Shengui Changsheng: Start from Zhenwuwei and add some points to cultivate immortality

At the same time, the two Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Canal Gang also unleashed their magical weapons and attacked the Wave-Breaking Boat. The mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator wielded a Water-Splitting Greatsword, its blade gleaming thick and sharp; the early-Foundation cultivator controlled a pair of flying wheels, swirling and slicing.

"Junior Sister Liu, hold those two from the Canal Gang back! Young Friend Mo, you handle the Wraith and the Blood Mist! I'll deal with the Blood Sacrifice Envoy!" Master Luo Chuan spoke rapidly, assigning tasks. Before his words even finished, he had already transformed into a streak of blue sword light, rushing straight at the Blood Sacrifice Envoy! Wherever the sword light passed, the Blood Mist scattered.

Without uttering a word, the female cultivator surnamed Liu released her two hooks, which flew out as two streaks of azure lightning, heading towards the two Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Canal Gang. Her hook technique was cunning and ruthless, instantly entangling them.

Fu Shaoping took a deep breath, his eyes showing no fear as he faced the overwhelming horde of vengeful spirits and the churning blood mist. He knew his mission was paramount: to quickly eliminate these "miscellaneous soldiers" to create an opportunity for Master Luochuan and the female cultivator surnamed Liu, while simultaneously finding and destroying the core evil array of the ritual.

He stepped off the Wave-Breaking Boat and hovered in mid-air. Pale golden contract essence surged within his body, and his spiritual consciousness expanded to its fullest extent, instantly activating the "Spell-Breaking Spiritual Eye"! The world before him was immediately replaced by countless energy lines and contract veins.

At the core of the Wraith Warrior is a twisted bundle of resentment and a blood-soul pact. The essence of the blood mist is the outward manifestation of the evil "Blood Sacrifice Pact Field." And deep within the Netherworld Pool, an even larger, more malevolent force of pact, subtly opposing the "Star Core Fragment," is slowly awakening—that is the core of the sacrifice!
"Clear the field!" Fu Shaoping formed hand seals, and a more solid and wider pale golden force field suddenly spread out from him, covering an area of ​​a hundred feet in radius! Within the force field, the power of the contract order permeated, and the movements of all the vengeful spirit warriors froze, their attacks became chaotic and disorderly, and even the churning blood mist seemed to calm down a bit.

But that's not enough! There are too many!
A golden light flashed in Fu Shaoping's eyes. The inheritance of the Netherworld Contract, the fragments of the Military Oath Contract, and the true meaning of the "Evil-Sealing Seal" in his sea of ​​consciousness merged with the original essence of the star core fragment! He clenched his hands, and his pale golden true essence rapidly drew dozens of profound and complex contract runes in the air!

These runes are simplified versions he deduced based on fragments of runes in "Miscellaneous Records of Ancient Runes" and his own lineage: "Soul Purification Rune", "Evil-Breaking Rune", and "Evil-Suppressing Rune"!
The runes took shape but did not attack. Instead, they drifted like seeds toward the vengeful spirits and blood mist that were being disturbed by the "Clearing Domain"!
As the runes penetrated, the blood-red light on those vengeful warriors fluctuated violently, emitting even more shrill screams. Their forms became unstable, and some even collapsed and dissipated! The blood mist was also eroded by the runes, its color fading and its evil fluctuations weakening!

"Effective!" Fu Shaoping's spirits lifted, and he increased his output of true essence, causing more contract runes to fall like golden raindrops. At the same time, his figure moved through the force field like a ghost, and a pale golden light sword formed from contract true essence appeared in his hand without him noticing. Wherever the sword light passed, the runes enhanced it, and the vengeful spirits melted away like snow under the sun.

His performance immediately caught the attention of the blood sacrifice envoy.

"The power of a contract? How is that possible!" Even amidst his fierce battle with True Person Luo Chuan, the Blood Sacrifice Envoy managed to spare a sliver of attention, looking at Fu Shaoping with a mixture of shock and anger. He had never seen such pure and restrained power of a contract! This completely overturned his understanding!
"Distraction can lead to death." Master Luo Chuan's voice was icy, and his sword momentum suddenly accelerated, like the Yangtze River, flowing endlessly, firmly suppressing the Blood Sacrifice Envoy.

On the other side, the female cultivator surnamed Liu also gained the upper hand with her double hooks, forcing the two Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Canal Gang into a sorry state.

The tide of battle seems to be turning in favor of the Azure Wave Water Mansion.

However, just as Fu Shaoping had cleared out nearly half of the vengeful spirits and the blood mist had thinned considerably, the immense evil power of the contract deep within the Netherworld Pool finally erupted completely!

Boom!

The entire Netherworld Pool seemed to boil, with black water shooting skyward! A grotesque altar, constructed from countless white bones and covered in viscous blood, slowly rose from the bottom of the pool! In the center of the altar, suspended in motion was a dark red "Blood Soul Bead," the size of a human head, constantly pulsating and emitting a terrifying suction force!
The moment the altar appeared, all the remaining vengeful spirit warriors roared wildly and rushed towards it, merging into the Blood Soul Orb! The blood mist also surged back and flowed into the Blood Orb!
The Blood Soul Pearl shone brightly, and a suffocatingly bloody and evil pressure spread out! The space around the altar began to distort, and cracks faintly appeared to lead to some unknown evil place!

"The blood sacrifice... is about to be completed!" The blood sacrificer let out a maniacal laugh, ignoring the wounds left on his body by Luo Chuan Zhenren's sword light, and desperately activated the secret technique, spraying his own blood essence into the Blood Soul Pearl!

"Stop him!" Master Luo Chuan shouted fiercely, his sword energy like a rainbow, aimed straight at the Blood Sacrifice Envoy's head!

The female cultivator surnamed Liu also abandoned her opponent, her twin hooks transforming into azure rainbows as she lashed out at the altar!
But the Blood Sacrifice Envoy neither dodged nor evaded, allowing the sword energy to sever one of his arms, blood gushing towards the Blood Soul Pearl, as he roared, "With my blood and body, I respectfully welcome the Holy One's arrival!"

The Blood Soul Pearl absorbed the blood rich in the essence of a Foundation Establishment cultivator, and suddenly trembled, bursting forth with dazzling crimson light! A blurry, enormous, dark red phantom filled with endless greed and destructive intent slowly condensed above the Blood Soul Pearl! Just the gaze of this phantom swept over him, and Fu Shaoping felt a stinging pain in his soul, his true essence becoming sluggish!
"It's a projection of the Blood Demon! He wants to summon a wisp of the power of the Blood Demon from beyond the realm!" Master Luo Chuan's expression changed drastically; this was beyond their expectations!

"We must destroy the Blood Soul Pearl and the altar!" The female cultivator surnamed Liu gritted her teeth and slashed her double hooks fiercely at the white bone base of the altar, but only a few bone fragments flew off. The altar remained unmoved, its surface shimmering with blood-red light, demonstrating its extremely strong defense.

The blood sacrifice caused the remaining body to rapidly wither in the crimson light, but his face was filled with fanaticism and satisfaction: "Too late... The power of the Holy Demon has arrived... You... will all become sacrifices..."

The dark red phantom grew increasingly solid, and a giant claw, composed entirely of blood and evil thoughts, slowly emerged, reaching for Fu Shaoping, who was closest to it! Before the giant claw even arrived, the evil power that eroded his soul and corrupted his true essence made Fu Shaoping feel as if he had fallen into an ice cave, his body seemingly about to be frozen and melted!
At this critical moment of life and death, Fu Shaoping's eyes blazed with an unprecedented light! He stared intently at the Blood Soul Bead and the white bone altar below. In the vision of his "Spellbreaker Eyes," he saw it! He saw extremely complex chains of contracts connecting the Blood Soul Bead, the altar, the Blood Sacrifice Master, and even the dark red phantom—chains filled with evil and sacrificial intent! This was the core network of the "Blood Sacrifice Contract"!

"The contract... is both the source of power and the source of weakness!" Fu Shaoping had a sudden inspiration and poured all his mind, true essence, soul power, and the primal power of the star core fragments in his sea of ​​consciousness into the "Law-Breaking Spirit Eye" and his own understanding of the contract structure!

He no longer tried to attack the terrifying giant claw or phantom, but instead condensed all his power into an invisible and intangible contract shockwave that contained the ultimate truths of "breaking the contract," "severing the cause," and "correcting the order." He then smashed it into the most critical and vulnerable nodes of the evil sacrificial contract network locked by the "Spell-Breaking Spirit Eye."

This is not a clash of forces, but a surgical strike at the "contractual level"!
Silently.

The dark red giant claw that was slowly reaching for Fu Shaoping suddenly stopped!
The pulse of the Blood Soul Bead became disordered for a fleeting moment!
The blood-red light flowing across the altar of bones flickered uncertainly!

The blood sacrifice master's fanatical expression froze, turning into incredulous horror: "No... how could this be... the contract... was..."

Before he could finish speaking, the thickest sacrificial chain connecting him to the Blood Soul Pearl and the dark red phantom, under the impact of Fu Shaoping's contract, snapped like a taut string, producing a crisp sound that only the soul could perceive! "Pfft!" The Blood Sacrifice Master was struck as if by a heavy hammer; his already withered body instantly exploded, turning into a cloud of blood mist, his soul and spirit annihilated!

Having lost him as the most important "plinth of the contract" and source of energy, the entire blood sacrifice contract network began to collapse in a chain reaction!
The Blood Soul Pearl trembled violently, and countless cracks appeared on its surface. The dark red phantom within it let out an unwilling roar, but like a sandcastle that had lost its foundation, it quickly became illusory and transparent, and finally dissipated into the air.

The altar of bones collapsed with a roar, turning into countless withered bones that sank to the bottom of the pool.

The dark red blood mist that shrouded the Netherworld Pool dissipated rapidly, like the receding tide.

That suffocating, evil pressure melted away like ice and snow.

Everything happened in the blink of an eye.

The attacks from Master Luo Chuan and the female cultivator surnamed Liu finally landed on empty air. The two of them hovered in mid-air, staring dumbfounded at the scene before them, then suddenly turned to look at Fu Shaoping, whose face was as pale as paper and whose body was swaying precariously, their eyes filled with shock and disbelief.

They only saw that Fu Shaoping seemed to have done nothing (the contract impact was intangible and intangible), yet the Blood Sacrifice Envoy collapsed on its own, the Blood Soul Pearl shattered, the altar collapsed, and the Blood Demon projection dissipated... This was simply a miracle!

In the distance, Jiang Muyun and his group, who were engaged in fierce combat, as well as the cultivators of the Cao Gang, were also stunned by this sudden turn of events.

"Retreat! Retreat quickly!" The mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator from the Cao Gang was the first to react. Knowing that the situation was hopeless and that continuing to fight would surely lead to his death, he roared and forced his opponent back, transforming into a streak of light and fleeing for his life. The other early-Foundation Establishment cultivator and the remaining Cao Gang disciples also scattered and fled.

Jiang Muyun and the others did not give chase. They quickly gathered around and looked at the collapsed altar and the weakened Fu Shaoping with equally surprised and doubtful expressions.

"Mo...Young friend Mo, you..." Master Luo Chuan looked at Fu Shaoping, momentarily at a loss for words. Although he had guessed that Fu Shaoping might be skilled at suppressing evil spirits, he never imagined that he could reverse the seemingly hopeless battle in such an almost "bizarre" way!

Fu Shaoping endured the excruciating pain in his sea of ​​consciousness and the dizziness caused by the depletion of his true essence, and forced out a smile: "By sheer luck... I glimpsed a slight flaw in that evil sacrificial contract..." He could not explain the secrets of the star core fragments and his own inheritance, so he could only gloss over it.

Master Luochuan and the female cultivator surnamed Liu exchanged a glance, both seeing deep apprehension and a hint of relief in each other's eyes. They were apprehensive about Fu Shaoping's unpredictable methods, but relieved that he was a friend, not an enemy.

"Regardless, young friend Mo deserves the greatest credit for destroying the Blood Soul Altar and preventing the Blood Demon's descent!" Master Luo Chuan said solemnly. "Young friend, you have suffered great losses. Quickly return to the ship to recuperate. This place is not safe to stay any longer. Clean up the battlefield immediately and return to Linze Town!"

The group acted swiftly, seizing some of the spoils the gang hadn't had time to take (mainly spirit stones and ordinary magical artifacts), and collecting the fragments of the Blood Soul Pearl (which had lost its evil power but was made of special materials) and some altar remains as evidence.

Fu Shaoping was helped back into the Wave-Breaking Boat by Chen Xuan. He immediately took several recovery pills and sat cross-legged to regulate his breathing. The star core fragments emitted a warm, primal aura, slowly nourishing his parched sea of ​​consciousness and meridians.

This battle nearly exhausted him, but it also gave him a transformative understanding of the principles of contracts. In particular, the final "contract-breaking strike" touched the threshold of applying the fundamental rules of contracts. Although the cost was enormous, it pointed him on the right path.

He knew that after this battle, his status in the Azure Wave Water Palace would be completely different, but at the same time, his miraculous skills would inevitably attract more attention, speculation, and even... covetousness.

The ship, cutting through the thick fog, carrying victory and new waves, returned to Linze Town.

The situation in the Yunmeng Great Swamp will inevitably undergo a new reshuffle due to the destruction of the Blood Soul Altar. Fu Shaoping's path to Foundation Establishment, after this breathtaking baptism of blood and fire, will also enter a broader and more complex world. Ahead lies an even more powerful enemy, or an even more precious opportunity? All will gradually be revealed amidst the turbulent waves of the future.

The boat glided smoothly through the misty clouds on its return journey, yet a subtle silence permeated the cabin. Aside from necessary maneuvering and vigilance, no one spoke. All eyes were subtly drawn to the direction of the quiet room—where Fu Shaoping was meditating.

Master Luochuan and the female cultivator surnamed Liu stood side by side at the bow of the ship, seemingly observing the course, but in reality, they were secretly communicating telepathically.

"Junior Sister Liu, what do you think of this Ink Master?" Master Luo Chuan's voice was low and devoid of any emotion.

The female cultivator surnamed Liu, named Liu Hanyan, remained silent for a moment before saying, "His methods are unpredictable and unfathomable. That blood sacrifice contract was something my senior brother and I couldn't budge an inch from, yet he could... instantly disintegrate it. This is far beyond the realm of ordinary contracts." She paused, "However, his true essence is pure, and although his aura is strange, it doesn't feel malevolent. His actions are also aligned with our goals. But..."

"It's just that its origins are unknown, its background is unclear, and the potential it has shown has exceeded the scope of an 'ordinary guest elder'." Master Luochuan took over the conversation, a glint of light flashing in his eyes. "Whether it is friend or foe still needs time to observe. But its achievements today are undeniable. The Water Mansion should treat it well, but also... pay some attention to it."

The two understood each other without saying a word. For a power like the Azure Wave Water Mansion, a powerful and mysterious ally is both an asset and a potential risk. The key lies in maintaining the balance between them. (End of Chapter)