When the others saw the situation, they quickly scattered. The horrifying energy from the self-detonation of a Great Perfection Martial Sage was not something they could endure.
Xiao Chen did not retreat. Based on his calculations, Mo Chen should be almost done with Black Flame Island. Zhuang Zhenghe's Dharmic Incarnation would not last much longer.
Even if Mo Chen did not deal with him, Xiao Chen could not retreat. He had to block most of the force when she self-destructed.
He could not let the other cultivators of Heavenly Star Island come to harm.
Xiao Chen's physical body had already reached the peak of a Sage Body. Furthermore, he had the Blue Dragon Body Nourishing Art's Blue Dragon Battle Armor. He would not suffer much damage from Zhuang Zhenghe's self-detonation.
Suddenly, horror appeared on the crazed Zhuang Zhenghe's face. He quickly stopped self-detonating in a fluster, his body deflating like a balloon.
Not only did he stop self-destructing, but his cultivation also dropped from the Great Perfection Blue Robed Emperor to the Small Perfection Blue Robed Emperor. It kept dropping until it reached the Peak Great Grandmaster.
"You broke my source of faith. How is that possible? How did you know the weakness of the power of faith?!" Zhuang Zhenghe looked at Xiao Chen, his face filled with disbelief. How could Xiao Chen know such a secret?
Xiao Chen pressed the tip of his saber against the other party's neck. His eyes remained calm as he said indifferently, "You don't have to worry about how I know. Tell me honestly how you obtained the Buddhist inheritance, and I'll give you a quick death. "
"I …"
Zhuang Zhenghe, who wanted to say something, suddenly stopped breathing. His eyes turned lifeless, and his heart stopped beating. He died just like that.
Xiao Chen's expression changed, and he bent down to check. The other party's body was still warm, and there were no obvious injuries.
His meridians, heart, and lungs were all intact, and there were no signs of suicide. This was the appearance of a spirit being destroyed. The spirit left in this body had been forcibly erased by someone.
Xiao Chen raised his head and looked at Black Flame Island. Something must have happened there.
"Xiao Chen, what should we do with these people?"
Lan Shaobai sent people to bring the leaders of the eight major forces to Xiao Chen.
Among the leaders of the eight factions, other than Fu Lianyun, who was gravely injured and on the brink of death, the others suffered light injuries, only losing the ability to fight.
For the Blue Robed Emperor, as long as it was not a fatal injury, he would be able to recover.
Hearing Lan Shaobai's words, a group of people looked at Xiao Chen. Other than the Iron Blood Clan's Clan Leader Chen Ming, everyone else started begging for mercy.
"Blue Dragon King, we were reckless this time. We are willing to compensate for the losses of Blue Dragon City."
"That's right, we're willing to give up all of our family's assets, as long as you let us live."
There was a glimmer of hope in Fu Lianyun's eyes. She said weakly, "Blue Dragon King, please let us go. I, Fu Lianyun, promise you that from now on, I will bring my family far away from home and be an ordinary person."
"Family?" Xiao Chen let out a soft sound of surprise and said indifferently, "I'm afraid you don't have any family."
"What do you mean?! Xiao Chen, you can't be that ruthless. There is justice in the world. Family should not be implicated. Don't tell me you can't even abide by this rule. Be careful of the older generation. If they can't stand it, they might take action against you. "
Hearing this, the expressions of the group changed greatly. They became agitated and roared with ferocious expressions.
That's right. In this world where the strong preyed on the weak, there were no saints. There was no reason. Whoever had the bigger fist was the truth. This was especially so in the chaotic Western Sea. However, most people had a bottom line.
Not implicating family was an unwritten rule. As long as one was not an evil cultivator or a Demon, they would not do such a heartless thing.
Although Xiao Chen sentenced these people to death in his heart, he did not intend to touch their families. He looked around and fixed his gaze on Chen Ming. He said calmly, "Don't overthink. I was not the one who did it. Sect Master Chen should be clear on what happened."
"Chen Ming, what's going on? Our family is really all dead."
The others asked Chen Ming anxiously as they looked at him.
When Chen Ming heard their questions, he laughed loudly and said, "That's right. Your family is indeed dead, including the ordinary people on the island. They all died in Zhuang Zhenghe's purification ceremony. Don't blame anyone. If you want to blame something, blame yourselves for being greedy. The winner becomes king, and the loser becomes a bandit. From the day you stepped onto the path of cultivation, you should have understood this.
"I, Chen Ming, was also greedy. I believed that Zhuang Zhenghe had some way to advance to Martial Emperor. I was extremely naive. There are no shortcuts on the path to Martial Emperor. Blue Dragon King, I will be leaving first. I will wait for you four years from now. Hahahaha! "
As the Metal Blood Sect's Clan Leader laughed maniacally, Chen Ming vomited a mouthful of blood. He had broken his own heart veins and died of a shattered heart.
The other people of the eight factions turned ashen. They could not accept this fact as they muttered to themselves.
This was especially so for Fu Lianyun. When he thought about his initial actions, he found them laughable. Fu Lianyun had disgraced himself and risked his life. Behind him, Zhuang Zhenghe hunted down his family. What could be more lamentable than this?
The more Fu Lianyun thought about it, the more stifled he felt. Fu Lianyun, who was already on the verge of death, could no longer hold on. He fell over, his lifeforce severed, and he stopped breathing.
Looking at the leaders of the other factions, Xiao Chen did not feel any sympathy. He said indifferently, "Kill them!"
The group of Small Perfection Blue Robed Emperor cultivators suppressed by Chen Ming raised his saber, and blood spurted out. The few Small Perfection Blue Robed Emperors who invaded Heavenly Star Island and reduced Heavenly Star City to rubble, killing many cultivators, all died.
The path to Martial Emperor was paved with blood and corpses. If I do not kill today, someone will definitely kill me tomorrow, injure my friends, and destroy my family.
The Heart of an Emperor does not allow one to hesitate or panic. One must be decisive in killing.
Xiao Chen stood side by side with Lan Shaobai, looking at the rubble of Heavenly Star City. The two chatted softly, their eyes filled with pity.
Heavenly Star City had just been established, and it already faced such a calamity. Furthermore, this was before the Dragon's Gate's mountain tablet was erected. If they erected the Dragon's Gate's signboard and announced it to the world, who knew what kind of waves it would cause?
As the cold wind howled, Xiao Chen seemed to see a scene of the future.
Killing and blood flowed endlessly. A city of iron and blood stood amid the flames of war until the end, no one dared to invade it.
As Xiao Chen looked at Lan Shaobai, who stood shoulder to shoulder with him, he felt very moved.
Back then, in the Haotian Sect, when Shui Lingling told Xiao Chen that Lan Shaobai and the other two wanted to follow him, Xiao Chen could not believe it. He was sure that Lan Shaobai was just playing around.
Lan Shaobai was an outstanding talent of the Asura Race, an ancient race. His status was no lower than that of the Holy Scions.
How could he be willing to follow a person with an unpredictable future?
A long journey tests a horse's stamina, and time reveals a person's heart. The saying of his hometown could be said to be the best example when applied to Lan Shaobai. At this point, there was no longer any need to prove whether Lan Shaobai was sincere or not.
"Shaobai, get the people below to come out. The matter at Black Flame Island should be resolved already," Xiao Chen said when he sensed Mo Chen's figure flying over at an extremely fast speed.
The vast and complicated tunnels under Heavenly Star City were personally built by Lord Jiu. He had already rendered meritorious service countless times.
If not for Lord Jiu's tunnels, who knew how many ordinary people would have died under the Amitabha Buddha's palm strike?
Lan Shaobai nodded and quickly made arrangements. Then, he took his leave.
"Whoosh!"
Mo Chen landed beside Xiao Chen. Fatigue appeared in her eyes. However, Xiao Chen heaved a sigh of relief. Mo Chen was not severely injured.
"The matter at Black Flame Island is resolved. The Enlightened Sense Temple is already destroyed. I killed all of Zhuang Zhenghe's subordinates in the city. The rest all fled."
Mo Chen explained the matter at Black Flame Island.
Xiao Chen nodded and said, "However, something happened to Zhuang Zhenghe's Dharmic Incarnation, right?"
Shock flashed in Mo Chen's eyes. She asked, "How did you know? There was actually a Buddha head hidden in the Enlightened Sense Temple. At the last moment, it swallowed up Zhuang Zhenghe's Dharmic Incarnation. I do not know whether it is dead or alive."
"Buddha head?" A strange light flashed in Xiao Chen's eyes. He thought of something, and his heart skipped a beat.
"That's right. It is a Buddha head. It is a lone Buddha head without a body. It looks very ancient. Even though it's very weak now, I couldn't stop it and let it escape. "
Xiao Chen cared a lot about Buddha heads. The moment he heard about Buddha heads, he thought of the headless Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva in the Nine Layers of Purgatory.
There was also the Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva's frightening specter. He would often roam the Yellow Springs Road, searching for his head. No one dared to look back.
If his guess was right, and this head was really the head that the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva King was searching for, then it would be a little scary.
The Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva, who had been beheaded by the Qing Emperor ten thousand years ago, was still alive. Furthermore, he had found a successor and was starting to stir up trouble. Just thinking about it was a headache.
In particular, he was inextricably linked to the Qing Emperor. The cause of the past was the effect of the present. The cycle of cause and effect had never been broken.
Now that Xiao Chen thought about it, Zhuang Zhenghe's choice of Heavenly Star Island to spread his religion was not intentional.
Fortunately, this Buddha head was still very weak right now. Since Mo Chen could deal with it, there was no need to worry too much for now. However, the future was hard to say.
Furthermore, this was just Xiao Chen's guess. It might not be the Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva's head.
"Big Brother Xiao, what's wrong? Do you know something about the origins of this Buddha head?" Mo Chen asked out of curiosity.
Xiao Chen collected his thoughts and nodded. "I know a little. However, I will have to personally make a trip there to find out the specifics. Let's not care about it for now. Right now, this place is giving me a headache."
Mo Chen looked at the Heavenly Star City residents coming out of the underground tunnels amid the rubble. She agreed with Xiao Chen.
The great battle had turned their homes into rubble, making them homeless. Some of them even had relatives and children who were cultivators who lost their lives in the battle. It was a tragedy.
There were more than two million residents in Heavenly Star City. Stabilizing so many people in one go was not a simple matter.
Xiao Chen would be very busy for a long time in the future.
"Big Brother Xiao, I would like to build Heaven Dragon City on these rubble," Mo Chen said after looking for a long time. Then, she made a bold suggestion.
Xiao Chen felt excited. Since the city was destroyed, he had to build a new one. Taking this opportunity to build Heaven Dragon City was indeed a good opportunity.
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