Heavenly Master Wang felt as though his consciousness had paused for a moment. He didn't know what had happened, only recalling a sudden flash outside, followed by some attack striking him. The attack came so swiftly that he had no time to react.

The last thing he remembered was an endless, murderous intent of true intentions. In that moment, it felt as if a peak sword cultivator was pointing a sword at his skull, seemingly ready to behead him with a mere thought.

The murderous intent within the Sword Qi was even more terrifying than he had imagined. The sword intent shook his foundation, and the killing aura infiltrated his True Spirit, causing him to momentarily lose consciousness.

However, Heavenly Master Wang cracked a smile, "Hehehehe... You didn't kill me, it seems you can't kill me after all!"

Heterodox powers were indeed dreadful, but not unbeatable!

"I ultimately won! I won! Hahahahaha, just wait, little devil… I will catch you, then slowly refine you... ugh…" Heavenly Master Wang clutched his back. The Sky Dragon Slaying Sword Qi had left a fearsome gash on him. The opening was at his back, now his entire chest cavity was exposed. The flesh over the wound writhed, yet incessantly burst open. It was the residue of murderous sword energy.

"I am quite well now... cough, cough... What about you? After battling me, you can't even walk anymore, can you? Hahahahaha…"

He stood up and took two steps forward. Then, he stopped.

Something was wrong.

Despite being forcibly promoted to the status equivalent to the Divine Descent Period by witch ceremony, Heavenly Master Wang's natural talent allowed him to be somewhat sensitive to changes in the surroundings of heaven and earth.

The air carried a sickly aura, the concealed evil power almost chilling him to the bone.

Something was...

Wang Tugen surveyed his surroundings. The ground faintly shone with golden light. This was the power of the "Yellow Robed King." Although fundamentally a malevolent Heart Demon, he appeared supremely righteous on the surface, unlikely to be the source of such a feeling.

But what about beneath this golden light?

This special cursed light had the power to block Spiritual Sense. What were those heterodox cultivators, and the Yellow Robed King, really hiding?

"Cthu... lu..." "Cthulhu... Fhta..."

Suddenly, a sound seemed to be approaching from below the ground.

Heavenly Master Wang listened intently. Then, he heard it clearly, a cry half-physical, half-spiritual: "Cthulhu Fhtagn" "Cthulhu Fhtagn."

What did it mean?

Heavenly Master Wang, feeling a chill, diverted a bit of his mental focus to ponder the meaning of these spells, considering spells as a means to influence the flow of spiritual power through specific sound waves that should be analyzable to identify the adversary.

But he was mistaken—it was just some transmigrator's twisted sense of humour.

The first thing to emerge from the ground was a blob-like, green gelatinous mass. The green blob moved, and then numerous green tentacles made of ethereal spiritual energy burst from the ground.

"Ha!" Heavenly Master Wang snorted coldly, exhaling a breath of End of Fortune Sword Qi from his nostrils. Directed by sword intent, when rites lapidate and music corrupts, as states perish and all things decay, spells naturally dissipate as well. This was a Sword Qi he had been nurturing in his lungs, his final trump card.

Sword Qi clashed with the tentacles, causing numerous tentacles to collapse. However, more tentacles emerged this time than even from the Dao Heart Pure Yang Mirror, and they were stronger.

The End of Law Sword Qi disintegrated, transforming into a circle of white misty Sword Qi. The circle flickered, dissipating another wave of tentacles. At this time, the full appearance of the creature emerged before Heavenly Master Wang.

It resembled partly an octopus, a bat, and a human, its entire body green, large and swollen, with a soft head covered in numerous tendrils, scales covering its body, its forelimbs bearing limp, claw-like structures, and a pair of tattered, seemingly unformed wings on its back.

"What monster?" Heavenly Master Wang cried out, unleashing countless Sword Qis from both hands: "When heaven and earth darken, the sun and the moon lose their light."

For a moment, his hands, like fountains, ejected vast quantities of Sword Qi. The covered area was immensely larger than his own body, truly creating a sensation of obscuring the sun and sky. Thousands of Sword Qis engulfed the green monster, which shrieked in agony, sounding almost like a cry.

"You monster!" Heavenly Master Wang chopped down all the tentacles, preparing to sever one of the monster's claws, but then, his blood suddenly froze. A unique fear overwhelmed him. He murmured, "You monster..."

Hidden among the tentacles was not an oral organ, but a small human face. The face looked somewhat like Nie Tianren, albeit only a few years old, exactly Nie Tianren's Nascent Soul's face.

This monster, it was actually the transformed Nascent Soul of a Divine Separation Stage Cultivator!

"You... monster..."

Among Heavenly Master Wang's reprimands, Nie Tianren's nascent soul opened its mouth, two different voices emerged simultaneously, "I'm not willing! I'm not willing!"

"Cthulhu Fhtagn!"

Then, a green light flashed, and the monster, transformed from the Divine Separation Stage Cultivator's nascent soul, self-destructed. The green luminescence was dazzling like a firework exploding on the ground, sweeping in all directions.

Far away, Wang Qi, who was watching the whole event through Light Mirror Skill, whistled, "Cool!"

When the green luminescence rushed towards him, Jarvis automatically activated a Dao Heart Pure Yang Mirror, but Wang Qi reached out and intercepted the flowing green light. Only then did their true forms become visible—countless green sparkles.

Wang Qi's fourth Heart Demon Curse, the Netherworld Fire Spell.

The verdant Spiritual Fire circled around Wang Qi then dissipated automatically. Now, a new Heart Demon Great Curse Memory was inserted inside Wang Qi's arm armor.

Ai Changyuan, brought over by the Yellow Robed King, had witnessed the whole scene and exclaimed, "Old Wang... sometimes I really admire you. You arrived a few seconds late just to set up that guy, right..."

"Materials from the Divine Separation Stage are rare," Wang Qi chuckled, "And he also burned himself up in the last moment of his life, leaving behind extraordinary things! It would be a disrespect to my character if I didn't delve into it deeply, right?"

"A few more seconds and I would have been dead…" Ai Changyuan sat down on the ground, gasping for air.

The fourth Heart Demon Curse was not a product of Wang Qi's conscious effort. In the last moments of life, all of Nie Tianren's resentment and unwillingness turned into energy. A Divine Separation Stage Cultivator could already be called a Heavenly Person; their soul and mana were tightly intertwined, and all facets of the spirit could reflect on the mana level. Nie Tianren's unwillingness to die and the delusion that "the fault was not his, but the heterodox's" at the final moment of life ingeniously transformed thoughts, resentment, mana, and other Heart Demon algorithms into new Heart Demon Curse Power.

Had Wang Qi not acted swiftly and invaded the newly born Heart Demon System with the Yellow Robed King, the half-cursed spirit that Nie Tianren had almost become might have had a chance to turn the tables.

As for using Nie Tianren's nascent soul to attack Heavenly Master Wang, it was truly a desperate measure. In the brief moments when Heavenly Master Wang was engulfed by the Existence and Nonexistence Border, Wang Qi had launched three Sky Dragon Slaying Sword Qi at him, severely injuring his opponent. Yet, even so, Wang Qi found it impossible to handle this severely injured Divine Separation Cultivator!

Even in a coma from severe injuries, the strength of the Divine Separation Stage was not to be underestimated. Wang Qi tried many methods, but all proved futile; even if his opponent was expired, punching him was like punching a wall. Divine Separation Cultivator's-refined physical bodies made even their smallest chemical bonds brimming with Spiritual Power; their hardness and toughness far surpassed any ordinary heavenly materials, comparable only to rare treasures or the latest technological alloys for refining materials.

However, if it were just the physical body, Wang Qi could still slowly destroy it using the Elephant Phase Wave Skill, Heavenly Song, and other Mystical Techniques. But Heavenly Master Wang's Hongyuan Divine Power and the True Intent of Silent Annihilation cultivated within his body made Wang Qi somewhat apprehensive about making contact.

Without using external objects, Wang Qi letting loose on a comatose, heavily injured Divine Separation Cultivator could potentially lead to injury from recoil.

"If we hadn't ambushed them preemptively, we really would've failed this time." Looking at his reunited partners, Wang Qi couldn't help but sigh.

Wu Shiqin and Mao Zimiao nodded solemnly. Ai Changyuan snorted, "Old Wang, there's more to blowing up that Divine Separation Nascent Soul, isn't there?"

"To capture that Divine Descent Stage Witch alive. His divine power inside resists the Heart Demon Great Curse, and its quantity surpasses the Heart Demon System, which can't easily be contaminated. Only by such means," Wang Qi replied promptly, "Besides, the Heart Demon Great Curse can contaminate anything but Modern Cultivators. I wanted to confirm that there were no remaining enemies nearby."

Ai Changyuan stared at Wang Qi, his expression odd, "If I'm not wrong, your ultimate goal was actually to blow up that mutated Divine Separation Nascent Soul."

Wu Shiqin scoffed, "How could that be…" She looked towards Wang Qi, wanting to see his judgment. But at that moment, Wang Qi was pretending to admire the scenery.

Wu Shiqin sensed a conspiracy afoot.

Ai Changyuan chuckled ruefully, "No wonder I recently heard that if it weren't for Wanfa Sect backing you up, Tianling Ridge might consider revoking your Dao Seed Award."

Mao Zimiao gasped, "That sounds like a terrifying title, what's going on?"

Wang Qi still bore a playful smile, "Old Ai, although this is not a big deal, bringing it up would still be troublesome… Can we not discuss this in front of…" In the midst of speaking, he nodded toward Wu Shiqin and signalled to Ai Changyuan.

Mao Zimiao blinked, puzzled, "Xiao Qi, what did you do again meow?"

Ai Changyuan sighed, "Be more discreet next time, don't make it so obvious."

Wu Shiqin glared at Ai Changyuan, "I always feel your speech lacks respect for the majesty of the law!" She then turned to Wang Qi, "And you! What did you do?"

"A person eager in his Dao pursuit conducted a practical test on the Life Path... tch tch tch, I didn't actually capture him, he was resisting, and I couldn't suppress him with absolute strength, so according to the rules, I can use any method to handle him, okay?" Wang Qi's eyes sparkled, his face adopting a righteous demeanor, "That's right, it wasn't a real test! It was a special Combat technique! I didn't violate the laws! I didn't!" (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, you are welcome to vote and send monthly tickets on Qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read on m.qidian.com.)