Chapter 84
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Chapter 84: The Thousand Coffins and Thousand Souls Great Art
At this moment, the true terror began. The Law Enforcement Heavenly Soldiers stormed into every family clan’s territory, searching bedrooms, warehouses, hidden Secret Realms, and secret chambers without hesitation.
Even those in closed-door training weren’t spared. The soldiers barged in, rummaged around, then left. Closed-door training demanded absolute silence—whether for cultivation, forging treasures, or alchemy—yet these intruders shattered that peace.
Those with strong willpower endured the shock without harm. But weaker ones faced disaster: exploding alchemy furnaces, failed treasure forges, and many cultivators driven to madness.
The Zhou Family suffered most severely. Convinced they were behind the plot, Fang Lie directed tens of millions of the over one billion and eighty million Law Enforcement Heavenly Soldiers to ransack every Zhou estate, sacred mountain, and controlled site.
Not only the Zhou Family’s properties but even their allied clans fell victim to Fang Lie’s relentless search. Fearing a repeat of the Zhou Family’s previous scheme to capture the Ice and Fire Poison Dragon members through relatives, Fang Lie intensified scrutiny.
Chaos engulfed the Zhou Family—chickens scattered, dogs fled. Their experts cursed bitterly, but who dared act?
With over one billion and eighty million Law Enforcement Heavenly Soldiers—each formidable—they could overwhelm hundreds of Thunder Tribulation Immortals without the protective array’s aid. And with the array at full power, even the East Kunlun Sword God wouldn’t survive. Resistance was unthinkable.
The Mo Sect’s higher-ups rushed to Mozi Pavilion, residence of Clan Leader Mo Qianxun. A dozen Thunder Tribulation Immortals and three Token Lords gathered.
Huo Wufang, Righteous Token Lord and leader of the External Affairs Hall, confronted Mo Qianxun: "Clan Leader, why activate the protective array? Why unleash these soldiers to disrupt closed-door trainings?"
Other Thunder Tribulation Immortals joined the outcry: "Explain yourself! Couldn’t you just talk?"
Mo Qianxun’s face darkened. "Silence! When did I order this?"
The crowd froze, then realization struck. "If not you, only Fang Lie—acting Benevolence Token Lord—has such authority!"
"He’s bold enough! No one else would dare!"
"But he’s not an inner gate disciple. He can’t wield the Benevolence Token unless threatened into using its privileges!"
"Who provoked him this time?" they roared.
Mo Qianxun’s sharp gaze landed on Zhou Zhengqing. "Junior Brother Zhou! Your doing?"
Zhou Zhengqing sweated. "Possibly…"
"Fool! Why provoke him after I warned you?" Mo Qianxun snapped.
"But you said to hinder his life-and-death arena progress!"
"Through honorable means! Not giving him ammunition!" Mo Qianxun growled. "What did you do?"
"A Yuan family survivor kidnapped Fang Lie’s siblings," Zhou Zhengqing admitted. "Threatened him to withdraw from the competition."
"You, you absolute fool!" Mo Qianxun’s face turned green with rage as he shouted. "Don’t you know the protection rules for candidate Token Lord Fang Lie? Killing his younger siblings was bad enough, but threatening him? You might as well have handed him the Benevolence Token yourself!"
"But… but who could’ve guessed Fang Lie would go this far?" Zhou Zhengqing protested weakly. "Deploying over one billion and eighty million Law Enforcement Heavenly Soldiers just to search for a few people? He’s turned the whole Mo Sect upside down!"
"He’s after you, not them!" Mo Qianxun snapped. "Can’t you see your Zhou Family and allies are being targeted? If he finds any forbidden items in your possession, your entire clan will be wiped out!"
"By the heavens!" Zhou Zhengqing paled. "Our family…" He trailed off, too terrified to continue.
After thousands of years of cultivation and clan inheritance, every family had secrets. Even Mo Qianxun likely kept forbidden items. But admitting this meant certain doom.
Mo Qianxun glared at his junior brother in disgust. How had their few encounters with Fang Lie reduced this once-steady man to such idiocy?
"Release Fang Lie’s siblings immediately," Mo Qianxun ordered. "Without justification, he’ll lose access to the Benevolence Token."
"What if I kill them instead?" Zhou Zhengqing hissed.
"Are you suicidal?" Mo Qianxun roared. "Dead hostages would make the Fang Family annihilate your clan regardless of consequences!"
Zhou Zhengqing shuddered. "I’ll order their release at once!"
Suddenly, the Nascent Soul energy trembled violently. Crimson clouds billowed in the distance, coalescing into a churning Blood Sea dotted with a thousand floating coffins.
Fang Lie’s amplified voice boomed through the protective array: "The Zhou Family shelters a demonic path master practicing the Thousand Coffins and Thousand Souls Blood River Great Art! This crime cannot be forgiven!"
Zhou Zhengqing collapsed to his knees, tears streaming. "Uncle! I’ve doomed you!"
The hidden cultivator was Zhou Zhengqing’s uncle – the man who’d raised him and passed him the family leadership despite having heirs of his own.
After sustaining mortal wounds in battle years ago, the uncle had faked his death to secretly cultivate the forbidden Demonic Path arts. This required sacrificing millions of lives and thousands of Cultivators’ blood essence.
Now fully healed and at peak power, he’d been exposed by Fang Lie’s relentless search. A million Law Enforcement Heavenly Soldiers surrounded him as the protective array neutralized his Blood River Formation.
The youthful-looking Thunder Tribulation Immortal stared in confusion at the Zhou Family disciples. "Why is the Ancestral Hall attacking us?"
Though appearing no older than twenty with fair skin and scholarly red robes, his commanding presence compelled immediate answers. The disciples hastily explained the situation.
