Staying in the sect, controlling beasts and cultivating immortals

"Yes!" A shadow emerged from the direction of the pile of rocks. It was the spy who had lured Wang Cheng into the trap. He glanced at the direction where Wang Cheng disappeared and then quickly disappeared into the illusion array.

"Shadow Five, Shadow Six!" Elder Yin Gu looked at his two wounded subordinates. "You two stay here and set up the 'Nine Nether Soul Devouring Array,' conceal your presence, and monitor the movements in the direction of the imperial city! If Yu Changsheng or anyone else comes to investigate, send a message immediately. Do not fight them head-on!"

"Yes, sir!" The two men in gray robes accepted the order.

Elder Yin Gu glanced one last time at the direction of the imperial city, shrouded in the radiance of the six beasts, a look of solemnity and even deeper greed appearing on his skeletal face:
"Chaotic Origin Power... Returning to the Void Sword Intent... The opportunity of the Ancient Ruins of the Burial Gods... and that Chaotic Domain that covers an entire province... Yu Changsheng, your value is far greater than I imagined! Just wait, there is never anything that my Xuanming Sect sets its sights on that we cannot obtain!"

His figure flickered and disappeared into the illusionary array of rubble. He needed to heal his injuries as soon as possible and reassess the plan.

The gray cocoon of light, like a meteor that had burned out, dragged a long, dim, chaotic tail of flame and crashed into the central square of the imperial city with a heart-stopping shriek!

The domain light screen of "Six Beasts Guarding the State" automatically sensed the chaotic imprint aura belonging to Wang Cheng and did not obstruct it. Instead, it separated a wisp of gentle power to try to guide it.

But the light cocoon was too fast and its power was too violent!

boom--! ! !
The cocoon of light slammed heavily onto the hard plaza floor with a dull thud! A shallow crater was created in the ground, and dust billowed out.

The cocoon of light, like a broken eggshell, instantly disintegrated, turning into dissipating chaotic air currents.

Amidst the smoke and dust, Wang Cheng's utterly miserable figure was revealed.

He was covered in blood, with a huge claw mark on his left shoulder that was deep enough to expose the bone. The flesh around the wound was a strange grayish-black color, filled with deathly energy that was constantly eroding the life force around him. On his back was a charred palm print, with a ghastly green poisonous fire writhing and burning under his skin like a living thing, emitting a nauseatingly sweet and foul smell. His entire right arm hung limply, the arm bone broken inch by inch, the skin cracked, and blood gushing out.

The most shocking sight was his chest, where a finger-force wound pierced through the skin, its edges covered with a thin layer of black ice crystals, radiating a chilling aura that could freeze the soul. It was the core injury caused by Elder Yin Bone's Netherworld Finger!
His breath was extremely weak, like a candle flickering in the wind. His life force was rapidly slipping away under the combined erosion of death, poisonous fire, and chilling cold. His face was ashen, his breath barely a whisper, and he had completely fallen into a coma.

"Wang Cheng!!!" Chen Xueqing was the first to react. Her pretty face turned pale instantly. She exclaimed and transformed into a green shadow, rushing over in an instant.

The light of the Life Gem shone in her hand, and a rich life force poured into Wang Cheng's body as if it were free, trying to stabilize his collapsing life force. At the same time, thorny vines spread out, carefully isolating the alien energy escaping from his wounds.

Yu Changsheng took a step forward and appeared beside Wang Cheng. For the first time, a violent emotional fluctuation appeared on his usually calm face—a chilling killing intent as cold as ice!
Everyone in the square was stunned by this sudden turn of events.

The people from Qingzhou Guard, Baigongfang, and Qingmuzhuang, who had just been busy rebuilding order, all stopped what they were doing and stared in horror at the horrific scene in the center of the square.

Yu Changsheng squatted down, extended a finger, and gently placed it on Wang Cheng's forehead.

The vast and pure Chaos Origin Power and Returning Void Sword Intent surged in instantly, domineeringly suppressing and expelling the rampant death energy, poisonous fire, and icy finger force within Wang Cheng's body!

At the same time, he used his supreme divine sense to forcibly read the last image imprinted in Wang Cheng's soul before he fell into a coma!
The ruins of the Li family estate, gray mist, shadowy scouts, a chaotic illusion array of rocks, ghostly claws, a skeletal gray-robed figure, a filthy soul banner, terrifying aura of Void Refining, insidious soul-devouring poisonous fire, the clash between domineering fist energy and the Netherworld Finger, the eruption of the Chaos Mark, the impact of the filthy soul and the pursuit of the Netherworld Finger…

Scenes flashed rapidly through Yu Changsheng's mind like a revolving lantern!
boom--! ! !
An indescribable, terrifying pressure, like a volcano dormant for millennia, erupted from Yu Changsheng and soared into the sky! The entire imperial city trembled violently at that moment! The chaotic domain of "Six Beasts Guarding the State" shone brightly, and the six chaotic phenomena rotated wildly, emitting deafening roars!

The sky instantly darkened, and chaotic tribulation clouds gathered out of thin air, with purple lightning surging wildly within the clouds!
All the cultivators in the square, regardless of their cultivation level, felt a fear originating from the depths of their souls. Like ants facing the might of heaven, they involuntarily knelt on the ground, trembling!

Even Chen Xueqing felt a pang of fear, and the light of the Life Gem dimmed slightly.

"Xuan! Ming! Sect!" Yu Changsheng's voice wasn't loud, but it was like a cold wind from the depths of hell sweeping through everyone's hearts. Every word contained overwhelming killing intent and icy judgment.

"Old Ghost of Yin Bones... Shadow Killing Hall... Good, very good!"

He slowly stood up, his gaze like two tangible chaotic sword lights, piercing through the void and heading straight for the direction Wang Cheng had fled back, locking onto that ancient mountain forest!
"You have injured my limbs and coveted Qingzhou... You have already met your demise!"

"Where are the Six Chaos Beasts?!" Yu Changsheng shouted.

Roar! Howl! Screech!
Around the imperial city, six towering chaotic beast shadows instantly solidified, unleashing earth-shattering roars, their auras connected, their killing intent boiling!
The Black Tortoise tames the earth, the Golden Roc roars to the sky, the Fiery Dragon breathes its breath, the Star Deer draws its light, the Evil Demons open their eyes, and the Purple Spirit Emperor Sword clangs!
"Follow me..."

As Yu Changsheng took a step forward, the space beneath his feet parted automatically like the surface of water, forming a deep and mysterious spatial passage leading straight to the north!

At the end of the passage lay that forest of jagged rocks!

"...Crush the enemy's lair, and repay blood with blood!"

Before he finished speaking, Yu Changsheng's figure had already disappeared into the spatial passage.

Immediately afterwards, the Chaos Black Tortoise transformed into a stream of dark yellow light, the Chaos Golden Roc tore through the sky, the Chaos Flame Dragon was wrapped in blazing flames, the Chaos Colorful Star Deer trod on starlight, the Chaos Eternal Night Evil Beast merged into the shadows, the Chaos Purple Spirit Emperor Sword transformed into a purple swan that split the heavens and the earth, and the six Chaos Origin Beasts followed closely behind, rushing into the spatial passage with a terrifying aura that could destroy the world!

The terrifying pressure of the Void Refinement Realm and the chaotic killing intent, like a flood bursting its banks, surged and crashed towards Elder Yin Bone's hiding place through the spatial passage!

Imperial City Square was deathly silent.

Only the soft green light emanating from the Life Gem when Chen Xueqing was doing her best to save Wang Cheng, and the soul-chilling destructive aura remaining in the spatial passage, indicated the overwhelming rage of a Void Refinement expert and the devastating thunderous strike against the Xuanming Sect invaders, which had already arrived!
The space passage was not ordinary darkness, but filled with raging chaotic currents and shattered spatial fragments.

The chaotic source energy, like boiling lava, roared and surged around Yu Changsheng, pushing his peak Void Refinement Realm aura to an unprecedented height.

Each step caused the passage walls to tremble violently, groaning under the strain.

Behind him, the six Origin Beasts—Chaos Black Tortoise, Chaos Flame Dragon, Chaos Golden Roc, Chaos Colorful Star Deer, Chaos Eternal Night Evil Beast, and Chaos Purple Spirit Emperor Sword—followed closely.

Their auras were connected to Yu Changsheng's. The nascent chaotic domain of the Six Beasts Town was faintly visible within the passage, forcibly calming the raging energy turbulence and opening up a relatively stable path of destruction.

Yu Changsheng's eyes, like cold stars, were fixed on what lay ahead.

That was the last faint yet clear trace of ghostly aura left behind by Wang Cheng when he escaped with serious injuries, like the only signpost in the darkness.

The Guixu Sword hummed in his hand, and the mysterious chaotic divine rune on the sword was brighter than ever before, radiating a throbbing desire to annihilate everything.

Fury burned beneath a chilling rationality. Wang Cheng's horrific state flashed through his mind, every deep, bone-revealing tear, every wisp of cold, foul energy invading his domineering body, all transformed into fuel to incinerate the Nine Netherworlds. "Those who wound my limbs will find no refuge in the Nine Netherworlds or the Yellow Springs!" Yu Changsheng's icy voice echoed within the passage, each word containing the vibrations of laws, causing the six beasts behind him to roar in unison. The terrifying sound waves shattered the spatial fragments ahead into dust.

"Boom——!"

In the northwest of Qingzhou, above that desolate and eerie pile of rocks, space itself shattered like fragile glass. A massive gaping hole, tens of feet in diameter and with edges burning with chaotic flames, appeared out of thin air.

The chaotic torrents poured down like a burst dam, instantly carving deep, bottomless ravines into the ground.

Immediately afterwards, a terrifying, gray sword light, seemingly capable of devouring all light, slashed out first!
It was Shadow Five and Shadow Six who were stationed here and ordered to set up the "Nine Nether Soul Devouring Array".

Although the two were prepared, witnessing the space being so violently torn apart and feeling the oppressive force that felt like the end of the world still terrified them.

This is power that no ordinary Void Refinement Realm cultivator could possess!

"Activate the formation! Soul Devouring and Spirit Stealing!"

Shadow Six screamed hoarsely, his throat contorted with terror. The two frantically formed hand seals, recklessly channeling the pure Netherworld power within their bodies into the intricate array already inscribed beneath their feet.

hum!
The gray-black mist instantly thickened to the point of being as black as ink, and countless twisted, venomous phantoms of evil spirits shrieked as they soared into the sky from the formation, forming a sea of ​​souls that blotted out the sun.

The shriek of the vengeful spirit is not an ordinary sound wave, but an impact that directly affects the soul level, enough to cause the Nascent Soul cultivator's soul to become disordered and their Dao foundation to collapse.

They converged into a filthy torrent, carrying an extremely yin and evil corrosive power, like a reversed black waterfall, crashing fiercely into the gray sword light that had just cleaved open the spatial gap and the chaotic turbulence that surged out afterward!
Chi Chi Chi -!
The expected earth-shattering collision did not occur.

The hazy, ethereal sword light of Guixu was like a drop of water thrown into boiling oil. Wherever it passed, whether it was the most ferocious vengeful spirit or the filthy soul energy, it was silently annihilated and decomposed upon contact, turning into the most primitive particles and dust.

After the sword light, a chaotic torrent swept through, completely assimilating and devouring the remaining fragments of soul power.

The Nine Nether Soul Devouring Formation, which the Xuanming Sect was so proud of and which was powerful enough to trap and kill even the peak Nascent Soul stage cultivators, was as fragile as paper in the face of this absolute power.

"No! Impossible!" Ying Wu's eyes were bloodshot as he watched the hazy sword light, like a red-hot iron cutting through butter, easily pierce through the soul sea and thrust straight towards the core of the array plate.

"Roar—! Town!"

A roar that shook the universe followed immediately after the sword light.

The massive, mountain-like body of the Chaos Black Tortoise, carrying the illusory image of the "Six Beasts Guarding the State" array diagram that flowed with the dragon energy of the earth veins and the radiance of chaos, crashed into the broken array space!
As it stomped down with its four legs, an incomparably heavy, earth-yellow aura erupted along with chaotic source power, crashing down like an invisible giant hammer.

Click!

The already precarious array core shattered instantly!
Countless cracks instantly covered the entire ground.

The power of the Six Beasts Town spread domineeringly, forcefully suppressing and calming the chaotic Netherworld laws of this place, dispelling the last trace of cold and filthy aura.

The illusion array completely collapsed, revealing a deep cave entrance behind the pile of rocks, only wide enough for a few people to pass through.

At the cave entrance, two dark figures were fleeing into the cave as if their lives depended on it; they were none other than Shadow Five and Shadow Six, who were terrified!
"Stay!" Yu Changsheng's figure finally stepped completely out of the spatial passage, like a demon god descending. He didn't even swing his sword, but simply reached out with his left hand to grab at the two fleeing black shadows.

hum!
The invisible power of the void instantly solidified the space near the cave entrance.

Shadow Five and Shadow Six seemed like insects frozen in amber, their bodies frozen in mid-air, their faces contorted with extreme terror and despair.

"Soul search!"

Yu Changsheng's icy voice was like a pronouncement from the King of Hell.

With a flick of his fingertips, two thin, hair-like streaks of gray light, each containing the true meaning of "Return to Nothingness and Annihilation," instantly disappeared into the brows of Shadow Five and Shadow Six.

"Ugh—!" A bloodcurdling scream, so shrill it was almost inhuman, rang out.

Their bodies convulsed violently, and what gushed from their seven orifices was not blood, but fragments of their souls being forcibly extracted and annihilated! Countless images of light and shadow were forcibly stripped and analyzed from the deepest recesses of their souls by the Returning Void Sword Intent:
The Yin Bone Elder's sinister and astonished face froze when Wang Cheng activated the Chaos Mark to escape.

"Shadow Seven, return to the 'Dark Nest' immediately, activate the 'Netherworld' concealment array, and send a message to the sect requesting immediate reinforcements from Elder Lock Soul or Elder Blood Nether! This boy possesses a great secret; no one below the late stage of Void Refinement should act rashly!"

Coordinates of a perilous place called "Heavenly Ghost Cave," located at the border of Zhongzhou and Qingzhou;

Deep within the Heavenly Ghost Cave lies an ancient altar built from the bones of countless living beings. At the center of the altar is a dark red cocoon of blood that pulsates and exudes a chilling, malevolent aura.

Elder Yin Gu sat cross-legged beside the blood cocoon, his body surging with nether energy, infusing the blood cocoon with pure soul essence while chanting incantations.

"...A blood sacrifice of ten thousand souls... We respectfully welcome the awakening of the true spirit of the 'Fiendish Bone Netherworld Lord'... By controlling this fiend, the secret of burying gods will be within our grasp..."

Detailed information about the "Heavenly Ghost Clan," who are affiliated with the Xuanming Sect and have lived near the Heavenly Ghost Cave for generations, specializing in concealment, tracking, and blood sacrifice techniques.

The location of the core territory of the Heavenly Ghost Clan, "Shadow City," and some of its defensive array nodes.

The scene depicts Elder Yin Gu plotting with Gui Li, the current patriarch of the Heavenly Ghost Clan: "...Once the Underworld Lord awakens, all living beings in Qingzhou can serve as provisions...My immortal body is the perfect vessel..."

A massive amount of fragmented information, carrying Elder Yin Gu's schemes, fears, and the nauseatingly bloody secret techniques of the Heavenly Ghost Clan, flooded into Yu Changsheng's mind like a torrent.

His eyes flashed with a cold light, and his killing intent almost solidified into frost, causing the temperature of the surrounding space to drop sharply.

"The Heavenly Demon Clan... aids and abets evil, using living souls and blood to sacrifice to evil beings; their crimes deserve the extermination of their entire clan!" (End of Chapter)