"Hurry up! Hurry up!"
The urgent cries echoed through the streets and alleys of the Jin Yu Mansion, breaking the usual silence with a sense of urgency.
"Stop all trivial matters, everyone go to the countryside to preach!"
The Taoist disciples, dressed in uniform Daoist robes, hurriedly walked with the scriptures of the Supreme Dao in hand, their expressions solemn, not daring to delay even for a moment.
"Suspend public trials temporarily, make up for it later!"
A core Taoist disciple shouted orders, his voice penetrating the crowd.
"Anyone with more than five hundred mu of land, all lands are to be confiscated, registered, and distributed to the poor, no private holds allowed!"
"Core disciples each carry silver taels, head south in different directions, be sure to reach the disaster areas as soon as possible, provide disaster relief, and comfort the public!"
Jin Yu Mansion, Linjiang City...
Wherever the forces of the Supreme Dao were present, busy figures could be seen everywhere.
All procedures were simplified to the extreme, without the slightest redundancy.
Everyone was racing against time, just to gather more luck for the Daoist Master in the shortest time possible.
...
Above the Great Void, boundless darkness.
Two figures moved swiftly, one ahead of the other.
Chen Sheng was in a wretched state, no matter how many Warrior shadows he summoned, no matter how many times he used space shifting techniques, he could not shake off the pursuit.
The figure behind him lingered constantly, that faint yet deadly pressure never dissipating for a moment.
Images flashed through Chen Sheng’s mind involuntarily.
He had meticulously concealed his true form, hiding in a secret mountain cave, believing it flawless.
Yet ultimately, he was found by that old fool, Gu Youming!
"That compass!"
Thinking of this, Chen Sheng couldn’t help but sigh inwardly:
"Killed so many travelers, that old fool has too many tricks, simply too hard to guard against!"
He gritted his teeth, murmuring to himself repeatedly:
"Just need to hold on a little longer, just a little longer!"
"If I can endure a bit more, as soon as I reach level 7, I’ll have the strength to protect myself!"
At this moment, the two Warrior shadow altars responsible for moving his body were already on the verge of collapse, their glow dimming.
Countless Warrior shadows became translucent, seemingly ready to shatter and disperse at any moment.
Each spatial fluctuation was accompanied by the trembling of the Warrior shadows, the fading aura spreading continuously.
All of Chen Sheng’s attention was fixated on the panel in his mind, eyes locked on those digits.
[Daoist: Level 6 (Nine hundred ninety-nine thousand nine hundred / One million)]
"Just a bit more, just a bit more!"
...
A few breaths in this life-or-death chase felt endlessly long.
Within the Great Void, the figure ahead enwrapped in golden light suddenly halted, no longer fleeing.
The red light behind dashed like lightning, instantly scattering, transforming into the figure of Gu Youming.
He stood with hands behind his back, still surrounded by faint Death Qi and Immortal Rhyme, his gaze on Chen Sheng with a hint of undisguised surprise, his tone calm:
"So, you’ve given up?"
"Well, you’ve only been here for a few months, although the opportunities have been favorable, to reach this point, yet the foundation is still shallow, the will not firm enough."
Chen Sheng shook his head slowly, his face showing more composure and confidence:
"Giving up is impossible, moreover, that brief persistence just now gave me some assurance of self-protection."
As his words fell, he stirred inwardly:
"Add points!"
[Daoist: Level 7 (Zero / Ten million)]
In an instant, a rumble echoed in his mind, countless mystical Dao Rhyme poured into his consciousness, like enlightenment.
In the Dantian, vast true Qi surged like rivers into the sea, flowing swiftly through meridians via the Twelve Story Tower, ultimately converging in the Mud Ball Palace, gathering into form within his consciousness.
A small, exquisite, crystal-clear Nascent Soul sat quietly, clutching an ancient rune, surrounded by a gentle golden light, its gaze spirited, containing endless Dao Rhyme.
In his mind, the panel changed suddenly:
[Talismanic Magic: Two-Methods Microscopic Talisman...]
[Warrior: Thunder Palace Warrior...]
The surge of aura, like a volcanic eruption, exploded from within Chen Sheng.
The previously chaotic aura suddenly became clear and magnificent, the Talisman Infant’s pressure spreading, showing a stark contrast to his previous wretchedness.
Feeling this sudden change in aura from Chen Sheng, Gu Youming’s body paused sharply, his pupils contracting abruptly:
"You’ve cultivated the Corpse Dissolving Immortal!"
Chen Sheng shook his head gently, explaining quietly:
"This is the Nascent Soul, not Corpse Dissolving Immortal, and it’s part of the Primordial Spirit Great Dao."
"Only by undergoing Nascent Transformation, complementing Yin-Yang Transformation, and condensing a complete Primordial Spirit, can one truly step into the Primordial Spirit Great Dao."
Gu Youming fell silent for the first time.
He stared at Chen Sheng blankly, for a long while, before letting out a low chuckle:
"Just a few months..."
"In merely a few months, you’ve gone from a mortal to this realm, possessing the capital to oppose me..."
He slowly lifted his gaze, looking towards the vast heavens, a peculiar emotion in his eyes.
Heaven always played favorites!
He spent two hundred years, hunting countless travelers, extracting their fortune, enduring countless hardships, finally creating his own technique, cultivating into Corpse Dissolving Immortal.
Yet Chen Sheng, in just a few months, reached the height he had struggled a hundred years to touch.
This reality, like a heavy hammer, struck hard on his Dao Heart, causing it to waver!
Fortunately, he was always one who emerged from the mire, his opportunities were among the worst of all travelers.
And yet he had gritted his teeth to reach this step!
"There’s still a chance!"
"There’s still a chance!"
"Can’t give him more time."
"Must kill him today, kill him and this fortune will be mine!"
Countless thoughts swirled in his mind, and Gu Youming’s gaze became determined once more, though beneath that determination lay a hint of irrepressible madness.
He stared at Chen Sheng, his tone icy and resolute:
"Come, let me see your power, see what mysteries your Nascent Soul holds compared to my Corpse Dissolving Immortal?"
Chen Sheng did not hesitate, a fierce glint flashing in his eyes, for he had been pursued for too long, and he was not without temper!
In the sea of consciousness, that small Talisman Infant sat steadily, its hands swiftly forming seals.
Mysterious talismanic marks spread from the Talisman Infant, gathering at the center of his brow.
The mark at his brow flowed, radiant in golden light, and an immense talismanic power burst forth in an instant.
Chen Sheng shouted in his heart:
"Two Yi Micro-dust, array by talisman inference!"
In an instant, in his palm appeared a Tai Chi rune of black and white, small as a mote of dust, yet containing heaven and earth within.
The black and white energies swirled slowly within the rune, embodying the profound truth of Yin and Yang’s mutual generation, the cycle of creation and destruction.
As soon as the rune appeared, it transformed into a sky full of micro-dust, sweeping out like a storm, intertwining black and white energies that eventually formed a gigantic array.
This was precisely the Two Yi Micro-dust Array!
The array area unfolded with a roar, boundless and endless, instantly enveloping Gu Youming along with his decrepit and decayed Blood Race progenitor body.
Within the array domain, reality and illusion inverted, and the six gates of life and death opened simultaneously, forming a prison that trapped Gu Youming firmly.
Chen Sheng’s Talisman Infant slowly left his body, suspended above the Array Hub, surrounded by ten thousand rays of golden light, brilliant and dazzling.
The Talisman Infant’s hands formed seals, continuously urging the power of the array domain.
He used his Dao Foundation as the lead, the talismanic magic as the domain, and the warrior altar as support, uniting the three, unleashing his peak power entirely.
"Fellow Daoist, please break this array!"
Chen Sheng’s voice penetrated through the array domain, reaching Gu Youming’s ears.
Gu Youming stood amidst the micro-dust storm, his expression still indifferent, yet the madness in his eyes only grew stronger.
The Corpse Dissolving Immortal’s pure radiance was clear, unstained by any dust, holy and aloof.
Yet, beside him, the ancestral body of the Blood Race emanated overwhelming Death Qi, with four prevailing forces of sinking, coldness, rigidity, and death suppressing all.
Two utterly distinct auras intertwined within him, yet remained orderly.
He raised his hands lightly, without a trace of hesitation.
From the ancestral rigid body, two ghostly green Death Lights erupted violently, carrying the power to decay everything and destroy all.
At the same time, the radiance of the Corpse Dissolving Immortal’s Primordial Spirit poured out, bearing the Dao Rhyme of transcending the mundane and purifying all.
One evil and one righteous, one death and one immortal, the two forces intertwined, forming a terrifying impact that crashed against the Two Yi Micro-dust Grand Array.
BOOM——!
A loud noise shook the Great Void.
Within the array domain, fine cracks emerged on the surface, trembling violently, with black and white micro-dust shattering wildly, yet quickly reorganizing under the Talisman Infant’s urging.
...
Time passed slowly.
Gu Youming had been trapped in this Two Yi Micro-dust Array for nine days.
During these nine days, he sat cross-legged within the array, with the pure radiance of the Corpse Dissolving Immortal growing dimmer and the power of his Primordial Spirit continually waning, his condition worsening.
Every minute, every second, he bore the erosion of the array domain’s Yin-Yang Power, having tried countless methods to break the array, all in vain.
He had to admit that his hundred years of cultivating the Corpse Dissolving Immortal Technique indeed fell short of the Nascent Soul Great Dao.
This day.
Gu Youming finally opened his eyes slowly, gazing up at the firmament, silent for a long time as if reflecting on his many years on the Dao path, recalling those ’fellow Daoists’ he treated as nourishment.
A faint smile curled at the corner of his mouth, a smile devoid of regret, devoid of anger, only an ease that came with acceptance.
"So be it, decay and flourish, finding life in death!"
"Being trapped here today, it’s better to embrace the transformation of decay and flourish, completing my Corpse Dissolving Technique."
In the next moment, he surprisingly dispelled the full radiance of his immortal body without the slightest hesitation.
That Corpse Dissolving Immortal’s Primordial Spirit, ethereal like a Banished Immortal, directly poured back into the rotten, cold, corpse-filled, and Blood Race essence ancestral old body!
What he pursued was never self-destruction and mutual destruction, but harnessing the power of decay and flourish to undergo another Corpse Dissolving.
Then, he would either break out of the array or exit gracefully!
...
Gu Youming spoke aloud:
"Using decay and flourish as the lead, attest the Corpse Dissolving once more!"
In an instant, an insanely extreme power exploded from Gu Youming’s ancestral rigid body, with the four energies of sinking, cold, rigidity, and death twisting and blending with the Dao Rhyme of the Corpse Dissolving Immortal.
Gu Youming’s power grew increasingly intense and chaotic.
He exerted all his strength to drive the transformation of decay and flourish, attempting to complete a second Corpse Dissolving using the power of the old body to break the impasse.
But ultimately, he failed!
A moment later, the power within him rapidly declined, the violent aura receding like the tide.
The ancestral rigid body trembled fiercely, with the dark green Death Qi and the bright white immortal radiance gradually dissipating.
The Corpse Dissolving Immortal nearly disintegrated!
Gu Youming’s aura weakened like a flickering candle in the wind:
"In the end, it still ended."
He spoke softly, his voice penetrating the array domain’s tremor, reaching Chen Sheng’s ears distinctly:
"Fellow Daoist, I have lost."
"All these years, it has always been fellow Daoists who assisted me. Today, it should be my turn to assist you."
"A man’s words are kind when he is about to die. Although I could not break the array, nor could I defeat you, I can offer you a few reminders."
Chen Sheng remained silent, not speaking, merely watching him quietly.
Gu Youming slowly propped himself up:
"Fellow Daoist, you bear a heaven-defying fate, reaching such a realm in just a few months."
"But I must remind you, no matter how great the fortune, if you cannot truly control it, it is ultimately but an illusion."
"You must uncover the essence of power!"
"While my Corpse Dissolving Technique may not compare to your Nascent Soul Great Dao, it is mine, built step by step, uniquely my own!"
Hearing this, Chen Sheng was touched, hesitating for a moment, he bowed slightly:
"Thank you, fellow Daoist, for the reminder!"
Upon hearing these words, Gu Youming revealed his final smile, his aura completely dissipating.
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