Chapter 1

Dagan, Xingzhou.

Inside Changjun City.

Seven figures darted through the crowd like streaks of light.

It was clear that the seven belonged to two major camps, with six pursuing one who was fleeing.

"Rumors from the outside say that the ancient demon has been acting abnormally in recent months, suspected of deviating in his cultivation. Now it seems to be true; his cultivation of the spirit is not as effective as embracing the dan, and each attack worsens his injuries! Today is the day for us, the six disciples of the Orthodox Sect, to punish evil and uphold justice!"

One of the six pursuers shouted a warning: "He wants to use the mixed crowd in Changjun City to escape. We cannot let him succeed. Remember, the one in the red robe is the ancient demon!"

This shout made the fleeing figure in front shudder. Taking advantage of a corner, he quickly tore off his long robe and discarded it.

But even so, one of the pursuers quickly re-identified him: "There, over there, the one with the hairband and long hair is the ancient demon!"

The fleeing figure in front shuddered again.

Taking advantage of a market ahead, he plunged into the crowd, quickly discarded the hairband, and cut off his long hair with a sword, looking extremely disheveled.

In his flight, he was furious: "This is unfair. They want to kill me, so I retaliated! This gives me a karma buff? Only they can kill me, but I can't kill them!?"

He was not complaining to a specific person.

He was complaining to a blue lotus in his mental world.

...

Due to the appearance of a projection similar to a xianxia world on Blue Star, xianxia games and movies became extremely popular, and related figurines were produced in large numbers.

Gujinlai found a blue lotus figurine while passing by an abandoned construction site.

He thought it was beautiful and took it home to clean it carefully.

During the cleaning process, he accidentally cut his finger on a lotus leaf...

The next moment, a dazzling and chaotic light filled his vision.

When he woke up, he had become an elder of the demon sect with the same name as him.

In his mental world, a blue lotus bloomed, and his consciousness sat atop the lotus.

When he killed a person with great evil, he could obtain a clear light, which he could inject into the lotus to assist in enlightenment and increase his cultivation.

If he attacked a righteous person, he would attract karma, and various dangers and revenge would follow.

As mentioned earlier, he had become an elder of the demon sect.

The elder had been directly destroyed by a mental disorder, but it seemed that even death was not enough, leaving behind a nine-layer karma buff!

A big red name.

Trembling with fear, he immediately decided to turn over a new leaf.

Unfortunately, "Gujinlai" had requested a transfer to Changjun City to avoid a rival within his sect. His sudden desire to reform immediately attracted many probes from his rival.

In just a month, various provocations and attacks were countless.

He endured and yielded.

But this endurance seemed to confirm his rival's suspicions.

Thus, rumors spread, and the disciples of the Orthodox Sect began to surround and attack him.

He wanted to explain, but the disciples of the Orthodox Sect came directly with lethal intent. In a moment of desperation, he killed one of them, and as a result...

The karma buff increased to ten layers!

The consequence was that no matter how he hid, he would always be "accidentally" discovered by the disciples of the Orthodox Sect, who would continue to pursue and kill him.

...

"Ancient demon, you can't escape!"

Outside Changjun City.

Gujinlai was finally cornered by the six disciples of the Orthodox Sect.

The six disciples, dressed in white, looked heroic and held sharp swords, surrounding him.

A scene of slaying demons and upholding justice.

Gujinlai took a deep breath: "I was sold into the Hellish Demon Sect at the age of six, and it took sixty years to cultivate my spirit. Now, at the age of seventy, I feel the enormity of my sins and have dispelled my demonic powers..."

"Monster, what do you want to say!?"

The leader of the six disciples, a man, stepped forward and shouted sternly.

He was Ding Buqi, one of the top ten disciples of the Orthodox Sect, who had already opened all his meridians and completed his qi cultivation. He was just one step away from forming a gang and emitting a sword with his breath, capable of killing from ten steps away.

"Give me a chance."

Gujinlai said solemnly.

"How can you give me a chance?"

"Before, I had no choice, but now, I want to be a good person."

"Fine, go to the head of the Orthodox Sect and see if he lets you be a good person."

"That means I will die."

"I'm sorry, I am the Orthodox..."

"Shh!"

Before Ding Buqi could finish speaking, a sword light like a blooming red lotus transformed into dozens of sword qi, shooting in all directions.

Ding Buqi, the first to react, used his true qi to protect himself but still received several sword cuts.

The other five, with weaker cultivation, were even more vulnerable, and some were pierced by the sword qi.

Amid the explosion of sword qi, Gujinlai leaped forward, darting across the ground like an arrow, heading towards the distant forest.

"Despicable and shameless! You actually attacked by surprise!"

"Li Shimei!"

"Quick, send a signal to notify other disciples to come and surround and kill the old demon. Everyone, let's work together; there's no need to talk about righteousness when dealing with such a great evil!"

...

In the forest, Gujinlai was still fleeing.

His burst of energy injured the six disciples, but since none of them had a big red name, he dared not kill any of them, which made the disciples of the Orthodox Sect think he was at the end of his strength.

Elders and cultivators of the Orthodox Sect, who considered themselves not much weaker than the six disciples, joined the pursuit in groups. By now, there were already dozens or even hundreds of Orthodox Sect members in the forest.

If not for the fear of a trap, the head of the sect would have come out to claim the reward.

It was as if the entire sect had been mobilized.

"At least no one died just now, otherwise, another layer of karma would have been added, and I wouldn't have had a chance to catch my breath!"

Gujinlai wiped the sweat from his forehead and hurried to recover.

"The six disciples of the Orthodox Sect are incredibly bold, daring to pursue and kill a spirit cultivator!"

He had not received the memories of the ancient demon, but after a month of cultivation, he understood the system.

First, one must endure physical training, going through the stages of tempering the body, cultivating the organs, and changing the blood, then entering the qi cultivation stage.

Completing qi cultivation, forming a gang, and embracing the dan, one can become a spirit cultivator.

Such a person is considered an elder in top-tier sects, standing at the upper echelons of the cultivation world, known as a giant.

"These so-called righteous people, what makes them different from the demon sect? Yet, their karma is not as heavy as mine, at most a yellow name or a light red name!"

Gujinlai panted: "Is there no powerful demon who is weak and can come to kill me, giving me some clear light?"

But he knew, how could a weak person become a powerful demon?

They would have been eliminated by the righteous people under the guise of upholding justice.

"I can't rest. The karma buff hasn't disappeared. Next, the enemies of 'Gujinlai' and the cultivators chasing the bounty will come. If I were strong enough, I could turn them to ashes, but now... one wrong move and I'll die before I can achieve anything."

Gujinlai forced his tired body to continue running deeper into the forest.

He did not inherit the memories of the ancient demon, and the techniques he had learned in the past month were limited. The Red Lotus Sword Qi, a famous technique at the embracing dan level, did not kill any of the six disciples.

Although it was mainly because he dared not kill, his half-baked skills were also a factor.

At this level, if caught by an embracing dan elder of the Orthodox Sect, he would have no chance of escape.

...

One day, three days, six days...

Gujinlai fled in the forest for ten days.

Starving and barely clothed.

Most importantly, he had to bear immense mental pressure, unsure if he would see the next day's sun.

Not to mention, he could not counter-attack when pursued.

Otherwise, the karma buff would grow thicker, and more and stronger pursuers would come.

Frustrated.

"I'm almost at my limit. Three days ago, the pursuers were a mix of qi cultivators and a few gang formers. Yesterday, I encountered the Four Evils of Xingzhou, four gang formers. Next, it will be embracing dan!?"

Embracing dan!

Gujinlai's body trembled.

After ten days of fleeing, narrowly escaping death multiple times, he had only just barely mastered the Red Lotus Sword Qi. The rest...

Martial arts? No!

Secret techniques? No!

Spells? No!

Killing moves? None!

Combat experience? Almost zero!

In this situation, let alone embracing dan, even the Four Evils of Xingzhou, who had more karma than him, he might not be able to defeat.

Those he could kill, he couldn't defeat; those he could defeat, he couldn't kill.

A big, big mess!

"Even blood changers are chasing me! Am I, a great spirit cultivator, so powerless? Don't you fear my cunning and feigned weakness?"

Gujinlai held his breath.

But looking at his pitiful state, with tattered clothes and half his body exposed...

He really was powerless.

This transmigration was worse than staying on Blue Star.

A black society cultivation world, not worth it.

At this moment, he heard something.

Someone!?

He was startled and tried to flee.

But soon he realized.

It was a battle between two groups, not targeting him.

Cup and bow, snake in the shadow.

"Seems one side is from the demon sect?"

Gujinlai took a deep breath: "I must kill a red name to clear the karma buff!"

Thinking this, he moved closer.

...

At this moment, on a small path in the forest, a group of about ten people were guarding three carriages.

Outside them were four figures.

Despite being only four, they seemed to have surrounded the group of ten, preventing them from breaking through.

The highest cultivator in the group was an old man, who was now fighting for his life, his true qi bursting out.

His opponent was a middle-aged man in a blood robe, with a cruel expression, whose cultivation was already at the peak of qi. If not for the old man's desperate fight, he would have already killed him.

"Blood Demon Ancestor! In just one month, you have slaughtered three villages! And you dare to appear outside Lingxiao City!?"

The old man fought without fear, attacking without defending.

"Haha, so what? Today, not only will you die, but your Li family of 263 people will also be promised to me, the Blood Demon Ancestor. After blood refining your Li family, I will surely achieve great power, form a gang, and then there will be nowhere I cannot go in the world!"

The man fighting the old man laughed wildly, his voice disorienting the ten guards.

"You... You are indeed the person hired by the three major families!"

In the carriage, a young man in his twenties, dressed in plain clothes, shouted: "The Wang family, Zhao family, and Fang family colluded with the Red Blood Demon Sect, using Lingxiao City as a transit point to kidnap people for the demons to cultivate their powers, causing countless families to be torn apart. After my father discovered this, he was framed... You will be punished!"

"Punishment? The whining of a defeated dog. The three villages were also like this, but what happened? I, the Blood Demon Ancestor, am still alive and my cultivation is getting stronger, while the three villages, with over 2,000 people, have been completely wiped out by me!"

The Blood Demon Ancestor laughed, his powerful voice disrupting the old man's breathing.

"You monster!"

The young man's eyes blazed with anger.

"Ha ha ha! Cry, curse, I love seeing you hate me but can't do anything about it!"

"Ha ha ha ha!"

At this moment, a long-suppressed, suddenly released laugh rolled out from the nearby forest.

The laughter was like thunder, filled with excitement, joy, madness, and...

A glimmer of hope!

"Ha ha ha ha, what have I found! A big red name! His sins are even greater than mine! Good! Good! This is too good!"

"What is it!?"

The Blood Demon Ancestor's face changed.

The next moment, a figure darted forward like a streak of light. Before anyone could react, a blood-red sword light, with the power to tear everything apart, enveloped the Blood Demon Ancestor.

"Die, you bastard!"