Chapter 161: You Are the Real Beast! (Bonus Update!)

"Scoundrel!"

Watching himself instantly transported tens of thousands of li away, Ye Xingfeng's killing intent surged violently, nearly overflowing from his eyes.

This was not merely because he had been toyed with and sent away by Lu Yang; more importantly, it was because of Lu Yang's cultivation base.

"Mid Stage of Foundation Establishment?"

As far as he knew, Lu Yang had only reached Foundation Establishment a mere hundred years ago; to comprehend an innate divine ability, accumulate enough merit and karma, and locate the Heavenly Gang and Earth Fiend in such a short century was truly extraordinary talent!

Extraordinary talent!

"However, he is no match for me."

As a sword cultivator, Ye Xingfeng possessed an incredibly precise assessment of both his own and his opponent's strength; he had long realized that Lu Yang actually lacked the means to deal with his flying sword.

Although he did not know what method Lu Yang used to seal one of the mystical aspects of his flying sword, it appeared that sealing just one was his limit; it affected his sword qi, but not by much, at most transporting him away, yet unable to truly injure him, let alone defeat him.

Upon thinking this, Ye Xingfeng's intent to kill grew even firmer.

This youth absolutely cannot be left alive!

The next second, he once again merged with his sword pill and flew toward Lu Yang's direction; with his Sword Escape Technique, covering tens of thousands of li would not take long.

At the same time, above the Starry Sea.

Patriarch Tingyou looked at Lu Yang with a strange expression: "Didn't you say you wouldn't temporarily avoid his sharp edge?"

"Patriarch, do not misunderstand."

Lu Yang shook his head, his thick-skinned face appearing extremely calm: "I merely spared his life for now; this is not yet the time to take him down."

Before his voice had even faded, Lu Yang first used the Heaven-Exploring Instrument to clear the karmic lock on his body, then used 【Embrace and Guard the Mountain】 to rapidly converge his entire aura, and only then followed the karmic connection in the netherworld to activate 【Determine Closeness and Distance】, piercing through the void and vanishing with the speed of lightning before one could cover their ears.

A dozen breaths later, sword light arrived via escape.

"... e ran?"

Ye Xingfeng's face turned ugly; he immediately performed finger calculation, attempting to deduce Lu Yang's whereabouts through karma, yet this time all he received was a blank void.

Amidst the brilliant splendor of a divine ability where rosy light soared.

Lu Yang's figure materialized, while Patriarch Tingyou stood behind him, sighing: "You kid, this escape technique of yours is truly shocking to the world."

"I was not escaping; I was competing with him in escape speed."

"Facts prove he is far inferior to me!"

Lu Yang's tone was extremely serious, showing not a hint of nonsense; seeing his solemn expression, Patriarch Tingyou nearly believed him for a moment.

"By the way, where did you escape to?"

Lu Yang shook his head: "I directly burned my remaining merit and karma, locked onto the karmic location of the 【Agni Sword】, and then escaped here."

After speaking, Lu Yang immediately performed finger calculation; with the assistance of the Heaven-Exploring Instrument, and given his deep karmic ties with the 【Agni Sword】 plus the fact that he came specifically to resolve this karma, he effortlessly understood the cause and effect, while at the same time, 【Determine Closeness and Distance】 ceased its operation.

"Rustle..."

The brilliant splendor of the divine ability quietly dispersed; Lu Yang looked around and discovered he had landed on an island, surrounded by hazy crimson glimmer.

Outside the island blew the Soul-Dissolving Wind, which never ceased throughout the year.

"This is within the Foundation Establishment Realm!"

A trace of surprise flashed in Lu Yang's eyes; this was the first time he had seen anything outside the Dao Foundation while within the Foundation Establishment Realm—someone had actually built an island here?

"This place is called 【Blood Demon Island】..."

Lu Yang rubbed his fingers, continuing to deduce information:

"Every hundred years, 【Blood Demon Island】 falls from the Foundation Establishment Realm into the present world, devouring living creatures around it to maintain the operation of the formations within the island."

"And the person who built this island was the original owner of the 【Agni Sword】, a former Late Stage of Foundation Establishment Great True Person of the Holy Sect, with the Daoist title Blood Demon... his soul lies within the island, currently in slumber, and what I must do is help him reincarnate back... back... Damn it, I've gone too far!"

Suddenly, Lu Yang abruptly stopped his movements.

Because just now, he had finally calculated the karmic burden he had undertaken and understood the exact method required to help that Blood Demon True Person of the Holy Sect return via reincarnation.

"This Blood Demon True Person had excessive killing intent during his life."

"So much so that during a certain journey, he actually killed a naturally born Immortal Spirit, resulting in heavenly punishment that forced him to repay the debt by living three lifetimes as a pig or a dog."

However, having achieved the Late Stage of Foundation Establishment, Blood Demon True Person had already reached the twilight of his third life; a Foundation Establishment True Person could have at most five lives, and if he truly spent three lives as a pig or dog, he would be like Arhat Fu Long, having no chance of transcendence in this lifetime, and even the cultivation from his previous lives would be lost in a single morning.

Thus, he devised a plan.

He returned the 【Agni Sword】 and the 【Three-Nine Soul-Dissolving Gourd】 to the Holy Sect, then used 【Blood Demon Island】 to hide within the Foundation Establishment Realm, isolating himself from the influence of reincarnation.

In plain terms, he forcibly refused to reincarnate.

Of course, this was merely a delaying tactic; not only was it no different from being a vegetable, akin to a fate worse than death, but given enough time, he would still be unable to escape reincarnation.

Therefore, the key lay in the karma of the 【Agni Sword】.

Blood Demon True Person was unable to reincarnate due to heavenly punishment, and whoever took the 【Agni Sword】 had to help him reincarnate, so how could one help him?

"Damn it, making me the scapegoat!"

Every person who inherited the karma of the 【Agni Sword】, upon entering Blood Demon Island, would have a portion of the heavenly punishment shifted onto them by him using secret techniques through their karmic connection.

Over time, all the heavenly punishment would be shifted away.

And Blood Demon True Person could regain his freedom, free of debts and burdens to re-enter reincarnation, then start anew and rapidly return to the Late Stage of Foundation Establishment.

Therefore, successive masters of the 【Agni Sword】 would die violently for various reasons; after all, they shared Blood Demon True Person's heavenly punishment and could not escape the calamitous qi clouding their minds, causing them to perish one after another; over time, the True Persons of the Holy Sect naturally dared not interact with it anymore.

"You beast!"

Lu Yang was so angry his hands trembled, feeling he had overestimated the moral baseline of the Holy Sect's True Persons; to actually conceive such a shameless and despicable scheme!

And damn it, specifically tricking the Holy Sect's True Persons!

These people, their hearts are too black!

Compared to these beasts of the Holy Sect, his own honest and kind self was like a pure white lotus, emerging from the mud unstained, washed by clear waves yet not seductive...

However, very soon, Lu Yang noticed something amiss.

"The Art of Deceiving Heaven?"

That Blood Demon True Person had actually left behind his secret technique for shifting heavenly punishment via karma, allowing anyone who inherited his karma to deduce it!

Looking at the content of the secret technique he had deduced, Lu Yang fell into deep thought, his expression becoming increasingly strange: "Leaving this secret technique behind specifically... Damn it, could he be intentionally encouraging those tricked Holy Sect True Persons to use the same method to trick others?"

Even recruiting downlines!

Thinking of this, Lu Yang's eyes suddenly flickered: "Come to think of it, I am currently burdened with heavenly killing intent, and those with karmic ties to me are all waiting for me outside..."

He suddenly had a bold idea.

The principle of the Art of Deceiving Heaven was simply to use the karma of giving away treasures to make others bear the heavenly punishment in one's stead, investing one unit of capital to reap ten units of profit.

"In that case, why don't I also learn from the advanced experience of the Holy Sect's True Persons? Blood Demon True Person created a 【Blood Demon Island】, so I'll create one too... yes, I'll create a Secret Realm that has just emerged, filled everywhere with heavenly materials and earthly treasures, where anyone who enters can take whatever they want..."

Take it, and you owe me karma!

"At that time, I will use the Art of Deceiving Heaven to transfer all the heavenly punishment to those who owe me karma, letting calamitous qi cloud their minds and cause them to kill each other over the treasures in the Secret Realm."

"Once they are mostly dead, and the survivors are heavily injured, I will come out to clean up the mess, trap and kill everyone in one move, and conveniently retrieve all the treasures I gave away... doing this is essentially profit without cost; Blood Demon True Person was still too conservative!"

"..."

Good heavens!

Patriarch Tingyou stood beside Lu Yang, looking helpless: Compared to a pillar of the Holy Sect like you, what is Blood Demon True Person? You are the real beast!

(End of Chapter)