Chapter 208: Sea of Fire
In the Heavenly Unity Sacred Sect.
The temples were dazzling with gold and jade. In the center was a square. A human-shaped stone statue that was more than 100 feet tall stood there, bathing in the sunlight and shining brightly. Hundreds of disciples gathered in the square. They knelt on the ground and clasped their hands in front of their chests. They narrowed their eyes and muttered incantations as they prayed.
This stone statue was carved like a powerful man wearing armor and holding a huge saber. He was extremely muscular and was a god worshiped by the Heavenly Unity Sacred Sect. His name was “Divine Lord Tianhe”.
According to the Heavenly Unity Sacred Sect, this Divine Lord Tianhe was one of the 36 Divine Generals under the Heavenly God of Creation. When the Heavenly God of Creation created the world, he was in charge of closing the sky.
Hence, he was called Divine Lord Tianhe (closing sky/heaven unity).
Heavenly Unity Sacred Sect was a sect that worshiped Divine Lord Tianhe. The disciples of the sect were originally disciples of Divine Lord Tianhe. Their martial techniques were also inherited from the first generation Sect Master when he served Divine Lord Tianhe.
However, one day, Divine Lord Tianhe no longer responded to the prayers of his believers. No matter how they prayed, there was no response. Only then did this sect gradually transform into a martial sect and began to recruit disciples normally.
Of course, the absolute core of the Tianhe Sacred Sect was still those who believed in Divine Lord Tianhe. As long as they wanted to hold a position in the sect or obtain martial techniques above the Deity Realm, they had to become a believer of Divine Lord Tianhe.
Moreover, every believer believed that it was not that Divine Lord Tianhe did not respond to the believers’ pleas on purpose, but that he had fallen into a deep sleep for some reason.
As long as they prayed with their heart every day, they could communicate with the omnipresent Divine Lord Tianhe.
After a long time, the slumbering Divine Lord would be able to sense this world again and revive, allowing the light of God to shine on the ground again.
Therefore, as long as the disciples of the Heavenly Unity Sacred Sect were in the mountain gate encampment, they would use two hours every day to come to the central square to pray and make their own contributions to summoning Divine Lord Tianhe from his slumber.
The magnificent hall behind this statue was the center of power of the Heavenly Unity Sacred Sect. It was a place that only the Sect Master and the seven Elders could enter.
All the major decisions of the Heavenly Unity Sacred Sect would be carried out in this hall.
At this moment, there were only four people sitting in the hall.
As four of the Elders were outside and not on the mountain, four of them were absent. The Sect Master led the three Elders to host today’s meeting. “What do you think about the chaos caused by the recent search for the Deva of the Lower World?” The Sect Master was a middle-aged man who looked to be in his forties or fifties. He had a steady temperament and spoke at a moderate pace.
“According to what I know, many disciples took the opportunity to seize the assets and treasures of ordinary sects and families in the name of searching,” one of the Elders said.
“Since we’re going to search, such things are inevitable. We have to let the disciples taste some benefits before they will work.” Another Elder frowned. “You can’t not give the disciples any benefits at all.”
“No, I don’t mean that they shouldn’t have done this.” The Elder who spoke earlier shook his head and explained, “It’s fine if they wanted to commit robbery, but why didn’t they eliminate the targets completely? After letting them escape, they ruined the reputation of our sect.”
“I see. That’s true.” The Elder who had frowned earlier nodded and said with a smile, “We should remind these disciples to remember to protect our sect’s reputation at all times.”
“That’s right. Our sect is a noble inheritance left behind by Divine Lord Tianhe in the mortal world. How can it be slandered by a group of lowly and foolish people?” The third Elder said in a low voice. “If you ask me, we should take advantage of this search and clean up those small families and sects. Only then will it be peaceful.”
The three Elders discussed among themselves.
In the end, they all looked at the Sect Master.
No matter what outcome or method the Elders discussed, they still needed the Sect Master to decide.
“Those small sects and families really dare to slander our Heavenly Unity Sacred Sect?”
The Sect Master’s gaze swept across the three Elders present and he said in a low voice, “It seems that the dignity and might of our Sacred Sect are insufficient. A bunch of ants dare to spout nonsense!”
The three Elders nodded when they heard this. They agreed with the Sect Master opinion.
In their understanding, ever since the Nine Immortal Sects enlightened all living beings 5,000 years ago, the people in the Immortal Sects had always been high and mighty.
Especially those who had stepped into the Third Realm of the Immortal World, they were above all mortals.
Not to mention small families and sects, even the families like the Nine Preeminent Families and 24 other aristocratic families were ants that could be controlled at will by the Immortals.
As for the mortals at the bottom, in the eyes of the Devas of the Immortal sects, they were nothing but dust. They could not even be bothered to look at them. They were not worth mentioning at all.
This absolute rule had lasted for 5,000 years.
It had not changed until now.
Although the Daoyi Palace appeared 3,000 years ago and the three Buddhist monasteries appeared more than 2,000 years ago, neither of them were good enough.
The former was ultimately alone. Even if he could suppress the Nine Elders alone, he was powerless to deal with anything else. The latter had joined the Immortal sects from the beginning and they advanced and retreated together.
This naturally formed the habit of the Immortal sects and Devas looking at others as if they were ants.
It was not only these Heaven Immortals and Heaven Monarchs who were discussing the matter. Even some Human Immortals and Earth Immortals already treated small sects, families, and even all the mortals as insects that they could easily crush.
In fact, due to the influence of the overall atmosphere, most of the disciples who had just entered the sect in recent years had already fallen into this bad habit. Before they could even master their martial techniques, they had already begun to not take the lives of ordinary people seriously.
“Sect Master, I suggest that we order the disciples who went out to search to be more ruthless.” An Elder stood up and said in a low voice, “As long as we don’t let the ants escape, naturally, no one will slander our Sacred Sect.”
“That’s right, we should do that.” Another Elder nodded in agreement. “This way, we can avoid any geniuses from coming out and causing us trouble many years later.”
“That’s true.” The third Elder nodded with a rather serious expression. “This is a huge matter. The reputation of our sect concerns the dignity of Divine Lord. We can’t let these ants blaspheme the Divine Lord. We have to eliminate all evil and eliminate them!”
“Alright, it’s settled then!” The Sect Master nodded and said, “I’ll write an order now and send it to all the disciples in the sect. In the future, when we go out, we’ll follow the plan—
“Roar!”
At this moment, an earth-shattering bang suddenly came from outside, interrupting the Sect Master’s words.
It was as if an incomparably huge monster was roaring, its voice spreading throughout the entire Heavenly Unity Sacred Sect.
This sudden change immediately made the face of the Sect Master, who had been a Heavenly Venerate for many years, turn ashen. He walked out quickly and looked up at the sky.
He wanted to see what kind of situation this
was.
At the same time, the disciples who were praying in the central square, as well as those who were either cultivating, chanting scriptures, or doing other things, all looked up at the sky.
Then their gazes froze, and their mouths involuntarily opened. Their bodies tensed.
They felt that there was only one color and one thing left in their eyes.
Scarlet red!
Flames!
An extremely pure crimson flame enveloped the entire sky, as if it had ignited the entire sky and transformed into a sea of fire. The extremely terrifying temperature instantly filled every corner of the Heavenly Unity Sacred Sect.
At this moment, countless disciples of the Heavenly Unity Sacred Sect were stunned on the spot. Scenes of things they had experienced in their lives subconsciously flashed through their minds.
Immediately after, their clothes began to spontaneously combust. In the blink of an eye, they were burned to a charred black color and fell to the ground motionless.
This was only from the burning of the high temperature. Before the flames in the sky fell, more than half of the disciples in the Heavenly Unity Sacred Sect had already died.
The Sect Master and the three Elders rushed out of the hall and looked at the situation outside in horror, as well as the scarlet flames burning in the sky.
“What is this, what is this?!” They looked at the scene in front of them in disbelief. They were trembling. “How is this possible? How is this possible? Who can have such powerful strength?!”
The Heavenly Unity Sacred Sect in front of them had already turned into a sea of fire under the unbearable heat. Their disciples were about to be wiped out.
Whether it was the ordinary disciples of the Mortal Realm, or the Human Immortals and Earth Immortals who had already stepped into the Immortal Realm, there was no difference at this moment. They all died one after another.
There was no room for resistance at all.
“Roar!”
Suddenly, another dragon roar resounded in all directions. The sea of flames in the sky suddenly surged, and “wave flowers” flew down from the sky.
It was as if stars had fallen into the Heavenly Unity Sacred Sect.
Boom!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
As the “shooting stars” fell one after another, the Heavenly Unity Sacred Sect trembled.
The Divine Lord stone statue in the central square suddenly collapsed, and countless temples instantly turned to ashes.
Immediately after, the ground split open and the mountain collapsed!
Many Devas wanted to escape, but they were helpless. They could only watch helplessly as they were devoured by the flames.
The Sect Master and the three Elders were horrified.
For the first time, they felt that they were actually so weak. Compared to the flames in the sky, they were actually as weak as ants. “Run! Quickly run!”
Sect Master Tianhe roared angrily. At the same time, he flew up and tried to escape.
The three elders beside him followed closely behind.
But at this moment, just as the four of them were about to fly out of the range of the Heavenly Unity Sacred Sect, a dragon head that was more than a thousand feet tall suddenly poked down from the surging sea of fire and hovered in front of the four of them.
“Howl!”
This incomparably huge dragon head let out a cry that was completely incompatible with its size. It opened its mouth and was about to swallow the four people in front of it.
At this moment, the Tianhe Sect Master felt all the hair on his body stand on end. The great fear of death made him finally unable to help but shout.
“Patriarch, save me!!”