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Chapter 876: 86 Chapters Tathagata [requesting monthly tickets!]

A gust of wind swept through the "ruins" of the Penglai Three Islands, raising a scattering of residual yellow leaves.

The backs of the three powerful beings in this wind seemed somewhat desolate, as they stared at the scene before them, momentarily stunned.

What lay before them was an empty and scattered Cloud Sea. In their memory, there should have been a huge mountain here.

Named Mirage Mountain.

Penglai, with its thousand years of inheritance, was seeing such bright sunlight for the first time, with much less obstruction.

Where is my mountain?

My huge mountain at that?!

Daoist Cang Sheng’s pupils contracted rapidly, his emotions mingling shock, anger, and disbelief.

Even more absurd was what lay below the Penglai Three Islands. By name, there should naturally be three islands. Yet, what remained were countless fragmented stones in the sea, sinking and floating amid the foam of the waves.

Mirage Mountain was still just a mountain; it wasn’t impossible to move it with great magical power. But the Penglai Three Islands were three immensely vast islands; how could they disappear?

Even for a cultivator of the Eighth Realm, this would hardly be possible, right?

The situation looked not as if it was moved as a whole, but rather dismantled and carried away piecemeal. But how in such a short time could someone hollow out all three islands?

How was it done?!

"This..." Elder Cang Qiu raised his hand, calming himself as he said, "Sect Leader Senior Brother, rest assured, I don’t think we are in Penglai at all."

"Yes, I remember we used to have a Sect entrance, right?" Daoist Cang Yun also scratched his head, beginning to doubt his memories of the past several hundred years.

"Who did this?" Daoist Cang Sheng roared, "Who did this?!"

He promptly activated the Eastern Sea Time Wheel, using the power of the Time Wheel and the Divine Artifact to quickly recreate the scene that took place not long ago.

The attack by the Mang Mountain disciples, the emergence of the Demon Sect, Ksitigarbha’s True Body fighting the Azure Dragon, Elder Mayfly turning everyone into puppets, the struggle for the Universe Ring ultimately leading to Venerable Wanfa benefiting like a fisherman.

In the end, it was the Underworld King Sect Master who, in a fit of anger towards Mirage Mountain, moved the entire mountain.

When Daoist Cang Sheng brought disaster upon Shu Mountain, he had never imagined that his own misfortune would be a hundred times worse.

After all, the wealth of Shu Mountain was mainly on Red Cotton Peak; the other peaks, even if shattered, could be rebuilt. But Penglai’s wealth was entirely in the three islands and Mirage Mountain, all of which were now hoisted away, leaving only a few stones floating in the sea...

Where did these bandits come from?

Overflowing with indignation, Daoist Cang Sheng didn’t even know whom to seek out for revenge first.

The Underworld King Sect came and went like the wind, and the paths of demonic cultivators have always been enigmatic. If they could be easily found, Daoist Cang Sheng wouldn’t need to take action himself, as they would have been exterminated long ago.

Venerable Wanfa took the Universe Ring, but he himself was a Limiter of the Human Clan. With the addition of the Divine Artifact, his combat power had peaked. Unless it was a cultivator of the Ninth Realm, who else could bring him to justice?

As for the one who deployed the red mist...

He seemed the easiest to deal with since he was the only one among the three parties without a Divine Artifact. And he had done the most definitive act; he was the one who had taken the Penglai Three Islands––a deed done with the concerted effort of the entire upper and lower Sects of Penglai.

To rob wealth is one thing, but to also rob people and islands is another.

Many have seen bullies, but none quite like this! Even if it was to save his own disciples, he had to be eradicated as soon as possible.

But where could this person be found?

The old man who deployed the red mist was clearly an experienced villain, having already used the red mist to erase all traces, leaving no way to find him. One option was to trace him through the vast sea using Divine Sense; another was to seek his whereabouts in Tianshu Pavilion using the Ignorant.

Neither option was quick or straightforward.

Just as he was pondering this, a streak of light flew through the distant sky, revealing the form of Yang Shenlong.

"Sect Leader!" He stopped in mid-air, looking at Daoist Cang Sheng with a complex gaze before saying, "Disciple has secretly pursued and found one of the thieves’ hideouts. A large number of Penglai disciples and the spirit veins of the Three Islands have been excavated to this location, and I am requesting the Sect Leader and the two Elders to come for a rescue!"

...

Atop Shu Mountain, with Daoist Cang Sheng’s embarrassing escape, the great battle finally came to an end.

The confrontation between Lu Mountain Old Man and Baize ended with his admission of defeat.

After all, with so many strong cultivators of Shu Mountain glaring menacingly around him, and even without assistance, Baize could have taken care of him given some time. If Baize were to win, the tide of Yin and Yang would turn, making it difficult for him to survive.

Living to such an old age naturally had its reasons, and he was extremely wise to the times, so he gave up resistance then and there.

Empress Feng wasn’t satisfied, snarling and clawing her way forward wanting to hit the old man, but was stopped by the others. They just used great divine power to restrain Lu Mountain Old Man, keeping him as an important bargaining chip for future negotiations with Penglai.

But what could still be exchanged was hard to say.

According to the news spread on the Xianyou circle, Penglai Three Islands had encountered a once-in-a-lifetime great thief, and now the sect’s wealth was reduced to just the stones floating on the sea.

With Penglai gone, the powers of various Immortal Sects could finally sit down calmly and talk. Master Wen Yuan promptly clasped his hands in thanks, "Thank you all for your righteous actions. Such a great kindness will never be forgotten by the Shu Mountain Sect. Now that our gates have fallen and our halls are gone, we can’t even offer you a seat, and for that, I ask for your forgiveness."

"It doesn’t matter," said the Regent Leader with a smile. "Fortunately, the collapse of Shu Mountain didn’t cause much harm to our disciples. Saving people is what matters. The rest... cough! Your Highness the Royal Younger Brother, where are you going?"

It turned out that while they were talking, Chu Liang had sneaked down from the Divine Ship and was quietly leaving towards the distance.

Yet he was caught by the Regent Leader’s sharp eye.

"Eh?" Chu Liang turned around and said with a smile, "You’re here too? If only I’d known earlier, I didn’t see you just now."

During the conversation, several powerful cultivators had already surrounded him; even his normally well-relating elders now looked quite unfriendly.

"What are you old men up to?" demanded Empress Feng, immediately protecting Chu Liang. Regardless of the Eighth Realm on the opposite side, she bared her teeth and said fiercely, "Anyone who doesn’t want to live can come over!"

"Let’s talk nicely!" said Chu Liang quickly. "My master can bite!"

"Quit your fuss," the Regent Leader said sternly. "The matter of the Heaven Devouring Beast is no trivial matter. You were not an indifferent person; why did you nurture this creature secretly? Do you not understand its risks?"

"At first, I didn’t know..." Chu Liang said with an awkward smile, "Then later, well, I knew, but not everything was fully understood..."

"No need for more talk, just tell us what to do," said Shentu Yang impatiently.

"About this matter, well, it’s not that it can’t be dealt with, but..." Chu Liang again showed a troubled face, "nothing is truly impossible; after all, it depends on human effort..."

"Stop talking nonsense!" the Heavenly Strategy Position also urged impatiently. "Did you bring the Heaven Devouring Beast?"

Chu Liang muttered, then answered with two words, "It’s here."

"..."

Just as everyone was losing patience, suddenly a voice came from behind, "Sorry, great powers, please forgive my interruption."

Everyone turned to look at the source of the voice, and it was a familiar face.

Huyan Dong.

There he was, the former Taotie City Castellan and now Mang Mountain Castellan, flying up with a smile, saying, "Regarding how to deal with the Heaven Devouring Beast, the Venerable Wanfa of our Sacred Mountain has some ideas."

"Speak," commanded the Regent Leader.

In such circumstances, Huyan Dong wasn’t the one to speak, but Venerable Wanfa certainly could.

"The Venerable’s idea is, even if the Earth Devouring Beast is eliminated today, we must always be wary of the return of the Demon God. There will always be new Heaven Devouring Beasts in the world; as long as the origin of the Demon God exists, the crisis of the Human Clan persists. The Venerable suggests that we can take advantage of this opportunity..."

"To eradicate the origin of the Demon God!"