Celestial Refining Divine Scripture

Rumble!!

The dead and silent world was instantly revived, surging with waves of wrath and vast slaughter.

The mountain of corpses trembled, as if countless broken bodies were on the brink of awakening.

Silent roars and howls, brimming with endless unwillingness, murder, and ferocity, surged up like a tidal wave.

This was Xu Yang’s trump card against Lu Chuan, reserved for dire moments.

He had contended with the ancient remnant will here, endured it, and even devoured a portion.

Infuriate them!

Summon them forth.

In a haze, Xu Yang’s Primordial Spirit sensed faint, weakened streaks of blood light soaring upwards, filling the heavens and earth.

Countless ancient remnant wills!

Even with his preparations, at this moment he couldn’t help but shiver.

Xu Yang’s mind trembled, forcibly calming himself.

The next instant, his Primordial Spirit shot forth, bursting out of the world’s barrier, returning to his body.

At that moment, the giant thunder palm descended head-long.

Terror pressed down, crushing the soul!

Xu Yang’s eyes burned with pain, his flesh nearly splitting.

He bit the tip of his tongue, igniting the Heaven Locking intent—on the surface of the world, countless chains appeared, clattering, morphing into thick pythons that shot forth like lightning to engulf and tear him away.

Boom!

The thunderous palm struck the world’s barrier, stirring a torrent of surging waves.

"How is that possible?"

"He actually dodged?"

Lu Chuan’s face showed shock as he saw Xu Yang, shrouded and shifted above within the chains; a fierce light flashed in his eyes, and without hesitation, he charged forward.

Right then.

Roaring ancient, wrathful wills erupted from within the world.

"What is that?"

Lu Chuan instinctively froze.

That roar, at first weak—as thin as a trickling stream.

In the blink of an eye, it became a vast, furious tide, engulfing skies and earth in endless brilliance, not even heaven or firmament could conceal it.

It was as if a raging river overturned—countless evil spirits hiding in the abyss crawling forth.

Whoosh!!

Evil Qi surged as a tide, countless streaks of blood light.

Lu Chuan’s face instantly turned deathly pale.

"Evil spirits?"

"No, it’s remnant wills—strong remnant wills!"

"Damn it, how can there be so many powerful remnant wills?"

Within them, the warring intent and slaughter were indescribable.

What manner of strange world is this?

An ancient battlefield?

One remnant will was bad enough.

But what he sensed now was nearly endless.

Lu Chuan didn’t hesitate—he turned and tried to flee.

However, this was inside the Divine Cauldron.

"Lock!"

Xu Yang discarded his panic, exerted all his strength, sealed the Divine Cauldron shut.

The surrounding void twisted and churned like water, intertwining and binding Lu Chuan.

Boom!

Lu Chuan erupted madly, his body blazing like a dazzling sun, shining sharply in the darkness, easily ripping apart the shackles.

But the next instant, the tidal wave of Evil Qi and remnant wills behind him surged forward.

"Ah~~~"

The agonized scream echoed in the void.

Lu Chuan struggled desperately, fists flying, Immortal Yuan within him pouring out frantically, forming countless runes, transforming into thunderbolts and swords, frenzied and chaotic.

Evil Qi shattered, remnant will burst forth.

Xu Yang clung to the world’s barrier, witnessing the scene, his scalp numb and all his hairs standing on end.

Utterly terrifying!

Those remnant wills were completely enraged, targeting Lu Chuan—refusing to stop until he was utterly destroyed!

"Luckily I didn’t disturb the entire world before."

If he thought further, he couldn’t imagine how tragic things would have been.

No power to resist.

As for why Xu Yang wasn’t affected—not just his earlier words but also the remnant will he had devoured.

To some extent, these ancient remnant wills instinctively considered him one of their own.

After all, all that was left to them was residual instinct!

"Little bastard, even if I die, you won’t live!"

"Withered Silence Blood Curse!"

In the midst of his screams, Lu Chuan suddenly roared insanely.

Immortal light over his body trembled, abruptly turning blood-red.

Swish!

Blood light blazed, instantly forming a sinister and eerie curse symbol, tangled with crimson blood marks crisscrossing—shaped like a tiny blood-red figurine bound with blood lines.

"Three drops of blood essence..."

Xu Yang’s face changed, whole body taut, pouring out all his power.

The Heaven Locking intent condensed even more frantically within him.

Crack!

Screams came to a sudden halt!

Immortal light was extinguished!

At the same time, the blood light also exploded with a crisp shatter.

Xu Yang’s pupils shrank—a kind of indescribable dread arose from nothing.

His flesh convulsed, all his bones shrieking with a chilling, sinister cry.

A layer of bloody light suddenly latched onto all his bones.

"Damn it!"

"Get the hell out of me!"

"Lock!"

Xu Yang unleashed his Immortal Seed—the Immortal Yuan surged, with Heaven Locking intent following after.

Buzz!

The blood color squirmed, like maggots gnawing the bones, madly consuming all vitality.

Under the assault, though slightly weakened, it ignored even Immortal Yuan, directly clashing with the Heaven-Locking Divine Chain.

Spit!

Xu Yang coughed blood, eyes red, body quaking—in that instant, dozens of thick Heaven-Locking Divine Chains burst from the barrier and drilled violently into his flesh.

He grit his teeth, enduring the pain to the limit.

The Heaven Locking intent surged wildly, pressuring the blood light to shrink.

Ten breaths, twenty breaths, thirty breaths...

Half an entire quarter-hour.

The blood light finally couldn’t hold out, shivering before shattering and dissolving into countless fragments within his bones.

These fragments corroded only very slightly.

Xu Yang drove his flesh, Immortal light swirling, hunting the tainted remnants down.

No idea how much time passed before he finally resolved it all.

He gasped for breath, nearly collapsing.

This Withered Silence Blood Curse left him deeply shaken.

A lethal Secret Technique!

However, in the end, Lu Chuan still failed!

The flawless pure body from Celestial Refining Divine Scripture, plus the Heaven Locking intent.

Standing at the Divine Cauldron’s edge was an advantage!

Feeling the battered state of his body, Xu Yang spat a mouthful of bloody foam, lifting his eyes.

The Evil Qi and remnant wills had vanished. In the darkness, Lu Chuan’s ruined corpse drifted—only an empty shell remained.

"It’s over."

A smile appeared on Xu Yang’s face.

Though it was beyond perilous, in the end he was the one who survived.

After a long while.

Xu Yang breathed deeply, dismissing the Heaven Locking intent—Heaven-Locking Divine Chains shrouding him swiftly dove back into the barrier, vanishing without a trace.

Glancing around, Xu Yang turned to the world.

This time, standing here in the flesh gave him a unique feeling.

"Now all the remnant wills inside have calmed..."

"Never mind, I’ll wait a bit."

Xu Yang suddenly suppressed the thought—his present condition was far too poor.

He walked over to Lu Chuan’s corpse, dragging it out of the Divine Cauldron.

Bang!

He casually tossed Lu Chuan’s body on the ground, then plucked off the latter’s Storage Ring.

Probing with his Primordial Spirit, Xu Yang instantly broke into a broad grin.

"This old bastard actually hoarded so much stuff."

First-rank Immortal Jade and Immortal Crystals alone totaled over five thousand pieces.

Several dozen Immortal Elixirs, plus ingredients for refining Cold Frost Elixir.

Some ancient scrolls, Immortal Artifacts, miscellaneous items, and several jade bottles filled with various colored liquids.

Xu Yang quickly sorted them—there were some Immortal Techniques, a few first-rank Immortal Artifacts, and those jade bottles contained violently savage aura, likely blood essence of Immortal Beasts—quite astonishing.

Xu Yang unfurled one ancient scroll, his face lighting up: "A map—this is a treasure."

Lu Chuan had plenty of resources on his body—enough for Xu Yang to advance his cultivation by a sizeable margin.

But the map was by far the most important.

"This is Baimu Village, here’s Black Fire Immortal Mountain—nearly a hundred thousand miles apart."

"Plenty of cities in between as well."

"My goodness, such a massive territory—nearly the entire Spirit Realm is within Black Fire Immortal Mountain’s sphere of influence!"

Looking at the marks on the map, Xu Yang tsked in awe.

The Immortal Domain is truly worthy of its name.

"First I need to recover."

"This old man’s Primordial Spirit is dead, but the corpse still holds a lot of power."

Xu Yang gazed at Lu Chuan’s remains with fiery eyes—a Late Stage True Immortal corpse, though broken, its power hadn’t faded much, enough to refine plenty of Purest Essence Qi.