Reigning Supreme in countless worlds With Beast taming - Chapter 430 - 430: 427 Endless Shame Ghost Ancestor's Prestige
In fact, not only were Ning Wuxu and other immortals dismissive of this youth, unwilling to personally take action, even the Inner Sect Elders like Chu Youming were somewhat reluctant to move against this junior.
Because the youth’s cultivation was too low, merely at the Golden Core Realm, and because he had cultivated the Rebirth Sect’s techniques, his body had become extremely weak, only leaving his soul power relatively strong. Such a small cultivator was hardly worth their personal intervention.
However, considering that this youth was personally escorted from the battlefield by a Demon Immortal of the Yangshen Realm and had been protected all this way, they still ordered those among the juniors with the highest status, Li Miaozhen and Qin Feng, to lead a team to chase and kill this youth, lest the little demon managed to escape.
Neither of the two refused and with a wave of their hands, each led about a dozen Golden Core Disciples from two different directions to cast a net and pursue.
Along the way, Qin Feng noticed Li Miaozhen’s lack of enthusiasm, knowing that she had no interest in pursuing a Golden Core Demon Cultivator, and only joined the chase due to the face of the Sect Elders.
Thinking it over, he said, “Senior Sister, how about we make it a competition to see who can take down that demon cultivator first?”
“It’s just a Golden Core Demon Cultivator, what’s there to compete for?”
Li Miaozhen leisurely sat on the back of a White Tiger, allowing it to carry her through the air.
Although she was also at the Golden Core Realm, with her level of strength, she couldn’t be regarded as a typical Golden Core Cultivator. Thus, she somewhat looked down on the young Demon Cultivator ahead.
“What, are you scared?”
Qin Feng teased her.
“Ha, what a joke!”
Li Miaozhen was never one to back down, not caring even if she faced enemies several times stronger than herself, let alone a minor demon cultivator.
“If you want a competition, then I’ll let you witness the prowess of my White Tiger lineage!”
She turned to the dozen or so Golden Core Disciples of the White Tiger lineage and shouted, “Fellow brothers and juniors, show your skills and catch up to that demon cultivator, lest the disciples of the Spiritual Snake lineage find us a laughingstock.”
“Yes!”
“Senior Sister, rest assured, we will do our utmost to not disappoint you.”
The disciples of the White Tiger lineage, energized as if injected with vigor, steered their spiritual beasts forward in pursuit.
“Junior Brother, I’m going ahead now!”
Li Miaozhen told Qin Feng before suddenly standing up, the White Tiger beneath her roared towards the sky and leapt forward, instantly covering a hundred yards.
“Hey, Senior Sister, I haven’t even started yet?”
“If you can catch up to me, do it; otherwise, just admit defeat!”
Seeing Li Miaozhen rejuvenated, Qin Feng couldn’t help but chuckle lightly, gave a shout to his own sect fellows from behind, and the White Dragon beneath him flapped its wings furiously, chasing forward.
The youth controlled a spiritual treasure shaped like a bamboo raft, and his fleeing speed was not much slower than that of Qin Feng and Li Miaozhen.
However, he ultimately lacked power, unable to control the spiritual treasure for long at high speed, and gradually the spiritual beasts beneath the two caught up.
The youth repeatedly changed directions, trying to shake them off, but in addition to Qin Feng and Li Miaozhen, there were over thirty Golden Core Disciples, most with fast types of flying mounts. They spread out and covered several dozen miles around, and every time the youth changed direction, he might slightly shake off the closest pursuers, Qin Feng and Li Miaozhen, but the gap with the disciples behind was closing.
Finally, in yet another change of direction, Qin Feng anticipated the youth’s intended escape route, instructed the White Dragon to pursue that direction, and suddenly they were within a thousand yards.
“Roar…”
The White Dragon flapped its wings fiercely, narrowed the gap by another hundred yards, and opened its mouth to breathe out a scorching breath of dragon fire.
“Ah…”
The youth exclaimed, somewhat frantically pulling out a fist-sized protective cover crafted from colorful liuli from his body, embedding a beam of spirit light into it, suddenly enlarging it a thousandfold, protecting him inside. Despite the formidable dragon breath, it couldn’t harm him at all.
Then the youth took out two foot-long God-Breaking Cones from his body, turning them into two dark beams heading for Qin Feng and the White Dragon, which were then deflected by Qin Feng with a flick of his finger, sending two streaks of golden light flying out to knock the God-Breaking Cones away.
He looked at the youth, a hint of playfulness appearing at the corner of his mouth.
Because he realized that this youth had no combat experience at all.
Such lack of combat experience might be normal among certain disciples of Righteous Path Sects, where some pampered inheritors or descendants of influential lines, who were so dearly loved that elders were reluctant to send them out to face adventures, or some cultivators skilled in various arts who were not adept at fighting, and whom the Sect wouldn’t wish to risk in battles, might have no fighting experience.
But for a demon cultivator raised in the Demon Sect from a young age to have not fought against others was rather peculiar.
This would be hard to believe if said out loud.
It seemed this youth’s identity was not so simple!
Indeed, if he were just a common Golden Core Demon Cultivator, why would a Yangshen Realm Demon Immortal personally protect him? An ordinary Golden Core-level Demon Cultivator would hardly catch the eyes of those demon immortals.
It seemed this person held a certain status within the Rebirth Sect.
But then again, who cares.
Qin Feng’s gaze turned cold, regardless of the youth’s identity, since the main headquarters of the Rebirth Sect had already been destroyed, there was no need to keep him alive for interrogation. It was better to kill him outright to avoid further complications!
With this thought, his mind moved, and the White Dragon immediately received the command, unleashing a series of Dragon Language Magic, not aiming to breach the youth’s defenses, but rather to entangle him and prevent a quick escape.
“Boom…”
Qin Feng threw the Sky Battle Halberd, which transformed into an Azure Dragon and crashed directly into the multicolored glazed protective shield, shaking it violently. Then, it wrapped around the shield, spiraling and compressing, attempting to crush it.
Just as the youth, with a face full of panic, was about to stabilize the defensive spiritual treasure, a golden light suddenly shot up from below him and with a loud bang, it struck the flying spiritual treasure at his feet.
The youth lost his balance and was sent flying dozens of feet away. Due to his lack of experience, he even forgot to summon his protective Dharma treasure and just flew out through the air.
“See where you can run to!” Qin Feng shouted lightly, gathering the Ruyi Golden Light in his hand into a sword, preparing to strike down the youth. Suddenly, a flash of sword light caught the corner of his eye, followed by a sharp sword energy that bisected the youth at the waist.
“Hehe, Junior Brother, you’ve lost!” From afar, Li Miaozhen waved her hand with a smile, and the White Tiger Saber instantly flew back to her hand. With a clang, she sheathed it with a flip of her hand.
“Sister, that doesn’t count. You only picked up my leftovers.” Qin Feng protested.
“We were competing to see who would dispose of this demon cultivator first, not who would catch up to him first.” Li Miaozhen’s smile was radiant, and she was in high spirits, “You lost, Junior Brother Qin, and don’t be a sore loser!”
…
Elder Kongkong and the Divine Weapon Family’s Profound Immortal, Wang Zhuding, joined forces to battle the Rebirth Sect Master. Despite him not being weaker than these two seasoned Profound Immortals, and even relying on mysterious techniques of the Rebirth Sect to hold his ground in the fight, the prolonged battle started to turn against him, offering no chance for escape.
Mainly, it was due to Elder Kongkong’s profound understanding of the Space Dao. With him around, even though the Rebirth Sect Master tried several times to utilise tricks to escape, Elder Kongkong continuously intercepted him by traveling through the void and even warping space to send him back.
Wang Zhuding, being one of the Divine Weapon Family’s top Profound Immortal Elders, unleashed powerful Immortal Magical Treasures one after another with fierce attack power, which relentlessly defeated their opponent.
However, the Rebirth Sect Master did not yield to despair. Unlike the other two Demon Immortals from the Demon Sect who had come to support him, he had prepared a contingency plan.
His backup was that young man. Knowing that the Righteous Path cultivators had begun their expedition into the void to wage war in other worlds, he had selected a suitable child from the commoners to bring back.
After careful nurturing and subtle indoctrination, he had gradually cultivated the youth’s body to become a vessel capable of sustaining his Divine Soul Origin Spiritual Light.
He intended to seal his Yang God and use the youth’s body to infiltrate a Righteous Path Sect and blend into the Otherworld.
Having long reached the peak of Profound Immortal, he was only a half step away from ascending to Immortality. However, since the Heavenly Dao of the Biluo Great World resented these traitors and would not allow them to ascend—any trace discovered would invoke Heavenly Punishment, like the Daoist Wuji who was struck dead by heavenly lightning—he targeted the Otherworld.
Learning about the expeditions of the Five Domains from the start, he had begun his preparations. Even without the other sects attacking today, he would have executed his plan within three years. Now, it was merely expedited.
Thus, when Elder Kongkong and Wang Zhuding pushed him into a corner, ready to suppress him completely, the Rebirth Sect Master was not panicky but only felt regret as he glanced in the direction of Heavenly Corpse Old Ghost and Old Demon Huaxue.
These two had foolishly come to help him and were now caught in a desperate predicament to escape.
He had prepared for this, able to escape on his own. It was doubtful that Heavenly Corpse Old Ghost and Old Demon Huaxue had the same fallback plan, and they likely couldn’t avoid their fate this time.
Well, he would avenge them once he returned after proving his Dao.
Feeling the increasing pressure around him and also sensing the mark he left inside the youth moving thousands of miles away under Elder Mie Jue’s protection to a relatively safe place, he no longer hesitated, ready to transfer his Divine Soul Origin Spiritual Light into the body of the youth.
Before casting the spell, he intended to leave a few imposing words, fitting his stature as a Sect Leader.
In an unhurried tone, he declared, “Kongkong, today you annihilate my sect, but when I return, I will repay this a hundredfold!”
Elder Kongkong scorned, “At this point, you still think you can escape from us?”
“You think you can escape? Impossible!” On the other side, Wang Zhuding suddenly unleashed a huge cauldron.
The cauldron mastered the universe, expanding to a thousand feet across, directly suppressing the Rebirth Sect Master within, “Thinking of escaping under my Demon Suppression Cauldron? Dream on!”
“Hmm, the inheritance of my Rebirth Sect is extremely profound, not something you can comprehend.” The Rebirth Sect Master sneered.
“Beast Taming Sect, Divine Weapon Family, Wanfa Sect, Five Poisons Sect, and all those medium and small sects, just wait for my return and the vengeance that follows!” Having said that, he suddenly surged with boundless light, expending the power of his Yang God to cast dozens of mysterious divine techniques, shaking the Demon Suppression Cauldron continuously. Though he didn’t completely destroy this Immortal artifact, he did manage to damage many of the Prohibition Arrays within it.
Following a thunderous explosion, the Rebirth Sect Master detonated his Yang God, marking his demise.
“This…” Both Elder Kongkong and Wang Zhuding were stunned.
This man had not yet been driven to desperate straits; why did he choose such a fierce route and even self-detonate?
They swept their Divine Senses across thousands of miles of the void, and Elder Kongkong even went as far as to imprison layers of nearby space, allowing no chance for any energy fluctuation to escape.
However, after extensive scanning, they found no signs of the Rebirth Sect Master escaping.
They exchanged glances, “Is this guy aware that there’s no escape and is just trying to deceive us, or does he actually possess some mysterious divine skills to escape?”
“Rebirth Sect? Can he really be reborn?”
Wang Zhuding muttered.
“That shouldn’t be the case.”
Elder Kongkong shook his head, “Based on what we know about the Rebirth Sect, unless this fellow ascends to immortality and his divine soul retains a spark of spirit light, only then could he possibly have the chance to be reborn. Otherwise, with my Biluo Great World now disconnected from the Netherworld and the cycle of reincarnation, how could rebirth be possible?”
Just as the two were filled with doubt, some ten thousand miles away, Qin Feng and Li Miaozhen were still discussing who had won their bout when the youth Li Miaozhen had bisected suddenly stopped falling, opened his eyes in a daze, glanced at his severed torso, and then roared, “What’s going on? Who was it, who damaged the dharma body I had prepared?
Elder Mie Jue, where have you gone? I asked you to ensure its safety, is this how you did it?”
The Rebirth Sect Master was so angry he nearly went mad.
When he was previously preparing to transfer his original divine light using a secret technique, he had specifically sensed the condition of this youth through a mark. At that time, the youth’s body was intact without any damage, so only then did he proceed with the secret technique.
To his utter disbelief, upon transferring his divine soul over, he was greeted by a body that had been bisected and had already lost all signs of life.
How could he bear such a blow? Had he known earlier, he would rather have split his original spiritual light into three parts and scattered it, using secret techniques to escape to the heavens and the earth to be reborn among people—any one of them escaping would allow him a chance to start over, far better than now, having relinquished all his power, only to be confronted with such a state after the transfer.
After the youth’s body was bisected, it still contained sword energy from Li Miaozhen, completely severing his life force. Even if the Rebirth Sect Master could survive without relying on a body, with his power gone and only spirit light left, how could he escape if he encountered a strong enemy?
He had made some modifications in the youth’s body beforehand, just so that, upon his arrival, he could manifest strength not inferior to an immortal within a short time, at the very least ensuring he had the power to escape danger.
Now, looking at the two younger cultivators staring eagerly at him from not far away, and further off, twenty or thirty disciples of the Beast Taming Sect about to surround him, he felt a chill in his heart.
I, the Rebirth Sect Master, a peak Profound Immortal, have fallen to such a state where I must flee for my life from these youngsters—what a disgrace indeed!
Qin Feng and Li Miaozhen, who had been bickering, also fell silent and turned their eyes towards the half corpse!
“This tone, it sounds a lot like how the Rebirth Sect Master spoke before!”
Qin Feng looked at Li Miaozhen with some suspicion.
“It’s him!”
More intuitive than Qin Feng, Li Miaozhen was convinced and immediately confirmed the identity of the Rebirth Sect Master.
“It seems the Rebirth Sect Master had tampered with this youth, planning to transfer himself into this body upon a defeat. Hmm, it’s good fortune that I killed him with a single strike, otherwise, more trouble would surely have arisen!”
“Senior Sister, with our combined strength, we are no match for a great power like the Rebirth Sect Master. Even if he hasn’t transferred his Yang God into this youth, who knows what other methods he might have? If he attempts to seize our bodies, that would be a big problem.”
Qin Feng quietly transmitted a message to Li Miaozhen, “I’ll have the White Dragon use the Holy Flame, which might trap him for a moment and prevent him from easily letting his residual soul escape from that body. You must quickly summon the Supreme Elder to suppress this fiend.”
“Okay.”
Li Miaozhen nodded. While carefully guarding against the Rebirth Sect Leader and instructing the White Dragon to use the Burning Sky Holy Flame, she directly took out her True Disciple’s Identity Jade and sent out a distress signal with the highest level of authority.
This type of distress signal was generally not sent lightly, as it would not only alert the Sensing Jade in the ancestral hall of the Sect but also display the message that a True Disciple was in danger on the Identity Jade of all Beast Taming Sect cultivators within tens of thousands of miles.
No matter their level of Cultivation or their status, from Outer Disciples to the Sect’s Supreme Elder, the message would appear on their Identity Jade.
This was a privilege only available to each generation’s True Disciple. Crafting such a high level of Identity Jade was also extremely difficult, but once a True Disciple issued this highest level of distress signal, all Beast Taming Sect cultivators within their ability must drop what they were doing and go to the rescue.
Hundreds of miles away, not to mention the Inner Sect Elders and disciples who were stirred up by the sudden change in their Identity Jade, even Ning Wuxu and Yin Beifeng, who were mid-air combatting Elder Mie Jue, had their expressions drastically change.
Especially Ning Wuxu, whose disciple was with Li Miaozhen. Knowing that Li Miaozhen had sent out the highest level of information, it was clear that Qin Feng was in a likewise dangerous situation.
Considering this, he said to Yin Beifeng, “You stay, I’ll go check!”
“Okay!”
Although Yin Beifeng was also somewhat worried about the safety of his own lineage’s True Disciple, the generational gap between him and Li Miaozhen was significant, unlike Ning Wuxu’s direct mentorship to Qin Feng, so he did not compete with him for the chance to rescue but instead wielded his White Tiger Saber with even greater ferocity, joining forces with the Wanfa Sect’s Supreme Elder to attack Elder Mie Jue.
“Roar…”
As the White Dragon’s Burning Sky Holy Flame descended upon him, the Rebirth Sect Leader nearly crooked his nose in rage, “You juniors, how dare you treat me like this?”
Being a peak Profound Immortal, just a step away from ascending to Immortal, when had he ever been so humiliated by a Golden Core Cultivator?
To think they could purify him with just a Spiritual Beast in the Purple Mansion Realm?
If Qin Feng had used another method, it might have been tolerable, but using this purifying Holy Flame instantly infuriated the Rebirth Sect Leader.
Even though his power was reduced to almost nothing, even though his Yang God had self-destructed, leaving only an earlier entrusted strand of Divine Soul and Origin Spiritual Light within a boy’s half-remnant body, his high realm of soul and spirit light made him very uncomfortable within the Holy Flame, yet it was not something that could be purified by a Holy Flame of the White Dragon’s caliber.
Thus, he felt an endless humiliation.
With a roar, he burst from the half-remnant body of the boy, wrapped in that strand of Divine Soul and Origin Spiritual Light, directly breaking through the Holy Flame and flying towards Qin Feng.
He intended to seize the boy’s body.
Although Qin Feng was too conspicuous as a target and couldn’t easily be used to mingle in Otherworld, the Rebirth Sect Leader could sense that Qin Feng’s physique was exceptionally strong, nearly on par with a Body Refining Cultivator in the Purple Mansion Realm.
He could use Qin Feng’s vital energy to restore some of his soul power, then consume Qin Feng’s vital energy to perform a secret technique and escape.
After leaving this place, it wouldn’t be a big deal for him to spend another ten or eight years cultivating another body capable of carrying his soul and concealing his Spirit Light.
If he were to infiltrate the Otherworld with his Dao Cultivation, he could sacrifice hundreds of millions of lives and, before long, restore himself to his peak Realm, at which time he could consider the matter of Proving Dao.
Qin Feng and Li Miaozhen, along with their Spiritual Beasts and all sorts of Spells, targeted the Rebirth Sect Master’s residual soul.
Unfortunately, although the Rebirth Sect Master’s power was nearly depleted, he was not so easily harmed by them. With a mere flick of the Power of Laws, he could intercept their attacks.
Qin Feng, pulling Li Miaozhen along, pushed the Divine Skill of Shrinking Ground to Inch to its limits, retreating three thousand feet in one step, but still not managing to put much distance between them and the Rebirth Sect Master. Instead, they were further targeted and drawn closer by their adversary.
“Bold demon, do not harm my disciple!”
Just when the Rebirth Sect Master’s residual soul was about a hundred feet from Qin Feng, a sudden shout thundered from afar. Immediately after, two beams of Divine Light streaked through the sky, pinning the Rebirth Sect Master’s residual soul in the void.
The figure of Ning Wuxu arrived like a dragon, blocking in front of Qin Feng almost instantly.
“Master!”
Qin Feng cheered.
“Martial Uncle Ning!”
Li Miaozhen also sighed in relief.
“Greetings to the Supreme Elder!”
From a distance, over thirty Golden Core disciples bowed respectfully, greeting Ning Wuxu.
“Master, this is the Rebirth Sect Master’s residual soul. He had left a backup inside that youth’s body, but I came a step too late, and Senior Sister Li has already slain his body.”
“I understand.”
Ning Wuxu nodded slightly and waved his hand, “Step back for now. I will discuss further after I have slain this demon soul.”
“Yes!”
Qin Feng and Li Miaozhen, along with the distant Golden Core disciples, all retreated, not daring to come too close, lest the Rebirth Sect Master employ some mysterious means to place another fragment of his soul into them. With their current level of Cultivation, they likely wouldn’t withstand the Rebirth Sect Master’s body seizing.
“Ning Wuxu?”
The Rebirth Sect Master’s residual soul struggled repeatedly but, lacking strength, failed even to break free from Ning Wuxu’s Soul-Stabilizing Divine Light.
He felt a mix of despair and embarrassment: “Junior, if you are capable, wait until I find a body before confronting me face to face. Taking advantage of my weakest moment to belittle this fragment of my soul—what skill is there in that!”
“Hmph, considering you are a Profound Immortal Realm powerhouse and a Demon Sect Master, you think to escape using such lowly means?”
Ning Wuxu spoke coldly, “Now that the fate of your Demon Path has run dry, do you still think to struggle vainly in your dying moments? A mere fantasy! Rebirth Sect Master, since you’ve fallen into my hands, it’s fitting for Ning to execute you. Hm, you’ve been in charge of the Rebirth Sect for many years. Killing you should fortify my Qi Fortune a bit more, and if I have the chance to ascend to a higher level in the future, I shall not forget your contribution.”
He finished speaking, and before the Rebirth Sect Master could utter another word, Ning Wuxu manifested thousands of feet long Dragon and Snake.
With the emergence of the Dragon and Snake Dharma Form, the power of the Soul-Stabilizing Divine Light in its eyes intensified, and even though the Rebirth Sect Master’s soul and Spirit Light were innately stronger than Ning Wuxu’s, in such a state, he was still suppressed to the point of almost being immobile.
The Rebirth Sect Master felt a surge of unwillingness: “Heaven wants me dead, not you! I refuse to accept this!”
He roared, “You are but a junior who has just attained Immortal Dao. If it weren’t for the Heavenly Dao’s Qi Fortune obscuring my fate, preventing me from detecting the young man’s death prematurely, how could I have fallen into such a humiliating state at your hands!”
“The victor is king, the defeated an evil, with the trend on my side, isn’t it only natural for me to win over you?”
Ning Wuxu slowly spoke, “Since you’ve joined the Demon Sect, you should have known this day would come sooner or later! Others might still be excusable, but you, Rebirth Sect Master, willingly joined the Demon Sect during the Ancient Great Tribulation. During that period, not only did you not help repel the external enemies, but you also turned to slay your own kind, causing the deaths of countless beings from our realm. To die by my hand today is already merciful. Otherwise, if you were to fall into the hands of Ghost City, perhaps they would lock your soul in a Soul Lamp and burn it with Soul Burning Fire for ten thousand years, subjecting you to endless agony. If you were lucky enough to be valued by the Ghost Ancestor, perhaps you still might have a chance to become one of the members of his Ten Thousand Ghosts Banner, have your consciousness erased, become a Ghost Item, and be eternally ordered around by Ghost City.”
Mentioning the Ghost Ancestor’s reputation, even the Rebirth Sect Master’s color changed, and deep inside, he found himself agreeing with Ning Wuxu’s words.
Clearly, owing to the many demonic beings who ended up in the hands of the Ghost Ancestor meeting a fate worse than death, including numerous Immortal Realm Demon Path powers, the Ghost Ancestor’s reputation held immense deterrence among the Demon Path cultivators.
The Ten Thousand Ghosts Banner drifting above Ghost City not only contained trapped souls of powerful beings from various realms during the Ancient Great Tribulation but also countless Demon Sect cultivators.
Thus, among the Great Powers of the Biluo Great World, the one with the most significant deterrence over the Demon Path wasn’t the Daoist Ancestor Taixuan with the highest Dao Cultivation or Ancestor Zhan Tian with unparalleled War Power, but Ghost Ancestor Cang Yang from the Northern Domain’s Ghost City!
“Enough talk; your time has come.”
Ning Wuxu extended his hand, summoning the Gui Water Thunder which struck down, forcibly dispersing the Rebirth Sect Master’s lingering soul. He then spat out the pitch-black Xuanming True Water, thoroughly annihilating its Origin Spiritual Light!
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