Published: August 10, 2026
Chapter 1046: The Five Elements Pass Falls! (Revised)
"Cough, cough..."
With part of the restrictions lifted, Old Demon Guan, whose aura was already extremely weak and unstable, slowly raised his head. His murky eyes swept over the crowd in the plaza.
Wherever he looked, there were accusations and abuse.
Helplessness, despair, shame, anger...
All kinds of emotions surged in his heart, causing the light in his eyes to fade completely.
"Compared with immortal sects and aristocratic families, and the groups attached to them, the power of loose cultivators is far too weak."
"Perhaps, back then, if I hadn't torn off that layer of pretense and let those loose cultivators die in battle with a so-called sense of mission, that would have been the better choice."
"Rather than the way things are now, hiding everywhere like rats, hated by all."
"Perhaps... I really was wrong."
These thoughts flashed through his mind. Even though he had failed and been captured, even though he was about to suffer soul extraction and spirit refinement, Old Demon Guan still had no regrets.
He had remained silent all along, neither begging for mercy nor refuting anything.
That stubbornness on Sunset Plain had never taken so much into account.
"Heavenly dao, heavenly dao, please tell me,"
"Why, why are there so many regrets?!"
For the last time, he lifted his head to stare at the sun. Many thoughts flashed through his mind, and then he lowered his head and remained motionless.
"Hmph, stubborn to the bitter end!"
Seeing that this man still refused to repent, True Immortal Xuanhuo let out a cold snort and lost interest in mocking him further.
Then he formed a spell gesture, and before him appeared a ball of orange-red flame, which landed on Old Demon Guan's body.
"Sizzle..."
The Golden Core True Flame burned fiercely. With his magical power sealed, Old Demon Guan could not resist at all. Very quickly, he turned into a fireman, and his aura rapidly declined in the process.
As a demon hated by all and one who had caused such severe harm to the cultivation world, of course he could not be allowed to die so easily.
He would not only be put to the fire, his soul would also be drawn out and placed into a soul lamp, to be burned day and night by flames.
That lamp would be placed in the plaza of Tianmen District Market for countless cultivators to behold.
It would let everyone know the price of disrupting the order of the cultivation world.
Not only that, Old Demon Guan's entire clan had already been wiped out ahead of him. Every relative with even the slightest blood connection had been slaughtered clean.
"Good!"
"Serves him right!!"
As the punishment began, emotions were stirred, and everyone in the plaza applauded and cheered.
Just then, an unexpected change occurred!
"Rumble~~~"
A series of immense power fluctuations suddenly appeared, and with one strike, the second-tier supreme formation protecting the market was shattered.
The commotion from breaking the formation was enormous. Everyone's expression changed in shock as they looked around.
East, west, south, north, above and below.
"Whoosh, whoosh~"
From all directions around the plaza, several magical treasures flashing with spiritual light rapidly approached, carrying surging Golden Core-level power as they slammed toward the Alliance Golden Cores supervising the execution at the center of the plaza.
"Jiejiejie~"
"Even demons have their own path."
"For those who carry firewood for everyone, how can we let them freeze to death in the wind and snow..."
Amid the chaos, one of the attackers laughed wildly without restraint, his demonic voice echoing in everyone's ears.
From those words alone, someone recognized him on the spot as one of the more radical loose cultivator Golden Cores.
In a very short time, using their signature spells, magical treasure and divine ability, and other methods, the identities of the attacking Golden Cores were identified one by one.
None of the newcomers were ordinary; all of them were experts among loose cultivators. Some who had even claimed to have gone into seclusion had shown themselves.