Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)

“Nine-Layers, what are your plans? Are you going to keep staying in this white jade tablet?”

The Everlasting Immortal Fairy was in high spirits after successfully using the Fate Arbiter as hush money.

“So Nine-Layers has been staying in that blank white jade tablet all these years?”

The Extreme North was still an absolute zero field. Everyone stood motionless like ice sculptures; even the Snow Emperor hadn’t been spared. The Heaven Mandate Immortal curiously examined the white jade tablet hanging from the Snow Emperor’s chest, feeling that their fates seemed similar.

We’ve both been forced to hide in small world spaces after the fall of the Ember Legacy Dynasty.

“Nine-Layers, now that the Silent Annihilation Immortal has perished, there’s no need for you to stay here, right?”

The Nine-Layers Immortal shook his head, surprising the Heaven Mandate Immortal. “I can’t leave yet, Heaven Mandate. Before you arrived, it was my other personality fighting the Fate Arbiter.”

“Another personality?”

The Nine-Layers Immortal sighed. “This is embarrassing, but do you still remember the Bliss Supreme Lord?”

"The one with the Seven Emotions Incipient Dao Fruit?”

“Yes, he’s the one I fought when I was a half-immortal. Back then, he used the Seven Emotions Incipient Dao Fruit to draw out my ‘sorrow,’ and under the influence of that ‘sorrow,’ I became ‘angry.’ In the ensuing emotional outburst, I finished him off in one move.

“But that battle also planted the seeds of trouble. The true power of the Seven Emotions Incipient Dao Fruit lies in leaving a shadow in your heart. Even if the wielder of the Incipient Dao Fruit disappears, the shadow remains. It’s because the problem is with ‘me,’ not the ‘Seven Emotions Incipient Dao Fruit.’

“At first, I didn’t know the shadow existed. It never appeared in the ancient era.

“However, after Everlasting was assassinated, that shadow emerged. Sorrow and anger occupied my body. But back then, everyone shared similar emotions, so none of you noticed anything unusual about me.

“After that battle ended, the shadow disappeared again, making me think it was all over.

“But when the Silent Annihilation Immortal destroyed the Ember Legacy Dynasty and I witnessed the dynasty’s downfall, the shadow appeared a second time. That was when it became a full-fledged personality of mine and began competing with me for control over my body.

“I was worried his emergence would plunge the world into abject misery. That’s why I’ve remained in this sparsely populated Extreme North.

“That personality has eyes only for battle. He’s a battle maniac and utterly indifferent to others’ lives. If I hadn’t held him back just now, he would have obliterated every star in the Extreme North and wiped out all beings.”

The Heaven Mandate Immortal hissed. This is indeed a big problem. If something like that really happens, I’m afraid Fellow Daoist Yun Zhi will get rid of you before you even defeat the Fate Arbiter.

“A battle maniac, huh?” The Heaven Mandate Immortal rubbed his chin, trying to come up with a solution for his good brother. “Has that personality fought the Silent Annihilation before?”

The Nine-Layers Immortal sighed. “Yes, during the Ember Legacy Dynasty. That time, he nearly became the dominant personality while I became the secondary one. It was precisely because he knew he couldn’t beat the Silent Annihilation Immortal that he willingly yielded control of the body back to me. This has allowed me to keep him suppressed for the past three hundred thousand years.”

“If he loves fighting so much, can he beat Fellow Daoist Yun Zhi?” the Heaven Mandate Immortal asked curiously.

The Nine-Layers Immortal’s amiable expression immediately became coarse and furious. He sneered at the Heaven Mandate Immortal. “Heaven Mandate, it’s been three hundred thousand years. I never thought you’d ask such a stupid question!”

The battle-crazed, enraged personality had once again seized control of the Nine-Layers Immortal’s body.

The Heaven Mandate Immortal seemed to be answering his own question while also introducing the opponent to his good brother at the same time. “Fellow Daoist Yun Zhi hasn’t been cultivating for very long, holds the position of Big Senior Sister among the younger generation in her sect, and has hardly learned anything from her shifu, who has only reached the Transcendent Tribulation Stage recently. But I’ve exchanged a couple of moves with her. She’s decent.”

“Oh? Sounds like this little lass does have some substance!” The Nine-Layers Immortal’s interest was piqued. His battle with the Fate Arbiter hadn’t satisfied him.

With that, the Nine-Layers Immortal adopted a fighting stance.

Yun Zhi frowned at the sight. “You want to fight me here?”

This was Muxue City, with everything in absolute zero. If anything got damaged, it couldn’t be restored.

The Nine-Layers Immortal cursed loudly, “Little lass, you’re so fussy and picky. A fight’s a fight. Why do you need to choose the location—”

Bang!

Before the Nine-Layers Immortal could react, he felt a punch hit his abdomen, sending him flying backward through the sky.

Yun Zhi grabbed the “hush money” Fate Arbiter and fired him like a cannonball. The resulting sonic boom shattered the Tiger Roar Martial Arts School.

Lu Yang shuddered. The Nine-Layers Immortal’s reckless words had clearly offended Big Senior Sister. When has she ever kicked things off with such a commotion?

Faced with a formidable opponent, the Nine-Layers Immortal was both delighted and surprised. As he flew backward, he exclaimed, “Good, good, good! You really do have some skill. Although it was a sneak attack, knocking me flying still takes some ability!”

The Nine-Layers Immortal came to a halt and hovered in midair. Countless immortal fire and Mystic Ice materialized around him like stars guarding him.

Even setting aside the Mystic Ice, these wisps of immortal fire alone could melt every glacier in the Extreme North, turning it into an ocean.

“Go!”

The Nine-Layers Immortal was like an emperor commanding ice and fire. He led the charge himself, attacking Yun Zhi. The immortal fire and Mystic Ice trailed behind him like a resplendent Flying Apsaras Painting.[1] Wherever they passed, icebergs melted, only to be frozen in this moment.

Facing the ferocious momentum of the Nine-Layers Immortal, Yun Zhi glanced at her empty left hand, which could still execute Falling Cloud Palm, and her right hand, which held the Fate Arbiter. She decisively smashed the Fate Arbiter into the Nine-Layers Immortal.

The Nine-Layers Immortal and the Fate Arbiter turned pale with fright.

Yun Zhi hadn’t planned to bring the Fate Arbiter into the fight, but once she and the Nine-Layers Immortal left, only Lu Yang, the Everlasting Immortal Fairy, and the Heaven Mandate Immortal would remain. It would be too easy for the Fate Arbiter to escape.

Little Junior Brother goes without saying—he’s still no match for the Fate Arbiter.

Senior Immortal Fairy hasn’t fully recovered from her injuries. If she’s forced to restore her power temporarily, it’ll only worsen her condition, and she’ll end up lingering in Little Junior Brother’s mental space for another three hundred years.

The Heaven Mandate Immortal has only sent a lightning clone that possesses half his strength. He definitely can’t defeat the Fate Arbiter alone.

Blasted by the barrage of immortal fire and Mystic Ice, the Fate Arbiter grimaced in pain. He then slammed headfirst into the Nine-Layers Immortal.

Even if the Nine-Layers Immortal’s current personality was valiant in battles, he hadn’t anticipated Yun Zhi’s move and was left dumbfounded.

Yun Zhi paid no mind to the Nine-Layers Immortal’s reaction. She swung the Fate Arbiter again.

The Nine-Layers Immortal crossed his arms in front of his chest in defense, but the impact was far beyond what he could withstand. He was sent hurtling backward again, punching through countless stars on his way.

The Nine-Layers Immortal flew backward at incredible speed, but Yun Zhi moved even faster. She appeared ahead of his trajectory and crashed the Fate Arbiter into the Nine-Layers Immortal again, giving him no chance to catch his breath.

Even with the Nine-Layers Immortal’s confidence in his physical resilience, he couldn’t withstand such a high frequency of intense assaults. After just a few blows, his face was swollen and bruised.

“Whew, whew...”

Faced with Yun Zhi’s next attack, the Nine-Layers Immortal split himself into yin and yang forms to evade, then reconverged.

“I didn’t expect a little lass like you to think of using the Fate Arbiter as a weapon. Fighting someone unarmed when you are armed is hardly honorable. If you’ve got the guts, fight me barehanded!”

If Yun Zhi’s weapon had been an immortal artifact, the Nine-Layers Immortal could have obliterated it with his Yin-Yang Dao Fruit. However, her weapon was the Fate Arbiter’s immortal body. No matter how powerful the Yin-Yang Dao Fruit, it couldn’t directly annihilate an immortal. As a result, Yun Zhi’s tactic of using the Fate Arbiter as a weapon proved troublesome for the Nine-Layers Immortal.

Yun Zhi felt that the Nine-Layers Immortal had a point, so she switched to fighting with her left hand.

“Falling Cloud Palm.”

1. It is based on the murals in the Mogao Caves of Dunhuang and depicts flying celestial figures. ☜