Watching Tang Zhongming’s cultivation soar, Lin Chang’sheng instantly sensed trouble.
Forget about Tang Zhongming showing signs of a breakthrough to the Immortal Realm—even if he stayed at the Late Stage of Tribulation Crossing, Lin Chang’sheng and Gu Shan wouldn’t be a match for him.
Lin Chang’sheng swept a hand through the air and instantly summoned the Holy Soul Banner.
"Capture!"
The Holy Soul Banner waved once, directly absorbing Tang Zhongming within.
Tang Zhongming suddenly felt the world spin; once he steadied himself, the scenery around him had changed entirely.
Above, a purple moon hung in the sky, casting everything in an eerie violet glow.
"An array?"
Tang Zhongming thought to himself, surprised that Lin Chang’sheng could use arrays?
Still, even so, it was impossible for this to take him down.
Tap tap tap—
Countless Demon Beasts surged forward from the distance, yet Tang Zhongming’s face showed no trace of fear.
"Die!"
As the Demon Beasts swarmed, Tang Zhongming instantly unleashed his sword aura.
Boom boom boom—
The fierce sword aura instantly slaughtered the surrounding Demon Beasts advancing toward him.
"Fools—overestimating yourselves!"
Tang Zhongming sneered, but the next instant he froze in shock.
The dead Demon Beasts dissolved into wisps of black smoke and reformed together.
That black smoke condensed into an even stronger Demon Beast.
"What the..."
Tang Zhongming stared at the newly-formed Demon Beast in disbelief.
So there was no way to kill them all?
Roar—
The Demon Beast regrouped, bellowing as it charged at Tang Zhongming again.
Tang Zhongming was helpless, forced to endlessly slaughter Demon Beasts within the Soul-Devouring Immortal Array as his primordial power drained away.
He’d just broken through a new realm, and now all his strength was useless—he’d meant to kill Lin Chang’sheng, but all his power was being spent on these Demon Beasts.
"Lin Chang’sheng, come out if you dare!"
Tang Zhongming roared in anger.
To think Lin Chang’sheng could trap him with such a despicable scheme—he was seething with resentment.
"Get out of the grand array first before you talk!"
Lin Chang’sheng wasn’t an idiot. With the array to kill Tang Zhongming, why would he face the man head-on?
This array was the Nine Heavens Soul-Devouring Immortal Array—any cultivator below the Immortal Realm who entered would surely die.
Even Tang Zhongming, a Late Stage of Tribulation Crossing expert, was no exception—unless he could use a secret technique and truly ascend to the Immortal Realm to escape.
Lin Chang’sheng withdrew his divine thought from the Holy Soul Banner and headed deep into the pit to check on Mou Yuntao.
He found Mou Yuntao gravely injured, barely clinging to life, posing no threat anymore.
"It’s no use. My time has run out."
Mou Yuntao saw Lin Chang’sheng trying to save him and shook his head weakly.
Only at the end did he realize that his pursuit of the cultivation peak had been meaningless.
Back then, he abandoned wife and daughter for the Dao, and that had become the chain in his heart, preventing him from breaking through the shackles.
Now, with Old Wu, his loyal companion for years, dead as well, the pain was unbearable.
The Immortal Path was worth chasing, but it wasn’t the only choice.
"Can... can you do me a favor?"
Mou Yuntao murmured with trembling lips—as if even that one sentence had exhausted him.
"City Lord Mou, name it!"
If Lin Chang’sheng could do it, he wouldn’t refuse.
"Spir... Spiritual Spring Continent... Sunset City... Mou—Mou Family... Take my divine soul to see them..."
Mou Yuntao voiced his last wish. Even at death’s door, he wanted to see Sunset City one last time.
His family and wife had long passed, but it was the wish of his heart.
"Alright, I promise you!"
Lin Chang’sheng agreed right away.
"Then... then I can rest easy..."
With his final words, Mou Yuntao slowly closed his eyes, his hand dropping limply to the ground.
Buzz—
The next instant, Mou Yuntao’s divine soul flew out. Lin Chang’sheng gathered it into the Holy Soul Banner.
As for Mou Yuntao’s storage bag, his corpse, and the Heaven-Reaching Immortal Treasure, Lin Chang’sheng took them all too.
After all, during his life Mou Yuntao was Blood City Lord—his storage bag surely had plenty of treasures.
Now that he was dead, those riches were Lin Chang’sheng’s.
Rumble—
Before Lin Chang’sheng could even manage a smile, the whole grand array began collapsing inward.
"The array is about to collapse—what now?"
Gu Shan saw what was happening and panicked; he had no idea how to break the array.
If they couldn’t find a way out, they’d perish alongside the array.
"Follow me!"
Lin Chang’sheng barked and headed for the ruins of the Blood Evil Hall.
There, within the rubble, stood an altar.
Lin Chang’sheng sensed that the altar was the only exit from this place.
Gu Shan smashed the ruins away, the two of them quickly standing atop the altar.
They waited for the collapse to hit.
Bam—
Just as the array began collapsing onto Blood Evil Hall, Lin Chang’sheng’s Holy Soul Banner erupted with a deafening roar.
The next moment, Tang Zhongming sprang out from the Holy Soul Banner.
"He actually broke the Immortal Array?"
Even Lin Chang’sheng was caught off guard.
But when he glanced at Tang Zhongming, Lin Chang’sheng at last understood how he’d done it.
Turns out, Tang Zhongming had broken through to the Immortal Realm.
It was brief, but even for a moment, that eruption of immortal power was more than Lin Chang’sheng and Gu Shan could handle.
"I told you—with this array, you can’t trap me. Prepare to die!"
Tang Zhongming snapped, slashing a powerful sword qi toward Lin Chang’sheng.
Lin Chang’sheng had no choice but to summon the Dragon God Bell.
Once he infused it with primordial power, the Dragon God Bell swelled, transforming into a massive bell that sheltered Lin Chang’sheng and Gu Shan inside.