Just a Useful Pawn in the Stain Sect

Chapter 922: Chapter 917: No One Understands Karmic Links Better Than Me

Ever since developing the Profound Mysterious of modifying imagery through the [Cataclysm Launcher], Lü Yang had been pondering a question: could he use this Profound Mysterious to replicate the Emperor Fruit?

He had even tested it in private.

The result was yes, he could.

However, because the [Fruit of Divine-Empyrean Thunder] was only an orthodox Fruit and innately deficient, the replicated Profound Mysterious came with many troublesome restrictions.

However, the same applied to the Primordial Celestial Demon.

Lü Yang at least possessed the Cultivation of a True Monarch Level [Fruit of Rampart Earth], but the demon had nothing. He was merely the operator of the [Time Shifting Device].

”THUMP!”

At this moment, the Primordial Celestial Demon seemed to hear his own heartbeat. Even though he didn’t actually have a heart, he still developed this illusion.

Before his eyes was nothing but a dense, layered mist of iridescent light woven into a net. Within the colorful light, he seemed to see all his past experiences since birth. It was a brief history, yet it was meticulously subdivided into countless fragments, all neatly arrayed. This sight made his expression change drastically.

”This is impossible...” The Primordial Celestial Demon’s pupils contracted sharply.

At this moment, he felt as if Lü Yang, standing before him, had suddenly grown infinitely larger, towering between heaven and earth, while he himself had shrunk infinitely into nothingness.

Under this massive disparity, he had already fallen into the other party’s grasp!

In an instant, the Primordial Celestial Demon nearly crushed the [Time Shifting Device] in his hand. Without any hesitation, he injected boundless Mana into the Artifact.

The next second, the Artifact reversed.

He thought, ”[Time Shifting Device]!”

A powerful fluctuation of karmic links immediately spread out, attempting to anchor his past karmic links based on the Primordial Celestial Demon’s state in the Current World, rendering them unalterable.

However, facing the brilliant light blooming from the Artifact, Lü Yang’s figure didn’t waver in the slightest. He continued to tower between heaven and earth like an eternal Divine Mountain. Meanwhile, the Primordial Celestial Demon remained just as tiny, like an ant huddled at the foot of the mountain. The two beings simply weren’t on the same scale of existence.

”Why?!”

Seeing this, a look of profound shock finally surfaced on the Primordial Celestial Demon’s face. His limited Cultivation simply could not comprehend what was happening.

He believed he possessed the authentic [Fruit of Rampart Earth]. No matter how powerful Lü Yang’s was, it was still a fake, a counterfeit. Its Position hadn’t even reached the level of the Emperor Fruit. Yet, he actually couldn’t win?

This was completely unreasonable!

The next second, as if seeing through his Heart Thought, Lü Yang said faintly,

”There’s nothing unreasonable about it.

”Because you lack the Cultivation of the [Fruit of Rampart Earth], you cannot comprehend it, nor can you clearly see the gap between us. That is why you harbor wishful thinking.

”If you manage to return alive this time and spend a hundred years painstakingly studying it, to the point of truly mastering the [Fruit of Rampart Earth], you naturally won’t want to battle me over karmic links anymore.”

Lü Yang’s voice echoed like rolling thunder, but the Primordial Celestial Demon could no longer hear it. He had already fallen into a scene of past karmic links, and his memories related to the future were rapidly being clouded.

The Primordial Celestial Demon suddenly opened his eyes. Before him was a grand and expansive Spiritual Space. He reacted almost instantly, thinking, ”This is... the Spiritual Space of the Dragon and Snake Coiling Shadow Bodhisattva!”

Several years ago, he had been born right here. He had been nurtured by the Bhagavat, after which he devoured the Soul of the Dragon and Snake Coiling Shadow Bodhisattva, ultimately causing the Pure Land Extinction. That was how he successfully completed his ”birth.”

”Not good!” he thought.

Sensing his memories of the future becoming increasingly illusory—to the point where he couldn’t even remember certain details—the Primordial Celestial Demon began to roar madly.

He had to immediately activate his Artifact... What Artifact?

A moment later, the Primordial Celestial Demon calmed down, revealing a serene, infant-like expression.

In the original history, the Bhagavat would appear before long to bestow Enlightenment upon him.

This time, however, the Bhagavat had vanished. Although the Dragon and Snake Coiling Shadow Bodhisattva was troubled by his presence, she was not completely powerless and could still suppress him. Afterwards, the Dragon and Snake Coiling Shadow Bodhisattva sought out the Immortal Monarch of Tribulation.

After paying a massive price, the Immortal Monarch agreed to the Dragon and Snake Coiling Shadow Bodhisattva’s request, striking him with a bolt of lightning that turned his embryonic form to ash.

”NO—!!!”

In an instant, boundless light erupted from the Primordial Celestial Demon’s body, shattering the scene of karmic links just a split second before he was about to be killed by the lightning.

It was the [Time Shifting Device]!

At this moment, only the relief of narrowly escaping death remained in his heart. He thought, ”Thank goodness... Thank goodness my life is bound to this Supreme Treasure!”

Even though he had lost control of the Artifact while deeply trapped within the scene of karmic links, the Supreme Treasure still revived autonomously to save him right as the karmic links of his death were about to be finalized. Thinking of this, the Primordial Celestial Demon immediately burst into boisterous laughter while retreating at high speed.

”Hahaha! You still miscalculated one step!”

Before his laughter faded, he whipped up a sinister wind and vanished from the Cave Mansion where Lü Yang was undergoing seclusion. Ultimately, he had been frightened; he didn’t dare remain there any longer.

However, he wasn’t willing to just leave like this.

He thought, ”There is still an Outer Dao True Monarch in the Profound Spirit Realm.

”Although they are only of the Outer Dao, I can easily kill them to nourish my body. Once I’ve restored my state, I’ll fight that bastard to the death!”

With this in mind, the Primordial Celestial Demon immediately changed direction.

Soon, he sensed the Qi trace of the Supreme Venerable of the Profound Spirit Realm. The other party also seemed to have discovered him, unable to conceal the terror in their Spiritual perception.

”Scared? It’s good that you’re scared!” he thought.

The Primordial Celestial Demon was overjoyed. The emotion of fear actually made his invasion easier. Without any hesitation, he charged forward and plunged into the Spiritual Space of the Supreme Venerable of the Profound Spirit Realm.

Then, he froze in stunned disbelief.

He thought, ”Am I an idiot? Considering my current situation, why did I stay behind for no reason just to eat an Outer Dao True Monarch? How is this any different from eating shit?”

Only at this moment did he finally see clearly. There was actually a string of karmic links attached to his body. Its two ends connected him to the Supreme Venerable of the Profound Spirit Realm, guiding all of his actions.

”This is...”

The Primordial Celestial Demon fell into a state of profound bewilderment. But it was too late. Within the Spiritual Space of the Supreme Venerable of the Profound Spirit Realm, a Talisman suddenly materialized out of thin air, gradually glowing with a blinding, blazing white lightning.

”BOOM!!!”

Meanwhile, back in the Cave Mansion, Lü Yang extinguished the Light of Cause and Effect dancing at his fingertips.

From the very beginning, the Primordial Celestial Demon had misunderstood the situation.

Although he could use the [Cataclysm Launcher] to modify imagery and copy the effects of [Zhi Gu Jin], it still couldn’t compare to the authentic [Fruit of Rampart Earth].

Therefore, what he had altered wasn’t past karmic links, but the present.

The scene of karmic links the Primordial Celestial Demon had just seen—where he was supposedly killed by lightning—actually held no real power, nor could it truly Change Cause and Effect.

In the end, it wasn’t the [Time Shifting Device] that saved him. Rather, Lü Yang had actively released him. Everything was done to forge a ”cause” that would steer the Primordial Celestial Demon’s actions toward the ”effect” of going to kill the Supreme Venerable of the Profound Spirit Realm. It was that simple, yet the Primordial Celestial Demon had failed to see through it.

”To dare use the [Fruit of Rampart Earth] while having absolutely no understanding of it,” Lü Yang scoffed.

As his words fell, he reached out with his hand, pulling a cluster of colorful light toward him from across space. It was none other than the [Time Shifting Device] that the Primordial Celestial Demon had held!

”A fine treasure, but a pity I don’t dare use it,” he murmured.

Lü Yang shook his head and stowed the Artifact away. He then pushed open the door and stepped out of the Cave Mansion, looking toward the blazing lightning that shot into the clouds in the distance, radiating as brightly as golden twilight.

Within the lightning, the Primordial Celestial Demon was disintegrating inch by inch.

However, he could sense that the other party still had a backup plan. The demon had likely left several avatars at the Immortal Pivot, ensuring he could revive even if he died here.

”It doesn’t matter. The first step is simply to inflict heavy damage,” he thought.

By severely wounding the demon this time, it would be much easier to suppress him next time. Then, he could present the demon to Master Chong Guang to be swallowed, increasing his own Cultivation.

With this in mind, Lü Yang stopped paying attention to the perishing Primordial Celestial Demon. He turned around and walked back into the Cave Mansion, the heavy stone doors slowly closing behind him.

”BANG!”

The doors shut completely. At almost the exact same moment, amidst wretched howls, the Primordial Celestial Demon was reduced to flying ash.

Open readable version