Roar!

The surging beams of light shot towards Ning Zheng, from all directions, with over a dozen beams disassembling the mountains, rivers, and towering buildings along the way, transforming into golden streamers shooting at Ning Zheng.

"As expected of the ancient sages...how exaggerated." Ning Zheng turned his head silently.

Boom!!

The shining brilliance coming at him was like a golden sun rising on the sea horizon, quickly evaporating a large part of the Nether River.

The Nether River dried up, dwindled, disappeared, and turned into the purest and brightest light.

The massive combined attack was utterly unavoidable.

A trace of coldness flashed across Ning Zheng's face.

He didn't cultivate steps, nor escape techniques, so he chose the most reasonable method: withstand the attack.

One force can subdue ten skills!

Take advantage of their old age and depleted mana!

This was his only strength to overpower them.

He reached out and grabbed, directly gathering the Nether River on the ground before him to form a massive black protective shield.

Boom!

The dazzling white light illuminated the entire world, with energy tides seemingly swallowing everything whole.

In this moment, the mighty energy vaporized the mountains beneath Ning Zheng's feet, with torrential energy stretching endlessly.

Thunder Technique, Water Technique, and Fire Technique combined perfectly, achieving ten times the effect with a single effort.

This demonstrates how in ancient times, they were capable of such perfect cooperation, battling against terrifying enemies during the prehistoric dynasty.

Splash.

The light disappeared.

Ning Zheng still stood erect, but the Nether River had evaporated by at least eighty percent.

He panted slightly, feeling a lingering fear: "If not for my slashing often, perhaps..."

He never underestimated his opponent's strength, yet he still underestimated it.

The energy on his body was at least eight times more than that joint attack, but he almost got completely vaporized.

This was while some city walls were hesitant, attacking him, and most were still powering up, supporting the inner circle battlefield.

If they had attacked all at once, Gao... would have evaporated on the spot!

"However, it's enough."

Ning Zheng stood in the sky, below him a massive semicircular scorched black open ground formed:

"No matter how grand they were in their previous era, those in their graves, and the invincible ancient times, it's no longer their era now."

"They can't come out of their tombs, they can only gaze longingly... longingly as I thrash the Fang Family in front of their tombs, unable to do anything."

"The new era has no vessel to carry them."

"Unless they can awaken, live a second life, come out of their graves, and formally step on this land."

Ning Zheng snorted coldly,

"But as powerful as they were in life, they couldn't fulfill their obsessions, so why would they succeed in death?"

"By the time they power up again, I would have almost finished everything."

He looked towards the Fang Family.

At this moment, each person in charge, each elder of the Fang Family showed a look of horror.

Even their backers couldn't suppress him.

No, it's not that they couldn't suppress him!

Rather, he took advantage of weaknesses, arriving just as most of the living combat force was restrained and most ancient sages launched a joint attack, seizing the opportunity.

"Are you ready?"

Ning Zheng strode forward: "Hand over the person, or I'll kill you all and then take them."

Why did none of the passersby, ghost people in the corridor, pop out the Earth Vein and sneak away?

All being educated people, civilized tourists, not engaged in stealing?

Of course, it's impossible.

Because the ghost here has special reinforcement.

There's a 'prison key'.

You must take out the key to pluck the ghost from here.

Otherwise, if you forcefully extract it, it will vaporize into the air, essentially dying!

A while after, it will still grow in place again.

This is a prison, forcibly taking Xu Huan is impossible.

Xu Huan is hiding somewhere now, but already became an Earth-bound Spirit here, without the key, escape is impossible.

At this moment.

That voice rang in his mind again:

"Why must you stand out so strongly? How do you know this is not unintentionally doing a disservice with good intentions?"

"How do you know they aren't happy themselves, how do you know they aren't satisfied with their life now?"

Ning Zheng instantly fell silent, contemplating what the other side intended to say this time.

Is he saying that pigs locked in a pen...are happy?

Perhaps for pigs with low intelligence, but how could intelligent humans be happy.

That voice was very indifferent, seeming to see the disdain on Ning Zheng's face: "Precisely because they're smart, being locked here makes them happy."

"Xu Huan is merely an outlier among them, suffering because he discovered the truth."

"Most of them don't know the truth, don't know that everything around is a ghost, thinking they're living tens of thousands of years ago, they joyfully grow and cultivate."

"They will enjoy their most prosperous years in complete ignorance."

"Ultimately dying at the height of their civilization's splendor."

The voice carried a hint of amusement, seemingly very satisfied with his own creation.

"We created a paradise for them, their pure land, allowing them to maintain their arrogant superiority, looking down on us naturally spirit-rootless lower-class mortals."

"Meanwhile, Xu Huan is actually a traitor among them, secretly revealing the truth to others, making them live in an inescapable truth of despair."

He said coldly: "Xu Huan is the most ruthless person in this world...telling the hopeless truth that cannot be changed, what can be done besides bringing more despair?"

A high-tier cultivator isn't made through isolated bitter cultivation.

An extensive exploration area is required.

And the Historical Corridor is such a vast territory.

Streets, pedestrians, sects, mountains, and rivers allow the "pigs" inside to cultivate, fight, and make friends.

Gaining knowledge, talents, experiences, and heritage from prehistoric old humans.

They can grow sturdily, even becoming masters of the Three Elements Realm or even the Two-Phase Realm, turning into ore veins.

This is the best grazing area.

The "pigs" here can grow vigorously.

Ning Zheng smiled: "Quite a prehistoric utopia, but it's essentially pigs raised happily to be butchered at market."

The voice deepened, coldly said:

"Without increasing Xinyi Continent's ore veins, how can we thrive, how can our continent flourish?"

"The sacrifice is merely some ancient survivors, surely we can't use our new humans as breeding pigs for cultivation, right?"

"This is what the old humanity owes us; they deserve this punishment."

Ning Zheng smiled slightly.

All fallacies, shifting the concept.

The continuously imprisoned inmates are already enough for Xinyi Continent's use.

You secretly create mines, not for public use, not registering them, hiding them for your family's private use.

"Flowers grown from graveyards, no matter how vibrant, no matter how adorned, are still but flowers of evil."

Ning Zheng spoke indifferently, "Innocent people born to suffer, is this the fairness you speak of? The court's prisons are not meant for locking up children."

Thwap!

Reaching out to kill a Fang Family Elder, inflicting the blacksmith's mental attack harshly, interrogating.

Since the truth is known, there's no need to interrogate other matters; directly interrogate them about where the keys to this prison area are kept.

Inquire about the whereabouts of Xu Huan's other living companions who are imprisoned.

The elders of the Fang family, the cultivators, their expressions were fearful and complex, trembling like quails.

This is disaster incoming!

If they don't hand over the people or the keys to this area, this god of death would say nothing and the family would be doomed today!

If they hand over the people, giving up the prison keys violates the Patrol Envoy's laws, neglect of duty, and coupled with the saints behind them wanting to silence them, even their Fang Family forebears can't save them!

No matter how they choose, their clan would be extinguished.

"Patriarch, what should we do?"

All the elders looked over.

"He has won." The Fang Family patriarch, a steady elder, finally sighed, "Hand over the keys; it's better than the clan's extinction now. We still have a chance to escape the State City's pursuit."

As these words fell, many Fang Family cultivators broke down, weeping bitterly, unable to compose themselves.

They are about to flee their homeland, afraid there is nowhere in the world that they can stay!

Even if they escape today, the future remains bleak.

Then, this patriarch of the Fang family took out a token, pushing several of Xu Huan's siblings forward, "We surrender and are willing to hand over the secret order; please spare us a way to live."

Ning Zheng spoke calmly, "It would have been better had you done this earlier. Surrender the items, and I won't kill you."

Even a Demon Cultivator must respect honor.

Ning Zheng indeed wouldn't kill them, choosing to leave them for those who are supposed to deal with them instead.

Resentment has a source; debt has an owner.

Ning Zheng took out the keys and spoke toward the ruins of the corridor behind him, "Where is Xu Huan?"

"Senior, I am here."

In no time, a gentle and polite young man flew out, greeting politely.

As expected, upon confirming that someone truly came to save him, Xu Huan dared to come out when he saw the key.

Ning Zheng said no more, took the token, reached out to pull his Ember from the Earth Vein, transforming it into free Wandering Embers, then gave his siblings to him.

"Go," Ning Zheng said calmly.

"Your great kindness and virtue are unforgettable for a lifetime."

Xu Huan respectfully bowed, looking deeply at Ning Zheng, as if to imprint his appearance in his mind.

Afterwards, without delay, as time was urgent, he had to leave with the others.

This was his only chance to escape this pigsty.

In life, he couldn't escape.

In death, he barely escaped.

"How bold! You dare release him!!" An enraged shout came suddenly, no longer in secret but resounding throughout heaven and earth, the entire city wall, and tavern.

Even these saints never expected someone would foolishly cross the line.

They even hoped that the other party, having taken the attack and got the keys, was merely extorting extra benefits.

After all, releasing him...

Was of no benefit to anyone!

In the taverns, everyone was stunned.

"What happened?"

"Going through all this trouble just to save Xu Huan?"

"Incomprehensible."

"Some people in the court are hiding something."

"This attack on Xinyi State City and intercepted the envoy heading to the capital, the situation gets more and more confusing."

...

A terrifying public uproar erupted across various taverns.

Everyone could see that this No-Life Sect wasn't just muddling along but truly attacking Xinyi State City and even confronting those tomb threats!

Currently...

It seems they have even won.

Xu Huan is the reason for their confrontation.

Swoosh!

Xu Huan quickly flew out, stepping out of the city gates in an instant

"We are out, we are finally out, hahaha!!" Xu Huan couldn't help but laugh wildly, standing at the city gates, striding forward, with his siblings supporting each other behind him.

His laughter shook the entire city wall slightly, without realizing that his face was already covered in tears.

Thud!

Xu Huan and a group of siblings finally couldn't bear it and fell to their knees, covering their faces with their hands, crying painfully and choking:

"Thank you, thank you..."

Boom!!!

Innumerable mists in the distance, a pure black airwave soared into the sky.

Every cultivator within the city wall felt their spirits jolt immensely.

"What is that??"

Everyone looked into the distance, seeing countless large and small black vortices spreading over that person's body.

Xu Huan stood alone outside the Xinyi State City wall, enveloped in a profound and majestic aura, faintly echoing the Earth Vein's aura, as if a creature at the top of the food chain was being born.

"Enlightenment at the graveyard, today I finally know I am myself..." In the tavern, countless people looked up at the black pillar of air with faces full of indescribable shock.

This aura was boundless as the ocean, making people worship it.

"A powerful obsession beyond death.." Jiao Wuyu smiled, looking at the friend from their past Tao Discussion who seemed to recall certain matters.

She originally came just to take a gamble, acting on Li Youzhu's information to test if they could save people; if successful, she would gain an awakened companion, but now, the development far exceeded her expectations.

Rumble!

The azure sky seemed covered in black.

Everyone was stunned watching that existence, most feeling as if they were witnessing history.

This was a sight that could never be forgotten throughout their lives, witnessing what only existed in the legends of a second lifetime.

Ning Zheng smiled while gazing toward the city wall's direction, amidst the blacksmiths' murmurings of ecstatic shouting and joy, three immensely massive black lotus flowers grew in the sky there.

"Three Flowers Gathering at the Top, knowing I am myself."

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