Chapter 1204 - 402: Former Heavenly Palace Affiliates (Double-Length - )

Chapter 1204: Chapter 402: Former Heavenly Palace Affiliates (Double-Length Chapter)

The Confucian Chanting Sect, compared to Scriptures Studies and Divine Archery, places greater emphasis on spiritual cultivation and the resonance between man and heaven.

Although they do not ultimately shed their physical shell the way the Daoist Artifact Refining Sect does, for a cultivator of the Confucian Chanting Sect, the body is likewise no more than a commonplace vessel for housing the spirit.

Thus Great Scholars of the Chanting Sect often have times when their spirit roams beyond the material world.

Even if their fleshly body is destroyed for a time, their Spiritual Soul still has ways to remain within heaven and earth.

At this moment, Liang Zhuo was suddenly cleaved in half by the Guangmo Sword; after a brief instant of shock and consternation, he hastily flew his own Spiritual Soul out from his mangled corpse.

But at the instant the treasured sword struck, it erupted with raging thunder-fire that not only devoured Liang Zhuo’s broken body, but the thunder-fire also spread onto his Spiritual Soul, making him feel as if his soul itself was cast into a sea of flames.

Liang Zhuo wanted to resist and shake it off, but in the span of a heartbeat, more sword light streaked and flashed past in a pitch-black cosmic starry void.

This Great Scholar who cultivated the inheritance of the Chanting Sect fell dead on the spot.

He did manage to recover from his initial surprise.

But what followed was even greater confusion.

Only the Magical Sword and Dharma remained; as for that Talisman Sect Taoist himself, who knew where in this cosmic void he was hiding?

In addition, as for Master Baima and the other Sumeru Lotus Sect monks, who knew where they were at this moment?

Outside this Daoist Great Vehicle Taoist Scene, who knew what had become of Saleheng and the others now?

Liang Zhuo still had many questions.

But he was no longer able to continue thinking.

His Spiritual Soul, already torn apart by the Flying Swords, was at this moment completely swallowed by the thunder-fire that followed.

The one he kept brooding over, Lei Jun, was presently not within this Great Vehicle Taoist Scene.

Leaving aside Bright Concubine Chu Duo and the others of the Lotus Division, Master Baima’s cultivation realm was higher than Liang Zhuo’s, so Lei Jun naturally prioritized putting more of his attention on Master Baima’s side.

Compared to Liang Zhuo, Master Baima had even less ability to struggle.

For Lei Jun had successively shattered her Bright Moon Wheel of Perfection and her Buddhist Sect Dharma Body, and beat her to death with his bare hands.

After resolving Liang Zhuo and the Sumeru Lotus Sect group, Lei Jun dispersed his own Great Vehicle Taoist Scene; the darkness receded, and the true Mortal World came back into view.

The great battle outside had likewise come to an end.

Saleheng, chieftain of the Golden Khanate’s Gale Tribe, died on the spot.

He walked the Roving Cavalry path as a Riding Martial Saint, his advance and retreat incomparably swift.

But his temperament was brave and competitive; he did not choose to flee at the first opportunity.

Thus, once he fell into Tang Xiaotang’s Great Vehicle Taoist Scene, it became difficult to leave again.

By contrast, Li Yuanheng, chieftain of the Earth Sea Tanli clan, though grievously injured in his Primordial Qi and "killed" on the spot by Tang Xiaotang, however...

"That bastard used Worm Arts to die in another’s stead and be reborn!" Tang Xiaotang’s face at this moment bore a look of displeasure, yet her twin pupils were still limpid and clear.

Above her head, the Eye of Heaven Method Dharma, like a pair of enormous eyes, had a gaze that was likewise bright and clear yet as still as an ancient well.

"To cultivate Worm Arts and be a Great Witch of Divine Descent at the Perfection of the Ninth Heavenly Layer—even if injured, such a method is not surprising." Lei Jun said.

Tang Xiaotang snorted: "No, I’m going to look for him again!"

She had just turned to leave when she suddenly thought of something, took the Celestial Master Seal from her own waist, and handed it back to Lei Jun:

"You hold onto this first. We’ll take them one by one. After I’ve dealt with that Jiuli tribesman, we’ll go find that piece of trash who just tried to seize the Celestial Master Seal."

Lei Jun caught the Celestial Master Seal with one hand, and opened the other; in his palm appeared several standard, archaic Talisman Decrees, precisely what had been left behind after he attacked the other party’s Nascent Soul Yang God and forced it to retreat.

That Daoist Alchemy Cauldron Sect expert had earlier relied on his own Spiritual Soul Magic and these Talisman Decrees to attempt to claim the Celestial Master Seal.

"So-called... Southern Red Emperor, yes?" Lei Jun mused. "Senior Sister mentioned him before."

Tang Xiaotang let out a low laugh: "Can’t be wrong, it’s him!"

Back when Xu Yuanzhen entered Penglai, she had interacted with many Daoist experts; later, she had chatted about it with Lei Jun, Tang Xiaotang, and the other fellow disciples.

Thus Lei Jun and Tang Xiaotang both knew that, besides the Northern Black Emperor Huang Xuanpu and the Western White Emperor Han Qingtao, there was at least a so-called Southern Red Emperor.

Han Qingtao was the former Sect Leader of the Great Ming Shushan Sect, a Ninth Heavenly Layer Daoist Artifact Refining Sect Great Vehicle High Immortal.

As for that Southern Red Emperor, he was, like Huang Xuanpu, a Daoist Alchemy Cauldron Sect Great Vehicle High Immortal, and moreover a direct heir of the Pure Yang Palace lineage.

Only due to the current branching of the Mortal World, his precise background had yet to be confirmed.

But the general path of the other party’s Taoist Laws and Divine Skills was already largely clear.

"The Divine Soul Technique he used just now to launch a sneak attack on your Spiritual Soul, Little Martial Sister, should be the Yin Spirit Edge." Lei Jun said. "Derived from the Pure Yang Mother Qi."

This was a Divine Soul Secret Skill currently absent from the Pure Yang Palace of the Great Tang.

But its lineage could be traced.

The Great Tang Pure Yang Palace had a top-tier Daoist Sect Magic Martial art called the Pure Yang Main Fist, one of the foundational ultimate arts of the Pure Yang Palace lineage—simple and pure, yet endlessly profound.

A vast number of the Pure Yang Palace’s ultimate arts had their roots and foundation in this.

The two great ultimate arts derived from it, Yang Extreme Primordial Qi and the Yin Extreme Precious Cauldron, were even more the Pure Yang Palace lineage’s deepest heritage.

The Southern Red Emperor likewise mastered the Pure Yang Main Fist, as well as Yang Extreme Primordial Qi and the Yin Extreme Precious Cauldron.

But in addition to these, he had mastered another Divine Soul Technique, which was believed to be likewise born from the Pure Yang Main Fist.

Its name was: Pure Yang Mother Qi, Yin Spirit Edge.

The Yin Extreme Precious Cauldron formed from the Daoist Sect Magic Martial art Pure Yang Main Fist combined offense and defense, with a focus on defense.

But when it came to the Divine Soul Secret Skill, the Yin Extreme Divine Edge was a purely offensive attack technique—its edge incomparably sharp, coming without shadow and leaving without trace, as if appearing from the void itself, skipping past all of the target’s protections and focusing on a single point to pierce their Spiritual Soul; its lethality was quite terrifying.

It was a pity for him that Tang Xiaotang’s talent was monstrous; she sensed it early.

She first achieved the Pure Yang Immortal Physique, then the Tai Chu Dao Body; she constantly pondered and tempered herself, her Spiritual Soul’s tenacity abnormally high. With the Celestial Master Seal’s protection, that incoming Yin Spirit Edge proved completely futile.