jdhmnovel Chapter 1008 A Pie Falling from the Sky?
Chapter 1008 A Pie Falling from the Sky?
Inside the quiet room of Jiuling Manor.
Su Mo scoffed lightly, his smile carrying a hint of mockery and understanding. His fingertips tapped lightly on the petals of the nine-layered Xuanmo Black Lotus, producing a crisp "tap, tap" sound, as if questioning people's hearts, or counting down to the game that was about to unfold: "Then I'll play along with you and see who devours whom in the end."
Then, Su Mo's gaze gradually became intense, as if two flames were burning fiercely in his eyes, reflecting the greed and scheming deep within them.
Even if a seventh-grade True Immortal is the best among seventh-grade True Immortals, even if only a trace of his remnant soul remains, the energy he contains far exceeds ordinary imagination. He is definitely not comparable to a fifth-grade True Immortal like Black Profound True Immortal, and it is not much different from devouring and refining a seventh-grade True Immortal medicine.
next second...
Inside the Four Symbols Divine Palace, the black-clad avatar took a step forward, his figure traversing the void as if shrinking the earth to an inch. The Nine Heavens Immortal Jade beneath his feet emitted a subtle hum, rippling in circles of jade-colored waves. He landed steadily on the central platform paved with Nine Heavens Immortal Jade, his hands moving rapidly, his fingertips flowing with starlight-like brilliance as he cast profound hand seals. As they moved, it seemed as if the trajectories of stars were moving within them, each one incredibly precise, perfectly matching the method transmitted into his sea of consciousness by the Four Symbols True Immortal's magical power avatar. It was as if he had practiced it hundreds of times, as familiar as instinct.
"Nine Luminaries Banner, retract!"
The black-clad avatar gave a soft shout, his voice as powerful as a decree, echoing in the empty temple with an unquestionable majesty.
"Boom..."
The high platform suddenly shook, and the entire temple hummed in response. The golden dragon phantoms on the coiled dragon pillars seemed to be awakened, their scales opened, and they emitted a deep dragon roar, causing the air to tremble.
Then, the 108 Nine Luminaries Star Banners began to tremble violently, their surfaces fluttering as if countless stars were roaring and colliding within them, radiating a fierce power that refused to be bound. They were clearly struggling, yet they were unable to resist the pull of the magic seal and could only obediently submit, like wild horses that had been tamed.
They rose from the ground, carrying the brilliance of the stars, and shrank rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye—the banners that were originally hundreds of years tall and covered the sky were transformed in an instant into miniature flags only an inch high. The star patterns on the flags still twinkled, but they had restrained all their sharpness and become docile, like obedient pets.
Then, as if drawn by an invisible force, these miniature flags flew toward the black-clad avatar and landed in his outstretched palm, automatically arranging themselves into a circular array that emitted a faint starlight, making his palm sparkle.
The black-clad avatar flicked his finger, and a condensed stellar energy enveloped him, drawing him into his natal sea of cosmic energy. In an instant, countless chains of rules surged forth from the depths of the sea of cosmic energy, binding the one hundred and eight Nine Luminaries Star Banners tightly like chains of black iron, layer upon layer, airtight, completely sealing their connection with the outside world and severing any possibility of resistance.
"He's actually so honest. I underestimated this old man's courage." Inside the Nine Spirits Manor, a hint of surprise flashed in Su Mo's eyes. He thought that when the black-clad avatar completely sealed the Nine Luminaries Star Banner, the Nine Luminaries Star Banner would resist. Unexpectedly, it did not resist at all and allowed him to completely seal it.
"Next up are those four Four Symbols Immortal-Suppressing Banners."
The moment Su Mo's thought arose, the black-clad avatar within the Four Symbols Temple moved as if by telepathy. He stretched out his arms, his fingertips dancing, unleashing a multitude of profound hand seals. Each seal seemed to contain the rhythm of the Four Symbols' operation: the agility of the Azure Dragon, the ferocity of the White Tiger, the heat of the Vermilion Bird, and the solidity of the Black Tortoise. These seals were vividly displayed, densely interwoven into a net, like a king wielding the seals, completely enveloping the four Immortal-Suppressing Banners without leaving a single gap.
The moment the seal descended, the phantoms of the sacred beasts on the Four Symbols Suppressing Immortal Banner suddenly stirred. The Azure Dragon roared, attempting to tear apart the protective net; the White Tiger bared its fangs, revealing its menacing claws; the Vermilion Bird flapped its wings, igniting a raging inferno; and the Black Tortoise curled into a ball, releasing a thick defensive barrier. But this time, the seal cast by the black-clad avatar seemed to be their nemesis. No matter how the phantoms of the sacred beasts struggled, they could not break free from the seal's restraint. Instead, they were gradually suppressed by the seal, and the radiance on the banner slowly dimmed.
In a short while, the four originally towering Four Symbols Immortal Suppressing Banners rapidly shrank, eventually transforming into four exquisite banners about a foot tall. Although the sacred beast patterns on the banners were still trembling slightly, they had lost their previous ferocity. They transformed into four streaks of light, obediently falling into the black-clad avatar's natal sea of cosmic energy, following in the footsteps of the Nine Luminaries Star Banner. They were tightly bound by countless chains of rules, completely suppressed and sealed deep within the sea of cosmic energy, facing the Nine Luminaries Star Banner from afar.
"Things went smoothly, actually."
Su Mo lightly tapped the lotus petals with her fingertips, but her vigilance remained. The smoother things went, the more unusual it seemed.
Next, the black-clad avatar turned his gaze to the twelve purple-gold treasure boxes. Instead of opening them immediately, he placed multiple layers of array seals on them before storing them into his natal sea of time.
"Next up is the Divine Pearl of Inheritance. It's time for the Four Symbols Elder's true colors to be revealed." Su Mo sneered, a sharp glint flashing in his eyes, like a hunter poised to pounce, waiting for its prey to step into the trap.
Almost the instant his words fell, the black-clad avatar within the Four Symbols Temple stirred its divine sense, directly enveloping the purple crystal sphere like an invisible net, and began to receive the inherited memories left by the Four Symbols True Immortals according to the method previously transmitted into the sea of consciousness.
In an instant, countless memories surged into the black-clad avatar's sea of consciousness like a flood bursting its banks. These included the Four Symbols True Immortal's cultivation experiences in his youth, his illustrious achievements in the Crimson Sea, his unique insights into formations and alchemy, and the top-tier cultivation technique that led directly to the Ninth Rank True Immortal... These memories were vast and complex, yet they were all sorted out, absorbed, and thoroughly digested by the black-clad avatar's soul.
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after one day.
The black-clad avatar had received all the inherited memories within the Four Symbols Temple. The flow of information in his sea of consciousness gradually subsided, leaving behind a wealth of knowledge and insights, as if he had personally experienced the life of the Four Symbols True Immortal.
"Strange, what's going on? The black-clad avatar has already received all the soul memories, why hasn't this old man of the Four Symbols used his backup plan to seize the body yet?"
Inside the Nine Spirits Manor, Su Mo frowned slightly, a clear look of surprise flashing in his eyes. According to his plan, the remnant soul would inevitably take advantage of the moment when the illusory body was fully focused on receiving the inheritance and its divine soul defenses were at their weakest, quietly merging into the black-clad avatar's divine soul, and seizing the opportunity to be reborn. To this end, he had specifically instructed the black-clad avatar to feign weakness, pretending to be extremely strained and unable to attend to anything else while receiving the memories, even deliberately slowing down the flow of star power to create the illusion that the divine soul was on the verge of saturation and could collapse at any moment—all to lure the opponent into making a move.
To everyone's surprise, the Four Symbols True Immortals acted completely unpredictably. The black-clad avatar had already fully received the inherited memories, but the remnant soul remained completely still, as if it had never existed.
"Could it be that I've really stumbled upon such a stroke of good fortune?" A hint of suspicion flashed in Su Mo's eyes as he gently stroked the Xuanmo Black Lotus with his fingertips. He knew that he hadn't tried to seize the body when the illusory avatar was receiving the inherited memories. Now that the inheritance was complete and the black-clad avatar's soul had returned to its peak, attempting to do so would be more than ten times more difficult, with almost no chance of success. This old monster, who had lived for tens of thousands of cosmic eras, didn't seem like the type to make such a basic mistake.
Inside the Four Symbols Temple, the black-clad avatar also frowned slightly, his star power fluctuating slightly, clearly puzzled as to what the Four Symbols True Immortal was up to.
"If you don't make a move, then I'll find you here!"
A cold glint flashed in the black-clad avatar's eyes. Too lazy to continue passively responding, he activated his divine sense, which quickly enveloped the entire Four Symbols Divine Palace like a fine net. From every engraving on the dragon pillar to every crack in the golden bricks on the ground, and even the lingering Daoist aura on the high platform, every inch of space was carefully examined multiple times. Even the amethyst coffin and the corpse of the Four Symbols True Immortal within it were repeatedly scanned with his divine sense. He even probed into every meridian within the immortal corpse, attempting to find traces of the remnant soul of the Four Symbols True Immortal.
The result was quite disappointing for Su Mo—wherever the black-clad avatar's divine sense reached, apart from the rich immortal spiritual energy and the residual aura of the treasure, there were no other fluctuations of the divine soul belonging to any living being. The remnant soul of the Four Symbols True Immortal that should have existed was nowhere to be found.
"Could there really be such a kind person in this ancient immortal realm? Or is it that too much time has passed, and the remnant soul of the Four Symbols True Immortal could not withstand the baptism of time and has been completely annihilated?" Su Mo murmured to himself, a hint of contemplation flashing in his eyes.
Twelve thousand cosmic eras is by no means a short time. Even for a Boundless True Immortal, it would be enough to exhaust the lifespan of many First-Rank True Immortals, turning them into cosmic dust. It is not impossible that a remnant soul could not withstand the erosion of tens of thousands of cosmic eras of time.
"It seems that his soul has truly been scattered!"
Su Mo once again had his black-clad avatar release his divine sense to thoroughly search the temple, not even missing the cracks in the amethyst coffin. In the end, he still found nothing, and he finally gave up completely. The Four Symbols True Immortal really did not leave behind any remnant soul.
"Oh! What a pity!"
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