Chapter 692: Heavenly Realm Divine Sculpture!

The long night was not yet over.

In the back garden of the vast mansion on the East Peak of the Pear Garden Sect.

Lu Ran sat before a stone table, picking up a black mist orb.

Having returned to the mansion, he had not only brought back many divine weapons and artifacts but also the wandering soul of the Jingxian Island Master, Feng Zhihuan.

At this moment, within the black mist orb, Feng Zhihuan's expression was one of terror; she no longer had her previous noble and majestic appearance.

"Jinlü Bow." Lu Ran placed one hand on the stone table and patted the golden hunting bow. "Soul fire is the last thing I can do."

Compared to persuading the victim's family to mourn...

Seeing the perpetrator suffer punishment and pain should be more comforting to the human heart.

Lu Ran never believed in bullshit like forgiving the enemy to let oneself go, or finding inner peace and complete liberation!

He believed in gratitude and vengeance.

He believed in karma!

"Whoosh!"

The soul fire ignited.

Feng Zhihuan's already terrified expression instantly became painful and twisted: "No, no! Ah, ah, ah..."

The shrill screams pierced the night sky.

The motionless Jinlü Bow finally had some reaction.

Inside and outside the pavilion, Jiang Ruyi, Yu Changsheng, and Qin Yanzhi watched this scene silently.

Qin Yanzhi held a Fate-Linking Mirror, which still contained the Sea Realm hall master Lu Ran had killed; when he saw that the Jingxian Island Master had also been killed and her soul captured, his face turned ashen.

Jiang Ruyi was sitting on a long bench inside the pavilion, with an Asha female disciple kneeling at her feet.

However, this person was no longer an Asha believer; she had torn up her divine contract and was trembling, not daring to have any other thoughts.

The Island Master Feng, whose strength she had considered heaven-defying, had died just like that.

Her soul after death was now undergoing torture.

Heaven's justice is clear, and retribution is swift.

Everything Island Master Feng was suffering was the best interpretation of those eight words.

For many, this night was incomparably long.

For Lu Ran, this entire day had been long!

From capturing the Pear Garden Sect in the morning to killing the Jingxian Island group at night, Lu Ran was truly tired.

More so, it was the mental exhaustion caused by the grief and sorrow in his heart after hearing the bad news.

But Lu Ran still completed what he had to do.

Soul burning, interrogation.

When the sky turned gray at dawn, the interrogation finally ended.

Lu Ran absorbed the souls of Feng Zhihuan and the other Sea Realm hall master into his pupils, then walked out of the back garden to rest in the main room.

This elegantly landscaped mansion had once belonged to the Martial Heavenly Emperor.

However, Wu Xiao had already ascended to the position of Pear Garden Sect Leader and would be sitting in the central main peak in the future, so Lu Ran had completely occupied this mansion.

When he arrived at the main room, the Shadow Guard team had already cleaned the bedroom and laid out a soft bed under the orders of the Lu Sect Mistress.

An exhausted Lu Ran collapsed onto the bed.

Once he lay down, he never got up again.

It wasn't that he had slept to death, but that after he woke up, he activated two more stone sculptures.

Pseudo-Divine Sculpture: Martial Student!

Pseudo-Divine Sculpture: Asha!

He was very much looking forward to the heights these two stone sculptures could eventually reach.

Lu Ran was willing to act like a mentally disabled person, emptying himself as much as possible, letting his brain buzz...

Day and night alternated, stars and moon flowed.

In the blink of an eye, it was the third of September.

Late at night, in the main bedroom, the youth lying motionless on the bed moved his fingers slightly.

"Hmm..." Lu Ran rubbed his head, letting out a vague nasal sound.

He opened his eyes in confusion.

The cold moonlight poured down, passing through the exquisitely carved wooden windows and spreading across the floor inside the room.

It was very atmospheric, but also carried a hint of chill.

Lu Ran seemed to have not yet escaped his "mentally disabled mode," staring blankly at the wooden window, his expression dull.

"Master?" A phantom appeared quietly by the bed.

A beautiful and charming face replaced the window sill in the moonlight; this sudden scene made Lu Ran even more dazed.

Yan Shuangzi knelt half-way by the bed, a hint of worry on her face, her voice soft:

"Are you alright?"

"Ah, Sister Shuangzi..." Lu Ran's unfocused eyes finally gained some focus, recognizing the woman before him.

Yan Shuangzi breathed a sigh of relief and said softly, "You've been in a coma for six days and five nights."

"Oh." Lu Ran grinned, sat up, and rubbed his forehead and temples with one hand.

Yan Shuangzi hesitated, then stood up and sat on the edge of the bed, stretching out her hands and pressing her cold fingertips onto Lu Ran's temples, massaging them gently:

"The Mistress is in the back garden, having a meeting with the Divine Generals. Should I go call her?"

Lu Ran didn't respond, as if he hadn't heard.

Because he had already entered his spiritual world, standing before a huge sculpture.

"Wow!" Lu Ran looked up at the huge statue.

Because the sculpture garden was always shrouded in mist, Lu Ran could only see the calves of the Pseudo-Divine Martial Student stone sculpture.

How magnificent must the scale of the stone sculpture hidden in the mist be?

Heavenly Realm?!

Lu Ran was closely connected to the Martial Student divine sculpture, and after sensing it carefully for a long time, he couldn't help but be overjoyed!

Heavenly Realm: Lower Stage!

Good, good, good!

Not in vain did I act like a mentally disabled person for six days and five nights... Hmm?

What is this?

Lu Ran stood at the feet of the Pseudo-Divine Martial Student, feeling completely off.

Is this a new divine technique?

Does the Martial Student faction actually have a Heavenly Realm ultimate move?

"What the?!" Lu Ran was incomparably stunned.

Before the Martial Student divine sculpture, Lu Ran already possessed a Heavenly Realm divine sculpture—Dongting!

Lu Ran was very certain that the Dongting faction had no Heavenly Realm ultimate move, but here at the Martial Student faction, why was there an extra divine technique?

"Ah!" Lu Ran suddenly realized.

Everything had a pattern.

Third-class gods generally possessed River Estuary Realm ultimate moves.

Second-class gods not only had River Estuary Realm ultimate moves but also Sea Realm ultimate moves.

When it came to first-class gods, they had River Estuary, Sea, and Heavenly Realm ultimate moves?!

"Good fellow~" Lu Ran scratched his head.

That should be the pattern, right?

Unfortunately, the Martial Heavenly Emperor was currently at the peak of the Sea Realm and couldn't use divine techniques adapted for the Heavenly Realm.

"Hmm..." Lu Ran pondered for a moment.

There was no need to be anxious; the Martial Heavenly Emperor would eventually have enough qualifications to cast powerful Heavenly Realm techniques.

Lu Ran thought of something else and immediately passed by the feet of the first-class god, Martial Student, to go to the second row.

There were six gods in the second row!

They were the Four Directional Military Heroes, and the first two in the Eight Heavenly Demon sequence—Heavenly Luan and Mountain Monarch.

Lu Ran hadn't activated the Dongting, Heavenly Luan, or Mountain Monarch stone sculptures.

The specifications of all three were not worth mentioning.

And when Lu Ran saw the Dongting divine sculpture, it was as if he saw a magnificent mountain; the Heavenly Realm Lower Stage Dongting divine sculpture was truly heaven-supporting and earth-shaking!

Lu Ran was also only worthy of seeing Lord Dongting's calves.

And next to the Dongting divine sculpture was the River Estuary Realm Fourth Stage Western Wilderness divine sculpture.

Lord Western Wilderness looked like a weak little minion, not even reaching others' knees in height...

"Haha!" Lu Ran laughed out loud by accident.

Who would have thought that the heaven-standing second-class god, Lord Western Wilderness, would end up in such a state.

And when Lu Ran continued to move sideways to observe, his mouth opened into an "O" shape!

"Ah??"

Lord Western Wilderness was sandwiched between two giants!

He was not as tall as the Dongting stone sculpture's knees, nor as tall as the Asha stone sculpture's knees!

Had the Asha divine sculpture also ascended to the Heavenly Realm?

Lu Ran had only swallowed the souls of 9 Asha believers in total; how could the Asha divine sculpture ascend to the Heavenly Realm?

Even if those 9 people were all from the Vast Sea, that shouldn't... Hmm.

Lu Ran looked up at the calves of the Asha divine sculpture and thought of a name—Feng Zhihuan!

How greedy was this person?

The entire Jingxian Island faction, from top to bottom, had all its treasures gripped in her hands alone.

From this, one could see her personality; she would never share anything with anyone!

Then, in the time Feng Zhihuan had dominated the Mountain Realm for over a decade, including the years she firmly controlled Jingxian Island and the surrounding islands, did every wisp of Holy Spirit Qi that fell from the sky belong to her?

Even if the Holy Spirit Qi fell to the ground, others wouldn't dare to touch it, only leaving it for the Island Master, waiting for Feng Zhihuan to come and take it herself?

Lu Ran had reason to think so!

Because the Asha divine sculpture's realm was right there; this stone sculpture was a solid Heavenly Realm Lower Stage!

"I thought Luo Tiantu and Lady Kong were already quite capable of looting..." Lu Ran muttered.

Never expected there to be a master!

Good, good looting!

At the same time, Lu Ran also realized a problem: he could do the same thing here at the Pear Garden Sect!

It was useless for the disciples of the Pear Garden Sect to absorb the Holy Spirit Qi.

If left for the Master of the Lu Sect, it could cultivate stone sculptures.

Now that their side was strong, they could expand their territory around Cloud Sea Cliff, and they wouldn't need the Demon-Suppressing Hall's demon troops to collect Holy Spirit Qi.

Just let the Holy Spirit Qi fall to the ground and let the Demon-Suppressing Hall or the Lu Sect disciples guard it strictly!

Waiting for the Sect Master to come and absorb it.

Yes, let's do that!

Lu Ran secretly made a decision and then exited the spiritual world.

He was overjoyed about gaining two Heavenly Realm stone sculptures and immediately shared his joy: "Sister Shuangzi, do you know... uh?"

Lu Ran's expression froze.

Why had Yan Shuangzi changed?

His eyes were a bit dazed: "Sister Shuangzi, you... why do you look like little Ruyi?"

Jiang Ruyi:???

She held Lu Ran's head, her hands massaging his temples gently, and spoke softly: "Is it possible that I am Jiang Ruyi?"

Lu Ran: "..."

Jiang Ruyi lowered her head, her beautiful eyes looking gently at the person in her arms.

It was enough to make Lu Ran's scalp tingle!

He said sheepishly: "Aren't you having a meeting in the back garden?"

Fairy Jiang smiled but didn't smile, raising her eyebrows slightly: "Why, don't you want me back? Do you want your Shadow Protector to... hmm."

Lu Ran suddenly propped himself up, capturing her soft lips, his voice muffled: "Both the Martial Student and Asha divine sculptures have ascended to the Heavenly Realm..."

Jiang Ruyi's pretty face turned red "whoosh," even her delicate earlobes stained with a pale pink.

She held his face with both hands and pressed him back into her arms.

Bad thing!

Did you have to say it at this time?

However, Jiang Ruyi could feel his ecstatic heart; she hummed and followed his words: "They both ascended to the Heavenly Realm?"

"Yes, yes, yes!" Lu Ran nodded repeatedly. "Hey! Do you know? First-class divine sculptures have Heavenly Realm divine techniques! Martial Student disciples can learn Heavenly Realm ultimate moves!"

"Oh?" Jiang Ruyi was also quite surprised.

"Yes, the effect is outrageous! I only understood it superficially; that stage, those afterimages, those face masks are simply gods and ghosts dancing wildly, ten-sided ambush!"

(End of Chapter) ===== CHAPTER 693 =====