Chapter 946: Surrender

He Pingsheng listened to the dragon clan’s immortal’s plea while directing his gaze and spiritual sense toward Gu Miaochen.

After transforming into the [Shaman Golden Body], Gu Miaochen was utterly invincible.

He challenged an immortal with nothing but his Mahayana Emperor realm.

Crucially, he held his own, not falling behind in the slightest.

At this moment, He Pingsheng finally understood why the Shaman Clan, despite having no immortals, could still hold the top position among all spiritual realm deities.

Gu Miaochen could keep fighting, but Feng Xian clearly could not.

Each move cost her a hundred thousand years of lifespan.

After a few exchanges, Feng Xian lost her composure.

“Ao Cheng, why haven’t you acted yet?” Feng Xian asked.

Ao Cheng did not answer.

Under Gu Miaochen’s assault, Feng Xian could only flee in panic.

She could not fight anymore.

If she kept fighting, she’d lose all her lifespan.

But Feng Xian didn’t want to fight—and how could Gu Miaochen possibly let her go so easily?

The two chased each other, soon vanishing from sight.

“Cough, cough…” Before He Pingsheng, the dragon clan immortal cleared his throat: “He Daoist, this is our dragon clan’s greatest sincerity!”

“Agreed!” He Pingsheng nodded: “I, He Pingsheng, always keep my word—but I have a third condition!”

“I hear your dragon clan’s elemental affinity is water—surely you possess some of the Ten Primordial True Waters?”

“Yes!” Ao Cheng nodded quickly: “Our dragon clan has three True Waters—if He Daoist requires them, we will gladly surrender all three!”

“No need for so many!” He Pingsheng waved his hand: “One will suffice!”

“With this condition, from now on, your dragon clan shall remain hidden in the Evil Sea and have nothing to do with our human race!”

“I, He Pingsheng, will never trouble you again!”

He Pingsheng agreed partly because he truly had no desire to become enemies with the dragon clan.

A race like the dragons must either be crushed outright.

If you fail to exterminate them completely, they will one day rise again as masters of this continent.

Then, humans and dragons would become eternal enemies.

If He Pingsheng ascended, wouldn’t the human race gain a great enemy?

But if he exterminated them completely, the karmic retribution would be too great for him to bear.

Better to make the dragon clan swear an oath: never set foot on land, forever guarding the Evil Sea.

This way, one threat to future humans is removed, and the dragon clan’s influence is weakened.

A two-fold gain.

Whether the Shaman Clan seeks revenge on the dragons is none of He Pingsheng’s concern.

“Good, good, good…” Ao Cheng said: “I shall prepare at once—He Daoist, wait a moment!”

With that, Ao Cheng instantly transformed into a streak of light and departed.

“Master!”

From afar, Luo Bingyao, carrying a thousand-zhang-high Spatial Golden Banner, arrived before He Pingsheng.

He Pingsheng reached out and took the Golden Banner.

Instantly, the banner expanded to ten thousand zhang in size, standing in the void, flapping violently.

“This phoenix clan’s formation cannot be broken in a hurry!” He Pingsheng looked at his disciple: “Go summon Liu Molin—I may need his help when breaking the formation!”

“Yes!”

Luo Bingyao left.

Not long after, his son He Tianya arrived.

“Father…” Seeing He Pingsheng, He Tianya fell to his knees before him, tears streaming: “Father… I… I… Mother is imprisoned in a miniature world, waaah…”

“Thank goodness you’re out!”

“Waaah…”

He Pingsheng glanced at his son’s cultivation base—it had reached the eleventh layer of Body Integration.

His son’s fortune and talent were far inferior to Luo Bingyao’s.

“Stand up and speak!” He Pingsheng patted his back: “No need to kneel!”

“Yes!” He Tianya rose, wiped his tears, and asked: “Father, are you planning to destroy the phoenix clan today?”

He Pingsheng nodded.

He Tianya said: “I beg one favor—when the phoenix clan falls, please find Ting Tong!”

“Ting Tong…”

“She sacrificed herself to save me and entered Nirvana!”

“It’s said only one phoenix egg remains in the phoenix clan now!”

He Pingsheng’s brow instantly knitted: “What happened?”

He Tianya said: “When Master Wang came to rescue me, he didn’t know where I was held—Ting Tong led him to me!”

“I begged her to leave with me, but she refused, saying she was more useful staying in the phoenix clan!”

“Later, the phoenix emperor erased her… waaah…”

“After a phoenix enters Nirvana, it leaves behind one phoenix egg!”

“Your servant Huoming once sent me word—Ting Tong’s phoenix egg is suppressed in the Unextinguishable Volcano!”

He Pingsheng nodded: “I understand. Don’t grieve.”

Back in the cultivation world, before He Pingsheng ascended, he had given Ting Tong to his son.

They grew up together—their bond, like that of brother and sister, was natural.

Who would have thought this girl had already been erased by the phoenix clan?

“Damn…” He Pingsheng’s face darkened further.

Half a stick of incense later, Liu Molin arrived.

“An excellent formation…” Seeing the phoenix clan’s defensive array, Liu Molin’s eyes gleamed: “This is the pinnacle among eighth-rank formations!”

“Liu Daoist!” He Pingsheng said: “This matter is critical—now is not the time to study formations. Please tell me—if I attack this defense array, where is its weakest point?”

A normal eighth-rank defensive array could be shattered by He Pingsheng’s power alone.

But this mountain-protection array—he could not break it by himself.

“Very well. He Daoist, wait a moment—I’ll analyze it!” Liu Molin floated into the void and began calculating.

He even had He Pingsheng test attacks from various angles.

The time was not long.

In roughly two sticks of incense, Liu Molin identified the formation’s weakness.

“Here!”

“Kan position!”

“This is the weakest point of the entire formation—if attacked with water or ice spiritual arts, the effect will be doubled!”

He Pingsheng’s face lit up with joy: “Good…”

Boom…

He soared into the void, activating the [Five Elements Merged Heaven Scripture], transforming all spiritual power within his dantians into endless water and ice energy.

Then, under his guidance, this energy coalesced into a hundred-thousand-zhang-long ice dragon.

Technique: Nine Heavens Ice Dragon!

“Fall…”

As He Pingsheng roared.

The colossal ice dragon surged toward the Kan position.

Boom boom boom…

Vast energy exploded against the formation’s light membrane.

Blinding light nearly obscured everything!

When the light faded, the formation’s glow had dimmed by half.

“Again!” He Pingsheng said: “One more strike—and it will break!”

He swallowed a large gulp of [Seven-Colored Holy Lotus Tea] to restore his magic power, then activated the technique again.

A second ice dragon, wielding apocalyptic force, descended once more.

But the formation still held.

Yet it was on the verge of collapse.

“He Daoist… He Daoist, stop!”

The phoenix clan’s emperor inside the formation panicked—someone flew out of the array and appeared before He Pingsheng: “He Daoist, stop! We surrender!”