New Path

I don't know when it started.

Xiao Ran felt as if his soul had left his body, his spirit adrift and adrift, as if he were floating in a universe full of stars.

All around were swirling nebulae and dust, a dreamlike, silent, and beautiful scene.

Ahead.

A giant spiral of dust swirls inward, gathers, heats up, and shines... as if witnessing the birth of a star.

At the center of the dust storm, scorching flames erupted simultaneously from both the top and bottom of the spiral core.

The flames dispersed, fell, merged into the vortex, then violently shot out and fell again.

This feeling is like repeated accumulation, then eruption; the sage, accumulation, then eruption...

This is Xiao Ran's Dantian Qi Sea).

His consciousness was immersed in his Qi Sea, enjoying the pleasure of creation and catharsis, unable to extricate himself.

However, it is outside the body.

He could feel himself being held in his Master's arms, not very gently. He could feel his Master's vast chest and soft, smooth skin, as well as the strange tremors and aftershocks emanating from his Master's body.

Is this the real universe? It seems that even if we set aside the heavy responsibility for the next generation, the humiliation is still sweet! In fact, before transmigrating, Xiao Ran preferred girls with the appearance of Chuyan and did not have a particular fondness for large breasts.

I'm only now realizing that liking humiliation was definitely the right thing to do.

Sleeping on soft, warm breasts is like the gentle breeze rippling across a warm harbor, a small boat drifting along, fast asleep in the night wind.

This is the true haven for both body and soul.

At this moment, his body was buried in his Master's arms, and his soul was wandering in the Qi Sea, which was like a vast nebula. He was so happy that he didn't want to wake up at all.

Completely disregarding the fact that he was covered in blood, he kept bursting blood and regenerating...

Until his Master suddenly stuffed a mysterious sphere into his mouth.

The sphere had no tactile sensation or temperature, yet it automatically created a strange, recessed space inside my mouth.

This feeling was completely different from Dragon Bone Soup or Spirit Gathering Pill. As soon as the black sphere entered his mouth, it transformed into a reverse vortex-like void, sucking in the blood and capillaries in his mouth.

His face, flushed red and filled with blood, instantly turned pale and sunken.

The Wraith Core!

By the time Xiao Ran realized that the black sphere was actually the Wraith Core, it was already too late.

The Wraith Core draws upon the Spiritual Power of the bloodline, forming a small spatial black hole that directly penetrates the internal organs, reaches the Dantian, and penetrates deep into the Qi Sea.

In an instant, the force of suction travels from the heart to every capillary. All the cells in the body stop metabolizing and thinking, as if they are carefully listening to this momentary siphon, helplessly and inescapably falling into the bottomless abyss.

We're doomed!

Transmigrating to the Cultivation World of the Dharma Ending Era, I painstakingly learned swordsmanship to slay the Netherworld, only to become Wraith being myself? Am I going to become the villain...?

Fortunately, eating the underworld doesn't necessarily turn you into Wraith, just as eating bull penis won't make you grow a bull's calf.

Xiao Ran's ideal ending would be like the Single-Winged Bird becoming Wraith Beast after being poisoned, and then suppressing the Wraith Poison. He would swallow the core and become a... Wraith Human! However, when he thought about how the Single-Winged Bird could control the Wraith Poison and be immune to Wraith Attacks, Xiao Ran felt relieved.

Moreover, among transmigrators, there are quite a few who cultivate both immortality and demonic Dual Cultivation.

All he had to do was suppress the Wraith Poison, completely control the Nether Power, and become Wraith Human.

Isn't this more exciting than Boruto? If he can't even control the Wraith, how can he save the world from its apocalypse? If he can't even control the Wraith, how can he control his Master? Thinking of this, he suddenly became curious.

A raging dragon vein vortex meets a Wraith Core of equal power—which will prevail? The dragon's outburst versus the Wraith's absorption—which is stronger? That is the question.

The prevailing view in the Dharma Ending Era is that dragons can suppress the power of the Wraith. Dragons did not lose to the Wraith, but rather to the increasingly diluted concentration of Spiritual Energy.

Now, it's time to test the accuracy of this legend.

One is the remnant of a dragon vein from tens of thousands of years ago.

One is the recently deceased Wraith Core.

Both are at low health; although the comparison isn't very precise, you can still see some clues.

In just a moment!

The cyclone was swallowed by the Wraith Core, just as a newborn sun is swallowed by a black hole and dies in the womb.

Heart, stop.

Breathe, rest.

The Spiritual Meridian has stopped.

Apart from his soul, which was still quietly observing as it merged with heaven and earth, Xiao Ran appeared to be dead.

Xiao Ran's entire body turned black and was icy cold. A layer of frost quickly covered his body, freezing the blood and the charred black skin of the Netherworld, making him look no different from a dead person.

Was he overestimated?

Lingzhou Yue held the icy, frosty Xiao Ran in her arms, and slightly raised her sword-like eyebrows.

Her intuition at crucial moments is surprisingly accurate.

Three months ago, she had a sudden inspiration and chose Xiao Ran from the crowd.

Before the Disciple Challenge, she hunted Flood Dragon, took its elixir, and pulverized it, which then dissolved into the Xiao Ran Pill Wall.

On the eve of the Sword Inheritance Assembly, she fused the Bone of the Blood Moon into Xiao Ran's brow.

Xiao Ran's arrival on the mountain brought her ease and joy, but also inexplicably attracted dark clouds.

From the Sword Inheritance Assembly to Flamefree City, and now to the Apostle Mission, this dark cloud is growing ever heavier, more dangerous, and closer.

Especially regarding this journey of the Apostle, she had a bad feeling long ago, and felt that she might even encounter a situation that would be difficult for her, but she just couldn't think of a suitable solution.

It wasn't until Xiao Ran brought back a Great Wraith Wraith Core from the Divine Martial Kingdom that she seemed to have found a shortcut.

She knew more about the Wraith, the Great Netherworld, and the Great Wraith Wraith Core than most people...

Much.

Once Xiao Ran had fully absorbed the excess Dragon Vein Power, forming a sufficiently high-pressure, almost condensing nascent Spirit Severing- level vortex, she felt the time was ripe.

He then deliberately sent Bing Bing away and secretly fed Xiao Ran that Spirit Severing level Great Wraith Wraith Core.

According to her estimation, with the Art of Resonance, the Boundless Qi Sea, and her Bone of the Blood Moon, Xiao Ran's defensive strength was even stronger than hers, so he couldn't possibly be in this state.

Just now Xiao Ran suffered a massive blood loss and was forced to rebuild his body; only one part of his body remained stiff.

Now, it's all hardened, turned black, and cooled down.

What happened to the promise of fighting poison with poison, Boundless Qi Sea, and immunity to all poisons?

This is far too pathetic! Judging from his physical condition, Xiao Ran is practically dead.

Judging from the Bone of the Blood Moon, Xiao Ran's condition is alright; he has even entered a new realm that she has never seen before.

Was he really faking his death? "Let's bury him first."

She waved her hand and dug a huge pit under the peach tree, deliberately taking out her Lifebound Sword to be buried with Xiao Ran.

Then they threw Xiao Ran headfirst into the pit, preparing to bury him.

"Don't--"

Xiao Ran's stiff lips moved with all his might, and he spat out a mouthful of black blood into the pit.

Am I still alive? No, it must be a delusion caused by my own self-blame and grief.

Lingzhou Yue remained unmoved and continued burying the soil, eventually covering Xiao Ran completely.

They even stomped on the soil to compact it.

He casually whittled a bamboo stalk to make a bamboo tombstone for Xiao Ran, and even hand-carved a message in blood—

The Grave of Beloved Disciple Xiao Ran.

Until Xiao Ran gave a tremor that caused the Earth Tremor, making the peach leaves fly wildly and the pool water surge with huge waves.

It's as if I can see mountains crumble, rivers run dry, winter thunder roars, summer snow falls, heaven and earth unite, and only then will the Lingzhou Yue dig out Xiao Ran.

Xiao Ran came to his senses and stretched out his muddy, cold, grotesque hand to grab his Master's bare shoulder. He murmured, "I think I can still be saved."

The reason his physical body turned black just now was because Xiao Ran didn't interfere in the Dragon-Wraith War, to see which was stronger, the Wraith or the Dragon Vein Power.

I thought it was a close contest, but the power of the underworld won without any suspense! It makes sense.

The Great Wraith Wraith Core is no joke.

Moreover, the Wraith Core contains almost all of the Netherworld's power, while the Dragon Bone is merely a piece of a dragon's bone.

The experimental results were different from what Xiao Ran had expected, but they provided him with a completely new perspective!

His soul focused on the Wraith Core, driving the dragon Dragon Vein Power that originally belonged to him within the Wraith Core, Resonance with the power of the Wraith Core in an instant! In just a moment.

In the center of the Qi Sea, golden dragon veins spewed out golden particles from inside the black hole, which fell and merged into the surface of the black hole, just like the stringy milk foam on the surface of a cappuccino.

The scattered nebulae in the Boundless Qi Sea were also swallowed and gathered by the black-gold black hole.

This caused Xiao Ran to lose all his Spiritual Energy, but his Spiritual Pressure was far higher than that of an ordinary Spirit Severing Realm cultivator.

Currently, it appears that the power of the Wraith has taken control of the Dragon Vein Power.

Xiao Ran's Resonance Power also harnessed the power of the Wraith.

The problem now is—

Can Serendipitous Critical Strike activate the power of the Wraith? Can the power of the Wraith be used to control Master? In any case.

From this day forward, he has gained combat power that surpasses that of ordinary Spirit Severing cultivators.

Not inferior to the Spirit Severing Realm Wraith!

The Filial Piety Points from the Great Wraith Wraith Core have already been obtained ahead of schedule, and now I've earned another Wraith Core for free! Not to mention, the power of the Great Nether might actually absorb my Master's sword energy, allowing him to complete his preparations for having a child.

Brilliant!

"This is a zombie, you can't fool me. The one talking to me now is the Great Underworld. Let's just set it on fire."

Just as Lingzhou Yue was about to pour wine on Xiao Ran and set him on fire, Bing Bing led True Person Yinyue over.

Upon seeing Xiao Ran's condition, True Person Yinyue was greatly startled.

This situation is not at all indicative of symptoms from consuming too much of the Spirit Gathering Pill.

It's more like the symptoms of a complete outbreak of the Wraith Poison!

However, the black hole vortex in Xiao Ran Qi Sea absorbs all probing divine senses, making it impossible for True Person Yinyue to detect the Wraith Core within Xiao Ran's body.

The only certainty is that Xiao Ran is still alive.

She quickly hugged Xiao Ran and examined his body.

"Didn't they say he ate too many Spirit Gathering Pills? Did he eat that Nether Bird's beast core?"

Lingzhou Yue nodded without changing her expression.

"That should be true."

You're the boss!

At this moment, Xiao Ran was like a thick, dark stick, his head buried in his Senior Uncle's chest, feeling the warmth and the intoxicating medicinal fragrance mixed with his body scent, his lips moving as if trying his best.

"It's the Great Wraith Wraith Core! My Master fed me the Great Wraith Wraith Core!"

True Person Yinyue Zhenren was startled, thinking she had misheard something.

Let alone Great Wraith Wraith Core, even a common low-level Wraith Core is beyond the capacity of cultivators to withstand.

Lingzhou Yue leisurely sipped her wine, not telling the truth, but only saying, "It was Master who said that the highest level of pharmacology is to fight poison with poison. I figured that Wraith can suppress the Dragon Vein Power, so I gave him the Great Wraith Wraith Core."

True Person Yinyue was speechless with astonishment. He quickly took out the Body Dissection table, lifted Xiao Ran onto the Heishi platform, covered his lower body with Bath Towel, and then examined the Spiritual Meridian in Xiao Ran's lower abdomen.

Xiao Ran's breathing stopped, his blood vessels stopped flowing, his Spiritual Energy remained still, and only the power of the Wraith Core in his Qi Sea was active, as if it was the Nether Force that was supporting Xiao Ran's last breath.

"The power of the Wraith Core can indeed suppress the Dragon Vein Power, but the poison of the Wraith Core has far more side effects than the Dragon Vein. How could you be so confused?"

True Person Yinyue shook his head and sighed.

Lingzhou Yue emerged from the pool, casually draped a loose bathrobe over her shoulders, revealing her taut, devilish figure, and stretched languidly.

Is he still alive?

True Person Yinyue rolled her eyes at her.

"He's still talking."

Lingzhou Yue naturally knew that Xiao Ran was still alive, and deliberately said slyly:

"I mean, is it Xiao Ran or Da Ming who's speaking now?"

True Person Yinyue raised her eyebrows slightly, her gentle eyes filled with anticipation.

"If it were the Great Underworld, would you still like it?"

Lingzhou Yue thought for a moment, then pretended to be serious. "Then we'll have to grind his bones to dust and bury him again."

Startled, Xiao Ran sprang to his feet and exclaimed:

"It's me, it's me, Master, it's me!"

Lingzhou Yue said:

"Then let me ask you, have you ever kissed me?"

Xiao Ran hurriedly said:

"We've kissed."

True Person Yinyue stared at the two of them in disbelief.

Lingzhou Yue asked again, "What does that feel like?"

Xiao Ran thought for a moment.

"Nothing special."

Lingzhou Yue took a sip of wine indifferently.

"Okay, for now, it'll still be him."

True Person Yinyue shook his head, not quite understanding the tastes of today's young people.

"I need to Body Dissection with my bare hands to remove the Wraith Core. You will help him protect the Pill Wall."

However, Xiao Ran hesitated.

He did not want to remove the Wraith Core.

The dragon vein and the Wraith Core have completely merged and cannot be extracted separately, unless one also discards the dragon vein vortex at the Spirit Severing Realm.

In addition, Xiao Ran had an even more imaginative new idea.

Since the power of the Wraith Core can completely absorb even the dragon vein vortex, can it absorb the Impeding Sword Qi of the Master? The Boundless Qi Sea withstood the impact, protecting Xiao Ran's Dantian to the greatest extent, but his physical body was blown away by the Master's sword energy.

Now that there is a Wraith Core black hole in his Qi Sea, can he absorb his Master's sword energy and continue to be in close contact with his Master? This is a completely new path to mastering his Master!

Thinking it over, Xiao Ran said to his Senior Uncle:

"No need. The Dragon Vein and the Wraith Core have already fused. If I remove the Wraith Core, my Dragon Vein Power will be gone."

True Person Yinyue said, "You can still find the dragon vein if it's gone, but if you leave the Wraith Core behind, you might lose your life."

Xiao Ran said with all his might, "My Qi Sea is large enough that the Wraith Core will not harm my physical body. As long as I continue to find new Dragon Vein Power to fill my Qi Sea, this Wraith Core will be completely covered by gold and eventually become my own."

True Person Yinyue shook his head.

"Theoretically, that's true, but unless you find a whole dragon, it will be difficult to suppress. Whether dragons even exist right now is one question, and whether you can hold out until then is another."

Xiao Ran said, "It's alright. Senior Uncle, give me some medicine first. It's the medicine that I had the Single-Winged Bird use to remove the Wraith Poison. It should have some effect on me."

Can veterinary medicine cure humans? But this is a medicine specifically designed to suppress the Wraith Poison inside the Dantian, and it has no benefit for the cultivation of Spirit Beast.

After thinking it over, True Person Yinyue decided to trust Xiao Ran's pharmacological expertise.

He then took out several Wraith Detoxification Pills and personally fed them to Xiao Ran.

Unexpectedly, this medicine was more effective on Xiao Ran than on a beast! A moment later.

Xiao Ran's blackness faded, the white frost covering him melted, his blood flowed freely again, and his face regained its normal color.

His whole body went limp and quickly returned to normal.

True Person Yinyue probably understood Xiao Ran's idea of keeping the Wraith Core, which was to suppress Yue'er's sword energy.

But the risk is too great.

"This is the only way for now. Finding the dragon's body should be able to suppress the Nether Force within you. Until then, you probably won't be able to have children."

Lingzhou Yue was stunned for a moment and almost spat out her sake.

"We? Which 'we'?"

True Person Yinyue looked at Lingzhou Yue, then at Bing Bing, feeling that both of them were very distant.

"This matter must be kept secret for now. After all, there are no small matters involving the underworld. Even the most outstanding talents of the Dao Alliance may not be able to suppress it. Neither the sects nor the Dao Alliance should mention it for the time being, unless you personally eliminate the Apostle."

Xiao Ran got up and wrapped his lower body in Bath Towel.

"Clear."

Relieved, True Person Yinyue then said to Lingzhou Yue:

"Next time, don't rush into treatment in a panic. Pay attention to the efficacy and dosage of the medicine. If Xiao Ran were someone else, he might already be dead."

Lingzhou Yue pouted.

"How dare you criticize me, Master? Didn't I learn all of this from you back then?"

"I know my limits, but you just keep making a mess of things."

True Person Yinyue said reproachfully, then casually said to Xiao Ran:

"The Great Wraith Wraith Core is no small matter. You must not be careless. Rest at home for a few days and avoid strenuous exercise before going to Chaos City to prevent the spread of the Wraith Poison."

I'll try my best.

Xiao Ran didn't know what his Senior Uncle meant by "strenuous exercise".

"Thank you, Senior Uncle."

"No need to thank me, just let me have my grandchildren soon..."

Almost spitting out a sentence, True Person Yinyue quickly corrected himself, saying, "Ahem, the alchemy furnace is still burning, I'm leaving."

After saying this, he moved swiftly and left with a flick of his sleeve.

Bing Bing, who had been silent all along, suddenly asked curiously:

"Why aren't you dead after swallowing the Great Wraith Wraith Core? Are you a descendant of immortals?"

Lingzhou Yue glanced warily at Bing Bing, and before Xiao Ran could explain, she asked knowingly:

"I never imagined you could even consume the Great Wraith Wraith Core. Your master was right about you."

Xiao Ran was almost scared to tears.

"I can't believe you dared to force it on me?"

Lingzhou Yue pouted and said:

"I'm just trying anything, what else can I do?"

Xiao Ran argued his case forcefully.

"You could have just tried to soften the situation, but instead you've gone and tried to murder your own disciple."

Lingzhou Yue, with a shawl draped over his shoulders like a robe, revealing half of his spring-like figure, raised his wine jug, tilted his head back, and drank it all in one gulp. Drunk, he wiped the wine stains from the corners of his lips.

"What murder of one's own disciple? I've only ever heard of murdering one's own husband!"

Bing Bing, standing to the side, kept glancing back and forth between the two, maintaining a warm smile throughout, as if she were investigating some mysterious and unknown human behavior.

"Why have you and your master been able to talk like this without wearing clothes?"

Lingzhou Yue and Xiao Ran were startled and turned their heads together.

"Shut up!"

Chapter 206 The King of Lewd Talk:

Arsalan, once in a lifetime, again