Chapter 291: Ang Xiao Enters the Game!

Just as Suo Huan's request for Gold failed and the three sides prepared to feast together, the True Lord of Ang Xiao Shrouding the Sun finally made his move, instantly making the Overseas Seas the focus of the entire world.

At the same time, other True Lords felt uneasy and suspicious.

"Ang Xiao... does he not want the Ever-Flowing Water anymore?"

"Or does he firmly believe that the Ever-Flowing Water is safe, will not be shaken by Suo Huan, and that this cannot possibly affect his exalted position at the late stage of the Golden Core?"

"Where does he get such confidence?"

This time was different from before; the reason Master Chongguang failed previously and was powerless to turn the tide was ultimately due to a lack of preparation and an information gap.

However, this time, all sides joined hands to use Suo Huan to shake the Ever-Flowing Water, truly intending to pull this Dao Fruit position down; by then, even if Chen Tianhe's Yin-Yang attributes were altered, even if the Ever-Flowing Water was forcibly sealed and he retreated into seclusion, Ang Xiao would still fall in realm!

How could he not take it seriously?

Or did he simply decide to use the River of Heaven Water to exchange for it? But how easily can Dao Fruit positions be swapped on equal footing?

Or... is he actually not Ang Xiao?

Does he have another scheme?

At this moment, countless True Lords were calculating and deducing, yet all heavenly secrets were obscured, and no one could calculate the true cause and effect.

In a flash, the three True Lords present all made their decision.

"We cannot let him succeed!"

Besides them, many other True Lords also made their move; the scene of the past siege on Ang Xiao reappeared as they all flew toward the Overseas Seas together!

"Xuan Yuan! Ming Zhu! Yuan Xu! Lend me your aid once!"

The Dragon Lord's voice boomed out; after a brief pause, three Dharma Bodies rose within the Four Seas Gate, actually blocking the three True Lords who had made their move.

"Just this once."

"After today, Ming Zhu and the Dragon Clan are even."

"Alas, I am but an old skeleton."

In an instant, the entire Foundation Establishment realm's color became hazy; dozens of True Lords made their move, their qi mechanisms interacting as if they were kneading heaven and earth into a single ball.

Under the influence of the Great Sea Water Dao Fruit, the entire Overseas Seas spawned infinite changes; every time a True Lord made a move, a strange phenomenon appeared: volcanic eruptions, islands emerging, frost and snow falling from the sky, seaweed spreading... slowly eroding the space of the Overseas Seas bit by bit, like burning the sky and boiling the sea!

Such strange phenomena lasted for nearly half a shi.

The Four Seas Gate's such powerful resistance obviously exceeded everyone's expectations; furthermore, Tian Qiu's timing was just right, requesting Gold at the same time as Suo Huan.

Therefore, he ultimately succeeded.

"Boom!"

With a thunderous crash, the Gate of the Netherworld was completely stabilized; the True Lord of Ang Xiao Shrouding the Sun behind the door grinned, immediately extending his palm toward the sky.

"... No way!"

Almost simultaneously, all True Lords erupted with violent force, breaking through the blockade of the Dragon Lord and the other three Overseas True Lords, separating him from the River of Heaven Water.

The next second, the River of Heaven Water remained safe and sound.

The Ever-Flowing Water moved.

"Tsk, it's that damn obstacle of knowledge and perception again!"

Only at this moment did the three True Lords who had acted most violently, whose true bodies were located in the Overseas Seas, realize they had unintentionally ignored Suo Huan.

But after realizing it, they felt somewhat strange.

"The River of Heaven Water was just a decoy; he ultimately still wants the Ever-Flowing Water, but what does he use to trigger the Ever-Flowing Water? Do you really think we didn't discover his move on Suo Huan? It was just that one drop of Heavenly Virtue Beneficent Divine Water; we had already isolated its influence..."

However, the next second, the expressions of all True Lords suddenly changed.

Because under Ang Xiao's influence, the Ever-Flowing Water actually changed direction, plummeting straight toward the just-opened Gate of the Netherworld!

This is unreasonable!

From start to finish, Ang Xiao had only communicated with Suo Huan once and given only one drop of Heavenly Virtue Beneficent Divine Water, which the True Lords had discovered in advance.

How did he do it?

Of everyone present, only Suo Huan knew the truth clearly, his eyes filled with growing hatred: "What I saw... is actually what I saw back then with my lord!"

He just forgot!

That was the day the Huan Xu Jie was destroyed! This lord... Ang Xiao had appeared once back then, teaching him a method.

"The Sutra of Ten Thousand Spirits Returning to the Void!" Suo Huan gritted his teeth:

"That was never a deduction of the Huan Xu Jie; you gave it to me under the guise of the World Heaven. This Sutra was never a method for requesting Gold from the start!"

This was the reason for Suo Huan's despair.

Because he realized he had never escaped the True Lord's control from the beginning, like a puppet on strings, always being played with in the palm of his hand.

"Beast... you beast!"

Precisely because he understood everything and knew he never had any hope of requesting Gold, Suo Huan screamed so hysterically after his failure; a strong sense of powerlessness filled his body, yet he was helpless, forced to let Ang Xiao use his cultivation for sacrifice at this very moment.

Yes, sacrifice!

The so-called Sutra of Ten Thousand Spirits Returning to the Void is essentially a method to sacrifice the cultivator's entire self to the Dao Fruit, thereby triggering the Dao Fruit's fall!

"Whoosh, whoosh!"

In almost an instant, Suo Huan's physical body and cultivation burned out completely, leaving only a soul carrying the Golden Nature, barely huddled within the Blessed Land.

At the same time, since he was left with only a soul...

The Gate of the Netherworld appeared!

Souls of cultivators from beyond the heavens are originally anomalies in this world; naturally, the Gate of the Netherworld must guide them to reincarnation, so it actively opened its gates at this moment!

And behind this gate, there was also an Ang Xiao!

He seemed to have prepared for a long time; the very instant the Gate of the Netherworld opened for Suo Huan, he reached out to take the plummeting Ever-Flowing Water!

In this instant, time almost stopped.

And the Dragon Lord, who had originally decided to take a gamble, felt bone-chilling cold, instinctively lowering his head to look at another Ang Xiao within the Dragon Palace.

To be precise, it was a clone forged by Ang Xiao using the karmic sin of Master Chongguang.

At this moment, he stood with his hands clasped behind his back, leisurely admiring the colors in the sky, seemingly never once looking toward the Dragon Lord.

The Dragon Lord closed his golden eyes, vast as mountains, and with a final thread of hope, spoke in a low voice:

"Ang Xiao, you promised me before..."

"What?"

As the words fell, Ang Xiao finally glanced carelessly at the Dragon Lord, his calm expression as if looking at a loach thrashing in a pond.

"You have already called me Ang Xiao, yet you still do not understand?"

"I am a True Lord of the Holy Sect, and a late-stage Jin Dan cultivator; it is common knowledge that I do not keep my promises."

The next second, the stagnant time resumed its flow; Chang Liushui had arrived before the gates of the Netherworld, and Ang Xiao, with a smile, accepted it.

Yet suddenly, his expression changed drastically!

With almost no hesitation, he violently flicked his hand, trying to fling Chang Liushui away to sever the connection, but it was already too late—

"Boom!!!"

In an instant, a shocking change erupted!

The Chang Liushui, which had been utterly obedient, suddenly surged up like a flood breaching a dam, blasting its immense power straight into the Netherworld!

Following this came a burst of suppressed, ecstatic, and frenzied laughter:

"Hahahaha!"

"Ang Xiao, do you like the gift I sent you?"

Such mad laughter was utterly familiar to the True Lords of all factions; even Ang Xiao showed a trace of astonishment at this moment:

"Xue Feihong!?"

The next second, the fruit seat that should have been Chang Liushui swayed, as if shedding a thin veil, revealing its true form within.

"That is not Chang Liushui... is it Jian Xiaoshui?"

It is True Lord Qingcheng Feixue!

(End of this chapter)