118: Chapter 119 Good fortune and misfortune come from each other

"It's over."

Yi Shukuang's head rolled away, his Divine Soul scattered, and the Xuan Ming Azure Flame continued to burn fiercely on the mangled corpse.

Only a wisp of extremely weak Demonic Soul Mark, carrying Yi Shukuang's final resentment, attempted to flee, but Shen Moyan, prepared beforehand, activated the qingming inkstone to suppress and seal it.

Silence returned within the qingming inkstone.

Shen Moyan panted slightly, his face pale. Continuously using his Innate Divine Ability and expanding his Domain had placed a massive burden on him.

However, feeling the more harmonious Qi within his body and his deeper control over his own Domain, this battle was worth it.

The Xuan Ming Azure Flame burned, slowly absorbing the pure energy left behind by Yi Shukuang and Baili Ming, as well as the purified Demonic Essence and Purple Mansion Origin, to replenish Shen Moyan's own Qi consumption.

"Karma Divine Ability... truly treacherous."

The killing move Yi Shukuang had unleashed just before time was paused was unavoidable; with his current means, aside from the Final Stroke, he couldn't think of any way to resolve it.

"If I hadn't kept a trump card, the outcome might have been uncertain."

Shen Moyan leaned over, looking at the crushed paper figures, still feeling a lingering fear.

He hadn't expected that there would be a Karma Divine Ability in this world that could counter time-based Divine Abilities.

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"This duel was truly enjoyable. Yi Shukuang, I might not forget you for the rest of my life."

Shen Moyan sat cross-legged and began to adjust his breathing to recover.

A month later, Shen Moyan finished his recovery. His Qi had returned to about seventy or eighty percent, and his aura became increasingly condensed.

He walked to the place where Yi Shukuang's Demonic Soul Mark was sealed.

Yi Shukuang was dead. According to custom, after his death, the traces of his existence naturally transformed into a Demonic Seed.

But this Demonic Seed was somewhat different, emitting an ominous dark red glow.

"This is... a demonic kernel?" Shen Moyan's eyes flickered as he recalled scattered records from the Primordial Demon Heavenly Book.

A demonic kernel is different from a Demonic Seed. Only those who condense a "demonic kernel" can be called a true "Demon"; it is the manifestation of the Heavenly Demon Great Dao. As a true disciple of the Six Hells Demonic Sect, Yi Shukuang's demonic kernel was of extremely high quality.

Under the Xiyi Perspective, the Dao Rhyme it emitted was narrating a supreme Divine Ability to him.

"If I can analyze this demonic kernel, it will not only be of great benefit to perfecting the Yin Mo within my 'Purple Mansion Holy Court,' but I might even catch a glimpse of the essence of that Demon Venerable's Cultivation Technique..."

Shen Moyan held his breath and focused, but just as he was about to reach out to grab it, he suddenly pulled back.

He circulated the Scripture of Severing All Manifestations, and his eyes regained their clarity.

"That was close... truly close..." Shen Moyan slowly opened his eyes, devoid of any emotion.

"I was almost hooked by the Dao Rhyme emitted by this demonic kernel."

Just now, this demonic kernel had stirred Shen Moyan's inner desire for power, attempting to induce him to grab it directly.

"With my current strength, the risk of directly touching this object is too great."

Shen Moyan's expression grew serious.

Back then, that Great Immortal Master Yin He, who was at the Purple Mansion Peak, had been easily replaced by Yi Shukuang.

Shen Moyan's gaze was cold. He reached out into the air, using the Xuan Ming Azure Flame to form a Sealing Talisman, imprisoning the struggling Demonic Seed and sealing it into a specially made Jade Casket, reinforcing it layer by layer.

The treachery of such a Demonic Technique meant he must never allow it even the slightest chance to contact the outside world or his own mind.

Shen Moyan channeled the Xuan Ming Azure Flame to slowly refine the demonic kernel within the Jade Casket.

The Azure Flame could purify, slowly transforming this demonic kernel into safe Dao Rhyme.

The demonic kernel trembled slightly in the flames, its resistance exceptionally fierce.

In the Xiyi Perspective, Shen Moyan circulated his Divine Sense, carefully piecing together and gathering these fragments, attempting to strip away valuable traces of Dao Rhyme from them.

However, the Dao Rhyme fluctuations emitted by this demonic kernel were complex and profound, far exceeding ordinary legacies of Cultivation Techniques. Every wisp of Dao Rhyme was like a living thing, full of aggression.

Shen Moyan applied the full power of the Xuan Ming Azure Flame to constantly burn away its will to resist, using his own understanding of the Primordial Demon Heavenly Book as a guide to barely capture and interpret the information within.

If it continued like this, with peaceful deduction, given time, he might eventually glimpse some of its mysteries.

"Too slow..."

Several hours later, fine sweat broke out on Shen Moyan's forehead, and he sighed inwardly.

To analyze this complete demonic kernel through the Xiyi Perspective without being replaced would require at least a hundred, or even a thousand years of painstaking effort.

He couldn't help but think of the massive amount of Dao Rhyme concerning Heavenly Secret Deduction and Stellar Divination contained within the remnant soul of Immortal Master Xingxiang after he had killed him. To this day, he had only analyzed twenty or thirty percent of it, barely obtaining the secret technique Record of Misfortune and Fortune Karma, and the progress was very slow.

"Forget it, I should head out first."

"I wonder if I can contact the people from the All Heavens Department in this Boundary Sea..."

Shen Moyan's mind was slightly weary. He was about to leave this Qing Ming Space and return to the Void Realm of the Boundary Sea to find the way back to Mountain and Sea.

However, the moment his thought moved and he was about to exit the qingming inkstone, an unprecedented fatal warning sign swept through his entire spiritual perception like a tsunami!

His heart pounded wildly, his brow throbbed, and a shrill scream echoed from the depths of his Divine Soul!

Great disaster! A situation with no chance of survival!

Shen Moyan's face changed drastically. He retreated violently, suppressing the thought of going out. His Qi surged to the limit instinctively, and the Xuan Ming Azure Flame flickered on his body as if he were facing a formidable enemy!

"What's going on?!"

He was horrified.

This warning sign was stronger than any before!

It was as if the moment he stepped out of the qingming inkstone, he would immediately be obliterated, body and soul, with not even a remnant soul left behind!

Shen Moyan immediately circulated the Record of Misfortune and Fortune Karma with all his might, performing a deduction to try to perceive the source of the crisis and a glimmer of life.

However, as soon as the divination appeared, it violently collapsed!

The feedback was chaotic and full of contradictions, finally condensing into two extremely blurry yet distinct images in his Sea of Consciousness:

On one side was an endless, deep darkness that swallowed everything, representing absolute silence and termination—certain death!

On the other side was a brilliant seven-colored auspicious light, containing incredible creation and Opportunity—supreme good fortune!

The possibilities of both outcomes actually existed simultaneously in the deduction, with equal probability! There was no transition, no omen—it was either life or death, death or life!

"How is this possible?!" Shen Moyan's mind was shaken, and cold sweat instantly drenched his back.

The Record of Misfortune and Fortune Karma actually deduced such extreme divination?

Could it be... there's something wrong with my deduction, or I haven't mastered it yet?

The situation outside had undergone a subversive and dramatic change in an extremely short time, meaning that if he went out now, he would either run into a certain-death calamity or encounter a once-in-a-lifetime Opportunity!

Shen Moyan's eyes turned sharp as he took out some Xuan paper.

Immortal Art: Paper Cutting to Form Humans

He cut out several simple paper figures containing his own Divine Sense mark, giving them the most basic abilities of movement and communication.

He then sent the paper figures out of the qingming inkstone in batches, in different directions and at different speeds.

"I want to see exactly what is out there."

Shen Moyan exerted his full strength to maintain the Divine Sense connection with the paper figures.

But the moment they went out, the paper figures dissipated one after another, and the Divine Sense feedback was intermittent, like a candle in the wind.

In the instant before the paper figures were annihilated, broken and distorted yet incredibly clear images and perceptions rushed into Shen Moyan's Sea of Consciousness.

He saw what was outside the qingming inkstone.

Above was a boundless Five-Colored Rosy Light, flowing with the Dao Rhyme of creation and destruction.

Below was a churning Seven-Colored Mist, filled with endless temptation and the desire for corruption.

It was exactly the Five-Colored Heavenly Realm and the Six Desires Heavenly Realm!