Daily Divination From Market Rogue Cultivator To Immortal Venerable - Chapter 394

Chapter 394 The Demonic Path’s Purpose, Guessing Identity (Seeking Subscriptions)

Since the war between the righteous and demonic paths began, there have been Nascent

Soul battles almost every year. However, so far, very few Nascent Soul True Monarchs have perished.

This is because Nascent Souls are difficult to intercept.

In Thousand Corpses’ eyes, even if several more righteous True Monarchs surrounded him, they couldn’t stop his Nascent Soul.

“Lin Fan, I will remember this grudge!”

He uttered a few harsh words, then flew towards the horizon, intending to find a suitable body to possess from among his disciples.

But in the next instant ,

he suddenly crashed into a large net.

“Not good!”

Thousand Corpses True Monarch’s expression changed drastically.

He never expected that Li Chang’an would possess a treasure specifically designed to target Nascent Souls.

“What is this thing? Why can it block my Nascent Soul?”

He struggled desperately, his entire Nascent Soul glowing, trying to break through the net.

But this net was named “Binding the Infant,” how could it let him break through so easily?

After several failed attempts,

Thousand Corpses had a bad premonition.

“No, I still have hundreds of years of lifespan left, I absolutely cannot perish here!”

He hardened his heart, continuing to burn his lifespan, squeezing out the essence of his nascent soul, sparing no effort to break through the Nascent Soul Binding Net.

In an instant, his nascent soul glowed, dazzling and brilliant, like a blazing sun, its aura constantly increasing.

But just then.

A shadowy figure flew out from Li Chang’an’s hand, instantly piercing into his nascent soul.

“Ah—”

True Monarch Thousand Corpses screamed, the light around him immediately dimmed, the process of burning his lifespan forcibly interrupted.

The pitch-black Nail of Suppressing the Nascent Soul was firmly embedded between his eyebrows, emitting a chilling aura, making him feel icy cold all over, as if his entire nascent soul was about to freeze.

“What is this thing?”

Thousand Corpses was terrified, no longer the madman he had been before.

Li Chang’an smiled faintly: “This is the Nail of Suppressing the Nascent Soul, a treasure for targeting the nascent soul. Fellow Daoist Thousand Corpses is truly blessed, you are the first nascent soul to enjoy this nail.”

“Nail of Suppressing the Nascent Soul?”

Hearing this name, Thousand Corpses became even more terrified.

He never expected that Li Chang’an would possess two such rare treasures, so seldom seen in the cultivation world.

“Lin Fan, who are you? What era are you from?”

he shouted, convinced Li Chang’an wasn’t from this era.

But Li Chang’an didn’t answer, only continuing his attack.

“Go!”

Another Nascent Soul Suppressing Nail flew out, transforming into a cold light that instantly pierced Thousand Corpse True Monarch’s nascent soul.

He screamed again, his whole body trembling.

Extreme pain and cold spread throughout his nascent soul, making him wish he were dead.

But this wasn’t the end.

Then

, the third, the fourth, the fifth…

one Nascent Soul Suppressing Nail after another flew out, striking his nascent soul.

After all seven Nascent Soul Suppressing Nails were in place,

Thousand Corpse True Monarch’s nascent soul could no longer move.

He maintained an expression of pain and despair, his entire nascent soul frozen, its surface covered in frost.

“Collect!”

Li Chang’an waved his hand, and Thousand Corpse True Monarch’s nascent soul immediately transformed into a stream of light, flying into the Nascent Soul Suppressing Bottle.

He then removed the seven Nascent Soul Suppressing Nails from the Nascent Soul, cast several restrictions, and sealed the Nascent Soul Suppressing Bottle.

Thus,

the battle was completely over.

The Thousand Corpse True Monarch, who had dominated the righteous and demonic battlefields for many years, had fallen to Li Chang’an.

Li Chang’an summoned the short sword and examined it carefully.

“This sword is of ordinary material, barely reaching the fourth rank. The reason it could break the formation must be due to the power contained within it.”

After breaking the formation, the short sword was cracked all over, half-ruined.

Li Chang’an could sense

a trace of residual power within it.

This power was particularly strong, carrying a hint of coldness, far surpassing any Nascent Soul True Monarch he had ever seen, even the Blood River True Monarch.

“Could it be the Heavenly Nether True Monarch?”

After a moment’s thought, Li Chang’an unleashed a burst of magic power, shattering the short sword.

The residual power within the short sword dissipated.

He used his weapon-refining techniques to directly refine it into materials and store it in his storage bag.

Then…

Li Chang’an collected the remains of the Thousand Corpse True Monarch and his storage bag, along with the array and the Corpse Fragrance Demon Flower, erasing all traces and auras before swiftly fleeing the area.

…

A short while later.

Li Chang’an returned to Changqing Mountain.

He entered the depths of the cave, opened the Thousand Corpse True Monarch’s storage bag, and examined its treasures.

The Thousand Corpse True Monarch’s cultivation technique was called the “Thousand Corpse Demon Art,” which required the use of corpses for cultivation.

Therefore,

his storage bag was filled with corpses of various cultivation levels.

Li Chang’an roughly calculated that there were at least over ten thousand corpses.

“These corpses are useless to me personally, but they can be used to cultivate poisonous insects.”

He thought for a moment, then entered the underground palace deep within Changqing Mountain, took out all the corpses, and placed them in separate secret chambers for cultivating poisonous insects.

Besides these corpses, his storage bag contained only some ordinary demonic treasures.

Li Chang’an carefully inventoried them.

Among them were several treasures needed for the Soul Banner to advance to the fourth rank.

As for the other treasures, most could only be sold when the opportunity arose, or exchanged for souls with demonic cultivators.

“Quite a few souls, a full ten million.”

Li Chang’an’s mind stirred, and he took out dozens of treasures containing souls.

Among these treasures,

some contained tens of thousands of souls, while others contained millions.

Although the Thousand Corpse True Monarch didn’t rely on souls for cultivation, he still stored tens of millions of souls, after all, these souls were a form of hard currency.

Within the demonic path, souls were often more useful than spirit stones.

“Collect!”

Li Chang’an took out the Soul-Honoring Banner and collected all the souls into it.

The Fiend Soul stood to the side, like a diligent laborer in a landlord’s household, meticulously counting the souls.

“Good heavens, did you go and plunder the Netherworld Soul Sect? How did you suddenly acquire so many souls?”

“I only killed a fake infant; how could I possibly plunder the Netherworld Soul Sect?”

“That’s not necessarily true. I think you’ll eventually plunder the entire Netherworld Soul Sect.”

The Fiend Soul beamed with delight, offering a few flattering words.

The more souls he had, the stronger his main soul would be.

He naturally hoped Li Chang’an would soon plunder the Netherworld Soul Sect and throw all its souls into the Soul-Honoring Banner.

After a while,

he reported the number of souls in the banner to Li Chang’an.

The total number of souls had exceeded 61 million, getting closer and closer to the 100 million mark.

The fiend rubbed his hands together, urging, “You possess the three treasures for exterminating infants and have strength comparable to a true infant, why not go and kill a few more fake infants from the Netherworld Soul Sect and gather a hundred million souls as soon as possible?”

“Where does the Netherworld Soul Sect have so many fake infants for me to kill?”

Li Chang’an shook his head slightly, unmoved.

The entire Netherworld Soul Sect openly only had six Nascent Soul True Monarchs.

Thousand Corpse True Monarch was one of them.

Besides him,

among the other five, there was the Heavenly Nether True Monarch, whose strength was unfathomable;

another mid-Nascent Soul cultivator; and two veteran early-Nascent Soul cultivators.

Only one fake infant remained.

In the short term,

Li Chang’an did not plan to make another move.

“Although Thousand Corpse True Monarch is not dead, his Nascent Soul is sealed. The soul lamp he left in the Netherworld Soul Sect will inevitably dim, and I’m afraid the other Nascent Soul cultivators have already noticed.”

Just then,

several communication treasures in Thousand Corpse True Monarch’s storage bag began to heat up.

Li Chang’an probed them with his divine sense one by one and heard the voices of the other Nascent Soul cultivators from the Netherworld Soul Sect.

“Junior brother, where are you? Why is your soul fire so dim? Have you encountered danger?”

“Fellow Daoist Thousand Corpses, are you trapped in the secret realm?”

“Thousand Corpses…”

“…”

Four people sent messages inquiring about the situation.

Li Chang’an did not reply, but simply threw these communication treasures into the corner of his storage bag.

He had erased all marks and auras and was not worried about being tracked.

Even if the other party had a fourth-level divination master deduce, they would not be able to calculate the location of True Monarch Thousand Corpses, since his nascent soul was on Li Chang’an’s body and would be protected by the divination.

After that,

Li Chang’an entered a private room.

He transformed back into Lin Fan’s appearance, took out True Monarch Thousand Corpses’ nascent soul, and interrogated him.

“Fellow Daoist Thousand Corpses, what is the Demonic Sect’s purpose?”

“Purpose?”

True Monarch Thousand Corpses sneered.

“Lin Fan, even if I die, I will not tell you!”

He knew he could not escape death, so he kept quiet.

After revealing all the secrets, he would be worthless and would only die sooner.

Li Chang’an smiled faintly, “It seems Fellow Daoist Thousand Corpses doesn’t intend to cooperate.”

As he spoke, a flash of ghostly light appeared in his hand, and seven Nail-Suppressing Nails materialized.

Upon seeing these seven long nails

, a look of terror immediately appeared on True Monarch Thousand Corpses’ face.

He truly didn’t want to experience the pain of having his nascent soul pierced a second time.

“Lin Fan, I’m just a fake nascent soul. My status in the sect is inferior to those true nascent souls and resurrected ancient cultivators. I have no idea… Ah…”

Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly cried out in pain.

A Nail-Suppressing Nail descended from the sky, entered the Nail-Suppressing Bottle, and struck directly into his crown chakra.

The extreme pain and cold instantly engulfed True Monarch Thousand Corpses’ entire body.

His features contorted, his voice trembling: “Quickly remove this Infant-Suppressing Nail, and I might consider… Ah…”

A second Infant-Suppressing Nail descended from the sky, striking his crown chakra once more.

Then,

one Infant-

Suppressing Nail after another was driven down. The Thousand Corpse True Monarch’s wails echoed throughout the secret chamber.

This time,

Li Chang’an did not freeze him.

He manipulated the seven Infant-Suppressing Nails, repeatedly driving them into his nascent soul, over and over again, for a full three hours.

The Thousand Corpse True Monarch was on the verge of collapse.

He had been prepared to reveal everything when the second Infant-Suppressing Nail was driven in.

But Li Chang’an ignored his words, no longer asking questions, only torturing him relentlessly.

In the end,

the Thousand Corpse True Monarch’s nascent soul was dim and lifeless, nearing its demise.

He weakly wailed, “I… I’m willing to talk, just ask… why aren’t you asking anymore…”

“It seems Fellow Daoist Thousand Corpse is willing to cooperate.”

Li Chang’an smiled, removing the seven Infant-Suppressing Nails.

He continued with his previous questions.

“Fellow Daoist Thousand Corpses, what is the purpose of the Demonic Path in instigating this war between good and evil?”

“Naturally, it’s to suppress the righteous path. Even if they can’t unify the Three Kingdoms, they must occupy the central region of Zhao.”

“Be more specific.”

Li Chang’an looked at Thousand Corpses’ Nascent Soul and asked him.

“Which part of the central region?”

“Thousand Mines.”

True Monarch Thousand Corpses was truly afraid and answered honestly.

He told Li Chang’an

that True Monarch Tianming demanded that they must reach Thousand Mines and occupy the entire region where Thousand Mines is located.

Li Chang’an asked again, “Why Thousand Mines? What does True Monarch Tianming want to do?”

“He wants to open the several large mines in the very center of Thousand Mines.”

“Why?”

“I don’t know either. He has never mentioned it to us.”

As a Nascent Soul expert, True Monarch Thousand Corpses knew more than Wu Ze, Teng Ying, and the others.

But only to a limited extent.

He only knew that True Monarch Tianming valued those large mines highly.

As for the specific reasons, not only he, but even his senior brother True Monarch Wanhun didn’t know.

“Tianming said that as long as we can occupy those large mines, we will all receive unimaginable benefits.”

“Therefore, we speculate that there should be some kind of treasure beneath those large mines.”

“Perhaps, there might even be a legacy pointing to the path of Nascent Soul!”

True Monarch Thousand Corpses mentioned the speculations of many Demonic True Monarchs.

Most of them believed that

there was something related to the Nascent Soul realm beneath those large mines; otherwise, True Monarch Tianming wouldn’t have needed to start this war between the righteous and demonic paths.

Among the many Nascent Soul cultivators on both the righteous and demonic paths, Tianming was the most likely to reach the Nascent Soul stage.

However,

the path to Nascent Soul had been severed for 30,000 years.

The legacy of the last Nascent Soul cultivator, “Azure Wood Heavenly Monarch,” was still missing.

Without the guidance of a predecessor’s legacy, it would be extremely difficult to take this step on one’s own.

“If Tianming can really achieve Nascent Soul, the Netherworld Soul Sect can become a major Nascent Soul sect, and we can indeed gain a lot of benefits, and even have the hope of ascending to the Immortal Realm with him.” “

Oh? The Netherworld Soul Sect has an Ascension Platform?”

“No.”

True Monarch Thousand Corpses shook his head.

He simply felt that a Nascent Soul Celestial Lord was already invincible in this realm, and with enough effort, one could eventually find an Ascension Platform.

“Invincible in this realm?”

Hearing this, Li Chang’an couldn’t help but recall the records of the Azure Wood Celestial Lord’s disciples.

Thirty thousand years ago, a battle of Nascent Soul cultivators had erupted.

Even a Celestial Lord had an enemy!

Unfortunately, records of that battle were scarce, and no one knew who the Azure Wood Celestial Lord’s enemy was.

“Forget it, I’m not yet a Nascent Soul cultivator; thinking too much is useless.”

“If there truly are opportunities for Nascent Soul cultivation beneath those large mines, I should explore them as soon as possible.”

“But I cannot be careless…”

Almost the entire righteous path knew that something extraordinary was buried beneath those large mines; otherwise, a Nascent Soul True Monarch wouldn’t have needed to seal them away.

Even mid-Nascent Soul experts dared not delve too deeply.

Li Chang’an was no exception.

Even using puppets and his Blood-Dripping Avatar, he had no confidence whatsoever, as they were all related to his main body.

He then asked, “Fellow Daoist Thousand Corpses, where did you get the short sword that broke the formation?”

“It was bestowed upon me by Tianming,”

True Monarch Thousand Corpses answered truthfully.

On the day he achieved the False Infant stage, True Monarch Tianming appeared to congratulate him and gave him the short sword for self-defense.

At that time, True Monarch Tianming told him that even against a mid-Nascent Soul stage expert, this short sword could save his life.

After hearing this,

Li Chang’an asked him, “Do you know True Monarch Tianming’s cultivation level?”

“I don’t know, but he has most likely broken through to the late Nascent Soul stage, otherwise he wouldn’t have initiated this war between good and evil,”

True Monarch Thousand Corpses stated his speculation.

Given True Monarch Tianming’s style, he wouldn’t easily launch a war of immortals if he hadn’t broken through to the late Nascent Soul stage.

After some questioning,

Li Chang’an inquired about the undercover agents.

He wanted to know if there were any Nascent Soul stage experts acting as undercover agents within the righteous path.

True

Monarch Thousand Corpses gave an affirmative answer.

There were indeed Nascent Soul stage undercover agents, but he didn’t know who they were.

That person’s identity was a mystery, known only to True Monarch Tianming.

The reason for this was that True Monarch Tianming was worried that there were righteous spies within the demonic path.

After this question was answered,

Li Chang’an inquired about the Demon Seed Technique.

“Fellow Daoist Qian Shi, is there anyone within the demonic path practicing the Demon Seed Technique?”

“The Demon Seed Technique? This technique has been lost for ten thousand years, disappearing along with Mo Qingkuang. How could anyone within my demonic path possibly cultivate it?”

Thousand Corpse True Monarch shook his head, immediately denying it.

But soon,

a look of surprise appeared on his face.

This was because he saw the scene Li Chang’an had shown him.

“Fellow Daoist Thousand Corpse, this is your disciple, True Person Blood Lotus. There is a blood seed within her, indicating that she has already been refined into a blood seed puppet.”

“This…”

Thousand Corpse True Monarch opened his mouth, his face full of astonishment.

Because of that Corpse Fragrance Demon Flower, he trusted this disciple greatly, often summoning her to explain his Golden Core cultivation insights to her.

But he had never noticed anything unusual.

Without Li Chang’an’s reminder, he immediately realized that Blood Lotus was being manipulated, deliberately approaching him.

“The person behind this wants to devour my cultivation!”

Thinking of this,

Thousand Corpse True Monarch felt a chill run through his body.

He was not only being watched by Li Chang’an, but also by a disciple of Mo Qingkuang hidden in the shadows.

Why are so many Nascent Soul True Monarchs in the Demonic Path all focused on him?

Is it simply because he’s the weakest?

Li Chang’an said to him, “Fellow Daoist Thousand Corpses, I suspect this person is from within the Demonic Path. Who do you think it could be? Could it be Tianming?”

“Tianming? Probably not.”

True Monarch Thousand Corpses indicated that if Tianming truly wanted to devour him, there would be no need for such trouble.

There was no need to approach him through the Corpse Fragrance Demon Flower.

He could simply summon him and then suppress him.

With his current strength, he couldn’t cause any trouble in front of True Monarch Tianming. The fact

that the person in the shadows was so cautious indicated that their cultivation wasn’t very high, at least not enough to be confident in suppressing him directly.

“That person should only be at the early Nascent Soul stage.”

True Monarch Thousand Corpses stated his guess.

As for his identity,

he mentioned several suspects.

To Li Chang’an’s surprise, all of those people he mentioned were Nascent Soul True Monarchs from the Blissful Heaven Sect.

“You suspect the Blissful Heaven Sect?”

“Yes! I know the Nascent Soul cultivators of the other three sects, but the Blissful Heaven Sect… this sect is the most mysterious.”

Mentioning the Blissful Heaven Sect, True Monarch Thousand Corpses’ words clearly carried a hint of apprehension.

Even a Nascent Soul True Monarch like himself didn’t know much about the Blissful Heaven Sect.

He only knew that

the Blissful Heaven Sect had prepared a trump card powerful enough to overturn the entire war between good and evil.

If the demonic invasion went smoothly, that trump card wouldn’t appear.

But if the invasion failed,

that trump card would emerge, plunging the righteous side into despair.

After hearing his explanation,

Li Chang’an’s wariness of this mysterious demonic sect increased even further.

He resolved to avoid any cultivators from the Blissful Heaven Sect from the very beginning, staying as far away as possible.

Over the next few hours,

Li Chang’an asked dozens of questions, essentially extracting everything from True Monarch Thousand Corpses’ mind.

Finally…

He took out the Corpse Fragrance Flower and asked, “Fellow Daoist Thousand Corpses, I’ve looked at your storage bag, and there are no cultivation techniques or spells using this flower. Why do you want this flower?”

Thousand Corpses True Monarch’s answer surprised Li Chang’an.

He was simply addicted to the flower’s fragrance!

Many years ago,

when he first smelled its aroma, he felt as if he were floating on air.

From then on, he began a frantic search for this flower.

“I see.”

(End of Chapter)