Chapter 1359: Strange Means

After taking over Ying Tian Xian's body, the mastermind behind the scenes imitates Ying Tian Xian in every move and thought, without exception.

Sometimes he even forgets his true identity, believing himself to be the genuine Ying Tian Xian, enjoying the time spent with everyone.

But when he recalls Gu Junye's words, he realizes his mindset has become a serious problem.

For someone of his level, his state of mind should have been polished to perfection and free of issues; he immediately subjects himself to self-punishment,

changing his mindset and shaking off the subconscious.

"If using the Ying Jie Dao Guo and Tian Jie Dao Guo alone won't settle this—" the mastermind's eyes flash with a hint of ruthlessness; his methods go far beyond these.

Thunder rumbles within his body, qi and blood surge skyward, his vitality soars to unbelievable heights, and everyone's vitality subtly resonates with his.

Vitality spreads across the star sea; every planet enveloped by it unexpectedly begins the evolution of life, giving birth to living beings!

"Prairie Fire Starry Sky."

At the same time, the mastermind releases endless black flames—this is a fire long extinct in the river of history: the Living Beings' True Flame.

The Living Beings' True Flame uses vitality as fuel, burning through the starry sky.

He wants the battlefield covered in Living Beings' True Flame, so that the planets which just gave birth to living beings are engulfed in flames and reduced to nothing.

By burning his own vitality to strengthen the Living Beings' True Flame, he controls the battlefield and drains everyone's vitality!

The vitality of the Qilin Immortal and others is ignited, the burning pain making them wish for death; though immortals' lifespans are said to be infinite, the Living Beings' True Flame counters exactly that—when lifespan is infinite, the more vitality, the fiercer the burn; even if not burned to ashes, they will be tortured to death alive!

"Yin-Yang Chessboard, All Things Annihilated!"

In the universe, a phantom of Immortal Jiu Chong appears, eyes like two suns, holding stars; before him manifests a chessboard, black and white, capable of assigning yin-yang attributes to all things, then annihilating them with opposing attributes.

Yet when Immortal Jiu Chong tries to assign yin-yang attributes to the Living Beings' True Flame, he finds it does not belong to yin or yang and cannot be forcibly given such attributes.

"How is this possible!" Immortal Jiu Chong cannot believe this scene; he has never made a mistake with this move, let alone with fire, which is obviously a "yang" entity!

What kind of method is this!

The immortals are burned by the Living Beings' True Flame to the point of wishing for death, unable to focus on battle.

Among everyone present, only Miss Miss Miss Miss Miss Yun Zhi, the Immortal of Eternity, and Lu Yang remain unscorched by the Living Beings' True Flame.

At the moment the Living Beings' True Flame appears, Lu Yang instinctively wraps his body in the Three Flavors True Fire; upon seeing it, the Living Beings' True Flame actively avoids him.

Seeing this, the mastermind frowns slightly, then immediately understands the reason.

"The righteous fire's natal flame, the Three Flavors True Fire? Troublesome."

Huo Zheng was his close friend in ancient times; the Three Flavors True Fire is the natal flame created by Huo Zheng, his favorite; and the Living Beings' True Flame he wields was also created by Huo Zheng, so the two cannot harm each other.

Lu Yang continuously casts the Three Flavors True Fire, wrapping everyone in it to shield them from the Living Beings' True Flame's damage.

"Well done, Daoist Lu Yang! Supreme Speed!" the Immortal of Ages praises, granting everyone the Supreme Speed state, multiplying their speed manifold!

The immortals rely on Supreme Speed to surround the mastermind, but in his view, they can barely keep up with his speed.

"Ridiculous!"

The mastermind grips an ice whip, sweeps across thousands of troops, sends everyone flying, and they vomit blood incessantly.

Without "Tracing the Source" and "Immortality," this single move would have severed them at the waist!

Pupip, a wound suddenly appears on the mastermind's waist, as if lashed by the ice whip.

"Coming here to eat a meal costs you dearly." Meng Junzi grits his teeth in pain, transferring his injuries to the mastermind, though the cost is that after some time, the injuries will return doubled to him; he doesn't care about that now—first, add more wounds to the mastermind.

Jiang Ping'an also nods; they both thought they were just attending an ordinary victory feast, never expecting that halfway through the meal, an immortal battle would erupt, facing an ancient monster from an unknown era, terrifyingly strong.

"Immortal Maiden's Fist." The Immortal of Eternity appears to the mastermind's left; her Immortal Maiden's Fist is extremely fierce, rolling with killing intent; each strike can extinguish the Milky Way and collapse space; even in the long ancient ages, she has never fully unleashed this set of fists.

Even when fighting Yao Sheng, the Immortal of Eternity has never struck so fiercely; the Immortal Maiden's Fist contains hidden power,

capable of piercing blood, bone, and flesh, with power erupting internally within the body.

Each punch landing on the mastermind is no less than a small world self-detonating.

This force is extremely hard to dispel; the Immortal Maiden's Fist originates from the Hundred Herbs Fist; the Immortal of Eternity comprehended the Hundred Herbs, integrated and perfected it into this fist method; the Hundred Herbs Fist consists of hundreds or thousands of medicinal herbs, each herb being a fist technique.

Thus, the Immortal Maiden's Fist simultaneously contains hundreds of kinds of power, making it extremely hard to resolve.

But this does not stump the mastermind; he has a way to neutralize the force.

Just as the mastermind prepares to neutralize this force, Miss Miss Miss Miss Miss Yun Zhi appears at his left, unexpectedly displaying the Immortal Maiden's Fist as well!

Seeing this, the Immortal of Eternity feels somewhat strange; she only taught Miss Miss Miss Miss Miss Yun Zhi the Immortal Maiden's Fist once, yet he has learned it so well that they need no words or glances, their minds in sync, knowing each other's next move,

coordinating seamlessly.

The two supreme beings display the same technique, coordinating as if one person, giving the mastermind no breathing space; even he finds it somewhat hard to withstand.

"The two strongest of past and present attacking together—you really think highly of me." The mastermind chuckles; though he has fallen into a disadvantage, he remains calm and unhurried.

He lets out a light shout, having activated some mysterious technique, gaining a body as hard as diamond, his body becoming impossibly hard, even internally transformed, harder than divine metal by countless times; no force can injure his body!

"Immortal Maiden's Fist!" The Immortal of Eternity and Miss Miss Miss Miss Miss Yun Zhi join forces again, but this time it is not so simple.

As soon as the two women's fists touch the mastermind, the power contained in their fists not only fails to injure him,

but is entirely reflected back onto themselves!

Puff—this is equivalent to each of them punching themselves; fortunately, they can neutralize the force in the fist technique, so they are not seriously injured.

The entire star field turns into a yin-yang taiji diagram; Immortal Jiu Chong and the mastermind stand at the eye of the taiji; endless immortal fire and profound ice surge forth, rushing toward the mastermind, but those attacks, upon touching him, all return along the same path, bombarding Immortal Jiu Chong instead.

"Damn it, any attack hitting him will rebound!" the Immortal of Ages curses, lowering his hand from the Heaven-Opening Axe; he had intended to strike the mastermind from behind with an axe, but sees it's impossible.

The Boundless Sword Domain unfolds, far stronger than when crossing the Immortal Tribulation; Lu Yang wields the Azure Edge Sword, myriad sword phantoms condense, following like a shadow; as the first Sword Immortal in history, each sword phantom is enough to cleave the Milky Way,

his immortal might immeasurable!

The sword phantoms simultaneously strike the mastermind, yet are still reflected back; the myriad sword phantoms shatter, reflecting Lu Yang's resolute and unyielding expression.

"Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Ancestral Source!"

Nine immortal swords merge into one, the star sea boils, more terrifying than Immortal Jiu Chong's immortal fire and profound ice; hard to imagine this is a technique a newly ascended immortal could display!

Yet facing the mastermind's Innocent Golden Body, this sword still falls short; all power is reflected back, and Lu Yang truly suffers his own sword, severely injured and vomiting blood.

The mastermind merely smiles indifferently; my lord facing a three-year-old child holding a wooden sword—what reaction could there be?

Unexpectedly, a sword qi appeared behind Lu Yang, cleaving him in two; the force did not diminish, striking the mastermind behind the scenes.

This time, there was no recoil of force.

"Success!" With one strike successful, Lu Yang swiftly fled.

The Lu Yang, cut into two halves, turned into two pieces of wood; the mastermind behind the scenes stared at the two pieces of wood, and a spell arose in his mind.

"To cultivate the void, hard to discern true from false, the clone technique created by the Jianmu."

In this era, it is called the Seed Planting Technique.