Chapter 91
Chapter 91
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Translator: Ace
Chapter: 91
Chapter Title: Sword Qi Slashes Heaven Mending!
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Outside the Witch-Ghost Mystic Realm, above Skull Mountain.
The void split open, and the Heaven Mending Peak Master and Daoist Hongyun stepped out one after the other. The gazes of the Foundation Establishment cultivators swept down, instantly scanning the entirety of Skull Mountain.
In that moment, the once cloudless sky was suddenly blanketed by dark, oppressive clouds. Streaks of lightning darted through them like silver serpents in a frenzy, illuminating half the firmament. Even an unintentional sweep of a Foundation Establishment cultivator's divine sense was enough to strike fear into the hearts of the rogue cultivators and demons on the mountain.
“This is the place.”
Although his divine sense found nothing, a smile crept onto the Heaven Mending Peak Master’s face. The fact that he couldn't immediately locate his target with his divine sense was telling.
It meant his opponent’s hiding place was of a very high level!
“To think there would be an unexpected prize, a mystic realm?” The thought of such a huge gain made the Heaven Mending Peak Master hum a light tune.
In the next second, he began to perform a divination with his fingers, trying to determine the nature of the mystic realm, only to find that it was an unremarkable, unknown little place.
“No matter. I’ll know once I go inside and see for myself.”
The Heaven Mending Peak Master was supremely confident. As the master of one of the Four Peaks of the Primal Saint Sect, his cultivation was already at the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment, just a step away from the late stage.
Throughout the world, who could kill him, aside from the remnants left behind by a True Lord?
With this thought, the Heaven Mending Peak Master immediately formed a hand seal and cast a "Heaven-Searching Earth-Netting Art," quickly locking onto the entrance of the Witch-Ghost Mystic Realm.
“Found it!”
A grim smile played on the Heaven Mending Peak Master’s lips. He took a step forward, heading toward the mystic realm.
However, Daoist Hongyun, seeing this, was not in a hurry at all. Instead, a strange expression appeared on his face. “This mystic realm… something doesn't feel right!”
He went by the name Hongyun, and was naturally proficient in the Dao of Fortune. The moment he was about to follow the Heaven Mending Peak Master into the mystic realm, a sudden premonition struck him, his heart pounding in his chest. He decisively halted his steps. After all, at his current cultivation level, what could possibly give him a sense of crisis?
“Now this is interesting…”
At this thought, Daoist Hongyun suddenly let out a cold laugh, watching with great interest as the Heaven Mending Peak Master entered the mystic realm, a hint of schadenfreude in his eyes.
The next second—
“BOOM!!!”
A tremendous roar echoed from within the mystic realm, followed by a pillar of spiritual light shooting into the sky. It triggered the eight-hundred-li ley lines of Skull Mountain, revealing its true form.
Due to the Heaven Mending Peak Master’s forced entry, the Witch-Ghost Mystic Realm could no longer remain hidden and was completely exposed. And exposed along with it, high above the realm, suspended in the sky like the Milky Way, like a sea and mountains overturned, was a magnificent and unparalleled, world-shaking sword Qi!
Beneath the sword Qi was the Heaven Mending Peak Master, fleeing for his very life.
“Shameless junior! Cunning villain! I—”
The Heaven Mending Peak Master fled, spewing curses. His earlier composure had vanished completely, replaced only by the rage and agitation of someone whose defenses had been utterly shattered.
A Golden Core sword Qi!
The Heaven Mending Peak Master had never imagined that the mystic realm he had considered a prize in his grasp would hide a strand of sword Qi left behind by a Golden Core True Lord!
It was like finding a shark in a fishpond!
“Lu Yang… who in the world are you!?”
Because Lu Yang had used a divine talisman to obscure the karma of the Witch-Ghost Mystic Realm, he himself had lost its protection. Naturally, the Heaven Mending Peak Master’s divination had seen him crystal clear.
Yet, even with a clear result, the Heaven Mending Peak Master dared not believe it.
According to his divination, Lu Yang had been cultivating for less than a year, had not only reached Qi Refining perfection, but had also mastered a secret technique of the Primal Saint Sect like Saint’s Theft.
Not to mention other major divine abilities of the sect, such as the Grand Yin Corpse Liberation and Form Shedding True Art and the Heavenly Silkworm Secret: Severing Thoughts to See the Self, all standard for true disciples… but what was the reality? Lu Yang had just joined the sect! How could the Heaven Mending Peak Master believe it? It had to be false; his senses were being deceived by obscured karma again!
He even suspected that Lu Yang was the reincarnation of a certain True Being from the Primal Saint Sect.
“No, with such an insidious and vicious style, there’s no doubt. He must be the reincarnation of a True Being from our sect…”
The Heaven Mending Peak Master’s thoughts raced, but the sword Qi above his head forced him to cast these distractions aside. He tore through the air, trying to escape the sword Qi’s lock.
But it was all in vain.
The next moment, the Heaven Mending Peak Master came to an abrupt halt, his face ashen. Further flight was useless; the sword Qi had already locked onto his karma!
A clear voice descended from the heavens: “The demonic path… must be purged!”
Before the words faded, the sword Qi struck!
The Heaven Mending Peak Master was completely unable to resist. However, a jade token at his waist activated on its own, flying before him to block the sword Qi's path.
In that instant, even the turning of heaven and earth seemed to slow. The sword Qi reflected the image of a handsome youth in Daoist robes, while the jade token produced a grim-faced middle-aged man. The two pairs of eyes met, and an invisible force clashed wildly at a higher plane of existence.
“Crack.”
With a sharp snap, the jade token shattered.
Correspondingly, ninety-nine point nine percent of the sword Qi was sheared away, leaving only a faint wisp to pass through the token’s defense and fall upon the Heaven Mending Peak Master.
Yet, even so, the Heaven Mending Peak Master could not withstand it. He exploded with a deafening boom! Amidst the scattered flesh and blood, only his powerful soul remained, his eyes burning with a towering rage as he stared in the direction of the Witch-Ghost Mystic Realm.
Inside the mystic realm, Lu Yang sighed helplessly.
“As expected, I didn’t kill him.”
Just as he had anticipated, the Heaven Mending Peak Master did indeed possess a Golden Core-level life-saving treasure, and it had indeed saved his life at the critical moment.
“Fortunately, my plan has also succeeded.”
Under the Golden Core sword Qi, the Heaven Mending Peak Master’s physical body had been pulverized, leaving only a soul. He was severely wounded, and the not-so-distant Daoist Hongyun was merely an observer on the sidelines.
Using the precious time bought by the sword Qi, Lu Yang had successfully completed the final step for the 【Yama Hall】. At this moment, the Ten Thousand Spirits Banner swayed, and the eight-hundred-li Skull Mountain responded. The magnificent 【Yama Hall】 rose from the ground, and the Dharma Protector God, Sunü, was bathed in holy light.
“Master…”
Sunü floated down to Lu Yang’s side and bowed respectfully, not a single rebellious thought arising from her new power.
In fact, her beautiful eyes held a hint of fear as she looked at him.
Having been personally refined by Lu Yang’s spiritual sense, Sunü, now a Dharma Protector God, was influenced by it, which included an understanding of Lu Yang’s disposition.
In her eyes, her master could be described in four words.
A mind as fine as a needle's point!
He must never be offended!
Seeing Sunü’s reverence, Lu Yang nodded in satisfaction. “Come in.”
As his voice fell, Sunü softly complied, obediently entering Lu Yang’s Dantian and offering him her all without reservation.
In the next second, Lu Yang’s aura skyrocketed!
As he opened and closed his eyes, a divine light as brilliant as the morning sun shone forth, containing six resplendent register characters that resembled the script of dragons and phoenixes.
【Profound Underworld Soul-Seizing Lord】
Immediately after, the ley lines of the eight-hundred-li Skull Mountain surged, and an invisible power of blessing descended, adding three more register characters out of thin air before the other six.
Their name was: Yama Heaven.
【Yama Heaven Profound Underworld Soul-Seizing Lord】!
At this moment, Lu Yang felt as if a warm current was flowing through his entire body. Sunü was like a handful of sweet dew, nourishing his Dantian.
With a Foundation Establishment Dharma Protector God, though he had not yet reached the realm himself, he could prematurely enjoy the blessing and enhancement it provided to one’s foundation. In his perception, even the transformation progress of the 【Corpse Liberation Immortal】 had shrunk from decades to a mere few months!
Reverse-cultivating a grand divine ability with the status of a Foundation Establishment cultivator was naturally bound for swift progress!
And if Lu Yang’s heart was filled with the relief and joy of a great accomplishment, the Heaven Mending Peak Master’s mood, on the other hand, was not so good.
“How is this possible…”
He stared blankly at the soaring aura of Lu Yang, almost unable to believe his eyes. “A Positional Heavenly Official of Jiangdong? No! It’s similar, but not the same…”
Before he could figure it out, he saw Lu Yang turn his gaze upon him.
In an instant, a chill ran down the Heaven Mending Peak Master’s spine. He was now only a soul, his cultivation greatly diminished. Another fight with a Foundation Establishment cultivator could be fatal!
“…Flee!”
The Heaven Mending Peak Master’s decision was nothing short of decisive. His soul immediately transformed into a streak of light and shot backward, even casting off several spiritual sense clones to confuse his pursuer.
However, upon seeing this, Lu Yang simply formed a hand seal.
He joined his palms, leaving a hollow space, and curled his two index fingers and little fingers inside… In the next second, a dark light surged behind Lu Yang, revealing a grim and deep world.
Within it, thousands of witch-ghosts roared, holding up a majestic grand hall.
There was Impermanence claiming lives, ghost messengers reaping souls, judges delivering punishment, and patrol gods surveying the heavens.
Eight major gods, with grim faces and sharp fangs, their bearing both ferocious and solemn, each held golden cangues, silver locks, mourning staves, and books of life and death, clustered before the majestic hall.
And at the head of the hall, Lu Yang laughed heartily. “Senior has come from afar, why the rush to leave?”
The next second, the 【Yama Hall】 opened and closed.
“Why not enter my humble abode, and let me fulfill my duties as a host!”
Before his words faded, the Heaven Mending Peak Master didn't even have time to dodge. He felt his vision go black, and when he looked again, he had already been imprisoned within the 【Yama Hall】