Daily Divination From Market Rogue Cultivator To Immortal Venerable - Chapter 360

Chapter 360 Yellow Spring Blood Corpse, Nascent Soul Dies in Battle (Seeking Subscriptions)

Teng Ying’s gaze remained fixed on Zi Xi.

In his eyes,

only Zi Xi could be his opponent.

As for the others, whether it was Zi Yun, Wu Shuo, or Li Chang’an, they had long been ignored by him.

Of course,

this was exactly the effect Li Chang’an wanted.

His eyes were deep as he carefully observed the surging blood around him.

This Yellow Spring Bone-Melting Array was different from any array he had broken before.

This array was particularly strange and perfectly intact, without any damage.

“Teng Ying is right. Even a true fourth-order array master cannot easily break this array.”

Li Chang’an pondered to himself, silently analyzing.

More than ten breaths passed in the blink of an eye.

The pendant’s light completely dimmed, and with a “crack,” it shattered before everyone’s eyes.

Before it shattered,

Zi Xi used her second treasure to continue blocking the power of the Yellow Spring Bone-Melting Array.

Teng Ying chuckled, “Zi Xi, give up! This formation is beyond your ability to break. I’ll give you a chance. If you’re willing to submit to me and become a spy for my Yellow Springs Sect, I can spare your life!”

Inside the formation,

Zi Xi remained silent, quietly waiting for Li Chang’an to break it.

The others were anxious, but none of them spoke, afraid of disturbing Zi Xi’s thoughts.

In the blink of an eye, the second treasure was about to shatter.

Zi Xi remained calm and used the third treasure.

Time flew by.

Soon,

she had used more than ten treasures.

During this time, Teng Ying’s voice occasionally rang out, urging her to give up.

But she ignored it and didn’t even urge Li Chang’an.

Just then,

Li Chang’an finally determined the way to break the formation.

If he had broken the formation himself, it wouldn’t have taken so long, but since he wanted Zi Xi to break it for him, he had to consider it more carefully.

“Holy Maiden, use seven fourth-tier talismans to bombard these seven points, then erase these array patterns…”

Li Chang’an told Zi Xi what he saw and his planned method for breaking the array.

Zi Xi had no doubts and immediately took out seven talismans.

The next instant ,

blinding golden light burst forth.

The power of the seven talismans transformed into seven golden spears, simultaneously striking the seven weak points of the Yellow Spring Bone-Melting Array.

“Boom!”

The entire array instantly trembled, showing signs of collapse, and numerous array patterns and array-setting treasures surfaced.

Zi Xi reacted swiftly, quickly erasing the array patterns Li Chang’an had instructed her to remove, and then retrieved a dazzling golden array-setting treasure—Golden Marrow!

This was precisely the item Li Chang’an had come for.

Seeing Zi Xi put it into her storage bag, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief. Once

it entered Zi Xi’s storage bag, it was equivalent to entering his own; there was almost no chance of anything going wrong.

Then…

Following the follow-up method given by Li Chang’an, Zi Xi instantly broke the entire formation.

In the blink of an eye, the Yellow Spring Bone-Melting Formation completely collapsed, and all the blood dissipated.

“How is this possible?”

Teng Ying trembled, his face turning deathly pale, and a trace of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.

Previously, he had focused entirely on the formation, intending to suppress Zi Xi with its power, but the sudden breaking of the formation caused him to suffer a backlash, resulting in serious injuries.

Zi Xi, on the other hand, was still at her peak.

Her eyes turned cold, flashing with killing intent, and she used her magic to seal off the area around Teng Ying.

Just then,

a shadowy figure suddenly appeared, moving with incredible speed, instantly shattering Zi Xi’s magic seal, grabbing Teng Ying’s body, and disappearing with him in an instant.

“The Holy Son of the Netherworld Soul Sect, Wu Ze!”

Zi Xi’s eyes narrowed slightly as she stared at the spot where the two had disappeared.

She remained where she was, not giving chase.

There might be more Holy Sons and Daughters of the Demonic Sect ahead, and it would be difficult for her to handle them alone.   Li Chang’an was no stranger

to Wu Ze .   ”This person actually showed up here.”   Years ago, Wu Ze and his sister Wu Lan came to the cultivation world of Zhao Kingdom.   They came to deal with Li Chang’an.   However, they were outmaneuvered by Li Chang’an, prematurely revealing their trump cards and killing Gu Yunqi, the Holy Son of the Huangsha Sect, incurring the revenge of the Huangsha True Monarch.   After that,   the siblings became much more low-key.   ”It seems this place is a stronghold jointly set up by several demonic sects. After this failure, those two shouldn’t act so easily again.”   Li Chang’an put aside his thoughts and looked at Zi Xi.   Zi Xi was contacting cultivators from several other Nascent Soul forces and learned that their experiences were similar.   Cui Baiying, Qi Yunjin, Chang Jun, and others had all encountered ambushes by the Holy Sons and Daughters of demonic sects.   However,   without Li Chang’an, their losses were quite heavy.   After some discussion,   they all decided not to go any further and instead let the Nascent Soul True Monarchs from various forces take action.   “Fourth-tier formations are always prepared for Nascent Soul True Monarchs. The fact that such a formation has appeared here means that this matter is beyond our capabilities.”   Zi Xi and the others were very rational.   Although they wanted to know what the Demonic Sect was cultivating, they wouldn’t risk their lives for curiosity.   “Junior Brother Wei, how are your injuries?”   Zi Xi and the others landed on the small island in the blood river, checking the injuries of these Zixia Sect disciples.   Wei Renjie was full of shame, sighing repeatedly.   “Senior Sister, if I had listened to you and hadn’t been so reckless, I wouldn’t have ended up like this, almost causing you to be captured by the Demonic Sect cultivators.”   “It’s alright, it’s good that you’re alive.”   Zi Xi didn’t mind, taking out healing medicine from her storage bag and handing it to him.   A look of gratitude immediately appeared on Wei Renjie’s face.

He accepted the elixir, his lips moving as if he wanted to say something in gratitude.

But just then,

a beam of blood-red light shot from his mouth, heading straight for Zi Xi’s face.

This sudden change caught almost everyone off guard.

Fortunately,

Zi Xi reacted extremely quickly, instantly transforming into a wisp of pale purple smoke.

“Whoosh—”

The beam of blood-red light pierced through the smoke, striking the ice behind her and creating a shockingly large, blood-red hole.

The next instant,

Zi Xi reappeared, unharmed, and unleashed her magical weapon.

“Boom!”

Wei Renjie, already severely injured, was no match for her magical weapon and was instantly forced to his knees, his flesh and bones shattering inch by inch.

Only then did Wu Shuo and the others react.

“Holy Son Wei, have you sided with the Demonic Sect?”

they angrily questioned, glaring at Wei Renjie.

At the same time, they all attacked, suppressing more than ten of Wei Renjie’s retainers.

Zi Xi coldly said, “Junior Brother Wei, give me an explanation.”

“Senior Sister…”

Wei Renjie smiled bitterly.

“Do you remember what Teng Ying just said? Submit to him, become a spy for the Demonic Sect within the Zixia Sect, and you can live.”

“I understand.”

Zi Xi’s tone became colder, and her magic weapon pressed down heavily.

With a loud “boom,” Wei Renjie completely exploded, even his half-step immortal golden core was crushed to pieces, with no chance of survival.

As for Wei Renjie’s many disciples, Zi Xi did not spare them either.

In an instant,

only a pool of flesh and blood remained.

Wu Shuo and the others were still furious, and they all used fire-based magic to burn the flesh and blood to ashes.

“I only regret that I don’t know the Demonic Soul Refining Techniques, otherwise I would definitely extract the souls of these people and process them properly!”

“Speaking of which, even someone like Saint Wei would submit to the Demonic Sect to save his life. I’m afraid there are already quite a few Demonic Sect spies within our Zixia Sect.”

The crowd looked at each other.

In addition to anger, there was also some worry.

The Demonic Sect is cunning and treacherous, making it difficult to guard against.

If things continue like this, this war between good and evil might lead to an outcome neither of them wants.

While they were discussing,

Li Chang’an silently collected all the treasures of the Yellow Springs Bone-Melting Array.

“Another array element stone, but unfortunately no Purple Heart Stone.”

He sat cross-legged to the side, silently counting.

The only thing missing from his ideal array was the Purple Heart Stone.

This item was not only a treasure for setting up the array, but also beneficial to cultivators practicing the Purple Cloud Sect’s techniques.

Because of this, the Purple Cloud Sect guarded the Purple Heart Stone very carefully; even holy sons and daughters had to explain its detailed uses before exchanging it.

Just then,

the aura of a Nascent Soul True Monarch suddenly appeared in Li Chang’an’s perception.

“Purple Cloud True Monarch!”

He immediately stood up, retreating to Wu Shuo and the others, silently standing among the many guest elders.

Zi Xi glanced at him, then looked back at the path they had come from.

She too had sensed the aura of the Purple Cloud True Monarch.

A short while later,

a purple figure appeared before everyone.

She wore a delicate purple robe, her figure was graceful, her eyes were deep and mysterious, and her fair face was covered with a purple veil. Her temperament was similar to Zi Xi’s, but she had a more mature charm.

It was none other than True Monarch Zixia!

“Master,”

Zixi immediately stepped forward and recounted her experiences to True Monarch Zixia.

Of course, she didn’t mention Li Chang’an’s array techniques, only that she had unexpectedly obtained a fourth-tier array-breaking treasure that could be used once.

Upon hearing this, True Monarch Zixia’s gaze lingered for a moment on the pile of ashes on the ground.

She said nothing about Wei Renjie’s betrayal.

A moment later,

she unleashed a purple ribbon.

“Follow me!”

As soon as she finished speaking, everyone’s bodies flew up uncontrollably, landing on the purple ribbon.

Then, True Monarch Zixia led them, transforming into a purple light, heading straight for the core area of this underground world.

Along the way, they encountered more than ten near-fourth-tier arrays, each one strange and bizarre.

In the past,

they would likely have been held back for a long time.

But now,

True Monarch Zixia simply waved her hand, without using any special techniques, forcefully shattering these arrays with her powerful Nascent Soul magic.

They hardly paused at all, their speed never slowing down.

This strength left everyone’s hearts trembling.

“Truly worthy of being a Nascent Soul True Monarch.”

Li Chang’an was also filled with admiration.

This realm was no longer too far away for him.

In the blink of an eye,

they arrived at the source of the Blood River, the core area of this underground world.

What appeared before their eyes was a huge blood pool!

This blood pool was tens of thousands of feet wide and its depth was unknown. The blood-red water rose and fell, filled with shattered flesh and bones.

A large amount of blood gushed out of the blood pool, forming more than ten blood rivers flowing outwards.

“These damned demonic cultivators, how many atrocities have they committed to gather so much blood!”

Wu Shuo and the others were all angry, and at the same time, they couldn’t understand.

What was the purpose of this blood pool?

Just as they were thinking,

the auras of several other Nascent Soul True Monarchs appeared.

Soon, White Tiger True Monarch, Yellow Sand True Monarch, and Emperor Qi Jiuyang of the Great Qi Dynasty, along with their respective juniors and disciples, arrived at the location of this blood pool.

After some discussion, the four Nascent Soul True Monarchs acted together.

“You all stay here,”

True Monarch Zixia calmly instructed, transforming into a streak of purple light and disappearing into the blood pool along with the other three True Monarchs.

The remaining people sized each other up.

Among the four forces,

Cui Baiying suffered the most severe losses, with only Yan Hao and a few heavily injured guest elders remaining by her side.

The Huangsha Sect was in slightly better shape; most of the Huangsha Sect disciples led by Chang Jun were still alive.

The Great Qi Immortal Dynasty was in a better position, but far worse than the Zixia Sect.

Not a single member of the Zixia Sect had perished, not even a single one was injured.

“Fellow Daoist Zixi,

your insightful advice is truly admirable,” Chang Jun said, cupping his hands in a respectful gesture.

The two sects had a long history of conflict and constant warfare; his initiative today was naturally intended to ease tensions.

Afterward, everyone began to share their experiences from the trip.

Yan Hao immediately spotted Li Chang’an. His

face lit up with excitement, and he bent his knees, about to kneel before Li Chang’an.

But Li Chang’an reacted quickly, casting a spell that straightened his knees!

“There are too many people here, why are you kneeling before me? Are you trying to harm me?”

Hearing this, Yan Hao was immediately filled with shame.

He hurriedly explained, “Senior Li, thanks to the array techniques you taught me, otherwise I fear I wouldn’t have made it this far alive.”

“Not at all. Cui Baiying is, after all, the Holy Maiden of the White Tiger Sect. If you encounter too much danger, you can simply hide in her spirit beast pouch.”

“But some arrays are truly bizarre; you can fall into them without even realizing it, and there’s no time to enter the spirit beast pouch…”

Yan Hao recounted his previous encounter.

Most of Cui Baiying’s retainers had died in the first array they encountered.

At the time, they hadn’t even noticed.

By the time the array was completely broken, only a few severely injured retainers remained beside Cui Baiying.

On the way back, Yan Hao, through the various methods taught to him by Li Chang’an, sensed the existence of the formation in advance, but he couldn’t break it. He could only let Cui Baiying break the formation with a fourth-tier talisman.

At this moment,

Cui Baiying looked at the Zixia Sect members with a complicated expression.

She considered herself no weaker than Zi Xi, yet she couldn’t even protect her own retainers.

“Among Zi Xi’s retainers, is there a formation master stronger than Yan Hao?”

Her gaze swept over everyone, finally landing on Li Chang’an.

She had seen the excitement Yan Hao showed when he saw Li Chang’an.

Recalling Yan Hao’s previous words

, an unbelievable thought surfaced in Cui Baiying’s mind.

“The fourth-tier formation master that Yan Hao mentioned is actually Li Chang’an?”

She stared blankly at Li Chang’an, somewhat unable to accept it, but it seemed to be the most reasonable explanation.

Otherwise, why were everyone around Zi Xi unharmed?

Could it be that

Zi Xi had already taken them all into her spirit beast pouch before they even encountered the formation?

Wu Shuo and the others were talking to the others, recounting their experiences in great detail. Clearly, they hadn’t entered the spirit beast pouch but had personally witnessed everything.

“Zi Xi is definitely not a formation master. She’s focused on cultivation and wouldn’t waste time on any skills. It can only be Li Chang’an.”

Thinking of this ,

Cui Baiying couldn’t help but feel a pang of regret.

If she had listened to that retainer and followed Zi Xi, perhaps she wouldn’t have suffered such heavy losses.

“Back in Qianbao Valley, Cui Baihong was right; Li Chang’an is a very cunning person.”

Recalling that competition, Cui Baiying suddenly understood.

Perhaps she hadn’t lost to Wang Qianling, but to Li Chang’an!

Her lips parted slightly, about to ask Li Chang’an a question.

Just then

, a colossal wave suddenly surged from the blood pool.

“Boom!”

The four Nascent Soul True Monarchs emerged from the blood pool, their Nascent Soul power surging, creating towering waves of blood.

Along with them appeared a coffin entirely crimson.

“Roar—”

A roar suddenly echoed from the coffin.

Then, the coffin shattered with a deafening crash, revealing a figure entirely crimson before everyone’s eyes.

“What is that?”

Everyone looked over.

The figure resembled a human cultivator who had been skinned alive, his body covered only in scarlet flesh, his features twisted and ferocious.

His aura was terrifying, approaching that of a Nascent Soul True Monarch.

However,

he was ultimately not a true Nascent Soul.

The four Nascent Soul experts acted simultaneously, quickly suppressing and killing him.

“This thing should be a Yellow Spring Blood Corpse still under cultivation,”

Emperor Qi Jiuyang of the Great Qi Dynasty slowly spoke, his heavy voice echoing throughout this underground world.

The so-called Yellow Spring Blood Corpse is a unique corpse-refining method of the Yellow Spring Sect.

It is said that

this method requires gathering a large amount of blood to create a fourth-tier blood corpse comparable to a Nascent Soul True Monarch.

However, such a blood corpse cannot exist for long.

Once it leaves the blood pool, it will perish within a few days, and even returning to the blood pool is futile.

“Even if it only lasts a few days, it’s still a Nascent Soul,”

Li Chang’an pondered.

If these Yellow Spring Blood Corpses appeared in large numbers, the Nascent Soul True Monarchs of various sects would be unable to withstand them.

Therefore, the expressions

of the several Nascent Soul cultivators present were somewhat solemn. The Demonic Path knew them quite well,

but they knew little about the Demonic Path, not knowing how many Yellow Spring Blood Corpses remained.

At this moment,

the voice of the Vermilion Bird True Monarch suddenly rang out above this world.

“Everyone, the Black Tortoise True Monarch has died in battle! Quickly come to the Northern Region of Yuan Kingdom to assist!”

“What?”

Hearing this voice, everyone was shocked.

The Black Tortoise True Monarch was a veteran Nascent Soul expert, exceptionally strong in combat and remarkably adept at self-preservation.

Among the many early-stage Nascent Soul cultivators in both countries, True Monarch Xuanwu was considered one of the most outstanding.

Yet, he had fallen!

“Break through this place first!”

The four True Monarchs exchanged glances and acted simultaneously.

In the blink of an eye, the millennia-old ice above their heads was shattered, exposing the entire blood pool to the wind and snow.

True Monarch Zhuque was waiting outside.

Qi Jiuyang said in a deep voice, “Fellow Daoist Zhuque, please use the Zhuque Fire to burn this blood pool to ashes.”

“Alright!”

True Monarch Zhuque formed hand seals, and a crimson phantom of a Zhuque thousands of feet tall appeared behind him.

Immediately afterward, the Zhuque cried out, opened its beak, and spat out a raging inferno, burning the blood pool below.

Once the blood pool was completely burned,

the five True Monarchs rushed to the Northern Region of Yuan Kingdom.

Li Chang’an and the others left this place and returned to recuperate outside the mountains of the Northern Region.

Not long after,

he learned from Zi Xi

that True Monarch Xuanwu had died because he was besieged by more than ten Yellow Spring Blood Corpses.

Each Yellow Spring Blood Corpse possesses fourth-tier strength. Although their abilities are inferior to those of a true Nascent Soul True Monarch, their sheer numbers compensate for this deficiency.

(End of Chapter)