Eternal Life by Daily Divination

Li Chang’an stepped out of the black mist, examining the skull with great interest.

Inside the skull, he sensed a ripple of Divine Sense.

“So you are the Fourth Saint Child of the Yin Soul Sect?”

“That’s right!”

The skull replied.

It flew into mid-air, looking down on Li Chang’an.

“Li Fan, release my subordinate. There’s still a chance to resolve this today. Otherwise…”

BOOM!

Before he could finish speaking, Hu Feng’s body exploded on the spot.

Li Chang’an raised his hand and, with a beckoning motion, collected his Storage Pouch.

Seeing this, the Fourth Saint Child roared in fury, “Li Fan, how dare you…”

BOOM!

Before he could finish, it exploded too.

It was just a Magical Artifact with a wisp of Divine Sense attached, possessing very little power.

Li Chang’an couldn’t be bothered to listen to his nonsense and simply blew it up.

After that, he tossed Hu Feng’s Venerable Soul Banner to his own, letting it be devoured, and absorbed the sixty thousand Souls within.

’Two hundred and eighty thousand Souls!’

Looking at the tens of thousands of Souls within the Soul Banner, Li Chang’an felt a deep sense of satisfaction.

Next, his figure flickered, dissolving into a series of afterimages as he dismantled the three Arrays that enveloped the main hall.

’The Array Materials can be sold for a good price.’

’That Fourth Saint Child is quite generous. Maybe I should thank him the next time we meet.’

Li Chang’an smiled. This haul was truly bountiful.

Besides the Souls, Refined Corpse, and Array Materials, Hu Feng and the others’ Storage Pouches also contained a large quantity of Demonic Treasures, such as Human Bone Spiritual Artifacts, Flesh and Blood Elixirs, and more.

These treasures were highly sought-after within Demon Sects.

They could be traded for a good number of Souls.

’Time to go.’

Li Chang’an put everything away and was about to leave.

Wu Ming suddenly stopped him and sent a private voice transmission.

“Daoist Li, I once had a chance meeting with the Third Saint Child of the Yin Soul Sect. He told me that the Fourth Saint Child possesses a Tier Three Soul Banner whose Main Soul has the strength of a Fake Pill cultivator. You must be careful.”

“Alright. Thank you for the information, Daoist Wu!”

Li Chang’an wasn’t surprised.

If even a subordinate had sixty thousand Souls, it was perfectly normal for the Fourth Saint Child’s Main Soul to be on par with a Fake Pill cultivator.

’If I really run into him, I’ll just have the Evil Soul deal with his Main Soul.’

’As for the Fourth Saint Child himself…’

’I can handle him.’

Even without the Evil Soul or relying on any Demonic power, his own strength was formidable. He had few opponents below the Golden Core realm.

After a brief conversation, Li Chang’an left the Blood Lake Marketplace and returned to Changqing Mountain.

News of what happened at the Blood Lake Marketplace spread like wildfire, quickly reaching every region.

Upon hearing this news, many people couldn’t help but gasp in amazement.

The various major powers raised their strength assessment of the identity “Li Fan” yet again.

Many believed he was strong enough to rival a top-tier Golden Core Seed.

…

「On Changqing Mountain.」

Li Chang’an returned to the depths of his cave residence and focused on his cultivation.

He paid no mind to the various evaluations and rumors from the outside world.

’My own strength is all that matters.’

「A few days later.」

A piece of news from the Black Market came to his attention, taking him by surprise.

“The Five Poison Wanderer Lineage, having been constantly besieged by the Yellow Crane Mountain Lineage and lacking someone like Ye Hao who can resist a Golden Core cultivator, has suffered increasingly heavy losses and is now forced to seek a backer…”

Just today, the Five Poison Wanderer suddenly announced that he would lead all his disciples in joining the Yin Soul Sect.

The Yin Soul Sect welcomed this development and granted him the status of a Protector.

「Several more days passed.」

The Yellow Crane Mountain Lineage once again moved to annihilate the Five Poison Wanderer.

This time, however, it didn’t go as smoothly as before.

A Golden Core Demon Cultivator from the Yin Soul Sect took action, single-handedly facing He Qianshan, Xiahou Hong, and the Tier Three Yellow Crane.

One against three!

The outcome of this battle was a matter of much debate.

Li Chang’an received over ten different reports.

Some reports claimed that He Qianshan and Xiahou Hong were seriously injured, while the Tier Three Yellow Crane fought the Golden Core Demon Cultivator to a draw.

Other reports suggested that Huang He Master had secretly intervened, severely injuring the Golden Core Demon Cultivator.

But…

After this battle, the Yellow Crane Mountain Lineage did not continue their campaign against the Five Poison Wanderer Lineage. Instead, they shifted their entire focus to the Huanghe Alliance.

Furthermore, the Yin Soul Sect publicly announced that the cultivators of the Huanghe Alliance were also welcome to join.

’It seems the Yellow Crane Mountain Lineage is somewhat wary of the Yin Soul Sect,’ Li Chang’an mused to himself.

After all, the Yin Soul Sect was a Demonic Sect backed by a Nascent Soul Old Demon.

An existence like that was something no one in the entire Southern Domain Cultivation Immortality Realm dared to provoke, not the Three Great Sects nor the Seven Great Noble Families.

If that Nascent Soul Old Demon were to be angered, their only recourse would be to ask for help from the Righteous Nascent Soul Sects of the Central Domain.

’I wonder what Ye Hao will choose.’

Li Chang’an continued his cultivation, deciding to wait and see how things developed.

…

Time flew by, and before he knew it, several more months had passed.

Late one night, Li Chang’an suddenly received a letter, and along with it came a Storage Pouch.

’A letter from Qiuyan.’

He opened the letter and read it carefully.

Mu Qiuyan wrote that she had advanced to the Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment and planned to completely settle her grudge with the Cyan Cloud Sect.

But she was worried she wouldn’t make it back alive, so she was sending Li Chang’an all the treasures she had accumulated in her life.

After reading it, Li Chang’an was lost in thought for a long time.

Years ago, Cyan Cloud Sect Elder Liu Xian had dispatched two of his disciples to the Mortal Realm to retrieve the inheritance of a Cyan Cloud Sect senior.

But the two disciples got into a dispute over ownership of the inherited treasures and engaged in Magical Combat in the Mortal Realm, causing the deaths and injuries of countless mortals.

Mu Qiuyan’s mother was caught in the crossfire of their Magical Combat and was killed, her body left mangled.

Later, Mu Qiuyan embarked on the path of cultivation using a Demon Technique and killed those two disciples.

She also wanted to kill Liu Xian, because he had sheltered his two disciples and never allowed them to be punished.

’Liu Xian is already at the Late Stage of Foundation Establishment, while Qiuyan has just advanced to the Middle Stage. Her chances of winning this fight are slim, unless she also uses a Life-Burning Technique.’