Chapter 16: The Destruction of the Immortal-Slaying Valley

“Hehe, I’m truly wise! I knew you’d choose to flee.” Tianyin Bug laughed loudly in the air.
Shijin had flown away from the underground river battlefield, aiming to escape the Immortal-Slaying Valley, but was stopped by Tianyin Bug’s palm strike.
Filled with terror, Shijin realized there was another powerful demon cultivator underground, and now he was blocked by this mid-stage Divination Realm demon cultivator—his life was in grave danger.
“Hmph! You beasts from the Heavenly Punishment Mountains dare to come out and attack us human cultivators? Do you want to be wiped out by us?” Shijin snarled, his eyes scanning around.
Tianyin Bug snorted coldly and immediately reverted to its true form—a 100-meter-long dark golden beetle floating in the air.
As soon as it transformed, eight sharp sounds erupted from its shell openings. Then, eight golden horns formed from its vital energy, with the small circles of energy continuously expanding into larger ones, causing the golden horns to glow brightly.
These eight golden horns simultaneously targeted Shijin, each capable of crushing him.
Seeing the power of each horn, which matched that of early Divination Realm, Shijin knew he needed to use all his strength to defend himself. Desperate, he drew a small yellow single-edged sword and drew a circle above his head.
A large yellow funnel appeared above him, spinning continuously to block the eight golden horns.
Boom! Boom!…
With eight loud explosions, the yellow funnel shattered into eight pieces, leaving only the 10-meter-wide bottom part still spinning.
Shijin’s life was miraculously saved.
Seeing that his ultimate move had been blocked by Shijin, Tianyin Bug laughed loudly. “Not bad! For someone in the early Divination Realm, you’ve managed to withstand my ‘Eight-Tone Cave Heaven.’ It’s not easy. But you’ve used up most of your vital energy. I’ll take your life now.”
With that, Tianyin Bug’s massive body began spinning rapidly, creating a chaotic spatial vortex.
Within this vortex, its eight shell openings continuously emitted vital energy sound waves in different directions.
This was Tianyin Bug’s second ultimate move: the Chaotic Vortex Waves.
Shijin fell into the chaotic space and found he could no longer sense anything outside, relying only on his eyes to observe his surroundings. As golden sound waves kept shooting at him, he fearfully generated protective barriers of vital energy to shield himself.

In a moment, Shi Jin’s vital energy was exhausted. Suddenly, Tianyin Bug removed the chaotic space and reverted to its human form, smiling as it looked at Shi Jin, who was slumped on the ground. “Humans, now you know—your strength as cultivators is still far too weak. I only used two ultimate moves to defeat you,” Tianyin Bug said cheerfully, not in a hurry to take Shi Jin’s life. Shi Jin no longer felt fear; instead, he glared at Tianyin Bug with anger and shouted coldly, “You beast from the Heavenly Punishment Mountains, you are strong, and I can’t defeat you. But you dare lead beasts here to destroy our Shi Xian Valley—just wait for revenge from the valley master.” Hearing this, Tianyin Bug laughed immediately. “You mean that guy Shi Jue, right? Just a mid-stage Divination Realm cultivator—what trouble can he cause? By the way, where is Shi Jue? Why isn’t he in Shi Xian Valley?” Upon hearing this, Shi Jin thought that the valley master Shi Jue and the others must have gone to the Heavenly Punishment Mountains, and since the beasts from there had appeared, it was likely they had already found an assassin. Of course, at that moment, Shi Jin had no idea that Qu Yi was actually in Shi Xian Valley, having already enslaved the Flying Shadow Black Panther and the Sky-Winged White Tiger. Seeing that Shi Jin didn’t answer, Tianyin Bug lost interest and stopped asking. Instead, it shouted, “Since you won’t answer, I have no interest in asking anymore. I’ll end you now.” Hearing this, Shi Jin sneered coldly, his entire body suddenly exploding, before his Yuan Ying vanished in an instant. Tianyin Bug laughed heartily and also teleported away, then captured Shi Jin’s Yuan Ying atop a snow-capped peak at the edge of Shi Xian Valley. “Trying to escape by disintegrating in front of me? How naive,” Tianyin Bug declared triumphantly. Then, amidst Shi Jin’s curses, Tianyin Bug clenched its palm and crushed Shi Jin’s Yuan Ying. …… Beneath Shi Xian Valley, five thousand disciples surrounded fifty beasts, including the Golden Qilin. Among the cultivators at the Outward Emergence stage in Shi Xian Valley, there were twenty palace masters plus twenty more disciples at that stage—making a total of over forty powerful individuals. Meanwhile, the fifty beasts were all at the Outward Emergence stage, making them even stronger. Thus, despite the five thousand disciples surrounding the fifty beasts, none dared to attack. Anyone who struck first would face the combined attack of all fifty beasts and lose their life. Moreover, the Golden Qilin had secretly received orders from Qu Yi to refrain from attacking for now, waiting until the Flying Shadow Black Panther and the Sky-Winged White Tiger woke up before launching an assault. The situation remained stale.

The longer the standoff lasted, the more fearful the people of Shi Xian Valley became, each looking worried and panicked. The twenty palace masters communicated through their spiritual senses and finally reached a consensus—to lead their disciples and flee immediately. Soon, the twenty palace masters and twenty beings at the Out-of-Body stage worked together to cover the rear, allowing the disciples to fly out of the underground realm and scatter in various directions. Qu Yi, inside the Dimensional Sphere, learned of the developments outside and immediately ordered the Golden Qilin to attack. “Brothers, kill every last person from Shi Xian Valley!” the Golden Qilin shouted. It then charged at one of the palace masters first, relying on its dragon scales for defense and unafraid of any spells—only needing to focus on attacking. As the Golden Qilin cleared the path, blood gushed everywhere, and one palace master was killed outright before he could even parry the next attack. The fifty beasts behind it also joined in, unleashing powerful spells simultaneously on the disciples of Shi Xian Valley who hadn’t had time to fly away. Cries of pain filled the underground river, and the loud noises from the spells only served to intensify the terror. In just a moment, five palace masters died under the combined attacks of the beasts. Faced with this, the remaining fifteen palace masters had no intention of caring about the fate of their disciples anymore—they all chose to flee, flying away one after another. The Golden Qilin couldn’t stop them all, so it split up and continued to slaughter the disciples of Shi Xian Valley. Out of the five thousand disciples, over three thousand died amidst the bloodshed. The remaining two thousand scattered into the air, fleeing in different directions. The Golden Qilin and the other fifty beasts didn’t bother chasing them; these disciples would now become lone cultivators, unable to pose any threat to the rule of the Heavenly Punishment Mountains over Tianhua Star. After killing the Yuan Ying of Shi Xian Valley, the Heavenly Sound Insect immediately flew back to the center of the valley. Sensing the scattered disciples around, it also gave up chasing them and let them go. After a while, the Flying Shadow Black Panther and the Heavenly Wing White Tiger finally woke up. Upon waking, they felt something was wrong with their bodies but couldn’t identify the cause. In their confusion, they flew over to the Heavenly Sound Insect, filled with shame. After the Artifact God implanted soul shackles on them, it hadn’t given them any orders yet, so naturally, they still didn’t realize they had become slaves to someone else.

Tianyin Bug glared at Feiyin Black Panther and Tianyi White Tiger, anger evident on his face. He cursed, “You two idiots! What have you done? You just killed a dozen people, then got trapped by others, and even fell asleep in confusion. If not for the Golden Qilin, could we have taken over Immortal Slaying Valley? Could you two even have saved your lives?”
Feiyin Black Panther and Tianyi White Tiger immediately lowered their heads, too ashamed to look at the demons in the Outward Emergence stage.
“You two fools! It was because of your arrogance that you went alone to attack Immortal Slaying Valley, which led to them activating their formation to trap you and surround the Golden Qilin. That’s why we couldn’t take over Immortal Slaying Valley completely. You really make me so angry,” Tianyin Bug grew angrier the more he thought about it.
Feiyin Black Panther and Tianyi White Tiger kept wiping sweat from their brows, feeling extremely ashamed. Of course, what worried them the most was the fear that Tianyin Bug might attack them.
“Never mind. You two idiots ruined things, but it won’t affect our plan to attack the Demonic Punishment Mountains. Next, we’ll attack Abyssal Fire Cave, which is the target of the Ant King. Let’s head there now to see if we can help,” Tianyin Bug said calmly, his expression slightly relieved.
Upon hearing this, Feiyin Black Panther and Tianyi White Tiger immediately straightened up and shouted, “King Bug, rest assured! We will wipe out everyone in Abyssal Fire Cave!”
The Golden Qilin, along with the demons in the Outward Emergence stage, also chimed in, “Slaughter Abyssal Fire Cave!”
Of course, these demons didn’t know that the master of Abyssal Fire Cave and all the experts in the Diversion stage had already died, meaning Abyssal Fire Cave was essentially destroyed.
“Good. Leopard and Tiger, you go ahead to Abyssal Fire Cave with me. Golden Qilin, lead your subordinates to thoroughly loot the resources in Immortal Slaying Valley. Take everything with you,” Tianyin Bug said with a smile.
“Yes!” All the demons replied.
Then, Tianyin Bug left, and Feiyin Black Panther and Tianyi White Tiger followed right after.
The Golden Qilin led fifty demons back into the underground rivers of Immortal Slaying Valley, searching for various resources. After that, they packed all the resources into storage bracelets and handed them over to the Golden Qilin.
Then, the Golden Qilin and his demons rushed to Abyssal Fire Cave.
Along the way, the Golden Qilin stopped under some pretext and handed all the storage bracelets to Qu Yi. Qu Yi took out the various resources, sorted through them, kept the useful materials, and put the unusable ones back into the storage bracelets before returning them to the Golden Qilin.

A month passed, and Golden Qilin led the beasts to the Netherfire Cave.