Chapter 368 - 154: Third Realm of Ascension to Immortality, Perishing into the Dao, Position of the New Sect Leader
RUMBLE!
In the depths of the Star Sea, the black rod shot back and forth, shattering vast expanses of thunderclouds and forcefully sealing off that sundered patch of heaven and earth.
In the distance, Qin Wuliang’s enormous Divine Shadow Dharma Aspect stood between heaven and earth, the Divine Light pouring from his body as it surged in all directions.
"The Kui God Dao is to devour the world’s vicious Demon Ghosts and make them one’s own. I have also cultivated the Kui God’s Technique, so the world’s vicious Demon Ghosts can become my nourishment..."
Qin Wuliang spread his arms wide, threw his head back to the heavens, and let out a long roar:
"The Venerable Lord once said that until all evil is purged from the world, he would not attain the Dao. The same is true for me!"
BOOM!
A divine sound, vast and mighty, echoed through the heavens. Following Qin Wuliang’s long roar, the countless wails and cries of ghosts suddenly erupted from his mouth.
Then, endless Evil Ghosts struggled and roared their way out from the streams of Divine Light.
These were the very Demon Ghosts he had devoured over the last thirty thousand years!
What are Demon Ghosts?
Some are bloodthirsty Great Demons with powerful bloodlines. Others are human souls that have been corrupted by the Yin Sha Resentful Qi of the world, birthing them into monstrous forms.
Even if a Demon Ghost’s physical form is destroyed, its aura scatters across the land, and in time, new Demon Ghosts will arise.
For this reason, Demon Ghosts have been an inexhaustible plague throughout history.
That was until the Netherworld Venerable Master appeared out of nowhere. He established the Netherworld to contain the world’s Yin Sha Qi, resentment, and malicious thoughts. For a time, the number of Demon Ghosts in the world plummeted, with barely one in ten remaining.
But Yin Sha Qi comes from the world itself, while resentment and malicious thoughts are born from the hearts of the Ten Thousand Spirits.
Both are endless, and even the Netherworld Venerable Master could not root them out completely.
Therefore, he established the Yin Department Divine System, its primary purpose being to catch what slipped through the cracks.
Little Ghosts hook souls, while Daoists hunt and capture them. They are sent to the Netherworld for purification, and afterward, the Netherworld Venerable Master guides the purified souls into Reincarnation...
This was the system by which the Yin Department operated.
But thousands of years ago, contact with the Netherworld was lost. The Yin Department system became almost completely useless. All the vicious Demon Ghosts had nowhere to go; they could not be purified, and thus, there was no more Reincarnation.
The Yin Sha Qi, resentment, and malicious thoughts in the world began to accumulate more and more.
But the reason the number of Demon Ghosts in the world didn’t increase significantly, and a situation like the "Night Parade of a Hundred Demons" never happened in broad daylight, was because of Qin Wuliang!
The Kui God’s Technique he cultivated was famous for devouring ghosts and demons.
Using this Cultivation Technique, he had single-handedly contained the most vicious Demon Ghosts born on this land for the past several thousand years!
And now, he was spewing them all out at once!
UWAAAH!
Qin Wuliang’s massive, mountain-like Dharma Aspect opened its mouth and spewed forth a terrifying torrent composed of tens of thousands of Demon Ghosts.
Faintly, one could see the twisted faces of countless vicious Demon Ghosts and feel the indescribably dense, utterly terrifying Yin Sha Resentment Qi!
In an instant, nearly half of the Divine Light erupting from around Qin Wuliang was stained a strange, inky black.
The space between heaven and earth seemed to be filled entirely with the wailing roars of the Demon Ghosts!
"So many Demon Ghosts?!"
Cui Yanliang’s face was deathly pale, as if he were suffocating.
Jin Yunfeng was no better off; watching the scene, he could barely remain standing.
With such a number of Demon Ghosts, there was no need for a fight. They need only roar past, and the entire population of a city would be wiped out!
’Until all evil is purged, I will not attain the Dao...’
Watching the countless Demon Ghosts that came roaring in like a tide, their forms interweaving with the streams of Divine Light, Su Bai stroked his smooth chin, his gaze profound and his mind lost in thought.
BOOM!
BOOM!
Deep within the Star Sea, the explosive reports grew ever louder. Even from an unknown, immense distance, the aftershocks buffeted the entire void, causing it to surge like a tide in a display of immense power.
"Elder Su, how will the Old Mansion Master pass this tribulation?"
Jin Yunfeng couldn’t help but ask.
"The path of Feathered Ascension to Immortality is already fraught with difficulty. To sublimate to the absolute peak in the final moment, to stake it all in a final battle and break through one’s limits—how could that possibly be easy?"
Su Bai let out a soft sigh.
"Difficult, difficult, difficult!"
The Dayu Immortal Dynasty’s territory was immeasurably vast, and its Cultivators were numberless. Naturally, there were quite a few beings in the Feather Transformation Realm, and even a handful of experts who had reached the Ninth Level of the Feather Transformation Realm.
Yet among them, not a single one dared to rashly attempt to cross the Thunder Tribulation and break through to the Ascension Immortal Realm.
The terrifying nature of this Thunder Tribulation was simply beyond most people’s imagination.
How could achieving Ascension to Immortality ever be an easy matter?
"Difficult..."
Jin Yunfeng staggered, his heart growing impossibly heavy.
Even the man he saw as the mysterious and unfathomable Elder Su had just repeated the word "difficult" three times.
’Is this tribulation... truly impossible to overcome?’
ROAR!!
While they were speaking, they heard the tens of millions of Demon Ghosts let out a bloodcurdling shriek that nearly tore the sky asunder.
Under the crushing pressure of the Divine Light, these innumerable Demon Ghosts actually began to show signs of merging into one!
Gradually, they transformed into a black mass of light.
And after Qin Wuliang devoured this black mass of light, his aura grew stronger and stronger.
But a moment later, bolts of blood-red lightning had already gathered in the sky, pouring down in a frenzy!
RUMBLE!
Just a few breaths later, an endless tide of blood-red light flooded the heavens, completely submerging Qin Wuliang’s body.
CRACK!
The next moment, with a sound like a Jade Bottle shattering or a clap of thunder, Qin Wuliang staggered. He coughed up a large mouthful of blood, his aura suddenly weak and listless.
Evidently, he had failed.
HUUFF!