Chapter 1129: Chapter 684_2
There were no longer any Flying Demons or Sea Demons attacking. At first, the Invincible Sect Master didn’t react and didn’t know his allies had already retreated!
Eryao and Green Ox fought valiantly, and eventually discovered that the once brazen charging demons had been beaten into hesitation, no longer daring to rush forward!
Then, after wave after wave of them died, it was clear that none were left alive. The sky fell silent, with no Flying Demons remaining to charge.
Eryao narrowed the range of its spells, focusing the attacks on those within the formation of the Invincible Sect!
Green Ox’s fireballs had already cleared out all living creatures from the surface of this sea — no fish, no Sea Demons. However, it still prepared for another wave of assault, reducing the range of its Fireball Technique. Eventually, seeing no enemies charging forward, it began to stop its attacks!
Green Ox ceased her spells. She realized that with Eryao stepping in, it was sufficient to deal with the situation. Standing aside and observing, she no longer needed to fight!
Eryao glanced at Green Ox, pursed its lips, and said nothing. Green Ox’s Fireball Technique was, of course, inferior to its Thunder. Besides, it also possessed the Fireball Technique!
Thunder not only ignited things but also electrified creatures or people, causing them to become engulfed in flames. There was no need to employ both types of spells!
Now, Eryao didn’t need to use ice-based techniques anymore. By relying solely on Thunder spells, it could already cripple and control the Invincible Sect.
Jiang Tang looked at his two magical pets. Their abilities were indeed formidable, efficiently battling for hours and already stabilizing the situation!
The so-called Demon King retreated with the remaining demons, but Jiang Tang didn’t chase after them. Instead, he tracked the Demon King’s aura, intending to deal with the Invincible Sect first and eradicate the Demon King later.
Jiang Tang didn’t harbor personal animosity toward the Demon King. It was simply that righteousness and demons were inherently opposed. He had noticed that the demon aura of the Demon King’s subordinates matched the aura from Ten Directions City, revealing a shared connection among these demons!
Moreover, Jiang Tang discovered that the Invincible Sect used certain Magical Treasures and Ghost Formations with evil qi, coinciding with those collaborations in Ten Directions City between demons and evil beings that had killed a great number of humans!
The Heavenly Dao must punish such evil beings. If the Heavenly Dao itself couldn’t intervene directly, then those who served as its agents had a duty to carry out such tasks — even if there were no material rewards for doing so!
But Jiang Tang believed that if he truly did such things, the Heavenly Dao would surely bestow rewards upon him!
Jiang Tang had no need for money or worldly possessions anymore. The Heavenly Dao’s merits would significantly benefit both him and his magical pets!
These merits would make it easier for him to become a stronger immortal!
Back in the age of civilization, the myths and legends told of every human cultivator who ascended. They endured suffering in the Mortal Realm; only after hardship could they ascend to immortality!
Each story emphasized that those who accumulated the most merit, earning the favor of the Heavenly Dao, gained unparalleled abilities!
For example, when Sun Wukong ate the Elixir of Immortality and the Immortal Peach, he became invincible, impervious to fire or death, surviving even in the Alchemy Treasure Furnace.
Yet despite his immense power, he couldn’t escape Buddha Tathagata’s palm. Nor could he resist Avalokitesvara’s control!
Those who could control other Heavenly Gods wielded power exceeding that of mere Heavenly Gods. Even deities had different ranks and classifications!
In the Cultivation World, there are legends about human cultivators ascending to immortality thousands of years ago. Human cultivators developed various methods to achieve immortality — whether as Scholarly Cultivators, Martial Cultivators, Buddha Cultivators, or Taoist Cultivators.
Demons, irrespective of type, also had various ways to cultivate into immortality.
Demon Cultivators practiced different forms of cultivation!
Ghost Cultivators followed distinct paths, their abilities varying in strength!
When various cultivators reached the Heavenly Realm upon ascension, conflicts still arose over territory. In the Cultivation World or the skies above, the strong thrived, gaining the tastiest foods and vying for prime territories, ascending as leaders!
Thus, cultivators and beings of all kinds who attained immortality organized groups, each species forming alliances with their own kin. Despite this, internal power struggles unfolded, producing generations of strong leaders while the weak were cast aside!
If you refuse to submit, you simply grow stronger; if you aren’t strong but refuse to yield, then you should prepare to be beaten!
Don’t assume immortals can’t die — even immortals can perish, falling back to the Mortal Realm!
Should their souls return to the Mortal Realm, it might open the possibility for reincarnation or perhaps body seizing!
Jiang Tang harbored grand ambitions. Everything he did now was aimed at making himself stronger. He already had the strength of three men and had his pets and external aids as well!
However, all these aids were just his Golden Finger. He feared a day might come when his Golden Finger disappeared, leaving him vulnerable and far less powerful!
Relying on a Golden Finger forever was impossible. Who knew what would happen upon ascension?
Once those aids vanished, he’d have to rely on himself. Therefore, every righteous deed he performed accumulated merit, bringing rewards from the Heavenly Dao!
He didn’t consider his pets’ righteous acts a waste of time. Instead, he sought to perform even more good deeds, striving to accumulate merits that could potentially assist him someday — perhaps even to mend heaven!
While searching for the Five Skies Technique, Jiang Tang conveniently performed acts of kindness along the way!
The Invincible Sect’s collaboration with demons had killed countless humans. Even if Jiang Tang had only executed the henchmen carrying out those murders, they were just pawns — behind them was a towering tree. Eradicating that tree would diminish the disaster!
Jiang Tang realized the Invincible Sect’s members had committed heinous acts. The collaboration between two factions might have caused the deaths of tens of millions, perhaps even over a hundred million humans — an enormous debt!
Additionally, they had committed untold crimes across the ocean!
Ordinary cultivators likely couldn’t find their lair among the waves. It was beyond the reach of land-based Immortal Sects, which might still be unaware that the Invincible Sect had thrived as pirates!
Jiang Tang resolved that Eryao should kill those in the Invincible Sect who bore heavy evil qi. Among those with strong abilities but lesser killing intent, their cultivation would be crippled!
As for the weakest individuals with no trace of evil qi — if they hadn’t harmed anyone outside yet, they could be spared!
Jiang Tang wasn’t intent on eliminating every member of the Invincible Sect. Some had yet to commit wrongdoings.
Each one of them was born of parents and might have been good-hearted— perhaps even children— before joining the Invincible Sect.
The fault lay entirely in the sect itself, which used manipulative techniques to coerce ordinary people into practicing its spells, brainwashing them into committing heinous deeds!
Eryao accepted its master’s mission. At first, it wanted to kill every member of the Invincible Sect, treating them all as pirates who needed to be eradicated entirely!
Nonetheless, Jiang Tang’s directive regarding individuals without evil qi made Eryao reconsider. They turned out to be younger cultivators with lower abilities, genuinely free of evil qi, suggesting that they might not have harmed outsiders yet!
But within the Invincible Sect, hadn’t many suffered through brutal training that involved killing?
Eryao didn’t care — those carrying even a trace of evil qi would all be killed. After all, any amount of evil qi indicated at least one human life weighing on their conscience, already enough to warrant death as atonement!
The first priority was to eliminate the strongest member of the Invincible Sect!
That individual, likely the Sect Leader, must be killed. After dealing with the Sect Leader, the slightly stronger elders would also be eradicated. The remaining members would be scattered, mere weaklings unable to establish anything significant on the vast ocean!
Eryao felt its master was too kind-hearted. Even if some cultivators lacked evil qi, their use of the Invincible Sect’s cultivation techniques might make them grow stronger in the future. Once they did, they could harm others. Leaving them behind could foster future calamities!
Eryao believed its master’s mercy bordered on naivety. In its view, killing off these individuals entirely would prevent any roots of disaster!
Eryao worried about being subject to retaliation by survivors. After all, Jiang Tang and his pets wouldn’t remain on this planet forever!
It feared leaving behind potential threats that could harm other humans!