Ruining Others' Good Deeds and Staying Out of It (Part One)

Seeing his avatar about to explode, Hun Liao advanced instead of retreating, turning into sword light and plunging right in. Given the current state of Wang Jiuquan's avatar, the slightest addition of external force would trigger a massive detonation, but Hun Liao was no pushover either. His sword light transformed into countless spots of karmic fire, as illusory as they were real, throwing his whole body forward to use the unique properties of the karmic fire to treat that outward-radiating force as fuel. With a thunderous roar, it blazed, consuming the already-formed shockwave.

Hundreds of li away, a thread of Wang Jiuquan's consciousness remained tethered to his avatar, and at this he let out a cold laugh. This transcending-tribulation secret technique and its avatar self-detonation carry profound intricacies; within them lies the condensed yin thunder, complete with esoteric arts—how could it ever be perturbed by external objects?

Yet before his thought even faded, a speck of dark light flickered within the karmic fire, and a claw abruptly reached out from it. With a single scoop amidst the avatar's expanding yin qi, it plucked away that very self-contained yin thunder.

The resulting void was instantly occupied by the karmic fire, which burned even more fiercely. Those layers of heavy bad karma traced the spiritual currents and spread in all directions, causing both this avatar and Wang Jiuquan's true body—far away over hundreds of li—to cry out in alarm, hastily severing their connection.

He had fancied that he already rated Hun Liao a notch higher, yet he still found he had underestimated him.

That yin thunder was reinforced by his transcending-tribulation secret technique and possessed its own innate divine abilities, yet it had been plucked away so effortlessly. Who stood behind Hun Liao to wield such divine power?

That karmic fire was