“Detestable!”

The bound Purple Lin Demon King said furiously, “If this King weren’t injured, I’d definitely step on you, little girl!”

At any time, a beast clan king must not cower!

“Crack!”

Er Ya whipped over, immediately making Purple Lin Demon King cry out in pain with clenched teeth. That feeling was like being struck deep in the soul—very unpleasant.

“Girl, don’t mess around.”

Jun Changxiao said, “This is my subordinate.”

“Ew!”

Er Ya looked at Purple Lin Demon King disdainfully and said, “Why would Master have such a perverted subordinate?”

“…”

Jun Changxiao was speechless.

“Whoosh!”

Er Ya retracted the binding ropes.

If not for Master’s sake, she would definitely discipline this exhibitionist properly.

Purple Lin Demon King was also sensible. Knowing that he was currently injured with greatly diminished strength, he stopped talking after being freed.

Jun Changxiao looked toward those thunder attributes that had been beaten into human forms and were trembling cowering in corners, saying, “You can also purify these energies from the Upper Realm?”

“No problem!” Er Ya said.

As the Tianyuan Soul-Suppressing Tower’s gold medal warden, as long as prisoners were locked in, no matter where they came from, she could absolutely discipline them into submission.

Jun Changxiao asked, “Have those previous attributes been purified?”

He was referring to the strange attributes that had made Xi Jingxuan lose her rationality and go berserk. According to the girl, it would take one or two months. Because he’d recently been busy going to the battlefield and doing construction, he’d forgotten about it.

“Master, purification is complete.”

Er Ya snapped her fingers. A crystal core-like energy appeared in the space as she said, “I made it into a spirit core.”

“Spirit core?” Jun Changxiao was stunned.

Er Ya explained, “Only purified attributes can be sealed inside a spirit core. Master can now absorb it freely.”

“These attributes could previously make people lose rationality. After purification, there shouldn’t be side effects, right?” Jun Changxiao asked.

“Master!”

Er Ya pouted, “I’m professional at purifying dirty things!”

“That’s good then.”

Jun Changxiao put the spirit core into his spatial ring, calculating whether to give it to Xi Jingxuan, since the energy had been drawn from her body.

“When there’s time, make a trip to Miaohua Palace. For now…”

Withdrawing his thoughts, he said solemnly, “Still must return to the outpost as quickly as possible!”

Jun Changxiao was currently still in the Hard-to-Retrieve Blade’s unsealed state. There were definitely limits and weakness periods, so naturally he wanted to return to the safe zone while there was still time.

“Let’s go!”

With a thought, he appeared in the outside world with Purple Lin Demon King.

“Whoosh whoosh!”

Cold wind blew over.

A trace of violent thunder attribute still permeated the air.

“Swish!”

Jun Changxiao waved his hand to retrieve the Tianyuan Soul-Suppressing Tower. Holding the Hard-to-Retrieve Blade that was clearly a sword, he sped toward the Xingyun Continent outpost.

“Hm?”

Suddenly, he discovered in astonishment that the crimson radiance on his body had disappeared. Puzzled, he said, “Could getting struck by lightning once have whitewashed me?”

The red glow around Purple Lin Demon King had also disappeared.

The female system explained, “Dear participant, after Upper Realm Thunder Punishment Tribulation, whether or not the target is killed, accumulated kill values will automatically reset to zero.”

“As expected!”

Recalling the powerful thunder tribulation just now, Jun Changxiao said bitterly, “If not for the Tianyuan Soul-Suppressing Tower, even if I were whitewashed, I’d already be dead now.”

The Upper Realm’s power—just thinking about it was frightening.

“That guy… actually didn’t die, actually still lives!”

Several dozen li away, the surviving ten or twenty thousand planar experts saw Jun Changxiao appear out of thin air. One by one, their eyes widened.

That terrifying lightning bolt that bombarded down just now had deeply shocked everyone. They were also absolutely convinced that if it had been them, they’d definitely die without a burial place.

Yet he shouldn’t be alive!

“Everyone.”

Jun Changxiao also noticed the planar warriors in the distance and said coldly, “Today’s encirclement and killing enmity—this Seat remembers it in his heart. In the future, I will definitely come collect debts one by one!”

The Hard-to-Retrieve Blade had limits and couldn’t let him recklessly swagger on, so he could only drop harsh words first.

“…”

The planar warriors’ mouths twitched.

We did encircle and kill, but in the end we were counter-killed for so many people, and you weren’t hurt at all. Even if dropping harsh words, it should be us doing it!

“Whoosh——”

Jun Changxiao and Purple Lin Demon King flew at full speed, quickly disappearing from view.

The surviving planar warriors—no one dared chase after them, because they knew that guy holding the great sword was truly too terrifying. Him not returning to kill them was extremely fortunate!

“Who exactly is he!”

“From the announcement, he must be a Xingyun Continent warrior!”

“This guy calls himself ‘this Seat’—could he be the Eternal Strongest Sect’s Sect Master?”

“The voice is familiar—it’s him!”

Initially when disguised, Jun Changxiao had used an elderly voice. When he returned to save Purple Lin Demon King, he’d reverted to his original voice, so everyone had roughly guessed his identity.

This no longer mattered.

After all, the earlier disguise was merely for convenience in snatching the opportunity. Now that the opportunity was obtained, so what if his true identity was exposed?

“Whoosh! Whoosh!”

Two streams of light cut across the firmament, returning to the Xingyun Continent outpost at maximum speed.

Jiang Xie, Ding Xingwang, and the others had already returned early.

“Sect Master!”

Seeing Jun Changxiao return safely, everyone’s constantly tense hearts finally relaxed.

“Hall Master Zi.”

Li Qingyang said, “Are you alright?”

Purple Lin Demon King folded his arms, saying lightly, “I’m fine.”

“Amazing!”

Li Fei gave a thumbs up, “Killed tens of thousands of warriors and was even struck by Thunder Punishment Tribulation yet completely unharmed—Hall Master Zi is really too awesome!”

“…” Purple Lin Demon King’s mouth twitched slightly, then said extremely reluctantly, “The Sect Master killed all of them.”

“Huh?”

Li Qingyang, Xiao Zuiji, and the others were immediately dumbfounded.

Lu Qianqian, leaning against the great hall entrance, looked at Jun Changxiao with a peculiar gaze.

From the thunder punishment announcement, over twenty thousand warriors had died, including dozens of Earth-rank experts. He… could do this alone?

“Incredible!”

He Wudi and Ye Xingchen’s hearts surged with shock.

With their former strength, annihilating this many warriors would be no problem, but the key point was that the Sect Master’s realm was only Semi-Saint level!

Wait!

The great sword the Sect Master held, engraved with strange characters—why did it emanate ancient and sacred aura?

“Could it be…”

He Wudi and Ye Xingchen thought in shock, “This is a divine artifact from the Upper Realm?”

The brain-supplementing trio might be late, but they’d never be absent.

“Shh!”

Jun Changxiao sheathed the Hard-to-Retrieve Blade, then made a silencing gesture, saying, “Low-key, low-key.”

“Thud!”

Just as the words fell, he rapidly collapsed.

The Hard-to-Retrieve Blade had a 60-minute usage limit. After being sheathed and entering sealed state again, it would also become ineffective, so Jun Gou Sheng was now already… depleted.

Completely depleted—he didn’t even have the ability to move a finger.

The system said, “Activating the Hard-to-Retrieve Blade’s second form results in a weakness period of two hours, and spiritual energy cannot be used for one month after recovery. Using professional terminology, the host is now equivalent to trash.”

“…”

Jun Changxiao collapsed internally, “As expected, using cheats requires paying a price!”

The Hard-to-Retrieve Blade after unsealing used its strength to prove just how formidable this modification was. As for side effects, though longer than the first form, with the Space-Time Secret Realm, it wasn’t a big problem.

Moreover, compared to the Qiankun Talisman’s one-year period, a one-month weakness period was simply too damn conscientious!

“Sect Master!”

Li Qingyang hurriedly came over and helped Jun Changxiao up, saying, “Are you alright?”

“Old… old ailment…” Jun Changxiao said weakly, “Gets uncomfortable every so often.”

Everyone understood.

Regarding the Sect Master collapsing and being unable to stand, they’d experienced it many times and had long since become accustomed to it.

But… this strange illness that collapsed periodically—was there really no cure?

There was.

As long as Jun Changxiao guaranteed never to use cheats again, he definitely wouldn’t have episodes.

“Ding! Congratulations to the host for completing the branch mission, obtaining 20,000 Contribution Points.”

“Ding! Sect Contribution Points: 44,200/50,000.”

“Ding! Completed branch mission, triggered hidden reward, obtained Experience Talisman x2, already delivered to spatial ring.”

Hearing the notification sound, Jun Changxiao collapsed, “The elite mission only gives two Experience Talismans?”

This guy had really become arrogant, actually starting to complain the rewards were too few.

The female system’s voice rang in his ear, “Dear participant, because you obtained Guanhai Zunren’s opportunity, the Xingyun Continent outpost has increased by ten thousand square meters from its original area.”

“Whoosh!”

Just as the words fell, the outpost area expanded outward once again.

Jiang Xie and the others inside casually glanced and discovered this place was much larger than before going to snatch the opportunity!

Li Qingyang’s eyes lit up.

Initially he’d complained the outpost was small. Now after two large-scale expansions, he could completely roll up his sleeves and confidently proceed with construction.

However.

He didn’t immediately start working, after all the Sect Master was currently in a weakened state.

“Return… to the sect,” Jun Changxiao said.

“Yes!”

Xiao Zuiji carried him on his back. Everyone returned to the Eternal Sect without looking back.

Done having fun, people left.

However, regarding the opportunity and Thunder Punishment Tribulation, it spread madly throughout the various planar outposts.

“One person killed tens of thousands?”

“Heavens, Xingyun Continent is too terrifying!”

“I heard that the Upper Realm descended Thunder Punishment Tribulation but didn’t kill that guy!”

This kind of slaughtering tens of thousands and being unharmed under thunder tribulation was destined to make Jun Changxiao’s name威震 the entire planar battlefield.

After the four planes—Chihai Continent and others—obtained the news, they immediately became worried. So many people couldn’t deal with him; if they joined forces, they might not necessarily gain any advantage!

“Palace Master!”

A Bihai Palace elder said solemnly, “Regarding dealing with Xingyun Continent, this old one believes we must reconsider carefully!”

Cowardly!

Hong Yao’s face looked terrible as he said, “That guy is a killing god!”

When Guanhai Elder’s opportunity emerged, he had also been at the scene but hadn’t rushed to the very front, so he personally witnessed Jun Changxiao wielding a great sword, his aura erupting to seal thousands of people, taking lives like mowing grass!

To be honest.

Hong Yao had nearly pissed himself at the time.

Especially afterward, when he learned from various planar warriors that that guy was the Eternal Strongest Sect’s Sect Master, chills immediately ran down his back.

Such a terrifying guy—he had actually attempted to unite with other planes to oppose him. Wasn’t that an old birthday star hanging himself?

“Palace Master!”

A subordinate rushed in from outside urgently, saying, “Yujian Continent sent word, unilaterally dissolving the alliance relationship with our Chihai Continent!”

“…”

Hong Yao’s mouth twitched.

This self-proclaimed noble sword dao plane was even more cowardly than himself!

Not long after, word of Shengxuan Continent and Lingyun Continent dissolving the alliance also arrived.

Thus, the newly formed four-plane alliance, after Jun Changxiao’s insane killing spree, announced its dissolution without even taking action.

This was absolutely the most cowardly alliance in battlefield history.

…

Inside the Nine Heavens Continent outpost.

When Mo Shangsheng learned that the killing-like-harvesting-hemp guy was Jun Changxiao, sitting in his chair, he was directly stunned!

“City Lord!”

An elder’s mouth twitched as he said, “This person suffered Thunder Punishment Tribulation yet left safely under everyone’s eyes!”

“…”

Mo Shangsheng’s eyes showed even stronger shock!

Though he hadn’t personally witnessed it, from the outpost he could see the erupting thunder tribulation and could deduce the power was absolutely terrifyingly extreme. Even ten of himself wouldn’t be enough to die, yet that guy was completely unharmed?

“There’s only one possibility!”

Mo Shangsheng considered briefly, his expression extremely solemn, “The thunder punishment from the Upper Realm should be controlled by Xingyun Continent’s backing. It looks terrifyingly powerful but is actually just for show!”

The elders, hearing this, all expressed agreement.

For matters that couldn’t be explained from a martial dao perspective, they were more willing to believe the upper powers deliberately went easy.

“City Lord.”

Another elder said, “Word from the continent—the person in charge of this planar battlefield session is Empress Lingyao, and she just happens to have ascended from Xingyun Continent!”

Mo Shangsheng, who hadn’t been very certain before, upon hearing this news, slapped the armrest, “He really has someone above!”

…

The seemingly real, seemingly illusory palace.

A hunched old man walked in from outside, saying, “Master, the thunder punishment power you gathered was only at fifty percent strength. If someone reports this to the Realm Hall, I’m afraid there will be trouble again.”

The woman lying on the throne, shrouded in cloud and mist, said lightly, “Merely Semi-Saint level—this Empress using fifty percent thunder tribulation power to bombard is reasonable and appropriate.”

“Moreover.”

“Don’t those on duty in each planar battlefield session all try every means to gain benefits for their former mortal planes? This Empress lowering the difficulty slightly—what’s wrong with that?”

“…”

The old man fell silent.

Master was clearly using her planar battlefield duty status to favor Xingyun Continent. However, thinking of the long-standing unspoken rules, it didn’t seem wrong either.

…

Eternal Sect.

Jun Changxiao emerged from the Space-Time Secret Realm energized, then spread his arms wide, “Comfortable!”

The Hard-to-Retrieve Blade’s one-month side effect had been completely eliminated under time acceleration. Moreover, while inside comprehending, his understanding of Dragon-Elephant Prajna Palm had improved considerably.

“Sect Master.”

Li Qingyang said, “When should we go to the battlefield?”

Jun Changxiao knew this guy was eager to go build, so he instructed, “You take Zuiji and the others in. Remember, don’t leave the outpost without authorization.”

Li Qingyang asked curiously, “Isn’t the Sect Master going in?”

“This Seat will make a trip to Miaohua Palace.”

That very day, Jun Changxiao departed for this fourth-rate sect with which they’d established an alliance relationship but had never visited.

As for Li Qingyang, Xiao Zuiji, and the others, they entered the planar battlefield. They followed the Sect Master’s orders, only responsible for construction inside and wouldn’t easily leave the safe zone.

Actually, going out wouldn’t matter much either.

After experiencing the opportunity and massive slaughter, all planes had developed fear toward Xingyun Continent. No one had the courage to actively provoke them.

…

Miaohua Palace, Great Hall.

“Sect Master Jun, our Palace Master is currently cultivating. This old one has already sent someone to notify her. Please wait a moment,” Changsun Fanghua said with a smile all over her face.

After the Nine Poison Palace incident, this elder’s attitude toward Jun Changxiao had undergone a complete transformation.

“No problem, no problem.”

Jun Changxiao sat down, smiled at the female disciple serving tea, and said, “Jun is merely visiting. Nothing particularly important. If disturbing Palace Master Xi’s cultivation, really sorry about that.”

Changsun Fanghua said, “Sect Master Jun, have you recently heard the intelligence from the altar regarding the planar battlefield?”

“This…”

Jun Changxiao pondered briefly, “Heard a bit about it.”