Chapter 153: Doom

After watching the Heaven-Mending Peak Master leave, the smile on Lu Yang’s face gradually faded. Immediately, a look of heartfelt doubt surfaced in the depths of his eyes.

“Something’s not quite right…”

He believed it just like that.

To tell the truth, Lu Yang didn’t expect the Heaven-Mending Peak Master to trust him from the beginning. After all, such a senior old demon shouldn’t trust outsiders easily.

However, the situation was slightly different from what he imagined. From beginning to end, the Heaven-Mending Peak Master seemed to have no intention of suspecting him. He accepted Fu Long’s Golden Body Relic with great satisfaction, and then returned without stopping, seemingly anxious to give it to Chen Xin’an to help him break through to Foundation Establishment.

This clearly didn’t conform to the style of action of a Saint Sect Perfected One.

“Blinded by greed…”

Lu Yang calculated with his fingers, feeling somewhat amazed in his heart… The Heaven-Mending Peak Master’s current abnormality seemed strange, but in reality, it could be explained in one sentence.

—Great loss of merit, entangled by calamity qi.

Under the Heavenly Punishment of Skull Mountain, Zhao Xuhe died violently on the spot, Arhat Fu Long was reduced to a pig and dog for ten lifetimes, and the two Divine Martial Sect Perfected Ones became sacrifices for the [Avici Sword].

Only the Heaven-Mending Peak Master survived.

However, surviving didn’t mean heaven and earth let him off. After most of his qi destiny and merit were shaved off, the current Heaven-Mending Peak Master’s heart was already clouded by doom.

“Doom clouding the heart, spiritual platform tainted with dust. Things that could be understood with a thought usually won’t be delved into anymore. Abnormalities that are obvious usually will be hard to detect. Acting rashly, irritable and easily angered. Unless helped by an expert, even if able to be glorious for a time, in the end, it will inevitably end dismally…”

With this thought, Lu Yang was suddenly startled.

“This eight hundred li earth vein is simply a merit nuclear bomb. Besides the direct power of the explosion, it f***ing has aftereffects. Seems a bit too fierce…”

The key was, this kind of aftereffect couldn’t be detected by people.

So much so that even the supposedly insidious and cunning Heaven-Mending Peak Master was turned into this… Thinking of this, a thought emerged difficultly from Lu Yang’s heart:

…Then what about me?

In the next second, Lu Yang abruptly performed a hand seal. A bright brilliance bloomed from his Dao Foundation, like a clear spring washing his whole body, sweeping away the filth on his body.

[Distinguish Same and Different]!

As the Divine Ability continued to operate, Lu Yang’s eyes gradually became clear. He suddenly recalled an obvious problem he previously turned a blind eye to:

“Just now, did I give the thing away too easily?”

According to the Saint Sect’s style, his best choice was actually to fiercely extort the Heaven-Mending Peak Master. Only in this way would it be less likely for him to suspect him.

However, what was the result?

He completely didn’t bargain and directly gave away Fu Long’s Golden Body Relic. If he were the Heaven-Mending Peak Master, he would have suspected himself long ago.

“[Distinguish Same and Different] failed to completely sever the karma!?”

“Not right… It’s just that my cultivation is insufficient, the lotus root breaks but the fibers are still connected, so residual influence remained…”

Lu Yang instantly sucked in a breath of cold air. His face turned snow-white, and cold sweat flowed down. Only after a long time did he slowly recover his senses, his heart full of solemnity.

“Thinking on the bright side, as the mastermind behind the destruction of the eight hundred li Skull Mountain earth vein, the influence I received is actually not as big as the Heaven-Mending Peak Master. This is already the credit of [Distinguish Same and Different]. Plus, I swallowed the merit and qi destiny of the Divine Martial Sect, which is why there is still a chance of sobriety.”

Someone truly sunk like the Heaven-Mending Peak Master probably couldn’t wake up thoroughly anymore.

The might of heaven and earth actually reached this extent!?

In an instant, Lu Yang, who was slightly inflated because of playing with karma and wearing Arhat Fu Long to death previously, abruptly shrank his body, only feeling bone-piercingly cold.

Heaven and earth karma was not so easy to fool.

Although his Life-Bound Divine Ability had unique advantages in this aspect, good swimmers drown, and good riders fall. Playing with fire will eventually lead to burning oneself one day!

“What kind of lousy place is this…”

All along, Lu Yang had been incomparable awe of Golden Core Perfected Lords. After all, the appearance of holding the sun and moon and picking the stars in the Dao Seizing War was still fresh in his memory.

However, at this moment, he changed his mind.

Golden Core Perfected Lords were certainly terrifying, but even a Perfected Lord, when slaughtering the entire Shaman Ghost Dao in the past, chose not to directly destroy the Skull Mountain earth vein!

From this, it could be seen that even for Golden Core Perfected Lords, the influence of karma and even merit and qi destiny probably had a certain binding force on them. Although maybe not much, there definitely was some. Contrasting with the earth-shaking might of Golden Core Perfected Lords, one could see even more how deep the water of this world was.

“Fortunately, the Heaven-Mending Peak Master I faced is even more miserable than me…”

This was also the wonder of qi destiny.

If it were another Saint Sect Perfected One, the flaw Lu Yang revealed would absolutely be fatal. But it happened to be the Heaven-Mending Peak Master, which made him wake up directly.

At first glance, this was just a coincidence.

However, deducing from the perspective of qi destiny, it was because he swallowed the merit and qi destiny of the Divine Martial Sect, his fate shouldn’t end, while the Heaven-Mending Peak Master’s qi destiny was exhausted.

“…Entangled by calamity qi, his retribution is probably still to come.”

Heaven-Connecting Cloud Sea, Heaven-Mending Peak.

As soon as the Heaven-Mending Peak Master returned, he felt the sky spin and the earth rotate, being sent into a palace hall. A maid in luxurious clothes walked over respectfully:

“Master, Madam wants to see you.”

“…She wants to see me?”

The Heaven-Mending Peak Master frowned upon hearing this, intending to refuse. However, seeing the other party’s attitude of teleporting him directly, clearly refusal was not allowed.

Thinking of this, he followed the maid all the way into the palace hall.

Not long after, a quiet room came into view. Waiting on both sides of the room were eighteen beautiful maids with gorgeous appearances, in various postures, motionless like statues.

And surrounded by them in the center was a graceful back view.

Three thousand strands of black hair were coiled behind her head, pierced by a snake-head hairpin. The dangling ornaments on the hairpin swayed slightly. She wore a crimson long dress, faintly revealing snow-white skin.

Under the hem of the long dress, a breeze brushed past, brushing open to reveal fair thighs. A pair of bare feet without shoes or socks stepped lightly on the clouds and mist, warm and moist like jade, white with a hint of red. On the ankles above hung a pair of bright silver anklets, emitting tinkling sounds between steps, tugging at heartstrings.

In an instant, sandalwood fragrance assaulted the nose.

However, seeing this, the Heaven-Mending Peak Master wasn’t moved in the slightest. Instead, he revealed an impatient look: “Is it still that matter? If so, no need to say more.”

After a moment, that graceful figure turned around faintly.

Accompanied by the tinkling sound of the silver anklets on her feet, a face as beautiful as a flower and moon, yet with graceful bearing, was revealed. Dignified yet concealing seduction.

“…Must you let Shuqian substitute for the tribulation?”

Her words seemed to be pleading, seemed to be whispering, making one involuntarily feel pity, lose their soul, and then agree to all her requests.

However, the Heaven-Mending Peak Master was disdainful of this.

“Don’t use this set on me… Moreover, I am using Qian’er to substitute for the tribulation, but don’t you also want Qian’er to help you break the Mystery of the Womb after reincarnation?”

“…Hmph!”

In the next second, like spring wind melting ice and snow, the woman’s voice suddenly became grim: “Chen Taihe, since you know clearly, you still want to ruin my reincarnation?”

“Baseless worries.”

The Heaven-Mending Peak Master said indifferently, “If I break through to the Late Stage of Foundation Establishment and achieve the position of Grand Perfected One, I can naturally calculate your reincarnated body and go guide you then.”

“But what if you fail?”

The woman said in a deep voice, “If you fail, and Shuqian dies too, I don’t have much time left and can’t cultivate a second one in time. How do I break the Mystery of the Womb?”

Speaking of this, the woman stared straight at the Heaven-Mending Peak Master, hoping he could give an answer that satisfied both sides.

However, in the end, she only heard an answer that allowed no argument:

“I won’t fail!”

As soon as these words came out, the woman’s beautiful eyes suddenly revealed a look of disappointment, but instantly returned to calm. She said coldly, “Chen Taihe, you will regret it.”

Regarding this, the Heaven-Mending Peak Master sneered:

“Ruoxiang, don’t forget, I am the Heaven-Mending Peak Master of this generation!”

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