A doctor’s heart is like a parent’s heart.

Watching so many souls perish before his eyes, Sun Bukong’s heart was in extreme pain.

Jun Changxiao was no different.

Especially thinking of that earlier Corpse Attendant who would rather choose death to end the torture—his fury could no longer be suppressed.

Wrong. I was wrong.

What needed saving wasn’t the Corpse Attendants, but the entire Star Spirit Realm. He must help it change blood, change flesh, change bones—change everything inside and out!

“There are too many dark places in the world. This is just the tip of the iceberg,” the system said.

“Therefore,” Jun Changxiao said, “since I’ve encountered it, I must change it.”

He’d come to the Star Spirit Realm for revenge, but now his mindset had changed.

To say something shameless, at this moment Jun Changxiao wanted to be a savior, wanted to completely change the Star Spirit Realm, even change the entire cosmic system!

“He’s come!” Zhang San, imprisoned in the Tianyuan Prison Pagoda, suddenly sensed something and excitedly raised his head: “The one who will change the upper universe’s structure has finally arrived!”

He’d had this feeling before, but today it was especially strong, as if close at hand!

Not just Zhang San—many strong individuals in the upper universe also realized it, so they more actively resisted the Heavenly Demon Emperor.

They didn’t care who could change the upper universe’s structure. They only cared whether they could obtain fortune and merit in this unprecedented great transformation, thereby breaking through to higher levels and even entering the Land of Eternal Life.

“Boy.” That evening, Old Man Taixuan came to the study and said, “Relying solely on craniotomy won’t work. We must find a more convenient method.”

Because he was the Grand Elder and nominally the master, he generally didn’t address him as Sect Master.

“Is there a way?” Jun Changxiao asked.

Old Man Taixuan placed a disassembled bomb on the desk and said, “According to my research during this period, this object contains extremely complex formations internally. If we can crack them, perhaps we can make it lose its function without craniotomy.”

“Really?” Jun Changxiao’s eyes lit up.

During the day, so many Corpse Attendants had died suffering torture. Though he couldn’t prevent it, he had indeed sensed formation fluctuations in their consciousness seas.

“However,” Old Man Taixuan said, “researching this will be very time-consuming.”

Jun Changxiao expressed understanding.

You must know, the Corpse Attendants were in the Eternal Realm, and he himself was the master here, yet he couldn’t prevent it and could only let them perish. This was enough to show the formation was extremely profound, able to ignore the spatial barriers between realms.

“Master,” Jun Changxiao said, “I’ll have to trouble you with this matter.”

“I’ll do my best.”

The next day, Old Man Taixuan selected a group of disciples with extremely high attainments in formations, bringing various tools and facilities into the Spacetime Secret Realm. From the looks of it, he didn’t plan to come out until he’d researched something.

…

Star Spirit Realm, Law Enforcement Hall.

The upper echelons sat around a huge round table, the atmosphere extremely oppressive.

Huitian City had suddenly suffered a Corpse Attendant attack—the situation was extremely serious, forcing them to become solemn.

“Everyone,” the Law Enforcement Hall Master said gravely, “this is absolutely a premeditated rebellion.”

“Snap.” He snapped his fingers.

A light screen gradually displayed a scene before them.

It showed masses of Corpse Attendants attacking Huitian City, even capturing the Demon Ancestor quite clearly—quite handsomely too.

“Nine-five-two-seven?” Someone, after seeing the identification number clearly, frowned: “Why is he still alive?!”

The upper echelons present were also stunned.

A Corpse Attendant who had clearly been announced throughout the Star Spirit Realm for soul punishment was alive and well—truly rather inconceivable.

“We can be certain,” the Law Enforcement Hall Master said with a serious expression, “this Corpse Attendant rebellion was instigated by him.”

“Hmph.” Someone said disdainfully, “Not being good slaves but daring to cause trouble—truly audacious.”

The Law Enforcement Hall Master said gravely, “The Corpse Attendants from Huitian City were all taken away by that guy. This seat is worried they’ll continue causing trouble.”

“Use soul punishment!” “Make all these disloyal Corpse Attendants have their souls scattered!”

The upper echelons all expressed their positions.

“Upon receiving news of Huitian City being breached, I already ordered the Criminal Law Hall to act,” the Law Enforcement Hall Master frowned. “However, this seat is worried they’ll be safe and sound like nine-five-two-seven.”

He guessed half right. Indeed, quite a few Corpse Attendants were safe and sound.

Everyone fell silent.

“The higher-ups already know about this and have ordered our Law Enforcement Hall to thoroughly investigate,” the Law Enforcement Hall Master said.

“Investigate!” A hot-tempered warrior angrily said, “We must investigate!”

That same day, the Law Enforcement Hall began operations.

However, after several days of investigation, they still couldn’t find nine-five-two-seven or the masses of abducted Corpse Attendants. They couldn’t help wondering if they’d left the Star Spirit Realm.

“We mustn’t be careless,” the Law Enforcement Hall Master said. “Order all cities to enter a state of alert.”

The Corpse Attendants suddenly attacking Huitian City and plundering large amounts of martial arts resources and Corpse Attendants was absolutely organized and premeditated. They might appear unexpectedly again.

Indeed! He guessed correctly.

About a month later, the Demon Ancestor led the Avengers to appear again. They breached another city with overwhelming force, stole large amounts of martial arts resources, took away nearly ten thousand Corpse Attendants, and before retreating, even smiled at the surveillance formation.

“Naked provocation!” “Detestable!”

The upper echelons were all furious.

The Law Enforcement Hall Master was relatively calm. He took out the Corpse Attendant registry and compared it with the light screen one by one. The conclusion was that at least eighty percent of those participating in the city attack had been taken away from Huitian City.

In other words, they hadn’t been subjected to extreme punishment. They were still alive and had become rebels.

This was a major problem!

“This won’t do!” The Law Enforcement Hall Master realized the situation was bad and immediately wrote a report to send to higher authorities, hoping to receive their attention.

…

“Kill!” “Kill!”

Another half month or so passed, and the Avengers appeared at another city.

Though the Star Spirit Realm had already entered a state of alert, because they couldn’t determine the rebels’ specific location, they were often caught off guard.

In terms of overall strength, the Avengers definitely couldn’t compare to the Star Spirit Realm.

However, with the Eternal Realm as their base, they could hide in invisibility, strike and move, concentrating all their forces to breach a certain city then retreat intact.

“Quickly!” “Quickly!”

After returning, Medical Hall members began bustling about.

They had to race against death, removing the brain bombs from the newly arrived Corpse Attendants in the shortest time.

Fortunately, the Demon Ancestor had gained experience.

In two consecutive attacks on Star Spirit Realm cities, both were moderate in scale with moderate numbers of Corpse Attendants—just enough for Sun Bukong and others to perform timely craniotomies, greatly avoiding the Law Enforcement Hall discovering and detonating the bombs.

Unfortunately, the cities were small, the Corpse Attendants few.

After two city breaches, the resources obtained weren’t much.

Jun Changxiao didn’t care—he considered it tempering the Avengers.

In just a few months, the Demon Ancestor had acted three times consecutively with great success, but he hadn’t been dazzled by victory and immediately ordered a ceasefire.

Dealing with an upper-tier realm, they couldn’t be too hasty. They had to take it slowly.

How the Demon Ancestor played, Jun Changxiao wouldn’t mind. Right now, he more hoped Old Man Taixuan could research a method to crack the bombs—only then could they be more unrestrained!

“Success!” Half a year later, Old Man Taixuan excitedly emerged from the Spacetime Secret Realm.

Because he’d been so absorbed in research, his hair was disheveled, his beard unkempt, and his whole person looked extremely haggard.

“Buzz!” In the open area of the back mountain, a flowing light formation appeared.

Old Man Taixuan introduced it proudly: “This is a Soul Barrier Formation that this old man researched based on the bomb’s internal pattern structure. As long as Corpse Attendants enter, their souls and bodies will be completely isolated from the outside world.”

—

Having an elder in the family is like having a treasure.

This saying was specifically meant to describe Old Man Taixuan.

While the Medical Hall was frantically busy performing craniotomies for Corpse Attendants, he had lived up to expectations by creating a formation that could isolate souls from bodies.

Would it work?

Testing was needed.

“Whoosh!” “Whoosh!”

In the Star Spirit Realm’s dark night, figures shot forward like ghosts, then stopped outside a heavily guarded city.

The Demon Ancestor stood in a tree, looked at the moonlight, and said, “Prepare.”

“Swish!” “Swish!”

Dozens of Avengers stood up from the bushes.

They shouldered RPG rocket launchers, locking onto the impregnable city gate ahead.

“Click, click!” “Click, click, click!”

Other members hidden in the darkness all brought out automatic rifles or sniper rifles, skillfully loading bullets and chambering rounds.

These hot weapons were provided by Jun Changxiao.

Using higher-level spirit stones for energy allowed these originally outdated weapons to still possess powerful destructive force.

Even more—every Avenger was equipped with a magazine of special bullets.

The bullets weren’t spirit stone-powered but infused with the Power of Immortal Sound.

“Tsk.” The Demon Ancestor said, “Do these strange and bizarre things really have ghostly and godly power?”

As a traditional martial artist, he disdained playing with fancy tricks and more believed in his own fists.

However, when coming here, Jun Changxiao had specifically instructed him to use them when attacking the city and strive for quick victory, only then agreeing to let members bring them out.

“Click!” “Click!”

The Avengers shouldering rocket launchers also loaded shells concentrated with the Power of Immortal Sound, standing in place quietly awaiting the Hall Master’s order to attack the city.

The Demon Ancestor could hold his composure.

He waited a full hour until the middle of the night, then pointed toward the city and roared: “Fire!”

“Boom!” “Boom!” “Boom!”

The ear-splitting roar made the Demon Ancestor’s eardrums buzz!

My god! Such a commotion?

Time didn’t allow the Demon Ancestor to think, because he was already completely shocked by the scene in his vision.

That gate—the seemingly impregnable gate!

Under bombardment by dozens of light-trailing shells, it was directly blasted into nothingness, blasted into a huge breach!

“Thud, thud, thud!” “Thud, thud, thud!”

The dozens of Avengers who’d fired wildly retreated over ten steps before stabilizing, equally shocked expressions on their faces.

They’d previously received the most professional training from Xiao Zuiji and knew hot weapons had recoil. But switching to those special shells, the vibration produced was too exaggerated—if not for their powerful bodies supporting them, they’d have been torn into pieces long ago!

“…” The Demon Ancestor’s mouth twitched.

That kid’s provided equipment was too terrifying!

The equipment wasn’t that terrifying—what was terrifying was the shells condensed from the Power of Immortal Sound.

The Demon Ancestor quickly recovered from shock, veins bulging as he roared: “Kill—”

“Whoosh!” “Whoosh!”

Tens of thousands of Avengers shouldering AK-47s charged in.

In a high martial arts world, a group of warriors shouldering hot weapons charging—the scene couldn’t be more incongruous!

“Enemy attack!” “Enemy attack!”

Alarms sounded in the city. Stationed guards poured out from all directions.

The Avengers who’d already charged through the gate breach stood legs apart on the ruins, raising their AK-47s and unhesitatingly pulling triggers.

“Rat-tat-tat!” “Rat-tat-tat!”

In an instant, blue-glowing bullets trailing light shot out at extreme speed.

In slow motion, they were dense like a waterfall.

If there were few, the guards could still dodge with “secret technique of repeated sideways jumping.” Now… they could only be used as live targets.

“Boom, boom, boom!” “Boom, boom, boom!”

Bullets bombarded soldiers’ bodies, piercing armor, piercing bodies—all ultimately falling weakly to the ground.

Witnessing this scene, the Demon Ancestor was deeply shocked again.

These guards’ strength was considerable, their equipment also very excellent. Under normal circumstances, members’ martial technique-condensed energy might not easily pierce through, yet they were directly swept to death!

“Boom!” Just then, an explosion sounded from the city’s main street.

The Demon Ancestor hurriedly looked over to see dust scattering, the ground sunken into a huge crater. The hundreds of soldiers who’d poured out lay all around, already devoid of life.

“Swish!” He hurriedly looked up at the city wall.

Under moonlight, Xiao Zuiji shouldered a smoking rocket launcher, a cigar hanging from his mouth, his cape fluttering behind him.

Jun Changxiao had decided to perform head-changing surgery on the Star Spirit Realm, so when the Demon Ancestor attacked the military fortress, he’d sent out the Eternal Sect’s core disciples.

“Kill, kill, kill!” “Kill, kill, kill!”

On another street in the city, soldiers surged forward like a flood.

However, they quickly stopped.

In their vision, at the street corner, a monk wearing a kasaya pressed his palms together: “Lay down your butcher’s blade and become Buddha where you stand.”

The soldiers were rushing to support the front lines and definitely couldn’t delay. They all concentrated power on their blades and swords and charged forward.

Dunan helplessly shook his head, then waved his sleeve: “Buddha is merciful.”

“Whoosh, whoosh!”

Golden Buddhist light erupted behind him, gradually condensing into a kind-browed, benevolent dharma image, then… transforming into eight palms, carrying powerful force and bombarding toward the charging soldiers.

“Boom, boom, boom!” “Boom, boom, boom!”

Dunan pressed his palms together and leisurely strolled along the street. Behind him, the dharma image was like a bulldozer, sweeping the charging soldiers toward all directions like garbage. Because the power was too strong, they instantly ascended to the western heaven.

Though Buddha is merciful, every fist delivers salvation!

“…” The Demon Ancestor’s mouth twitched.

A Buddhist practitioner being so decisive in killing?

“Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!” “Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!”

Suddenly, his peripheral vision swept to another street where impenetrable sword qi wove a brilliantly colorful scene. After gradually dissipating, the charging soldiers all became still.

“Clang—” Zhou Hong, standing opposite, sheathed his sword and continued standing proudly.

“Thud!” “Thud!”

The hundred or so soldiers fell to the ground in response.

Similar scenes were playing out elsewhere.

In short, Jun Changxiao had dispatched large numbers of elite disciples—Su Xiaomo, Li Fei, Ye Xingchen. They came to help the Avengers stabilize the situation, enabling smooth capture of this city.

Oh. Ye Xingchen wasn’t there.

Writing here, the author removed his glasses and gently wiped tears from the corners of his eyes, infinitely missing that cold, proud yet slightly adorably foolish male lead number two he’d written.

“Cry!” A certain reader surnamed Duo first wiped his nose with tissue, then wiped tears from the corners of his eyes, grinning: “Everyone cry!”

…

Dawn broke. A Star Spirit Realm military stronghold had fallen.

In this battle, of fifty thousand guards, only a few thousand escaped.

When Law Enforcement Hall powerhouses quickly arrived and saw the collapsed city walls, bodies everywhere, and the empty City Lord’s mansion, they could only angrily stomp their feet.

“Execute punishment!” the Law Enforcement Hall Master roared.

“Buzz!” “Buzz!”

The formation representing soul punishment appeared. The hundreds of thousands of Corpse Attendants who’d disappeared from the city were all sanctioned.

From the Demon Ancestor breaching the city to plundering resources took only ten minutes. With Sun Bukong and others’ abilities, they absolutely couldn’t perform craniotomies for them in such a short time, so the tragedy probably… didn’t unfold!

Eternal Realm. Soul Barrier Formation.

When the Law Enforcement Hall sanctioned the missing Corpse Attendants, waves of power invisible to the naked eye tried to charge through the flowing light barrier but were consistently blocked. Unwilling to give up, they adopted violent breakthrough methods but only created insignificant minor ripples when colliding.

“Hahaha!” Old Man Taixuan stood arms akimbo, laughing: “Successfully isolated the bombs from external contact!”

“Impressive!” Jun Changxiao immediately gave a thumbs up.

In researching strange and bizarre things, he was still the most formidable!

“Step!” “Step!”

As time slowly passed, Corpse Attendants with bombs removed walked out from the formation one by one. They not only escaped sanction but also became members of the Avengers.

“With this kind of formation,” Jun Changxiao sat in the great hall, crossing his legs, “this seat will definitely rescue all Corpse Attendants and have them fight for freedom!”