His voice grew cold.
"Then, that person did something I could never forgive."
"What did he do?" Lu Qing asked.
Gui Xu Taoist closed his eyes, as if unwilling to recall that scene.
"He used a divine skill to refine all the living creatures of that entire city."
Lu Qing’s pupils slightly contracted.
In an entire city, there were at least hundreds of thousands of lives.
Gui Xu Taoist continued, "At that time, I was caught off guard and couldn’t stop him.
I could only watch helplessly as those mortals, along with their bodies and souls, were all refined into nothingness within a breath."
Their wails, their curses, their despair all vanished pletely in that instant."
He opened his eyes, a trace of pain flickering in them.
"And after refining an entire city’s worth of living creatures, he still wasn’t satisfied.
Because the curses of those beings angered him while being refined.
He actually said he would refine the entire Small World, to let those ants know the consequences of offending him."
Lu Qing remained silent.
He had witnessed many cruel acts, but slaughtering an entire world’s living beings so wantonly still chilled his heart.
Gui Xu Taoist said, "At that point, I could no longer stand idly by. I intervened to stop him."
"And then?" Lu Qing asked.
Gui Xu Taoist said, "Then, we exchanged blows.
That battle took us from that Small World to the depths of the starry sky.
From divine thought avatars to each other’s true forms, that battle eventually ended with my victory."
"I suppressed him," Gui Xu Taoist paused, "but after I suppressed him, he begged me for mercy.
On the spot, he swore a Great Dao oath, saying he would never again randomly kill any low-level cultivators or mortals.
He said he realized his mistake, claiming it was a moment of impulse, and he was willing to spend the rest of his life seeking redemption."
Gui Xu Taoist’s voice carried a hint of bitterness.
"Considering our past bond and seeing he took the Great Dao oath, I softened momentarily and let him go."
At this point, Lu Qing had already guessed what would happen next.
Gui Xu Taoist continued, "However, it was precisely that moment of softness that led to a major mistake."
He sighed and said, "After that man left, for thousands of years, he behaved himself, healing in seclusion, no longer mitting evil acts.
Seeing this, I thought he had truly changed, so I too was at ease to enter closed-door cultivation."
"Until one day..." Gui Xu Taoist’s voice grew low, "I was awakened by an incredibly intense grievance from the starry sky."
"Grievance?" Lu Qing furrowed his brows.
Gui Xu Taoist nodded, "The strength, concentration, and intensity of that grievance were unprecedented.
It was the kind of grievance formed from the simultaneous wailing and cursing of billions of living creatures.
After being awakened, I had a vague premonition of something bad. So, I divined."
He looked at Lu Qing, his gaze filled with deep remorse.
"The result of my calculation left me both shocked and furious.
It turned out that the Transformation Immortal, whom I once regarded as a ’confidant,’ had, during my seclusion, successively refined living creatures from dozens of small and medium worlds.
The resentful spirits he created were in the billions!
Even my disciples fell at his hands!"
Lu Qing’s heart trembled.
Dozens of worlds’ worth of creatures, what an enormous number that was!
Gui Xu Taoist said, "Upon learning all this, I was furious and immediately emerged from seclusion to hunt down that Evil Demon. Skilled in divination, I quickly found his trail amidst the entangled karma."
"However..." he paused, his voice carrying a heavy tone, "after exchanging blows, I discovered his cultivation had inexplicably advanced significantly. Who knows what Devil Technique he cultivated, his power dramatically increased, and even I could no longer suppress him easily."
"In the end, I had to use my trump card, paying a significant price to thoroughly suppress him, but at the last moment, a shred of his remnant soul escaped."
Gui Xu Taoist looked at Lu Qing, his gaze heavy.
"And the direction he fled was the Dark Abyss."
Lu Qing’s heart stirred.
Once again, it was the Dark Abyss.
Gui Xu Taoist continued, "At that time, I was severely injured and didn’t dare to rashly venture in, so I temporarily retreated, returning to closed-door cultivation to heal. This healing took several thousand years."
"After several thousand years, I finally healed. Concerned about the remnants of that Evil Demon, I entered the Dark Abyss using a clone to see if he still lived, if he continued his wicked deeds."
He paused, then continued, "I was always extremely apprehensive of the Dark Abyss.
After all, according to legends, during ancient times, this Demon Abyss caused many Transformation Immortals to fall.
But to eliminate that Evil Demon, I decided to take the risk."
"And it was this exploration that revealed to me an enormous secret."
Gui Xu Taoist looked at Lu Qing, his gaze profound.
"In the depths of the Dark Abyss, I saw the corpse of Xuanhua."
Lu Qing nodded, he already knew this.
Gui Xu Taoist continued, "But you may not know what Xuanhua’s corpse was suppressing."
"Suppressing what?" Lu Qing asked.
Gui Xu Taoist slowly said, "Suppressing a portal to another world."
Lu Qing frowned.
Gui Xu Taoist explained, "In the depths of the Dark Abyss, there is a portal leading to another world.
That world is extremely dangerous, filled with unimaginable entities.
And Xuanhua’s corpse is seated atop that portal, using his own body to suppress it, preventing the things inside from ing out."
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