Chapter 313: Where There Is Nothing, There Is Something; Where There Is Something, There Is Nothing

As the words fell, the 【Nether Envoy】 opened its massive mouth.

Within that blood-filled maw lay a tongue like a river of blood, while its sharp fangs were a pile of clean white bones; a piercing shriek erupted as if ten thousand yin souls had opened their mouths.

"Boom!"

In an instant, great sound became silence; the terrifying splendor of the divine technique shook Lu Yang's sea of consciousness violently, and streams of Jin Guang immediately protected his divine sense.

【Obstinate Metal Duke】!

This innate divine technique was a standard life-saving art; under its enhancement, axes and halberds striking the body caused not a single bit of damage, and could even protect the sea of consciousness!

However, the 【Nether Envoy】's strength was clearly far above Lu Yang's; after all, it was crafted by 【Cheng Tian Gang】, with a starting point of a Great True Person at the late Foundation Establishment stage.

Immediately, the Jin Guang transformed from the 【Obstinate Metal Duke】 shattered with a boom amidst the 【Nether Envoy】's piercing shriek; the terrifying sound waves echoed rumblingly within Lu Yang's sea of consciousness until his sea of consciousness, soul, and memories were all churned into a tangled mess, only then did the shrieking cease.

But in the next second.

"Hmm?"

A flash of Jin Guang suddenly appeared; before the 【Nether Envoy】 could react, a sword light rose from the shattered sea of consciousness and slashed down to kill!

"Not dead yet?"

The 【Nether Envoy】 blocked the sword light with a look of shock, only to discover that its magical body, under the light of that sword, was crumbling inch by inch like melting ice and snow!

【Master of War and Armor】!

Lu Yang certainly would not hand 【Li Jie Bo】 to his clone, so what he used now was a portion of the marvelous power within 【Master of War and Armor】 symbolizing "Transformation."

Transformation means change.

When things reach their extreme, change is born!

This divine technique could alter the nature of things, turning gold to iron and iron to mud; under its influence, the 【Nether Envoy】 felt its originally light ethereal body suddenly become countless times heavier, and its originally ethereal divine sense gradually took on a tangible, real sensation of metal and iron!

"How is this possible?"

The 【Nether Envoy】 widened its eyes, completely unable to understand: "Struck by my 【Raging Yin Shriek】, your sea of consciousness is shattered; how can you still engage in magical combat?"

The answer was simple.

'The clone's sea of consciousness is shattered; what does that have to do with my original body? As long as I haven't scattered my soul and spirit, and the 【Puppet Master】 still exists, I can force him to fight!'

Though he said this, Lu Yang was already cursing in his heart.

'Where is Hong Ju? Where is True Lord Qingcheng Feixue? Why haven't they moved? Can't they see such a huge 【Nether Envoy】 invading my sea of consciousness?'

Teammates, where are my teammates? Help me out!

At the same time, the 【Nether Envoy】 seemed to have seen through Lu Yang's thoughts and sneered: "Do not harbor false hopes; no one can help you now."

"Even before I awoke, I spread out the 【Wo Jiao Stone】; now, within your sea of consciousness, even if ten million years pass, only a single breath will have elapsed in the outside world. Perhaps someone has already moved to save you, but by the time they rescue you, you will have long been tortured by the loneliness here into abandoning thought."

As the words fell, the 【Nether Envoy】 expected Lu Yang to be terrified.

However, what met its gaze was Lu Yang's greedy, fiery eyes.

'There is actually such a divine technique...'

Lu Yang was amazed in his heart; ten million years contained in a single thought. The 【Nether Envoy】's various methods clearly abandoned the physical body, specializing in targeting souls.

Which fruit position does this correspond to?

'... 【Nether Court】!'

Thinking of this, Lu Yang could restrain himself no longer; in the current world, there had never been cultivators practicing 【Nether Court】; this was the first one he had ever seen!

How was it cultivated?

'This monster's magic power is peculiar; although I did not notice it before, the resonance of qi and mechanism after engaging in magical combat actually made me feel a sense of familiarity.'

It's a bit like a Xianling!

'Damn it, could this be a Xianling embodying the qi of 【Nether Court】? Not only the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends, but 【Nether Court】 can also give birth to Xianling!?'

Lu Yang almost instantly thought of his golden talent 【Born Xianling】; if 【Nether Court】 could truly give birth to Xianling, then did he also have a chance? The fruit of emptiness proof, concerning the Nascent Soul Dao Lord... this might be the opportunity for him to reach the peak in the future!

However, very quickly, Lu Yang calmed down again.

'Not necessarily; this monster is clearly a contingency left by 【Cheng Tian Gang】 within Yu Suzhen's body, not necessarily naturally formed; the situation of 【Nether Court】 is still unclear.'

As for the 【Nether Envoy】's threat, he did not take it to heart at all.

A single breath is ten million years?

That is simple.

Lu Yang shifted his mind, directly severed the connection state of the 【Puppet Master】, waited for a single breath to pass, and only then reconnected to the clone.

In just that instant, the situation in the outside world had changed drastically.

"Boom!"

Hong Ju had moved.

In fact, the moment the 【Nether Envoy】 appeared, Hong Ju had already moved; it was just that time had been infinitely stretched by the 【Nether Envoy】's divine technique.

However, after Lu Yang severed the link with the clone, he immediately broke free from the 【Nether Envoy】's divine technique influence; its "ten million years" reverted to a mere instant, and only after Hong Ju cast a spell to pull the 【Nether Envoy】 out of the clone's sea of consciousness did Lu Yang take control again.

Through this maneuver, all the damage was blocked by the clone.

Lu Yang's original body was completely unharmed!

At the same time, 【Cheng Tian Gang】, who had been secretly watching, saw the change in the battle situation but appeared disinterested: 'It seems the Daoist friend does not intend to move?'

The 【Nether Envoy】 was not dead.

This indicated that the Daoist friend behind the scenes had chosen to give up, preferring to hand over the innate Dao sin to himself rather than expose his true identity.

If Lu Yang could hear 【Cheng Tian Gang】's thoughts, he would surely look utterly helpless.

Is it that I don't want to kill the 【Nether Envoy】?

I just can't defeat it!

In the next second, a vast and boundless mighty force suddenly descended; it was none other than True Lord Qingcheng Feixue, who had been squatting overseas and watching the show, making her move.

The 【Nether Envoy】's special nature was clearly enough to attract her.

However, 【Ang Xiao】 did not care much.

The strength of a 【Nether Envoy】 is actually not great; it was merely formed by him using part of the 【Nether Court】's Qi to mold, looking intimidating but actually having no value.

The crucial point is not here.

'Now, who still remembers the Ten Thousand Spirits Banner?'

The Obstacle of Perception!

The appearance of the 【Nether Envoy】 was specifically used by him as bait to attract others' attention, thereby cooperating with him to activate the Obstacle of Perception and cast a spell to hide the Ten Thousand Spirits Banner.

'I will accept the Innate Dao Sin.'

At this moment, all sounds fell silent.

An invisible shadow expanded, covering the Spirit Platform and blinding perception, so that no one remembered, or even if they saw it, subconsciously ignored:

The Ten Thousand Spirits Banner was still receiving the Innate Dao Sin!

Previously, this process had been interrupted by Lu Yang, but it had unknowingly resumed, yet not a single person present noticed such a distinct change.

Except for Lu Yang.

The Obstacle of Perception fell upon the clone, causing it to ignore even if it saw, but Lu Yang, witnessing the scene through the 【Puppet on Strings】, was not included in this!

Alas, he saw it, but was powerless to stop it.

"The Ten Thousand Spirits Banner!"

Lu Yang tried to shout a warning, but even his voice was covered along with everything else; no one responded to him, and he could only watch helplessly as things happened.

'In the previous life, he probably also took Master Chongguang's Dao Sin under the gaze of all True Lords!'

'Unlike facing Foundation Establishment, facing True Lords, he should not be able to create something from nothing or blindly blind perception; it is mostly about diverting attention!'

'Diverting the True Lords' attention!'

'In the previous life, it was a great battle; in this life, it is that monster, like fishing.'

'As long as True Lord Qingcheng Feixue takes an interest in his bait, he can use the Obstacle of Perception to make him ignore attention to other things because of it.'

'Too sinister!'

Lu Yang sighed helplessly in his heart; the Innate Dao Sin was originally his target, and he had been thinking of using the Golden Nature of the Innate True Person to settle another talent.

Now it seems he can only give up.

However, just at this moment.

"Crack!"

A crisp explosion suddenly rang in everyone's ears, breaking an invisible barrier out of thin air, actually removing the influence of the Obstacle of Perception!

"Hmm? Who is it!?"

In an instant, the voice of True Lord Qingcheng Feixue echoed everywhere, and a massive divine sense instantly locked onto 【Ang Xiao】, who was preparing to take the Innate Dao Sin.

At this moment, the reception was complete.

However, as the instigator of everything, 【Ang Xiao】 frowned.

It was not only because the Obstacle of Perception suddenly shattered and True Lord Qingcheng Feixue discovered his existence, but also because of the Ten Thousand Spirits Banner now held in his hand.

'So heavy...!?'

Something is wrong!

The Ten Thousand Spirits Banner, which originally seemed ordinary to him, after containing the Innate Dao Sin, had actually produced changes he had not anticipated!

The next second, a calm voice spread softly:

"When the false is taken as true, the true is also false; where nothingness is taken as existence, existence returns to nothingness."

"Mu Changsheng leaves 【No-Heaven】 here, to aid future generations."

In an instant, even with 【Ang Xiao】's mental stability, a few traces of shock flowed into his eyes, because this voice was too familiar to him:

"... Innate True Person Mu Changsheng!?"

In a flash, 【Ang Xiao】 suddenly understood where the heaviness of the Ten Thousand Spirits Banner in his hand came from.

'This is... the heaviness of the Fruit Seat!'

In his later years, the Innate True Person bitterly sought the First Grade True Qi, seeking "Empty Verification," but finally died because he sought 【Long-Flowing Water】; he had thought he had become an ordinary person.

But looking again now—

'Back then, he actually succeeded!?'

(End of this chapter)