Xin Wan’en instinctively grabbed Ye Yu’s sleeve.
She truly couldn’t understand.
She had just ascended to the Heavenly Realm—so why was this person treating her like this?
Why, exactly?
A surge of fierce resentment rose in Xin Wan’en’s heart.
Ghost energy around her began wildly converging into her body.
In that instant, she broke through the peak of the Ghost Realm and forcefully stepped into the early Nether Ghost Realm.
With this breakthrough,
Xin Wan’en’s weak body regained its peak state.
Her murderous intent solidified as if tangible.
Now, after countless hardships, Xin Wan’en had finally found her husband Ye Yu.
Whoever dared to separate them must die!
The stronger this thought grew,
the more intense the killing intent around Xin Wan’en became, and the red of her «N.o.v.e.l.i.g.h.t» clothes grew ever more vivid.
At this moment, Ye Yu suddenly raised his hand, blocking in front of her.
“Don’t worry.
Since we’ve arrived in the Heavenly Realm, leave everything to me!”
Hearing this,
Xin Wan’en felt as if she had returned to the Underworld.
Ye Yu was standing before her as always.
That sense of security was unique.
So she obediently murmured “Mm” and slowly stepped back behind him.
Her eyes instinctively glanced sideways at Shangguan Jiujiu nearby.
Truly breathtaking.
Though unspoken, Xin Wan’en could guess Shangguan Jiuu’s identity.
Women’s feelings are always subtle about certain things.
Just as she had seen through Ran Jingjing before, naturally she could also see Shangguan Jiuu.
A look of love cannot be hidden.
Shangguan Jiuu’s gaze toward Ye Yu said it all.
But Xin Wan’en said nothing more; now was not the time.
Ye Yu exhaled slowly.
The reason Spirit Nurturing Temple was so obsessed with Xin Wan’en was not hard to guess.
A sect that cultivates using ghost creatures.
Ghost creatures are naturally their most important resource.
But since no ghost creatures were born naturally in the Heavenly Realm, they were troubled.
They had no choice but to extract immortal souls and transform them into ghost creatures, as Shangguan Jiuu had said.
But the innate ghosts and artificially created ones were never the same.
Now that they had finally seen Xin Wan’en, they naturally did not want to let her go.
But greed comes with the price of death!
Ye Yu looked at the spreading ghost energy around him and the constantly shifting sect buildings.
A smile appeared on his face.
An entire sect as a grand formation, huh?
Not a very clever move!
The ghost energy around might be an obstacle to other immortals.
But Ye Yu was already accustomed to ghost energy and completely unaffected.
Seeking the fastest way to end the fight,
Ye Yu unleashed the True Green Lotus Thunder Summoning Sword Technique again.
This time, the area covered was wider, encompassing the entire Spirit Nurturing Temple sect.
Facing the rolling thunder,
Wang Shangshang did not dodge.
He formed hand seals with both hands.
In an instant, the ghost energy around surged like a tide above him, gathering into a mass to block the thunder.
Wang Shangshang believed that as a peak Golden Immortal, with the entire sect’s support, he might withstand this thunder.
But he underestimated the True Green Lotus Thunder Summoning Sword’s power.
The dense ghost energy only lasted about three breaths before being completely shattered by the thunder.
This scene shocked Wang Shangshang deeply.
He instinctively tried to dodge the thunder.
But it was too late.
Was he really going to try and tank it?
Just as Wang Shangshang was caught in dilemma,
the entire Spirit Nurturing Temple shook violently again.
Seeing this, Wang Shangshang’s expression brightened.
Even with thunder before him, he showed no fear.
He turned and shouted loudly, “Welcome the Sect Lord!
May the Printing Crown Divine Skill be perfected!”
Before he finished speaking,
a huge shadowy arm appeared, instantly sweeping away the thunder above.
Then the shadow gradually revealed itself—a hundred-zhang-tall silhouette of a middle-aged man.
His eyes gleamed with crimson light.
He moved his wrist,
and his body rapidly shrank,
finally becoming the height of an ordinary immortal.
He stood before Wang Shangshang, hands behind his back, with an aloof aura surpassing even the grand elder.
To be honest,
though his strength was unknown,
his presence was truly impressive!
The crimson eyes and illusory form—
wait, this was not an immortal but a ghost creature!
The sect lord of Spirit Nurturing Temple was a ghost creature?
What was going on?
Ye Yu and Shangguan Jiuu exchanged glances, both shocked.
Xin Wan’en’s expression also grew serious.
She could sense that this ghost creature was very special—different from her and the ghosts from Spirit Nurturing Mountain.
What exactly was happening?
Why were ghost creatures in the Heavenly Realm so unusual?
Wang Shangshang looked at the unassuming figure of Printing Crown, eyes slightly reddened.
Joy and regret mixed in his gaze.
He whispered softly, “Sect Lord, if only you had waited a little longer back then, perhaps everything would have been different!”
“No different or not different.
This is the path I chose.
Even if it’s wrong, I never regret it!”
Printing Crown strode forward, gazing at Ye Yu from across the space.
His surrounding ghost energy hid nothing.
He even took the chance to continuously absorb the surrounding ghost energy.
“Surprised, aren’t you?
Never thought the sect lord of Spirit Nurturing Temple would be a ghost creature?
If someone told me this thirty thousand years ago,
I wouldn’t have believed it.
I might have killed them on the spot.
But now, I believe it, and I’ve even refined myself into a ghost creature!
This path—I’ve waited thirty thousand years for it!”
At this, Printing Crown’s tone turned somewhat mournful.
Wang Shangshang beside him even shed tears on the spot.
Perhaps just having emerged from seclusion, eager to confide.
Printing Crown then began telling his story on his own.
Over thirty-seven thousand years ago,
Printing Crown was only an immortal of the Heavenly Realm within Spirit Nurturing Temple.
His cultivation was low and status unremarkable.
But he vowed that one day,
he would restore Spirit Nurturing Temple to its peak.
However, reality is a sincere boxer.
It always uses time to make you see how terrifying it is.
Due to the lack of ghost creatures,
Spirit Nurturing Temple’s decline was inevitable.
No one could change that.
Later, a predecessor had a wild idea.
Since we cannot get ghost creatures from the Underworld,
we’ll create them ourselves.
So he began trying to extract recently deceased immortal souls to create ghost creatures.
After this method succeeded,
immortals of Spirit Nurturing Temple all began to imitate it.
But Printing Crown always felt this wasn’t a long-term solution!
