Chapter 16: Tempering the Body and Forging the Soul

  "Stop! Are you going to keep acting like this?" Wang Tao glared at the group of children with anger in his eyes.

  Although Wang Tao's heart softened, it wasn't towards these illusory apparitions! He stopped because they had crossed the bottom line of Wang Tao!

  "Big brother save me..." The child showed no reaction at all, curled up on the muddy ground, the frail child weakly begged.

  Wang Tao's pupils slightly contracted, thinking of the weak child's last glance at himself, and he couldn't help but hesitate for a moment. But immediately, Wang Tao's eyes cleared up, looking at the weak child, his own body...

  "Is it to make me feel guilty again so you can take advantage of me? You're really too naive!" Exclaiming at the same time, he swung his fist and struck out fiercely, directly targeting that frail child! The frail child was the center of this illusion, and breaking him would break this calamity!

  "Caw...caw..."

  Just as Wang Tao's fist was about to hit the frail child, the other children suddenly turned into a red mist and surged into the frail child's body. In an instant, the frail child transformed into a black fog that dodged Wang Tao's punch, letting out a loud "Ga Ga" sound!

  "Has it finally shown its true form?" Wang Tao wasn't surprised in the slightest, because he had encountered many such illusory magical creatures before, all of which revealed their true forms at the moment he left!

  "Very good!" The dark fog emitted a sound. Upon hearing the sound, Wang Tao was suddenly shocked and stunned for an instant, this being his first time hearing a transformed object emit a sound!

  Wang Tao knew that this demon was by no means simple!

  In the midst of the dark creatures, a pair of blood-red pupils suddenly appeared, followed by a pale face with no trace of blood. Then, a young man wearing a bloody robe completely emerged before Wang Tao's eyes, causing his pupils to shrink rapidly!

  "Are you..." Wang Tao's mind was greatly shocked. Wasn't this person the young man holding a knife on top of that giant stone gate?

  "I didn't think that after countless years, someone could still pass my test!" The youth in the blood-soaked clothes smiled as he looked at Wang Tao, seemingly aware of his doubts. He sighed and began to explain, "Listen quietly to what I have to say, my time is almost up, and once I'm done, everything will be clear..."

  Wang Tao remained silent, quietly watching the blood-stained youth, which was tantamount to tacit consent.

  "I am an ordinary person who walked out of a small village, and by chance, I was taken as a disciple by an elder of the Tian Dao Gate, and embarked on the path of cultivating immortality..."

  The young man seemed to be recalling his past experiences, silently narrating them, while Wang Tao also listened silently.

  Here is the translation:

  "At that time, I was ignorant and foolish, every day only knowing how to cultivate and practice swordsmanship. Under my tireless efforts, I finally reached the foundation stage in five years, and also understood the intent of the sword. I was seen as the most talented genius in the entire sect, hailed as the best of the young generation of Tianjianmen!

  Later, with this reputation, I challenged countless strong practitioners in the cultivation world, winning battle after battle, without a single defeat... The blood-robed youth's words were like a sudden awakening. "Time flies by quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it has been a hundred years...

  At that time, the demon realm invaded the cultivation continent, the sky was stained with blood, and wails filled the fields. I resolutely stepped onto the path of war against the demon realm, my hands were stained with the blood of demon realm cultivators. When the war against the demon realm ended, I had already killed millions, with blood accumulating like rivers, and bones piling up like mountains!

  But this war also greatly affected my heart, causing it to change dramatically. Demons emerged in my mind, and I almost fell into madness! At my most helpless moment, she appeared! It was she who helped me escape the crisis... I secretly vowed to protect her well! Even though she is a demon realm cultivator, she is the only one I love in this life..."

  "After cultivating the Demon Realm's technique, I managed to control the demonic crisis, but I also became the target of assassination for all Xian Dao. I told her that I didn't regret it, only that I had let down my master who took me in as a disciple... The days spent with her were truly the happiest moments of my life. But good times don't last..."

  "Her cultivation was too high, she touched the Mahayana, and the heavenly punishment descended. I personally witnessed her being struck by that ruthless and vast heavenly punishment thunder domain into flying ash... In the moment of her dispersal, I saw her tears and her last smile... I swear to defy the heavens and cut off the Tao!"

  "After a thousand years, I finally found this place. This land has endless demonic energy, and it's almost as if the spirits are about to transform into demons and ascend! I saw hope, so I set up a grand formation here to seal the heavens and solidify the earth, closing the gates of death. Until the end of the calamity, I vow not to leave this place!"

  At this point, the words paused slightly. Immediately, the blood-robed youth's eyes gleamed with a fierce determination: "Ten thousand years of age have already reached my lifespan limit, and I can no longer live on. But my cultivation has not yet reached the Tribulation stage, so I chose to enter demonic possession, absorbing all demonic energy to break through and ascend to the Ninth Heaven!"

  Finally, at the last moment of my life, I broke through and emerged. The entire world was filled with demonic energy, dark clouds covered the sky, thunder rumbled, and explosions shook the air as the calamity descended along with the heavenly tribulation... The young man in red robes gazed calmly at the serene cultivation world beyond the bloody aura of slaughter, taking slow steps forward, his feet treading out a few meters. "This calamity has made me feel the crisis. But at the same time, it also makes me feel that my wish is within sight..." I exhausted all means and finally used my self-created strongest technique 'Heavenly Fury Shattering Void Slash', and managed to overcome the calamity. However, I can sense that my vengeance remains unfulfilled, and in the unknown, there are still others... I yearn to step into the realm of immortals to seek answers, but the path to immortality has already been severed...

  "Unwilling, truly unwilling! I fell into madness, the mighty power of a Mahayana cultivator on the verge of transcending the mortal realm caused the entire space to collapse... In the end, my master, who was about to reach the Tribulation stage, arrived with a heavy heart and, together with me who had lost all rationality, traversed the void to this place. With his full power and vital energy, he performed a sealing technique that confined me here. When I came to my senses, I found that only this wisp of soul remained, even if I were to seize another body, I would be unable to reach the pinnacle of my previous life..."

  After a brief explanation, the youth in red looked at Wang Tao and said: "I know what you want. As long as you promise me that when there is an opportunity to help me investigate that matter and avenge my wife, I will let you have your wish! All of my inheritance will be yours, and I can even refine my body and temper my soul for you!"

  Wang Tao silently looked at the blood-clothed youth, he could feel that most of what the blood-clothed youth said was true. After a slight hesitation, he asked: "This matter, I cannot fully agree to it, I can only say that I will do my best! In this case, are you still willing to pass on your legacy to me?"

  "Hehe~" The youth in the blood robe smiled slightly, and said amidst Wang Tao's confusion, "As long as you have this sentence, that's enough! The choice of the Xiang Shou beast is absolutely correct. So before I disperse soon, I'll temper your body and refine your soul first. As for the inheritance, you can go to the main hall to take it directly. However, most of the things inside are impossible for you to obtain with your current cultivation..."

  Listening to the words of the youth in red, Wang Tao was slightly stunned. The scent beast? Could it be that there were still some secrets about the scent beast that weren't known? However, before Wang Tao could react, the youth in red swung his large sleeve and suddenly the sky spun and the earth turned, causing Wang Tao to directly fall into a coma!

  "This is the power of a Super Great? Just leaking a hint of aura and I have no resistance at all..." Wang Tao sighed in his heart, while also filled with expectation for that world.

  The youth in the blood-soaked clothes looked at Wang Tao's body, then glanced at the Xianxia mainland, and let out a soft sigh as he carried Wang Tao's body towards the temple, his figure gradually disappearing into the bloody mist of slaughter...

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