Mysteries of Immortal Puppet Master - Chapter 1349 - 531: Demon and Confucian Dual-phase Nascent Soul! (Part 2)
This “Saint Thief Scripture” even Qin De himself hasn’t mastered.
Because it was naturally evolved during his unconscious phase, by relying on his overwhelming Demon Path Qi Fortune.
“However, I am the founder of the ’Saint Thief Scripture’ in the first place. In the future, by continuously using this Nascent Soul, I will be able to comprehend a lot of knowledge and gradually restore a new ’Saint Thief Scripture’!”
Qin De turned the tables in despair, rising from misfortune, now having a brand new outlook and path.
“Then, let’s call this Nascent Soul, which combines Confucian and Demon, the ’Demon and Confucian Dual-phase Nascent Soul’. And the method of forming this Nascent Soul, let’s name it the ’Demon Seed Holy Embryo’.”
“Not good!”
Dong dong dong.
With three rings of the bell, Qin De’s soul scattered completely, leaving only a physical corpse.
The Demon and Confucian Dual-phase Nascent Soul, being one with Qin De, was also affected and suffered severe damage the moment it was born.
The Nascent Soul barely opened its eyelids, revealing Qin De’s complex expression.
He took one last look at his physical body and then urged the Nascent Soul to escape into the ground.
Soon after, Wu An and others arrived at the scene leading a group.
“Qin De is dead!”
“He deserved to die.”
“How could he hold out for so long with just his own strength?”
“He’s a Confucian Cultivator, yet unlike people like Eagle Claw Butcher, why didn’t he turn himself in and spare his own worthless life?”
Someone looked at Qin De’s corpse, whose soul had scattered, but couldn’t help but feel a sense of respect, blurting out, “Perhaps, that’s what being a Confucian Cultivator means. Do you think that Song Taosheng didn’t consider the possibility of dying when preparing for the assassination?”
Everyone was speechless.
At the summit of Cloud Cover Peak.
Cultivators continuously arrived, concealing their figures as they flew in.
Among the crowd, someone whispered.
“Zhong Dao has asked Wu An to make up for his crimes with good deeds, achieving remarkable results. All Demon Cultivators have either surrendered or died, they’ve been thoroughly wiped out.”
“Isn’t the Sect Master being too cautious, calling so many people and still being so tense?”
“I think the Sect Master is worrying too much. Cloud Cover is already stabilized, and the Qi Fortune has dissipated. How can the opponent have power left to counterattack?”
Dong Chen sat cross-legged at the eastern end of the altar, eyes closed, resting. His face was pale, but there was a touch of rosiness.
However, his brows twitched slightly.
“As the Sect Master of the Myriad Images Sect, my personal Qi Fortune is deeply entwined with that of the sect, so I have a deeper perception.”
The twitching of his brow is not a sign of good fortune.
Because of this, Dong Chen instead gathered more of the sect’s high-level members.
A strand of purple light quietly fell on the edge of the altar, transforming into a tall figure.
The newcomer had a face like jade, eyebrows tinged with a purple sheen, wearing a purple robe, and at the waist hung a Purple Jade Token. It was none other than the Deputy Peak Master of Purple Thunder Peak—Meng Wuyan.
Meng Wuyan’s arrival immediately attracted many glances.
Although he held the noble position of Deputy Peak Master, the gazes were full of disdain and contempt.
Meng Wuyan ignored these looks, moving forward to greet Dong Chen.
Dong Chen responded indifferently, telling him to stand by.
Then in the next moment.
Boom—!
A deafening explosion resounded in Dong Chen’s heart.
The Huazhang Country Lord, at great cost to the nation’s foundation, unleashed a final attack with the Treasure Seal, which erupted grandly.
The Heavenly Cloud Cover seemed to have been struck with a siege hammer.
The 9th floor of the canopy trembled violently.
The colorful clouds instantly dimmed.
The nine main cloud sashes suddenly tightened, then snapped one after another, with a “snap” sound.
Five out of the nine main pendants simultaneously shattered, sending shards flying, injuring the bodies of nearby cultivators.
The entire Heavenly Cloud Cover shook violently, like a capsizing ship, the entire canopy tilting towards the northwest.
Dong Chen bore the brunt. His connection with the Cloud Cover was the deepest. Blood spurted from his mouth, followed by blood pouring from his seven orifices, and his body collapsed like mud, his consciousness blurring in an instant.
Wei Ji’s body convulsed violently, his jet-black eyes lost focus in an instant. He toppled sideways, lying still on the ground.
Tuoba Huang, already severely injured and not yet recovered, was directly knocked unconscious by the impact.
Wang Yu’s horsetail whisk in his hand spontaneously combusted, forcing him to throw it away quickly, then took out bottles of Elixir Pills, and, with trembling hands, poured them into his mouth. Even in such desperation, his face was ashen, looking like a dead person.
Ling Juejian’s sword shattered instantly, seriously injuring him on the spot.
The rest of the high-level members staggered, some vomiting blood, some fainting, some collapsing on the ground. Dozens of people fell in this strike!
Even Meng Wuyan, who had just joined and was not closely connected with the Cloud Cover, was pushed back repeatedly, slightly injured, his purple eyes filled with shock.
More terrifying was the Heavenly Cloud Cover.
The corner of the 9th floor’s canopy was directly lifted. This caused the colorful clouds to churn wildly, then extinguished largely.
“Not good!” Seeing this, Dong Chen felt a sense of impending doom, his eyes wide with rage.
Forced into desperation, he fought back with all his might, spitting mana as if not caring for his life to support the Heavenly Cloud Cover.
Inspired by his action, the surrounding cultivators came to their senses and rushed to aid.
A dozen streams of mana and personal Qi Fortune converged, beams of light pouring into the Heavenly Cloud Cover from all directions.
The canopy stopped swaying violently.
The tilted canopy was slowly, bit by bit, pulled back to its original position by everyone’s combined efforts.
Truly, bit by bit.
An inch.
Two inches.
Three inches…
Each inch weighed a ton. Each inch exhausted everyone to the limit.
Finally, the canopy restored to its normal position, with the previously flipped corner settling back down.
The Heavenly Cloud Cover trembled slightly, resuming its rotation, albeit at a very slow speed.
Its colorful radiance had almost dissipated completely, and its presence was weak.
But it had held out through this ordeal!
Dong Chen collapsed on the ground, panting heavily, his heart filled with relief, grateful that he hadn’t held back and that he had summoned almost all the sect’s high-level members.
Behind him, many cultivators were either slumped over or sitting exhausted, in a state of disarray.
“Although we’ve pulled through, our Qi Fortune has been battered severely. We need to rest for a period before things return to normal.”
“That’s still not the main concern. The fact that a corner of the Heavenly Cloud Cover’s canopy was lifted is what’s truly significant!”
The cultivators used Divine Sense Transmission to communicate, in discussion, with a layer of worry shrouding their brows.
Indeed.
The Heavenly Cloud Cover served to suppress calamities. The lifting of a corner of the cloud canopy indicated that a portion of calamity had already descended upon the Myriad Images Sect.
“The brewing of calamity surely requires time, right?”
“In this time, we must make amends.”
“It’s just that we don’t know the precise location where the calamity will manifest!”
Meanwhile, the Demon and Confucian Dual-phase Nascent Soul was stealthily escaping.
“I did it, I did it!” Qin De rejoiced.
He had survived the most challenging period and now had regained freedom.
Moreover, the three soul-harassing chimes that rang periodically never sounded again.
Free from the clock chimes exposing his location, Qin De no longer faced any pursuit.
“Next, I must hide near a Transmission Array, find an opportunity to stealthily attach myself to a cultivator or an object, and teleport away!”
“My situation hasn’t reached true safety yet.”
Qin De never underestimated the Myriad Images Sect.
He speculated that the Myriad Images Sect might detect something amiss afterwards and conduct a rescan. Besides, what he feared most was Xiao Juxia.
The latter mysteriously appeared, teaching him the Ten Thousand Methods of Falling Demon Technique, which had always brought immense psychological pressure.
Now that Qin De had the help of Demon Path Qi Fortune, it had created a special Nascent Soul Formation Method. Isn’t this precisely what Xiao Juxia wanted?
If Xiao Juxia discovered Qin De was still alive and had acquired such a unique Nascent Soul.
The course of action he would take is self-evident.
What Qin De didn’t know was that Xiao Juxia was currently hiding in the clouds.
“Come out quickly, come out quickly.” Xiao Juxia murmured softly, his deep eyes full of anticipation.
Several two hours ago, Xiao Juxia had just begun divining the details.
He successfully avoided the Qi Fortune shockwave from the clash of two strong forces, remaining unscathed, and glimpsed a certain possibility!
