Chapter 135: Copper Rust Corrodes Heavenly Secrets
Lu Qingyang’s full-force strike with the chaos bell Pestle instantly unleashed countless stardust, which streaked across the sky like meteors and vanished before hitting the ground.
At that very moment, Lu Qingyang’s Nascent Soul Avatar suddenly leapt from the top of his head, like a bolt of lightning tearing through the sky. This Nascent Soul Avatar was only three inches tall, yet it was incredibly agile, as if it possessed a life of its own.
This three-inch-tall figure stood on a treasure bowl condensed from Primordial Xuanhuang Qi, with a tongbao copper coin suspended above its head. What was surprising was that this tongbao copper coin fit perfectly with the Daowen on the Nascent Soul’s glabella, as if they were originally one.
“Xuanji Old Ancestor, do you know the taste of this copper rust?” The Nascent Soul opened its mouth, let out a cold laugh, and then spewed out a Chaos Sword Qi. This Sword Qi contained endless Chaos power, as if it could tear through the Void Realm.
Under the stimulation of the Chaos Sword Qi, the rusty copper coin suddenly burst forth with dazzling light, transforming into a giant wheel thousands of feet tall, which crushed down on the bronze pillar forest with thunderous force.
“Junior, how dare you insult my Dao Artifact!” Accompanied by an angry roar, Xuanji Old Ancestor’s remnant Divine Soul quickly reassembled its true form amidst the stardust. His figure was tall and imposing, exuding a chilling aura.
With the appearance of Xuanji Old Ancestor, the 120,000 bronze pillars suddenly seemed to come alive, twisting violently. In the blink of an eye, they combined to form a sky-devouring giant python, which opened its maw, revealing sharp fangs, and lunged directly at Lu Qingyang’s Nascent Soul Avatar.
The python’s body was enormous, each scale shimmering with cold light, as if indestructible. And as the scales on the python’s body shifted, scenes of the Celestial Sword Master’s demise appeared, vivid as if they were happening right before one’s eyes.
Even more terrifying, each inverted scale shot out a stream of Star Fiend Profound Light, which contained endless Star Fiend power, enough to penetrate the body of a Nascent Soul Cultivator.
Leng Yuehan waved her wide sleeve, summoning 100,000 Ice Soul Swords, which quickly condensed into a massive sword array in the air. The sword array slowly rotated in the Void Realm, emitting a chilling coldness that seemed to freeze the entire world.
“Old Devil, your Star Fiend is excellent Materials for forging swords!” Leng Yuehan sneered. Her left eye, which was originally empty, suddenly surged with a powerful Profound Frost Storm. This storm was like a roaring Dragon, raging in the Void Realm, tearing open black cracks wherever it passed.
And within this storm, some Chaos runes could vaguely be seen. These runes were exactly what had overflowed from the bronze coffin when Leng Yuehan’s eyes were gouged out in her previous life. They seemed to contain endless power, constantly flickering with mysterious light as the storm raged.
A hint of ruthlessness flashed in Leng Yuehan’s eyes. She decided to refine this Star Fiend into a Sword Tomb Frost to nourish her newly acquired Soul-Slaying Sword Soul.
At the same time, Su Meiniang also displayed her unique skill. Her Nine-Tailed Fox Fire condensed into a Burning Sky Silk in the air. This silk burned like flames, emitting a scorching aura.
However, surprisingly, sparks drifted down from the gaps in this silk. These sparks did not extinguish but slowly danced in the air, eventually transforming into numerous Azure Hill Rebirth Butterflies.
These Rebirth Butterflies were colorful, their wings shimmering with faint starlight. They flew gracefully towards the Star Fiend’s Profound Light like dancing Fairies.
After each Rebirth Butterfly devoured the starlight of the Star Fiend, it would condense a partial trigram of the bronze pillar star map on its wings. Although these trigrams were incomplete, they exuded an ancient and mysterious aura.
Su Meiniang looked at these Rebirth Butterflies and suddenly remembered something. She recalled that when the Celestial Sword Master was dying, he had bitten half a copper coin. And on that half-copper coin, the Old Devil’s life-soul Daowen seemed to be embedded.
“Could it be…” Su Meiniang’s heart stirred; she felt as if she had discovered an important clue.
Lu Qingyang’s Nascent Soul suddenly formed a hand seal, triggering the chaos bell to chime. The sound was like a great bell, causing all the inverted scales on the bronze giant python to stand on end.
“Su Jiejie, if you keep thinking about your old lover like this, Mr. Lu might get jealous!” Lu Qingyang said with a slight, playful smile.
After speaking, he suddenly flipped his hand, and thirty-six Heart-Joining Talismans were flung out like a celestial maiden scattering flowers. These Talismans, as if alive, quickly attached themselves to the copper coin giant wheel.
In an instant, the originally unified copper coin giant wheel seemed to be enchanted, suddenly splitting into 120,000 rusty ancient coins.
“How about we refine these Star Fiends into rouge money and buy Fairy Leng a few pretty bellybands? What do you think?” Lu Qingyang looked at Leng Yuehan teasingly, a mischievous glint in his eyes.
“Deng Tuzi! You’re asking for death!” Leng Yuehan was furious at the sight. Her Sword Qi suddenly shifted, and the Lunar Eclipse Sun Wheel, which was originally aimed at Lu Qingyang, abruptly changed direction, crushing the three thousand ancient copper coins like a mountain.
However, unexpectedly, when these broken coins were crushed, the Xuanhuang Qi gushing out from them actually condensed in mid-air into the face of Leng Yuehan’s previous life.
Although the face was blurry, her empty left eye was clearly visible, and from that left eye, Ice Soul Essence continuously flowed out. This essence seemed to be attracted by some power, directly nourishing Xuanji Old Ancestor’s remnant Divine Soul.
“So this copper rust… is actually formed from my previous life’s Dao injury!” Leng Yuehan stared at the copper rust formed from the Dao injury, a complex, inexpressible emotion welling up in her heart.
Xuanji Old Ancestor seized the opportunity to urge the bronze giant python to raise its head and hiss. The Star Fiend spewed from its mouth condensed into Dragon-Trapping Nails, stabbing towards Lu Qingyang’s Nascent Soul: “Your greed is all within my trigrams!” The Karma lines entwined around the nails suddenly revealed a scene of Su Meiniang gouging out her heart to save someone, the position where her heart’s blood dripped perfectly coinciding with the gap in the tongbao copper coin.
Su Meiniang’s fox tail wrapped the Burning Sky Silk around the Dragon-Trapping Nails, and the golden bell at the tip of her tail shattered the three-thousand-mile star map: “The Old Devil calculated so deeply!” Memory fragments analyzed as the silk burned showed that in every life, the Divine Soul of the person she saved by gouging out her heart had bronze pillar star patterns embedded within it. “So, on the day my nine tails were completely severed, you planted the Gluttonous Heart-Devouring Gu!”
Lu Qingyang’s Nascent Soul suddenly swelled up as if inflated, rapidly expanding into a hundred-zhang-tall giant Avatar! This Avatar exuded a chilling aura, and in its palm, it held the legendary treasure bowl.
From the treasure bowl, Chaos Mother Qi continuously gushed out. This Chaos Mother Qi seemed to possess endless power, sweeping forth like a torrent under the Avatar’s control.
Lu Qingyang’s voice echoed throughout this world: “Fairy Leng, your Ice Soul Dao injury is truly priceless, worth at least tens of millions of Spirit Stones! Haha, since that’s the case, Mr. Lu will gladly accept it!”
Before he finished speaking, a Tiantian Daowen phantom suddenly rose from the treasure bowl. This Tiantian Daowen phantom opened its maw and lunged directly at Leng Yuehan, its target being the bronze giant python in her hand.
In the blink of an eye, the Tiantian Daowen phantom bit into the bronze giant python’s seven-inch vital point. Its fangs deeply pierced the bronze giant python’s body, and countless stardust immediately gushed out from the wound.
What was surprising was that these stardust were all engraved with the Daowen of the tongbao copper coin, as if they had been blessed by some mysterious power.
Leng Yuehan’s face changed drastically at the sight. The Eclipse Sun Wheel beneath her feet instantly shattered, and she used this force to leap up like a cannonball, charging straight towards Lu Qingyang’s Avatar.
However, just as she leapt, the Ice Soul Sword in her hand suddenly, without warning, plunged into the empty socket of her left eye!
“My Dao injury is not for others to touch!” Leng Yuehan’s voice was cold and resolute, revealing a determination to face death without fear.
As the Ice Soul Sword was inserted, a Profound Frost Storm erupted from her eye socket. This storm swept forth like raging waves, and within it, a gigantic Ice Soul Dragon actually condensed!
Even more surprising, the face of this Ice Soul Dragon was identical to Xuanji Old Ancestor!
Leng Yuehan's voice echoed in the storm: "Old Devil, do you know the highest Profound Truth of the Grand Yin Soul-Slaying Sword?"
Before her words faded, the Ice Soul Dragon suddenly exploded, scattering countless ice shards. Amidst these shards, one hundred and twenty thousand bronze pillars simultaneously emerged, and each pillar began to show intricate ice cracks, as if they could shatter at any moment.
Just as everyone was stunned, Xuanji Old Ancestor's remnant Divine Soul suddenly shot into the bronze python like a flash of lightning! In an instant, the python's body trembled violently, its scales flipping over to form a Heaven-Devouring Formation Diagram!
This Formation Diagram, like a living entity, exuded a heart-palpitating aura. Xuanji Old Ancestor's voice came from within the Formation Diagram, carrying a hint of playfulness and mockery: "Your struggles are futile; they only add to the laughter!"
Within the Formation Diagram, various scenes began to appear. Among them, Lu Qingyang stealing Neoshang Pavilion Master's undergarment was particularly striking. The mandarin duck pattern on the undergarment perfectly matched the rust on the tongbao copper coin, as if fated.
"This 'Greedy Wolf Devouring Heaven' game, this old man began setting it up the moment you reincarnated!" Xuanji Old Ancestor's voice echoed in the Formation Diagram, sending chills down one's spine.
However, at this moment, Su Meiniang suddenly let out a delicate cry. She unhesitatingly tore the Burning Sky Silk, and the nine-tailed Fox Fire, like a blazing inferno, instantly condensed into a giant rebirth monument!
Su Meiniang fearlessly smashed the rebirth monument towards the formation's core, shouting: "This concubine must thank this Heart-Devouring Gu..."
With the impact of the rebirth monument, a scene appeared on its inscription. It was Su Meiniang's eighth life, where she transferred the Gu poison to the Celestial Sword Master. And the rift the Celestial Sword Master cut before his demise perfectly overlapped with the gap in the copper coin!
"If not for this Gu, how would this concubine have known that the half-copper coin on Little Lord's waist actually embedded the Old Devil's vital star-aperture!" Su Meiniang's voice revealed a hint of triumph and determination.
Lu Qingyang's Avatar suddenly became blurry, like a wisp of smoke, slowly fading. At the same time, his Nascent Soul's fingertips flowed with Chaos Qi, which rapidly condensed into a rusty copper coin sword.
Lu Qingyang looked at the copper coin sword in his hand, a hint of emotion flashing in his eyes, and he softly said: "Su Jiejie has shown such deep affection for me, I truly have no way to repay it..." Before his words finished, the copper coin sword in his hand suddenly flicked forward, its tip pointing directly at the Formation Diagram.
The moment the copper coin sword's edge pierced the Formation Diagram, a cold light flashed, and the Ice Soul formed from Cold Moon's past life Dao injuries suddenly embedded itself into the Formation Diagram's gap. This Ice Soul intertwined with the Formation Diagram's power, emitting a crisp sound.
Seeing this, Lu Qingyang's lips curved slightly into a playful smile, and he continued: "Since that's the case, why don't I refine this Old Devil's star-aperture into a Joyful Bell and give it to Jiejie to play with? What do you think, Jiejie?"
With that, the copper coin sword in his hand thrust forward again. This time, its tip accurately touched Xuanji Old Ancestor's vital point. However, just as the copper coin sword was about to pierce Xuanji Old Ancestor's vital point, a dull roar suddenly came from the depths of the Void Realm.
As the roar sounded, a giant bronze coffin's phantom slowly rose from the depths of the Void Realm. The coffin's surface was covered with traces of time, appearing ancient and mysterious. From the gaps in the coffin lid, Chaos Qi continuously overflowed, rapidly condensing in the air, eventually forming the Celestial Sword Master's remnant Divine Soul.
The Celestial Sword Master's remnant Divine Soul looked very weak, but the broken sword in his hand exuded a powerful aura. Surprisingly, this broken sword resonated with the rust on the tongbao copper coin in Lu Qingyang's hand, as if there was some special connection between them.
The Celestial Sword Master's remnant Divine Soul gazed at the copper coin sword in Lu Qingyang's hand, then suddenly realized: "So... this copper coin was originally the sword guard!"
Before his words finished, the Celestial Sword Master's remnant Divine Soul suddenly merged into Lu Qingyang's Nascent Soul like a meteor. In an instant, Lu Qingyang's Nascent Soul erupted with dazzling light, and the originally rusty copper coin sword also underwent astonishing changes at this moment.
The rust on the copper coin sword peeled off like snowflakes, revealing the sword's original sharpness. The sword body shimmered with brilliant Sword Qi, as dazzling as the brightest star in the night sky.
This sudden change stunned everyone, but the copper coin sword in Lu Qingyang's hand suddenly swung, and a brilliant Sword Qi that could sever star orbits shot out like lightning, directly striking Xuanji Old Ancestor.
Cold Moon seized the opportunity to press the Grand Yin Eclipse Sun Wheel into her left eye, and an Ice Soul storm condensed into a Dao of Annihilation pattern deep within her pupil: "This sword strike will sever your one hundred and twenty thousand lifetimes of Karma!" She transformed entirely into an Ice Soul Sword and pierced the bronze python's reverse scale. The star-sha touched by the sword's edge suddenly poured back into Xuanji Old Ancestor's remnant Divine Soul.
Su Meiniang's nine tails, like nine thick pythons, tightly wrapped around the rebirth monument, then she swung it violently, smashing it fiercely into the gap of the copper coin sword.
With a loud "bang," the rebirth monument collided with the copper coin sword, producing a crisp metallic clang. At the same time, Fox Fire blazed on the sword body, instantly burning it red-hot.
Amidst the blazing Fox Fire, the Qingqiu Netherworld Curse flickered, as if awakened by the flames. Su Meiniang roared: "This strike will burn your million years of scheming!"
As her words fell, the inscriptions on the rebirth monument began to shine with dazzling light. Each character seemed to be imbued with life, flying out from the inscriptions and transforming into golden chains.
These chains were as swift as lightning, instantly binding Xuanji Old Ancestor's remnant Divine Soul tightly to the sword's edge.
Xuanji Old Ancestor's remnant Divine Soul let out a mournful scream; he clearly hadn't expected Su Meiniang to possess such a formidable technique.
However, at this moment, Xuanji Old Ancestor's remnant Divine Soul suddenly let out a burst of wild laughter: "Coveting Heaven? You are all this old man's best Dao seeds!"
With his laughter, his remnant Divine Soul suddenly self-destructed!
The power of this self-destruction was immense; the one hundred and twenty thousand bronze pillars were instantly blown into countless star dust, which erupted like a torrent.
Every speck of star dust was like a mirror, reflecting various items in Lu Qingyang's Storage Pouch. The most striking among them was the Nishang Pavilion's bellyband.
The mandarin duck pattern on the bellyband was actually devouring the Dao rhyme of the tongbao copper coin, as if enjoying a lavish feast.
Lu Qingyang's Nascent Soul suddenly spat out a drop of Chaos essence blood. This blood bead, like a meteor, swiftly flew to the surface of the copper coin sword, then condensed into a Tiantian Daowen.
Lu Qingyang sneered: "Old Mud Loach, do you know what Mr. Lu is best at..."
Before his words finished, the copper coin sword in his hand suddenly reversed, and with lightning speed, fiercely pierced into his Dantian!
This action left everyone dumbfounded; no one had expected Lu Qingyang to be so decisive.
However, what was even more shocking was that as the copper coin sword pierced in, a gushing Nascent Soul essence, like a spring, continuously poured out from his Dantian.
These Nascent Soul essences seemed to possess magical power, as the rust that had originally disappeared from the copper coin sword began to spread again, and at an extremely fast rate. In the blink of an eye, the entire copper coin sword was covered in rust.
"I will corrupt this heavenly secret into Mr. Lu's private stash!" Lu Qingyang's voice, at this moment, resonated through the entire space like a grand bell.
