Trapped

After leaving the Dream Flower Pavilion, Morosa only needed two void traversals to arrive above an ordinary mansion in the Xuedong District of Huyang City, where the Chiba Vine Grass Clan resided.

"Divine Lord, Arroya has informed us of everything. We are willing to follow you outside the city," said a Void True God from the Chiba Vine Grass Clan, bowing respectfully.

Though a few members of the clan were not present in the mansion, there was no time to wait. Being able to take the majority was already fortunate.

"Good," the simple-looking Morosa nodded, and with a wave of his hand, he collected all the beings and structures of the mansion, leaving only barren land and a lake behind.

As he collected the Chiba Vine Grass Clan, Morosa communicated telepathically with Luo Feng: "Master, I have saved the Dream Flower Pavilion Lord, Arroya, and almost all the beings in the Dream Flower Pavilion. Arroya asked for my help, so I also rescued the Chiba Vine Grass Clan."

"Was everything smooth?" Luo Feng asked.

"Mostly. The Heart Shadow Sect knows I am your servant, so they didn't dare attack me. Although they tried to stop me from saving the cultivators in the Dream Flower Pavilion, I ignored them," Morosa replied.

"The disciples of the Tianyan Sect have established nine smithing shops. I need your help to rescue the cultivators in these three shops," Luo Feng transmitted, sending the detailed addresses of the three smithing shops to Morosa. "I have already started fighting with the Heart Shadow Sect. They might attack you when they see you, so be careful."

"Haha, it's better if they attack," Morosa responded excitedly.

"We need to move quickly. I suspect the Heart Shadow Sect is already gathering their forces to deal with me. We can't delay," Luo Feng transmitted.

"Don't worry," Morosa confidently replied.

He had been in the Chaos Realm for five eras, long past his most vulnerable phase. His divine body had grown to its limit, and his understanding of the "Destruction Primordial Path" had deepened.

Even if he suppressed his strength to the level of Elder Xinyan, his methods were far more unpredictable. If he wanted to leave, the Heart Shadow Sect couldn't stop him.

Morosa didn't regard the Heart Shadow Sect highly, but he feared that ancient God Kings from the Origin Continent might pursue him. Therefore, he had to follow his master's instructions closely and play the role of a "Guardian."

"Phew." Morosa could have reached another smithing shop in one step, but instead, he took three void traversals before arriving at a smithing shop.

The Heart Shadow Sect Master and the eighteen elders, either in person or through their divine power avatars, were gathered together, watching the scenes captured by the sect's grand array. One scene showed Luo Feng arriving at a smithing shop, ruthlessly killing some of the Eternal True Gods who had committed slaughter and collecting all the cultivators in the shop. In another scene, Morosa was similarly rescuing the cultivators in a smithing shop, killing the perpetrators.

"Luo He Shenjun's servant is named Luo sa. He used to disguise himself as a Void True God. But according to our intelligence, Luo He Shenjun took Luo sa with him when he went to hunt down Xueyun Shenjun! We've long suspected that Luo sa was unusual."

"Even under the suppression of the sect's grand array, Luo sa can easily traverse the void! It would be understandable if he relied on mechanical treasures, but if he's using his own power, his strength likely surpasses most of the elders."

"One Luo He, one Luo sa. With such strength, Luo sa must be a Guardian sent by a powerful force. Their abilities likely complement each other."

These elders were well-versed and understood that two ultra-powerful Eternal True Gods, each skilled in different aspects of the Chaos Realm, could complement each other's weaknesses when working together, making it much harder to kill them.

"If they join forces, it will be even more difficult to kill them," several elders began to worry.

"The forces we've sent are strong enough," the Heart Shadow Sect Master said calmly and confidently.

Suddenly—

"Master, I've heard that Luo He's servant, Luo sa, is also quite strong. Do you need me to take action?" a voice transmitted to the Sect Master.

"Qiu Yi, you are our hidden strength. You should only take action when we go to war with the army of the Marquis of Nine Rivers," the Heart Shadow Sect Master replied. "To deal with Luo He and Luo sa, we can only use some of our public forces."

"I've already dispatched the Heart Demon Kite, the Six Shadow Kill Formation, and the Great Destruction Array. These alone represent half of our sect's strength and are more than enough to deal with them," the Sect Master responded.

"Understood," Qiu Yi replied without further comment.

The Heart Shadow Sect Master thought about the disciple 'Qiu Yi' and felt somewhat fortunate.

He hadn't expected that when he gathered the scattered disciples from across the Origin Continent, a surprise would emerge. Qiu Yi, who had once been considered an above-average Eternal True God, had grown to the point of nearly rivaling Elder Xinyan.

Most importantly, Qiu Yi had reached an advanced level of cultivation in the God King-level inheritance, the "Heart Shadow Art," and could even wield one of the sect's treasured mechanical weapons, the "Heart Shadow Demon General."

The Heart Shadow Sect possessed five God King-level inheritances. Any Eternal True God disciple who passed the tests could learn parts of these inheritances.

Of these five inheritances, the "Heart Shadow Art" was the most revered and the most difficult to master! The Heart Shadow Sect itself was named after this art.

Qiu Yi, once wielding the sect's treasure, the "Heart Shadow Demon General," would be even more challenging to deal with than Elder Xinyan's Heart Demon Kite.

"Qiu Yi is quite aloof and doesn't like to interact much with other elders. With his strength, he could easily hold an elder position. It's a pity that once this war is over, he plans to leave," the Heart Shadow Sect Master thought regretfully. "Not only him, but even Elder Xinyan plans to leave after the war."

The Heart Shadow Sect disciples had returned either out of gratitude for the sect's teachings or because of orders from the Chaos Realm.

Many of the sect's disciples had already rooted themselves in various parts of the Origin Continent and had ignored the sect's summons.

"This Luo He is truly ruthless."

"He kills any Heart Shadow Sect disciple he finds slaughtering without hesitation."

The Sect Master and the eighteen elders watched anxiously.

"Elder Xinyan, aren't you there yet?" they asked the divine power avatar of Elder Xinyan.

"Even with me wielding the Heart Demon Kite, I would only be able to match him. I wouldn't be able to stop him. If I reveal myself, he might just flee," Elder Xinyan replied. "I'm waiting for the Six Shadow Kill Formation to join me. Once we trap him together, and the Great Destruction Array is activated, we'll be able to kill him completely."

The Great Destruction Array required 360 Eternal True Gods to activate and was one of the Heart Shadow Sect's true killing moves.

"Luo He Shenjun and his servant Luo sa have both made their moves, rescuing the disciples of the Tianyan Sect who established the smithing shops."

"They're both ruthless in their actions."

"This Luo sa seems as strong as Xueyun," someone commented.

At the City Lord's Mansion, the five family leaders were shocked by what they saw in the surveillance images.

It was normal for Luo Feng to be strong, but Luo sa's strength was surprising.

"Previously, when Her Highness came to recruit Luo He on behalf of the Nation Lord, he refused. He really must have a powerful background," the City Lord of Huyang said. "This servant Luo sa has been very low-key, but his strength is close to Luo He's."

"Haha, the stronger they are, the better."

"With Luo He Shenjun and his servant helping us, our chances of winning the war have increased significantly," the five family leaders felt more hopeful about victory.

After all, an Eternal True God of this caliber was worth an entire elite army. And now there were two of them.

At the Yan Wind Pavilion, Pavilion Master Dichu Yu was also observing the progress of the war within the city.

"This Luo He indeed has some background," Dichu Yu said with a smile.

"No background can compare to our Dichu lineage," the Deputy Pavilion Master added.

The royal family of the Yan Wind Ancient Nation was one of the most powerful forces on the Origin Continent! The only force that could compare was the royal family of the Thunder Ancient Nation.

Of course, the legendary 'Yuan' might have greater allure if he chose to accept disciples. But Yuan had no interest in teaching disciples, and even receiving the opportunities he left behind was already remarkable.

"From his actions, it's clear that his realm is well accumulated, but somewhat scattered," Dichu Yu observed. "His Chaos Realm techniques contain the essence of both the Life Dao and the Destruction Dao. However, they are mixed together."

Dichu Yu lightly shook his head, "This shows that his inheritance is probably ordinary, likely just a common God King-level one."

"Indeed," the Deputy Pavilion Master nodded. "The supreme laws contain the Primordial Daos, and each Primordial Dao offers clear guidance. Mixing the two... indicates a lack of guidance, meaning he has to explore on his own, which will make progress extremely difficult."

As members of the royal family, they understood that cultivation required focus! Following a single Dao with a complete inheritance and clear guidance on the Primordial Dao made progress much smoother.

Mixing different Daos?

Without an inheritance and clear guidance on the Dao, the difficulty would increase a hundredfold, if not more!

"No matter, he hasn't even touched the surface of the Dao. When he returns to the ancient nation and receives part of our Dichu lineage's inheritance, he'll know how to cultivate properly," Dichu Yu said.

In one smithing shop after another, Luo Feng directly collected all the blacksmiths, apprentices, and customers. Wherever he went, if he discovered that Heart Shadow Sect Eternal True Gods had committed slaughter, Luo Feng killed them on the spot.

"Strange, why is the Heart Shadow Sect moving so slowly?" Luo Feng had prepared himself, but he still hadn't encountered any truly powerful moves from the Heart Shadow Sect.

Luo Feng had already reached the fifth smithing shop.

"Luo He Shenjun," the blacksmiths and apprentices in the shop were excited. The Heart Shadow Sect disciples nearby scattered in all directions as soon as they saw Luo Feng.

In the distance.

"Hm?"

Luo Feng's Life and Death Domain sensed something. He immediately waved his hand to collect the many cultivators in the smithing shop and then looked up. A black, bird-like mechanical treasure appeared, along with six colossal mechanical treasures forming a formation.

"Heart Demon Kite!" Luo Feng recognized it instantly. It was one of the Heart Shadow Sect's famed sect treasures.

The Heart Shadow Sect had many powerful sect treasures, each containing mysterious properties. However, over the long years, some had been lost, and most of the remaining sect treasures... the Heart Shadow Sect could barely use.

The threshold to use these sect treasures was extremely high.

"Morosa, there's another smithing shop for you to handle," Luo Feng sent another address to Morosa.

He had collected five of the nine smithing shops; the remaining four were left to Morosa.

"Don't worry, Master, leave it to me," Morosa replied easily, as he hadn't encountered any significant resistance.

"Luo He!" The colossal black bird's eyes glowed red. "Our Heart Shadow Sect has shown you respect, yet you act so recklessly. You're courting death."

"Spare me the nonsense," Luo Feng was impatient because the longer the fight dragged on, the stronger the forces the Heart Shadow Sect could muster.

Boom!

Luo Feng instantly soared into the sky.

Humm~~ The dark array in the sky fully activated, and a vast dark vortex descended to bind him. At the same time, the Heart Demon Kite and the Six Shadow Kill Formation moved in unison.

"Hmph." Luo Feng began burning his divine power, unleashing the Life and Death Domain.

The vast Taiji-like cloud of the Life and Death Domain spread in all directions, directly shattering the dark vortex!

This was a grand sect array covering a vast area, and in targeting a single individual, its power was only slightly stronger than the Huyang City array. It was far inferior to Luo Feng's Life and Death Domain.

The Taiji cloud spread far and wide, with Luo Feng standing in the center of the sky, holding the Blood Shadow Blade.

"Seal."

Six massive, indistinct shadows stood in six directions, seemingly trapping this part of the world, and confining Luo Feng.

The Heart Demon Kite let out a piercing screech as it lunged at Luo Feng.

This screech directly attacked Luo Feng's will!

"Die." As it unleashed the will attack, the Heart Demon Kite clawed at Luo Feng, tearing the space apart and creating deep spatial cracks.

Boom!!!

Under the will attack, it felt like a fragile egg colliding with an unyielding mountain!