Tang Xiaoqi's complete fusion with the World-Purifying Green Lotus origin was not a simple superposition of power, but a leap in life form, a deep resonance with the universe's purification laws. He hovered in the air, his glass-like body flowing with warm green light, his aura connected with the entire world's righteous energy, as if becoming the only light source and order anchor in this filthy demon lair.
Facing the "Oblivion Demon Embryo" formed by the Demonic Lord abandoning rationality and madly devouring and fusing, Xiao Qi's eyes held neither grief nor joy, only a kind of absolute calm that controlled laws and cleansed the universe. He slowly raised his hands, not casting any complex spell, but forming a seal before his chest—ancient, simple, yet as if containing the ultimate truth of the purification great dao.
As this seal took form, that World-Purifying Green Lotus phantom behind him, which had already merged into his body, clearly manifested again! But this time, it was no longer a hazy phantom, but became incomparably solid, incomparably brilliant!
The twelve grades of lotus petals spread out layer by layer to an unprecedented degree, completely... blooming in rage!
Om—!!!
An indescribably vast and pure purification divine light, centered on that blooming Green Lotus, like a supernova eruption, soundlessly yet irresistibly... swept forth!
This light was no longer a soft green glow, but transformed into substantial, flowing tides of purification! Where the light passed, it did not destroy, but... returned to origin!
First to bear the impact was that madly pulsing, gushing filthy demonic energy "Oblivion Demon Embryo"!
The purification divine light washed over the demon embryo's twisted, painful-face-covered tumor-like body.
Sizzle—!!!
No explosion, no resistance.
That chaotic existence forcibly fused from the Demonic Lord's remnant soul, broken demon body, and blood pool energy, the moment it contacted the purification divine light, was like a sandcastle meeting a tsunami, beginning the most thorough... disintegration!
The pure demonic energy constituting the demon embryo's body, like thick fog in sunlight, rapidly dissipated, restored to harmless spiritual energy particles. The countless resentful souls forcibly bound and crushed within, their miserable wailing abruptly stopped. Their twisted painful faces became peaceful and serene in the divine light, finally transforming into dots of pure soul light, as if receiving deliverance, lightly rising up and dissipating in the light, finding liberation.
The demon embryo's massive, distorted body, under the purification divine light's washing, rapidly shrank and faded like melting ice and snow. The Demonic Lord's remaining, madness-and-despair-filled will let out a final, barely audible, bubble-bursting-like whimper, then completely... annihilated into silence.
Within just a few breaths, that "Oblivion Demon Embryo" which had been radiating terrifying destructive aura and attempting a final counterattack, had vanished without a trace, as if it had never existed.
The purification divine light did not stop, continuing to spread throughout the entire Demon Palace's grand hall.
That blood pool polluted again by the Demonic Lord's final madness, when the divine light swept over it, the viscous dark red liquid was like being thrown into a purification furnace, instantly vaporizing and evaporating. The filth and resentment within were thoroughly cleansed, leaving only the purest water vapor, which was also assimilated by the divine light.
The grand hall's four walls, ceiling, ground... all engraved demonic patterns, all residual demonic energy, all traces of demonic erosion, before this ultimate purification light, were like stains erased by an eraser, rapidly disappearing, restored to the material's original, clean state.
The entire Demon Palace's grand hall, from the previous blood-filled, resentful, destructive filthy place, at a visible speed, was purified into a space... absolutely pure, absolutely peaceful, even faintly radiating faint vitality and spiritual energy!
The light gradually converged, finally gathering again into the Green Lotus phantom behind Xiao Qi that was slowly closing its petals.
Inside the grand hall, all was silent.
Only that lingering, refreshing pure aura, and that faint peaceful dao rhyme remaining after deliverance, still spoke of the miracle of that ultimate purification just now.
Mu Xue, Ao Qin, Zhao Tiezhu, and the Second Senior Brother whose soul body had stabilized, all stared blankly at everything before them, looking at Xiao Qi hovering in the air like a god of purification, their hearts filled with ineffable shock and reverence.
The Demonic Lord's threat... just like that... was thoroughly eliminated?
That dark demonic source that had plagued the cultivation world for a hundred years, devoured countless living beings, almost dragged the world into the abyss... just dissipated in this soundless purification light?
Xiao Qi slowly descended from the air, the flowing glass-like green light on his body gradually drawing inward. But those green eyes of his remained deep as the starry sky. He felt the power perfectly merged with the Green Lotus origin within him, felt this thoroughly purified space. In his heart was not too much joy, only a kind of... dust-settled calm, and... endless longing for his father.
He walked to where his father Xu Zhan had finally dissipated. There was nothing there, but he could feel a trace of lingering, warm thought.
He stood there silently, for a long, long time.
Finally, he raised his head, gazing at the grand hall's ceiling that was revealed after purification, leading to who knows where, softly speaking to himself, yet also as if telling that already-resting father:
"Father... we... won."