97: Chapter 98 The Immortal Eternal Plan

[The prototype of the Natal Divine Ability has been recorded into the Bookmarks]

Time, at this moment, seemed to be stretched to the limit, and yet also seemed to be completely frozen.

The pillar of starlight crushing down violently stopped the moment it touched the range of this eternal Dao Rhyme.

The destructive energy fluctuations of the starlight were smoothed out as if by an invisible palm; its speed of advancement became infinitely slow, finally... stagnating in mid-air, like an insect in amber.

The eternity Shen Moyan pursued, if only for an instant.

In this instant, Shen Moyan took a step forward.

He walked past the pillar of starlight with nonchalant ease, arriving before Star Sign True Person.

Looking at the other's frozen expression, Shen Moyan raised his hand and swung his sword.

Magic power consumed.

He swallowed a Medicinal Pill, restored his magic power, and swung his sword again.

Magic power exhausted.

He swallowed Medicinal Pills, restored his magic power, and swung his sword again... repeating this process, the sword light capable of harming the Purple Mansion Realm gradually accumulated, growing from a single beam at first to ten, a hundred, a thousand!

It wasn't until the Medicinal Pills in Shen Moyan's inventory were nearly depleted that he finally stopped.

When masters clash, this single instant was already enough!

At this very instant, as Star Sign True Person's mind was violently shaken and a gap appeared in his Domain control.

The long-accumulated startling swan sword light erupted with a bang!

The brilliant sword light was no longer just fast; it bypassed the process entirely, reaching the destination directly.

Thousands of sword lights easily passed through Star Sign True Person's body, as if passing through an illusory image.

"Puchi!"

Bloodlight intertwined, and Dao Rhyme burst forth!

Without any reaction, Star Sign True Person was blasted into a bloody mist by thousands of slashes comparable to a Startling Swan Glance!

The opponent's Purple Mansion Domain collapsed with a roar, returning to reality.

Shen Moyan's face was as pale as paper, his figure swaying precariously.

After stopping the Divine Ability, his magic power was exhausted, and he endured his weakness to swallow the last Great Restoration Pill.

Forcibly manifesting a Natal Divine Ability that was still in its prototype stage had nearly drained him of everything.

[True Name: Shen Moyan]

[Race: Formless True Spirit]

[Realm: Mortal Transformation Peak (Twisted Immortal Path) (Seeing Xiyi)]

[Current Lifespan: 780 years]

[Current Skills: What is Written in an Instant is Eternal (Natal Divine Ability Prototype), Startling Swan Sword Art (Self-created), Scripture of Severing All Manifestations (Mortal Transformation Realm), Biyang First Rising Art (Mortal Transformation Realm), Paper Cutting to Form Humans (Proficient), Primordial Demon Heavenly Book (Fragment) (Mortal Transformation Realm), Dragon-Elephant Prajna Skill (Thirteenth Layer)...]

Propping himself up with his sword, Shen Moyan knelt on one knee, gasping for breath, his eyes grave.

Without having reached the Purple Mansion, activating a prototype Divine Ability once had actually cost him twenty years of his lifespan.

"You... what exactly is your background?"

On the spot, Star Sign True Person's Physical Body was annihilated.

But a remnant soul still remained, dim and illusory, covered in cracks.

His remnant soul looked toward Shen Moyan, his expression filled with absolute horror.

He... had been insta-killed?

No longer caring about the death exemption gold plaque, he activated a Divine Ability, attempting to flee into the Void Realm.

But he was still a step too slow; Shen Moyan gave a broad wave of his hand.

Five Aggregates Combined Form: Soul-Imprisoning Lock.

Devilish Qi drifted from his five fingers, firmly locking Star Sign True Person's remnant soul within the square inch of his palm.

"The Yin Mo Spells of the Six Hells Demonic Sect... you are a true disciple of the Demonic Sect!?"

"Wait! According to the Immortal Covenant, as a true disciple, you cannot kill me..."

To this, Shen Moyan remained deaf, a fierce glint flashing in his eyes.

A person of such schemes, capable of plotting against the entire Langya Prefecture.

This person is like me; his words cannot be trusted, and he absolutely cannot be left alive!

Soul Searching Art!

Before the rest of his words could be spoken, Star Sign True Person's remnant soul let out a piercing scream.

A vast amount of chaotic and complex memories, like a flood breaking through a dam, poured into Shen Moyan's Sea of Consciousness.

"No—!"

Star Sign True Person's remnant soul let out a final howl of despair, attempting to detonate his soul source to destroy his memories.

Boom! His remnant soul exploded into a sky full of light specks.

But it was useless; within the Xiyi Perspective, the light specks reassembled, and Shen Moyan sorted and absorbed these memory fragments.

"I was a bit hasty; the explosion was quite severe."

Shen Moyan gave a muffled groan.

Even within the Xiyi Perspective, repairing these memory light specks would take quite some time.

"No matter, I'll focus on repairing the memories he blew up first."

In the moment of life and death, the part one subconsciously detonates first is often the secret they least want others to know.

To avoid the possibility of the other party having accomplices, Shen Moyan left Mojin City.

He moved to another small Mortal city several thousand miles away.

As the memory fragments finally pieced together in Shen Moyan's Sea of Consciousness, the information gradually became clear.

"This..."

Shen Moyan's pupils constricted violently.

His face turned deathly pale, and he took several steps back in the room.

"It's true; this Star Sign True Person really was a Cultivator from the ancient Tianji Divine Sect acting as an undercover agent in the Holy Court!"

Reflecting on that repaired memory, Shen Moyan murmured.

"Three Lives Reincarnator..."

He hurriedly took out the "two or three things about reincarnation" he had purchased from Cen Boliang.

In ancient times, as long as one bribed the Cultivators of the Yin Si, they could undergo Reincarnation while carrying their memories and even a portion of their cultivation.

But there were too many people needing to reincarnate; no one knew how many had died in the great war of the ancient Shanhai.

If everyone reincarnated immediately, it would have a serious impact on the order of the Great World of Mountains and Seas.

Therefore, it wasn't that Reincarnation was forbidden, but rather that it was to be done slowly, in sequence, and in an orderly fashion.

With countless people from other planes waiting in line, it resulted in the Reincarnation of many Cultivators being far from smooth, even leading to massive delays—delays stretching forward tens of thousands or even millions of years.

Shen Moyan knew that during the Three-Life Era, when the Yin Si was first established, many people from the Immortal Lineages—like Zheng Quan—had joined the Holy Court and were forced to reincarnate. They had also kept a trick up their sleeves, bribing Yin Si Cultivators so their past-life Karma and memories were not cleansed, and to this day, they still bore a grudge against the Xuanhuang Emperor Lord.

According to the deep memories of Star Sign True Person, the Twenty-One Orthodoxies had signed an 'Immortal Covenant' millions of years ago to ensure mutual support among former members of the orthodoxies within the Holy Court.

At this moment, Shen Moyan remembered the sale of 'human essence ginseng' he had seen on the Wanbao Net.

If it were a native of the Holy Court, based on the values selected through the Triple Trials, they would certainly oppose such an act.

Yet, the trade of 'human essence ginseng' had still occurred.

And planting ginseng and demarcating nurseries was a tradition of the Immortal Lineages.

It could only mean... "The current Holy Court has already been infiltrated by the Twenty-One Immortal Orthodoxies until it's like a sieve!"

Shen Moyan's mind tightened.

The Immortal Lineages did not directly clash with the Holy Court.

Instead, with the changing of eras, they gradually sent people to encroach upon and occupy the Holy Court bit by bit.

They took root in the high levels of the Holy Court through official positions and Bloodline families.

Ultimately achieving the 'Possession' of the Holy Court!

"What an Immortal Lineage; no wonder they can be called 'Immortal'..."

Shen Moyan was shocked by this deduction.

"But that's not even the most important part..." Shen Moyan reviewed Star Sign True Person's memories.

Star Sign True Person's plot to seize the death exemption gold plaque was not merely for its inherent value, but because he wanted to use the secret arts of the Tianji Divine Sect to examine the plaque's Karma.

He did this to verify a shocking conjecture that was enough to overturn the perception of the entire Great World of Mountains and Seas—

The Xuanhuang Emperor Lord might no longer be in the Shanhai Realm!