As the Mountain Guardian Barrier opened wide, the mist on White Cliff Mountain gradually dispersed, revealing a narrow path leading up the mountain.

Lin Heng, standing high at the mountain's peak, looked down at the Demons below, letting his gaze fall on the White Snake, and said leisurely:

"Come up the mountain."

At that moment, the Demon Race below the mountain was still bowing their heads in supplication.

When they heard this voice, all the demons suddenly looked up, and after a brief moment of being stunned, they were filled with indescribable joy.

"Great, great, the Daoist agreed, he agreed!!"

A demon looked up to the sky and howled in joy, unable to contain their excitement.

"Quickly, Senior White Snake, quickly send Cyan Snake Immortal up the mountain!"

A demon hurriedly spoke, face full of excitement.

And the White Snake finally came to her senses, looking at the slender figure on the mountain, tears of excitement streaming down her face.

She embraced the Cyan Snake, her figure flickered, and she vanished from the foot of the mountain.

Meanwhile.

The misty vapor on the mountain regenerated, and the forest path gradually disappeared.

Yet the demons at the foot of the mountain did not disperse.

Many demons were already crying tears of joy.

Others were dancing with excitement.

Of course, there were also some demons with awkward expressions.

"Damn, I just said I'd be the Daoist's mount in a moment of impulse, but he actually agreed to help? What should I do now?!"

"That's nothing, I just promised that if the Daoist helped, I'd stew myself to nourish him!"

"What's that compared to me? I just swore to offer dual cultivation in exchange for Cyan Snake King's life. Sigh, didn't expect the Daoist to take it seriously, well, he'll have to get a bargain, who told my Frog Clan to always keep our word..."

"..."

...

In the distance.

Zhang Guohe of the Imperial Capital Headquarters briefly appeared stunned after hearing the Observatory Master agree to the rescue, finally smiling and saying to Yan Tong:

"Your judgment is correct."

Yan Tong's face flushed slightly red, and after a moment of silence, she softly said:

"Let's go."

After speaking, the people from the Spirit Suppression Bureau vanished.

...

At the same time.

Jinshan Temple.

"I plead with our ancestors, show us mercy, reclaim justice for our Jinshan Temple, and uphold the prestige of the Saint Sect!"

"I plead with our ancestors, show us mercy!!"

The shouts like tidal waves resounded in Jinshan Temple's ancestral land for a whole day and night.

Nearly ten thousand monks, all with foreheads bloodstained and dried.

Yet Abbot Ku Wu's expression remained resolute, determined to force the patriarch to come forth.

Finally.

With an overwhelming pressure, an icy cold voice slowly emerged from a towering stone stele piercing the sky.

"Leifeng Pagoda toppled, the foundation is empty."

"The current abbot, unforgivable sin."

"Must atone by self-demise!"

As these words fell, the entire scene turned silent.

All the monks showed panic-stricken expressions, looking towards Abbot Ku Wu.

Ku Wu, needless to say, turned pale instantly upon hearing the voice from the ancestral ground.

Yet he did not panic.

Because the moment he used the entire temple's strength to force the patriarch out of retirement, he knew what kind of fate awaited him!

"Good... good... good!!"

After a brief silence, an insane grin appeared on Ku Wu's face as he laughed raucously while uttering the word 'good' thrice, then fiercely looked at the ancestral stone stele and said:

"The calamity of Jinshan Temple is due to my dereliction of duty."

"The first sin is mine!"

"As long as the patriarch takes action to uphold our Saint Sect's prestige, my death this time will not have failed the exhortations of our predecessors!"

"Someone, beat me to death with a staff!"

Ku Wu shouted, tone hysterical and resolute.

The monks at the scene were in panic upon hearing those words.

"Abbot, you must not!"

"You are the head of our temple, if you take your own life, who can take on the great responsibility?"

"The patriarch sees, Jinshan Temple's calamity is not solely the abbot's responsibility; the foe that came is just too powerful for us to handle!!"

As a formidable character with only Peak Grandmaster Cultivation yet able to become the abbot of Jinshan Temple, Ku Wu's prestige in the temple was unmatched.

Now seeing that the patriarch ordered him to commit suicide to atone, countless monks were terrified, pleading for mercy on his behalf.

However, the ancestral land remained indifferent, with no voice answering.

Seeing this, Ku Wu laughed bitterly, before fiercely looking towards the Celestial Pearl Monk and said in a deep voice:

"Beat me to death with a staff!"

"Immediately!"

As the contemporary abbot of Jinshan Temple, he could not tolerate the decline of the temple under his leadership.

Nor could he accept that he sullied the Saint Sect's dignity!

Now, he had only one thought.

As long as it ensures the man dies, that Cyan and White Snakes perish.

No cost would be too high!

"Elder Celestial Pearl, you must not..."

The attending monks, with panic in their eyes, all started pleading.

Celestial Pearl Monk, however, shook his head sadly.

He looked at Ku Wu with complex emotions, and finally said, "For once, this humble monk is sincerely convinced by the abbot's heart!"

After speaking, he slowly manifested the Zen Staff in his hand.

From the moment the abbot wanted to lead the entire temple's monks into the ancestral land to force the patriarch out of retirement.

The Celestial Pearl Monk understood that the abbot harbored the determination to die.

Regarding the current situation, he had no surprises, only a slight sense of emotion.

Since in his heart, he always believed that the position of abbot of Jinshan Temple should not be held by someone who hasn't even stepped into the Grandmaster Realm.

But now he understood that the previous abbot had far greater vision than he did!

"Amitabha Buddha!"

A Buddhist chant echoed.

Celestial Pearl Monk no longer hesitated, striking down with the Zen Staff in his hand.

Blood splattered three feet.

Under the sunlight, it was stark and ominous.

In that instant, nearly ten thousand monks of Jinshan Temple mourned as if they had lost a loved one.

Crying and wailing echoed throughout the ancestral land.

From the stone stele in the ancestral land, a voice finally sounded again.

"That person's unbridled arrogance in Jinshan Temple is merely because he wields an Immortal Sword."

"Yet, with Jinshan Temple's millennium-old foundation and once having Fa Hai sitting guard, how could there be no existence of an Immortal Artifact?"

The eerie voice reverberated, and the previously clear blue sky over the ancestral land suddenly had dark clouds gathering.

On the ground.

Beside Abbot Ku Wu's corpse, the blood that had been splattered began to rise slowly, Buddha light from the ancestral land enveloped the blood beads, shooting them towards the collapsed gigantic Leifeng Pagoda, merging instantly.

An unbelievable scene unfolded.

The Leifeng Pagoda, which had smashed a canyon dozens of li, suddenly flourished with Buddha Light, and under the envelopment of the Buddha Light, began to rise again slowly.

An aura more vast and majestic than the Nine-Turn Golden Bell, tenfold more, suddenly covered the entire Inner Heaven and Earth of Jinshan Temple.

"This..."

"Could it be?!"

Celestial Pearl Monk and the other three Tower Guard Monks all widened their eyes at this instant, vaguely guessing something yet scarcely daring to believe it.

The monks throughout the temple were in a state of panic, the immense pressure making them feel suffocated.

From the ancestral land, the eerie voice continued to echo.

"Leifeng Pagoda is indeed the true treasure left by Fa Hai for Jinshan Temple."

"Its usual lack of divine might was due to the suppression of the Forbidden Array."

"The person stole Fa Hai's Golden Body and destroyed the Tower Protection Array, simultaneously lifting the restrictions of Leifeng Pagoda."

"Now, you shall become its new master!"

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