Chapter 947: Extinction of the Clan

"He Dao you, please stop!"

“Please stop!”

A Phoenix Sovereign of Mahayana Emperor Realm Level Four flew out from the great array and landed before He Pingsheng: “Our Phoenix Clan will surrender!”

“Surrender!”

He Pingsheng said: “Fine!”

“Tell me… how many Mahayana Emperor Realm cultivators does your Phoenix Clan still have?”

The Phoenix Sovereign replied: “We still have sixteen Sovereigns in total!”

He Pingsheng nodded.

This matched the information he had received.

He Pingsheng had an inside agent within the Phoenix Clan!

That was Huo Ming!

Huo Ming originally did not belong to the Niepan Emperor Domain’s Imperishable Volcano; he was once a disciple of the Imperishable Divine Emperor, under the Imperishable Emperor Domain.

But overall, he was still a member of the Phoenix Clan.

Later, he returned to the Phoenix Clan.

The information he obtained from Huo Ming confirmed that the Phoenix Clan had exactly sixteen Sovereigns.

“Are they all here?” He Pingsheng gestured toward the array with his chin.

The Phoenix Sovereign said: “They’re all here, maintaining the array!”

“You know the enmity between your Phoenix Clan and me—you understand!” He Pingsheng said coolly. “Ordinary surrender? I would never accept it.”

“To earn my acceptance, you must pay a price!”

The Phoenix Sovereign asked: “What price? Speak!”

He Pingsheng said: “I won’t touch your disciples below Body Integration Realm.”

“But these sixteen Mahayana Emperor Realm cultivators must die!”

“I’ll give you half an incense stick… no—just half of that!”

“Go back and confer with the other Sovereigns!”

“If you agree, all sixteen of you will dissolve your bodies before me—and I, He Pingsheng, swear to leave immediately!”

“I will harm not a single soul of your Phoenix Clan!”

The Phoenix Sovereign asked: “Are you certain?”

He Pingsheng said: “I, He Pingsheng, keep my word.”

The Phoenix Sovereign nodded, then turned to the nine Witch Sovereigns standing in the void and asked: “What about these Witch Clan members?”

He Pingsheng sneered: “What the Witches do is none of my business!”

“It’s their own affair—I can’t control them!”

“If they insist on slaughtering your Phoenix disciples, it’s only because your Phoenix Clan has accumulated too much karmic debt!”

The Phoenix Sovereign’s face turned pitch black.

He said: “Fine… I’ll go back and confer!”

Saying this, he immediately retreated into the array.

He Pingsheng didn’t care—he made no move to stop him.

After all, he could destroy the array anytime; the Mahayana Emperor Realm cultivators inside were as good as dead at his whim.

Half an incense stick passed, but the Phoenix Sovereign did not emerge to die—instead, their defensive array grew brighter and brighter.

Clearly, the Phoenix Clan wasn’t foolish—they were preparing for a final, desperate stand!

“All of you, fall back!” He Pingsheng waved his hand toward He Tianya, Luo Bingyao, and Liu Molin. “The Phoenix Clan is making a last stand—someone may self-destruct!”

“You cannot withstand such power!”

“Fall back now!”

“Yes…” The three obeyed readily and withdrew far away.

He Pingsheng’s gaze swept over the nine Witch Sovereigns and said: “Gentlemen… lend me your strength. Break this array first, then slaughter the Phoenix Clan!”

“But be careful—their Sovereigns may resort to self-destruction!”

“Understood!” The nine Witch Sovereigns bowed to He Pingsheng.

“Open… for me…”

He Pingsheng flew again to the Kan position of the array and summoned a ten-thousand-zhang ice dragon, slamming it into the array.

Simultaneously, the nine Witch Sovereigns each unleashed a punch, striking the exact same spot.

With the combined force of ten Mahayana Emperor Realm cultivators, the array shattered instantly.

The Phoenix Clan had no defense left.

The next instant, three Phoenix Mahayana Emperor Realm cultivators charged forward.

Then, with a thunderous roar, they exploded into three massive waves of energy, surging outward.

He Pingsheng had guessed right—they had all self-destructed.

They sought to cripple He Pingsheng and his allies by sacrificing three Sovereigns.

He Pingsheng paid them no mind—he simply moved his body into the [Magic Treasure Space] of the Primordial Purple Gold Staff.

Though the staff was blasted ten thousand li away by the explosion, He Pingsheng remained unharmed.

When he emerged from the Magic Treasure Space, he immediately returned to hover above the Phoenix Clan.

“Fall… for me…”

Two thousand-zhang pearls turned black, their silver lightning crackling like coiled dragons.

Boom…

The twin Azure Sea Thunder Pearls, like planets, slammed into the Imperishable Volcano.

Before the pearls even touched ground, He Pingsheng spread his hands and clapped them together with a sharp snap.

Then three energies merged into a single dragon fist, slamming into a Mahayana Emperor Realm Level Ten Sovereign.

Thunder, Fire, Poison—Three True Forces United!

The colossal force struck the Mahayana Emperor Realm Sovereign, sending him crashing to the ground.

At the same moment, the energy waves from the two Azure Sea Thunder Pearls surged outward in all directions.

The nine Witch Sovereigns each locked onto a Phoenix Sovereign and began fighting.

He Pingsheng’s side was far easier.

He transformed the Primordial Purple Gold Staff into a poison spike, darting through countless Phoenix cultivators—swiftly striking nearly every Sovereign with ambush attacks.

Combined with his [Temporal Paralysis] technique, it was a massacre.

Black hooks flew out.

The souls of the slain Sovereigns were drawn one by one before He Pingsheng.

Under the tearing light of thunder and fire, their souls turned to ash.

Soon, all sixteen Mahayana Emperor Realm cultivators were dead.

Only the Phoenix Emperor’s soul remained, pulled out and suspended in the void.

“Ah…” Seeing the state of the Imperishable Volcano, watching the nine Witch Sovereigns slaughter and devour Phoenix cultivators, the Phoenix Emperor’s soul trembled with rage.

“He Pingsheng… you will die a cursed death, a cursed death…”

“You monster!”

He Pingsheng merely smiled faintly: “What does that have to do with me? It’s your Phoenix Clan’s own karmic retribution!”

“Look at me…”

“Do you see any karmic light on me?”

The Phoenix Emperor’s gaze turned to He Pingsheng—and then he fell silent.

Correct. He Pingsheng bore not a single thread of karmic light.

“He Pingsheng… so what?” The Phoenix Emperor sneered. “What does it matter if our Phoenix Clan is wiped out today? If every Phoenix in the Imperishable Volcano is dead?”

“Our Phoenix Clan originates from the Immortal Realm!”

“When you ascend, ha ha… wait for the Phoenix Clan’s wrath!”

“And…”

“Countless Phoenix disciples roam the world—you may have slaughtered every Phoenix here, but you cannot erase our entire clan!”

“He Pingsheng, when you reach the Immortal Realm, you will learn how powerful the Phoenix Clan truly is—something no humble human like you could ever imagine!”