Serpent Ancestor

Taking advantage of the power generated by the self-destruction of the formation, Wei Wudao and all the cultivators of the Ancient Tomb Sect soared into the sky, fleeing in all directions at the fastest speed.

Xu Hei’s strength far exceeded their calculations. Not only was his physical body terrifying, but even his primordial spirit attacks were shockingly powerful.

Tu Sen gazed into the distance, not in a hurry to pursue, a cold smile playing at the corner of his mouth.

”Ancient Tomb Sect, a familiar name. The group I encountered on the outer battlefield back then seemed to be from the Ancient Tomb Sect as well. I really have a connection with these people!”

Tu Sen smiled slightly and slowly raised his palm toward the fleeing crowd.

Then, a mysterious rune appeared in his palm. He clenched his fingers tightly.

”Crack!!”

In an instant, all the fleeing figures in the distance froze.

Their faces turned pale, their throats turned blue, as if someone was choking them. Their limbs struggled desperately, but they couldn’t make a sound.

An invisible claw appeared on their necks, gripping their throats tightly.From a thousand miles away, a single palm choked everyone’s throats. Such a method was simply astonishing.

”Ugh!”

Wei Wudao and Ji Qing also felt a suffocating sensation, a crisp cracking sound coming from their necks, as if an invisible hand was squeezing their throats, pressing down hard.

Normally, they could easily break free from such an attack, but they found themselves unable to move.

Even some elders in their primordial spirit forms couldn’t move, their primordial spirits also choked.

Tu Sen held everyone’s throats, his wrist gently twisting.

”Crack, crack, crack...”

A series of cracking sounds rang out, and the heads of the crowd tilted, necks broken. Some even had their heads fly off, as if twisted off by an invisible hand!

Xu Hei was completely stunned.

”What kind of technique is this?” Xu Hei quickly asked.

”This move is called the Heavenly Shadow Demon Hand. What, you want to learn it?” Tu Sen sneered.

Xu Hei didn’t speak, but his emotions betrayed him. He did want to learn it.

”When you reach the Void Refinement stage, summon me a few more times. If I’m in a good mood, I might just teach you.” Tu Sen laughed.

”...” Xu Hei was speechless.

In just a moment, Xu Hei’s primordial spirit was severely damaged, losing more than twenty percent, and his physical body was also heavily injured. Summoning Tu Sen was simply asking for trouble.

”What’s the difference between Void Refinement and Void Shattering?” Xu Hei asked again.

”Void Refinement is an ancient term, focusing on the primordial spirit, transcending the physical body, refining the spirit to return to the void. Later, it was advocated to prove the Dao with strength, cultivators breaking the void with force, no real difference.” Tu Sen replied.

Speaking of this, Tu Sen smiled and continued, ”Didn’t you ask before if there’s a way to break through quickly? Heh, according to ancient methods, there is.”

At this moment, the Coffin Bearer’s head flew off, and his body exploded into nothingness.

But his coffin burrowed underground, escaping at an incredible speed, but it didn’t get far before being stopped again.

Tu Sen’s technique specifically targeted the primordial spirit, which was devastating for the Ancient Tomb Sect, who were skilled in primordial spirit techniques.

Neither the Tomb-Digging Ancestor nor the Coffin Bearer, both at the Great Perfection of the Divine Transformation Stage, could withstand even a single encounter and were directly subdued.

The Tomb-Digging Ancestor lasted a few breaths before his primordial spirit was crushed, falling completely.

The Coffin Bearer, despite having many substitutes, couldn’t escape his fate after his primordial spirit died three times.

The remaining cultivators fared even worse, being annihilated in the first wave, their forms and spirits extinguished, disappearing on the spot.

A one-sided massacre!

”I swear I won’t be human if I don’t avenge this!”

Wei Wudao suddenly roared, waving the soul banner in his hand, and countless invisible shadows flew towards it, all the souls of those who had just died.

The fragments of souls left behind were filled with intense emotions from when they were alive.

At this moment, they were all sucked into the soul banner, causing it to rapidly expand to ten thousand feet, like a curtain covering the heavens, blocking out the sun and moon.

And the restraint on Wei Wudao’s neck was instantly broken.

A strange light flashed in Tu Sen’s eyes, and he squeezed his palm again, but a thick ghostly mist erupted from the soul banner, completely blocking the view and space ahead.

”Crash!”

The ghostly mist was slapped away by Tu Sen, but Wei Wudao and Ji Qing in the distance had completely disappeared.

”They ran?” Xu Hei shouted, ”Tu Sen, you actually let two of them escape, your move isn’t all that great.”

Though he said that, Tu Sen had wiped out over a hundred cultivators of the Ancient Tomb Sect with one move, nearly half of them Divine Transformation Ancestors, and had flattened the Yellow Spring Grand Sacrificial Formation with a flick of his finger.

Xu Hei knew he couldn’t achieve that.

Xu Hei’s physical body was indeed strong, but against these ghost cultivators of the Ancient Tomb Sect, who were skilled in divine sense techniques, Xu Hei’s weaknesses would be magnified. He might even suffer a setback.

Xu Hei was just displeased that his physical body was toyed with, and he wouldn’t miss a chance to mock.

”Hmph! I don’t have much soul power left, I need to save it for the grand plan, not worth wasting on a bunch of ants.” Tu Sen snorted coldly.

He flashed and disappeared, stepping towards a certain direction.

That place was a valley filled with Yin Sha Qi, tombstones scattered throughout, burying countless beings.

Ghostly fires floated in the air, whispers of spirits echoed from afar, cold winds blew, dead trees grew rampant, ghosts roamed, and zombies wandered, with fierce ghosts appearing and disappearing.

This place was the mountain gate of the Ancient Tomb Sect.

However, no trace of buildings could be seen in the valley. The structures of the Ancient Tomb Sect were all built underground, like tomb chambers.

The council hall, Enforcement Hall, sect square, disciples’ residences, all were tomb structures. Each tomb was as grand as an imperial mausoleum.

So many grand tombs together formed the Ancient Tomb Sect.

Tu Sen infiltrated underground, reaching the very center of the Ancient Tomb Sect, where the Yin Sha Qi was the heaviest, and the Spiritual Qi was the most abundant.

Wei Wudao and Ji Qing had long fled, taking all the sect’s resources, leaving behind some clueless disciples and elders, unaware of the impending danger.

”The current cultivation methods are somewhat different from back then, but the essence remains the same, worth a try.”

Tu Sen sat cross-legged, opened his mouth, and took a deep breath.

In an instant, all the disciples of the Ancient Tomb Sect froze.

Whether they were in seclusion, sparring, selecting pills, arguing, or dual cultivating.

Everyone’s body stiffened, eyes lost focus and luster.

One could see a phantom shadow being extracted from their heads, eyes confused, floating away, their souls.

Tu Sen opened his mouth and sucked, all the souls flew over, swallowed by him.

Devouring human souls, such a cruel method, only demonic cultivators would do it, but used on the Ancient Tomb Sect, it was karma.

”So that’s what you meant by the essence remains the same.”

Xu Hei understood, the laws of heaven are the same in any era, devouring others to strengthen oneself.

Tu Sen closed his eyes, and Xu Hei felt a surge of power pouring into his primordial spirit, rapidly repairing the damage.

At the same time, the nine crystal cores in his body were rapidly merging into one.

The Spiritual Qi of heaven and earth was drawn in, rushing from all directions, and the Spiritual Qi from the dead cultivators was also extracted, transported through the air, entering Xu Hei’s body.

”Don’t you have a heavenly treasure? Refining this Spiritual Qi with it shouldn’t be difficult.” Tu Sen said.

Without needing a reminder, Xu Hei had already activated the Demon God Cauldron, rapidly refining and absorbing the incoming Spiritual Qi.

To break through, one person alone couldn’t do it. Tu Sen was only helping Xu Hei transform his primordial spirit, while the Spiritual Qi cultivation aspect relied on Xu Hei himself.

…………

In a flash, a day passed.

A void warship sailed from the horizon, landing on the territory of the Ancient Tomb Sect, with two indistinct figures standing on it, exuding an aura of majesty and dominance that mortals couldn’t gaze upon. They were Mo Xingtian and Jiang Bufan.

Wei Wudao was also present, having come to report.

”You say Xu Hei is suspected of being possessed by a Spirit Realm demon... how interesting.”

Jiang Bufan smiled, then said seriously, ”Mo Xingtian, to be safe, you and I must join forces, we can’t underestimate him!”

Mo Xingtian knew the seriousness of the situation, his eyes solemn, he nodded.

Both had their own agendas, both wanting to obtain the Demon God Cauldron first, but at the same time, they dared not underestimate Xu Hei, who possessed the cauldron.

Even if the opponent was a mortal ant, as long as he showed an unusual side, they had to be cautious, extremely cautious!

Upon arrival, Mo Xingtian waved his hand, and the entire mountain gate of the Ancient Tomb Sect vanished, the ground lifted, revealing the layout inside.

Not a single person remained, all dead.

Not even a shadow of Xu Hei was seen.

”Huh?”

Mo Xingtian squinted his eyes, took out the Sky-Seeking Disk, and confirmed again, it was indeed here, no mistake!

But how could the person right in front of them not be found?

”Could he be hiding in a space rift?” Wei Wudao tentatively asked.

”Hmph, what space rift could hide from me?”

Mo Xingtian waved his hand, tearing open the space ahead, but still found nothing.

This was strange!

A living person, just disappeared like that?

”Something’s not right, Xu Hei’s aura lingers here, he hasn’t gone far, keep searching!” Jiang Bufan said fiercely.

Mo Xingtian furrowed his brows, pondered for a long time, then a fierce light flashed in his eyes.

He took out a communication talisman and said, ”Go to the Divine Continent Star, slaughter all living beings on it, leave none, burn all plants, not even a blade of grass or a mosquito!”

”After that, evaporate the seawater, let this star be completely extinct!”

For Spirit Realm cultivators, excessively interfering in the mortal realm was against the rules, let alone exterminating a cultivation star!

This was a major taboo!

If the Flying Spirit Platform found out, they would hold Mo Xingtian accountable.

But at this point, Mo Xingtian was already all in, he couldn’t let Xu Hei delay any longer, as long as he could obtain the Demon God Cauldron, the rules of the Flying Spirit Platform were nothing!

Moreover, the rule of not interfering in the mortal realm had always been an unwritten rule, never a written one!

Just like how cultivators shouldn’t slaughter mortals indiscriminately, the rule existed, but even if you did kill, as long as you were strong enough, who would dare say a word?

In the mortal world, there are laws protecting wild animals, but people still poach them.

In the end, everything is determined by strength and interest!

As a member of the Jiang family in the Spirit Realm, what does it matter if he exterminates a cultivation star in the mortal realm? To obtain the third on the list of heavenly treasures, any cost is worth it!

…………

Divine Continent Star, Divine Puppet Sect.

The blue sky stretched endlessly, the sun shone brightly, a gentle breeze blew, and sect disciples came and went, as peaceful and harmonious as ever.

After resolving the sect crisis, the Divine Puppet Sect entered a year-long period of recuperation. During this time, not only did they recruit many new talents, but with sufficient Spirit Stone supply, many cultivators who survived the war made breakthroughs.

The sect’s strength entered a golden period of development.

Although it was less than two years, during this time, the progress of the Divine Puppet Sect far exceeded any previous period.

The war brought irreparable damage, but those who survived were elites among elites, with mindsets and willpower far surpassing any previous generation.

In the secret chamber, Qin Xuanji opened his eyes, slowly exhaling a breath of stale air.

He stood up, looking at the pool in front of him, his face reflected in the water.

It was the face of a middle-aged man with white hair and a weathered expression. Although his soul had changed, one could still see traces of his former sharpness in his eyes.

This was the face of Li Changge.

After successfully body-snatching, it took him a whole year to get used to this new physical body and stabilize at the Great Perfection of the Divine Transformation Stage.

He had long been accustomed to bodies that didn’t belong to him. The Dao has three thousand paths, not everyone can walk a smooth road, some people’s paths are destined to be difficult.

”I have hovered on the brink of life and death countless times, now the sect faces an unprecedented crisis, what should I do?”

”What should I do to survive?”

Qin Xuanji pondered, what should he do?

Despite the current prosperity of the sect, he had a vague premonition that danger could come at any time, and the crisis would be far greater than any before.

He looked at his face, a sense of sorrow suddenly rose in his heart, accompanied by an endless sense of fatigue, but this sorrow and fatigue quickly dissipated.

He must survive, no matter what it takes.

…………

East Sea, Penglai Sea.

Hai Teng submerged in the water, strange ripples emanating from his body, vibrating at a special frequency, spreading rapidly with him as the center.

From the Penglai Sea, it gradually spread to the entire East Sea, the whole ocean resonating in a mysterious way.

He had established a special resonance with heaven and earth.