One person: Senior Brother Zhang Zhiwei, who has mastered the Golden Light Mantra to its fullest lev

It was this unwavering belief that became his greatest inner demon and his biggest obstacle.

He was trapped.

He was trapped in place by himself and by the thousand-year-old tradition of the Trinity Sect.

Chapter 74 The Way is Destroyed and People Die

The cold moonlight shone on the ancestral hall of the Sanyi Sect.

A debate about the Great Way made the air heavy.

Looking at the supreme master before him, who was trapped by his own Daoist magic, Wugensheng suddenly felt a sense of kinship and mutual respect.

He admires the perseverance of the strong, but also laments their predicament.

More importantly, he developed a strong curiosity about the legendary "third level of rebirth".

He wanted to see for himself whether the so-called "ascension to immortality" was true or false.

"Left Gate Master."

Wugensheng suddenly spoke, interrupting the discussion.

"Perhaps I can help you."

Zuo Ruotong snapped out of her reverie and looked at the free-spirited young man in front of her with a puzzled expression.

"Has the Left Sect Master ever heard of Bai Huliang Ting?"

Zuo Ruotong's voice became somewhat muffled:

"He was once the top master of Quanxing, a ruthless killer who stained the martial world with blood and never had a trace of humanity."

"But ever since he followed you, the sect leader Wugensheng, his personality seems to have changed drastically. He took the initiative to devote himself to the greater good of the country and his family. In the end, he was killed by the Japanese aliens along with Gao Yingcai of the Tang Clan for eliminating the group of Bihe Ninjas."

“That’s right. Because I have the means to modify superhumans.”

Wu Gensheng spoke casually, but Zuo Ruotong was shaken to her core.

After their discussion, he realized that although the person before him belonged to Quanxing, his understanding of the "Dao" had reached an inconceivable level, far beyond what ordinary demons and heretics could achieve.

It's not surprising that such methods exist.

Otherwise, why would those loosely organized lunatics of Quanxing all willingly become his disciples?

“I have a special method to help people regulate their Qi. I can help Liang Ting, so I can help you too.”

"Sect Leader Zuo, would you be willing to give it a try?"

Wugensheng's smile carried a hint of mystery.

Upon hearing this, Zuo Ruotong's breath hitched, and an uncontrollable glint flashed in her eyes.

"Is this true?!"

The bottleneck that had plagued him for decades had long become his inner demon and his greatest obsession in life.

If he could truly break through, he was willing to pay any price.

Wugensheng did not answer, but slowly raised his hand.

"Relax your mind and do not resist."

As he spoke, a thought suddenly occurred to him.

An invisible, intangible, yet seemingly capable of dissolving all things in the world, emanated from his palm, spreading out like ripples on water and enveloping Zuo Ruotong entirely.

Zuo Ruotong felt a warm and ethereal power seep into her limbs and every meridian.

The feeling wasn't like being attacked, but more like being gently soothed by the gentlest hands, calming the surging Qi within my body.

He could clearly "see" that the subtle, imperceptible injuries and stagnations accumulated in his body due to years of arduous cultivation were being smoothed out and resolved one by one under the guidance of this power.

The bottleneck barrier that had troubled him for decades, as solid as divine iron, began to melt away at a visible speed in the face of this power that "dissolves all things," just like ice and snow under the scorching sun!

Zuo Ruotong's heart began to pound wildly.

He could feel the door to a new world slowly opening for him.

He dared not be distracted in the slightest, immediately focused his mind, and fully activated the Reverse Life Technique, coordinating with the external force to break through the final barrier.

Li Muxuan, who was standing to the side, was already dumbfounded.

He couldn't comprehend what was happening before his eyes.

He only saw that Wugensheng stretched out one hand, while the expression on the face of Zuo Ruotong, the sect leader of the Sanyi Sect, a top expert whom he hated to the bone, gradually changed from initial excitement to ecstasy.

A surge of energy, far more powerful and pure than ever before, erupted from Zuo Ruotong's body!

That Qi was no longer the mixed Qi cultivated later in life, but rather carried a trace of the purity and harmony of returning to one's innate nature.

An invisible thud seemed to explode deep within everyone's soul.

The air around Zuo Ruotong distorted violently, and a vast and unparalleled wave of energy swept outwards from him, blowing several bluestone slabs off the ground.

Li Muxuan was thrown back several steps by the shockwave before he could barely stand, his eyes filled with horror.

The third stage of reversal of life has been achieved!

Zuo Ruotong felt the unprecedented, powerful force within her body, as if she were one with heaven and earth, and let out a long, exhilarating roar!

Decades of arduous practice and decades of anticipation have finally come to fruition at this moment!

The overwhelming joy of the breakthrough almost brought him to tears.

He seemed to have already seen the supreme scene of ascending to immortality and achieving eternal life, as recorded in the Sanyi Sect's scriptures.

However, this extreme ecstasy lasted for less than a moment.

It turned into endless coldness and despair.

He realized he was wrong.

His heightened senses, enhanced by the breakthrough, clearly told him that his body had not undergone a complete transformation, as described in the ancient texts.

He felt his life force, the very foundation that sustained his physical body in this world, was rapidly and irreversibly draining away!

Like an hourglass riddled with countless tiny holes, the sand inside is pouring out at breakneck speed.

He could feel his skin losing its luster, his muscles losing strength, and his heartbeat becoming heavier and slower.

So this is the price to pay for gaining greater power!

That so-called "ascension" is not ascension, but death!

That so-called "ascension to immortality" is not eternal life, but rather annihilation!

The ecstasy on Zuo Ruotong's face instantly froze, turning into extreme horror and bewilderment.

"This is impossible……"

His voice was dry and hoarse, filled with an incredulous tremor.

"That's not what the ancient texts say... That's not how it's written in the notes left by our patriarch..."

"Reversing the cycle of rebirth, ascending to immortality... This is the ancient path of the Three Ones Sect! How could this be... how could this be?!"

This cruel truth, like the sharpest iron hammer, slammed heavily into his Dao heart.

His lifelong faith, the goal he fought for all his life, collapsed at this moment, shattering into the most primitive dust.

His dream of becoming an immortal was completely shattered.

"Fake...all fake..."

Zuo Ruotong muttered to herself in a daze, her once bright eyes instantly turning gray and empty, losing all their luster.

He wanted to reveal this cruel truth to the public.

He wanted to tell all the disciples on the mountain that what they pursued and what they believed in was, from the very beginning, a colossal lie! A complete and utter fraud!

But no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't bring himself to say it.

Once this is revealed, the San Yi Sect, a prestigious sect with a history spanning over a thousand years, will instantly see its core belief—"Reversing the cycle of rebirth and ascending to immortality"—collapse.

All his disciples would end up like him, their Dao hearts shattered, reduced to mere walking corpses.

The entire Trinity Gate will rot and collapse from the inside out overnight.

As the leader of the Sanyi Sect, he couldn't speak of his death.

"Haha...hahahaha..."

Zuo Ruotong suddenly threw her head back and burst into wild laughter.

The laughter was shrill, filled with grief and indignation, and brimming with endless self-mockery and despair.

He laughed at himself, realizing that all his lifelong obsession had come to nothing.

He laughed, revealing that the Sanyi Clan's thousand-year-old tradition was a lie.

He laughed at the indifference of heaven and earth, treating all things like straw dogs, and said that the so-called "immortals" were nothing but the wishful thinking of mortals!

"puff--!"

Amidst the maniacal laughter, Zuo Ruotong suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.

That blood was the blood of my heart.

The Daoist heart has been destroyed, and the heart meridian has been severed.

His tall body swayed violently, and the maniacal laughter on his face finally froze into a tragic and miserable arc.

He looked at the cold moonlight before him, at the sect he had protected his entire life, and the last glimmer of light in his eyes was extinguished.

Zuo Ruotong, the leader of the Sanyi Sect and one of the world's top masters.

He fell backward into a fit of grief-stricken, maniacal laughter.

Chapter 75 The Blood Oath of Trinity, A Thousand-Mile Chase

Zuo Ruotong's body was still slightly warm.

That face, frozen with a sorrowful, maniacal laugh, looked particularly eerie in the moonlight.