In a certain desolate wilderness, a group of over a dozen Earth Immortals carefully deployed various Concealment Arrays ten thousand meters underground, sealing themselves within Profound Iron Coffins, sealing off their Vitality, attempting to deceive the heavens.

They even deployed a full nine layers of Profound Iron Barriers on the outer layer because it was common knowledge in the Cultivation Realm that Profound Iron could block perception to the greatest extent, making it a highly recommended and cost-effective method for Civilian Earth Immortals.

Theoretically, it could evade most pursuits and searches within the Cultivation Realm.

Unfortunately, this time was different.

They simply did not understand or realize that when the Spirit-Catching Ship flew overhead, as the Yin and Yang Qi shone down, their hiding place was immediately exposed.

"Capture them!"

With this command issued, a team of three Taiyi Squad members swiftly moved into action—one used the Mountain Shifting Dao Skill, another employed Imprisonment Divine Techniques, and the last person instantly used Earth Escape, giving the Earth Immortals no chance to react, capturing them from within the Profound Iron Coffins as if they were little chickens.

Only one Tier Two Earth Immortal, hiding here, remained unaware.

In another direction, a Tier Six Taiyi True Immortal was rapidly fleeing, pursued relentlessly by three Taiyi Squads surrounding him.

This Tier Six Taiyi was formidable, possessing unrivaled Escape Speed and superb Combat Awareness, easily shaking off the three Taiyi Squads with a few feigned moves.

However, although originally fleeing in terror, now realizing the pursuit wasn't as threatening as it seemed, a nameless anger surged within him. In a moment of recklessness, he turned around, skillfully wielding an Immortal Sword and Daoist Divine Techniques, instantly annihilating one squad, feeling immense satisfaction, until suddenly he felt an early warning, and saw that a Heaven and Earth Net had already formed around him.

"Damn it!"

Only then did he realize he'd fallen into a trap, likely ensnared by the Vast Sea Immortal Alliance's nameless Immortal Gu!

It subtly influenced his emotions, leading to a mistaken judgment.

"Luo Jiusi, won't you surrender? You are a Tier Six Taiyi, surrender, and our Spirit Capture Team will have a place for you, and you won't be thrown into the Alchemy Furnace! You should know what to choose!"

"Alas!"

The Taiyi sighed deeply and chose to surrender—so long as there was a chance to live and continue cultivating, what did others matter to him!

Don't talk to me about Heavenly Dao retribution; Daluo is the heavens!

With a single word, they could sever the entire Cultivation Realm's cultivation opportunities, forcibly fixing all beings' cultivation limits to Taiyi Ninth Tier.

But those six Half-step Daluo were harsher, directly fixing all beings' cultivation limits to Tier Three Earth Immortal, as if mimicking the mortals, decreeing that all aligned with them must forcibly ascend...

Hmm, they called it beautiful, an ascension!

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"What those Half-step Daluo can do, can't we also do?"

In a deep mountain, two factions were in a standoff.

One side consisted of only two members, a Tier Six Taiyi and a Tier Seven Taiyi—those Wandering Taiyi who passively helped Wang Wu with a huge favor that day.

On the other side was a fleeing tribe, but among them, there were only two Tier Three Taiyi, with strength disparity significant, relying solely on an Array for support. Their pleas and curses were futile, and as the Grand Array was about to be breached in despair, a figure silently appeared above them, with an immeasurably deep aura.

It was a Tier Nine Taiyi.

The two Wandering Taiyi reacted quickly, splitting left and right to escape, skillfully executed.

In the blink of an eye, the two had fled fifty or sixty thousand miles, glancing back to see the terrifying young man hadn't followed?

That was a relief.

But they couldn't let down their guard, accelerating, they continued their escape.

They fled another fifty thousand miles, employing various Immortal Talismans, utilizing Secret Techniques and Divine Techniques spared no expense, continually releasing Clones for misdirection; in short, an endless parade of techniques, spectacular and dazzling.

However, they did not know that those within the Array were watching this scene utterly dumbfounded, filled with horror.

Because from their perspective, the somber young man in the sky casually drew a circle of golden light.

Then, the two powerful Taiyi seemingly didn't notice, seemingly under an Illusion Technique, went insane, frenziedly leaping around within the circle, occasionally sending Immortal Talismans flying, Clones flickering, chaotic but unable to escape the circle.

And the golden circle kept shrinking, from hundreds of miles in diameter, gradually down to dozens of miles, several miles, until finally, it was reduced to the size of a palm.

The melancholy young man spread his palm, and the palm contained the golden circle.

Inside the circle, the two Wandering Taiyi still seemed to believe they were safe, one laughed happily, the other sneered, as if they'd already escaped.

Such a method was simply unimaginable and unheard of!

But surely, we have been saved now.

The two Tier Four Taiyi were about to express their gratitude when a barrage of sword light shattered the Array, and over a dozen fierce Taiyi surged forward, knocking out any resistance, and swiftly rounded up all family members above Tier Three Earth Immortal, leaving only the young, weak ones, crying in despair.

Useless to no end.

At this moment, the two Wandering Taiyi within the golden light circle thought they had already escaped danger. Unexpectedly, the world suddenly changed, each of them was pressed firmly under a small mountain, all their abilities bound, making it impossible for them to move.

Then, as if the fog had cleared, they finally saw a melancholic large face, larger than the entire sky.

The entire world seemed to be covered under that melancholic large face.

"Speak, what is the name of your accomplice, and where is he?"

The melancholic large face spoke, the voice slow and faint, but landing in the ears of these two Taiyi as if pouring molten iron into their ears, burning their divine souls to scream in pain.

Even worse, the voice seemed to transform into Celestial Soldiers and Generals, capturing their divine souls. They were in immense pain, yet could remain fully conscious, without any injury.

This was truly the most vicious punishment in the world.

To the extent that they had no opportunity to respond, left only with screams.

When the eighty-one punishments finally ended, they were at last given a chance to pause and respond.

"Divine Monarch, spare us! We have no third accomplice, it's always just been the two of us working together. We ask the Divine Monarch to clarify, give us a chance to think if there are any details we might have overlooked."

These two screamed for mercy; at this point, they couldn't not know that they had encountered a Half-step Daluo, if not, at least a Taiyi Ninth Tier capable of evolving the Three Calamities.

The ability to evolve the Three Calamities equated to being able to localize the evolution of the world—they were hardly a match, nor could they escape.

Thus, mere pleas for mercy were useless; they first needed to figure out what exactly happened, or else why would this person specifically find them?

The next second, an image emerged—it was the two of them using a Jade Talisman to control the Eternal Firm Immortal Artifact to destroy the Spirit-Catching Ship and severely injure the leader. They were familiar with these scenes, but then a chilling scene appeared to them—a mysterious figure cloaked in black mist emerged out of nowhere.

They had barely left before the figure violently killed and silenced everyone, then stole the Three Calamities Long Sails and destroyed the Spirit-Catching Ship.

Wotama!

Which scoundrel dared to play like this?

Wasn't this making them scapegoats?

Damn your ancestors to the eighteenth generation, do you lack morals?

How can there still be such shameless and crafty people in this world?

"Divine Monarch, rest assured, we are, we are beyond redemption for our crimes, but this guy at the back, we absolutely don't recognize him, we truly don't know who he is to be so despicable. We, we're willing to abandon darkness for light, willing to follow the Divine Monarch, just asking for a chance to render humble service!"

These two Wandering Taiyi desperately begged for their lives, pulling out every trick they could to curry favor.

But that's not going to happen.

Once it's confirmed they truly were unaware of this matter, there was still one last procedure remaining, namely, soul-searching!

It required the most meticulous, most heartfelt, most serious attitude to gather evidence for this matter, to prove their innocence.

In an instant, the divine souls of the two Wandering Taiyi were thoroughly searched inside out, finally confirming their innocence—they truly didn't recognize that mysterious Xiong, and they spoke the truth.

This matter, at this juncture, can now be confirmed.

With a gentle wave of a hand, the immortal bodies of these two Wandering Taiyi were thrown into a cage—what of their shattered spirits; they had to leave behind their innocence in this world.

"It seems this matter is inextricably linked with Great Wilderness City. The ability to modify an Eternal Firm Immortal Artifact in such a short time likely means someone who possesses the knowledge of Three Calamities Evolution is involved. Therefore, the answer is obvious, Bear Emperor Armor, let's see how you still intend to argue!"

That melancholic man casually sealed a letter, reporting the progress of the matter.

Then, at a leisurely pace, continued to sweep the surroundings, uprooting city after city, forcing more Taiyi and Earth Immortals to flee towards the direction of Great Wilderness City.

He wasn't oblivious to the possible consequences of doing this.

He even knew there was a small town of the Hidden Origin Association north of Great Wilderness City, where an old sparrow from the Hidden Origin Association had set up a Hundred Birds Phoenix Immortal Array.

He was aware of all that, but he was deliberately doing it this way.

Because Great Wilderness City, after all, is of special status, it's not advisable to rashly advance and open its shell.

But if he could leverage the situation, forcing Great Wilderness City to take action, then breaking open their turtle shell would be justified.

Moreover, it's also a means to test those twelve Daluo, to see if they truly stopped caring about the Cultivation Realm, or if their words and actions differ again?

The underlying reason can only be grasped intuitively, not expressed in words.

Nevertheless, at this moment, the relevant chain of evidence also needed to be packaged and sent to Great Wilderness City—a simple message, either hand over the culprit or compensate for the damages.

Ten trillion reserves of Spiritual Qi, and three thousand Three Calamities Long Sails, it's reasonable enough, not considered extortion, right? Isn't it putting civility before force? Isn't it reasonable?