Chapter 483 - 424: Why Not Unleash a Bloody Slaughter!

Chu Huaixu stood inside Junzi Temple, looking up at the sky.

"So this day has finally come?"

The revelation of the secret of the world-ending catastrophe to the public counted as a major node in the main storyline.

Back when he was a player, he had always been a bit foggy about this so-called world-ending catastrophe.

But from a player’s perspective, he did hope this kind of grand storyline would arrive sooner rather than later.

That way, the game would have higher playability, more diverse gameplay, and more opportunities.

Borrowed Sword was the most popular game in the country.

Chu Huaixu also relied on this game to make a living and earn money.

To him, the world-ending catastrophe represented more chances to make a fortune.

And on the forums, he could often see players posting: Is this world-ending catastrophe ever going to happen or not?

Obviously, everyone was getting a bit anxious from waiting.

Who would’ve thought, though—he hadn’t managed to wait it out before transmigrating, yet after transmigrating he ended up forcing the plot to move up ahead of schedule.

But his mindset had long since changed.

Chu Huaixu no longer treated this place as just a game, just a dream.

When he was a player, except for those NPCs closely tied to him—whether through利益 or shared faction—who cared about anyone else’s life or death?

If not for the game’s faction restrictions, with how goofy the players were, wouldn’t they just kill anyone on sight?

As long as you were red-named and dared to show your HP bar, even if you were a god worshiped by all, I’d still kill you just to show you!

Because of this, players on the forum often let their imagination run wild and posted: Could it be that this so-called world-ending catastrophe actually refers to us players?

But for the current Chu Huaixu, the number of people he cared about had increased.

He cared about the lives and deaths of many.

What’s more, he himself was hanging at the very top of Kunlun Cave Heaven’s Assassination List...

This was both the trend of the times and the smoke and fire of the human world, together pushing him to resist Kunlun and defend Profound Yellow.

These past few days, he would from time to time notice that the fingers of his right hand would suddenly twitch a few times.

"What’s going on with me?" he was a bit puzzled.

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Time moved forward by three days.

During these three days, Chu Huaixu could feel that the high-levels of the Four Great Sects and the rulers of Moon Country had probably put some thought into things.

They did not immediately announce the matter of the world-ending catastrophe to the public, but proceeded gradually.

These days, many rumors had already begun to spread throughout the Profound Yellow Realm.

Some took a form similar to prophecy, some were told like stories, and some wrapped themselves in the skin of ancient secrets...

In short, just like how rumors about the end of the world once spread on Earth, news about the world-ending catastrophe was beginning to circulate everywhere in many different forms.

At first, naturally no one took it too seriously.

They just thought it was something fresh and interesting.

Little did they know, this was already the higher-ups, standing at a different height, laying the groundwork from top to bottom.

But all of this was not something Chu Huaixu at his current stage needed to think about, nor something he should get involved in.

What he needed most right now was to raise his strength as fast as possible.

For this, Xiang Yan had even specifically sought him out once, informing him that the Sect’s treasure vault was open to him unconditionally.

Then he hurried off again to busy himself with other matters.

At nightfall, Chu Huaixu sat on a meditation cushion and suddenly opened his eyes.

"Hm?"

"This aura is..."

"Power of Origin!" His eyes lit up.

Chu Huaixu immediately got to his feet and headed for the training room within Junzi Temple.

This aura was coming from the room where the Big Ice Cube was in seclusion.

It was obvious that after a long period of closed-door cultivation, she had finally refined that Profound Yellow Origin Fragment and birthed a wisp of Power of Origin in her body.

"So she’s finally coming out." A smile appeared on Chu Huaixu’s face.

About the time it takes to burn one stick of incense later, a similar fluctuation of Power of Origin also came from Xiaoxu’s seclusion room.

This made the smile on Chu Huaixu’s face grow even wider.

But his smile quickly froze.

Because he noticed that the auras inside the two rooms were continuously surging upward!

Xu Ziqing’s side was still fine; he seemed to have only broken through one Heaven.

But on Han Shuangjiang’s side, she seemed to be charging all the way toward Fifth Realm Great Perfection!

"Speechless, the gap in Realm just keeps getting wider." Chu Huaixu smiled bitterly in his heart.

In the past, he had always deliberately teased the Big Ice Cube, fully aware that she had a bit of a try-hard attribute, yet still insisting on out-grinding her.

Now look what happened—he could only eat her dust from behind!

Chu Huaixu carefully recalled that his previous improvements had actually mainly manifested in his Body Refining Divine Techniques.

The Origin Fragment had made him into a rarely seen dual Divine Techniques user.

The improvement of his Realm had instead been more of a side effect.

After half an hour, Han Shuangjiang was the first to push open the door and come out.

Moonlight spilled over her body; she actually came out of seclusion while in Celestial Human Mode.

Her full head of silver hair fluttered in the wind under the bright moonlight.

Her eyes carried no emotion.

Just like the Heavenly Dao—serene and indifferent, neither joyful nor sorrowful.

—Heaven and earth are not benevolent; they treat all things as straw dogs.

It was only when she saw Chu Huaixu standing outside that faint ripples appeared in those previously still, deep-well-like eyes.

This young man in a black-and-gold long robe smiled and reached out a hand toward her.

This girl with a pair of heaven-defying long legs slowly walked forward and placed her right hand into his palm.

The silver gradually receded, turning from silver back to black.

"You’re finally out of seclusion." Chu Huaixu said with a smile, "Congratulations, you actually reached Fifth Realm Great Perfection."

A faint smile appeared on the Big Ice Cube’s face as well, and she tightened her grip on Chu Huaixu’s right hand, as if wanting to hold him firmly.

"Junior Brother Xu should be about to come out of seclusion too," she said.

"Yeah, he went in just before and after you, and he also just finished the Refinement."

As soon as the words fell, the door of the Training Room was blown open by a wave of scorching hot air.

The Power of Qi and Blood on Xu Ziqing surged outward, the terrifying Qi Force of a Fifth Realm Body Refiner driving an extremely exaggerated heat wave.

The youth walked out, and the aura on his body began gradually drawing inward.

Chu Huaixu had always felt that Xu Ziqing’s Body Refining Technique was just like the Dao Scripture—both pretty special.

They didn’t develop the two of their physiques in the direction of massive muscle freaks.

Instead, both had that kind of lean, lightly muscled build.

He was still fine, since he’d been tall and broad-shouldered to begin with.

But Xiaoxu was shorter than Han Shuangjiang, and on top of that he had a delicate, androgynously handsome face.

If he really trained himself into a huge muscle brute, the sense of dissonance would be completely maxed out.

He’d be a bit like one of those "steel Barbie" types.

"Senior Brother!"

As soon as Xu Ziqing saw Chu Huaixu standing guard outside, a look of delight immediately surfaced on his face.

He ran over quickly, his eyes carrying a hint of emotion.

Senior Brother actually stood outside waiting for me to come out of seclusion!

Chu Huaixu raised his left hand, patted him on the shoulder, and praised, "Not bad, not bad, you actually broke through again."

A slightly embarrassed expression immediately surfaced on the delicate youth’s face.

He actually wasn’t very used to Chu Huaixu praising him.

He was more used to Senior Brother scolding him instead.

The family of three stood under the tree and chatted a bit, then a serious expression surfaced on Chu Huaixu’s face.

"There’s some bad news I have to tell the two of you in advance."

"What is it?" Big Ice Cube lifted her eyes and asked.

And Chu Huaixu’s answer made a look of shock and gravity appear on both their faces.

"The Heaven and Earth Great Catastrophe might arrive ahead of schedule."

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Seven days later.

Chu Huaixu opened his eyes on the meditation cushion.

By now he had basically spent all his Experience Points, and his Realm had also been raised to Fourth Realm Great Perfection.

"Next, I need to go to the Library Pavilion and exchange for the fifth volume of the Dao Scripture."

At that time, he would become the first person since the Dao Ancestor to cultivate the Dao Scripture to the Fifth Realm.

He was really looking forward to this.

Pushing open the door, Chu Huaixu glanced at the sun in the sky.

Today was a special day.

Xiang Yan would summon everyone in Junzi Temple, as well as a portion of the Inner Sect’s elite disciples, to inform them that the Heaven and Earth Great Catastrophe might soon arrive.

This matter would be announced to the world in the near future.

Although there had already been many hints before, the Daoist Sect’s upper echelon had still decided to first let the Sect’s powerhouses learn of it, and then digest this major event.

Let them calm down first.

Then, they would let the Ordinary Disciples know as well.

After all, when it came to setting the tone, the words and actions of these elite disciples would definitely stir up a much bigger wave!

In the Martial Arts Arena, after everyone had assembled, Xiang Yan and the others flew over and set Restrictions around the area.

Without any preamble, that bald old Xiang Yan actually chose to go straight to the point.

"You should have heard some rumors recently about the Heaven and Earth Great Catastrophe, right?"

Voices immediately rose from below in response.

Xiang Yan nodded slightly and directly threw out a heavy bombshell.

"This matter is actually true."

"Moreover, the Heaven and Earth Great Catastrophe may arrive in the near future."

As soon as these words came out, it was like a thunderclap.

The arena instantly erupted into massive commotion, everyone starting to discuss heatedly.

The Daoist Sect’s high-level figures let everyone talk for about half a stick of incense, then signaled for silence.

Xiang Yan gave a brief description of the Kunlun Cave Heaven.

In the end he said, "All the information regarding Cultivators will be made completely public at that time."

"Now, this seat wants to see the attitudes and thoughts of you disciples within the Sect."

After this sentence, the originally noisy Martial Arts Arena suddenly quieted down a bit.

Chu Huaixu and the others, as disciples of Junzi Temple, were standing in the first row.

For some reason, many people’s gazes subconsciously converged on Chu Huaixu.

In truth, among the disciples of Junzi Temple, his Realm and Cultivation were on the weaker side.

Yet everyone still subconsciously treated him as a leading figure.

In many people’s hearts, he was already the foremost disciple of the Daoist Sect.

Chu Huaixu’s five senses were keen, so of course he sensed that many people were looking at him.

He even took two steps forward, then turned his head to look behind him.

One gaze after another all gathered on his body.

Xiang Yan and the others stood on the high platform, also lowering their eyes to look at him.

Everyone was very curious what he would say.

Chu Huaixu swept his eyes over everyone.

Then he finally spoke:

"What are you all looking at me for?"

"All I know is that I’m going to start a massive slaughter."

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