Chapter 892

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Protagonist:

Xu Changqing

Next, Xu Changqing thought seriously, finalizing one by one the nine divine abilities and spiritual roots most suitable for forging the Myriad Aspects Spirit Fur.

They had to cover offense and defense, speed, concealment, divine soul, and space, while also perfectly matching the Nine Revolutions Profound Nether Art and the Corpse King Sword, forming a flawless killing system.

After much deliberation, he gradually had a clear idea.

One, Thick Earth Suppresses Peaks, offense and defense integrated, can suppress and can fortify.

Two, Shattered Star Golden Blades, condense golden blades, damage multiplied.

Three, Heaven and Earth Same Flow, borrow the power of heaven and earth, replenish magic power.

Four, Four Symbols Suppress Spirits, suppress evil spirits, trap enemies, suppress corpse qi.

Five, Ten Thousand Transformations Spirit Pivot, seamlessly adapt to any cultivation method, no attribute conflicts.

Six, Gold Jade Crown Baptism, flesh body becomes steel, defense greatly increased, withstand damage across realms.

Seven, Divide River Separate Water, both control water and escape, happens to share the same source as the Yin River's power.

Eight, Shrink Ground Into Inch, appear and disappear like a god, teleport without trace, assassination and escape both covered.

Nine, Dark Shadow Devour, conceal in darkness, lurk in shadows, can avoid divine sense probing.

Nine divine abilities in total, covering killing, defense, speed, concealment, endurance, resolution.

Coupled with the Myriad Aspects Spirit Fur's resonance power, once this avatar is refined, it will be the most terrifying assassin in the Tianyuan Realm.

"This matter does not require me to act personally."

Xu Changqing looked at Fenglong and Xu Qiansui, instructing: "Fenglong, you take Qiansui to search for Evil Cultivators and wicked cultivators at Golden Core and above who have awakened divine abilities.

Remember, the corpses must remain intact, try not to damage them."

Fenglong and Xu Qiansui answered in unison: "Yes, Master / Master!"

Xu Changqing then summoned Xu Jiuyou: "Jiuyou, you go collect the divine souls of Evil Cultivators.

Those who rob homes and plunder, bringing disaster to a region, show no mercy, collect them all."

Xu Jiuyou nodded vigorously: "Yes, Master!"

Immediately, the three turned and walked toward the Teleportation Array.

Taking advantage of the gap, Xu Changqing also left his Personal Space.

He had stayed inside for a bit long this time; perhaps something had happened Outside.

Fortunately, this worry was unnecessary; although the threats underground grew increasingly intense, the Sect High Level seemed unconcerned.

How it was before, so it remains now.

Now even the Three-Eyed Clan has thoroughly joined the Dongting Immortal Sect.

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In just three days, nine flawless top-grade pelts and nine complete divine souls were all gathered by Fenglong and the others, then delivered before Xu Changqing.

Xu Changqing examined them one by one, a trace of satisfaction flashing in his eyes.

Just as he prepared to set up the Lock Spirit Seal Soul Array and begin refining the Myriad Aspects Spirit Fur.

Xu Jiuyou suddenly spoke: "Master."

Xu Changqing glanced at him: "What?"

Xu Jiuyou hurriedly said: "I still have one person here."

Xu Changqing waved his hand: "The quantity is enough, no longer lacking."

Xu Jiuyou did not give up, continuing: "Not a dead person, but a living person."

These words instead aroused Xu Changqing's interest: "You brought back a living person?"

Xu Jiuyou moved the person out, then explained: "When collecting divine souls, I discovered this Evil Cultivator was rather strange; unlike those other indiscriminate killers of innocents, he had not committed evil, but instead single-mindedly sought death.

Because I felt something was off, I brought him back as well."

Xu Changqing raised his eyes to look, his pupils instantly contracting.

This person was over a hundred years old, yet stood nine chi tall.

Beneath two sword-shaped brows grew a pair of captivating peach blossom eyes.

Only now his gaze was hollow, his expression dull, as if he had lost his soul, his mouth repeating over and over: "Try again… try again and it will succeed…"

Of everything around him, from beginning to end he was completely unaware.

For some reason, Xu Changqing felt a sense of familiarity: "What is his name?"

Xu Jiuyou said in a deep voice: "Reporting to Master, this person is called Li Chuan."

He added: "Those Evil Cultivators call him… Madman!"

Li Chuan?

Hearing the name, Xu Changqing felt a vague familiarity, as if he had heard it somewhere before.

He fell into deep thought, beginning to recall his past experiences, memories surging forth.

As he thought, his whole person froze.

Back then, he had disguised his identity, on the road to Huang Yuanhua's Cave Dwelling.

It seemed he had encountered a man called Li Chuan, also an Evil Cultivator.

In height and appearance, exactly the same as the person before him.

The only difference was that one was middle-aged and the other old.

Xu Zhangqing vaguely remembered that this person had never harmed anyone, but had instead always been seeking death.

Later, he even took the blame for someone else once.

Unexpectedly, decades had passed, yet they would meet again.

Xu Zhangqing stepped forward slowly, probing with a strand of Divine Sense; after a moment, he furrowed his brow.

This person's condition was ten times worse than it looked.

His Divine Soul was shattered; the soul body that should have been stable was now full of cracks.

His Flesh Body was even more dilapidated.

Seven out of ten meridians throughout his body were severed, with multiple blockages and necrosis.

His Five Viscera and Six Bowels had long been in critical condition from being battered by chaotic magic power.

Beneath his skin and flesh lay countless hidden ailments and old injuries.

Though he was at the Golden Core Stage, his vitality was so weak, and his Qi Blood had declined to the extreme, that a heavy blow from any Foundation Establishment Xiuxian Zhe could kill him.

Even his core Golden Core was a miserable sight.

Cracks covered the surface of his Golden Core, his magic power alternating between violent surges and fading weakness.

Starting from the edges, it showed signs of dissipation; clearly, he had long been using forbidden techniques without anyone to regulate them, step by step dragging himself to the point of exhausted oil and a dying lamp.

If not for relying on his Golden Core Stage foundation to cling to life, and the madness-like obsession in his heart to support him, he would likely have already perished in body and soul.

Xu Zhangqing withdrew his Divine Sense, a complex look flashing in his eyes.

Back then, they had met by chance, yet this person had taken the blame for him.

Though he hadn't taken it to heart, he still remembered this undeserved kindness.

Unexpectedly, upon meeting again, he had ended up in a state of being neither human nor ghost.

Fenglong beside him saw Li Chuan's condition, and after pondering, he said: "Venerable One, didn't you say you couldn't find a death-seeker for a while?"

"In my opinion, no one is more suitable than him!"

Xu Zhangqing raised an eyebrow: "Oh?"

Fenglong continued: "Back then, he took the blame for you for no reason; that is the cause."

"Now, meeting again at death's door, that is the effect."

"One cause, one effect; destined by fate."

Hearing this, Xu Zhangqing's expression was thoughtful.

Li Chuan's fate was full of hardship; though he sought death with all his heart, he always survived great calamities.

To others, he seemed mad and unlucky, but in his view, this tenacity of dying yet not dying was not a rare Luck Path?

In the future, he would face all kinds of trouble, and he indeed needed helpers by his side.

And helpers who could do dirty work.

Li Sancai, Han Su, and others had decent aptitude and enough loyalty, but they lacked this ability.

His several Avatars each had their own arrangements; he couldn't have them do everything.

As for Puppets, whether Jiuyou, Zixiao, or Qian Sui, they were all decent, but lacked methods.

Li Chuan originally had nothing, and now only obsession remained; if he were pulled back from the edge of life and death and then cultivated... this person would surely be utterly devoted.

Xu Zhangqing nodded slightly and said: "You are right; since this person's fate is not meant to end, then this Venerable One will give him a Heaven-Defying opportunity to change fate!"