The Oriole appears

General Gwan Ming flew towards Hebel at full speed, he stopped in mid-air above the plaza where the cube had crashed. His indifferent eyes scanned the whole Hebel and his divine sense stretched to the limits but the culprits responsible for tragedy had already escaped. There were no clues to follow but considering the presence of space laws in the surrounding which is unnatural in itself leads to only one conclusion the culprits responsible for the mayhem in the capital were present in Hebel a while ago. General Gwan felt aggrieved, a big fish escaped from under his nose. A while ago he heard trembling from the ground and his envoy hadn't returned from Hebel either thus he rushed himself but it was too late.

Gwan Ming pressed his hand the excess water turned into Vital energy and merged with the surroundings healing those on verge of death. The clouds rumbled rain poured on areas burned by fire, shadows that were still harvesting lives turned to dust and peace returned for a few seconds followed by an even more intense wailing.

Gwan Ming's eyes were apathetic, he has seen a lot of such tragedies in his long life of thousand years but ever since the destruction of the Blood Demon Sect peace came in Long Empire but now

"It seems turbulent times are ahead." Gwan Ming sighed and vanished into the mist.

Mo Dao's eyes were closed and his senses were alert. He was moving in the 8th fold of space constantly searching for a suitable location to dump the tripod. 300 miles away from Hebel the space distorted and Mo Dao stepped out from it. Before Mo Dao was a 3-kilometer-wide mouth of a volcano that spilled lava consistently. The clouds were red from smoke and heat, thunder rambled inside them. The volcano was filled with bubbling lava which poured out from the pores. Deep red veins made of lava stretched tens of kilometers far making the whole area unhabitable. There was no vegetation nor any animals in the surrounding 100 kilometers. The fire law in the surroundings was too violent and repulsive, to comprehend in such extreme conditions would be impossible. The temperature near the mouth of volcano easily exceeds 3000°C no grandmaster can sustain more than a few hours.

BANG

Mo Dao stretched his divine sense inside the lava he found a protrusion and threw the tripod into the volcano. it tumbled down and sank inside the bubbling lava. Mo Dao attached his divine sense with it which was destroyed after a while but the tripod also got stuck in the protrusion and did not sink all the way.

Mo Dao stared at the volcano in deep contemplation he just had an inspiration as to how he should approach Nirvana and sanctify his body but he did not hasten rather for now Mo Dao wants to reach Anyang as soon as possible to claim the inheritance of Blood Demon Sect.

HUM

Mo Dao warped away along with his underlings but after a while, he stopped and his face turned ugly. Just now the panel shone and he received several notifications about the death of his underlings.

Is it from the capital or Anyang?

Mo Dao's underlings are in Anyang and the capital but from the number of origin points he received Mo Dao deduced that the causality is a Master thus he concluded those in Anyang met with tragedy. Mo Dao was only worried about the Blood Bead and Wu Yun, the former is his ticket to inheritance and the latter is his only connection with Blood Demon sect. Mo Dao mustered all his strength and

BANG BANG BOOOOM

The barrier exploded and Mo Dao entered the 9th fold of space

ZOOOM

Mo Dao moved at full speed it won't be long before he reaches Anyang.

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A few hours ago at Anyang

A large airship arrived in the vicinity of Anyang with the Emblem of Martial Soul Sect carved on it. Xie Xuan provincial head of Anyang flew up to greet them. He guessed the identity of the visitor and he was right. Chen Xuan a child from Chen family who was accepted as a core disciple of Martial soul sect came to Anyang.

"Nephew Chen congratulations on becoming a core disciple." Xie Xuan greeted Chen Xuan enthusiastically. This was the first time Chen Xuan came back after being accepted as a core disciple.

"Senior Xei, I am indebted to you for taking care of Chen family in my absence."

"Nephew is overpraising me that's what I should do as the provincial head."

After a few more Greetings Chen Xuan flew towards Chen family along with his junior sister and guardian in tow. As Chen Xuan landed before the gates of Chen family he felt nauseated, a feeling which had become foreign to him in these three years came with great intensity. Chen Xuan has no good memories of this place. The Patriarch and elders of Chen family came outside to greet him. They led him inside with great fanfare but Chen Xuan was silent and only gave perfunctory smiles. He has a lot more things on his mind and no real attachments with this family. He was an orphan of Chen family and if not for timely distortion he would've died an unknown death after jumping into the valley. On the other hand, junior sister Lu Jing was a lot more enthusiastic towards Chen family unaware of his inner gloom.

A few minutes later Chen Xuan slipped away from Anyang after informing their guardian. The guardian couldn't leave Li Jing or stop Chen Xuan forcefully thus he complied with what Chen Xuan asked for.

Chen Xuan flew towards the valley in anticipation unknown to him an entity was stealthily following him this whole time.

As Chen Xuan reached the valley he felt several hidden auras, his expression turned gloomy since some of them were grandmasters. what would a Grandmaster be doing far away in this barren valley, the first thing that came to his mind was inheritance.

"Halt there don't intrude any further." Wu Yun flew in the air and spoke

"Who are you?" Chu Xuan flew ahead and spoke calmly

Wu Yun saw this kid didn't flounder even after knowing the difference in cultivation level thus he might've some means to counter. Wu Yun smiled and spoke

"Brother we're rogue cultivators. We're waiting for a companion to meet here it won't be long before we leav-"

BOOOM

Midtalk Wu Yun's domain expanded trying to incapacitate Chen Xuan in one strike since he felt malice but

BOOOOOM

POOF

Another domain rose to tear apart his domain, as a stage-7 grandmaster Wu Yun's domain should easily suppress Chen Xuan's domain but Wu Yun coughed up blood his internal organs were shaken and he took several steps back.

BOOM BOOM

Two more domains collided against Chen Xuan but he was as stable as a mountain. Lou Hen and Ciany pushed themselves to the limit but couldn't even shake the cloudy domain filled with terrifying chill instead their domains were being devoured slowly.

BOOOOM

Wu Yun's eyes turned red and his whole body turned red, his domain turned even more bloody it got filled with corpses and tides of blood and he pushed himself to the limit. All four domains reached a stalemate but Chen Xuan's eyes were calm he instantly recognized Wu Yun as a Blood warrior of the Blood Demon sect. He has done his research on this sect and Blood warriors were said to be a terrifying force under the patriarch of Blood Demon sect their loyalty towards the sect was unquestionable but he is Chen Xuan Core disciple of the Martial soul sect if he loses to a mere remnant then he might as well suicide. Chen Xuan disappeared from his place and appeared before Luo Hen in an instant and threw a punch

BANG

Luo Hen's chest caved in, the ribcage turned to dust and his internal organs were completely crushed. Chen Xuan again disappeared and appeared behind Ciany and sliced on the neck with his hand

SWISH

A head flew in the air leaving a fountain of blood. Chen Xuan's face was apathetic he has killed more people than these curs can even imagine, as a core disciple of Martial Soul sect he's always at the forefront to invade other worlds fight against monster races and slaughter evil cultivators like cutting grass, just three years and he's already numb from killing.

Wu Yun's eyes were filled with incredulity. Such powress can only be possessed by an elite and he also remembers that someone from Anyang was chosen as a core disciple of the Martial Soul Sect adding the dots Wu Yun reached a conclusion

"You're from Martial Soul sect?" Wu Yun shouted and an answer came into his ear

SLIP

"Bingo but how did you find out?" Chen Xuan's hand was on his shoulders and his face was a few inches away from the ear but Wu Yun dared not move at all, the Vital energy in his body was locked and his domain has also shattered. Cold sweat ran down Wu Yun's head.

SWISS

Two air blades neatly sliced through Peak masters who were running away.

"Say what a Blood Warrior of Blood Demon Sect is doing at an inheritance site of Blood Demon sect."

GULU~~

Wu Yun gulped twice but he didn't speak anything.

SLICE

Chen Xuan waved his hands and Wu Yun's right hand was neatly sliced. He took off the space ring and casually destroyed the lock placed on it. Chen Xuan inspected the ring, he took out a box made of gold and a compass. As soon as he opened the box an intense bloody smell pervaded the surroundings he closed the lid instantly.

"So you've chosen a successor for the inheritance, look I'll give you a generous offer Surrender to me both you and your chosen can become my subordinates but defy me and both of you die, I suppose he'll be coming to meet you here right?"

Wu Yun took a deep breath and gambled his life he closed his eyes tightly and shouted

"I-I surrender"

Nothing happened, Wu Yun opened his eyes and heaved a sigh of relief. He's still loyal to Mo Dao thus the Soul Brand did not kill him but to remain alive he lied.

"I surrender and I'll also persuade him to join you, my lord." Wu Yun gave an ugly smile. When was the last time he acted so pathetically yet he has complete faith in Mo Dao for now he only needs to live and once Mo Dao arrives he'll handle everything else

"Haha good good" Chen Xuan laugh and slapped his back but he naturally did not believe in Wu Yun. As long as he gets the inheritance then everything is negotiable and Wu Yun as an overseer for this Inheritance site might come in handy.

After that Chen Xuan sealed Wu Yun's cultivation he also erased his breath and traces of battle from the valley.

CLICK

Chen Xuan took out a black compass and infused his Vital energy. The pin rotated continuously for a while but soon it started pointing in a direction. Chen Xuan walked towards the location. He coated his hands with thick vital energy and punch

BANG

The space exploded and a space node in the form of a six-pointed star with a hole in the middle of it emerged from deep space. Chen Xuan smiled and lifted his hands to insert the blood bead but

SLICE

BOOOM

His hand was sliced from the ankle and a suffocating pressure brought him to his knees. A ghastly domain filled with gloom and a depressive aura of death decay rose shrouding an area of 1km.

PUFF

Wu Yun threw another mouthful of blood and directly passed out.

"Who Dares?" Chen Xuan shouted in desperation and anger

"Haha who else is it me?" a voice resounded full of mockery and ridicule. A man appeared hovering above Chen Xuan. There was a shroud in his hand which couldn't be scanned by divine sense and he wore a black robe with golden carvings of a Black Lotus. Chen Xuan recognized the newcomer he was a core disciple of the Black Lotus Sect. His name is Han Ji and his cultivation is terrifying.

"Why are you here?" Chen Xuan asked with a gloomy expression

"Why I shouldn't be here when you have something that belongs to me?" Han Ji took out the Blood Bead and threw the hand away.

"I traded it and how come you know about the deal when he took a blood oath?" Chen Xuan asked calmly. When one loses to despair they don't fear anything Chen Xuan was the same there's no hope for inheritance but his strength is a lot weaker than Han Ji thus even the hatred towards him has disappeared.

"Puhahaha that oath was not to tell anyone about the deal but I've been present every time from negotiations to transactions it's just you were too weak to capture my presence. Frankly speaking, even my subordinate wasn't aware of my presence so there was no reason for the Blood Oath to take effect. You were a special customer so I peeked a little but look you brought me such a great surprise." Chen Xuan looked at the shroud for a moment it was a saintly treasure so naturally he couldn't sense Han Ji's presence but Chen Xuan didn't speak anything just averted his eyes.

Feeling the rejection from Chen Xuan Han Ji was delighted. Han Ji is a peak Grandmaster and the Inheritance inside belongs to a Stage-9 Nirvana saint atleast. He had the urge to laught out loud but he held back.

"Elder Chao please seal his cultivation and keep a lookout for anything suspicious." Han Ji did not kill Chen Xuan since he's an asset due to the blood oath and once Han Ji becomes a saint then can soul bind Chen Xuan and make him a subordinate.

An old man appeared behind Chen Xuan and tapped on his shoulders. All the Vital energy was sealed and Chen Xuan fell to the ground feeling mentally exhausted.

Han Ji lifted Wu Yun and walked towards the Node.