White Bone Dao

The Black Wind Three Heroes heard Chen Ming's boast and burst into laughter.

But they cautiously backed away a few steps and unleashed their Black Wind Divine Ability, raising a barrier before them.

The Blood Bead above Chen Ming's hand released poisonous smoke, from which swarms of venomous insects flew.

But the black wind blew them back, preventing them from getting close to the Black Wind Three Heroes.

"Looks like this treasure needs to be refined again!" Seeing that the Blood Bead had failed to accomplish anything, Chen Ming didn't press the matter. He recited an incantation and recalled it.

"If that's all you've got, then we'll stop holding back!"

Laughing wildly, the Black Wind Three Heroes turned the black wind into a giant hand and reached for Chen Ming.

"True Person, be careful!"

Seeing this, Qin Yuyan couldn't help but grow worried.

Now that Chen Ming was at a disadvantage, Qin Yuyan felt a pang of regret. He shouldn't have called the True Person here and dragged him into trouble.

Chen Ming saw Qin Yuyan's thoughts and smiled faintly. "Just watch my Supernatural Ability!"

Chen Ming shifted the Magic Art in his hand, and behind him rose radiance in five colors: azure, yellow, scarlet, black, and white.

The Five-Colored Radiance twisted around the giant black-wind hand, grinding it away in an instant.

"What kind of Supernatural Ability is this? How can it be so powerful?"

Seeing the tide turn against them, the Black Wind Three Heroes immediately put away their banner pole and turned to flee.

That was how they had always operated: when things looked bad, they ran without hesitation. That way, they had escaped calamity many times.

But now that they had run into Chen Ming, how could he let them leave?

The Five-Colored Radiance shot out behind them. Azure light became a sword and pierced one of them through the heart.

Scarlet light became a streak of Bright Fire Heavenly Light and burned another to death.

The last one was blocked by a Profound Yin Demonic Water Yin Thunder and a Golden Light Divine Flame.

"You can't kill me!"

"I work for White Bone Superior!"

"If you kill me, White Bone Superior won't be able to finish refining the Vengeful Soul Banner. He'll come for you himself!"

In the blink of an eye, only one of the Black Wind Three Heroes remained. How could he not be afraid?

"So what if he's White Bone Superior? I said I'd kill you, so I'll kill you," Chen Ming said coldly.

The last of the Black Wind Three Heroes focused all his attention on the Profound Yin Demonic Water Thunder and Golden Light Divine Flame in front of him.

Their power far surpassed the Contemplation Realm. One strike would kill him.

He had an idea and raised White Bone Superior's Vengeful Soul Banner in front of himself.

"If you kill me, this banner will be damaged too! I don't care if I die, but if the banner is destroyed, White Bone Superior will know at once!"

With that, he burst into laughter.

But his laughter abruptly cut off!

The Profound Yin Demonic Water Thunder and Golden Light Divine Flame he had been watching for did not attack.

Instead, a streak of starlight fell from the void. It turned into a beam of yellow light and struck him.

His body stiffened and turned to stone, then came crashing down to the ground.

A gust of wind blew, scattering him into a mound of yellow dust.

The five Supernatural Abilities faded away, and the Five-Colored Radiance behind Chen Ming disappeared as well.

Chen Ming flipped the Blood Bead in his hand. It turned into countless insects, which devoured the spiritual energy left behind by the Black Wind Three Heroes.

When he was done, Chen Ming picked up the Vengeful Soul Banner from the ground.

Though the Vengeful Soul Banner had only been refined into a single banner pole, it had taken White Bone Superior's heart and soul.

The moment the banner pole changed hands, the imprint White Bone Superior had left within it sensed the change.

Black qi rose from the pole and coiled around Chen Ming's hand.

Chen Ming immediately threw it aside.

Black qi surged from the banner pole with a whooshing sound, and it began to fly back toward White Bone Superior.

Chen Ming recited an incantation, and the Five-Colored Radiance emerged behind him, suppressing the banner pole until it could no longer move.

The banner pole had been refined by a Soul Condensation Realm cultivator, after all, and possessed ample spiritual nature. It constantly resisted the Five-Colored Radiance's suppression.

It shrieked and squealed, making one's teeth ache.

"It's nothing but an unfinished Demonic Treasure, yet it puts up such a fight!"

Chen Ming swept it with his Spiritual Sense and discovered that it was full of filth and foul energy, nothing but crude, inferior methods.

After seeing the true nature of the Vengeful Soul Banner, Chen Ming abandoned the idea of reducing it to its original materials and making full use of them.

He increased the pressure of his magic power. The Five-Colored Radiance flowed, and the banner pole was ground directly into powder.

At White Bone Dao, not far from Vast Mountain, White Bone Superior sensed the moment Chen Ming destroyed the Vengeful Soul Banner.

He rose to his feet, eyes narrowed, and said coldly, "In the direction of Vast Mountain!"

"The Black Wind Three Heroes really were useless. They deserved to die—and they even got my Vengeful Soul Banner destroyed!"

"Whoever did this will pay!"

White Bone Superior waved his hand. Countless bones drilled out of the earth beneath his feet and pieced themselves together into a Bone Dragon.

White Bone Superior mounted the Bone Dragon. Just as it rose into the air, a gigantic Colorful Feather Luan Bird flew overhead.

"Fairy Caiyi of Chayi Sect. She came from the Vast Mountain Range. Looks like Myriad Laws Sect really has retreated into the Sea Domain completely. Otherwise, that woman Fairy Caiyi wouldn't dare swagger around the territory of Vast Mountain!"

"In that case, I have nothing to worry about!"

"My White Bone Dao is desolate, with nothing in it. That's why I had to refine a shameful Demonic Treasure like the Vengeful Soul Banner.

"Now that Vast Mountain has no Spirit Condensation Realm cultivator guarding it, I can claim it for myself. Perfect!"

As White Bone Superior thought this, the Bone Dragon beneath him rose from the ground.

Then countless more bones drilled out from underground and pieced themselves together into all manner of Bone Demons.

Some had bony wings and flew through the sky after the Bone Dragon.

Others rode the skeletons of beasts, galloping across the ground.

The spectacle was so imposing that nearby low-level cultivators hurried to flee, afraid they would end up as Bone Soldiers in White Bone Superior's ranks.

The Great Cultivators of the Spirit Condensation Realm sensed the commotion and turned their attention toward it.

Fairy Caiyi rode her Colorful Feather Luan Bird. Sensing the disturbance caused by White Bone Superior, she abruptly turned around.

"After all, Myriad Laws Sect guarded the Vast Mountain Range for so many years. Who knows what measures they might have left behind?

"They've suddenly withdrawn their Spirit Condensation Realm cultivators. It could be a ploy to lure in their enemies. White Bone Superior can sound them out for us! Once we learn what's happening in Vast Mountain and get some information about Myriad Laws Sect, we can make a trip to Biyun Heavenly Palace."

Fairy Caiyi stared at White Bone Superior and his imposing army of bones, her thoughts racing.

Only a Spirit Condensation Realm cultivator without a foundation like White Bone Superior, ignorant of what lay beneath the surface, would dare make a move on Vast Mountain so quickly.

The cultivators who knew Myriad Laws Sect's true strength were all still watching and waiting.

Even Fairy Caiyi had only dared to circle over Vast Mountain. She hadn't dared descend into the mountains, for fear of falling into a trap.

Still, someone like White Bone Superior was just the right person to probe the place!

Fairy Caiyi turned her Colorful Feather Luan Bird around and stopped not far from Vast Mountain, sensing the activity within.

In the mountains, Qin Yuyan suddenly knelt before Chen Ming. "You've saved me once again, True Person. Please, teach me how to cultivate!"

"Why do you want to cultivate?" Chen Ming asked.

"So I can protect myself, and everything I care about!" Qin Yuyan said firmly.

Chen Ming looked at him, lost in thought. The boy had an unwavering spirit. If he led him onto the Dao Path, he wondered whether it would be for good or ill.