It's a pity, Chen Yuan does not fall for these tricks.

"The Heavenly Patrol Bureau is not part of the Buddhist sect, nor does it fall under the State Preceptor's command. Master Miao Jue, whatever methods you have, feel free to use them now, for soon you won't have another chance."

Miao Jue took a deep breath, realizing that it was difficult to recover the situation now, and immediately spoke no more. Instead, he spread his arms, and a phantom slowly condensed:

"Bright Temple's Arhat True Body, seeking guidance from Benefactor Chen."

After this, a massive pressure pressed towards Chen Yuan, like the heavens were falling, but such a fierce pressure stopped abruptly when it approached three feet in front of Chen Yuan, shattering completely.

Chen Yuan stepped forward, and a blade light fell from the skies, splitting apart with a thunderous momentum. Miao Jue tried to resist, but all methods shattered and could not block the strike.

With a 'boom', his physical body burst into a mist of blood. The next moment, a Primordial Spirit shining with golden light emerged from the Spirit Platform, pointing straight at Chen Yuan.

The surrounding people were completely silent, unable to react as they watched their abbot's body explode and the Primordial Spirit surge towards Chen Yuan.

But their hopeful eyes faded.

Even in his prime, Miao Jue couldn't withstand a single blade light from Chen Yuan, let alone just a Primordial Spirit. As his Primordial Spirit approached, a sharp spike emerged from the spirit.

It directly pierced Miao Jue Monk's Primordial Spirit.

This was the Primordial Spirit Secret Technique that Moluo once taught him, Divine Stab!

The surrounding void seemed to fall silent, not even the sound of breathing could be heard, as time passed by the seconds, Miao Jue's Primordial Spirit widened its eyes, its aura falling from the heavens to the Netherworld, visibly beginning to dissolve, finally fading before everyone's eyes.

Miao Jue, the host of Bright Temple, fell in ten breaths!

This was pretty much expected, as Miao Jue's cultivation was merely at the Primordial Spirit level, not even reaching its peak, the gap between him and Chen Yuan was too vast. He could slash even Refining Gods, let alone a Primordial Spirit Arhat.

After all, the previous blade was almost his full power.

One blade slashing the body, one stab annihilating the spirit.

"Abbot!"

"Host!"

"Host!"

As the Bright Temple crowd reacted and saw the host fall before them, they were shocked at heart, feeling both anger and fear. If even the host with such cultivation was destroyed easily by Chen Yuan, what about them?

Chen Yuan didn't bother with the thoughts of these monks, he merely waved his hand, killing two Dan Realm Masters on the spot with powerful energy, saying coldly:

"Exterminate the entire sect, kill!"

"On command!"

"Kill!"

In an instant, Bright Temple was awash in blood, surrounded by evil qi!

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...

An hour later, the confrontation at Bright Temple was almost over, without host Miao Jue and several Dan Realm Masters, even though these martial monks were elite, the result was a one-sided massacre.

Chen Yuan didn't concern himself with these low-realm massacres, it was meaningless, he wasn't some murder fanatic, addicted to killing. It was a good chance for these elite transferred from the Capital to see some blood, Bright Temple was the first, but definitely not the last.

If Chen Yuan wanted to expand his power quickly, he had to raise the slaughter blade and crush any enemy who dared to stand in front of him.

"Master Guang Liang, long time no see." Chen Yuan looked at the fat, big-eared monk whose arms were completely broken and was kneeling under the crushing pressure, speaking amicably.

This was an old acquaintance, back when he was at the Primordial Void Realm, Gu Hao and Jingxin tried to kill him, but he countered and killed them, and this fat monk tried to ambush him.

If not for Jiang He's grand divine might, slashing Gu Chun and retaliating against Qing Yun's split divine form, he might have been defeated then, he remembered this 'kindness' all along.

But due to various affairs around him, and since Jiang He had already settled the previous grudges, he hadn't retaliated against Bright Temple.

However, not acting doesn't mean forgetting.

A drop of kindness should be repaid a hundred fold, a trace of enmity must be settled.

He repaid enmity bitterly, just taking this opportunity to settle old and new grudges, eradicating Spirit Mountain's claws extending to Qingzhou.

"Demon!!!"

Guang Liang spat blood, glaring at Chen Yuan with eyes that seemed to want to devour him alive.

"I've saved tens of thousands of people in Liangzhou City, brought peace to tens of thousands of people in Tangshan Prefecture, empowered the sons of the Central Plains, and you call me a demon?"

Chen Yuan looked at him with interest and asked back.

"You.... You've exterminated the entire Bright Temple, don't you fear retribution?" Guang Liang cursed fiercely.

"Bright Temple, Bright Temple.... Master Guang Liang, don't you really believe Bright Temple brings light to Qingzhou's people? You monks don't engage in production, don't pay taxes, only practice martial arts and meditate, gathering money from the populace and occupying cultivation resources, your speech is grand, all beings equal.

But is it really so?"

"Of course, Buddha said: All beings are equal."

"Then why is Buddha enshrined high with a golden body, while the common people are impoverished, selling their sons and daughters? Why do Buddhist disciples proclaim equality yet require believers to kneel to show sincerity?

Why does Buddhism say putting down the saber can make one become a Buddha immediately, do you think putting down the saber truly cleanses the sins?" Chen Yuan laughed at him.

"Sophistry, heresy!"

"Indeed, unable to retort is sophistry, unable to defeat is heresy, in this world fists are what truly matter, they're the solution to all things.

Chen believes in nothing, not Buddhism, not Daoism, not ghosts, not heavens, I only believe in myself, if I didn't have the resolve to climb upwards, how could I have reached this step?"

Chen Yuan looked down at Guang Liang like a Buddha in the Great Hall overseeing all beings.

"Demon, demon! Someday my Buddha will crush you under Spirit Mountain, making you spend a lifetime repenting your sins!"

"Alright then, let's make a pact under the Nine Springs, and see if one day, I will be crushed under Spirit Mountain repenting, or if Buddha will kneel before me proclaiming all beings equal!"

Chen Yuan laughed heartily, disregarding Guang Liang's shocked gaze, a sharp blade cut through his chest.....

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