Chapter 63: The Destruction of the Sect

Huai Jin stepped out of the formation’s center, smiling at Yong Shan, while showing utmost respect to Ling Huo Shangren, Qian Shun, and Wan Chang.
“Huai Jin, you’ve done well. As long as you kill Huai Qing, I’ll give you the Tongxin Hanzhi you desire,” Yong Shan said joyfully.
It turned out that Huai Jin’s deal with Yong Shan was simply for one Tongxin Hanzhi!
At that moment, on Longyao Peak, some of the disciples in the Qi Guidance stage and Foundation Establishment stage began to curse loudly.
“Huai Jin, you traitor! You’ve betrayed the sect—you deserve a terrible death!”
“Huai Jin, you despicable wretch! You’ve pushed the sect to the brink. How can you face the ancestors of Xianyun Sect?”
“Huai Jin, I’ll kill you! I’ll curse you! I’ll tear you to pieces!”
…
Angry shouts and resentful roars filled Longyao Peak in an instant. Some even flew at Huai Jin.
“Bastard!”
Ling Huo Shangren snarled angrily, then waved his hand, sending hundreds of flames forth. In no time, those who cursed Huai Jin were engulfed in fire.
Once these flames ignited on the disciples in the Qi Guidance and Foundation Establishment stages, they couldn’t be extinguished. Slowly, holes were burned through their bodies, killing them slowly and painfully.
The sight was gruesome!
“Are there any others?” Ling Huo Shangren asked calmly.
With hundreds of disciples witnessing those who had died in flames, none dared to curse anymore.
Huai Jin remained indifferent, watching his fellow disciples on the peak, as if their lives meant nothing to him. It was clear he no longer had any loyalty to Xianyun Sect.
“Very good, Yong Shan. From now on, we’ll take down Xianyun Sect’s peaks one by one, and finally kill Huai Qing,” Ling Huo Shangren said satisfactorily and proudly.
“Yes, Lord!” Yong Shan replied excitedly.
In an instant, Ling Huo Shangren, Qian Shun, Wan Chang, and Yong Shan arrived at Fenglan Peak together.
At this time, only a ten-mile radius around Fenglan Peak was covered in mist; it was no longer connected to the other thirty-five peaks.
“We failed to break through earlier. Let’s try again. Oh, you three needn’t intervene. I’ll handle it alone,” Ling Huo Shangren said mockingly, already holding the Fire Disc in his hand.
Qian Shun, Wan Chang, and Yong Shan all knew that Ling Huo Shangren hadn’t tasted victory in the previous two attacks. Wanting to erase his earlier failures, they naturally wouldn’t oppose him.
“Fire Cloud Burns the Sky!” Ling Huo Shangren shouted coldly, immediately pouring a trace of his vital energy into the Fire Disc.

In an instant, a massive fire cloud covered the sky, with blazing flames that seemed to roar and writhe as if possessed of a will of their own. It turned out that the fire cloud on Chase Cloud Peak earlier was also created by Linghuo Shangren using his Fire Disc.

That fire cloud immediately rushed into the white mist above Wind Mist Peak, vaporizing all of it in an instant, before descending onto Wind Mist Peak.

“Ah…”

From hundreds of locations across Wind Mist Peak, agonized screams were heard, each one fading instantly, demonstrating the sheer power of those flames. Kang Feng, who had been inside the Demon Extermination Array’s core, tried his best to resist but to no avail. He was then attacked by the flames, managing to hold out for only a few moments before being burned to ashes.

Wind Mist Peak was thus destroyed.

Linghuo Shangren scanned with his spiritual awareness and realized there was no one left on Wind Mist Peak. He immediately took Qian Shun, Wan Chang, and Yong Shan with him and flew to other peaks.

…

Meanwhile, Chase Cloud Peak was also in chaos.

As the white mist that had once covered the area dispersed, all the disciples realized that the thirty-six peaks’ Demon Extermination Array was now just thirty separate arrays, unable to form a unified defense against the enemy.

Many disciples wanted to fly away from Immortal Cloud Sect.

Huaqing watched the chaotic scene on Chase Cloud Peak with a sense of desolation. However, when he saw the four disciples—Qu Yi, Li Ji, Wang Mo, and De Quan—he felt a slight relief, as they all remained calm.

“Flee on your own. If we wait any longer, it will be too late,” Huaqing transmitted through his spiritual awareness to the four of them.

Li Ji, Wang Mo, and De Quan were shocked. Only then did they realize that even their master wasn’t sure he could defeat the enemy.

Qu Yi, on the other hand, remained calm, though his eyes searched everywhere for Bai Man.

“Master, we’ll stay with you and never leave you.”

“Master, where is our senior sister?”

Li Ji, Wang Mo, De Quan, and Qu Yi spoke almost simultaneously.

“This is an order. You four must leave Chase Cloud Peak now and scatter to flee. Only then do you have a chance to survive. Otherwise, Immortal Cloud Sect will truly vanish today,” Huaqing said angrily, transmitting his message through his spiritual awareness.

Li Ji, Wang Mo, and De Quan glanced at Huaqing in pain before immediately flying away with the other disciples to scatter and escape.

Qu Yi, however, flew straight up to Huaqing and asked again, “Master, where is our senior sister?”

Huai Qing managed to force a faint smile and said, “Man has already been knocked unconscious by me. She’s inside the Chuiyun Tower. Qu Yi, I didn’t misjudge you—even in such a critical moment, you’re still thinking of Man. But if you try to take her and escape, you definitely won’t succeed. It’s better if you leave. In the future, it will be up to you to avenge the Xianyun Sect.”
“Master, if you feel you can’t win, just run away. As long as the green mountains remain, there will always be firewood.”
After saying that, Qu Yi immediately flew toward the Chuiyun Tower—this was the advice he could give Huai Qing.
Indeed, in Bai Man’s room in the Chuiyun Tower, Qu Yi found her sleeping peacefully, so serene.
After some thought, Qu Yi decided to give the only spot in the Cunjie Ball to Bai Man. Huai Qing’s own fate would depend on his own choices. If he wanted to escape, he could definitely do so; if he chose to share the fate of the Xianyun Sect, Qu Yi wouldn’t stop him.
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Soon, five figures flew over outside Chuiyun Peak. Linghuo Shangren, Qianshun, Wanchang, Yongshan, and Huaijin—after destroying the thirty cultivation peaks surrounding the Xianyun Sect—finally arrived at Chuiyun Peak.
“The Xianyun Sect will disappear today,” Yongshan shouted triumphantly from atop Chuiyun Peak, through the mist.
At that moment, on Chuiyun Peak, there were only Huai Qing, Dongzhen Shangren, and Qu Yi. The others had all fled. Whether they could break free from the Fire Moon Gate’s encirclement depended on their own fate.
Huai Qing’s spiritual sense detected Huaijin and he immediately shouted angrily, “Huaijin, why did you betray the sect? What wrong did the Xianyun Sect do to you?”
“Senior brother, after you die, I’ll stand by your grave and tell you everything,” Huaijin replied coldly.
Hearing this, Huai Qing became even angrier. He immediately flew out of Chuiyun Peak and took to the air, confronting the five of them.
“Huai Qing, I’m impressed that you refuse to flee. How about we have a final battle now?” Linghuo Shangren spoke calmly.
“Get lost!”
Huai Qing’s reply was a sword strike. With a wave of his jade sword, a stream of light shot out, aiming straight at Huaijin.
Linghuo Shangren, enraged, immediately raised his Tonghuo Pan. A ball of fire shot out from it, blocking Huaijin’s path.
Boom!
The stream of light collided with the fireball, creating a massive explosion spanning a hundred meters. Huaijin, using his vital energy to protect himself, barely managed to ward off the energy surge, but all his vital energy was exhausted in the process.
“Huai Qing, as long as I’m here, you won’t be able to kill Huaijin,” Linghuo Shangren said angrily.

At this moment, Qian Shun, Wan Chang, and Yong Shan stood together with Ling Huo Shangren, each drawing out their own magical treasures.
Huai Qing’s expression turned cold as he looked at the four people across from him, realizing it was impossible for him to kill Huai Jin.
“Huai Qing, let me show you the attack techniques of the Outward Emergence stage!” suddenly, Ling Huo Shangren shouted.
“Not good!” Huai Qing immediately realized that his strongest strike with the Jade Sword only had the power of the early Outward Emergence stage, while now he was facing a true practitioner at that stage, with three allies by his side—putting him in an extremely dangerous situation.
Huai Qing immediately tried to fly back to Chuiyun Peak.
“Too late! The Yuan Ying has emerged!”
Suddenly, Ling Huo Shangren’s body floated in the air, and above his head appeared a fiery red Yuan Ying, looking just like Ling Huo Shangren as a child. With the Yuan Ying’s emergence, the fire-based spiritual energy in the air gathered around it like a giant magnet with immense attraction.
Huai Qing was instantly trapped in mid-air.
Qian Shun, Wan Chang, and Yong Shan immediately used their magical treasures to unleash their ultimate spells at Huai Qing.
His life was in danger!
Huai Qing acted decisively—he put away his Jade Sword and smiled sadly.
“Wood-type Yuan Ying, escape from the body!”
He used the Dissolution Technique, causing his body to explode completely, scattering the fire-based energy surrounding him. His Yuan Ying then flew away, ready to vanish into the white mist.
“You won’t get away so easily!” Ling Huo Shangren sneered.
In an instant, the Yuan Ying above Ling Huo Shangren trembled, and a powerful beam of fire shot out from its mouth, directly hitting Huai Qing’s Yuan Ying.
It was the Pure Blue True Fire within Ling Huo Shangren’s Yuan Ying!
“Ah!”
Unprepared, Huai Qing’s Yuan Ying was struck by the true fire, his soul completely destroyed, and his Yuan Ying exploded instantly.
Huai Qing, the leader of the Xianyun Sect, was dead.
As the Yuan Ying exploded, a bracelet appeared and fell into the white mist on Chuiyun Peak.
“Oh, that’s Huai Qing’s storage bracelet,” Ling Huo Shangren exclaimed, but could only watch helplessly as the bracelet disappeared.
In the white mist, Qu Yi suddenly appeared. Following the guidance of the Artifact Spirit, he rushed in and retrieved Huai Qing’s storage bracelet.
At the same time, upon receiving the bracelet, Qu Yi vanished instantly.
“Attack! I will destroy entire Chuiyun Peak! I must get Huai Qing’s storage bracelet!” Ling Huo Shangren was furious.

From Tianfeng Star to Cuimu Star, Master Linghuo’s goal was Huaiqing’s jade sword. Seeing Huaiqing’s storage bracelet fall into the white mist, he naturally became extremely anxious. He wanted to break through the Demon Extermination Array of Zuiyun Peak to find the bracelet. At that moment, inside the white mist, a sphere the size of a mung bean was falling downward and soon dropped into the Zuiwu River. Episode 2: Fanglao Mountain