The Nine Heavens Divine Pill floated in mid-air once again.
Zhang Gonglian, who had crashed into the pillar and slid to the ground, leaped to his feet with a swift kip-up. Not only was he uninjured, but he also felt his body brimming with explosive power.
Every inch of his flesh and blood, every meridian, was overflowing with the formidable spiritual energy of his peak state!
That man was back.
But before he could savor the joy of this regained strength, he abruptly looked up ahead.
"Master, what exactly is going on here!"
The pill energy regrouped in mid-air, much slower than before. Its light was dim and thin, forming an illusion of the Old Heavenly Master that flickered faintly, as if a single gust of wind could blow it away.
Clearly, the impact just now had taken a massive toll on him.
"Gonglian, listen to your master."
The Old Heavenly Master's voice was weak but unquestionable. "Do not touch that divine pill again. It is not something you can control. Use the Four Symbols Sealing Method I taught you and seal it away completely at once!"
Zhang Gonglian followed his master's gaze.
The Nine Heavens Divine Pill had landed on the ground not far away, emitting an alluring halo like a radiant, living star.
Meanwhile, on the other side in the charred ruins, the finger of Buddha Face's mangled body seemed to... twitch.
The Old Heavenly Master had grown visibly weaker.
Looking at the Old Heavenly Master floating in the air, Zhang Gonglian blurted out, "Master! What is going on?! Didn't you descend the mountain to wander the world?"
The illusion of his master flickered uncertainly before his eyes, like a candle in the wind that could go out at any moment.
"Wandering the world was just a story for outsiders."
The Old Heavenly Master's voice carried an ethereal weakness. "My lifespan has reached its end, and my time is up. This is the truth. Gonglian, your talent is extraordinary. Even without external aids, you can secure the position of Heavenly Master through your own cultivation. Therefore, the Nine Heavens Divine Pill... you must not touch it."
The Old Heavenly Master's words revealed an extreme repulsion toward the Nine Heavens Divine Pill.
This only made Zhang Gonglian's mind more chaotic.
Since childhood, this divine pill had been hailed as the supreme treasure of Dragon Tiger Mountain, the sacred relic of the Heavenly Master's legacy.
How did it become a scourge to be avoided at all costs in his master's mouth?
"Master, what exactly is wrong with this Nine Heavens Divine Pill?!"
Zhang Gonglian pressed anxiously, "Could absorbing its pill energy leave hidden dangers?"
For a moment, a figure flashed through his mind.
Lin Mo!
That guy had stood aside from the very beginning, showing not the slightest interest in this divine pill that everyone else scrambled for.
Zhang Gonglian instinctively felt that Lin Mo definitely knew something.
The Old Heavenly Master sighed deeply, his eyes full of vicissitudes and regret. "It is a good thing, but not entirely. For cultivators of our generation, reaching the realms you and I have, who doesn't have a lifespan equal to heaven? But look at the successive generations of Heavenly Masters of Dragon Tiger Mountain. How many of them have enjoyed longevity?"
Hearing this, Zhang Gonglian seemed to guess something.
The sentence exploded in Zhang Gonglian's heart like a clap of thunder!
His pupils shrank rapidly as an unbelievable thought grew wildly.
"Accepting the baptism of the Nine Heavens Divine Pill will indeed increase your power by leaps and bounds, but the price is burning your own lifespan."
The Old Heavenly Master's voice grew even weaker. "Furthermore... this power must eventually be returned. This is the greatest secret of the Nine Heavens Divine Pill."
Was the secret of the Nine Heavens Divine Pill really just this?
Zhang Gonglian looked up, staring fixedly at the divine pill suspended in the air, exuding an alluring luster.
"Then if I use the Four Symbols Sealing Method to completely seal it, Master, what about you..."
"Your master is already a lamp running out of oil. It doesn't matter anymore."
The Old Heavenly Master's illusion swayed even more violently. "But Gonglian, remember, you absolutely must not accept..."
Before he could finish his words, a sudden mutation occurred!
The quietly suspended Nine Heavens Divine Pill moved without any warning!
It turned into a streak of golden light, shooting forward like a powerfully struck pellet with a clear target.
"Bang!"
A muffled and somewhat comical impact sound rang out.
The Nine Heavens Divine Pill struck right on the mark, hitting the muscular kidney area of the unconscious Buddha Face on the ground.
Buddha Face's body jerked violently, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.
The moment they collided, the Nine Heavens Divine Pill burst with intense golden light. The pill energy, so dense it had materialized, poured outward madly like a breached dam.
And incredibly, all of this pill energy was entirely swallowed up by Buddha Face's body, not a single wisp escaping!
"Gonglian! Stop..."
The Old Heavenly Master's illusion dissipated rapidly in the golden light. His final voice was filled with anxiety and reluctance, but he ultimately failed to finish his sentence, fading completely into nothingness.
At the same time, the wounds on Buddha Face's body were healing at a visible rate.
The charred and curled flesh struck by the heavenly lightning writhed madly. Pink granulations intertwined, and within a few breaths, his ruined body was as good as new.
Buddha Face's body was undergoing accelerated repair. The flesh that had been scorched black was wildly regenerating, with pink granulations mending his form.
Buddha Face sprang up from the ground with a kip-up. He stretched his limbs, emitting a series of crackling pops.
"Ha! Hahaha! Do you see that, little martial nephew! Even the Nine Heavens Divine Pill has chosen me!"
"I am the destined Heavenly Master of Dragon Tiger Mountain!"
Buddha Face grabbed the divine pill that was still rubbing against his waist. With fanatical and cruel eyes, he didn't even look as he viciously pressed it into his own dantian!
"Pfft!"
The sound of flesh being pierced set one's teeth on edge.
The Nine Heavens Divine Pill forcefully pierced through his flesh, embedding itself into his lower abdomen like a living creature.
The endless stream of pill energy met no further resistance, madly washing through his limbs and bones.
The golden divine pill slowly shrank within his body, its light gradually retracting, as if it was completely merging with his flesh and meridians.
Buddha Face's aura climbed steadily. In the blink of an eye, he broke through a certain shackle, reaching a brand new, terrifying realm that made one's heart palpitate!
He raised his head, his eyes having turned a pure golden color, devoid of any human emotion.
"Zhang Gonglian, thank you for this grand gift left by your master."
"In return, I've decided... to send you on your way first!"
As he spoke, Buddha Face had already raised his hand, casually drawing a talisman and shooting it toward Zhang Gonglian.
Zhang Gonglian, who had recovered to his peak state, did not retreat. Instead, he met the challenge head-on, spreading his hands and unleashing the full firepower of his Foundation Establishment cultivation.
"Heaven and Earth, Dark and Yellow! Sovereign Lord, aid me, as swiftly as the law commands!"
This was stacking buffs on himself.
Buddha Face's talisman transformed into a massive mountain in mid-air, pressing down.
"Have you learned this? This is the Mountain Moving Talisman. After all, you are a little Heavenly Master; no matter what, I must use the Heavenly Master Mansion's techniques to kill you!"
The mountain appeared tangible, but it was actually formless.
But when it fell upon Zhang Gonglian, it carried the very real weight of a massive mountain.
Zhang Gonglian used both hands, his face instantly turning flushed red!
A Guandao appeared at his side.
"Halt! Guan Yu is here, prepare to die!"
Zhang Gonglian raised his hand, grabbed the Guandao, and swung it down in a chop.
The Mountain Moving Talisman was instantly cleaved apart.
for mindless slaughter, this isn't for you.] My name is Ye Shu, and I'm a transmigrator. It seems I'm supposed to be the protagonist, but that feels pretty unlikely. This world has been invaded by a system. The antagonists on the other side have suddenly become pure, flawless saints. The female leads have been force-fed the so-called "original plot," making them think they've been reborn. Now, everyone thinks I'm scum. Including the old lady in my ring. And here I am, in the Monster Beast Mountain Range, braising pork. To put my situation in perspective— It's as if, the moment Xiao Yan stepped into the Monster Beast Mountain Range, the Soul Emperor already knew he would become the Flame Emperor, and Yao Lao had been turned to the enemy's side. I have nothing right now. Oh wait, that's not true. I do have a white-haired loli child-bride who's the Heavenly Dao, and her only skill is acting cute. So, tell me guys... what are my chances of making it to the end?
transmigrates into the world as the sect master of the Heavenly Yan Sect, which is on the verge of being wiped out. He binds a system that grants him cultivation power based on the number of disciples he has: for each disciple, he automatically gains a year's worth of cultivation every single day! Take one disciple: every day he gains 1 year of cultivation power. While others struggle through a year of bitter training, he gets the same just by sleeping through a single night. Take ten disciples: every day he gains 10 years of cultivation power. Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul—he breezes through all bottlenecks without lifting a finger. Take one hundred disciples: every day he gains 100 years of cultivation power. Even a Soul Transformation Venerable before him can’t survive a single blow. Take ten thousand disciples: every day he gains 10,000 years of cultivation power! With a wave of his hand, he topples empires. With a single step, he crushes the sacred grounds of the universe. ... While others fight tooth and nail for secret techniques, Lin Yan casually hands out Nascent Soul-level cultivation manuals as beginner textbooks. While others strain to find talented recruits, Lin Yan opens his doors to anyone—so long as they’re human. In just three short years, the Heavenly Yan Sect went from a backwater sect made up of three crumbling huts to a sacred land that every cultivator under heaven would kill to enter. ... One day, otherworldly demon gods invade, with a million demon soldiers pressing down upon the realm. Lin Yan, yawning, rises from his lounge chair and glances at the system panel: [Current Disciples: 1.28 million] [Daily Cultivation Increase: 1.28 million years] He waves his hand casually, and the countless demon soldiers are reduced to ashes in an instant. “So noisy… interrupting my fishing.”
saw a female celebrity tied up and stuffed in the trunk! Little did he know, countless cameras were aimed at him at this moment - this was a new type of reality show. The first randomly selected passerby was caught in less than an hour. But when Xu Moru was selected, things started to take an unexpected turn. "Damn, this isn't how the script goes. This Xu Moru is too bold, he's not following the rules at all." "Crap, is this guy taking it seriously?" "The female celebrity has been scared to tears!"
rowess are unmatched, commanding a million-strong army! Yet, the Emperor wants to depose him for the sake of a false prince? Hold on, are you throwing me into some female-oriented romance plot? How can I tolerate this? With a grand wave of his hand—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! Slander the Emperor? Very well, all of you shall die! ... The False Prince: "Although I am not the biological son, Father and Mother love me more. The throne should be mine!" The Female Lead: "Qin Xiao, you are the Emperor, and I am a commoner. If you wish to marry me, you must abdicate. Otherwise, you will never have me!" The Empress: "After we divorce, you must give me half the empire!" The Transmigrator Consort: "You worthless Emperor, why should I kneel to you? All men are equal—I advise you to be kind!" The Great General: "The enemy general is my childhood sweetheart. For her sake, I willingly abandon the frontier defenses!" The Retired Emperor: "Although Yu'er was adopted, I prefer him. Qin Xiao, you should abdicate and let him become Emperor!" ... Very well! So this is how you want to play? Facing this twisted world of female-oriented tropes, Qin Xiao grins and raises his hand to unleash—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! I am the Emperor. Why would I bother reasoning with you? Seal the gates! Leave none alive!
