Chapter 185

“Alright! Alright! Alright!”

A cold, stubborn voice mumbled from afar.

At that moment, she could only emit some sounds through the gap between ascensions.

But to reach this point, Yin Qingcheng must have already ascended to the Seventh Heaven. Her progress was incredibly fast.

“Since you haven’t gained enlightenment in this life, let’s fall in love again in the next!”

Shen Xitang tightly hugged Lu Ye, “In the next life, I’ll be with my husband too!”

“You should… die…”

The snarled, twisted voice grew weaker.

Lu Ye’s figure plummeted to the ground, while Shen Xitang glared at Yin Qingcheng, suddenly feeling quite cheerful.

Clink, clink, clink…

Shen Xitang helped Lu Ye land on the ground, and he immediately activated the Nine Tribulations Undying Body to master the Fourth Tribulation.

This Heavenly Tribulation’s power was still quite fierce.

But Lu Ye’s focus wasn’t on cultivation; it was entirely on killing Jiang Die.

Unfortunately, he had really tried his best, and still couldn’t do it.

The mother Gu of the Yin-Yang Devouring Path Gu had actually returned from the past…

“System, how much stuff from the previous life came back?” Lu Ye couldn’t help but ask.

“Ding! A portion returned. Anything related to you and your eight lovely wives’ karma should be back as well. At that time, I was almost dead tired and really had no energy left to sever the karma,”

the System replied.

“I even self-detonated. Did that not resolve these poisons?”

“Ding! Nope. Your self-detonation only killed eight Yin-Yang Devouring Path Gus; the rest didn’t disappear,”

the System said casually.

Lu Ye now understood the gist of it.

To rewind time took a massive effort from the System.

Many things were not completely within the System’s control.

The Fourth Tribulation hadn’t been fully cultivated.

There was still a bit more to go.

Lu Ye’s figure vanished.

The Second Heaven had now descended into despair.

Especially the sects that had provoked Lu Ye.

Initially, these powers had responded to the Jiang Family and Eternal Order Sect’s call, thinking a mere unascended Tianjiao was nothing to worry about.

But just after ascending, they were directly targeted by Jiang Family and Eternal Order Sect, leaving them with absolutely no hope of survival.

So to curry favor with these two factions, they jumped on the warship.

Then, Lu Ye really ascended.

They couldn’t wait to launch a siege on Lu Ye, only to be horrified to find they couldn’t beat or kill him.

Lu Ye boldly articulated his intent for retribution.

What could they do?

They had already gone down the wrong path.

They could only keep trudging onward into darkness.

Because Lu Ye’s demeanor was nothing short of demonic.

No one dared to gamble if they defected that Lu Ye would let them off.

One ambush after another.

In the end, among so many factions, only the Shen Wind Sect chose to turn back and intercept Jiang Die.

If it weren’t for this interception, Lu Ye would really have run out of time, and Jiang Die would have likely succeeded in her tribulation and ascended.

They had made the right bet.

Lu Ye agreed to let them off.

Others were not so lucky; there had been a total of twenty-two factions that sought to attack Lu Ye this time.

Even though Lu Ye had just ascended to the Second Heaven, he already knew the distribution of power there from his previous life; which factions participated in the siege were crystal clear to him.

These factions were definitely due for retribution. Not a single one would escape.

…

Third Heaven!

Just as Lu Ye had thought, as soon as Jiang Die ascended, a group of strong contenders swarmed around her.

The Destined Realm was merely average.

“Hmm? Didn’t they say your Jiang Family’s strongest genius would ascend? Why’d a bug come up instead?”

“You idiot, that’s no bug! It’s obviously a Gu! What a terrifying presence; this Gu must have an astounding status.”

“No matter how astonishing the Gu is, where’s Jiang Die?”

Jiang Die, who had fainted from pain, was jolted awake again.

Awful screams erupted from the Gu; the sheer agony was enough to make many frown involuntarily.

“What kind of horrific pain is she suffering to scream like that?”

“Just hearing that makes my heart race!”

Some wanted to inquire about the Gu’s origins, but it simply wouldn’t communicate effectively.

The Jiang Family took charge, sealing the Gu away.

They would wait until it survived this ordeal before addressing it further.

The news soon spread.

The Gu was Jiang Die; she had sustained severe injuries during her tribulation and was engaged in a fierce battle with Lu Ye, resulting in her body shattering and transforming into a Gu worm.

Turns out, this Gu worm was indeed Jiang Die.

But hearing the Gu worm’s heart-wrenching wails, the Jiang Family members couldn’t help but worry if Jiang Die would survive.

Yes, Jiang Die lost during her battle with Lu Ye in the Second Heaven.

However, there was no doubt that Jiang Die had demonstrated her intrinsic value.

She was very strong!

With proper cultivation and continued growth, it was uncertain who would win or lose in the future.

Seven days flew by in the blink of an eye.

The horrible screaming ceased.

Another three days passed before the Gu worm finally opened its eyes.

“Jiang Die?”

“You’re awake?”

“How did you turn into a Gu worm? Can you transform back?”

A group of Jiang Family experts surrounded Jiang Die, their voices filled with concern.

Jiang Die, at this moment, felt extremely exhausted. The past seven days had been the most torturous of her life, an indescribable kind of pain.

Primordial Morning Mist…

Primordial Morning Mist…

“I need to recover!”

Jiang Die spoke, her voice hoarse as it emanated from the Gu worm.

“Alright, alright, take your time healing. Do you need our help?”

“No need!”

Everyone left.

Jiang Die sat in silence for a while.

The pain was too much; just reminiscing made her soul tremble.

Her entire soul had nearly been torn apart by the agony; she couldn’t even imagine the level of suffering.

This was the price of being enemies with Lu Ye?

She forced herself not to think about it.

She began to assess her situation.

Where’s my Dao?

Where’s her Dao?

Oh, it’s still there… but why does it feel so weak now?

Her Dao, which she had replicated from Lu Ye through the mother Gu, had completely vanished without a trace.

Memories were intact.

All kinds of spells and techniques were still there.

But without Lu Ye’s Dao, what good was it to learn all of his techniques?

Shangguan Huanling could use Lu Ye’s Celestial Lord Fist, but when she did, it was utterly laughable.

And now, without Lu Ye’s Dao, would she become the same?

A drop of blood was expelled from the mother Gu’s mouth.

The blood radiated boundless vitality, trembling with life; even the Eternal Undying Body seemed to malfunction—her recovery was notably slower than before.

At this rate of blood rebirth, it would take fifty years to finish!

The Dao is the foundation for cultivators.

Techniques are the external manifestations of the Dao; powerful techniques can amplify the Dao’s power exponentially.

Without a suitable Dao, even the strongest techniques become shockingly weak.

In her previous life, Lu Ye had experienced just that: he acquired a powerful technique that didn’t align with his Dao. To cultivate this technique, he even went as far as developing a supplementary Dao.

In simpler terms, he took this bite of vinegar for a meal of dumplings.

Lu Ye had the System that allowed him to rapidly derive a new Dao and elevate it to a strong level.

But Jiang Die didn’t have that!