Chapter 467 - 241: Xuanyi Holds the Gate (Part 2)

The blood-colored sword intent transformed the entire world into a purgatory prison.

A phantom of mountains of corpses and seas of blood dragged the black hull into the prison, vanishing from everyone’s sight.

Along with it, Xuanyi’s figure also disappeared.

Outsiders could only see that endless blood-colored sword intent forming a towering prison in the world.

The black hull was trapped by Xuanyi.

Within the Heart Demon illusion, at the moment Xuanyi dragged the black ship into the purgatory prison.

The force controlling Liou Yuan’s body, which he couldn’t resist no matter how hard he tried, quietly vanished from his body.

"What happened!" Liou Yuan was startled by the sudden change.

But the terrifying aura of the black hull floating in the sea ahead made Liou Yuan unable to think further.

He desperately swam towards the shore of the Cyan Feather Gui Character Crossing.

Climbing ashore, even though he knew everything he saw and heard was an illusion, Liou Yuan couldn’t help but gasp heavily, looking at the hull floating on the sea with lingering fear.

He knew the crisis was temporarily resolved.

Why temporarily? Because Liou Yuan was still within the Heart Demon illusion.

"What should I do!" Unlike other crises, in the outside world, when trapped, Liou Yuan could rely on his Sect or his elder brother.

With the Heart Demon, no one could help him; only Liou Yuan could pass through this trial.

Liou Yuan knew, now was not the time to be complacent.

Although he didn’t know why the force affecting him suddenly disappeared, there was no guarantee it wouldn’t appear again.

He had to come up with a coping strategy in this limited time.

"Hoo!" Liou Yuan took a deep breath, continually reciting the Calming Spell, and his chaotic thoughts began to settle.

The Calming Spell had the power to soothe one’s mind, and Liou Yuan recited it at least ten thousand times within the Heart Demon illusion.

During his struggle against the Heart Demon illusion using the Calming Spell, this lower-tier Magic grew increasingly proficient.

Suddenly, Liou Yuan’s eyes widened as a dusty memory surged through his mind like a rapid slideshow.

It was a scorching summer.

As dusk fell, a breeze carried the lingering heat of the day into the Liou Family courtyard.

At the corner of the street on the left side of the Liou Family, the charcoal flames from the barbecue grill lit the faces of the customers red, weaving dancing spots of light with the warm yellow glow of the street lamps.

Liou Yuan and his younger brother, Liou Liyang, sat in the courtyard sipping drinks and eating barbecue, with the fan turned to its maximum setting to enjoy the coolness.

The two brothers occasionally glanced at the courtyard’s main gate, waiting for their grandfather to return.

Their grandfather had received a major business deal, requiring him to travel to a remote town over a hundred miles away, but he had been out for a day and had yet to return.

Although Liou Yuan knew the old man wouldn’t encounter any mishaps, he couldn’t help but worry as he and his brother continued waiting for him to come back.

That night, Liou Yuan and his brother indeed waited for a long time.

The barbecue stands at the street corner had closed, leaving a mess, and apart from the flashing neon lights, no pedestrians could be seen outside.

This made Liou Yuan feel anxious.

Grumbling about that old fossil who still refused to buy a cellphone, making it impossible for him to make a call.

Until the sky began to lighten.

The gate of the Liou Family residence was pushed open by a pair of broad, strong hands, and their grandfather’s tall figure finally returned.

Mr. Liou was almost seventy years old, still robust, but today Liou Yuan sensed something amiss.

His grandfather’s steps were unsteady, and his face was pale without a trace of color.

Mr. Liou didn’t even glance at the barbecue and chilled drinks left on the table, motioning to Liou Yuan solemnly: "Liou Yuan, come with me."

That night, Liou Yuan saw unprecedented gravity on the face of that normally cavalier old man.

He forced Liou Yuan to memorize a passage and several Seal Skills.

At the end, he even said:

"When I die, this Compass is yours; take over the Liou Family."

"Family head should protect the Liou Family members!"

"If you master the skills of our Liou Family, you can ensure a lifetime of peace."

"What skills, isn’t it just..." Liou Yuan was still skeptical at the time, almost blurting out ’deceiving and swindling,’ but Mr. Liou’s glare silenced him.

As the memory slowly faded.

Liou Yuan opened his eyes within the illusion.

He looked at the black ship ahead, his eyes flashing with determination.

"It’s do-or-die!"

With that, Liou Yuan’s expression grew solemn, raising both hands, with the thumb and forefinger of his left and right hands touching, while his middle, ring, and little fingers spread out like a lotus flower hand gesture.

A deep chant erupted from his mouth.

"Observe the needle pointing in the Heavenly Pool, the Eight Trigrams inherently set heaven and earth."

"The human compass dissolves sand to discern good and evil, the heavenly compass absorbs water to decide life and death!"

Buzz! Within the chamber, as Liou Yuan sat cross-legged, the Fixed Star Compass within his body spun rapidly along with the chant in the illusion, emitting a dazzling light from its center.

Once Liou Yuan finished reciting the chant, the glow from the center of the Compass needle reached its peak, emitting an unprecedentedly bright white light.

Shining upon Liou Yuan’s entire body, lighting him up inside and out.

A mysterious force descended upon the chamber from the Compass.

Where this force spread, the cracks in Liou Yuan’s brow due to the Heart Demon’s disturbances were quietly smoothed out, even the surging golden light within his Qi Mansion was forcibly subdued.

At the same time.

Within the Cyan Feather Gui Character Crossing illusion, Liou Yuan’s brow grew increasingly bright.

Poof! A pure white light shot from his glabella.