Banner of the Human Emperor Rises, Audacious Evil Cultivator

"What are you trying to do!"

Zhou She looked at Mo Tianxiao, who was hovering in mid-air holding the Human Emperor Banner, and a sense of foreboding rose in his heart.

"Elders and disciples, hold him off for now! I'm going to get the Sect Master!"

The next second, trusting his instincts, Zhou She clutched his severed arm and chose to flee immediately. He leaped into the air and dashed toward the back mountain of the Yellow Springs Sect.

"Think you can run away?"

Mo Tianxiao glanced at Zhou She and gave a slight shake of his head. He then tossed the Human Emperor Banner into the sky, directly pouring his Nascent Soul realm cultivation base into the flag.

In an instant, the Human Emperor Banner burst with golden light, transforming into several afterimages that surrounded the entire Yellow Springs Sect. The flags connected into an ancient array formation, suppressing every living creature within the sect.

"Ah!!!"

The moment the array formation was established, Zhou She, who hadn't gotten far, plummeted from the sky and crashed heavily into the ground.

"Hmph, a measly Yellow Springs Sect dared to wipe out my junior sister's entire family. Today, I shall carry out justice on behalf of the heavens!"

Mo Tianxiao looked down at the cultivators below with a righteous and awe-inspiring demeanor, his Nascent Soul cultivation erupting with a boom.

"Refine!"

The grand array activated, and its terrifying pressure rendered the Yellow Springs Sect cultivators completely unable to move. The Human Emperor Banner erupted with blinding light.

The crowd only felt enveloped by a tyrannical law. Their entire beings seemed to undergo a sublimation, as if their flesh and souls were about to be torn apart.

"Ahhh!!!"

"Senior, please spare our Yellow Springs Sect!! Our Yellow Springs Sect is willing to acknowledge you as our master!!"

A chorus of miserable wails rang out. Cultivators below the Golden Core realm were refined with almost no pain; their physical bodies dissipated, leaving only streaks of souls that were sucked into the Human Emperor Banner.

"Acknowledge me as your master? Fine, from now on, you can all serve me from within my Human Emperor Banner!"

Mo Tianxiao let out a loud laugh and silently increased his power output.

"May I ask which fellow Daoist has descended upon our Yellow Springs Sect? I do not know how we have offended you, but please spare our sect. This Yao will surely reward you handsomely!"

Just then, a burly man with a booming voice flew out from the back mountain, his Nascent Soul cultivation fully exposed.

"Sect Master, save us!"

The Golden Core realm elders could no longer resist the refinement of the Human Emperor Banner. Their bodies began to show signs of disintegration, and they collapsed limply to the ground. Aside from the elders at the ninth level of the Golden Core realm, the rest had already lost consciousness.

"So it's the Sect Master of the Yellow Springs Sect. It seems everyone is here." Mo Tianxiao looked at the guy who called himself This Yao.

"Fellow Daoist, please let my Yellow Springs Sect off the hook. Just consider it as This Yao owing you a favor."

A favor from a Nascent Soul realm cultivator, in the eyes of Yao Bufan's father, was enough to move Mo Tianxiao.

"Quite loyal, aren't you? In that case, you can come in as well."

Seeing that this guy actually didn't flee at the first opportunity, Mo Tianxiao felt a bit of admiration.

However, he could not be bothered to waste so many words on an old piece of trash who had just entered the Nascent Soul realm. The Nine Tribulations Holy Sword turned into a streak of flowing light, tearing through the void and instantly decapitating the man.

"You...!!"

The burly man was beheaded by a single sword strike before he could even react. Only at this moment did he realize that his Nascent Soul realm and the other party's Nascent Soul realm were not on the same level at all.

The next moment, a Nascent Soul slipped out of the burly man's body and shot off into the distance.

"Get in there!"

Mo Tianxiao reached out his palm. A giant hand formed from spiritual energy grabbed the man's Nascent Soul in one fell swoop and tossed it into the Human Emperor Banner.

A puny Nascent Soul, still trying to run?

"You will die a horrible death!! Daring to destroy my Yellow Springs Sect, the Patriarch will not let you off!!"

"Boom!!"

In the last second before being pulled into the Human Emperor Banner, the Nascent Soul chose to self-destruct. Terrifying spiritual energy exploded instantly, blowing all the Golden Core elders within the array to death.

"Hiss... This guy was quite tough. Wouldn't it have been nice to continue rebuilding the Yellow Springs Sect inside my Human Emperor Banner?"

Mo Tianxiao had already dodged hundreds of meters away, taking Nangong Wan with him in his arms along the way.

Looking at the leveled Yellow Springs Sect, he secretly clicked his tongue. They clearly could have continued to shine brightly within his Human Emperor Banner, so why did they have to take things so hard?

"S-Senior Brother, you can let me go now."

Nangong Wan, who was in his arms, squirmed her body with an uncomfortable look in her eyes and reminded him in a low voice.

"Oh, right, sorry about that. The situation was urgent just now, Junior Sister, please don't misunderstand."

Quickly letting go of his little junior sister, Mo Tianxiao explained.

Seeing Nangong Wan's small face turn slightly red, Mo Tianxiao scratched his head. "Well then, I'll go see if their souls have finished being refined."

Although the Nascent Soul had exploded, the Golden Core cultivators were still there.

Even if the Nascent Soul self-destructed, it only blew up their physical bodies; their souls were fine and should still be able to be refined.

Nangong Wan raised her head and looked at Mo Tianxiao flying toward the Yellow Springs Sect, feeling her face grow a bit hot. What was wrong with her just now? Senior Brother was just saving her, so what was there to be shy about?

However, why did it feel like Senior Brother was also a bit embarrassed...

Nangong Wan stepped on her flying sword and caught up with Mo Tianxiao.

She found that recently, this senior brother of hers had been acting very strange. First, he dug out her Immortal Bone only to return it to her, and then he started flirting with female disciples within the sect.

Before, she had been entirely focused on cultivating for revenge and had never truly taken the time to understand what kind of person her Eldest Senior Brother really was.

Although the fact that he had dug out her Immortal Bone had already branded him as a bad guy in her heart, he was the Eldest Senior Brother of a demonic sect to begin with, so being a little bad seemed quite normal.

"Good, good, the souls are still here."

Mo Tianxiao looked at the Yellow Springs Sect, which had been reduced to ruins. Sensing that there were still quite a few souls wandering within the grand array, he immediately sped up the refinement process.

Fortunately, his Human Emperor Banner hadn't been affected by the Nascent Soul's self-destruction, and he would soon be able to finish refining all the souls.

[Destroying the Yellow Springs Sect aligns with villainous behavior. Villain Points +100!]

"This trip was worth it."

Not only did he avenge his junior sister, but he also enhanced the power of the Human Emperor Banner, and the system even threw in a few small perks. Not bad at all.

Nangong Wan walked up to Mo Tianxiao, curiously examining the array formation, and asked, "Senior Brother, what kind of treasure is this?"

With her great revenge fulfilled, she was in a very good mood now and was no longer as icy cold as before.

"This is called the Human Emperor Banner. It's specifically used to deliver the souls of those burdened with sins," Mo Tianxiao explained.

"Deliver the souls of sinners? So you're saying they will turn over a new leaf and reincarnate as good people?"

Nangong Wan frowned and muttered in a low voice.

She certainly didn't want these cultivators, who slaughtered defenseless ordinary people, to be able to reincarnate as good people. They ought to become beasts instead.

"Reincarnate? What reincarnation? They still have to stay in my Human Emperor Banner and serve me."

Mo Tianxiao said without a care in the world. He felt absolutely no psychological burden about refining such cultivators into the Human Emperor Banner.

"Oh, then let's head back once Senior Brother finishes refining them."

Nangong Wan nodded in satisfaction and stood to the side, waiting patiently.

As for her future life plans, she intended to follow her master closely and cultivate properly, becoming a formidable cultivator who could help her master in the future.

After all, if her master hadn't given her the opportunity to step onto the path of cultivation, she wouldn't have been able to avenge her family.

"Alright, it'll just be a moment," Mo Tianxiao replied.

His junior sister was talking more now, which was a good thing, but he couldn't shake the feeling that this experiential journey was somehow missing something.

"Audacious evil cultivator!! To think you would dare commit acts so devoid of humanity in broad daylight! Refining souls, imprisoning spirits, turning your back on the human path, and defying the heavens! Your sins are unforgivable!

You are no longer worthy of being called human! Today, I shall dispense justice on behalf of the heavens and eradicate an evil cultivator like you!"

Mo Tianxiao had just been thinking that this training expedition was a bit underwhelming when a tyrannical aura suddenly erupted in the distance, and the furious reprimand instantly pierced his ears.

Looking up, a guy clad in black robes with a massive greatsword slung across his back came into his line of sight.

Good lord, the classic protagonist getup.

"I knew something was missing. So this is what was waiting for me..."