Ju Mang’s spirit memories allowed Lin Xun to grasp the situation in Star Forbidden Mountain in full. Therefore he didn’t hesitate to wipe out all those patrol guards.

None of them were true members of the Eternal Divine Yang Clan, yet over the years they had followed the Yang Clan's orders and committed brutal acts, killing and tormenting innocent slaves without restraint. It could be said that every patrol guard here had blood on their hands.

While searching Yang Wenqi’s primordial spirit, Lin Xun unearthed even more information about the Eternal Divine Yang Clan. In addition, this was information nowhere to be found in the Origin Sect’s records.

For instance, Vast Sun Divine Mountain, the heart of the Yang Clan’s power, was shrouded not only by the Divine Rank Law, Vast Sun, but also by a terrifying grand array known as Heaven Subduing Array.

This array was forged from nine rare law powers and guarded by nine law spirits. Once activated, it could bar even Eternal Realm beings from approaching. It was truly a power beyond imagination.

He also learned that the Yang Clan currently commanded thirty-three Transcendence Immortals. Twelve were stationed outside Vast Sun Sacred Mountain, while the remaining twenty-one each presided over a vast world, ruling billions of lives across countless territories!

Of note, most importantly, the Yang Clan still had two Eternal Realm beings: Yang Xietian and Yang Budong. Both were Law Transcendence Eternals.

To Lin Xun’s surprise, Yang Wenqi’s memories contained almost nothing regarding Yang Jiuqi. Clearly, the Yang Clan had sealed all information about Yang Jiuqi, an Eternal Realm powerhouse destroyed by Lin Xun at the Thousand Star Sea. Even a Heavenly Longevity Immortal like Yang Wenqi knew nothing of it.

In addition, Lin Xun learned that decades ago, an Immeasurable Realm Eternal, along with two Creation Realm Eternals of the Yang Clan, had departed the Ninth Heaven Domain to head for the Kunlun Dominion.

Lin Xun calculated the timing and realized that those three antiques of the Yang Clan had departed exactly when the Shaman Sect and Zen Sect first joined forces to attack the Origin Sect. That was also when the shadow of the Great Silence Unlife Calamity first began creeping over the world.

Of note, realizing this only deepened Lin Xun’s doubts. The Shaman Sect, Zen Sect, and even the Ninth Heaven Domain...were they not acting under the mastermind’s command? If so, why would forces obeying the mastermind still be threatened by the very calamity it controlled?

Something did not add up. Could it be that even the mastermind itself was incapable of fully controlling the Great Silence Unlife Calamity? For now, Lin Xun did not know the answer.

“But one day, the truth will reveal itself...” he murmured.

He then thought of Chen Linkong and his grandfather, Chen Xi. Both were still searching for traces of the dark mastermind. Just from that alone, it was clear how unfathomable this hidden enemy truly was.

Boom!

While Lin Xun was lost in thought, the heavens and earth suddenly trembled and an icy, imperious voice thundered across the air, “Who are you? How dare you cause trouble on the Yang Clan’s territory?”

The voice had barely faded when dazzling streaks of light shot in from every direction, figures flooding the sky like a tide, each one wreathed in killing intent. The powerful figures from every direction were each led by a Heavenly Longevity Immoral.

Importantly, in the east, one presence eclipsed all others: an elderly man in coarse linen robes, silver-white hair cascading like frost and his frame tall and imposing. He exuded the terrifying might of the Nirvana Spirit level. There was no doubt this was Yang Shuohong, the ancient monster of the Yang Clan who oversaw Star Forbidden Mountain.

This encirclement was like a sky-covering net descending from the heavens, darkening the world as if black clouds were crushing down, blotting out the sky. Qing Qianxue instinctively tensed up again.

Unlike earlier, she felt a surprising calm. From the moment he appeared in the depths of the mine until now, the senior beside her had remained utterly composed and never once showed the slightest hint of panic. That quiet, unshakable confidence had begun to affect her too.

“Cause trouble?” Lin Xun looked at Yang Shuohong, his gaze aloof and domineering.

“Apologies,” he said lightly, “but I didn’t come here merely to cause trouble. I came to turn this place upside down. And unfortunately for you...the Yang Clan is first on my list.”

Yang Shuohong froze, utterly stunned. Everyone around them was stuck dumb, almost unable to believe their own ears. This was the territory of the Eternal Divine Yang Clan, a place where, since time immemorial, not even the Four Great Ancestral Courts dared to provoke them.

Now, someone was openly challenging them, without the slightest attempt to hide it. Who wouldn’t be shocked?

“He’s insane!” Laughter erupted like rolling thunder, shaking the very air. To them, Lin Xun’s declaration was the greatest joke under heaven and clear proof he had lost his mind. Who with a shred of sanity would dare provoke the Yang Clan like this?

Yang Shuohong smirked, mockery dripping from his tone. “Oh? Then why don’t you tell me, how exactly do you plan to turn my Yang Clan upside down?”

“Would you like to see?” Lin Xun asked.

“By all means,” Yang Shuohong replied with a chuckle.

“My lord, why waste words on a lunatic? Allow us to capture him.” One guard’s eyes gleamed with malice, eager to seize the chance to show off before Yang Shuohong. Seeing this, the others quickly chimed in, all eager to be the one to slay the ‘madman’ Lin Xun.

The swell of murderous excitement in the crowd made Qing Qianxue’s heart clench with fear. Lin Xun, however, looked utterly bored. If he was still at the Immortal level, he might have entertained them with a proper fight.

Now...such a lineup...such strength...were pathetic before him!

“Very well. All of you...capture him. When he’s kneeling at my feet, he can tell me how he intends to turn my Yang Clan upside down.” Yang Shuohong spoke calmly.

“Understood!” A tidal wave of a thousand experts surged forward.

Lin Xun let out a quiet sigh, “So eager to die...but shouldn’t you first wonder where the patrols stationed here have gone?”

His words made Yang Shuohong stiffen, and the pupils of every cultivator on scene shrank. Only then did they realize, from the moment they arrived, the canyon had been far too quiet. Aside from Lin Xun and Qing Qianxue, not a single other guard had been seen.

“Impossible...” someone gasped, their face twisting in terror as they stared at Lin Xun, as though a horrifying truth had just taken form in their mind.

At that moment, Lin Xun flicked his sleeve. Boom!

The world seemed to overturn. The void buckled and collapsed. Under Yang Shuohong’s horrified gaze, the thousands of experts surging from all directions didn’t even have time to struggle. Their bodies burst apart in silence, dissolving into drifting ashes. Even Heavenly Longevity Immortals were as fragile as paper, reduced to dust in an instant!

In the blink of an eye, only Yang Shuohong was left standing. His teeth chattered uncontrollably. A freezing chill shot up his spine and exploded in his skull, leaving his body trembling in fear.

The aura of the Eternal Stage! That young man was an Eternal existence!

“Now that you understand,” Lin Xun asked, “what do you think?”

Yang Shuohong forced himself to remain steady, speaking with forced composure, “Since Your Excellency stands as an Eternal, you must be well aware of the status and authority my Yang Clan holds in the Ninth Heaven Domain. If we have offended you in any way, state it clearly, and the Yang Clan will certainly offer compensation that satisfies you.”

The Eternal Stage!

This was a realm that gazed down from the peak of all existence. In the eyes of such a being, a Nirvana Spirit Immortal like Yang Shuohong, or even a Transcendence Immortal, was no different from an ant! Under such circumstances, he had no choice but to rely on the power of his clan to negotiate with Lin Xun.

“Satisfactory compensation? I’ll be satisfied once your Yang Clan is wiped from existence,” Lin Xun’s tone remained indifferent.

Yang Shuohong’s expression turned rigid. No matter how frantically his mind raced, he couldn’t recall such a terrifying Eternal ever appearing in the world. In the entire Ninth Heaven Domain, Eternal Realm beings were exceedingly rare. Each one commanded world-shaking might and was revered by billions.

However, no matter how Yang Shuohong thought about it...when had there ever been an Eternal surnamed Lin?

Wait! Surnamed Lin?!

A terrifying realization struck him like lightning. “You...you are Lin Xun?!”

Lin Xun smiled. “Surprised?”

Yang Shuohong wasn’t just surprised; his mind went blank. With the epochal calamity hanging over the world, wasn’t it said that no one could ascend to the Eternal Realm? So how could Lin Xun possibly have ascended to eternity?!

“It seems you’re unaware that Yang Jiuqi has already perished. Otherwise you wouldn’t be quite so stunned.” Lin Xun shook his head, his tone almost bored.

Bang! The next moment, Yang Shuohong’s body disintegrated into drifting ash.

At that same moment, Lin Xun’s divine sense swept outward, blanketing the entire Star Forbidden Mountain. In an instant, every remaining patrol guard perished without even realizing how they died.

When he withdrew his consciousness, not a single member of the Eternal Divine Yang Clan remained alive anywhere on the mountain.

“Little girl,” Lin Xun said as he turned to Qing Qianxue, “I’m heading to the Yang Clan. Now that every enemy who saw you has been erased, our paths part here.”

“Huh?” Qing Qianxue blinked, still reeling from everything she had just witnessed. Before she could fully comprehend any of it, Lin Xun was already preparing to depart.

“Don’t worry, barring any unforeseen mishap, the Yang Clan will never again have the chance to trouble you.” Lin Xun offered her a reassuring smile then turned to leave.

Qing Qianxue suddenly called out, “Senior...could you take me with you?”

Lin Xun paused, genuinely surprised. “You’re not afraid?”

Qing Qianxue’s eyes shone with a newfound resolve. “I am afraid, but I want to see with my own eyes how Senior will turn the Yang Clan upside down!”

Only at this moment did she dare reveal the hatred buried deep in her heart. Before today, she hadn’t even dared to resent the Yang Clan, because she believed no one in this world could ever shake their rule. Now, she realized that Lin Xun was a legendary Eternal existence, and from him, she saw a glimmer of hope that the Yang Clan might finally meet disaster!

“Very well.” Lin Xun looked at Qing Qianxue for a moment, then without another word, took her with him as they stepped into the void and vanished.

That day, Lin Xun entered the Ninth Heaven Domain and crushed all forces of the Eternal Divine Yang Clan stationed in Star Forbidden Mountain, before leaving as effortlessly as drifting clouds.

Countless enslaved beings trapped in the mines regained their freedom. Shockingly, only a handful found the courage to escape. The vast majority silently returned to the oppressive depths they had come from.

It wasn’t that they wished to stay, but because they were simply too afraid to leave! They all understood one thing: as long as the Eternal Divine Yang Clan still stood in this world, even if they fled to the ends of the earth, they would be hunted down and dragged back sooner or later...