Chapter 369: The Honored One Never Lies

Five Elements World, inside the Secret Realm of the Five Elements Sect's Zhu Feng mountain gate.

As the strange laughter of the Evil Spirit's son—who had them on the brink of death—abruptly ceased, an unrealistic hope welled up in their hearts.

They hoped that some miracle had occurred.

For instance, that some Old Ancestor had arrived with survivors to rendezvous with them, and had used a trump card to repel the Evil Spirit's son that was eyeing them.

In this way, they could at least survive for a while longer.

This was also their last shred of hope.

However, after the outside world fell silent for a moment.

A series of loud booms suddenly erupted.

The sounds were interspersed with the terrified screams of that Evil Spirit's son.

Following that, the Cultivators in this Secret Realm widened their eyes as they saw the sky collapse once again!

And then, amidst the shaking of heaven and earth.

A Dharma Image at least ten thousand meters tall, overall pale blue in color and dressed as an emperor, stepped down.

It immediately trampled the true form of the Evil Spirit's son—a giant lizard-like creature no smaller than the image itself—breaking through the sky and pinning it directly onto the ground of the Secret Realm.

This left the once arrogant true form of the Evil Spirit's son in a wretched state, completely exposed before everyone's eyes.

"Awoo! Awoo! Awoo!"

The Evil Spirit's son struggled desperately, but only felt its entire body being pierced and suppressed by waves of incredible power.

Even when it unleashed its Life-Bound Evil Artifact, it proved to have no effect against the power pressing down upon it.

The new Sect Master of the Five Elements Sect had his pupils constrict.

Looking at the phantom of the Dharma Image stepping on the back of the Evil Spirit's son.

He recognized the power of the Big Dipper and South Dipper contained within this Dharma Image phantom.

Having seen through this point, the new Sect Master could not help but look at the old woman who had come along with him and the female Cultivator following behind her.

These two people's sect was closer to the origin of the Big Dipper South Dipper Divine Art than the Five Elements Sect.

And because of this, they had been quite proactive in their previous actions.

It was just that... looking at the current situation, the other party had clearly reached the Return to Void realm by comprehending the divine art.

They could even easily suppress the true form of an Evil Spirit's son by relying on it.

Facing such a powerful enemy, and in the current environment.

Any greedy thoughts vanished into thin air the moment they arose.

Before that Dharma Image had even fully stepped into the Secret Realm.

These few remaining Great Abilities all vied to express their goodwill toward the other party.

…………

Su Ping's Primordial Spirit Avatar entered this secret Dongtian.

A sweep of his divine sense revealed why this Dongtian had been able to persist until now within the dilapidated Five Elements World.

There was actually a ley line hidden deep underground within this Dongtian.

Furthermore, a fist-sized magic treasure, the Five Elements Spirit Pearl, was suspended above this ley line.

This was a rare magic treasure capable of stabilizing space and increasing the strength of the Space Barrier, much like the Jianmu Divine Tree or the Buddha Kingdom Golden Lotus.

If there were time and resources to continue nurturing it, there might truly be a chance to evolve a spirit pearl containing a Small World, thereby allowing a Return to Void Perfection True Monarch to take that crucial step.

As for now.

Even with such a magic treasure supporting the space to prevent it from collapsing.

It had already reached its limit.

The ley line beneath the magic treasure had already been invaded and more than half-polluted by Evil Qi.

If Su Ping had not come, even if the Evil Spirit's son had not opened a breach.

This Dongtian would soon have faced a situation of increasingly insufficient Spirit Qi, with various Arrays and divine abilities failing to function.

Following that, Evil Spirit disasters would have erupted first in the gathering areas of those low-level Cultivators and mortals.

Of course, it was more likely that the Dongtian would have collapsed under internal and external troubles before any internal Evil Spirit disaster could break out.

Not to mention that, as things stood, if not for Su Ping's arrival, most of them would have died in the process of engaging the true form of the Evil Spirit's son.

"Hmm?"

The divine sense of Su Ping's Primordial Spirit Avatar landed on the old woman and the female Cultivator beside her, who were standing on a White Jade Flying Boat not far away.

From them, Su Ping could sense a trace of a familiar aura.

Recalling the memories provided by the Green Heaven-Swallowing Tiger and the others.

Su Ping guessed that they must be high-level Cultivators from the Life and Death Reincarnation Sect.

This sect, which had inherited most of the legacy items of the Only I Am Supreme Sect and considered itself its orthodox successor.

It stood to reason that they would have some legacy knowledge that he had not yet collected.

Su Ping waved his hand in a beckoning gesture.

Behind the Heavenly Venerable Dharma Image, a massive, sky-covering phantom of the Sun Moon Star Chart Huijuan appeared.

Within the phantom, glowing whirlpools emerged.

On the Dongtian side, the new Sect Master and other high-level Cultivators simultaneously received the message transmitted by Su Ping.

They all turned their eyes, burning with intensity, toward the whirlpool in the center of the Huijuan.

They could all feel that the whirlpool contained the aura of a Small World no less significant than the Five Elements World.

This left them in a state of shock and uncertainty, guessing that the mysterious Cultivator before them might have relied on this Life-Bound Array Diagram to evolve a world and thus move toward the Dao Integration realm.

While filled with envy, jealousy, and hatred, they also sensed the restrictions for entering it.

All Cultivators above the Golden Core stage must open their minds to accept the Nether Blood Lock contract in order to enter and receive protection.

Clearly, there is a price to pay for this Great Ability saving them before their eyes.

Some even harbor malicious suspicions that the Small World within that Huijuan might make them wish they were dead.

Yet, in the current environment, where else do they have a choice?

The high-level Cultivators on the Flying Boat remained silent for several breaths.

Sensing that the Great Ability seemed to have found what he was looking for, his divine sense began to withdraw.

An Elder's eyes flickered a few times, and he straightened his body to look at the new Sect Master:

"Sect Master, time waits for no one!"

Once someone spoke first, the remaining Elders and Personal Disciples also nodded in agreement one after another:

"Give the order, Sect Master!"

"We cannot let the Dharma lineage of the Five Elements Sect of Heaven and Earth be severed just like this, can we?"

"Outside, it is all Evil Spirits and children of the Evil God; this is already the final resort!"

"……"

Feeling the sudden possession of authority and influence he had never had before, the new Sect Master scanned the high-level Cultivators from other sects around him.

After confirming that these fellows had also resigned themselves to their fate.

He sighed, bowed directly to the ground before Su Ping's Dharma image, and used his divine sense to issue the order for everyone to open their minds to accept the contract, then board all flying vessels to enter the vortex.

This new Sect Master intended to present the Five Elements Spirit Pearl as a gift to the mysterious existence before him.

Yet, he suddenly felt a void in his heart, discovering that he had lost his connection to the Five Elements Spirit Pearl.

The corners of his mouth twitched.

At this point in time, there is no need to even think about who could accomplish this.

Without further thought, this new Sect Master immediately sent out the accompanying Inheritance Jade Slip for the Five Elements Spirit Pearl.

This was to facilitate the other party in more easily converting the Five Elements Spirit Pearl for their own use.

At this very moment, this new Sect Master could not help but recall himself when he had just taken over as Sect Master.

The self from that time was so high-spirited.

He never imagined he would end up in such a state.

And he did not know what the future would hold.

Thoughts aside, the new Sect Master still fulfilled his responsibilities as a Sect Master.

He forcibly ordered the Elders and Personal Disciples beside him to fly into the high sky to block the Evil Spirits of various sizes emerging from those Space Cracks.

He himself also cast spells to accelerate the evacuation speed of the survivors in the Earth Palace.

With a Return to Void Realm Great Ability helping out.

And the addition of large transport tools like the Immortal Boat.

The evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people was a matter of only a moment.

During this period, the pursuit by the children of the Evil God, which those high-level Cultivators worried about most, did not occur.

It was not that they had not discovered this small maneuver.

It was truly because the means Su Ping's Primordial Spirit Avatar displayed earlier were simply too fast and too fierce.

It caused them all to be startled in unison, and then instinctively become wary.

Also, with this lull, the three heads of Tian Rulai's Supreme Golden Body appeared in the sky, all wearing smiles.

And as he chanted obscure and difficult-to-understand Buddhist scriptures.

It caused the surrounding children of the Evil God to all falter in their movements.

It was because they heard from Tian Rulai's mouth another path to survival beyond strengthening themselves.

This guy actually found the place where the Supreme Mother God opened her mouth.

Although this plan sounded bold and unreliable.

Yet, compared to the plan of strengthening themselves.

The children of the Evil God all knew their own situation in their hearts.

They understood that this plan was even more unreliable than that unreliable one.

There were also children of the Evil God ranked higher who guessed more requirements.

Only at this moment, no one said it out loud, and everyone had their own schemes in their hearts.

There were even children of the Evil God also in the top ten who, after communicating with Tian Rulai via divine sense, retreated in satisfaction to help maintain Order and took the initiative to spread the message.

Letting more children of the Evil God know that one of their kind had found the location where the Mother God opened her mouth.

Although they knew that even if they went, it would be difficult to survive.

But what if? What if there was a way to escape when the time came?

Under such thoughts.

The children of the Evil God who received the news, as long as they still wanted to live, all began to gather toward the assembly points distributed in the Dark Void and controlled by powerful children of the Evil God.

Su Ping took away the Five Elements Spirit Pearl and stuffed all the Cultivators and mortals in the Dongtian into the world of the Sun Moon Star Chart.

Su Ping, at the Return to Void Realm, was no longer afraid of those at the Spirit Severing cultivation level making trouble; the Nether Blood Lock could suppress their abnormal behavior at the first instance.

Because of this, those at the Spirit Severing level and below were slightly better off.

Although forced to become tools, they at least still had their own space to move.

Those Sect Masters and Elders with Return to Void cultivation.

Were instead sealed within those stars in the array chart that existed unstably between the illusory and the real.

Becoming tools to accelerate the stabilization of the stars.

This is so the tools can work with peace of mind.

Su Ping also gave them the most important glimmer of hope.

Although the work for Cultivators below the Spirit Severing realm has low rewards, it at least guarantees that their cultivation will not regress.

Furthermore, although the work intensity is high, it is also quite tedious.

Yet it is not a "draining the pond to catch all the fish" approach; they are provided with recovery time and even medicinal support.

This lets them see that that Great Ability is not truly working them to death.

Even for Cultivators below the Golden Core realm, after laboring here for a hundred years, their cultivation should increase rather than decrease, relying on the concentration of Spirit Qi.

This also means that after contributing a hundred years of their youth to the perfection of the Sun Moon Star Chart, they can become formal workers with more generous rewards by turning in the points earned from their labor, or leave this world to head to other Small Worlds with a higher degree of freedom.

And those Return to Void Great Abilities also received the same promise.

As long as they stabilize the stars for the Sun Moon Star Chart for one hundred years.

They can regain their freedom.

Those high-level Cultivators could feel that the other party's promise was filled with a confidence that disdained lying.

This made them think of the old Sect Master of the Only I Am Supreme Sect recorded in the texts.

That big shot seemed to also be a Great Ability who never lied.

The one before them was able to learn that person's heaven-shaking skills.

They even felt that compared to the records, it was even better.

He should also be a Great Ability of the same type who values integrity and does not lie, right?

The sealed high-level Cultivators could only comfort themselves this way.

They couldn't really self-detonate their primordial spirits and turn into nothingness, could they?

Furthermore, what made these high-level Cultivators feel somewhat at ease was.

They saw the treatment of their own disciples and followers.

They all breathed a sigh of relief; at least they could survive.

Their own lineage would not have to be severed in their own hands.

And it must be said, this world of the Sun Moon Star Chart.

Made them feel astonished and uncertain everywhere.

And they vaguely felt that perhaps these differences from the Secret Realm Cave Heaven were precisely the key to the other party's Dao Integration.

They... if they could truly obtain freedom, saying they once helped an Immortal of Dao Integration perfect the Small World within his body.

It seemed all humiliation became acceptable and even something to be proud of?

The Elders of the Heaven Earth Five Elements Sect one after another took the initiative to contribute the divine abilities and Secret Techniques they had researched.

That old woman and the female Cultivator, after sensing Su Ping's divine sense sweep over.

Without waiting for Su Ping to ask, they transmitted the information they knew regarding the Only I Am Supreme Sect.

Being so sensible and obedient, Su Ping could not help but offer a few words of encouragement.

As for freedom, that was out of the question; it was agreed that they would be sealed to help stabilize the stars for one hundred years, so it would be one hundred years.

Su Ping always kept his word, unless it was impossible to do so.

After obtaining what he wanted, Su Ping withdrew the Sun Moon Star Chart and left this dilapidated Dongtian.

Just after he left, the Dongtian, which had long been unable to hold on, immediately began to collapse after losing its final balancing force.

Many large and small plots of land and buildings flew out from the space, crashing toward the ground of the Zhu Feng.

At this moment, the sky above the Zhu Feng of the Heaven Earth Five Elements Sect was already a Dark Void.

The ground had also long since turned into an Evil Domain where not a blade of grass grew.

Su Ping ignored the countless malicious gazes in the Dark Void.

He communicated his divine sense with the Supreme Golden Body of Tian Rulai.

"Is this how you fool those of your own kind?"

"And they all seem to believe it?"

"Amitabha."

"This Venerable practices the Great Freedom Bright Light Mantra and never lies."

Tian Rulai answered indifferently.

This also made Su Ping tremble slightly, realizing that it indeed did not lie.

It truly had the ability to discover the location where the Mother God would awaken and speak.

This was also the prerequisite for their chance to escape and survive.

It simply flexibly utilized the skill of not telling any lies, while not telling the whole truth.

And those children of the evil gods, those who were not stupid could also guess a thing or two.

Perhaps even those ranked higher had similar preparations, only lacking the prerequisite of the location.

Because of this, if Tian Rulai encountered an attack, those children of the evil gods would instead jump out to help eliminate the threat, right?

However, bringing in so many children of the evil gods at that time, adding so many variables, could that also be considered part of the plan?

Su Ping asked his question.

Tian Rulai pressed its six hands together, smiled slightly, and nodded in agreement:

"Yes, everything is within this Venerable's plan."

Having received the other party's admission, Su Ping no longer dwelled on it, but moved his body and headed toward the Inheritance Cave Heaven provided by the old woman.

They were too hurried when they fled, so many inheritances could not be brought along.

When Su Ping arrived, the Dongtian had already collapsed.

Fortunately, the few items and materials involving the Only I Am Supreme Sect had special properties, so they remained preserved amidst the ruins.

It was enough to keep Su Ping from having made the trip in vain.