Struggling to Survive with Regression Power in the Primordial Saint Sect

The Witch Ghost Secret Realm was now empty.

All the people had been killed cleanly by Ancestor Nether Wishper during his possession attempt, and as the Golden Core sword qi descended, Ancestor Nether Wishper was also shattered by the sword qi.

At this moment, only Lü Yang remained in the Witch Ghost Secret Realm.

However, the Golden Core sword qi did not strike down but instead returned to the sky above the secret realm, continuing to lie dormant, absorbing the world’s vital energy, seemingly never to dissipate.

Yet, Lü Yang’s expression did not relax in the slightest; instead, it became extremely solemn, for he clearly felt that a line of karma had been locked onto him by the sword qi.

In other words, once the sword qi erupted, even if separated by thousands of miles, it could still sever his head with a single strike!

”Is it because I took the inheritance of the Witch Ghost Path?”

Lü Yang glanced at the soul fragment of Ancestor Nether Wishper that he had collected; as long as he abandoned these thoughts, perhaps he could escape the karma of the sword qi.

”But... I insist!”

A Foundation Establishment soul, once the soul of a Great Overlord of the Demonic Path and the head of a sect, was not something comparable to the soul of the Yun Clan Ancestor in his previous life.

After all, the Yun Clan Ancestor’s soul had been purified by True Person Yinshan.

But Ancestor Nether Wishper’s soul contained a full thousand years of experience, including divine abilities, cultivation methods, and various secrets about Foundation Establishment!

”I’ll accept this karma!”

With a thought, Lü Yang immediately activated a light escape technique and disappeared from the spot, then casually created a cave dwelling nearby and began seclusion.

Several days later.

Inside the cave dwelling, Lü Yang opened his eyes, and in front of him were the thoughts of Ancestor Nether Wishper, which he had now fully refined.

In the process, he also gained a deeper understanding of Ancestor Nether Wishper.

”This person truly deserves to be called a peerless talent.”

Lü Yang sighed, then picked up one of the thoughts; unlike the others, this one shone brilliantly, more spiritual than the rest.

Because this thought did not contain Ancestor Nether Wishper’s memories but his testament.

As the saying goes, a cunning rabbit has three burrows; although Ancestor Nether Wishper was confident that his possession would not fail, he had also prepared for contingencies.

This testament was his contingency plan, in which he clearly stated that he would preserve the inheritance of the Witch Ghost Path in its most complete form within his thoughts; if he died and Lü Yang survived, this inheritance would be given to Lü Yang, thus continuing the lineage of the Witch Ghost Path.

Of course, there were conditions.

To obtain this inheritance, Lü Yang must accept the karma of the Witch Ghost Path and rebuild its sect in the future, cultivating a Foundation Establishment for the Witch Ghost Path.

Otherwise, the soul thoughts would self-destruct.

As Ancestor Nether Wishper had previously stated, his lifelong pursuit was to continue the Witch Ghost Path, and he absolutely could not let it perish under his leadership.

Therefore, he had considered everything, whether in life or death.

He even stated in the thought that as long as Lü Yang accepted the inheritance, he had a way to help Lü Yang quickly gain Foundation Establishment combat power in a short time!

How could Lü Yang refuse this?

”Take the benefits first; anyway, the karma of the Witch Ghost Path, no matter how heavy, is only for this lifetime. What does it have to do with me in the next life...”

Ancestor Nether Wishper, the last sect master of the Witch Ghost Path.

He was also the most talented person in the history of the Witch Ghost Path, successfully establishing his foundation at a young age, and then, in just over two hundred years, he combined the celestial stems and earthly branches, yin and yang numbers, achieving complete Foundation Establishment and seeking the position of ”Wall Soil.”

Unfortunately, heaven is jealous of talent.

At that time, a True Person from the Jade Pivot Sword Pavilion had already achieved the ”Wall Soil” position, instantly cutting off Ancestor Nether Wishper’s path.

How could Ancestor Nether Wishper and the Witch Ghost Path accept this?

However, Ancestor Nether Wishper truly lived up to his extraordinary talent, as he forcefully researched another path and created the method of the 【Yama Palace】.

Eight complete Foundation Establishments transformed into Black and White Impermanence, Civil and Military Judges, Ox-Head and Horse-Face, Day and Night Wandering Gods, all hosted by him, could temporarily hold the Golden Position and manifest its effects.

Originally a fantastical concept, but with the help of a third-party force, Ancestor Nether Wishper succeeded.

But this success brought a catastrophic disaster to the Witch Ghost Path.

That True Person who had achieved the ”Wall Soil” position sat in the Jade Pivot Sword Pavilion and, from tens of thousands of miles away, struck with a sword, declaring the extermination of the entire Witch Ghost Path.

”......”

The more Lü Yang read, the more shocked he became, finally closing the memory thought abruptly, not daring to look further, even refraining from deep contemplation, decisively choosing to stop.

Because he could clearly feel that as he understood more about the events leading to the extermination of the Witch Ghost Path a thousand years ago, a line of karma on his body became clearer; one end connected to him, the other end immersed in the vast web of karma, like an abyss with no end in sight.

Damn it, that True Person from a thousand years ago is still alive!

Lü Yang was one hundred percent certain that the other end of the karma line was that True Person!

The moment he knew the details, that True Person would also know him!

”This is too damn ridiculous; what a broken place, broken place...”

After a long time, Lü Yang slowly calmed his mind, no longer daring to delve into the troubles of a thousand years ago, and instead began to study the inheritance left by Ancestor Nether Wishper.

Among them, besides divine abilities like the ”Nine Heavens Secret Demon Yin Thunder,” the most crucial was the [Underworld Lord Xuanming’s Ghost-Controlling Position], a divine ability of the Witch Ghost Path.

Although the Witch Ghost Path’s foundation was not as deep as the First Saint Demon Sect, the entire sect had only this one divine ability, but Ancestor Nether Wishper had developed it to the extreme.

After reading it, Lü Yang’s expression became increasingly amazed:

”No wonder he said in the testament that he could help me gain Foundation Establishment combat power...”

The Underworld Lord’s Ghost Position, if nine complete Foundation Establishments practiced this divine ability together to form the 【Yama Palace】, could temporarily hold the Golden Position with Foundation Establishment bodies.

Of course, finding nine complete Foundation Establishments was impossible.

But if he settled for less and had nine complete Qi Refining practitioners practice this divine ability together, supplemented by a vast amount of fortune infusion, it could also temporarily hold the Foundation Establishment position!

The eight elders of the Nether Wishper Sect did just that; Ancestor Nether Wishper passed down this lineage to have people practice with him, and the existence of the eight red-clothed witch ghosts was to form the 【Yama Palace】 with him.

Ancestor Nether Wishper originally intended to use this method to achieve Foundation Establishment immediately after escaping.

Unfortunately, things did not go as planned.

Of course, although this divine ability was astonishing, it was not without drawbacks, as its foundation was built upon the Witch Ghost Secret Realm.

”The so-called temporary Foundation Establishment is not truly breaking through to Foundation Establishment.”

Instead, it transforms a region into an existence with the same status as the ”Foundation Establishment Realm,” then governs that region to display the power of Foundation Establishment.

This is not the path of form refinement and ascension.

”This is actually the concept of the ’Heaven Collapses’...”

Lü Yang quickly recalled that when Ancestor Nether Wishper perfected this divine ability, he had received help from a third-party force, borrowing from their lineage.

It was called—the Heavenly Martial Path Court.

Located in Jiangdong!

”Chen Xin’an told me that the Jiangdong lineage is entirely different; cultivators of the ’Heaven Collapses’ do not ascend but transform the existing environment.”

”In Jiangdong, the Dao Court governs the world, called Heavenly Martial, commanding all races, establishing twelve positions with specific duties, shepherding the people in all directions. Therefore, under the Dao Court, they do not cultivate magic power or learn divine abilities; those conferred with official positions naturally possess magic power and divine abilities. Those who hold positions are equivalent to True Persons, and those who ascend to the great throne are comparable to True Monarchs.”

Thinking of this, Lü Yang’s brows furrowed deeper.

Different paths cannot work together; he was already a cultivator on the path of form refinement and ascension. Even if he wanted to switch to the Heaven Collapses, it was not feasible.

”So if I use this divine ability to achieve Foundation Establishment, my future path will be cut off.”

If within Jiangdong, there was still room for advancement beyond Foundation Establishment, but the 【Yama Palace】 was merely Ancestor Nether Wishper’s imitation, naturally leading to a dead end.

And this was just one of the side effects.

Another side effect was that, since it relied on a specific region to achieve Foundation Establishment, it was also confined to that region; once the earth veins were damaged, the realm would fall.

”This method is not suitable for me... but it’s not without a clever workaround.”

Ancestor Nether Wishper had considered thoroughly, anticipating that Lü Yang might be unwilling to sever his path, so he specially prepared an alternative plan for him.

”The Great Incarnation Universal Divine Method!”

Lü Yang’s eyes lit up; this secret method had a simple effect: refining a living person into his own guardian deity, thereby borrowing that person’s merit, fortune, and even retaining their thoughts, transforming them into his puppet, yet without creating karma.

”A clone refined with this secret method can just practice the [Underworld Lord’s Ghost Position]!”

”By the way, I can also transfer the karma of the Witch Ghost Path to him.”

”Even the nine complete Qi Refining practitioners needed for cultivation were arranged by Ancestor Nether Wishper: eight red-clothed ghosts plus myself, everything is ready...”

Only the final step remained: a vast infusion of fortune.

Thinking of this, a bold idea suddenly arose in Lü Yang’s heart:

”...Yu Suzhen!”

If she could surpass and kill Xiao Shiye, seizing the fortune of that colorful merit fish for herself, perhaps it could meet the requirements for constructing the 【Yama Palace】.

She herself could even be refined into a guardian deity!