Chapter 171
Chapter 171
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>Translator: Ryuma
>Chapter: 171
>Chapter Title: Danyangzi
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“HAHAHA! So that’s how it is! So that’s how it is!”
Danyangzi, standing atop the mound of flesh and blood, cracked his mouth open in mad laughter. At this moment, he finally understood.
He had completely figured out what that senior from the Longevity Star had meant in the Heaven Beyond Heaven when he spoke of beheading the three corpses. He had misunderstood before, thinking it meant turning Li Huowang into the three corpses and then slaying them.
For those seeking immortality, first expel the three corpses to become desireless and tranquil, with a clear mind and enlightened nature.
There had never been any Li Huowang to begin with. Li Huowang was merely a part of his past self—he was his heart demon, one of the three corpses.
The version of him tainted by mortal desires had been obstructing his path to immortality all along. And now that he had fully become one with him, it meant that this first corpse had been beheaded.
As for the time he had previously taken those pills, that must have been when he beheaded the second one—which was precisely why he had become a half-immortal.
Overflowing with delight, he laughed as he swung his sword, slaughtering the remaining people one step at a time. Whenever he felt happy, he just wanted to kill.
He had no idea where to find the final corpse to behead, but Danyangzi already had a premonition that he could pass through the South Heaven Gate.
No one else in the cavern was a match for Danyangzi. Soon, the entire cavern held no other living souls besides him.
Halting his handiwork, Danyangzi looked down once more at his youthful body and couldn’t help but burst into laughter again. Beside himself with joy, he said, “Hehe! This Daoist is finally going to become a true immortal!”
Amid his laughter, the hallucination of the monk nearby gradually faded away with a look of utter bewilderment on its face.
However, his laughter didn’t last long. Danyangzi tamped down his elation, for now was not the time to celebrate.
Without the Encamped Five Elements to sustain it, this broken body of his—devoid of organs—was on the verge of collapse.
He couldn’t die just yet. He still needed to merge with his main body.
“Hmph! You little heart demon, still trying to sabotage my path to immortality? This Daoist is an immortal now!”
Danyangzi swiftly pulled the bell from his robes and began shaking it. Everything around him descended into chaos as several Wandering Lords swiftly appeared before him.
He haughtily issued commands to the Wandering Lords, and they flew off at once.
When they returned, they brought not only a cinnabar brush and yellow paper but also a piece of wood, a clod of earth, a torch, a jug of water, and a golden ingot.
The staggering Danyangzi turned and selected one corpse each of the water, fire, soil, wood, and metal fates from the bodies strewn across the ground. With sword in hand, he lopped off their heads.
He pried open the mouth of one head and stuffed the golden ingot inside, then sealed it with yellow paper. Holding the cinnabar brush clenched in his fist like a seal, he rapidly drew on the paper.
With the final stroke complete, the head immediately began to squeak and writhe, contracting. As its skin, hair, and features sloughed off, the head shrank by more than half.
Danyangzi grabbed the head and shoved it into his chest with a yank and a press.
He repeated the process with the remaining four heads, which burrowed one by one into Li Huowang’s deflated chest cavity, taking the place of the missing organs.
Once the final head settled into the position of the heart, Danyangzi nodded in satisfaction. This evil technique he had stolen from the Dance Lion Palace wouldn’t last long, but he only needed it to hold for a short while.
Wearing a smug expression, Danyangzi pulled out the Heavenly Book once more and gazed at it nostalgically. He couldn’t read a single character on it, yet it was this very book that had guided him to immortality.
“I wonder if I’ll encounter that immortal again after passing the South Heaven Gate. If I do, I’ll have to thank him profusely.”
It was only with his help that he had been able to enter the South Heaven Gate and achieve eternal life alongside heaven and earth.
“You fucking piece of trash!”
The sudden curse made Danyangzi’s expression freeze. He whipped his head toward the source of the voice, but there was no one around—nothing but silence.
“Who’s there! Get out here! If this immortal is pleased, I’ll leave you a whole corpse!” Danyangzi’s furious roar echoed through the cavern, yet there was still no response.
With a venomous scowl, Danyangzi snorted coldly, grabbed the Heavenly Book, and headed toward the cave exit.
This cave was eerie, and that Joy God from before was no pushover. It wasn’t a place to linger.
Better to leave first and find somewhere quiet to wait for his main body to return.
No matter who it was, once he truly became an immortal, everything in this mortal world would be nothing more than ants!
When Danyangzi emerged from the cave and returned to the battlefield, he found that the outside had gone eerily quiet.
There wasn’t a single living person left in the entire cavern. They were all dead. The entire Ao Jing Cult outpost nestled within these mountains had been utterly eradicated.
“You bald rascal! You think you can become an immortal? You don’t deserve it, you mangy mutt!!”
With a “shing,” the long sword Danyangzi hurled embedded itself deep into the hard cavern wall, buzzing and trembling.
This time, Danyangzi truly couldn’t stay calm. “Clang clang clang!!” The piercing bell rang out as swarms of Wandering Lords swirled around him.
With a single command from him, the Wandering Lords scattered in all directions, swimming through the air in a frenzied search for the one who had spoken.
Yet after the time it takes to burn a stick of incense, these beings that could traverse heaven and earth found absolutely nothing—not even in the ground or within the walls.
“What in the world is going on? Could the Sitting Oblivion Dao have laid a trap for this immortal?” Danyangzi thought to himself, his expression flickering uncertainly as he eyed his unfamiliar surroundings.
After two such incidents, Danyangzi no longer dared to let his guard down. He pointed his Daoist bell, sending the Wandering Lords flying out of the cave to search for his main body.
As for himself, he stood in place with sword at the ready, waiting.
After the time it takes to burn two sticks of incense, Danyangzi heard movement outside and immediately perked up with joy. He quickly turned to look.
However, the figure stepping in from the cave entrance was not his main body but a woman dressed in very strange attire.
He had traveled far and wide for many years and seen all sorts of things, but he had never seen women from any region dressed like this.
Her clothes appeared to be made of silk, and she carried a bizarre square box under her arm. Her hair was coiled up atop her head.
She seemed to be in her forties, with a round face, big eyes, and short hair. She looked somewhat weary.
“Who is this person? Were those two curses from her? Showing up at such a critical moment—could she be an old enemy from my past?”
As Danyangzi speculated wildly, he saw the woman smile apologetically at him.
“Good boy, we’re late because the hospital had to handle some paperwork. The external wounds on your body have mostly healed, so your dad and I found you a new hospital.”
As soon as she finished speaking, Danyangzi watched as the brightly lit cavern around him rapidly collapsed and shifted colors. A stark white washed over everything.
Things began piling up swiftly on his own body, which should have been standing within the cavern.
(End of chapter)