Hunyuan Hall
Xiao Yuxuan was completely surrounded.
Not long after Jiahe left, several Nascent Soul cultivators who were still fighting suddenly turned against them, betraying those around them.
Finally, the great formation was opened, and the traitor and the Heavenly Demon Sect simultaneously advanced towards the sect master's hall.
Hearing the sounds of fierce fighting coming from the back mountain, Xiao Yuxuan could easily understand what had happened.
He looked at one of the people in front of him with a bleak expression.
"Xu Mingjie! Even you have betrayed the sect?"
Xu Mingjie chuckled and stepped forward from the crowd.
"Sect Master, you flatter us. We simply want to rebuild a better Hunyuan Sect."
"Hahaha... Rebuild the Hunyuan Sect? You actually believe such nonsense?"
"Believe it or not, it's already like this."
Xiao Yuxuan's face showed resentment.
"You have betrayed your oath of joining the sect, and you will surely suffer the calamity of inner demons devouring your bodies! I will be waiting for you in the Yellow Springs!"
Upon hearing this, the Vice Sect Master of the Heavenly Demon Sect, True Monarch Demon Moon, burst into wild laughter.
"Hahaha, so what if inner demons devour the body? Just join my Heavenly Demon Sect and that will solve the problem! My Heavenly Demon Heart Sutra loves to devour inner demons the most, the more the better!"
"The Heavenly Demon Heart Sutra?"
Xiao Yuxuan was startled, but then a mocking expression appeared on his face.
"Even the Heavenly Demon Sect itself dares not cultivate this technique. Cultivating this technique will increase the power of the Heavenly Tribulation several times over. Even if you cultivate it, you will not be able to advance to the Nascent Soul stage!"
Xu Mingjie's face also showed a mocking expression.
"But at least it's a chance, isn't it? But cultivating the Primordial Iron Body or the Bronze Body? In all the years that the Primordial Sect has been established, have you ever seen anyone break through to the Nascent Soul Realm?"
Xiao Yuxuan roared:
"Is breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage so easy? Let alone an Iron Body or a Bronze Body, how many people have even reached the Nascent Soul stage with a Golden Body? How many people in the entire Tiannan Continent are there at the Nascent Soul stage right now?"
With his late-stage Nascent Soul cultivation, he had already given up on advancing to the Deity Transformation realm when he took over the sect.
He simply couldn't understand why his fellow disciples would abandon their sect and join the demonic cult for such a vague hope!
Xu Mingjie shook his head.
"Xiao Yuxuan, probably no one has told you that you are a good-for-nothing... Every cultivator wants to live forever, yet you gave up on it early on. However... as far as managing a sect is concerned, you are also a good-for-nothing!"
Xiao Yuxuan's expression changed.
People always called him a nice guy, but no one ever said he was a good-for-nothing.
Today, this blatant mockery has finally been laid bare.
"Heh... Trash? So what if you're trash? You'll all meet the same end! Dying here is no different from dying under the heavenly tribulation!"
A cold glint appeared in Xu Mingjie's eyes.
"Die under the Heavenly Tribulation? Not necessarily. As long as we transform into the Primordial Golden Body, we might have a chance even under a Heavenly Tribulation several times stronger!"
Xiao Yuxuan was taken aback, then a mocking expression appeared on his face.
"Even if you change the Golden Body Technique, there aren't enough Golden Spirit Fruits for so many of you to cultivate. Have you already chosen who will have their cultivation method changed?"
Upon hearing this, the traitors of the Hunyuan Sect exchanged bewildered glances.
"Xiao Yuxuan, you don't need to stir up trouble. Even if we have internal strife, that's something that happens after we advance to the Nascent Soul stage. You should know best how many Golden Spirit Fruits the Primordial Ancestor needs every year."
"Enough with the nonsense, hand over the core of the Primordial Chaos Realm, and I might spare your life!"
"You're dreaming if you want the key to the secret realm!"
"Xiao Yuxuan, think it through. Even if you don't hand it over, the Heavenly Demon Sect's Nascent Soul Ancestor can still open it. Hand it over now, and I might speak up for you... Think of your wife and daughters..."
Xiao Yuxuan's expression remained calm.
"The sect is destroyed and people die! That's their fate!"
Before he could speak further, several restrictive forces surged forth, and a longsword radiating demonic energy suddenly pierced through the area of his nascent soul in his dantian.
Xiao Yuxuan showed no surprise whatsoever; instead, a wicked smile of relief appeared on his face.
The nascent soul suddenly burst forth from the crown of the head, carrying a large rock in its arms...
It turns out he had already shifted his nascent soul, preparing for a do-or-die situation!
"Dao Shi! Don't let him self-destruct!!"
Xu Mingjie shouted, but his figure retreated with lightning speed.
The terror on the faces of the Heavenly Demon Cult members who were trying to assassinate Xiao Yuxuan froze, instantly melted away by the intense flash of light...
"boom!!"
Blocked by dozens of Nascent Soul cultivators, Xiao Yuxuan's self-destruction did not achieve the desired effect.
But it has also achieved the desired effect.
The Dao Stone was destroyed in the self-destruction, and the Golden Body Technique was lost. Unless they find the person who cultivated the Golden Body Technique and torture them to extract a confession, they can forget about obtaining the technique.
The back mountain of Hunyuan Sect
The Primordial Ancestor, spitting out blood, looked at Tian Juezi's divine power clone.
"Tian Juezi, our two sects have always been on good terms... why is this?"
"We've always been on good terms? But when I asked you for the Thousand Illusion Sword Spirit, you made all sorts of excuses. Then you demanded many other benefits! To this day, the Sword Spirit still hasn't been handed over to my Heavenly Sword Sect!"
You're telling me now that we've always been on good terms? Isn't that ridiculous?
Tian Juezi's face showed a mocking expression, without the slightest intention of reminiscing.
"You... plotted against my sect's Nascent Soul cultivator, and then pretended to do me a favor. Do you really think I didn't know?"
Enraged, the Primordial Ancestor spat out another mouthful of blood.
Tian Juezi's face showed a look of realization, but it quickly turned into a sneer.
"You actually knew? What else is there to say! Brother Chengyuan, just kill yourself! Perhaps you'll still have a chance to be reincarnated."
Once one's cultivation reaches the Nascent Soul stage, there are two ways to die.
One is absolute, the other is explosive.
If one were to self-destruct, one might be able to harm the enemy, but at the same time, one would be utterly destroyed, with no chance of reincarnation.
Another type is absolute, where the soul dissipates into the sky...whether it is the original body or the divine power avatar left behind.
But those who commit suicide still retain a sliver of hope for reincarnation.
Although the hope is equally slim, there is always a sliver of a chance.
It wasn't that Tian Juezi was kind-hearted, but rather that a Nascent Soul cultivator could leave behind a divine power avatar outside, and if they were to possess another body and be reborn, they would inevitably cause some trouble.
Of course, choosing to possess another's body for rebirth essentially means giving up the chance of reincarnation...
Despair crossed the face of the Primordial Ancestor. He glanced at the traitor Jia He, who had been badly beaten in the battle, and then looked at the two of them one last time.
"I will come back!"
After speaking, his aura gradually subsided and disappeared without a trace.
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Outside of Hunyuan Sect,
At the moment Xiao Yuxuan embraced the Dao Stone and self-destructed...
All the Hunyuan Sect disciples simultaneously felt a lightness in their bodies.
An invisible shackle quietly snapped...
In the restaurant of Hanhai City
Ye Feng and his companion were ready to depart.
Yang Xueling, who was talking to Xiao Xuan, suddenly stopped.
Xiao Xuan also wore an incredulous expression.
"What are you two doing?"
Ye Feng looked left and right, somewhat puzzled.
Xiao Xuan suddenly burst into tears and threw herself into Ye Feng's arms.
Yang Xueling exuded a terrifying aura.
"You all stay here, I'll go find out what's going on!"
Yang Xueling left as soon as she finished speaking, not giving Ye Feng a chance to ask any questions.
Xiao Xuan wept in Ye Feng's arms, her voice trembling with tears as she spoke.
"Feng, the Hunyuan Sect... perhaps... the Dao Stone's restraints are gone...."
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