Evil Venerable of the Sword Dao
Chapter 489 - 135 Soul Path Breaks Sealing [1]

Chapter 489: Chapter 135 Soul Path Breaks Sealing [1]

Screams rose and fell in succession.

The cultivators at the scene were almost tortured to death.

Compared to Zhou Yan’s slaughter, the crisis slaughter in this world was truly cruel, truly ruthless, and despairing.

But in just a moment, as the pale flames passed, out of five thousand cultivators, nearly four hundred had fallen, which was fewer than before.

The surviving cultivators were all very grateful to the Holy Daughter Jiang Yuning, and their hearts were filled with respect and awe for her.

"Thunder!"

"The thunder is coming, everyone... everyone insert your souls into the Artifact Spirits, although this may damage the weapons, and even lead to the death of the Artifact Spirits, but it is the only way to survive."

Zhou Yan looked at the sky, his expression uncertain because he too gradually felt the crisis.

If it continued like this, even if he was not attacked, more terrifying dangers awaited him.

After he spoke, all the cultivators looked at him in a daze, but seeing that he made no move, some cultivators didn’t believe it, yet the Holy Daughter was the first to act accordingly.

Then, the three from Tianji Mountain, the cultivators Qingyao Xuanzhe, and Yan Ran Xuanzhe, all immediately did the same. In no time, almost all the cultivators stopped hesitating and began to replace themselves with Artifact Spirits to face destruction.

Endless thunderstorms descended, turning the world into a realm of thunder, unimaginable in its fury, relative to the brief danger before, it was exceedingly long.

The thunderstorm lasted an entire day!

Zhou Yan was struck by lightning for a whole day yet remained unscathed, showing no changes, no progress, and perceiving no regress.

The thunder did not avoid him and struck him instead, while the two women beside him were not touched by the thunder, making them the safest.

After the thunder passed, the dim world became much brighter, as if the dark clouds had dispersed.

Finally, there was a moment of tranquillity in the world.

This time, apart from the hundred or so cultivators who did not quite trust Zhou Yan and were struck dead by lightning, the rest suffered no significant harm.

Following this, everyone’s perception of Zhou Yan immediately improved a lot, with true respect mingling within their fear.

"Zhou Xuanzhe, now, where should we go from here?"

"Holy Daughter, if we passively wait again and the crisis descends, if there is no solution, it will eventually lead to death..."

Some cultivators immediately raised a very wise question, looking far into the future.

"My friends, Tianji Mountain may have some capabilities, but here we can only protect ourselves. We cannot speak recklessly, as the consequences would be even worse, so I hope everyone can understand."

Zhuge Chunqiu from Tianji Mountain reluctantly explained.

They were the three who had avoided the disaster most easily yet never gave warnings. Now, as everyone was almost united, Zhuge Chunqiu immediately started explaining.

"The situation of Tianji Mountain is clear to us all; we harbor no blame, so Spring and Autumn Xuanzhe rest assured."

Most cultivators still agreed with Tianji Mountain’s cultivators and bore no grudge.

However, a few cultivators still harbored discontent, but they didn’t show it.

"If I have not miscalculated, this place should be the periphery of the Yuan Ci Secret Realm. Although we have not traveled, the Netherworld Heavenly Road moves on its own, so the previous dangers were because we approached the Yuan Ci Secret Realm. Now, if this place is considered the periphery, we might encounter the ’natives’ and ’demon beasts’ inside the realm. Although the dangers like before might be fewer, they could still descend upon us suddenly. This is my judgment, everyone, you may consider it."

Zhou Yan thoughtfully shared this information.

Perhaps, to seize the Yuan Ci Secret Realm, they ultimately had to confront these people. But now, more cultivators needed to unearth more information to face the dangers of the Yuan Ci Secret Realm.

"Here, we should be near the Yuan Ci Secret Realm, though not necessarily its periphery. If we reach the realm, not to mention other things, just the energy would definitely be abundant, refreshing both body and mind."

Eternal Xuanzhe pondered and spoke.

Everyone seemed thoughtful.

"However, one point that Zhou Yanxuan hasn’t wrongly mentioned is that danger can descend anytime, even within the realm, so we cannot be careless,"

Holy Daughter Jiang Yuning spoke up.

"Then shall we walk together for a while? The experts from Tianji Mountain can keep silent, but they know how to avoid bad omens and can lead the way."

"That’s a good suggestion, I agree."

Some cultivators immediately raised a very sensible question.

The three from Tianji Mountain, Zhuge Chunqiu, Zhuge Guyan, and Zhuge Jiayue, did not hesitate and immediately nodded in agreement.

Without saying a word and after deriving momentarily, they immediately moved forward, followed by a cohort of geniuses including Zhou Yan and the other two.

...

Ten Thousand Ghosts Sword Tomb.

Outside the Twelve Magnetic Light Columns Ancient Array.

"A thousand miles of desolate graves, nowhere to speak of the bleakness."

The lady in white, White Fox Bai Ying, appeared behind the Ten Thousand Ghosts Sword Tomb and immediately went to a particular desolate grave.

The gravestone on the desolate grave was still there, but the mottled text on it was nearly illegible.

Besides the mournful and desolate sound of the wind, there was merely the solitary desolate grave.

On the desolate grave were some withered and yellow weeds, and the ground had irregular depressions, indicating past turmoil had occurred here.

White Fox Bai Ying stood at the head of the desolate grave, looking at it, as if seeing through the grave, perceiving the crystal coffin and human skin within.

After a long time, she sighed deeply and said, "Lee Ran, do you know how he is now..."

She muttered to herself, but ultimately did not continue, as this was a place where one must not and could not speak.

"Hao Qi serves his lord unto obliteration, the Soul Path endures for ten thousand years," Lei Yuan Sword God had entrusted the Soul Path to me, perhaps it’s not just about aiding the master... but what could I do? I’m surely no saint, my realm not only unstable, but I was also in a Residual Soul state previously. Was Lei Yuan Sword God asking me to achieve his goal through my death? Death isn’t scary, but if dying still doesn’t resolve the master’s issues, that would be truly tragic. I can’t have another life... What should I do, what can I do?"

White Fox Bai Ying remained silent, only muttering in her heart.

She gazed at the solitary grave for a long while, and eventually let out another long sigh, turning into a streak of white ghost shadow and entering the Netherworld Demon Cave beneath the grave.

Inside the Demon Cave, there were twelve Yuan Ci Magnetic Light Columns, and now, there was also a Divine-level Killing Array.

In the Killing Array, War Sky Sacred Bear Xiong Ba meditated with closed eyes, refining ancient runes, preparing to transform the Ancient Array into his own Killing Array.

Suddenly, he violently opened his eyes, his gaze fixed dead on White Fox Bai Ying, his eyeballs nearly popping out.

"You—you—you—you are a ghost, or has Xiong Ba died and gone to the eighteenth level of Purgatory Space?"

Confused, Xiong Ba stuttered for a good while before managing to utter that sentence.

"Xiong Ba, do you know that you would go down to the eighteenth level of Purgatory Space upon death?"

Bai Ying asked instinctively.

"Nonsense, your Master Xiong has done so many deceitful deeds to his ancestors, once I fall, I’m definitely to be dragged into the eighteenth level of Purgatory Space—wait, Bai Ying, you actually came out, that’s impossible!"

Xiong Ba regained his senses, absolutely shocked.

His eyes were very big, and at this moment, stupefied, they were as wide as oxen’s testicles.

"I naturally came out, but this relates to the master securing the Yuan Ci Secret Realm. This matter, Lei Yuan Sword God calculated is fraught with immense dangers, thus I need to seek help."

Bai Ying said pensively, her tone becoming heavier.

"Holy shit, what’s your master’s problem got to do with me? Who does he think he is?"

Xiong Ba spoke disdainfully, then yawned and, with his furry hand, rubbed his shoulder as if refining runes for a long time was very taxing.

"My master now is not the past master, but he is related to your master, don’t you get it?!"

Bai Ying frowned. If there were no difference in power, she would certainly give this Stinky Dog Bear a harsh beating, but now, Xiong Ba’s strength had recovered rapidly, and hers could not compare.

This was his Killing Array, and this Stinky Dog Bear, capable of all kinds of madness, it would be bad if he went berserk.

"My... my master?"

Xiong Ba was momentarily stunned, then seemed to ponder something.

After a moment, he fiercely spat and decisively said, "Alright, I know, it must be the trouble from the young man my master told me to protect. So, what do you want Master Xiong to do?"

"I need to unseal your Sealing, then you help me, and together we’ll unlock the Sealing of Wan Jian Tian."

Bai Ying said offhandedly.

"What?"

Xiong Ba was so startled that he jumped nearly five meters high, even hitting the ceiling of the Netherworld Demon Cave, causing it to tremble.

He rubbed his head vigorously, as if wishing he could grind his sturdy head into a meat pulp.

"Unseal you, then you help me unseal Wan Jian Tian, if the Ancestor of Ten Thousand Ghosts doesn’t come out, this will not end well."

Bai Ying spoke very gravely.

"You... you’re not joking?"

Xiong Ba’s face was in utter shock, his voice quivering.

"I thought about it, but apart from this, there is no solution. The Ten Thousand Years Soul Path sensed that unless we do it this way, there is a chance; otherwise, it’s a dead end."

Bai Ying said solemnly.

"I’ll think about it."

Xiong Ba’s expression fluctuated.

"You don’t have time to think."

Bai Ying didn’t give Xiong Ba any time.

"Damn it, let’s do it! Might as well die! Fuck, there really isn’t a single day that’s been easy. If only I’d known I was fated to be this kind of tragic cannon fodder!"

Xiong Ba roared, slamming his palm onto the void, causing the void to explode.

Bai Ying’s brow twitched but she remained calm and said, "If nothing is salvaged, once the Yuan Ci Secret Realm falls into the hands of Netherworld, everything will be ruined. Although the master has a way to change all this, once he starts using that method crazily, there will be no more chance to salvage it.

Sword Burial Ancestor Star, Yuan Ci Secret Realm, etc., everything will collapse.

You, me, all of us, will be beyond redemption."

"Alas, I knew such a scheme, Wan Jian Tian was indeed worried about this, so he risked a great deal to entrust him with the Yuan Ci Primordial Magnetic Pole Light, but—"

"Wan Jian Tian has been calculated, and so have you and I. This world, truly smart people abound, not just Tianji Mountain’s Heavenly Mechanism Divine Son, Netherworld Palace’s Netherworld Goddess, and Destiny Ancient Palace’s Fate Goddess, there are several other notable figures. Affairs will not be so simple. Although Wan Jian Tian is powerful, this time he really suffered a bitter calculation, caught between a rock and a hard place."

"So was the Killing Spirit Goddess from the original Killing Spirit lineage doing that on purpose?"

Xiong Ba was startled, his complexion shifting unpredictably.

"Yes, so no need to ask further, let’s prepare!"

Bai Ying’s voice was extremely serious, not joking in the slightest.

She possessed some nearly taboo memories, Xiong Ba and Wan Jian Tian also held some nearly taboo memories, so their communication had no barriers.