Time Waits for No One: To Take, First Give (Part 2)

Within Chengqitian, a layer of deathly pale light seeped in. The karma it contained was poison most hated by cultivators, and fires blazed in many places within Chengqitian as Heart Refining Dharma Fire was used to resist it.

Things were still manageable here. But within the yet-unmanifested Tu Ling Prison, dead demons stirred restlessly. The white light representing the karma of the Hungry Ghost Path poured down, giving them another powerful stimulus—because this place held a great possibility of causing Yu Ci's death.

They scrambled to manifest within Chengqitian and reclaim their absolute advantage from before.

Shadow Ghost knew Yu Ci had made preparations, yet the sight still left him somewhat uncomfortable. Memories of the Sword Immortal's western expedition always came back to haunt him at times like this.

"Hey, are you sure this won't be a problem?"

Before he could speak, Ten Directions Great Venerable's voice followed the path of the karmic seepage. "Young one, I know you can hear me."

Yu Ci smiled at Shadow Ghost, then answered with a cold snort.

Ten Directions Great Venerable's laughter echoed across this hundred-mu stretch of land. Victory seemed already in his grasp, putting him in fine spirits. Yet the two sides were truly too far apart, with Chengqitian's transition between reality and illusion in between, compounded by the Heart Refining Dharma Fire's interference with karma. Even as a Longevity True Man, he could not possibly sense Yu Ci's true condition.

"Your avatar is now bound by my karma. You should understand the consequences. I need not waste words on a clever man. Hand over the cultivation method for activating the jade disc, and I will let your avatar leave. I'll simply pretend none of this ever happened."

Yu Ci winked and made faces at Shadow Ghost, responding with almost the