Translator: CinderTL
Within the subterranean cavern, Blood Scar, who had been sitting cross-legged on the high platform, moved swiftly to hover above the solid ice. He gazed down at Fu Chengye trapped within, a mocking smile twisting his lips.
"Fellow Daoist Fu, how does the Nine Nether Profound Fiend taste?"
Fu Chengye desperately channeled his spiritual power, striving to break free from the icy prison.
Yet the chilling aura emanating from the ice pierced his body like countless razor-sharp blades, freezing his meridians.
As spiritual power flowed through his meridians, it felt as if countless steel needles were stabbing his flesh, inflicting unbearable agony.
This unspeakable torment overwhelmed Fu Chengye, a Void Refinement Stage cultivator, blurring his consciousness and nearly causing him to faint.
With his mind clouded, he lost control over his spiritual power, which gradually stagnated like stagnant water.
The excruciating pain slowly subsided, and Fu Chengye's consciousness gradually cleared.
"Blood Scar, you deceived me," Fu Chengye spat through gritted teeth, his eyes burning with fury and resentment. "The Nine Nether Profound Fiend was already completed. From the beginning, the crafting process you described was a lie."
Blood Scar replied smugly, "Indeed, I deceived you. The moment the Malevolent Qi surged from the corpse, the Nine Nether Profound Fiend was already complete. The subsequent steps were merely a charade, allowing me to secretly recover my spiritual power. As the esteemed patriarch of your clan, possessing early-stage Void Refinement Stage cultivation, how could I not take precautions against you?"
Though Fu Chengye seethed with resentment, he had no choice but to accept his defeat.
"My skills fall short of yours, Blood Scar. I have no excuses. Kill me or torture me—do as you please."
Blood Scar chuckled. "Rest assured, I won't kill you."
Hearing that his life would be spared, Fu Chengye's expression brightened, but wariness quickly returned.
"Blood Scar, what do you truly want?"
"I plan to use you to strike a deal with the Fu Clan," Blood Scar explained, "exchanging you for half the treasures in their treasure vault. I'm confident they'll agree to these terms."
"You're truly willing to let me go?" Fu Chengye's face was etched with suspicion.
"Naturally. Killing you would be like killing the goose that lays the golden eggs. I'm not foolish enough to do that. Besides, your secret collaboration with me, a demon lord of the Divine Blood Gate, has made you an outcast among the Orthodox Path forces of the Southern Nether Continent. If the Fu Clan wants to live peacefully from now on, you'll continue cooperating with me. Otherwise, I'll expose our dealings. Hahaha..." Blood Scar's arrogant laughter echoed through the underground cavern.
"Blood Scar, you're truly cunning," Fu Chengye roared in fury.
"Fellow Daoist Fu, your praise is too generous," Blood Scar replied.
With that, Blood Scar waved his hand, unleashing a stream of corpse qi.
The corpse qi pierced through the solid ice, hurtling straight toward Fu Chengye.
"I'm sealing your dantian. Don't resist, or you'll only suffer more," Blood Scar warned.
Fu Chengye wisely allowed the corpse qi to enter his abdomen and seal his dantian.
Seeing this, Blood Scar withdrew the Nine Nether Fiend Qi.
Instantly, the ice imprisoning Fu Chengye, now devoid of the Malevolent Qi's support, became crystal clear before shattering into fragments.
Blood Scar retrieved the formation flags from the cavern's formation and scattered several emerald-green flames.
The flames landed on the Corpse Coffins, igniting them like oil meeting fire, spreading rapidly.
In an instant, the green flames engulfed the entire cavern, reducing everything to ashes.
Blood Scar grabbed Fu Chengye and plunged into the vertical shaft, emerging onto the surface.
Just as he was about to leave, a thunderous roar echoed through the air.
"You demonic heretics! Disregarding human lives and committing countless atrocities! Today, I shall act on behalf of the heavens and eradicate you all!"
Blood Scar's heart tightened as he turned toward the voice, spotting a figure hurtling toward them.
In the next instant, his unease vanished, replaced by a sneer.
"A mere early-stage Void Refinement cultivator dares to challenge me? You're practically begging for death!"
The newcomer was none other than Song Wen, who had been lying in wait for his moment.
"The one begging for death might not be me."
Before the words faded, nine tentacles suddenly sprouted from Song Wen's head.
Blood Scar's eyes widened in disbelief.
"A void fiend!"
Sensing imminent danger, Blood Scar hastily summoned the Nine Nether Profound Fiend, which lunged at Song Wen like a wrathful dragon.
Even before the Malevolent Qi could reach Song Wen, the nine tentacles began to tremble violently, emitting a resonant hum.
"Ah..."
Blood Scar and Fu Chengye both cried out in agony.
Blood Scar staggered, plummeting toward the ground, Fu Chengye following suit.
Thud! Thud!
The dull thuds of their impact reverberated as they crashed into the rocky terrain below, carving massive craters into the earth.
Song Wen had shown mercy; otherwise, Shadow Void's full-force divine sense attack would have shattered both their divine souls.
As for the Nine Nether Profound Fiend Qi that had been surging toward Song Wen, it dissipated automatically without Blood Scar's control.
Song Wen descended to Blood Scar's side, his hand transforming into an iron claw that crushed Blood Scar's skull.
Immediately, Blood Scar's divine soul, blood essence, and vast spiritual power poured into Song Wen's body.
Song Wen's aura surged violently.
The spiritual power within him surged like a raging sea, its relentless torrent shattering the bottleneck of early-stage Void Refinement.
In mere moments, his cultivation broke through the shackles, advancing to mid-stage Void Refinement.
Yet his aura continued to climb.
His cultivation soared until it neared the bottleneck of mid-stage Void Refinement, then finally stabilized.
Having completed this, Song Wen took a deep breath and turned to look at Fu Chengye, who lay nearby.
Fu Chengye had recovered from the agonizing pain in his divine soul, his consciousness regaining a semblance of clarity.
"Fellow Daoist," Fu Chengye pleaded, "I am of the Fu Clan from Cultivation Sun City, not of the demonic path. I beg you to spare my life. I will repay you handsomely in the future."
Song Wen's face remained cold and resolute, radiating righteous indignation.
"Fu Chengye, you were an accomplice to evil. You deserve to die."
Song Wen strode over to Fu Chengye and ended his life, seizing his divine soul and blood essence in the process.
He removed the storage rings from the two mummified corpses and tossed two clusters of raging flames to incinerate the bodies, leaving no trace behind.
Then, he conjured a violent gale that sent surrounding boulders tumbling, completely erasing all signs of the battle.
Song Wen soared into the sky and vanished swiftly into the distant horizon.
Instead of heading to his newly acquired cultivation cave, Cloudstream Valley, he changed his appearance to assume the identity of "Lei Yue" and made his way to Great Tan City.
He had just learned from Xu Mengyu that a corpse cultivator from the Divine Blood Gate had been sighted in Cultivation Sun City, where the Fu Clan's early-stage void refining Ancestor had recently died. He feared Xu Mengyu might grow suspicious of him.
He needed to prevent her suspicions from taking root and extract something useful from her before she could grow suspicious.
By the time he reached Great Tan City, it was the fourth quarter of Shen Hour, with the scorching sun hanging low in the west.
Eager to meet Xu Mengyu, Song Wen found a secluded alleyway and retrieved her Communication Jade Slip.
Fellow Daoist Xu, I wish to meet you. Are you available?
[Where should we meet?] Xu Mengyu replied promptly, agreeing readily.
[Let's meet at Auspicious Jade Mountain again,] Song Wen suggested.
Agreed!
(End of the Chapter)
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