Chapter 76

Cross-Dimension Big Female Lead: “Wow, the new member just dropped a ton of info!”

Cross-Dimension Big Female Lead: “Slaying dragons? Pure Yang? And the Holy Lord? Isn’t that Lu Dongbin, Lu Zu?”

Cross-Dimension Big Female Lead: “When did the legendary Lü get reduced to this look?”

Master of Huashan: “Lu Zu? The Chicken-Cutting Immortal? Why did I dream this?”

Since his own disciple, Ning Qingyu, also cut chicken in the original novel, he actually knew the meaning of the term “cutting chicken.”

Intermittent Amnesia: “Oh! The new member is the legendary Lu Dongbin! I’ve got a magic book in my records called [Lu Zu’s Secret Transmission of Pure Yang]!”

Pioneer’s Wisdom: “...All I can say is, Lu Dongbin joined the chat group at the worst possible moment—he probably joined right as he was delivering that sword strike.”

Pioneer’s Wisdom: “Otherwise, given his life path and name, giving him a group nickname like ‘Pure Yang Patriarch’ or ‘Heavenly Flight Sword Immortal’ would’ve been easy...”

Pioneer’s Wisdom: “Of course, let’s pause for one second to mourn the Holy Lord. No wonder in the original story, the Holy Lord never stopped thinking about Lu Dongbin—apparently he has this kind of dark history...”

The Most Evil Criminal in History: “...”

Paper Angel: “...”

Star Sea Traveler: “...”

Many group members silently recalled their own dark histories and wiped away cold sweat.

Fortunately, they didn’t join the chat group during their own moments of disgrace.

Otherwise...

Good thing it wasn’t me who suffered social death—that’s fine!

Digital Savior Wants a Sister: “By the way, Admin, why don’t Itachi get a plugin that lets us change our group nicknames?”

Digital Savior Wants a Sister: “After all, I’m about to have a little sister—keeping this nickname now just feels awkward.”

Intermittent Amnesia: “Exactly! Indi doesn’t need to lose her memory every year anymore.”

Cross-Dimension Big Female Lead: “True enough. My own group nickname’s starting to bother me—I’ll go check the backend and see what I can do.”

Cross-Dimension Big Female Lead: “Lu Dongbin’s a legendary figure—his prestige can’t drop. Keeping this nickname forever isn’t right. He might be so socially dead he’s just been lurking ever since.”

Watching the admin eagerly log off, and seeing the group members clearly fascinated by the new member’s world, Hermes took the initiative to introduce them.

He himself was also deeply interested in this matter.

Especially the mechanism of balance between good and evil—it seemed quite intriguing.

In another world, Lu Dongbin and the Holy Lord were still locked in furious combat.

“Lu Dongbin!!”

The Holy Lord roared furiously and unleashed a Dragon Explosion.

The Holy Lord personally commanding the Dragon Explosion was not the same as others using talismans.

Besides, anime has to consider special effects costs—reality doesn’t.

A colossal eastern fire dragon soared through the sky; though a demon dragon, at this moment the Holy Lord was draped in xuan and huang, as if staining heaven and earth with a tragic hue of intertwined black and yellow.

“All show, no substance!”

Lu Dongbin ignored the Holy Lord’s dramatic expression. His eyes, once like glinting starfire, now burned with furious flame. He formed the sword seal: “Heavenly Flight!”

The next instant, Lu Dongbin turned intangible, bypassed the Holy Lord’s Dragon Explosion entirely, appeared before him, and raised his sword to sever the dragon’s head.

But the Holy Lord seemed to have anticipated it—in the pale blade’s glow, a character [ Niu ] flashed briefly in his eyes.

[ Niu ] character: source of power!

“The dragon fights in the wild, its blood xuan and huang!”

The Holy Lord roared and lunged at Lu Dongbin. Though a wizard, as a dragon and demon, his close-combat skills were unmatched by anyone.

“Come on!”

Though unexpected, Lu Dongbin was not alarmed—he was delighted. He was a sword immortal; close combat was his strength!

“Did the Holy Lord kill Lu Daoist’s parents? Why is Lu Daoist so furious?”

Though limping, Tieguai Li sat on his cane and moved at incredible speed—he was the first to arrive at the scene to watch.

“Lu Daoist, Itachi’re joking. Lu Daoist’s parents died long ago—the Holy Lord couldn’t have killed them.”

Zhang Guolao arrived too, watching the increasingly intense battle between man and dragon. Hearing Tieguai Li’s mutter, he replied casually.

As time passed, the Eight Immortals and the Eight Demons all arrived in turn.

Aside from Lu Dongbin and the Holy Lord, both sides exchanged glances, facing off while suppressing their urge to fight.

They were deeply curious: what had happened between these two combatants?

Neither the man nor the dragon noticed they were being watched—they were too absorbed in battle.

Eventually, the Holy Lord could not withstand Lu Dongbin; his talismanic power was shattered again and again by the swordlight.

Finally, the Pure Yang swordlight pierced the Holy Lord’s heart, and the Twelve Talismans were forcibly expelled from his body by Lu Dongbin.

“Lu Dongbin, Itachi old bastard! When I awaken again from slumber, I will avenge this humiliation!”

Even as he lay dying, the Holy Lord still roared out a threat.

The overwhelming hatred made even the onlookers shiver.

“What exactly did Lu Dongbin do to Old Six?”

Su, the Thunder Demon, though always looking down on the Holy Lord as Old Six and considering him arrogant, now felt a strong surge of curiosity.

“Old Six still can’t keep his cool. We Eight Demons are inherently immortal—even if we lose, we’re only sealed for a few centuries.”

“A few centuries later, it’ll be a new era. Why not just dance on Lu Dongbin’s grave to avenge today?”

Yue, the Moon Demon, looked at Old Six, who had even used his primordial demonic power, and shook his head.

Itachi’re putting in this much effort now—how are Itachi going to act properly in the Heavenly Dao’s good-versus-evil drama?

If Itachi can’t even act well, it’s no surprise if Itachi get erased.

As demons with near-infinite lifespans, Itachi can’t fight for momentary advantage or act on impulse—Itachi must play your role well.

Itachi must make the higher-ups know that only Itachi can fill this role.

Then, even if Itachi’re sealed for a few hundred or thousand years, it’s just like taking a nap.

When Itachi wake up, Itachi can eat, drink, and enjoy your life of tyranny and oppression again.

That’s the kind of life worth looking forward to!

What if Itachi overdo it and the Big Boss misunderstands Itachi?

Old Six is still too young and impulsive!

“Holy Lord, Itachi just had a little pain—why scream like that? Besides, Itachi’re healed now, aren’t Itachi?”

Lu Dongbin, equally furious, roared back: “Itachi have no idea what I’ve lost!”

Lost what?

His prestige!