Chapter 5: Suppressing the Seven Factions

As soon as Jin Zun appeared, he delivered a declaration full of contempt toward these cultivators at the Tribulation stage. Naturally, these veteran cultivators, following their old habits, took out their magical artifacts, intending to surround and kill Qu Yi together.

Tai Ming stood up gently, smiling. Seeing that eight out of the Tai Yuan Gate’s veterans had already drawn their magical artifacts, Jin Zun laughed and said, “It seems you all don’t value your own lives. What a shame after all these years of cultivation.”

Before he finished speaking, Jin Zun already had the Shang Jin Sword in his hand—a mid-tier immortal weapon! As the sword was drawn, a golden light flashed out swiftly. This golden light split into ten beams, shooting toward the ten areas of Jin Yuan Palace and enveloping the cultivators at the Tribulation stage there. These beams contained their own space; after enclosing the cultivators, they rapidly transformed into a larger independent space, pulling them inside and hiding them from the other cultivators in Jin Yuan Palace.

Within these ten independent spaces, streams of golden sword energy rained down like a storm. These sword energies were spells formed from the essence of gold, beyond the resistance of the cultivators’ true energy shields. Their shields were instantly shattered, allowing the cultivators’ bodies to be pierced.

The ten independent spaces disappeared quickly, revealing the ten areas once again—now covered with a hundred cultivators at the Tribulation stage, their bodies riddled with sword wounds.

Was Qu Yi that powerful? The might of Jin Zun’s single sword strike, witnessed by the other cultivators in Jin Yuan Palace, immediately intimidated those still trying to resist. None dared move again.

“Among you veterans, two hundred of you didn’t bring out your magical artifacts to resist me. Good. You two hundred can join Tai Ming. As for the remaining seven hundred, I’ll give you a chance: kill another veteran and take their head, then you can join Tai Ming without dying,” Jin Zun said indifferently.

Those two hundred who hadn’t resisted were already part of Tai Ming’s faction and had received his warning, so they naturally wouldn’t resist Qu Yi. Soon, they happily joined Tai Ming, relieved to not have opposed him.

As for the seven hundred veteran cultivators who had tried to surround Qu Yi and survived by luck, upon hearing Jin Zun’s words, they first showed anger before quickly becoming wary.

After seeing Jin Zun’s strength, these seven hundred people naturally knew they couldn’t compete with him. Now, the only way to survive was to kill others.
Kill!
Suddenly, a few elders at the Tribulation stage took action first.
The entire Jin Yuan Palace immediately fell into chaos due to their attacks. Spells flew everywhere, and the entire palace was destroyed. Chaotic energy surged outward, causing numerous spatial cracks as energies collided, creating a perilous situation.
One after another, the elders at the Tribulation stage died.
Of course, some of them also grabbed a human head each and flew behind Tai Ming.
Jin Yuan Palace had been completely destroyed. In that space, there were still a hundred people staring at each other with hatred, their bloodthirsty eyes turning red.
Jin Zun suddenly picked up the Shang Jin Sword and swung it horizontally, creating a golden light sphere. Then, in the chaotic battlefield, all the chaotic energy suddenly stopped, and the fighting elders also froze in place.
Just now, Jin Zun had used the Shang Jin Sword to launch a domain attack.
Although Jin Zun was only at the Great Vehicle stage and had not yet grasped the essence of the metal element, he couldn’t create a domain with his current cultivation. But the Shang Jin Sword was a mid-grade immortal weapon, and with the energy of the metal element, it could generate a metal domain.
Tai Ming and the elders at the Tribulation stage standing behind him were once again shocked and terrified upon seeing Qu Yi use such a powerful spell. Undoubtedly, these people no longer dared doubt Qu Yi’s strength and sincerely submitted to him.
Jin Zun used the Shang Jin Sword to create a domain first to intimidate these people and second to let those hundred elders still fighting survive.
Now, the powerful elders at the Tribulation stage remaining from the Seven Sects—Tai Yuan Gate, Ying Tian Sect, Jin Yang Sect, Cang Yang Valley, Bai Shou Peak, Xian Yue Cliff, and Jiu Gong Island—were no longer as prosperous as the ten sects before.
Qu Yi needed people right now and was still in great need of these elders at the Tribulation stage. Therefore, after demonstrating his strength and intimidating them, Jin Zun didn’t want to kill more elders and ordered them to stop fighting.
Sure enough, after the metal domain disappeared, those hundred elders at the Tribulation stage stared at Jin Zun in confusion.
“Do you still want to resist me?” Jin Zun asked with a faint smile.
The hundred people glanced at each other and then knelt down together, shouting, “We sincerely submit to you.”
Jin Zun chuckled, waved his hand, and then vanished in a flash.
Tai Ming was stunned for a moment before understanding Jin Zun’s intention—he wanted him to take care of the situation now.

A total of six hundred elders at the Tribulation stage survived, and the vast majority of them were at the later stages of the Tribulation phase, so the elite forces of the Taiyuan Sect were still preserved. However, these elders would now belong to the Sanding Sect. “Everyone, from now on we are all members of the Sanding Sect. Rest on Taiyuan Mountain for now and wait for Master Qu Yi’s orders,” Tai Ming said calmly. “Yes,” replied the six hundred Tribulation-stage figures in unison. Immediately afterward, Tai Ming teleported away to a peak thousands of miles away from Taiyuan Mountain. Jin Zun was already on the peak. “Master, I’ve taken care of everything,” Tai Ming said as soon as he landed. “Tai Ming, wait a while. I need to go to Moon-Bearing Cliff first, settle things there, and then come back to you,” Jin Zun said with a faint smile. “Yes, Master.” Tai Ming didn’t dare ask why Jin Zun wanted to go to Moon-Bearing Cliff and replied immediately. Then, Jin Zun teleported away. … Qu Yi’s five avatars—Jin Zun, Mu Zun, Shui Zun, Huo Zun, and Tu Zun—arrived at Liupan Star. One by one, they went to each sect. Jin Zun went to the Taiyuan Sect, Mu Zun to the Yingtian Sect, Shui Zun to the Jinyang Sect, Huo Zun to the Cangyang Valley, and Tu Zun to the Hundred Beasts Peak. Just as Jin Zun had done with the Taiyuan Sect, Mu Zun, Shui Zun, Huo Zun, and Tu Zun also used their overwhelming strength to win over some, defeat some, and subdue some of the Tribulation-stage elders from those four sects. Six hundred strongmen from the Yingtian Sect survived. Two thousand strongmen from the Jinyang Sect survived. Two thousand strongmen from the Cangyang Valley survived. Two thousand five hundred strongmen from the Hundred Beasts Peak survived. After settling matters in all five sects, Jin Zun, Mu Zun, Shui Zun, Huo Zun, and Tu Zun went together to Moon-Bearing Cliff and Jiugong Island, where they jointly dealt with those two sects, killing all the rebellious Tribulation-stage demon cultivators. Two thousand strongmen from Moon-Bearing Cliff survived. One thousand five hundred strongmen from Jiugong Island survived. Thus, there were now over eleven thousand Tribulation-stage strongmen across the seven sects. Although this was far fewer than the number of Tribulation-stage strongmen in the ten sects originally, for Qu Yi, this number was sufficient to eliminate some of the chaotic forces in the cultivation world. … On Taiyuan Mountain, Jin Zun, Tai Ming, Ying Hua, Jin Xiong, Cang Huang, Qing Long, Tu Long, and Shui Long—eight people—sat together.

Because Tai Ming and the other six still did not know about Qu Yi’s five avatars, and the auras emitted by these five avatars were exactly the same, they failed to detect anything unusual during the recent purge of the seven sects. They continued to think it was Qu Yi himself who had appeared.

The five avatars also did not want to reveal the truth, so they sent only Jin Zun to meet with these seven sect leaders.

“Seven of you, now your seven sects are completely under your control. You can now announce to the entire cultivation world that the seven sects have merged to form the San Ding Gate. At the same time, you must declare that from now on, there will be only one cultivation sect in the world—San Ding Gate. Any other sects that exist must either merge into San Ding Gate on various planets or face elimination by it,” Jin Zun said calmly.

The seven sect leaders stared at Jin Zun in shock, stunned by this grand plan.

“Yes, master,” they replied without hesitation, despite their shock.

Jin Zun smiled in satisfaction and then said, “After you make the announcement, start working to establish San Ding Gate and sweep through all the planets in the cultivation world, killing anyone who refuses to join San Ding Gate.”

The seven were shocked once again, realizing that the cultivation world was about to experience a bloody period.

“Yes, master,” they replied in unison.

Jin Zun nodded in approval and said, “Seven of you, once you have largely eliminated all resistance forces in the cultivation world, I will come back to tell you the next steps.”

With that, Jin Zun teleported away.

Tai Ming, Ying Hua, Jin Xiong, Cang Huang, Qing Long, Tu Long, and Shui Long stared blankly at the sky, their minds in turmoil.