“Could something have gone wrong? No, can’t wait around any longer.” After a long moment, Wang Zhongtian drew in a deep breath and decided to send someone to the Donghuang Clan.

Just as he was about to issue the order, a panicked scream burst from outside the hall, “Patriarch! Disaster! Something terrible has happened! The Immortal Life Soul Lantern of the two supreme elders have gone out!”

Boom!

Wang Zhongtian felt as if lightning had split his skull apart. The two supreme elders...had fallen?

When a person died, their Immortal Life Soul Lantern would extinguish. The Immortal Life Soul Lantern going out meant that the primordial spirits of Wang Daochuan and Wang Fuping had been utterly annihilated, erased without the slightest chance of resurrection.

“How can this be....Could it be that the Origin Sect has dispatched a host of old monsters to attack the Eighth Heaven Domain together with Lin Xun?” Wang Zhongtian struggled to steady himself, but his mind was in complete turmoil.

Amid the chaos, he understood one thing: the worst had already happened and they must act right away.

“Seal the teleportation array leading to the other Immortal Giants at once!” Wang Zhongtian ordered in a low, heavy voice.

“Understood!”

A voice answered from outside the hall, then footsteps quickly faded into the distance.

“Fortunately...I had already transferred all the clan members into the Great Spirit Firmament Pagoda. We can evacuate at any moment...” Wang Zhongtian felt a quiet surge of relief.

Several days earlier, right after Wang Daochuan and Wang Fuping had left, Wang Zhongtian had already begun making preparations in secret, relocating the entire clan. Now, only a handful of ‘outsiders’ still remained on Lingjue Divine Mountain to serve the Wang Clan.

“Once the teleportation array is shut down, I’ll take the clan’s law power and depart with the Great Spirit Firmament Pagoda. By then, even if the Origin Sect’s forces come, all they’ll find is an empty, deserted mountain...” Wang Zhongtian took several deep breaths, then made his decision. It was time to retrieve the clan’s law origin at once.

Boom!

Just then, a deafening roar shattered the stillness of the night. Wang Zhongtian’s pupils shrank violently, and his expression drastically changed. Could it be...they’ve already arrived?

In a flash, he rushed out of the main hall. In the distance, frantic shouts rang out as streaks of dazzling dao light shot into the heavens, ripping through the darkness of night. Those were the experts guarding the Wang Clan, almost all of them were ‘outsiders.’

However, these brilliant streaks of light were like fireworks that flash for an instant before dying. They vanished the moment they rose, swallowed by the ink-black night. There were no screams nor struggle. Everything unfolded in absolute, suffocating silence.

Wang Zhongtian’s heart plunged. How could he not see it? The moment those experts charged out, they were killed before they could even react.

Shua!

He tore through the void, rushing toward the clan’s deepest forbidden region. The enemy had already arrived. He could no longer care about anything else. All that mattered now was seizing the law power and fleeing Lingjue Divine Mountain.

The law power was the root of their clan’s existence. As long as it was not taken, there would always be hope to rebuild. Likewise, as long as the clansmen within the Great Spirit Firmament Pagoda lived, the Wang Clan’s bloodline would not be extinguished!

“It’s here.”

Before long, an ancient tree came into view. It stood no more than nine feet tall, entirely black and gleaming with a metallic luster. Its branches hung down like countless razor-sharp divine chains.

A chilling pulse of law power radiated from it. It felt less like a tree and more like an instrument of heavenly punishment. The Tree of Dao Judgment!

This was the rare ninth grade Heaven Rank Law that had sheltered and nurtured the Wang Clan for countless ages. Throughout history, every Wang Clan expert had advanced step by step by comprehending the profound mysteries contained within this tree!

“One day, I will bring you back here.” A trace of sorrow and reluctance flickered in Wang Zhongtian’s eyes, but it vanished as quickly as it appeared, replaced once more by ironlike calm. He drew in a deep breath, about to make his move.

A voice suddenly drifted through the air. “So this is the law power of your Wang Clan? It truly is extraordinary. The Sword of Dao Judgment was forged from a portion of its origin power, wasn’t it?”

Wang Zhongtian’s heart lurched. His first instinct was to crush the sword-shaped jade talisman he had prepared earlier. His reaction was already swift, but someone else was faster. At the very instant the voice sounded, three beams of light burst forth from thin air, forming a triangular formation around him and striking from all directions at once.

Bang!

In a flash, Wang Zhongtian’s Immortal law was torn apart as if made of paper. A massive hand clamped around his throat, and in that moment, his body was locked in place, unable to move, unable to summon even the slightest trace of power.

The jade talisman slipped from his fingers and struck the ground. His face went deathly pale, his eyes looked as though they might split apart from sheer shock, and he felt as if he were on the verge of total collapse.

One strike...and he had been completely subdued?! As the patriarch of the Wang Clan, an incomparable powerful expert at the pinnacle of the Transcendence Stage, he simply could not fathom how he had been suppressed without even sensing it coming.

This left him utterly stunned.

“That jade talisman holds an Eternal Will Dharma Form, doesn’t it? What a pity. You didn’t get the chance to use it.”

Lin Xun’s Red Flame Dao Body spoke calmly, hand still clamped tightly around Wang Zhongtian’s throat, while the Yellow Earth Dao Body casually picked up the jade talisman from the ground and idly toyed with it.

Not far away, the Green Wood Dao Body was carefully studying the Tree of Dao Judgment. From the far distance, the rumble of battle echoed from time to time. It was the White Metal Dao Body still fighting.

Seeing this, Wang Zhongtian couldn’t help but ask in disbelief, “You came to the Eighth Heaven Domain alone?”

“That’s right.” The Red Flame Dao Body replied with a nod, “And the Donghuang Clan is already finished. The people your Wang Clan sent to support them, and the old monsters sent by the others, they’ve all been erased.”

Wang Zhongtian’s pupils shrank violently, his expression twisting in disbelief. “Impossible! With your strength alone, how could you possibly have done all that?!”

“Whether you believe it or not doesn’t matter.” As those words left his mouth, the Red Flame Dao Body’s grip tightened.

Hu—A shower of blazing fire burst forth. In an instant, Wang Zhongtian’s so-called indestructible dao body was reduced to drifting ashes, scattered upon the air, while his primordial spirit was firmly clutched in Lin Xun’s hand.

“What are you going to do?!” Wang Zhongtian roared. Even as the patriarch of the Wang Clan, when confronted with death, he could no longer maintain his composure.

Lin Xun’s Red Flame Dao Body replied casually, “Your Wang Clan can’t possibly consist of only these few. But if I asked you, I doubt you would answer honestly. In that case, the most efficient method is simply to search your soul.”

Wang Zhongtian felt as if the heavens were caving in upon him. In that instant, the image of the clansmen he had hidden within the Great Spirit Firmament Pagoda flashed through his mind.

“No, you can’t do that! You can’t—!” He screamed, struggling madly, his primordial spirit writhing in terror.

Unfortunately, it was futile. In the next instant, Lin Xun’s divine sense pierced into his primordial spirit like a razor-sharp sword.

After a short while, Lin Xun withdrew his divine sense and said calmly, “I didn’t expect you to have prepared everything in advance. If I had arrived even a little later, your Wang Clan might have escaped this calamity altogether.”

Before Wang Zhongtian could utter another word, his primordial spirit exploded with a deafening boom, shattering into countless motes of light that instantly dissipated into nothingness.

“This must be the Great Spirit Firmament Pagoda.” The Red Flame Dao Body picked up a palm-sized pagoda lying on the ground.

After Wang Zhongtian was killed, all of his treasures had fallen to the ground, and this pagoda was among them.

“This saves me a great deal of trouble.” Lin Xun’s dark eyes gleamed.

If his guess was correct, the immense cultivation resources and wealth the Wang Clan had accumulated over countless ages were all stored within this treasure.

With a flick of his sleeve, he put it away.

Boom! Then, he uprooted the Tree of Dao Judgment and let it fall into his palm.

“Time to move on to the next one.” He did not dare delay for even a moment, immediately joining the other dao bodies at the teleportation array. Although the lair of the Donghuang and Wang Clans had already been destroyed, there were still eight Immortal Giants remaining. If he did not act swiftly, they might flee.

Buzz—Space rippled violently as Lin Xun’s four dao bodies vanished without a trace.

......

Glowing Snow Divine Mountain, the territory of the Immortal Giant, the Qi Clan.

In the depths of the night, the Qi Clan was already in turmoil

“Everyone, quickly! To the Void Origin Hall!” The patriarch will lead us away in less than a quarter of an hour!

Urgent shouts echoed throughout the world.

“Why do we have to leave?” 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

Many clansmen were confused, unable to understand what was happening.

“Stop asking questions! Move! Now!”

Inside a grand hall, Qi Shuheng was in a state of extreme agitation. He had just received news that the Immortal Life Soul Lantern of the old ancestor they had sent to support the Donghuang Clan had gone out.

The moment he heard this, an overwhelming sense of danger seized him, and he immediately began making preparations to retreat.

“Patriach! The law origin power has been retrieved.”

“Patriarch! All core members of the clan have been moved into the Void Origin Hall. The rest will arrive shortly. It will take no more than a quarter of an hour.”

“Patriarch...”

Each report that came in eased Qi Shuheng’s anxiety somewhat, though unease still lingered in his heart.

“We can’t wait any longer!” Qi Shuheng gritted his teeth. “We must leave now!”

He decided to abandon the unimportant clansmen and flee at once with the Void Origin Hall and the law origin. However, at that very moment, a horrified scream tore through the night outside the hall. “Patriarch! Something terrible has happened! The Void Origin Hall has been stolen!”

“What?!” Qi Shuheng was shaken. The Void Origin Hall was a peerless treasure capable of holding an entire world, and he had been using it to shelter his clansmen. Now, that treasure had been taken!

“Who did this?!” He bellowed, his face turning livid with fury.

Outside the grand hall, a muffled groan sounded. The clansman who had delivered the report silently crumbled into ashes. Then, a lone figure strolled into the hall.

Clad in a green robe, serene and otherworldly, as though untouched by the chaos of the world, it was none other than Lin Xun’s Green Wood Dao Body.

“You...You...”

Qi Shuheng’s heart went cold. Lin Xun! That guy has already come to kill!

“Why haven’t you summoned an Eternal Will Dharma Form?” Lin Xun asked.

Qi Shuheng shouted hoarsely, “Lin Xun...”

Boom! Before he could utter another word, Lin Xun struck. His palm and fingers cleaved the air like a sword.

Qi Shuheng resisted with all his might, but it was utterly futile. In just a few blinks of an eye, he was crushed and pinned to the ground, like a prisoner awaiting judgment. Only then did Lin Xun finally understand. “So even a clan as mighty as the Qi Clan cannot produce a single Eternal Will Dharma Form...”

His voice carried undisguised mockery. Qi Shuheng’s heart became nothing but dead ashes!