377: Crazy Ling Tian

West Moon's eyes also flashed with a spiritual light: "That's right, I can indeed perceive the existence of the Heavenly Dao."

Ling Tian's five fingers curled like hooks, seizing West Moon's Nascent Soul by the throat, his voice as cold as ice: "Speak! Where is the next Heavenly Dao?"

West Moon sneered, rolling his eyes: "Are you stupid? The next Heavenly Dao hasn't even been born yet, how would I know where it is?"

"Then when will it be born? How will it be born?" Ling Tian pressed, his tone growing more urgent.

West Moon sneered: "I'm just a servant of the Heavenly Dao, not a Heavenly Dao candidate! How would I know when he will be born!"

Ling Tian narrowed his eyes, then suddenly released his grip, sneering: "I see... You're deliberately tricking me. You don't know where the Heavenly Dao is at all, you just want to stall for time to survive."

"Are you out of your mind?!" West Moon laughed in extreme anger, "You say I know, and you say I don't know—if you're going to kill me, just do it quickly! I don't have time to play games with you here!"

Ling Tian fell silent.

Killing West Moon would indeed allow him to briefly absorb his Chosen One's will and rapidly increase his cultivation, but it would ultimately be a 'killing the goose that lays the golden eggs' situation; if he couldn't ascend to the Heavens in half a year, he would still die.

But what if he left him alive... what if he really knew clues about the next Heavenly Dao?

Shen Wuya once said: The newborn Heavenly Dao is extremely fragile and needs to constantly create and destroy civilizations to grow stronger. If it could be strangled in its infancy, perhaps the authority of the Heavenly Dao could be seized!

"Conflicted... too conflicted!" Ling Tian gritted his teeth, veins bulging on his forehead.

Suddenly, a crazy thought exploded in his mind—

Possession of West Moon!

Since he was the Chosen One, with the will of the Heavenly Dao contained within him, wouldn't occupying this body be equivalent to reaching heaven in a single step? He could Cultivate as the Chosen One, use his senses to search for the new Heavenly Dao, and even escape Emperor Qin's pursuit!

Though he was extremely reluctant to part with his Physical Body—that was a True Immortal body tempered over a thousand years—for the sake of becoming the Heavenly Dao, this sacrifice was worth it!

West Moon sensed the greed and determination in Ling Tian's eyes, and his heart sank suddenly: "You... what are you going to do?!"

"Borrow your body for a while." Ling Tian's lips curved into a cruel smile.

"Are you crazy?!" West Moon's voice trembled, "I am the Chosen One! I have the Heavenly Dao's will protecting me! If you forcefully attempt Possession, your Divine Soul will be directly disintegrated!"

"Hahaha!" Ling Tian laughed loudly, "Don't try to scare me! The Heavenly Dao is dead, where would its will come from? Moreover—I only have half a year left! If I don't go to extremes, I'll be dead in half a year anyway!"

West Moon finally panicked.

He wasn't afraid of death—death was the best way to show loyalty to the Heavenly Dao.

But he was afraid of being Possessed!

In his previous life, he was forced by White Ember, body and mind shattered; in this life, even his body was to be occupied by another! It was a hundred times more humiliating than death!

He suddenly urged his Nascent Soul to self-destruct!

But how could a mere Nascent Soul contend against a True Immortal? Ling Tian swept his sleeve, a Restriction Seal binding his Divine Soul, then formed hand Seals and unleashed the God Slaying Pavilion's secret technique—the Nine Nether Possession Great Technique!

He unhesitatingly abandoned his thousand-times-tempered Physical Body, his Divine Soul rushing into West Moon's body like a black Dragon!

However, West Moon was indeed the Chosen One! Even with only his Nascent Soul left, his Divine Soul resonated with the Heavenly Dao, unleashing a monstrous backlash! Ling Tian's Divine Soul nearly disintegrated several times, almost perishing!

Just at the brink of life and death—

An old figure broke through the Void Realm and arrived!

It was Shen Wuya!

He held Bai Jingjing in his hand, his clothes disheveled, his eyes cold. In front of West Moon, he actually tore off her armor, wantonly humiliating her!

"Stop!!" West Moon's Divine Soul trembled violently, his eyes bloodshot, "Bai Jingjing can die, but she must never be defiled by you!!"

West Moon collapsed. Bai Jingjing could be toyed with by him, but he would absolutely not allow anyone else to defile Bai Jingjing.

At that instant, his mind faltered, overwhelmed by grief and indignation, and a fatal flaw appeared in his Divine Soul defense!

Ling Tian seized the opportunity, his Divine Soul driving straight in, completely devouring West Moon's consciousness—Possession successful!

In an instant, boundless energy surged into his limbs and bones, the Laws of heaven and earth automatically drew close, and the entire world whispered to him.

"It's too marvelous..." Ling Tian (now occupying West Moon's body) slowly opened his eyes, feeling every ounce of power in this body, "Is this the Chosen One? To be able to resonate with heaven and earth... And this Chosen One ability—'Plunder'? Ignoring all Laws, directly extracting another's Origin?!"

Not far away, Bai Jingjing saw West Moon being Possessed and collapsed in tears: "Dawn Moon! It's all my fault... It's all my fault for distracting you! Ahhh—!"

She also wanted to self-destruct, but Shen Wuya suppressed her with a palm strike.

"Want to die? It's not that easy."

Shen Wuya slowly raised his hand, and a nameless ancient book appeared in his palm—its cover was blank, yet it seemed to swallow the Laws of all Realms, precisely the foundational treasure upon which he established the martial soul civilization: the wordless heavenly book.

"The Dao of Martial Soul requires the 'Soul of Origin' as a guide. And your previous life was White Ember, and you are also the Chosen One, your soul possessing both the old world's obsession and the Heavenly Dao's imprint, making you the most perfect 'Chosen Martial Soul' vessel."

He said no more, forming hand Seals, and the wordless heavenly book unfolded with a roar!

In an instant, heaven and earth were silent, and time and space froze.

Although the pages were blank, billions of golden runes emerged from the Void Realm, swirling around Bai Jingjing. Each rune was inscribed with ancient Martial Soul patterns like "Soul Refining," "Returning to Origin," "Forging Soul," and "Inheriting Dao."

"In the name of me, the Ancestor of Martial Souls—summon the Soul of White Ember, merge the Soul of the Chosen One, forge an indestructible Martial Soul!"

The wordless heavenly book trembled violently, and a silver-gold intertwined pillar of light enveloped Bai Jingjing.

Her flesh began to melt, her bones turned to powder, and her Divine Soul was forcibly stripped away.

He gestured with his right hand, and his own glabella split open, a Martial Soul phantom as black as ink slowly emerging—it was the remnant Soul of White Ember sealed within Bai Jingjing! At this moment, the old soul and the new soul resonated, like two moons in the sky, attracting and tearing at each other.

"Combine!"

The wordless heavenly book suddenly closed and then opened again. In the center of the pages, a line of text burning with golden flames appeared:

"White Ember · Chosen Martial Soul—Achieved!"

"Dawn Moon, may we be ordinary Mortals in our next life."

Bai Jingjing's last sob dissipated in the wind.

In its place was a male Martial Soul, entirely silver-white, with eyes like stars, clad in ancient battle armor, silently suspended before Shen Wuya's chest.

Shen Wuya closed his eyes and inhaled—

The Chosen Martial Soul transformed into a stream of light, entering his glabella!

Boom—!

His body erupted with golden light, the True Immortal shackles shattered inch by inch, and a Golden Immortal pressure, towering above all living beings, swept through the eight directions! His Meridians were reshaped, his Dantian transformed into a sea, and every drop of blood began to chant Martial Soul mantras.

The next moment, he actually refined Bai Jingjing entirely into a Chosen Martial Soul, integrating it into himself. Using her and White Ember's Martial Soul as the core, he instantly Broke Through the True Immortal shackles and stepped into the Realm of Golden Immortal!

Ling Tian looked at Shen Wuya, who was already at the Golden Immortal Realm, with both wariness and confusion: "Why did you save me?"