Chapter 336
Chapter 336
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Translator: Ace
Chapter: [Unknown]
Chapter Title: The Deadly "Slay" in Tian Du Palace
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Since he planned to eliminate demons and defend the Dao, Lu Yang naturally made full preparations.
What he was drawing at this moment was no ordinary array pattern. Instead, following Cheng Xian's guidance, he was refilling the original array within South Heaven Gate.
"These arrays shattered due to the invasion of the various True Lords."
"But that doesn't mean they were weak. It was purely because there were too many True Lords, and they were utterly shameless, swarming in a group assault from the start—that's what made the arrays seem feeble."
"And if I can complete even one corner of it and gain control."
"Even without unleashing its peak power, it should be more than enough to trap these early and mid Foundation Establishment cultivators!"
While setting up the array, Lu Yang also activated his Marionette, borrowing the perspectives of the Yun family ancestor and Perfected Being Xiu Xin to observe the situation at Tian Du Palace.
This allowed him to adjust his plan based on developments.
Boom!
Finally, as several Foundation Establishment True Persons skilled in arrays broke through the patterns, a burst of fragrance suddenly wafted from the previously sealed Tian Du Palace.
Just this single whiff of fragrance left several True Persons with insufficient cultivation and shallow attainment dazed with intoxication. Their faces soon flushed crimson. When they snapped out of it, their bodies could no longer endure it. They were forced to retreat in disarray, not even qualified to approach Tian Du Palace!
"What intense pill fragrance!"
Heaven Mending Peak Master drew a deep breath, feeling his mana grow slightly while gaining sudden insights into the spells and divine abilities he had mastered.
"This is... a pill that aids comprehension of the Dao!"
Meanwhile, Ye Guyue made the same judgment about the pill. Her beautiful eyes gleamed brightly.
"This palace shares karmic ties with my Sword Pavilion."
In an instant, both had cast Lu Yang's affairs from their minds.
After all, the matter before them truly concerned their Dao paths. Everything else could wait. With this in mind, they quickly regained their calm composure.
"Cooperate?"
Neither was a fool. They knew a place harboring such treasures must be heavily guarded. Without cooperation, claiming them would be all but impossible.
As for conflicts between righteous and demonic paths? To Primal Saint Sect True Persons, that was meaningless. With sufficient benefits, any grudge could be shelved.
To the Sword Pavilion, however, this was no true cooperation.
It was merely setting aside demon elimination and Dao defense for the moment to seize opportunities and bolster strength. Once stronger, pursuing those goals would be even more assured.
There were priorities, after all.
Soon, the two arrived together before the grand doors of Tian Du Palace. The next moment, they both extended their hands and pressed them against the palace gates.
Boom!
In that instant, a muffled roar echoed. Heaven Mending Peak Master and Ye Guyue both frowned as immense pressure suddenly bore down on them.
"This is testing our status?"
Ye Guyue's expression flickered briefly before she regained her poise. She realized it was merely a test, carrying no real lethal intent.
'Strange.'
Meanwhile, Heaven Mending Peak Master pondered deeply upon seeing this.
'Ye Guyue is indeed mid Foundation Establishment, with no deceptive means.'
He knew of Tian Du Palace.
After all, the Primal Saint Sect had been the first to breach Xuanling Realm, gathering vast intelligence beforehand—and Tian Du Palace was among it.
That was why he had deliberately invited Ye Guyue along, to probe this renowned Sword Pavilion sword cultivator's cultivation. Yet the result surprised him. She was strong—peak mid Foundation Establishment and a sword cultivator. Heaven Mending Peak Master held no absolute certainty of victory over her.
The issue was that she still wasn't strong enough!
'I have cultivated the Heaven Mending True Scripture, communing with heaven and earth. My subtle senses are keenly attuned, yet I distinctly feel an inexplicable peril here.'
If not Ye Guyue, then who?
'Never mind. The Great Dao lies ahead—I can't forgo the chance. Tian Du Palace was once a True Lord's abode; some dangers are to be expected.'
'At the very least, True Lords have already ransacked the place once. With the realm now divided four ways—to fully claim the fruits of supremacy and nurture us lesser cultivators—there won't be inescapable death traps. Whatever remains can be taken as trials left by the True Lords for us!'
With this thought, Heaven Mending Peak Master resolved himself.
Life came but once, the Dao path but a single road. No one in the world could retrace their steps. When the moment to strive arrived, hesitation meant no future chances!
"Go!"
The next instant, he summoned an escape light and plunged straight into Tian Du Palace. Ye Guyue followed close behind, the other mid Foundation Establishment True Persons unwilling to lag.
The first sight to greet them was the pill furnace at the palace's center.
Divided into Eight Trigrams, perfectly balanced on all sides—save for the lifted lid. Within sat a radiant, multicolored pill, the source of the fragrance.
'[Dao Harmony Immortal Pill]!'
Through the Yun family ancestor and Perfected Being Xiu Xin's sights, Lu Yang's gaze locked onto the pill at once. But soon, a bizarre expression crossed his face.
The [Dao Harmony Immortal Pill] sat within the furnace, yet off-center in a corner—like mere scraps.
'This furnace... has it already been looted?'
Lu Yang could almost picture it: a True Lord storms the pill chamber, flips open the furnace, and sweeps away every valuable pill inside.
Leaving just this one [Dao Harmony Immortal Pill], useless to a True Lord, abandoned.
'It must be! Otherwise, given the True Lords' habits, even if marginally useful, they'd take every last one.'
Even so, Lu Yang considered this True Lord decent. By his own measure, he'd grab everything regardless of use—better to take it all first! Even if just for candy back home, he'd leave nothing for those who came after.
Crack.
At that moment, a crisp snap jolted everyone present. Tracing the sound, they beheld a lush, branching spiritual root immortal plant.
'[Root Sharing Lifespan with Heaven, Never Aging]!'
In that instant, Lu Yang felt ice in his heart.
Not because of the root, famed for granting eternal life—but the headless corpse leaning against it.
Petite in build, its neck a vacant stump with no blood oozing. It wore a Daoist robe embroidered in gold with a scripture of peerless profundity. Yet what chilled most was its bloodied finger, which had scrawled a single stroke upon the ground.
'Not good!'
In a flash, Heaven Mending Peak Master and Ye Guyue felt their bodies sink. Then, in their ears rang an roar of hatred like an unending torrent:
"[Slay]!"
Through the Yun family ancestor and Perfected Being Xiu Xin's visions, Lu Yang clearly witnessed the palace's upheaval. He patted his chest in profound relief.
"Good thing I didn't go!"
That headless corpse had plainly been an Earth Immortal in life—likely the Dao boy tending the fire for Xuanling Realm's supreme sovereign, cultivating the sovereign's own Dao lineage.
This single character matched the [True Word Art] Cheng Xian had once employed.
It had even advanced further into [Heavenly Constitution Orthodox Law]!
For an Earth Immortal rivaling a Great True Person to leave such a blood stroke before death—it must contain their entire lifetime of mana and divine abilities.
"Though to a True Lord, it's a mere breeze, unworthy of notice."
"But to mid Foundation Establishment, it's instant death!"
"Dead after all, it holds just one strike... and targets only the strongest one or two present. Had I gone, it'd have been me!"
Fortunately, he hadn't.
The unlucky ones were Ye Guyue and Heaven Mending Peak Master!