Chapter 196: It's a Big Deal!

Only at this moment did Lu Yang's arrangement finally yield the desired result: provoking a great war among the four sides so he could reap the benefits while others fought.

If this continued, he would inevitably become the final victor.

Yet, without doubt, the heavenly and earthly killing intent that had locked onto him from start to finish, demanding 【Lu Yang dies overseas】, would never allow such a thing to happen.

Thus, the incident escalated.

Just as in his previous life, when 【Senior Wu Cang killed Lu Yang】, and Senior Wu Cang was no match for Lu Yang, the heavenly and earthly killing intent caused the Dao Sin to possess Senior Wu Cang.

It was the same in this life.

The instant Lu Yang used a mere ounce of effort to move a thousand pounds, forcibly triggering a great war among the four sides through his supernatural arts, the heavenly and earthly killing intent began to push a new variable into existence.

Just then, seeing Ying Tongshou, his mind clouded by calamity qi, take out a golden imperial edict to suppress the Blood Demon Daoist, while the Blood Demon Daoist prepared to fight to the death, that edict suddenly erupted with a brilliant, dazzling Jin Guang. At this moment, everyone present froze in shock!

The same thought surfaced in everyone's mind.

Someone is looking over.

Jiangdong Dao Court, early morning.

At this moment, the Golden Crow was about to spit out the sun, poised between rising and not yet risen; only the faint remnants of light on the horizon were slowly ascending, illuminating a majestic palace.

【Tianwu Hall】

Inside this hall, beneath layers of curtains, stood a young man in a yellow robe, tall and slender, with a handsome and elegant face.

Suddenly, the young man in the yellow robe opened his eyes and let out a soft "Huh." Instantly, the coiled-dragon pillars throughout the 【Tianwu Hall】 reacted; the dragon-shaped statues, which should have been mere carvings, seemed to come alive, baring their claws and teeth, gazing remotely toward the young man.

One thought, one action, all generated a resonance.

Looking across Jiangdong, only one person possessed such a strange power: the Dao Court Son of Heaven of this generation, the Tianwu Imperial Clan, the father of Jiangdong's hundred million living beings!

At this moment, he, who had been feigning sleep with eyes closed, suddenly opened his eyes.

Unlike ordinary people, the Tianwu imperial bloodline was special; the imperial descendants were born with a pair of emerald eyes. At this moment, their gaze suddenly spanned tens of millions of li of territory!

Almost simultaneously, inside 【Blood Demon Island】.

As the Dao Court Son of Heaven's gaze projected over, the imperial edict in Ying Tongshou's hand floated into the air, then reflected the heavenly light, casting the shadow of a figure standing with hands behind his back.

A thought moved, and a manifestation formed!

In fact, this was not even a manifestation; it was merely a line of sight projected from the Dao Court Son of Heaven, who was far away at the edge of the sky, less than one hundred-millionth of his true power!

Yet even so, the instant this manifestation of the Dao Court Son of Heaven appeared, Ying Tongshou said not a word and immediately knelt on the ground. On the other side, the True Person Blood Demon and Ye Xingfeng, who had been standing in the air, stumbled, their escape lights vanished, and they fell directly from the sky to the ground.

Only Lin Lao of the Xian Alliance was different.

He, far from losing his composure, straightened his back, his brows relaxed, his expression arrogant, and in an instant, he had transformed into the appearance of a young man!

"Hahaha! Finally, finally, you have let me out!"

Lin Lao—or rather, the Dao Sin of the Primordial True Person—laughed wildly at the sky, his aura rapidly surging, not at all inferior to the Dao Court Son of Heaven's manifestation!

"Interesting..."

Seeing this, the Dao Court Son of Heaven's manifestation could not help but look over, his face showing surprise: "There is still a Dao Sin remaining overseas?"

Two existences involving Jin Dan!

Although one was a manifestation formed by a line of sight and the other was a Dao Sin formed by a failed attempt to form a Golden Core, for a Foundation Establishment cultivator, it was still a dimensional strike!

However, this was not yet over.

"Clang, clang!"

The next second, a dazzling sword light erupted from Ye Xingfeng's body as well; it was clearly a small jade sword hanging at his waist.

At the same time, at Jiangnan Yushu Jiange.

On the Peak of Extreme Heaven.

It was still that same youth True Lord with red lips and white teeth, hand resting on his sword before his knee, eyes closed and silent. Behind him, several Yushu Jiange True Persons were conversing.

"True Person Tianxing has been overseas for quite some time."

"Why hasn't he returned yet?"

"After all, he is a True Person of the Mo Sect; it is normal that he is hard to kill. True Person Tianxing still holds the sword intent left by the True Lord, so there should never be any problems."

"That is true..."

Before the words had fully faded, a soft sound suddenly spread across the Peak of Extreme Heaven.

In an instant, all the True Persons instinctively held their breath, then looked nervously toward the cliff edge, toward that youth with red lips and white teeth.

Then, everyone was shocked to see that the youth True Lord, who had closed his eyes over a hundred years ago and never opened them, now opened his eyes. They reflected a brilliant, star-like radiance, staring straight at them as he calmly said, "What year is it now?"

"Greetings, 【Chengtian Zhengde True Lord】!"

Facing the salutations of the True Persons, the youth True Lord merely nodded, then slowly rose, performed a brief calculation, and gradually furrowed his brows.

"Xingfeng... entangled by calamity fate, is it because of Tingyou?"

Upon mentioning the name 【Tingyou】, the youth True Lord's expression visibly darkened, and the joy of emerging from seclusion was tinged with a few more shades of gloom.

A thousand years have passed; very few people know of Patriarch Tingyou now. Even if they do, few understand how dazzling Patriarch Tingyou was back then. However, as the direct rival and Dao Enemy of Patriarch Tingyou, the youth True Lord would never forget the shock the other brought him.

At that time, Tingyou was merely a cultivator from a small sect, having just reached Foundation Establishment and not yet reincarnated.

And him? A Great True Person of the Yushu Jiange, who had cultivated through four lifetimes to perfect his supernatural arts, already beginning to plot his ascension; one could even say he was only one step away.

Such a huge gap that at first, he did not care about Patriarch Tingyou at all.

Then Patriarch Tingyou caught up.

Over a hundred years ago, he was still in seclusion preparing to seek the Golden Core; over a hundred years later, he learned that a Foundation Establishment cultivator from a small sect was preparing to seek the Golden Core just like him.

Was this a human?

Even more absurdly, just when he, relying on the advantage of accumulated time, had secured his position a step ahead, thinking it was merely a false alarm and that he could rest easy forever, that fellow named Tingyou had actually found another path, discovering a method to falsely hold the Golden Core position!

So the youth True Lord acted.

One sword strike, cutting off the threat forever. Yet what he did not expect was that in the late years of this life, he would hear the name Tingyou again!

"A person whose ghost refuses to disperse..."

The young True Person exhaled deeply and began divining once more; soon, more related information surfaced, finally locking onto a person's name.

"Lu Yang? Heaven's murderous intent?"

Thinking this, the young True Person raised his head to glance at the Sky Dome, nodded slightly, and said, "In that case, I shall follow the Mandate of Heaven and eliminate this hidden threat."

The next second, he shifted his mind.

Almost simultaneously, on the Blood Demon Island, the jade small sword at Ye Xingfeng's waist blazed with light, and the young True Person's projection actually stepped out from it with hands clasped behind his back!

Another True Person projection!

And just as the Dao Court Son of Heaven, the Yushu Jiange True Person, and the Innate Dao Sin stood in a three-way standoff, the entire Bao Shou Shan finally could not bear the burden and collapsed.

Lu Yang's figure appeared not far away.

On the other side, Guangming, who had entered the secret realm without taking anything and doing anything, was now seen with his eyes overflowing with Buddha-light.

He had ultimately lost to his "true self."

Beneath the Buddha-light, the Pure Land's Vase-Water-Moon Bodhisattva stepped out, a smile of boundless compassion on his face, and suddenly a chanting of Zen echoed throughout heaven and earth.

Just then, the void suddenly cracked open.

"Dare!"

The next second, Daoist Hong Yun Daoist, who had reached the peak of Foundation Establishment, stepped out with hands clasped behind his back and overwhelming momentum: "Who is this petty villain? How dare you... dare... dare..."

His voice gradually lowered.

In mid-air, the Dao Court Son of Heaven projection, the Pure Land Bodhisattva projection, the Yushu Jiange True Person projection, and the Innate True Person Dao Sin all looked up at Daoist Hong Yun Daoist simultaneously:

"Who are you calling daring!?"

Hearing this, Daoist Hong Yun Daoist looked at the four of them with a bewildered expression.

"... Ah?"

(End of this chapter)