Chapter 189: Revival

189. Chapter 189 Revival

"Otherwise, Character: Liyang Immortal City will suffer a cataclysm and become a dead city!"

Listening to Yin San Gongzi's threatening words, Xiao Zhangqing frowned slightly, and the hand that clenched the sword Qi technique paused.

This person might be on the brink of death, his survival instinct flaring, babbling nonsense to make him hesitate.

But it could also be the truth.

Character: Liyang Immortal City, as the most prosperous place in the Da Yu Cultivation World, may not match the cities of Xingyue Palace and the Seven Star Sword Sect—both Nascent Soul sects—but it is no small matter.

The city houses over a million cultivators; Foundation Establishment cultivators are countless, and there are also many Core Formation and Fake Core True Person practitioners.

It also has protective great formations and other underlying measures.

Eradicating such a massive city would be immensely difficult.

Yet the Demon Sect Evil Cultivator's headquarters appears to have evil spirits reviving, and after this Yin San Gongzi unusually crossed the Cloud Mist Mountain Range, he did not cause trouble nearby but traveled thousands of miles to Character: Liyang Immortal City, leaving Xiao Zhangqing no choice but to think further.

Seeing Xiao Zhangqing hesitate, his killing resolve no longer as decisive as before, Yin San Gongzi rejoiced.

He hurriedly continued: "I can swear that the secret I speak is not false. If we do not stop it in time, after a while the entire Da Yu Cultivation World will be unable to save Character: Liyang Immortal City. Even if the two Nascent Soul True Lords of the Seven Star Sword Sect and Xingyue Palace arrive, it may still be useless!"

"So terrifying?" Xiao Zhangqing frowned, his eyes cautious and somewhat doubtful.

Yin San Gongzi nodded wildly, swearing, and said: "If you spare me, I will reveal this secret to you; you will not regret it. To be frank, I traveled thousands of miles specifically to Character: Liyang Immortal City; the target is right here! If Character: Liyang Immortal City perishes, Xingyue Palace and the Seven Star Sword Sect will understand the stakes, obey, and cooperate with us…"

"If that's the case…"

Xiao Zhangqing seemed to ponder, then his gaze hardened sharply.

Buzz! An invisible spiritual awareness fluctuation already enveloped Yin San Gongzi.

But this was neither Dragon Chant Technique nor the Nine Autumn Spiritual Awareness Secret Art, but a nightmare technique that Xiao Zhangqing had not used for a long time.

Yin San Gongzi originally thought he could escape the disaster, his heart shifting from despair to hope, but the next second a chilling dread rose within him.

It's a spiritual awareness attack! Damn, I forgot this fellow's greatest strength is spiritual awareness attacks! Yet his current divine abilities are so incomprehensible, surpassing mine, able to slay me easily—why still use a spiritual awareness attack? Yin San Gongzi stared wide‑eyed, unable to understand, subconsciously calming his mind, steadying his spirit, trying to resist.

Unfortunately, it was already too late.

Originally his Soul Transformation strength was far inferior, and now it had reached the Soul Transformation 'limit', with Xiao Zhangqing projecting over two hundred zhang outward, and he was caught by a deliberate yet careless surprise attack—his reaction was too slow.

In an instant, Yin San Gongzi felt his soul as if ripped from his body, thrust into terrifying nightmares, as if trapped in samsara, more miserable than the evil ghost he once captured in a flag artifact.

But within a tea‑time span, Yin San Gongzi had become a marionette; though still alive, his eyes were vacant, like a puppet at Xiao Zhangqing's disposal.

Xiao Zhangqing asked a question, and he answered.

Regardless of the core secret involved, whatever he knew or had an impression of in his mind, he would disclose everything.

Even some things he was unsure of, only speculating, he would still state truthfully.

Xiao Zhangqing was also unambiguous, asking all the matters he wished to know.

First, the internal situation of the Demon Sect—why this invasion war was launched. The answer from Yin San Gongzi matched what Su Wushuang said, though Xiao Zhangqing obtained more detail. Within the Ten‑Thousand‑Mountain region of the Southern Wilderness, sporadic evil spirit revivals began a hundred years ago, but then the numbers were few and the spirits mostly weak.

However, twenty years ago the numbers exploded, and later terrifying evil spirits emerged that even the Demon Sect's Nascent Soul True Lords could not resolve, slaughtering everything at a whim.

Thus the current state of the Southern Wilderness is far worse than the Da Yu Cultivation World imagined.

Consequently, the Demon Sect's invasion stance is extremely resolute.

Later Xiao Zhangqing also inquired about the Demon Sect's upper echelons, the number of Nascent Soul True Lords, and the bizarre methods of those Evil Cultivators, how to guard against them, and so on.

The number of Nascent Soul True Lords within the Demon Sect equals that of the Da Yu Cultivation World—two.

However, one Nascent Soul True Lord of the Demon Sect was severely wounded while dealing with evil spirits; his power has not fully recovered, causing the current slow invasion pace, and the great army has yet to cross the Rain Mist Mountain Range.

Finally.

Xiao Zhangqing asked Yin San Gongzi about his purpose in coming to Character: Liyang Immortal City.

Indeed, he did not lie; the cataclysm he spoke of for Character: Liyang Immortal City was not a fabricated lie for survival.

"So he truly came for the evil spirit…"

Xiao Zhangqing murmured to himself, his expression solemn.

In recent days Yin San Gongzi's methods have been cruel, slaughtering wildly, not to cultivate demonic arts or forge demonic weapons, but to use a special secret technique to fully revive the evil spirit near Character: Liyang Immortal City!

Moreover, that evil spirit is most likely the white‑clad female evil spirit that briefly appeared in Character: Liyang Immortal City years ago and then vanished without a trace!

According to Yin San Gongzi's testimony, that white‑clad female evil spirit did not fully revive back then, so its threat level was low, perhaps only reaching Fake Core True Person rank. It has been dormant all these years, hence it caused no trouble.

However, its potential is huge; if his plan succeeds and the spirit revives substantially, it could soon threaten late Core Formation and even perfected cultivators.

If one waits until the spirit truly destroys Character: Liyang Immortal City and fully completes its revival, it will be too late for everything.

By then, even a Nascent Soul True Lord's arrival could not utterly destroy it!

The Demon Sect's reason for sending Yin San Gongzi was simple: besides sowing chaos within the Da Yu Cultivation World and weakening its strength, they also wanted the Seven Star Sword Sect and Xingyue Palace to recognize the evil spirit's might and obediently accept the Demon Sect's terms.

Fortunately, according to the information Yin San Gongzi obtained, the Da Yu Cultivation World now has very few evil spirits; a powerful, highly potential one like the white‑clad female spirit of Character: Liyang Immortal City is still only one, with none found elsewhere.

Snort! A sword flash sliced through, the head flew off, ending Yin San Gongzi's sinful life.

After Xiao Zhangqing gratefully took the opponent's storage bag, he turned back to Shuangfeng Ridge to reunite with Gu Zongyuan and Su Wushuang.

Just now Yin San Gongzi's evasion technique was extremely swift; only Xiao Zhangqing could keep up, and the two chased hundreds of li ahead, while Gu Zongyuan and Su Wushuang did not follow.

……

"Brother Xiao, how is it? Has the Evil Cultivator been subdued?"

Gu Zongyuan saw Xiao Zhangqing return and hurriedly asked.

"Yin San Gongzi was killed by me," Xiao Zhangqing nodded.

"Ha ha!"

Gu Zongyuan laughed loudly to Su Wushuang: "How about it, I was right, weren't I? As long as Brother Xiao acts, this Yin San Gongzi is bound to die. A mere Evil Cultivator cannot escape Brother Xiao's grasp."

Su Wushuang said lightly: "I also have no doubt about Xiao Dao Companion's strength."

Although Su Wushuang's cold, unapproachable demeanor never changes, like an iceberg, his eyes still show a slight hint of joy.

Slaying Yin San Gongzi is equivalent to eliminating a major internal threat.

Otherwise, if we let this Evil Cultivator that can threaten the Fake Core True Person run rampant around Character: Liyang Immortal City, the disciples of Baihua Valley would find traveling extremely dangerous.

Now that Baihua Valley has set its main base near Character: Liyang Immortal City, its fortunes rise and fall together with the city.

"Don't get too excited yet…" Xiao Zhangqing glanced at the two, saying, "Although I have already killed Yin San Gongzi, there is now an even bigger trouble waiting for us to resolve…"

Very soon.

Xiao Zhangqing recounted the information he had extracted from Yin San Gongzi's interrogation.

Upon hearing that a demonic entity near Character: Liyang Immortal City, which in the future could rival a Nascent Soul True Lord and could destroy the entire city, existed, both of their eyelids involuntarily twitched.

"According to Yin San Gongzi, although this demonic entity's revival progress is still less than half, it can already threaten cultivators in the mid Core Formation stage."

"Moreover, most importantly, for a demonic entity of this rank there is virtually no way to completely eradicate it. Even without its feeding or acceleration, its core will slowly revive and grow stronger…"

"It will eventually revive completely, but the timing is still unknown…"

Xiao Zhangqing finished speaking and exhaled a puff of foul vapor.

This white‑clothed female demonic entity is like a time bomb, impossible to defuse and impossible to predict when it will explode.

Gu Zongyuan's smile and cheer had completely vanished; after a half‑second of silence he said, "Brother Xiao, I do not doubt your intentions. It is just that Yin San Gongzi's words—could they be a bluff for his own survival? Or perhaps this demonic entity is not truly incorrigible; there might be a way…"

Xiao Zhangqing shook his head and said, "I have a way to verify; everything Yin San Gongzi said is true. At least, it is the deepest, most genuine secret in his heart."

"As for whether this white‑clothed female demonic entity can be eliminated, perhaps it can, but Yin San Gongzi does not know. From the mission information he received, the Demon Sect likely also lacks a method to eradicate a demonic entity of this rank. Otherwise, the current dire state of the Southern Wilderness's Hundred‑Thousand Great Mountains would not be so terrible, and the Demon Sect would not be unable to stay."

"For a demonic entity that can grow to the Nascent Soul level, the only approach is to slow its revival speed. Alternatively, if a Nascent Soul True Lord intervenes, perhaps it can be sealed while it has not yet fully revived…"

"If we wait until it fully revives, even most Nascent Soul True Lords, who are otherwise nearly helpless, will be at a loss."

Gu Zongyuan opened his mouth, then fell silent again.

If that is indeed the case, then this matter has already exceeded his, and Character: Liyang Immortal City's, capacity to resolve.

Only a Nascent Soul True Lord's intervention can seal it.

In the entire Da Yu Cultivation World, there are currently only two Nascent Soul True Lords.

One resides in the Seven‑Star Sword Sect, the other in Xingyue Palace.

These two great sects, as of now, do not have good relations with Character: Liyang Immortal City; one could even say they bear a grudge… (End of Chapter)