"Do it."
Wen Ruqing repeated.
Lu Zhou said disapprovingly, "You're giving up so soon?"
"Don't force me." Wen Ruqing's voice trembled slightly.
"Who forced you to betray me back then?" Lu Zhou asked.
As soon as he finished speaking …
Wen Ruqing seemed to have lost all sense of reason as he charged toward Lu Zhou. Bam!
Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam!
He continued to send out a large number of palm prints.
No matter how he attacked, Lu Zhou could easily nullify them.
The unique and familiar electric arcs on Lu Zhou's body devoured all of Wen Ruqing's attacks.
"I don't have a choice!"
Wen Ruqing shouted. The speed of his attacks was so fast that they could not be seen with the naked eye.
Creak!
Wen Ruqing heard the sound of space freezing again.
His heart skipped a beat. When he looked up, he saw the talisman seals on the Ancient Star Formation had changed. The power of the laws from the talisman seals was converging toward Lu Zhou.
It was as though the Ancient Star Formation was built for him and not Wen Ruqing.
"The Ancient Star Formation diagram really came from master?" Wen Ruqing was incredulous.
At this moment, he saw Lu Zhou who was shrouded in blue electric arcs appearing before him.
His fingers were like blue scythes as he struck Wen Ruqing's shoulder.
Bam!
Wen Ruqing wanted to dodge, but he discovered that he could not. Instead, he charged forward.
With a muffled grunt, he reeled back. He felt his Qi and blood surging, and his internal organs seemed to be out of shape.
'What a powerful force!'
"Is that all you've got?"
The majestic and disdainful voice rang in his ears.
He focused his gaze.
Lu Zhou's eyes shone with blue light as he looked down at him.
In his Fiend God form, Lu Zhou was born with the aura of a king.
"Ah …"
Wen Ruqing shuddered. "Te … teacher?!"
For many years, this scene had dominated his dreams.
This scene was too familiar.
Lu Zhou's voice made him feel dizzy. "You still have the cheek to call me teacher?"
Bam!
A blue energy seal shot out of Lu Zhou's palm and struck Wen Ruqing's chest. Wen Ruqing spat out a mouthful of blood as though he was struck by a huge pillar. He reeled back again.
When he regained his footing, Lu Zhou was already standing nearby. Lu Zhou's face was expressionless, and his blue eyes were captivating.
It was as if it had never moved.
"Law of Space, Law of Time …" Wen Ruqing panicked. She observed the Ancient Star Yuan Array for a moment. "The ancient array has an owner?"
Realization suddenly dawned on him.
Lu Zhou stepped into the air with arcs of electricity as he made his way toward Yu Shangrong.
"When I drew the Ancient Star Matrix, it was to build an impregnable Taixuan Mountain. This formation only has one master, and that is me. "
"…"
Wen Ruqing felt a tightness in her chest.
They had worked so hard to perfect this array, but in the end, it was all for someone else's benefit?
Lu Zhou continued walking.
"When the human cultivation civilization was first born, this old man studied hundreds of thousands of cultivation methods. At some point in time, humans also had a definition of the right and the wrong way of cultivation, and even divided them into different categories. Whether it's Confucianism, Daoism, or Buddhism, they're all different paths that lead to the same destination. They all originate from the very first Cultivation Civilization … "
"…"
Wen Ruqing's eyes widened.
Lu Zhou lowered his voice and said, "Back then, when I discussed the path with the cultivators of the world, we had different avatars, and hundreds of flowers bloomed. Who told you that a different path of cultivation is the Fiend? "
As he spoke, a blue lotus flew out of Lu Zhou's palm.
Bam!
Wen Ruqing spat out a mouthful of blood.
She had thought that in the Ancient Star Yuan Array, she could rely on the power of the ancient array to reach the level of a Great Emperor. At the same time, she could weaken the Fiend God. She did not expect that the ancient array would not help her. Instead, it would help the Fiend God!
Man proposes, but God disposes.
Wen Ruqing had prided himself on studying at Taixuan Mountain for many years and on understanding the Fiend God.
However, looking at it now, the Fiend God hid too many unknown and incomprehensible secrets.
He was much more unfathomable than Ming Xin.
Wen Ruqing shrank her protective energy and tried to leave the ancient array.
However …
Lu Zhou's voice came as expected. "In the ancient array, I'm the strongest. Do you think you can leave? "
Wen Ruqing felt a huge hand coming down on her head.
She had no choice but to raise her palms.
Boom!
The palm pushed her down. Her feet were planted on the ground, and half of her body was buried in the ground.
Wen Ruqing groaned again.
Bang!
Lu Zhou sent her flying with another kick. Wen Ruqing was easily uprooted like a spring onion.
A magnificent scene appeared.
Lu Zhou's blue figure traveled to every corner of the Ancient Formation.
A sky full of palm prints surrounded Wen Ruqing.
Bang bang bang, bang bang bang …
Every move was extremely ferocious and overbearing, causing Wen Ruqing to have nowhere to hide. Her face was ashen!
Lu Zhou hovered above Wen Ruqing and stomped his foot on the ground.
Boom!
Wen Ruqing landed straight on the ground.
The fight was over!
— —
The runes of the Ancient Star Yuan Formation were very beautiful.
It glowed faintly in the air.
The smell of fresh blood lingered in the air, drifting out of the ancient formation along with the cool breeze.
With the end of the battle, the power of the Ancient Star Yuan Formation seemed to gradually fade, having completed its temporary mission.
Lu Zhou landed beside Wen Ruqing like a feather. His expression was as apathetic as ever as he looked down at Wen Ruqing who was lying on the ground.
The electric arc disappeared.
The blue eyes disappeared.
He retracted his Demon God state and returned to his normal appearance.
The air in the Sacred Hall was fresh, but it was like a knife cutting across his throat, causing him great pain.
Wen Ruqing gave up resisting. He remained motionless as he looked at the sky calmly. He looked at Lu Zhou who had returned to normal, the man who struck fear into his soul.
His eyes were sometimes dazed, sometimes clear, and sometimes fearful.
When he was afraid, his body would tremble uncontrollably.
After an unknown period of time.
A smile appeared on Wen Ruqing's face. He squeezed out the words from his throat, "So … you're back …"
Gurgle! Gurgle!
Blood gushed out from the corner of Wen Ruqing's mouth and flowed down his cheek.
The Primal Qi in his Extraordinary Eight Meridians was extremely chaotic, making it difficult for him to speak clearly.
When he finally calmed down, Wen Ruqing forced a smile and said, "You seem to be stronger than before."
Lu Zhou said calmly,
"People strive for greater heights."
Wen Ruqing's eyes became extremely hollow.
After the runes gradually disappeared, there seemed to be white clouds drifting past his eyes.
He seemed to see the scene on Taixuan Mountain, the scene of the Demon God being worshipped by the people.
Wen Ruqing said in a low voice,
"Teacher, did you know? In truth, I understand all of this. "
She took a deep breath.
"I'm tired … Teacher, please send me on my way … I have no regrets dying in your hands."
Wen Ruqing's sudden change puzzled Lu Zhou.
There were many people in the world who wished to die, but it was not the Four Great Supremes of the Holy Temple's turn.
Lu Zhou did not look away. He stared into Wen Ruqing's eyes, realizing that the problem was not as simple as it seemed.
"Do you wish to die?"
Wen Ruqing laughed. She laughed so hard that tears streamed down her cheeks. Suddenly, she fell to her knees with a thud.
When he knelt, his knees cracked the marble floor like a huge spider web. When he raised his head again, his eyes were filled with tears of blood. His voice was hoarse, and his eyes were filled with tears.
Bam!
Her forehead hit the floor.
Lu Zhou, who had lived for a long time, looked as numb as ever.
He did not mind Wen Ruqing's sudden change in attitude.
The human heart was unpredictable.
After experiencing betrayal, his heart was as hard as steel. It was difficult to move.
He looked at Wen Ruqing expressionlessly.
Bam!
Wen Ruqing kowtowed again.
Blood flowed down his forehead and hit the floor.
Without any Yuan Qi protecting her body, Wen Ruqing was just an ordinary person.
Lu Zhou snorted and said, "Isn't it too late to realize this now?"
Wen Ruqing's voice trembled. She prostrated herself on the ground and said, "Yes, it's too late."
He raised his head slightly and said in a hoarse voice,
"From the moment I embarked on this path of no return, it was too late … Everything was too late."
He did his best to control his emotions and calm himself down. "It's been a hundred thousand years."
"Do you know?"
Wen Ruqing paused, her emotions fluctuating slightly. "I'm the only one in the world, only I … I don't want to repeat these lies."
When he said that it was only me, he pointed at himself.
The lie had been repeated thousands of times, and even he himself had been deceived.
Wen Ruqing lowered her head and said, "I always thought that you wouldn't come back and that no one in the Great Void would mention you. From then on, there wouldn't be any news about you in the Great Void … but you still came back …"
Then, he looked up at Lu Zhou and asked, "Why?"
He forced himself to face his' teacher '.
Alas, how could there be so many whys in the world?
Lu Zhou's eyes were still cold as he said indifferently, "You can't blame anyone for the path you chose."
Wen Ruqing nodded and said, "Indeed, you can't blame anyone."
"Drunken Zen is dead."
"Hua Zhenghong is dead …"
"But … they deserved to die!"
Her voice suddenly rose.
"Now … it's my turn."
Wen Ruqing lowered her voice. She looked at the runic seals in the air and said, "You may make your move now."
He closed his eyes.
Lu Zhou said gruffly, "It's easy to die if you want to. Tell me Ming Xin's whereabouts."
Wen Ruqing shook her head. Her expression was numb as she said, "Let bygones be bygones … I'm indebted to Ming Xin. I can't let him down."
"I'm not indebted to you?" Lu Zhou asked.
Crack! Crack!
The runic seals in the Ancient Star Formation collided with each other with a deafening sound.
Wen Ruqing smiled faintly. He pointed at the glittering runic seals and said, "Look, don't those runic seals look like the stars in the night sky? Some people say that every time a star falls, it means that someone has died … "
"Look, the stars in the sky are falling."
Lu Zhou did not know what Wen Ruqing was trying to say. He merely looked at him indifferently.
Wen Ruqing's eyes hardened as he said, "I … I'll return everything you've given me to you."
Suddenly, with lightning speed, he struck at his own Dantian's Qi Sea. Puff —
His dantian's sea of Qi tore open easily. Endless Primal Qi gushed out and flowed into the Ancient Star Formation.
"Hm?"
Lu Zhou's expression remained cold as he looked at Wen Ruqing.
Wen Ruqing said, "I'll return the Taixuan Sword to you."
"I'll return your cultivation base to you!"
Vast amounts of Primal Qi surged into the Ancient Formation and returned to heaven and earth.
Wen Ruqing's dantian's sea of Qi quickly withered.
Lu Zhou did not stop him.
Instead, he watched calmly from the side.
In the long river of time, he had witnessed too many deaths, joys, and sorrows. Many of his emotions had long been drowned in the countless ups and downs of life. They were as hard as rocks and as cold as cold iron.
If there was anything that could cause a ripple in his emotions, it would be the fact that he still remembered where he came from, as well as the scoundrel disciples that he had personally taught and seen at first sight.
Swoosh!
The winds raged in the air.
The Primal Qi storm circled the Holy Temple, attracting the attention of the cultivators in the Holy Region.
The cultivators who did not know the truth did not know what was happening in the Holy Temple. They did not dare to take even half a step closer.
More than 100 Holy Temple Warriors hurried over.
They surrounded the Holy Temple.
They carried astrolabes that illuminated the skies.
There were green, gold, and red …
They formed a huge circle, like a garland on top of a ring. It was exceptionally dazzling.
The Primal Qi storm kept the Holy Temple Warriors at bay. They could only watch the Holy Temple from the periphery, puzzled. They did not know what was happening.
"Hurry up and report this to the Supreme Master!"
"Understood!"
A shooting star streaked across the sky, flying into the distance.
The remaining Holy Temple Warriors did not dare to be careless. They waited for the Primal Qi storm to end.
The storm gradually subsided.
Their vision cleared up. The 100 Holy Temple Warriors looked down. They saw Lu Zhou standing with his hands on his back with a cold gaze and Wen Ruqing who was covered in blood and had a withered dantian's sea of Qi.
Everyone was shocked.
"Who's so bold as to cause trouble in the Holy Temple?"
Although they were putting on a brave front, they knew very well that the person who injured Supreme Master Wen in front of the emperor's Holy Temple was not an ordinary person.
The Holy Temple Warriors were on high alert, but none of them dared to get close.
They aimed the astrolabes in their hands at the stranger.
Lu Zhou was still looking at Wen Ruqing. He ignored the Holy Temple Warriors and said in a deep voice, "This has nothing to do with you. I don't want to start a massacre today. Scram before I lose my temper."
The 100 Holy Temple Warriors retreated more than ten meters. They could feel the dangerous aura from Lu Zhou.
The Holy Temple Warriors had no choice but to retreat. It would be a dereliction of duty to leave.
"This is the Holy Temple, not a place for you to behave atrociously!" someone said loudly.
At this moment, Wen Ruqing raised his hand. His hand was stained with blood. He seemed to be telling the Holy Temple Warriors to keep quiet.
"Supreme Master Wen?!"
Wen Ruqing slowly sat up. After his cultivation base returned to heaven and earth, what little remained of his cultivation base could not sustain his severe injuries. He looked extremely frail. When he finally managed to sit up, he nearly fell back down again.
With great difficulty, he said, "This has nothing to do with you … Scram, all of you!"
"Supreme Master Wen, why are you doing this?" The Holy Temple Warriors did not understand.
"I'll say it again. Scram!"
The Holy Temple Warriors did not understand.
However, they did not dare to disobey Supreme Master Wen's order. They could only bow and say, "Understood!"
The 100 Holy Temple Warriors left the Holy Temple. When they were far away, they stopped and watched.
…
Wen Ruqing turned around and met Lu Zhou's gaze. He seemed to be relieved as he continued to say, "There's one more thing for you …"
He produced a round, seven-colored pearl from his pocket and held it in his palm as he said, "The Radiant Wheel Pearl …"
When Lu Zhou saw the seven-colored pearl, the information about the Radiant Wheel Pearl seemed to have appeared in his mind.
Wen Ruqing said calmly, "Back then … you gave me the Radiant Wheel Pearl … You hoped that I would become a paragon soon and form a light wheel … Alas, I'm slow-witted. No matter how I tried, I couldn't form the ninth light wheel with the Radiant Wheel Pearl …"
Wen Ruqing coughed.
He spat out a mouthful of blood.
However, the Radiant Wheel Pearl remained bright.
"I'll return it to you!"
He waved his hand.
The Radiant Wheel Pearl hovered in the air.
He flew in front of Lu Zhou.
Lu Zhou looked at the Radiant Wheel Pearl. After a moment of silence, he asked, "Can you pay me back?"
Wen Ruqing's expression turned even more miserable.
He chuckled as tears trickled down from the corners of his eyes. He said, "I can't … I'll never be able to pay you back."
His tone gradually rose.
As the saying went, if one was born without nurturing, one's finger could be returned. However, if one was nurtured before one was born, one would not be able to return it even after a hundred lifetimes … The Fiend God was Wen Ruqing's teacher and 'father'.
How could he pay her back?
At this moment, Wen Ruqing stomped his feet on the ground.
At the same time, he spat out a mouthful of blood. He leaped into the air and said, "I'll pay you back with my life!"
He folded his palms together. The remaining one-third of Primal Qi in his dantian's sea of Qi flowed wildly into the air.
The Ancient Star Formation lit up again.
The runes that filled the sky were constantly absorbing energy from the air, absorbing energy from Wen Ruqing's body.
Whizz!
An avatar appeared!
The green avatar soared into the skies.
Eight light wheels rose from the top to the bottom.
With Wen Ruqing's current strength, it was too difficult for him to control a supreme avatar.
The moment the avatar appeared, his facial features contorted, and he bled from his seven orifices.
The Holy Temple warriors who were watching from afar looked in the direction of the Holy Temple in shock. They did not dare to approach it.
Countless cultivators in the Holy Region rose into the air. They no longer followed the rules of the Holy Region. They wanted to see what was going on. They flew into the air to observe the avatar.
"Wen Ruqing's avatar!"
"One of the Holy Temple's Four Paragons, Wen Ruqing. What's going on? "
They were too far away. They could only see the avatar but not the exact situation.
There were no other avatars fighting it. It only stood in the air.
Wen Ruqing roared.
A light wheel shrank rapidly and converged toward the Light Wheel Pearl in front of Lu Zhou.
It would return to where it came from!
When the first light wheel disappeared, the avatar had shrunk to 3,000 feet!
One light wheel was 3,000 feet!
Then, the second light wheel, the third light wheel, and the fourth light wheel shrank rapidly and converged toward the Light Wheel Pearl.
The avatar's height continued to drop.
When the seventh and eighth light wheels disappeared, a loud boom rang in the air from the avatar's lotus seat. The lotus seat suddenly shattered!
Boom!
At the same time, beams of light erupted from Wen Ruqing's body. Blood and internal organs were blasted out by the light beams!
"Ahh!"
The cultivators in the Holy Region were shocked when they saw this.
The Holy Temple warriors were stunned as well.
This meant the avatar of Wen Ruqing, one of the Holy Temple's Four Paragons, was destroyed. It was not as simple as just being demoted. It was completely destroyed.
After the lotus seat shattered, the avatar's height dropped drastically.
3,000 feet, 1,000 feet, 1,000 feet, 100 feet … It faded away and vanished from the world.
The Light Wheel Pearl hovering before Lu Zhou shone even more brilliantly.
Lu Zhou frowned slightly as he looked at the Light Wheel Pearl.
Wen Ruqing fell from the sky.
When she was about to hit the ground, Lu Zhou waved his hand and stopped her.
He saw no pain or sorrow on Wen Ruqing's face. There was even a hint of joy and relief on her face. A faint smile appeared on his face.
Wen Ruqing looked at Lu Zhou and said with difficulty, "I've repaid the debt …"
The Ancient Starsource Formation was extinguished.
Wen Ruqing closed her eyes.
A talisman seal landed on Wen Ruqing's body.
Bam!
Wen Ruqing fell to the ground. Her body was riddled with holes. Fresh blood flowed out and stained the silvery-white floor.
The blood flowed through the cracks until it reached the end.
The scorching sun shone on the floor, turning the blood purple and black. Scabs formed on the surface of the blood.
A cool breeze blew, dispersing the stench of blood in the air.
Wen Ruqing's body gradually turned cold as well.
Lu Zhou did not move throughout the entire process.
He looked on coldly from the sidelines. Nobody knew what he was thinking.
Perhaps, he was thinking of the past on Taixuan Mountain. Perhaps, he was thinking of the various scenes where he was taught the techniques. Perhaps, he was thinking of the rebellious hearts of his disciples in the Evil Sky Pavilion.
There was a moment when Lu Zhou doubted himself.
Who was right and who was wrong?
The past was over. It was like a passing cloud.
It was time to let it go.
After a long time, he walked up to Wen Ruqing and said calmly, "We don't owe each other anything."
He rose from the ground and flew out of the Holy Temple.
He activated his senses and searched for Ming Xin's whereabouts.
Alas, no matter how hard he tried, he could not sense the presence of an expert. The vast Holy Temple was empty. There was not a single person in sight.
He was not interested in the Holy Temple Warriors in the distance.
He did not want to go on a killing spree in this so-called 'prosperous' Holy Region. No matter how prosperous a world was, it would be reduced to rubble when the Great Void collapsed. It would be lost in the river of history.
About 15 minutes after he left the Holy Temple.
Guan Jiu, one of the Four Great Paragons of the Holy Temple, arrived. He appeared next to the Holy Temple Warriors.
"Greetings, Supreme Paragon Guan!"
"Supreme Paragon Guan, this is bad … Supreme Paragon Wen, he …"
Guan Jiu raised a hand and interrupted Guan Jiu.
It was as though he knew what was going on.
He did not seem to be in a good state of mind.
He seemed dispirited.
He looked in the direction of the Holy Temple. He took a deep breath and said, "No one is allowed to get close."
"Understood."
As he spoke, he flew toward the Holy Temple.
He immediately saw the bloodied floor and Wen Ruqing lying on the ground.
Guan Jiu stopped. He found this hard to accept as he said, "Stupid, stupid … You're really stupid … Was it worth it?"
He landed next to Wen Ruqing. He knelt on one knee and punched the ground.
Boom!
The marble floor cracked again.
"You've been arguing with me for three days just for this?! Why?! "Guan Jiu said through gritted teeth.
"Answer me!"
No matter how Guan Jiu questioned him, Wen Ruqing was only a cold corpse. Nothing in the world would have anything to do with him.
Guan Jiu lowered his head and stared at the corpse.
The sun was setting.
The rays of the setting sun merged with the black scab formed by the blood. It was as though ink had melted into a bright red flame. It was dazzling and frightening.
After a long time.
Guan Jiu finally accepted reality. He took a deep breath and stood up.
He waved his hand.
A Holy Temple Warrior came from afar and landed next to him.
Guan Jiu calmed himself down and said, "Give him a proper burial."
"Supreme Paragon Guan! Shouldn't we tell everyone in the Holy Temple about this? "The Holy Temple Warrior asked carefully.
"This must not be announced …" Guan Jiu said coldly.
"Yes."
"Drunken Zen is gone. Hua Zhenghong is gone … Wen Ruqing is also gone. I'm the only one left. " Guan Jiu sighed heavily and said to himself, "I didn't get what I wanted when I was alive. After death … I shouldn't announce it."
PS: Three in one. No more at night. I'm going to Nanjing to see a doctor. I'll stay up late to write the manuscript tomorrow and the day after.
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