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It’s not just ordinary cultivators who are watching the Thunder Shock Sect investigation, but also a crowd of Terminal Daoists.

They all understand that the Demon Extermination Bureau’s sudden decision is targeted at them, partly to carry on the case of Celestial Venerable Mihua, and partly to alleviate pressure for the Nong family.

"Exterminating demons" is like a brick to be moved wherever needed.

Wenxin Heaven siding with the Nong family was expected. However, compared to Wenxin Heaven’s past cautious and steady conduct, this current aggressive and hardline stance is indeed unexpected to many.

And the turning point seems to be Guan Xin becoming a Great Saint.

On the day the Thunder Shock Sect and Thunderous Celestial Venerable were investigated, the threshold of the White Jade Capital almost got trampled down.

Various Terminal Daoists came in droves demanding an explanation.

Few Terminal Daoists, who have become one with the Innate Dao, are entirely upright and clean. Having lived for thousands or tens of thousands of years, they’ve done plenty of both major and minor wrongdoings and corrupt deeds. If everything were to be exposed like Thunderous Celestial Venerable, and so many saw it...

Where would their faces be placed?

The storytellers, novelists, playwrights, and dramatists in the Jianghu won’t let go of such thrilling material.

One can hardly imagine what they would be portrayed as in a few years.

Even if one is thick-skinned or indifferent to worldly matters, their reputation will inevitably affect their sect’s recruitment and cooperation. In the long run, it can’t be said for sure that it won’t cause problems.

Moreover, who can guarantee that this won’t affect their own fortune?

After all, fortune is an innate thing, mysterious and mystical.

The discerning can see that the Demon Extermination Bureau’s actions are Wenxin Heaven’s retaliation for the severing of the East Continent’s main vein.

It is the result led by the White Jade Capital, so the White Jade Capital must take responsibility.

Many Terminal Daoists strongly expressed their dissatisfaction with the White Jade Capital in their own ways. Some came in person, some lowered their divine sense, some imbued their Dao will...

The Dao boys and Daoists at the Zizai Palace couldn’t handle it and complained bitterly.

Celestial Venerable Shangli quickly gathered everyone without putting on airs and patiently listened to everyone’s grievances.

"Everyone, please calm down and listen to my word,"

The formless intent circled around him and then soared into the sky, transforming into a detailed world map that marked the location of various forces, terrain, the distribution of spirit veins, the flow of energy, and the movement of various daos.

Such a detailed world map is absolutely out of reach for ordinary forces; only the White Jade Capital, the leader of the Immortal Dao, can achieve this.

After seeing this world map, everyone felt some reassurance in their hearts.

Celestial Venerable Shangli said,

"Fellow Daoists, the most important thing is to clarify what our demands are. The Nong family is ignorant of the bigger picture and unreasonably disconnects from us, acting aggressively and autocratically. But this is just the surface. The crux is that the Nong family intends to disrupt the order we’ve maintained for fifteen thousand years. Is this the Nong family we know that can do such a thing?"

Everyone shook their heads.

Precisely because of this, they were caught off guard.

"There must be someone plotting behind the scenes, and I believe I don’t need to say who that is," Celestial Venerable Shangli continued. "This is the essence of the matter. Preventing this person from succeeding is our objective. Has Wenxin Heaven’s instigation of the Demon Extermination Bureau’s investigation into us touched the essence? Yes, but not much.

"No matter what the Demon Extermination Bureau does, it has no authority to interfere with our decisions. As long as the Nong family cannot hold out and falls, we will still control the situation. The Demon Extermination Bureau, with its World Order, indeed holds significant power, but no matter how large, it can’t exceed the realm of ’exterminating demons’. Once it does, what awaits them is destruction."

Celestial Venerable Shangli looked at everyone and said effortlessly,

"If you ask me, our future path is still long, and this will soon become a passing scene. No one will care about our unseemly deeds because on the Immortal Path, who goes far and climbs high, that is the real king’s way. Don’t forget that the Terminal Daoist identity is given to us by the Heavens, not by those gossiping behind our backs."

The earlier words were just pacifications, the final words were a decisive statement.

Everyone understood that it was merely a matter of who would give in first.

These Terminal Daoists would merely lose some reputation, and its impact on their sect would manifest years or decades later. They are empty, uncertain, and vague.

Yet the Nong family’s loss is real. According to previous calculations, relying on their saved spirit stones, the Nong family could not last a year, and even if that Qinkong Da Feng Immortal is skilled, using the Evolutionary Dao to draw in energy can only hold for three years at most.

Three years, it’s just a blink of an eye for them.

Understanding these principles, they left relieved.

In the Zizai Palace,

Celestial Venerable Baiyu asked,

"That Unruffled Platform of the Demon Extermination Bureau, can it truly not be stopped?"

"Not only can’t it be stopped, but it can even trace back through all the energy one has used, even if it’s been over ten thousand years, it can still be dug up," Celestial Venerable Shangli said. "To achieve such a level, the consumption is enormous. How does the Demon Extermination Bureau support this? Even I can only maintain the Unruffled Platform’s consumption for a day at most. But for so long, there hasn’t been any sign of decline."

Celestial Venerable Baiyu said, "If this is truly the case, even with the support of Wenxin Heaven, they can’t sustain it."

"The key is that using the Innate Supreme Treasure puts tremendous pressure on the soul," Celestial Venerable Shangli pondered, "Is there anyone in the Demon Extermination Bureau with an exceptionally strong soul?"