Clan Rise: Starting as a Grandfather

Chapter 1595: Chapter 984: Heavenly Dao Backlash

After Yang Zhenshan left, the battlefield plunged into a bizarre silence.

A group of people who were just fighting to the death glared at the spot where Yang Zhenshan and Yun Xiao had disappeared. They cursed a few times in anger but then fell silent. The people were gone, so what’s the point in cursing angrily? Can you really curse someone to death?

Everyone looked at each other, not knowing what to do after having fought so fiercely.

Continue fighting?

The Divine Pill has vanished; what’s the point of fighting anymore?

Stop fighting?

They truly fought out of rage earlier, and stopping like this feels a bit frustrating.

Besides, they all had a fury in their hearts, looking for a place to vent it.

Especially Master Cangji, whose heart was full of hatred!

In fact, most people were not clear about the effects of the Nine Tripod Divine Pill. They just believed the pill was extraordinary but didn’t know what exactly it was.

Only Yun Ge and Master Cangji had some understanding of the Nine Tripod Divine Pill.

However, Yun Ge, due to his apprehension about the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion and his insufficient strength, withdrew from the contest early. Although he still felt unwilling, he wasn’t as resentful.

Only Master Cangji had long regarded this Nine Tripod Divine Pill as his celestial fate, and just as fate was within reach, it was snatched away from him.

The more he thought about it, the more his anger grew.

“I want him dead!”

Master Cangji growled angrily.

Ignoring everyone around, he swung his hand to summon the Twenty-Eight Life Plates.

In the next moment, his pupils turned black as ink, and a three-foot-six-inch plate appeared before him.

With Mystical Iron as the base plated in Purple Gold, the edges inlaid with twelve pieces of Heavenly Mechanism Jade, inside which stardust flowed like a miniature galaxy. The plate’s surface was divided into four areas by four symbols: the East Azure Dragon area was Green Gold Stone blue, with a Dragon Scale Pattern connecting horns to the Seven Stars of the Dipper; the South Vermilion Bird area was Red Copper red, Rubies decorated from the well to the axle, the Wings Stars suspended with the Separation Fire Bell; the West White Tiger area was silver-gray, cat eyes as vision, from Kui to Canis Major like tiger claws linking; the North Black Tortoise area was black like jade, Turtle Shell-shaped Heavenly Mechanism Jade formed the turtle body, the Snake Tail winding from the bucket to the seven mansion walls.

Embedded in the center was a miniature celestial sphere, driven by a leaking pot to rotate on its own. As Master Cangji infused mana, the Twenty-Eight Fixed Symbols lit up one after another, the celestial sphere in the middle spinning to its limit, with projected shadows of the Golden Crow, Jade Rabbit, and other star images appearing in the four areas, while the edge tadpole script inscriptions flowed with light.

However, this was only the life plate in the eyes of outsiders. To Master Cangji, silver threads appeared above the plate, crisscrossing and connecting with the myriad stars in the sky.

“Let me see who you really are!”

Master Cangji said with a grim expression.

Alright, he still didn’t know who Yang Zhenshan was, but since he had seen Yang Zhenshan, deducing his details wasn’t difficult.

His dry fingers oscillated between the silver threads, and after a moment, he found the thread belonging to Yang Zhenshan.

But as he wanted to probe into Yang Zhenshan’s background, his expression changed suddenly.

As his fingertip just touched the silver thread, it began to tremble violently, originally radiant white, it was instantly covered with pitch-black curse patterns, wrapping around Master Cangji’s knuckles like a living snake.

“Sss—”

The curse patterns exploded in black mist, the dry fingers immediately emitted white smoke, the fingernail coming off entirely, with fine stardust embedded in the flesh beneath, drilling towards the bone seams.

Master Cangji jerked his hand away, seeing the silver thread had climbed like a web, crawling along his arm toward his heart, where it passed, the skin shriveled quickly, as if the invisible Star Power was sucking away his vitality.

The celestial sphere on the life plate suddenly spun in reverse, the Twenty-Eight Fixed Symbols collectively turned dark, the Azure Dragon area’s Dragon Scale Pattern actually stood up in reverse, turning into sharp bone spurs piercing through the plate surface.

Master Cangji felt a metallic taste in his throat, his face turning pale and panicked!

“This is!”

Suddenly, blinding white light exploded before his eyes, the destiny thread representing Yang Zhenshan flashed countless overlapping star illusions, which collided emitting thunderous booms, causing unbearable pain in his Sea of Consciousness, as if thousands of stars were exploding within.

“Cough—”

The blood he spat on the life plate was instantly absorbed by the silver thread, the thread’s body expanded several times, snapping straight like a steel needle, deeply stabbing into his brow.

Master Cangji’s pupils shrank, seeing his own destiny thread being swallowed steadily by Yang Zhenshan’s silver thread, those connected to the stars suddenly rolled back, pulling the countless star sands into his Spirit Vein, each grain turning into glowing branding iron, burning through his meridians inch by inch.

“No…”

His scream was stuck in his throat, his whole skin rapidly covered with star-track-like blood marks, the Heavenly Mechanism Jade at the edge of the life plate simultaneously shattered, fragments embedding into his limbs.

“Pavilion Master!”

The sudden change startled the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion’s Heavenly Mechanism Envoys, who rushed forward to check on the situation.

The surrounding crowd saw this, their expressions shifting unpredictably.

Zhang Mo’s pupils shrank sharply in his eyes, his gaze filled with shock and suspicion at Master Cangji’s disintegrating body.

Others didn’t understand the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion, but he did.

The Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion is a top sect, as is the Unpredictable Ghost Sect, both apex forces within the Wanhua Central Domain.

Though Zhang Mo hadn’t had much contact with the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion, he knew a lot about it.

The Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion excels in the art of star divination; if they wish to investigate someone’s background, it’s almost effortless.

“Is this Heavenly Dao backlash?”

Zhang Mo thought of a possibility, and retreated repeatedly, distancing himself from Master Cangji.

And Master Cangji, under the gaze of all, shattered completely like a porcelain doll.

Everyone displayed a look of disbelief.

At the same time, everyone had another question rise in their hearts.