Standing before the mountain gate of the Illusion Sect, Chu Mo stopped in front of the gate he had previously shattered and gazed thoughtfully at the pile of huge bluestones.

"What's wrong?" Dong Yu approached Chu Mo with a cheerful expression and asked.

"It's a pity to leave them here," Chu Mo muttered, "We should take them back to construct a grand entrance for our Piaomiao Palace. These stones must have a history of hundreds of millions of years and have likely been blessed by numerous generations of powerhouses. They contain a vast amount of the Great Dao's principles. These are treasures! Sitting beneath them one could comprehend the Dao!"

"..." Dong Yu's eyes widened in astonishment, her expression exceedingly cute.

Qin Shi also stared blankly at Chu Mo.

The Demon Lord and Die, on the other hand, were speechless. The Demon Lord couldn't help but curse, "Isn't that too damaging?"

Several disciples guarding the mountain gate watched Chu Mo in stunned silence, unable to utter a word.

With a wave of his hand, Chu Mo collected the giant stones into the Sky Mirror, then said, "Anyway, they probably have no face left to use these stones to pile up another mountain gate. Consider this recycling."

"Recycling my ass! These are real treasures, and you're just taking them like that?" The disciples guarding the mountain gate were dumbfounded and fuming with rage, but none dared to speak up to stop him.

It was simple; they had witnessed what had just transpired. Seeing Elder Qiu, such a powerful figure, killed by that woman, how could these lesser characters dare to say more?

The Demon Lord and others were all at a loss for words.

Chu Mo spoke to himself, "It's just that there's not enough. If it were like the other sects with enormously grand mountain gates, breaking one down would probably be enough to build the entire Piaomiao Palace."

"..." Everyone was utterly speechless.

Soon after, this news reached the upper echelons of the Illusion Sect, and everyone, including Li Zhongyuan, was extremely exasperated.

"This damn... brat!" Li Zhongyuan was so angry he felt liver pain, constantly comforting himself: He is the descendant of that great person, our Illusion Sect's supreme ancestor once followed that great person... consider it as giving a gift to a child during a festival. But damn it... it really pisses me off!

Chu Mo and the Demon Lord, among others, got on the warship, looking relaxed as they flew towards the Piaomiao Palace.

On the warship, the Demon Lord asked Chu Mo, "Did you... play some little trick before leaving?"

Die, Qin Shi, and Dong Yu were all taken aback, looking confusedly at the Demon Lord and then at Chu Mo.

Chu Mo chuckled, "Teacher, how did you know?"

"Hmph," the Demon Lord snorted coldly, "I know you!"

Dong Yu murmured softly on the side, "Yes, after boasting, you have to prove that you have the capital to boast..."

Chu Mo glared at Dong Yu, and Dong Yu stuck out her tongue: "Isn't it?"

Chu Mo nodded, "I manipulated the ancestral vein of the Illusion Sect, just teaching their leader a little lesson."

"Ah?" Die looked at Chu Mo, "Really?"

"Their arrogance followed by deference wasn't out of fear of me," Chu Mo said calmly, "In their eyes, I am still just a young man who has not yet fully matured. Although my combat strength is a bit strong, it's nothing extraordinary. Li Zhongyuan's attitude has always been very clear; he respects my ancestor, and then he's giving face to that mediator. That's why he calls me 'young master' and is so polite to me. All of this really has nothing to do with me personally. Although it may not seem like much, Piaomiao Palace ultimately needs to develop in the Immortal Realm. My group of disciples, and so many friends, will also live in the Immortal Realm for many years. I do not want the Illusion Sect to develop the wrong idea."

The Demon Lord and others fell into deep thought.

Chu Mo continued, "Qin Shi's performance has already given them a harsh slap, but that's still not enough. After all, Qin Shi is a princess of a major Heavenly Realm family. It's normal for her to have one or two powerful Dharma instruments."

"Right," agreed the Demon Lord, nodding in approval of Chu Mo's words.

"When all of us leave someday, they will still look down on the Immortal Realm's Piaomiao Palace. We are too close for comfort; who knows when they might come and smash our place again? I don't want this to keep happening. In the end, it comes down to our lack of a solid foundation!" Chu Mo continued.

"Yeah, our foundation is too weak," Die sighed softly, her thoughts drifting to the hardships she and the Demon Lord had gone through over the years, feeling deeply emotional.

Chu Mo said, "First, I stirred the ancestral vein of the Illusion Sect as a warning, then I took away their sect's gate stone to use for the door of Piaomiao Palace. This news will definitely spread. I want to use this to tell the Illusion Sect and everyone else. They can dislike me and even come at me, no problem. But if they want to bully the people around me, they'd better think twice."

"With personal strength, to suppress the entire Illusion Sect; indeed, anyone else thinking of troubling Piaomiao Palace should think twice," Qin Shi said.

Chu Mo nodded, "What I hate most in life is when others threaten me with my friends and family as if they were nothing but inanimate objects without relatives or friends! In the face of such situations, even those who try to make amends with me... if they had bullied my people before, I will make sure they feel the pain! If once is not enough, then twice; if twice is not enough, then three times, and if three times are not enough... then four, five, six, seven, eight times! One day, I will make everyone understand one thing... As long as Chu Mo lives, don't trouble the people around me!"

Having said this, Chu Mo let out a long breath, and the pressure in his heart lessened somewhat.

Qin Shi and Dong Yu, including Die, looked at Chu Mo with admiration in their eyes. Not love, but respect! They admired Chu Mo's resolute determination to protect those around him!

"Well said!" the Demon Lord exclaimed from the side.

As the warship sailed through the sky at high speed.

The events that transpired after Chu Mo entered the Illusion Sect were also quickly spreading through a message board.

But this time, there were fewer messages about Chu Mo. More people discussed the former princess of the Heavenly Realm's Qin family, Qin Shi, and... what exactly her Dharma instrument was!

A dharma instrument capable of inducing Heavenly Tribulation lightning was unheard of by many cultivators in the Heavenly Realm. Yet they all felt it was terrifying!

Heavenly Tribulation is something that higher-level cultivators are even more afraid of. Even imperial figures and supreme beings are terrified when facing Heavenly Tribulation.

The higher the realm, the crueler the tribulation.

Now that people heard Qin Shi had a Dharma instrument capable of causing Heavenly Tribulation, how could they remain indifferent?

"What on earth is that Dharma instrument? I have never heard of something like this."

"To induce Heavenly Tribulation, to suppress a Supreme Dharma instrument of the same level... that Elder Qiu from the Illusion Sect suffered a pitiful loss."

"When did the Qin family acquire such an instrument?"

The message board was filled with various voices. While some people sympathized with Elder Qiu's plight, many others thought he got what he deserved.

"It was Elder Qiu who provoked them first. I heard he received quite a few benefits from several big families in the Heavenly Realm. So, it can only be said he was inferior in skills and deserved his fate," someone on the message board said with schadenfreude.

Soon after, someone from the Qin family came forward to confirm, "The Qin family does not have such a Dharma instrument, and Qin Shi does not represent the entire Qin family — her actions have nothing to do with the Qin family."

This statement stirred up disdain among many, as clear-sighted individuals remembered the subtle maneuvers of their families behind the scenes when Qin Shi and Dong Yu faced misfortunes in the past. Now to hear this kind of talk, it was truly chilling to the bone.

However, quickly, a speculation on the message board overshadowed all other voices.

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