Cultivation through Skin Making

Chapter 738: 259. His Past Life, You Cannot Fathom (5.3K Words – Please Subscribe)_3

He planned to cultivate in this Secret Realm until he couldn’t possibly cultivate any further.

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In the blink of an eye, a hundred years passed…

After Emperor Changye thoroughly consolidated his unified dominion, he began to become unbelievably tyrannical, killing people in droves and destroying the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm piece by piece. Compared to him, Di Cunxin could be considered a kind-hearted good child.

On this day, he was humiliating a female cultivator from a small sect, while simultaneously slaughtering her fellow sect members. Somehow, he remembered Han Weizi, known as the “second most beautiful woman in the Western Nether Realm”.

The reason Han Weizi was called the “second most beautiful woman” was entirely because the “first most beautiful woman” was his consort.

This “first most beautiful woman” was considered so purely due to his influence.

In fact, Emperor Changye knew in his heart that a female cultivator controlling the ’Lamp’ character could bring immense pleasure to a man. Han Weizi was truly the first beauty, the ultimate allure.

He wanted Han Weizi.

He dreamed of having her.

The fiery desire of conquest burned in his heart.

He wanted to conquer Han Weizi, to slay Li Xuanchan right before her eyes, just as he was doing now.

Thinking of this, his five fingers suddenly clenched tightly, and a black hand appeared suddenly within the space, brutally crushing the struggling cultivator in mid-air, eradicating body and soul.

This was his Tyrant’s Aura; as long as there was killing, as long as there was destruction, as long as he ascended to supreme tyranny, such an aura would permeate the space; once it increased enough… it could give birth to more Realm Spirits.

Just then, his pupils suddenly shrank, hurriedly scrambling off the female cultivator to greet the Nine Cranes Bronze Flame Ship that suddenly appeared in mid-air.

The female cultivator beside him had hope flicker in her eyes.

For she recognized the incoming ship as from the Celestial Wondrous Sword Palace, renowned for its virtuous reputation. With the arrival of the Celestial Wondrous Sword Palace, might her… might her sect members be saved?

The ship landed with a thud.

The hatch opened.

Two figures emitting strong pressure flew out.

One of them was Ming Ruyin, but at this moment, she was humble and meek, closely following another figure.

The person in front was thin like bamboo, dressed in coarse clothes adorned with ink patterns at cuffs and hem, walking with cloud-like grace, untouched by dust.

A Kuye pattern adorned his brow, his eyes were clear yet concealed a subtler violent bloodlust, his long hair tied with a green willow branch.

Emperor Changye couldn’t have imagined the Celestial Wondrous Sword Palace would come to suddenly inspect today, his brutal act now laid bare to the Sword Cultivators’ eyes, wasn’t it?

For a moment, Emperor Changye was slightly flustered, quickly said: “There are things you, Upper Envoys, might not know, my Lifebound Talisman is ’Tyrant’, my actions here are part of cultivation. These cultivators are all wicked, I… I am merely punishing evildoers.”

The female cultivator beside him summoned the courage, said with grief and anger: “Nonsense! We are not wicked people, Emperor Changye, you are a tyrannical ruler, killing indiscriminately, you…”

Before she could finish, she was interrupted by a mocking laugh.

Ming Ruyin was laughing.

Her eyes were cold, yet her lips curled into a smile.

“Little Changye, just cultivation, it’s alright, feel free to continue, Liu Venerable and I are just here on some business, if we need your help we’ll ask.”

Emperor Changye promptly replied, “Yes.”

In a flash, Ming Ruyin and the cultivator in coarse clothes called “Liu Venerable” drifted away, leaving behind Emperor Changye with a sinister smile, and a bewildered female cultivator.

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Swish! Swish!

Liu Venerable, Ming Ruyin appeared in a blood-filled Secret Realm.

This place should have been lush mountains and rivers, but since Yun Linzi chose it as a temporary cultivation site, everything here swiftly turned “bloody”.

Blood mountains, blood rivers, blood waterfalls, beasts with blood-stained eyes gone mad, gigantic trees with reddened roots and visible aerial roots, growing wildly, strangling life everywhere.

Liu Venerable, Ming Ruyin seemed rather fond of this bloody environment, visiting with a few hints of pleasure on their faces.

Yun Linzi motioned them closer.

Tang Yi, Huo Lanxin braced themselves and drew near.

Yun Linzi said: “If you can find Song Yan, I will truly lead you into the entry-level.”

After spending days with them, Tang Yi, Huo Lanxin had suspected these people seemed on the surface to be sword cultivators from the Celestial Wondrous Sword Palace, but in truth they were not… their ambitions were immense, hidden within the Sword Palace.

Liu Venerable raised a hand, with sleeves fluttering, one finger pointing at Tang Yi, and with that, the Cause and Effect thread tied to Song Yan emerged…

Liu Venerable was the one who granted Yun Linzi and Ming Ruyin the “Observing Dust Jade Pendant” to perform the Cause and Effect Secret Technique, a powerful entity.

After hearing Ming Ruyin’s report, he developed a strong interest in Song Yan and personally intervened.

Now, as his body emitted profound power, what he was displaying was a terrifying Secret Technique named “Three Lives Shadow”, even stronger than “Inference and Observation”.

“Inference and Observation” only pursued cause and effect, seeking targets from one end of cause and effect.

Whereas “Three Lives Shadow” borrowed cause and effect, continually tracing origins, until glimpsing the target’s entire life, even past lives…

Of course, if the target, like ordinary people, has all causes and effects stripped off before entering reincarnation, there are no past lives, but Liu Venerable, knowledgeable as he is, knows some people can carry past life cause and effect into reincarnation.

Song Yan’s uniqueness made him suspect this person had past lives.

“Three Lives Shadow” is just such a technique that can peel away everything about a person’s life and even previous lives.

Swish!

Images related to Song Yan emerged from Tang Yi, and Huo Lanxin’s bodies.

Swish!

Deeper images appeared.

Swish!

Song Yan’s image emerged.

Past events surfaced one by one before their eyes, “Battling the Fire Demon Dragon”, “Slaying the Formless Ancestor”, “Eradicating the Nine-Child Demon Mother”, “Confronting the Demon Monk”, “Changwang’s Evil Treasure” …

Scene after scene completely emerged.

Seeing these scenes, not only Tang Yi and Huo Lanxin but Ming Ruyin and Yun Linzi also displayed looks of astonishment.

Though the realm magical battles in the images were lowly, the dangers were terrifying, and in their place, they would have died long ago.

But the man named Song Yan danced on the edge of a knife step by step, no matter how desperate or hopeless the environment, he always created miracles, stepping out a path of survival.

Liu Venerable said flatly: “Someone like this surely has a past life.”

Yun Linzi and others became expectant.

As time passed, the scenarios involving Song Yan returned to the day of entry into the Puppet Sect.

The image suddenly froze.

Liu Venerable wielded his power to continue deducing.

Yet the image remained frozen, motionless.

Liu Venerable frowned, continued to apply the Secret Technique.

After a long time…

The image finally moved a bit forward.

Liu Venerable rejoiced and pushed harder.

Finally, the image leaped forward.

Yun Linzi and the others stared intently.

But they saw nothing.

Instead, Liu Venerable let out a scream, his body shivering, eyes bleeding.