Chapter 829: Chapter 553: The Causality Circle
Lu Chenzhou’s figure appeared, his face pale.
"Haha, it’s done."
Li Xiuying quickly approached.
"Chenzhou, what just happened? How did your spear bypass me? And how did you lock onto Gu Yue?"
Lu Chenzhou gazed forward.
"I’ll explain this to you seniors later."
But then Gu Yue’s head reappeared, fleeing desperately for its life.
"Didn’t expect this, did you? My head isn’t my weak point!"
Gu Yue Demon Venerable at this moment revealed its true form—a blood-red sea star. The reason Gu Yue had survived to this day despite countless powerful beings from the Wanbang Council hunting it down was its many life-saving innate abilities. As a sea star demon, Gu Yue was born with means nearly amounting to an Undying Body, with no fatal weakness; even if hacked to pieces, it could regenerate a new body over time—though only after a lengthy development period. Merely having its head shattered had little effect.
"Divine Power·Extinction Divine Sword!"
Li Xiuying’s long hair fluttered, her fingers formed a sword technique, and from her fingertip shot out 1,296,000,000 dazzling golden Sword Qi.
Da! Da! Da!
The endless torrent of Sword Qi submerged Gu Yue; Gu Yue had no means left to resist and was instantly sliced to fragments.
Even its soul was shattered.
Lu Chenzhou captured its residual soul and instantly refined it.
In his mind, Blood Moon Dao began to ascend.
Not long after, a notification sounded.
[Blood Moon: Fourth Rank (1%)]
[Daoist Lord: ???]
"Yet another Law entered Dao. The power of [Heaven and Earth Piercing Strike] can also advance further. This Blood Moon Daoist Lord must be the Blood God, one of the Three Giants."
The Three Giants—so called by All Nations.
The Witch, Blood Moon, and Mother of Forgetting Worries.
These three, cunning or supremely dangerous, are on a completely different level from other Evil Gods seen so far.
The Martial Arts Tree continued to rise taller.
Soon, it lifted to 1.1 million zhang high.
Lu Chenzhou was in good spirits.
Everyone looked downward.
The Sword Formation swept the sea water aside, forming a passage stretching a thousand li, surrounded by hundreds of millions of Sword Qi that obliterated all things.
After soul shatter and spirit dispersion—
Gu Yue’s aura quickly withered away and dissipated.
"What a terrifying Divine Skill."
Lu Chenzhou couldn’t help but marvel.
Divine Skills are simply too powerful.
In a battle of equal realms, if someone manages to strike with a killing Divine Skill, it’s already half the victory.
By comparison, his strongest killing move could barely break through Gu Yue Demon Venerable’s defenses and stood little chance at sealing the win.
Of course, that was mostly because his cultivation was weak.
Li Xiuying, her face pale, said:
"This move may be strong, but if it doesn’t hit, it’ll simply drain half my energy for nothing. So I only dared to use it once Gu Yue exhausted all tricks."
"Come, let’s inspect again."
Even Yellow River Old Ghost was shocked by Gu Yue Demon Venerable’s undying vitality; his telekinesis spread through the sea water.
Emperor Hanu’s telekinesis extended a thousand li, manifesting hundreds of millions of eye-pupils, surveying heaven and earth.
Alcohol King continued to ignite the sea with his sword light, turning waves into flames and burning up every chunk of flesh.
Lu Chenzhou also dove beneath the waves, destroying every visible fragment. Then suddenly, his eyes twitched.
He casually captured a shark.
And sliced open its belly with one spear.
He extracted a chunk of flesh.
This chunk faintly exuded demon energy so subtle that, without careful inspection, it was completely undetectable.
The flesh quivered gently, as if some vitality remained.
Lu Chenzhou’s face tightened, his tone heavy.
"This Gu Yue Demon Venerable’s body is already close to an Undying Body—no wonder All Nations had such a headache."
In the blink of an eye, half a day more passed as all the Absolute Peak powerhouses swept the area within ten thousand li, ensuring that no piece of Gu Yue was left alive before gathering together again.
"It should be dead."
"Yeah, impossible to survive."
"Let’s withdraw."
The group of Seventh Realm powerhouses finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Phew, this Gu Yue is damn hard to kill."
"Brother Lu, what’s wrong?"
Suddenly, all eyes turned to Lu Chenzhou.
They saw Lu Chenzhou seated cross-legged, his third eye open between his brows, repeatedly probing the surroundings; in his palm, he still clutched a piece of demon-qi-infused flesh.
Emperor Hanu looked puzzled.
"Brother Lu, I checked with my Heart Eye—within ten thousand li, there’s not a trace of Gu Yue’s presence. Could it be that Gu Yue Demon Venerable is not dead? Impossible, his soul is already shattered. Can he really revive?"
Li Xiuying also glanced at Lu Chenzhou.
"Maybe Chenzhou discovered something—let’s wait and see."
Yellow River Old Ghost drew his spear again, surveying around.
He swore and grumbled:
"Damn it, can’t this Gu Yue ever stay dead? These Demon Race bastards are useless at fighting but masters at survival."
Alcohol King said:
"After all, it’s the Eight-Pattern Demon Clan. Caution first. Now that we’re leaving, we absolutely cannot let Gu Yue hide in the Human World—if it later becomes a Demon Saint, it’ll be a calamity."
Three days later.
Lu Chenzhou’s eyes were bloodshot, his third eye nearly torn open, his spiritual power flagging.
Suddenly, he spat a mouthful of blood.
And saw a line of causality shoot from the demon flesh in his hand, piercing through the heavens, leading off into the distance.
He drank the last drop of Earth Immortal Dew in his bottle, somewhat restoring his strength. Yet as his realm advanced, the restorative effect of such Earth Grade treasures became feeble.
"Here, I have a bottle."
Li Xiuying handed over a small vial.
"Thank you, Senior."
"For us in the Heavenly Realm, ten drops per dose is standard for healing. This little bottle has over a hundred drops."
Li Xiuying smiled softly.
Lu Chenzhou drank some more, and once recovered, he said, "I assume you all know—I cultivated a Curse Secret Technique to deal with Blood Vine Demon Emperor."
Emperor Hanu nodded.
"[Eye of Calamity]—that’s Tara’s secret technique. I practiced it too, but found it unimpressive. Didn’t expect you to master it, Brother Lu—your talent truly is fearsome!"
Lu Chenzhou said:
"The curse is just the surface. The essence of this way isn’t in the curse-killing, but in causality. All things have causality. What is causality? The exchanges between people—socializing, kinship, friendship, battle—things that seem ordinary often create unexpected causalities.
The reason I could find Youtong, Blood Hidden, Gu Yue, was by parsing causal lines. That move just now—the reason I could bypass Senior Li Xiuying was because it was a Causality Technique. I call it [Causality Circle]. When I thrust my spear, I locked onto Gu Yue Demon Venerable, so that this strike could only harm Gu Yue without hurting others. This is the causality between me and Gu Yue; being hit by my spear technique was Gu Yue’s destiny."
Lu Chenzhou’s words enlightened Emperor Hanu.
His eyes gleamed as he stared at Lu Chenzhou.
"So that’s it. No wonder all my research failed—I never understood the essence of curses: Causality. Causality is one of the four Supreme Principles of Heart Cultivation."
Emperor Hanu was genuinely convinced.
He used to suspect Lu Chenzhou had taken some shortcut, but now it was clear he was wrong. Lu Chenzhou’s attainment truly came from unparalleled comprehending!
Li Xiuying also saw the light.
"That spear just now seemed to harbor an unfathomable Dao Essence that I couldn’t see through; who’d have thought it was the legendary Causality?"
Yellow River Old Ghost raised his brow.
"Causality? Brother Lu, you actually mastered it—Ancient Great Powers themselves never attained it, right?"
Alcohol King also looked baffled.
"Sounds incredible."
Lu Chenzhou continued:
"By rights, when soul disperses and po is lost, all living things die. But I found that Gu Yue’s leftover flesh retained a trace of spiritual nature. Given his special original form, I’m worried he possesses an Undying Body-like method."
Yellow River Old Ghost’s expression grew grave.
"Undying Body?"
He’d only heard that Lu Chenzhou developed it, but had no real sense of how heaven-defying it was.
"I keep feeling Gu Yue Demon Venerable, before this fight, must have hidden a piece of his body somewhere, not killed off entirely."
Lu Chenzhou shared his suspicion.
"But his soul is shattered."
Li Xiuying said.
Emperor Hanu seemed to understand: "That Gu Yue Demon Venerable likely mastered some Soul Splitting Secret Technique, lodging a part of his soul in hidden flesh ahead of time."
Lu Chenzhou nodded.
"I spent three days arranging the causality lines and discovered that Gu Yue’s causality hasn’t ended. This means he’s not dead yet. Had he died, all would be finished—causality returns to zero."
The old ghost cracked his knuckles, teeth gritted.
"Damn it, where is he—let’s strike while the iron is hot!"
Lu Chenzhou led everyone along the causality line, flying forward.
...
Mystic Sky Realm.
This world contains only a single vast continent and the surrounding [Star Dome Sea]. Even a Great Power would need a full day and night to traverse the continent on foot. As for the [Star Dome Sea], it truly has no end.
Legend says that Mystic Sky Continent was formed by the Divine Court gods using Supreme Divine Power in the Starry Sky World to pick stars and snatch moons, merging countless stars into an artificial marvel; the Star Dome Sea was leftover starry sky not used, scattered around Mystic Sky Continent to encircle it—infinite power of the stars forming a natural array, connecting the Three Thousand Realms.
Thus, this place is a vital transportation hub.
The Divine reside high above and do not rule the Three Thousand Worlds directly, but select Divine Personnel from cultivators and other powerful Transcendent Races to form the [Mystic Sky Sect].
The Sky Department: cultivators.
The Celestial Department: transcendent races, including the Divine Race.
Hence Mystic Sky Continent is divided into two territories.
Mystic Region and Heavenly Domain.
Mystic Region: mainly connected to the Human World.
Heavenly Domain: linked to the extraordinary races’ worlds.
In the Divine Court era, the two realms did not interfere with each other.
But after the Divine Court collapsed and the Divines perished, Mystic Sky Realm, as one of their hidden reserves, was also concealed by the Divine Court.
Yet as the resurrection of the gods advanced—
This place was eventually discovered.
Deep within the Star Dome Sea—
A majestic divine temple emerges among the stars.
Inside, over thirty Sect Hierarchs appeared.
Their faces were rather unpleasant.
"A poor start."
"Damn Desolate God! Before dying, he even set up a backup on Mystic Sky Continent! For those of us with Star Power, Mystic Sky’s will suppresses us too deeply; add the suppression of this Universe’s great will, and even a Demon Saint entering Mystic Sky Continent can only display half their power."
"The closer you get to the center of Mystic Sky Continent, the stronger the suppression. The Divine Court plotted well, putting all the transport hubs to the Three Thousand Realms in the core area."
"Witch Master, what should we do?"
The Hierarchs all looked toward the silent white-robed elder.
The Witch fell silent, considering.
After a moment, he said:
"We can only borrow strength."
Old Mother realized.
"You mean, the Divine Alliance?"