Chapter 0: Rest in Peace
Throughout the Little Profound Realm, Ying Wusheng’s heart-wrenching screams echoed endlessly. He had always thought his bloodthirsty nature was peculiar enough, but he never expected to encounter a true madman today.
What did ‘fatal blow from a Realm Lord’ mean?
After countless years of cultivation, a cultivator finally reached the Realm Lord realm, capable of being a titan and a respected figure anywhere in the Cultivation World. How dignified and awe-inspiring they were, only for you to use it for groin kicks?!
Immediately after, Ying Wusheng suddenly began to control the ‘newborn’ Dao Body of a female cultivator.
However, Qin Gou’s actions did not hesitate or slow down in the slightest. “Strange, is the dignified Death’s Halt Demon Lord so devoid of life? With my current strength, aren’t men and women the same?”
But in a flash, Ying Wusheng, having suffered another heavy blow, did not immediately switch Dao Bodies as before. Without even furrowing his brow, he roared and slammed a palm towards Qin Gou.
“Human spawn, die by this Seat’s hand!”
His voice remained unchanged.
Due to the close-quarters combat, Qin Gou, whose nerves were already tensed, immediately noticed the change. His movement technique was like lightning, instantly moving to the side, leaving behind only a broken afterimage, finally giving Ying Wusheng a chance to breathe.
“It seems he’s actively blocking his pain? His reaction isn’t slow.”
Qin Gou watched as Ying Wusheng, with astonishing speed, abandoned his injured old body and once again manifested another unharmed female cultivator’s Dao Body. He understood tacitly.
“Beast!”
Ying Wusheng’s eyes turned crimson, and he shouted sternly, “You really think I don’t understand? You little brat wants to make me surrender through various painful tortures. What a pipe dream!”
“Is that so? I merely feel that since Death’s Halt has occupied and annihilated the Dao Bodies and lives of so many innocent people who had no enmity with you, now you can experience this immense pain through their bodies… I wonder if this mere pain reaches even one-tenth of the despair you felt when your soul was extinguished.” Qin Gou’s eyes deepened.
“Humans are truly good at flattering themselves.” As he spoke, Ying Wusheng quickly stuffed several pills into his mouth. However, for some reason, Qin Gou, who had witnessed everything, did not move to stop him.
“But no matter how eloquent you are, it doesn’t change what you’ve actually done – such an extremely vulgar method that all cultivators in the world would scorn and laugh at!”
“I don’t understand what you’re talking about.” Qin Gou looked genuinely bewildered.
Ying Wusheng’s eyes were filled with immense rage. “Stop pretending! You, Qin Gou of Arc-Moon Mountain, a Realm Lord mighty figure, resorting to the despicable groin kick tactics of a street thug!”
“Utter nonsense!”
Qin Gou was righteously indignant and pointed directly at Ying Wusheng, shouting, “Well said, Abyssal Demon Lord, spreading slander! But as a human cultivator who always adheres to the path of ‘etiquette, righteousness, integrity, and honor,’ how can this Qin tolerate your unfounded accusations? Do you have any evidence for this nonsense you’re spouting?”
“Bastard, I myself have been suffering all along! Do I still need any damnable evidence?” Ying Wusheng was furious.
“What suffering have you endured? Aren’t you, your excellency, unharmed from head to toe right now?” Qin Gou stared intently at Ying Wusheng’s current Dao Body, which had been ‘newly born’ just seconds ago, and asked with vigorous curiosity.
“You, you… utterly shameless!”
Ying Wusheng was instantly enraged, his liver and lungs about to explode. It could be said that this was the first time in his life he had been so provoked by his usually proud abilities.
“So, your excellency, are you ready?” At this moment, Qin Gou suddenly changed the subject.
“What?”
“Can’t you tell? The time we are conversing right now is the opportunity I’ve deliberately given you to secretly prepare, wanting to see if you can still display any novel moves. If you have no other means besides directly consuming pills that will definitely damage this Dao Body to forcibly boost your combat power, then you are meaningless to me, and this battle should end,” Qin Gou said matter-of-factly.
“What a bluff!” Ying Wusheng sneered. He admitted that in terms of destructive power, Qin Gou indeed possessed astonishing strength, but with his own powerful Xuanjie laws that allowed him to regenerate constantly, he could never be defeated.
Qin Gou also shook his head and smiled. At the same moment, a system notification sounded in his ear:
“Ding. The host’s guess is correct. The reason why Ying Wusheng can maintain his original cultivation and skillfully use all his abilities even after changing Dao Bodies is that the soul pearl of the Soul Plunderer clan can quickly remodel the physique of others at the moment of soul possession. Each ‘newborn’ Dao Body, although appearing different on the outside, has its meridians internally being exactly the same!”
“And because the host has successfully made direct contact with several of Ying Wusheng’s Dao Bodies before, the ‘Enlightenment True Body’ ability has been triggered, completely discerning the weaknesses, vital points, and pleasure points distributed throughout the opponent’s body.”
“Very good, although I could still fight him to a standstill by consuming some merit points, this way, it saves me a lot of time.” Qin Gou thought to himself.
This was precisely the biggest reason why he, who was skilled in long-range spirit arts, had insisted on attacking Ying Wusheng up close earlier.
“Ding!” Immediately after, the system hurriedly said, “But, host, you aren’t thinking of… absolutely not! At least, wait until this system goes into hibernation first.”
“Cough, what nonsense are you thinking? What I need this time is naturally Ying Wusheng’s ‘weaknesses’ and ‘vital points,’ not that last one!”
“Ding, regarding the Enlightenment True Body’s ability to explore others’ weaknesses and vital points, since the host acquired this special constitution, you haven’t really used it much. Instead, the Dao Heart Marvelous Hands, which bestows pleasure, has been used skillfully…”
Qin Gou’s old face instantly turned red, and he quickly interrupted, gritting his teeth. “Anyway, this time, it’s being used just right!”
In an instant, a spiritual light flashed in Qin Gou’s twin pupils. Empowered by the Enlightenment True Body, he finally clearly discerned Ying Wusheng’s greatest weakness and vital point – the core soul pearl that moved unobstructed within his body, constantly changing its position!
Originally, Qin Gou had no interest in knowing, but he still saw it all: Ying Wusheng’s so-called ‘pleasure points’ actually changed with the temporary location of the core soul pearl… The bodies of the Soul Plunderer clan are truly too wondrous.
“Death’s Halt, let us truly meet!”
“Wh—…”
Before he could finish speaking, Ying Wusheng, unable to react, was attacked by Qin Gou once more. Qin Gou gazed at the excessively tender face of Ying Wusheng at this moment, but the one he was speaking to was no longer him.
“And you, rest in peace, abyss child whose name I do not know.”
“Chit!”
In an instant, Qin Gou stood beside a handful of dust. A ball of dazzling radiance flickered in his palm, and with a sudden forceful grip, it was completely suppressed.
“Boom!”
The dark shadow domain that had previously covered the entire sky was abruptly shattered at this very moment.
Clear daylight returned, and all gloom was swept away!
The originally almost absolute darkness was finally reduced to just one person, one pearl, and the beautiful mountains and clear waters.
