Chunibyo in Cultivation World

Upon hearing the words of the Ancestor of Heavenly Blood, Li Tianwei also furrowed his brows.

「The difference in realm was still too great. He discovered it so quickly.」

Seeing this, Li Tianwei could not help but sigh inwardly; a cultivator at the Union Realm indeed possessed exceptionally keen perception.

「Hahaha, just as expected.」

The expression on Li Tianwei’s face naturally could not escape the eyes of these old foxes who had lived for nearly ten thousand years. The Ancestor of Heavenly Blood burst into hearty laughter. The sense of hopelessness and powerlessness he had felt when facing Li Tianwei just moments ago had completely vanished.

As for Li Tianwei, upon seeing their reaction, his brows furrowed slightly before he let out a faint sigh.

「I thought I wouldn’t have to use this move... but now!」

In that instant, Li Tianwei’s eyes became sharp.

At that very moment, the Ancestor of Heavenly Blood and the others did not know why, but they suddenly felt something was wrong—indeed, something was terribly wrong.

There was even a faint premonition of death.

And that feeling came from the Nascent Soul before them. Instinctively, the Ancestor of Heavenly Blood and the others focused their gazes upon it.

They saw that the Nascent Soul, which had been absorbing and devouring all the surrounding energy, was now continuously compressing, shrinking in size, and even cracks had begun to appear upon its surface.

Crack, crack...

A unique, terrifying sound of shattering echoed from the Nascent Soul, as faint traces of energy began seeping out from within.

For some unknown reason, the aura that leaked out made the Ancestor of Heavenly Blood and the others feel a growing sense of panic, fear, and despair.

「What’s going on? My instincts are screaming at me to flee—otherwise I’ll die. Not just die...」

The Ancestor of Heavenly Blood swallowed nervously, a bad premonition forming in his heart.

「He’s going to self-detonate.」

At the side, Yun Danzhi had already discerned Li Tianwei’s intention and immediately spoke.

Hearing Yun Danzhi’s words, the Ancestor of Heavenly Blood turned to look at the Nascent Soul Manifestation. He saw the patterns upon it, the faint threads of destructive aura, and the increasingly violent spiritual energy surrounding them.

「What!」

The Ancestor of Heavenly Blood’s expression was filled with disbelief.

「Indeed, he intends to self-detonate. According to the information we obtained from the Sacred Land of Lingxu, after Li Tianwei broke through to the Golden Core Realm and emerged from the Forbidden Land of Taixu, he killed a Spirit Transformation cultivator through self-detonation.」

Yun Danzhi explained truthfully.

At those words, the Ancestor of Heavenly Blood was dumbfounded. He truly wished he could go back a few minutes earlier and slap himself—why did he have to taunt Li Tianwei? Why laugh at him? He should’ve run immediately.

「No, wait! Lord Li Tianwei, with your talent, you are destined to become an Immortal! Surely someone as extraordinary as you deserves attendants to serve you! Look, I can serve! I will dedicate myself to you with unwavering loyalty!」

「Why resort to self-detonation? Even if you possess a means to survive it, you’ll still be weakened for a time—why do this!」

At that moment, realizing Li Tianwei’s intention, the Ancestor of Heavenly Blood’s first reaction was to beg for mercy.

It wasn’t that he didn’t want to run—it was that he couldn’t. Even though Li Tianwei’s various methods might not currently affect him, the divine ability Prison Heaven was still in effect, trapping them all within and preventing any escape.

However, despite his words, the Ancestor of Heavenly Blood’s heart remained eerily calm.

After all, he was different from ordinary Union Realm cultivators. No matter if Li Tianwei self-detonated or used some other method, it didn’t really matter.

Throughout the Demonic Sect Territory and other regions of the cultivation world, the Ancestor of Heavenly Blood had already left traces of his own essence blood. He was confident that he could be reborn elsewhere through those.

This was his confidence—so long as no one could find and destroy all his essence blood scattered across the world, even if his soul were completely annihilated, given enough time, he could use his remnant soul to resurrect himself. It would only take a long time.

So he wasn’t afraid—but Li Tianwei was far too strange. He couldn’t help but fear that Li Tianwei might possess some method capable of preventing even that.

Just as this thought formed, Li Tianwei, hearing his words, paused the contraction of the Nascent Soul.

His gaze fell upon the Ancestor of Heavenly Blood and the others.

A magnificent, pure, and radiant white light appeared.

「Scripture of Supreme Virtue and Radiant Purity...」

Rumble— In an instant, heaven and earth turned white. The Saint Soul Banner in Li Tianwei’s hand began to emit a faint aura of sacredness.

Even the previously circling evil spirits and demonic souls around him transformed completely. Their expressions turned compassionate, solemn, and divine.

「Since that’s the case, then join me! Enter the banner, atone for the deeds you’ve done, and accumulate merit anew. Repent and reform yourselves.」

「I am of the Sacred Land of Lingxu—a righteous sacred land. I am not some wicked person...」

Li Tianwei’s voice echoed softly.

As a great figure of the demonic path, the Ancestor of Heavenly Blood was bewildered by Li Tianwei’s words. Looking again at the banner in Li Tianwei’s hand, at first he thought it was some kind of divine treasure.

But upon closer inspection, he felt an uncanny sense of familiarity. The inscriptions, formations, and materials upon it—weren’t they exactly what demonic cultivators loved to use when forging Evil Soul Banners?

The Ancestor of Heavenly Blood had always thought himself shameless—but hearing Li Tianwei now, seeing his actions, he could only admit that Li Tianwei was the true God of Shamelessness.

Holding an Evil Soul Banner in hand, yet exuding such pure and holy energy—what a masterful display of irony.

At that moment, he even felt enlightened, realizing perhaps he shouldn’t have become a demonic cultivator. Wouldn’t it be better to walk the righteous path, just like Li Tianwei?

「Yes, join it.」

「？？？？？」

Just as that thought emerged in his consciousness, the Ancestor of Heavenly Blood froze.

「This... this isn’t right. Something’s wrong, I—」

At the Union Realm, the fusion of body and spirit granted complete control over one’s self.

If it were a lower realm—Out-of-Body or Spirit Transformation—one wouldn’t even be able to sense the problem.

But at the Union Realm, one instinctively felt the terrifying nature of the Scripture of Supreme Virtue and Radiant Purity, as endless compulsion filled one’s consciousness.

At that moment, even as Li Tianwei spoke, the scripture had already been activated, yet the process of detonating his Nascent Soul Manifestation had not ceased.

「It seems none of you took my suggestion seriously.」

Within Li Tianwei’s perception, under the radiation of the Scripture of Supreme Virtue and Radiant Purity, these people utterly rejected his moral path.

If that was the case, then there was nothing more to say.

Hearing those words, the Ancestor of Heavenly Blood and the others sensed great danger and immediately raised their hands to stop him.

「We... we too are willing to devote ourselves—」

Before the words could finish, Li Tianwei acted faster.

「Perish—」

The Nascent Soul Manifestation, covered in cracks, completely collapsed. The compressed energy suddenly reversed its flow.

A radiant light burst forth, sweeping outward with a wave of utterly pure energy, spreading and expanding in all directions.

It swept across heaven and earth—leaving nothing but clarity...