The Programmer Cultivator

This meant that they possessed Divine Abilities and were beings of Great Magical Power. Innately, people like them were far stronger than ordinary Cultivators.

"Hmph, so what? Let’s not even mention that your Scattering Beans into Soldiers isn’t your Dao Foundation. Even if it were, and you were truly a Divine Power Cultivator at the Three Talents Stage, you’d still meet a miserable end here." After Elder Huang spoke, the space roiled once more.

The group of Bean Soldiers that had just appeared were swallowed by the surging Chaos mist before they could even act. The rules within the Chaos had shifted, and the Bean Soldiers could no longer be generated.

Ding Xuesi’s expression changed. He asked in astonishment, "How is that possible? What kind of technique is this? How did you destroy my Bean Soldiers so easily?"

Elder Huang sneered. "You’re better off as an ignorant ghost!"

With that, the entire Xuanhua Tower and Xuanhua Island vanished completely, leaving only the vast, churning Chaos mist behind.

Watching the world around him suddenly change, Ding Xuesi said with a look of horror, "Home-field advantage? You’re the master of this Sea of Souls... then the body outside..."

Before he could finish, the endless Chaos mist engulfed him.

At the very moment the Chaos mist devoured him, a single bean pulsed. Only then was he completely engulfed.

Elder Huang’s brow furrowed slightly as he turned to look in another direction. As he did, a bean pulsed, and Ding Xuesi’s illusory figure re-formed.

But upon reappearing, his figure was several times more illusory. Compared to his previous form, he now looked like little more than a thin, misty shadow.

After reappearing, Ding Xuesi said in terror, "This isn’t a Sea of Souls! Where in the world is this place? How can you perform the feat of Stealing Heaven and Changing the Day here, altering all the fundamental rules?"

He had now discovered that he could no longer use his Scattering Beans into Soldiers skill.

And because his Scattering Beans into Soldiers couldn’t be used, this Bean Soldier Substitute skill had nearly failed to activate. As a result, his entire Soul Body was affected. He suffered a severe Soul Injury, and his already terrible condition worsened, pushing him to the very brink of annihilation.

Elder Huang paid Ding Xuesi no mind. The chaotic space fluctuated again, and Ding Xuesi’s expression changed once more. He sensed that his Bean Soldier Substitute had now become unusable as well.

He was now absolutely certain that in this world, his opponent was a sovereign being. The ability to arbitrarily alter fundamental rules was completely beyond his power to counter. It was not a power that someone at the Three Talents Cultivation stage should possess.

As Ding Xuesi’s expression changed drastically, he watched the Chaos mist surge toward him again. Gritting his teeth, his Soul Body exploded into a sky full of beans, each one pulsing before vanishing.

"Trying to run? You think you can just come and go as you please? Did you think you were just dropping by my place for tea?"

As Elder Huang spoke, he waved his hand, and the beans from the exploded Soul Body re-formed into Ding Xuesi’s likeness. Within the Spirit Nurturing Space, beans were now utterly forbidden, both in form and in concept.

Ding Xuesi’s Cultivation was completely crippled. He couldn’t muster even a shred of his power. Forget taking his enemy down with him—he couldn’t even kill himself now.

The surrounding gray Chaos mist swirled and wrapped directly around Ding Xuesi’s body. A grayish-white orb of light formed and sealed him within. With a look of terror on his face, Ding Xuesi was frozen solid inside.

The entire grayish-white orb was like a piece of amber, sealing Ding Xuesi’s Soul Body within.

Then, Elder Huang beckoned. The grayish-white orb quickly shrank to the size of an orange and flew back into his hand.

The surrounding chaos stirred, and Xuanhua Tower and Xuanhua Island reappeared. Standing on the roof of the tower, Elder Huang looked at the amber-like sphere and said,

"If this were anywhere else, I really wouldn’t have been able to do anything to you, not with your Scattering Beans into Soldiers Group Summoning. This Mirror Image Clone of mine has Peak Three Talents Cultivation, but as a clone from the Blessed Fortune Dao, it would have been helpless against you.

"But you just had to go looking for death and waltz right into my Spirit Nurturing Space, so you can’t blame me. In here, I can truly perform Stealing Heaven and Changing the Day and do as I please!"

Looking at the amber-like sphere, Elder Huang didn’t deal with it immediately. ’In the Spirit Nurturing Space, interactions are driven by the Heart Spirit, making them extremely fast. In a way, you could say that time flows at a different rate here.’

’But if I take too long, problems will arise outside. Li Shifan is out there, and he’s my biggest source of Golden Fleece right now.’

’And it’s not just about the fleece. Every time I go exploring with that rascal, my luck is pretty good, which is another kind of fleece in itself. A sheep this good can’t just have an ’accident’ and get killed by someone.’

With a casual toss, he imprisoned the sphere within Xuanhua Tower. Elder Huang then waved his hand again, and another ball of light appeared.

Rune Summoning: Spirit Nurturing Summoning Technique ● Feng Mingyou!

As the ball of light merged with him, Elder Huang’s temperament changed. An aura of indifference and transcendence emanated from his body, and in an instant, he transformed from an ordinary old man into a peerless master. ’Feng Mingyou might not be good for much else, but this temperament of his is absolutely impeccable!’

Having done all this, Elder Huang took a step and left the Spirit Nurturing Space.

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「Outside.」

When the illusion that had emerged from the tattered puppet entered Zhang Deming’s body, the illusion from the scroll simply watched the two of them quietly.

After just a few breaths, Li Shifan’s expression suddenly changed. The scroll illusion stirred, thinking the Broken Sword Illusion was finished.

But before she could speak, a miniature scroll also appeared above Li Shifan’s head. As the scroll vibrated, it became covered in cracks, and two auras could be seen entangled within it.