"It’s alright. We have the Mountain Protection Array left by Master Liu. As long as we defend our position and don’t go out, the enemy can’t break in!"

Although Yu Liang said this, not a single person from the Void Sect looked relieved.

The sheer size of the Fortress-level Flying Magical Artifact was on full display. It was like a city in the sky, and the mere sight of it was immensely pressuring.

Heaven knows how much power that thing could unleash.

In all his long life, Yu Liang had never seen such a colossus.

The Flying Magical Artifact didn’t just contain Xiao Zhize and Zhang Shao; it also held the servants Xiao Zhize brought with him.

The routine piloting and operation of the Flying Magical Artifact were handled by these servants.

"This array actually has traces of my maternal grandfather’s work. But it’s just a Half-Immortal Level defense. It can’t stop me."

Xiao Zhize sneered, looking down from his high perch at the array glittering with a dazzling light.

"Focus all Energy! Attack with full power! Unleash Immortal Level destructive force! I want the Void Sect wiped out, down to the last dog and chicken!"

"Young Master, you absolutely mustn’t!" a dark-faced man in Battle Armor said, his voice filled with terror as he waved his hands frantically.

"The Master repeatedly warned us not to use power at or above the Immortal Level in the Mortal District! It’s said to be a command passed down from the Immortal Realm, and it has something to do with the long-vanished Nether Race!"

Hearing this, Xiao Zhize kicked the dark-faced man away.

"To hell with that order! No one is stopping me today!"

Every time he recalled what he had suffered Within the Pass, he couldn’t help but fly into a rage, wishing he could slice Mo Qi and the Pig Emperor into a thousand pieces and grind their bones to dust.

He couldn’t care less about some stupid order.

’Can’t use Immortal Level Power?’

’Heh.’

’I’m using it right now. What can anyone do to me?’

’The Nether Race? A washed-up race that has long since fallen from grace.’

’Don’t tell me they’re actually monitoring everyone’s every move in the Mortal District.’

’Besides, would they dare to touch me?’

’I’m from the Xiao Family!’

’Laying a hand on me is the same as making an enemy of the Hall of Envoys!’

"Do it!"

Ignoring the plea, Xiao Zhize gave the order. With the coordinated effort of the servants, the Fortress-level Flying Magical Artifact launched an attack of Immortal Level Power against the Void Sect.

SWISH!

A beam of light over a hundred zhang in diameter shot out from beneath the Flying Magical Artifact, instantly tearing through the Defense Array and blasting straight into the heartland of the Void Sect.

RUMBLE!

The earth trembled violently, and powerful Energy ravaged its way outward in all directions at extreme speed.

"Ancestor, Sect Leader, and Mo the kid... this old man will be taking his leave first."

Seeing the torrential, world-ending Energy surging toward him, Yu Liang calmly took out a Medicinal Pill, popped it into his mouth, closed his eyes, and began to chew slowly.

The appearance of Immortal Level Power in the Mortal District was like the apocalypse.

It covered the entire Void Sect, including an area tens of li in radius, delivering an indiscriminate, carpet-bombing-style of destructive attack.

Mountains, rivers, lakes, and seas were razed to the ground. Countless living creatures, grasses, and trees were destroyed in an instant.

In that moment, the Void Sect became a thing of the past. Its mountain headquarters was annihilated even more thoroughly than the Wolf Fang Sect’s.

Aboard the Flying Magical Artifact, watching with his own eyes as the Void Sect was forcibly erased from the face of the Earth Realm by Immortal Level Power, a gleeful smile appeared on Zhang Shao’s face.

’Mo Qi, this is just the beginning. I’ll make you understand just how miserable the consequences are for opposing me!’

Xiao Zhize and Zhang Shao’s inner thoughts were perfectly aligned.

...

「In the Imperial City」

Mo Qi had just emerged from Within the Pass with Niu Kexin and Liu Ruyan. Before he could even get his bearings, he was pulled aside by Li Shimu.

"Something’s happened."

Mo Qi froze. ’Something’s happened? What happened?’

’Don’t tell me Liu Hui and the others got beaten up again?’

’Damn it, is this ever going to end?’

’First it was the Huangfu Brothers, then Xiao Zhize, and now who?’

’Can’t you all just come out at once!’

Mo Qi looked around, searching for Liu Hui and Jin Sanpang.

However, he didn’t find them. Instead, he saw a group of very familiar faces.

"Senior Brother Yang Ming?! Brother Ni, Second Brother, Third Brother?! Yun Xuzi?!"

That’s right, Mo Qi saw Yang Ming and the others—all familiar faces from the Void Sect.

But at this moment, their faces were all etched with an undeniable sorrow and pain.

"Long time no see! What are you guys doing here?" Mo Qi walked over excitedly.

The Ni Brothers and the others forced a faint smile and nodded in acknowledgment, but none of them spoke.

Mo Qi’s heart skipped a beat. His smile slowly vanished as he realized something was wrong.

"Did something happen to the Void Sect?" Mo Qi asked in a heavy voice.

But still, no one answered.

Mo Qi grew anxious. He looked at Yang Ming. "Senior Brother, what in the world happened?"

Yang Ming closed his eyes, the look of pain on his face deepening. "It’s gone. It’s all gone! Everyone’s dead!"

"The Void Sect is no more!"

Mo Qi felt as if he had been struck by lightning.

’The Void Sect is gone?’

’How is that possible?!’

’Besides the Imperial Family, who in the Mountain and Sea Empire has the power to destroy the Void Sect?’

Yang Ming raised his hand and projected an image. It showed the scene of the Void Sect being destroyed by the Flying Magical Artifact.

"Martial Uncle Yu Liang sent this out at the very last moment."

In the image, wherever the Immortal Level Power passed, everything—be it buildings, rocks, plants, people, livestock, or Demon Beasts—was turned to nothingness, crushed to dust.

The Servant Area where he had lived for ten years, the back mountain where he had perfected his Sword Skill, fragment after fragment of memory, scene after scene of familiar faces—all of it had become a fleeting illusion, shattered with a single touch.

"NO!"

Mo Qi’s eyes nearly split open with rage as he roared himself hoarse.

Although the Void Sect had given him some very bad experiences, it was, after all, the place where he had grown up.

And compared to the unhappiness of his final days there, Mo Qi’s impression of the Void Sect was mostly shaped by the happy years he spent living with Uncle Niu.

To put it simply, Mo Qi could dislike the Void Sect, but it was the link to his memories of Uncle Niu, a sanctuary for his soul.

Moreover, Yu Liang had extended a helping hand when Mo Qi was at his weakest and most helpless, saving his life from Wang Xinglong.

Nominally, Yu Liang was the only master he had ever officially acknowledged!

And now, Yu Liang had fallen.

"Master!"

Mo Qi’s heart ached so much he couldn’t breathe.

’Why?’

’Why is it that even after I’ve gained some power, the people around me still have to suffer?!’

Two streams of tears fell.

Mo Qi had cried for his mother; that was for a bond of kinship that could not be severed.

He had cried for Niu Kexin; that was for a fusion of familial love and romantic love.

Now, he was once again on the verge of an emotional collapse.

The Chaos Scripture was incredible, giving Mo Qi a treasure trove of knowledge that others could not possess.

The Creation Golden Body Technique was also a one-of-a-kind, Heaven-defying Technique that made Mo Qi invincible among his peers.

Mo Qi himself was exceptionally talented and mentally tough, and through sheer effort, he had honed a Sword Skill that even ghosts and gods could not match.

But none of that could change one fact: he was still a sixteen-year-old kid!

What he had experienced had long since surpassed the limits of what someone his age could endure.

It was a miracle he hadn’t been driven mad!

"Mo..."

Niu Kexin and Liu Ruyan were extremely worried about Mo Qi’s state. They were just about to speak when the Pig Emperor stopped them.

"This is Mo the kid’s trial of the heart. Don’t you dare disturb him. He must figure this out on his own, or there will be endless trouble in the future!"

PS: Don’t kill me! Not abusing the main character is my principle. Here’s a little spoiler: Zhang Shao and Xiao Zhize are going to get what’s coming to them very soon...