Chapter 100: A Desperate Soul’s Assault

Xia Baiqian was amazed. “The power of faith is truly miraculous. No wonder my senior sister went to such lengths to become a sovereign. It’s really formidable.”

Bai Li meowed. “Meow! Human! I… I feel my mind has become much clearer, as if I’ve grown smarter, meow!”

For various reasons, the two had never experienced such vast faith power before, let alone the pure, unadulterated faith of several hundred thousand people.

It was top-tier even among faith powers, more than ten times stronger than the faith Leng Qingqiu earned through their hard work governing the court and loving the people like their own children.

As they absorbed it, they gained some insights. Bai Li, in particular, had already put their own Dao into practice a bit, and their cultivation base was showing signs of loosening, hinting at advancement to the mid-stage of Mahayana.

If Leng Qingqiu knew what was happening here, they would probably sigh and say that Bai Li and Xia Baiqian had the luck of fools, getting the best pickings by following their master.

Chu Huaizhou, being already famous, could stay at home doing nothing and faith would come to him. So the effect on him wasn’t as strong as their first experience; it was like an old married couple with faith power.

His dried-up divine soul was nourished like a thirsty plant, slowly recovering and becoming tougher.

If he were really only at the early Nascent Soul stage, the boost from this would have been terrifyingly huge. But unfortunately, he was no longer that innocent little Nascent Soul.

So he tried to channel the faith power into the Startle Swan Sword. Surprisingly, the faith power obediently followed his will, flowing into the blade like a child.

Sizzle—

The Startle Swan Sword emitted a soft golden light, and the dense cracks on its surface gradually shrank. Wow, faith power really was omnipotent, just like in the game descriptions. It was truly impressive.

Now the sword would not only be repaired but also become tougher than before.

He wondered where all the faith power he had accumulated before losing his memory had been used.

But before Chu Huaizhou could dwell on it, a sudden change occurred.

From Tu Tianyi’s direction, a soul-chilling aura erupted.

“Boom—”

The once-bright moonlight was shrouded by dark clouds. Amid thunder and lightning, heavenly lightning followed the narrow crevice Chu Huaizhou had sliced open, striking straight into the pit onto Tu Tianyi.

“Crackle—”

Electric currents surged over the green-black sludge, seemingly a final struggle, as the lightning gradually restored his human form.

Chu Huaizhou had just recovered a little, but his eyes narrowed in disbelief. What was this? A breakthrough in the midst of battle? And from early Mahayana to mid-Mahayana! Don’t mess around, bro, this is a new account.

He had just taken an eighth-grade pill and was now exhausted and weak, not even sure if it had any effect.

Xia Baiqian and Bai Li were also stunned by this unexpected turn.

Tu Tianxiang—it was a stroke of luck, really. Since both his original Dao paths had been seized, he had to find another way. Under the pressure of other demonic and righteous sects, he had narrowly escaped death many times. Finally, he took control of the Dao of Decay, a terrifying path mostly related to death magic.

Simply put, his strongest ability was that the closer he was to death, the closer he was to his Dao.

Ever since becoming a Mahayana, Tu Tianxiang had lost his drive, becoming afraid of death; his cultivation naturally stagnated. In past battles with Xia Baiqian, he had always held back, never daring to go all out. The lower his health, the stronger he became, but he was always reluctant to lose blood.

This time, Chu Huaizhou’s strike nearly crippled him. The effect of ‘lower health, stronger power’ hadn’t even taken full effect before he was pushed to the limit and broken. Under the ‘Sorrow of All Beings’, Tu Tianxiang’s sea of consciousness was flooded with great sadness, hatred, anger, and other emotions.

Incredibly, it allowed him to break through during the battle, just like a protagonist.

Xia Baiqian was the first to react; she certainly wouldn’t let him safely undergo his tribulation and reach mid-Mahayana. At that point, she and Bai Li, both early Mahayana, would definitely be no match.

Their master… She didn’t want to pin her hopes on him. No matter how great the danger before, their master had always stood in front of them without hesitation, turning decay into magic and performing miracles in hopeless situations. Then he would smile warmly, pat their heads, and say dotingly, “Who told me to be your master?”

She believed that under such gentle and occasionally heartfelt attacks, anyone would find it hard not to fall for him.

Xia Baiqian and her fellow disciples, after growing stronger under their master’s protection, had always wanted to repay his nurturing kindness. But because their master’s talent was too monstrous—even though they, three girls and a fox, were among the top geniuses of the age—they still couldn’t match his cultivation speed.

Now that he had finally lost his memory and cultivation, giving them a chance to repay him, how could they let him face danger again?

Xia Baiqian took a deep breath, her playful mood completely gone. She took command of the platinum Gu insects, connecting her divine sense to the insect network and directing them to swarm Tu Tianxiang.

Another surprise!

But Tu Tianxiang just smiled faintly, charging forward without a care for the insects’ suicidal attacks or the terrifying lightning dragons descending from the tribulation. He rushed straight to where Chu Huaizhou was.

Bai Li’s feelings were similar to Xia Baiqian’s. Realizing his target, Bai Li’s amber, vertical pupils flared, and they unleashed all their attack spells without regard for cost.

However, with Tu Tianxiang’s desperate charge, it was hard to stop him.

Finally, when Tu Tianxiang got close enough, he did something unexpected: he abandoned his physical body and entered Chu Huaizhou’s body in the form of a soul!

Chu Huaizhou: !

To be honest, Xia Baiqian and Bai Li had done well. Neither excelled at direct attacks; they relied on bizarre and varied Gu insects and spells to wear down enemies from a distance, manipulating them as if playing with a ball in their palms.

But now, constrained by the still-active Protective Sect Array of the Netherworld Sect—though greatly weakened, it still took time to break—the area of activity was limited to within the sect. Running around inside a foreign sect, especially one where Tu Tianxiang had attained his Dao, could lead to more danger. So they were forced to fight him head-on here.

And just as Tu Tianxiang, at all costs, broke through their defenses, even abandoning his body—exposing his soul under the heavenly tribulation, almost certainly fatal—he still managed to get close enough and launched his soul out.

Bai Li reacted quickly. Sensing they couldn’t escape, they layered barriers and cast all kinds of spells. The Azure Lotus Celestial Fox Protective Domain, with the ultimate effect of ‘His Transformation and Freedom,’ could make within the domain what Bai Li desired become reality. It was meant to ensure Tu Tianxiang could never reach Chu Huaizhou’s true form.

Even a Mahayana would take some effort to break through.

But it seemed heaven was on Tu Tianxiang’s side.

“Boom—!”

A lightning dragon ignored the Protective Sect Array and struck straight into his soul. The wild lightning that scattered also shattered all of Bai Li’s arrangements.

Tu Tianxiang, with his battered soul on the verge of collapse, broke through Bai Li’s illusion in one final charge, saw the utterly weakened Chu Huaizhou inside, paused for a moment in shock, then, overjoyed, plunged into him.

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