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Chapter 192: Name-Treasure
Chapter 192: Name-Treasure
Blood Demon True Man’s confidence wasn’t baseless.
Even among the Holy Sect’s ranks, the emergence of a late-stage Foundation Building True Man would send shockwaves through the cultivation world. A True Man of this caliber possessed the faintest glimmer of hope to ascend to True Monarch status—a hope so slim it bordered on impossible, yet still enough to command reverence.
Such individuals typically faced three possible paths:
First, those whose destined seat remained unclaimed by any faction. These True Men enjoyed the greatest freedom but also the greatest vulnerability, lacking powerful backing to shield them from calamity.
Second, those born of prestigious sects. Chongguang True Man, for instance, had his sights set on a seat within the Holy Sect, with the sect’s True Monarch personally supporting his ascension—a path offering the highest chance of success.
Third, those whose destined seats were already occupied.
Lv Yang and the Yanluo Patriarch fell into this category. One seat had been claimed prematurely, the other seized by a Pure Land. In such cases, the True Man’s prospects were bleak. They would either be slain by the occupying True Monarch or forced to abandon their quest and submit to their rule.
The Yanluo Patriarch had met the former fate. The Blood Demon True Man, the latter.
Indeed, Blood Demon had also targeted the Lampfire of Restoration, but his path diverged from Chongguang’s. When Fortune Immortal still held his True Monarch seat, Blood Demon had chosen to surrender his autonomy in exchange for survival.
The very Heaven-Deceiving Method that had sustained him all these years was a technique devised by Fortune Immortal himself. Thus, the moment Blood Demon ceased concealing his karmic threads, Fortune Immortal—despite being leagues away—instantly sensed the shift. A frown creased his brow as he gazed toward the heavens.
“Blood Demon? He’s still alive?”
Fortune Immortal wasn’t in the mortal world but deep within the Foundation Building realm. Remarkably, the area surrounding him bore no trace of the Dragon-Binding Winds—the very scourge that tormented all Foundation Building True Men, eroding their souls at every stage of cultivation.
Yet here, the winds shattered like waves against a reef, unable to pierce his sanctuary.
And this was merely a shadow of his former glory.
Once, he had reigned supreme in the Everglow Treasure Light Heaven, a celestial dominion where countless True Men had flocked to swear fealty. Now, only a fractured sliver of that paradise remained—a fragile fragment of fortune he’d nearly lost.
His weakness had been the cause.
A century ago, he’d barely clawed back to mid-stage Foundation Building strength, so diminished that even the Heaven-Mending Peak Master had openly defied him. To restore his power, he’d resorted to clandestine schemes within the Holy Sect, siphoning blessings until he’d engineered Xiao Shiye and claimed the divine fortune of the Colored Gongde Fish. Only then had he dared to vanish for a hundred years, refining his strength in seclusion.
Now, after a century of toil, he’d finally forged the Gemshine Blessed Land from the ruins of his former domain, attaining late-stage Foundation Building cultivation. Yet he remained a shadow, fearing discovery.
Chongguang’s patron, Qingcheng Feixue, was a woman of ruthless temperament—known to all as a madwoman. She’d nurtured Chongguang’s ascension, and any threat to his path would provoke her wrath.
For years, she’d ignored him due to his weakness. But should she learn of his recovery, she’d strike without hesitation.
Yet now, Fortune Immortal hesitated.
“Blood Demon… he’s a promising pawn. If I can prop him up to challenge Chongguang, he might draw some of her attention away.”
Meditating on the Dao, he glimpsed the truth.
“Ah, it’s the Avici Sword’s karma. He’s being hunted by Jiangnan’s sword cultivators and seeks my aid.”
Seemingly harmless.
Though he’d fallen from his seat, his divinatory prowess remained unmatched. Few could deceive his foresight unless they involved a True Monarch’s avatar… or a failed ascension cultivator.
“Hahah!”
The thought amused him. Blood Demon’s abilities were no secret. How could he have incurred enemies of such magnitude?
Impossible!
His calculations revealed only a mid-stage Foundation Building sword cultivator from the Sword Pavilion—a formidable foe for most, but to Fortune Immortal, no more than an ant to crush underfoot.
“Fine. I’ll intervene.”
With a sweep of his sleeve, he departed, sending a message along his karmic threads.
“Hold on a little longer?”
Blood Demon felt the message ripple through his soul, his brows knitting together. Wait? A True Monarch’s aid requires me to stall first? Shouldn’t you just tear through the heavens and save me?
Still, Fortune Immortal’s response offered hope. He pushed his doubts aside.
Then, as Ye Xingfeng’s sword light blazed toward him, Blood Demon suddenly turned, eyes gleaming.
“The Avici Sword’s third Divine Essence is activating?”
“Excellent!”
He clenched his fist, laughing fiercely. “Foolish brat! You thought you could wield my treasure without consequence?”
In another realm, Lv Yang stood over the corpses of the Immortal Alliance’s Dao Harmonizers. Only Elder Lin, clutching the Imperial Decree of Golden Inscription, remained alive.
The slaughter had restored the Avici Sword’s full might, and its third Divine Essence manifested.
Name-Treasure.
“Under heaven, names and treasures are not to be lent to others. The sword’s true master, chosen by Name-Treasure, holds its eternal dominion.”
Lv Yang’s face darkened.
A soul-binding essence!
The sword shuddered violently, severing its connection to him as it soared skyward.
Blood Demon was its true master all along. The sword’s gift had been a ruse—to shift heavenly retribution and use another’s hands to mend its wounds.
Now, it was time to reclaim his treasure.
(End of Chapter)
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