The Shining Star Above The Heaven-Chapter 961: Purge Operation

Hearing the past events that had been said by Sect Master Huang, Grand Elder Almund and Luyan’s bodies turned cold. What Sect Master Huang listed was true. It was because of their information that the devils could take advantage of the situation and do so much to evade pursuit or execute their plans.

Grand Elder Almund and Luyan thought that Aldrian was the one who had given that list to the Sect Master. They did not know where Aldrian got that list, but one thing was for sure.

They were doomed.

From the looks of it, whatever they said would be seen as an effort to evade punishment, which would only worsen their fate. But then, what could be worse than death? They would likely be tortured before being killed.

Seeing that there was only silence from Grand Elder Almund and Luyan, Sect Master Huang continued.

"No more talking? Good. Take them away! Put them in the seventh gate of hell," he said fiercely.

Hearing the order, the group from the Hell Pavilion approached the Grand Elder and Luyan. When Luyan heard that he would be brought to the seventh gate of hell, he wanted to run away.

The Hell Pavilion had a dungeon to imprison criminals, and the dungeon was separated into seven levels. The lowest one was called the seventh gate of hell, where the conditions were the worst. There were rumors that no matter how strong a cultivator was, if they were confined in the seventh gate of hell, they would eventually go crazy.

Everyone confined there would end up dead, whether from the harsh imprisonment conditions or a death sentence.

"I see, it finally comes to this," Grand Elder Almund suddenly said as he saw the group from the Hell Pavilion approaching him. All of them were at the pseudo-immortal and pseudo-immortal establishment stages.

He suddenly smiled and began laughing.

"Ahahaha!"

The members of the Hell Pavilion who were approaching him paused slightly, but then instantly appeared beside the Grand Elder to apprehend him. They sensed that Grand Elder Almund wanted to do something, and whatever it was, it would be bad.

But then wind barrier blocked them, making it impossible for them to touch Grand Elder Almund.

At that moment, Grand Elder Almund had already activated his defensive technique. At the same time, he injected his energy into the escape talisman he had prepared beneath his robe. Simultaneously, he sent his energy into the ground, intending to destroy the entire pavilion.

’Shit, we are too late,’ one of the members of the Hell Pavilion thought. They wanted to destroy the defensive barrier, but they knew they did not have the time. Grand Elder Almund would escape by that time. 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

"Too late. Goodbye!" the Grand Elder said, believing his escape was imminent.

But then—

"Not so fast, traitor," the Sect Master said as he unleashed his technique. Seven swords appeared around him and flew at terrifying speed toward the area surrounding the Grand Elder. The seven swords instantly shattered the defensive barrier and embedded themselves into the ground, forming a formation.

When Grand Elder Almund thought he had already disappeared to the place he had designated, he suddenly felt his teleportation stop and found himself reappearing in the same place. He was shocked, but then he instantly understood what had happened as he sensed the formation created by the seven swords.

The formation sealed the surrounding space, preventing any space-law abilities from escaping it. The swords also cut off the process of destroying the pavilion, which could have heavily injured everyone present.

After his escape failed, it did not take even a split second before a slash energy struck his arm and cut it off. His eyes widened as sudden pain assaulted him, and his right arm dropped to the ground.

"Arghh!" Grand Elder Almund shouted in pain as he clutched his severed wound.

Ignoring his agony, he found his body bound by several red chains as the members of the Hell Pavilion caught him. The chains were connected to each member of the Hell Pavilion, as this was one of their techniques.

The chains had a sealing ability. Anyone bound by them would lose the ability to control the flow of energy within their meridians and dantian. The members instantly pulled the chains, completely incapacitating the Grand Elder.

Luyan, who had already been captured earlier, could only watch the entire scene in despair. Even so, he still thought about how to get out of this situation.

’Yes, I could use my family,’ he thought as he looked toward Sect Master Huang.

"Sect Master, did you already tell my family what you will do to me? Even if you put me in the seventh gate of hell, you need to hear my family’s opinion." But after he finished speaking, his body was suddenly pressed down by a heavy pressure, forcing him to kiss the ground.

"Disciple Luyan, I did not expect you to be involved in this betrayal. I know that you are interested in Meilan, but to think that because of your obsession you would work with the devils. I do not want to hear anything from you. Do not ever think that because you are from the Bai family you can bring your family’s name to threaten me. Believe me, that is useless. Even if your family sides with you, I will still make you face punishment according to the sect’s laws. I do not mind if I have to visit your family personally," Sect Master Huang said fiercely.

Luyan gritted his teeth as he endured the immense pressure that kept his head pressed to the ground. He was utterly humiliated at this moment.

Meilan and Rei looked at Luyan with disgusted expressions. After knowing that Luyan had worked with the devils, they hated him even more. But after learning his intentions toward Meilan, which had driven him to cooperate with the devils, they truly wanted to kill him personally.

He had always gotten everything he wanted, which shaped a character that could not accept rejection. That was why Meilan’s rejection and her unapproachable nature became his challenge and obsession.

"Take them away. I do not want to hear any of their words any longer," Sect Master Huang said.

After that, the members of the Hell Pavilion dragged Grand Elder Almund and Luyan out of the pavilion.

"Huang Zhanfeng! Even if I die, my ghost will hunt you! I will curse you and your entire family! Huang Zhanfeng! You will die—Umph!"

"Sect Master, Sect Master! Please have mercy on me! I was wrong to work with the devils, but it was because of Grand Elder Almund! Sect Master, please hear me! It was because of Grand Elder Almund! Meilan, Meilan! Please ask your master to—Umph!"

Both the Grand Elder and his disciple shouted at the same time, but the members of the Hell Pavilion sealed their lips. Only muffled sounds could be heard throughout their journey to the headquarters of the Hell Pavilion.

At this moment, across the sect’s grounds, many such scenes unfolded. The members of the Hell Pavilion, with the support of other pavilions, apprehended the traitors of the sect. All of them were caught during this night operation.

Thanks to the quick and coordinated execution, they did not give the traitors any time to escape. This caused uproar and unease among the disciples and elders who did not know the full situation.

Why were there suddenly so many traitors working for the devils within the sect? Were there still more traitors among them? What was the true situation of the sect?

After the purge operation, Sect Master Huang made a personal announcement, telling everyone not to worry and instructing all disciples and elders to remain calm. The situation had already been handled, and all traitors had been captured.

Unbeknown to the people of the Celestial Lotus Sect, at this moment, the upheaval caused by the devils and traitors was not experienced by them alone. Across the Arantes Star, many families, sects, kingdoms, and empires were also carrying out purge operations.

This was what Aldrian, Meilan, and Rei had been doing all day. They traveled to many places to warn various powers about the existence of traitors. With the Arantes Star already having become his domain, their journey was easy.

As for the purge operations, Aldrian let these powers handle them on their own.

He only needed to deal with the devils still hiding across the world, which he had already done. With this division of roles, the purge of both devils and traitors would be more effective and faster.

While various parts of the world fell into upheaval because of the purge operations, Aldrian remained in his pavilion, enjoying his tea while looking at the beautiful night view.

His task in this regard was more or less complete in this world, and he could enjoy his spare time. He thought that he might stay for the next three days to look around this world before he had to attend to another matter in the Blue Pearl World.