Chapter 275: Unlucky Lifeless King
OMG! Not again?
Looking at the countless vengeful ghosts that pounced toward them, Shen Tian could feel a headache forming in his head.
Although he was able to easily maneuver his way amongst the army of tens of thousands of vengeful ghosts while killing them with his battle strength, it was meaningless!
Even if he killed 10 Golden Core vengeful ghosts with one slash, he had to swing his sword thousands of times to be able to kill the tens of thousands of vengeful ghosts.
Although those vengeful ghosts were quite weak, they were not dumb and knew how to dodge.
If Shen Tian really wanted to kill all the Golden Core vengeful ghosts, it would exhaust him!
Also, Shen Tian had already wasted too much time dealing with these vengeful ghosts, so he would seem too incompetent if he still could not solve the problem.
Fortunately, the vengeful ghosts’ teamwork had become much poorer without the Evil Spirit Sect Heavenly Venerables’ control.
Thus, due to the poor cooperation, the vengeful ghosts were unable to break through the cultivation sect allied troops’ defense array formation.
“Old Man Ye, why are the vengeful ghosts still attacking even though those Evil Spirit Sect Heavenly Venerables died?”
Upon hearing Shen Tian’s question, Ye Qingcang smiled and said, “The Myriad Souls Sail was only the Dharma artifact used to control the vengeful ghosts. It’s not their lifeline.
“After the Myriad Souls Sail was destroyed, these vengeful ghosts were only freed of being controlled. As such, they did not disappear. Also, the vengeful ghosts are almost immortal in this Netherworld Yellow Springs domain.
“As long as you do not kill them in one shot, they will recover with the fastest speed no matter how heavy their injuries are.”
As if proving what Ye Qingcang said was true, the vengeful ghosts Shen Tian and the cultivation sect allied troops had heavily injured were recovering rapidly.
Be it hands, legs, or even heads that were cut off, they had all returned to normal.
That made shivers run down the backs of most of those in the cultivation sect allied troops as they looked.
As expected of the Evil Spirit Sect’s Lifeless King, there was no way out of this situation.
If it was not for Shen Tian chopping off the Evil Spirit Sect Heavenly Venerables’ heads with absolute strength through looking at the halos and Ye Qingcang’s guidance, those vengeful ghosts would be nearly invincible.
Even now that those controlling the vengeful ghosts had died, these vengeful ghosts were still difficult to deal with as their recovery ability was too strong.
“However, it’s also quite simple to wipe out these vengeful ghosts from the roots.”
Ye Qingcang revealed a triumphant smile as he said, “Do you want to know? Tian’er, as long as you call me god-grandpa, I’ll tell you.”
Shen Tian, “...”
Why is he so fixated on me calling him god-grandpa!?
Normally, shouldn’t it be godfather, goddaughter, or even godmother?
I’ve never heard of god-grandfather. Is it possible that the relationships in the Celestial World are this messy?
Shen Tian felt resigned as he called, “God-grandpa.”
Ye Qingcang’s mustache instantly jumped with joy. “Actually, it’s extremely simple to solve this vengeful-ghosts problem. The Six Paths of Reincarnation Disk and Hurricane Lily King within you, especially the Six Paths of Reincarnation Disk, are both supreme treasures from the Land of Reincarnation.
“Although the person who created the Dharma artifact is a weakling, there’s nothing wrong with the method they used to make this Dharma artifact. Thus, you can totally create a simple reincarnation cycle.
“As long as you use purging Dharma techniques to activate the Six Paths of Reincarnation Disk, you can form a simple reincarnation cycle in this Netherworld Yellow Springs domain.
“At that point, the resentment, Yin aura, venom, and hellfire will all be washed clean by undergoing reincarnation.
“Not only can it solve the vengeful ghost problem, but it can also strengthen the Six Paths of Reincarnation Disk greatly.”
So, I could do that?
Shen Tian was stunned, but he was then elated.
It’s really as the saying goes, ‘With age comes wisdom, elders are treasures’. Given the old man’s age, he’s invincible!
However, although the Divine Firmament Sacred Ground had purging Dharma techniques, Shen Tian... had not learned them.
Since Shen Tian had only joined the Divine Firmament Sacred Ground for a few months at most, he already had all kinds of imperial sutras.
He did not have the time to even train the imperial sutras, not to mention techniques to purge souls.
“Cough, Old Man Ye, I don’t know any purging Dharma techniques.”
Shen Tian scratched his head innocently.
Ye Qingcang was caught between laughter and tears. “Never mind, just pour the energy within you toward the Six Paths of Reincarnation Disk. Leave the rest to me.”
Pour out the energy? I’m good at that!
Shen Tian happily took out the Six Paths of Reincarnation Disk and continuously poured in the Tinder Sutra’s energy into it.
Then, he also poured the Feather Immortal Metal’s, Divine Devouring Vine’s, First Essence Heavy Water’s, Nan Ming Li Fire’s, Pure Reincarnation Earth’s, and Mixed Five Elements Divine Lightning’s energy.
The six types of energy circulated the Six Paths of Reincarnation Disk, and the small silver disk enlarged at the speed which naked eyes could differentiate.
From the size of a small porcelain plate, it increased to a big porcelain plate.
Then, it increased to the size of a basin.
Then to a millstone.
...
Finally, a huge silver disk that was 90 square feet appeared before everyone.
That silver disk was split into six parts, and each part was engraved with extremely mysterious patterns that looked profound and unpredictable.
It shone brightly and was projected onto everyone. The injuries, be it from the vengeful ghosts’ venomous scratches or pustules burned by vengeful ghosts’ hellfire, all started recovering gradually.
Shen Tian sat cross-legged in front of the Six Paths of Reincarnation Disk, his eyes slightly closed. He seemed majestic as he was shone upon by holy light. It was as if a god had descended.
He moved his mouth but did not let out any sound. Nonetheless, the chanting sound of ethereal bitterness echoed in the air.
“The way of mortal life cannot be foreseen, the road of cultivation is long and hard to grasp.
“The way of ghosts can really bring people temporary happiness, but as a human, one should walk the path of cultivation.
“The road of cultivation is where one would treasure and cherish one’s life so as to serve others, while the way of being a ghost places emphasis on finishing and the end.
“The way of cultivation often naturally brings one luck while the way of ghosts often endangers one and makes one vicious.”
...
As the chanting of the sutra resounded, characters formed in the air and entered the Six Paths of Reincarnation Disk.
Shortly after, the Six Paths of Reincarnation Disk emitted an even more dazzling light and even started to spin slowly.
An extremely powerful suction force was emitted from the Six Paths of Reincarnation Disk, but it was not directed at any cultivators. Only those vengeful ghosts were attracted to it.
It was worth mentioning that those originally crazy vengeful ghosts actually quietened down after being shone by the Six Paths of Reincarnation.
Their originally bloodshot crazed eyes gradually turned blank, and then a shred of rationality could be seen within.
They once again looked toward the Six Paths of Reincarnation Disk that was floating in mid-air, and all the vengeful ghosts’ faces were filled with desire.
It’s reincarnation!
It’s the chance to be reborn!
Normally, the stronger the vengeful ghost’s resentment was, the harder it was to purge it.
Thus, cultivators would directly wipe them out.
However, now, those vengeful ghosts were all thinking of the same thing—as long as they could enter this Reincarnation Disk, then they could clean themselves of everything and be reborn.
Instantly, all the vengeful ghosts went crazy!
They surged toward the Six Paths of Reincarnation Disk like a tsunami.
The vengeful ghosts scrambled to enter the Six Paths of Reincarnation Disk. They were then quickly disintegrated within the Six Paths of Reincarnation Disk.
This type of integration was not wiping them out but separating their true soul from the “resentment”, “Yin aura”, “venom”, and “hellfire”.
Only when their souls returned to the most primitive form could they truly be purged and be reborn.
Otherwise, how could one bring such fearsome resentment, venom, and hellfire, before being directly born from someone’s stomach?
It would be that pregnant woman’s death! Not everyone was Ne Zha’s mother!
As more and more vengeful ghosts were purged within the Reincarnation Disk, they returned to their cleanest and purest form.
They looked at Shen Tian, who sat before the Six Paths of Reincarnation Disk and knelt down devoutly, prostrating themselves in worship.
“Thank you, Immortal Senior. I am forever indebted to you!”
“Thank you, Immortal Senior. I am forever indebted to you!”
“Thank you, Immortal Senior. I am forever indebted to you!”
“Thank you, Brother Immortal Senior. I am willing to stay beside Brother Immortal Senior and become Brother Immortal Senior’s servant to repay my debt!”
...
As more and more vengeful ghosts were purged, rays of golden light gradually appeared in the air.
Half of those rays of light fused with the Six Paths of Reincarnation Disk, while the other half flew toward Shen Tian and entered his body.
A pale gold halo slowly appeared behind Shen Tian, which made him look dignified.
Shen Tian instantly felt as if his whole body had become relaxed.
However, such a feeling was not because his providence had increased. It was as if his soul had been enhanced. It was a comfortable feeling that could not be described by words.
“Are you feeling it? It’s merit, The number of vengeful ghosts you’re purging is high, and their strength is mighty.”
Ye Qingcang’s voice sounded in Shen Tian’s head, “Such a thing like merit is extremely mysterious. It’s like a reward of acknowledgment bestowed by the Heavenly Dao.
“Normally, cultivators could obtain merit from purging souls. However, as the number is too little and the quality is also average, the obtained merit is basically non-visible.
“Thanks to the Six Paths of Reincarnation Disk, you directly purged tens of thousands of vengeful ghosts in the first time you purged souls.
“Also, these vengeful ghosts are all mutated types above the Golden Core stage. Their quality is too high as well.
“Tsk, tsk, that fake monk is a great person indeed. Not only did he give you the Hurricane Lilies, but he also gave you free merit.”
Shen Tian asked, “Merit? What’s its use?”
Ye Qingcang smiled and replied, “Merit has a great use. It can be used to create artifacts, pills and even increase one’s cultivation speed.
“However, it would be a waste to consume merit for those things. The best way is to form a merit halo to strengthen yourself.
“Not only would it help to increase your comprehension and allow easier enlightenment, but you could also get twice the result with half the effort when training in all kinds of cultivation techniques.
“More importantly, with the merit halo, you can intimidate others with any avatar.”
Hmm...
Such a reasonable explanation. I am actually speechless.
Purging tens of thousands of vengeful ghosts was not something that could be done in a short period, so Shen Tian sat in mid-air without speaking a word.
On the other side, within the array formation set up by the cultivation sect allied troops...
Those Supremacies and Heavenly Venerables from the two major sacred grounds, six major grotto-heavens, and 12 blessed-lands were all astounded.
Only the lightning and heavenly aura around the Divine Firmament Sacred Leader started vibrating vigorously.
What is this?
Is it possible that as the Divine Firmament’s Sacred Leader had said, the key to solving this predicament is the Divine Firmament Saint, the Son of Providence?
That’s too ridiculous!
But this inescapable trap, set up by nine Evil Spirit Sect Heavenly Venerables using tens of thousands of vengeful ghosts, was actually resolved by this Saint? A Golden Body cultivator?
Frankly speaking, Shen Tian’s actions had already completely overturned their perception of geniuses all along.
Forget the fact that Shen Tian could sever the head of the Heavenly Venerable that was within the army of vengeful ghosts and that he was also invincible amongst those of the same cultivation levels.
The Divine Firmament Saint was not only proficient in battles, but even his ability to purge souls was this powerful!
Just what did purging tens of thousands of Golden Core vengeful ghosts mean?
One had to know that purging was much harder than annihilating—it was completely two grades of difficulties.
Even a Heavenly Venerable cultivator would not be able to complete purging even after eight to ten years of non-stop purging.
On the other hand, Shen Tian was able to actually purge almost half of those vengeful ghosts in just two hours with Golden Body cultivation level.
Shen Tian was in a league of his own!
It was simply unbelievable!
“Just now what Tian’er chanted was not the Divine Firmament Purging Sutra, right?”
Heavenly Venerable White Lotus looked at Shen Tian with a smile. “However, this art of purging seems even more profound than the Divine Firmament Purging Sutra.”
The heavenly aura around the Divine Firmament Sacred Leader started swaying. “Tian’er is the Son of Providence. It’s completely normal for him to have obtained other arts for purging. That’s also fortunate for our sect.”
He had been staring at his disciple all along. He could not help but be pleased with his wise decision.
Indeed, it was definitely the correct choice to bring Tian’er.
Although accidents did happen, in the end, out of the depth of misfortune comes bliss with Tian’er’s intervention.
It’s exactly the same as the ancient books have mentioned, or it could be said to be even more exaggerated than in the books!
There’s hope for the rise of our sect with Tian’er!
Hehehehehe!
...
Time passed by minutes and seconds, and the number of vengeful ghosts that were being purged increased.
Meanwhile, the vengeful ghosts’ energies—resentment, Yin aura, venom, hellfire—were completely absorbed by the Six Paths of Reincarnation Disk and converted to the purest origin power.
As more and more origin power was absorbed, the aura emitted by the Six Paths of Reincarnation Disk became more profound, vast, and magnificent.
In the air, lightning could be vaguely seen through the All Are Equal Domain.
“This is an Immortal artifact tribulation. Who would have expected that the Six Paths of Reincarnation Disk would actually ascend!”
The Divine Firmament’s Sacred Leader’s cold voice sounded from within the lightning and heavenly aura. “Senior Lifeless, you actually dare to oppose the Son of Providence. You’re in big trouble.”
Hehehehehe!
As everyone knew, ordinary people could only become Sages after transcending the tribulation. They could only ascend and become immortals after surviving the 12 lightning tribulations.
Meanwhile, pseudo-Immortal artifacts would also need to undergo and survive the transcending tribulation to become an Immortal artifact.
Normally, be it humans or pseudo-Immortal artifacts, they would choose a remote place when transcending the tribulation.
Thus, one would not be noticed and coveted, and they would also not involve others.
However, Shen Tian and others were currently trapped within the All Are Equal Domain set up by the Lifeless King.
Meanwhile, once the All Are Equal Domain was set up, the person who set the array formation would almost be one with the array formation, so it could not be gotten rid of at any time.
There was no other way besides waiting for the original set time to end: that, or the scenario of the array formation being penetrated by absolute strength.
What was worth mentioning was that although the All Are Equal Domain may be incredibly powerful—it could suppress all cultivators to the same cultivation level no matter how many or how strong they were, after all—in the case the array was destroyed, the backlash would also be extremely fearsome. It was enough to even destroy the Sages’ Dao Foundation.
However, the person who set up the array would normally not consider such a situation.
The reason was extremely simple. Once such an array formation was formed, the four people’s strength would be completely fused together.
Such an example was the All Are Equal Domain that trapped Shen Tian and the others. It was set up by the four Sages, Lifeless, Seven Kill, Broken Army, and Ravenous Wolf.
Amongst them, Seven Kill, Broken Army, Ravenous Wolf were all Sages, while the Lifeless King was a Great Sage, someone above the Fifth Refinement Stage.
Even a Great Sage of Seventh Refinement Stage might not be able to destroy the All Are Equal Domain!
...
It was a pity that the Lifeless King had never expected for his fortuitous opportunity to be snatched by Shen Tian.
One had to know that none of those that had their fortuitous opportunity snatched by Shen Tian had a good ending!
All the more, he could not expect that Shen Tian’s Six Paths of Reincarnation Disk could actually transcend the tribulation to become a true Immortal artifact after purging those vengeful ghosts.
After all, in this low-level cultivation world with incomplete laws, besides the Immortal artifacts from the Celestial World, the artifacts that naturally ascended to become Immortal ones were too few.
In the past tens of thousands of years, the number of Immortal artifacts formed in the five regions could be counted on one hand.
If it was not for Ye Qingcang being able to borrow the power of merit and essence energy from disintegrating the tens of thousands of vengeful ghost to secretly strengthen the Six Paths of Reincarnation Disk, even if they really purged tens of thousands of vengeful ghosts, it would still be difficult for the Six Paths of Reincarnation Disk to ascend to an Immortal artifact.
It was a pity that there was no if in the world. In the end, it did happen.
Outside the All Are Equal Domain, the Heavenly Tribulation had finished forming to the extreme.
Kacha!
A fearsome lightning bolt echoed and directly struck the All Are Equal Domain.
Since the Six Paths of Reincarnation Disk was formed from Pure Reincarnation Earth, made in the Land of Reincarnation, and had a large amount of merit, the power of the lightning was not very powerful.
The lightning only made the All Are Equal Domain sway slightly before disappearing.
However, the Heavenly Tribulation’s lightning attack seemed to have triggered the All Are Equal Domain’s automatic counterattack.
Blood-red Buddhas could be seen rising from the array formation’s light barrier and actually chopped toward the Heavenly Tribulation clouds with their palms.
Boom!
The four Sages’ array formation was naturally extremely powerful, so Blood Buddhas’ strength was formidable. It was actually able to disperse the Heavenly Tribulation clouds in the sky.
The cultivation sect allied troops within the All Are Equal Domain were instantly dumbfounded.
Shen Tian could not help but place his hand on his forehead. He pitied the four Sages.
He clearly remembered just how tragic a certain vine’s ending was after whipping the Heavenly Tribulation clouds.
...
Indeed, after this Heavenly Tribulation cloud was dispersed, it was not the end.
That was because a more fearsome Heavenly Tribulation was starting to form—an unprecedented golden Heavenly Tribulation cloud was gathering!
Endless golden clouds started to churn and gather to vaguely form a magnificent figure in the air.
That figure wore Golden Divine Armor and exuded an aura so impressive one would not dare to look straight at it. Behind the figure were the five divine beasts Azure Dragon, White Tiger, and so on.
At the same time, endless golden Mixed Divine Lightning gathered around this figure as if they were formidable god-slaying spears.
“It’s actually the Lightning General formed by Mixed Divine Lightning! The Lifeless King’s luck is really... bad.”
Heavenly Venerable Azure Lotus grinned. He was clearer than anyone else on the power of the Mixed Divine Lightning.
Not to mention the Mixed Divine Lightning which formed this Heavenly Tribulation was not the normal Mixed Divine Lightning, but Connate Mixed Divine Lightning.
Since ancient times, almost nobody could control Connate Mixed Divine Lightning as that belonged to the power of Heavenly Dao. It was also the nemesis of all evil beings in the world.
Once a person could successfully control Connate Mixed Divine Lightning, that person would definitely become the absolute master of lightning and make all evil fiends shiver in fear.
Currently, the Heavenly Tribulation seemed to have been angered by the All Are Equal Domain’s Blood Buddhas as it had actually formed the Connate Mixed Divine Lightning.
Such a possibility was simply so small it was negligible!
One could only say that the Lifeless King had extremely bad luck.
...
Boom!
A loud thunder reverberated throughout the Immeasurable Ancient State, and golden spears formed by Mixed Divine Lightning fell like torrential rain.
Spat!
Splat, splat, splat!
Splat, splat, splat, splat, splat!
The array formation, which was originally impenetrable, seemed to be as weak as paper in front of the Mixed Divine Lightning’s attacks—it was penetrated in an instant!
At that moment, rosy clouds and heavenly aura were formed around the Jade Lake Sacred Leader once again, while lightning and heavenly aura enshrouded the Divine Firmament Sacred Leader yet again.
All the Supremacies and Heavenly Venerables who had their cultivation levels suppressed were slowly restoring their strength at this moment.
That’s right, the All Are Equal Domain was shattered!
“Amitabha, just what has happened!?”
The Lifeless King and three other Sages appeared once again in the air.
The four of them simultaneously spat out blood from the backlash and turned as white as a sheet. It was obvious that they were heavily injured.
They had already spent a lot of strength to forcibly set up the All Are Equal Domain. The Heavenly Tribulation further aggravated their injuries so much that even their cores were injured.
The Lifeless King looked at the lightning tribulation in the sky, and he was about to break down.
No matter how meticulously he had considered all possibilities, he had never expected for the Heavenly Tribulation to appear.
He then lowered his head to look at Shen Tian, the Six Paths of Reincarnation Disk, and the countless souls around the disk. He was instantly upset.
So the trap I had spent so much time and effort to prepare and set up just benefited this kid!?
Damn it, damn it, damn it!
Before the Lifeless King could fly into a rage, the Heavenly Tribulation attacked once again.
The Heavenly Tribulation was not something that could be escaped from. That was especially the case for the Evil Spirit Sect’s disciples. Since they sacrificed lives to create evil artifacts, they were the most hated existence in the Heavenly Tribulation’s eyes.
Once they encountered Heavenly Tribulations, they would be targeted by the Heavenly Dao until they were annihilated.
Thus, although this was lightning tribulation the Six Paths of Reincarnation Disk had to pass to become an Immortal artifact... the Heavenly Tribulation’s interest had completely been shifted to the Lifeless King and the three Sages.
The golden lightning stuck, almost not giving the time for one to catch a breath. The four Sages simply had a mental breakdown.
...
“Junior Sister White Lotus, Junior Sister Crimson Lotus, this is a rare Connate Mixed Divine Lightning.”
The heavenly aura around the Divine Firmament Sacred Leader swayed slightly. “I’ll think of ways to obtain some essence for Junior Sisters to absorb.
“Although Connate Mixed Divine Lightning will automatically turn into Postnatal Mixed Divine Lightning Essence after being refined by cultivators, it is still extremely precious.
“If both Junior Sisters are able to completely absorb the essence, your strength will increase greatly. When you transcend the tribulation to become a Sage, the chances will be increased by 30%.”
After the Divine Firmament Sacred Leader finished, the two Heavenly Venerables’ eyes instantly lit up.
One had to know, to the mighty beings of the Divine Firmament Sacred Ground, the power of one’s lightning would largely determine one’s combat prowess.
Take Zhang Yunxi, for example. She had originally been a normal Golden Core Seventh Refinement Stage genius, while Fang Chang’s battle prowess had been far higher than hers.
However, after obtaining the Mixed Divine Lightning Origin, she had quickly reached the Eighth Firmament Stage, and her battle prowess could be compared to Fang Chang.
Even if Heavenly Venerable White Lotus and Heavenly Venerable Crimson Lotus did not cultivate Decalamity, if they could absorb enough Mixed Divine Lightning, then there would be a high possibility of them understanding how to control the Mixed Divine Lightning.
By then, their chances of becoming a Sage after transcending the tribulation would increase greatly!
“Thank you, Senior Brother Sacred Leader!”
Heavenly Venerable White Lotus’ eyes were shining so brightly they could almost shoot out rays of light.
Indeed, Senior Brother Sacred Leader cares about me. He is even helping me to obtain Mixed Divine Lightning personally. I’m so moved!
...
“Damn it! Even if I fail today, I will definitely not let you all succeed!”
At that moment, the Lifeless King’s flustered and exasperated voice suddenly echoed.
“Killing Shura Slash!”
As he finished speaking, the Lifeless King’s body started burning vigorously, emitting thick black fire.
The nearly endless black flames gathered to form a sword, and the space around the blade seemed to be twisted.
In the next instant, that black shura sword pierced toward Shen Tian.
Its speed was so fast that even a Sage might not be able to see its trajectory with naked eyes.
“Interesting. This kid has such a thing hidden up his sleeves.”
Ye Qingcang’s laughter sounded in Shen Tian’s mind. “Had he born in the Celestial World, he might have become the leader of a mighty force.”
Just as he finished, the space between Shen Tian and the shura sword...
Caved in!