Chapter 326: Primordial Spirit Split-Soul! The Emergence of the Immortal’s Inheritance! Mysterious Scripture!

When night fell, the entire Jade Altar Blissful Land sank into silence. It was deep and icy cold, and it was as if a dense fog impenetrable to the eye shrouded everything.

The night passed without incident, as no one was mad enough to engage in duels under the cover of darkness. Only the massive stone statue of the Daoist in the center of the ancient city, and if examined closely, seemed to have shifted its stance ever so slightly.

The next day...

The sky grew bright. Compared to the gloomy, ghostly weather of Mount Jinting Blissful Land, the time and air here seemed relatively normal.

Thud, thud, thud!

From a shadowy alleyway came hurried footsteps, and a delicate-faced girl in a green dress burst in with panic written all over her features. She shoved the door open in a rush, as if something terrifying were chasing right behind her. Seeing this, Xu Ruoyun looked on with some curiosity.

“What happened?”

At this time, the girl in green was pale as paper. “They’ve gone mad! All of them have gone mad! The cultivators who entered the Jade Altar Blissful Land are killing each other like lunatics! Whatever you do, don’t go outside!” she said in horror, secretly stealing a glance at the two inside the room.

With that, Xu Ruoyun’s expression wavered, and almost unconsciously, she glanced toward the ancient alley outside the door. Li Yanchu, who had been seated cross-legged in meditation, opened his eyes, and a glimmer of spiritual light flashed within them.

𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

Clang!

The Jiaoslayer slid three cun from its sheath, thereafter a razor-sharp aura burst forth.

Swoosh!

A streak of saber light flashed, and the head of the girl in green instantly rolled across the floor before blood spurted wildly.

Seeing this, Xu Ruoyun was startled. “Why did you kill her?”

Li Yanchu’s eyes were cold, and he gave her no reply. Instead, his gaze fixed on the girl in green lying in the pool of blood.

“Stop pretending to be dead. Is this petty little trick all the Bai family has to offer?”

A sudden radiance burst from the girl in green’s body, and a dignified, noble-looking woman quietly floated into the air. It was none other than the person Li Yanchu had crossed paths with before, one of the Five Great Immortals beyond the Pass from the Bai family, Bai Yu!

At this time, the woman’s eyes seethed with venomous hatred.

“To think even a demon like you could have the chance to comprehend immortal arts!” Li Yanchu sneered coldly.

Bai Yu’s eyes narrowed to a dangerous arc. Earlier, she hadn’t reacted in time, and this young Daoist had simply struck her down without a word. That had truly taken her off guard!

Now, hearing his words, Bai Yu’s willow brows[1] shot up in fury.

“You insolent ox-nose Daoist, your arrogance knows no bounds!”

She opened her rosy lips, and a stream of thick venom spewed forth, accompanied by a rolling gray miasma of poison. But unfortunately for her, before the toxins could even reach the ground, they were cleansed away by a powerful force, dissipating instantly into the air.

He had used the quadruple-enhanced Plague-Dispelling Talisman!

Li Yanchu raised his hand slightly, and Bai Yu’s split-soul was seized directly into his grasp. He used the Daoist arts, Soul Snare!

Bai Yu was already shaken when her earlier spell was broken, and now her cultivation was completely sealed, unable to be unleashed! Never in her wildest dreams had she imagined that the moment she appeared, she would be seen through and seized directly.

Li Yanchu smiled faintly and thought,

this Spirit Eyes isn’t bad. Works very well!

The moment Bai Yu stepped through the door, he had activated the

Spirit Eyes

and instantly pierced through her illusionary trick.

“Fellow Daoist, wait, it’s a misunderstanding, all a misunderstanding!” Bai Yu panicked. After all, this was only one of her split-souls!

She surged her mana, trying to wash away the terrifying binding, but she never expected this young Daoist to be so domineering. The Soul Snare, empowered by the immense spiritual force within Li Yanchu, caused Bai Yu’s eyes to glaze with confusion. She had already been wounded earlier by the sudden strike of his Soul Snare, and now resisting him was even harder.

At this time, Li Yanchu directly took out the Eight Trigrams Mirror from his robes without wasting any words and raised his right hand high.

Swoosh!

A brilliant divine light shot forth, and the dazzling radiance smashed Bai Yu’s soul to pieces, leaving her no chance to react.

“Another split-soul!?” Li Yanchu was a little taken aback.

The Daoist art of letting the primordial spirit leave the body was unfathomably profound and extremely difficult to cultivate. At present, even he could not achieve a soul-splitting technique, which made him all the more wary of Bai Yu.

The white serpent was skilled in soul arts and could transform into human form to beguile hearts, and that innate allure of hers could so easily make one fall into her snare!

From last night until now, three cultivators had already perished tragically at Bai Yu’s hands, and her aura had gradually recovered. But, everything was now violently interrupted by Li Yanchu!

Xu Ruoyun’s gaze shifted, watching as the corpse of that green-robed girl transformed into a ferocious, massive white serpent, and she couldn’t help but draw in a sharp breath.

Then, Li Yanchu first stored away the serpent’s corpse, then resumed his cultivation. After about two hours, the spiritual energy between heaven and earth suddenly grew denser, and a fine curtain of rain fell.

Every cultivator within the Jade Altar Blissful Land couldn’t help but feel their spirits stir!

At the center of the ancient city, that colossal stone statue of a Daoist emitted ten-thousand rays of rosy light. Every cultivator who had entered the Jade Altar Blissful Land at this moment felt that overwhelming immortal aura. It was as if the very breath in the air flowed faster and faster by their ears.

Just then, the Daoist stone statue opened its eyes and gazed down upon the ancient city. It was as if an immortal’s whisper echoed between heaven and earth.

“The immortal inheritance has emerged!”

“On only the second day... who would’ve thought, the moment we entered the Jade Altar Blissful Land, such a heaven-shaking fortune would appear!”

Everyone was utterly shaken. This was the legendary Daoist training ground of an Immortal, a Grotto-Heaven and Blissful Land! And upon entering, the inheritance appeared just like that!?

Vast scripture appeared floating across the heavens, as the spiritual energy of heaven and earth continuously gathered.

In a secluded house, Danyangzi smiled faintly as he formed hand seals and gathered qi into his dantian. His body was enveloped in a faint layer of red light, and his heart filled with excitement.

Just then, a scroll of scripture appeared right before him, and a stream of radiance merged into Danyangzi’s body, while the chanting of Daoist hymns resounded in the heavens. He opened his eyes, revealing the excitement gleaming within them.

“As expected, this time the Jade Altar Blissful Land will reveal an inheritance. Even the elders of the previous generation never encountered such fortune! Once I successfully transcribe this scripture and gain the immortal inheritance within the Jade Altar, I will certainly secure the position of Mount Mao Sect Master in the future! Then, I shall shatter shackles, condense the Yang Spirit, and roam carefree between heaven and earth!”

Danyangzi’s heart surged with fervor. The Fire Virtue Sect’s Ye Hongyun had already been eliminated by him. Meanwhile, Murong Longcheng and Chen Tianyuan were not men of the Daoist path. This meant that the odds of this inheritance falling into his hands were very high.

He steadied his mind and began transcribing the scripture, and at the same time, his eyes flickered with unrestrained ambition.

***

In a secluded alley of the ancient city, Xu Ruoyun sat cross-legged with her jet-black hair naturally draping over her shoulders. Her skin was flawless, so delicate it seemed it could burst at a touch, and her face was framed by a pair of sparkling, expressive eyes.

At this moment, she straightened her upper body, outlining a breathtakingly full figure. At this time, her clothes were straining at the seams, as if they were going to tear apart.

Earlier, she had taken the Mount Jinting jujubes that Li Yanchu had given her, and all the qi, blood, and inner breath within her meridians had been completely restored. Even the damage caused when the curse-force corroding her five viscera was forcibly purged had also been repaired. It left her slightly stunned!

“So this is what a true precious treasure is!”

Her gaze toward Li Yanchu carried both wonder and admiration.

At this time, Li Yanchu was seated cross-legged on the bed, attuning himself to the spiritual energy of heaven and earth as he cultivated. The qi here was abundant, so much so that it was the perfect chance to refine the Longhu Golden Alchemy Method.

He expanded the vortex, and strands of pure spiritual energy from heaven and earth poured into his body.

1. 柳眉 (liǔ méi) literally means “willow eyebrows.” It’s a classical Chinese term describing eyebrows that are long, slender, and slightly curved, resembling the graceful drooping branches of a willow tree. ☜