I Have an Omen System

He finally understood what the Divination meant when it mentioned becoming cultivation fodder for a Demon Monarch and being decapitated.

"No, there must be a way out! There must be!"

Just as the other Cultivators were breaking down, certain they were doomed, Qin Xuan forced himself not to give up.

"Ji Boyan, you dare to blood sacrifice nearly ten thousand Foundation Establishment Cultivators?! Do you think the Daqian Imperial Observatory is a bunch of nobodies?"

Ye Lan roared in fury.

But Ji Boyan showed no reaction. He merely narrowed his eyes, spread his arms, and wore an expression of rapturous pleasure.

"[Yuefeng·Canglong Ridge]!"

ROAR!

A dragon’s cry, filled with a primal, plundering aura, erupted from Ji Boyan’s spine.

His tattered Blood Robe exploded into pieces, and his spinal column burst forth with a brilliant, dazzling cyan-gold divine light.

The phantom of a ferocious Cyan Dragon shot into the sky!

The dragon phantom coiled, its maw wide open, crazily devouring the dissipating Life Essence Qi and the Essence, Blood, Soul, and Spirit from the ten thousand Cultivators below.

As its Dragon Scales opened and closed, the bodies of countless Cultivators withered and aged at a visible rate amidst their wails of agony.

’Zhi Xu, Dunzang, Yuefeng, and the Great Wilderness Fall he got through collusion... Jia Wu and Chen Si... He’s just missing the Yi Wood Position...’

Ye Lan had a sudden epiphany and snapped his head up.

"Ji Boyan! As a Blood Demon of the Demon Sect, you actually dare to seek the Daqian Position of [Covered Lamp Fire]... This is high treason! Such a vile ambition is a capital offense!"

Ye Lan shouted, "Father Emperor, your son requests your decree to execute this demon!"

BOOM!

Behind Ye Lan, the towering phantom of a Dharma Aspect majestically manifested!

The Dharma Aspect wore a Golden Patterned Emperor Robe and a Nine-Streamed Crown of Heaven. Its face was a blur, shrouded in a hazy Imperial Purple Qi.

Only its eyes were visible, and as they opened and closed, galaxies seemed to be born and die, and empires seemed to rise and fall.

"Senior Brother Ye is actually a Prince of Daqian!" a Cultivator exclaimed, his face alight with ecstatic joy.

Under the presence of the Emperor Monarch’s Dharma Aspect, Qin Xuan suddenly found that he could move again.

A stroke of inspiration hit him.

’This is my chance!’

Without a second thought, he summoned the Six-winged Cyan Cicada.

[Cyan Cicada Shell]!

A palm-sized, lifelike phantom of a "Light Cicada," formed entirely from cyan spiritual light, suddenly appeared, its wings beating as if ready to take flight.

The instant the Light Cicada’s phantom appeared, Qin Xuan’s figure vanished.

Meanwhile, in the sky, the palm of the Golden Robe Emperor Monarch’s Dharma Aspect phantom behind Ye Lan slowly began to bloom with infinite golden light.

An [Imperial Decree Golden Scroll], made of neither gold nor jade and covered in flowing purple-gold dragon patterns, was about to unfurl.

"A mere pseudo-emperor’s Dharma Aspect dares to act so presumptuously?"

Ji Boyan shot Ye Lan a cold glance, two beams of brilliant light erupting from his eyes as he thrust his hands downward.

"[Great Wilderness Fall: Heart-Burning Candle]!"

PFFT—

A pinpoint of candlelight, so dark it seemed to swallow all light, silently ignited between Ji Boyan’s eyebrows.

It transformed into a blood-colored lamp, no more than three feet long and translucent red like glazed glass.

This blood-colored lamp seemed to have no heat.

Only an extreme, sinister cold that could freeze the soul and burn away the Seven Emotions and Six Desires!

The moment the lamp appeared, the candle flame flickered, and the Golden Robe Emperor Monarch’s Dharma Aspect phantom suddenly distorted.

It reflected the countless twisted, pained, and despairing faces of the Cultivators.

The [Imperial Decree Golden Scroll] disintegrated into specks of golden light and vanished.

The Cultivators who were slightly closer found their eyes instantly going vacant. Their Seven Emotions and Six Desires were ignited as if by an invisible wick, turning into green smoke that flowed into the dark candle flame. Their flesh bodies rapidly shriveled and weathered away, leaving only a human-shaped pile of ash on the ground.

"No, no—"

The Cultivators could only watch helplessly as their flesh bodies dissolved.

They ultimately melted into a viscous slurry of blood that flowed toward the central altar!

A full three thousand six hundred Purple Mansion Star Orders had, at this moment, bizarrely gathered on Blood Demon Island.

RUMBLE—!!!!

The entire Bone-Eroding Demon Sea began to boil and evaporate!

A brand new Grotto Heaven slowly emerged.

Within this Grotto Heaven, the ground was a boundless wasteland paved with dark red blood slurry and charred skeletons.

The sky was eternally ablaze with ghastly white Demon Flames.

At times, the Demon Flames would transform into roaring, eight-armed Fire Demons; at others, they would condense into eerie Heart Candles that reflected sin.

Countless Heaven-Reaching Punishment Pillars, twisted from scorched, giant trees, thrust up from the ground.

Golden Fiery Stream, Wood Essence Fire River, Water Poison Fire Stream, Earth Filth Fire Slime... four dark-red rivers of blood with different properties flowed slowly, eventually converging in one place.

They formed a boundless sea of blood!

"A dark room of a thousand years, illuminated by a single lamp!"

Ji Boyan floated up, the corners of his mouth curling into a cold and cruel arc.

"Nether Flame Blood Prison—manifest!"

The instant the Grotto Heaven formed, a vast pressure, the might of a Nascent Soul, swept across the entire Bone-Eroding Demon Sea.

And in his Dantian, a cyan infant slowly took form.

Ji Boyan’s demonic eyes lifted slightly. He stood with his hands behind his back, facing a certain point in the sky, and also the entire Blood Prison Grotto Heaven.

A magnificent and indifferent Demonic Sound boomed out!

"I, Ji Boyan, have today, in the Bone-Eroding Demon Sea, sacrificed ten thousand Cultivators, and fused the Dragon-Suppressing Platform, the Heart-Burning Candle, the Azure Dragon Ridge, and the Flame Demon to open the [Nether Flame Blood Prison] Grotto Heaven and achieve the [Nether Flame Blood Prison Demon Infant]!"

"Henceforth, blood shall be the prison’s soil, flames shall incinerate all spirits, the nether candle shall illuminate the soul, and the dragon’s spine shall prop up the heavens!"

"The blood and souls of all living beings in the heavens can be used to refine my flame and cultivate my blood, forging the path of the True Demon... Those who submit to me shall enter the Blood Prison to enjoy eternal immolation; those who defy me shall have their souls scattered, never to be reborn for all eternity!"

RUMBLE!

As his voice fell, the [Nether Flame Blood Prison] Grotto Heaven violently collapsed inward, transforming into a dark-red demonic seal imprinted with blood-flame punishment pillars and dark candle patterns, and sank into the space between Ji Boyan’s eyebrows!

The entire Bone-Eroding Demon Sea seemed to fall deathly silent at that moment.

Ye Lan had fled to some unknown location, his trail vanishing in an instant.

In contrast, Liu Mobai and Wei Qingyi suddenly materialized from the void, seemingly completely unaffected.

"Congratulations, Junior Martial Uncle Ji, on attaining the position of the [Nether Flame Blood Prison] Demon Monarch!"

Ji Boyan nodded slightly, smiling without a word.

In the next moment, above the firmament, billions of brilliant stars suddenly dimmed.

The symbolic image of a Position, a dimly burning lamp that seemed condensed from the fated tears and mental flames of all living beings, suddenly flared brightly!

Its light was a dim yellow, yet it seemed capable of piercing through time and space to illuminate cause and effect.

An indescribable aura, carrying the sense of fate and a burning inner fire, silently crossed endless barriers and descended upon Ji Boyan.

...

"The gaze of the [Covered Lamp Fire] Position, one of the Twelve Middle Kalpas!"

’Xiao Ran’s’ eyes were deep as he gazed up at the sky, a look of surprise on his face. "That Demon Pup actually succeeded. Even though he’s missing one Position, he still attracted the attention of a greater Position..."

With every movement, ’Xiao Ran’ exuded a profound and ancient aura that seemed not of this world.

’It seems Ye Lan isn’t far from here either. This one shall prepare accordingly.’

’Xiao Ran’ slowly took a step forward.

There was clearly no fluctuation of True Essence around him.

Yet the space beneath his feet seemed to have no distance. It was as if the ground shrank with every inch, and in an instant, he vanished from the spot!

...

「On an island in the Bone-Eroding Demon Sea.」

Space rippled like water, and Qin Xuan, drenched in blood and with an extremely faint aura, stumbled out.

"Whew, I finally made it out alive." Qin Xuan let out a long breath, wanting to cry but having no tears left.

’Fuck! That son of a bitch Ji Boyan! He’s a real animal!’

’He blood-sacrificed the entire Bone-Eroding Demon Sea!’

Qin Xuan scanned his surroundings. For ten thousand li in every direction, there was no sign of life. A dead silence.

Even the native [Bone-Eroding Spirit Fog] of the Bone-Eroding Demon Sea had completely vanished!

’Damn it, how the hell did that bastard have such a profound cultivation base? He condensed a Nascent Soul without even having to undergo a Thunder Tribulation?’

’The most crucial thing was, I almost couldn’t even use the Cyan Cicada Shell, which should allow for an instant escape!’

’Ma Wei is dead, Xie Qing is dead, Plague Bone is dead...’

’Aside from Wei Qingyi and Liu Mobai, almost every Holy Sect Incense Master Qin Xuan knew had died, directly or indirectly, at Ji Boyan’s hands.’

’What a bullshit Foundation Establishment and Chaos Suppression Conference. It was all a lie!’

Just then, Qin Xuan suddenly noticed an Escape Light speeding in his direction.

When he got a clear look at the person’s face, Qin Xuan couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

’Well, well, Ye Lan. I don’t know whether to call you unlucky or not, but you’ve fallen right into my lap!’

Qin Xuan lightly wiped his face.

With a quick transformation, he disguised himself as Liu Mobai.

At this moment, Ye Lan was in even worse shape than Qin Xuan.

Not even one percent of his original aura remained.

He had nearly exhausted all his life-saving measures just to barely escape.

If it weren’t for the protection of the Golden Robe Emperor Monarch’s Dharma Aspect phantom, which blocked a fatal blow for him, he probably wouldn’t have been able to escape safely at all.

Fortunately, however, there were almost no living beings left in the entire Bone-Eroding Demon Sea.

As long as he could escape the Boundary Heaven.

Once he set foot in Daqian, he could call upon a Nascent Soul Daoist Monarch from the Astronomical Bureau anywhere to protect him!

Just as his Divine Sense was on high alert.

Suddenly, a sharp pain stabbed at his heart.

It felt as if he had been viciously stabbed by a needle.

At first, Ye Lan paid it no mind.

Not until a deep, dark aura was suddenly released.

[Zuo’e·Heart-Eroding Nail]!