Aspiring to the Immortal Path

As Zoros shouted, there was a sigh.

A vortex suddenly appeared in the Chaos Net Heavenly Formation.

A Yellow Springs vortex.

A slender white hand emerged from the vortex, and with a light wave, the explosive force of Tang Jie’s Five Elements Transformation was frozen.

At the same time, Zoros came bellowing over, his whirlwind body expanding into a giant cloud.

Boom! The force from the Five Elements Transformation slammed into the cloud, and Zoros screeched in pain.

He had used his own body to endure the power that had been meant for the formation.

The hand also didn’t fare well, exploding to bits as the cost of stopping the explosion.

However, these actions succeeded in neutralizing 99% of the explosion’s power, with only 1% escaping Zoros’s cloud body to crash into the Chaos Net Heavenly Formation. Although this caused a great tremor in part of the formation, it ultimately failed to destroy it.

The only additional benefit was probably that the cultivators outside were able to feel that tremor.

Yuan Tianzhong and the others all said in surprise, “This is…”

“You need to ask?” Wei Tianchong laughed. “Tang Jie must be messing around inside. It seems like he almost managed to destroy the formation just now!”

“He’s only at Heart Demon, so how can he face down a Nether Emperor while also destroying the formation?” the cultivators of the Flame Yang Domain all asked.

Although everyone knew that Tang Jie was capable, they didn’t really believe he was that capable.

Xi Canhen sneered, “Given Master’s abilities, there’s nothing to be surprised about.”

Xi Canhen and Wang Posha had received orders from Tang Jie to not call him “Master” and only call each other brothers, but he had been so furious about the Flame Yang Domain wanting to abandon Tang Jie that he finally revealed Tang Jie’s true status.

Yuan Tianzhong and the others were dumbfounded.

He shivered as he looked over at Xi Canhen and Wang Posha and asked, “He is your master? Then why is he…”

Wang Posha grunted, “Master’s avatar.”

There was no need to describe all that Tang Jie had experienced. Calling him an avatar was enough.

Everyone accepted Wang Posha’s answer.

A Titan’s avatar!

That really was reason enough.

Those people who had been hesitating immediately made up their minds to stay and fight, and those who had wanted to retreat felt regret over bringing it up.

Only Wu Xiuqian was still a little worried. “Even if Senior Tang has an esteemed status, this is still just an avatar, not enough to deal with a Nether Emperor.”

He had already started calling Tang Jie “Senior Tang”.

Cai Junyang shouted, “I trust in my brother. Since he dares to fight, he must be confident. Let alone one Nether Emperor, he could even handle two!”

Unfortunately for Tang Jie, these words were currently being put to the test.

The battlefield settled down.

Zoros reformed his body, but his black wheel was now covered in cracks, which were his equivalent of heavy wounds. Still, he viciously stared at Tang Jie and maliciously said, “I’d like to see what else you can do!”

Yes, he was heavily wounded.

But he was an emperor!

A Nether Emperor!

Even a heavily injured Nether Emperor was beyond the capabilities of a Heart Demon cultivator to handle!

And now that Tang Jie was robbed of the protection of the Five Elements formations, he could kill him in one strike.

But Tang Jie didn’t hear his words, simply staring at the vortex as if something there had plucked out his soul.

After a while, he said, “Since you’ve already intervened, there’s no need to keep hiding.”

A pair of delicate white feet stepped out of the Yellow Springs vortex.

Tang Jie’s pupils immediately constricted.

The owner of those feet walked out, appearing to be a noble lady in palace robes.

Flying Swallow!

After Tang Jie had let this woman go, she quickly fell out of contact. He hadn’t expected that she would next appear before him here.

Her shattered right hand was still regrowing, but Flying Swallow showed not even a hint of pain. Her appearance was largely unchanged, though her eyes were even colder, and her complexion ashen like a corpse.

Upon seeing Flying Swallow’s eyes, Tang Jie felt his heart leap a little, and he sighed, “As expected, you gave up on your life and became a zombie.”

Flying Swallow laughed. “What about it? I no longer have to worry about dying and can exist for eternity. Not only that, as a member of the Nether Domain, a supreme emperor, I can more easily establish my own army of death!”

“‘Eternity’?” Tang Jie scornfully smiled. “There are countless eternal ghosts outside this formation, currently being turned to dust. As for you, I don’t see any army of death, only a ghost who gave up a human’s dignity and Violet Palace’s nobility to serve as a guard dog… Which Nether God are you a dog for?”

Fury blazed in Flying Swallow’s eyes. “You dare to mock me!? You really think you can still control me?”

“Of course not. I already know that method won’t work,” Tang Jie casually replied.

The moment he saw Flying Swallow, Tang Jie knew that he could no longer control her.

Putting aside the Heartpierce Finger, the soul-scourging needle created from the black grain had also been removed, much to his shock. It had to be understood that even his Immortal Platform avatar wouldn’t have been able to deal with it, but now, it was gone.

But his greater sorrow came from the fact that a human cultivator had fallen to the Nether Domain.

He gazed at Flying Swallow and intoned, “It seems that letting you go was a true mistake. What I thought was a powerful ally against the Nether Domain was actually a new foe for humanity. May I ask why you did such a thing?”

On the side, Zoros cackled, “Where did all these questions come from? Die!”

He conjured up a whirlwind.

But the moment the winds began to stir, Flying Swallow dispelled them. “Halt!”

“What are you doing?” Zoros snarled.

Flying Swallow snorted. “He wants to hear it, so I’ll tell him. There are some things I have to explain.”

“What’s there to say? Better to kill him as soon as possible!” Zoros impatiently replied.

“I want to!” Flying Swallow barked.

She was actually weaker in terms of cultivation than Zoros, but Zoros was heavily injured while Flying Swallow was still in good condition.

Zoros had no choice but to let her be. His eyes turned to glare at Tang Jie, threatening to kill him the moment things went wrong.

Flying Swallow said, “Tang Jie, how do you know I didn’t do anything for the humans? Do you know what I’ve been through? I once was a Titan who did her utmost to rescue humanity, but what good was it? I enslaved ghost after ghost, slaying countless Nether Domain armies. Alone, I subdued Heavenly Pearl Mountain and charged into the Nether Sea, fighting my way in and out of an army of a billion ghosts. But what awaited me? The scorn and suspicion of humans, even betrayal…”

As Flying Swallow shouted, her eyes burned with hatred and anger.

After Tang Jie gave her freedom, whether it was for her own good or humanity’s, she truly had worked for the survival of humanity, winning numerous battles and saving millions of humans.

Even then, her Ghost Dao cultivation and the enslaving of ghosts to do battle inevitably drew suspicion from other humans. Of course, if one acted with sincerity, these problems could have been easily resolved. But Flying Swallow was a selfish and cunning woman, and the Ghost Dao’s secret arts were also rather cruel, so she wasn’t very picky with how she did things. In her view, these were necessary choices and sacrifices that had to be made, even sacrificing a few on her own side. But others wouldn’t think this way.

Thus, Flying Swallow got none of the respect she had anticipated, only more and more cultivators regarding her as a demon.

Everything flowed logically from there.

In one battle, while Flying Swallow was fighting, the human cultivators abandoned her, leaving her for the enemy while they fled without hesitation.

This incensed Flying Swallow, particularly because some cultivators even insulted her and cursed her before leaving. In such circumstances, a powerful will had communicated with her…

“That almighty God gave me a chance. If I was willing to give up my human body and serve him, I could once more become a mighty existence. Thus I stand here before you,” Flying Swallow proudly said. “Tang Jie, you are no match for me, so just give up and surrender. With your abilities, I’m sure our God will give you a chance as well.”

“So, because your comrades betrayed you, you decided to betray all of humanity?” Tang Jie asked.

“Is that not reason enough?”

Tang Jie was just about to speak when Zoros commented, “Tang Jie, you might not think that reason is enough, but I want to tell you something.”

“Hm?” Tang Jie looked at Zoros.

“Just before this emperor came here, your comrades were also discussing giving up on you,” Zoros chuckled.

“What?” Tang Jie was taken aback.

Zoros cackled, “Those damn humans can give up on Flying Swallow, so why can’t they give up on you? So, after learning this, Tang Jie, do you still persist in your talk of loyalty?”

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