Battle Intent Soared to the Heavens, Wheel of Life and Death of the Heavens! (Please Bookmark, Please Vote)

[Under these betting battle rules, not a single Purple Mansion cultivator in the world could kill him...]

Qu Changqing stared blankly at Xia Manggan's retreating back.

In the end, he could not hold it in.

Just as the door to the private room was about to close, he clicked his tongue and muttered, "That's a bit too boastful."

Outside the door.

Xia Manggan smiled calmly.

Boastful?

He did not think so.

According to Cave of Carefree's betting battle rules.

Both combatants had to be at the same cultivation level.

And neither side could have spirit beasts assist them.

It was even stipulated that they could not use Dao talismans or special one-use protective treasures refined by elder Immortals, such as Thunder Beads and Fire Talismans.

In other words.

The combatants could rely only on their own divine bodies and Origin Force to wield the treasures, divine abilities, and secret arts they could control...

Under such circumstances.

Even the most heaven-defying Purple Mansion prodigy could at most unleash the strength of an ordinary Wanxiang Daoist at the Completion Realm.

Yet even a Wanxiang Daoist at the Completion Realm generally could not damage a high-grade Human Rank magic treasure.

Unfortunately.

Xia Manggan's Body Refining Divine Ability had already reached the second level.

His body was now comparable to a high-grade Human Rank magic treasure.

Within the hall.

Lady Ziyi curiously watched Xia Manggan approach at an unhurried pace.

He was only at the Purple Mansion Realm, yet he could casually produce an Essence Card containing a thousand jin of Essence Liquid.

Even within Cave of Carefree, she had only seen Hun Wuqi, known as the Little God of Wealth, do such a thing.

Of course.

It was not that the young masters and ladies of other clans and powers lacked such wealth.

There was simply no need for it.

After all, even at the most extravagant establishments like Cave of Carefree and Heavenly Treasure Mountain, a night's expenses amounted to only a hundred or so taels of Essence Liquid.

Even if one participated in a Treasure Contention Meeting.

The Human Rank and Earth Rank magic treasures accessible at this realm cost, at most, several hundred jin of Essence Liquid.

Treasures worth a thousand jin of Essence Liquid could only be found at the higher-level Primordial Spirit Hall, which specifically received Primordial Spirit Daoists.

Or within the highest-level Immortal Hall, which specifically received Immortals.

"Is this crystal used to inspect one's strength?"

Xia Manggan looked at the crystal before him. Without waiting for Lady Ziyi's reply, he placed his hand on it.

Immediately.

A needle-like force appeared and pricked Xia Manggan's palm. Then the crystal burst into light.

"Oh, yes." Lady Ziyi came back to her senses and hurriedly announced, "This young master's Fiendgod Body Refining realm is the Late Purple Mansion Stage..."

After speaking, she waited briefly. When the crystal failed to emit the light representing a Qi Refining realm, she could not help reminding him, "We still need to inspect your Qi Refining realm. Please infuse Origin Force into the crystal."

"I don't practice Qi Refining. There is no Origin Force in my body." Xia Manggan shook his head slightly and withdrew his hand.

"You don't practice Qi Refining?" Lady Ziyi froze, then confirmed again, "Young master, please do not tease Zi Yi. If someone deliberately conceals their cultivation while participating in a betting battle, Cave of Carefree will not let it pass."

"There is none because there is none." Xia Manggan smiled. "If you discover that I concealed my cultivation, declare me the loser immediately."

Because the Body Refining Divine Ability he cultivated had consumed a great deal of the Divine Power of True Sun Fire.

In truth, his Crimson Bright Nine Heavens Map had only reached the seventh level, placing him at the Early Purple Mansion Fiendgod stage.

However, this crystal sphere clearly determined cultivation by the purity of one's Divine Power.

As the publicly acknowledged foremost Fiendgod Body Refining method of Endless Earth, Fiendgod cultivators who trained in the Crimson Bright Nine Heavens Map possessed Divine Power at the Early Purple Mansion Stage comparable to that of cultivators of other methods at the Late Purple Mansion Stage.

That was why it was said that those who cultivated the Crimson Bright Nine Heavens Map could crush all other Fiendgod Body Refining cultivators of the same stage.

By that calculation, Xia Manggan had not concealed his cultivation at all. The realm he displayed was actually inflated.

Lady Ziyi stared at Xia Manggan in astonishment for a moment. Only after confirming that his expression did not seem false did she announce loudly again, "This young master cultivates only Fiendgod Body Refining. His realm is the Late Purple Mansion Stage, and he meets the betting battle requirements..."

Whoosh~~~

The entire hall instantly erupted into uproar.

The commotion was even greater than when Ji Ning had revealed his Dao Comprehension Realm in the Domain of Dao.

"He only practices Body Refining and not Qi Refining? Did I hear that right?"

"Does this man think this is still the ancient era, when there were only Fiendgods and no Qi Refining Immortal cultivators?"

"Haha, what an eye-opener, truly an eye-opener! This is the first time I've seen a cultivator who only refines the body and does not practice Qi Refining. Does he usually travel on foot?"

"What nonsense are you saying? Perhaps he has an escape divine ability that is even faster than the flying boat magic treasures we use."

The powerful figures in the private rooms above.

Upon hearing that Xia Manggan cultivated only Fiendgod Body Refining, most wore expressions of surprise and amusement.

Quite a few even had a thought arise in their hearts—

Could this extravagantly wealthy youth be mentally ill?

No one could be blamed for thinking so.

Compared to Qi Refining, Fiendgod Body Refining methods placed greater importance on talent.

Many ordinary people might lack talent for Fiendgod Body Refining. Even after training their entire lives, they might never become Xiantian Fiendgods.

But if they practiced Qi Refining, as long as their comprehension was not too poor and they had a few resources, reaching the Xiantian stage would not be too difficult.

And once they entered the Xiantian stage, they could control unranked magic treasures.

Setting aside whether they were powerful, at least flying and traveling would be convenient.

Yet when everyone's gazes converged upon the arena, an inexplicable chill rose in their hearts.

Xia Manggan merely stood there casually, as though waiting for the betting battle to begin, or as though he had fallen into deep thought.

When the Sealing Array activated, the Origin Force fluctuations it unleashed were like a violent gale, howling across the entire killing ground.

Yet Xia Manggan's plain mortal clothes, devoid of anything extraordinary, remained as motionless as if cast from iron.

The chaotic clamor of discussion abruptly vanished.

The hall fell into an eerie silence.

Only then did Xia Manggan seem to emerge from his thoughts. He raised his eyes and swept his gaze around the room.

Boom!

At that moment, every person who met his eyes felt their souls struck by lightning.

Their minds seemed instantly filled by that gaze.

In their minds.

The Xia Manggan from moments ago resembled a God King commanding all the gods of Heaven and Earth, suddenly descending into the mortal world.

He surveyed his territory with a lofty gaze that overlooked all creation.

Naturally, Xia Manggan knew nothing of the others' feelings.

After stepping into the killing ground, he had momentarily sunk into memories of his previous life.

Almost instinctively, he regarded himself as still being in the Yang God World, still being the Supreme ruler of the Great Gan Dynasty!

[Xuanji, in this world, I am about to begin my first battle...]

Before Xia Manggan's eyes appeared a towering figure, like the king of all gods.

In every battle of the past.

That figure had stood before him like the sturdiest bulwark.

But now—

He thought of how his previous life had ended, with all his soul thoughts and flesh devoured by Hong Yi and turned into nourishment for the other man.

While Hong Xuanji alone had been left to face the final conclusion...

[Starting with this battle, I will begin my path to the summit.]

Xia Manggan thought to himself, points of light flickering in his eyes.

In this life, he would ascend to the summit.

He would return to the Yang God World with an invincible force.

On the other side of the Sealing Array.

A White-Clad Woman, brimming with seductive charm, looked pitifully at Xia Manggan.

"Young master, this servant was forced to come here. Please show mercy."

The White-Clad Woman bowed slightly.

But twelve tiny Gu insects that could not be seen with the naked eye flew out from her body.

They silently flew toward Xia Manggan.

Beishan Hu's claim that she was merely a female attendant had been a petty trick meant to demean her and lure Xia Manggan into accepting the betting battle.

In truth, she was the saintess of the White Witch Sect, another major power outside Anchan Commandery.

Though she was only a Qi Refining cultivator at the Purple Mansion Completion Realm, she relied on Witch Gu and several strange secret arts.

Even Wanxiang Daoists could fall victim to her schemes if they encountered her.

"Child's play." Xia Manggan moved his mind.

His invisible Divine Sense immediately enveloped the twelve Gu insects.

Then he effortlessly crushed them to death, as though pinching ants.

"My Gu insects!?"

The White Witch Maiden was greatly alarmed.

Even a Wanxiang Daoist's Divine Will could not sense her Gu insects without careful examination.

How had they suddenly died the moment they left her body?

More importantly, she had not sensed any Divine Will fluctuations around her at all.

How could she know that Xia Manggan's soul had possessed the realm of "opening the heavenly eye and manifesting Divine Sense" from the moment of his birth, a realm ordinary Immortal cultivators attained only after cultivating a Primordial Spirit?

After cultivating the Crimson Bright Nine Heavens Map and that Body Refining Divine Ability, his soul had been nourished once again.

At present, the power of his Divine Sense alone was comparable to that of a Fiendgod at the Purple Mansion Completion Realm.

[Since the Gu insects are ineffective, I can only use my binding secret technique.]

The White Witch Maiden gritted her teeth. The black hair behind her, which reached her hips, suddenly began to flow with eerie crimson light, strand after strand.

Then her now-red hair rapidly lengthened. In the blink of an eye, it spread across the sky like a giant net that could encompass Heaven and Earth, descending upon Xia Manggan.

"This is bad."

Qu Changqing, in a private room above, was startled. "This woman truly possesses a binding secret technique. Brother Xia has no Origin Force and cannot activate magic treasures. If he is bound, he'll be in trouble."

But the instant this thought arose, Xia Manggan moved.

His eyes narrowed slightly. He clenched both fists, forming a fist seal that opened in all four directions. Without even looking at the eerie net of hair falling over him, he merely pointed the fist seal vaguely toward the White Witch Maiden and softly uttered:

"Gods of Heaven and Earth, Life and Death of the Heavens, Wheel!"

Rumble!

As the final word, "Wheel," left his lips.

In the eyes of the White Witch Maiden, and even all the spectators beyond the Sealing Array.

An enormous black-and-white wheel rose from the void above Xia Manggan's head.

This massive Black-White Wheel was supported by an unknown number of gods.

The phantoms of those gods opened and closed their mouths, some saying "life," others speaking "death."

Everyone's heads buzzed.

At the same time.

A fierce aura of blazing Yang mixed with overwhelming battle intent shot into the heavens from Xia Manggan's body.

The Sealing Array, which could completely block the battle fluctuations of Primordial Spirit Daoists, along with the countless formation restrictions within Cave of Carefree, all seemed to lose their effect before this soaring battle intent.

At that moment.

Everyone within Cave of Carefree, regardless of cultivation realm, heard nothing but the sounds of "life" and "death" filling their ears.

[Xuanji, the Wheel of Life and Death of the Heavens was the crystallization of all your Martial Dao experience, the labor of your entire life.]

[In this life, I will use it to reach the summit—and ultimately bring you back from the River of Time!]

Xia Manggan threw a punch.

Whoosh~~~

The White Witch Maiden's entire body.

Along with the eerie hair she had used to activate her secret technique.

Became like a desiccated corpse baked by flames for tens of millions of years.

In an instant, she turned to dust and scattered with the wind from his fist.

The terrifying spiritual force of the fist intent.

Even made the barrier of the Sealing Array erupt with violent ripples.

As though a Myriad Phenomena God-Demon were striking it with all its strength.

"What was that just now?"

"Was it a divine ability, or a secret art?"

The formidable figures in the private rooms all rose to their feet as one.

The more impatient ones even transformed directly into streaks of escaping light and flew out through the windows.

They could not wait to find out.

What exactly had they just seen?

The first update was here. While I was at it, let me say a few words about Hong Xuanji. I wondered whether any of you gentlemen who had read Yang God disliked him. Let me make this clear as well: I was not praising one while putting down another. I said Hong Yi was not good because Suifeng's protagonist was Yang Pan. I said Hong Xuanji was good because the protagonist was also Yang Pan. One's identity and position determined one's side and one's likes and dislikes. Everyone in the world could say Hong Xuanji was bad, but Yang Pan alone would not. In my view, the feelings and bond between the two had already gone beyond those of ruler and subject, so I hoped you gentlemen would understand.