Twilight Boundary-Chapter 759 - 750: Forcibly Repairing the Book of Life and Death

"Do you dare to falsify records in the Book of Life and Death?"

The moment Hu Ma saw his origins clearly, he didn't hesitate. With a stern shout, he began to do what he needed to do.

As he shouted, he suddenly opened his eyes. The Book of Life and Death wrapped around him rustled loudly. It quickly gathered into his hands, reforming into a complete book. Then, he stared intently at the creature covered in eyes, questioning it loudly.

The creature trembled, not daring to approach Hu Ma, and only managed to shout, "I didn't!"

But at this moment, the tables turned. Hu Ma demanded sternly, "If you didn't, then since I have three names in this Book of Life and Death, why is my Life Incense only three columns strong?"

The creature was almost driven to fainting by this question. "How those three names came to be—don't you know yourself?"

Hu Ma certainly knew. In fact, he had never understood his own destiny more clearly than at this very moment. Understanding his past, he faced a choice. He could completely erase the traces left by Lao Junmei and the Daluo Dharma Sect and become his true self. When that time came, his karma would be clear, and his path would be unobscured. He would truly be one fate, one self, no longer troubled by such chaos. But he didn't do it. He could either erase the chaotic entries in the Book of Life and Death, returning himself to a normal scope, or he could take another misstep upon this error, turning this very error into his strength.

Hu Ma chose the latter.

These two phantoms, one to his left and one to his right, had influenced his destiny for so long. Then let them remain, to become shadows under his own command. He would accept the courtesy Lao Junmei had given him, and he would also accept the mark the State Preceptor had left on the Book of Life and Death as a courtesy. Even if it was a false destiny, as long as it was written in the Book of Life and Death, it would become real. Because his thoughts were racing, like a flash of lightning, Hu Ma couldn't even clearly articulate his own thinking at this moment; it was purely by instinct, in this brief reaction, that he made this subtle decision.

"I don't care how these three names came to be..."

Understanding this in his heart, Hu Ma immediately pressed the creature, "But I know this: you owe me."

Hu Ma gritted his teeth. "One body, three lives—that should mean nine columns of Tao! I've entered the Intermediate Yin twice to seize life from you, and I even felt a bit embarrassed about it. Only now do I understand this was never about seizing life; it was merely about taking back what rightfully belongs to me!"

Looking at Hu Ma clutching the Book of Life and Death, the creature nearly went mad. It suddenly threw all caution to the wind and rushed over to snatch it, wailing, "Everyone bullies me..."

"If you're unwilling, then I'll change it myself..."

Watching its crazed demeanor, Hu Ma had already made his decision, a cold sneer playing on his lips. "You can change it, he can change it, so why can't I? Since fate has already been changed twice, then I will personally change it this third time!"

He wasn't just making empty threats. Amidst his cold sneer, with a mere flicker of his will, it was as if a person touching the Book of Life and Death would feel information surge from it; the will within a reincarnated Soul could similarly reverse the Book of Life and Death.

One body, three lives. One life, Three Fragrances. The three-lives form was originally just a false appearance, but what was to stop him from writing it directly into the Book of Life and Death, making it a fact?

* * *

At the same time, outside on the battle formation, blessings flowed, dispelling the fierce and malevolent aura of the battlefield. This nearly rendered the Magic cast by those hiding in the shadows as light as a feather, almost making it disappear.

Yet the attackers all possessed high cultivation and formidable abilities. Although their Magic was slightly suppressed, it still surged toward Hu Ma wave after wave.

His body was already showing uncontrollable decay, with the last vestiges of his life force nearly being forced out. However, Fourth Miss Zhou, upholding the righteousness of the jianghu, boldly transmitted vital energy to him.

Originally, with this transmission of vital energy, Hu Ma would have had a chance to awaken.

Fourth Miss Zhou didn't know why he hadn't awakened. Instead, he was like a bottomless pit; the surging vital energy she poured in only barely maintained his life signs.

But this delay allowed the surrounding soldiers, who were galloping wildly and seeking an opportunity, to find their chance. They charged forward fiercely, brandishing spears, sabers, and axes, hacking down upon this woman who was corrupting public morals.

Especially among this group of soldiers, two Ghost Generals, awakened from a death-like state, were mixed in. Their abilities seemed ordinary, but the sabers in their hands glowed faintly red.

As they swung, it was as if a giant Blood Pond manifested behind them.

It seemed one slash would suck both person and soul into this Blood Pond, to be refined until nothing remained.

In the air, two Kongming Lanterns remained fixed on Hu Ma. His two shadows were still pinned firmly, only growing increasingly black.

The soldiers all around had been subjected to a Life Swapping Technique. They felt no fatigue, and all pain had vanished, replaced by ever-increasing ferocity. They had already formed ranks, their hoofbeats thundering as they pressed forward.

And that recent dark cloud had unleashed a heavy rain upon the battle formation. Simultaneously, it caused an endless black miasma to steam upwards, drawn into the sky, making the cloud even blacker and heavier, with some unknown danger brewing within.

Although the blessings surged forth when Immortal Miaoshan kowtowed outside the battle formation, causing even this rain to stop, the entity brewing within the cloud had reached its zenith.

KRACLACKLE!

At that moment, suddenly, pitch-black, sinister lightning emerged from the sky, descending directly toward Fourth Miss Zhou, who was holding Hu Ma.

"Mmm-mmm..."

As a Shousui, and one only a step away from Shangqiao, Fourth Miss Zhou sensed the immense danger all around. She shivered, and an instinctive fear rose in her heart, causing her to close her eyes.

But at that very moment, Hu Ma opened his eyes.

The instant he opened them, he reached out, pulled Fourth Miss Zhou into his arms, and spun around.

She had been kissing him quite fiercely, and there was no time to pull apart, so he could only shield her beneath him first.

BOOM!

At that very instant, blades and axes rained down from all sides, and blood splattered. The light from the two Kongming Lanterns in the sky reached its zenith, while the pitch-black, ferocious rolling thunder, like a contorted giant serpent, crashed down solidly from above.

The endless Magic and perils converged on Hu Ma simultaneously, interweaving and colliding, then abruptly exploded.

A surging, ferocious aura roiled and billowed, not dispersing, even obscuring the figures of Hu Ma and Fourth Miss Zhou. Everyone nearby, whether friend or foe, felt their hearts jolt at this moment and hurriedly looked over.

The first to see clearly was, naturally, Fourth Miss Zhou.

When she sensed Hu Ma move, her heart leaped with joy, knowing he had awakened. But in the next moment, an earth-shattering noise stunned her. Slowly opening her eyes, she saw her pupils dilate.

On Hu Ma, soul light bloomed, outlining the form of a ferocious god upon the battle formation. 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

It was clearly the Great Mighty Sky General Dharma Form, steadfastly enduring the intertwining Magic from all directions, and also taking the fierce, inexplicably black rolling thunder that descended from the sky.

Because the Great Mighty Sky General Dharma Form absorbed almost all of this Magic, Hu Ma and Fourth Miss Zhou, whom he sheltered beneath him, were left unharmed. Only as the Dharma Form slowly retracted into his body did their figures become visible again.

Hu Ma slowly released Fourth Miss Zhou, who had become as rigid as wood. Without a change in expression, he supported her waist and gently placed her on the ground.

His own expression held a trace of unreadable awkwardness, but he suppressed it, showing only a cold demeanor as he stood upright and surveyed his surroundings.

"Brother Huma..." Little Hongtang's excited cry sounded from the side.

Hu Ma's cold expression immediately softened. He hurriedly stepped a little further away from Fourth Miss Zhou, smiling as he lowered his head to look at Little Hongtang and reached out to pat her head.

At the same time, with a rumbling sound like muffled thunder, the surrounding soldiers charged forward once more. Their ferocious momentum had reached its peak, and they even trampled some of their own fallen comrades into bloody pulp.

But facing these ferocious soldiers, Hu Ma looked up. With a sudden, deep shout, the arrows piercing his body were violently ejected, creating streaks through the air as they knocked down rows of these soldiers.

With a slight lift of his hand, the Punishment Officer's Great Saber, which he could no longer hold back, suddenly flew up and into his grasp.

He took a deep breath. On the battlefield, countless remnant souls and rampant yin qi swirled, rushing into his body. His vital energy suddenly surged. Though it didn't coalesce into a Dharma Form, it already hinted at an imposing presence, as if he could hold up the heavens and stand firm on the earth.

Having returned from the Intermediate Yin, he had gained four more columns of Tao.

In that instant, with nine columns of Tao gracing his body, the surrounding wind ceased, and all things fell silent.

As he looked forward, the light from the two Kongming Lanterns in the sky blazed to its brightest. However, they could no longer fix Hu Ma's body in place. With a WHOOSH, they ignited, plummeting like two giant fireballs.

* * *

"His Magic has succeeded..."

At the same time, beside Pan Mountain King, someone slowly glanced at the woman cradling a white cat and said calmly, "But he shouldn't have had this chance. With your Siming Technique, you used the death qi of this battle formation, pressing it down upon him."

"Even a Shousui on the verge of Shangqiao couldn't withstand that for so long."

"So, you..." the speaker trailed off.

In response to these words, the woman holding the white cat merely gave a cold glance and said, "I made a mistake. Is that not allowed?"

The slender woman, along with several figures hidden in the shadows around the battle formation, all frowned and looked towards her. However, she received their gazes coldly, ignoring them completely.

One figure stirred slightly, as if about to speak. But at that very moment, from far away in the darkness, a vague voice drifted over. It sounded like someone was setting up an altar, or perhaps just muttering a curse.

The next moment, from the carriage at the town entrance, in the direction opposite them, the twenty-four array flags Hu Ma had collected suddenly flew out with a WHIRR. In an instant, they encircled the entire battle formation and swiftly descended.

Borrowing the blessings to set up the altar, in a flash, they had blocked all of them outside the bounds of the altar.