Backlash

Everything has a spirit.

Humans are the most intelligent of all creatures.

This is a concept that all Celestial Masters encounter when they embark on the path of Celestial Masters.

Similarly, it is also the foundation for maintaining the Heavenly Master Lineage.

Based on the idea that all things have a spirit, humans are the most important link.

Although flowers, trees, mountains, and rivers have spirits, they are all "dead" in the eyes of ordinary people because they have so little "spirit" that they cannot be brought to life.

Although birds, beasts, fish, insects, snakes, ants, and other creatures are "living" beings, they do not possess much "spirit."

Only humankind, as the most intelligent of all beings, truly embodies the core of "spirit".

Through breathing, movement, thinking, and other methods that have never been understood Gu Jinlai, they transform, nurture, and release spirits, disturbing ripples in the "real spirit world" and thus bringing the entire "real spirit world" to life.

Even their birth, aging, sickness, and death have a significantly greater impact on the "real spirit world" compared to other life forms.

Currently, Zhang Taiping is using the Taiping Heavenly Book to disrupt the fortune of Huangzhou, empowering all living beings with his own will, thus demonstrating terrifying power comparable to that of Celestial Person.

But Gu Jinlai...

Or, according to feedback from the "real spirit world," he simply used a special method to concentrate all the spirit emitted by human activities and thoughts onto him.

This practice will erode the spirit that belongs to his life form, eventually causing him to merge with the spirits emitted by other humans.

It forms a Frankenstein's monster at the spiritual and intellectual level.

However, since they all belong to the "human" life form, this erosion is a process and will not be apparent in a short period of time.

Therefore, when dealing with external parties, it creates the impression that one has acquired combat power comparable to that of Celestial Person being through the Taiping Heavenly Book.

Gu Jinlai, they cannot cause much interference to the "real spirit world".

However, it is not difficult to bring forward some things that were bound to happen.

"Um?"

At that moment, Gu Jinlai seemed to sense something.

"He really did seek his own death."

He looked at those creatures that had "come alive" and gently guided them.

Instantly, countless "spirits," guided by the True Spirit power he had divided, surged forward with the ease of using minimal force to overcome immense weight. During this sweeping motion, these spirits seemed to form a chain reaction, continuously rising and growing stronger.

In just a short while, the number of "spirits" he True Spirit was already hundreds or thousands of times greater than the number of True Spirit he released.

And these spirits are growing at an extremely rapid rate, surging forward continuously, their speed increasing from millimeters per second at the beginning to centimeters, then meters, and even tens of meters per second...

"Gu Jinlai!"

Just then, a surge of divine thought swept over.

"You openly claim to be rescuing our Yellow Heaven Sect, yet you repeatedly fail to take action. Your aim is to watch us fight the Demonic Beasts to the death, so that you can satisfy your ambition to annex the 30 million people of Huangzhou! Your repeated occupation of our Huangzhou cities is the best evidence of this. Since you have been so ruthless, don't blame me, Zhang Taiping, for being unethical!"

The divine sense trembled, accompanied by a vast and mighty force of heaven and earth, sweeping in like a tidal wave.

Looking at the black dot appearing at the edge of the sky, Gu Jinlai said, "Even now you are still stubbornly clinging to your delusions. Do you really think that just because you have the power of destiny and possess the combat strength of Celestial Person being, you are invincible?"

"I dare not say whether I am invincible, but I am more than capable of dealing with you Gu Jinlai."

Zhang Taiping, riding the raging power of heaven and earth, surged forward, while he stood atop the clouds, hands behind his back, looking at the calm Gu Jinlai unwavering confidence. "The reason you're still so fearless is because you think you possess that trump card that can unleash a Celestial Person attack, right? We've thoroughly studied that trump card of yours. If I'm not mistaken, that attack can only be triggered at close range. Perhaps 'close range' means tens of meters, hundreds of meters, or even hundreds of meters, but I'm a thousand meters away. Your methods simply cannot harm me in the slightest!"

"There's no need to use that trump card to deal with you. The power you possess now all comes from borrowing the fortune of Huangzhou through the Taiping Heavenly Book. This power ultimately doesn't belong to you. There are countless ways to counter it..."

This Gu Jinlai.

But before he could finish speaking, the raging power of heaven and earth had already condensed in front of him, manifesting as a sword light with a diameter of several hundred meters.

Although this sword light was not as massive as the one that killed the Demonic Beasts King Flash Falcon, the energy fluctuations it contained were more condensed.

Clearly, this brief period of adaptation has already elevated his control over the power of the Celestial Person to a new level.

This alone is enough to show how amazing the talent and comprehension of this Supreme Elder Yellow Heaven Sect were.

If he also came from a divine weapon force, becoming Celestial Person would not be a pipe dream, and even a saint who has condensed a divine body might not be unable to try.

Pity...

"I don't have time to waste words on you, kill..."

Zhang Taiping let out a long roar.

But before his sword could take shape, Gu Jinlai had already reached out and pointed at him, just by touching it lightly.

A "bang" sound came from his mouth.

In his perception, the wave of spirituality that had come to life was accelerating and had already engulfed Zhang Taiping's body.

Instantly, he, who was influencing the will of all living beings, had his mind filled with the thoughts and ideas of tens of millions of people.

The intense pain caused him to let out a piercing scream.

"Ah!"

His Primordial Spirit, unable to bear the burden, began to collapse.

The immense and powerful Celestial Person that had been entrenched within him, reaching its peak, came to an abrupt halt. As his Primordial Spirit collapsed, its core structure seemed to be directly extracted, all of which was then crushed towards Zhang Taiping's Primordial Spirit, further exacerbating this backlash.

That feeling...

It's like someone released a black hole bomb inside the core of a planet, and it detonated instantly...

No! No! No!

Amidst the tremors of collapsing heaven and earth, Zhang Taiping's agonizing screams echoed.

In less than half a breath, his Primordial Spirit was completely annihilated, and the vast power of heaven and earth that he had summoned in the sky also quickly dissipated after stirring up a storm.

Like summer clouds and rain, they come quickly and go quickly.

"Heaven's sins can be said to be self-inflicted sins, and no one can escape them."

He calmly said something Gu Jinlai.

He looked up and gazed, his eyes seemingly traversing the void and landing on Tianhai City, two hundred miles away.

At the altar in Tianhai City, in order to ensure the smooth execution of Zhang Taiping's Taiping Heavenly Book, almost all the people of the Yellow Heaven Sect who possessed fortune recited prayers on the altar, connecting their own spiritual fluctuations with Zhang Taiping's, so that he could use the spiritual power of their thousand people to leverage the will of all living beings in Tianhai City and even Huangzhou, and then use the power of the will of all living beings to change the world and influence the power of heaven and earth.

In this situation, not only did Zhang Taiping's Primordial Spirit collapse under the backlash of Huangzhou's fortune, but those who "aided and abetted the wicked" also suffered severe damage.

Although they were not directly crushed by the will of the masses like Zhang Taiping, when the increasingly rapid spiritual wave surged in along with the fortune of Huangzhou, the Yin Spirit of each of them, as well as the souls of those who had not cultivated Yin Spirit or Primordial Spirit, were also severely damaged.

An invisible thunderbolt seemed to explode above the altar, and the overwhelming power contained within it, capable of tearing apart souls, swept in all directions, severely injuring the souls of cultivators at the Nascent Spirit Transformation, Spirit Refining, and even Core Forming Formation stages.

Some people with a high degree of spiritual connection were instantly terrified.

Immediately, shrill screams rose and fell, echoing across the altar.

"What happened!? What happened!?"

Yu Xuanjing cried out in pain.

"Luck... backlash..."

Zhang Lingjian, who had also cultivated the Taiping Heavenly Book, turned pale and stared in horror at Zhang Taiping, who was lying upright at the top of the altar, his eyes filled with despair.

Backlash!

Backlash!

Why are they suffering a backlash from the fortunes of Huangzhou?

Aren't they Yellow Heaven Sect the rulers of Huangzhou?

How could even mobilizing the fortune of Huangzhou have such consequences?

"Roar!"

Just then, a deafening roar came from the far end of the horizon.

The Demonic Beasts finally appeared on the horizon outside Sea Sky City.

Although Zhang Taiping killed the Demonic Beasts King Shan Jun and slashed more than ten times in the Demonic Beasts horde, killing thousands of Demonic Beasts, he did not exterminate Demonic Beasts all in order to ensure that he still had enough power to kill those from Gu Jinlai and to preserve the eternal foundation of the Yellow Heaven Sect.

In this situation, the Demonic Beasts, having lost their leader, were somewhat chaotic, and a few even fled the main Demonic Beasts out of fear.

However, nearly 40,000 Demonic Beasts still swept towards Tianhai City.

"Withdraw..."

Zhang Lingjian wanted to retreat again to preserve Yellow Heaven Sect's vital energy, but he stumbled as soon as he moved.

As the fortunes turned against them, the higher one's position and power in Huangzhou, the greater the impact.

As the Yellow Heaven Dao Sect, Zhang Lingjian naturally bore the brunt of the attack, and at the moment he couldn't even stand still.

In this state, he had no chance of breaking through the pursuit of tens of thousands of Demonic Beasts.

The only chance of survival is to hold onto Haitian City and wait for Gu Jinlai lead his troops to rescue them.

With this thought in mind, Zhang Lingjian's powerful will to survive finally spurred him to shout at the top of his lungs, "Hold on! Defend Haitian City to the death! As long as we hold on for one more day, the ancient lord of Yuntian City will come to our rescue! We... we, the Yellow Heaven Sect, swear to live and die with Haitian City!"

The inspired spiritual energy and the sonic waves of the shouts continued to spread, boosting morale.

The anxious Yellow Heaven Sect disciples and the guards of Haitian City also forcibly composed themselves upon hearing this shout.

They were especially encouraged when they heard that Gu Jinlai from Yuntian City was leading a group to rescue them.

After all, the great victory that Gu Jinlai just achieved in Yuntian City, where he ambushed and defeated 70,000 to 80,000 Demonic Beasts, had already spread throughout Huangzhou. The Demonic Beasts attacking Haitian City now were less than half of what they had been before. Once the reinforcements from Yuntian City arrived, the Demonic Beasts crisis would surely be resolved.

With this in mind, all the disciples of the Yellow Heaven Sect and the garrison of Haitian City encouraged each other and faced the surging torrent of Demonic Beasts.

A meat grinder-like war between humans and demons erupted instantly in Haitian City.