Chapter 95: Ten Domains, Nine Sects!

Show mercy?

It doesn't exist.

No matter how floridly he speaks, I remain unmoved.

Let alone a Golden Core opportunity; even if Wang Pei said that letting him go would let him instantly reach Nascent Soul, Yunhe wouldn't hesitate for a moment.

Faced with Yunhe's stubbornness, Wang Pei was truly helpless.

What grudge does he have against him, that he's so determined to kill him?

Little did he know.

The impression Wang Pei left on Yunhe was that he would use any means to achieve his goal, even treating his own descendants' blood relatives as nourishment for himself—what couldn't he do?

Once you make an enemy of such a person, if you don't kill him, you'll never be able to sleep soundly again.

Moreover, Wang Pei managed to survive a fight with a Golden Core cultivator like Blood Ritual, so Yunhe didn't think he could match Blood Ritual; naturally he had to go all out, with no spare attention.

Bang!!

The Xuanwu Bracelet fell, and the halo of light emitted from Wang Pei's Black Seal on his head dimmed slightly, but quickly recovered.

Cree!!

Immediately after, the Li Bird Bees released from the Li Fire Pearl swarmed down, frantically striking the Black Seal, causing its just-stabilized state to start wobbling.

Mm!

The successive attacks made the Black Seal wobble on the verge of falling, and Wang Pei let out a muffled groan as his swollen body became insubstantial.

Just as Yunhe said, relying solely on attrition, with his current mana, even with a secret technique he couldn't last long.

After Yunhe's round of attacks ended again, a flash of ruthlessness crossed Wang Pei's face as he clenched his fist and pounded his chest.

Then he opened his mouth and inhaled a large amount of yin qi again, his entire soul showing a frenzied, pathological excitement.

Next second.

He cast a formula and poured it into the Black Seal atop his head.

In an instant, the Black Seal's aura surged, a 'humming' sound arose, and its brilliant light gathered inward.

"Finally, are you going all out?"

Seeing this, Yunhe understood at once and dared not be careless; while continuing to drive the Li Fire Pearl, he took out all the Golden Element Body-Protection Talismans from his storage bracelet.

He slapped them onto himself.

At the same time, he recalled the Soul-attracting Jade and deployed the Beast Element Shield in front of him.

After all, he again formed seals to cast the Metal Scale Armor Technique, and a golden pangolin phantom covered him.

Seeing Yunhe skillfully layer shield after shield on himself, Wang Pei's eye twitched, and he felt an urge to vomit blood.

No, we're going all out—is it appropriate to pile on so many layers of protection?

But no matter what, at this point he was already an arrow on the bow, forced to release.

"This seat will see if you can block it!"

His aura instantly plummeted to the extreme, while the radiance atop the Black Seal suddenly surged; the powerful qi directly annihilated the Li Birds produced by the Li Fire Pearl, even blowing the Li Fire Pearl away.

This was merely the aftershock; Yunhe, facing it head-on, felt an immense pressure.

Boom!!

The tremendous roar accompanied violent shaking, as terrifying waves of yin qi frantically slapped the surrounding stone walls, shaking loose a large amount of rock fragments.

After the dust settled.

The extremely weak Wang Pei looked at the scattered Beast Element Shield fragments on the ground and the vanished Yunhe, cracked his mouth open, and showed a barely-there smile.

At last.

"Swift!"

But before Wang Pei could fully relax, he suddenly heard a sound from beside him that froze his very soul in place.

"How is that possible?!"

He stiffly turned his head and saw Yunhe standing grimly in a corner of the cave, hand signs formed, the Xuanwu Bracelet appearing above his head in response.

"Water Escape Technique?"

Wang Pei, worthy of being a former Golden Core Great Expert, finally guessed why Yunhe was there from his position and the swiftly vanishing water flow.

But now, figuring it out is obviously useless.

The Xuanwu Bracelet loomed larger and larger in Wang Pei's eyes.

"No."

His eyes were full of unwillingness.

Only he himself knew best how many schemes and plans he had made, how much effort and energy he had expended, in order to successfully form his Golden Core, break free from Blood Ritual's bonds, and turn the tables.

Bang!!

His fragile soul could not possibly withstand the Xuanwu Bracelet's attack, and it shattered instantly.

"Huh——"

Only when he could no longer sense Wang Pei's presence in his divine sense did Yunhe finally wipe his forehead and let out a long breath.

"Wait, just in case."

He again offered up the Soul-attracting Jade, while pouring his mana into the Soul-attracting Talisman.

"As expected!"

Seeing the trickles of remnant souls gathering in the Soul-attracting Talisman, Yunhe gritted his teeth and held back his curses.

This kind of thing that has lived for hundreds of years is also too hard to kill.

Even though his soul has been shattered like this, it still leaves behind remnants.

"Golden Core cultivators are also too hard to kill."

Yunhe couldn't help but sigh.

It's mainly because of that magic treasure; otherwise, there wouldn't be so many troubles.

Of course, demonic cultivators are also one of the reasons.

But no matter what.

"Finally, it's been killed."

Yunhe looked at the Soul-guiding Jade in his hand, inside which Wang Pei's remnants of soul gathered.

With just these remnants, it's impossible to overturn heaven, but Yunhe thought he might have a chance to make use of them.

Afterwards, his gaze fell on the Black Wood Seal floating in midair; without its master's control, the seal completely lost all movement.

Magic treasure!

Although Yunhe now holds two top-grade Spiritual Artifacts, seeing this ownerless magic treasure, especially after witnessing its power, he still couldn't help feeling delighted.

Wang Pei earlier must have only unleashed a fraction of this magic treasure's power, yet it caused such great destruction.

Carefully drawing the Black Wood Seal near, after confirming it truly wouldn't move on its own, he slowly infiltrated it with his divine sense.

"Black Wood Seal!"

This is what he obtained, the name of this magic treasure.

"Indeed, without Golden Core cultivation, it's impossible to activate a magic treasure."

Although he had anticipated this, he still felt somewhat disappointed.

However, just as Yunhe withdrew his divine sense, he discovered a hidden cultivation manual on this magic treasure.

"Ghost Spirit Mystic Classic!"

After a brief glance, through the secret techniques recorded within, Yunhe confirmed this cultivation method was the one Wang Pei practiced—a most yin and evil demonic cultivator's art!

"Capable of cultivating all the way to late Nascent Soul, what a pity—it's useless to me."

On the other hand, some of the demonic path secret techniques recorded on it are quite good.

For example.

There is the Soul Search Technique that Yunhe needs!

This secret technique doesn't have high cultivation requirements, but it demands the user possess sufficiently strong divine sense.

Otherwise, once the technique is employed, not only might one fail to gain any information, but one's own divine sense could also be harmed.

Of course, the divine sense and soul strength of the target are equally important.

"I don't know if my divine sense strength is enough to perform it."

He looked at the Soul-guiding Jade, silently pondering in his heart.

Although he was facing Wang Pei's remnant soul, Yunhe still chose to be cautious and wait a bit.

At least wait until his divine sense injury fully recovers before proceeding.

Besides, there are many secret techniques specifically targeting the soul, but most are excessively harmful to heaven and reason; if not necessary, Yunhe decided it's better to avoid them for now.

Otherwise, he might end up like Wang Pei, becoming ungrateful and estranged from his kin.

After repeatedly playing with the Black Wood Seal, unable to put it down, Yunhe stored it in his storage ring.

Then he carefully searched the cave again, ensuring nothing was missed, before using the Departing Fire Pearl to release a multitude of Departing Birds to scorch the cavern.

After finishing these, he finally escaped underground and arrived at Que She Mountain.

He confirmed the direction.

He summoned the Wind-Fire Boat and swiftly departed.

"Is it really this peaceful?"

"Originally."

Yunhe thought that at this moment the Qingyu Domain should be in utter chaos.

If the Blood Ritual leads a host of cultivators in an attack, it's highly likely to stir up a huge wave in the cultivation world in a short time.

Therefore, adhering to the principle of caution, after leaving Que She Mountain and entering the Qingyu Domain, he first went to White Cloud City located in the southwest corner of the Qingyu Domain, wanting to scout the situation.

If a righteous-demonic war truly broke out and the Qingzong Sect became overwhelmed, he might choose to find a remote deep mountain, dig a cave dwelling, and cultivate for several decades first.

Yet he never expected the entire Qingyu Domain to have no movement at all.

Even the news that the He Domain Golden Core family, the Zou clan, had been wiped out was known to few.

It was so peaceful as to be somewhat abnormal.

This left Yunhe quite puzzled.

"Could it be that after the Blood Ritual annihilated the Zou clan, they just fled?"

"But even if that were the case, there shouldn't be absolutely no news at all, right?"

"A huge family possessing Golden Core cultivators vanished, yet it didn't become gossip among cultivators of the neighboring domains?"

Under such circumstances, it instead left him momentarily unsure of what to do.

After careful consideration, Yunhe still decided to observe for another month.

Anyway, having fled the Zou clan with serious injuries, returning later could be justified.

As for Senior Brother Huang Ling Huang's situation at that time, nobody could attend to anyone else, and it's unknown whether he's still alive.

Yet Yunhe waited a month, and still saw no turmoil in the Qingyu Domain.

He then promptly made up his mind to return to the Qingzong Sect!

Since the Qingyu Domain remained undisturbed, the Qingzong Sect naturally remained the safest place.

He needed a stable and safe cultivation environment, as well as the Qingzong Sect's spirit veins to aid his practice.

Moreover, putting it bluntly, when a Foundation Establishment cultivator truly wants to run away, unless he's placed under a restriction or watched day and night by a Golden Core cultivator, he can always manage to leave.

Solutions always outnumber difficulties.

After making the decision, Yunhe did not immediately leave Baiyun City.

Instead, he spent some time recuperating, bought plenty of mortal fruits in the city, coated them with red-pattern spirit honey, and made string after string of fragrant candied hawthorn.

After finishing those, he then boarded the Wind-Fire Boat and headed straight for Qingshan City.

When Yunhe returned to the Qingzong Sect,

he immediately noticed changes in the sect.

Loose on the outside, tight on the inside.

Many cultivators who had been in closed-door cultivation emerged.

Although no action was visible, this was a sign.

Moreover, when he went to look for Kong Zhibai, he learned that Kong Zhibai had actually been invited to the Bright Origin Immortal City to participate in the so-called Ten Domains Nine Sects Assembly.

The Bright Origin Immortal City is no ordinary place.

It is a huge ancient cultivation city located a thousand li east of the Qingzong Sect.

In that city, everyone is a cultivator; there are no mortals.

Most importantly, this city was founded by a Late Jie Dan Stage great cultivator named Haoyuanzi, and it is one of the few that has completely maintained a neutral stance.

Often, sects with friction will choose to go to the Bright Origin Immortal City to resolve their disputes.

Either they each send out several cultivators to climb the Life-or-Death Bright Origin Platform and decide the outcome,

or they each put forward conditions until both sides are satisfied.

It is one of the places that is safe and that most sects tend to trust.

The so-called Ten Domains refer to the ten major territories, including the Qingyu Domain, Spirit Beast Domain, Return Origin Domain, Thick Earth Domain, Capturing Sea Domain, Union Domain, and others.

Apart from the Union Domain, each of the other domains contains one immortal sect, which many cultivators call the Nine Great Immortal Sects of the Eastern Border Cultivation Realm.

This is obvious.

The commotion caused by this Blood Rite was not without effect on the cultivation world; rather, its impact was greater than Yunhe had imagined.

It also startled the Ten Domains Nine Sects!

At this moment, it is merely a brief calm before the storm.

It is just unknown how long this tacitly maintained peace between the two sides can last.

(End of chapter)