WHOOSH!

"Junior... This junior can offer my Primordial Spirit essence! I can serve you as a servant, Immortal Venerable! I will hand over my Primordial Spirit essence to you right away!"

The Yinsha Sect Master gritted his teeth, opened his mouth, and spat out a wisp of his Primordial Spirit.

"Haha! Kid! You're finished! You're going to die soon! I've found an ancient evil technique that allows me to devour your soul and gain your power! You have only half an hour left to flee, and I will seize this last chance to completely erase you! Rest assured, before I devour your soul, I will let you thoroughly enjoy the agony! Hehehe! Just kneel and await your death!"

Xiao Yang's remnant soul cackled madly as his Primordial Spirit pounced toward Chen Zheng!

"Get back!" Chen Zheng's expression turned cold.

BOOM! BOOM!

A terrifyingly overwhelming aura erupted from within the sect. With that single shout from Chen Zheng, the Yinsha Sect Mountain Gate Formation collapsed!

SPLAT!

Xiao Yang howled in agony as his Primordial Spirit exploded. His physical body burst into a mist of blood.

"Holy shit!"

"Am I seeing things?!"

"The Yinsha Sect Mountain Gate Formation!"

Outside the sect gates, Xiao Yang of the Xiao Royal Family's Primordial Spirit had been shattered. Everyone's eyes went wide, and they all gasped in unison.

The Primordial Spirit of Xiao Yang from the Xiao Royal Family exploded! Good heavens! Who could have imagined it? Who could believe it? Within the Yinsha Sect, he was crushed like an ant, obliterated into dust with a single move!

"My heavens!"

"How horrifying!"

"That young man is terrifyingly strong!"

Inside the Yinsha Sect, the disciples shivered uncontrollably.

"No!" The Yinsha Sect Master's knees gave way, and he collapsed to the ground. He jerked his head up to look at Chen Zheng, his throat bobbing as if he wanted to say something. But the words died on his lips when he realized the truth: his old friend Xiao Yang's Primordial Spirit had been destroyed. Xiao Yang was completely and utterly gone.

Suddenly, someone inside the Yinsha Sect shrieked, "Are you… Chen Zheng? Ancestor Chen? Are you the Chen Zheng who killed my father?"

The disciples of the Yinsha Sect trembled upon hearing those words. The slayer of Xiao Yang! It really was the legendary Demon Chen!

"Ancestor Chen!"

"We greet Ancestor Chen!"

The disciples of the Yinsha Sect all knelt and paid their respects.

"Ancestor Chen?" The Yinsha Sect Master was dumbfounded. However, upon hearing the title and connecting it to the eerie scene before him, he instantly understood. That young man… It was definitely him. That young man was Ancestor Chen! Our sect's inheritance was also taken by him from our own ancestor! That young man… that Demon Chen… he had come to the Yinsha Sect. He had truly arrived.

"Ancestor Chen…" he murmured, staring blankly at Chen Zheng.

An elder of the Yinsha Sect hastily spoke up. "Our Yinsha Sect's secret vault holds many manuals, elixirs, Cultivation Techniques, and magical artifacts. They are all stored in the deepest part, our most precious treasures. As for our sect-guarding treasure, the Yinsha Holy Banner, it is located beneath the vault. Now that the great formation has collapsed, the vault must be ruined!"

"Is there something beneath the vault?" Chen Zheng asked casually.

"There is!" the Yinsha Sect Master nodded.

"Lead the way!"

Chen Zheng took a step toward the Yinsha Sect's secret vault. With a WHOOSH, the vault's defensive formation was torn apart. A cold wind swept in as the doors flew open, and he strode inside.

"Ancestor Chen! Ancestor Chen! Don't just barge in! There are many restrictions inside, and the Yinsha Holy Banner is in there! Once it targets you, not even a cultivator at the peak of the Transcendence Tribulation Stage could withstand it! Ancestor Chen, please don't be impulsive! The Yinsha Holy Banner is extremely dangerous. We should leave the vault for now!" The Yinsha Sect Master was frantic, chasing after him with a pleading look on his face.

"You mean the Yinsha Holy Banner?" Chen Zheng chuckled. He raised an eyebrow and glanced to his left. Then, he lifted his right hand and waved it. CRACK! A stone door deep within the vault opened. A black battle spear flew out, shot forward, and embedded itself in the vault's stone wall!

CRACKLE!

A terrifying aura instantly swept through the entire Yinsha Sect vault!

"The Yinsha Holy Banner! It has awakened!"

"How could it be activated? The guardian artifact of the Yinsha Sect... it feels like it's become a living entity! This is impossible!" the disciples of the Yinsha Sect exclaimed in alarm.

From deep within the vault, an incomparably cold snort echoed from the black battle spear. "Hmph!"

"So it's a malevolent weapon," Chen Zheng remarked casually.

"Ancestor Chen, retreat quickly!" the Yinsha Sect Master warned in terror. "That spear has an extremely strange ability. It's not just a malevolent weapon; it can even control the Yinsha Sect's forbidden formation!"

"The Yinsha Sect's forbidden formation?" Chen Zheng's brow furrowed slightly.

At that moment, deep within the Yinsha Sect, several streams of eerie power emerged. The sect's forbidden formation had been awakened!

BOOM!

A mass of purple lightning materialized in the depths of the Yinsha Sect. It was like an ocean of thunder. With a flash, a bolt of purple lightning shot toward Chen Zheng, piercing straight through the Yinsha Sect Master's body before striking its target!

"AHHH!"

With a piercing scream, the Yinsha Sect Master was incinerated.

WHOOSH!

At that moment, a lotus flower lit up between Chen Zheng's eyebrows.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Deep within the sect, the purple lightning roared madly. But in the blink of an eye, everything returned to calm.

Chen Zheng stood with his hands behind his back in the depths of the Yinsha Sect. The Yinsha Holy Banner hovered in the air. He stomped his right foot, and with a WHOOSH, the banner shrank back into the Yinsha Holy Stele. The stele hummed once before vanishing between his eyebrows.

"Ancestor Chen! Ancestor Chen! Are you all right?" the elders of the Yinsha Sect cried out, rushing forward.

At that moment, aside from the ashes of the Yinsha Sect Master and the Yinsha Holy Banner, nothing else remained in the secret vault. It was clear the late Sect Master's words had been true: the battle spear could indeed control the sect's forbidden formation.

"You will all come with me," Chen Zheng said indifferently, his gaze sweeping over the disciples.

"Chen... Ancestor Chen..."

"Ancestor Chen, please lead us!"

"Please lead the Yinsha Sect back to glory, Ancestor Chen!"

The Yinsha Sect elders and disciples all knelt in supplication.

"Sect Master of the Yinsha Sect... The title isn't bad, but I have no interest," Chen Zheng mused indifferently, turning to leave. "Since I have returned, it's time I collected on the promise I made to the old ancestor of the Yinsha Sect. Are you all prepared?"

HISS!

The members of the Yinsha Sect trembled.

After a moment of silence, the lead elder replied, "We are prepared!"

WHOOSH!

Chen Zheng raised his hand, and a command token materialized.

"Sect Master of the Yinsha Sect," Chen Zheng said to the elder, "take this token. From now on, the Yinsha Sect will be under its command."

With that indifferent statement, Chen Zheng flicked his sleeve and vanished.

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