I Have A Cultivation World Chapter 2289 - 1044: Law of the Five Tones (Part 4)

Within the Patching Heaven Lineage, the karmic fortunes of these two individuals were undoubtedly the most radiant.

Chen Mobai observed Ying Guanghua with a sense of intrigue. From his perspective, the former Sect Master of the Immortal Gate possessed extraordinary talent. Aside from Master Chengxuan and Master Yunhai, he was the most likely candidate to ascend to the Divinity Transformation Stage.

Currently, however, Ying Guanghua maintained a serene expression. He stood atop the mountain peak, seemingly detached, watching the surrounding commotion with a cold indifference.

Was it possible that even the assistance of the Shocking God Sonata was insufficient for him to grasp the mysteries of the Spirit Transformation Stage?

While Chen Mobai was lost in thought, he noticed Master Meihua standing next to Ying Guanghua. His complexion was deathly pale, and blood leaked from his seven orifices before he collapsed into unconsciousness.

For a practitioner like Master Meihua, who constantly meddled with the arts of Heavenly Secrets Calculation, he likely attempted to use the Shocking God Sonata to peek into forbidden mysteries. Consequently, he suffered a severe backlash from fate.

Chen Mobai frowned slightly, a flicker of worry crossing his mind.

Since Qian Xing had entrusted the Immortal Gate to his care, he felt a burgeoning sense of duty toward the Patching Heaven Lineage.

He was genuinely concerned that Master Meihua might become the first cultivator to die from listening to the Shocking God Sonata.

Just as he debated whether to step in, Ying Guanghua seemed to sense his attention. He turned his head, and their eyes met.

In that very heartbeat, the Innate Pure Yang Qi inside Chen Mobai surged with unprecedented intensity.

Huh!?

A look of shock appeared on Chen Mobai’s face, followed quickly by suspicion as he stared at Ying Guanghua.

Having mastered the Law of the Five Tones, he had achieved the Rank-5 Echoes in the Void. Yet, at this moment, his senses perceived only a vast emptiness.

It felt like a void in the middle of a galaxy—a black hole that existed only to consume everything around it.

“Did you succumb to the demon path during the Shocking God Sonata?”

Chen Mobai knit his brows, sending an incredulous mental transmission to Ying Guanghua.

The violent agitation of his Innate Pure Yang Qi usually only happened when he was near a Devil Cultivator.

Since the Apocalypse Great Mill remained dormant, Chen Mobai didn't believe Ying Guanghua had been replaced. Instead, he considered a different possibility.

It wasn't uncommon for cultivators with extreme temperaments to lose their sanity during a breakthrough attempt.

Master Meihua, lying nearby, was a perfect example of such a risk.

“Truly worthy of a Pure Yang Taoist seed.”

Having intercepted Chen Mobai’s message, Lin Daoming nodded slightly. He then produced a silver safe and flipped it open.

Instantly, a horrifying demonic aura exploded, causing Chen Mobai’s expression to shift. A massive, dark yellow claw manifested, lunging toward Yuan Xu, Qing Ping, Gongye Zhixu, and Nangong Xuanyu—all of whom were deep in meditation on the Spirit Transformation Stage near Ying Guanghua.

Utilizing his Echoes in the Void state, Chen Mobai immediately recognized this as an assault from a Spirit Transformation Stage entity.

He didn't understand how Ying Guanghua had fallen...

Or why he suddenly wielded power at the Divinity Transformation level, but since the other leaders of the Immortal Gate were at a critical point in their meditation, he was the only one who could act.

In that moment, Chen Mobai had only a single objective: to strike!

He had to put a stop to Ying Guanghua!

“Stop!”

With a thunderous shout, Chen Mobai summoned the newly forged Primordial Yang Sword through his Second Nascent Soul. A brilliant golden light erupted as he commanded the blade to cleave down toward Ying Guanghua’s head.

Even though his Sword Wipeout Thunder Sound was considered the fastest technique in existence, it was still a fraction too slow when facing a genuine Divinity Transformation being.

As the Primordial Yang Sword descended, the dark yellow claw from the silver safe reached the heads of Yuan Xu and the others.

Just as the Nascent Soul cultivators of the Patching Heaven Lineage faced certain death, a star ignited atop Gathering-Immortals Peak.

Qian Xing appeared abruptly in front of Ying Guanghua, his face a mask of indifference as he pointed a single finger forward.

A terrifying force that rattled the entire Earth Element Star surged forth, yet it was perfectly focused on Ying Guanghua.

Following a sharp sound of breaking bone, both the dark yellow claw and Ying Guanghua’s body exploded. Dark yellow blood sprayed everywhere, exposing the shattered remains of Lin Daoming.

Witnessing this, Chen Mobai finally breathed a sigh of relief.

“Old Ancestor!”

He immediately moved to Qian Xing’s side and offered a respectful bow.

“Your transition into a Deity Transformation was quite a surprise, but your decision to come here and die is even more shocking,” Qian Xing remarked.

Qian Xing ignored Chen Mobai, his eyes fixed on the mangled form of Lin Daoming on the ground, who had been crushed by his single finger.

The intervention of a Spirit Transformation Stage master immediately drew upon the vast power of heaven and earth, jolting every meditating Nascent Soul of the Immortal Gate awake.

They opened their eyes, initially furious that their enlightenment had been interrupted, only to be met with a sight they could hardly believe.

Qi Yuheng and Narcissus were the first to respond.

They turned into streaks of spiritual light and joined Qian Xing, forming a triangle around the broken Lin Daoming, their eyes narrowed with suspicion.

“All three are present. Please, Elder, take action.”

Lin Daoming’s head, split into three sections on the ground, looked up at the three Divinity Transformation masters surrounding him. An eerie light flickered in his eyes as his mouth moved to speak those words.

Were there other Divinity Transformation beings nearby?

Was it someone from the Ascension Sect?

As the crowd stood in confusion, the silver safe resting near the debris suddenly swung wide open.

Qian Xing’s face paled instantly.

When he had attacked earlier, he had sensed something wrong with the safe and had attempted to seal it with his Patching Heaven Celestial Light.

Yet now, a power far exceeding the Spirit Transformation Stage was violently shattering the bonds of his immortal light.

To possess such strength... could it be a Void Cultivator!?

With this realization, Qian Xing finally understood why his divinations regarding his own fate always ended in catastrophe.

But when did such a being appear in the Tianyang Star System?

Had they arrived with the Five Ancestors of Xianmen from the Purple Cloud Galaxy?

Or were they drawn here by the Demonic Thought?

Being a man of quick intellect, Qian Xing immediately identified the core issue.

At that moment, a strip of black cloth drifted out of the silver safe. It draped itself into a humanoid shape like a cloak—it had no face, hands, or feet, yet everyone could feel the presence of a mighty entity within.

“I never expected to find a planet still untouched by the Demonic Thought...”

An eerie vibration filled the air, yet its meaning was perfectly clear to everyone present.

Simultaneously, within Chen Mobai’s sea of consciousness, the Apocalypse Great Mill finally reacted.

One of its three thousand rotating faces began to glow, pointing directly at the black cloak.

The Yama Heavenly Son!

This was one of the Three Thousand Demon Paths. A master of this path could enslave spirits, rule over ghosts, dictate life and death, and transform the mortal world into a living hell.

“Who are you...”

Qian Xing’s expression became grim. Though he couldn't gauge the power level of the creature before him, he knew that as the head of the Immortal Gate, he could not back down, even if he were only a Nascent Soul cultivator.

“My old names are long forgotten. My disciples call me the ‘Death God’!”

The entity beneath the cloak spoke again, uttering a title that sent a wave of terror through every member of the Immortal Gate.

On Ming Wang Star, the inhabitants belong to the Underworld Race.

And it was said that the Underworld Race was the creation of the Death God.

The being standing before them was the actual deity of Ming Wang Star