194: Final

On the walls of Three Seas City.

A deathly silence reigned.

Jia Wenmo looked at the Sword Lord, who had completely vanished, and then looked at Jia Zhen beside him.

His mind couldn't quite process what had happened.

"This... it's over just like that?"

He was somewhat bewildered.

Did that old man just kill himself?

He looked at Jia Zhen again. Although Jia Zhen stood there motionless, like a statue.

Jia Wenmo could clearly sense that the life force within Jia Zhen was still present.

It was even very vibrant.

He wasn't dead!

"Jia Zhen?"

Jia Wenmo tentatively called out.

"That old bastard was just being mysterious, claiming he had already slain you."

"I think he just exhausted his oil and burnt out his own cultivation."

"Are you alright?"

Jia Wenmo reached out, wanting to pat Jia Zhen's shoulder.

Just as his finger touched the corner of Jia Zhen's robe.

Pfft.

A soft sound rang out.

Jia Zhen's face instantly turned as pale as paper.

Immediately after.

"Wah—"

He suddenly opened his mouth and spat out a large mouthful of blood mixed with fragments of internal organs.

That life force, which had been as radiant as the sun and as vast as the sea.

Was like a balloon that had been punctured.

It vented out wildly at a terrifying speed!

"Ugh... Er..."

Jia Zhen tried to speak.

But he found that he could no longer make a sound.

His eyes began to lose focus.

His body fell straight backward.

Bang!

A muffled sound.

This super powerful expert, who came from Outside the Eastern Sea and possessed the terrifying cultivation of the Soul Transformation Late Stage.

Just fell stiffly at Jia Wenmo's feet.

His life force was cut off.

His Divine Soul extinguished.

That sword was named 'Life - Name of the Third Sword'.

If life is over, where does life force come from?

Jia Wenmo's hand froze in mid-air.

He looked at Jia Zhen's corpse at his feet, and an unprecedented chill rushed from the soles of his feet straight to his skull.

He finally understood what that sword strike had truly severed.

"Ah!!!"

A terrified scream echoed over Three Seas City... In the deathly silence, Jia Wenmo's legs trembled violently like sieves.

He looked at Jia Zhen at his feet.

This peerless expert, who originally possessed Soul Transformation Late Stage cultivation and was capable of sweeping across the entire Eastern Sea, now resembled a piece of rotten, withered wood.

Jia Zhen was not yet completely dead.

His body was shriveling and decaying at a speed visible to the naked eye.

His firm skin quickly became covered in corpse spots, and his head of black hair turned snow-white in an instant, then fell out.

"Cough... cough cough..."

Jia Zhen struggled to squeeze a sound from his throat.

Jia Wenmo seized this like a final straw, immediately falling to his knees with a thud and grasping Jia Zhen's withered arm.

"Jia Lao! Jia Lao, save me!"

"What on earth is going on? How could you lose to that old bastard's single sword strike?"

"Get up! Kill that old bastard! We haven't lost yet!"

Jia Wenmo screamed hysterically, his eyes filled with terror and unwillingness.

Jia Zhen's extremely cloudy eyes strained to turn and look at Jia Wenmo.

The corner of his mouth curled into a bitter, desolate smile.

"Young Lord..."

"That sword... is named 'Life - Name of the Third Sword'."

"Cough cough... This old servant's life has been spent killing countless people, his hands stained with endless blood."

"That sword strike awakened all the departed souls slain by my blade."

Jia Zhen's voice was as weak as a flickering candle in the wind, threatening to go out at any moment.

His eyes held a deep terror, as if he were seeing an extremely frightening scene.

"They... all turned into Heart Demons."

"They are gnawing at my Lifespan, tearing at my Divine Soul."

"I can't even... resist."

"I can only watch helplessly as I head toward decay in this endless resentment."

Upon saying this, Jia Zhen suddenly spat out a mouthful of black Qi.

His aura was already extremely weak.

But he still clung tightly to Jia Wenmo's sleeve, his fingernails nearly sinking into the flesh.

"Young Lord... flee..."

"Flee the Eastern Sea! Immediately! Right now!"

"Leave this place of trouble!"

"This place... is too bizarre."

"That Sword Lord is a monster, and the Karma in this sea region is too heavy."

"If you insist on obtaining the Sea God Palace key... you truly will die!"

As the final word, "die," fell.

Jia Zhen's arm dropped listlessly.

The eyes, filled with unwillingness and fear, gradually lost their last trace of vitality.

A Soul Transformation Great Cultivator.

Did not die in battle.

But died from his own lifelong sins, killed by the judgment of that sword, 'Life - Name of the Third Sword'.

"Jia Lao!!!"

Jia Wenmo let out a cry of despair.

He slumped onto the ground, his face ashen.

It was over.

Everything was over.

The Five Great Nascent Soul Guards of Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth were all annihilated.

The Black Dragon Remnant Soul, which he had painstakingly subdued, was slain.

Now, even his greatest reliance, his Dao Protector Jia Zhen, had died inexplicably.

In this vast Eastern Sea, he had completely become a solitary figure.

"No... I can't..."

"I cannot give up."

Jia Wenmo suddenly raised his head, a hint of madness flashing in his eyes.

"The Sea God Palace key... that is my only chance to change my destiny!"

"As long as I get the key, as long as I obtain the Sea God's Legacy, I can turn the tables!"

"I still have a chance, I..."

Clap, clap, clap.

Just then.

A crisp sound of applause abruptly echoed on the empty city wall.

"What a good show."

The voice was cold and sticky, like a venomous snake crawling up one's spine.

Jia Wenmo stiffened and abruptly turned his head.

He saw a figure standing in the shadow of the city wall.

He didn't know when the figure had appeared.

The person wore a dark green robe and a hideous bronze mask, revealing only a pair of green-glowing eyes.

Around him, countless tiny Gu Worms flew, emitting a chilling buzzing sound.

The Sect Leader of the Hundred Poisons Sect!

A cruel and mocking smile hung on his lips, as if he were watching a little white mouse fall into a trap.

"Who?!"

Jia Wenmo retreated in terror.

The Hundred Poisons Sect Leader slowly stepped out of the shadows, looking at the corpse on the ground with clicking admiration.

"That Sword Lord from Myriad Spirits Manor truly is an absolute monster."

"In fact, this Sect Leader has known of his existence for a long time, and I also knew he cultivated the Withered Glory Sword Dao, which guarantees death."

"So I've been waiting."

"Waiting for a scapegoat to force out his final sword strike."

The Hundred Poisons Sect Leader's gaze fell upon Jia Wenmo, full of ridicule.

"Thank you, City Lord Jia, for removing this largest obstacle for this Sect Leader."

"Now the Sword Lord is dead, and your wings have been completely clipped."

"The Eastern Sea is finally clear."

Jia Wenmo's expression drastically changed, and he shouted, feigning courage:

"What do you want to do? I am from the Central Lands..."

"Shh."

The Hundred Poisons Sect Leader raised a finger to his lips in a gesture to silence him.

"This Sect Leader doesn't care where you came from."

"This Sect Leader is only curious about one thing."

His eyes instantly became greedy and fanatical.

"The thing you went to such lengths for, not hesitating to bathe the Eastern Sea in blood."

"That so-called... Sea God Palace key."

"What exactly is it?"

Before his words finished.

The Hundred Poisons Sect Leader's figure instantly vanished from the spot.

The next second.

A large hand covered in poisonous insects tightly clamped down on Jia Wenmo's throat.

"Ugh... let..."

Jia Wenmo struggled desperately, but in front of the Nascent Soul Peak Hundred Poisons Sect Leader, he was as weak as a chick.

"Take him back and interrogate him properly."

The Hundred Poisons Sect Leader lifted Jia Wenmo as if he were carrying trash.

He glanced at the devastated Three Seas City, sneered, and turned into a green flash of light, soaring into the sky... Time flew by.

In the blink of an eye, a month and a half had passed.

The waves of the Eastern Sea were the same, but the situation had completely changed.

Three Seas City was destroyed, and Myriad Spirits Manor sealed its mountain.

Meanwhile, the Beast Taming Sect enjoyed a rare period of tranquility amidst the chaos.

In a Small Courtyard filled with abundant Spiritual Qi on the back mountain of the Beast Taming Sect.

A small snake, entirely black as ink, was lazily coiled on a large bluestone, basking in the sun.

It was Mysterious Ink, currently 'AFK farming'.

Suddenly.

A crisp electronic notification sounded in his mind.

[Ding!]

[Congratulations, host, AFK experience has met the upgrade requirements.]

[Upgrade immediately?]

Mysterious Ink's snake eyes, which had been half-closed, instantly lit up.

"Finally enough?"

"This broken System, the experience needed for upgrades explodes exponentially."

Mysterious Ink flicked his tongue, without any hesitation.

"Upgrade!"

Boom!

A massive fluctuation of spiritual power instantly erupted within his body.

It did not alarm anyone, as his control over his aura had long reached the Realm of subtlety.

A moment later.

Mysterious Ink's scales became deeper, seemingly capable of swallowing light.

His aura also crossed over from the Fourth Tier Late Stage, stepping directly into the Fourth Tier Peak!

This was equivalent to a human Cultivator's Nascent Soul Great Perfection, or even Half-Step Soul Transformation!

"Hoo... refreshing."

Mysterious Ink comfortably stretched his body and casually opened his attribute panel.

host: Mysterious Ink

Species: Nether Devouring Python

Realm: Fourth Tier Peak

Skills: Poison Fangs, Coil, Size as Desired, Profound Black Domain... Experience required for next level: 80,000,000

Experience required for Bloodline advancement: 50,000,000

Looking at the long string of zeros, Mysterious Ink's previously good mood instantly plummeted.

"Eighty million?"

"And fifty million for Bloodline?"

"Are you robbing me?!"

Mysterious Ink couldn't help but give the System the middle finger in his mind.

How long would he have to AFK for this?

"Sigh, no choice. Life is tough, snake sighs."

"Continue AFK farming. I'll go back to the Sect Hall, the Spiritual Qi is richer there."

Mysterious Ink reluctantly shook his tail, transforming into a black shadow that instantly vanished from the spot... When Mysterious Ink returned to the main Sect Hall.

A familiar figure was standing at the entrance of the hall.

A crimson robe like fire, a countenance of breathtaking cold beauty.

It was Ye Feiyan, who had just come out of seclusion.

After more than a month in seclusion, her aura was more condensed, clearly having stabilized her Mid Nascent Soul Stage cultivation.

Moreover, her storage ring was filled with the Medicinal Pills she had refined over the past month and a half.

All of them were Fourth-Grade Medicinal Pills!

There were healing pills that could regrow flesh and bone, Soul Nourishing Pills for nourishing the Divine Soul, and various Spirit Pills to aid cultivation.

"Xiao Mo, where did you run off to?"

Seeing Mysterious Ink return, a gentle smile appeared on Ye Feiyan's cold face.

Mysterious Ink skillfully climbed up her skirt to her shoulder and rubbed against her cheek.

However.

Before the person and the snake could enjoy a moment of peace.

Boom!

In the sky, a sudden, violent sound of thunder rang out.

The originally clear sky instantly darkened.

It wasn't dark clouds.

It was a sky full of venomous insects!

Endless Gu insects obscured the sun, forming a green poison cloud that completely surrounded the entire Beast Taming Sect.

A nauseating stench permeated the air.

People of the Beast Taming Sect, get out here now!

An extremely arrogant voice exploded like thunder.

The Beast Taming Sect's Sect Protection Grand Formation instantly activated, but it seemed precarious in the face of the overwhelming poison cloud.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Immortal Master Chiyun, acting as the Interim Sect Master, rushed into the sky immediately.

Ye Feiyan frowned deeply and followed closely with Mysterious Ink.

Outside the Sect.

The Sect Leader of the Hundred Poisons Sect stood suspended in the air, his green robe fluttering loudly.

Behind him, five powerful-looking old men were standing.

All five of these individuals were in the Nascent Soul Realm!

Adding the Hundred Poisons Sect Leader, who was at Nascent Soul Peak.

This force was enough to sweep through any Sect in the Eastern Sea currently.

Sect Leader of the Hundred Poisons Sect?

Immortal Master Chiyun's expression was grim as he grit his teeth and demanded:

What is your intention, bringing so many people to surround my Beast Taming Sect?

Do you really think my Beast Taming Sect has no one left?

The Sect Leader of the Hundred Poisons Sect looked down imperiously, his contemptuous gaze sweeping over Immortal Master Chiyun before finally resting on Ye Feiyan.

Cut the nonsense.

Hand over the key to the Sea God Palace.

As long as you hand over the key, I will immediately withdraw my people.

Otherwise, today will be the day your Beast Taming Sect is wiped out!

As soon as these words were spoken.

Immortal Master Chiyun looked utterly bewildered.

What Sea God Palace key?

Where does my Beast Taming Sect have a key? Are you crazy?

He truly had no idea.

But Ye Feiyan and Mysterious Ink, perched on her shoulder, exchanged a glance and instantly understood.

Jia Wenmo.

That piece of trash must have been captured by the Hundred Poisons Sect, couldn't withstand the torture, and shifted this baseless trouble onto the Beast Taming Sect.

Because back then at the Snack Street, Ye Feiyan and Mysterious Ink were the last ones to interact with Li Tianhao.

Jia Wenmo definitely thought the key was in their hands.

Hmph, playing dumb?

The Hundred Poisons Sect Leader's eyes turned cold, revealing murderous intent.

Since you won't give it, I shall take it myself!

Kill them! Leave no one alive!

Following his command.

The five great Nascent Soul Elders behind him rushed down with sinister smiles.

This is going too far!

Immortal Master Chiyun roared in anger, summoned his Lifebound Treasure, and charged forward first.

If you want a fight, you'll get one!

However.

Reality was cruel.

Immortal Master Chiyun had only recently achieved the Breakthrough to Nascent Soul, and his Foundation was unstable.

Facing the Hundred Poisons Sect Leader, who was at Nascent Soul Peak, it took only a single exchange.

Scram!

The Hundred Poisons Sect Leader casually waved his hand, and a green, poisonous palm print slammed down.

Pfft!

Immortal Master Chiyun violently spat out blood, and he was sent flying backward like a kite with a broken string, crashing heavily into the mountain.

Senior Brother!

Ye Feiyan's beautiful eyes widened, her long sword left its sheath, and Sword Qi, like a rainbow, stabbed directly at the Hundred Poisons Sect Leader.

And you think you're worthy of fighting me?

The Hundred Poisons Sect Leader sneered, and his Protective Aura vibrated.

Clang!

Ye Feiyan's Sword Qi struck the green Protective Aura, producing a metallic clash, completely failing to break through the defense.

Although she was a Prodigy, and although she was supported by a Fourth-Grade Medicinal Pill.

The difference in Realm was too vast.

Mid Nascent Soul Stage battling Nascent Soul Peak, while also facing the suppression of Gu poison filling the sky.

In just a few moves, Ye Feiyan was in great peril, and a trace of blood spilled from the corner of her mouth.

That's all?

The Hundred Poisons Sect Leader kicked Ye Feiyan back a hundred zhang, his face full of mockery.

That trash Jia Wenmo even told me that the Beast Taming Sect had some unfathomable hidden strength.

Turns out they're just a bunch of weaklings?

This Seat is utterly disappointed.

Since you have no hidden strength, then all of you... can go die.

The Hundred Poisons Sect Leader raised his hand, and in his palm, a pitch-black Gu insect was rapidly expanding, emitting destructive fluctuations.

Despair.

It enveloped the heart of every Beast Taming Sect Disciple.

Even Elder Ye, the strongest among them, was no match. What could they possibly do?

At this critical moment.

A helpless sigh suddenly rang out clearly across the noisy battlefield.

Sigh...

Seriously, these days you can't even AFK in peace.

In the end, I still have to step in myself.

The voice wasn't loud, but it carried a strange penetrating power.

The Hundred Poisons Sect Leader paused, his gaze instantly locking onto Ye Feiyan... and the small black snake on her shoulder.

Mysterious Ink slowly raised his head.

In those vertical pupils, the usual laziness was gone, replaced by endless coldness and indifference.

You said, the Beast Taming Sect has no hidden strength?

Mysterious Ink asked softly.

The next moment.

He opened his mouth.

He didn't roar.

Instead, he uttered two words:

Domain.

Buzz—

All light between heaven and earth completely vanished at this instant.

It wasn't nightfall.

It was the light of this space being forcibly swallowed by this snake.

[Profound Black Domain]!

Within this Domain, except for the people designated by Mysterious Ink, all living beings fell into absolute darkness.

Sight deprivation!

Hearing deprivation!

Divine Sense shielding!

The originally arrogant Cultivators of the Hundred Poisons Sect instantly fell into immense panic.

What's going on? My eyes!

I can't see anyone!

My Divine Sense... my Divine Sense can't be released!

Sect Leader! Sect Leader, where are you?!

Screams of terror rose and fell, but within the Profound Black Domain, these sounds couldn't reach their companions' ears at all.

They became truly deaf and blind.

In the darkness.

Mysterious Ink moved.

His body swelled rapidly against the wind, transforming into a terrifying giant python a hundred zhang long.

His black scales merged with the darkness. He was like the Dominator of this darkness, the God of Death from the Underworld.

Since you came, stay here and be fertilizer.

Mysterious Ink coldly swept his gaze over the five Nascent Soul Elders.

He lightly flicked his tail.

Crack!

Just like swatting a fly.

One Nascent Soul Elder couldn't even let out a scream; his Protective Spiritual Light instantly shattered, and his entire body was directly whipped into a mist of blood!

Immediately after.

The second, the third... Poof! Poof! Poof!

Dull bursting sounds rang out one after another.

Under the shocked gaze of the Beast Taming Sect Disciples (who were not within the Domain's suppression range), that terrifying black snake slaughtered all five great Nascent Soul Elders of the Hundred Poisons Sect in the space of a few breaths, as easily as slicing vegetables!

Not even their Nascent Souls managed to escape!

All were swallowed in a single gulp!

You... what kind of monster are you?!

The Hundred Poisons Sect Leader finally panicked.

Although his cultivation was the highest and he could barely resist the Domain's suppression, he could only see clearly within three chi around him.

He frantically urged his Lifebound Gu Insect, trying to break through the darkness.

But right at this moment.

A pair of enormous, lantern-like, cold vertical pupils suddenly appeared three chi in front of him.

The mockery in that gaze made him feel as if he had fallen into an ice cavern.

Am I not the hidden strength of the Beast Taming Sect you spoke of?

Mysterious Ink's voice exploded next to his ear.

No! That's impossible! How can there be a Fourth Tier Peak Yao Beast in the Eastern Sea!

The Hundred Poisons Sect Leader shrieked and tried to retreat.

But he realized his body couldn't move.

A terrifying pressure locked onto him tightly.

In your next life, remember not to provoke a snake that's AFK.

Mysterious Ink opened his massive, blood-red mouth.

There was no fancy movement.

One bite.

Crunch.

The Protective Aura shattered, and the Physical Body disintegrated.

The Sect Leader of the Hundred Poisons Sect, the last great tyrant of the Eastern Sea, along with his Nascent Soul, became nourishment in Mysterious Ink's belly.

The darkness dispersed.

Sunlight shone down once more.

The entire Beast Taming Sect was silent.

Everyone stared blankly at Mysterious Ink, who was rapidly shrinking in the sky and reverting back into a miniature small snake.

Shock.

Unparalleled shock.

It turned out that this small snake, which had always slept on Elder Ye's shoulder, was the true King of the Eastern Sea!

Done.

Mysterious Ink let out a satisfied burp, settled back onto Ye Feiyan's shoulder, and said lazily:

Yaner, clean up the battlefield. There should be a lot of good stuff in those Storage Pouches.

Ye Feiyan was stunned for a moment, then broke into a smile, like a hundred flowers blooming.

Alright.

...This battle completely cemented the status of the Beast Taming Sect.

Three Seas City was destroyed, the high-level members of the Hundred Poisons Sect were all annihilated, and Myriad Spirits Manor sealed its doors and remained hidden.

The Beast Taming Sect became the undisputed Hegemon of the Eastern Sea.

But Mysterious Ink and Ye Feiyan did not linger over this so-called power.

Three months later.

Deep within the ruins of Three Seas City.

Mysterious Ink and Ye Feiyan finally found the extremely hidden Super Teleportation Array.

This was an ancient altar, covered in complex runes.

We're finally leaving.

Ye Feiyan looked at the land that had raised her, a trace of complexity flashing in her eyes.

Reluctant to leave?

Mysterious Ink coiled around her wrist and flicked his tongue.

A little.

Ye Feiyan took a deep breath, and then her gaze became resolute.

But this sea is too small.

Just as Senior Sword Lord said, this place cannot hold true powerhouses.

I also want to see the world outside.

Mysterious Ink chuckled.

Then let's go.

The Eastern Sea is too poor; it can't even spawn a monster for me to level up on.

Let's go to the Central Lands, to a wider world.

That is where our stage is.

Ye Feiyan nodded and embedded several Top-Grade Spirit Stones into the grooves.

Buzz—

The teleportation array burst into brilliant light.

A beam of white light soaring into the sky instantly enveloped the person and the snake.

Space distorted.

When the light dissipated, the ruins were empty.

Only the legends of the Eastern Sea remained, still circulating on the sea breeze.

It was the story of a peerless beauty and a small black snake.

(End of Book. Thank you all for reading.)