NOVEL ONLINE FREE chapter 146 - Nirvana Seed
"You… you, you, you… what do you think you’re doing?"
Shangguan Huanling stammered. The current Lu Ye was terrifying.
Completely unrecognizable from the Lu Ye in her memory.
The Lu Ye she had known always had a sunny smile, spoke with wit and charm, and would often toss out strange new phrases.
Phrases she’d never heard before. He’d even write beautiful stories and read them to her.
Titles like The Overbearing Husband Loves Deeply, The Demonic King Pampers His Wife, You Can’t Escape, The Immortal King Elopes with the Child, The Great Wife-Chasing Campaign...
All of them were far better than anything sold on the market.
And now, this Lu Ye?
His gaze was calm as still water, and though his face carried a faint smile, it never once reached his eyes.
The way he looked at her held not a shred of affection.
Only coldness.
"What poison did you give me?" Lu Ye asked.
An awkward expression flashed across Shangguan Huanling’s face.
"Is it too late if I apologize now?"
Lu Ye shook his head helplessly. This one... no wonder even Shen Xitong didn’t want to face her head-on.
She was simply too hopeless.
"Then can you help me change my Dao? I don’t want to cultivate the Dao of Invincibility anymore. If you help me change it, I’ll tell you what kind of poison I used."
Shen Xitong glanced toward Shangguan Huanling, and in that moment, she felt an almost cathartic sense of relief, like she’d survived a disaster.
Oh thank god she hadn’t fought Shangguan Huanling head-on. Otherwise, her own intelligence would’ve been dragged straight into the gutter.
If Yue Hongling weren’t still bound by the restriction, her eyes would probably have rolled all the way into the heavens.
This Shangguan Huanling—she had this uncanny ability to make people laugh at her stupidity.
You couldn’t even get angry.
You just felt like it wasn’t worth arguing with a fool.
What was she even thinking?
The other four women had all obediently confessed what poison they used, because they knew very well: if they didn’t talk, Lu Ye really would kill them.
But Shangguan Huanling? Not only did she refuse to confess, she even tried to bargain with Lu Ye...
She was just a Convergence Realm cultivator, not even a disciple of the Grand Dao Sect—and she was threatening Lu Ye...
All her debuffs hit max level on the spot.
Lu Ye actually burst out laughing in disbelief.
Goddamn...
He slapped his palm onto Shangguan Huanling’s shoulder and casually pulled back.
In that instant, Lu Ye’s aura surged.
"Try using your Heavenly Venerable Fist again. See if it still works," Lu Ye said.
Shangguan Huanling’s expression changed.
"Heavenly Venerable Fist!"
She threw out a punch—just an ordinary-looking strike.
Gone was the overwhelming, invincible presence of the Heavenly Venerable Fist. Lu Ye had already reclaimed the fist intent he had imprinted within her.
She was someone who didn’t even have her own Dao. If it hadn’t been for Lu Ye engraving true fist intent into the fake version of the Heavenly Venerable Fist she practiced, Shangguan Huanling couldn’t have thrown a single real punch to begin with.
And now, that punch was still aimed at Lu Ye.
Boom!
Shangguan Huanling was blasted backward.
She spat out a mouthful of blood.
Lu Ye rubbed his temples in exasperation. He hadn’t intended to touch Shangguan Huanling at all. After all, she had no feelings for him, no remorse, no love—it wasn’t even worth engaging.
But her…
You throw a punch at me—how the hell am I supposed to not hit you?
Shangguan Huanling was ❀ Nоvеlігht ❀ (Don’t copy, read here) in pain, trembling with fear.
Her Heavenly Venerable Fist—her strongest ability—was gone.
"I’ll give you one last chance. If you don’t tell me, I’ll strip away your other two divine abilities. What kind of poison was it?"
Shangguan Huanling was thoroughly terrified now.
She finally gave in and cried out, "It was the Seed of Annihilation Dao! The Seed of Annihilation Dao!"
Lu Ye heard the unfamiliar term and sighed lightly.
This was a seed formed from the total sacrifice of the former Divine Church of Annihilation, in their pursuit of supreme annihilation—a seed that aimed to erase the Heavenly Dao itself.
And they had nearly succeeded.
For a moment back then, the Dao of the entire universe suffered a terrifying upheaval.
Countless cultivators had their realms forcibly suppressed.
Because at that time, a Saint had reached the end of the road, and even the Heavenly Dao wept for him.
The Annihilation Heavenly Venerable, in his bid to become the new Saint, had committed this act of madness.
But in the end, even a decaying Saint was capable of unleashing infinite brilliance in the final moments of life—shattering the delusions of the Annihilation Heavenly Venerable.
The entire Divine Church of Annihilation had been annihilated. Only a single Dao Seed remained, lost in the boundless void.
Even Saints die.
Let alone Saints—even the Heavenly Dao had been replaced by the system. This world held far too many possibilities.
"Where did you get that seed?" Lu Ye asked, face darkening.
"I picked it up."
"So you really do have a death wish!"
Shangguan Huanling’s face twisted with grievance. "I really did just pick it up! Why would I lie to you?"
Lu Ye had been watching her expressions carefully. If it were anyone else, he might have suspected a lie.
But this was Shangguan Huanling…
She picked it up.
Of course she did.
Lu Ye was now certain—one hundred percent—someone was plotting against him.
He just hadn’t figured out who yet.
Source of Darkness?
A real possibility.
That psychotic yandere?
Also plausible.
Even the Heavenly Venerable of Reincarnation might be involved.
Because besides Lu Ye, the Heavenly Venerable of Reincarnation was also a contender for becoming the next Saint. If Lu Ye succeeded, the Reincarnation Venerable would be forced to wait again.
Lu Ye, having gotten the answer he wanted, turned to leave.
"Big Brother, wait for me!"
Shen Xitong called out, then paused mid-step.
"Oh, right—Ex-wife Yue, Master Bai is about to die. If you want to save her, the Scripture of Ultimate Yin for Virgin Maidens can help."
"And as for Maid Chu, even Dumbass Shangguan was able to cultivate the Scripture of Ultimate Yin for Virgin Maidens. You two better work harder. If you don’t, Big Brother and I are going to ascend together, and then you’ll never, ever see him again~"
"Wait for me!"
She tossed out those words and quickly caught up with Lu Ye.
The sword Dao embedded within Sword Mountain—Lu Ye himself didn’t know the Heaven-Severing Technique. He wasn’t omnipotent.
It was just that the sword Dao of the Sword Mountain had already been pushed to the brink of collapse by the Heaven-Severing Technique. After watching the technique’s execution, Lu Ye gained some insight and was able to smack the phantom Sword Mountain right out of her.
The true Sword Mountain had already been destroyed—only this illusion remained.
Lu Ye had no intention of reconstructing a whole new Sword Mountain. That was way too much trouble.
But as compensation, he could condense a truly formidable sword intent and leave it to the Supreme Sword Sect. Surely they would be satisfied.
What kind of sword intent should he choose?
After a moment of thought, Lu Ye had made up his mind.
Supreme Sword Sect—then it should be a Supreme Sword Dao. That’s what he would forge and deliver to them.
Meanwhile—
The Eternal Teachings Sect had failed to capture Bai Qiulan and were thoroughly enraged.
They couldn’t understand it. Lu Ye was the top of the Eternal Heaven’s Prodigy Rankings. Sure, surpassing realms to kill enemies was expected of him—but Bai Qiulan? What was she?
How could she explode with such terrifying strength?
A group of peak Tribulation Crossing Realm experts, even backed by a rogue Spirit Severing Realm cultivator, had still failed to bring her down.
Absurdly powerful.
Tribulation must be crossed!
They had to ascend! Become Great Ascension cultivators! Crush the Grand Dao Sect!
And so, the first ninth-layer Tribulation expert, after making every preparation and swallowing a Tribulation Crossing Pill, officially began his tribulation.