Myriad Daos of the Heaven

’How is this different from what I imagined?’

The Earth Bandit Gang Leader stared blankly at the great saber swinging toward him.

’And what did I just hear?’

That Demon Youth said he would destroy the Celestial Bandit Gang when he had time!

’I didn’t mishear that, did I?’

It wasn’t just the Earth Bandit Gang Leader; the twelve Protectors behind him were also completely dumbfounded.

’He has to be joking. That’s the Celestial Bandit Gang he’s talking about!’

They were the largest bandit gang in the Yunshui City Suburbs, filled with countless experts and even terrifying existences above the Spirit Infant Realm.

And their backer was the Skyfury Bandit King, an existence that even the Seven Great Families and Three Major Sects of the Southern Continent had to show some respect to.

’Such arrogance! Such audacity!’

’Ignorant, delusional, and courting death!’

Shock was their first reaction to Jiang Jichen’s words, quickly followed by these thoughts.

However, regardless of their thoughts or disbelief, the fact that Jiang Jichen was now raising his saber to kill them was an unchangeable reality.

He unleashed the Great Wind Saber Technique, kicking up a Saber Aura storm that swept forward to kill.

The Earth Bandit Gang Leader’s expression finally changed drastically. He realized... he couldn’t block this strike.

In that moment, he fought for his life. All of his Defensive Secret Artifacts activated, and the full power of his Late-stage Foundation Establishment Perfect Realm Cultivation erupted, coalescing into a Spirit Pattern Array that he pushed forward.

Behind him, the twelve Late-stage Foundation Establishment Realm bandits reacted with extreme speed, unleashing their most powerful attacks at Jiang Jichen.

There was the Light of Magic, Sword Qi and Blade Aura, Palm Shadows and Fist Seals...

All of it was aimed straight at Jiang Jichen!

Before his breakthrough, Jiang Jichen would have had to fight for his life against such an onslaught and would have ended up covered in wounds.

But now... he simply swung the great saber and slashed forward.

Heaven-Breaking Saber!

This was the first move of the Great Wind Saber Technique!

One slash with the force to topple mountains;

One slash with the power to tear the heavens asunder;

One slash with the will of invincibility.

Nothing could block it, no one could stop it. Anything in its path was utterly annihilated by that single slash.

This was the feeling of power!

It felt incredible!

No need to fight for his life, no need to bleed, no need to trade injury for injury or life for life.

SLICE, SLICE, SLICE...

With just one slash, all thirteen men, including the Earth Bandit Gang Leader, were sliced in two at the waist. The Saber Qi extinguished all signs of life within them.

The Earth Bandit Gang Leader’s eyes were wide open, dying with a grievance.

After killing them, Jiang Jichen’s gaze suddenly swept across the surroundings. He released a powerful killing intent, making no effort to hide his murderous aura.

The distant onlookers felt this immense, terrifying killing intent and were instantly plunged into what felt like a sea of corpses and blood, an unspeakable horror gripping their hearts.

"Fall back! Quick!"

These people were mostly Loose Cultivators, timid to the core, who usually did nothing but watch the show from the sidelines.

Swept by Jiang Jichen’s murderous gaze, how could they dare to stay for even a moment longer? They all fled for their lives.

Jiang Jichen had no real intention of killing these Loose Cultivators, but he was utterly disgusted by them.

They were cowardly and timid, always standing by, always bullying those weaker than themselves.

Otherwise, when they watched as Zuo Feng’s family and attendants were slaughtered, not a single one of them had been willing to intervene.

From beginning to end, they just watched the spectacle from the side.

A single murderous glance was enough to scare everyone away. Jiang Jichen then began to do his favorite thing... collecting the spoils of war.

Although the Earth Bandit Gang was just a low-level den of thieves, it was still an organization that had been operating for many years. Who knew how much they had plundered from others?

So, Jiang Jichen casually collected the Earth Bandit Gang Leader’s Storage Bag first.

When his Divine Thought swept through the Storage Bag, a look of surprise appeared on his face.

He hadn’t expected such a small bandit gang to have such a rich stash. There were a great many pills inside. Although their Grade was not high, their sheer quantity made up for it.

However, Jiang Jichen quickly understood.

These bandits made their living by robbing others, and with the Earth Bandit Gang’s strength, they could only prey on Loose Cultivators or members of small families and small Sects.

Therefore, the things they could plunder were naturally not of high quality.

Besides, they wouldn’t dare rob anyone at the Foundation Establishment Perfection Realm or above. If they ever ran into a Spirit Infant Realm Cultivator, they would have been wiped out long ago, backer or no.

They just never dreamed that their target today, a mere Innate Tenth Realm Cultivator, would turn out to be an iron plate, leading to the annihilation of their entire gang.

Against anyone else, the Earth Bandit Gang Leader might have been able to intimidate them by bringing up the Celestial Bandit Gang.

Unfortunately for him... he was unlucky enough to encounter Jiang Jichen, the one who had declared in the Ancient Ruined City Square that he had an irreconcilable feud with the Celestial Bandit Gang and had slaughtered all of their members who entered the Refining Illusion Realm.

So, how could Jiang Jichen possibly be threatened?

He was just slightly surprised to learn that the Celestial Bandit Gang was truly the largest gang here, with all the other gangs in the Yunshui City suburbs, big and small, depending on them. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

The fact that factions within Yunshui City like the Heavenly Sword Alliance, the Seven Great Families, and the Three Major Sects did nothing about it was rather thought-provoking.

Jiang Jichen didn’t dwell on it. He led Zuo Feng outside the mountain hall, then turned back and placed the dozen or so corpses of the female cultivators into a Storage Bag.

Then he walked to the Earth Bandit Gang’s mountain gate, raised his great saber, and unleashed a torrent of destructive blade light upon the mountain hall!

RUMBLE...

Amidst the destructive blade light, the mountain hall collapsed with a deafening roar, burying the corpses of the Earth Bandit Gang members along with it.

From this day on, the Earth Bandit Gang... was no more!

"Zuo Feng, let’s go bury your family and friends," Jiang Jichen said to the seven or eight-year-old boy beside him.

Zuo Feng’s eyes were red as he nodded, tears threatening to spill over.

No matter how strong he was, he was still just a child.

"The dead cannot be brought back. Don’t be too sad. What’s most important is how the living choose to live."

Jiang Jichen offered these words of comfort, which were not very comforting at all.

Zuo Feng finally wiped his eyes and said, "Big Brother, I will be strong. A man sheds blood, not tears. I won’t cry anymore!"

Jiang Jichen patted his head and said, "Shedding tears doesn’t make you any less of a man. Just live true to your heart."

Jiang Jichen then led Zuo Feng back to the place where they had been ambushed.

Looking at the mangled remains on the ground, with barely a single intact corpse, Jiang Jichen felt that his usual clean kills were nothing compared to this carnage.

However, he did spot one intact body. It even had a Yunshui City Identity Token on it, on which was written the name: Lingchen!

Seeing that his clothing was completely different from Zuo Feng’s group, Jiang Jichen couldn’t help but ask, "He doesn’t seem to be one of you, does he?"

Zuo Feng replied, "Big Brother Lingchen was here to escort us back to the Sect. But unfortunately, he..."

Hearing Zuo Feng’s words, Jiang Jichen’s heart skipped a beat. He felt that something was amiss, that there must be more to this story.

So, he asked Zuo Feng to tell him everything he knew.