Complete Annihilation of the Branch Altars

Yuna Zhou's cheeks flushed with a shy blush at Ian Song's teasing. "Young Master, there you go again—always flirting with me the moment we meet."

Back when Ian Song first brought Lin Wan'er into the Tang Capital, they ran into Yuna Zhou, who was disguised as a dark-skinned street vendor. Later, her master Owen Carter was hunted by the Divine Armory Order, but Ian saved him and even healed Owen's injuries.

From then on, this master and disciple pair stuck to him like glue.

However, since Ian's footing in the capital was still shaky at the time, and he'd already offended the Duke of Qi Residence, he arranged for them to take shelter with the Dualis Order.

"Senior Sister Zhou, who is this young man?"

A curious inner-court Dualis disciple asked. When Ian Song infiltrated the Dualis Order, he killed Order Master Ross Luo and then enslaved Vice Order Masters Drake Wang and June Meng with his Puppet Mastery Divine Art, so the entire Dualis Order basically fell into his hands.

However, he never appeared before the ordinary disciples, and his stay in the Dualis Order was brief, so most of them didn't recognize him.

"He's my master—and my teacher's, too. You can just call him Young Master Song!" Yuna Zhou said shyly.

The four Dualis disciples were all shocked. After all, Yuna Zhou's master Owen Carter was a newly appointed Dualis elder, and even he called this young man 'master.' Clearly, this newcomer was someone truly formidable—maybe even their ticket out of this mess.

With that thought, the four of them quickly bowed to Ian Song.

"No need to stand on ceremony!"

With a casual wave of his hand, Ian Song broke the seals suppressing the cultivation of all five people, including Yuna Zhou.

Regaining their cultivation, the five were all visibly excited.

The Dualis disciple who'd been savagely beaten by Wade Bighead couldn't help but glare at him with resentment.

"He's yours to deal with," Ian Song said after a glance.

"Thank you, Young Master Song!"

After thanking him, the disciple immediately pounced on Wade Bighead, raining punches and kicks down on him. Ian Song, at just the right moment, lifted the restriction on Wade's body, so the jailer finally felt the pain and screamed miserably under the barrage.

Half an incense stick later, atop a small mountain peak...

"Thud! Thud!"

Drake Wang, June Meng, Faye Xiao, Owen Carter, and Yuna Zhou all knelt together before Ian Song.

Drake Wang, looking panicked, said, "I'm useless—I actually made Master come save us! Please punish me, Master!"

June Meng quickly added, "That's right, Master! Please punish us—we won't complain at all!"

In two years, thanks to the cultivation arts bestowed by Ian Song, Drake Wang had broken through to early Soul-Split, and June Meng had reached late Out-of-Body.

Even Owen Carter, the forging master, had surprised Ian Song by reaching early Soul-Split as well.

"Enough, all of you—get up. This wasn't your fault!" Ian Song said gently. "The ones who attacked were from the Prime One Church. Even ten Dualis Orders couldn't have stopped them."

"Thank you, Master!"

Drake Wang and the others all responded together.

Most Dualis Order disciples looked confused—only a few understood what was going on.

Seeing this, Drake Wang hurriedly explained, "Do you know why our Dualis Order hasn't had a Sect Master? It's because our Master is the real Sect Master! Hurry and pay your respects!"

The disciples were overjoyed. Who would've thought their Order's true leader was so powerful? Just now, Ian Song had teleported hundreds of them at once—a feat only legendary Fusion-realm experts could pull off.

Only Fusion-realm legends could teleport hundreds of people at once.

"Greetings, Sect Master!"

In the next moment, all Dualis Order disciples knelt and bowed, with Drake Wang and the others joining in.

"Alright, everyone—stand up!"

Ian Song raised his hand slightly.

"Thank you, Sect Master!"

Next, Ian Song teleported hundreds of Dualis Order disciples back to the High Zhou Capital and temporarily settled them inside the Song Residence.

With the Jade Maiden Sect already living there, the Song Residence was nearly full. Now, with another seven or eight hundred Dualis disciples arriving, there simply wasn’t enough space.

Ian Song summoned Raina Quinn and told her to contact Warren Wei, asking him to find two large vacant estates.

One was for the Jade Maiden Sect, the other for the Dualis Order.

Once he finished giving his orders, Ian Song left right away.

With the Dualis Order disciples saved, Ian Song finally had nothing holding him back.

Because he took the blame for the Fire God Church's massacre and got nothing for it, Ian Song destroyed three Prime One Church branch altars before rescuing the Dualis Order group.

Two years ago, Ian Song destroyed over half of the Prime One Church's branch altars. In the following two years, the church rebuilt all those that were lost.

But just yesterday, the Fire God Church wiped out sixty-three branch altars in one sweep, and Ian Song destroyed five more. So, sixty-eight Prime One branch altars were annihilated, leaving only twenty-eight.

After the Fire God Church's ambush, all the Prime One Church's Tribulation experts were terrified and retreated to the Main Altar. Without top guardians, the branch altars couldn't withstand Ian Song's attacks.

So, that same day, Ian Song struck again and destroyed six more branch altars, leaving just twenty-two.

The next day, Ian Song smashed twelve more branch altars.

On the third day, he struck again and destroyed another eight branch altars.

That left the once-mighty Prime One Church with only two branch altars.

As for those last two, Ian Song didn't bother to attack—they were already deserted.

Within just a few days, news that all Prime One Church branch altars had been wiped out spread throughout the Tang Dynasty.

Everyone was stunned. The Prime One Church had a hundred-thousand-year foundation and Immortal guardians—how could all its branch altars be destroyed so easily?

Ian Song's nickname, 'Little Demon Song,' became truly famous—everyone in the Tang Dynasty knew his name.

Of course, even more people demonized him, calling him a crazed killer who slaughtered without blinking.

At this moment, all the first-rate sects in Battlefront Province issued a joint statement: from now on, they would no longer acknowledge the Prime One Church's supremacy or pay even a single spirit stone in taxes.

Battlefront Province's collective breakaway was a huge slap in the face for the Prime One Church.

Many predicted the Prime One Church would retaliate against the Battlefront Province sects.

But to everyone's surprise, several days passed and the Prime One Church didn't react at all. After Battlefront Province's breakaway, two more provinces' sects issued similar statements, also refusing to acknowledge Prime One's authority.

The Prime One Church continued to remain silent.

Seeing this repeated silence, other provinces' first-rate sects couldn't sit still. One after another, they issued joint statements, declaring their departure and refusing to pay any taxes.

So, within just one month, except for the five provinces closest to the Tang Capital, all ninety-one other provinces' sects had left the Prime One Church.

With that, the Prime One Church's hundred-thousand-year reign as the sole religious power was finally broken.