"What a joke! I broke your array last time, and I can do it again!"
Luo Juetian snorted disdainfully.
Last time, Lin Chang’sheng’s array couldn’t do anything to him—this time would be no different.
Luo Juetian was waiting for Lin Chang’sheng to summon Guo Yunchu to threaten him.
As soon as the other side called out Guo Yunchu, he could immediately use his secret technique to snatch her away.
This secret technique carried heavy side effects for Luo Juetian, so unless absolutely necessary, he would never use it lightly.
But now, it seemed there was no other choice.
Yet to Luo Juetian’s disappointment, this time Lin Chang’sheng didn’t summon Guo Yunchu out as a bargaining chip. Instead, with a wave of the Holy Soul Banner in his hand, he put himself directly inside.
"What the..."
Luo Juetian’s pupils went wide at the sight.
Could it be that in just a few days, Lin Chang’sheng had actually strengthened his array again?
Just how monstrous was he? Able to reinforce an array in only a few days?
"You escaped last time—let’s see if you can break the array again today."
Lin Chang’sheng’s divine sense entered the array, his voice cold.
"Don’t get cocky, boy. You think you’re walking out of here today?"
Luo Juetian sneered back.
Hearing this, Lin Chang’sheng immediately sensed something was off.
Evidently, Luo Juetian wasn’t just here to negotiate—he must’ve planned something long ago.
Rumble—
Sure enough, the moment Luo Juetian finished speaking, a vast black canopy surged up around Spirit Heaven City, instantly sealing off the entire city.
The dark curtain blocked out sun and sky, shrouding over thirty miles, trapping hundreds of thousands inside Spirit Heaven City.
"The array is this massive? So you really had this all planned out!"
Lin Chang’sheng was genuinely surprised.
No wonder Luo Juetian tried luring him over; clearly, they had left a backup plan from the start.
"You’re not half blind after all. The Immortal Corpse Sect’s had their eye on you for a while. Did you think you could keep running?"
Luo Juetian laughed scornfully. Even if he couldn’t get out, Lin Chang’sheng didn’t have a chance in hell either.
"Immortal Corpse Sect?"
Lin Chang’sheng thought inwardly. Sure enough, he’d killed some of their people before—turns out they’d been hunting him all along?
But ordinary arrays weren’t going to trap and kill him so easily.
"It’s not too late to regret now. Hand over Miss Yunchu and maybe I’ll put in a good word for you—you might even live."
Luo Juetian said again.
But Lin Chang’sheng didn’t flinch one bit.
"Save your kindness—maybe you should worry about keeping your own life!"
As soon as he finished, Lin Chang’sheng’s divine sense exited the Holy Soul Banner space.
Ooo—
Outside, the entire Spirit Heaven City was already engulfed by darkness; the city instantly plunged into gloom.
Countless Yin Souls drifted through the city, unleashing terrifying, wailing shrieks.
"Run, get out—!"
"What the hell is happening? Why are there so many wandering souls?"
"There was just a battle between two great cultivators in the city—maybe they triggered an array. But why does it feel like an evil cultivator’s technique?"
"No way. An evil cultivator daring to enter the Immortal Realm? That would take at least Tribulation Crossing Stage power!"
"Run for your life! See if you can get away—loads of people are being snared by the Yin Souls and dying on the spot!"
...
Panicked crowds tried fleeing everywhere. Slower ones were directly invaded by Yin Souls and had their divine souls devoured.
In the end, they died horribly, blood streaming from every orifice.
But those who died didn’t collapse—instead, they stood up again, transformed into Corpse Evils, puppeted by Yin Souls.
These Corpse Evils were nothing like the Corpse Puppets refined by Lin Chang’sheng. They were completely out of the array master’s control, blindly attacking whatever was nearby—even each other.
Strong Corpse Evils immediately devoured the weak ones, growing ceaselessly stronger.
"Aah—"
"Help me!"
The entire city was in mad flight; even powerful cultivators didn’t last long. In just half an hour, some 300,000 people in the city had all perished, becoming Corpse Evils under attack by the Yin Souls.
The Corpse Evils began attacking Lin Chang’sheng and Gu Shan relentlessly.
Luckily, Lin Chang’sheng had the Divine Dragon Bell, cloaking himself and Gu Shan—none of the Corpse Evils could get close.
"Afraid to show your face after setting up an array?"
Lin Chang’sheng shouted loudly.
Anyone capable of setting such a monstrous array had to be formidable.
"Hahahaha—"
Suddenly, a crazed, roaring laugh echoed from inside the grand array, yet the man himself was nowhere to be seen.
"No wonder you top the Celestial Pride List—unbelievable. Even Luo Juetian can’t touch you! Good thing we set this killing array long ago, or you might’ve slipped away again!"
Corpse Evil Daoist laughed.
This array was not just about endless Corpse Evils. The longer you stayed inside, the more the evil qi invaded you, and your divine soul would constantly be devoured.
And the Corpse Evils kept devouring each other. Eventually, they would fuse into an Immortal Corpse. Once every living thing in the array was wiped out, even the newly merged Immortal Corpse would dissipate.
"So certain this array will kill me?"
Lin Chang’sheng sneered.
There may have been tons of Corpse Evils outside, but with the Dragon God Bell’s protection, it wouldn’t be easy for the enemy to harm him.
He could calmly meditate inside the Divine Dragon Bell and study the array.
As long as he found its weakness, he could break it.
"Go ahead and try. If this array can’t kill you, we Corpse Evil Daoists are nothing!"
Corpse Evil Daoist finished and fell silent.
"What do we do?"
Gu Shan looked at the situation—he was completely helpless.
He didn’t know the first thing about arrays, after all.
"Keep watch. I’m going to analyze this array!"
Lin Chang’sheng said, then ordered a Late Stage Tribulation Crossing Corpse Puppet to fend off attacks outside.
His words were a shot of reassurance for Gu Shan.
If Lin Chang’sheng had a way, there was still hope.
The Dragon God Bell could block all attacks below the Tribulation Crossing Stage—even if the Corpse Evils kept devouring each other, it’d take time to reach that level.
Maybe Lin Chang’sheng would have found the array’s flaw by then.
...
As time ticked by, the Corpse Evils outside kept devouring and evolved, growing ever fiercer.
Some had even reached the Late Stage of Mahayana, hammering at the Dragon God Sect and making the walls rumble nonstop.
Fortunately, the Corpse Puppets Lin Chang’sheng refined kept blasting away, burning through the swarming Corpse Evils.
But they seemed endless—one wave down, another crashed right in like a tide.
Some Corpse Evils kept fusing, slowly rising to Early Stage Tribulation Crossing strength.
The sight made Gu Shan anxious, but there was nothing he could do.
All he could do was hope Lin Chang’sheng would find the array’s weakness quickly.
...
[Corpse Evil World-Ending Celestial Array: Entry Level!]
Fortunately, after an hour, Lin Chang’sheng finally comprehended the array to an entry level.
"So this array uses Heaven and Earth Yin Souls as its array plate—if I just collect the Yin Souls, the whole thing falls apart on its own."
Now that he understood the core mechanism, Lin Chang’sheng whispered to himself.
Ordinary folks truly had no way to handle these Yin Souls. But Lin Chang’sheng was different.
He held the Holy Soul Banner in his hands.
He stood up and swiftly produced the Holy Soul Banner, then waved it grandly.
Whoosh, whoosh—
Instantly, all the Yin Souls inside the Corpse Evils were absorbed into the Holy Soul Banner.
Those Corpse Evils immediately collapsed to the ground, lifeless and unmoving.
"Wha...?"
The Corpse Evil Daoist was completely stunned by the sight.
Why did a righteous cultivator like Lin Chang’sheng have a Soul Banner—the kind only evil cultivators possessed?
Just what was this kid’s real background?
"I told you—your array can’t hold me. Competing arrays with me? You’re way out of your league!"
Lin Chang’sheng sneered and summoned the Dragon God Bell back to his hand.
"Even without the Corpse Evils, don’t think you can leave. Three days in here and the evil qi will invade your body, chewing away your divine soul—until you bleed out from seven orifices and die!"
The Corpse Evil Daoist spat out unwillingly.
Good thing this array didn’t rely solely on Corpse Evils—they were just support.
The real killing move was the heavy evil qi inside.
Any cultivator below the Immortal Realm who entered would have their divine soul devoured within three days.
Even Immortal Realm powerhouses could at most last a month.
Otherwise, he had no reason to believe so firmly that this array could exterminate Lin Chang’sheng.