“All of you, get up right now, or you will all be executed!”
Ancestor Wang Sheng was livid, shouting.
“Ancestor, we don’t want to die!”
“That’s right, Zidan Valley is about to be wiped out! We don’t want to perish with it!”
…
All those begging for mercy exclaimed one after another.
“You people…”
Ancestor Wang Sheng trembled all over in fury.
“Senior Brother Su Fei, have mercy!”
More and more people knelt down to Ye Yunfei.
At the brink of life and death, only a few could withstand the test.
Besides, under these circumstances, everyone realized that Zidan Valley was likely to be destroyed, because even Ancestor Wang Sheng was trapped there, unable to move.
“Could it be… that our Zidan Valley is truly destined to fall today?”
At that moment, all the higher-ups of Zidan Valley felt a surge of despair rise in their hearts.
“Our Zidan Valley has been passed down for so many generations… Must it be destroyed in my hands?”
The Valley Master’s face turned deathly pale as he murmured to himself.
“Senior Brother Su Fei, please spare my life! I am willing to follow you from now on!”
An ordinary elder, whose body had already caught fire, rushed before Ye Yunfei and fell to his knees, begging.
“Elder Zhuo, what are you doing!”
The Valley Master roared.
“Valley Master, don’t blame me! Haven’t you recognized the situation? Zidan Valley is going to be destroyed!
I only joined Zidan Valley a hundred years ago, and I have never done anything to offend the Ziwei Sect. I don’t want to die implicated because of this!”
This ordinary elder replied.
“Oh? You truly wish to follow me?”
Ye Yunfei swept a glance at this ordinary elder.
“Yes! I am willing! Not to mention anything else, Senior Brother Su Fei, your alchemical arts already far surpass anyone in our Zidan Valley. To follow you, I am willing from the bottom of my heart.”
Seeing Ye Yunfei ask him, that ordinary elder hurriedly replied.
“Very well, then open your Soul Sea and do not resist.”
After thinking for a moment, Ye Yunfei said.
Ye Yunfei wanted to test the power of the Puppet Soul Thread Secret Art.
Moreover, this ordinary elder was a mid-stage Heavenly Sea Realm expert and also a sixth-grade pill transformer; his foundation in alchemy was quite solid. Keeping him would likely be of some use.
“Alright.”
That ordinary elder hesitated for a moment, then nodded.
He understood that once he opened his Soul Sea, he might be subjected to a Soul Power restriction, which would mean he could no longer betray this young man before him.
However, at such a critical moment, he had no other choice.
Sizzle!
Ye Yunfei released a single Puppet Soul Thread, which entered that ordinary elder’s Soul Sea and wound towards his Soul Body.
That ordinary elder’s face turned pale; he found his Soul Body continuously wrapped by a bizarre thread, as if bundled like a zongzi.
Then his body began to tremble continuously as his Soul Body was invaded by an uncanny energy.
A moment later.
The gaze this ordinary elder directed at Ye Yunfei began to turn submissive.
That Puppet Soul Thread had completely invaded his Soul Body, taking control of him.
“I pay my respects to Master!”
The ordinary elder stood up and respectfully bowed deeply to Ye Yunfei.
At this moment, this ordinary elder had developed a sense of submission to Ye Yunfei from the depths of his soul!
Ye Yunfei pointed with a finger, and the flames on this ordinary elder’s body instantly extinguished.
“Take this. Your injuries will be fine.”
Ye Yunfei took out a pill and handed it to him.
“Yes.”
This ordinary elder was utterly respectful, accepting the pill and immediately swallowing it.
“Zhuo Ping, you actually dared to betray Zidan Valley!”
The Valley Master was furious.
“Senior Brother Su Fei, have mercy!
I am also willing to submit to you! Please take me in!”
Before the Valley Master’s voice had faded, another elder could not bear it any longer. He rushed before Ye Yunfei and knelt, begging for mercy.
This elder’s body was firmly bound by over a dozen fiery chains and was blazing fiercely, almost turning into charcoal.
At that moment, the temperature inside this pill cauldron had climbed to a terrifying height. Even Ancestor Wang Sheng was drenched in sweat, his body roasted red as he panted heavily, looking like he couldn’t hold on much longer—much less anyone else!
Every higher-up of Zidan Valley was struggling to endure, constantly taking out various cooling pills and consuming them.
But the ordinary members of Zidan Valley could only watch as their bodies turned into balls of flame, then were completely incinerated.
In just moments, a third of Zidan Valley’s people had been burned to nothing!
Heart-wrenching screams echoed one after another, reverberating within the cauldron.
“It’s over… Zidan Valley is truly finished.”
Ancestor Wang Sheng suddenly felt desolate in his heart, a sense of despair rising within.
“Senior Brother Su Fei, I am also willing to submit to you!”
Another ordinary elder rushed before Ye Yunfei, knelt down, and kowtowed, begging for mercy.
Then, more higher-ups hurried over one after another to plead.
These higher-ups were already ablaze; they knew that if things continued this way, they would undoubtedly die.
At the brink of life and death, they had to make a decision!
After that, even more higher-ups rushed over, kneeling and begging for mercy.
Finally, several core elders actually began rushing over to plead as well.
Because everyone knew in their hearts—Zidan Valley was finished!
Ancestor Wang Sheng, the three Grand Elders, and the Valley Master were completely hopeless and did not stop them any longer. Instead, they watched everything before them with vacant eyes.
“Do you all truly wish to submit to me?”
Ye Yunfei gazed at those higher-ups kneeling before him and asked indifferently.
“Yes! We are all willing to submit to Senior Brother Su Fei!”
Those higher-ups clamored in reply.
“Fine. The nine of you, open your Soul Seas.”
Ye Yunfei pointed out nine higher-ups with the strongest cultivation and said.
“Alright.”
These nine higher-ups faced life and death at this moment. Without much choice, they directly agreed.
“Wait.”
At that moment, the Valley Master suddenly spoke.
Immediately, everyone looked at the Valley Master.
“Su Fei, spare our Zidan Valley. Our Zidan Valley is willing to submit to you.”
The Valley Master’s gaze slowly swept his surroundings. Watching as one after another Zidan Valley member was burned to ashes, with miserable screams filling the air, he had lost all will to fight.
“What are you saying!”
Ancestor Wang Sheng was both shocked and furious, roaring at the Valley Master.
“Ancestor, if we submit to him, our Zidan Valley can still be preserved.
Otherwise, our Zidan Valley will be utterly destroyed.
And, Ancestor, have you forgotten? Although the first Valley Master departed from the Ziwei Sect, he left a final testament. The reason he left the Ziwei Sect back then was not betrayal, but because the internal power struggles within the Ziwei Sect were extremely severe, so he led the alchemists of the Alchemy Hall away.
The first Valley Master’s testament also mentioned that if, one day, the Ziwei Sect could rise again, Zidan Valley could return to the Ziwei Sect and become the Alchemy Hall once more.”
The Valley Master looked at Wang Sheng and said.
“But the current Ziwei Sect is extremely weak! How could it possibly rise again!”
Wang Sheng sharply retorted.
“No.
The current Ziwei Sect has a chance to rise, because the Ziwei Sect now has Senior Brother Su Fei.
Perhaps… it is time for our Zidan Valley to return to the Ziwei Sect.”
The Valley Master looked towards Ye Yunfei.
Wang Sheng was momentarily speechless.
And indeed, the means Ye Yunfei had just displayed were enough to completely crush the entire Zidan Valley.
“Regardless of what is said, I will never submit to this brat! Brat, go die!”
Wang Sheng suddenly plunged into a state of madness, charging towards Ye Yunfei.
“Perish.”
Ye Yunfei pointed a finger.
Whoosh…
Thousands of fiery red chains attacked Wang Sheng from all directions.
The four seas of flames formed by the four different fires also surged towards him.
Ah…
The next moment, Wang Sheng let out a miserable scream. Streams of fire chains pierced through his body, nailing him in place, utterly immobile.
“Senior Brother Su Fei, be merciful!
Our Zidan Valley is willing to submit to you!”
Seeing this, the Valley Master quickly cried out.
“No.
He has cultivated the malevolent alchemical arts of the Yinxiao Yaoshi Sect; his mind has been corrupted. He cannot be kept.”
Ye Yunfei shook his head.
Ah!
At the next moment, over a thousand fire chains twisted simultaneously, shredding Wang Sheng’s body into pieces.
A sinister, ghastly flame seed appeared, hovering there.
“I’ve died so tragically!”
“Spare me! I don’t want to die!”
The aura emanating from this flame seed was extremely eerie. What was even more chilling was that bloody faces continuously surfaced within the flame seed, emitting waves of harrowing wails and cries.
“So the Ancestor truly cultivated the malevolent alchemical arts of the Yinxiao Yaoshi Sect!”
At this moment, all the alchemists of Zidan Valley realized this truth.
Thus, everyone watched as Ye Yunfei killed Wang Sheng, not daring to voice a single word of protest.
Because the alchemy world of the Primordial Continent had long established a consensus: whenever they encountered alchemists from the Yinxiao Yaoshi Sect, or any alchemist who cultivated its evil alchemical arts, they were to be executed on sight!
Ye Yunfei pointed a finger, and several hundred fire chains shot over. In the blink of an eye, they thoroughly refined that sinister flame seed until it disappeared without a trace.
“Senior Brother Su Fei, no more killing. Our Zidan Valley is willing to submit to you and return to the Ziwei Sect.”
The Valley Master looked at Ye Yunfei and said.
“Fine. Open your Soul Sea.”
After thinking for a moment, Ye Yunfei ultimately nodded in agreement.