The Kingmaker

"Ha ha ha, it worked! It worked!"

Long Shengyi was naturally beside himself with excitement. He had been seventy to eighty percent confident in this plan, but he had never expected it to be so easy, so smooth, to use the Heart-Seizing Talisman to ambush this Daoist He.

"I never thought this man would be so useless. I was worried something might go wrong midway through, or that Daoist He might catch wind of our scheme and stir up some trouble. We're inside a sect-guarding supreme treasure—if we made even the slightest misstep and provoked his fury, he could crush us into dust with a single thought."

Long Tianyin was both startled and delighted. He had originally been exceedingly wary of this "Daoist He" and this sect-guarding treasure, fearing the plan might fail. Who would have thought everything would go as smoothly as a ship before the wind, without the slightest obstacle? Wild joy surged through his heart.

"Three and five complete, sun and moon united; root of yin, marrow of yang—heed my command!"

Long Shengyi formed several hand seals in rapid succession. With a sweep of his great sleeve, a ray of golden light shot forth and struck Daoist He's body dead on.

"Daoist He, come here at once and kneel before me!"

He shouted loudly, his tone that of a master calling for a servant.

Crack! Crackle!

The bones and muscles throughout Daoist He's body began to shudder violently, his sinews and joints stirring. A moment later, however, his eyes closed tightly again, and he sat back down where he was, utterly motionless.

"What's going on?"

Long Shengyi froze. He formed the hand seals several more times, only to find that this Initiation Realm expert remained still as death, seated upright in the void with an air of