From the depths of the crater, Ye Feng crawled slowly to his feet, drenched in blood.
He carefully took Song Zhi'ang's corpse into his domain.
When he lifted his eyes again, they were filled with chilling murderous intent.
Looking up toward the two figures in the sky, an inexplicable warmth coursed through him, thawing his frozen heart.
He knew his days of lonely suffering were finally over.
Originally, after learning that Li Guanqi had tracked down Xiantu Cliff, he had considered slipping away.
Yet the moment he saw Li Guanqi and heard his heartfelt words…
He decided not to run anymore.
Boom!
Towering demonic qi erupted, and Yinming Profound Flames swirled around his body, blazing fiercely.
With his ghost hand fully unleashed, a ghostly visage masked his face.
Sword in his single hand, Ye Feng crouched slightly, like a leopard poised to strike.
Raising his head toward the three figures tangled in chaotic battle across the sky, a flicker of clarity finally returned to his gaze.
Standing in the crater, he drew a deep breath and suddenly roared a warning to Li Guanqi.
"Big Brother!"
Li Guanqi snapped his head around, only to hear Ye Feng bellow with all his might:
"Lu Tian and Youming are the same person!"
"The same person!"
"He and Youming share one body with twin souls!"
Bang!
Just as Li Guanqi was caught off guard, Lu Tian swept a vicious kick straight into his neck.
The colossal force nearly snapped his neck in two, shattering the dragon scales along his throat and tearing flesh into a bloody mess.
Yet the physical agony could not compare to the tumultuous storm raging in his mind.
The revelation detonated in his head like a thunderclap.
*Lu Tian and Youming… are twin souls, the same person!*
*The same person!*
*Then why didn't Youming ever attack me?*
*The two of them even appeared at the same time more than once!*
*During that joint ambush, Youming went all out, clearly bent on putting Lu Tian to death!*
*It was precisely because of that clash that Ji Yuchuan and Uncle Long cast aside their suspicions of him…*
Suddenly!
A flash of insight struck Li Guanqi's mind, bringing back what Ye Feng had said earlier.
*No!*
*Back then, Sha was courting death on purpose!*
*Without destroying his physical shell, the resentful souls from the Abyss Demons he incited to rampage across the Six Domains couldn't help him awaken the Heavenly Demon Physique!*
*In the end, when Song Zhi'ang used the Soul Guiding Lamp to take Sha away, his objective was already complete…*
At this thought, the entire sequence of events fell into place in Li Guanqi's mind.
Everything was clear now…
Reflecting on his past encounters with Youming, the man had always looked at him with an inexplicable, veiled expression.
Furthermore…
Youming had a fickle temperament that cared nothing for good or evil, and he would often murmur, "Interesting!"
That exact phrase… was one Lu Tian used frequently as well!
Even his way of scheming from the shadows bore a striking resemblance to Youming.
Sharing twin souls meant that from the moment of birth, Lu Tian's soul power had been extraordinarily immense.
And someone with a soul so potent would naturally possess divine sense vastly deeper than that of ordinary cultivators.
Youming… was precisely a master of immense skill in arrays!
The two were not independent clones formed by severing a soul, but two separate, naturally existing individual souls.
No wonder even Su Xuan had never sensed anything amiss!
The only thing still unknown was the ultimate objective Lu Tian and Youming shared.
Enraged, Lu Tian unleashed demonic flames reeking of decay, instantly swallowing the entire domain space for a hundred li around!
Gales howled, whipping his long hair wildly through the air.
Licking his lips, his deep, hollow eyes glared fixatedly at the three before him. Turning his head slightly, he let out a cold sneer.
"A miscalculation… a true miscalculation…"
"To think that something even that old fellow could only suspect would be discovered by the likes of you!"
"Heh, but no matter."
"I've made absolute preparations, whereas you…"
"Perhaps before you die, you will bear witness to the first cultivator to ascend in ten thousand years!"
Meng Wanshu's pupils shrank to pinpricks, while Ye Feng's throat bobbed slightly.
Li Guanqi's face went pale as a truly terrifying possibility flashed through his mind.
Lu Tian…
He and Youming very likely possessed some method to break through to the Tribulation Transcendence realm and ascend to the immortal world!
Cold sweat broke out across Li Guanqi's palm gripping his sword.
If that was truly the case, it would be bad enough if Lu Tian ascended alone…
Yet if he punched through the boundary wall between the mortal and immortal realms, the old monsters lurking across the Six Domains and the Ethereal Immortal Domain would stop at nothing to trigger their ascension heavenly tribulations!
When that happened, the spiritual qi of the Six Domains might well be drained completely dry!
Swallowing hard, Li Guanqi's gaze turned chillingly cold.
Taking a deep breath, he sent a grave, heavy voice transmission to the two beside him: "Wanshu, Second Brother, I'll take the lead in a moment. Find a way to shatter this domain!"
"The moment the domain breaks, reinforcements can arrive!"
Watching the three whispering among themselves, Lu Tian smiled like a cat toying with mice.
In a mocking tone, he said, "Now that you know my greatest secret, all of you can die."
As he spoke, he pressed his hands down slowly against the empty air.
In an instant, two small formations radiating terrifying pressure materialized before him!
The two formations—one purple, one blue—appeared only the size of water buckets at first, but within the blink of an eye, they swelled against the wind until they blanketed the entire hundred-li domain!
"The Xuanji Spirit-Suppressing Array!"
Li Guanqi and Meng Wanshu's expressions changed drastically!
Both felt an inexplicable suppressing force descend upon them out of nowhere.
Under this horrifying constraint, neither could bring forth even eighty percent of their strength!
Lu Tian's cold, mocking laughter drifted out slowly.
"Just to wait for the two of you… I deliberately placed a branch hall here at Xiantu Cliff."
"I went through immense trouble plotting to lure you both to this place…"
"Hahahaha, Spirit Masters of two elements!"
"You are both mine!"
With his hair and beard flaring wildly, Lu Tian said in a chilling voice, "Once I kill the two of you and devour your spiritual roots, that will be the moment of my ascension!"
Boom!
The moment his words fell, Lu Tian's aura instantly skyrocketed to the late Mahayana realm!
The suffocating pressure was overwhelming.
Li Guanqi felt as though a colossal mountain was bearing down on his chest, making it difficult to breathe.
Meng Wanshu's expression tightened slightly as she felt an indescribable suppressing force acting within the array.
Only Ye Feng had to face merely Lu Tian's oppressive aura.
Ye Feng quickly grasped the direness of their situation.
His eyes flashed with sharp resolve. Gritting his teeth, he gripped Nu Sha and shot like an arrow straight toward the two great arrays on the ground!
"Big Brother, Sister-in-law, leave breaking the array to me!"
A flicker of worry crossed Li Guanqi's eyes; those two arrays were clearly far from ordinary.
"Can you manage it?"
Gritting his teeth, Ye Feng roared, "I'll make it work whether I can or not! Leave it to me!"
With that, an immensely powerful aura erupted from Ye Feng's body. Brandishing his sword with his single hand, he hurled himself toward the arrays on the ground like a falling star!
Li Guanqi exhaled a breath of stale air, his gaze turning solemn and grim as he glared at Lu Tian.
"You filthy mongrel, it's time you and I settle our grudge once and for all!"
Chapter 1135