Chapter 89: Life Dev Secret Teique, Hundred Lives Shifting Tribution

  “You messed up—what does that have to do with me? It’s your own fault for insisting on closed?door cultivation, isn’t it?”

  The Western Patrol Envoy’s deep voice carried an uiohority, yet the Northern Patrol Envoy would not indulge his foul temper: “We agreed from the start that each of us would cim orae—first e, first served. You failed to handle your end, so don’t expect t me down with you.”

  She shook her head, not at all surprised by the failure. “Besides, attempting to seize trol of a Strange Heaven?Ordained Fate from a martial artist is difficult to begin with. Each of these youngsters is essentially a Child of Heavenly Fate, differing only in how strong or weak their Heaven?Ordained Fate may be.”

  “An Jing is a Strae. As long as he refuses to ply, there’s no way we could capture him so easily. Xu gjing was just a minor mystical art practitioner, so it’s only natural he couldn’t suppress the backsh… If anything, I’m more amazed that the others actually made it out alive.”

  Having spoken up to this point, she suddenly ged the subject: “So, it seems you’re afraid of Xuanjing, aren’t you?”

  “After all, he has opehe Three Great Divireasures of essence, qi, and spirit*, making him the stro of Li’s younger geion and the most likely to step into the Diviar Sacred Maion realm. While I might hold out briefly by relying on my Heaven?Ordained Fate Divine Ability, in a one?on?one fight, I’d be doomed eventually.”

  “Not to mention, an evil sdrel like you, practig the ‘Life Dev Secret Teique,’ would be instantly crushed if you ever entered Xuanjing’s Evil Punishing Radiant Mirror**!”

  “I won’t deny that I cultivate the Life Dev Secret Teique. But you also practice ‘Hundred Lives Shifting Tribution.’ Evil sdrel—does that not make you one as well?”

  Behind the water mirror, the tall figure of the Western Patrol Envoy let out a snort of ughter. “Xuanjing’s whereabouts truly are mysterious. His trail vanished soon after the Heavenly Demon broke its seal.”

  “But I’ve devoured tless lives and pleted my closed?door cultivation. I have already opened my third Divireasury, reag the realm of ‘Unhindered in All Endeavors.’ In the same realm, why would I fear him?”

  “You boast so loudly, but you always run if you ’t win.”

  The Northern Patrol Envoy couldn’t help but ugh. “Moreover, my Hundred Lives Shifting Tribution follows the a rules. Each time I shift a tribution, I fulfill their wishes and obtain their sent… Before they pass away, they thank me for releasing them from the fiery prisons of this mortal world.”

  “The karmic forces involved are worlds apart from your habit of grabbing people and dev them on the spot.”

  《Life Dev Secret Teique》, 《Hundred Lives Shifting Tribution》, 《Nihs Molting Fate》, and 《Iing Karma and Bearing Fate》.

  These four were among the most essential and profou teiques within the Heavenly Fate secret arts of the Heavenly Will Divi.

  The Life Dev Secret Teique nourished one’s Divine Soul by ing the victim. In aimes, it was also called 《Transform Fate, Substitute Life》. Back when Heaven’s Will was in full operation, one had to seek out an elderly, solitary Fate Bearer, care for them in their final years, see them off properly, duct their funeral rites, and tiheir bloodline. Only then would one e the deceased’s five viscera, thereby acquiring that person’s Heaven?Ordained Fate and elevating one’s own.

  However, in this current era of dee and great tribution, Heaven’s Will no longer maed. Thus, 《Transform Fate, Substitute Life》 had devolved into the Life Dev Secret Teique, no longer requiring funeral rites or the tinuation of one’s posterity. One merely had to find a group of lonely souls g kinship, slowly cultivate them, and vert them into living blood sustenance for prolonging one’s own life.

  This became the prototype of the 【Blood Pill】 craftihod.

  Meanwhile, Hundred Lives Shifting Tribution was known in aimes as 《Karmic Fate Requital》. It involved finding a hundred people who shared a simir fate and shifting one’s own tribution onto them, thereby seekiiness and purity to elevate one’s destiny. Acc to the old method, one had to obtairibution recipient’s sent, fulfill their wish, secure a blood?written tract, ahe karmik take shape. Only then would the tributioransferred acc to cause and effect.

  In the modern world, however, Heaven’s Will had grown x, making the recipient’s sent unnecessary. Simply obtaining their blood?written trad fulfilling the literal w of their wish was enough. In most cases, such tribution recipients remained unaware or were coerced into signing these sinister tracts. Uo realize their wishes, they were made to bear camities and disasters, and soon perished in misery.

  Yet the Northern Patrol Envoy still adhered to the old rules, a method exceedingly cumbersome—and by modern standards, hopelessly outdated.

  “In any case.” Not wishing to quarrel any further with his longtime colleague, the Western Patrol Envoy said, “This time’s situation truly exceeded our expectations.”

  “Take a look at this.”

  With those words, the hazy water mirror quivered slightly. The silhouettes vanished, repced by clear aerial footage of a battle se.

  “A flying shuttle’s water?mirror rec?” The Northern Patrol Envoy raised an eyebrow. Whether it beloo Great ’s officials or rivately owned, all flying shuttles recorded their flights. This footage must have bee behind by the shuttle that was trag An Jing.

  She gave the water mirror a casual ghen her eyes widened slightly. Despite her poise and experience, she still found herself watg it a sed time, asking the Western Patrol Envoy to repy it again.

  After two viewings, she finally let out a long breath a her wine cup on the railing. “A flying?sword teique… or perhaps a sword case mystical art!”

  “When did our dear Divine General An learn a Daoist’s sword?based mystical art?”

  The Northern Patrol Envoy was indeed quite curious about An Jing.

  The ‘Dark Yin Divine Maiden’ she had brought back from Hanging Fate Manor was very familiar with An Jing, and in her infrequent moments of speech, she spoke highly of him. For some time, the Northern Patrol Envoy had wao uncover how this young man could so vingly outmatch a genius like Bai Qinghan, and even win the genuine respect of every Child of Camity in Hanging Fate Manor.

  But now, she felt she finally grasped a small part of it.

  Setting aside the flying?sword Magical Artifact that had appeared from nowhere…

  After rebelling against the Divi, battling in Hanging Fate Valley, witnessing the emergence of a Heavenly Demon, and then being hunted for days by the sect’s flying shuttle Fate Artifacts, An Jing had still mao stay calm and assess his situation, deliberately seleg a high, opeo stage his terattack.

  Notably, even the most elite soldiers, after being pursued from above by a flying shuttle for several days, would often lose their posure from sheer ay a to reckless measures. Even if they mao suppress their fear, few would dare leave the cover of the forests—much less do what An Jing did: deliberately step out onto a mountainside in full view of the flying shuttle, all to close the distand strike back more effectively at his pursuers.

  He succeeded—delivering a lethal blow in a sirike.

  And the power of that flying sword amazed her even further. “That Magical Artifact’s sirike… Perhaps even someo the stage of Internal Breath Like Tides 't wield it! And An Jing’s Internal Energy is probably still only at Internal Breath Like Rivers. Even if he used pills to forcibly enha, the depth of his foundation must be as vast as a ke or sea!”

  “Moreover, we have no clue where he found this Magical Artifact or how he learo wield it. Truly strange… and truly extraordinary.”

  “That’s precisely why I’ve been so cautious,” said the Western Patrol Envoy. “It’s highly possible that the Great authorities or a Li sect is bag him. This isn’t just a Strae traitor to our sect—there could be a much bigger scheme afoot.”

  “Wait.”

  At those words, the Northern Patrol Envoy frowned slightly. “An Jing didn’t betray the sect—he merely killed a few low?ranking grunts. Isn’t that the sort of boldness we expect from the people of our Divi? He’s simply not the type to accept straints, including those of Great .”

  “In the end, he’ll repent aurn to the Divi.”

  “Could it be… you’re still unsatisfied?”

  Then, the Northern Patrol Envoy’s voice turned grim. “Are you pnning to devour him?”

  “Heh.”

  A resonant male voice rang out. “We agreed to split them half and half. This time, whe us surprise raid, you took all the Fate Bearers a me with nothing. I’m the one who got the short end of the stick, so don’t interfere.”

  (End of Chapter)

  *Recap, these are the three treasures of TCM (Traditional ese Medie) and Daoism.

  **Literally "Heavenly Sughter Evil-God-Punishing Radiant Mirror."