Chapter 458

Li Si listened from the side, his face expressionless.

He sneered inwardly. This Lishan plan had been in motion since the reign of King Zhao of Qin.

A few minor breakthroughs this time, and they think it's done?

It's the greatest joke under heaven.

But if it succeeds, the hegemony of Great Qin is indeed within reach!

It's been nothing but bad news all along; finally there's a sliver of good news.

The Heavenly Dao Golden List in the void once again shot out ten thousand beams of Jin Guang, instantly bathing the lands of the Nine Provinces.

Everyone immediately stopped what they were doing and fixed their full attention on this latest revelation of the Heavenly Dao Golden List.

【Nine Provinces Combat Power Apex List — Rank 27: Monk Huanxi, Cultivation: Early Mythical Realm.】

【Identity: One of the reincarnation cultivators of the Dayuanmi Sect, though there is an even greater secret behind him.】

【He has been practicing the Mi Sect's Joy Chan since ten reincarnations ago.】

【In every life, he would abduct countless female powerhouses to dual-cultivate with him.】

【The essence of Joy Chan is 'using desire to subdue desire.'】

【Building on this, Monk Huanxi has even achieved the emptiness of all form and desire.】

【While cultivating Joy Chan, he has deliberately kept his true essence entirely concealed.】

【Instead, he used secret arts to harvest and supplement from female powerhouses.】

【Every female powerhouse who was harvested ultimately perished, body and Dao both gone.】

【So much so that it took ten reincarnations of reincarnation burden before Monk Huanxi barely broke through to the early Mythical Realm.】

【Heavenly Dao Evaluation: The Joy secret art offends heavenly harmony; in substance it is no different from the unorthodox path.】

【Heavenly Dao Reward: Mythical Dao Resonance Pearl.】

【Heavenly Dao Reward: 'Supreme Yoga Tantra.' When combined with Joy Chan, this book enables a true method of dual cultivation.】

【Additionally: The true method of dual cultivation works best with beauties from the Hundred Flowers List!】

【The higher their ranking, the faster one's cultivation progress.】

……

【Nine Provinces Combat Power Apex List — Rank 27 (tied): Sutra King, Cultivation: Early Mythical Realm.】

【Identity: One of the Six Demonic Crossings: Sutra Crossing.】

【Originally a novice monk at Jin Shan Temple of the Great Song.】

【Because of the incident of flooding Jin Shan, Sutra King rolled into the Qiantang River and nearly died.】

【He happened to encounter the Demon Lord Bai Suzhen passing by, who saved him with the Crossing of the Living.】

【Reincarnated and reborn, he became Sutra King.】

【Afterward, Demon Lord Bai Suzhen further imparted to him the Sutra Crossing — 'Without Sutra, Without Dao.'】

【Sutra King, who had always kept a vegetarian diet and chanted sutras, living by the recitation of scriptures, was a perfect match for the Sutra Crossing.】

【In just thirty short years, he cultivated the Sutra Crossing to its twelfth layer and advanced into the Early Mythical Realm.】

【Later, upon discovering the truth behind the flooding of Jin Shan, he did not hesitate to betray Demon Lord Bai Suzhen.】

【Taking advantage of the moment when Demon Lord Bai Suzhen was cultivating, he absorbed a tenth of the Maha power.】

【But Demon Lord Bai Suzhen's strength was terrifyingly formidable; even caught by surprise, she casually struck Sutra King with grave injuries.】

【Now Sutra King's wounds are severe, and he is hiding in a mysterious place to heal.】

【Heavenly Dao Evaluation: If he becomes Purple-Robed and the Sutra Crossing reaches Great Completion, the Shattered Realm is attainable.】

【Heavenly Dao Reward: Wuhen Revival Pill.】

【Heavenly Dao Reward: Thirty volumes of Mahayana Buddhist Sutras.】

289 — Undercover Bu Yuanting!

【Nine Provinces Combat Power Apex List — Rank 27 (tied): Bu Yuanting, Cultivation: Early Mythical Realm.】

【Identity: Seventh Master of the Xuanhua House of You Dongying in Yunzhou, descendant of the Bu Divine Clan.】

【Bu Yuanting was originally a renowned senior figure of the Wu Lin in Yunzhou, a descendant of the Bu Divine Clan.】

【Thanks to the bloodline talent of the Bu Divine Clan, Bu Yuanting had already entered the Earthly Immortal Realm by the age of twenty.】

【This also drew the attention of a hidden expert of the Wu Lin in Yunzhou, one of the Twelve Frightened Ones — Xiao Sanxiao.】

【After Xiao Sanxiao tested Bu Yuanting and found his mind firm and full of compassion for all living beings,】

【he told Bu Yuanting that a thousand years ago, a great master, the Monk Emperor, had used the 'Mirror of the Heart' to peer into the future,】

【and discovered that a thousand years later, a great tribulation of ages would arise in the Eastern Sea.】

【The lands of the Nine Provinces would all be plunged into catastrophe.】

【He asked Bu Yuanting to leave Yunzhou and head to the Eastern Sea to seek out the source of the tribulation.】

【Bu Yuanting firmly believed Xiao Sanxiao's words, took the alias Cangyuan Yantai, and infiltrated the Wu Lin of the Eastern Sea.】

Ultimately, relying on his outstanding casting craftsmanship, he earned the appreciation of the Great Master.

【He was recruited into Xuanhua House and became the Seventh Master.】

【Heavenly Dao Evaluation: A divine descendant, compassionate toward all living beings, willing to sacrifice himself for the world — magnificent, yet lamentable.】

【Heavenly Dao Reward: God-Shifting Divine Art (this divine art is the unique inheritance of the Bu Divine Clan; once mastered, one can attain immortality, and the Shattered Realm is attainable).】

At this point, the introduction of the Heavenly Dao Golden List was complete.

The boundless Jin Guang slowly faded away.

But the information given by this Heavenly Dao Golden List left even more people tossing and turning, unable to sleep.

Yunzhou, Eastern Sea, Xuanhua House.

"What? Iwata is a traitor?"

The six heads were full of disbelief; among the seven heads, he and Bu Yuanting were the closest of friends.

"Impossible, right? Could the Heavenly Dao Golden List have made a mistake?"

"Sixth, you think the Heavenly Dao Golden List made a mistake?"

The Second Head was extremely furious, and cupped his fist toward the First Head in suggestion,

"First Head, this traitor Seventh just happens to have gone to the Central Plains, so he's dodged this disaster."

"But how can my Xuanhua name be ruined by such a piece of rat shit? I volunteer to personally go and execute Seventh."

"Second Brother, count me in."

The Third Head also stepped forward at this moment.

Apart from the Fifth Head who had gone to the Central Plains with Bu Yuanting, and the Sixth Head who was still dumbfounded,

only the First Head had not expressed a stance on this.

At this moment, the First Head seemed not to have heard the crowd's offers,

merely staring blankly at the contents of the Heavenly Dao Golden List, as if lost in deep thought.

"First Head?"

The Second Head noticed something was off and called out softly a few times.

"Oh!"

After a long while, the First Head finally pulled his attention back,

"That boy Iwata is nothing more than a minor affliction, not worth mentioning."

"What we need to care about most right now is dealing with the Qinglong Society."

"In my view, Iwata—no, Bu Yuanting—now that his identity has been exposed, he definitely won't return to Xuanhua."

"So we're just going to let him off like that?"

The Second Head and the others found it inconceivable; the First Head was usually decisive in killing and decisive in action.

Not to mention betrayal—even if someone just did something wrong, he would punish them severely.

How could he be so lenient with Bu Yuanting now?

"How could I tell you all that if Bu Yuanting is pushed to the wall and brings out Xiao Sanxiao, you'll all die?"

First Head He Ceng knew perfectly well what these subordinates were thinking, but this was something he could never say out loud.

The terror of Xiao Sanxiao—he and his elder brother understood it best of all.

Since Bu Yuanting had been sent by him, the two might very well be connected.

Killing Bu Yuanting cleanly would certainly be a good thing, but if things went awry and Xiao Sanxiao were drawn out, it would be troublesome.