Chapter 91: Sword Qi Slashing Heaven-Mending!
Outside the Shaman-Ghost Secret Realm, above Skull Mountain.
The void cracked open. The Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak and Daoist Great Fortune paced out one after another. Their Foundation Establishment gazes fell, instantly sweeping over the entire Skull Mountain.
Instantly, the originally cloudless sky for ten thousand miles was pressed down by dark clouds. Within the clouds, streaks of lightning shuttled like wildly dancing silver snakes, illuminating half the firmament. Even an unintentional sweep of a Foundation Establishment Perfected One’s Divine Sense frightened the rogue cultivators and demons in the mountain, making them reveal looks of fear.
“This is the place.”
Although the Divine Sense probe yielded nothing, the Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak couldn’t help but smile. That his Divine Sense couldn’t find the target immediately meant the opponent’s hiding place was very high-level!
“I didn’t expect an unexpected harvest—a secret realm.” Thinking of such a huge gain, the Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak couldn’t help humming lightly.
The next second, he pinched his fingers to deduce, wanting to see what kind of secret realm it was. The result only calculated that it was a plain, unremarkable, unknown small secret realm…
“Fine, I’ll know once I go in and look.”
The Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak was very confident. As the master of one of the Saint Sect’s four peaks, his cultivation base was already at the Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment, only a step away from the Late Stage.
Looking at the world, except for legacies left by Perfected Lords, who could kill him?
Thinking of this, the Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak immediately pinched a hand seal, casting a technique of “Searching Heaven and Arrester Earth.” Soon, he locked onto the entrance of the Shaman-Ghost Secret Realm.
“Found it.”
The Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak smiled grimly. Then he took a step forward, walking toward the secret realm.
However, on the other side, seeing this, Daoist Great Fortune wasn’t anxious at all. Instead, he revealed a strange look: “This secret realm… seems a bit wrong!”
Named Great Fortune, he was naturally proficient in the Dao of Qi Fortune. The moment he intended to follow the Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak into the secret realm, he suddenly had a premonition, feeling his heart palpitate. Thus, he decisively stopped his steps. After all, with his current cultivation, what could make him feel a sense of crisis?
“Now this is interesting…”
Thinking of this, Daoist Great Fortune suddenly sneered, watching the Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak enter the secret realm with interest, his eyes revealing a hint of schadenfreude.
The next second—
“BOOM!!!”
A loud noise came from within the secret realm. Subsequently, a streak of spiritual light soared into the sky, hooking the earth veins of the eight-hundred-mile Skull Mountain, manifesting its true appearance.
Due to the forced intrusion of the Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak, the Shaman-Ghost Secret Realm could no longer hide from the world and was completely exposed. Exposed to the world at the same time was a peerless, shocking Sword Qi located at the very top of the secret realm, hanging high in the sky like the Milky Way in the air, like mountains and seas suspended upside down!
Beneath the Sword Qi was the Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak fleeing for his life.
“Shameless junior! Cunning villain! I…”
The Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak cursed while fleeing. His composure from just now completely vanished, leaving only anger and impatience brought by being broken through defenses.
A Golden Core Sword Qi!
The Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak never expected that inside the secret realm he regarded as something in his palm, there was actually a Sword Qi left by a Golden Core Perfected Lord hidden!
This was simply like mixing a shark into a fish pond!
“Lu Yang… who exactly are you!?”
Because he used the Divine Talisman to obscure the karma of the Shaman-Ghost Secret Realm, Lu Yang lost protection for himself. The result was naturally being calculated clearly by the Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak.
However, even having calculated it clearly, the Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak dared not believe it.
Because according to his divination, Lu Yang had stepped into cultivation for less than a year, yet he not only reached the Perfection of Qi Refining but also mastered The Sage Steals, a Saint Sect secret transmission.
Let alone the Grand Yin Corpse Liberation Transformation True Method, Severing Thoughts to See Self Silkworm Secret, and other Saint Sect Great Divine Abilities, which were standard for True Disciples… But in reality? Lu Yang had just entered the sect! How could the Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak believe this? It must be fake; his karma was deceived again!
He even suspected Lu Yang was the reincarnation of a certain Perfected One of the Saint Sect.
“No, such a sinister and vicious style… undoubtedly, he must be the reincarnation of a Perfected One of my Saint Sect…”
Thoughts raced in the Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak’s mind, but the Sword Qi above his head forced him to quickly cast aside these distracting thoughts, tearing through the void to escape, trying to dodge the Sword Qi’s lock.
However, everything was futile.
The next second, the Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak stopped abruptly, his face ugly. Running further was useless; the Sword Qi had locked onto his karma!
A clear voice fell from the sky— “Demonic Path, must be executed!”
Before the voice fell, the Sword Qi slashed!
The Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak couldn’t resist at all. However, a jade tablet at his waist activated autonomously, flying in front of him to block the Sword Qi.
Instantly, even the rotation of heaven and earth seemed to slow down at this moment. The Sword Qi reflected a handsome youth in Daoist robes, while a gloomy and stern middle-aged man walked out from the jade tablet. The two locked eyes, and invisible mighty forces collided crazily at a higher level.
Crack.
After an explosive sound, the jade tablet shattered.
The corresponding Sword Qi was also shaved off by ninety-nine percent, leaving only a few wisps passing through the jade tablet’s obstruction, landing on the Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak.
However, even so, the Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak still couldn’t withstand it and exploded with a boom!
Amidst the exploding flesh and blood, only a powerful soul remained of the Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak. His eyes were filled with monstrous anger as he looked toward the Shaman-Ghost Secret Realm.
Inside the secret realm, seeing this, Lu Yang sighed helplessly.
“As expected, didn’t kill him…”
Just as he envisioned beforehand, the Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak indeed possessed a Golden Core-level life-saving item, and it indeed saved his life at the critical moment.
“Fortunately, I have also succeeded here.”
Under the Golden Core Sword Qi, the Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak’s physical body was shattered, leaving only a soul, equivalent to suffering heavy injuries. Daoist Great Fortune, not far away, also watched from the sidelines.
And utilizing this last bit of time gained by the Golden Core Sword Qi, Lu Yang successfully completed the final step of the [Hall of Yama]. At this moment, the Myriad Spirits Banner shook, and the earth veins of the eight-hundred-mile Skull Mountain responded immediately. The magnificent [Hall of Yama] rose from the ground, and the Protector God Su Nü was bathed entirely in spiritual light.
“Master…”
After landing gracefully beside Lu Yang, Su Nü bowed respectfully. She didn’t harbor any thought of resistance because of her own achievement.
There was even a hint of fear in her beautiful eyes when she looked at Lu Yang.
Because she was personally refined by Lu Yang using Spiritual Sense, Su Nü, transformed into a Protector God, was also influenced, including her perception of Lu Yang’s nature.
In her view, her Master could be described perfectly in four words.
Calculative like a needle!
Absolutely must not offend him!
Seeing Su Nü so respectful, Lu Yang nodded with satisfaction: “Come in.”
As his voice fell, Su Nü agreed softly and obediently entered Lu Yang’s Dantian, dedicating her entire self to him without reservation.
The next second, Lu Yang’s aura skyrocketed!
Between the opening and closing of his brows and eyes, a divine ability spiritual light brilliant as the rising sun in the sky reflected out. Within it, six seal characters like dragon script and phoenix seal script shone brightly.
[Mysterious Nether Lord-Commander of the Ghost Wardens] (Xuánmíng Shèyōu Fǔjūn)
Immediately after, the earth veins of the eight-hundred-mile Skull Mountain rioted. Invisible blessing power fell, adding three more seal characters out of thin air before these six.
Their name was— Yama Heaven (Yánmó Tiān).
[Yama Heaven Mysterious Nether Lord-Commander of the Ghost Wardens]!
At this moment, Lu Yang felt a warm current flowing through his entire body. Su Nü was like a handful of sweet dew pouring onto his Dantian.
With such a Foundation Establishment Protector God present, although he hadn’t reached Foundation Establishment yet, he could enjoy the blessings and enhancements of the Foundation Establishment Realm on his own foundation in advance. In his perception, even the transformation progress of the [Corpse Liberation Immortal] shortened from decades to mere months!
Reverse-cultivating a Great Divine Ability with Foundation Establishment ‘stature’ naturally led to rapid progress!
If Lu Yang’s heart was filled with the relaxation and joy of great success, on the other side, the mood of the Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak wasn’t so good.
“How is this possible…”
He stared blankly at the high-spirited Lu Yang, hardly daring to believe his eyes— “A Duty Position Heavenly Official of Jiangdong? No! Similar but not the same…”
Before he could figure it out, he saw Lu Yang look sideways at him.
Instantly, the Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak felt a chill all over his body. He now remained only as a soul, his cultivation greatly damaged. Fighting a Foundation Establishment again could lead to trouble!
“…Run!”
The Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak’s decision was decisive. His soul immediately turned into a stream of light retreating backward, throwing out several divided spirits to confuse the vision.
However, seeing this, Lu Yang merely formed a hand seal.
Hands forming a seal, with two index fingers and little fingers bent inside the palms… The next second, dark light surged behind Lu Yang, reflecting a gloomy and eerie world.
Inside, ten thousand Shaman-Ghosts held up a majestic great hall, roaring endlessly.
There were also Impermanence claiming lives, Ghost Messengers hooking souls, Judges rewarding and punishing, and Wandering Gods patrolling the heavens.
The Eight Righteous Gods, with green faces and fangs, acted ferociously yet had solemn countenances. Each holding golden cangues, silver locks, mourning staffs, and the Book of Life and Death, they clustered in front of the majestic great hall.
And atop the hall, Lu Yang laughed heroically: “Senior has come from afar; why are you in such a hurry to leave?”
The next second, the [Hall of Yama] opened and closed.
“Why not enter my urn and let me fulfill the duties of a host!”
Before his voice fell, the Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak didn’t even have time to dodge. He only felt his vision go dark. Looking back, he had already been locked into the [Hall of Yama]!
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