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Xu Lu spat out another great mouthful of blood!
The blood carried a thick cloud of black vapor.
His body pitched forward, as though someone had shoved him hard in the back.
Along with it, the fourth Grand Grounds Master's Yin Spirit was blasted out of his body!
Shock appeared on He Huangdao's face, and even on the third Grand Grounds Master's Yin Spirit.
"How is that possible?" Horror filled the fourth Grand Grounds Master's eyes.
"That's absolutely impossible!" Even his voice trembled with fear.
He had been just one step away from completing the soul seizure!
Even if Xu Lu had someone helping him through fate itself, even if that person was probably the Grand Grounds Master of the Talisman Arts Lineage, achieving an effect like this would require his final hexagram!
A Yin-Yang Practitioner had two chances to defy heaven and change fate. The first hexagram came when he first entered the Yin-Yang World.
Usually, he lacked strength at that point and could not affect any great destinies. He would only gain a deeper understanding of yin and yang, a first glimpse of the path.
After decades of trials throughout his life, he would witness the tranquility of mountains and rivers, the fury of mountains and rivers, the stillness of flowing water, and its raging roar.
He would also witness the countless kindnesses and cruelties of the human world, its myriad acts of good and evil.
Eventually, a practitioner would attain complete enlightenment, see through everything, and draw upon the strength of his entire life to perform his final divination.
That final hexagram could likewise defy heaven, change fate, and manipulate destiny!
That final hexagram would be stronger than the first! Its strength lay in a lifetime of effort and understanding!
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