Longevity Chronicles
Chapter 529 - 361: Cave Heaven Blessed Land to Avoid Calamity, Jade-faced Immortal Man Gambles on Dao Dominance

Jia Sanyuan probably never expected that his words of incitement would have no effect whatsoever; instead, it was Ying Qingdi's own expressions of intent that kindled a seed of betrayal amongst the members of the Ancestor Dragon Society.

This society was never pure to begin with, a mix of good and evil, with both honorable heroes and hypocritical ambitious villains.

The "New Moon Uprising" previously provided a common goal that united the cultivators, and now that victory seemed within sight, it was natural for each to have their own scheming.

Of course, all this had nothing to do with him, the Jade-faced Immortal Man, or the Seven Evil Sects.

After all, with the success of New Moon, it also meant that the Seven Evil Sects, which had existed for a long time and were founded by seven predecessors of the Side Door, would completely disappear, never to exist again.

Jia Sanyuan watched the scenes before him, listened to the voice of Ying Qingdi, and finally, his gaze swept past Tao Qian, Zhong Ziyang, Chen Xiyi, Yin Susu, Xu Wenkai, and the others.

A heart full of twisted anger dissipated inexplicably.

With a complicated gaze, he suddenly sighed and said,

"You are of the Righteous Path, while I follow the Demon Path; you cultivate step by step towards longevity with great prospects, while I cannot. Even if I am lucky enough to step into the Ultimate Happiness Realm, I must face numerous disasters, from which there is no escape."

"Who doesn't know that using the citizens of a city or a province as nourishment for cultivation will generate endless evil power, which will backlash the moment the hour comes, regardless of how meticulous the plans or how strong the power—one might fail miserably just because they cannot afford the price decreed by fate."

"I originally thought that with enough allies and with my wisdom, I might be able to withstand it and shift the consequences onto others."

"But I didn't expect to still fail at the last moment."

"Looking at everyone here, none are ordinary; Mr. Ying Daoist has a bloodline containing divine power, Mr. Zhong Daoist is the Taishang Daoist Son, Daoist Chen is a true inheritor of Fangcun, Qi Daoist is a Canxuan True Practitioner, the Demon Slaying Immortal, the daughter of Devil God, an inheritor of the Taiping Dao Scripture, a war general, the Heavenly Corpse Cultivator, Outer Realm Demon Spirits... and Lin Runiu, who is favored by the Outer Realm Toad God, continuously recognized by the Ancestor God Treasure, is such an anomaly. Compared to you all, Jia Sanyuan's loss is not unjust."

This Jade-faced Immortal Man seemed to have genuinely given up completely.

Rambling on despondently, he began to tally up the components of the Ancestor Dragon Society.

Seeing him like this, many felt a certainty of victory and joy spread across their faces.

Only Tao Qian, Lin Bujue, Zhong Ziyang, and a few others remained vigilant, not just because of Jia Sanyuan, but also because of Ying Qingdi.

"At this point in the siege, the Jade-faced Immortal Man was the most impressive, even though he now appears to be a loser, his methods and wisdom indeed command respect."

"On the other hand, Ying Qingdi has been utterly inactive, even appearing dim and incapable against the backdrop of Mr. Lin Daoist's radiance... something is terribly off?"

"There's trickery afoot."

The ten cultivators with their secret plots exchanged veiled glances, as if they could hear each other's thoughts.

However, on this occasion, including Tao Qian, they were all wrong again.

The one who acted out of turn was still not Ying Qingdi.

It was still Jia Sanyuan!

While rambling, he also seemed to have reached his limit of endurance and finally stopped chanting the "Nine Revolutions Dragon God Scripture," drawing back all of the Dragon Rhino evil power within a thousand miles.

The territory that had been like a human purgatory instantly returned to clarity and cleanliness.

Everyone was stunned and turned to look at him.

The Jade-faced Immortal Man who had done all this was still baring his repulsive body.

Raising his hand, a pale glow flashed, and a white bone talisman flew out, immediately emitting a fog of corpse gas, and in an instant, a sinister gateway formed.

Behind that gateway, a barbaric and bizarre Evil Cave Heaven appeared.

"The Seven Evil Cave Heaven!"

Everyone present couldn't help but call out the origins of that Evil Cave.

Many cultivators revealed a greedy light in their eyes.

Their gazes were even more scorching, more intense, more eager than when facing any other treasure or nourishment, as if they wished to snatch that white bone talisman and take the "Seven Evil Cave Heaven" behind it for themselves.

Jia Sanyuan could naturally sense those greedy gazes and sneered sarcastically.

He deliberately shifted his body to give a better view to the cultivators of the Ancestor Dragon Society.

He even took the initiative to introduce with a proud tone,

"Everyone wants to look, then take a good look."

"Inside this gate is the very foundation of our Seven Evil Sects—the 'Seven Evil Cave.'"

"It was originally an Innate Secret Realm that after years of nourishment, became a Cave Heaven Blessed Land."

"In recent ancient times, it was excavated by our sect's seven ancestors, who worked hard to cultivate it, making what is today's New Moon Province and the Seven Evil Sects possible."

"Everyone knows that we cultivators absorb the Source Qi of all things and use Extraordinary Power, and thus we pay hefty prices—calamities follow us closely, and a single misstep could mean mortal danger, especially after beginning the climb to the Transcend Mortality, Cavernous Mystery, and Ultimate Happiness realms, when the severity of disasters rises sharply, and almost every one of us faces a life-and-death situation."

"One might die violently one day, mutate and become fallen, hardly maintaining human form or human nature."

"But if one has a 'Cave Heaven Blessed Land' to avoid disaster, things are different. Hiding within, one can avoid eight or nine out of ten dangers."

"That's also why you seldom see loose cultivators of the Ultimate Happiness Realm. If after reaching Ultimate Happiness one still wanders outside, they wouldn't survive many years before being buried by various overwhelming prices."

"Without this Evil Cave, our Seven Evil Sects wouldn't have the splendor today..."

As he spoke and attracted many gazes, successfully pausing the slaughter for a moment, Jia Sanyuan took a pause.

Then, suddenly reaching out, he struck his handsome face three times.

Thump, thump, thump!

Three crisp sounds later, Jia Sanyuan's previously fine face was no longer presentable.

Bones shattered, expression twisted, tears streaming down.

The effect? Comparable to having been smashed by Tao Qian's Toad God Tile.

After doing all this, the disfigured immortal as if overcome with extreme heartbreak started beating his chest and stamping his feet, crying out loud,

"Thousands of mistakes, all are my fault, Jia Sanyuan."

"Because of my thirst for longevity and craving for power, I have implicated the Seven Evil Sects into such a dire situation."

"Today, at this moment, we have reached the brink of annihilation."

As Jia Sanyuan uttered these words, he almost wept himself into unconsciousness.

The doorway was also glowing, revealing the scene of another battlefield.

How many times more brutal was the slaughter within the Seven Evil Cave compared with the battle at Shangyang City?

The scenes within!

They reminded everyone of the battles between immortals and demons read about in ancient texts.

The true crumbling of mountains and splitting of earth, with the sun and moon shorn of their light.

It was the elders and the Sect Master of the Seven Evil Sects being suppressed by the powerful forces of the Beichan Temple and the Xuan Dao Sect from the Daoist and Buddhist factions.

With a two against one advantage, they had successfully penetrated the enemy's mountain gate, into the Evil Cave Heaven. The outcome was foreseeable.

Unless unforeseen events occurred, today would be the day the Dao lineage of the Seven Evil Sect would come to an end.

Seeing this, everyone finally understood why Jia Sanyuan was behaving in such a manner.

In some sense, it was indeed he who had destroyed the Seven Evil Sect.

It also gave people a new understanding of this Jade-faced Immortal Man: if he had been a truly selfish evil demon, even knowing that he had brought ruin upon his own sect, he would not have felt any shame, and would have only thought about preserving himself.

His recent display of heartbreak could not have been feigned.

"This guy, he's got a true nature to him,"

Many cultivators inside the Ancestor Dragon Society were thinking this.

Yet those with higher cultivation levels and sharper eyes, like Ying Qingdi, Tao Qian, and Zhong Ziyang, noticed something amiss.

Their brows furrowed, and after exchanging a glance, several of them simultaneously made a move toward Jia Sanyuan.

Their killing intent could not be concealed, especially Zhong Ziyang, who had already taken out his Yellow Gourd, the 160,000 Yin-Yang Micro Dust Needles ready to burst forth and grind Jia Sanyuan into dust.

Unfortunately, the other party was prepared.

Yang Cang, Han Xiao, and others pulled out their trump card treasures, mustering their powerful divine skills to block them.

"Daoist fellows, hold on!"

"Let's slow down, gentlemen, perhaps let Brother Jia finish."

Jia Sanyuan, the target of their hostility, didn't even glance at Zhong Ziyang and the others.

His face, ghastly as a ghost's, suddenly turned to Tao Qian, spitting out a mouthful of white broken teeth and foul, bloodied breath, warning:

"Mr. Lin Daoist, don't think of using that tile to smash me, it's useless."

"I've already sent forth my intention. The moment I faint, the prohibitions within this token will automatically activate, instantly connecting with the tens of thousands of great and minor prohibitions set by generations of my sect's ancestors within the Evil Cave, all collapsing together, completely destroying the Seven Evil Cave. Although it may not necessarily kill all the people from Beichan Temple and Xuan Dao Sect inside, it should manage to kill at least forty to fifty percent."

"And at least half of the surviving Sect Masters and elders of my Seven Evil Sect should be able to escape, arriving here through this portal and exterminating all of you."

"How about this plan to perish together, gentlemen?"

"Afterwards, New Moon Province will be returned to Beichan and Xuan Dao Sects."

"My Seven Evil Sect will then have its Dao lineage extinguished, after all, having killed so many talents, the Taishang Dao, Fangcun Mountain would be enraged, my father and those elders would not be able to withstand it, unable to escape the fate of death and dissolution of their Dao."

After Jia Sanyuan finished speaking, the room fell silent.

Nobody had expected such a turn of events; even at this point in time, this Jade-faced Immortal Man still had a move to play.

At the same time as they were shocked and angered, it also seemed inevitable.

After all, it was a major evil faction with a strong foundation, monopolizing a province and having a Cave Heaven Blessed Land as their base. How could they be easily eradicated?

Tao Qian, Zhong Ziyang, and the others all frowned and lowered their treasured items.

Ying Qingdi, however, remained composed, holding the Yellow Heaven Evil Mirror and flying in front of Jia Sanyuan.

Looking down from higher ground, he asked:

"Jia Sanyuan, you have this poisonous plan of mutual destruction yet you haven't deployed it, which clearly means you have another agenda."

"Speak up, what do you intend to do?"

The latter did not immediately answer Ying Qingdi, but instead turned that Yellow Heaven Evil Mirror on himself.

Looking pitifully at his own reflection for a few moments, his face still not restored with any spell, he calmly spoke, both to himself and to Ying Qingdi:

"Mr. Ying Daoist, I admire your ambitious mind and your hypocritical facade, but nothing else impresses me."

"My wish with this mutual destruction is to gamble in a life-and-death struggle with you."

"If I win, I don't demand anything else, only that the Dao lineage of the Seven Evil Sect remains unscathed."

"The territory of New Moon Province occupied by your Ancestor Dragon Society can all be handed over to you, including this Shangyang City, but Beichan Temple and Xuan Dao Sect must retreat from the Evil Cave and cease their invasion."

"I can also guarantee that the Seven Evil Sect will be reformed, shedding its demonic nature, returning to the Side Door, and all previous actions will be forgiven."

"Oh? And if you lose? Continue with mutual destruction?"

Ying Qingdi heard this and straightforwardly countered.

After hearing his words, Jia Sanyuan suddenly burst into maniacal laughter, his resolute aura surging towards the heavens, as he articulated each word clearly:

"The Seven Evil Sect has ended up in this sorry state because of me."

"The fortune and fate of this sect have long been tied to me."

"If I lose, the entire Seven Evil Sect, from top to bottom, will inevitably be spared nothing; there is no need for any of you to take action, as all will end themselves."

"What this battle wagers is the Dao lineage!"

"Ying Qingdi, I ask you now, do you dare to battle me?"

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