Just a Useful Pawn in the Stain Sect

Chapter 636: Chapter 631: The Real Celestial Immortal Monarch

In that instant, as the six Outer Dao Fruit Positions detonated and their sequence collapsed, a terrifying flood of imagery burst forth, completely submerging the entire White Jade Hall.

Against Jade Toad Immortal Monarch, Lü Yang held nothing back.

When he said he would detonate them, he meant it!

This was a technique Lü Yang hadn’t mastered before witnessing the Sea of Suffering. Back then, his understanding of Fruit Positions was shallow, and he didn’t know how to weave imagery.

But things were different now. He had seen through to the very essence of Fruit Positions, understanding that they were simply systems formed by weaving together imagery. Detonating them was therefore simple—like unraveling a thread, he just had to pull out the system’s foundation, and it would naturally collapse.

The resulting destructive power was, needless to say, incredible.

It was terrifyingly powerful!

After all, no matter how much other Perfected Lords despised them, Outer Dao Fruit Positions were still Fruit Positions. Their foundations might be weak, but their Position remained.

And this was an explosion of six of them at once.

Who could possibly withstand that?

Lü Yang knew that even he wouldn’t be able to withstand it alone. The torrent of interwoven imagery formed a Power of Destruction that was unbelievably strong!

Only by reaching the Middle Stage of Golden Core and Refining one’s own Seeking Dao Immortal Technique could one create an anchor to avoid being swept into the chaotic imagery. Otherwise, getting caught in it would be like being a lone boat in a vast ocean, destined to capsize in a raging storm.

Jade Toad Immortal Monarch was no exception.

"Ahhh—!"

A bloodcurdling scream echoed through the hall. Jade Toad Immortal Monarch had never imagined that Lü Yang would actually detonate those six Outer Dao Fruit Positions.

Caught completely off guard, she was killed instantly!

BOOM!

Meanwhile, Lü Yang retreated, an illusory mist swirling around him. Though his physical body cracked, he had managed to negate the vast majority of the explosion’s force.

The Fruit of Sorrowless Heaven!

As expected of a Fruit that could withstand a siege by numerous Perfected Lords in the Sea of Suffering and still allow for free movement. Its ability to avert disaster was incredible.

Furthermore, its wielder was Progenitor Tingyou, who had pushed the potential of this Outer Dao Fruit to its absolute limit. This was the main reason Lü Yang had dared to launch such a self-destructive attack. With Progenitor Tingyou helping him evade the initial wave of damage, he only sustained minor injuries from the blast.

On the other side, Jade Toad Immortal Monarch was already dead.

Her Lesser Yin imagery disintegrated, and her beautiful body shattered along with it, transforming into a tragic yet brilliant spray of blood. In her final moments, Jade Toad Immortal Monarch’s expression had turned utterly savage.

BOOM!

A second explosion!

Seeing that she was about to die, Jade Toad Immortal Monarch had stopped trying to preserve her physical form. Instead, she had proactively detonated her own shattering body!

Amid the bloody light of the explosion, Lü Yang’s brow furrowed.

This Jade Toad Immortal Monarch... she was markedly different from Immortal Monarch Gu Ming, Cyan Yang Immortal Monarch, and all the other Celestial Immortal Monarchs he had encountered in the Celestial Mansion.

She was a stone-cold killer.

If it had been someone like Cyan Yang Immortal Monarch or Immortal Monarch Gu Ming facing the detonation of six Fruit Positions, their first instinct would have been to figure out how to escape and survive.

But Jade Toad Immortal Monarch was different.

Not only had she not fled, but she had even detonated her own body to launch a counterattack. Such fierce decisiveness could only be forged on a battlefield of corpses and blood.

’This person... she must have lived through the last millennial calamity!’

’She detonated her body without hesitation. On one hand, it was a way to inflict heavy damage on her enemy. On the other, she must have been confident, just like me, that she wouldn’t truly die.’

Sure enough, in the next moment, all the exploded light of blood began to flow in reverse. Flesh and blood regenerated in an instant, and a flawless, jade-white body emerged from within. In a flash, she was once again clad in a moon-white palace gown, her face a mask of fury.

"You... you’re from the Immortal Pivot?"

Jade Toad Immortal Monarch’s expression was frigid. She immediately dismissed her earlier assessment of Lü Yang as some dog of the Outer Dao. Such methods could never come from a piece of Outer Dao trash.

’After thinking it over, the only possibility is the Immortal Pivot!’

At this thought, a pained look appeared in Jade Toad Immortal Monarch’s eyes. The Resurrection had seemed simple, but it had in fact cost her a Resurrection Coin.

This was the ultimate creation of the Fruit of Money Position.

Simply put, it allowed one to buy their life back with money. The Mid-stage Immortal Monarchs who had achieved Financial Freedom could use them at will, but she only had three.

And now, she had just used one.

"Attack!"

Lü Yang waved the Banner of Righteousness and formed a Daoist Hand Seal. Mountain Mover and the other Immortal Monarchs, who had switched to Celestial Fruit Positions, immediately swarmed forward and surrounded Jade Toad Immortal Monarch.

Trapped in their encirclement, Jade Toad Immortal Monarch just gave a cold smile.

"A pack of useless curs... Do you really think you’re on the same level as me? I’ll call you Immortal Monarchs to be polite, but to be blunt, you’re nothing more than lapdogs raised by an Immortal Venerable!"

In that moment, Jade Toad Immortal Monarch’s eyes were filled with killing intent. A captivating blush bloomed beneath her jade-like skin as the qi and blood in her body began to boil, rumbling like thunder. It made her appear all the more dazzling, her long hair scattering in the wind, her beautiful eyes seeming to hold a bright moon within them.

SHIMMER—!

She brought her hands together, her fingers forming a seal. Myriad rays of light gathered in her palms, forging an Enchanted Bottle. As it flipped over, a beam of Immortal light surged forth!

Seeing this, Lü Yang’s expression shifted. ’A True Treasure?’

The Immortal light was brilliant. It looked like light, but it was actually a mass of fire that enveloped Lü Yang, Mountain Mover, and the others, immediately erupting into a conflagration!

Within the raging flames, the Lesser Yin imagery flowed:

Under the governance of the Lesser Yin as Celestial Master, the Earth Qi grows solemn, and the celestial qi, bright.

Cold meets summer, heat compounds with dryness. Its rule is clear, its decrees, sharp. Its grains are crimson and white. Water and fire, cold and heat, are held in the exchange of qi. Kan and Li, water and fire, are joined as one, and it is known by the name of Sovereign Fire alone!

In the next second, Mountain Mover and the other so-called Orthodox Immortal Monarchs were set ablaze, screaming in agony. If Lü Yang hadn’t used the Righteous Banner to protect their True Spirits, their forms and spirits would have been utterly annihilated. Still, for them to be so pathetic even after receiving Orthodox Fruit Positions made Lü Yang sigh.

At this thought, Lü Yang immediately performed a Finger Technique.

BOOM!

With a tremendous bang, the ignited bodies of Mountain Mover and the others suddenly exploded. Everything but their True Spirits—their physical bodies and all of their Mana—detonated in that instant.

The boiling light of blood blasted apart the Immortal Fire that Jade Toad Immortal Monarch had condensed.

"Huuuh...!"

Lü Yang let out a long breath, finally dropping all pretense. The Qi trace hidden deep within his body awakened, the Sea of Suffering opened above his head, and the light of the Fruit of Celestial Fire was ignited once more!

This was another benefit of having witnessed the Sea of Suffering.

Had he not witnessed the Sea of Suffering, the entire Celestial Mansion would have instantly detected his presence the moment he unleashed his Qi trace and the Fruit of Celestial Fire appeared.

Now, however, he could open the Sea of Suffering directly and take an alternate path, drawing upon the Fruit of Celestial Fire from within it. This allowed him to unleash his full power without alerting anyone. After all, the true form of a Fruit usually resided within the Sea of Suffering, making it easier to erupt with Mighty Power.

In the next instant, Lü Yang formed a Daoist Hand Seal.

’Enlightenment!’

The Righteous Banner fluttered, and a formless, intangible Mighty Power shot out like a giant hand, instantly seizing Jade Toad Immortal Monarch. It seeped into her body, seeking to Deprive her of her will.

"This is... the Fruit of Celestial Fire!?"

Jade Toad Immortal Monarch’s expression flickered for a moment, but she didn’t panic. Instead, she flipped the Treasure Vase Seal in her hand and aimed the Immortal Fire at her own glabella.

Immediately, Lü Yang saw a bright light ignite on her glabella. Within the light, a magnificent Dao Platform appeared, upon which bloomed a Lesser Yin Fruit Position—a Heavenly Master Position. At that moment, the Fruit Position was wreathed in brilliant flames.

’That’s...’

Lü Yang was astonished. The Dao Platform Jade Toad Immortal Monarch had just summoned felt incredibly familiar—its imagery, its very construction, reminded him of one thing:

’A Grotto Heaven!?’

That was it. Although its essence was clearly a tier lower than a Grotto Heaven, this Dao Platform possessed some of its characteristics and even contained a hint of its Divine Effect!

At the same time, Jade Toad Immortal Monarch parted her crimson lips and said:

"An Immortal Core Demon thinks he can defile the clarity of my Spirit Platform? Break!"

The Immortal Fire blazed, burning right through the formless hand Lü Yang had forged with the Divine Effect of Enlightenment. She had not been Deprived of her will and turned into a Puppet!

Lü Yang watched this, inwardly impressed.

He knew full well that the Divine Effect of Enlightenment wasn’t omnipotent. After all, it was very similar to his old Puppet technique—a move meant for crushing cannon fodder.

Still, he was surprised that she had broken it so easily.

This was a true Celestial Immortal Monarch—the kind of ruthless warrior who had fought the Immortal Pivot five thousand years ago in a cataclysmic war where Perfected Lords were slaughtered and both sides were left crippled!