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Chapter 1013: Seven Seals Rune

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Su Ming's words were sharp and landed in the ferocious spirit's ears, causing his expression to swiftly change several times.

In his path of cultivation, he placed emphasis on cultivating his mind and heart. With a powerful will, he managed to continue down his path without any hesitation, but the remarks Su Ming had thrown before to lay his his trap as well as the step he took in the end due to his desire for freedom had formed a crack that could not heal in the ferocious spirit's heart.

One of the things damaged was his pride. It was a pride born from his will, which would not change due to anything in the world besides his own opinion. This will was not something that could be suppressed by a mighty power, because if he did not want to, then he could choose not to obey Ya Mu's words. It was just that the price for it was incredibly great.

However, he still had the right to choose.

Yet as he took that step forward, his right to choose had disappeared, just as Su Ming had said, because he changed when someone else changed their rules. Because of it, his heart immediately trembled.

"For my freedom, I am choosing to temporarily obey him. No other words can change me!" The ferocious spirit with the tuft of white fur glared at Su Ming. As he spoke, he took a step forward, lifted his right hand, then pushed it at the ground.

With it, a dense ray of blood-red light appeared on his right hand. That light spread out, and a gigantic circular Rune shining with red light appeared on the ground below his palm.

A large number of runic symbols shone at the edge of the Rune. As they continued swimming about, the blood-red light on the Rune reached a piercing degree.

"Living Fiend!"

As the ferocious spirit roared, the Rune under his hand started moving swiftly before it charged out.

Su Ming's eyes sparkled. When the red Rune closed in on him, he formed a seal with his right hand before pointing forward. The treasure that was Peace Arrives When the Elephant is Here immediately rushed towards the Rune with the malicious spirit intending to weigh the Rune and the ferocious spirit with the tuft of white fur.

Booming sounds rang out once again. Under the loud booms, the ferocious spirit lifted his right hand from the ground. The red Rune instantly rose and surrounded Su Ming within it before it crashed with the malicious spirit weighing the elephant.

A powerful impact swept through the area. The malicious spirit was torn apart, and as it tumbled backwards, it disappeared without a trace. The scale also crumbled. Only the white elephant crashed into the red Rune, causing endless cracks to instantly appear on it before it crumbled.

They were equal in terms of strength!

A freezing glare shone in Su Ming's eyes. By then, he looked like a child after going through Destiny's first transformation. He lifted his right hand and swung his arm. Immediately, the air around him started distorting. Time flowed back, and the malicious spirit appeared once again, along with the crumbled scale.

"Weigh him again!" As Su Ming took a step forward, the malicious spirit beside him roared. The picture of it weighing the elephant surrounded the area, occupying the sky. It charged at the ferocious spirit with the tuft of white fur.

"An Art that reverses time…" The ferocious spirit's pupils shrank, but he did not stop moving. Once he stepped out of the circle of light, he raised his arms and roared towards the sky.

"Break My Palms!" As the ferocious spirit roared, signs of his palm lines being about to break immediately appeared on his lifted hands. Immediately after, the ferocious spirit took a step forward and roared again.

"Tear My Lines!" A large amount of fresh blood instantly appeared out of nowhere on the ferocious spirit's palms. It was as if his palm lines were no longer palm lines, but had instead become wounds. As blood gushed out, the ferocious spirit pressed his palms flat on the ground.

The ground trembled. A gigantic blood red Rune that was several thousands of feet big manifested on the ground while flashing rapidly with the ferocious spirit's hands at its center.

This Rune was no longer round but square in shape. As it rotated, its corners shone with a blood-red light.

Booming sounds rose into the air as countless runic symbols rotated around the Rune which was expanding swiftly while charging at its target.

Su Ming flung his right hand forward. The malicious spirit behind him immediately roared and rushed out, but at the instant it did so, a vicious smile appeared on the ferocious spirit's lips. He lifted his hands from the ground.

"With the first Rune, I seal the area before me!" As his voice echoed in the air, the blood Rune that was stretching towards Su Ming was suspended in the air. It stood vertically and blocked the area in front of him before crashing into the malicious spirit.

When a loud bang spread out, Su Ming shuddered. He immediately noticed that his body seemed to have been frozen the moment the red square Rune appeared in front of him. His body came to an abrupt halt against his will.

It was as if the Rune erected in front of him had seized his body, causing him to be unable to move for an instant. During it, the piercing voice from the ferocious spirit echoed in the air again.

"With the second Rune, I seal the area behind me!"

In an instant, a blood-red Rune appeared under the ferocious spirit's feet before it coming behind Su Ming.

The Rune's appearance caused Su Ming's body, which had by then regained some mobility, to freeze for a moment again. As Su Ming's expression changed, he noticed that his power had been suppressed by these two Runes in front and behind him. His body was also forcefully fixed in place.

He was not the only one. Even the malicious spirit was the same. In fact, even the scale and the white jade elephant were frozen in midair.

'What is this divine ability?!' Su Ming's pupils shrank.

"With the third Rune, I seal the heavens!

"With the fourth Rune, I seal the earth!

"With the fifth Rune, I seal all ends!"

When the ferocious spirit spoke again, blood-red Runes appeared around Su Ming one after another. There were five Runes of them in total, but they were all connected together, forming a huge seal around him!

"With the sixth Rune, I seal the heart!"

With a loud bang, the sixth Rune appeared under Su Ming's feet. Because of it, a perfect seal was formed, and it completely sealed Su Ming within it.

The ferocious spirit then rushed forward and turned into a long arc that instantly came into the Rune. During that moment, he flung his arms outwards.

"I turn the netherworld into my hands, and with the seventh Rune, I seal the soul!"

At the instant he said those words, the ferocious spirit's body let out a loud bang and distorted before disappearing from midair. However, he appeared beside Su Ming, who was sealed by the red Runes. Yet the ferocious spirit was no longer in the shape of a human.

Instead… he had turned into a black skeletal hand that shot out from the ground!

That skeletal hand might have seemed to have stretched out from the ground, but if anyone took a closer look, they would be able to see that the hand had grown out of the Rune. This was the ferocious spirit's trump card. He fused his body into the Rune and turned into the black skeletal hand. That hand was several dozens of feet big. When it seized Su Ming, the ferocious spirit's crazed roars immediately echoed beside his ears.

"With my body, I activate the Seven Seals Rune, and I will seal you, and seal you, and seal you again…"

At the instant the ferocious spirit made his first declaration that he would seal him, a powerful whirlwind erupted from the skeletal hand. Since it was the center, it could be said that Su Ming was at the center of a whirlwind. As he was swept up violently, an intense pain surged through his entire body.

His flesh and blood were swiftly torn apart, his cultivation base dissipated nonstop, and his soul suffered the pain of being torn apart.

When the second declaration to seal him was said, a loud bang rose up with it. Su Ming felt as if his entire body was about to collapse. The sealing power from the Rune turned into an impact that was equivalent to self-destruction, and it was raining down continuous blows on his body.

At the instant the third declaration was uttered, Su Ming, who was unable to move, was seized by the skeletal hand. His body, torn by the whirlwind, had blood pouring out from the eyes, ears, nose, and mouth. A powerful sense of danger swiftly rose from the bottom of his heart, screaming at him that the shadow of death was looming over him.

"This is my strongest divine ability! Do you think it'll be unable to kill you?! I'll seal you!"

The ferocious spirit's voice appeared again, and a bang rang out in Su Ming's body. A large amount of fresh blood gushed out from all over him. Under the destructive impact of the sealing power and the whirlwind tearing at him, his body began breaking down!

His arms were torn away. His legs were ripped off. His chest was also split, as if he was being cut to pieces like paper!

However… he did not break completely. As he was torn, a large number of thin branches appeared between Su Ming's limbs. Those branches were like veins. They forcefully connected his body, preventing the tearing from completing, but the more it was so, the greater Su Ming's pain became.

Under it, he gritted his teeth and did not shout, but a crazed killing intent appeared in his eyes.

The more painful it was, the greater his killing intent would grow!

The longer in pain he was, the harder he would struggle to continue living!

"Die! Be sealed!"

The fifth declaration from the ferocious spirit to seal Su Ming rang out. A large number of the branches connecting Su Ming's limbs were broken. As it happened, the indescribable pain caused Su Ming to grit his teeth and turn it into a burst of his life.

Su Ming lifted his head and roared under the intense pain and outburst of life. As he did so, it was as if all the pain he felt was let out of his body. A hint of his cultivation base then seemed to be restored due to it.

"You're the one dying!" At the instant that hint of cultivation base was restored, Su Ming turned his head around with a ferocious growl. A strange light appeared in his eyes.

"Possession!"

When Su Ming said this word, a dark light shone in his eyes before instantly turning dull, but at the instant this happened, his soul spread out and rushed out of the center of his brows to charge towards the skeletal hand that was the ferocious spirit under him!

When his soul touched that skeletal hand, he heard the ferocious spirit immediately making his sixth declaration to seal Su Ming!

Booming sounds surged into the sky from where Su Ming was held. His body turned into a blood fog, for he had been torn apart. He fused into the Rune, and booming sounds echoed ceaselessly.

A powerful wave of impact stirred up from the ground. It distorted the air until even Old Ya Mu above the fog found himself unable to tell what was going on and his pupils narrowed.

But he could sense… that Su Ming had not yet died!

Chapter 1014: Treasured Gourd, Please-

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The loud bang that lasted for about twenty breaths slowly faded away. The distortions formed in the air due to the impact also gradually dissipated.

The mountain remained as the mountain. Not a single part of it was damaged. The two circles of light were still around, and they were shining with a brilliant light.

Su Ming… disappeared, or rather, his body had disappeared, but there was a lot of blood on the ground. The blood-red Rune was also still around.

The cube formed by the six square Runes shone with a crimson light. The skeletal hand in it had already disappeared without a trace and turned into… the ferocious spirit with the tuft of white hair. He was on one knee in the Rune, unmoving.

He closed his eyes, with fatigue on his face. Not a single ripple of his presence spread out, as if he was a dead person.

Time went by quickly. In just the time it takes for half an incense stick to burn, the ferocious spirit's eyes flew open. A brilliant light shone in them as the man lowered his head to look at his body.

After a long while, when he lifted his head, he raised his right hand and pushed it against the ground. His body immediately trembled viciously. All the blood in the Rune rose up in the air and charged into his body. When it fused into him, the ferocious spirit's body started changing swiftly.

It slowly shrank. The shriveled boils contracted, and a large amount of black smoke spread out. His hair gradually grew longer, until all the blood around him merged into his body. Once it happened, he became the size of a normal person. His body recovered completely, losing that hideous appearance of before.

He was dressed in a white robe. When he lifted his head again… what was revealed was Su Ming's face!

Old Ya Mu above the fog did not reveal any surprise on his face. Clearly, he had long since predicted this outcome, but his expression was dark, and no one could say what he was thinking.

Su Ming sucked in a deep breath. He did not completely Possess that ferocious spirit with the tuft of white fur, but once he obtained the memories regarding the Seven Seals Rune, he devoured his soul and gave up on the body.

He borrowed it to form his own again.

The power of the Seven Seals Rune was so great that Su Ming's heart pounded with lingering fear even after the incident. This was why he had been so eager to obtain that Art, and the only way to do so was to devour the ferocious spirit's memories during Possession.

This was Abyss Builders' inborn ability. However, if Su Ming's previous words had not opened a crack in the heart and mind of the ferocious spirit, he would have definitely needed to go through a considerable amount of difficulty during the Possession.

At that moment, Su Ming exhaled and looked at his right palm. He lifted it and pushed it against the blood-red Rune in front of him. At the instant he touched it, the Rune shone before gradually turning dark. When it disappeared without a trace, Su Ming lifted his head again and looked at the fog above.

It obscured the view, making it impossible for him to see what was there, but during that instant, a crack appeared at the center of Su Ming's brows. The Malicious Eye manifested swiftly in the crack, and immediately, the fog in the sky was magnified endlessly. He looked through layers upon layers, and in the span of a few breaths, Su Ming saw Old Ya Mu in the fog. He also saw the dark expression on his face.

Su Ming stared at the old man, and the old man also stared at Su Ming. Their gazes met each other through the fog.

"I won," Su Ming declared flatly.

Old Ya Mu was silent. After a moment, he lifted his right hand and swung his arm forward. The mountain below him immediately roared. It started swaying violently, and Su Ming quickly lowered his head to see that a gigantic vortex had appeared at the top of the inverted mountain. That vortex rotated with loud bangs as it continued growing bigger.

It lasted only for the span of a breath before a mountain appeared underneath the vortex!

It was a mountain that was the exact same as the one on which Su Ming was standing!

It stood in the vortex in a normal manner, so its summit touched the summit of the mountain on which Su Ming stood, forming a picture that was like an hourglass. Su Ming saw Zhu You Cai at the forefront on the mountain beneath the vortex. He also saw Reverend Zi Long and Huang Mei following closely behind him.

Besides these three, Su Ming also saw Flame Fiends' Progenitor, Progenitor Long Hai, Xuan Shang, Yun You, Hua Yu… and Xu Hui!

The moment Su Ming saw the crowd, the people also saw an inverted mountain appear before their eyes in the vortex which trembled viciously while the world roared. They also saw… Su Ming!

"He didn't die!" Xuan Shang, Hua Yu, and Yun You immediately sucked in a sharp breath. At the instant they saw Su Ming, their hearts trembled.

Tears flowed down from Xu Hui's eyes. She stared blankly at Su Ming, who appeared in the inverted mountain above her, as if that one look would last an eternity for her.

Progenitor Long Hai's expression remained as calm as ever, but his heart let out a loud thump. He had mulled over it in his head and believed that even if he did not help him, Su Ming would not take any action against him. After all, with his level of cultivation, he would definitely value him highly. When he thought about this, even though his heart remained slightly anxious, not a single change appeared on his face.

The eyes of Flame Fiends' Progenitor shone, for he was very nervous. He knew Su Ming better than Long Hai, and because of that, he could not help but start regretting.

When Zi Long saw Su Ming, his expression remained the same, but his pupils shrank slightly, because he noticed that Su Ming… was the closest person to the summits of the two mountains!

When Zhu You Cai saw Su Ming, a hint of a smile appeared on his face before it disappeared, and he returned to that ugly appearance of his.

As for Huang Mei, he let out a cold harrumph and moved faster, facing the mighty pressure in the place head-on, climbing to the summit with gritted teeth.

A glint appeared in Su Ming's eyes. All the various expressions on these people's faces allowed him to see all sorts of things. The deliverance of that chain earlier had originally been to bring him and Xu Hui upwards at the same time, but an accident had occurred on their way up.

During it they had heard Zhu You Cai's voice, and in his words, he mentioned Huang Mei. Because of it, Su Ming had already guessed everything that had happened. Zhu You Cai had tried to save them, while and Huang Mei used some sort of unknown method to stop him.

Su Ming's expression remained the same. He cast a cold glance at Huang Mei, and the aloof look in his eyes was the same as when he previously stared at the white-robed teenager.

Su Ming did not speak. With one step, he charged towards the summit, and he was so fast that the crowd who had lost their power could not compare. They could only watch helplessly as he turned into a long arc and charged for the summit.

He was so quick that in just an instant, Su Ming had already stepped onto the spot where the two mountains connected – at the two summits!

Su Ming might have seemed calm from the outside, but he was prepared for a vicious battle. After all, Old Ya Mu had a hostile expression on his face just then. It wasn't beyond that person to dispel the mighty pressure on the other people's bodies an intense battle.

However, even when Su Ming reached the stone platform on the summit, the other people were still climbing slowly. The seal on their cultivation bases did not show any signs of being released. They could only stare at him going to the stone platform helplessly.

Zhu You Cai sighed and gave up on moving forward. Reverend Zi Long frowned and cast Su Ming a profound look, then also chose to give up.

A great refusal to accept defeat appeared on Huang Mei's face, but he was still hundreds of feet away from the summit. He was too far away to catch up.

"Hmph, I am not the sort of person who goes against his own word. Since I promised you that if you reach the summit, you will become my scion, I will not interfere with you," Old Ya Mu's said in Su Ming's heart.

"These two mountains are complete opposites. One of them is in the sky, and the other is in the ground. Understanding one of them will not make the Art complete. Only when you will understand them at the same time will you be able to obtain the real Mountain Shifter!

"I did not create this Art on my own, but inherited it from Mountain Shifter Expanse Cosmos, which is also part of Dark Dawn Union. This Art is the supreme Art in Mountain Shifter Expanses Cosmos that governs the changes in the world. It is equal in terms of power to Abyss Builders' Nine Heavenly Abyss Sword Styles. They are both naturally born Arts.

"Learn it. I will send you to the core of the fifth kiln, but before that, I will give you the serendipity I promised you. I will definitely not go back on my word!" Old Ya Mu's voice echoed in Su Ming's heart, but as Su Ming continued listening to it, his words were filled with a peculiar air.

It was as if… Old Ya Mu was not saying those words to him, but were saying them for someone else, but that voice was clearly echoing in his heart. The people who Su Ming could see around him did not seem to be somebodies who were worthy of Old Ya Mu explaining himself in such a manner.

"Nine Heavenly Abyss Sword Style?" Su Ming's eyes sparkled. This was the first time he heard of this Art.

"It is an Art your Progenitor created after he gained an epiphany about the change in the universe within Arid Triad Expanse Cosmos. He declared that there were nine heavenly changes, but at most, I saw only seven. Even that Progenitor of yours believed that the remaining ones could only be achieved in theory.

"You'll learn about this in the future. Now hurry up and learn that Mountain Shifter Art of mine. Once you learn it, I'll have fulfilled my promise, and my projection will be free to leave the fifth kiln."

As Old Ya Mu's voice echoed in Su Ming's heart, his eyes shone, and he swept his gaze past the two stone platforms. One of them was above him, and the other beneath him. A single iron scroll was on each of them.

When Su Ming looked over, light shone in his eyes. After a period of pensive silence, he lifted his right hand and placed it on the stone platform above him. At the instant he did so, the inverted mountain started trembling viciously. Cracks appeared on it, and in the blink of an eye, the mountain started showing signs of crumbling.

At the same time, a loud bang rang out in Su Ming's head. An epiphany towards the universe, the world, and the entire cosmos surged into his consciousness. It filled his whole mind and turned into countless memory fragments that stirred up a storm in his head.

In the storm of those memory fragments, Su Ming saw mountains. Among them were Dark Mountain, the ninth summit, and all the mountains he had seen, traversed, or touched in his life.

All of them had differing heights, but they swiftly overlapped with each other, and a vague epiphany gradually formed in his heart.

In the other people's eyes, Su Ming's hair danced in the air. The air beside him distorted, and mountains manifested. As they changed, more cracks appeared on the inverted mountain above, and the signs of its crumbling became even greater.

A powerful, mighty pressure that had never appeared before on Su Ming's body manifested with a bang, shaking everyone's hearts.

It was especially so for Huang Mei. Intense jealousy showed up in his eyes, and as his face distorted, veins popped up.

"It won't be that easy for you to obtain such a powerful divine ability!" Huang Mei gritted his teeth, then struck the gourd behind his back with his right hand. He then shouted out, "Treasured gourd, please kill him!"

Chapter 1015: Why Do You Have It As Well…

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The shout was firm, powerful, and filled with confidence!

Even if the sound of the mountain above cracking were echoing in the air, Huang Mei's voice was still very loud and clear, and it attracted all the people's attention.

It was especially so for Reverend Zi Long. At the instant he saw Huang Mei bringing his right hand up and striking the gourd behind him, his pupils shrank.

Zi Long had always been wary of Huang Mei's gourd. He had vaguely been able to see its origins, which was why he had constantly compromised with him. Even when they had been fighting for a supreme treasure beforehand and Zi Long was ambushed by his despicable tricks, he had only attacked briefly and did not try to force him into a corner. Zi Long could only force down his anger.

The source of it all was that gourd!

Zi Long was eight-tenths certain that the gourd was definitely the legendary supreme treasure from the Fifth True World!

When he saw Huang Mei finally using that treasure and heard him pleading for the gourd to kill Su Ming, Zi Long immediately sucked in a sharp breath. His guess had been correct!

When Zhu You Cai saw the gourd and heard Huang Mei's words, his expression changed.

Xuan Shang, Yun You, and Hua Yu knew nothing about the treasured gourd's origins, but their hearts still trembled when they saw Huang Mei's actions, because after Huang Mei spoke, a powerful ripple of power erupted from the treasured gourd.

The ripples tumbled about and formed a gigantic impact in the shape of a vortex that swept out in all directions.

"Lu Ya's gourd!"

Progenitor Long Hai's expression changed continuously, until he cried out in surprise. He fixed his stare on the gourd, and his Nascent Divinity started showing signs of being close to dissipating.

Flame Fiends' Progenitor was in the same state. As he stared at the gourd behind Huang Mei, strong greed appeared on his face.

Huang Mei saw the group's expressions, and a cold sneer appeared at the corners of his lips. He had been in possession of this treasured gourd for years and had used it very rarely because he wanted to be able to wrestle victory into his hands in one go during a critical moment of a fight.

He had originally not wanted to use it just like that, prepared to attack and kill whoever it was that obtained the Mountain Shifter Art before him so that he could snatch it away.

However, Su Ming's appearance was the last straw for Huang Mei. He absolutely would not allow anyone else to obtain that powerful Art. He would do everything he could to get that Art.

'I'd like to see who will still dare to snatch that Art from me after I kill that person!'

Huang Mei laughed coldly. He did not believe that Su Ming had any chance of surviving this encounter. In his experience, as long as he used the treasured gourd, all of those who were targeted would definitely die, unless their level of cultivation was much higher than his!

As he laughed coldly, the treasured gourd behind his back lit up, shining brightly. As the vortex roared, an eye appeared on the gourd.

There was an aloof look to it. When it appeared, it immediately stared at Su Ming. With a blink, a dense wave of white fog appeared at the mouth of the gourd. That presence was filled with a thick fragrance that immediately filled the area. From the distance, it looked like there were white clouds erupting from the mouth of the gourd.

"I, Huang, am the only one who can gain an epiphany of this Mountain Shifter Art. You're just a young boy, die!�� Huang Mei laughed madly, and with a loud bang, the fog from the gourd behind him erupted.

Su Ming opened his eyes at the summit before lowering them to stare at Huang Mei. Unable to help itself, a strange expression appeared on his face.

All the people saw this strange expression, but no one knew the meaning behind it.

"The time taken for that gourd of yours to attack is a little too slow," Su Ming said with a strange tone in his voice.

Once he said those words, the people were all momentarily stunned, especially Huang Mei. He stiffened for a moment. It was the truth. This particular aspect about his gourd was something that brought resignation to him. Every single time he finished the incantation, he would need about a dozen breaths before the divine ability would erupt from the fog, but fortunately, once it erupted, it would lock onto its target formlessly, causing all those who were targeted to be unable to escape no matter where they went.

"Even if it's slow, it'll still be enough to kill you!" Huang Mei said in a prideful manner.

Su Ming's expression became even stranger. He sighed. His action caused the other's gazes to flicker, because there was not a single hint of fear or panic on his face at that moment. Thus, that strange expression of his puzzled everyone.

The next instant, Su Ming no longer hesitated and lifted his right hand to strike his storage bag. Immediately, a gourd the size of a palm appeared on his right hand. When he lifted it up, he swept his left hand over it.

"Treasured gourd, please kill him," Su Ming said with a strange tone in his voice. He believed that one of the two gourds was definitely an imitation, but he trusted the bald crane. The change that had happened to it when it saw the gourd was something that Su Ming would never forget. He felt… that there was a high possibility that his was the real thing.

Almost the instant Su Ming brought out the small gourd, all the people's expressions in the area changed, and then, all of them became strange at the same time.

Even Reverend Zi Long, with his ability to remain calm, could not help but widen his eyes at that instant, disbelief appearing on his face. Zhu You Cai also blinked a couple times. He stared at Su Ming and Huang Mei before a smile that he could not control appeared on the corners of his lips. He thought that the scene right then was slightly out of expectations, and rather absurd.

Compared to the two of them, Xuan Shang, Yun You, and Hua Yu found themselves a little unable to accept the development of this situation. They stared at the small gourd on Su Ming's palm with a dumbfounded gaze before looking over at the big gourd on Huang Mei's back, and then, their minds were completely occupied by the two gourds of differing sizes.

'The… big one should be stronger, right?' Besides this one single thought, Xuan Shang's mind was empty.

As for Progenitor Long Hai, he sucked in a sharp breath. He suddenly realized that there were plenty of secrets surrounding Su Ming. Just that gourd alone could immediately overturn the world in this place.

Flame Fiends' Progenitor blinked. He was unable to tell just which one was the real deal…

Huang Mei was especially affected. As his expression changed drastically, he cried out in surprise, "You-you… Why do you have it as well?!"

At the instant he said those words, the gourd behind him let out a loud bang again, and as a large amount of white fog erupted from it, a small human rushed out.

That small human was semi-transparent and held a black blade in her hands. Her expression was slightly sluggish, and judging from her appearance, this small human was a female… When she rushed out of the fog, she fixed her stare on Su Ming.

"Treasured gourd, please kill him!"

Powerful killing intent shone in Huang Mei's eyes. When he saw that Su Ming also had a gourd, an ominous feeling rose in his heart, but when the small human appeared from his gourd, that feeling immediately disappeared. He lifted his right hand and pointed at Su Ming while roaring.

The small human from the gourd behind him immediately threw her head back and let out a piercing screech, before rushing over towards Su Ming. The fog beside her tumbled about and covered her body, making it seem like she was riding on clouds. Murderous aura surged into the sky from her.

An indescribable, mighty pressure erupted from Su Ming's gourd as well. It brought with it an extreme sharpness that seemed like it could cut through all the laws in the universe.

"So what if you also have a gourd?! It's just an imitation! How dare you bring it out against the real thing!"

Right after Huang Mei finished saying these things, seven eyes appeared on Su Ming's gourd! Those seven eyes blinked at the same time, their gazes aloof, and Huang Mei's heart let out a loud thump. He remembered how his gourd only had one eye when he used it.

However, when he recalled how his gourd would definitely succeed every time the small human appeared, a great amount of confidence rose in him again.

But right then, fog burst out of the gourd in Su Ming's hand. At the same time, a small human the size of a palm rushed out of the gourd. He was also holding onto a blade in his right hand.

The small human from Su Ming's gourd was very small, but he was not an illusion. He looked incredibly real, and his appearance was also very distinct, just like that of a real person. He was also not female, but male.

And the small human from Su Ming's gourd did not have any sort of delay like Huang Mei's did after he recited his incantation. Instead, he flew out immediately, and compared to the small human from Huang Mei's gourd, he chose to remain silent instead of throwing his head back to roar!

One of them roared, the other remained silent. One of them had a delay, and the other moved immediately.

Even if they had yet to collide, all of the people in the area were shrewd, calculative monsters, so it was impossible for them to be unable to tell just which of the two was real.

However, the thing that made them hesitant about their answer was the fact that… one of them was too big, and the other… too small.

At the instant Huang Mei's expression changed, replaced by disbelief, the small human from his gourd turned her head around and bit down on his neck, but he was clearly already used to this. He did not dodge and simply allowed that little female to suck his blood, flesh, and essence. When she let go of him, she let out a screech and rushed out to crash into the small human from Su Ming's gourd.

In the mid of Huang Mei's nervous anticipation, his body suddenly shuddered, and he opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but his face turned pale and he coughed up a mouthful of blood. This blood was not due to being injured… but from outrage!

He was not the only one feeling out of sorts. The expressions of all the other people in the area turned incredibly strange as they looked at the scene in the sky with dumbfounded expressions.

There was no battle, no slaughter, no loud bangs that rose from any form of collision.

The small human who flew out from Su Ming's gourd stopped in midair. The female human from Huang Mei's gourd instantly closed in, but the instant she did so, she trembled… and acted bashfully in front of the male…

But that was not all. As the small human from Huang Mei's gourd started acting bashfully, she approached the small human from Su Ming's gourd, who had an aloof and prideful expression on his face. Once she did so, she knelt down in the air, and the human from Su Ming's gourd… even put on an expression as if he did not really like her.

He then nodded, as if he was forced to do something very difficult. The small human from Huang Mei's gourd stood up again and swiftly shrank to the same size as the small human from Su Ming's gourd…

All the people who witnessed this scene—no matter how they looked at it—thought that the female human was showing her infatuation to the male human.

Chapter 1016: Three, Mountain!

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

At the same time, cracking sounds rose swiftly in the air. They came from the cracks that appeared on the gourd on Huang Mei's back. Those cracks spread out, before the gourd… eventually shattered into pieces.

"Sorry about that, but I have a gourd as well."

Su Ming let out a dry cough, then a freezing glare appeared in his eyes. He brought his right hand up and pointed at Huang Mei, and the small human from his gourd as well as his 'wife' immediately lowered their heads to cast Huang Mei a cold look before charging forward swiftly.

Huang Mei was so enraged by Su Ming's words that he coughed up blood again. The outrage on his face reached an extreme state, and as he lifted his head to roar towards the sky, despair appeared on his face.

His roar was shrill and forlorn, as if no matter how he shouted, he could not vent out the extreme outrage in his heart.

When he saw the two small humans from the gourd swiftly close in on him, about to cut his neck, he quickly let go of the mountain rock and plunged into the depths of the canyon.

The two small humans from the gourd flashed and continued after him, but a big hand appeared in the air beside the falling Huang Mei and caught him. The back of that hand crashed into the incoming two small humans.

Loud bangs surged into the sky. As the two small humans tumbled backwards, chilly expressions appeared on their faces, especially on the one from Su Ming's gourd. A powerful killing intent shone in his eyes, but he immediately returned to Su Ming's side.

As for the small human who originally belonged to Huang Mei, she also came to Su Ming's side. Adoration was in her eyes as she gazed at the small human from Su Ming's gourd. It was as if just one gaze from him was enough for her to give up on everything for him.

Su Ming lifted his head slowly and stared at the fog above him, the killing intent in his eyes growing stronger. He lifted the gourd in his right hand and swung it. Immediately, the small human from his gourd flew back, and the female human that originally belonged to Huang Mei… also went to the gourd with him.

Fortunately, Huang Mei could not see this scene, since he was seized by the palm, or else he would have definitely coughed up another mouthful of blood.

"You want to save him?" Su Ming asked faintly while staring above himself.

"He is willing to enter the earth. In my path, there are gates leading to earth, so I will naturally save him," an ancient voice said from the air. That voice belonged to Old Ya Mu.

This time, his voice echoed in the air, and all the people could hear him.

Su Ming did not speak, but stared at the air above him with an aloof gaze. It might be important to him whether Huang Mei lived or died, but compared to the thoughts raging in his mind at the moment, his survival was insignificant.

Su Ming had previously wondered about one thing. Old Ya Mu was clearly speaking to him, but no matter how he listened to it, he seemed to be explaining his actions to another person.

If he was in another place, Su Ming would not think too much about this strange matter, but this was the fifth kiln, and because of it, Su Ming had to delve into it.

Since Old Ya Mu was insistent on saving Huang Mei, Su Ming immediately decided to use this matter to test what was going on.

Which was why he did not speak. Not a hint of him showing any sort of compromise appeared on his face. He stared at the sky and stood on the summit aloofly, without saying a single word.

'If Old Ya Mu softens his tone, then it would mean that my guess is correct—he ran into someone when I was engaged in that fierce fight on the mountain.

'It is then because of that person that he spoke in such a manner, as if he was explaining his actions to someone else. It would have been due to his wariness.

'But if his tone won't soften up, my guess is incorrect.' A myriad of thoughts spun in Su Ming's mind, but he did not show a single hint of it on his face.

After about a dozen breaths, a sigh came from the fog above.

"Enough now. I've been here for many years. If I want to leave this place, I need a physical body. That boy just now seemed pretty decent, so I want to borrow it for a while. Once I leave, he will no longer be him.

"Aren't you going to hurry up and gain an epiphany of my Mountain Shifter Art?"

The voice from the fog above caused Su Ming's heart to tremble furiously. He lowered his head in silence and cast a glance at the iron scrolls on the stone platforms. Once he sucked in a deep breath, he raised both his arms. But just as he was about to press his hands on them, he spoke calmly without lifting his head, as if he was speaking very casually.

"When I was fighting against that ferocious spirit, which of my father's clone did you encounter, senior?"

"The third… Hmm?" Old Ya Mu answered without much thought, but the moment he said it, a brilliant light suddenly shone in his eyes.

"The third clone, huh?" Su Ming said faintly. He had a strong feeling that Ya Mu was staring at him from the fog above. However, the habit of having his expression not change to reflect his thoughts was already something embedded into Su Ming's bones, so he was not worried about having his thoughts seen through.

His words just then were purely to fish for something from Ya Mu. He had said those words at random, so it did not matter to him even if he got it wrong. He just wanted to see Ya Mu's reaction and use it to make his judgment.

However, Su Ming had not expected that his words… would allow him to get an answer that caused his heart to tremble violently.

"What a sly lad. But I like this cunning of yours. As for what is going on between you and your father, I'm not willing to get myself involved in it." Old Ya Mu in the fog chuckled and stopped speaking.

Su Ming's heart trembled. He closed his eyes and pushed his palms against the two mountain rocks. Booming sounds echoed in the air, and everything in his mind was forced down, replaced by illusions of mountains.

As the one above crumbled, cracks also gradually appeared on the swaying one beneath him.

More cracks formed, and more mountains appeared in Su Ming's head. In the end, a loud bang rang out. The instant the mountain above him completely collapsed, the images of countless mountains gathered together in his head before turning into a black ball of light.

That ball of light was an illusion. There were numerous mountains shining in it, and it had a vast, mighty pressure. Su Ming could sense it clearly, and he found that it was also spreading out from his body. During that instant, the expressions of all people who sensed that mighty pressure from Su Ming's body changed. They felt as if there were ten thousand mountains pressing down on their heads.

Booming sounds rose into the air, and the mountain beneath began crumbling again. When all of it shattered into rocks, all the people on it were swiftly swept up. At the instant this happened, their power was instantly restored to them.

The next instant, the black ball of light in Su Ming's mind gained corporeal form. It turned into a brand on his soul.

The shape of the brand was formed of three glowing spots connected together. There was a primitive presence to it, as if it had been naturally formed when the universe was initially created.

At the instant the brand was left in him, Su Ming sensed the existences of all the mountains in the entire universe!

Their numbers were countless. They were normal mountains in an innumerable number of planets, illusory ones that could not be counted, those that existed in the minds of legions of people, and they all formed a law that had yet to be discovered by the people in Arid Triad Expanse Cosmos.

The Mountain Shifter Art practiced the laws of mountains!

"A mountain is formed of three dots [1]! These three dots form the outline of a mountain, and they mark the beginning of the universe. They are the source of power! You, my scion who inherited the Art from Mountain Shifter Expanse Cosmos, you who are a foreigner to my world, remember this… Mountain Shifter is just the first style.

"Up to now since the date this Art was created, it only has this one style [2]. If someone from the worlds beyond is destined to create the second style, he should come to my Expanse Cosmos – Mountain Shifter Expanse Cosmos, and leave behind the second style… because those in my world have never had any other desire but to inherit this Mountain Shifter Art besides this…"

At the instant the brand was left in Su Ming's soul, an ancient voice echoed in his heart. That voice felt like it had come from the passages of time and was full of sincerity.

Su Ming's heart trembled. He opened his eyes, and the shadow of mountains appeared clearly in his pupils. During that moment, he had a strong feeling that with just one thought… he could control all the mountains in the universe!

The world instantly crumbled. As the fog around him tumbled about and the mountain beneath him collapsed, a gigantic vortex appeared out of thin air above him. While it spun about with loud booming sounds, a powerful suction force swept up the people's bodies..

When Su Ming opened his eyes, he saw Xu Hui's body in the distance. She was already close to the vortex, and beside her was Xuan Shang. Xu Hui seemed to have seized him by the arm, but there was panic on his face, and fear filled him as he shook his head nonstop. In the end, his expression morphed into that of anguish.

Su Ming did not look closely at him. With one move, he took his first step forward, and when his foot landed, a glowing spot appeared.

Then Su Ming took his second step, and the second glowing spot appeared.

He leaped up and appeared right next to Xu Hui, who was above the two spots. A smile bloomed on her face. She let go of her grip over Xuan Shang's arm, which resulted in him being swept into the vortex, and allowed Su Ming to hold onto her. The third glowing spot then also appeared.

At the instant this happened, the spots connected and formed… a mountain!

That mountain might have been an illusion, but it allowed Su Ming to hold onto Xu Hui in midair, remaining tall and still with the vortex beneath him! It was as if a real mountain had appeared in the sky.

With one arm around Xu Hui, who was staring at him, Su Ming faintly spoke into the air. "Where is my serendipity?"

"There are plenty of worlds in the fifth kiln, but only this world… was created solely by me. Your serendipity is the essence of this one world I have gathered over countless years!" Old Ya Mu said from above, his voice echoing throughout the world that started rumbling furiously.

Shadows appeared beside Su Ming. There were dozens of them… and all of them had the appearances of the ferocious spirits. Nian Yin was one of them!

These ferocious spirits were the people Old Ya Mu had captured over the years. At that moment, all of them stood transfixed in the air. However, their bodies were withering rapidly, and a large amount of life force erupted from their bodies. This life force turned into thin white threads that charged towards Su Ming.

Translator's Note:

1. A mountain is formed of three dots: The original is actually supposed to be "A mountain is also three."

Because mountain is 山 (shan1) and 三 (san1) sound almost the same, but it made no sense in English if I wrote it like that, so I tweaked it again while trying to retain its original nuance. Still, please take note that this is a wordplay lost in translation.

2. Just a clarification, what he meant is that Mountain Shifter itself only has one style, and this Mountain Shifter Art, which only has one style, is the first style in his Ultimate Art, which has seven styles.

Chapter 1017: Unmoving, Rudimentary Heavens

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Su Ming swept his gaze past the area and immediately saw that the three people he had absorbed with Ecang's true self were not among the ferocious spirits. The one with the tuft of white fur was also not among them. Clearly, those who were absorbed by Ecang and Possessed by Su Ming were in a state of having been truly wiped out. From then on, they were no longer a part of Old Ya Mu's game.

As the life force from the ferocious spirits in the area turned into thin threads and fused into Su Ming, his body let out a bang. His cultivation base increased exponentially, filling his entire body in an instant.

The life force from the dozens of ferocious spirits around him was the quintessence formed from their cultivation bases. At that moment, all of it gushed out and filled the world.

By then, all the other people in the world had been sucked into the vortex, and Su Ming had no idea in which dimension they had been transferred. At that moment, the only ones present were Su Ming and Xu Hui, who was in his arms.

In the face of the rampaging power from the cultivation bases spreading out from the ferocious spirits, Su Ming's expression changed.

"My power has already been restored. I can protect myself, so you don't have to bother about me…" Xu Hui said softly while smiling faintly.

When Su Ming turned his head around to look at her, he saw her wink at him. A sly look appeared in her eyes, and her appearance changed swiftly. Once her body distorted, she turned… into the appearance of the body formed by the supreme treasure!

"You found it rude to snatch this item, but I'm fine with it, so I got it for you," Xu Hui said with a smile and left Su Ming's arms. As she retreated, she faced the rampaging power from the place head-on.

Su Ming blinked. He remembered the anguished expression on Xuang Shang's face when he went to grab Xu Hui just then, but he had no idea what method she had used to threaten Xuan Shang into giving her that supreme treasure.

With the body of the supreme treasure around, Su Ming believed that Xu Hui would have the highest possible protection, so he stopped thinking about how she had obtained it. Instead, he sucked in a sharp breath of the vast life force coming towards him.

With it, Su Ming's body let out a bang as if he was about to explode. The rampaging life force and power from the cultivation bases spread out from the dozens of ferocious spirits from all directions and surged into Su Ming.

This scene was similar to transferring cultivation bases. Besides a few, the dozens of ferocious spirits… were all Almighties in Mastery Realm. Because of that, the transfer of their cultivation bases was a great serendipity that was unprecedented in the universe.

This serendipity could be gentle so that Su Ming would not have to suffer, but Old Ya Mu did not have the obligation to make this serendipity gentle. His thought process was simple.

'I've given you the serendipity, but as for how much you can absorb will depend entirely on you!'

"If you have the ability, then absorb all of it. If you can't sustain it and end up with your body bursting, then that will be due to your greed. It won't have anything to do with me," Old Ya Mu said flatly as he cast a cold glance at Su Ming absorbing that life force. A brilliant light shone in Su Ming's eyes.

However, at that moment, he could not speak. The rampaging life force and the power from the cultivation bases forced him to only circulate them rapidly in his body as he absorbed them. Fortunately, Su Ming had some experience with this sort of thing from the God Ascension Nectar, or else, if anyone else had been in his place, they would definitely panic.

This was a serendipity, but also a disaster!

However, Su Ming had the right to choose and give up on this disaster. If he did so, then the serendipity would stop. He could avoid endangering his life, but if he gave up on it so easily… he would not be Su Ming.

Sweat covered his body while booming sounds continuously spread out from it. A large amount of life force surged madly into him through all his pores. The pace at which Su Ming circulated his cultivation base could not catch up to that of the life force and power of those cultivation bases fusing into him.

It was at that moment that Su Ming threw his head back and roared. His cultivation base clone had broken through the later stage of World Plane Realm and attained great completion of World Plane Realm!

"Since this is a serendipity, then I might as well give you more."

Old Ya Mu cast Su Ming a glance, and a malicious smile appeared on his face. He lifted his right hand and swung his arm forward. Booming sounds immediately surged into the sky, and the dimension shattered.

As the dimension collapsed, space distorted, and the power of essence that had gathered over countless years erupted forth. It then immediately surged into Su Ming's body, causing it to instantly swell up.

"Absorb it. Remember this, when you can't absorb it anymore, don't blame me for not granting you that serendipity. When you can't sustain it anymore, search for a place to avoid the dimension's destruction. After that, you can step into the vortex that will form after the dimension fully collapses. That vortex will Relocate you to the core of the fifth kiln.

"Now, I have fulfilled my promise. Boy, it'll all depend on you for how much you can absorb." Old Ya Mu smiled faintly. He moved, and his appearance changed. His body turned into an illusion, then he swiftly gained corporeal form, and he transformed into Huang Mei.

He lowered his head to scrutinize his own body. His smile grew wider, and he turned around to take a step into the air. He then disappeared from the crumbling dimension.

"Su Ming!" Xu Hui was still in the rampaging dimension. She immediately cried out anxiously when she saw what was happening, but was continuously forced back by the rampaging power and could not get closer.

"It's fine, I can last!"

As Su Ming's body swelled up, he threw his head back and roared. Immediately, he expanded even more, and his cultivation base stirred up a storm.

The storm might have been instantly suppressed, but Su Ming's cultivation base had reached a breakthrough during that instant!

A moon appeared behind him!

It was a gray moon, and a boundless, strange and enchanting air spread out from it, along with a thick aura of death. In that crumbling dimension, the appearance of the moon caused the rampaging power to surge towards it.

Booming sounds reverberated in the air. It came from some of the dozens of ferocious spirits around Su Ming transferring their cultivation bases to him. When some of their bodies reached an extremely shriveled state, they exploded. Old Ya Mu's Art prevented these former cultivators from wasting even a single bit of their existence even after they had delivered all of their cultivation bases to him. At the time, they actually had to make their souls explode and turn into quintessence after they were reduced to ashes. If Su Ming could absorb it, then he should. If he could not, then he was not to blame Ya Mu for not giving him that serendipity.

'Your serendipity is right there. You can see it, but I'm going to make you unable to absorb it, since it'll be over your limit.'

This was a form of counterattack from Ya Mu to Su Xuan Yi. However, that counterattack was reflected on Su Ming.

'Without understanding them, cultivation bases that are forcefully gathered together are just empty.' Old Ya Mu, who had now taken Huang Mei's appearance, walked out of the distortions that manifested in the galaxy beyond the fifth kiln. He turned his head around to cast a glance at the fifth kiln, and a faint smile appeared on his lips.

In the collapsing dimension within the fifth kiln, Su Ming sensed great danger. Forget the turbulent source after the dimension crumbled, just the dozens of ferocious spirits around him already made it hard for Su Ming to continue absorbing them.

Even though he broke through great completion in World Plane Realm and stepped into Lunar Kalpa Realm, the moon that appeared for Su Ming… was a dead moon!

'The scattered life force and cultivation bases in this place and the essence from this dimension will allow my cultivation base to increase by leaps and bounds if I can absorb all of it… but it'll just be a simple increase in my cultivation base. Without an epiphany, everything will be insubstantial… In the end, I will have great strength, but I won't be able to control it with my mind. I'll have power in me, but I won't be able to use it even a single bit.

'I have to absorb this serendipity exceptionally quickly, which prevents me from gaining an epiphany. This is that Old Ya Mu's goal.' A glint shone in Su Ming's eyes.

'But I'll… be taking this serendipity!' Su Ming's eyes fell shut the next moment, and an incredibly thick aura of death surrounded him!

Once this happened, waves of cold air spread out through the area from Su Ming, freezing the collapsing dimension. Snow began to fall and swirled in all directions, and not a single bit of warmth remained in Su Ming's body. He was cold, just like a dead person.

He opened his eyes at that moment, and his eyes were gray and dull.

Su Ming did not have the epiphany that would allow him to reach Lunar Kalpa Realm, but he had… the epiphany about his own life—the path of life that would allow him to walk from winter to spring, to move from death to regaining consciousness, from Yin Death to Bright Yang.

The gray moon meant that Su Ming had died. It symbolized the midwinter of his life!

As the aura of death erupted from Su Ming's body, a cloudy film appeared on the gray moon behind him. A large amount of life force, the essence of the dimension, and the rampaging cultivation bases surged into Su Ming's body before flowing out of it to turn into the power to form the moon of Lunar Kalpa Realm.

Su Ming stood with his long hair dancing in the air and was filled with an incredibly cold air. As he stood in midair, his body swiftly returned to normal from its swollen state. The gray moon behind him shone with the light of death.

At the same time, a fierce light flashed in Su Ming's eyes. He brought his right hand up and struck the center of his brows. With a bang, overlapping shadows appeared on his body. That was… the clone that practiced the Art of Swallowing Hollow Shadows Whole moving out and standing to Su Ming's right.

At the instant that clone appeared, the life force and rampaging power split up and surged into the clone, causing him to immediately collapse with a bang. But while he collapsed, the blood and flesh that spread out from him tumbled backwards swiftly, as if they were being regrouped. As they were forced apart, they gathered together again and again, and each time they were forced apart before they subsequently gathered together, the body would become stronger and tougher.

Gradually, as the clone that practiced the Art of Swallowing Hollow Shadows Whole continued regrouping and reforming, a moon appeared behind him!

That moon's color was red. It was a shade of red that was akin to blood, and a strange, enchanting color that was similar to that of autumn leaves!

The gray moon symbolized death and midwinter, while the red moon symbolized the autumn red that marked his struggles in death and his desire to dye the sky in blood!

During that moment, with a bang, Su Ming's Ecang clone appeared above his cultivation base clone and his clone that practiced the Art of Swallowing Hollow Shadows Whole. His three clones formed three spots at that instant, and they formed the mark of a mountain!

It was a towering mountain. The unmoving, rudimentary heavens!

Bang!

The dimension shuddered violently, and Old Ya Mu's footsteps came to an abrupt halt while he was walking through the galaxy beyond the fifth kiln with a composed expression. When he swiftly turned his head around, his expression changed.

Chapter 1018: The First Time He Opened His Eyes!

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Mountains had three spots.

In the crumbling dimension, Su Ming's cultivation base clone was the first spot. The gray moon where the spot was symbolized death and midwinter.

Su Ming's clone that practiced the Art of Swallowing Hollow Shadows Whole was the second spot. The crimson moon exuded a presence in which life force and the aura of death intersected with each other, resulting in a bright red, the shade of autumn. This was the meaning of autumn Su Ming had come to understand in his life.

Above his cultivation base clone and his clone that practiced the Art of Swallowing Hollow Shadows Whole was the Ecang clone. He was the third spot of the mountain mark. Once the clone materialized, a moon immediately appeared behind him.

It was… a piercing yellow!

Its light was like the color of the moon itself, but behind the clone, it symbolized endless fire and heat. They were the flames of summer, a type of arrogance that was filled with an abundance of life.

Three clones. Three moons. At that moment, as the mark of the mountain, they turned into a sight that did not move in any direction. As the rampaging power of cultivation bases swept past, the sound of the dimension shattering echoed in the air. It sounded as if the universe was being destroyed, and it would last for eternity.

The dozens of ferocious spirits were swiftly withering away. A large amount of life force surged into Su Ming, and it was immediately devoured by the mark of the mountain formed by the three clones, then rapidly spread out to be dissolved by the three moons.

Gradually, the aura of death from the gray moon became thicker. The gray light spreading out symbolized the shadow of death, and it even caused Su Ming's cultivation base clone to exude a grayish green air. It was as if he was a corpse that had crawled out of hell itself!

The cultivation clone's gaze was chilling, heartless, and aloof. It was powerful enough to make all the people who were familiar with Su Ming find him an unfamiliar sight. That appearance made him seem as if he was a god that had control over the netherworld.

Su Ming's clone that practiced the Art of Swallowing Hollow Shadows Whole was a powerful physical body that only cultivated the body and did not practice any divine abilities. At that moment, as the life force and cultivation bases surged into him, he continued becoming increasingly more powerful. As his body shattered and reformed, it became stronger. Each piece of his bone as well as every inch of his flesh and every drop of blood were becoming more powerful at a maddening pace, as if he was being refined repeatedly for thousands upon thousands of times.

The moon behind him was crimson, just like the blood that stained his hands his whole life. The smile at the corners of his lips gave off a terrifying feeling. The body that was dyed red by the moonlight… gave others the impression that they were looking at a crazed Immortal fighting against the heavens while he was in a state between life and death!

Above these two clones was the Ecang clone, and he looked as if he was lifting up the god of hell and the crazed Immortal fighting against the heavens. At that moment, the Ecang clone was no longer fully human. There were countless twisting branches spreading out from his body, and when they spun around the area, they made it seem as if the Ecang clone had turned into a tree.

As he threw his head back and let out a soundless roar, the branches immediately surrounded him. The yellow moon behind him immediately erupted with an indescribably vast life force!

That life force was the searing heat of summer. It came from Ecang's life, and only Ecang, a powerful life form that could be written into Old Man Extermination's ballad, was worthy of Su Ming's state of summer. Only it could sustain the vast amount of life force existing in the moon that symbolized summer!

The presence from the three great clones allowed Su Ming to devour and absorb the rampaging streams of cultivation bases around him. With three moons, he formed the mark of the mountain, and this was…

"Three Mountains Illuminating the Moon, and I created it on my own!" Su Ming's three great clones shouted at the same time. As the three moons rapidly absorbed the life force and cultivation bases, unending booms rang out from the bodies of the dozens of ferocious spirits around Su Ming.

Those booms came from the ferocious spirits self-destructing after they had delivered all their life force and cultivation bases. About a dozen breaths later, only four out of the dozens of ferocious spirits were left in the area!

They were trembling, having already been reduced to only skin and bones. Their expressions were still blank and vacant while they delivered their souls to Su Ming.

But they lasted for only several more before exploding with a bang. When all of the ferocious spirits self-destructed, a large amount of power swept through the area with an even more violent presence. It rushed swiftly to Su Ming, as if wanting to make him burst. There was a domineering will within it, one that screamed that no matter what, he had to absorb it, whether was willing or not.

A loud bang rang out in Su Ming's mind, and the mark of the mountain formed by the three great clones shook furiously under the impact. Soon after, the power that was formed by the ferocious spirits self-destructing forced its way into Su Ming's three clones to nourish the moons behind them.

However, this forceful entry was no longer a form of nourishment. It pushed the moons to swell up.

'I still lack a clone!' A glint appeared in Su Ming's eyes.

'What I need is my real physical body, the one that belongs to me as an Abyss Builder. That is my real body, and it will bear the burden��� of walking from death to life, from winter to spring… He will bear the burden of walking down the path for the resurrection of all living things!'

A brilliant light shone in Su Ming's eyes. He had never longed for his real body to appear as badly as he did during that moment. He yearned to fuse with it and complete the final step of his state of life!

From death to life!

From a state where he had his eyes shut to him opening his eyes!

That desire spread out from Su Ming's three great clones and formed a calling that could penetrate the dimension and move through space. That call shot through the fifth kiln, Divine Essence Star Ocean, the area where the forces of power from the four Great True Worlds were stationed… and sent straight to True Morning Dao World!

Within it was a gigantic Rune formed by countless fragmented continents. At its core was a corpse that lay unmoving on an altar for ages. During that moment… it started shivering furiously.

Those shivers made it seem as if the person was about to wake up. As he shivered, brilliant light shone swiftly from the altar beneath the corpse. Once that light appeared, it spread out and instantly covered all the fragmented continents in the area. At the same time, booming sounds echoed in space. The gigantic Rune in the galaxy was activated and began operating.

As the Rune came into operation, a powerful, mighty pressure descended and suppressed the corpse on the altar, causing it to be unable to stand up or open its eyes no matter how much it shivered!

In the meantime, booming sounds echoed in all directions. When the powerful and mighty pressure descended, it caused many people in True Morning Dao World to instantly notice it.

Beyond the Rune were two rotating planets. Sitting cross-legged on one of them was a woman in white. She had an incredibly beautiful face, but her expression was cold. She frowned and stared at the Rune in the distance. While she watched it sparkle, she sensed the suppression descending from its self-activation.

"Someone is summoning him…" the woman said softly.

On another planet was a person in black robes. He was standing at the peak of the mountain and staring at the gigantic Rune in the galaxy. A hood covered his face, so his expression could not be seen, but based on his posture, a vague grimness could be senses about him.

"The child has grown up, and he has learned how to summon… but the time for the corpse to be used is nigh. How can I let you take it away just like this?" a hoarse voice slowly said from within the black hood. There was an ancientness to the speaker.

However, at the instant the voice reverberated in the air, the gigantic Rune formed by countless fragmented continents let out a violent rumble that shook the sky and earth. It seemed like the whole galaxy trembled from it. At the same time, eight of the numerous fragmented continents that formed the Rune shattered into pieces.

Booming sounds reverberated in the galaxy. The corpse with its eyes shut at the center of the Rune began trembling even harder, and his body slowly started showing signs of rising up in the air!

This scene caused the woman in white's expression to change. The man in black let out a cold harrumph and swung his arm. Immediately, thousands of long arcs rose into space from the two planets.

Those thousands of long arcs were thousands of cultivators. They appeared around the gigantic Rune and simultaneously sat down with their knees crossed as if they were suppressing it. In the mid of the booming sounds, the corpse that seemed as if it was about to rise up sank down and was once again pushed down heavily on the altar.

However, during that moment, a roar that seemed to have come out from thin air echoed in the hearts of all cultivators who were in the area. Within that roar was madness, along with determination and a force struggling against the world. It was a roar calling out to the real physical body—Su Ming's roar from within the fifth kiln in Divine Essence Star Ocean.

Along with that roar, loud booming sounds rose into space. As a large number of fragmented continents in the Rune shattered, the thousands of cultivators shuddered together, and at the instant all of them coughed out blood, the corpse at the center of the Rune swiftly began levitating again.

At that moment, the man in black moved without any hesitation and disappeared in an instant. The next moment, he appeared on the altar at the core of the Rune and lowered his head to glance at the corpse before bringing his right hand up and pushing it down on it.

That one push caused the galaxy to tremble. The corpse was slammed fiercely back on the altar. At that moment, it was as if the momentum of the entire galaxy was gathered on the black-robed man's right hand. It was as if he was borrowing the power of the entire True Morning Dao World to suppress that corpse!

However, the instant the black-robed man borrowed the power of True Morning Dao World to suppress the corpse, the power dissipated for an instant from his hands. It was as if True Morning Dao World was extracting the power from the black-robed man's hands.

"The kismet is not allowing me to do this?"

The man in black lifted his head to look at the space above him, and the corpse on the altar rose into the air again. The shadows of three moons also appeared beside it. Two were at his feet, and one was above his head. They formed the shape of a mountain. When the shadows of the moons took shape, numerous distortions appeared around the corpse, as if it was about to move through space and disappear.

The man in black let out a cold harrumph and lifted his right hand again. His fingernails instantly grew longer, and with one flick of his wrist, they broke off from his fingers and turned as sharp as needles. They sliced through space and stirred up sharp whistles before piercing the corpse's body.

With a bang, the distortions around the corpse instantly collapsed and disappeared. However, at the instant the five fingernails pierced the skin… the corpse opened its eyes!

This was the first time the corpse had opened its eyes. It was the first time anyone saw them not closed!

At the instant it happened, a low voice that contained countless years suppressed within it came from the corpse's mouth and shook the universe!

"Di Tian!"

Chapter 1019: The Three Mountains Illuminate the Moon!

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

"Di Tian!" The roar emitted by Su Ming's three great clones at the same time echoed through the crumbling dimension within the fifth kiln.

Just then, Su Ming had had a powerful feeling that he was summoning his real body. He even had the feeling that he was already in his physical body and could have it move through space to arrive in this dimension.

However, he was stopped again and again. During that process, Su Ming used the rampaging power around him to forcefully take away his real body, but during the critical moment, he was stopped again.

But it had allowed Su Ming to gather all his power of Lunar Kalpa Realm as well as the Three Mountains Illuminating the Moon to break all barriers and open his eyes!

His real physical body's eyes!

It might have only lasted for an instant, but it had allowed him to see a person in black robes, and the face underneath that black hood. It was… Di Tian!

"One of these days, I will snatch my real body back!" Su Ming threw his head back and roared. There might no longer be a single ferocious spirit around him, but the destruction of the dimension had reached its peak.

During that instant, the collapsing dimension was letting out deafening booms. They made it seem like the world had exploded on its own. The entire dimension completely burst apart.

As it happened, the rampaging power swept through the area and surged madly towards Su Ming. It was as if his existence was the black hole in the exploding dimension.

The eyes of all Su Ming's three clones shrank. At the instant the rampaging power surged over, they formed a seal with their hands at the same time. With a bang, a powerful light burst forth from the moons behind the three clones.

The light was formed by shades of gray, red, and yellow. At the instant it overlapped with Su Ming, he let out a low growl.

"Three Mountains Illuminate the Moon!"

The moons behind his three clones grew larger during that moment and overlapped with each other at the spot in the middle.

The three moons then turned into one. It was so big that the moment it appeared and the rampaging power in the dimension crumbling around him swept over, it absorbed and devoured it.

Booming sounds echoed in the air, causing Su Ming's moon to become larger, until it reached the height of several hundreds of feet. That moon was something that no other cultivators had ever obtained before. In fact, there was never a time that such a large moon was formed by anyone when they reached Lunar Kalpa Realm in the universe.

That was because Su Ming's moon was formed by all the cultivation bases from dozens of Almighties. It was formed with the essence of a dimension gathered over countless years. It was the moon formed when Su Ming walked from death to life and from midwinter to spring.

Rumbling sounds reverberated in the air, and the dimension shattered. Su Ming did not waste even a single bit of his serendipity. He absorbed all of it and formed… the most powerful moon in Lunar Kalpa Realm that no one before him had ever formed, and no one after him would ever form either!

Even those in Solar Kalpa Realm would be incredibly weak before his moon. This was… the one moon in Lunar Kalpa Realm that filled the world… one that could threaten Almighties who were Masters of Fate, Lives, and Death!

At the instant that moon was formed, Su Ming's three great clones gathered and fused together, instantly turning into a one person. The moon was behind him, filling Su Ming with a monstrous, malicious air!

After all, no one possessed such a large moon in Lunar Kalpa Realm. The moon shone in three colors, and they overlapped continuously. When the gray light appeared on Su Ming, he was the incarnation of the netherworld under the universe. He symbolized death and destruction!

When red light appeared on his body, he was not the only thing that was dyed entirely in red. His heart and soul were also colored that way. During that moment, Su Ming was the crazed Immortal who knew all forms of slaughter. That red was the desire for blood, which was the resolution Su Ming had made in the past – his determination to dye the sky red!

When the yellow light appeared on Su Ming's body, it meant that he no longer symbolized death or the red shade of autumn. He was no longer destruction and slaughter, but was a life force at its most supreme state. He was the type of life force that was merciful to all forms of life in the world and would nourish them. He was the eternal existence within the scorching summer where all those who followed him could obtain eternal life.

Three different lives, three different presences, and three different feelings fused together… giving Su Ming a malicious air that surged into the heavens!

The word 'wicked' could no longer be used to describe the bizarre air about him. However, one thing was certain – from then on, Su Ming was an existence that had never appeared before in Arid Triad Expanse Cosmos!

When he opened his eyes, the world before him gone. He also saw the body of the supreme treasure tumbling backwards in the turbulence stirred up once the dimension was destroyed and reduced to nothingness.

Su Ming turned his head around. During that moment, the presence of death spread out from his whole body. He was dressed in a long gray robe, had long gray hair, gray pupils, and he was… the heartless and aloof persona of death.

He took a step forward, and even with the impact of the dimension's destruction, there seemed to be no form of power that dared to stop his actions. With one step, he appeared beside the body of the supreme treasure, then lifted his right hand to catch its arm.

Xu Hui's heart shuddered. Even her breathing had stopped for a moment when she saw Su Ming's gaze and those gray pupils. A powerful sense of unfamiliarity rose in her, causing her to almost be unable to recognize the person in front of her as Su Ming.

With the arm of the body formed by the supreme treasure in his hand, the gray Su Ming lifted his head. With an aloof gaze, he moved towards the void that was formed after the dimension collapsed.

With a loud bang that sliced through space and shocked the heavens, Su Ming brought Xu Hui into the void. With a flash, they disappeared from the destroyed dimension.

At the instant they left, Su Ming turned his head around and cast a glance at the countless fragments left after the dimension beneath him had been destroyed. With a heartless gaze, he cast a glance at one of the fragments.

It was during that moment that the expression of Old Ya Mu in the galaxy beyond the fifth kiln turned incredibly dark. He had been able to sense everything that happened to Su Ming in his dimension because he had left a Brand there before he left.

He did not expect that Su Ming would be able to sense the Brand's existence. The strangeness of Su Ming was something he had expected less, and even his heart trembled from that.

"From death to life, from midwinter to spring, what a path… What a man you are, Su Ming," Old Ya Mu mumbled after a while.

"Three Mountains Illuminate the Moon… the three great clones each turn into a mark of a mountain and reflect a moon at the same time. This moon… is something that has never appeared before, and it is so strong that it can shock even an average Almighty in Mastery Realm!

"He could have used the serendipity to reach Lunar Kalpa Realm and then head to Mastery Realm… but he did not, and that shows that he is aiming for something incredibly big!

"I can tell that he is aiming for his real physical body, because if he isn't complete, then even if he reached Mastery Realm, he would… be far from the person he created right now!

"If he fuses with his real physical body someday, then he will become complete, and then based on his epiphany, he will be able to move from death to life… which is the Life Realm!

"This is what you are plotting for. You created a cultivation method, a divine ability that would allow you to step straight into Life Realm within the four great Realms for Masters of Fate, Lives, and Death!

"This divine ability is powerful enough to stand toe-to-toe with the Mountain Shifter Art and the Nine Heavenly Abyss Sword Styles!

"What a man you are, Su Ming." Old Ya Mu stared at the galaxy behind him and mumbled under his breath. A hint of respect appeared in his eyes.

"In the near future, another Almighty in Life Realm will… appear in Arid Triad Expanse Cosmos!" Ya Mu let out a sigh filled with emotion, then turned his head around to walk into the distance.

"Su Xuan Yi… with a son like this, even if you are suffering greatly now, you should be relieved and happy."

Old Ya Mu's figure gradually disappeared into the distance. Then, he vanished without a trace from the galaxy.

Within the fifth kiln, Su Ming was in the void with Xu Hui. There, they seemed to go through countless years. Vaguely, Su Ming saw Reverend Zi Long. He was fighting against some ferocious beasts in a dimension within the void.

He also saw that Xuan Shang, Yun You, and Hua Yu having split up. He saw Yun You scream in pain when a Fire Spirit burned his body and devoured his Nascent Divinity.

He also saw Hua Yu, who was skilled in sealing souls, carefully moving forward through a swamp, completely unaware of a dozen pairs of green eyes staring at his back coldly.

Su Ming saw Flame Fiends' Progenitor as well. He had a battle axe in his hand and was laughing loudly at the sky, unwilling to part with that axe because he was too fond of it.

Progenitor Long Hai was quietly following Xuan Shang. There was a cold sneer at the corners of his lips. He had been following Xuan Shang for a long time without the latter noticing him.

There was also… Zhu You Cai.

Su Ming saw him sitting on a mountain. While looking at the bright moon, tears trickled down his cheeks. In his hand was a medicinal core. His tears fell and landed on the ground. When they broke off into even smaller droplets, Zhu You Cai's murmured to himself.

"I will definitely find the fifth stone, head to the Fifth True World, and find Abyss Builders. No matter what price I have to pay… I will resurrect you!"

Su Ming saw all of this when he moved through the void. He could ignore everyone else, but when it came to Zhu You Cai, he remembered the Life Inequity Spear as well as how the other had acted to save him when they were in the mountain. Those were acts of kindness.

And acts of kindness had to be repaid.

When Su Ming remembered Zhu You Cai's words, his hair no longer remained gray, but turned yellow. His pupils also gained a yellow shade, and the presence spreading out from him was a vast, indescribable life force. There was also a warmth in him that would cause a person to instinctively want to get closer to him.

At that moment, even if he was not smiling, in all people's eyes, there would be a faint smile on his lips. The warmth in it was a charm that would cause everyone to give up on everything and choose to follow him. It was… the light of God that would intoxicate people and make them want to worship it.

Su Ming had no idea how much time had passed. When he reached the end of the void, a hazy layer of fog appeared in front of him. He could tell that there was a border formed by several Spirit Trudging Platforms there.

This was the deepest part of the fifth kiln, and the place where the first border was located. Once he moved past this place, he would step into the real core of the fifth kiln!

Over there… the fifth stone would appear!

Chapter 1020: The Bald Crane's Past Vulgar Tastes…

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Su Ming reached the first border while moving through the void. The Spirit Trudging Platforms there were not completely empty at that moment. There were a few Fire Spirits lying sprawled on them. The color of those Fire Spirits was rather dull, but the presence spreading out from their bodies was incredibly powerful.

Almost the instant Su Ming rushed out of the fog and stepped on the Spirit Trudging Platforms, the Fire Spirits turned towards him with fierceness in their eyes.

However, that fierceness disappeared right away and turned into confusion that revealed itself in screeching. Not a single hint of malicious intent could be heard in their voices. Instead, there was a feeling of closeness and intimacy.

Su Ming smiled. With his golden hair and golden eyes, he stepped onto a Spirit Trudging Platform with Xu Hui, who was pale, in his arms. The strength of the Fire Spirits gave her goosebumps.

Su Ming's arrival caused the Fire Spirits to immediately scatter from the place. When he stepped on the Spirit Trudging Platform, they sized him up with curiosity before surprised delight appeared in their eyes. Then, they ran to him one after another, as if the golden light spreading out from his body could make them extremely comfortable.

Su Ming lifted his head. He did not bother with the Fire Spirits, but stared into the distance. There was the real core of the fifth kiln. As he watched it, he lifted his foot, intending to move forward, but then he came to an abrupt halt.

"Darn it all…" A certain catch phrase from a certain bald crane who had just woken up echoed in Su Ming's mind.

"Hey? What's this light? What is this light?!" the bald crane immediately screamed, and a smile appeared at the corners of Su Ming's lips. He lowered his head to look at his storage bag. It shone before his eyes, and the bald crane flew out on its own. When it saw Su Ming, it widened its eyes.

"If you're awake, then follow me on your own," Su Ming said faintly and did not linger anymore in that place. He took a step forward and left into the distance to walk straight into the space leading to the core of the fifth kiln.

The bald crane widened its eyes behind Su Ming. As it stared at the golden light around him, it was astonished and puzzled. Suddenly, roars came from behind it. When it turned its head back, it immediately saw the Fire Spirits adopting hostile expressions, looking as if they were about to pounce over.

The bald crane shuddered, and with a loud screech, it transformed into golden bald crane with golden light spreading out from its body, but its light did not have any effect on Fire Spirits' hostility. Instead, as it pierced their eyes, they roared furiously and rushed forward.

"Unfair!" With a shrill screech, the bald crane fled, flapping its wings desperately to catch up to Su Ming. With much difficulty, it avoided being caught by the Fire Spirits, and as it escaped, its heart filled with indignation.

"Darn it all, I just woke up! Just woke up, you know? Why did I run into something like this? And why isn't that golden light I made effective?

"Something's not right. The color is the same, so could it be that there is something different fundamentally?" While feeling indignant, the bald crane continuously changed the light on its body. One moment it was golden yellow, then yellowish brown, and in the next, it had the shade of wax…

But when the bald crane caught up to Su Ming and looked at him again, its body froze for a moment before it widened its eyes. They went blank, because at that moment, the color around Su Ming's body was no longer golden yellow, but crimson red!

Long red hair, red eyes, a long red robe, and a vast murderous aura as well as madness spreading from his entire body formed a killing intent that surged into the sky and filled the area. Even the void around them trembled nonstop because of that killing intent.

After a long while, Su Ming's expression gradually changed. This time, he was no longer gray, nor gold or red. Instead, he returned to how he usually looked. With a frown on his face, he moved forward in the void, his expression slightly dark.

'I need to fuse with my real body as soon as possible, or else my clones will be slightly unstable… I couldn't control the changes previously. At the slightest stimulation, I would change.' A glint appeared in Su Ming's eyes while he was in the void. He had noticed what was wrong with him, since it was like his whole personality changed at a moment's notice.

That change was not something he could control on his own. As three personalities, three clones, and the Three Mountains Illuminating the Moon fused together, they might seem stable, but in truth, a crucial part was missing… his real self.

'Before I absorbed the serendipity and had the Three Mountains Illuminating the Moon fuse together, I didn't have those fluctuating emotions. But why did this happen once I had the three mountains illuminate the moon and turned them into the gigantic moon for my Lunar Kalpa Realm?' Su Ming frowned while charging forward through the void.

'I remember the Duke of Crimson Flame once mentioning that Abyss Builders have an incredibly mysterious divine ability which allows them to have all of their clones fuse together with a unique method so that they can reach an incredibly terrifying state of power.

'I didn't quite understand what he meant previously and thought that the previous method I used was the way, but by the looks of it now… Could it be that the method of fusion I used only now is that mysterious fusion that belongs to Abyss Builders?' Su Ming wondered.

However, the instant that thought formed in his head, a sense of danger rose in him. Fog tumbled about swiftly in the void beneath him, and shrill roars were coming from over there.

"Give me back my life…" Within the roars there were drifting words that echoed in space. They were indistinct, but were piercing and shrill to the ears!

"Keep me company…"

"Give me back my life…"

The voice rose and fell as if there were numerous people talking at the same time. They said different words, and as they echoed in the air, a powerful wave of resentment spread through the void.

Then, Su Ming saw shadows appearing out of nowhere in the void beneath him. They turned into strange life forms that resembled ghosts, and he could clearly see that there was madness and great resentment on their faces. Once they saw Su Ming, dark light shone in their eyes and they charged towards him silently.

Almost the instant he saw the ghosts, a gray tint appeared in Su Ming's eyes. His hair also turned gray, and a thick aura of death swiftly erupted from his body without reservation.

At that moment, Su Ming was cold and heartless. Not a single hint of emotion could be detected in his eyes; he was like a dead man!

And in the world of the dead… there were no living creatures. All those who lived were the enemies!

The instant Su Ming turned gray, he let go of Xu Hui's hand. Her heart trembled, and she moved back. At that moment, Su Ming was so unfamiliar to her that it was as if she had never gotten to know him. That aura of death coming from his body made her think of death.

The aura was so thick that it filled the entire void in the blink of an eye. The powerful resentful immediately dissipated, as if it was a presence that simply did not belong on the same level.

'He… He…'

The bald crane came to an abrupt halt and widened its eyes in disbelief. When it stared at Su Ming, even though it did not have any feathers on its body, it still as if they were standing up from goosebumps all over its skin.

"Darn it all, what's going on?!" The bald crane was stuttering slightly. It moved back swiftly, feeling as if it had seen a fierce ghost.

"Such a thick aura of death… Could it be that he climbed out of hell? Damn it, how could this be? This… This is…" The bald crane shuddered, but an excited glint gradually appeared in its eyes.

"Haha! The stronger Su Ming is, the more I can bully others in the future and snatch their crystals as much as I want to! Bald crane, o bald crane, you are too great, how could you follow a monster like this? You are the person I admire the most, there is no other person I admire more!"

While the bald crane was filled with excitement, the gray-eyed Su Ming was so cold it was as if he was a block of freezing ice. He lowered his head and cast a faint glance at the void beneath him, where the ghosts who originally wanted to rush out had all now come to a halt in shock once the aura of death had spread out.

"All of you should not be alive, even if you are existing in this sort of state." When Su Ming said those words coldly, he lifted his right hand and seized space. Cracking sounds instantly rang out, and the Life Inequity Spear took shape. Su Ming caught it in his hand. Sinc he'd changed, besides the coldness on his face, there had not been a single hint of any other emotion on him.

In fact, Su Ming's mind was very rational at that moment, and once it reached a certain point, it would turn… into callousness!

That rationality could allow him to use whatever method and means to destroy the existences he wanted dead.

It could be said that this particular state of his and the red madness were two complete opposites from each other.

While speaking, Su Ming had already taken a step forward. He was so quick that he instantly closed in on the ghosts. They screamed shrilly in pain, and gray light shone in Su Ming's eyes. Immediately, cracking sounds rose into the air. The aura of death from Su Ming's body turned extremely cold and spread out rapidly through the air to cover the entire area, causing the ghosts to freeze for a moment. During that instant, Su Ming threw the long spear in his hand forward.

With it, the void roared. A gigantic moon appeared clearly behind Su Ming. The color of that moon was gray. When it appeared, the screams from the ghosts became even more shrill and forlorn. Their aura immediately spread out from their bodies, as if they were about to wiped off. They wanted to retreat, but when Su Ming threw the Life Inequity Spear, a vortex was formed at the tip of the spear. That vortex stirred up the entire area, causing all the ghosts who wanted to retreat to be unable to move. They could only fade away =while screaming in pain under the aura of death from the moon.

However, there were some ghosts that escaped from the pull of the vortex. But just as they were about to change their forms and escape, Su Ming struck his storage bag with his left hand, and a gourd appeared. There were no longer just seven eyes on the gourd, but eight of them. Su Ming recited the incantation, and once a glint shone in all eight of the eyes, two small humans flew out and went after the ghosts who intended to flee.

The bald crane saw this, and its pupils swiftly constricted. It stared at the small female, and a perplexed expression appeared on its face.

'Hmm? Well, darn it all. Why does that small human look so familiar? Why does it feel like one of the female gourds I created to take revenge on Lu Ya after I was chased down by that old bastard? It really feels like one of the gourds I created to disgust him and seduce that small human from his gourd…'

The bald crane scratched its head in bemusement, filled with surprise.