Chapter 20: Kill, Kill, Kill

"Courting death!" The thin old man with green hair and green brows, seated high on a cloud bed, was furious beyond measure.

Whoosh.

In the hall below, black qi converged to form a black-robed man. The black-robed man looked up at the seated thin old man and said, "Uncle Master Biyou."

"God King." Biyou Daozu looked at the black-robed man who had appeared below, yet still addressed him respectfully as God King. After all, the nominal leader of the Heartless Sect was the God King. Although the God King was slightly weaker in strength, he was the sole disciple of 'King,' and every True Demon Daozu of the Heartless Sect deeply admired the King.

Naturally, they also respected the God King. Ordinarily, Biyou Daozu was stationed in the Third World, but in practice, the God King was primarily responsible for deployments.

All matters, great and small, of the Heartless Sect throughout the Three Realms were handled by the God King.

Similarly, in the Fifth World... other Daozus were stationed there, but at critical moments, the God King would deploy and coordinate. His techniques, learned from the Heartless Sect's King, the 'Heart Demon Lord,' allowed the God King to secretly converse with any living being in the Three Realms without a trace, making his deployments difficult for the Nuwa Camp to detect.

"Don't worry. My true body has already begun mobilizing troops." The God King spoke with a smile, but a cold glint shone in his eyes. "No matter what, we cannot let Ji Ning escape this time."

"Right. We absolutely cannot let him escape." Biyou Daozu fumed. "He killed nine of our Celestial Immortals and True Gods. In all my years contending with the Zhuanxu Domain, only one True Immortal has died. Now so many die at once. This Ji Ning is too arrogant, launching a sneak attack. He's asking for death! We must kill him, and never let him get away!"

"Mm." The God King nodded.

He too felt the pain.

In the war of the Chiming Domain, they had lost only a few dozen Celestial Immortals and True Gods. Now Ji Ning had struck like a club, wiping out nine. How could they not be pained and angry?

"Rest assured. The army has been deployed. Given a little time, he will surely die." The God King's voice carried murderous intent.

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"Assemble quickly."

"Assemble."

"Hurry."

Within the Fifth World, the number of Celestial Immortals and True Gods was astonishingly high. At the God King's command, a great many began to gather.

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In the 'Tianfang Major World' of the Zhuanxu Domain, amidst towering mountains and ridges, stood a majestic golden building, dazzling to the eye. This was one of the two lairs of the Heartless Sect in the Tianfang Major World, housing four Celestial Immortals and True Gods.

"Quick, go."

"Retreat."

The four True Gods, who had been leisurely at ease, received the order and panicked. Some had been meditating, some teaching disciples, some eating and drinking—but the God King's command came without warning.

"Boom~~~"

Space shattered.

A hundred-zhang-long boat crushed through the void, appearing directly outside the majestic building. Simultaneously, two ten-thousand-zhang divine demons emerged. With a mere thought, the Seven Kills Heavenly God sealed off the surrounding space. At the same time, the Punishment Heavenly God Ji Ning and the Seven Kills Heavenly God swung their weapons.

The earth-shattering impact shattered the resilient and stable formation barriers in the blink of an eye.

Ji Ning and the Seven Kills Heavenly God charged in together.

"Flee quickly."

"Go."

One step faster, and you escape to safety.

One step slower, and you die, soul extinguished.

Although the four Celestial Immortals and True Gods had received the order, only one True God narrowly escaped; the other three were slain by Ji Ning and his companions.

"Lord Prefect." The Seven Kills Heavenly God looked at Ji Ning.

Ji Ning gazed at the ruins before him. His heartforce had already covered the entire Tianfang Major World. He transmitted: "There's little chance. I moved as fast as possible, tearing through the void from the Dongxuan Major World to get here, and narrowly killed three more. Now the other lair in Tianfang Major World has already retreated. I'm afraid the other major worlds will also retreat."

"Their lairs are spread across many major worlds. I don't believe they'll abandon them all." The Seven Kills Heavenly God transmitted.

"Let's check other major worlds. Even if we can't kill many, we'll destroy their lairs."

These lairs were not easy to build.

When Ji Ning had built formations on Yanshan Mountain, it had cost him no small price. Each lair, capable of withstanding nine full-force attacks from a Daozu-level Punishment Heavenly God like Ji Ning, required significant investment to construct.

"Whoosh."

The Void Boat once again left the Tianfang Major World, tearing through the void toward another major world.

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"Retreat."

"Retreat."

"Retreat."

The God King's true body was deploying: "You six Celestial Immortals and True Gods, hold the 'Golden Light Divine Mountain.' You eight, hold the 'Heartless City'..."

Some began to retreat.

But at the same time, the God King ordered some Celestial Immortals and True Gods to gather and hold war fortresses like Heartless City. Once inside a war fortress, ten Celestial Immortals and True Gods joining forces would make it very difficult for Ji Ning to breach. Without such a fortress, Ji Ning would have an easier time.

But war fortresses were extremely hard to break.

In the domain war of the Chiming Domain, for instance, when one side retreated into a war fortress, the other side would stop attacking. They knew that unless the disparity in strength was absurdly large, breaking a war fortress was nearly impossible.

"You, lure Ji Ning. Distract him."

"Draw him in."

"Buy time." The God King commanded.

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Whoosh.

The Void Boat tore through the void and arrived at another major world.

"Eight Celestial Immortals and True Gods are hiding in Heartless City." With a sweep of his heartforce, Ji Ning detected the floating black Heartless City and transmitted to the Seven Kills Heavenly God beside him.

"Hiding in Heartless City? Hmph. If they hole up in a war city, it'll be hard for us to break in even if we attack." The Seven Kills Heavenly God transmitted. "If eighteen Celestial Immortals and True Gods were holding Heartless City, we'd have no hope at all. But with only eight, there's a slight chance if we join forces. The Heartless Sect is deliberately making us think there's a glimmer of hope, to lure us into attacking and buy time. They're probably mobilizing troops, and a large army will arrive soon."

"Mm." Ji Ning understood.

"Let's go to the next major world."

Boom.

The Void Boat tore through the void and departed, heading for another major world.

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Ji Ning even left the Zhuanxu Domain and went to another domain, the 'Xingtian Domain.' Xingtian the War God was extremely powerful—known as the ancient war god, no joke. Since he also sided with the ancient imperial clan, the forces under his domain were no weaker than those of the Zhuanxu Domain.

"Damn it."

"Retreat."

Ji Ning's sudden attack on another domain yielded results.

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He rampaged through one domain after another.

All were top-tier domains, throwing the entire Heartless Sect camp into chaos.

"He's running wild."

"This Ji Ning moves fast."

"Damn it."

The True Gods and Daozus of the Heartless Sect were gnashing their teeth in anger, some even wanting to act personally. But the great powers of the Nuwa Camp also released their mind-consciences to observe the Three Realms. When the great powers' mind-consciences clashed, the Heartless Sect's great powers sensed the mind-consciences of terrifying figures like Buddha Tathagata, Lord Sanqing, Bodhi, Fuxi, and Suiren, and they calmed down.

They could only watch helplessly while desperately deploying troops.

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In the Third World.

A neat array of Celestial Immortals and True Gods stood there, a total of two hundred and eighty-nine.

The black-robed God King and Biyou Daozu looked down at the group. The Third World was tasked with opposing the Zhuanxu Domain and several other domains. For instance, under 'Emperor Zhuanxu,' one of the five human emperors, there were over six hundred Celestial Immortals and True Gods—several times more than under Daozu Chiming. Such was the difference between a strong domain and a weak one.

After all, Celestial Immortals and True Gods preferred to follow the strong. Who would choose to apprentice under Daozu Chiming when they could study under Lord Sanqing? Naturally, the strong grew stronger, and the weak weaker. Under Buddha Tathagata, there were even a bunch of Daozus.

The Zhuanxu Domain alone had so many. The Third World, simultaneously dealing with the Zhuanxu Domain and several others, naturally had a great number of Celestial Immortals and True Gods. Deploying over two hundred was very quick.

"Form the 'Heartless Immeasurable Formation' and ensure you slay Ji Ning." The black-robed God King commanded.

"Yes." The two hundred and eighty-nine Celestial Immortals and True Gods answered in unison.

"Set out."

At the God King's command.

The nearly three hundred Celestial Immortals and True Gods immediately boarded a black shuttle and swiftly broke through the void.

With over two hundred Celestial Immortals and True Gods forming the 'Heartless Immeasurable Formation,' its power was far greater than the 'Three-Eyed Demon God' formed by the three demon gods of Tunlong Mountain. It could even contend with a true True God or Daozu. Killing the Punishment Heavenly God Ji Ning would indeed be easy. Individually, Celestial Immortals and True Gods might not amount to much, but when accumulated in numbers, they became terrifying.

In the face of war, individual power becomes insignificant.

Unless one reached the level of Nuwa, even leaders like the Daoist sects risked annihilation in war. Bodhi had not directly participated in the war back then.

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A Void Boat madly shuttled through one major world after another. Ji Ning knew he was taking risks, but provoking the Heartless Sect was inherently risky. Kill, kill, kill—kill as many as he could. His heartforce had long been covering all directions. At the first sign of trouble, he would flee.

He had killed nine in the Dongxuan Major World, and in subsequent risks, he had killed six more. Ji Ning wanted to kill even more.

"Ji Ning, quickly! The Heartless Sect army has arrived. Flee!" Bodhi's voice suddenly exploded in Ji Ning's mind.

"What!"

Ji Ning was startled.

Boom~~~

Space exploded in the distance, and a black shuttle appeared.

Earlier, when the two hundred and eighty-nine Celestial Immortals and True Gods had gathered in the Fifth World, the God King had personally cast spells to completely block all detection! Bodhi's 'One Dream Three Realms' was powerful, but the God King's techniques, inherited from the 'Heart Demon Lord,' were also formidable. By simply blocking, he could prevent Bodhi and the others from sensing anything.

Only after the group of Celestial Immortals and True Gods boarded the shuttle and left the Third World did Bodhi discover them.

He immediately notified Ji Ning, and at the same time, the army arrived.

"Boom~~" Upon receiving Bodhi's transmission, Ji Ning, though shocked, immediately tore through the void and began to flee. So when the Heartless Sect army appeared, Ji Ning was already escaping.

"Chase."

Boom! Boom!

Almost one after the other, just as the Void Boat tore through the void and fled, the black shuttle followed closely, tearing through the void in pursuit. Based on spatial fluctuations, they could fully detect the region the Void Boat was heading to.

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