The Demon with Holy Radiance

Inside the Central Hall, Thirty Flow casually complied with Yang An’s request to continue his "punishment."

Ever since Yang An’s great victory in the Southeast Realm a few days ago, where he slaughtered all the cultivators from Qiangui Mountain and Great Virtue Temple, the morale of the Golden Thread Pavilion had been greatly boosted.

Thirty Flow seized this opportunity, ordering the cultivators under his command to press their advantage. With unstoppable momentum, they capitalized on the heavy losses Great Virtue Temple had suffered in the Southeast Realm, even successfully breaking through to the Glazed Tower and truly entering Great Virtue Temple’s Core Land.

For the Golden Thread Pavilion, this was the best news they had received in a long time, second only to when they first broke into Great Virtue Temple’s domain.

At the same time, the advance in the Southeast Realm triggered a chain reaction.

The Golden Thread Pavilion’s rapid push forced Great Virtue Temple to divert some of its cultivators from other fronts to deal with the advance in the Southeast Realm, which in turn eased the pressure on those other fronts.

Although the other fronts didn’t advance with the same unstoppable momentum as in the Southeast Realm, they still managed to push forward a considerable distance.

Right now, everyone present in the Central Hall was excited.

The fact that they had managed to beat back Qiangui Mountain’s forces—the part of the war that was now out in the open—was indeed good news.

But Thirty Flow had to pour cold water on their excitement.

Because besides Qiangui Mountain, the Golden Soul Sect of the Fusheng Domain and the Dao of Celestial Being from the Celestial Dragon Domain had yet to make an appearance.

As the conversation turned to this topic, everyone quickly calmed down. The war had already dragged on for several months. Taking down Great Virtue Temple was incredibly difficult, but it was an order from the Supreme Elder and the Pavilion Master. All cultivators of the Golden Thread Pavilion had no choice but to obey.

"Since we have a supreme powerhouse like the Supreme Elder, who has reached the Immortal Platform, why don’t we seize this golden opportunity to take down Great Virtue Temple before the Golden Soul Sect and the Dao of Celestial Being make their move? Settle it once and for all?"

Someone voiced the question that had been on everyone’s mind.

If the Supreme Elder had acted at the very beginning, when their offensive first broke into Great Virtue Temple’s territory, they might have already conquered it.

Great Virtue Temple has no one at the Immortal Platform level. How could they possibly resist such a being?

And yet, the Supreme Elder hadn’t done so. Instead, he had them divide into countless fronts and advance slowly, leading to this prolonged stalemate.

Thirty Flow didn’t rush to answer. In truth, he was just as puzzled by this question. Ever since the war began, he had rarely even seen the Supreme Elder.

The last time he saw the Supreme Elder was when he appeared to punish Yang An with confinement after Yang An killed Wen Zhao.

Although he was the Pavilion Master of the Golden Thread Pavilion, the order for this war had actually come from the Supreme Elder. He was merely carrying out commands.

"The Supreme Elder has his reasons. You all just need to focus on your own duties."

That was all Thirty Flow could say.

Soon, the crowd in the Central Hall dispersed. The meeting was over, and the Internal Affairs Elders had to go make decisions about the front lines based on their new orders. Only Thirty Flow remained in the hall.

He stood in the hall for a long time, seemingly hesitating over something. After a moment, his figure vanished.

...

「Several more days passed quickly.」

Inside a new great hall, several distinctly different lights suddenly flared in the dead of night.

First, a white light, then a dark red one, followed by a golden one.

A clap of thunder suddenly echoed through the hall as the red light flared intensely.

The next moment, a thick, bloody aura filled the air, and an even more crimson flash of light blinked out of existence.

But in an instant, all the lights converged, only to vanish just as quickly and silently. A sigh immediately echoed through the hall.

"This is too hard, just too hard..."

Yang An, sitting cross-legged on the floor, couldn’t help but rub his temples, feeling a slight headache.

Over the past few days, he had tried many times to fuse all his powers together, excluding the Three Spiritual Light. But the end result was either the lights merely stacking on top of each other, or outright failure.

’To find a balance among these dazzling lights that would allow them to fuse... the only way is through repeated trial and error. There’s no other path.’

"That’s the one hundred and twenty-third time. What in the world are you up to, you little punk?"

The Bow Lady’s voice entered Yang An’s mind. Over the past few days, she had completely digested all the souls she had devoured and had been constantly observing Yang An’s actions with great confusion.

Yang An had no intention of telling anyone about his search for a way out of this predicament; doing so would risk exposing everything.

Even though he was on the Floating Island, possibly right under the Life Crane’s nose, he was certain that even the Life Crane couldn’t guess what he was trying to do.

After all, for anyone to ignore their most powerful asset, the Three Spiritual Light, and instead focus on other things was as bizarre as someone standing before a mountain of gold and looking excitedly at a pebble on the ground. No one could possibly figure it out.

"I’m cultivating, of course. Just trying to further improve my mastery over what I already have."

Yang An tossed out a casual excuse, making himself sound like a perfectionist.

The Bow Lady understood the pressure Yang An was under. With the Life Crane’s reappearance, that great mountain was looming over him again, and he would once more lose control over his own fate. Therefore, she believed what he said.

But believing him was one thing; she still had other advice to offer.

"With your current Cultivation Level, if it’s possible, you should consider what that old fellow Forbidden Calamity needed help with. Obtaining the Seven-Colored Dust as soon as possible would be the biggest boost to your power."

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