A Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Wang Yu Transmigrates into a Book, the Dao Ancestor of Rein

Chapter 195 Melee, Accident, Tragedy of the Nascent Soul Stage
The Nascent Soul cultivator who was frantically fleeing with a storage bag, could it be that he thought the Core Formation cultivators who had gone through countless hardships to finally get here were easy targets?
"Stop him."

Among the three righteous individuals, Wan Tianming spoke up urgently.

"No need to capture him alive, just kill that old man Ximen."

Without a second thought, Barbarian Beard gave orders to the two people who were being controlled by the Forbidden God Card.

Ji Yin was taken aback at first, then immediately understood and spoke up to remind him:

"Destroy that Nascent Soul; there's no need to capture it alive."

These words should be addressed to Wu Chou.

At that very moment, the barbarian's voice transmission arrived, reaching Han Li's ear:

“I’ve already caught one, that’s enough. You can search his soul later. There’s no need to leave Ximen’s Nascent Soul to Wan Tianming and the other two.”

Since they've captured one, the demonic path naturally doesn't need a second one.

All that is needed are three people who are on the right path.

Upon hearing this, Han Li instantly realized what was happening.

In order to monopolize the information about the Void Heaven Palace in the Star Palace Elder's mind, and for the sake of interests, allies who were working in perfect harmony one second turned against each other the next, becoming rivals again!
This is truly a case of ever-changing circumstances!
Upon hearing this, Wan Tianming and the other two's expressions changed drastically.

Looking at the two men, Man Hu Zi and Ji Yin, he was both shocked and furious.

"stop."

This place is the Void Heaven Palace, and its internal space is extremely stable. Even a Nascent Soul cultivator would find it very difficult to teleport, as it would consume even more vital energy.

Therefore, given enough time, the nascent soul of the fleeing Star Palace Elder will surely be captured by them.

But what if they were wiped out directly...?

At that time, the demonic path will be able to obtain important information about the Star Palace, while the righteous path will lose its intelligence advantage.

Thinking of this, a murderous glint flashed in Wan Tianming's eyes.

...

Location of the main entrance to the inner palace.

Just as Yuan Yaoyan was about to join the other Core Formation stage cultivators in their attack, Han Li grabbed the two women from either side and pulled them towards the inner hall to hide.

At the same time, he also sent a telepathic message to Gan Rushuang:
"Come on!"

Before he could speak again to remind the other two late-stage Core Formation cultivators who were threatened by the Forbidden God Token, he was interrupted.

The three righteous cultivators who had been chasing after Elder Ximen of Xinggong were now fully activating the top-tier wood-attribute technique of the Chaotic Star Sea, "Jade Pill Technique," and unleashing three water- and fire-resistant magic-grade vines to attack Wu Chou, who was attempting to kill Ximen's Nascent Soul stage cultivator, and the other two Core Formation stage cultivators.

Wan Tianming then unleashed the full power of the Heavenly Net True Skill, manipulating the sword light and the Xuanhuang Mirror Light to strike at the barbarian bearded man.

The sword light condensed into a giant sword wrapped in countless purple lightning bolts.

The Xuanhuang Mirror then emitted a crystal-clear and beautiful beam of divine-destroying light.

As for Tian Wuzi, while he unleashed the ancient treasure seal to smash towards Qing Yi, he also activated another ancient treasure to block Ji Yin.

"Ok?"

At this, the three members of the Demonic Path all changed their expressions.

Especially the extreme Yin energy, which almost caused him to lose his temper and become enraged.

He suffered severe injuries because his only grandson, Wu Chou, was whipped far away by the dark-skinned old man along with two of the Heavenly Capital Corpses with a tree whip.

It should be noted that this was only because he had specially bestowed upon him a high-level rare treasure. It was only because that rare treasure spontaneously activated at the critical moment and spontaneously protected its master, thus resolving most of the killing intent, that Wu Chou was only seriously injured.

Otherwise, Wu Chou, who was struck by that magical vine, would definitely have lost his life.

"You bastard, surnamed Yuan! How could you be so ruthless and vicious in attacking a junior member of the Wu family?"

When one is extremely wrathful and no longer conceals one's abilities, one will no longer hide one's shortcomings.

The Heavenly Capital Corpse Fire was unleashed at full power.

However, he was stopped by Tian Wuzi, who used the sect's most precious treasure, the "Creation Instrument":

“Extreme Yin, I am your opponent.”

Tian Wuzi, like a wall, held off Ji Yin and Qing Yi, fighting against two opponents at once.

Don't ask Qingyi why he started to slack off. The answer is that Tian Wuzi is much richer than him, a poor rogue cultivator. Moreover, the power of the high-grade ancient treasure seal is indeed considerable, and the old man in the Confucian robe has no intention of taking it head-on.

And this seems to be something that Tianwuzi had anticipated.

It seemed as if they had noticed the disharmony between the three members of the Demonic Path... a facade of harmony masking underlying discord.

The counterattack by the three righteous individuals was swift and unexpected.

A dark-skinned, thin old man attacked Wu Chou and his companions while also pursuing Ximen's Nascent Soul.

Tian Wuzi single-handedly held off Ji Yin and Qing Yi.

Wan Tianming was even more ruthless.

Taking advantage of the moment when the bearded man's right hand was gripping a fiercely resisting Nascent Soul, he unleashed a barrage of attacks on the big guy.

The key point is that while Barbarian Beard was dodging and defending, he also had to keep an eye on the Nascent Soul in his hand.

However, how can one guard against thieves for a thousand days if one is a thief for a thousand days?

Every defense has its weaknesses.

Not to mention that Barbarian Beard could only use one hand to deal with Wan Tianming.

For a body cultivator, losing an arm, even temporarily, will greatly impact their personal strength. In battles against cultivators of the same level, they might even go from being at a disadvantage to being initially superior.

This is not.

It was just a matter of not paying attention.

The nascent soul imprisoned in his hand was then illuminated by the God-Slaying Profound Light of the Xuanhuang Mirror.

"Wan Tianming, you bastard, I'm going to kill you."

Looking at the Nascent Soul frozen into a block of ice in his hand, silently losing its life force, Barbarian Beard was furious. "Barbarian Beard, this is not my fault, it's just that you were too greedy."

Wan Tianming coldly snorted and retorted.

The renowned Xuanhuang Mirror, a treasure of the Wanfa Sect, was originally a top-tier ancient treasure taken from the Void Heaven Cauldron by his aunt, Wan Sangu, when she was young. It later became one of the three treasures that protect the Wanfa Sect.

The ancient mirror can release a divine light that destroys spirits, causing crystal prisms to appear around the beings illuminated by the mirror's light, and their souls to quickly dissipate.

For high-level beings with physical bodies, especially high-level demonic beasts and body cultivators of level six or seven, the Annihilation Light of the Xuanhuang Mirror is not actually fatal. As long as the primordial spirit and physical body are strong enough, it is not impossible to withstand the Annihilation Light head-on.

The burly man in front of them did just that.

Caught off guard, he managed to take the hit with his bare body, and ended up unharmed.

However, if the soul and primordial spirit separated from the body are illuminated by the mirror light, even the primordial spirit of a Nascent Soul cultivator will suffer multiple times the critical damage.

Destroy gods! Destroy gods! The main target... is the primordial spirit!
Killing the body's vitality is merely a side effect.

The Nascent Soul of a Nascent Soul cultivator is a high-level condensation of the three treasures of a cultivator: essence, qi, and spirit. The most important of these is the primordial spirit. Simply put, the Nascent Soul is the materialized manifestation of the primordial spirit.

Once the nascent soul loses its physical body and is exposed, it will naturally become weaker over time.

He was seriously injured by them just now, and his injuries are not minor.

Now, being hit by the Divine Annihilation Light again, even if it's just a slight graze, would be fatal enough.

As expected, the nascent soul of the person from Xinggong immediately disintegrated into a ball of pure primordial energy and soul power. It was then swept away by the shockwaves of the battle and instantly dispersed into the surrounding space.

"Wan Tianming!"

A golden giant, tens of feet tall, rose from the ground.

The giant's eyes were blazing with fury.

The Nascent Soul that had been so hard to capture was taken away by Wan Tianming in a surprise attack. How could the Barbarian Beard not be furious?
The unrestrained and powerful Barbarian Beard was so strong that even the Sect Master Wan was extremely wary of him.

...

Han Li and his companions, who had flown a considerable distance into the inner hall, witnessed from afar the scene of Wu Chou and the two Heavenly Corpses being knocked away by the dark-skinned, thin old man from the righteous path.

They spotted two experts in the late Core Formation stage. One was repelled and injured, and dared not make another move. The other was killed on the spot, turning into a lump of bloody mud under the wooden vines.

Upon witnessing this scene, the three women all turned pale.

Seeing this, Han Li accelerated his escape light once more:
"Walk."

He led the three women a considerable distance away from the battlefield near the main gate.

And soon they arrived at the first crossroads, which was several hundred feet away.

Turning back again, what came into view was Elder Ximen's Nascent Soul and the dark-skinned, thin old man who had caught up.

Further back were Wan Tianming, Man Huzi, and others.

Without the slightest hesitation or delay, Han Li transmitted his voice to Yuan Yao, Yan Li, and Gan Rushuang, instructing them to continue along the main road of the inner palace.

Go as far as you can.

Even though they got separated, Yanli still had a map of the inner hall, marking a secret room where the Soul-Nourishing Wood was stored, which she had learned from the young master of Qingyang Sect.

Yuan Yao had another map, a treasure trove he had unearthed from Xiao Cha's memories, where a Spirit Eye Tree was planted.

As for the secret chamber on the first floor of the inner sanctuary where the golden magnetic spirit wood is planted?
He had also calculated the exact location well in advance.

The inner structure of the Void Heaven Palace can be regarded as a huge magical artifact.

Inside the magical artifact, numerous intricate arrays were laid out, all the result of Ice Soul Fairy's decades of painstaking work.

The second floor, the stone hall containing a large spring of spiritual energy and soul-nourishing wood, is one of the array's cores.

It is the main focal point of the second layer.

The core of the third layer is the stone hall provided by Xiao Cha.

The core of the fifth layer is the Cold Terrace, which houses the Void Heaven Cauldron and the Azure Ice Flame.

Knowing three of the five key points of the formation makes it relatively easy to deduce the locations of the other two key points.

He also knew that the lower four levels were built on the framework of the Four Symbols Formation.

therefore.

Even if he doesn't know the location of the first and third array eyes, he can accurately deduce the location of the fourth array eye based on the location of the array eye in the second layer.

Knowing the locations of the key points in the second and fourth layers of the formation, the accuracy rate of deducing the locations of the key points in the first and third layers is about 50/50.

The success rate was initially only 50%.

However, he not only knew the location of the second layer's array eye, but also the exact locations of the third and fourth layers' array eyes. Under these circumstances, simply comparing the map of the inner hall and deducing the location of the first layer's array eye would be a trivial matter.

"Take this."

At the crossroads, before the four parted ways, Han Li tossed a jade slip to Gan Rushuang.

"This is?"

"Find the room on this floor and take the spirit wood inside. This ancient wooden sword should be of great help to you."

This ancient wooden sword is one of the four ancient treasures left behind by the barbarian bearded man in Baoguang Pavilion.

He took a liking to the wood element of this ancient treasure and took it away on the spot.

As a fine antique shop, it must have something unique about it.

"For me?"

"What you borrowed, you have to repay. So, get out of here alive, don't die in there."

Han Li said calmly.

Upon hearing the first sentence, Gan Rushuang immediately felt a sense of disappointment: so it turns out she had to pay back the debt. She thought she would receive the same treatment as the other sword servants.

But upon hearing the next sentence, an indescribable feeling immediately arose:
"That wretched little man..."

(End of this chapter)