Chapter 176: Sin of the Dao

At this moment, Guang Ming desperately wished Lü Yang was here.

After all, if Lü Yang were here, with his strength he could have easily dealt with Wu Cang, there would have been no need to bring him here, and none of this would have happened.

‘What the hell is this thing!’

‘That Wu Cang... is a mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator! Yet he was so easily possessed? Who on earth is this? A reincarnated True Lord? A peak Foundation Establishment Great True Person?’

At this moment, Guang Ming’s thoughts were a complete mess.

It was not until 【Wu Cang】 turned his head to look at him that the 【Imperial Palace Golden Seal Dou Shuai True Edict】 gradually dimmed and reverted back to the appearance of a talisman.

“You’re quite interesting too.”

【Wu Cang】 smiled slightly, “The biggest karmic entanglement on your body points directly to that Lü Yang. Seems like he’s made quite a few enemies, huh? Someone from the Primordial Saint Sect?”

Only 【Wu Cang】 himself knew how difficult it was to awaken, to be reborn through borrowing another’s body, and to break free from the restrictions set by the Innate True Person.

After all, back then the dying Innate True Person had almost exhausted all his power to activate his innate divine ability, using great karma to imprison it in place.

Without the fulfillment of karmic destiny, it could never leave.

And that karma was the successor of the Innate True Person, only when that successor held the Myriad Spirits Banner and used it to guide, could it safely emerge.

But in doing so, it would have to willingly be refined by the Myriad Spirits Banner.

And with the Myriad Spirits Banner’s dominance, once refined, it would be enslaved for all eternity, which was exactly the outcome the Innate True Person desired.

However, now, a new opportunity had arisen.

The appearance of Wu Cang gave it a second choice, because Wu Cang was no longer Lü Yang’s match, yet the two were already bound by karmic fate.

【Wu Cang killing Lü Yang】

In this situation, Wu Cang needed external power.

And it was that external power—if it was willing to take on Wu Cang’s identity and accept the karma of killing Lü Yang, it could break free from the Innate True Person’s restraints.

Such a heaven-sent opportunity, how could it possibly let it go?

In the next moment, 【Wu Cang】’s gaze fell upon Guang Ming, and Guang Ming was horrified to find golden radiance emerging from his own body.

“This is your karma.”

Perhaps because it had finally broken free, 【Wu Cang】 seemed in a particularly talkative mood, “The Bodhisattva who sent you here was quite kind, even magnifying your karma.”

“At least two True Lord techniques have been used in this matter—one sent this Wu Cang to me, helping me to break free, and the other sent you to me, ensuring that I could immediately find the target to kill upon escaping. Now, I truly wish to meet this Lü Yang.”

Curiosity filled 【Wu Cang】’s face.

After all, according to what it knew, even in the talent-rich Primordial Saint Sect, there were very few True Persons capable of attracting such hatred and triggering a killing scheme like this.

“Come with me.”

In the next second, 【Wu Cang】 lifted Guang Ming with one hand and, at the same time, tore off the bright karmic thread from him.

Karma as the guide, tracking across ten thousand miles.

Right after, 【Wu Cang】 took a single step forward——

“This 【danger】 is getting bigger and bigger.”

Above the vast and boundless ocean, Lü Yang piloted the 【Void Crossing Golden Ship】, almost turning into a stream of light, stirring up massive waves as he sped toward the mainland.

However, the 【danger】 above his head did not diminish in the slightest, but instead grew even bloodier.

“Such a change... could it be that I made the wrong choice?” Lü Yang was filled with doubt, for if he had not made the wrong decision, why would the crisis be getting closer?

What on earth was happening?

This was the first time Lü Yang felt a bit powerless, as if he had once again become that self in the Qi Refining stage who could not calculate karma and could only be manipulated by fate.

But in the next moment, Lü Yang shook off all distracting thoughts.

Compared to back then, he was now completely different.

Even if he could not calculate the source of the crisis, he was not without the power to resist.

With this in mind, the 【Command Jade Token】 bestowed by True Person Chong Guang was already in his hand.

However, perhaps due to excessive nervousness, his hand trembled, and the 【Command Jade Token】 slipped from his palm.

Fortunately, another hand quickly reached out, catching the falling 【Command Jade Token】 before it hit the ground, followed by a soft laugh:

“Be careful, Daoist friend.”

At this moment, time seemed to come to a standstill, and a handsome youth with fluttering robes appeared in a flash from across ten thousand miles, landing beside Lü Yang!

Boom!

Before the words had even fallen, at this critical moment, the 【Command Jade Token】 in the youth’s hand suddenly exploded, and from within walked out a figure.

Almost simultaneously, divine brilliance flashed across Lü Yang’s body.

【Determining Closeness and Distance】!

In the next second, Lü Yang vanished from where he stood, leaving only 【Wu Cang】 and the figure who had emerged from the 【Command Jade Token】 staring at each other in surprise.

“Hm? A Dao Sin…”

The figure who emerged from the 【Command Jade Token】 was a middle-aged man with a sinister expression, who showed a look of surprise the moment he saw 【Wu Cang】.

However, in the next instant, an indescribable mighty force crashed down.

With a crisp sound like a shattering silver bottle, the middle-aged man’s figure was instantly wiped away.

But at the same time, the extraordinary aura surrounding 【Wu Cang】 also plummeted to the extreme.

For a moment, all things fell into a deathly stillness.

The power that collided here had completely surpassed the Foundation Establishment level, an unspeakable might that caused heaven and earth to fall silent.

Only after a long time did a figure slowly emerge.

“...Bastard!!!”

【Wu Cang】 stood in mid-air, holding the unconscious Guang Ming in his hand, his face grim, “Just like the Innate True Person, it’s a karmic life force…”

Originally, at the moment he appeared, Lü Yang had been as good as dead.

The 【Command Jade Token】 was indeed powerful, but it needed to be activated—without activation, it was nothing more than scrap iron.

Originally, 【Wu Cang】 had not intended to give Lü Yang the chance to activate it.

However, Lü Yang’s innate divine ability had exceeded his expectations, forcibly maintaining a moment of clarity, and in that brief instant, he had activated the 【Command Jade Token】.

This had broken through 【Wu Cang】’s blockade, not only landing a heavy blow on him but also allowing Lü Yang to escape successfully.

“You think you can get away?”

【Wu Cang】’s expression turned cold as he licked his lips and continued to tug on the karmic thread from Guang Ming’s body, locking onto Lü Yang’s location before stepping forward again.

Swoosh swoosh——!

This time, he was greeted by a boundless sea of blood.

【Blood Sea Overwhelming Heaven Grand Formation】!

Hundreds of millions of tons of seawater, empowered by the rank of the Abyss Sword, surged into a monstrous wave crashing down toward 【Wu Cang】.

Yet 【Wu Cang】 remained indifferent to this.

With a single glance, he locked onto Lü Yang within the formation.

In that instant, Lü Yang felt his consciousness slightly sink under 【Wu Cang】’s gaze, as if he saw a giant hand reaching toward him.

Wherever the giant hand passed, the sea of blood, the sword qi—all dissolved like melting ice and snow, unable to persist in the world.

The two sides were clearly not on the same level.

As the giant hand was about to pierce through the formation and land on his neck, Lü Yang finally unleashed his divine ability.

【Separate with Difference】!

A refreshing sensation swept through his sea of consciousness, clearing his mind once again.

Divine brilliance struggled to appear, helping Lü Yang to vanish from the spot once more.

【Determining Closeness and Distance】!

Lü Yang’s repeated disappearance finally erased the confident smile that had been on 【Wu Cang】’s face, replacing it with a trace of coldness.

Meanwhile, nearly ten thousand miles away.

“Wu Cang...?”

Lü Yang’s figure emerged from the void with divine brilliance, his face still filled with shock, as he had already recognized the attacker.

However, he simply could not understand how Wu Cang, who had almost been cut in half by him just days ago, had suddenly transformed into a supreme being he could not hope to resist.

Even a peak Foundation Establishment Great True Person was probably no more than this.

What on earth had happened in between?

Crack!

Like shattering glazed glass, a crisp sound rang out beside Lü Yang.

Then, Lü Yang saw a crack—and on the other side of the crack was 【Wu Cang】.

“Daoist friend, please stay.”

The voice carried a strange magic, making Lü Yang, despite his utmost reluctance, involuntarily stand still, choosing to surrender.

No way to escape to the heavens! No way to escape to the earth!

Dead for sure!?