Dominator Emperor

Chapter 186: Chapter 185: Old Ghost (Part 1)

This genius imparted the technique to other powerful cultivators. After cultivating it, their strength would increase dramatically. However, they were unaware that they were slowly becoming the genius’s cauldrons.

Once the time was right and the cauldrons were powerful enough, it would be time for the genius to harvest. He would have the cauldrons use this technique to absorb True Sun Fire one by one, deliberately letting them refine the True Sun Fire into their own Life True Flame!

At this point, the endless True Sun Fire would burn the cauldrons to ash. But after the True Sun Fire incinerated all their Dao Practice and destroyed their Life Furnaces, it would transform into a True Flame Order!

By burning the cauldrons, the genius could absorb the refined True Flame Order. The more True Flame Orders he absorbed, the more powerful—even invincible—his evil Striking Technique became!

Back in that era, Li Qiye, in his form as the Yin Ya, had someone slay this genius and seized this Evil Technique, named the "Nine Yang Godslaying Technique." At the time, Li Qiye had wanted to destroy it.

However, after studying the Evil Technique, he couldn’t help but marvel at the genius who created such a profoundly mysterious and unparalleled Striking Technique. He felt it would be a terrible waste to destroy it. So, Li Qiye poured countless efforts into it, even studying and pondering it with an Immortal Emperor. In the end, he improved the Evil Technique, transforming it into a Supreme Strike Technique, one that could be called invincible.

Later, Li Qiye renamed this Striking Technique the "Nine Yang Locking Heaven Technique"! Back when he was nurturing the Mingren Immortal Emperor, he had imparted this technique to him. It had once swept across the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands with the Mingren Immortal Emperor, its power unstoppable!

Unfortunately, for some unknown reason, a portion of the Cultivation Technique was lost as it was passed down through the Xiyan Ancient Sect. Thirty thousand years ago, when the Xiyan Ancient Sect faced a great catastrophe, they lost the Secret Manuals for this Supreme Strike Technique. As for how the Qingxuan Ancient Country obtained it, no outsider knew.

In fact, after the Qingxuan Ancient Country obtained the Supreme Strike Technique, they had been studying it continuously. Many of Qingxuan Ancient Country’s experts and geniuses had tried to comprehend it, but they always felt that something was missing, that the Striking Technique was incomplete and had major flaws.

The Qingxuan Ancient Country’s willingness to impart this Supreme Strike Technique to Leng Chengfeng this time was, in truth, merely an experiment.

Leng Chengfeng, believing he was cultivating a Supreme Strike Technique, heard Li Qiye’s words and actually thought the method Li Qiye described could truly increase his combat power. He had no idea that while it could indeed boost his strength, employing it would turn him into a cauldron!

Li Qiye’s act was far too convincing. Leng Chengfeng fell into Li Qiye’s trap, still thinking he had found the missing part of the Supreme Strike Technique. In the end, he met his fate, burned to ash, and even Lei She, who had tried to save him, was instantly incinerated!

How tyrannical was the surging, endless True Sun Fire? Neither Leng Chengfeng nor Lei She had time for a second thought before they were reduced to ashes.

But now, it had all served Li Qiye’s purpose, allowing him to obtain the True Flame Order and transform it into a great lock. It also allowed Li Qiye to recover the erased memories of the "Nine Yang Locking Heaven Technique." Now, Li Qiye possessed the complete "Nine Yang Locking Heaven Technique"!

At this moment, the entire courtyard was silent. Even Elder Yun couldn’t help but shiver. Thankfully, his master had stopped him; otherwise, his fate would have been the same as Elder Lei She’s.

Meanwhile, Li Shuangyan and Chen Baojiao, who had watched the entire event unfold, couldn’t help but gasp. From start to finish, Li Qiye hadn’t made a single move, yet his challenger, Leng Chengfeng, was dead. Even Lei She was dead. And until their final moments, they probably couldn’t comprehend how they died!

At this moment, Chen Baojiao finally understood why Li Shuangyan had pulled her back. From the very beginning, their Young Master had been acting. Leng Chengfeng had fallen into their Young Master’s scheme long ago. It seemed she didn’t understand their Young Master as well as Li Shuangyan did.

Just then, Li Qiye let out a breath, then looked at the master-disciple pair of Chi Yun standing to the side. Flashing a set of pearly white teeth, he said, "Elder Chi, recklessly cultivating techniques from other sects is a dangerous business. You might just play with fire and get burned. Wouldn’t you agree, Elder Chi?"

At this, the master and disciple, Chi Yun, couldn’t help but feel a chill run down their spines. From beginning to end, Li Qiye hadn’t even lifted a finger, yet Leng Chengfeng and Lei She were burned to cinders. At this moment, they felt that the fifteen- or sixteen-year-old Little Ghost before them was more like a Little Demon sharpening its snow-white fangs. To be his enemy... you probably wouldn’t even know when or how you died.

Chi Yun sighed softly. He finally understood why His Majesty valued Li Qiye so highly. It wasn’t as simple as Li Qiye being able to command their Nine Saints Demon Gate’s Guardian God. In a single day, he had first heavily defeated the Wansheng Jian and suppressed the Sheng Tian Heaven Daoist, and now he had burned Lei She and Leng Chengfeng to death. Yet, in the hands of this fifteen- or sixteen-year-old youth, such feats seemed effortless. Whether one was a True Master or an Ancient Saint, to become his enemy meant an incomparably tragic end!

Li Qiye just smiled and led Li Shuangyan and Chen Baojiao inside. Chi Yun, however, could only gaze at the two piles of ashes on the ground and sigh softly.

"Our Nine Saints Demon Gate has lost a Supreme Elder and a genius disciple with a bright future." Looking at the ashes on the ground, Great Elder Yun couldn’t help but say this with regret.

Chi Yun shook his head and said, "This might not be a bad thing. Although the losses are heavy, it prevents internal strife. The faction our Nine Saints Demon Gate has chosen is the War God Hall, not the Qingxuan Ancient Country. Elder Lei’s branch was getting too close to the Qingxuan Ancient Country! In the end, that was a disaster waiting to happen! Now that Elder Lei and Leng Chengfeng are dead, their branch has been severely weakened. Even if they still want to side with the Qingxuan Ancient Country, they no longer have the power to make a difference!"

Elder Yun fell silent, but he had to admit his master’s words were reasonable. The relationship between the Nine Saints Demon Gate and the War God Hall had been maintained since long ago. Over millions of years, the Nine Saints Demon Gate had sent several geniuses to join the War God Hall. It was precisely because of this that they earned the War God Hall’s strong support for their Nine Saints Demon Gate.

However, Lei She’s faction had always wanted to rise. They chose the Qingxuan Ancient Country, hoping to use its support to seize power within the Nine Saints Demon Gate in the future! Such internal conflict was not something the Elders of the Nine Saints Demon Gate wished to see. Mutual slaughter would severely wound the Nine Saints Demon Gate and cripple it.

Now, the Nine Saints Demon Gate hadn’t lost a single soldier, yet Lei She and Leng Chengfeng had died tragically. This undoubtedly crippled Lei She’s faction and also extinguished the thoughts of some who wanted to defect to the Qingxuan Ancient Country!

After returning to his room, Li Qiye asked Li Shuangyan, "Back when the Xiyan Ancient Sect was besieged, did the Qingxuan Ancient Country participate?"

Li Shuangyan shook her head. "I’m not clear on the specifics. However, I heard from Master that they probably didn’t get involved directly. Master said that during that battle, although our Nine Saints Demon Gate wanted to lend the Xiyan Ancient Sect a hand, someone from Takong Mountain was secretly pulling the strings, leaving our Nine Saints Demon Gate willing but powerless. Even though Takong Mountain didn’t act openly, the entire battle was inextricably linked to them. Later, Master speculated that there was more than one Emperor Immortal Gate influencing that war."

Hearing this, Li Qiye nodded. ’As the saying goes, a centipede dies but never falls. Even if the Xiyan Ancient Sect was no longer as valiant as it once was, it was still an Immortal Emperor’s lineage that had stood for millions of years. Although the Holy Heaven Sect was on the rise back then, it couldn’t necessarily destroy the Xiyan Ancient Sect. After all, the sect’s profound heritage was plain to see.’

’Of course, many lineages would have been happy to carve up a juicy prize like the Xiyan Ancient Sect. To take down such a behemoth, the involvement of an Emperor Immortal Gate was necessary. The Holy Heaven Sect alone could not have swallowed the Xiyan Ancient Sect!’

"Qingxuan Ancient Country!" Li Qiye’s eyes narrowed. It was no coincidence that the Qingxuan Ancient Country had obtained the "Nine Yang Locking Heaven Technique." ’Even if the Qingxuan Ancient Country didn’t act directly in that battle, they must have been involved somehow.’

Li Shuangyan’s heart stirred. Other people would pale at the mere mention of the Qingxuan Ancient Country, but her Young Master was different. He didn’t seem to give the Qingxuan Ancient Country a second thought.

At that moment, Li Qiye smiled again. After a moment of contemplation, he took up a brush and wrote out a list. Handing it to Li Shuangyan, he said, "Have someone buy everything on this list. I need them. The sooner, the better."

Li Shuangyan glanced at the list and couldn’t help but give Li Qiye a very strange look. Besides a pile of Spiritual Medicines and similar items, there were some very odd things, such as burial clothes. At a glance, anyone who didn’t know better would think he was preparing for a funeral.

"Uh, what is this for?" Li Shuangyan asked, looking at the motley list.

Li Qiye laughed. He narrowed his eyes and said leisurely, "We’re going into the Ancient Sky Corpse Land to pay our respects."

"Pay our respects?" Chen Baojiao was stunned for a moment and couldn’t help but ask, "Young Master, do you have an ancestor buried in the Ancient Sky Corpse Land?"

"You’ll find out when we get there," Li Qiye said mysteriously.

Seeing that Li Qiye wasn’t elaborating, Li Shuangyan didn’t press the matter and immediately sent someone to purchase everything on the list.

While Li Qiye waited for Li Shuangyan to buy the things he needed, he used the spare time to focus on his Cultivation. For him, advancing his Dao Practice during Foundation Establishment was a gradual process. However, his physique was different. He had to press on and strengthen its foundation. He had his own plans; for him, his ambition didn’t stop at just the Prison Suppressing Divine Body. He needed other physiques as well.

If anyone else knew of Li Qiye’s thoughts, they would probably call him a madman, or perhaps an idiot! The reason was simple: any given cultivator could only have one physique! For a cultivator, their corporeal body determines what kind of physique they possess.

And a corporeal body, just like one’s True Destiny, Life Wheel, and Life Palace, was unique.

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