The Supreme Being Against Heaven
Chapter Summary
He continued without pause: “During the 2 years I stayed in the outer sect, there was another—Qiu Yongchong, an enforcement elder!” “His disciple wanted to wipe out my entire Tan Clan, so I killed his disciple!” “But he repeatedly tried to kill me!” “Later, when the leaders of all 9 lineages came to select disciples, Qiu Yongchong and I made a life-and-death duel agreement in front of all the outer sect disciples!” “And—I will kill him!” Tan Yun paused briefly, then said slowly: “They… deserved ...
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The Sacred Spirit Daoist roared hoarsely,
“Tan Yun! Learn to show some restraint! In just 2 days of the Nine Lineage Competition, how many people have you slaughtered already?!”
More than a dozen elders of the Sacred Spirit Lineage on the jade tower frowned and joined in the condemnation.
“Tan Yun! How is what you’re doing any different from a demon?!”
“That’s right! You’re a cold-blooded killer—merciless, leaving no survivors! Despicable and shameless!”
“To have a disciple like you is a disgrace to our ancient sect! Release Kang Shiyuan immediately!”
Facing the wave of accusations—
Tan Yun smiled.
It was a chilling smile. He suddenly looked up at the Sacred Spirit Daoist and shouted coldly:
“Linghu Changhe! Tell your people to shut their mouths!”
“You dare call my name directly, you—”
Before Linghu Changhe could finish, he was cut off by Tantai Xuanzhong, whose expression turned stern.
“All of you—silence!”
The moment Tantai Xuanzhong spoke—
The entire mountain fell into grave-like silence, so quiet that even a pin drop could be heard.
“Tan Yun, do you have something to say?” Tantai Xuanzhong asked deeply.
Tan Yun cupped his fists in respect.
“Sect Master, those who stand on righteousness fear nothing. As for me—so long as my conscience is clear, that is enough. I do not care what others think.”
He paused briefly, then continued,
“But Linghu Changhe has shown no respect for the rules. Together with the elders of the Sacred Spirit Lineage, they have twisted the truth and slandered me in public… This, I must speak about!”
Tantai Xuanzhong glanced at Linghu Changhe before replying calmly,
“If you have something to say, then say it.”
“Yes, Sect Master!”
Tan Yun bowed again, then straightened up. His gaze swept across the more than 600,000 people gathered on the mountain peak. His deep eyes shimmered with intense killing intent as his voice rang out powerfully:
“5 years ago, I passed the selection and entered the Huangfu Sacred Sect!”
“But on the way… I encountered my first enemy!”
“It was Murong Kun, the grandson of Murong Hong, the 2nd elder of the Beast Soul Lineage!”
“At that time, he tried to silence me. I had no choice but to jump off the crane, fall into a valley, crash onto rocks, and pretend to be dead… That’s how I survived!”
“But after I returned to the sect—he continued to send people to assassinate me again and again!”
“And not just him—there was another one. An arrogant piece of trash from the outer sect… named ‘Linghu Changfeng’!”
“And he… is the great-grandson of Linghu Changhe!”
“Linghu Changfeng, Murong Kun, and their accomplices tried to kill me in the Fallen God Abyss… but in the end, they were the ones I killed!”
At this point, Tan Yun’s voice grew colder.
“From beginning to end, I never provoked them!”
“As for their deaths… I didn’t even want to bring it up.”
“But if I had to sum it up in 2 words…”
“They deserved it!”
His voice echoed across the entire mountain!
He continued without pause:
“During the 2 years I stayed in the outer sect, there was another—Qiu Yongchong, an enforcement elder!”
“His disciple wanted to wipe out my entire Tan Clan, so I killed his disciple!”
“But he repeatedly tried to kill me!”
“Later, when the leaders of all 9 lineages came to select disciples, Qiu Yongchong and I made a life-and-death duel agreement in front of all the outer sect disciples!”
“And—I will kill him!”
Tan Yun paused briefly, then said slowly:
“They… deserved to die.”
Suddenly—
He raised his finger and pointed toward the jade tower: Qiu Yongming, Linghu Changhe, and Murong Hong—the enforcement elders of the inner sect!
His star-like eyes turned icy cold.
“But what I didn’t expect was—”
“Since I entered the inner sect nearly 3 years ago…”
“Qiu Yongming, Linghu Changhe, and Murong Hong have continuously sent disciples to kill me, again and again!”
“If I hadn’t been lucky…”
“I would have died countless times already!”
“Qiu Yongming is an enforcement elder, yet his adopted son extorted servant disciples at the gates of Huangfu City!”
Tan Yun spoke coldly,
“When I entered the marketplace, he tried to extort mid-grade spirit stones from me. After that, he even attempted to silence me… so I killed him.”
He lifted his head, his sharp gaze locking onto Qiu Yongming.
“And you, Qiu Yongming—I killed your cousin, ‘Qiu Yongchong,’ openly and fairly. Yet you incited all the inner sect enforcement disciples to hunt me down!”
“You know the law, yet you break it yourself. Your crime is multiplied! According to sect rules—you deserve execution!”
On the jade tower—
Cold sweat poured down Qiu Yongming’s forehead. He shot to his feet and shouted,
“Nonsense! You’re slandering me!”
Tantai Xuanzhong looked at Tan Yun, a trace of pain hidden in his eyes.
Before this, he only knew Tan Yun had many enemies… but never the root of such deep grudges!
“Tan Yun, I must warn you—if you falsely accuse an inner sect enforcement elder, the punishment is death.”
“But… if you have solid evidence—he will not be spared!”
Tantai Xuanzhong’s voice was deep and steady. He glanced at Qiu Yongming, whose body trembled uncontrollably—he already knew the truth in his heart!
Tan Yun swept his gaze across the tens of thousands of inner sect enforcement disciples on the mountain peak, then raised his head respectfully.
“Sect Master… I believe all of them can testify.”
“Whoosh!”
Tantai Xuanzhong immediately stood up, his icy gaze sweeping over the crowd.
“Speak! Are Tan Yun’s words true? Did Qiu Yongming truly order his death?!”
“Thud!”
Tens of thousands of enforcement disciples dropped to their knees at once, their bodies trembling in fear!
“Have you all gone mute?” Tantai Xuanzhong’s voice turned stern.
“Anyone who dares conceal the truth—will be executed!”
The moment his words fell—
The disciples frantically kowtowed, panic in their voices.
“Sect Master, please calm your anger! What Tan Yun said… is true! Elder Qiu Yongming did indeed order his assassination!”
Upon hearing this—
Qiu Yongming collapsed on the jade tower. Turning around, he fell to his knees before Tantai Xuanzhong, crying out desperately:
“Sect Master, mercy! I was only momentarily blinded—”
“That’s enough!”
Tantai Xuanzhong cut him off angrily.
“Our sect is an ancient and honorable one! I never imagined that even an enforcement elder would dare act so corruptly!”
“Just think—how far would our sect fall because of this?!”
“And you think… I would spare a dog like you?!”
Before his words even finished—
“Bang!”
Tantai Xuanzhong’s palm slammed down onto Qiu Yongming’s head!
A dull crack sounded—his skull shattered, blood gushing from all **7** orifices as he died instantly!
“Bang!”
“Someone—throw the corpse down!”
Tantai Xuanzhong kicked Qiu Yongming’s body off the jade tower. It crashed heavily onto the mountain peak below!
An enforcement disciple stood up, dragged the corpse to the cliff, and tossed it into the abyss!
On the jade tower—
The elders and lineage leaders all looked at Tantai Xuanzhong with fear in their eyes.
Especially—Murong Hong and Linghu Changhe!
A faint smile appeared in Tan Yun’s heart.
“Killing **1** first will do… consider it a warning to Linghu Changhe and Murong Hong.”
“I’ll spare them for now… and personally kill them after returning from the Eternal Realm!”
As he thought this—
Tantai Xuanzhong stared at Murong Hong and Linghu Changhe, his voice icy:
“Tan Yun claims… that you sent people to kill him.”
“I will give you **1** chance—if you confess, then for the sake of your years of service, I won’t make things too difficult for you.”
Hearing this—
Linghu Changhe let out a long sigh, then knelt down and kowtowed.
“Tan Yun killed my great-grandson… I was blinded by anger and sent disciples to deal with him. Those disciples… are all dead now, likely killed by him.”
“Thud!”
Murong Hong quickly knelt as well, his body trembling.
“Tan Yun killed my grandson. I lost my judgment and sent a disciple named Fan Jian to kill him… Sect Master, please show mercy! I know I was wrong! I will never violate the sect rules again!”