Struggling to Survive with Regression Power in the Primordial Saint Sect

Chapter 78: Re-entering the Witch Ghost Secret Realm

One month later, at Skeleton Mountain.

Lu Yang rode his escape light, proceeding unimpeded along the way; after all, with his current strength, he no longer regarded ordinary Qi Refining Great Perfection cultivators as threats.

Even though he now possessed only a Yin Spirit forged from a single soul, relying on his higher status, dealing with Qi Refining Great Perfection cultivators was merely a matter of a wave of his sleeve, unless the opponent, like Yun Miaozhen in the past, also possessed great divine powers or carried rare treasures, only then could they contend with Lu Yang.

Of course, this only applied to bullying the weak.

After losing his physical body, Lu Yangʼs condition was actually at its lowest point; if he encountered a cultivator of the same status, he could only flee in panic.

Soon, Lu Yang halted his escape light.

In the distance, a black mountain range emitting a soaring Yin aura came into view.

”Very good, it seems that True Person Yinshan has not arrived yet.”

Lu Yang sensed the karmic threads, confirming that the Witch Ghost Secret Realm had not yet emerged, and that the people from the Divine Martial Sect had not yet arrived; only then did he transform into a gentle breeze and entered the mountain.

In his previous life, when the Witch Ghost Secret Realm emerged, Lu Yang had noted its location, so finding it in this life was easy; before long, Lu Yang arrived at the entrance of a cave, strolled inside, initially narrow, then after several dozen steps, it suddenly opened up, revealing a vast underground lake.

”This is the place.”

Lu Yang looked at the lake, feeling a strong fluctuation of the void, but did not enter directly; instead, he lingered at the entrance of the secret realm.

Even though times had changed, his Dao heart remained firm.

Patience leads to success; people who are patient find peace. No rush, letʼs play with it first.

Lu Yang took out the Myriad Spirits Banner, gently shook it, and Chen Xinʼanʼs figure immediately appeared, then was thrown by Lu Yang into the entrance of the Witch Ghost Secret Realm.

He had not forgotten that there was still a Golden Core sword aura inside the secret realm.

In his previous life, he had not practiced the Saint Sectʼs cultivation methods, so he was not slain by the sword aura; but in this life, he had cultivated the Saint Sectʼs body refinement method, the Saintʼs Theft.

Under such circumstances, who knew whether that sword aura would spare him?

Just to be safe, better to let Senior Brother Chen scout the path first.

Chen Xinʼan: ”...”

Boom!

The next second, ripples appeared on the underground lake before him; through Chen Xinʼanʼs perspective, Lu Yang quickly saw the scene within.

What entered his eyes was a brilliant sword aura.

However, the sword aura did not strike down but instead locked onto Chen Xinʼan from afar, seemingly marking something, and then actually allowed him to enter the secret realm.

”So straightforward?”

Lu Yang looked surprised, then formed a hand seal, intending to retrieve Chen Xinʼan.

Clang clang—!

Almost simultaneously, the previously dormant sword aura suddenly trembled; Chen Xinʼan, who was about to leave the secret realm, instantly turned into a mass of white Qi and dissipated.

Seeing this, Lu Yang raised his eyebrows, first checking the true spirit of Chen Xinʼan within the Myriad Spirits Banner to ensure he could be summoned again after some time, then heaved a sigh of relief, and subsequently threw another banner spirit into the secret realm, conducting several experiments, finally arriving at the conclusion:

”Entry allowed, exit forbidden, huh...”

Lu Yang mused: ”I see, the purpose of this sword aura is to annihilate the Witch Ghost Pathʼs lineage, so it wonʼt allow anyone to leave the secret realm.”

”As for why entry is allowed... damn, this is a trap!”

Thinking of this, Lu Yangʼs eye twitched: ”This is clearly using the secret realm as bait, luring demonic cultivators in to seek treasures, and then killing them all together!”

The righteous path is too sinister!

Although Lu Yang was unsure whether this guess was correct, if it were him, he would certainly do the same; judging others by oneself, he felt the truth was not far off.

With this in mind, Lu Yang became even more cautious.

So he patiently waited for several more months, until his Innate Qi incarnation once again achieved Martial Dao Heaven Man, only then did he send it into the secret realm.

This time, he no longer thought of leaving but delved deeper into the secret realm.

Soon, buildings appeared in Lu Yangʼs sight, most of which had turned into white bones, with only broken magical tools scattered all over.

Lu Yang looked around; the entire Witch Ghost Secret Realm was different from the outside world, with no spiritual energy remaining, only an extremely dense Earth Fiend Yin Qi; ordinary cultivators, without corresponding techniques, couldnʼt even breathe and cultivate here, and over time, even their physical bodies would be eroded by the Yin Qi.

”In such a place, would there be cultivators?”

Lu Yang pondered in his heart, but his actions didnʼt stop, looking around with interest; he had already realized that he seemed to be in a city.

At this moment, a suppressed shout suddenly came from not far away:

”Bastard... what are you doing?”

Lu Yang turned his head, only to see a human face peeking out from the corner of the ruins, whispering angrily: ”Do you not want to live? Itʼs already nighttime!”

Immediately, that face showed hesitation and struggle, then gritted his teeth, crawled out from the ruins, revealing a boy of about fourteen or fifteen years old, who quickly ran to Lu Yangʼs side, grabbed his hand, and roughly tried to pull him away.

Lu Yang raised his eyebrows at the sight but did not resist.

However, the next second, the boyʼs expression suddenly froze, turning his head, his fairly handsome face immediately showed a look of despair:

”I shouldnʼt have saved you... weʼre doomed... all doomed...”

Tap, tap tap.

Almost simultaneously, footsteps echoed in the empty ruins; Lu Yang looked in the direction of the sound and saw an old man in yellow clothes with lifeless eyes.

The old manʼs eyes were grayish-white, pupils unfocused, completely lacking focus, yet they stared directly at Lu Yang and the mysterious boy; as his gaze fell, a visible darkness slowly approached the two, accompanied by a strong smell of corpse rot.

”Yellow clothes! How can it be yellow clothes!?”

The boy followed Lu Yangʼs gaze and also noticed the old manʼs presence; however, upon seeing the color of the old manʼs clothing, his face immediately turned pale.

Behind the boy, Lu Yang watched all this with interest.

In fact, he hadnʼt understood what the boy had just said, but that didnʼt stop him from being interested in the suddenly appearing yellow-clothed old man.

The next second, Lu Yang placed his hand on the boyʼs head.

He had no interest in wasting time talking to people and slowly gathering information; as a disciple of the Saint Sect, directly searching the soul was more to his liking.

”You!?”

The boy never expected Lu Yang to ʼrepay kindness with ingratitude,ʼ screamed on the spot, and then Lu Yangʼs spiritual sense directly pierced into his mind.

Before long, a large amount of information flooded into Lu Yangʼs mind.

Language, culture, worldview, and even all the information about this ”Witch Ghost Secret Realm” were thoroughly extracted by Lu Yang.

Hundred ghosts roam at night, the human world is like a prison!

Within the secret realm, sword aura hangs overhead, so no one can cultivate; all are mortals, only by devouring ghosts to serve Yama can one seek a sliver of life.

White-clothed ghosts, yellow-clothed ghosts, black-clothed ghosts, red-clothed ghosts.

Listening to the Nether Sect, ghost messengers.

A vast amount of information was digested by Lu Yang one by one, making him click his tongue in wonder and also raising doubts: ”The secret realm in my previous life wasnʼt like this.”

In his previous life, the Witch Ghost Secret Realm was almost empty; even when True Person Yinshan destroyed it, he hadnʼt seen a single living being; however, in this life, the secret realm clearly still had vitality, and the former Witch Ghost Path cultivators not only survived but also found an alternative cultivation path.

”Could it be because of that sword aura?”

Recalling the Golden Core sword aura entrenched in the secret realm, Lu Yang felt a bone-chilling cold: ”Could it be that it killed everyone in the future?”

But on second thought, Lu Yang felt something was wrong.

After all, the Golden Core sword aura had been dormant in the secret realm for so many years; what could have happened to make it slaughter the entire secret realm in the future?