401: Chapter 401 True Lord...Save me...

The sky over the Southern Border tore open completely.

That massive blood moon, condensed from pure Evil Qi, was wedged firmly at the boundary between the Void Realm and the Mortal world.

The dark golden golden essence slowly squeezed out from the blood moon.

The moment this wisp of Origin, representing the immortal rules of heaven and earth, appeared, a grand fluctuation that ignored spatial distance swept wildly in all directions, centered on the Blood Lake in the Southern Border.

This fluctuation had no lethality, but it carried the absolute message of the convergence of heaven and earth.

Central Plains.

Deep within the Luoyan Mountain Range, in the underground bunker of Chengtian Pavilion.

Immortal Master Hou Chen, who had just received the teaching from Gu Changsheng and was in seclusion contemplating the Ji Earth Law, suddenly opened his eyes.

His entire body of fat trembled violently, and he was pressed down onto his meditation cushion by this grand fluctuation.

The mana of his Purple Mansion Great Perfection completely stagnated within his body.

"Someone is seeking the Golden Core!"

Immortal Master Hou Chen gritted his teeth tightly, squeezing a hoarse exclamation from his throat.

He had lived for five hundred years and was all too familiar with this kind of aura.

Every time someone attempts to attain the Golden Core, all Purple Mansion cultivators in the world will sense it. This is the Heavenly Dao declaring to all living beings that another position is about to be occupied.

East Sea.

Deep Sea Dragon Palace.

The Dragon King of the East Sea, who was resting with his eyes closed on the dragon throne, stood up abruptly.

The vast ren water Law rolled madly above the Dragon Palace, instantly freezing the seawater for ten thousand miles around.

He raised his head, his gaze piercing through the ten-thousand-zhang deep sea, locking directly onto the direction of the Southern Border.

"Evil Qi?"

A trace of wariness flashed in the Dragon King's eyes. Those lunatics of the Demonic Path actually dared to forcibly push someone to ascend at such a critical juncture.

Western Desert.

Dayin Temple.

Thousands of pagodas shone with brilliant golden light.

An old monk's action of striking the wooden fish paused in mid-air.

Five-colored radiance condensed behind him into a dharma image of a Bodhisattva with closed eyes.

The old monk chanted a Buddhist name, his fingertips moving rapidly over his prayer beads, calculating the destiny of the Southern Border.

The world was shaken. And the real confrontation had already unfolded with a roar deep in the Void Realm, where Mortals could not reach.

Void Realm.

There was no up, down, or cardinal directions here, only endless Void Turbulence and fragments of Law.

The Void Realm coordinate corresponding to the Southern Border had now become the center of the storm for the entire Cultivation World.

The spatial barrier twisted violently.

Three Divine Senses, vast beyond measure, rudely smashed through the Void Turbulence and, from three completely different directions, locked firmly onto the golden essence descending below.

Like three wolves, with undisguised greed and probing, they locked their Divine Senses onto Ling Yunzhi at the bottom of the Blood Lake.

The Great Age had arrived, and the fruits of heaven and earth were limited; the struggle for the Golden Core fruit position was inherently a life-and-death gamble.

The resources for cultivation in the world were fixed; one more Golden Core True Lord meant that the pie of world resources would have to be redivided, and the landscape of various forces would be completely broken.

Moreover, Ling Yunzhi walked the Demonic Path of Evil Qi; no one wanted to see the Demonic Path produce another powerful figure holding a golden essence fruit position.

Especially the path of Evil Qi, which inherently presided over calamity and disaster, with a dao rhyme that was highly aggressive and destructive. Once Ling Yunzhi succeeded in attaining the Dao, the entire Cultivation World would face a catastrophe, and the living space of the Righteous Path forces would inevitably be severely squeezed.

The three Divine Senses converged in mid-air with extreme tacit understanding. Brilliant light, li fire, and ren water.

Three distinct powers of Law transformed into three invisible sharp blades, stabbing straight at the wisp of dark golden golden essence that was slowly descending.

They never thought about killing Ling Yunzhi directly; that was too troublesome and could easily provoke a life-and-death struggle from the True Lord of Evil Qi.

It was only necessary to interfere slightly with the operation of the Heavenly Dao Law at the moment the golden essence entered the body and the Laws merged, which would completely disrupt the rhythm of attaining the Dao, causing this Heaven-Defying quest for the Golden Core to collapse instantly and Ling Yunzhi to fall short of success.

"Get lost!"

A heaven-shaking roar exploded deep in the Void Realm. The sound waves turned into a tangible black shockwave, shattering the Void Turbulence for ten thousand miles around.

The True Lord of Evil Qi, who had been lurking at the edge of the crack, finally moved. His gray-black shadow, condensed from pure Chaos, instantly expanded more than tenfold.

He tore his hands violently in the Void Realm. Boundless black and red Evil Qi surged out. "Rakshasa Sea!"

This was the Origin Domain of the Evil Qi path. Under the urging of the Golden Core True Lord, this Domain directly covered the entire Void Realm battlefield.

Countless Rakshasa demons, a thousand zhang tall, formed within the Evil Qi. They held giant bone blades, let out shrill roars, and charged frantically toward the three Divine Sense blades.

Boom! A blinding strong light erupted in the Void Realm.

The brilliant light was forcibly contaminated by the resentment of the Rakshasa demons, and the buddhist chant stopped abruptly.

The li fire burned through hundreds of Rakshasa, but was forcibly extinguished by the subsequent, endless flow of Evil Qi.

The deep blue water dragon was swept into the Evil Qi storm, its scales shattering inch by inch, and it dissipated after letting out a mournful cry.

The True Lord of Evil Qi fought one against three, not retreating a single step. He had been trapped on this path for tens of thousands of years, and the foundation he had accumulated was terrifying to the extreme.

"Who dares to touch my game!"

The True Lord of Evil Qi's true voice was filled with extreme brutality. He pressed his hands tightly against the Void Realm barrier, pushing the defense of the Rakshasa Sea to its limit.

For this shedding plan, he had wagered everything he owned.

As long as Ling Yunzhi successfully received the golden essence and the Heavenly Dao feedback descended, he could immediately sever his Karma with Evil Qi and, with the help of the feedback power, forcibly transition to the [Sui Qi] fruit position.

Anyone who attempted to disrupt this handover was his Mortal enemy.

Yuanmu Grotto-Heaven. Green light swirled, full of vitality.

Gu Changsheng rested his chin on one hand, green and gold light flowing rapidly in the depths of his eyes. His gaze pierced through the Grotto-Heaven barrier, locking directly onto the Void Realm battlefield.

"Fighting one against three, what great might."

Gu Changsheng tapped his fingertips lightly on the bone armrest, making a dull thumping sound. He did not make a move. He only watched coldly as the True Lord of Evil Qi went mad in the Void Realm.

Deep in his Sea of Consciousness, the ancient divine texts extracted from the "li fire secret scroll" were rapidly reorganizing. Vast computing power was pushed to the limit.

Gu Changsheng dismantled every action and every fluctuation of Law of the True Lord of Evil Qi clearly.

"The Evil Qi fruit position presides over calamity and disaster. The stronger the combat power, the heavier the Mortal shackles, making it extremely easy to be backlashed by the rules of heaven and earth."

Gu Changsheng quickly retrieved the underlying settings of the Twelve Qi in his mind. "For this kind of fruit position with a locked upper limit, any ambitious old monster would not be willing to be trapped for a lifetime."

His gaze fell on the depths of the True Lord of Evil Qi's shadow. There, he caught a trace of an extremely obscure fluctuation, completely different from Evil Qi. It was cold, overbearing, and revealed an eerie quality of transforming the Five Elements, turning Kan and removing Li.

"Sui Qi." Gu Changsheng solved the situation instantly. All logic was completely closed.

The True Lord of Evil Qi intended to use Ling Yunzhi, a container with a fierce fate, to carry the Mortal shackles of Evil Qi. Then, he would use the Heavenly Dao feedback from the moment of seeking the Golden Core as a springboard to tear open his own Karma and forcibly seize the [Sui Qi] fruit position of the Taishi Demonic Path.

"Good plan." Gu Changsheng leaned back on his chair. "Using the resources of the entire Southern Border to pave the way for Ling Yunzhi, and using Ling Yunzhi's path to pave the way for himself. One ring linked to another."

Gu Changsheng withdrew his gaze. He did not intend to intervene. Because he knew very well that the struggle for fruit positions involved too many interests.

There were others who were even less willing than him to see the True Lord of Evil Qi switch to cultivating Sui Qi. Especially the old monsters of the water and fire paths who were strictly restrained by Sui Qi.

Moreover, with the Demonic Path creating such an inhumane spectacle in the Southern Border so arrogantly, those top orthodox sects that considered themselves legitimate would never sit idly by.

The stage had been set. The final act was about to begin.

Southern Border. Bottom of the Blood Lake. Ling Yunzhi knew nothing about the contest in the Void Realm. He was currently immersed in the extreme fanaticism of his surging power.

The dark golden golden essence had already descended to less than an inch above his head. That immortal aura was frantically transforming his Physical Body.

Crack. Crack. The bones inside Ling Yunzhi's body emitted crisp sounds like popping beans. The originally dark red demonic patterns, under the illumination of the golden essence, began to transform into pure black.

Inside the Purple Mansion. Five Divine Abilities rotated rapidly in the center of the Purple Mansion, squeezing and fusing with each other. A blurry outline of a Golden Core was slowly taking shape under the wrapping of Evil Qi.

Ling Yunzhi raised his head. He spread his arms, welcoming this Heaven-Defying fortune. He could feel that the layer of membrane between him and heaven and earth was disappearing.

As long as the golden essence entered his body, he would be able to make his words become Law and rule the Demonic Path of the Southern Border.

"I, Ling Yunzhi, am the true child of destiny!"

Ling Yunzhi tore his throat, letting out a hysterical, wild laugh. The laughter echoed at the bottom of the empty Blood Lake, filled with extreme arrogance and conceit.

"From this day on, I alone reign supreme in the Southern Border!"

His voice, mixed with violent mana, shook the surrounding blood water until it exploded with a roar.

In the Void Realm crack. The shadow of the True Lord of Evil Qi was also tensed to the limit. He stared fixedly at that wisp of golden essence that was about to touch Ling Yunzhi's crown.

His right hand was already raised. A force of Law, extremely sharp, lingered at his fingertips. He was just waiting for the moment the golden essence entered the body and the Heavenly Dao feedback descended. He would then wave his right hand without hesitation to sever the Karma of tens of thousands of years between himself and the Evil Qi fruit position.

Everything was proceeding perfectly according to the script. The brilliant light, li fire, and water dragon in the Void Realm had been completely blocked outside by the Rakshasa Sea. No one could stop this handover.

Just at this critical moment. An unexpected change occurred.

Direction of the Eastern Wasteland. At the edge of the Void Realm, ten million miles away from the Southern Border. An aura, pure to the extreme, sharp to the extreme, and incomparably overbearing, erupted without warning.

There was no grand momentum. There were no phenomena filling the sky. There was only a beam of extremely condensed golden sword light.

Clang! The sound of the sword resonated, piercing through the obstacles of space. It exploded directly in the depths of everyone's spiritual terrace.

This sword light had no fancy Spell variations. It had only one attribute. Slaughter. Extreme slaughter.

This was the [Geng Metal] lineage. The top force of the Eastern Wasteland, Solemn Gold Palace!

The sword light was slashed out from the edge of the Void Realm in the Eastern Wasteland. It was so fast that even the Divine Sense of a Golden Core True Lord could not lock onto it. It ignored the distance of space. It ignored the turbulence of the Void Realm. It crossed ten million miles directly and appeared above the Blood Lake in the Southern Border.

"What is this!" The True Lord of Evil Qi let out a roar of horror. He had not even noticed how this sword light had evaded his perception.

By the time he reacted, the golden sword light had already slashed fiercely onto the Domain light curtain of the Rakshasa Sea.

Ssh! A teeth-gritting sound like tearing silk. The Rakshasa Sea Domain, which the True Lord of Evil Qi was proud of and which had blocked the combined efforts of three Golden Core old monsters, did not even last half a breath in front of this Geng Metal sword light. It was directly split open with a smooth crack ten thousand zhang long.

The sword light did not diminish in momentum. With terrifying power that destroyed everything, it slashed open the boundary barrier above the Blood Lake in an extremely barbaric manner.

The dark red sky of the Southern Border was cut into two by this golden light. The thick blood clouds rolled to both sides. Revealing that cold, ruthless Sword Intent deep in the Void Realm.

Bottom of the Blood Lake. The wild laughter on Ling Yunzhi's face froze instantly. He widened his eyes, staring fixedly at the golden sword light that had suddenly descended above his head. A death crisis, surpassing his cognition, instantly gripped his heart.

"No!" Ling Yunzhi let out a desperate roar. He desperately urged the Evil Qi in his body, wanting to accelerate the Fusion of the golden essence. It was too late.

This sword from the Old Ancestor of the Solemn Gold Palace was not aimed at his Physical Body at all. Geng Metal presided over slaughter, specifically severing the Dao foundation!

The golden sword light pierced through the blood water and slashed with perfect precision between Ling Yunzhi and the golden essence. There, there was an invisible Karma thread that ordinary people could not see. This was the connection binding the golden essence to the fate by the rules of heaven and earth.

Clang! The sword light swept past. No blood splattered, no violent explosion. There was only a piercing shriek of broken Law. That Karma thread that maintained Ling Yunzhi's hope of attaining the Dao was cut off by the Geng Metal sword light, extremely cleanly and neatly!

Time seemed to stop at this moment. Ling Yunzhi maintained his posture with his arms spread. His fingertips were less than half an inch away from that wisp of dark golden golden essence. But this half inch became an uncrossable chasm forever.

The moment the Karma broke. That wisp of golden essence, representing the rules of heaven and earth, lost the carrier of its fate. It trembled slightly in mid-air. Then it directly turned into countless dark golden light spots, dissipating between heaven and earth. The Heavenly Dao had taken back its gift.

"My Golden Core..." Ling Yunzhi stared blankly at the empty space above his head. His brain was blank. He could not understand what had happened. He had clearly touched that position. He was clearly the Dominator of the Southern Border. Why? Why did it happen like this!

Before he could recover from his extreme despair. The terrifying backlash descended.

In order to seek the Golden Core, he had drained the foundation of all thirty-two tributaries of the Blood Lake. He had absorbed the essence, blood, and resentment of one hundred thousand living beings. This extremely violent Evil Qi originally needed the golden essence to suppress and guide it, eventually transforming into Golden Core mana. Now, the golden essence was gone. The container carrying these powers had lost its lid.

Boom! Inside Ling Yunzhi's Purple Mansion, a dull, loud sound erupted. The five Divine Ability imprints that had just fused together. Because they lost the restraint of the rules, they collapsed instantly. Violent power rampaged inside Ling Yunzhi's body.

"Ah!" Ling Yunzhi let out a shrill scream to the extreme. His Physical Body began to swell violently. His skin cracked inch by inch. Dark red blood spurted out from countless wounds like a fountain. His Meridians were twisted into meat paste by the violent Evil Qi. Bones broke inch by inch inside his body, emitting a teeth-gritting crackling sound.

"Save me..." Ling Yunzhi raised his head, reaching out his bloody, mangled right hand toward the direction of the Void Realm crack. "True Lord... save me..."