Chapter 144: with translation of chapter title

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Possible translation: "Compared to Xu Feiniang's inner astonishment, Zhou Shuo felt no sense of gaining anything at all; the dazzling yellow light enveloping his body left him no strength to resist, all his martial techniques and Dao arts seemed completely lost, he could only be carried aloft, his ears constantly receiving the roar of rapid flight."

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Translate: "The booming sound rang in his ears like drums nonstop; Zhou Shuo felt his body unable to move, and he grew somewhat vexed, wondering why this demon sect big shot who dared block the Jupanpo Gate had suddenly seized him, and what he had done to provoke him? Damn, this person's strength is too high, my good luck has truly been completely used up."

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Translate: "Just as Zhou Shuo felt at a loss what to do, the yellow light filling his vision suddenly faded; in the magnificent hall, a powerful force slammed him onto the ground, bringing him into close contact with the hall's floor."

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Translate: ""Ugh!" Zhou Shuo felt his bones about to be shaken apart; this was the second time since he began cultivation that he felt so powerless, the first time being when he fell into the Qin Era World's quantum realm and faced Chiyou."

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Translate: "Supporting his about-to-collapse body, Zhou Shuo struggled to his feet and looked up; on the high platform of the hall floated a blood-red lotus petal, in whose center sat an antiquated-looking old man. The old man wore a great scarlet Daoist robe, had a large nose and wide mouth, a broad forehead and round cheeks, and trailed a nearly meter-long silver beard beneath his jaw; his long, slender fingers clutched a thick whisk whose strands were gold and jade."

Supporting his about-to-collapse body, Zhou Shuo struggled to his feet and looked up; on the high platform of the hall floated a blood-red lotus petal, in whose center sat an antiquated-looking old man. The old man wore a great scarlet Daoist robe, had a large nose and wide mouth, a broad forehead and round cheeks, and trailed a nearly meter-long silver beard beneath his jaw; his long, slender fingers clutched a thick whisk whose strands were gold and jade.

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Translate: ""I, I have seen you, Senior." Zhou Shuo gazed at the figure resembling an immortal from a painting, involuntarily swallowing saliva; compared to the overbearing Chiyou, this old man before him seemed even more unfathomable."

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Translate: ""Where do you come from? What are you going to Jiuhuan Mountain for?""

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Translate: ""La, late… latecomer… I come from beyond the heavens, heading to Jiuhuan Mountain, intending to learn some techniques from the Red Naked Sect Leader." Zhou Shuo swallowed saliva, feeling it best not to lie before this old man."

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Translate: ""From beyond the heavens, huh? If so, the omens seem correct—originally Yaor and Qi'er had fallen into other worlds." Shipli Old Man's eyes sank slightly, his fingertips twitched in his palm, and he let out a faint sigh."

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Translate: ""Ah?" Zhou Shuo looked at the old man who had just sighed and was talking to himself, his eyes narrowing involuntarily."

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Translate: ""Are you sure you want to learn demon sect arts?" Shipli Old Man lifted his gaze, looking at the fellow below."

Are you sure you want to learn demon sect arts? Shipli Old Man lifted his gaze, looking at the fellow below.

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Translate: ""Well…" Zhou Shuo looked at the old Daoist whose gaze fell upon him, feeling a bit slow; normally he would have no hesitation, and though he was a little timid, his courage was actually not small—when he first met Hewusheng, he dared to practice the martial arts she gave him, but facing this old man he felt he should be wary, for he could not see through this old man at all."

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Translate: ""My Asura Demon Sect possesses all manner of Asura magic, great and small, throughout the heavens; though it is not as orthodox as the Profound Gate or the Buddhist Law of the Release Gate, it is still widely transmitted—don't you want to learn?" The old man looked at Zhou Shuo, his gaze inquiring."

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Translate: ""I do." Zhou Shuo looked up at the old man, swallowed saliva and nodded; hearing of the Asura Demon Sect and recalling his earlier clash with Jupanpo, he could roughly guess who this old man was—the Asura Sect Sect Leader Shipli Old Man, one of the Six Monsters of the Universe famed in Shu Mountain, a being that could be called a "monster.""

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Translate: ""Good, if you want to learn my Asura magic, you must become my disciple; though my Asura Demon Sect does not recruit disciples as strictly as the Profound Gate, it still has various trials—are you willing to undertake the challenge?" The old man gazed at the nodding fellow and gave a slight nod of his jaw."

Good, if you want to learn my Asura magic, you must become my disciple; though my Asura Demon Sect does not recruit disciples as strictly as the Profound Gate, it still has various trials—are you willing to undertake the challenge? The old man gazed at the nodding fellow and gave a slight nod of his jaw.

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Translate: ""What if I am not willing?" Zhou Shuo asked cautiously."

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Translate: ""In the wick of this demon palace's lamp, there would merely be an extra clump of demonic soul.""

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Translate: ""Disciple is willing to undertake the challenge." Zhou Shuo had nothing more to say; he did not know what exactly the trial entailed, but it was better than dying outright."

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Translate: ""Listen well, the entry trial of my Asura Demon Sect is called the 'Love Pass Desire Lock'; the seven emotions and six desires of people are both nature and major obstacles on the path of cultivation; the most important thing is to see through them—petty fellows who furtively study demonic arts cannot pass this lock, and acting wantonly and recklessly will ultimately make them unable to escape the calamities of heaven, earth, and man; this is the distinction between the orthodox and heterodox paths of demonic Buddhism."

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Translate: ""Yes, disciple has remembered it." Zhou Shuo glanced sideways; he had always thought the demon sect was about doing as one pleased, but originally the demon sect also required understanding the Dao and observing discipline, and moreover there is a distinction between orthodox and branch lines!"

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Translate: ""Since you've remembered it, let's begin!" Shipli Old Man exerted the word "monster" to the extreme—not only is his strength monstrous, but his personality is also eccentric; he says little, asks nothing about the situation, his attitude is simply: I will take you as my disciple, you just need to undergo the trial—if you pass, you enter the sect; if you fail…"

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Translate: "Zhou Shuo did not know what the consequence of failing would be; he only thought about passing, honestly looking at Shipli Old Man—the demon sect big shot seated on the blood lotus showed no hesitation, pointing a finger at him, the palace floor instantly split open in midair, swallowing Zhou Shuo whole."

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Translate: ""Where is this?" Zhou Shuo only felt the scene before his eyes change; he could not even react in time, only seeing the dim yellow sun overhead casting its light, the air extremely dry, patches of grass underfoot, several clumps of desert sedge standing firm in the wind in the distance, and behind him a lake, the water within seeming to make a sound."

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Translate: "Zhou Shuo advanced toward the sound of water, but upon reaching the lakeshore he could not help but twitch his fingers; he actually saw two naked figures tangled in the lake water—one was Hong Yi, and the other was… Chan Yin Sha."

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Translate: ""An illusion!" Zhou Shuo slightly raised his head, gazing at the Yellow Sand Great Desert, suppressing his inner agitation, ignoring the naked figures in the water, he found himself thinking: just a moment ago he was still in Shipli Old Man's demon palace, and now he had suddenly arrived here; it must be that the Asura Sect's trial has already begun."

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Translate: ""Who are you?" Just as Zhou Shuo was lost in thought, the two figures in the water noticed his presence; the naked Hong Yi blocked Chan Yin Sha behind him, his face dark as he spoke in a questioning tone."

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Translate: ""Zhou Shuo." Zhou Shuo looked at the Hong Yi questioning him, and at Chan Yin Sha behind him; his brow twitched slightly. He and Chan Yin Sha had some past affection, so this illusion would show such a scene, though the scene seems familiar—in the story of Yang Shen, Hong Yi seemed to have done this with Chan Yin Sha while suppressing Huo Luo, at some desert spring."

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Translate: "If Zhou Shuo had not intervened, then the 'Chan Yin Sha' he encountered, upon meeting the 'Hong Yi' he saw, after interacting and developing feelings, would also have enacted this scene; but with his presence, none of this would happen anymore."

If Zhou Shuo had not intervened, then the 'Chan Yin Sha' he encountered, upon meeting the 'Hong Yi' he saw, after interacting and developing feelings, would also have enacted this scene; but with his presence, none of this would happen anymore.

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Translate: ""True is false when false is true, a chaos of time and space." Zhou Shuo looked at the grim-faced Hong Yi and the Chan Yin Sha he protected, feeling somewhat enlightened, a couple of wisps of insight flashing in his heart; between men and women, although love at its height brings mountain‑and‑sea vows, when affection fades it is merely passing clouds, not worth clinging to—just as on Jade Dragon Mountain I had likewise cut down Yao Qinghui and ceased to think of the Sister Flowers."

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Translate: "Having seen through the love between men and women, Zhou Shuo felt the surrounding heaven and earth turn illusory; the desert oasis spring and the man and woman in the water instantly dissipated, replaced by a courtyard whose western side held a wing room from which cries of alarm were coming."

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Translate: ""Bang!" The wing room's doors and windows were flung open violently; Zhou Shuo gazed at the scene inside, his brow jumping, his heart fire slightly flaring upward—it was the Sister Flowers, their clothing disheveled, tears on their faces, shouting to rush out of the house, but held back by a bare‑chested young lord."

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Translate: ""Save me, save me, Zhou Shuo, save me!" Yao Yue Ting looked at Zhou Shuo standing in the courtyard; the despair in her eyes turned to delight."

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Translate: ""…" Zhou Shuo looked at the delighted face, the double‑pupil maiden whose disheveled clothing revealed spring, and the young lord with a lecherous grin all over his face; his heart fire flared a bit, he opened his mouth and spat out a sword pellet, circling the opponent once and instantly cutting him in two."

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Translate: "Having shaken off the evil young lord, the Sister Flowers inside were rescued; they immediately ran out of the house and then flung themselves into Zhou Shuo's embrace, sobbing wildly; Zhou Shuo felt his heart fire vanish instantly, replaced by a feeling of tender pity."

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Translate: "Even knowing it was false, Zhou Shuo could not restrain his emotions; for his illusion had just drawn out his anger, and though that anger did not rise to the point of burning his spirit platform to ashes, it was enough to stir a feeling of tender pity in his heart, which then turned into affectionate longing."

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Translate: "Just as Zhou Shuo was at a loss, the Sister Flowers who had just been bullied unexpectedly regained the strength of a Ghost Immortal Martial Saint; the two of them brought Zhou Shuo away from the spot and returned to Jade Lotus Mountain, in the process fabricating a series of events to round out the story."

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After returning to Jade Lotus Mountain, as expected, the two sisters, having freshened up their makeup, immediately sought intimacy with him. When Zhou Shuo refused, they acted coquettish and wept, claiming Zhou Shuo despised them and then defended themselves, saying their bottom line still remained and they were willing to die to prove their resolve, etc., but they were unwilling to actually die, only pestering him for intimacy.

The sisters' behavior, in Zhou Shuo's view, was utterly two-faced, but being trapped in the illusion, aside from passively resisting the sisters he could do nothing; finally the sisters turned their faces, had the Jade Pool Sect people lock him up.

Facing the sisters' behavior, Zhou Shuo also did not resist, allowing them to lock him in a cell; then he watched them transform into queens seeking intimacy, doing various shameless acts, and Zhou Shuo completely ignored them, bored out of his idleness, he again began the Jade Fluid Returning Elixir.

The Golden Core is an existence between substance and non-substance, invulnerable to water and fire, undamaged by sun and moon; to revert it, one must circulate spirit qi to refine it; Zhou Shuo entered deep stillness, circulating spirit qi to transform the Golden Core into Jade Fluid, which then circulated throughout his body.

After completing the Jade Fluid Returning Elixir, Zhou Shuo's flesh immediately entered the realm of martial arts flesh-and-blood generation, even reaching the threshold of myriad transformations, mastering the fundamental particles within his body, undergoing transformations like a monkey's seventy-two changes.

Even while in stillness, the sisters did not cease, their shamelessness growing, they actually engaged in promiscuous sex with men right before him, trying to provoke him; Zhou Shuo didn't even glance, his heart remained undisturbed, for although these sisters could be said to truly exist, they were completely not the same pair of sisters he knew.

His heart undisturbed, after Zhou Shuo successfully completed the Jade Fluid Returning Elixir, spirit qi interacted, heaven and earth harmonized, the Mysterious Embryo naturally conceived within his body; upon reaching the stage of pregnancy, he was already able to emit Samadhi fire, a true flame that directly burned the lascivious sisters to ashes.

After burning the sisters to death, Zhou Shuo again fell into a new illusion; this time he was on a large bed, with the manifested Lady Mingzhu and Flame Spirit Princess engaging in indescribable acts.