A Mortal’s Journey to Immortality: Wang Yu’s Rebirth as the Reincarnation Dao Ancestor - Chapter 240

Chapter 236 A Bond Forged in Life and Death, Trust! Goodbye!

The Poisonous Flood Dragon was one of the most hostile demon cultivators towards humans.

Of course,

it was also the fault of Jin Xia, a Nascent Soul cultivator, and the Huo brothers, who were at the peak of the late Core

Formation stage. These three of them decided to launch a sneak attack while the giant tortoise was undergoing its tribulation, intending to take advantage of the situation. As a result, they encountered the Poisonous Flood Dragon, who was protecting it from the side, and the three of them joined forces to injure the Poisonous Flood Dragon.

Because of this incident, the Flood Dragon clan launched an attack on Black Stone City and the human settlements in the nearby seas, affecting many humans in the Qiyuan Island sea area.

In the original timeline, the Poisonous Flood Dragon was killed by its original form, and Feng Xi and the tortoise demon went to the Flood Dragon clan to report on it, which affected all the human cultivators in the outer sea.

Just then, the youngest son of the Suanni King, that is, the level 7 little Suanni, was killed.

The Suanni clan, one of the two major royal families of the Outer Sea, revolted. The Suanni King issued a “Royal Summons,” uniting with the Jiaolong clan and other powerful clans to launch a decades-long, widespread beast tide that

virtually wiped out all the demon beast islands established by human cultivators in the Outer Sea.

The losses suffered by the human race in the Outer Sea were incalculable.

Hundreds of thousands of cultivators perished.

Countless mortals became food for the demon beasts.

The causes of these two disasters were the Poisonous Jiaolong and the young master of the Suanni clan, a level 7 Suanni.

In fact, the Poisonous Jiaolong also had another identity: the offspring of the current patriarch of the Jiaolong clan! He

was a descendant of the peak level 9 Fire Jiaolong!

In other words, the Poisonous Jiaolong was also a second-generation demon.

…

Three years later, in the Outer Sea,

the major demon beast clans of the Qiyuan Sea became increasingly active.

First, the Poisonous Jiaolong of the Jiaolong clan disappeared from his cave without leaving a trace.

Afterwards, several level-eight demon cultivators, including the turtle demon and the clam spirit, disappeared without a trace. It was unknown whether they were harmed or simply went out.

However,

this didn’t cause much of a stir.

The fact that Feng Xi and his wife could kill several transformed demon cultivators and extract their demon cores to refine the Azure Flame Wine indicated that the alien sea demon race itself had inherent, intractable conflicts.

The disappearance of a few level-eight demon cultivators was commonplace.

It wasn’t until later, when a level-seven Suanni from the Suanni clan was ambushed and had its inheritance stolen, that things escalated a bit.

But the commotion quickly subsided again.

The Suanni itself was unharmed; it had only lost its sacred demon inheritance, which wasn’t a major issue.

Suspicion then shifted back to different groups within the demon race.

“That’s all I can do…”

“If the Suanni clan still manages to harm the little guy after this battle, then it won’t be the fault of our human race.”

On a desolate, nameless island, Han Li gazed into the distance and muttered to himself.

If the Suanni clan neglected their upbringing, letting their child run around freely, and their lair was as leaky as a sieve, then it wouldn’t be the humans’ fault.

If the Suanni clan was so rotten, who else would decline but them?

…

On this day,

a level ten peak thunder whale relentlessly pursued two figures ahead.

“Qing Yi, give me back my child’s life!”

the old thunder whale roared from behind.

Its momentum was overwhelming, like a mountain collapsing.

Don’t be fooled by the thunder whale’s enormous size, often hundreds or even thousands of feet tall. The level ten old thunder whale even reached a terrifying two thousand feet. But its flying speed was not slow at all; when it flew, it was like a rapidly moving mountain fortress.

On the back of this colossal creature stood several figures crackling with purple lightning.

These figures, six male and one female, were all burly and bore traces of other races.

They were level eight or nine transformed thunder whales.

“Human cultivator Qing Yi, now that you’ve come to the outer sea, don’t even think about returning to the inner sea!”

The female figure among the transformed thunder whales on the giant whale’s back spoke with bloodshot eyes.

Hearing this, the two fleeing figures ahead increased their speed by a third.

The two were none other than Han Li and Qing Yi.

At this moment, their posture was quite ambiguous.

There was no other way.

To shake off the pursuers, Han Li had no choice but to carry Qing Yi in a “princess carry,” using his Wind and Thunder Wings to escape desperately.

While rapidly cutting through the sea, he kept cursing under his breath:

“Damn it.”

But what exactly happened?

Actually,

it was purely the result of his own past misdeeds.

Decades ago, before the Void Heaven Palace opened, he had killed an eighth-level Thunder Whale that had successfully survived its tribulation of transformation in the northern Thunder Sky Island sea area.

He had a deep grudge against that Thunder Whale, so killing it felt justified.

However

, in the heat of the moment, he had spoken carelessly, using the name “Qing Yi.”

Back then, he could never have imagined that his Void Heaven Palace would later ally with Barbarian Beard and Qing Yi, even forming a powerful faction.

His carelessness didn’t backfire decades ago, but rather recently.

Because the Thunder Whale Clan had been investigating for decades and had indeed discovered that Qing Yi, a Nascent Soul cultivator, used flying needles as his natal magic weapon!

Qing Yi had killed their Thunder Whale King’s young son with flying needles; how could the Thunder Whale Clan let it go unpunished?

Unfortunately, Qing Yi had always operated in the Inner Star Sea, rarely appearing in the Outer Sea, thus preventing the Thunder Whale Clan from seizing the opportunity. Many thunder whales, especially the level ten thunder whale king, who were preoccupied with this matter, had no choice but to endure. They couldn’t possibly lead their entire clan into the inner sea to challenge a large group of high-level human cultivators.

However, several months ago, Qing Yi went out alone to Blackstone City to attend the annual grand auction, thus revealing his whereabouts.

He casually killed a foolish level six demon beast using the Azure Nether Needle magic weapon. He

very casually carried out a demon-slaying and pill-harvesting operation.

If a human cultivator had done this, or if Qing Yi hadn’t used the Azure Nether Needle, none of this would have happened.

Unfortunately, Qing Yi used the Azure Nether Needle.

This scene was witnessed by a transformed thunder whale lurking in the deep sea, passing through the area,

and was recognized by it.

The level eight thunder whale didn’t attack Qing Yi, who was in the mid-Nascent Soul stage, nor did it alert him. Instead, it silently followed him.   After

confirming the temporary location of Han Li and his companions, it immediately returned to the Thunder Whale clan’s territory   in the Myriad Zhang Sea to report the situation. Thus, a revenge operation against Qing Yi was launched swiftly among the Thunder Whale clan’s higher-ups.   Unbeknownst to Qing Yi and Han Li, a dozen transformed thunder whales, led by a level ten thunder whale king, rushed towards the nameless island.   A great battle was inevitable.   While Barbarian Beard briefly held off the Thunder Whale King, Han Li completed his tactical instructions, handing the Meteor Shuttle to Yuan Yao, instructing her to escape first.   Immediately afterward, relying on his Wind and Thunder Wings and the Asura Sacred Flame, he instantly killed a level eight thunder whale with a single strike.   The corpse was burned completely.   The level eight’s blood and bones were utterly powerless against the Asura Sacred Flame.   Furthermore, as the demonic soul of the level eight thunder whale escaped with its inner core and storage bag, the prepared Soul Refining Wind was released, engulfing the demonic soul and drawing it into the Soul Refining Gourd.   Subsequently, it single-handedly held off eight thunder whales, including three level nine ones.   During this time, the Soul Control Banner was activated, and Xiao Cha and his disciple Ji Yin appeared.   A dozen or so Heavenly Capital Corpses served as cannon fodder.   The Heavenly Capital Corpse Fire and the Asura Sacred Fire seized opportunities to strike fiercely.   Their coordination was remarkably seamless.   When the master and disciple betrayed each other, they were shameless, one wishing the other would die. Yet   , when cooperating, they were surprisingly in sync, one wishing the other would live to share the burden.   Later, even Elder Ximen arrived with a group of Soul-Hooking Flying Spirits to alleviate the pressure.   This counterattack truly caught the thunder whale beast clan completely off guard.   Originally…

From the Thunder Whale clan’s perspective, ten level-eight Thunder Whales in their transformation stage, plus three level-nine Thunder Whales, along with the clan’s anchor, the level-ten Thunder Whale King! Such a lineup should be a piece of cake to deal with a human cultivator in the mid-Nascent Soul stage and his companions, without a doubt.

However, they underestimated the strength of the humans and the group beside Qing Yi. Due to their carelessness, the Thunder Whale clan suffered the first casualties.

Of course,

Han Li was also in grave danger.

After all, Thunder Whales are not ordinary bloodlines.

Level eight can rival ordinary level-nine demon beasts, and are not much weaker. A

peak level-nine individual can almost fight against an ordinary great cultivator.

Facing seven or eight simultaneously, including three level-nine ones, the pressure he faced was unimaginable.

Elder Ximen’s Xuan Soul Body was almost swallowed whole by a Thunder Whale.

And Barbarian Beard’s situation was even worse; he was practically being chased and beaten by the enraged Thunder Whale King, even his Dharma Body was shattered. The human race’s primary defense in the Chaotic Star Sea was utterly inadequate against the Thunder Whale King, a peak level ten warrior.

In a single battle, the nameless island, only a dozen miles in size, sank.

Fortunately, during the battle, the group learned the reason for the Thunder Whales’ attack.

Barbarian Beard, after understanding the cause, cursed: “So it was that old bastard Qing Yi’s doing!”

Qing Yi, being chased by several level eight Thunder Whale Spiders, was completely bewildered and cried out his innocence.

And indeed, he was innocent.

He was then filled with misery.

These Thunder Whales actually possessed rudimentary lightning escape techniques, their speed no slower than his mid-Nascent Soul stage cultivation. Han

Li, on the other hand, was utterly devastated.

He had truly… committed a terrible sin!

Qing Yi tried to explain, but the Thunder Whales wouldn’t listen. Moreover, Han Li had just killed another one.

The enmity was only growing.

The three had no choice but to fight to the death.

But they knew very well: they couldn’t win this battle; they simply couldn’t. Even five or six more Nascent Soul stage experts wouldn’t be enough. They only had a chance of winning if a powerful cultivator appeared to help them hold off the Thunder Whale King.

Helpless, Han Li could only send a telepathic message to the barbarian to retreat immediately.

He then used lightning escape techniques to flee with Qing Yi

, employing that shameful princess carry method.

He couldn’t possibly abandon Qing Yi.

He had to swallow the bitter pill of his past actions.

Thus, the scene of splitting into two groups ensued.

The barbarian lured away a peak level nine Thunder Whale and several level eight Transformed Thunder Whales.

Han Li’s side was relentlessly pursued by the level ten Thunder Whale King and its clan.

“No, Sect Master, with me in your arms, you can’t fully utilize your Wind and Thunder Wings. The effectiveness of your lightning escape will be greatly reduced. The Thunder Whale clan, while their lightning escape techniques are far inferior to those of spirit birds like the Thunder Roc, are faster than many spirit birds, almost as fast as that level eight Rending Wind Beast. If this continues, none of us will escape…”

Qing Yi said, his face filled with complex emotions, nestled in Han Li’s arms.

In truth, he was prepared to be abandoned by the person before him.

Or rather, he was prepared to abandon his physical body and escape using only his Nascent Soul.

But he never expected that his Sect Master, Han Li, would remain so loyal to him! He

showed no intention of abandoning him whatsoever!

This left him, who had never experienced such treatment, overwhelmed with mixed feelings.

“Enough nonsense! I still have plenty of mana, and the lightning power stored in the Thunder Absorbing Pearl is still plentiful. I can easily fly tens of thousands of miles in one go using Thunder Escape. I refuse to believe I can’t shake off that old Thunder Whale.”

“…”

He fled for tens of thousands of miles again.

Whether diving into the sea or flying up to the Nine Heavens Gale Layer,

the Thunder Whale King could lock onto him. Its

level 10 peak divine sense was even slightly stronger than his.

“Sect Master, we can’t go on like this…”

“Then do you have a compromise?”

“Let me enter the Human Seed Bag.”

As long as he doesn’t become a hindrance and doesn’t put pressure on the Wind and Thunder Wings’ Thunder Escape, the escape technique’s effectiveness can be increased by at least 50%.

Both of them were well aware of this.

“Second Elder, are you sure you want to enter the Human Seed Bag? You should know that once you enter the Human Seed Bag, your life or death will be entirely in my hands.”

Han Li said seriously.

The Human Seed Bag is a fine ancient treasure. It is one of the fifty acquisitions on the second floor of the Treasure Pavilion of the Void Heaven Palace.

It can store cultivators like spirit beasts.

It’s considered a humanoid spirit beast pouch.

However, the humanoid pouch differs from the spirit beast pouch. The spirit beasts inside the spirit beast pouch can sense everything happening outside, like Silver Moon, who can know everything happening outside while inside the pouch. But the humanoid pouch cannot sense the outside world.

Once a cultivator enters, it’s like being imprisoned.

If Qing Yi’s physical body enters the humanoid pouch, the Wind and Thunder Wings will be much lighter.

When using Thunder Escape again, the power consumption will be less, the teleportation distance will be longer, and Han Li’s smoothness in using escape techniques will greatly increase.

Under these multiple factors, the speed of escape will naturally increase.

“Sect Master, we have no choice,”

Qing Yi sighed.

Han Li shook his head:

“There’s no need to force this. Perhaps there’s another way.”

He naturally knew about this method of reducing the burden, but he couldn’t bring himself to ask.

This wasn’t a matter of hypocrisy.

After all, this was a high-difficulty operation where someone was entrusted with their entire life and fortune, even their storage pouch was temporarily handed over to him for safekeeping.

If he were to make this request himself, it would hurt feelings.

The fact that Qing Yi asked for it himself shows that Qing Yi is aware of the situation and trusts him completely. Only

then is the rescue meaningful.

As for what to do if Qing Yi remains silent?

He can only say: when the Evil-Repelling Divine Thunder of the Azure Bamboo Bee Cloud Sword within him is completely exhausted, that will be the end of his benevolence!

At that time, he will not force him further.

Fortunately, Qing Yi put aside his pride and chose to believe him:

“Sect Master, whether I, Old Qing, live or die depends entirely on you.”

If he had misjudged someone, he would accept it.

But if he couldn’t even trust his own sect leader, he truly didn’t know who in this world could be trusted.

The next moment, Qing Yi glanced at his storage bag before diving into the ancient treasure human seed bag at Han Li’s waist, entrusting his life and fortune to it.

After receiving Qing Yi’s storage bag, Han Li spread his wings, and wind and thunder power surged simultaneously.

“Don’t worry, Qing Yi, I won’t betray your trust.”

“Left Wind…”

He instantly completed a wind escape,

creating a distance of nearly a hundred feet.

“Right Thunder…”

In the next instant, he completed a thunder escape, creating another hundred feet.

This series of flashes, a hundred or so, increased his speed by more than two times!

The Thunder Whale King behind him was dumbfounded.

The transformed thunder whales on the Thunder Whale King’s back were also speechless.

They had seen fast things, but they had never seen anything this fast.

The Wind and Thunder Wings aren’t simply limited to single wind and thunder escape techniques. When the body possesses both wind and thunder attribute spiritual power, it can simultaneously activate both wind and thunder escape techniques, unleashing unimaginable speed.

“Left wind, right thunder, it can move at will…”

Truly worthy of the name of the Feather Clan’s strongest magical weapon!

“Goodbye!”

Amidst the angry and shocked curses of the transformed thunder whales, Han Li strode away.

(End of Chapter)