The sins left in the Sea of Extreme Karma were completely dissipated in the blazing red lotus karmic fire, and the water in the Jingxin Pool receded like a tide.
Originally, there were Buddhist cultivators watching Li Jingyu and the others, but after the Sea of Extreme Karma disappeared, there was no trace of the Buddhist cultivators nearby.
The heavenly bell rang in the air.
The falling golden light enveloped the entire Path of Killing, like a giant golden cocoon wrapping it.
Moments later, more than a dozen Buddhist cultivators in dark robes emerged from the golden light, bowed to the silent Feng Wang, and said with hands clasped, “Greetings to the head.” These were disciples who had fallen into demonic paths from the Path of Killing.
Their Buddhist aura was tainted by sin, unable to progress, and they could only turn to the demonic path’s turbid energy.
In fact, there were many such disciples, but most lost their minds and went mad before the Jingxin Pool could cleanse their sins.
Feng Wang nodded at them and turned his gaze to Li Jingyu.
Li Jingyu raised an eyebrow and smiled, looking at the Buddhist temple disappearing in the golden light and clouds, and said calmly, “Let’s go back.” The Zui Fo Zun was unwilling to get involved in the “Tai Shang” matter, and after sending out the demonic cultivators from the Path of Killing, he hid the Path of Killing in a different dimension.
It was unknown when it would return, but the Buddha bone relic was already in Feng Wang’s hands, meaning the two lineages of Xumi Sea’s teachings were under her control.
Compared to the grand momentum in the North Sea, the slaying of a Yuanshen realm true person this time did not elicit much reaction from the Three Supreme Palaces.
Without needing the Three Supreme Veins to reveal the news, Li Jingyu knew that the Tianren realm cultivators of the Three Supreme Palaces had focused entirely on the “Tai Shang Yuantai,” leaving them no time to deal with them.
After all, in their eyes, if the Tai Shang Yuantai returned, under Tai Shang’s guidance, the Tai Shang lineage would eventually dominate Jiuzhou and restore everything.
The Three Supreme Palaces’ choice saved Li Jingyu a lot of trouble, allowing her to focus on clearing out the remnants of the Demon Sect before the “Tai Shang Yuantai” returned.
Although most were suppressed back then, a few Yuanshen realm demonic cultivators escaped and had not been completely eradicated until now.
Due to Ning Huaizhen and Ji Mingcheng’s curiosity, Ji Yutang spent the entire day in the law hall recounting the events of the past years, only emerging at dusk.
By then, a pile of documents had accumulated on her desk, which she dealt with one by one before finally having some free time.
However, by this time, the moon was already high in the sky.
She lifted her gaze to the bright moon outside the window, and Li Jingyu’s face unexpectedly appeared in her mind.
“You really kept me waiting,” came a leisurely voice, tinged with a sigh.
Li Jingyu had appeared at some point, leaning against a pillar with her arms crossed.
Her flawless face shone even more brilliantly under the moonlight.
Ji Yutang snapped back to reality and turned to Li Jingyu, asking, “Why are you here?” Li Jingyu chuckled softly and replied slowly, “To discuss the Dao.”
Ji Yutang looked at Li Jingyu suspiciously.
The words “discuss the Dao” sounded to her like an obvious excuse, much like “Three Supreme Palaces.” However, this time Li Jingyu was indeed there to discuss the Dao.
She used the path of the moon to collide and question Ji Yutang’s great Dao, borrowing the “yang energy” from her body to repeatedly evolve the world.
Ji Yutang blinked and said, “With endless evolution, perhaps a small world will truly be born.” The method of chaotic yin-yang evolving the heavens is a fundamental law of the great Dao, the beginning of all things.
During the Path of Killing, this law was used to grind away sins, but now, during the evolution of the Dao, it is wrapped in Primordial Qi, like a seed.
Once it accumulates enough power, it will create a new world.
“Isn’t that a good thing?” Li Jingyu said slowly.
Ji Yutang frowned and looked directly at Li Jingyu, “Are you planning to create a new heaven?” Li Jingyu absentmindedly responded, not intending to explain.
Ji Yutang glanced at her, pursed her lips, and didn’t ask further.
Perhaps out of consideration for Ji Mingcheng and Ning Huaizhen’s presence, when the two of them were together, they truly only discussed the Dao.
Until a month later, news came from the Southern Border, and a strange light flickered in Li Jingyu’s eyes.
“Is it about the demonic cultivators?” Ji Yutang asked.
“No,” Li Jingyu shook her head and smiled, “It’s about the senior from Wangqing Sect.” She had previously expressed her desire to meet the sect master through her mentor Huai Wanxiu, but the other party had been in seclusion in the Sea of Stars and had not responded.
Now, news from the Southern Border indicated that the sect master had emerged and was willing to meet her.
Li Jingyu further explained, “I have a feeling that she is related to me, and only by meeting her will my heart be at ease.”
Ji Yutang watched her for a moment before saying, “Be careful.”
Li Jingyu smiled and tilted her head, “Anything else?” Ji Yutang blushed and whispered, “What will you do?” Li Jingyu beckoned with a smile, “Come here.”
Ji Yutang lowered her head without speaking, but her body was always honest, and in the next moment, she had already moved in front of Li Jingyu.
Cool fingertips touched her chin, slowly brushing across her cheek.
It felt like her heart was being scorched, burning so hot it seemed it would turn to ashes.
Li Jingyu leaned down to press her cheek against Ji Yutang’s, not making any extra movements.
After a moment, she released Ji Yutang, gave her a deep look, and then transformed into a stream of light, disappearing into the sky.
– Wangqing Sect.
After the integration of the demonic path by Huoxin Palace, the entire sect was essentially in name only.
Although Cangzhen was named the sect master, she never cared about what happened below, only observing indifferently.
Her alignment with Huai Wanxiu did not mean that the disciples below were aligned with Huoxin Palace.
The Immortal Sect, gathered under the name “Wangqing,” consisted of fallen cultivators, few of whom had clean hands.
In the Star Sea, the bright river of light shone brilliantly, with currents surging like tides, revealing dazzling splendor.
Li Jingyu stepped into the star sea, feeling a vastness and ethereality that was hard to detect even from her mentor, who was also in the realm of heaven and man.
There was only one possibility: this person had already reached the pinnacle, just one step away from seeking the great Dao.
“Jingyu greets the senior,” Li Jingyu stopped and bowed to the white figure ahead.
“No need for formalities,” a gentle voice replied.
The white-robed female cultivator sitting in the star sea suddenly turned around.
Her face was obscured by starlight, only a blur.
But moments later, the starlight gradually dispersed, revealing her features clearly.
Li Jingyu looked up, her eyes burning with pain, but she did not avert her gaze.
Instead, she stared fixedly at the person in front of her, her face filled with astonishment, and the word “Mother” slipped out!
At this moment in Taishi Dao Palace, Han Linchi found what he was looking for among a pile of Dao texts in the treasury.
Although it recorded Cangzhen’s matters, it did not mention any flaws in her cultivation.
He quickly scanned it, his expression changing abruptly, and immediately met with Yang Xizhou and Zhu Deyan.
Zhu Deyan spoke gently, “Did you find it, Dao brother?” Han Linchi nodded heavily, his brows furrowed as if covered in frost and snow.
Yang Xizhou’s eyelid twitched, and he asked, “What’s going on?” Han Linchi replied, “She cultivates the Three Lives Reincarnation Forgetfulness Body.” His teeth chattered with cold, as if he had fallen into an ice cave, “This cultivation method involves three lives and three transformations, all following the path of ‘Supreme Forgetfulness.’ Among the Taishi Lineage cultivators who have achieved this path over the millennia, besides her long-fallen first disciple Li Zhenru, there is Li Qingxun.
I suspect Li Qingxun is her final transformation, and now that she has completed her cultivation in three lives, her body is whole.
Is she also planning to use the Tai Shang Primordial Embryo to achieve the Dao?” Her cultivation was deeper than theirs, and what they could do, she could also do.
If the “Essence of Creation” was taken by her, what would be left for them?
Yang Xizhou’s heart tightened at these words, and he said seriously, “When the Tai Shang Primordial Embryo is complete, we must suppress her immediately!” The secret method they held was originally for use only in desperate times, but now, knowing the extent of her danger, they had to use it from the start, or they would have no chance!
