Evil Venerable of the Sword Dao
Chapter 336 - 201 Heavenly Punishment

Chapter 336: Chapter 201 Heavenly Punishment

All the Cultivators here knelt down one by one.

No one dared to talk back.

Because no one wanted to bear the wrath of Zhou Yan.

Death was not scary; what was scary was to suffer endless torture yet not be able to die.

The power of the Purple Flame was so terrifying that even witnessing it made one’s Soul tremble in fear, and being burned by it would be the most dreadful torture in the world.

Cultivator after Cultivator kneeled down, although many of them were actually innocent and got involved unintentionally, they had no choice.

This was a world where power reigned supreme, and the weak had to learn to submit.

"I..."

Everyone had knelt down except for Princess Hongyi, who was still standing. She wanted to explain, to say something.

But Zhou Yan didn’t give her the chance.

"Kneel!"

Zhou Yan spoke again, with strands of Life and Death Sword Intent and Lonely Sword Intent slowly emerging around him.

Princess Hongyi felt the gaze of many upon her; those who knelt carried eyes filled with hatred, animosity, and intense resentment, all directed at her.

Because she didn’t kneel, it might provoke Zhou Yan’s anger. If Zhou Yan got angry, everyone would die.

"Thump—"

Princess Hongyi, feeling extremely aggrieved, bit her silver teeth and knelt down, silently kowtowing three times.

"Esteemed sir, our War Soul Hall is willing to compensate."

Princess Hongyi was aggrieved, but she knew she had no reason to feel so; after all, it was War Soul Hall that was at fault first.

"Compensate? With what? Holy Artifacts? Divine Artifacts? Thunder Flame Soul Liquid? Those things, I, Zhou Yan, do not covet! Even if you add up the lives of all the people in the world and all their treasures, they look to me like mere ants! None of them are as important as a single hair from Xi’er!

I haven’t killed all of you only because I don’t want Xi’er to wake up and know that many innocent people died because of her."

Zhou Yan said with a cold smile.

As he spoke, he suddenly turned his gaze to Sikong Han and said, "I won’t kill you, but I will cripple you! I will make your body and Soul live through endless cycles of being shattered!

I will let everyone know that the reason they were implicated and so many died is solely due to your arrogance and desires."

Zhou Yan said this and suddenly unleashed Life and Death Sword Intent, striking the already panicking Sikong Han on the spot.

Next, with Life and Death Sword Intent, he tormented Sikong Han’s Soul mercilessly, and with the Purple Flame, destroyed every bit of Sikong Han’s energy Origin, reducing his Soul to a state riddled with holes.

Throughout the process, Sikong Han proved his mettle, enduring firmly without his body making a single roar, but his Soul could not bear it, letting out silent yet piercing screams.

Although no sound came forth, the roars from the Soul still instilled a fear of the Soul in all Cultivators present.

Soon, Sikong Han’s condition became even more miserable than Gu Xi’s, but because it was Zhou Yan who had acted and who knew restraint, it wasn’t so easy for him to die.

To live like this was truly worse than death.

It was then that Sikong Han suddenly understood why Wan Shuirou, the enchanting woman, had a look of relief when she died because dying like that was millions of times happier than living in such a way.

His fighting spirit, hatred, and all emotions vanished, leaving only a sense of despair and numbness as he crazily, foolishly knelt there.

People around him naturally kept a distance from him.

...

At this point, Zhou Yan retracted his Sword Intent and Purple Flame.

He looked up at the sky, with a gaze deep and somewhat terrifying.

No one knew what he would do next.

Even Prideful Princess Hongyi, who was kneeling on the ground, felt extremely uneasy in her heart.

"Bai Ying, Wan Zichen. You go ahead and take Cangsheng Sword back to the Secret Land. On Cangsheng Sword, I’ve engraved the mark of the Sound Symbol Ancient Array, which can connect to the place of entry."

"My lord, if you’re not leaving, Bai Ying will not depart."

Bai Ying stubbornly said.

She was worried not only about Zhou Yan’s state but also about the trouble he might bring upon himself by possibly killing half of the city’s Cultivators with a single punch.

Her presence served at least to support her master. If she left, she was somewhat concerned about Zhou Yan’s strength.

Because she knew in her heart that Zhou Yan’s displays of power could not last too long.

Wan Zichen was also a bit worried but dared not contradict Zhou Yan’s words, for in her eyes, what Zhou Yan said was absolute, and even she did not dare refuse.

So all she could do was bow her head, keep silent, and wait for Bai Ying’s decision.

"You go first, I’ll follow soon. But before that, I still have some matters to deal with. Don’t worry, in this world, no one can stop me."

Zhou Yan said casually, his voice still indifferent but finally showing a hint of emotion.

Bai Ying was taken aback, gave Zhou Yan a deep look, and then respectfully bowed three times before leading Wan Zichen away, tearing through the Void and disappearing like a ray of light.

She knew she could have left quietly, but she still chose to unleash all her strength, displaying her invincible force as she tore through space itself to leave.

Though she could not stay by Zhou Yan’s side, she could use her strength to subtly warn others not to mess around.

"Boom!"

The sky cracked open, and a ray of light vanished in an instant; a long time after the light disappeared, a tremendously loud explosion echoed in all directions.

All the Cultivators there were shocked out of their wits; those who didn’t know Bai Ying’s strength and witnessed this scene almost fainted, the sensation was much like a Sword Realm Cultivator facing the might of an Invincible Sword Spirit Realm Cultivator.

It felt like piercing through the heavens.

Bai Ying and his companion left, but the atmosphere on the scene became even more oppressive and terrifying.

Because only Zhou Yan stood there alone, all the other Cultivators were kneeling.

Even Princess Hongyi did not stand up and just knelt there.

Zhou Yan ignored these people and said nothing more.

He just dumbly looked up at the gray sky.

Silence reigned in the four fields; all the Cultivators scarcely dared to breathe for fear of triggering Zhou Yan into madness. This collapsing Heaven and Earth seemed incapable of withstanding another punch like that.

"You all, pray that my child Xi survives. Otherwise, all of you will be buried with him!"

Zhou Yan did not shift his gaze, still staring at the sky, but gave an answer that left everyone in utter despair.

...

"Ah—"

Suddenly, Zhou Yan roared, his voice like thunder.

His Blood Qi surged, and the last remaining Fist Intent from that punch suddenly manifested in his body, merging into his Soul with fearsome momentum, causing a terrifying surge in Zhou Yan’s Soul Strength.

It was as if inside Zhou Yan, a Divine Spirit was gradually awakening.

Even Princess Hongyi had cold sweat covering her fair and lovely forehead at this time.

She could do nothing and dared not do anything, fearing that any slightest move on her part would lead to her utter doom.

Not just her, all the kneeling Cultivators felt almost unstable in their subservience, as if they were about to be swept away by the powerful storm of the soul.

Some of the weaker Cultivators had their Souls shattered directly, dying on the spot.

Screams, Soul shattering sounds, gradually began to rise and fall in succession.

Those Cultivators who had not died felt as if the Heavenly God was raging, as if the Heavenly Punishment was about to descend, trembling all over, with their heads bowed to the ground, continuously knocking their heads.

Even Princess Hongyi could only lower her still-raised head and silently press her forehead to the ground.

The powerful Soul seemed to have caused a change in Heaven and Earth.

At this moment, Zhou Yan’s Soul burst out ten or more meters high, as if it were reaching the heavens, becoming completely visible to the naked eye.

His eyes blood-red, he looked at the world and roared furiously, "Come out!"

His roar was deafening, and even Princess Hongyi, at the Nine Changes Sword Void Realm, was almost shattered by the roar. But this time, the weaker Cultivators felt it less intensely.

"Boom—"

In the Heaven and Earth, Purple Thunder appeared, carrying the breath of the Heavenly Dao.

The track of the Heaven and Earth Dao appeared amidst the fearsome Thunderflame Soul Sea in this world.

Princess Hongyi slightly lifted her head and saw this scene, her pupils suddenly contracted, and a look of extreme shock appeared in her eyes.

Not just her, but more powerful Cultivators in the distance were also shocked at this moment.

At this instant, the Cultivators of this continent were all stunned.

"Take me in!"

Zhou Yan roared, his throat heaving with rough breaths, spurting out Blood Qi with each exhale, vividly red.

"Pu—"

The world shattered, and the area where Zhou Yan stood, along with that part of the Void, was annihilated.

Zhou Yan disappeared.

The world rapidly returned to calm again.

The surviving kneeling Cultivators, after a long time, cautiously raised their heads, looking in all directions.

Princess Hongyi had already stood up by then, her expression extremely complicated as she looked at the sky, her face looking worse than ever.

"Actually... it is the direct jurisdiction of the Heavenly Dao... This is... Heavenly Punishment! The War God Hall... I fear is done for..."

Her eyes had lost their sparkle and had become extremely dim.

But her conviction was somewhat restored because of this.

"The power under the Heavenly Dao, even if I kneel and kowtow, it’s not a big deal. But this Sikong Han, to have offended such a person, all his clan members cannot be spared! He is the sinner of the War Soul Hall!"

Princess Hongyi thought to herself, her gaze then became extremely cold as she looked at Sikong Han.

At this time, in the Heaven and Earth, a huge sword light descended. It was the main authority people from the lineage of the Battle Hall Master of the War Soul Hall, all arrived.

"Hall Master!"

Princess Hongyi bowed in salutation.

"Hmm, I know all about what happened. Now, Sikong Han is stripped of his position as Hall Master of the Jiuxiao Battle Hall, and all Cultivators of the Sikong Family are to be completely killed, their Souls split asunder, forged into Sword Spirits, Blade Spirits, forever barred from entering Reincarnation!"

"Princess Hongyi, you’ve done well, sloughing off pride at the right time to bow and admit guilt, this action, to a great extent, has made up for your original sin of making a move."

"From now on, with outsiders from other realms, regardless of what they have done or whatever power they hold, we must be cautious in our dealings, better to mistakenly treat the other as an Emperor than to make a grave error!"

"Furthermore, the reconstruction of Jiuxiao City will be solely undertaken by the War Soul Hall, this time the responsibility for the death of the Cultivators will be fully compensated by the War Soul Hall. I just hope that everyone does not hold a grudge against the War Soul Hall. All this sin was caused by the madman Sikong Han, astonishingly invoking the Heavenly Punishment..."

The newcomer was shrouded in a horrifying sword light, unfathomably powerful, but spoke in a very gentle voice announcing all this.

"Hall Master is wise!"

Hearing these words, whether they were members of the War Soul Hall or the ordinary Cultivators outside the War Soul Hall looking ragged and miserable, all extremely resolutely replied in agreement.

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