Stop it, Taoist, Your Fight almost Ruins the DAO!

"Se... Senior Brother, what should we do now?"

Huan Gu's face turned a deep red at Yi Chen's words, and she stammered as she looked toward Zhan Xingzi for guidance.

"What else? Follow Brother Yi Chengzi!"

Zhan Xingzi maintained his calm demeanor, grasped Huan Gu's delicate hand, and immediately tore through the void to pursue Yi Chen's trail!

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"Haha, good thing I was prepared in advance!"

At this moment, in a dark and sinister cave, tens of thousands of black crystal skulls filled the space.

They were eerily similar to the strange Magic Artifacts used by the Ghost Worship Sect in Yang City.

Beyond that, the cave was filled with countless Black Jade Buddhas.

This cavern was known as the Enlightenment Cave by Shi Kedun and Blood Dragon Son.

It was a place secretly prepared by the ancestors of the Ghost Worship Sect and True Blood Sect during the time when they were relentlessly suppressed by the cultivators of the Heavenly Star Sect and Moon Concealing Sect. Generations had worked to perfect its layout in secret.

The ultimate purpose of this grand arrangement was singular: to shatter the seal of the All Stars Dao Fruit, work from within and without, and completely awaken the ancestors' Heavenly Ghost Dao Fruit and Blood Demon Dao Fruit.

However, as the tides of offense and defense continuously shifted between the Eastern and Western Continents, the Ghost Worship Sect and True Blood Sect, no longer on the brink of annihilation, lost much of their interest in prematurely awakening their ancestors. The Enlightenment Cave thus became their last resort.

It need not be used, but it could not be discarded—for they were living comfortably as sect hierarchs in their own right; none of them wished to summon a "father" to rule over them again.

If not for the void-transmitted message they received from their ancestors indicating that the powers of the Heavenly Ghost Dao Fruit and Blood Demon Dao Fruit were actively reviving, they would not have wanted to accelerate the process given their own lack of strength.

"Damn it, faster! Ghost Face Lotus, bloom! Ghost Face Lotus, bloom faster!"

"Ghost Face Lotus, bloom!!!"

The Ghost Worship Sect Hierarch, his blonde hair disheveled and his usually meticulous appearance now somewhat haggard, quickly formed a series of hand seals. In response, black crystal skulls and Black Jade Buddha Statues throughout the cave began to shatter one after another, releasing wisps of black smoke from their cracks.

The smoke surged toward a bizarre flesh-like lotus cradled in the hands of a Ghost Face Statue situated on an altar before the Sect Hierarch!

At this moment, across the vast lands of the Barbarian Continent in the Western Lands—

The ground sudden split into innumerable fissures. In some regions, magma erupted upward; in others, monstrous tidal waves surged from the crevices; elsewhere, the upheaval of earth and heavens swallowed all aboveground structures without mercy.

Countless barbarians suddenly bore strange Black Seals upon their foreheads. Their bodies began to rapidly wither and desiccate, leaving them skeletal husks wrapped in taut skin.

Within the Red Sea, be it Sea Beasts or demonic creatures, ninety-nine out of every hundred spontaneously burst apart. Their blood flowed into the sea, making the Red Sea even more vibrant and nauseatingly pungent with the stench of iron.

In the skies above the Western Lands, gray clouds mingled with bloody mists, forming oppressive layers that darkened the heavens.

The Heavenly Wind howled, lightning crackled, and thunder roared. The scene resembled the prophesied end of days.

The storm clouds in the sky surged and started rushing toward the lands of the Eastern Continent!

Simultaneously, a peculiar force of attraction emerged. Hidden Jade Coins in countless places across the Ancient Star Realm—including the Eastern Continent—shattered into essence and streamed toward the Nine Heavens.

"Such ruthless cruelty!"

"They even turned on their own!"

"Fellow Taoist, are you ready to embark on your journey to the underworld?" Yi Chen sneered menacingly!

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Within the dark cavern, the Ghost Worship Sect Hierarch, who had been fervently chanting for the Ghost Face Lotus to bloom, suddenly froze in place. A burly Taoist figure had abruptly appeared in the cave.

The Nine-Nine Forbidden Array he had placed around him had been entirely obliterated!

"Haha, you're quick, but so what?"

"With the countless souls of the Ancient Star Realm heading to the end with me, I can say I have no regrets!"

"The awakening of the ancestors' Dao Fruits is now irreversible. Have you prepared yourself to face their wrath?"

The Ghost Worship Sect Hierarch's face twisted into a deranged smile as he spread his arms wide, laughing maniacally at Yi Chen.

"Fellow Taoist, it's already over for you. Why persist in trying to kill me? Why not abandon the shadows and step into the light..."

"Abyss Hell!"

Yi Chen's cold and murderous shout was his only reply to the Sect Hierarch.

The Ghost Worship Sect Hierarch proved his resilience, taking thirteen powerful blows before finally falling!

A stream of information suddenly appeared before Yi Chen's eyes.

[You have slain Shi Kedun, Hierarch of the Ghost Worship Sect, and obtained 40 billion Deep Red Points.]

After killing the Sect Hierarch, Yi Chen immediately fled the scene.

At this moment, the winds and clouds of the heavens and earth shifted. Three mysterious fruits gradually emerged from the void!