lord, and the possibility is not small!"

"But, you need time! Although you have broken through the realms as easily as drinking water and have risen rapidly, do you still expect to break through the threshold of Demon Lord as easily as before? Impossible!"

"Before you break through the Demon Lord, if the old Immortal Lord of Guangming Daozhou revives and attacks, what will you do? You can't survive!"

Although Gao Lingxue was very angry, she did not just vent her emotions. She remained calm. Her ultimate goal was to persuade Gu Zhi to release her father, the Li family's chieftain, and others.

"If my father, the Li family's Divine Lord, and the others were still alive and not killed by you, then they could speak for you when the Immortal Venerable Guangming Daozhou takes action!"

"It's no problem for the Elder Immortal Venerable of Guangming Daozhou to kill you alone, but would he dare to kill everyone in the entire Qingming Daozhou? He wouldn't dare, because that would be too sinful. He's already very old, an ancient being from the last era. He can no longer act easily. If he commits another earth-shattering murder, he won't be able to bear the consequences, and it will also cause a huge uproar. The supreme beings of other Daozhous will also use this as an excuse to make trouble."

Gao Lingxue persuaded:

"So, Gu Zhi, release my father, the Li family's God Lord and the others. You are saving yourself!"

"Even if you kill them, you may not be able to wake up Ye Qinghan. But if you don't kill them, they will help you find a way to wake up Ye Qinghan. They can also unite the entire Qingming Daozhou to block you and save you from the murderous hands of the old immortal of Guangming Daozhou."

Gu Zhi looked at Gao Lingxue and nodded:

"You put it very well."

Gao Lingxue was suddenly ecstatic. Did she successfully impress Gu Zhi?

"Well said, don't say it next time."

Gu Zhi suddenly changed the subject, the furnace of pain shook again, and the Gao family's lord was refined in an instant.

"you……!!!"

Gao Lingxue was horrified. Her father was killed in front of her. She was furious and swung her sword towards Gu Zhi.

But, without any surprise, she followed her father and became a ray of pure energy in the furnace of pain.

"Demon Lord..."

Xu Dongliu's scalp tingled, but he couldn't help but step forward and try to persuade Gu Zhi.

There is no way. If the Lord of Origin and the others die, he will definitely not survive.

Even if he didn't try to persuade Gu Zhi and ran away, he would not be able to escape from Gu Zhi.

So he could only try his best to see if he could awaken some of Gu Zhi's humanity:

"Demon cultivators, not just in Qingming Daozhou, but in many Daozhous, actually have a bad reputation and are almost in a situation where everyone wants to punish them."

"The demon cultivators in Qingming Daozhou are also in this state now, but you, Demon Lord, have a chance to reverse the current situation."

"You have saved the reputation of Qingming Daozhou. This is a great achievement. If you publicize it, you will become a saint of Qingming Daozhou. You will no longer be a demon king, but an immortal king!"

"Your Ten Thousand Blood Demon Sect is no longer a Demon Sect, but a Holy Sect!"

"Compared to that, the people you killed before were nothing. Isn't that wonderful? You can enjoy being worshipped and worshipped by thousands of people. Why do you have to take the difficult path of being resisted, hated, and feared?"

Gu Zhi raised his brows slightly.

What Xu Dongliu said was reasonable.

But Gu Zhi never cared about false reputation.

Honor, praise, worship...

If he has these things, Gu Zhi will enjoy them; if he doesn’t, it doesn’t matter.

As for turning right into wrong and becoming a hero or saint in Qingming Daozhou?

Gu Zhi was not interested.

Although after he slaughtered his way through the Canggu Divine Dynasty, there were "great scholars" in the Southern Wilderness who argued for him, saying that he slaughtered all the people in the Canggu Imperial Capital and "burned the inner treasury to ashes and crushed the bones of the nobles in the streets", but Gu Zhi himself did not have such an idea.

Gu Zhi was reborn and didn't think he was a good person.

Along the way, his hands were stained with blood, and Gu Zhi considered himself a pure evil man.

Evil is evil, and the devil is the devil. There is no need to whitewash them to be revered or admired.

Since you have chosen the path of killing, but in the end you want to glorify killing and dare not admit killing, then why are you still walking the path of killing?

That is self-denial. If you don’t even approve of the path you have chosen, how can you become a master and reach the top?

Gu Zhi took action and refined Xu Dongliu as well.

On Juexian Mountain, a blood-red light bloomed and the wails of pain shook the sky.

This was once a fairy mountain, and it was extremely lively when the Qingming Fairy Banquet was held.

But now this place has turned into hell on earth!

Gu Zhi went on a killing spree!

The Gao family was killed by Gu Zhi!

Even though the Gao family's foundation-level figures were very strong, Gu Zhi used the Qilin Blood Seal to continuously increase his combat power. In addition, with the twelve ancestral artifacts "generously given" by the Gao family's God Lord and others, as well as the magic weapons and secret weapons "generously given" by Yuan Yizhou and others, Gu Zhi still defeated the Gao family.

Next, Gu Zhi followed the principle of proximity and went to the Shen family, which was closest to the Gao family's ancestral home.

"No!!!"

In the Soul Banner World, Chu Yunxi shouted.