The night in the Primordial World first made them feel a terrifying silence. Dozens of Sky-tier snake-people were now trembling all over, their faces ashen with tension.
The woman in red, however, sneered, "You're trying to fool us, sir. If you were truly a mighty being, you would have destroyed us with a wave of your hand, why waste words here!
Everyone, obey my command! This person has sinister intentions. Capture him with me!"
With that, rosy clouds surged around the woman in red, and the thousand-mile night sky seemed to transform into sunset hues. Mist billowed, crimson clouds obscured the sky, and gathered towards the daoist in green.
Behind her, dozens of Sky-tier experts also made their move. For a moment, their momentum was so grand it seemed they could truly turn the green-robed daoist into dust.
But the green-robed daoist, facing a sky full of spells, divine abilities, and magic treasures, simply shook his head and smiled, "Do mere specks of light dare to contend with the bright moon?"
He lightly raised the ancient bronze oil lamp in his hand, which emitted ten-colored light. In an instant, it absorbed all the divine abilities and magic treasures.
Everyone's faces turned pale with fear. Nobody knew who ran first, but dozens of Sky-tier snake-people turned and fled in a mad scramble.
Even the burly man instantly took to the sky, escaping towards the back of the mountain.
The green-robed daoist looked at the stunned woman in red and said, "I am naturally not a mighty being, merely a mighty being of heaven and earth!"
The woman in red's face instantly lost all color. She immediately knelt down and begged, "Senior, spare my life! Senior, spare my life! It was our foolish eyes that disturbed you. Senior, spare our lives!..."
The green-robed daoist was none other than the future self, Daoist Qing Xuan.
Daoist Qing Xuan smiled, remained silent, and simply raised the ancient lamp in his hand. It emitted a sky full of multicolored light, drawing all those Sky-tier snake-people into the Ten Severities Heavenly Lamp.
"I will not kill you, but whether you can survive depends on your own fortune."
Daoist Qing Xuan walked forward slowly and said, "Follow me."
The woman in red's face lit up with joy, and she quickly followed. Before a mighty being of heaven and earth, the mere thought of escape was impossible even for the Pan Jin King Snake Ancestor.
All over the mountain, countless Pan Jin King Snakes gathered and headed towards the back of the mountain.
A young man in black robes stood on the altar with a cold expression. Beneath him were thirteen Golden Immortal Venerables, nearly a thousand Sky-tier experts, and tens of millions of snakes.
This strength was far greater than that of Xi Mountain in Qing Ling's youth.
The burly man who had escaped now spoke with a worried expression, "Ancestor, aren't we going to escape? The newcomer is at least an Grand Unity cultivator, a Taiyi or above. We..."
"Heh, do you underestimate our Pan Jin King Snakes so much? Even if he is a Grand Unity cultivator, why should we fear with the Ancestor here?"
The burly man hesitated, "Then, then what if, what if they are a mighty being?"
"Impossible. If the one coming were a mighty being, would you have been able to return?" the young man at the head of the altar said coldly.
The burly man heard this and breathed a sigh of relief, muttering to himself, "That's right. If they were a mighty being, how could I have escaped? Unless they deliberately let me go back?"
The moment he said this, the burly man's face stiffened instantly. He began to tremble, his voice shaking, "Could it be that person deliberately let me escape to gather all our clan's strength in one place, so they could catch us all in one net?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the atmosphere in the entire place became instantly rigid. No one dared to make a sound.
"Ding~"
Just then, the sound of a golden bell rang out.
The burly man's face changed greatly, and he said in fear, "They're here, they're here! They've really come!"
All the Pan Jin King Snake clan members looked solemn, their gazes fixed on the source of the sound.
In the darkness of the night, an ancient lamp floated eerily, casting the night scene in an amber hue. Below it were a pair of bare feet, with golden bells adorning their ankles.
Daoist Qing Xuan walked slowly, accompanied by Hong Sha, the woman in red.
"Are all the snakes assembled?" he asked Hong Sha slowly.
Hong Sha, showing no fear, looked at the confused Golden Immortals and said, "Senior, all the high-ranking members of the clan have arrived."
"Good, that will do. We will spare the ordinary clan members this time. After all, those with low cultivation are merely going to their deaths."
The young man on the high platform said coldly, "You are causing trouble in the territory of my Pan Jin King Snake clan, and you don't even regard us as anything. Who exactly are you?"
Daoist Qing Xuan frowned slightly, pondered for a moment, and then said, "I am your ancestor!"
"What!"
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone present was shocked and fearful.
They fed on ordinary snakes, were bloodthirsty towards their own kind, and were incredibly cruel. Their nature was inherently evil and without limit. If an elder of the snake clan had truly arrived, they would have no escape but death!
After all, they knew that the ancestral land of the snake clan harbored mighty beings, and even a snake ancestor who was a mighty being of heaven and earth!
The young man in black robes' expression changed slightly. He quickly shook the divine banner in his hand. Countless blood-colored runes rose from the great altar and merged into the bodies of thousands of snakes. In the next moment, countless vital energy and mana flowed out of their bodies, even their vital blood. Countless vital energies and blood merged into the thirteen Golden Immortal Venerables. The thirteen instantly swelled, and their auras greatly enhanced, transforming them into thirteen Taiyi cultivators!
And the black-robed young man's aura also surged, only slightly short of that of a mighty being.
With the surge of power, the young man's expression became much calmer, "Even if you are a mighty being, so what? You will not be allowed to act recklessly in my Pan Jin King clan today."
Daoist Qing Xuan still smiled and said, "This is just a trivial trick."
Then, he lightly lifted the ancient lamp in his hand. It flew into the sky on its own, emitting ten-colored light. The power of the Ten Severities enveloped the entire altar.
The black-robed young man immediately transformed into a giant black python, covered in black brocade patterns, attempting to break through the divine light.
However, as soon as they touched, the giant python was engulfed by the divine light and frozen.
Then, countless snake-people were drawn into the Ten Severities World within the ancient lamp.
Countless snake-people knelt and begged for mercy, weeping bitterly. Daoist Qing Xuan simply stood with one hand behind his back, quietly watching the ancient lamp absorb the last King Snake.
"You go in too. Don't worry, there's no danger inside."
Hong Sha's face turned slightly pale, but she still forced a smile and then stepped inside.
Daoist Qing Xuan took the divine lamp and muttered to himself, "Let's go, time for the next place."
The next day, foreign scouts reported to their respective clan ancestors that the clan on King Snake Mountain had been annihilated.
In the Southwest Barrens, a misty forest canyon, divine light flashed, and the entire clan of snake-people disappeared.
In the Western Barrens, within a white stone cave, multicolored light flickered incessantly, and a clan vanished without a trace.
...
The five rebellious clans in the Southwest and Western Barrens had all vanished.
This attracted the attention of some individuals.
The last location was Mount Zhong Wang. The territory of the Double-Pupil King Snake clan.
On the mountaintop, a man and a woman stood side by side. Thousands of Golden Immortals and Sky-tier clan members surrounded them but dared not approach.
Facing the man and woman, Qing Xuan asked indifferently, "You have pledged allegiance to the Qilin clan?"
"Yes, senior. We are now vassals of the Qilin clan and under their protection. Senior, please reconsider."
"Heh~" Daoist Qing Xuan let out a cold laugh. "Reconsider again and again, but I still wish to destroy you, to uphold clan rules and clear the house."
But at this moment, a nine-colored light descended. An old man walked out with a smile, "Fellow Daoist Qing Xuan, do not act rashly.
This is not the Eastern Barrens. The Double-Pupil King Snakes are now our vassals, and naturally fall within our sphere of protection."