Just a Useful Pawn in the Stain Sect

Chapter 949: Chapter 944: Attack the Celestial Mansion, Slay Taiyin!

The Celestial Mansion, Ninth Layer.

Bright moonlight cascaded like a waterfall. Its flowing radiance fell upon a cold, elegant silhouette, and a trace of sorrow suddenly appeared on her flawlessly beautiful face.

It was none other than Taiyin Immortal Venerable!

This Saint Sect True Monarch was completely independent from the Immortal Pivot. Lü Yang had once suspected that she was the First Generation Heaven Mending Peak Master, but it was later proven otherwise.

However, in terms of Cultivation, her strength could not be underestimated. Not only did she hold the Celestial Mansion’s Emperor Fruit, Taiyin, but she had also obtained a Void Certificate for a Money Fruit Position. Coupled with her Great True Monarch Position, among all the Perfected Lords Lü Yang knew, she was arguably the second strongest figure beneath the Nascent Soul stage.

The first was Ang Xiao.

At this moment, Taiyin Immortal Venerable sat cross-legged, the hem of her skirt spreading out like a blooming lotus. Beneath her seat was the Spirit Platform that connected all the Cultivators in the Celestial Mansion.

Suddenly, she pointed a finger.

In an instant, the Spirit Platform—which was already as clear as glazed glass—became increasingly transparent. It turned into something akin to a bright mirror, reflecting a compassionate figure.

Vajra Realm Unmoving Tathagata!

Using Sichou’s Residual Thought as the core, the Bhagavat had spent a vast amount of Time on Enlightenment. The resulting Tathagata Body, achieved through Enlightenment, also possessed a Great True Monarch Level position.

However, to bait out the last remnants of Si Chou that still wandered within the Celestial Mansion, this Tathagata had always remained hidden beneath the Spirit Platform, never revealing itself. It was only now that Taiyin Immortal Venerable used a Secret Technique to awaken it. With its Qi trace completely concealed, it looked at Taiyin with a face full of profound compassion.

”Benefactor, what brings you here?”

”Senior, I have been observing karmic links lately and always feel uneasy, yet the Great Net of Karma Links shows no anomalies. May I ask if you know the reason, Senior?” Taiyin Immortal Venerable said straightforwardly.

”This poor monk does not know.”

Vajra Realm Unmoving Tathagata tilted his head innocently and said softly, ”Have the karmic links been restless lately? This poor monk has not noticed anything at all.”

”Then investigate,” Taiyin Immortal Venerable said coldly. ”A great tribulation is approaching. My unease is absolutely not normal. Even if there is nothing, I will treat it as if there is. It must be handled with caution.

”Senior, do not slack off. You should know that the importance of the Celestial Mansion is second only to the Immortal Pivot. If something goes wrong on my end, you won’t be able to escape the blame. If it ends up implicating the esteemed figures far away on the Other Shore, it will not end well for anyone.”

”...”

Hearing this, Vajra Realm Unmoving Tathagata did not speak. He just took a deep look at Taiyin Immortal Venerable, then extremely perfunctorily performed a Finger Technique to calculate.

The next second, he said in sudden realization,

”There is indeed an anomaly.”

Taiyin Immortal Venerable finally breathed a sigh of relief. ”Senior is reasonable after all. What exactly is the situation? Please tell me so I can prepare early.”

”The karmic links... originate from the Star Palace.”

Vajra Realm Unmoving Tathagata wore a solemn expression. ”The Star Palace has received external help. Those True Monarchs of Magical Power whose Lifespans were nearing their end have already begun to awaken one after another.”

”What?”

Taiyin Immortal Venerable’s expression changed drastically at those words. She immediately flicked her sleeve and stood up. ”If those True Monarchs of Magical Power have recovered, they will definitely come to attack the Celestial Mansion!”

After all, as the ruins of the Dao of Arcane Body, the Celestial Mansion was a highly contested battleground.

Not only the Star Palace, but also the Profound Wall—all Cultivators on the Path of the Three Foundations who wished to restore their peak state would inevitably need the Dao of Arcane Body to reappear in the Current World.

The only reason nothing had happened previously was because she, a Supreme True Monarch, was holding the fort. Furthermore, the Star Palace and the Profound Wall both had their own difficulties and could not make a move. However, now that the Star Palace had actually temporarily resolved their Lifespan problem, it was obvious that the Celestial Mansion would become their primary target.

”How much Time do I have?” Taiyin Immortal Venerable continued to ask.

If there was enough Time, she could mobilize the entire Celestial Mansion and set up a few ruthless traps to deal the Star Palace a crushing blow when they attacked.

Hearing this, Vajra Realm Unmoving Tathagata also looked solemn.

He continuously calculated with his fingers, moving so fast that sparks practically flew. After a long while, he said in a deep voice, ”There is not much Time left. A rough estimate is that there are only ten...”

”Ten years?” Taiyin Immortal Venerable paused.

If it was ten years, then it actually wasn’t too late. It wasn’t so critical that she needed to ask the Immortal Pivot for help. She could figure out a way to deal with it on her own.

Then, she heard Vajra Realm Unmoving Tathagata continue:

”Nine... eight... seven...”

Taiyin Immortal Venerable: ”???”

Suddenly, as if she had sensed something, the thin veil obscuring her vision was torn away. A violent sense of crisis surged forth like a tidal wave!

”This is bad...” she thought.

Before she could react in time, from far Beyond the Heavens, thirty-six stars suddenly burst with radiant light simultaneously, plummeting directly toward the Celestial Mansion.

RUMBLE!

Outside the Celestial Mansion, in the Void Sea of Light.

The Star Palace had mobilized in full force. Thirty-six True Monarchs of Magical Power walked out of the halls in unison, with a floating star hovering above each of their heads.

Impressively, they were the Star Palace’s unique Strategic Level Dao Soldiers!

Among them, besides the Sun-Shooting Bow, Lü Yang also saw many different styles and models. They varied in appearance, but their power was highly consistent.

”It’s infinitely close to a strike from a Great Perfected Lord!” Lü Yang marveled inwardly.

Not only that, one must know that among the thirty-six True Monarchs of Magical Power, there were also six Great Perfected Lords. The power of the Strategic Level Dao Soldiers in their hands was even more terrifying!

Thirty-six Perfected Lords and thirty-six Strategic Level Dao Soldiers. With such a lineup, the Star Palace had practically brought forth all their accumulations from over the years in one breath. Now, unleashing them with One Qi, they instantly projected thirty-six streaks of iridescent clouds. It was breathtakingly beautiful, yet it contained an unparalleled, fatal Killing intent.

The next second, all the Perfected Lords executed a Finger Technique in unison, and the Dao Weapons tore through the Void.

”Strike!”

The light streaked across the sky at the exact moment Taiyin Immortal Venerable sensed the danger and looked up. However, it was too late—the light had already illuminated the Celestial Mansion!

Almost subconsciously, she wanted to step forward to block it. However, the moment this thought arose, a strong karmic links premonition surfaced in her mind.

”I will die!” she thought. ”I cannot block this strike. If I do, I will undoubtedly die!”

At this thought, Taiyin Immortal Venerable froze in place, her elegant brows tightly furrowed. But in this split second, she had no Time to hesitate. She could only slam a palm down onto the Spirit Platform beneath her.

In an instant, boundless light surged all the way up from the bottommost layer of the Celestial Mansion, piercing through the Ninth Layer in the blink of an eye. It divided Yin and Yang, merged with Creation, and evolved into countless leaping and dancing Dao Talismans. Finally, it converged into an earth-shattering Profound Light that crashed head-on into the Dao Weapons falling from Beyond the Heavens!

BOOM!

At this moment, an earth-shattering explosion blasted through the Void Sea of Light. The Sea of Light surrounding the Celestial Mansion was blown outward in all directions by the shockwaves of the collision.

Visible energy waves rippled out layer after layer.

Endless light and Qi mixed together, almost entirely submerging the Celestial Mansion. This was the phenomenon manifested by the collision and intertwining of the Strategic Level Dao Soldiers and the Celestial Array of the Celestial Realm.

When the light and Qi dissipated and Heaven and Earth reopened, everyone cast their gazes downward. The Celestial Mansion, which had once been a flawless whole, had now mostly collapsed. Its continents and lands had crumbled, looking like a cake that had a huge bite taken out of it out of thin air. As for the Array, it was completely destroyed, reduced to nothingness.

This outcome left both sides somewhat surprised.

Taiyin Immortal Venerable was surprised because the Celestial Array of the Celestial Realm was the culmination of her blood, sweat, and tears over many years. She never expected it to be unexpectedly destroyed at this time.

”Bastard!”

Cursing angrily, Taiyin Immortal Venerable looked toward the Spirit Platform again, only to find that Vajra Realm Unmoving Tathagata inside had disconnected, clearly adopting an attitude of going into hiding.

Seeing this, Taiyin Immortal Venerable instantly regained her composure. ”The Bhagavat is not cooperating; it seems he has other plans. The Star Palace has clearly been preparing for a long time, while I was completely caught off guard. I cannot defend this place on my own now. I can only send a message and ask the Ancestral Master to hand down a Decree, requesting the Immortal Pivot to send reinforcements.”

With this in mind, she immediately reached into her robes.

Right after, she took out a long incense stick and ignited it with Mana. A wisp of green smoke immediately rose, piercing through the Sea of Suffering and drifting toward the Other Shore.

At the same time, the Star Palace on the other side was also somewhat surprised.

Hao Yuan Shangzhen furrowed his brows deeply and said in a grave tone,

”To think the Celestial Mansion actually had such an Array. Even when hastily activated and unable to display its power to the Extreme, it still managed to block our combined strike.”

However, now that things had reached this point, backing down was impossible.

”...Make your move.”

Hao Yuan Shangzhen spoke faintly. His Daoist voice spread in all directions as the Void behind him cracked open. Immediately after, a massively scaled Daoist Soldier Fleet sailed out, covering the sky like a dark cloud.

Conquer the Celestial Mansion, slay Taiyin!