Novel Catchup
Chapter 216
Who knows how much time passed.
“Hahaha!”
“Ahh, it’s truly touching!”
“The heavenly way is heartless, I shall wield my sword against it!”
“If this world does not distinguish between good and evil, then what is the difference between a righteous person and a demon?”
“Rather than being a coward for a lifetime, I’d rather be a hero for a moment!”
“What bullshit! Defy the heavens!”
Roars echoed throughout the main hall of the sect.
Soon, the twelve Supreme Elders pushed the door open and came out.
“By the order of the Old Ancestor, groups of ten from the Jiuyan Sect shall enter the main hall in succession!” Xiao Ting announced loudly.Upon hearing this, the people of the Jiuyan Sect shuddered with fear.
They were so terrified!
Didn’t they see that the Supreme Elders were fine before entering, but now they came out with hostility in their eyes and madness in their speech?
Although they didn’t know what they would encounter inside, if the Supreme Elders couldn’t bear it, how could the others?
“Those who disobey the order will be executed on the spot!” Xiao Ting’s voice rang out again.
The disciples were speechless.
In other words, they had no choice, right?
Reluctantly, everyone acted according to the command.
…….
Again, who knows how much time passed.
The people of the Jiuyan Sect really went mad.
Sect Master Gu Changqing was crying his eyes out, and the various Peak Masters all had unwillingness in their eyes, their bloodshot eyes seemingly filled with boundless rage.
Li Fadu, who once presided over the Hall of Enforcement, even attempted to slit his own throat the moment he stepped out!
If it weren’t for the timely restraint by others, he might have been gone.
And the most exaggerated was the Ninth Peak.
After stepping out, the Great Elder Lu Yang looked up at the sky and shouted, “The heaven is unjust!”
The other Ninth Peak elders and disciples all drew their swords, swearing to defy the heavens in this lifetime.
When they heard that someone else wanted to defy the heavens, the heavens expressed their displeasure and once again made their presence felt.
“Boom!”
The earth and sky roared, thunder rolled, and dense lightning poured down.
But this time, it didn’t scare the people.
Sword Peak’s Zhang Lingfeng drew his ancient sword to resist the lightning.
Beast Taming Peak’s Master Jin Rou threw her contracted beast into the sky, watching it get struck into char.
Weapon Peak’s Master Niu Wu waved his hand, and numerous spiritual weapons gathered to contend with the thunder.
The disciples also formed arrays to withstand the heavenly lightning! This scene left the people of the Billowing Clouds Sect dumbfounded! But what shocked them even more was yet to come.
Old Ancestor Fan Tong of the Billowing Clouds Sect walked out of the main hall and commanded with an unquestionable voice.
“Groups of ten from the Billowing Clouds Sect, enter the hall!”
“Ah?”
Upon hearing this, the people of the Billowing Clouds Sect jumped in fright.
They had come to realize that now, this main hall was a dragon’s den and a tiger’s lair, with everyone who entered going mad!
Knowing this, who would want to actually enter?
“Those who disobey will be purged by me today!”
Fan Tong roared loudly, adding, “Those who obstruct my defiance of the heavens, kill!!”
“Boom!”
As soon as he finished speaking, a bolt of lightning struck him squarely on his forehead!
Fan Tong resisted the lightning with his body, looking disheveled with singed hair, but he was not in mortal danger.
Seeing this scene, the people of the Billowing Clouds Sect were filled with despair.
They hadn’t expected that even their own Old Ancestor had gone mad!
In the end, Fan Tong, while resisting the heavenly lightning, forcibly made the people of the Billowing Clouds Sect enter the main hall.
And then, the people of the Billowing Clouds Sect went collectively mad.
Although the images and memories of the nine cycles of reincarnation had little to do with them, they were also driven to insanity for some reason.
The only thing known was that those images were branded into their minds like a hot iron, amplifying emotions such as dissatisfaction and anger countless times over.
Under the influence of these emotions, it was truly difficult not to go mad.
“Hahaha!!”
Suddenly, with a loud laugh, the Old Ancestor of Jiuyan emerged from the broken hall along with the jade coffin.
He stood on the coffin while hovering in the void.
Facing the oppressive dark clouds and the sky full of thunder, the Jiuyan Old Ancestor was neither shocked nor panicked but simply uttered three words softly:
“Carry the coffin!”
“Alright!”
Xiao Ting leaped up and carried the jade coffin on his back.
Immediately after, Jiuyan Old Ancestor controlled Xiao Ting’s body, transforming into a hundred-zhang-tall giant.
The giant withstood the lightning with his flesh, and his fists shattered the void.
In no time, the dark clouds in the sky were dispersed, and the thunder disappeared before it could even strike.
“Old Ancestor is mighty!!” the crowd shouted loudly.
Mighty?
To this, the Jiuyan Old Ancestor shook his head.
It wasn’t his might that repelled the heavenly power but rather that the thieving heavens disdained to exert full force against mere ants.
Taking a deep breath, he then spoke words that echoed all around.
“From now on, our Jiuyan Sect will officially be renamed the Jiuyan Demonic Sect!”
The disciples of the Jiuyan Sect cheered in unison.
“I, the Billowing Clouds Sect, will also be renamed the Billowing Clouds Demonic Sect! We wish to become a subsidiary sect of the Jiuyan Demonic Sect, following only the Demonic Sect!” Fan Tong also shouted loudly.
The disciples of the Billowing Clouds Demonic Sect also chanted.
Not long after, the Jiuyan Old Ancestor slowly descended.
The disciples of the Jiuyan and Billowing Clouds Demonic Sects, instead of the hostility from before, became like-minded friends.
Putting down the jade coffin, Xiao Ting suddenly remembered something.
He turned his head to look at the soul-state Jiuyan Old Ancestor and asked, “Old Ancestor, so the matter of us being planted with demonic seeds by the demonic path… was it false?”
“Uh…”
The Jiuyan Old Ancestor was at a loss for words.
He had been so preoccupied with making others experience his pain that he had completely forgotten about this.
“How could it be false?”
Sect Master Gu Changqing arrived and analyzed.
“The demonic seeds do exist, otherwise we wouldn’t have been blinded and misunderstood Jiang Chen through nine lifetimes!”
“It’s just that the one who planted the demonic seeds in us is probably not the Demonic Sect, but the heavenly dao!”
“Presumably, the Old Ancestor was considering our situation and felt the timing wasn’t right, so he claimed it was the work of the demonic path.”
Hearing this, everyone from the Jiuyan Sect felt it made a lot of sense!
The heavenly dao indeed used their sense of justice to blind them, leading to their continuous misunderstanding of Jiang Chen.
Going against the heavens was truly terrifying.
If it weren’t for watching the nine cycles of reincarnation dozens of times, they wouldn’t have had the courage to defy the heavens.
With this in mind, the people of the Jiuyan Sect were deeply moved.
They collectively bowed to the Jiuyan Old Ancestor, saying, “Having the Old Ancestor in our Jiuyan Sect is indeed a blessing for our sect!”
“Good, very good!”
The Jiuyan Old Ancestor smiled from ear to ear and immediately praised, “The disciples of our sect are all extremely perceptive and have gained great enlightenment!”
“It’s all thanks to the Old Ancestor’s teachings.” The crowd bowed again.
After another round of compliments, the people of the Jiuyan and Billowing Clouds Demonic Sects dispersed.
In front of the once bustling hall, now only Lu Lin was left standing alone.
Lu Lin blinked in confusion.
He couldn’t understand what was going on at all…
Because he had been forgotten again! He hadn’t entered the hall to watch the nine cycles of reincarnation!
Everyone else had gone mad, but he alone was sane.
This might seem like a good thing. But when madness becomes the norm, the only sane person will inevitably wonder…
Is it actually me who is the mad one?
“No, I must go mad too!” Lu Lin decided.
He found the Ninth Peak Great Elder Lu Yang.
“What? You didn’t enter the hall?” Lu Yang was first surprised, then felt it didn’t matter.
“One more or one less of you makes no difference. By the way, who are you?”
Lu Lin was speechless.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om
He felt that if this situation continued, he might not need to enter that hall.
He would be driven mad sooner or later!