Chapter 53: The Truth of a Thousand Years Ago

What is the most powerful weapon in this world?

It is not the saber, spear, sword, or halberd, nor is it Divine Magical Weapons like the seven killing stele or Shifting Stars.

It is time.

A thousand years of time is enough to smooth over many things, enough to make people forget many things, and even enough to tamper with many things.

A thousand years ago, the San Jue Venerable was indeed a top-tier expert in the Jianghu.

However, he was no Martial Forest elder or virtuous figure of the Jianghu.

Instead, he was the ruthless and sinister Three Absolute Evil Venerable, whose name struck terror into the hearts of all!

He practiced the three paths of Daoism, Buddhism, and Demonic cultivation because he originated from a Daoist sect but killed his own Master and defected to join a Buddhist sect.

Later, unable to endure the Buddhist precepts, he colluded with the Demonic Path to annihilate his own Buddhist sect and subsequently joined the Demonic Path lineage.

He did not stay in the Demonic Path for long either; due to various conflicts of interest, he betrayed the Demonic Path as well, eventually leading experts from the Daoist, Buddhist, and Demonic lineages to hunt him down simultaneously.

However, this Three Absolute Evil Venerable was indeed a top expert of his era.

The pursuit by the experts of the three lineages failed to kill him; instead, it made him stronger, until he finally stepped onto the Peak of the martial path, the Ninth Realm of Heavenly Profundity.

As for this Demon Sealing Valley, there were never any ancient demons; it was all just a scam fabricated by the Three Absolute Evil Venerable.

The Demon Sealing Valley came to be because the Three Absolute Evil Venerable discovered a magical weapon and wanted to refine it. Unexpectedly, something went wrong, and instead of refining the magical weapon, he became entangled with it in a bizarre symbiotic state.

In desperation, the Three Absolute Evil Venerable had his three Disciples establish the Demon Sealing Valley. On one hand, they used a Formation to help him refine the magical weapon.

On the other hand, it was to act as his Protector and conceal his current state, preventing his former enemies from seeking revenge.

Later, when the imperial court collapsed and the world fell into the chaos of war, the Three Absolute Evil Venerable had the Three Demon Clans fabricate the lie about the origins of the Demon Sealing Valley.

By the time the wars subsided and the Great Xia was established, five hundred years had already passed.

By then, the forces that held grudges against the San Jue Venerable had gone extinct, and his enemies were all dead.

In this world, the Three Absolute Evil Venerable no longer existed; there was only the San Jue Venerable who had sacrificed himself to suppress a demon.

Left or right, whichever you chose was wrong.

If you were a newcomer, simple and naive, choosing the left meant death.

If you were suspicious and calculating, choosing the right also meant death; there was no difference.

At this moment, the Three Absolute Evil Venerable sized up Chen Yuan, a strange smile appearing on his half-human, half-ghost face: “Interesting. You seem to have known my identity for a long time. Why didn’t you stop them?”

“Because I couldn’t stop them. Besides, if I had, this play wouldn’t be able to continue.”

The Three Absolute Evil Venerable frowned slightly.

He very much disliked the attitude of the kid before him.

He would have preferred to see these Martial Artists show expressions of disbelief, panic, and fear.

Just then, a miserable scream suddenly came from the forest on the right.

Several Martial Artists who were only at the Early Stage of the Blood Moving Realm channeled their Internal Energy into the Formation, only to find that their Internal Energy was sucked dry in an instant.

They wanted to leave, but they discovered that a powerful suction force was emanating from the Formation, making it impossible for them to escape.

Once their Internal Energy was drained, what was extracted next was the essence blood of their entire bodies!

In the span of ten breaths, the essence blood of those few Blood Moving Realm Martial Artists was completely drained, leaving them as withered corpses!

The expressions of the other Martial Artists changed; they wanted to flee, but it was already too late.

The weaker Martial Artists were drained into withered corpses, while the stronger ones, like Wei Guangming, could still barely resist.

But once time was up, they would inevitably die as well!

“A scam! This is a scam!”

Wei Guangming ground his teeth in rage, yet he couldn’t understand why, despite being so cautious, he had still chosen wrongly.

Of course, he didn’t know that no matter which of the two paths was chosen, it was wrong.

Thirteen Lang Luo’s expression was grave as he said in a low voice, “Brother Chen, let’s escape quickly!”

The Three Absolute Evil Venerable looked at the two of them with a playful gaze: “Escape? To speak the word ‘escape’ in front of this seat is a bit too contemptuous of me. “

“The entire Demon Sealing Valley is completely sealed off. Where can you run? If I let you escape, wouldn’t my lifelong reputation be utterly ruined?”

“I betrayed the Daoist gate to join Buddhism, then betrayed Buddhism to join the Demonic Sect. I have traversed the three houses of Daoism, Buddhism, and Demon, but I have yet to try being a truly respected elder of the Martial Forest.”

“A thousand years ago, the San Jue Venerable successfully suppressed and killed the demon and re-emerged in the Jianghu. What do you think of this script?”

“The script is indeed a good one, but I’m afraid someone is going to fight you for it.”

A strange smile appeared on Chen Yuan’s face: “You don’t have the ability to refine the magical weapon; you only want to rely on the power of the Formation to grind away the Devilish Qi on the magical weapon as much as possible until it’s at a level you can control.”

“Through a thousand years of suppression, plus the free labor from the Demon Sealing Conference every ten years to help you kill the Corpse Monsters formed from Devilish Qi, the Devilish Qi on this magical weapon is indeed worlds apart from a thousand years ago.”

“But you rely too much on the Formation. You are entangled with the magical weapon and have been trapped here for over a thousand years. Although the core of the Formation is in your hands, how do you know the external Formation hasn’t been altered?”

The Three Absolute Evil Venerable suddenly thought of something, and his expression changed abruptly.

With a wave of his hand, he tried to manipulate the Formation above the Demon Sealing Valley, only to find that the Formation didn’t respond at all.

It was as if he had suddenly lost control over the entire Demon Sealing Valley!

“Vile Disciples! How dare you!”

The Three Absolute Evil Venerable looked up suddenly, his face incredibly distorted.

He had laid down the Formation that suppressed the magical weapon in the Demon Sealing Valley, but at the same time, his three Disciples on the outside also had the authority to control it.

After all, he needed the Three Demon Clans to help him stabilize the Formation, so he had to give them the authority to manage it.

Now that there was a problem with the Formation, the only possibility was that the Three Demon Clans had betrayed him and had modified the Formation in secret long ago!

From within the thick mist, Bai Xuewei and the other two stepped out.

“How dare you! You actually dare to plot against me!”

The Three Absolute Evil Venerable’s face was distorted, his eyes full of killing intent: “I never expected the descendants of my three Disciples to be such fools. I was only one step away from success, yet I’m being held back by my own people!”

Bai Xuewei gave a light laugh. Her smile was soft and charming, but her laughter was filled with mockery.

“Fools? The ancestors of our three families were the true fools, actually believing your lies and working for you all this time!”

“Grandmaster, they never saw through what kind of person you are their whole lives, but we see it very clearly.”

“You betrayed your Masters three times; you are cold-natured, heartless, and unrighteous. What of your Disciples? They were nothing more than three dogs you raised!”

“Over these years, for the sake of your plan, the generations of my Three Demon Clans have been trapped in the Demon Sealing Valley, with our Lifespan rarely exceeding fifty years. By my generation, we are even on the verge of total extinction!”

“We clearly hold power, yet we are trapped in this dog cage of a Demon Sealing Valley. Who would be satisfied? Who would be willing?”

“Instead of helping you, Old Ancestor, to control the magical weapon, why can’t we control it ourselves?”

“But Grandmaster, rest assured. Once our three clans take charge of the magical weapon and walk out of the Demon Sealing Valley, you will still be that San Jue Venerable who suppressed the demon with his own body, and you will still be revered by all the Jianghu People in the world.”

When Wei Guangming and the others, who were still struggling to hold on, heard this, their hearts went cold.

Originally, seeing the problem with the Formation and the appearance of Bai Xuewei and the others, Wei Guangming thought they had found their conscience and were going to confront their Grandmaster.

Who would have thought they were indeed confronting their Grandmaster, but it wasn’t out of a sense of conscience; they had their own schemes!

In either case, they were all going to be silenced.

If they didn’t die and the true identities of the Three Absolute Evil Venerable and the Three Demon Clans were leaked, the reputation they had cultivated for so many years would be ruined.

The Three Absolute Evil Venerable’s half-human, half-demon face twitched slightly as he forcibly suppressed his rage.

If he were at his Peak, he could have slapped these three rebellious, vile Disciples to death with one hand.

But for the sake of controlling the magical weapon, the Three Absolute Evil Venerable had paid too high a price.

One thing the Three Absolute Evil Venerable said was correct: he indeed should have died long ago.

He was only able to stay alive now because he was too deeply connected to the magical weapon, relying on its power to barely survive.

In reality, his body had already decayed, and his Divine Soul had mutated. He could no longer be considered a Martial Artist, and even he wasn’t sure how far his combat power had fallen.

Even if he completely controlled the magical weapon, he wouldn’t actually be able to reconstruct his body; he could only use the power of the magical weapon to shape a demonic body to gain powerful strength.

Therefore, the current Three Absolute Evil Venerable did not actually want to completely fall out with these three vile Disciples.

Even if they were to fall out, it would have to wait until after he controlled the magical weapon.

Taking a deep breath, the Three Absolute Evil Venerable suddenly looked at Zhao Xuan Xin and Xie Tianyun behind Bai Xuewei.

“You two men, are you now going to take this woman as your superior?”

“It’s fine if you want to betray your Master and ancestor, but what can you gain?”

“Divine Magical Weapons can only have one Master.”

“The one who controls the magical weapon is the Weapon Master!”

“When the time comes and she controls the magical weapon, what will the two of you amount to? Aren’t you afraid she’ll discard you like old tools once the job is done?”

“Being a dog for me is not okay, but being a dog for this woman, you are willing?”

This Three Absolute Evil Venerable was truly a Master of the Evil Path from a thousand years ago. His mind was incredibly sinister, and he immediately grasped the core conflict of interest between these three.

There was only one magical weapon; who would be the Weapon Master?

As long as the three of them fought amongst themselves, the Three Absolute Evil Venerable could turn the tables in an instant!

However, this attempt at provocation had no effect.

Bai Xuewei gave a light laugh, and at the same time, she pulled the two men beside her into her arms, hugging them by their waists.

“Grandmaster, you chose the wrong targets for your provocation. They are both my men. We are already one family, so where is the question of who is superior?”

There wasn’t the slightest dissatisfaction on the faces of Xie Tianyun and Zhao Xuan Xin; they only held Bai Xuewei tightly at the same time, making their stance clear.

Not to mention that the Three Absolute Evil Venerable hadn’t expected this scene, even Chen Yuan, who knew the general plot, hadn’t expected it.

Thirteen Lang Luo was even more dumbfounded: “This… these two men and one woman also works? How do they sleep? One person every other day?”

Chen Yuan looked at Thirteen Lang Luo with sympathy.

If he wasn’t mistaken, this brother was likely still a virgin.

“One in front and one in back is also possible, it’s just right. Adding one more would actually work too.”