In my twilight years of cultivating, I became a Supreme Daoist of the Longevity Path-Chapter 971

Chapter 971: 390: Mysterious powerhouse who cultivates both Buddha and ghostly techniques!

A secret that makes hearts tremble Chapter 971: 390: Mysterious powerhouse who cultivates both Buddha and ghostly techniques!

A secret that makes hearts tremble After the assault on the Longevity Sect, out of the thirteen Nascent Soul True Monarchs who attacked, some died, others fled.

The multitude of Outer Realm Evil Cultivators who followed the massive invasion led by the Nascent Soul True Monarchs and the Demon Lord of Different Domain had already scattered like birds and beasts.

Zuo Qiuling, along with the reinforcements from the Counterattack Cultivator Alliance, searched the surrounding area for two thousand miles.

After a whole day, they only managed to capture some stray or deranged demons who had been left behind or lost their senses in a killing frenzy.

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Even so, the two thousand miles of the Longevity Dao Field were still devastated.

The many small sects and cultivation families had all suffered from the pillage of the Outer Realm Evil Cultivators.

Cultivators suffered heavy casualties, and some mortal towns were even more ravaged by demons, with entire towns slaughtered, turning them into a human purgatory.

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Within the grand Hall of Human Heart, the heartfire within the lanterns flickered.

Some lanterns had already gone out.

Chen Dengming walked through the hall, and upon close examination, he couldn’t help but sigh inwardly.

These extinguished spirit lanterns, although their former owners’ faces were no longer visible,

looking at their positions, he knew clearly that these were the lower-ranked cultivators he had come into contact with over the past six years in Chang’an Market.

It makes sense—since the Longevity Sect nearly faced extermination, how could Chang’an Market, located just a few hundred miles from the Longevity Sect, have survived?

“At least Qiangzi and the two children have left safely…”

After observing the heartfire of Jiang Qiang, He Yingyu, and the two children, seeing that they were all stable, Chen Dengming was relieved.

He then quickly searched among the lanterns at the front, and his gaze eventually settled, dimming with sorrow, yet simultaneously, he let out a sigh of relief.

What he now saw were lines of heartfire including Su Yanyan, Xing Huiguang, and his second senior brother Jiang Jian, but the heartfire representing his eldest senior brother, Fu Changyin, had been extinguished.

This confirmed that his eldest senior brother had indeed perished.

However, it was somewhat comforting to see that the heartfire of his second senior brother, Jiang Jian, although faint, was still lit.

This implied it was very likely that Jiang Jian’s divine spirit had been absorbed into the Longevity Incense and survived.

Even though an entire Nascent Soul True Monarch was now reduced to just a divine spirit, which was exceedingly tragic and meant that his cultivation was completely dispersed, making the chance of reforging back to a Nascent Soul as difficult as reaching the heavens, and even having to start cultivating from a Ghost Cultivator, he was at least still alive.

“Second senior brother has lived for over fifteen hundred years; even if his divine spirit turns to cultivate the Ghost Path, according to the lifespan of a Longevity Sect Nascent Soul True Monarch, he’d have at most a thousand years of Netherlife…”

Chen Dengming couldn’t be sure whether Jiang Jian could cultivate from an ordinary Ghost Cultivator into a Ghost King within a thousand years.

In fact, even if he succeeded, by the time Jiang Jian re-condensed the Ghost Infant and became a Ghost King, his Netherlife would have been exhausted.

Unless Jiang Jian could go a step further and break through to become an Infernal Ghost Monarch.

But that possibility was truly slim.

He further used the heartfire to confirm the status of Ancestor Lu Xiucheng, Qu Shenzong, Dongfang Huayuan, and Qiu Feng, and knowing that these people had not died, he completely relaxed.

However, seeing their fluctuating heartfire state, it was clear that although they had survived, each was in a dire situation, likely suffering from severe injuries.

Among them, Dongfang Huayuan’s heartfire had dimmed and shrunk to the size of a soybean, flickering uncertainly.

“Elder Dongfang has really suffered serious injuries; has his divine spirit been hurt?”

Chen Dengming pondered for a moment without rashly invading the other’s spirit with his divine thought to establish contact.

At this moment, Dongfang Huayuan was like a wounded beast, at his most dangerous.

If something misunderstood at this time, it was easy to provoke a desperate counterattack that could endanger both sides.

He immediately sent some Human Immortal Dao Force through the heartfire as a signal of forewarning and goodwill.

Only he and Dongfang Huayuan possessed Human Immortal Dao Force.

If the other party was conscious, they would naturally analyze the situation and respond.

Sure enough, not long after he sent his Human Immortal Dao Force over, Dongfang Huayuan’s spirit lantern’s heartfire began to fluctuate slightly.

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But no divine thought came through the heartfire.

It seemed that the other party also found it difficult to identify the location of the Hall of Human Heart.

Through the emotions emitted by Dongfang Huayuan’s heartfire, Chen Dengming understood that the other party had received his goodwill and recognized his identity.

He then breathed a sigh of relief.

This sort of interaction, established directly between spirits, was without words yet more powerful than words, a form of heartfelt perception.

Having confirmed that Dongfang Huayuan could communicate normally and was unable to pinpoint the location of the Hall of Human Heart, Chen Dengming quickly sent his divine thought into the other’s heartfire to engage in further communication.

“Elder Dongfang, your current state is very precarious.

To make a long story short, do you need my help?

And what exactly happened—who was it that attacked you so treacherously and left you gravely injured?”

On the other side, the heavily injured Dongfang Huayuan laughed upon hearing this.

This cheeky kid, now a Nascent Soul True Monarch, still had such a sweet mouth and such a pleasant demeanor.

Unlike some blockheads who, knowing his condition was bad, would still foolishly ask, “How are you doing?” instead of directly asking if he needed help, he also considered his pride, making him feel more comfortable inside.

That’s how you talk—this is being articulate.

“You lad have indeed found and taken control of the Hall of Human Heart; you really do have some skill.

But you don’t have to save face for me.

I wasn’t ambushed this time, but was defeated fair and square.

There’s nothing shameful about that.

That old fellow is likely to have the strength of someone who is half a step into combining paths.”

Chen Dengming was startled, “Could it be that the Outer Domain Devil Lord attacked you too?”

Dongfang Huayuan spoke with a heavy tone, “No, the one who injured me was a high-ranking figure in the Buddha Dao, and yet he also seemed akin to someone from the Ghost Path.