Chapter 439: The Immortal Dao of All Living Things (1/2)

All the major factions in the world of immortals kept divine spirits as pet guardians. They were either born of nature, from primitive villages on the fringes of the world, or out of the rituals in the mortal lands the factions ruled over.

Mo Xun was the guardian spirit of the Mo Clan. He was a powerful immortal who’d plucked an origin dao fruit and ascended to the realm, but just like the other origin dao immortals, he’d suffered critical injuries in the process of doing so; thus, his cultivation was incomplete.

It now seemed to Lu Yun that the guardian spirits of the major factions had become latent threats. A simple showing from the Sword of Chaos would easily sway them into betraying their factions.

……

“Qitian should be with Elder Mo Xun right now...” The Mo elder blanched as soon as he finished his sentence.

“How can this be? How is this possible? Elder Mo Xun is a ritual divine spirit born from one of our mortal nations. How could he ever betray us?”

All of the mortal lands under the Mo Clan’s rule were populated by their descendents. Not everyone had the potential to cultivate, especially in a world where a great war between immortals had destroyed many bloodlines and crippled many spirit roots.

Not even the major factions were any exception.

Therefore, the factions had gathered their members who were incapable of cultivating and created one or more powerful mortal nations to rule over the mortal segment of the world. These nations existed to create divine spirits!

Mo Xun wasn’t a wild spirit the Mo Clan had caught in the world of immortals, but a spirit of their own making, effectively a member of the clan. It didn’t make sense for him to betray them!

“You don’t have any evidence verifying your outlandish claims. Why should we believe you?!” An aether dao immortal emerged from the other side of the great hall at this time. Having plucked nine aether dao fruit, his cultivation exceeded that of Mo Qu’s.

“Elder Mo Xun is one of our forefathers, he would never betray us! But you, Lu Yun, are up to no good! Are you trying to destroy us by working with the North Sea monster spirits?” The speaker was several thousand years younger than Mo Qu and had been one of the greatest geniuses in the clan in his youth.

The Mo elder staggered and almost fainted when he saw the younger man’s appearance. His face became white as a sheet. “How, why... has this happened?”

“Grandfather, it’s me!” the younger man exclaimed. “Have you been fooled by an outsider?”

Bam!

Instead of responding, the arcane dao immortal knocked the younger man down with a palm strike.

“So it seems I can’t fool you, old man...” The peak aether dao immortal’s lips twisted into a vicious smile and his body glowed an unnatural gold.

“No, he’s detonating himself!” Mo Qu exclaimed in apprehension.

Lu Yun stepped forward and attached a deep blue talisman to the aether dao immortal’s forehead, quieting his agitated inner energy and stopping him from detonating his dao fruit.

“Soul planting has one major flaw.” Lu Yun pointed at his own head. “A soul is the most vulnerable part of a living being, so refining it into a soul seed is guaranteed to damage it. Once the soul matures, it’s most likely going to be a bit of a fool.”

Neither the one planted in Mo Chenfeng nor that in the aether dao immortal had known how to judge the situation and act accordingly. They’d both shown themselves before Lu Yun had even begun looking for them.

Of course, there were different levels of soul seeds. The flawless ones were mostly planted in those who played critical roles—Mo Qitian being a good example.

“I’m taking him with me to see if there’s a way to remove the soul seed,” Lu Yun looked at his quarry in a calculating fashion.

“Take him!” the Mo elder agreed without hesitation. “Is there really still hope for him?”

His gaze was hopeful. The aether dao immortal was not only a great genius of the Mo Clan, but also his grandson.

“I can try.” Inhaling deeply, Lu Yun grabbed the Mo genius and threw him into the Resurrection Layout in hell, where Xingzi and Su Xiaoxiao awaited.

“Tsk, tsk. Why would that idiot attempt to manipulate immortals with soul planting? What a fool, is he trying to create an army of idiots like him?” Xingzi scanned the aether dao immortal with a sardonic smile on her youthful face. “Hehehe, we’re going to have some fun over the next few days.”

Su Xiaoxiao looked equally excited.

The two had found kindred spirits in each other and now immersed themselves in experiments all day long. Everyday, desires flared anew for them to catch some strange and exotic specimen for poking and prodding.

Su Xiaoxiao’s medicine dao had been inspired by what she found in one of the ruins left by the shamanic race. Their studies thus came from the same root, but each specialized in different fields.

In addition to Su Xiaoxiao and Xingzi, the other Envoys of Samsara each contributed their own expertise and combined their efforts. By now, not even Lu Yun knew what strange creations they would come up from their experimentation.