Chapter 286: Sky-shrouding Enters the Game!

Just as Suo Huan failed to [Seek Golden Core] and was being devoured by the three parties, [Perfected Lord Sky-shrouding] finally made his move. The overseas region instantly became the focal point of the world.

At the same time, some Perfected Lords were bewildered.

“[Sky-shrouding]… he doesn’t want [Eternal Flowing Water].”

“Or is he certain that [Eternal Flowing Water] is safe and sound, that it won’t be shaken by Suo Huan, and certainly won’t affect his stature as a Late Stage Golden Core Perfected Lord?”

“Where does his confidence come from?”

This time was different from before. Chong Guang failed back then because he was unprepared and suffered from information asymmetry.

But this time, all parties joined forces to use Suo Huan to shake [Eternal Flowing Water]. They truly intended to pull this Dao Fruit down from its high horse. When the time came, even if the [Chen Earth] had its Yin-Yang attributes changed, and [Eternal Flowing Water] was forcefully sealed away from the world, [Sky-shrouding] would still fall from his cultivation realm!

How could he be so indifferent?

Or was he determined to swap it for [Heavenly River Water]? But how could swapping Dao Fruits be that easy?

Or perhaps… he actually isn’t [Sky-shrouding]?

Does he have another scheme?

At this moment, countless Perfected Lords were calculating and deducing. Yet all heavenly secrets were obscured; no one could calculate the true cause and effect.

In the blink of an eye, the three Perfected Lords present made their decision.

“We cannot let him succeed.”

Besides them, many other Perfected Lords also took action. The scene of besieging [Sky-shrouding] from the past replayed as they all sped toward the overseas region!

“Xuan Yuan! Ming Zhu! Yuan Xu! Help me this once!”

The Dragon Lord’s voice boomed out. After a brief pause, three more Dharma Bodies rose from within the Four Seas Sect, actually intercepting the three attacking Perfected Lords.

“Only this once.”

“After today, Ming Zhu and the Dragon Clan owe each other nothing.”

“Sigh, I’m just an old bag of bones…”

For a moment, the colors of the entire Foundation Establishment Realm blurred. Double-digit Perfected Lords took action, their auras interacting as if kneading heaven and earth into a ball.

Under the influence of the [Vast Ocean Water] Dao Fruit, the entire overseas region underwent endless changes. With every move of a Perfected Lord, a phenomenon appeared—volcanic eruptions, rising islands, falling frost and snow, spreading seaweed… The space of the overseas region was eroded bit by bit, like burning the sky and boiling the sea!

Such phenomena lasted for nearly an hour.

The Four Seas Sect’s powerful resistance clearly exceeded everyone’s expectations. Coupled with the fact that [Tian Qiu] timed it perfectly, [Seeking Golden Core] at the same time as Suo Huan…

He ultimately succeeded.

Boom!

With a loud noise, the Netherworld gate was completely stabilized. [Perfected Lord Sky-shrouding] behind the gate grinned and reached out his palm toward the sky.

“…Dream on!”

Almost simultaneously, all the Perfected Lords erupted. Peerless might smashed through the obstruction of the Dragon Lord and the other three overseas Perfected Lords, separating him from [Heavenly River Water].

The next second, [Heavenly River Water] remained safe and sound.

But [Eternal Flowing Water] moved.

“Tsk… it’s that damn [Knowledge-Perception Barrier] again!”

Only then did the three Perfected Lords whose true bodies were located overseas and who had attacked most fiercely realize the truth. They had unintentionally ignored Suo Huan.

But after realizing it, they felt somewhat strange.

“[Heavenly River Water] was the feint. He wanted [Eternal Flowing Water] after all. But what does he have to induce [Eternal Flowing Water]? Does he really think we didn’t discover his pawn on Suo Huan? It was nothing more than that [Heavenly Virtue Benevolent Divine Water], and we had already isolated its influence…”

But in the next second, the expressions of all the Perfected Lords changed drastically.

Because under [Sky-shrouding]’s influence, [Eternal Flowing Water] actually changed direction, falling straight toward the newly opened Netherworld gate!

This didn’t make sense!

[Sky-shrouding] had only communicated with Suo Huan once from start to finish and only gave him a single dose of [Heavenly Virtue Benevolent Divine Water], which the Perfected Lords had discovered in advance.

How did he do it?

Among everyone present, only Suo Huan understood it clearly. The resentment in his eyes grew intense. “I met you… Actually, I met you back then, My Lord!”

He had just forgotten!

It was on the day the [Universe Ruins Realm] was destroyed! This Lord… [Sky-shrouding] had appeared once and taught him a technique.

“Myriad Spirits Return to Ruins Dao Scripture!” Suo Huan gritted his teeth.

“That wasn’t a deduction of the [Universe Ruins Realm] at all… You gave it to me under the guise of the Realm Heaven! This Dao Scripture was never a method for [Seeking Golden Core] from the start!”

This was the reason for Suo Huan’s despair.

Because he discovered that from the very beginning, he had never escaped the Perfected Lord’s control. Like a marionette, he had always been played in the palm of his hand.

“Bastard… you all bastard!!!!”

It was precisely because he understood everything and knew he never had any hope of [Seeking Golden Core] that Suo Huan roared so misserable after failing. A strong sense of powerlessness filled his body, yet he could do nothing but let [Sky-shrouding] use his cultivation as a sacrifice at this moment.

Yes, a sacrifice!

The so-called Myriad Spirits Return to Ruins Dao Scripture was essentially a method to sacrifice the cultivator entirely to the Dao Fruit, thereby inducing the Dao Fruit’s fall!

Whoosh!

In almost an instant, Suo Huan’s physical body and cultivation burned out, leaving only a soul carrying [Golden Nature], barely huddled in the Blessed Land.

And because only his soul remained…

The Netherworld appeared!

The soul of an outer heaven cultivator was an anomaly in this world. The Netherworld naturally had to guide it to reincarnation, so it actively opened its gates!

And behind this gate, there was also a [Sky-shrouding]!

He seemed to have been prepared for a long time. The moment the Netherworld gate opened for Suo Huan, he reached out to take the falling [Eternal Flowing Water]!

In this instant, time nearly stopped.

The Dragon Lord, who had made up his mind to gamble, felt a chill to his bones. He subconsciously lowered his head to look at yet another [Sky-shrouding] inside the Dragon Palace.

To be precise, it was a clone [Sky-shrouding] had refined from Chong Guang’s [Dao Sin].

At this moment, he stood with his hands behind his back, leisurely admiring the colors in the sky, seeming never to have glanced in the Dragon Lord’s direction from start to finish.

The Dragon Lord closed his mountain-sized golden eyes. With a last shred of hope, he whispered:

“[Sky-shrouding]… You promised me earlier…”

“What?”

As the voice fell, [Sky-shrouding] finally glanced nonchalantly at the Dragon Lord. His calm expression was like looking at a loach rolling in a pond.

“You already call me [Sky-shrouding], and you still don’t understand?”

“I am a Saint Sect Perfected Lord, and a Late Stage Golden Core at that. Everyone knows I don’t keep promises.”

The next second, the stagnant time resumed. [Eternal Flowing Water] had arrived before the Netherworld gate, and [Sky-shrouding] accepted it with a smile…

But suddenly, his expression changed drastically!

Almost without hesitation, he flung his hand violently, trying to throw away the [Eternal Flowing Water] in his grasp and break the connection. But it was too late—

Boom!!!

Instantly, a shocking change occurred!

The originally docile [Eternal Flowing Water] suddenly erupted. Like a flood breaking a dike, it blasted matchless power forcefully into the Netherworld!

Accompanying it came a burst of long-suppressed, ecstatic, wild laughter:

“Hahahahahaha!”

“[Sky-shrouding], do you like this gift I sent you?”

Such maniacal laughter was incredibly familiar to all the Perfected Lords. Even [Sky-shrouding] revealed a look of astonishment at this moment—

“Xue Feihong!?”

The next second, the Dao Fruit that should have been [Eternal Flowing Water] flickered. As if shedding a thin veil, it revealed its true appearance.

“That’s not [Eternal Flowing Water]… It’s [Ravine Stream Water]?”

It was [Perfected Lord Qingcheng Feixue]!

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