Chapter 481: Chapter 296: Settled_Pt 2

The assembled old demons saw this and had no choice but to join the fray.

“Demon Leader, offer your head!”

This action also solidified the resolve of the Righteous Path warriors. Ning Beiming roared in anger, and together with Zhang Canglan, they confronted Leng Aotian. Ren Baimei also led his men to face Deng Yunpeng and the other seasoned demons.

The battle was about to erupt, and the situation immediately deteriorated.

“Today, I will make it clear to you all: even within the same extreme realm, there are levels, distinctions between strong and weak.”

Though he had been struck by the Great Five Elements Divine Light earlier, Leng Aotian remained confident, facing Ning Beiming and Zhang Canglan, both of the Earth Calamity Extreme Realm, intending to break their combined power.

“Boom rumble!”

A group of Tribulation Realm warriors engaged in fierce combat, and even the Temple of War God trembled violently.

Everyone was caught in a chaotic battle, but Yun Mengyao remained aloof, closing her eyes and swiftly dissolving her form, transforming into countless streaks of light that soared into the sky, heading straight for the temple’s exterior.

“Where do you think you’re going, wench!”

“Demon Leader, stop this madness!”

Seeing this, an old demon was about to intervene, but Jue Shenni blocked him with a horizontal sword.

…

Outside the Temple of War God, in the White Jade Capital.

Xu Yang stood alone, hands behind his back, calmly awaiting the outcome.

“Taoist Master!”

Streaks of light descended from the sky, landing within the temple and transforming into a woman in white. Who else could it be but Yun Mengyao?

Xu Yang turned around, seeing her unharmed, and asked with a light laugh, “How did it go?”

“I did not disappoint the Taoist Master’s expectations!”

Yun Mengyao said gravely, “The Supreme Elder of Mercy Sailing Temple and the Righteous Path seniors were willing to accept surrender, but the Demon Path warriors refused. Leng Aotian even brazenly attacked, and now both sides are locked in fierce combat within the temple.”

“Hmm!”

Xu Yang nodded, showing no surprise, and simply said, “Well done, you will receive credit for this.”

During their conversation, he remained motionless.

Seeing this, Yun Mengyao hesitated slightly, but still voiced her concern, “Taoist Master, Leng Aotian is extraordinarily powerful, seemingly poised to overwhelm the two Righteous Path warriors of the Earth Calamity Extreme Realm. Should we enter the temple to support them?”

“There’s no need for that.”

Xu Yang shook his head calmly, “Although the two sides are clashing, there’s no reason for them to fight to the death. The Righteous Path warriors can retreat even if defeated, while the Demon Sect demons are unlikely to risk their lives to hold them back. You go and wait outside the temple, and when they withdraw from the Temple of War God, bring them here.”

“Yes!”

Hearing this, Yun Mengyao, unable to persist with her concerns, suppressed her worry and prepared to leave the temple.

Xu Yang remained alone, calmly surveying the situation.

Not entering the Temple of War God was a deliberate choice.

A century was not a long time. Even with innate talent and the foundations of various sects, the spread of the law throughout the land, teaching in all quarters, and the dual support of vast resources and skill characteristics, he had barely managed to elevate his cultivation to the Deity-Transformation Realm.

With a Deity-Transformation status, should he personally risk danger by entering the Temple of War God to fight to the death with a group of Tribulation Realm warriors?

Xu Yang’s mind was not so muddled.

Even with his strength, even without relying on the Immortal Spirit Mech Armor, he could cross realms to fight, he still did not plan to take the risk.

After all, he now bore the weight of the entire world on his shoulders, the absolute core, responsible for countless people under his command; he could not act impulsively and put himself in jeopardy.

Of course, the current situation did not require him to take that risk.

From the Righteous Path, his forces were stronger. As powerful as Leng Aotian was, he still could not possibly capture Ning Beiming and Zhang Canglan, both of the Earth Calamity Extreme Realm, and even if he could, the cost would not be acceptable to him.

If Leng Aotian already felt this way, the demons of the Demon Sect were even less likely to fight to the death, recklessly disregarding their own lives.

In fact, the ongoing battle in the Temple of War God was more about the Righteous Path’s unwillingness to give up, and there was even a desire to make a “pledge of allegiance,” making it more palatable to surrender without losing too much face.

Either way, the difference was not significant for Xu Yang. He simply remained seated, fishing, and awaited the outcome.

During this dream entry, returning to the Great Tang, with the help of accumulated lifetimes and special traits, his progress was extremely rapid. Within a mere three hundred years, he established the Wandao School and once again reached an unbeatable state in the world.

Three hundred years in the dream, but only three years in the real world, there were still several decades left until the seal on the Void Spirit Cave Heaven was broken.

Therefore, he could afford to wait. If he couldn’t seize it this time, he would wait for the next time, and the time after that, or even wear down everyone in the Temple of War God until he could take it without shedding a drop of blood.

The Earth Deity Law, the Longevity Art, was just that capricious!

Of course, this was only the most helpless choice. If possible, he still hoped to take down the Temple of War God as soon as he could, to comprehend the secrets of the Broken Void, and to resolve the predicament of the real world, the Void Spirit Cave Heaven.

…

Thus, half a day later.

The Temple of War God shook with a thunderous rumble, and then streaks of flowing light erupted as a grand array concluded.

“Supreme Elder, esteemed seniors!”

Yun Mengyao stepped forward to greet them, her gaze sweeping over the group. She saw that everyone’s clothes were disheveled, their breathing uneven, with some even bearing obvious injuries—it was clear they had gone through a fierce battle. In addition, they brought with them several bloody corpses…

“The demon leaders have been offered, peace returns to the world!”

Ning Beiming stepped forward, throwing a bloody head to the ground, its eyes wide with anger and resentment—it was none other than Deng Yunpeng, the Supreme Elder of the Red Lotus Sect.

This elder, a peak figure in the Demon Sect, second only to Leng Aotian, now had nothing left but a head unwilling to close its eyes in death.

The intensity of the battle was evident.

Looking at Deng Yunpeng’s head and the other presented heads of the demon leaders, Yun Mengyao smiled lightly and respectfully said, “The seniors have shown great wisdom and righteousness, eliminating demons and defending the Dao, laying down these weapons of war, truly a merit beyond measure. Please accept this junior’s bow!”

“Eliminating demons and defending the Dao is indeed the responsibility of our Righteous Path,” said Ning Beiming, shaking his head with a sigh, “It’s regrettable that we couldn’t take down Leng Aotian. He is an extraordinary talent, truly a peerless prodigy of this era, surpassing us later on. Even at the Earth Calamity Extreme Realm, Brother Zhang and I, putting forth all our strength, couldn’t defeat him. In the end, he fled into the Void Stele, which is a great trouble to come.”

“Indeed!”

Hearing this, Boundless Sword Lord, the Zhang Family ancestor Zhang Canglan, also sighed, “His natural talent and brilliance far surpass both me and Brother Ning. He even once disguised himself with the Heavenly Demon Great Skill to participate in our Righteous Path’s Divine Martial Celebration, comprehending the Divine Martial True Skill. Now that he has escaped into the Void Stele, he may truly have a chance to achieve Heavenly Tribulation in the future.”

“The Broken Void’s Secret?”

Yun Mengyao’s brow furrowed slightly.

As a disciple of the Silent Temple, she was privy to many secrets, including that of the Void Stele.

As the final piece among the Forty-Nine War God Charts, the Broken Void not only helped one integrate the previous forty-eight charts to step into the Heaven and Earth Tribulation Realm, but it also possessed supreme might. The grand tribulation of millennia past, massive changes of heaven and earth, and even the invasions of strange demons and the chaos of wild beasts were all triggered by this stele.

Beyond this, the Broken Void also concealed the mysteries of the void. It was said to contain distinct and unique spaces, akin to small worlds. Anyone who had reached the Earth Calamity Realm and had some understanding of the Broken Void’s Secret could enter these small worlds to more deeply comprehend the mysteries of the stele.

Now, Leng Aotian had escaped into one of these small worlds, hidden within the Void Stele, and it was uncertain when he might make a comeback.

This was a significant hidden danger, truly a concern.

But soon Yun Mengyao’s frown relaxed.

A hidden danger?

Indeed, a hidden danger!

But such a hazard was nothing in the face of the Wandao School.

The great currents of the world, vast and mighty.

The strength of all living beings, endless and inexhaustible.

No matter how talented Leng Aotian was, he could not catch up with the pace of the Wandao School. His opponent was not an individual, but a system, a civilization, a world. In the face of such a force, the power of one person was indeed too insignificant.

Not to mention, within the school, there was someone even more talented than him.

What was there to fear?

Yun Mengyao smiled in relief and then said to the others, “The Taoist Master has been waiting in the city for a long time, seniors, please follow me!”

“Hmm!”

Everyone nodded and followed her toward the Immortal City.

With that, it seemed as if something was missing, as if something hadn’t been settled.

But no one mentioned it, neither Yun Mengyao nor Zhang Canglan, seemed to realize it, tacitly forgetting about that insignificant and unimportant character.