Chapter 864: The turtle master surrenders! The outcome is decided!
“Boom boom boom!!!”
Although the Fuhai Sect’s grand formation was operating, sealing the void and enveloping heaven and earth, making entry and exit difficult.
The main formation plate of this grand formation was in Lu Changsheng’s hands.
Furthermore, the Fuhai Sect had no Nascent Soul True Lords, and with only a Four-tiered formation master presiding over the formation’s operation, how could it possibly stop a top-tier Nascent Soul cultivator like Star King?
Especially since Star King had already made various preparations just now.
At this moment, he directly condensed the means he had prepared to deal with Lu Changsheng into streaks of starlight, intending to blast open the Fuhai Sect’s grand formation and escape from this place.
“Star King, you!!!”
Patriarch Zhenhai’s eyes nearly popped out when he saw this scene.
He hadn’t expected that at such a critical juncture, Star King would actually choose to retreat directly.
If the other party didn’t act, relying solely on himself, it would be difficult to turn the tide.
But the current situation didn’t allow him to hesitate or delay.
His essence and qi burned throughout his body as he led the Dao Soldiers arranged in a battle formation to attack Lu Changsheng, intending to snatch the Soul Controlling Talisman from his hand!
“Screech!!!”
Seeing Star King choose to retreat and flee, the Golden-winged Heavenly Peng immediately spread its wings, let out a long cry towards the sky, and pounced towards him, intending to intercept him.
“Star King? This person is one of the Palace Masters of the Star-Moon Palace, Star King?”
Upon hearing this, Lu Changsheng looked at the stern young man whose purple starlight brocade robe fluttered and merged with the countless stars in the sky.
He naturally knew about the Star-Moon Palace, one of the top powers in the Star Constellation Sea.
Years ago, when a Four-tiered Diviner had calculated the situation of the Sea Splitting Mysterious Dragon Whale, Lu Changsheng had speculated whether the Seven Sects of Zhenhai had invited a Diviner from the Star-Moon Palace.
He hadn’t expected that the Star-Moon Palace, which had always maintained neutrality and did not participate in disputes, would actually come with Patriarch Zhenhai to assassinate him!
“According to the information, the Star-Moon Palace has always had two Palace Masters in each generation, Star King and Moon Sovereign. Why is only Star King present and not Moon Sovereign?”
Lu Changsheng’s Taiyi Divine Soul spread out, but he did not sense a fourth top-tier Nascent Soul cultivator.
Although he had already imprisoned and restricted the Old Ancestor Guixian in front of him through the [Soul Controlling Talisman].
But if there were still three top-tier Nascent Soul cultivators, he would be very passive.
“Golden Peng, don’t worry about him! Block this Demon King and Patriarch Zhenhai!”
Lu Changsheng naturally did not want to let go of Star King, who had come to help Patriarch Zhenhai assassinate him.
But right now, his primary goal was to completely enslave the black-robed old man in front of him!
Then, through the black-robed old man, he would deal with Patriarch Zhenhai.
As for Star King, he could be dealt with later.
As long as he enslaved the black-robed old man, this top-tier transformed Demon King, he could directly go to the Star-Moon Palace afterward to demand an explanation and accountability!
Upon hearing this, the Golden-winged Heavenly Peng tore through the endless starlight around him and turned to pounce towards the Four-tiered Demon King under Patriarch Zhenhai.
Facing Star King or Patriarch Zhenhai, it was no match.
But dealing with a Four-tiered early stage Demon King was not a problem.
The Yin-Yang Avatar, with the Yin-Yang Diagram above its head and surges of profound Yin-Yang divine light around its body, cast the Great Yin-Yang Qi Grasp to resist Patriarch Zhenhai.
Lu Changsheng even threw the Nine Tribulations Sword in his hand to the Yin-Yang Avatar, concentrating all his effort on activating the Soul Controlling Talisman.
“Ah!!!”
Old Ancestor Guixian used all his might, trying to break free from the Soul Controlling Talisman’s imprisonment and restriction.
But he couldn’t do it at all.
The talismanic restrictions formed by the Soul Controlling Talisman had been deeply imprinted in his physical body, deep within his bloodline, imprisoning his divine soul.
He couldn’t even attack Lu Changsheng now.
“Who are you, how can you possess such means!”
Old Ancestor Guixian had already transformed into a Dragon Turtle, with sharp horns and deep blue scales covering its body, and roared hoarsely.
He couldn’t believe that such a method existed in the world.
A single talismanic order was enough to imprison and enslave him.
“Buzz buzz buzz—”
Through the radiant Soul Controlling Talisman in his hand, Lu Changsheng could clearly feel Old Ancestor Guixian’s stubborn struggle.
He was surprised and realized that the other party’s bloodline was extraordinary, and he was only a step away from advancing to the Four-tiered late stage!
If the other party had crossed this step and advanced to the Four-tiered late stage, with his bloodline potential, Lu Changsheng might not have been able to enslave him.
“Given that you’ve cultivated to this realm with great difficulty, don’t waste your efforts. Surrender obediently and submit to me, otherwise, with a single thought, this Venerable can annihilate you!”
Lu Changsheng’s face was stern, and he said coldly, his divine sense and magic power surging madly into the Soul Controlling Talisman, intending to completely enslave Old Ancestor Guixian.
He naturally wouldn’t kill Old Ancestor Guixian.
After all, this was a top-tier Demon King.
Only a little bit away from advancing to the Four-tiered late stage!
By enslaving such a top-tier Demon King, he would be able to roam freely in the Southern Wilderness’s northern region and the entire Star Constellation Sea in the future.
Even looking at the entire Southern Wilderness cultivation world, such a Demon King was a hegemonic existence, enough to dominate a region and solve many of his troubles.
“This is impossible!”
As a Four-tiered Demon King, a descendant of a pure-blooded true spirit, Old Ancestor Guixian naturally refused to yield to Lu Changsheng.
It struggled desperately, its scales and turtle shell covered with densely packed talismans, intertwining and surging, its massive body swelling section by section, like floating mountains, supporting heaven and earth.
The terrifying demonic power was even more vast than the ocean, like an immeasurable sea, with surging waves, stirring up boundless black tides.
The entire Fuhai Sect’s earth veins trembled violently under its footsteps and immense demonic power, causing the spiritual energy to become chaotic and flow backward.
“This, this, this…”
“How can there be such a terrifying Demon King!”
The cultivators of the Fuhai Sect, facing this kind of battle situation and Star King, who had suddenly betrayed them and was attacking the grand formation, were already finding it difficult to cope and didn’t know what to do.
At this moment, Old Ancestor Guixian’s frantic rampage and the surging demonic power swept through the entire Fuhai Sect, causing the spiritual veins to tremble and the spiritual energy to flow backward, directly causing many cultivators’ qi and blood and magic power to become uncontrollable, spitting out blood.
As the saying goes, when immortals fight, mortals suffer.
Even though the Fuhai Sect were all cultivators.
However, Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment cultivators were no different from mortals in front of a top-tier Demon King like Old Ancestor Guixian.
Only Core Formation cultivators could barely stabilize the turmoil of their qi and blood and magic power under such might.
“Boom!”
Facing this situation, Star King instantly blasted open a corner of the Fuhai Sect’s grand formation.
“Who exactly is this person!? What is his origin?”
Star King looked at Lu Changsheng and the frantically roaring Old Ancestor Guixian, who had transformed into his Dragon Turtle form, feeling shocked and suspicious.
Through their previous meeting, he knew that this Old Ancestor Guixian’s true form was likely a descendant of the鎮宗圣兽 (sacred beast guarding the sect) of the former [御海山] (Imperial Sea Mountain), and its strength was terrifying.
Even he was no match for this Old Ancestor Guixian.
But now, this terrifyingly strong Old Ancestor Guixian was actually being suppressed by Lu Changsheng to the point of being unable to resist.
Purple starlight swirled in his pupils as he looked at the radiant Soul Controlling Talisman in Lu Changsheng’s hand, where countless runes and demonic beast patterns were intertwined.
He saw that the other party’s ability to suppress Old Ancestor Guixian was related to this talismanic order.
But what kind of talismanic order could suppress a top-tier transformed Demon King in an instant!?
Star King didn’t look any longer, nor did he dare to look too much, lest great misfortune descend and trap him here.
“Whoosh!”
Star King himself was like a beam of starlight, suddenly breaking through the void and disappearing.
“Why aren’t you submitting quickly!”
Seeing the Dragon Turtle in front of him with its demonic power raging, almost destroying his own Fuhai Sect, Lu Changsheng immediately shouted coldly.
He not only continued to imprison its demon core and divine soul but also used the Soul Controlling Talisman to activate the restrictions imprinted deep within its bloodline, causing it unbearable pain throughout its body, making it wish it were dead.
This kind of pain originating from deep within the bloodline was simply inhuman.
Sourness, itchiness, aches, and pain, various kinds of suffering surged out all at once.
Even a top-tier Demon King like Old Ancestor Guixian couldn’t bear it, roaring towards the sky, losing its will to fight, and its entire body’s demonic power began to dissipate.
“Fellow Daoist, stop. This matter is our Seven Sects of Zhenhai’s fault first, we shouldn’t have plotted against Fellow Daoist. I am willing to make compensation! Please stop, Fellow Daoist!”
Patriarch Zhenhai saw this scene, his face filled with shock and suspicion, and he quickly shouted loudly.
Although he could suppress the Yin-Yang Avatar by relying on the Dao Soldier formation and burning his essence and origin qi.
But now that Star King had retreated and fled, and his true form was imprisoned and restricted, unless he could kill the Yin-Yang Avatar in a short time and then kill Lu Changsheng, there was no chance of turning the tide.
Especially since his life was connected to Old Ancestor Guixian, he realized that his true form’s demon core and divine soul were being imprisoned by the other party, and it was estimated that it wouldn’t be long before they were completely imprisoned and enslaved.
“Heh…”
Lu Changsheng looked at Patriarch Zhenhai, who was desperately attacking the Yin-Yang Avatar’s defense, and let out a cold laugh filled with mockery and disdain in his heart.
Compensation?
If he couldn’t kill him, so be it.
Now that he was about to enslave Old Ancestor Guixian, this top-tier Demon King, how could he still negotiate with Patriarch Zhenhai?
If he didn’t kill the other party, he wouldn’t be able to rest or eat in peace!
However, this Patriarch Zhenhai and the Dragon Turtle in front of him really had a deep friendship.
Star King just now, seeing the situation was bad, made a decisive choice to escape.
This Patriarch Zhenhai, surprisingly, had no intention of escaping at all?
“How does Fellow Daoist plan to compensate?”
Although Lu Changsheng had no intention of negotiating in his heart and only wanted to kill Patriarch Zhenhai.
But now the Soul Controlling Talisman was still a little short, so he chose to play along and stall for time.
“Ah!!!”
Patriarch Zhenhai saw the painful appearance of his true form with a distorted face, bulging veins, and wide eyes, and felt some of the other party’s pain, causing him to shiver.
This kind of method was simply terrifying.
“Go! Escape quickly!”
Seeing that the Lu Changsheng in front of him had no intention of negotiating or stopping, Patriarch Zhenhai dared not delay any longer and prepared to escape, planning to find a way to save his true form later.
Otherwise, in just a moment, my true self would be completely imprisoned and enslaved by the Yangming True Monarch before me.
At that point, I would have no other path than death.
If I were to escape, there might be a chance in the future to rescue my true self from his grasp.
Lu Changsheng saw that the Old Ancestor Zhenhai had the intention to retreat, and together with the Yin-Yang Dao Body, they both cast out a Yin-Yang One Qi Great Capture, sealing off the heaven and earth void.
Immediately after, a compass shimmering with starlight appeared in his hand.
It was the Spirit Treasure [Star Realm Compass] that he had refined in the Yinming Ghost Sect.
This compass could form a starlight realm.
Once a cultivator’s Nascent Soul exited the body, it would instantly refract rays of starlight, causing damage to it.
Even if the cultivator’s Nascent Soul spirit body broke through the starlight realm, it would be entangled by the “starlight,” forming a brand.
To prevent the Old Ancestor Zhenhai’s Nascent Soul from escaping, Lu Changsheng directly activated this compass.
“Rumble!”
At this time, the Old Ancestor Zhenhai was burning his essence blood and vital energy, and also carried a thousand Dao soldiers, making his combat power astonishing.
With a forceful strike, he directly weakened the descending Yin-Yang Great Hand Seal by several degrees.
This was a manifestation of the insufficiency of Spirit Treasures and divine abilities.
Facing a Nascent Soul early-stage cultivator, even if Lu Changsheng’s innate spirit treasure was damaged and he hadn’t refined his divine abilities, it would be sufficient to use and suppress the opponent.
But facing a Nascent Soul mid-stage cultivator like the Old Ancestor Zhenhai, it was far from enough.
Fortunately, this was the Fuhai Sect!
Seeing that the Old Ancestor Gui Xian was already suppressed by the Beast Controlling Talisman and unable to move, Lu Changsheng immediately focused on three things at once, and the main formation plate of the Fuhai Sect appeared in his hand, which he activated with all his might.
If, before, there were still cultivators from the Fuhai Sect vying with him for control of the Fuhai Sect’s great formation and interfering with its operation.
But under the might of the Star King and the Old Ancestor Gui Xian, most of the Fuhai Sect cultivators were killed or injured, directly losing control of the great formation, and the remaining Core Formation cultivators did not dare, nor could they, contend with him for the operation of the great formation.
“Buzz!!!”
Lu Changsheng focused on three things at once, while entangled with the Old Ancestor Zhenhai through the Yin-Yang Dao Body, he also suppressed the Old Ancestor Gui Xian through the Beast Controlling Talisman and operated the Fuhai Sect’s great formation.
However, the Old Ancestor Zhenhai was single-mindedly focused on escaping.
He not only burned his own essence blood origin, but also burned the life potential of the Dao soldiers, causing his aura to continuously rise.
He then conjured a token, directly ignoring some of the Fuhai Sect’s great formation power, and blasted open the blockade formed by the Yin-Yang One Qi Great Capture.
As the true old ancestor of the Zhenhai Seven Sects, he was well aware of the Fuhai Sect’s great formation and possessed many countermeasures.
This was also why he dared to act here even though he had given the main formation plate to Lu Changsheng.
Not far away, the fourth-stage demon king fighting with the Golden-winged Heavenly Peng saw the Old Ancestor Zhenhai breaking through the encirclement with all his might, and also chose to abandon the fight, intending to break through the blockade and escape with the Old Ancestor Zhenhai.
Although its combat power was not as good as the Golden-winged Heavenly Peng’s.
But as a fourth-stage demon king, the Golden-winged Heavenly Peng could not defeat it in a short time either.
“Screech!!!”
The Golden-winged Heavenly Peng screeched fiercely, already treating it as prey in its belly, unwilling for it to escape.
Upon seeing this, Lu Changsheng’s expression turned solemn, knowing that it would be difficult to stop the Old Ancestor Zhenhai with the Star Realm Compass.
The Nine Abyss Black Tortoise Armor appeared on his body, and a three-headed, six-armed Dharma Body condensed, and he personally charged towards the Old Ancestor Zhenhai, intending to stop him.
And in the process, a snow-white pellet flew out from the top of his head, transforming into a figure that took over one of his storage bags.
The Three Treasures incarnation’s limit was the Core Formation Great Master, unable to participate in battles of this level.
But the Three Treasures incarnation could support from the side by using talismans!
“Damn it!”
The Old Ancestor Zhenhai looked at Lu Changsheng, who was like a god and a demon before him, with surging qi and blood and magical power, his face distorted, and an indescribable hatred for the Star King surged in his heart.
If the other party hadn’t fled, this battle wouldn’t have been a complete victory.
At least there was a fifty percent chance of rescuing his true self, thus retreating and finding another opportunity.
But the other party, seeing the unfavorable situation, directly chose to retreat!
The Old Ancestor Zhenhai felt incredibly stifled in his heart, truly not expecting the Star King to be so unreliable!
“Boom boom boom!!!”
The Old Ancestor Zhenhai broke through Lu Changsheng’s layers of attacks, unwilling to engage in a protracted battle with him, only wanting to escape.
But facing Lu Changsheng’s various methods, even if he burned his essence energy origin and carried a thousand Dao soldiers, he could not break free in a short time.
“Explode!!!”
Feeling that his true self’s soul was about to be completely imprisoned, the Old Ancestor Zhenhai was extremely anxious in his heart.
He directly burned this entire squad of Dao soldiers and launched a suicidal self-detonation towards Lu Changsheng.
One must know that Dao soldiers are extremely difficult to cultivate.
They not only consume resources but also cost a lot of money.
Under normal circumstances, no cultivator would be willing to sacrifice the Dao soldiers they had painstakingly cultivated by burning and self-detonating them.
But now, the Old Ancestor Zhenhai could no longer care about that.
“Dragon Turtle, your life is already in the hands of this true self, why do you not quickly surrender!”
“If you continue with these meaningless struggles and cause this person to escape, this true self will make your life worse than death, you won’t even be able to die if you want to!”
Lu Changsheng still needed to divide his attention to control the Beast Controlling Talisman.
Once the Old Ancestor Zhenhai broke through the blockade, even with the star markers formed by the [Star Realm Compass], it would be difficult to pursue him using the Misty Dust Banner.
So he rebuked the roaring Dragon Turtle, his voice filled with cold killing intent, hoping the other party would be sensible.
“I am willing to surrender.”
The Old Ancestor Gui Xian felt pain all over his body, roaring with a trembling voice, choosing to give up struggling.
He had cultivated to this point with great difficulty.
He still wanted to cultivate to the peak of the fourth stage, return to the East Sea cultivation world with the Zhenhai Seven Sects, see if Mount Yuhai was still there, and find other legacy flames.
Naturally, he was unwilling to perish like this.
Moreover, as Lu Changsheng said, once his soul was completely confined and branded by the body runes, he wouldn’t even be able to die.
His life and death were completely controlled by the other party.
In this situation, further struggle was useless.
It would be better to survive first and then find a way to break free from this restrictive method.
Afterward, the Old Ancestor Gui Xian shouted towards the Old Ancestor Zhenhai, who was frantically breaking through the encirclement, “Zhenhai, stop.”
Although this clone of the Old Ancestor Zhenhai had independent thoughts and consciousness.
Ultimately, there was still a distinction between main and subordinate.
When the two were not far apart, their thoughts and ideas could be shared.
Therefore, the Old Ancestor Gui Xian’s tenacious struggle just now was also to buy time for the Old Ancestor Zhenhai.
He hoped that the other party could escape and then find a way to rescue him.
Even if the probability was extremely slim.
But now, facing Lu Changsheng’s chilling killing intent, he knew that even if he didn’t die after the Old Ancestor Zhenhai escaped, his life would be worse than death.
He changed his mind.
He planned to use the Old Ancestor Zhenhai as a bargaining chip to maximize his own treatment and importance.
After all, if the other party was the “Eastern Emperor’s successor,” he also bore the mission of rebuilding the “Sun, Moon, and Star Palace,” and needed capable individuals under his command.
Although the Zhenhai Seven Sects had been half-destroyed and severely weakened by this person.
Their current strength and accumulated foundation could still serve as a basic foundation.
Even if he wasn’t the “Eastern Emperor’s successor,” having such a large territory also required someone to manage and control it.
All of this would require his help.
When the Old Ancestor Zhenhai heard the words of his true self, although he was unwilling, he still found it difficult to disobey the Old Ancestor Gui Xian’s command and chose to stop.
“Hmm!?”
Lu Changsheng was surprised.
He didn’t expect that the Old Ancestor Zhenhai had just used all his strength, burning his essence blood origin, to try and save this Dragon Turtle.
And now, a single word from this Dragon Turtle could make the Old Ancestor Zhenhai stop.
This kind of relationship, it’s simply…
Lu Changsheng had no intention of letting the Old Ancestor Zhenhai go, his eyes filled with chilling killing intent, wanting to completely slay the other party.
“Master, please stop, Zhenhai and I are one, and we are both willing to surrender.”
The Old Ancestor Gui Xian quickly called out to Lu Changsheng.
“One body!?”
Upon hearing this, Lu Changsheng’s expression was surprised and bewildered, scrutinizing the Old Ancestor Zhenhai and the Old Ancestor Gui Xian with disbelief.
Although his divine ability [One Qi Transforms into Yin and Yang] could transform into an identical Dao Body.
But the Old Ancestor Gui Xian before him was a demon beast, and the other was a cultivator, yet they were one body, which was truly hard for him to believe.
However, he possessed the Beast Controlling Talisman and could sense if the other party was lying.
“Buzz!”
As the Old Ancestor Gui Xian gave up struggling, after a few breaths, his bloodline, demon core, and soul were completely confined and branded by the Beast Controlling Talisman.
Lu Changsheng immediately used the Beast Controlling Talisman to sense if the other party was lying.
Seeing that the Old Ancestor Gui Xian was not lying, Lu Changsheng immediately asked with great confusion, “What’s going on? One of you is a demon and the other is a human, how are you one body?”
During this process, he watched the Old Ancestor Zhenhai with a vigilant expression, lest the other party take the opportunity to escape.
“Zhenhai is a clone that this old man conceived through bloodline talent…”
As the pain from the Beast Controlling Talisman subsided, the Old Ancestor Gui Xian’s entire body’s demonic power could circulate.
His massive form pulsed with deep blue light, continuously shrinking, and transforming back into his old appearance with a turtle shape and back, speaking respectfully to Lu Changsheng.
After being completely enslaved by the Beast Controlling Talisman, he naturally felt a sense of respect towards Lu Changsheng before him and could not muster any resistance.