Chapter 116: Captive - Struggling to Survive with Regression Power in the Primordial Saint Sect - NovelsTime

Struggling to Survive with Regression Power in the Primordial Saint Sect

Chapter 116: Captive

Author: 鹤守月满池
updatedAt: 2025-07-23

In terms of survival, Guang Ming had some experience.

As early as when Guang Hui and Lü Yang met, and Lü Yang neither dodged nor avoided but instead confronted head-on, he keenly sensed that something was amiss.

Unfortunately, the "Heartbound Life Talisman" could only be used once in a short period.

Moreover, with Guang Hui, a fellow disciple who knew him inside out, present, it was impossible for him to use the "Heartbound Life Talisman" to escape at the last moment.

Therefore, when Guang Hui gathered all the Buddhist cultivators to manifest the "Dragon Elephant Vast Strength Vajra," he chose not to participate but instead used the cover of the Buddha's light to decisively escape underground, once again using Guang Hui and the others as shields.

Undeniably, this approach was very effective.

He almost managed to escape again.

However, this time, his attempt to flee was keenly detected by someone who had been observing the battle all along but had found no opportunity to showcase himself.

Qin Tianhe!

As a true disciple of the Saint Sect, Qin Tianhe also cultivated great divine abilities. Coupled with the rare treasure "Void-Piercing Sky-Escape Crow Shuttle," his strength was not weak.

After all, he had previously managed to barely escape when besieged by over ten Buddhist cultivators led by Guang Ming.

It was only in comparison to Lü Yang that he seemed weak.

Qin Tianhe himself understood this, so he was very proactive, eager to demonstrate his value to gain favor.

As a result, before Guang Ming had fled far, he was caught and brought back.

Now, Guang Ming had no choice but to loudly plead for mercy to save his life: "Don't kill me! I can also contribute to the Saint Sect!"

"You want to surrender?"

Lü Yang raised an eyebrow, showing some surprise: "A True Lord overseeing the battle, and you dare to surrender?"

This battle for the Dao was personally overseen by three True Lords.

Although they would not interfere, how could what happened escape their notice?

Under such circumstances, who would dare to surrender?

In the Saint Sect, if you dared to surrender and survived, your body would be used by the True Lord to light the Heavenly Lamp. If you died, your soul would be used to light the Soul Lamp.

Don't even think about reincarnation!

"Senior, you may not know, but our Pure Land has its own rules; it cannot be generalized."

Guang Ming lowered his voice and cautiously said: "For us, surrendering is not a big deal. As long as we survive, we won't be blamed."

"Oh?"

Lü Yang raised an eyebrow slightly, then said with a half-smile: "Then if I let you go back as an undercover agent to deal with the remaining Buddhist cultivators of the Pure Land for me, would you be willing?"

"Uh, this..."

Upon hearing this, Guang Ming's expression froze. Then he opened his mouth and spoke even more softly: "...The Pure Land is hard to explain. How about switching to the Dao Court?"

Lü Yang was even more surprised and laughed: "That works too!"

As soon as he said this, Guang Ming immediately relaxed and hurriedly said: "Actually, I've long been displeased with those people from the Dao Court. I'm willing to contribute to the Saint Sect!"

Meanwhile, outside the battlefield realm.

The three True Lords looked at each other, and at this moment, the previously silent Qingcheng Feixue True Lord finally spoke, letting out a melodious laugh like silver bells.

"The Pure Land Buddhist Sect truly lives up to its name!"

"...Demon, don't try to sow discord!"

Feeling the Dao Court True Lord's watchful gaze beside him, the Pure Land True Lord could only maintain a composed expression and secretly transmitted a message: "Fellow Daoist, don't overthink."

"It's just a temporary expedient!"

"Besides, Guang Ming is just a pawn. The real leader is Guang Hai. He is a disciple of Fulong and will consider the overall situation. He won't act recklessly."

"Hmph, hard to say!"

Faced with the Pure Land True Lord's explanation, the Dao Court True Lord remained noncommittal, clearly not fully believing the Pure Land True Lord's words.

Because the origins of the Pure Land were not clean.

It was said that the supreme sage who founded the Pure Land was a shameless person who relied on currying favor to become the Dao Master.

And that sage's conduct was no different from the current Saint Sect!

Even the name was not "Deep Joy Pure Land" but "Evil Sect of the Pure Land"!

However, after founding the Path of Deep Joy and Nirvana, that sage chose to whitewash and prospered.

Out of respect for the sage, no one dared to say much.

Thinking of this, the Dao Court True Lord's heart was overshadowed, but at the same time, he became extremely curious about Lü Yang, who had suddenly appeared.

Who exactly was this person?

He wanted to calculate, but with Qingcheng Feixue True Lord right in front of him, doing so would only be stopped by the other party, making it meaningless. So he had to give up.

In the end, Lü Yang still spared Guang Ming's life.

Because from him and the Buddhist cultivators collected by the Myriad Spirits Banner, Lü Yang learned some unfavorable news: they had already been surrounded.

The eight divisions of the Pure Land's Buddhist followers and a branch of the Dao Court's Guardian Army, totaling over a thousand Qi Refining cultivators, had already gathered in advance, forming an encirclement, setting up formations along the way.

The participating disciples of the Saint Sect had all fallen into this encirclement and were being continuously squeezed for survival space.

"Formations..."

As a seventh-grade formation master, Lü Yang was well aware of the power of formations. He was not afraid of many people, but many formations were somewhat troublesome.

Especially since there were obviously no shortage of cultivators with positions in the Dao Court and the Pure Land.

Although they couldn't surpass him, as the saying goes, "many ants can bite an elephant to death." If there were many formations, it would still be somewhat tricky for him.

Moreover, these two sides likely had even stronger trump cards hidden.

So in the end, he accepted Guang Ming's voluntary surrender.

After planting a monitoring restriction in his sea of consciousness, he let him go.

Of course, Lü Yang also considered directly transforming him into a banner spirit using the Myriad Spirits Banner. However, unless it was someone like Chen Xin'an or Su Nu, whose physical body still existed in the world and could be used to apply their karma, most ordinary banner spirits had a different aura from cultivators, making it difficult to hide from those with intent.

"...Still need to be cautious."

At this moment, Lü Yang had already restrained his inflated thoughts.

Even in a novice village bullying weaklings, he had to ensure nothing went wrong to avoid capsizing in the gutter.

"If it were within Skeleton Mountain, with the support of the earth veins, no matter how many came, they would die. But outside Skeleton Mountain, relying solely on Su Nu is still somewhat strenuous. Although if I go all out, coupled with Ancestor Nether Wishper, I can still secure victory, but that would inevitably lead to casualties."

The problem lay here.

Lü Yang wanted to kill ten thousand enemies without losing eight thousand of his own, especially after discovering that Ancestor Nether Wishper, as a technical talent, was extremely useful.

He would be heartbroken to lose even one.

Thinking of this, Lü Yang silently turned to look at Qin Tianhe beside him.

Although it is said that war always comes with sacrifices, since he didn't want to sacrifice, he could only find a way to sacrifice others.

"Tianhe, how many people did the Saint Sect send this time?"

Looking at Lü Yang's amiable smile, Qin Tianhe not only didn't feel any warmth but instead shivered violently, feeling cold all over.

Something's wrong!

However, under Lü Yang's gaze, Qin Tianhe thought again, so what if something's wrong?

As long as it doesn't harm Tianhe, the life and death of others had nothing to do with him.

"Including me, a total of seven true disciples participated. In addition, there were eleven disciples who had not cultivated great divine abilities but had perfected Qi Refining. The remaining over a hundred were all late-stage Qi Refining, each with one or two powerful divine abilities. It's just that I don't know how many are left now."

Qin Tianhe enumerated them in detail.

"The battle for the Dao has been going on for some time. I guess they should have gathered and moved towards the depths of the encirclement. We can definitely find them."

"I see."

Upon hearing this, Lü Yang nodded, his smile even brighter.

Over a hundred late-stage Qi Refining, eleven perfected Qi Refining, and seven true disciples—this number was actually not inferior to the Dao Court and the Pure Land, perhaps even better.

This showed that although the number of disciples in the Saint Sect was less than that of the Dao Court and the Pure Land, the quality of those who stood out in the Saint Sect was beyond doubt.

These were all talents.

After that, Lü Yang followed Qin Tianhe's suggestion, letting him drive the "Void-Piercing Sky-Escape Crow Shuttle" to escape everywhere.

Before long, a formation came into view.

Just as Qin Tianhe said.

Although the Saint Sect's disciples were bad, they were definitely not weak.

Even when caught off guard by the joint siege of the Dao Court and the Pure Land, they still organized themselves.

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