If killing Da Xing the Mad Monk could sever karma, given Gu Qingfeng's current rage, he would absolutely be capable of doing so.
Unfortunately.
Even if he killed Da Xing the Mad Monk now, it would be of no help. Not only would it fail to sever the karma, it would instead make the karmic web even more chaotic.
Because Da Xing the Mad Monk had long ago planted his own karmic seeds upon Gu Qingfeng. Their karma was bound together. Killing Da Xing the Mad Monk would cause Da Xing, after reincarnation, to sink deeper into the Sea of Bitterness, and simultaneously drag Gu Qingfeng down deeper as well.
"Da Xing!
Just you wait!
The day you escape the Sea of Bitterness will be the day you are suppressed within it for all eternity."
Having said that.
Gu Qingfeng paid no more attention to Da Xing the Mad Monk. His gaze swept across the Ancestral Patriarchs of the Sage Dao, Heavenly Dao, and Immortal Dao in the Void, and he roared, "Since you are all so interested in the Three Nether Lords, today, I shall grant your wish!"
Gu Qingfeng raised a hand and pointed towards the Immortal Dao, shouting, "Immortal Dao! This Nether Lord who presides over the Abyss, I gift to you!"
Whoosh!
The Void transformed, giving rise to a massive vortex. The various Immortal Dao Ancestral Patriarchs of the Profound Heaven Immortal Dao had no time to react before they were instantly swept into the vortex, including the Nine Immortals of Profound Heaven, the two Immortal Elders Tai Xuan and Tai Miao, and even Old Immortal Weng was no exception.
"Sage Dao! This Nether Lord who presides over Hell, I gift to you!"
"Heavenly Dao!
This Nether Lord who presides over Purgatory, I gift to you!"
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
The Void transformed again, similarly giving rise to a massive vortex that instantly swept all the Ancestral Patriarchs of the Sage Dao and Heavenly Dao into its depths. Whether it was the Nine Sage Sons of the Sage Dao or the Nine Heaven Sons of the Heavenly Dao, the Heaven Elders of the Shangqing Heaven or the Sage Elders of the Sage Hall, all were swept inside.
The vortex that swept in the Sage Dao was filled with demonic roars and fiendish howls—the very image of Hell.
The vortex that swept in the Heavenly Dao echoed with ghostly wails and Buddha's lamentations—the very image of Purgatory.
As for the vortex that swept in the Immortal Dao, there were neither demonic howls nor ghostly cries. There was nothing. It was terrifyingly silent, like an endless black hole—the very image of the Abyss.
Boom!—As the image of the Abyss transformed, a terrifying existence gestated and emerged. This dreadful being used the vortex as its body, its eyes like black holes, its gaping maw like an abyss, devouring the heavens, devouring the earth, devouring all living beings, devouring everything.
This was the Nether Lord who presides over the Abyss, the Devouring Heaven and Earth Blood Taotie!
Boom!—As the image of Hell transformed, another terrifying existence similarly gestated and emerged.
Its body surpassed Mount Sumeru, standing at the center of Hell.
One head resembled a True Buddha, hands clasped in prayer, three eyes slightly closed, expression solemn, seeming both compassionate and sorrowful, its body shimmering with Buddha-light, akin to the light that enlightens heaven and earth.
One head resembled a True God, arms crossed, three eyes slightly closed, expression aloof and proud, seeming both disdainful and supremely domineering, its body as if enveloped in divine light, akin to the light that rules heaven and earth.
And one head resembled a True Demon, arms wildly flailing, also with three eyes slightly closed, expression evil, seeming both violent and cruel, its body shrouded in demonic light, akin to the light that destroys heaven and earth.
Resembling a Buddha yet not a Buddha, but an evil Buddha among Buddhas!
Resembling a Demon yet not a Demon, but an evil Demon among Demons!
Resembling a God yet not a God, but an evil God among Gods!
Resembling a Buddha, yet more compassionate than any Buddha!
Resembling a Demon, yet more cruel than any Demon!
Resembling a God, yet more noble than any God!
This terrifying existence had three faces and three aspects, six arms and six hands, nine eyes and nine realms. It was precisely the Nether Lord who presides over Hell, the Avici Uninterrupted Evil Asura!
Boom!—As the image of Purgatory transformed, yet another terrifying existence gestated and emerged.
That dreadful being, its head reaching the azure heavens, its feet treading the Yellow Springs, seemed to pierce through heaven and earth. Its left eye was like the great sun, its right eye like the dark moon; one gaze brimmed with life, the other with death. One hand blotted out light, the other blocked darkness. One foot trampled the sacred, the other crushed the evil.
This was the Nether Lord who presides over Purgatory, Ascending to the Azure Heavens, Descending to the Yellow Springs!
The Sage Dao Ancestral Patriarchs who had fallen into Hell struggled frantically, all wanting to break free from Hell. Unfortunately, it was utterly useless. The more they struggled, the more blurred their consciousness became; the more blurred their consciousness, the more they descended into madness and demonic possession; the more demonic they became, the more lost they were.
As for the Heavenly Dao Ancestral Patriarchs who had fallen into Purgatory, without exception, they endured the burning of Purgatory's flames. They let out heart-rending screams and wails. The more they struggled, the deeper and more intense the suffering they endured.
The Immortal Dao Ancestral Patriarchs who had fallen into the Abyss also struggled madly, attempting to break free from its depths. The more they struggled, the deeper they sank within the Abyss.
Hell is hailed as the most evil place in all of heaven and earth since ancient times, because within Hell, Immortals turn into Demons, Demons go mad, and even Buddhas become evil fiends.
Purgatory is hailed as the most terrifying place in all of heaven and earth since ancient times, because within Purgatory, the deeper your sins, the more intense the Purgatory flames you endure.
The Abyss is hailed as the most despair-inducing place in all of heaven and earth since ancient times, because the Abyss is boundless and endless. Those who fall into it sink deeper and deeper, with no end in sight.
Witnessing this scene.
The Great Dao Ancestral Patriarchs of the Thirty-Six Grotto-Heavens and Seventy-Two Blessed Lands were already so terrified they dared not move a muscle.
At the same time, they finally realized why Floating-Life Imperial Lord, Long Wind Great Emperor, and the various Empresses had all appeared and said that the Three Nether Lords upon Gu Qingfeng's person could not be touched, that whoever touched them would die.
Plotting to seize the spiritual awareness and demonic thoughts of the Three Nether Lords?
The Ancestral Patriarchs trapped within the Abyss, Hell, and Purgatory could neither live nor die as they wished. How could they possibly plot?
If they couldn't even escape the manifestations of the Three Nether Realms, how could they vainly hope to plot against the spiritual awareness and demonic thoughts of the Three Nether Lords?
On Blackwater Mountain.
The old beggar gazed at the manifestations of Purgatory, Hell, and the Abyss in the Void, unable to suppress a sharp intake of cold breath, the muscles at the corner of his mouth twitching uncontrollably.
Having been suppressed in the Guixu for many years, he thought that place was terrifying enough. Only now, witnessing the manifestations of Hell, Purgatory, and the Abyss with his own eyes, did he realize that compared to the Three Nether Prisons, the Guixu was actually a better place.
Although the Guixu had nothing, at least it wasn't like Purgatory, where one endured endless suffering; nor like Hell, where one lost their mind; nor like the Abyss, with its despair of sinking ever deeper.
Gazing at the Avici Uninterrupted Evil Asura within the Hell manifestation, at the Ascending to the Azure Heavens, Descending to the Yellow Springs within the Purgatory manifestation, at the Devouring Heaven and Earth Blood Taotie within the Abyss manifestation, the old beggar suddenly remembered something and said, "Just now, that kid surnamed Gu...
No!
The Nether Emperor... didn't he already release the Three Nether Lords?"
Beside him, Blackwater Lady shook her head slightly, her expression also somewhat bewildered. "The Nether Emperor's current existence is already beyond what we can comprehend."
"Then what does he mean?
Is he annihilating these Ancestral Patriarchs of the Sage Dao, Heavenly Dao, and Immortal Dao?"
"If it were annihilation, the Nether Emperor would have acted already. He wouldn't have summoned the Three Nether Lords."
"Then what exactly is his intention?"
Blackwater Lady glanced at Da Xing the Mad Monk, glanced at Floating-Life Imperial Lord, Long Wind Great Emperor, including the various Empresses, and murmured to herself, "He might be helping the various Empresses sever their karma with the Three Thousand Great Daos... or perhaps he is delivering all sentient beings..."