In my twilight years of cultivating, I became a Supreme Daoist of the Longevity Path

Chapter 1220: 477: Qingmingzi Appears!

Battling Hegemony Capability (6.8K Mega Chapter) Chapter 1220: 477: Qingmingzi Appears!

Battling Hegemony Capability (6.8K Mega Chapter) Qi Slash, God-Slaying, Soul-Slaying, three flying daggers shadowed their prey, poised to strike the very soul of the Ghost King of the Netherworld in an instant.

However, at that moment, a streak of intense greenish aura abruptly materialized out of nowhere, emanating an extremely strong Dao Force.

It brushed past gently, flinging the three flying daggers far away, their spiritual light dimmed significantly.

The Ghost King of the Netherworld was instantly saved.

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“Qingmingzi!!!”

Chen Dengming’s pupils constricted sharply as the hallucinatory silhouette of the Hall of Human Heart emerged in his eyes.

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Within the lantern of Heartfire, the startled and bewildered face of the Ghost King of the Netherworld surfaced once again.

Before Chen Dengming could act further, a sigh suddenly echoed from the sky of the Nether Spring World, and he felt the overwhelming and majestic presence of Heavenly Will enveloping him, increasing the pressure on his entire body.

The piercing green light dawned from the ominous and sinister firmament, flickering and casting the murky skies in uncertain luminescence.

The green light unfolded like a green carpet being shaken out.

A handsome Dao child, with hands behind his back, stepped down from the carpet, emitting a rich and intense aura of The Great Dao.

His eyes filled with green light pinned Chen Dengming; his bright eyes seemed to pierce through all secrets.

In that moment, an intent as imposing as Heavenly Will locked Chen Dengming firmly in place, rendering him unable to gather his Heart Force, and thus unable to launch a spiritual assault on the Ghost King of the Netherworld.

Not only Chen Dengming, but everyone else, including Lord Star Cloud who was dealing punishing blows to the Hell Ghost Monarch and the Nine Nether Ghost Monarch, felt a colossal pressure bearing down upon them with the arrival of Qingmingzi, their expressions turning grave.

“It’s you!”

Eastern Huayuan recognized the aura emanating from Qingmingzi at a glance.

It was unmistakably that of the old man who had once fished for the Human Immortal Dao System while masquerading in the body troubled by an Evil Curse.

“Longevity Taoist Lord, indeed the future has taken over…” Qingmingzi didn’t even glance at Eastern Huayuan.

His gaze fixed on Chen Dengming, he moved his hands behind his back as if he were descending invisible heavenly steps, step by step.

A strange glint in his eyes, he said, “When did you discover that I was hiding beneath the Nether Spring?

You deliberately set the stage, openly informing the Ghost King of the Netherworld of your attack, to lure other ghost monarchs here—is it to trap them all in one fell swoop and draw me out?

Why were you so certain I would appear?”

Upon hearing this, Eastern Huayuan and the others suddenly realized, understanding why Chen Dengming had deliberately left behind several offspring of Senluo in Starfall Ghost City before.

Only then did they grasp why, in the midst of combat, Venerable Mingguang and Sword Lord Yong Xin had appeared so abruptly.

Everything had been arranged by Chen Dengming long in advance.

But now, faced with the sudden arrival of Hegemony Capability Qingmingzi.

Even knowing that most of this Great Master’s power currently resided in the body of a Dao child, unable to unleash the true terror of Hegemonic Capability, they all felt an immense pressure bearing down on them, as even a fraction of his strength was formidable.

And at that moment, the veteran ghosts like the Ghost King of the Netherworld were even more astonished, feeling no joy of a narrow escape but only a bewildering dread of the suddenly emerged Qingmingzi.

They had long stayed within their own ghost cities and sepulchral mounds.

Even though they had been paying close attention to all sorts of intelligence due to their recent invasions into the Mortal World, they still had no clue that such a formidable master had slipped into the midst of the Ghost Shade.

Chen Dengming’s expression gradually calmed, a cool gaze at Qingmingzi, who not only had him in a mental lock but was also infiltrating his spirit with a powerful Primordial Spirit force, he said calmly, “I have not actually discovered you beneath the Nether Spring.

It was you who chose to expose yourself.

Neither Senior Qu nor I could ever find your whereabouts.

But even with the heritage of the Heavenly Dao from another realm, it was impossible to hide perfectly from the scrutiny of our domain’s Heavenly Dao.

If you managed to avoid detection, it suggested you might be outside the purview of the Heavenly Dao.

Coupling that with the so-called Ghost King’s Order and the unrest within the Ghost Shade over the years, I surmised you might be hiding beneath the Nether Spring!”

Chen Dengming paused then continued, “As for why I was so sure you would appear, indeed, this was a conclusion I reached through the Heavenly Will.

I once divined to seek your and the Ghost Emperor’s whereabouts but found nothing.

However, when I divined to assess the auspiciousness and peril of infiltrating the Ghost Shade, I met with an extremely ill omen—contradicting the mixed results of my previous divinations…

The only difference in my divinations was a change from a tactic of ‘killing the chicken to warn the monkey’ to annihilating the majority of the disruptive ghost monarchs!”

Qingmingzi’s face showed a hint of lament, and a cold light gradually emerged in his eyes, “So it was the divination that betrayed me.

Indeed, with the forces you’ve assembled, not to mention the alliance of the Netherworld, Hell, and Nine Nether ghost monarchs,

even if we added the Infinite and Immortal ghost monarchs, they would pose no significant threat to your lives unless…

I joined the battle!”

With the slight tremble of his eyelids, the heavens above abruptly shifted, dark clouds roiling, rolling with Yin Thunder, his voice deep, “So knowing that if I intervened, it would be largely detrimental to you, why push me to act?

Is it just for the Qu Shenzong?”

At the utterance of the word ‘sect’, it resounded like a massive thunderclap echoing across the sky, forming a rumbling and terrifying thunderous sound—

Crack!

A dazzling bolt of blue lightning swiftly streaked across, heading straight for the Underworld River.

Boom!

The turbid waters of the Underworld River surged violently, illuminated in an instant by the blue thunderbolt.

A burly silhouette preemptively burst from the waters, hand forming seals to cast a Palm Thunder.

Crack!

A thunderous boom reverberated, tightening everyone’s chests as several Palm Thunders clashed instantly with the subsequent bolts of lightning, exploding the sky in a thunderous display.

This newly appeared sturdy figure, with long hair dancing, his square-jawed face covered with stubble as sharp as steel pins, also stood atop an offspring of Senluo, wielding a black halberd—this was none other than Qu Shenzong.