Some were disheartened, affected, and filled with disappointment and resentment. Others simply smiled and didn't care, their minds detached and not overly competitive. Many more, like Yao Xi, began to retreat into seclusion and cultivate their skills diligently, not wanting to fall behind...
dddd, those who know, know~
Chapter 722 Fish in the Net, Quasi-Emperor of the Dao of Cause and Effect [Bonus Chapter for Fellow Daoist of the Seven Sages Capital]
The master of the Purple Mansion Ancient Land was completely oblivious to all of this, as she was currently focused entirely on the fish in the net. As for Yi Qingwu and her junior sister, they had become bait in the net of karma.
This was the first time she had used the Dao Light Karma Water Mirror after becoming Quasi-Emperor.
This is a divine technique she created herself.
Su Yu also created a similar divine technique, but he used the Time Dao.
She is the master of cause and effect, and the controller of Heaven's will, making her even more mysterious to outsiders. Therefore, even the forbidden woman fell for her charms.
At this moment, the Daughter of the Ruins, who was eavesdropping in secret, was unaware that her fate was rapidly declining, placing her on an extremely dangerous edge.
Just as she was about to make her move and capture Yi Qingwu and Simeng with swift and decisive action, a purple-blue mist quietly rose around them.
Amidst the swirling clouds, a phantom mirror appeared in the center, crystal clear and flowing with Chaos energy.
The next moment, a slender hand, comparable to a star, suddenly flew out of the mirror, followed by a snow-white wrist and arm.
The moment that hand appeared, this entire dark universe trembled, and all the laws and principles of the universe were drawn into motion, causing the Qianlun and earth to shift and the sea to surge.
The hand was young, brimming with Life force, indescribably captivating, and one could imagine the beauty of its owner. But at this moment, this hand represented control and calamity, its intense Quasi-Emperor aura overflowing, impossible to conceal.
The moment that hand appeared, it immediately clenched its five fingers and grabbed down towards the starlight where the Daughter of the Ruins was hiding.
All of this happened in an instant. When the Daughter of the Ruins realized that the giant hand had already landed, her expression hardened, and her Eye of the Starry Sky flashed as she locked onto the hand.
"Causal lines, Quasi-Emperor." Her face was grim; she realized that everything before had been a trap. However, she wasn't particularly frightened.
Compared to her previous despair, the methods used here are far from reaching her threshold.
This mere newly Quasi-Emperor dares to try and take her for granted.
The Daughter of the Ruins sneered and tried to withdraw her divine sense, wielding the Ancient Emperor Forbidden Artifact in her true form to fight. At the same time, she wanted to summon two Quasi-Emperor from the Three Gods Beyond the World to come and help her.
However, no matter how much she struggled, her wisp of soul light seemed to be frozen in place, and she couldn't take it back at all.
"How could this be...?"
The Daughter of the Ruins ' expression changed drastically as she realized the situation was out of her control.
"Boom!"
As she struggled, a snow-white jade hand descended, grabbing the Daughter of the Ruins like a chick. Then it quickly withdrew, disappearing from the water mirror, leaving only a sky full of pale purple clouds and tangled threads of cause and effect.
What's terrifying is that at the same moment her soul was captured, her physical body was also snatched away by a hand that reached out from the Void.
This is the great art of cause and effect!
This is the fundamental principle of the illusory realm!
Compared to the five elements (metal, wood, water, fire, earth, thunder, light, yin, yang, and space), this type of Dao is far more mysterious and cannot be understood by ordinary standards...
In the distance, Simeng, who witnessed all of this, was pale and trembling.
Before that enormous hand, she was no different from an ant.
She had always been well protected by Su Yu, much like a caged bird, dancing only for its master, and had not experienced much hardship. Therefore, the fear brought about by this sudden change was unprecedented.
Yi Qingwu's face was expressionless, but the small fists clenched tightly under her long sleeves revealed her inner emotions.
My junior sister's cultivation level is too low to perceive who is coming.
As the Great Saint, she sensed a familiar aura from that hand. It was Zixia, who had now become Quasi-Emperor.
This news is truly unsettling.
"Even if she has Innate Dao Embryo, she shouldn't be progressing this quickly..." Yi Qingwu felt a pang of distress, unable to understand.
She set aside her dignity, suppressed her inner discomfort, and tried her best to please that person, even though she was only at the Eighth Heaven of the Great Saint Realm.
The opportunity she received was already considered a stroke of luck.
If she had followed the proper path of cultivation and remained on Ziwei Star without encountering Su Yu, she would have at most become Saint King, and even becoming Great Saint would have been extremely difficult.
"Senior sister, just now... it was a Quasi-Emperor, right?!" The woman in the silver dress said, pursing her lips. Now that she had come to her senses, she didn't feel much fear. Her previous emotional fluctuations were mainly due to the suddenness of the event.
She is indeed weak.
But the person she serves is different; even Quasi-Emperor is nothing more than an ant before his master.
"My master once defied Quasi-Emperor when he was Great Saint... The Yuhua Tian of the False Divine Court was also very strong, but he died in the end." The beauty curled her lips, feeling a faint sense of superiority, believing that she could look down on the Quasi-Emperor from a certain perspective.
As for the desire to catch up, feeling ashamed upon seeing the great sun, there was not even a trace of it.
She cultivates diligently, but she doesn't deliberately make things difficult for herself or put herself under extreme pressure. After all, everything she has now is already incredibly superior, far exceeding her expectations.
Yi Qingwu was unaware of her junior sister's thoughts and felt very annoyed. She never thought of herself as inferior to others.
Su Yu is different; she doesn't compare herself to such a prodigy.
The Chaos Body explains everything.
But why can Innate Dao Embryo cultivate so quickly?
This ice-cold beauty became somewhat self-pitying, utterly perplexed.
What she didn't know was that while she had given so much, someone else had done even more.
Upon hearing her junior sister's question, Yi Qingwu's lips twitched slightly. After thinking for a moment, she didn't reveal the truth but simply nodded.
Perhaps sometimes ignorance is a kind of happiness.
My junior sister isn't caught in the trap, so I don't need to worry about these things.
But she was different... she had no choice but to fight...
At this moment, Su Yu, who was still in seclusion, had no idea that he would encounter many troubles because of Zixia.
The beauty lay on the bed, on the verge of tears, lamenting her inability to improve her cultivation, and then made an "unreasonable" request.
What can be done about this?
If someone has average talent, like Qin Yao, then there are ways to take shortcuts.
One can directly kill Quasi-Emperor, seize their Great Dao, and then use the dual cultivation method to refine it into a woman's body. This is also a different kind of possession, targeting the Great Dao.
The person who received the initiation did resemble the Ancient Emperor somewhat. True children of Ancient Emperor could easily enter the Quasi-Emperor without encountering any obstacles, thanks to the fragments of laws left in their bloodlines by their fathers. The same was true for the woman who received the initiation and entered the Quasi-Emperor path through dual cultivation with Su Yu.
This is how Qin Yao achieved her Great Saint Realm; otherwise, with her talent, she would have lost half her life just to reach the Saint.
Her talent paled in comparison to Ye Fan's father. With his talent, in this world where laws are active, Ye Fan's father could normally cultivate to the level of Saint, possessing extraordinary fortune.
Qin Yao, at best, severed her Severing the Dao. In another timeline, this little demon girl Severing the Dao and vanished into nothingness, turning into ashes...
Therefore, using this method would be a waste for those who are exceptionally talented and outstanding.
Every method has its backlash. Cultivation levels enhanced through secret techniques, reaching the realm of the true master of the Great Dao, become a bottleneck, and the reality is often less than ideal.
Based on Su Yu's deduction, given Qin Yao's abilities, the attrition rate might be even higher. Quasi-Emperor achieved in this way would only be considered the weakest Quasi-Emperor, and her cultivation would likely stagnate further...
After being rejected, she became angry and tearful, fought with Su Yu, and scratched and bit him in various ways, leaving everyone feeling helpless.
Sometimes, women don't need to reason with men... This is something even the Invincible One can't avoid, because it involves innate temperament that cannot be changed.
Luo Heaven Realm, Purple Mansion Palace.
A wisp of pale purple smoke swept by, and amidst the swirling mist, an object fell from the void and landed on the silver-brick floor.
That was the body of the Daughter of the Ruins. At this moment, she had lost her primordial spirit and lay on the ground like a headless tumbleweed, completely devoid of any composure.
On the Daoist platform, a female Daoist priest withdrew her right hand, looked at the terrified, glowing spirit in the center of her palm, and a faint smile appeared on her lips.
"With such methods, which Quasi-Emperor of Kunlun are you?" The Daughter of the Ruins asked, her face pale, but she forced herself to remain calm.
The exquisitely beautiful Daoist nun gently shook her head, and with a flick of her left hand, she revealed a translucent, gleaming metal piece with shimmering Black Dragon between her slender index and ring fingers.
More accurately, this is a fragment of a broken weapon, originating from the Lord of the Divine Ruins.
She stared at the prisoner. "You call yourself the Daughter of the Ruins? But you have no causal relationship with the last fallen Lord of the Divine Ruins. Are you the daughter of the previous Lord of the Forbidden Zone?"
In the vision of the Eye of Karma, there is a faint connection between the imprisoned soul and the fragments, but it is far from being a close relative.
As for the origin of the other party's name, it was revealed by the Thunder God Emperor's Son.
That person was very stubborn and refused to speak, but unfortunately, under the laws of illusion, everything about him was revealed, including his father's ancient scriptures and secret techniques.
The same applies to the information about the Daughter of the Ruins.
As Quasi-Emperor possessing the blood of the Dao Embryo, Zixia held an extremely high position, and she easily obtained this information, including the other party's arrogance and self-important personality.
It can be said that this very personality trait led to the current situation.
Otherwise, capturing a woman from a restricted area would be quite difficult for Zixia.
When her father was mentioned, the Daughter of the Ruins' eyes turned completely black, but a smile appeared on her face as she said softly, "There is one thing you have guessed wrong. My father is not the previous master of the Divine Ruins, but the current Lord of the Forbidden Zone."
"Interesting..."
Zixia couldn't help but chuckle. Her voice was melodious, as clear as a silver bell, but to the prisoner below, it was anything but pleasant.
"I know you have mastered the power of cause and effect, but the Supreme cannot be predicted. The result you obtained is a deliberate distortion by the will of Heaven..." The Daughter of the Ruins gradually calmed down and explained.
Shortly after, she added, "I once heard the Supreme say that cause and effect can be used but not repeated. For them, the law of cause and effect is not even able to get close; it is ultimately a minor path."
Zixia raised an eyebrow slightly, wanting to say something, but then felt it was unnecessary. Clearly, this woman was even more difficult to deal with than the Thunder God Emperor's Son.
"What a pity, if only there were Quasi-Emperor of the Illusionary Path..." She thought for a moment and then dismissed the idea.
Of all the Quasi-Emperor in the entire Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, only the Lord of the Deep, excluding Su Yu, has reached the Quasi-Emperor level in the field of illusion.
Even with her Dao Embryo body, she was unable to elevate the Dao of Illusion to this level after entering the Quasi-Emperor.
The difficulty of mastering the Dao Source, which is based on the realm of illusion, is extremely high.
Zixia understood this all too well...
"Could it be that Thunder God Emperor's Son revealed something? That idiot."
Seeing that Zixia remained unmoved, the Daughter of the Ruins felt a sinking feeling in her heart. She immediately guessed that the Thunder God Emperor's Son had betrayed her, and couldn't help but curse inwardly.