After Xu Tianran sighed, he decided to check the direct disciples present at the recruitment assembly.
Out of a total of seven direct disciples, only three were currently attending—including himself. The system's identification function revealed that the other two were loyal to the sect.
However, when he checked his 5th Senior Sister's status…
His expression darkened.
His gaze turned cold.
The truth made him want to grind her to dust, reduce her to ash, and erase her into nothingness.
Name: Mei Xueyao
Sect Affiliation: Heaven sword sect (Blood Demon Sect)
True Cultivation: 5th Nascent Soul Realm
Disguised Cultivation: 1st Divine Soul Transformation Realm
Cultivation Technique: [Demonic Bloodflower Art] – A sinister technique that allows the user to plant Devil Seeds in talented cultivators, nurturing them like flowers, only to harvest their soul, body, and talent when fully matured. The victim's corpse is then refined into a puppet, becoming an eternal plaything for the caster.
Status: Injured by Heart Demon – Due to inner demons, her cultivation regressed from 1st Divine Soul Transformation Realm to 5th Nascent Soul Realm.
Mental State: Seeking a new host for her Devil Seed. Her target is Junior Brother Xu Tianran due to his exceptional talent and potential. She intends to plant the Devil Seed within him, allowing it to grow by feeding off his soul, body, and talent. Once the seed fully matures, she plans to devour everything he is and refine his corpse into her personal puppet, toying with it at her leisure.
Killing Intent: -80 (Extreme Malice)
After cooling down, Xu Tianran began scanning all the outer disciples and newly recruited disciples present, carefully noting those who needed to be eliminated. In total, he marked 33 demonic sect disciples as easy targets, along with his "lovely" 5th Senior Sister, bringing the total to 34. Using his unique Soul Tattoo, he marked them effortlessly—just by looking at them. None of them could sense it, as only Immortal Realm cultivators had the ability to detect its presence.
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With his targets locked in, he quietly returned to Xu Wei's room. Meanwhile, his original body continued cultivating in seclusion. The sect's formation monitoring system ensured that every disciple's presence was accounted for, serving as perfect evidence that he was not involved in any killings.
For two days, his clone remained still, waiting for the Outer Sect Recruitment to conclude. Then, as darkness covered the sky, he finally made his move.
Like a shadow passing through the night, wherever he went, bodies vanished without a trace. Not a single soul was alerted. Moving swiftly, he eliminated all 33 marked disciples in mere breaths. Further, he never stored their storage rings or bags—he destroyed them outright to erase any possible evidence. Their clothes were stripped and turned to nothingness, leaving nothing behind. Only their bare bodies were collected into his storage ring, to be devoured later by the system.
Before storing their bodies, he meticulously scanned them for any hidden marks or tracking imprints that could serve as evidence or lead back to him. Only after confirming they were completely clean did he place them into his storage ring, ensuring absolute erasure of any potential traces.
The last and most crucial target—his 5th Senior Sister—was left for last. If she were to die, her soul plate in the Main Hall would shatter, immediately alerting the sect. Hence, eliminating her required precise timing.
Fortunately, she was currently bathing in a secluded water bath, humming a soft tune, her thoughts occupied with fantasies about her "beloved" junior brother, Xu Tianran.
Before she could even register the fatal danger looming over her, her head was severed in an instant. Her lifeless body was swiftly stored away, and her storage ring destroyed to erase all traces. There was no time for a Buddhist mantra—her death would soon be discovered.
As expected, within ten minutes, an Elder arrived at the scene, but he found nothing. Unable to make sense of what happened, he hurried off to inform the Law Enforcement Peak Master.
However, what none of them knew was that within those ten minutes, all 34 disciples, including the 5th Senior Sister, had already been devoured by the system—their bodies, souls, and very existence erased into nothingness.
There was no need for the Buddhist mantra anymore—his system devoured everything. Soul, body, and will were all consumed, converted into points, leaving no evil spirits behind. Nothing remained.
Within those ten minutes, he commanded his clone to move underground, bypassing all formations undetected. It swiftly reached the sect's boundary, escaping into the wilderness. The moment it crossed the final barrier, the clone dispersed into pure spiritual energy, merging seamlessly with heaven and earth—leaving no trace behind.
Only after confirming that everything had gone perfectly did he finally sigh in relief and prepare to check his status window.
At that moment—
DONG! DONG!
The sect's emergency bell rang twice, signaling that a significant number of disciples had been murdered—and more importantly, an important figure had been killed.