The last thing Lei Wuji saw was the mocking curve at the corner of Zhou Qing's Primordial Spirit's mouth.

"You came here to possess me? You'd have a higher success rate if you just picked a random elder from the Cangyan Daoist Palace!"

Zhou Qing shook his head helplessly.

But soon, as the fragments of the remaining souls fell into the sea of consciousness, a fresh spiritual insight emerged quietly.

Zhou Qing was stunned, and soon showed surprise, his Primordial Spirit quickly closed his eyes to feel it.

"A nice gift delivered right to my door..."

Zhou Qing remembered the last time someone tried to possess him, it was the Old Peng King, whose corpse turned into a spirit.

In the end, he left Zhou Qing a treasure like the "Emperor's Brilliance Scripture."

Previously, he had borrowed the power of Xuanyuan Shuo twice to unleash a Spirit Severing Realm strike.

With this new insight, when he one day performs a Spirit Slash, it will surely be twice as effective.

Just like that, time passed little by little.

In the abyss, everyone finally completed their exploration.

The people of the Taiqing Sect and others gradually converged, and Mo Xingjian scanned the area, immediately noticing Zhou Qing standing quietly with his eyes closed, and he quickly stepped forward with a slight frown.

"Old Fourth, are you alright?"

Zhou Qing slowly opened his eyes, a smile appeared on his face, and he said, "I'm fine, let's go!"

Soon, the people from the two sects gathered.

Standing at the edge of the crowd, Lei Lie secretly sized up Zhou Qing, his eyes full of anxiety.

After hesitating for a long time, he finally gritted his teeth to transmit his voice: "Mas... Master?"

Snap! 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

The crisp sound of a slap suddenly rang out.

Before anyone could react, Zhou Qing had already appeared ghost-like in front of Lei Lie, slapping him away with one palm.

Several blood-stained teeth flew through the air in an arc, and then Lei Lie crashed heavily against the rock wall, with debris flying.

"Zhou Qing you—"

Before anyone could exclaim, silver light flickered beneath Zhou Qing's feet, and he instantly appeared in front of Lei Lie, grabbing him by the neck and lifting him up.

A Suanni shadow roared towards the sky behind him, and lightning flashed in Zhou Qing's palm, with killing intent like a blade in his eyes.

Lei Lie's eyes widened, and in Zhou Qing's cold gaze, he finally confirmed something and struggled to shout: "You... you are Zhou Qing?! Not Master?!"

"Disappointed?" Zhou Qing's voice was frighteningly calm.

"I'm sorry! I was forced!" Lei Lie's face was pale, "He controlled me, I couldn't—"

"Feigning apology, the kind I despise most is your kind of scoundrel."

Zhou Qing suddenly leaned in close to his ear, his voice low: "Even if you refined the Blood Phoenix Tribulation Crystal, I would still find you dirty."

At this moment, everyone watching did not understand exactly what was happening, but they could tell that Zhou Qing was very angry.

And severely angry!

Sikong Yan shouted, "I say, Zhou Qing Junior Sect Leader, at least show some respect, I've already promised to protect the Golden Thunder Sect, give me some face, won't you—"

"Boom!"

Golden flames shot to the sky!

Zhou Qing's left hand was already pressed onto Lei Lie's celestial spirit, and the violent soul-searching power crushed his sea of consciousness.

Ensuring through soul search that no other remnants of Lei Wuji's soul escaped, Lei Lie's Primordial Spirit was devoured by the Golden Crow True Flame.

Amidst his despairing screams, Lei Lie was obliterated.

Zhou Qing shook off the sparks from his hand, looked at Sikong Yan coldly, and said, "Lei Lie was too naive to think your favor was worth anything."

"Hahaha!" Sikong Yan laughed instead of getting angry after Zhou Qing decisively killed Lei Lie, with even a hint of excitement in his eyes.

He clapped his hands as he approached, looking at Zhou Qing with praise: "Among the younger generation, you understand me best!"

Inside, Zhou Qing laughed coldly.

I understand you even more than you imagine, Qi!

Then, Sikong Yan spread his hands, pretending to lament: "This guy was left to bear the guilt, the deaths of Prince Five, the Liu family, Princess Consort Ying, all needed an explanation..."

He changed his tone, a sly glint in his eyes: "But it's alright, Lei Wuji's direct disciples aren't just Lei Lie, just support another one to ascend!"

Saying this, he looked at Cao Zhengyang, speaking casually: "There's no time like the present, since we're all here, why not head to the Golden Thunder Sect for a check?"

Cao Zhengyang naturally nodded in agreement.

His biggest worry was traces of corpse poison still lingering over at the Golden Thunder Sect.