Chapter 530: 529. Chapter 524: Blood Oath

529. Chapter 524: Blood Oath

This time it was Qi Ning's turn to be astonished—how could Cang Diyi possibly not know about this?

Could it be that the destruction of the Gujia family truly had nothing to do with Ding Huan? Otherwise, how could Cang Diyi be unaware?

Fortunately, Cang Diyi suddenly realized something and said uncertainly:

"When my brother Huan and I first arrived here, he said he had some business to attend to, but he returned very soon—could he have destroyed the Gujia family in just that short time?"

So it was true—the information from the Ten Thousand Realms Guild was still reliable.

Qi Ning smiled and said:

"Yes, Senior Ding went to the Tian Gu Trading Tower in Gujia Xiancheng to appraise treasures; the Shopkeeper there, seeing the treasures, became greedy and angered Senior Ding.

In his rage, Senior Ding burned down the Tian Gu Trading Tower—but a single trading tower could not satisfy Senior Ding's anger.

Senior Ding then went to the Gujia family and slaughtered them all, leaving not a single living ant behind."

Hearing this, Cang Diyi finally understood.

No wonder Ding Huan had asked him where the Gujia family's largest trading tower was—he had gone to avenge him.

This immense favor, he could never repay in a thousand lifetimes.

Cang Diyi knelt before the Xuan Huang Xian Sect and murmured: "All the vengeful spirits of my Xuan Huang Xian Sect—Heaven has eyes! Senior Huan has avenged our sect's great wrong.

I, Cang Diyi, swear here and now: from this day forward, my life belongs to Senior Huan. If Senior Huan commands me to die, I will not breathe another instant.

This oath is witnessed by every fellow disciple of the Xuan Huang Xian Sect. Should I break it, may Heaven and Earth abandon me."

After speaking, Cang Di knelt reverently and kowtowed several more times.

After his Xian Gate was destroyed because of him, Cang Diyi had decided his life would have only one purpose: to avenge his sect.

Even if his body were shattered to dust, his thirst for vengeance would never waver.

Now that Ding Huan had avenged him, his life belonged to Ding Huan.

Beside him, Xue Xiyun had also matured; she, too, knelt and bowed before the Xian Dan Valley.

While gathering the corpses of her senior sisters and aunts from the Xian Dan Valley, Xue Xiyun had sworn to avenge the valley—she never expected Senior Huan had already done it for her.

"Thank you, Elder Qi. If not for you, I still wouldn't have known what happened." Cang Diyi bowed deeply to Qi Ning again.

Ding Huan had given him a pile of rings—he now knew where they came from.

Earlier, Senior Huan had told him these rings were his, taken from the Gujia family, but he had never understood how.

No wonder neither he nor Xue Xiyun had seen a single Gujia disciple during their days here.

Even if a few had escaped, wouldn't they all be running for their lives now?

"No need for thanks. Brother Diyi, with your talent, your future is boundless. I only hope that when you attain the Great Dao, you won't forget me."

Qi Ning was a seasoned veteran, accustomed to all kinds of gatherings—she knew perfectly well this was the perfect moment to draw closer to Cang Diyi.

Indeed, Cang Diyi solemnly said: "Elder Qi, if you don't mind, Xue Xiyun and I would like to recognize you as our elder sister. But I swore an oath: from today, I must follow Senior Huan into the world beyond.

Senior Huan destroyed an entire family for me—he must be deeply affected, otherwise he wouldn't have rushed into seclusion so urgently…"

Qi Ning had listened calmly until now, but at these last words, her eyes widened.

Could the Great Immortal Supervisor of the Pangu Great World be troubled in his heart after killing a few thousand people and wiping out a cultivation family?

Are you joking with me—or am I the one being joked with?

But these were secondary. She looked seriously at Cang Diyi: "Since you're willing to become my brother and sister, why wait? Let's do it today."

Cang Diyi nodded: "That's exactly what I intended."

Xue Xiyun quickly said: "I want to join too."

Qi Ning beamed, waved her hand, and summoned an altar, lighting three blood-bond incense sticks before kneeling:

"Today, I, Qi Ning, swear blood-brotherhood and blood-sisterhood with Cang Diyi and Xue Xiyun. From now on, I will treat Cang Diyi as my true brother and Xue Xiyun as my true sister.

I, Qi Ning, will wholeheartedly protect my brother Cang Diyi and my sister Xue Xiyun. Should I betray this oath, may Heaven and Earth abandon me."

Cang Diyi was deeply moved and immediately lit the blood-bond incense, pulling Xue Xiyun down with him to kneel: "I, Cang Diyi, and Xue Xiyun, today recognize Qi Ning as our true elder sister.

From this day forward, we three shall save each other in joy and sorrow, share fortune and misfortune, and support each other in hardship. Should we break this oath, may Heaven and Earth abandon us."

Although Qi Ning had originally sought to flatter Cang Diyi to gain favor,

after the blood-bond incense and the oath, she clearly felt a deeper warmth toward Cang Diyi and Xue Xiyun.

She took Cang Diyi's hand and asked: "Brother, you truly don't know Senior Ding's origins?"

Cang Diyi said: "I only know Senior Huan comes from the Pangu Great World. I know nothing else."

Qi Ning sighed, glancing at the place where Ding Huan was in seclusion:

"Senior Ding is the Great Immortal Supervisor of the Pangu Great World—his reputation even surpasses that of the Pangu Great World's Heavenly Emperor. The Heavenly Emperor himself is his sworn blood brother.

When the Great Immortal Supervisor was in seclusion, the demon race and demon clan attacked the Immortal Court, disrupting his cultivation. In his rage, he led the Immortal Court's armies and wiped out the demon race and demon clan.

By 'wiped out,' I don't mean merely driving them from the Immortal Court—I mean exterminating them root and branch, slaughtering every living being of both races.

Not only that, it's said the demon race's Heavenly Emperor, Peng Xue Shan, was slain by his own hand.

Afterward, the god race, in their stupidity, nailed the Great Immortal Supervisor's consort to death. The Great Immortal Supervisor immediately led the Immortal Court's armies into the god race and slaughtered them until not a single ant remained.

The god race's Heavenly Emperor, Feng Huan, was captured alive by the Great Immortal Supervisor himself, then nailed to the void, his soul burned by law-fire for a hundred years.

Now, because of the Great Immortal Supervisor's might, the human race under the leadership of the Xing Pan Heavenly Emperor is on the verge of unifying the entire Pangu Great World…"

Here, Qi Ning gave Cang Diyi a blank look.

She didn't continue—but the implication was crystal clear.

Could such a person be troubled in his heart after wiping out the Gujia family?

You may be naive, but don't assume everyone is as naive as you.

Cang Diyi's mouth hung open—he had never imagined the Senior Huan he knew was such a terrifying, godlike being.

Not only the Great Immortal Supervisor of the Pangu Great World, but also the one who would lead humanity to unify the entire Pangu Great World?

Thinking back to how Ding Huan had said he killed several Heavenly Emperors, he had always assumed this was madness — you couldn't brag like that.

Now he knew it was actually true.

Some things one couldn't believe weren't because they were impossible, but because one's own vision and strength had shackled one's thinking.

"So that's how it is." Cang Diyi let out a long breath.

Qi Ning looked at Cang Diyi and Xue Xiyun. Previously she had indeed curried favor with Cang Diyi and Xue Xiyun only because of Ding Huan, but now she genuinely liked this little brother and little sister.

She had roamed the void for the Myriad Realms Merchant Guild and seen far too many hypocrites — she herself included.

A little brother and little sister with such pure, clean hearts like Cang Diyi and Xue Xiyun — this was truly her first time meeting any.

……

The Jin Immortal Clan.

Across the entire Luxing Immortal Continent, the number-one ranked immortal-cultivation clan was, by common acknowledgment, the Ancient Jia family.

The number-two ranked clan was undoubtedly the Jin Immortal Clan.

Because the Jin Immortal Clan also had an Immortal Emperor — the Jin family ancestor, Jin Xingzhi.

Jin Xingzhi had likewise advanced to Immortal Emperor within the Pangu Greater World.

At this moment the Jin Immortal Clan was convening a clan assembly. Apart from the ancestor Jin Xingzhi, who was not present, all of the Jin clan's Immortal Kings were gathered in the family's council hall.

This clan assembly had been called for one matter alone: to discuss the annihilation of the Ancient Jia immortal-cultivation clan.

Ever since the Ancient Jia clan was wiped out, in a single night every shop, rest-house, and market belonging to the Ancient Jia clan across the entire Luxing Immortal Continent had been raided.

They had originally been the largest immortal-cultivation clan on the whole Luxing Immortal Continent, with all manner of merchant towers and shops spread across the entire continent.

Yet the affair was that surreal — in just one night, not a trace of the Ancient Jia clan's shops remained on the Luxing Immortal Continent, nor any disciples of the Ancient Jia clan.

The immortal-cultivation world was exactly this cruel — so cruel it left you no time to react.

Clan Head Jin Zongxiong's gaze swept across every Jin Immortal King. Only when the entire clan council hall had fallen so silent that even a needle hitting the floor could be heard did he slowly speak:

"I believe everyone here also understands the reason for today's clan council. The Ancient Jia family has been exterminated — and the time it took to wipe them out was no more than a single incense stick's worth.

Moreover, the one who annihilated the Ancient Jia Immortal Clan was just a single person.

Although up to now we still haven't figured out where this person came from, that doesn't stop me from telling you — perhaps the next target will be my Jin clan…"

A Jin clan elder stepped forward:

"Clan Head, when that powerful expert wiped out the Ancient Jia family, one reason was that the Ancient Jia family's Immortal Emperor, Jia Buqin, was not on the Luxing Immortal Continent, and the second was that the Ancient Jia family's Tiangu Merchant Tower had acted far too outrageously.

They shamelessly tried to seize that powerful expert's dharma treasure, and that is what enraged him."

Jin Zongxiong gave a cold laugh: "Heh, you think my Jin family has done less in the way of seizing others' dharma treasures?"

The assembly fell silent.

When it came to seizing others' dharma treasures, seizing resources, and killing to silence witnesses, the Jin Immortal Clan was no better than the Ancient Jia family — their hands were equally drenched in blood.

Seizing treasures, forcing buy-and-sell deals — they had done plenty of it, and at times had been even more overbearing than the Ancient Jia family.

"If that person dares to come, we'll ask the ancestor to come out of seclusion." Another Jin Immortal King stepped forward.

Unlike the Ancient Jia family, their ancestor — Immortal Emperor Jin Xingzhi — had not left the Luxing Immortal Continent; he had merely been in closed-door cultivation all along.

Jin Zongxiong snorted: "Stop reaching for asking the ancestor to come out of seclusion at every little thing. How many years has the ancestor been stuck at early-stage Immortal Emperor? If he keeps coming out at every little thing, how is he supposed to advance?"

Saying this, he looked toward a young Immortal King: "Yuemang, you've met this person — you speak."

Jin Yuemang stood, and said in a somewhat grave tone:

"He's not old in age. I can't be certain whether his cultivation has reached Immortal King. When he killed Jia Zhong and Jia Jian, it really was extremely easy for him.

Immortal Emperor is unlikely; I estimate it's also unlikely to be the cultivation he revealed — below Immortal King.

This person should be an Immortal King, perhaps even a peak Immortal King."

Jin Zongxiong nodded:

"Peak Immortal King is most likely correct. The main thing is his flame is terrifying. According to the information I've obtained, the flame he uses is very likely a kind of Law Flame.

Once this flame clings to you, it simply cannot be put out. He used this very flame to wipe out the Tiangu Merchant Tower and the Ancient Jia clan."