“Break Hammer? The origin hammer that can supposedly break anything and everything?” The black-robed figure looked surprised when he saw the fist shattering his bloody saber intent and felt the grandiose fist intent permeating the air. Googlᴇ search Nov3lFɪre.ɴet “Correct! You don’t get a reward though.” Ye Qing laughed loudly as he turned his fist toward and threatened the black-robed figure. “You don’t think that Break Hammer is enough to stop the Crown of Butchers, do you?” The black-robed figure scoffed as he reversed his grip on the weapon. First, he swung the saber diagonally upward. When the tip of the blade had reached the highest point, he brought it down in one smooth motion. Then, when the saber was level with the ground, he swung it horizontally a second time. The three cuts formed a triangle. The triangle represented Heaven, Earth, and Human, and since it was created by the Crown of Butchers, it could only mean one thing. Kill the heavens! Butcher the earth! Slaughter the humans! Saber intent ripped through the air, and killing intent filled the gap. It was unstoppable. Ye Qing’s Break Hammer was instantly overwhelmed by the saber intent and bloody light. Ye Qing himself was overwhelmed by them. “You don’t seem worried about his safety at all.” Not far away, the white-robed figure was watching Feng Qingyou with a look of interest on his face. He wanted to know why Feng Qingyou did not seem worried about Ye Qing’s safety at all, or the fact that she wasn’t hurrying to attack him. “There’s nothing to be worried about.” Feng Qingyou replied indifferently yet confidently, “He won’t die.” “Oh? You’re quite confident, I see.” The white-robed figure hit his palm. “Oh, I almost forgot. He still has the Earthly Sovereign Bell, so of course you’re not worried.” Feng Qingyou smiled. “He would live even without using the Earthly Sovereign Bell.” “Oh? And why’s that?” The white-robed figure grew increasingly curious. “Because I believe in him like I believe in myself.” Feng Qingyou looked at the white-robed figure. “You cannot kill me just like your black counterpart cannot kill him.” “Is that so?” The white-robed figure shot her a benevolent smile. The next second, a horsetail whisk emerged from the pale flames behind him. The horsetail whisk was missing its tail. As it moved, clear qi circulated, and flawless light flowed. The clear qi seemed to be emitting an aura of joy and tranquility, while the flawless light was giving off waves of goodness and compassion. “Universal Benevolence?” Feng Qingyou blurted when she saw the horsetail whisk. “You know it?” The white-robed figure was surprised. It was one thing to recognize the infamous Crown of Butchers, but Universal Benevolence was much more obscure. “I know a little about it.” Feng Qingyou voiced her surprise, “But how did someone like you manage to forge a Universal Benevolence?” Universal Benevolence was the Dao artifact of the ancient Taoist sect known as Universal Benevolence[1]. Everyone who joined Universal Benevolence was a kind, compassionate person who helped the poor and downtrodden. Universal Benevolence the Dao artifact was rooted in the hearts of the good and compassionate and created from the clear qi of the world and the power of wishes of the people. Of course, the original Universal Benevolence had been destroyed a long time ago. The one the white-robed figure was wielding was his own. If it was easy to forge Universal Benevolence, then a lot more people would be using it. If the Crown of Butchers was forged through the butchering of lives, then Universal Benevolence was the opposite. It was forged through the act of saving and helping lives. One must save at least a million lives and gather their power of wishes and gratitude to forge Universal Benevolence. It went without saying that forging a Universal Benevolence was no joke. It could only be done by those with great compassion, willpower, and goodness. It was much harder to forge a Universal Benevolence than it was to forge a Crown of Butchers. That was why very, very few people succeeded. Of course, few was not impossible, so logically speaking, it was definitely within White Robe Demon Master’s capabilities to forge a Universal Benevolence. The question was, how did he manage to forge both a Crown of Butchers and a Universal Benevolence? This was a much harder feat than forging either weapon! The white-robed figure asked with a smile, “Why don’t you guess?” Feng Qingyou pondered seriously for a moment. “Is your main cultivation art the ‘Good Evil Sutra of Killing and Saving Lives’?” “Huh? You actually got it?” The white-robed figure was caught off guard by the correct guess. Then, he burst out laughing, “This poor Taoist is seriously becoming interested in you.” The so-called “Good Evil Sutra of Killing and Saving Lives” was an unparalleled art invented by the True Lord of Killing and Saving tens of thousands of years ago. The True Lord of Killing and Saving grew up in the Taoist sect Universal Benevolence, and he had displayed an extraordinary amount of talent from a young age. He had memorized three thousand Taoist scriptures, grasped thousands of Magias, and become a Sage all before he was thirty. But one day, a terrible tragedy befell his sect, and everyone except him was butchered by a powerful enemy. Even he, a Sage, could do nothing to stop this. He had to escape while carrying grievous wounds on his person. In order to take revenge, the True Lord of Killing and Saving joined the greatest demonic sect at the time, the Demonic Sect of Killing. He familiarized himself with all demonic Magias and practiced countless demonic arts in order to make up for his weaknesses. He eventually managed to combine the cultivation arts of the Demonic Sect of Killing and Universal Benevolence to create the “Good Evil Sutra of Killing and Saving Lives”. In ancient times, Taozu was able to transform one qi into three pure ones and create the Heaven, Earth, and Human Sage. The “Good Evil Sutra of Killing and Saving Lives” was created in reference to that. At the beginning of cultivation, one could cut their good and evil thoughts into two and create two minds with their own independent thought and personalities. The good mind would cultivate good arts and practice compassion and goodness. They would achieve enlightenment through virtuous merits and good deeds. The evil mind would cultivate evil arts and practice evil and slaughter. They would achieve enlightenment through evil deeds and bloody massacre. When one had cultivated the “Good Evil Sutra of Killing and Saving Lives” to the adept level and become a Sage, the two minds would then be able to create the Good Body and the Evil Body. At this level, one could split into two and act independently. They could also join back into one. The truly amazing part about this art was that the Good and Evil Body would not grow weaker in terms of cultivation level or strength even if they were apart. They would both inherit the original’s cultivation level and strength. In other words, one person was equal to two people when practicing the “Good Evil Sutra of Killing and Saving Lives”. It was a cultivation art that boasted incredible power to say the least. Assuming that one could completely master the essence of good and evil and combine the two bodies into one, then they would forge an unparalleled Great Way and become Immortal. Alas, not even the True Lord of Killing and Saving, the inventor of the “Good Evil Sutra of Killing and Saving Lives” himself was able to achieve this. On a related note, the “Good Evil Sutra of Killing and Saving Lives” was created based on the cultivation art of Universal Benevolence and the Demonic Sect of Killing, and both sects possessed the method to create an Ancient-class Strange Artifact. They were none other than Universal Benevolence and the Crown of Butchers. In other words, the two Strange Artifacts were tailor-made for the “Good Evil Sutra of Killing and Saving Lives”. If the Good and Evil Body wielded them, then their strength would grow a hundred fold. In conclusion, the “Good Evil Sutra of Killing and Saving Lives” was a potent, evil, and godlike art of the Dark Ways. White Robe Demon Master was a half-human, half-Stranger. Because of this, he was bullied horribly when he was young. Later, he stumbled upon an abode and obtained the inheritance of the True Lord of Killing and Saving. After learning the “Good Evil Sutra of Killing and Saving Lives”, he rose to the heavens and never looked back. White Robe Demon Master went through a lot to practice the “The Good Evil Sutra of Killing and Saving Lives”. On one hand, he committed all sorts of evils and massacred lives wantonly. On the other hand, he saved countless lives, performed many good deeds and accumulated much good karma. Later, he arrived at the Profound Alliance and the Rakshasa Kingdom by accident and discovered a golden opportunity. He did not hesitate to execute it. On one hand, he aided the Rakshasa King in founding the Rakshasa civilization and received the gratitude and thoughts of countless living beings[2]. On the other hand, he singlehandedly plunged the two civilizations into an endless war and strife. He might not be directly involved in most of the killings, but he might as well be. In the end, he was able to master the “Good Evil Sutra of Killing and Saving Lives” and forged the two Ancient-class Strange Artifacts, the Crown of Butchers and the Universal Benevolence. To be honest, this was the first time he showed off his two selves after creating his Good and Evil Body and forging the Crown of Butchers and the Universal Benevolence. He had prepared this for the Rakshasa King, but unfortunately, the Stranger had died before he could use it. Now, he was using it against two Half-Sages. Frankly, it felt like an overkill, but he was done with surprises after the “pleasant surprise” he received a couple months back. A lion went all out even when it was hunting a rabbit, and White Robe Demon Master did not feel like losing today. He did not think he would lose, but he did not want to take the chance at all. Not even a little. 1. Yes the sect and the artifact share the same name. ☜ 2. Strangers count as living creatures too. ☜