Chapter 221: Extinction, Danfire

"Your deceit is too extreme!"

The Wan Yao Divine Lord clenched both fists, and his knuckles creaked from the strain.

His body, belonging to the Twilight Immortal King, already retained the violent aura of the Apocalypse Dao.

At this moment, provoked by fury, a faint gray‑black death aura spread uncontrollably around him.

The plants that had been wailing were jolted by the aura, shivering in unison, silent as cold cicadas.

"Old liar, calm down."

Gu Zhan jabbed the Wan Yao Divine Lord's waist with the broken axe's handle, "You're so angry you're about to blow yourself up."

The Wan Yao Divine Lord inhaled deeply, forcibly suppressing the surging murderous intent.

He knew Gu Zhan was right; having just successfully seized a new body, his foundation was still unstable, far from a point where he could rage recklessly.

He turned and, facing the temple still exhaling rosy light, bowed respectfully.

"Young Master."

His voice, tinged with anger, sounded hoarse,

"The Danfire Sect acts contrary to the Dao, corrupts my venerable lineage, harms fellow practitioners; its crimes are unforgivable. I earnestly request the Young Master's permission to go and cleanse its gates, to set things right!"

Within the temple, Gu Yuan's voice sounded calm, revealing no hint of joy or anger.

"Senior, the Danfire Sect belongs to you, and this medicinal garden was once your property. If you wish to cleanse its gates, that's your own matter; why ask me?"

The Wan Yao Divine Lord felt a chill in his heart.

He knew this was Gu Yuan's reprimand and also his test.

Testing whether he truly regarded himself as a member of the Gu Family, and whether he truly recognized his current status.

Without hesitation, he bowed again, this time lowering his head even further.

"Young Master, see clearly! From the moment I swore loyalty, this Wan Yao Great World has been Gu Family property. The Danfire Sect now occupies Gu Family's Spirit Field; they harm Gu Family's Spirit Medicine; they corrupt Gu Family's future alchemical enterprise!"

"As a Dan Master of the Gu Family, I see thieves rampant and my heart burns. This action is not personal revenge but a purge of parasites from Gu Family's holdings! I ask the Young Master to see the truth!"

His words rang like thunder, full of loyalty.

Gu Lin Tian, listening nearby, couldn't help but nod silently.

That old fellow is indeed a flexible and clever man.

Gu Cangsheng, still munching sunflower seeds, wore a playful smile.

He enjoys dealing with clever people; it's hassle‑free.

After a moment of silence in the temple, Gu Yuan's voice sounded again.

"If that's so, then I grant it."

"Uncle Zhan."

"I'm here! Young Master!" Gu Zhan's spirit instantly rallied upon hearing the call.

"You'll accompany senior Wan Yao on a trip. Remember, we're inventorying assets, not robbing houses. Move swiftly, and don't trample the flora; those are Gu Family's future fixed assets."

"Got it!" Gu Zhan excitedly slung the broken axe over his shoulder, "Leave the work to me, you can trust!"

Having received Gu Yuan's approval, the Wan Yao Divine Lord's eyes brimmed with murderous intent.

He bowed heavily toward the temple's direction, then turned; the eyes of the Twilight Immortal King swept over the awaiting army of plants below.

"All cultivators who have reached the 14th realm, march with me!"

At the command, morale surged.

The anger suppressed for a million years erupted completely at this moment.

……

The Danfire Sect lies on the Zhongzhou Plain of the Wan Yao Great World.

Within the sect, halls stretch endlessly, the scent of elixirs pervades. Massive alchemical furnaces burn ceaselessly, devouring fierce flames.

In the sect leader's main hall, the Danfire Sect Master, a grim‑faced elder in a red robe, listened to his subordinates' report.

"Master, the medicinal herbs in the southern Black Forest seem to have gone mad! A few days ago they staged a collective uprising, heading toward the core restricted zone, and killed dozens of our disciples sent to scout."

An elder said anxiously.

"A bunch of uncivilized beasts can't cause much trouble."

The Danfire Sect Master, indifferent, waved his hand.

"The core restricted zone is guarded by the Evergreen Guard; anyone who goes there is doomed. When the Evergreen Guard has thinned them out, we'll collect the remnants and forge more fine elixirs."

His words were filled with disregard for life.

At that moment, a disciple burst in, rolling and crawling, his face pale with terror.

"Master... Master! It's bad! Outside... outside..."

"Fidgeting and chaotic, what's this decorum!" the Danfire Sect Master frowned, scolding displeased.

Yet the next moment, his displeasure turned to horror.

Boom—

A deafening crash, the Danfire Sect's Mountain Guard Great Array shattered like glass struck by an invisible hand, collapsing instantly.

Immediately, an ice‑cold, infinitely authoritative immortal king's divine thought swept the entire sect.

"Dan! Fire! Sect! Get! Out! Of! Here!"

Each word staggered, like a heavenly decree.

Within the Danfire Sect, all disciples below the 10th realm bled from their seven orifices and fell unconscious on the spot under the divine thought's impact.

The Danfire Sect Master looked up in horror, seeing the sect's sky filled with a black, oppressive mass of diverse plant spirits.

Leading them was the stone bull‑head he had previously ignored.

Beside the bull‑head, a floating figure made his very soul tremble.

That face, I don't recognize.

But that aura, that pressure that made him feel terror deep in his bloodline, was unmistakably…

"Ten… Ten Thousand Medicine Divine Lord?!"

The Dan Fire Sect Master's voice trembled, "You… haven't you already fallen?"

"Thanks to you, I, the old one, have returned."

The Ten Thousand Medicine Divine Lord's face was expressionless, and in those gray, defeated eyes burned an unrelenting murderous intent.

"Divine Lord, spare me! Divine Lord, spare me!"

The Dan Fire Sect Master reacted instantly, fell to his knees with a thud, and began kowtowing frantically,

"We did not know the Divine Lord still walked among mortals, we have offended greatly; please spare us, considering… considering that I have guarded your legacy for a million years, spare our lives!"

"Guarding the legacy?"

The Ten Thousand Medicine Divine Lord, furious to the extreme, sneered,

"Is this how you 'guard' my legacy? Tampering with my elixir formulas, slaughtering my people, turning my medicinal garden into your slaughterhouse?"

With each sentence, his murderous intent grew stronger.

The Dan Fire Sect Master realized there was no peaceful resolution today, a flash of ruthlessness crossing his eyes.

"Divine Lord! Don't force me! My Dan Fire Sect is not a soft peach for anyone to squeeze!"

He sprang to his feet, and a crimson token appeared in his hand,

"This token, which you bestowed years ago, can summon the earth‑vein fire dragon! At worst, fish die and nets break; I will destroy Zhongzhou's earth veins, and no one will have it easy!"

"Fish die and nets break? How dare you?"

Before the Ten Thousand Medicine Divine Lord could speak, Gu Zhan beside him grew impatient.

"Old liar… cough, Senior Ten Thousand Medicine, stop wasting words with this grandson. Our young master is still waiting for us to report back."

Gu Zhan stepped forward, and a ten‑zhang‑tall stone formation reappeared.

He didn't even need an axe; he simply lifted his foot and hammered it down onto the great hall where the Dan Fire Sect Master stood.

"How dare you!"

The Dan Fire Sect Master roared in anger, activating the token.

The earth thundered as a magma‑formed fire dragon surged skyward, baring fangs and claws as it slammed toward Gu Zhan's foot.

Yet before Gu Zhan's body, a true immortal fused with the primordial chaos, that fire dragon capable of scorching mountains and boiling seas was merely a docile little mud eel.

Bang!

The fire dragon exploded under the foot, turning into a rain of fire across the sky.

The massive stone foot, undiminished, trampled the Dan Fire Sect's core hall, crushing the Dan Fire Sect Master and the elders inside into a mush of flesh and rubble.

"Noisy." Gu Zhan withdrew his foot, patting the magma beneath it.

The remaining Dan Fire Sect disciples were utterly broken.

"Brothers, get to work!"

Gu Zhan shouted toward the army of flora behind him,

"The men are bound as flower fertilizer, the women… also bound as flower fertilizer! All elixirs, spirit herbs, and ores, pack them up and take them away! Leave nothing!"

It was an unsurprising reckoning.

The flora army surged into the Dan Fire Sect, releasing the resentment accumulated over a million years.

The Ten Thousand Medicine Divine Lord hovered in midair, watching everything coldly.

When the last Dan Fire Sect disciple was devoured by a man‑eating flower, he slowly descended and entered the sect's scripture repository.

Seeing the elixir formulas twisted beyond recognition, he raised his hand, a swirl of emerald fire igniting, burning all the false scriptures to ash.

"From today onward, in the Ten Thousand Medicine Great World, there shall be no Dan Fire Sect."

His voice echoed across the entire Zhongzhou Plain.