Chapter 658: Switching Allegiance
Translator: CKtalon Editor: CKtalon
East Xiao Fiend Mountain in the Huifeng Great World was the residence of Hundun, one of the Chaos Three Banes.
“Brother Hundun, save us.”
“Brother Hundun, you can’t watch us die.”
“Qin Yun has already killed Black Wind. He’s probably about to attack us at any moment. Brother Hundun, you have to save us.” A few mighty figure avatars rushed to the palace and pleaded outside. All of them were gripped with anxiety and horror. They were thinking of means to live, having pleaded with the mighty figures of Green Touring Palace, as well as seeking the leaders of the faction they belonged to.
But regardless of their pleas, Hundun refused to meet any of them.
Suddenly, the avatars were slightly taken aback as they received news.
“Qin Yun said that he will kill three of the seven mighty figures in the Huifeng Great World?”
“The three with the most heinous of sins…”
The avatars exchanged looks. For them to be willing to seek the patronage of one of the Chaos Three Banes, Hundun, they were either bloodthirsty and intractable or cold and aloof. Among them, there were many that acted wantonly in doing evil, plaguing them with sins. As for the cold and aloof ones, they could not be bothered with ants; thus, they had lesser sins.
“Including Black Wind, three are to be killed? If so, my sins do not place me in the top three.”
“Top three?”
“I’m ranked… third?”
The avatars began arranging themselves. As mighty figures of the Huifeng Great World, they knew their merits and sins very well; therefore, they easily deduced their order.
“Hahaha… I escaped this calamity. I will definitely do more good and accumulate merit in the future.” An avatar laughed as it immediately dissipated.
“Cang Chou, we have been at odds for so many years; but now that you are about to die, I feel like I’ll kinda miss you,” another avatar said deliberately.
Soon.
There were only two avatars left outside the palace. They were ranked within the top three in terms of sin apart from Black Wind.
“Brother Hundun! Before the Three Realms even existed, I, Cang Chou have been following you. Are you going to watch as Qin Yun kills me? No! Qin Yun’s sword beam has reached my cave abode! Brother Hundun! Save me!!” The Chaos Godfiend avatar named Cang Chou revealed a look of horror. “Hundun, I was blind to seek your patronage—”
As he cursed angrily, his figure dissipated as his true body was killed.
“What a joke. Ridiculous, to think you call yourself one of the Chaos Three Banes. You are hiding away from fear of a junior.” Another mighty figure avatar scoffed before his figure dissipated completely.
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“The three of them are all dead.”
Inside his palace, Hundun sat on his throne, watching the outside with his cold eyes. In his sights was the repressed Daoist Wen.
“Three idiots. How could I offend Qin Yun because of you?” Hundun said softly. “Qin Yun only has three thousand plus years before his final Itinerant Immortal tribulation. There’s no reason why I should be at odds with him at this moment of time. The three of you should rest in peace!”
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Shoo! Shoo! Shoo!
Sword beams flew across the horizon of the Huifeng Great World. Wherever they landed, a fiend was slain.
“Sword Immortal Qin, spare me.”
“Sword Immortal Qin, as a perfected Great Dao, you are killing a junior like me?”
“Sword Immortal Qin, you are being a bully!”
The fiends either pleaded for mercy or cursed in despair.
However, the sword beams that fell from the sky showed no mercy. All of them were slain.
While Qin Yun killed the three mighty figures with the most heinous of sins, he also wiped out all the late-stage Skyfiends in the Huifeng Great World—a total of thirty-seven.
Late-stage Skyfiends or Skyimmortals would preside over a Small World. In contrast, their dominion in a Great World was much smaller. The fiends in the Small Worlds rejoiced, for if they were trapped in a Great World, they could only be slaughtered by Qin Yun. In Small Worlds, they could do as they pleased.
There was nothing Qin Yun could do either. After becoming a mighty figure, he too could not enter a Small World with his true body. He could do nothing to the Skyfiends in the Small Worlds.
He was once invincible in the Small Worlds, allowing him to sweep through the twenty-six dominions. It left the Fiend Ancestor helpless.
Now, he was in a similar situation. There was nothing he could do to powerful figures in Small Worlds.
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Inside the Misty Rain Array.
Qin Yun sat cross-legged on a cloud motionless all this while. All he did was release his sword beam to sweep through the Huifeng Great World. The ones who survived were so afraid that they reined in their factions and did not dare to do any horrendous acts of evil. As such, the general mood in the Huifeng Great World changed drastically.
“Oh?”
“Nearly ten mighty figures have switched allegiances? One of them is willing to turn over a new leaf and become a Buddhist? Three went to the Tenebrous Fiend Abyss and decided to be a fiend?” Qin Yun pricked up his brow. “These mighty figures sure are alert. They are afraid that I might head to the other Great Worlds to deal with them after I leave the Huifeng Great World.”
According to the standards established by the deaths of Black Wind and the other two in the Huifeng Great World, the mighty figures with sufficiently grievous sins were naturally afraid!
It all depended on if their backer was powerful enough!
If they weren’t powerful enough, they had to switch allegiances! Heading to the Tenebrous Fiend Abyss was very safe. There, the Fiend Ancestor was invincible! But they would forever be entwined with the fiendish way. The fiends were at the complete disadvantage in the Three Realms, so only three were willing to switch allegiance to the fiends. As for switching to Daoism? The three Daoist lineages greatly detested those with grievous sins. Instead, it was the Buddhists who left a sliver of hope to these wicked figures who had their hands stained with blood. They were made to turn over a new leaf and do good so as to correct their faults.
“It’s very good that I can scare them, causing many mighty figures to rein in their subordinates, reducing the number of wicked acts,” thought Qin Yun. No one was omnipotent. Even the Dao Ancestors and Buddhist Ancestor were helpless against the Tenebrous Fiend Abyss as it was part of the Three Realms. It was the amalgamation of all the resentment, sin, and foulness from the countless living beings in the Three Realms. If the living remained, the fiendish way remained, and the Tenebrous Fiend Abyss would remain eternal.
Qin Yun was unable to wipe out the fiends; all he could do was repress them. This was also why the Daoists, Buddhists, and Heavenly Courts were working hard at it.
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After Qin Yun engaged in his massacre that caused a stir among the mighty figures in the Three Realms, he continued his cultivation to produce offensive moves for his Misty Rain Array.
Years passed one by one.
The Heavenly Lord of Numinous Treasure and the Fiend Ancestor’s destruction body were very patient. They continued staying guard outside the Huifeng Great World. A few thousand years was equivalent to a nap to them.
Qin Yun also continued his cultivation.
Patriarch Spirit Devouring waited silently in his repressed state, waiting for the day he could break free.
In a blink of an eye…
Patriarch Spirit Devouring was repressed for 363 years. The thirty-six chains that covered the Huifeng Great World’s firmaments had stood there for 363 years.
Inside the Misty Rain Array, the cross-legged Qin Yun finally opened his eyes. There was a burning glow in them.
“Although the Sword Dao of Heaven, Earth, and Man is good at defense, it can similarly kill. I spent 360 years to finally figure out the Three Absolutes Seven Stars. It should be much more powerful than the Seven Star Vanquishment from before. Killing Daoist Wen will probably be quick now.” Qin Yun looked at the repressed Patriarch Spirit Devouring. “Let me try out the might of this move.”
With a thought, the killing array arose!
“Oh?”
Patriarch Spirit Devouring, who had been sealed by the thirty-six chains, could not help but open his eyes when he sensed the fluctuation. He looked down and saw billions of Sword Qi amass beneath him into a massive vortex. The vortex was slowly rising in a bid to devour him.
“Another test? The number of tests Qin Yun has been throwing at me is decreasing. The last time he did a test was two years ago.” Patriarch Spirit Devouring was long accustomed to it. Like always, he protected his body with his wings before looking at the Sword Qi vortex beneath him rise up.
The Sword Qi vortex was deep and dark as it slowly rose.
As it rose, it gradually closed the distance on Patriarch Spirit Devouring. He instinctively felt unease as he felt that the Sword Qi vortex was different from the tests from before.
“Hmph, at Qin Yun’s level, how hard is it to raise one’s strength?” thought Patriarch Spirit Devouring. “His test of this move is definitely a waste of effort.”
As the vortex continued rising, it finally enveloped him completely.
Three different forces began to permeate Patriarch Spirit Devouring’s body.
“T-this force…” Patriarch Spirit Devouring only felt slight pain and a heavy feeling, but at that moment, seven stars appeared in the Sword Qi vortex. The seven stars bombarded him, each blow being extremely heavy.
There were both exterior and interior forces.
The three interior forces left Patriarch Spirit Devouring in pain, while the seven stars smashed at him repeatedly.
Patriarch Spirit Devouring could no longer put up with the blows as he spat out blood. His abdomen and bottom began to crack on the surface as blood oozed out from his wounds.
“This might?” Patriarch Spirit Devouring’s eyes revealed a look of despair. “I’m doomed, doomed!”