Knowing that this was his end, Gerald braced himself for impact…! However, moments before the aurablades got to him, a golden light suddenly began emanating from his chest! Soon after, a shield of light enveloped Gerald’s body, preventing the aurablades from touching the boy at all! Upon seeing that, Ryder’s eyes widened as he stammered, “…T-that… You… You possess the Herculean Primordial Spirit?!” The Herculean Primordial Spirit was even more valuable than the martial art techniques stashed in this cave! If he got his hands on the primordial spirit, then he could truly transcend the cultivation realm and become part of a higher existence…! With that in mind, Ryder couldn’t help but laugh wickedly as he looked up and spread his arms while yelling, “I must be the luckiest man alive today! Once I kill you, I’ll be able to possess the Herculean Primordial Spirit as well! Now have a taste of my Seventh Sword Rain!” Following the announcement of his attack, numerous aurablades beg
Barely a second later, a thunderous explosion was heard and the ground began trembling like crazy! “This… doesn’t look good…!” gulped Ryder as he felt his heart skip a beat. With a wave of his hands, he then turned into a cloud of green smoke before disappearing into thin air! With stalactites already starting to fall from the ceiling, the cavern didn’t look like it would last for much longer! By the time it was all over, the cavern ended up becoming a massive ruin, with only the Red River continuing to flow deep underneath… Speaking of the river, the second Gerald leaped into it, he instantly lost consciousness. He, for one, had expected to die there, and the last thing on his mind—before fainting—was that the Herculean Primordial Spirit would sink into the river together with his corpse… However, if anyone had taken the time to peer into the water, they’d surely be surprised to find out that his body was still intact! In fact, it was still shining in a golden light! As it tur
Before the priest laid a few books… and upon closer inspection, Gerald realized that they were all guides for learning the supreme heavenly techniques! “My god!” exclaimed Gerald. Was he in the saintly ruins? Whatever the case was, this senior sure was merciless… After all, by keeping all this knowledge down here, even the greatest of prodigies would’ve surely died in the unforgiving river… Even if someone did manage to slay the Redflame Dragon, nobody would’ve had the courage to come down here! “What a vicious senior… With how greedy humans are—cultivators included—, I can’t imagine how many power-hungry individuals have died here!” muttered Gerald as he shook his head. Still, he couldn’t help but admire the old priest. Though Gerald wanted to at least know his name, there were simply no clues of what it could’ve been. All there was, were those books. Staring at the supreme heavenly technique books—that the greatest of cultivators had been seeking out throughout the years—,
“Since I possess the Herculean Primordial Spirit, cultivating will be much easier for me… What more, since I’ve mastered half of the spirit, my efficiency should also be much higher compared to ordinary cultivators!” declared Gerald to himself as he sat before the books. After pondering for a bit, he picked the first book up—titled, ‘The Cosmo-Amorphous Sword Technique’—before starting his cultivation. As he had earlier read, there were a total of seven styles, and the first was called Skysplit… Entering an attack stance, Gerald then began materializing a strong aurablade with his essential qi. Though regular aurablades were formed through the combination of the five elements and Yin Yang energy, the one Gerald was making made use of the forces from heaven and earth as well. In the end, all laws returned to one, and some of the world’s energy came from force. With that in mind, when launching an attack, Gerald had to use the force of his body’s essential qi. In fact, according to
As Gerald continued training, time moved on for everyone else… and it wasn’t long before Ryder—who had fully allowed his inner demons to take over him—returned with a vengeance. After that incident, Ryder had gone far and wide to gather several cultivators—some solitary, some from varying sects, and some even sect leaders—over to the cave’s entrance. His plan was to have them dig around till they found Fyre Cave’s entrance again. Despite how slim the odds were, he didn’t care! Ryder’s train of thought was cut short when one of the cultivators walked up to him before saying, “…Thunder Swordlord… the place has completely collapsed… With that said, it’ll be impossible to dig the place up, even if we were to completely exhaust our essential qi…!” Upon hearing that, Ryder instantly glared at the cultivator while growling, “…What did you say?” “I-I mean…! I didn’t…!” stuttered the frightened cultivator as he rapidly shook his head. Before the cultivator could even apologize, Ryder’
“Well that’s neat,” said Gerald with a chuckle, clearly pleased and excited to finally be able to feel the surge of power within his body… “No wonder so many people are after the Herculean Primordial Spirit… I was simply unaware of how magical it was till this point! After all, it’s only taken me three months to be able to fully grasp the Thordifussion and Velement Methods!” exclaimed Gerald as his divine sense continued exploring the environment… While withdrawing his divine sense, however, Gerald couldn’t help but sense a faint hint of life within a large pile of debris beside the Red River. With how faint it was, it was clear that the individual had used the Ghost Breath Method to prolong their death. “…Could… that be Uncle Zeman?” said Gerald to himself as his brows furrowed. Though Gerald wasn’t able to traverse the Red River before this, he now had the ability to transform and rejuvenate. With that in mind, the river’s corrosion was no longer an issue for him. Regardless,
“Negative, Uncle Zeman. You aren’t dying anytime soon!” replied Gerald, withdrawing his palms now that the middle-aged man’s condition had stabilized. “…G-Gerald…? Is that… really you…? You’re alive…?!” exclaimed the surprised Walter in delight. “I am, and we have Ryder to thank for that. Regardless, I’ll give a more detailed explanation once we’re back on the surface,” replied Gerald with a nod. “Deal…!” said Walter as he slowly got to his feet, making it evident that he was still very weak. All of a sudden, loud rumbling could be heard all around them, followed by what felt like a heatwave! Understandably shocked, Walter was prompted to ask, “W-what on earth is happening?!” Gerald himself was already surveying the area with his divine sense, and shortly after, he monotonously replied, “…It’s the Redflame Dragon.” As Gerald looked forward, it wasn’t long before the rumbling grew louder… and within seconds, a huge, shining red dragon crawled out from a cave across the river
As for the flabbergasted Walter—who was momentarily too stunned to say a word—, he eventually gulped before asking, “…W-what on earth was that, Gerald…?” Now feeling more confident, Gerald simply replied, “That was the Start Shift tactic! It’s a Velement Method! With it, I was able to give this beast a taste of its own attack!” Upon hearing that, the Redflame Dragon was instantly enraged again. Though it would have remained frightened in the past, it had been imprisoned for far too long. With that in mind, it was now turning its hostility into power! Suddenly lifting off the ground again, the dragon then did a flip in the air before rapidly swiping its tail, sending an aerial shockwave toward Gerald! In response, Gerald sent his own shockwave out! In the end, however, Gerald’s was more powerful, and the dragon ended up getting knocked to the ground again! Trembling as it slowly got up, it was clear that it hadn’t expected this mere human to be this powerful. Now knowing that i
Watching in fury as his black air blade dissipated, Daryl roared, “W-what power…!” As Daryl was too shocked to move, Gerald took the chance to yell, “Attack…!” And just like that, a blazing light momentarily lit the entire sky…! As surges of energy shot out in all directions, Daryl’s devilish formation was reduced to dust in a matter of seconds! “No…!” howled the anguished Daryl as the earth beneath him cracked and clouds of dust flew everywhere! It was chaos incarnate… yet moments later, everything fell deathly silent. Gerald himself had already vomited a pool of blood by now, and as he fell unconscious, he could feel his body freezing up… Fast forward to three years later, Mayberry Commercial Street was as lively as ever… “Darling, it’s your brother’s wedding day today… Shouldn’t we head over earlier? You’ve been dolling yourself up for ages!” “Fine, dad… Though, isn’t Second Uncle already there to help set things up? That aside, my brother’s gone through so many hardsh
‘Daryl’s been possessed by the Supreme Devilish Lord for ages, and the lord himself has been using your grandfather’s body to attempt his resurrection! This cycle has been repeating for years, and the Supreme Devilish Lord has already captured many people with Yin physiques but thankfully failed! This grew so out of hand that the Soluna Deus Sect, or Sun League as you call them, have actively been trying to force the Supreme Devilish Lord to show himself!’ ‘In order to further deter the Supreme Devilish Lord’s efforts, they’ve even been kidnapping people with Yin physiques! Do you see the entire picture now, boy?’ explained Finnley. ‘…So that’s the truth… Then, how’s Mila?’ asked Gerald. ‘She’s fine, but your reunion depends on whether we can destroy him this time!’ replied one of the white-robed ladies. That was relieving to hear… Still, as it turned out, the Sun League weren’t villains at all! They had simply been abducting people like his second uncle, Mila, and Leo for the
His chest felt like it was exploding, and it didn’t take long for blood to spurt out of his mouth. What immense devilish power…! Following a sneer, the Nirvadevil sect’s master scoffed, “I know you raised your cultivation level this high because you want to learn more about the Sun League, but you should understand that devilish cultivators will always be stronger! Did you really think that acquiring the angelic inheritance would give you absolute power? How laughable! Your Herculean Primordial Spirit won’t save you this time!” Furrowing his brows, Gerald retorted, “…Who on earth are you? How do you know me so well? In fact, how do you know about my Herculean Primordial Spirit?” Laughing in response, the master then said, “Oh, you’ll know who I am soon! But before that, allow me to snatch your Herculean Primordial Spirit! I need to destroy it so that the sacred Primordial Devilish Internal Pellet can reign supreme…!” Upon hearing that, Gerald couldn’t help but frown even more.
“…This formation. It feels… familiar,” muttered Sanchez. “Same thought here. I think it’s the Septelic Perishment Formation of the ancient Black Dragon Sect!” replied Gerald. “Ah, no wonder it felt so familiar… Though, wasn’t this formation lost to time ages ago? How did you learn of it?” asked the surprised Sanchez. The formation had been a legendary one that, as Sanchez had said, had been lost at the end of the ancient era. Just from its name alone, one could imagine that this immensely powerful formation had been used against the people of the Deitus Realm. In the end, however, the allies of the Deitus Realm still managed to destroy the Black Dragon Sect, thus leading to the destruction of all the sect’s other mysterious and bizarre formations… Naturally, they had made sure to obliterate all of them to ensure that nobody in the future would be able to threaten them like that again in the future… Whatever the case was, Gerald was quick to reply, “I read about it somewhere. Ho
Upon hearing Gerald’s question, Lord Ethern was prompted to reveal a few samples of the herbs they were locating… and it wasn’t long before Gerald felt his eyes twitch. After all, those samples were herbs inherited by the ancient witches… In other words, they were the ones he was for as well! Naturally, Marcel recognized them as well, and he was quick to say, “…These…” Noticing how the two were looking at the herbs, Darkwind muttered, “…I take it that the herbalist they’re looking for really is Ms. Phoebe, Mr. Crawford?” “…Well, it’s hard to say if she is since Marcel already said that the timing wasn’t right… Regardless, this is an important clue. Lord Ethern, was it? Could you elaborate a bit more on your master?” muttered Gerald as he turned to face the man again. “I really can’t say…! Look, Master always appears before us in a shadowy form, so none of us have ever seen his face!” replied Lord Ethern while shaking his head. “…Is that the truth?” “I swear on my life!” exc
“Flaxen, you bloody traitor…!” roared the three other lords who grew so angry that their faces went red!However, they had no time to remain angry since the Blancetnoir Double Lords and Sanchez had already made their move! As one would expect, it only took a single round for all three of the lords to crumble to the ground.With his eyes wide open, Lord Ethern stuttered, “Who… Who the hell are you people…?!”“You don’t need to know that information. That aside, tell us what you four are planning to do already,” scoffed Gerald as he slowly approached the three defeated men.“…Who the hell do you think you are? What makes you think I’ll comply so easily?” growled Lord Ethren.Upon hearing that, Gerald raised his hand… and within a split second, Lord Ethern let out a bone-chilling wail. The Blancetnoir Double Lords had just snapped both of the poor man’s arms!“If you want your other limbs intact, don’t make me repeat the question,” growled Gerald.Now terrified, the agonized man replied,
From what Gerald could tell, all of them were devilish cultivators. After all, their auras were way different compared to regular cultivators like Gerald and demonic cultivators like Sanchez. Though he had read about devilish cultivators before in one of Uncle Zeman’s books, this was his first time actually coming across them. It was a while later when the frowning Sanchez muttered, “So, they want to ambush some herb lady… Is she the one we’re looking for?” Sanchez, for one, had pretty much been frowning throughout his journey with Gerald. His only hope at the moment was for Gerald to find the person he was looking for as soon as possible. Otherwise, who knew how long that boy would continue controlling his life! Regardless, Marcel was quick to add, “I had the same thought, Mr. Crawford. After all, Phoebe excels not only in pharmacology, but also in all sorts of special techniques and formations!” Watching as Gerald nodded, the Blancetnoir Double Lords couldn’t help but scoff,
There were two straightforward purposes of the trip. The first was to find Phoebe, the descendant of the ancient witches. Only by finding her would Gerald have a chance to locate Daryl’s hideout… Hopefully the Yinblood pellet—that was now in his hands—would aid with that effort… As for the second goal, he was hoping to retrieve the inheritance according to the Zearl’s instructions. After all, he’d only stand a fighting chance against Daryl and the Soluna Sect after getting the inheritance. While it was true that Gerald’s cultivation level was currently one of the highest in all of the cultivation realm, the fact remained that Daryl practiced devilish cultivation, and those from the Soluna Deus Sect were already in the Deitus Realm. In other words, he was merely an ant to them, which was why he was making sure to fully prepare himself before confronting them. Though he now had Sanchez and the Blancetnoir Double Lords under his command, he still felt that he was underprepared… Re
Now that all three of them had been subdued with the Nineraid Band, the other big shot cultivators couldn’t help but stare enviously at Gerald, knowing full well that they’d never be able to obtain his angelic artifacts. After all, if he could take down the Blancetnoir Double Lords and Sanchez, then what chance did they have? By this point, Sanchez had managed to get to his feet, albeit with quite a bit of difficulty. Naturally, he no longer dared to make any rash moves on Gerald. Instead, he was prompted to resentfully say, “You’re really something else, Gerald…! It makes me wonder why you still need our help. After all, not only are you the sole person who knows the secrets of the general’s tomb, but you also possess those angelic artifacts!” “Oh, don’t you worry about that. With how powerful you three are, I’m sure you’ll become indispensable assistants as we head to the North Desert in search of a certain someone! Speaking of which, if you’re already thinking about killing me t