Chapter 981 Not enough
In the minds of many cultivators, the Sword-Eating Ancestor is a more terrifying existence than the Tiandao Sect. After all, this demon has never done anything good, and has never concealed his actions. It can be said that he is notorious throughout the thirty-six states, and countless cultivators are terrified at the mention of his name.

Many cultivators even have a favorable impression of the Tiandao Sect and have a respectful attitude towards it, and their impression of the Tiandao Sect is not as bad as that of the Sword-Devouring Ancestor.

The emergence of this kind of thought, coupled with their mentality of taking chances, caused hundreds of millions of cultivators to rush in all directions. In an instant, countless cultivators flew out of the coverage of the Xuanhuang Pagoda.

Tian Dao Zong smiled coldly: "Run away in all directions? Do you think I can do nothing about it? How naive!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he raised the magic spear in his hand high and lightly stabbed it at the Ninth Heaven. Suddenly, a black spear light with a thickness of one hundred feet rushed up. The spear light rushed to the top of the Nine Heavens, exploded with a loud bang, and turned into millions of slender spear lights that scattered down.

Each of the scattered spear beams locked onto the fleeing monks, and even accurately locked onto the center of their brows.

"not good!"

Seeing this scene, Zhang Qian couldn't help it after all. As soon as he had a thought, the map of mountains, rivers, and the country emerged. The treasure map opened, and a hazy phantom of the world appeared. In the phantom, there were mountains and rivers standing in rows, which was extremely real. It was the phantom of the primitive world.

hum!
The phantom expanded, almost covering the entire vast wilderness. The billions of spear beams falling from the ninth heaven were immediately blocked by the phantom of the world, and not a single one could fall.

Tiandao Zong was furious: "Zhang Qian, do you still want to protect these people? It's useless. You can protect them for a while, but not forever!"

Zhang Qian was silent in his heart, knowing that what Tiandao Sect said was right. He was not an emperor who commanded the world, nor was he the supreme being who dominated this world. Facing billions of cultivators, he could not enforce discipline and no one would listen to his orders. He could protect these cultivators from death temporarily, but he could not protect them forever.

"Maybe you're right!"

Zhang Qian was silent for a while, and suddenly he showed an inexplicable smile, which made the Tiandao Sect feel a little uneasy.

"World Tree, are you really going to do this?"

Zhang Qian asked the World Tree a question in his heart, and finally got a positive answer from the World Tree.

He sighed silently and waved his hand. The shadow that almost covered the entire boundless and desolate world dissipated, and all the blocked spear beams fell down. None of the monks who were fleeing in all directions escaped, as they were all pierced by the spear beams and turned into ashes.

"what are you doing!"

Pan Huang's face changed color with horror. He had been somewhat relieved to see the Map of Mountains, Rivers and the State appear and protect those cultivators, but now he no longer thought so and just looked at Zhang Qian in shock.

Zhang Qian did not look back, but said silently: "The calamity has come, this is the will of the Tao!"

"you……"

Pan Huang had no idea about the conversation between Zhang Qian and the World Tree, and cold sweat appeared on his forehead.

"You are so greedy and optimistic. You chose the path yourself, and you have to bear the price yourself!"

These extremely cold words, spoken from Zhang Qian's mouth, made people feel very unfamiliar. At this moment, Zhang Qian seemed to have become a different person, and no one could recognize him.

hum!
The thousand-foot-high Xuanhuang Pagoda turned into a one-foot-high one and fell on Zhang Qian's head, floating up and down. The Xuanhuang Dao Qi that protected billions of cultivators dissipated.

The Sword-Eating Ancestor laughed wildly. This demon's murderous intent had been aroused and he could no longer be stopped. He treaded on the long river of sword dao, spreading the sword intent of domination. Wherever the sword intent covered, every moment, the true spirits of hundreds of millions of cultivators were annihilated and fell into the clouds.

The death of such a huge number of monks caused the aura clouds in the sky above the boundless wilderness to spread rapidly, spreading to the outside of the boundless wilderness. Xingyunzhou and other large states were gradually covered by thick aura clouds, and liquid aura fell on the earth like a torrential rain. Each drop of aura rain represented the death of a monk. After each monk died, all his mana and true essence turned into aura of heaven and earth and returned to heaven and earth, filling the foundation of this world at a terrifying speed.

Moreover, after the death of these cultivators, the Dao principles they had comprehended throughout their lives returned to the ocean of Heavenly Dao rules, causing the ocean of rules to begin to surge. Even though the Dao principles these cultivators had comprehended were very small, the large number of them could not withstand it.

As the spiritual energy rained down on the earth like a torrential rain, the ordinary roadside weeds on each of the states began to transform into spiritual herbs. Under the nourishment of the rich and infinite spiritual energy, every blade of grass and every tree began to transform and upgrade, undergoing an essential leap.

The boundless wilderness is even more outrageous. There are already countless spiritual herbs here. After being watered by the rain of spiritual energy, the medicinal power of countless spiritual herbs has increased dramatically, and even many of them have gained spiritual intelligence!

At the beginning, Zhang Qian wanted to stop the Tiandao Sect from increasing the foundation of this world and forcing this world to reach the critical point of the avenue promotion. However, the message from the World Tree just now made him understand that he could no longer stop it. The World Tree had made a decision, and even a strong one like her had to make a shocking gamble.

If this gamble is won, this world will be a completely different place. If it is lost, it will naturally collapse.

Zhang Qian was very hesitant at first, but thinking about the preparations he had made before the catastrophe began, he finally agreed to the World Tree's plan and withdrew his protection of the cultivators from the Thirty-Six States.

“Zhang Qian…!”

Li Qingque and the others looked at him with complicated expressions, their eyes full of disappointment and disbelief. Zhang Qian said nothing more, but just nodded and said, "Believe me!"

Li Qingque and others hesitated for a while and found that if they didn't trust Zhang Qian, who else could they trust?

"You are sensible, but you realize it too late. There is no possibility of failure in Lord Taihuangtian's plan!"

Tiandao Zong said this with a hint of sarcasm, but Zhang Qian did not answer. He just looked at Tiandao Zong as if he was a dead person.

"Are you crazy?"

Emperor Pan looked at Zhang Qian with disappointment. He murmured, "You are not from this world? You don't care about the life and death of the human race in this world at all!"

Zhang Qian shook his head slightly: "When everything is over, there will be a conclusion. I have a clear conscience for what I have done!"

Pan Huang shouted resolutely: "Everyone follow me to kill Tiandao Sect!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Pan Huang, Ren Wang, Tian Hu Niangniang and all the Half-step Daluo Dao Zuns all rushed forward towards Tian Dao Sect.

"How much longer?"

Zhang Qian closed his eyes and secretly contacted the World Tree, which replied, "Not enough, far from enough!"

Zhang Qian's pupils shrank. He looked at the 4 billion monks in the Thirty-Six States and said in horror, "Does it mean that everyone must die to be enough?"

"It's still not enough. You understand my plan. Although my plan is cruel, it is the only chance in this world. If you miss it, everyone will still die. Don't let pity blind your eyes!"

Zhang Qian gritted his teeth. To be honest, he was really in a dilemma at the moment. He knew very well that the World Tree's plan was the most correct way, but the price of this way was too cruel. However, the World Tree was absolutely rational and would not be bound by emotions. In the eyes of her, who was the controller of the way of heaven, all things and spirits were part of the endless cycle of reincarnation in the world and were not irreplaceable. What's more, Zhang Qian had already arranged a backup plan. To be honest, this cruel scene before him was just the price before success.

(End of this chapter)