Chapter 209 - 238: A Satisfying Sweep! The Black Lotus Saintess, and Potential for Ascension to Immortality
On this day, Su Bai dispatched his Divine Thought Incarnations to sweep through the territories of the Great Xia Dynasty, purging numerous members of the Black Lotus Sect.
He imprisoned them all within his Dharma Tripod Prison.
This day would come to be jokingly dubbed "Lotus Extermination Day" by some experts from the Righteous Sects.
After the purge of the Black Lotus Sect, the few Demon Sect experts lurking in the shadows throughout the Great Xia Dynasty all felt their faces pale.
Every last one of them feared for their own life!
After he purged the final city, the people within looked up at the white-robed figure standing in the sky, their faces filled with gratitude, their gazes trembling with emotion!
Su Bai’s actions had saved countless families.
And as they watched...
The white-robed figure hovering in the clouds lingered for a moment, then turned toward the Imperial City.
He stepped through the air and departed.
He vanished without a trace.
...
Bathed in the bright glow of candlelight, Su Bai walked down a long, narrow corridor, returning to Zone B Prison.
"Haha! So satisfying! This feels so damn good!"
Just as he stepped into the B-Class Prison, he saw some of his colleagues from the Prison Suppression Bureau gathered together, their faces flushed with excitement as they talked animatedly about something.
Among them, Zhang Wei, caught up in the excitement, couldn’t help but slam his hand on the table. His face was beet-red as he repeatedly shouted, "All hail the Tian Fa Ancestor!"
’It was obvious without even thinking about it,’ Su Bai thought. ’My earlier actions—using the Dharma Tripod Prison to lock up a batch of Black Lotus Sect members and the corrupt parasites within the Imperial Dynasty—had clearly struck a chord with many people.’
In truth, Evil Cults like the Black Lotus Sect had long been a thorn in Great Xia’s side. For many years, they had plagued cities large and small, sowing chaos and misery.
Even the Imperial City had been infiltrated by the Evil Cult without anyone realizing it.
But the Black Lotus Sect and other Evil Cults were quite powerful, and their movements were secretive. The upper echelons of the Great Xia Dynasty had tried to launch large-scale campaigns to eradicate these Evil Cults before.
They wished to restore clarity to the land and forge a righteous world.
Unfortunately, the actual results were minimal.
Because the Evil Cults were too well hidden, even if one batch was eliminated, another would pop up after some time.
Endlessly!
Many of the common people persecuted by the Evil Cults suffered unspeakably, but there was nothing they could do.
But now, things were different. The senior Boxing Saint of the Great Xia Dynasty, the Martial Arts Great Power revered as the Lord of Heavenly Punishment, had personally taken action.
He had wiped out the followers of the Black Lotus Sect in one fell swoop!
Even the Great Xia officials who were secretly colluding with the Black Lotus Sect, including high-ranking nobles like Princes and City Lords, were all thrown into prison.
Such a forceful approach naturally led many people to applaud and cheer.
Seeing Su Bai enter the break room, Zhang Wei immediately came over to him with a relaxed smile and started chatting.
"Haha! Bicui Pavilion tonight! My treat!"
After everyone had chatted for a while, a beaming Pasture Captain, in a rare display of extravagance, announced with a loud laugh.
Of course, there were also a few older colleagues who had been too deeply poisoned, watching the celebration with grim faces. They sat off to the side by themselves, not saying a word.
Su Bai saw Pasture Captain mentally note down each of these individuals.
’He’s probably planning to personally ’educate’ them later,’ Su Bai mused.
’And if that ’education’ doesn’t stick, they’ll likely have a rough time ahead of them.’
Amidst the idle chatter, Su Bai glanced at his Merit Points and found that his recent actions had indeed aligned with public justice. His Merit Points had increased by several thousand, approaching ten thousand.
This lifted his mood considerably as well.
Taking advantage of the idle conversation, Su Bai’s Heart Spirit sank into the Dharma Tripod Prison.
A crowd of Black Lotus Sect members, along with some Great Xia officials, were all imprisoned within a silver jail.
Among them, the purple-robed man wearing a Jade Crown from before was shouting the loudest!
"I am King Tianzheng! A Prince personally enfeoffed by Emperor Xia! How dare you seize me!?"
"Damn you! You dare to set up a private prison and mete out punishment? That’s a crime you should be punished for!"
"AHH!!"
Su Bai couldn’t be bothered to listen to him any longer. With a single thought, a monstrous wave of Karmic Fire swept over the man!
It completely engulfed his body.
And his curses instantly turned into heart-wrenching, blood-curdling screams!
Su Bai had come here mainly to see one person.
A woman.
She was a woman of otherworldly beauty, with an aura of sanctity flowing from her very being.
After being imprisoned by Su Bai in the Dharma Tripod Prison, this woman had been continuously chanting the doctrines of the Black Lotus Sect in a low voice.
Raging Karmic Fire enveloped her body.
But her face showed not the slightest trace of pain; on the contrary, her expression only grew more devout.
Su Bai checked her Record and discovered she had been raised within the Black Lotus Sect since childhood.
She was also the current Black Lotus Saintess.
’No wonder... She’s been completely brainwashed, turned into nothing more than a tool for the Black Lotus Sect.’
Su Bai let out a small sigh, then clamped his five fingers onto her forehead and began the Soul Search.
Segment after segment of information flooded into Su Bai’s mind.
’So, this is how the Black Lotus Sect is structured...’
Unlike the Soul-devouring Demon Sect, the Black Lotus Sect was dominated by three lineages. The vast number of its followers all belonged to one of these three.
These three lineages were the Moon King Lineage, the Sun King Lineage, and the Immortal Elder Lineage.
Of these, the most powerful was naturally the Immortal Elder Lineage, also known as the lineage of the Tai Sui Immortal.
Although the Sun King Lineage and Moon King Lineage were supposedly equal in status to the Immortal Elder Lineage...
...in reality, both lineages had to obey the commands of the Immortal Elder Lineage without question.
Within the borders of Great Xia, the heir to the Immortal Elder Lineage was the true leader of the Black Lotus Sect.
Of course, what surprised Su Bai the most was this.
’The Black Lotus Sect isn’t a native power of the Great Xia Dynasty. It comes from the Dayu Immortal Dynasty.’
Furthermore, in the woman’s later memories, Su Bai also discovered that the Soul-devouring Demon Sect, the Red Flame Demon Sect, and even the White Bone Hall—the leader of the Five Demonic Sects—...
...all originated from some mysterious Demon Sect within the Dayu Immortal Dynasty.
’Well, I’ll be damned!’
Su Bai mused, ’So all these Demon Sects are just branch offices, and the head office is in the Dayu Immortal Dynasty.’
Su Bai continued to look through her memories.
Finally, he saw a scene of her inside the Black Lotus Sect, summoning the Immortal Elder.
After he finished watching, Su Bai tossed her back into the silver jail.
The Black Lotus Saintess suddenly raised her head and stared coldly at Su Bai. "The Immortal Elder will descend in a few days!"
"Your doom is not far off!"
Su Bai just smiled.
He turned to leave, leaving only a single sentence behind.
It lingered in the woman’s ears.
"Don’t be so quick to say such things."
"Perhaps, before long, you’ll be able to see your precious Immortal Elder right here with you."
...
「Three days later, somewhere outside the Great Xia Domain.」
A Cyan Mountain, wreathed in white mist, stood tall here.
Patches of pine and cypress trees covered the mountain, and a silvery waterfall cascaded down its face.
Egrets often flew across the sky, deer called out to one another, and shimmering light filled the air.
From a distance, it looked ethereal and remote, like an Immortal Realm on earth.
And atop the mountain peak, two figures were sitting opposite each other, drinking tea.
The two sat amidst the depths of the clouds, wreathed in mist, appearing like living Immortals.
One of them was a white-haired old man in a Red Robe, his face weathered by time.
The other was an ancient, purple-robed old man. He was small and thin, his skin a deep brown.
A deep aura of decay clung to him; it seemed his time was short.
A Jade Table was placed between them, and they chatted idly as they drank their tea.
"If I had known Elder Ye was coming, I would have had someone pick some fresh Bihai Qing Tea for you to savor."
Although the purple-robed elder looked much older than the Red-Robed elder across from him, he addressed him respectfully as "Elder" with every other word, his expression quite deferential.
The Great Sect Elder lowered his gaze, looking at the green ripples inside the Jade Cup in his hand.
Then, with a light, smiling sigh, he said, "I didn’t want to awaken either."
"Every time I awaken, another bit of the Vitality I have left drains away."
The two continued their idle chat for a moment.
At a certain moment, a figure appeared in the purple-robed elder’s mind, and his expression shifted slightly.
He couldn’t help but ask, "Elder, could your awakening this time be because of that Great Xia Boxing Saint... no, I should say, the Lord of Heavenly Punishment?"
"Yes."
The Great Sect Elder took a casual sip of tea and nodded.
"I heard he condensed a Dharma Aspect ten thousand zhang tall, a truly world-shaking feat."
"He is unrivaled within the Dharma Aspect Realm, and he even obliterated the Bai Gu Great Saint, a master at the Ninth Level of the Dragon Mansion Realm!"
"I wonder if it’s true?"
"It is, of course, true."
The Great Sect Elder sighed. "This man’s foundation is so profound it’s unprecedented. One like him is hard to find in any era."
"Forget about just in Great Xia."
"Even across the entire Dayu Immortal Dynasty, there are few who can compare."
"In my opinion."
"Given time, this man will surely achieve Ascension to Immortality!"
"Achieve Ascension to Immortality!?"
The purple-robed elder’s face was a mask of shock, and terror surged through his heart!
He even crushed the Jade Cup in his hand.
It turned into a fine, silvery-white powder that, from his fingertips...
...slowly trickled away.