Yinming Old Man

Although the newly added function wasn't of much use to Mo Shang, it did make him think of one problem...

Since System Remnants existed in this world, it clearly meant that he wasn't the only one with a system—others likely had them too!

Thinking this, a question arose in Mo Shang's mind: just what kind of person could shatter something like a system?

This realization made Mo Shang feel a trace of unease. After all, if he carried a system and someone took notice, both he and the system would be in danger...

"Master, no need to worry. You have the Death Immunity trait. As long as you don't die, no one can destroy me," the system said confidently, as if reading Mo Shang's thoughts.

"What if the trait doesn't work?" Mo Shang asked again.

"Rest assured, I'm no garbage system. As long as I'm fine, the trait won't fail," the system repeated.

"If I don't die, you won't be destroyed, and the trait won't fail. If the trait doesn't fail, I can't die. Tsk, are you exploiting a bug here?"

Mo Shang was stunned. How had he stumbled into a bug loop? It was absurd...

"Don't mention it, don't mention it—it's all basic operations..." The system's tone carried pride. If it had a face, it would probably be grinning crookedly by now.

"Are you alright?"

At that moment, seeing Mo Shang suddenly frozen in place, Jiang Shuyu's expression turned concerned and tense as she asked.

Gu Qingzhou and Liu Ruyan also cast worried looks at Mo Shang.

"I'm fine, don't worry. But this orb has acknowledged me as its master..." Mo Shang snapped back to reality, giving the group a reassuring glance before continuing.

"Ah, no big deal. As long as you're okay," Gu Qingzhou said, relieved, waving his hand dismissively before curiously asking about the orb's function: "By the way, what's the orb good for?"

"Not much. It can take people to lower worlds," Mo Shang replied honestly, without hiding anything.

The Mystic Heaven Realm where Mo Shang resided wasn't a single world but consisted of one upper true realm and countless lower small worlds. This wasn't a secret.

Moreover, the world Mo Shang was in now wasn't a small world—it was the upper true realm of the Mystic Heaven Realm domain.

For cultivators in the upper true realm, traveling to lower worlds wasn't difficult.

As long as one's cultivation reached the Question Dao Realm, they could freely cross the void to other worlds. Though, few Question Dao Realm cultivators bothered to go to lower worlds...

"Then it really is useless."

Hearing this, Gu Qingzhou immediately lost interest. Liu Ruyan and Jiang Shuyu felt the same, showing little reaction.

"It's getting late. We should go meet up with Sword Uncle," Liu Ruyan said, glancing at the darkening sky before addressing the group.

"No rush. Let's deal with the tail first..."

As Liu Ruyan finished speaking, Gu Qingzhou seemed to remember something, his gaze shifting to a corner of the street.

The group bid farewell to the bustling crowd and gradually made their way toward a sparsely populated suburb, entering a dense forest.

The surrounding vegetation was lush, and the chirping of insects faded. Here, there was no noise from the streets—only the rustling of leaves in the wind, creating an empty, desolate atmosphere.

Once inside the forest, the four stopped in their tracks instead of moving forward.

"Come on out, old man. You've been following us all this way—aren't you tired?" Gu Qingzhou said flatly, looking ahead.

As his words fell, the light in the sky seemed to be swallowed up instantly. The once-cool evening breeze turned into icy blades, stinging the skin.

Thick, ink-like black mist surged out of nowhere, sealing off the entire path. From within the mist came a bone-chilling, grating laugh—old and sinister, making one's scalp crawl.

"Hehehe, since you noticed me, you still dared to head to a secluded place..."

The sinister voice faded as the black mist churned and contracted. A hunched, shadowy figure slowly stepped out.

This person had white, withered hair like dry wood, a face wrinkled like tree bark, and eyes glowing with ghostly green flames. A dense aura of death and Sha Qi surrounded him, exuding an extreme sense of coldness...

The newcomer was none other than the Yinming Old Man, who had fought them for the meteorite in the auction house earlier!

"With a laugh that ugly, how many Soul Hall Masters did you eat for a meal?" Mo Shang blurted out, caught off guard by the eerie sound.

"Soul Hall Master? New meme? Haven't seen that one..."

Gu Qingzhou leaned in at the remark, pulling out a notebook and pen to scribble down notes at lightning speed.

"That's enough," Mo Shang said, the corner of his mouth twitching. He now understood why Gu Qingzhou knew so many Blue Star memes—he'd learned them all from him, or more precisely, from his future self...

"Brat, how dare you ignore me! You're asking for death!"

Seeing Mo Shang and Gu Qingzhou dismiss him, the Yinming Old Man's forehead bulged with veins, his sinister gaze burning with rage.

With that, the Yinming Old Man raised his hand. Black yin energy condensed into a massive ghostly claw, tearing through the air with world-shattering force as it lunged at Mo Shang and Gu Qingzhou!

Where the claw passed, the air corroded with a sizzling sound, and the ground split into dark fissures, spewing deathly energy.

"Oh, you're getting feisty now..."

Seeing this, Gu Qingzhou raised an eyebrow, grabbing a golden sword as a sharp sword intent erupted.

But just as Gu Qingzhou was about to strike, Mo Shang suddenly reached out to stop him: "Step back. I'm about to show off."

"Huh?" Gu Qingzhou froze in place, bewildered.

And in that moment of stunned hesitation, the Black Ghost Claw had already landed squarely before Mo Shang.

"Watch out!"

Seeing this, Jiang Shuyu's pupils contracted. She wanted to intervene but it was too late; she could only watch as the ghost claw struck Mo Shang solidly.

"Boom!"

The claw descended, the power within it erupting, engulfing Mo Shang. Everything around instantly turned to dust, stirring up a sky full of smoke and debris.

"Hehehe, I thought he had some skill, but he's nothing—so fragile."

Sensing that Mo Shang's life aura had completely vanished, the Yinming Old Man chuckled, a hint of a smile curling at the corner of his mouth.

But soon, as if sensing something, the Yinming Old Man abruptly fixed his gaze on Jiang Shuyu, and his smile instantly faded.

The next moment, a terrifying aura surged from Jiang Shuyu, accompanied by a Blood Qi Flame, enveloping the entire scene with overwhelming killing intent.

"Damn, she's going all out! Calm down, Jiang Shuyu, calm down..." Gu Qingzhou broke out in a cold sweat at the sight and quickly tried to dissuade her.

"Mo Shang is dead. Right and wrong, I no longer care to distinguish. Reincarnation Annihilation!" Jiang Shuyu said coldly.

Yin and Yang energies swirled around her, and a Taiji Reincarnation Diagram slowly unfolded with her at its center. In an instant, it covered the entire Cangyun City, strands of annihilation aura seeping out from it, chilling the heart.