The Sims: I Open the Immortal Path for All Beings

Chapter 2161: Chapter 2106–2107: Demon Race Secret Technique – Trapping Wind and Thunder (Part 2)

This divine ability of his is incredibly terrifying, but it also requires the caster to bear the cost. If the other party cannot afford it, then he would definitely not make a move.

“It’s fine, everything is possible!” Duke Wei waved dismissively.

He understood that every divine ability comes at a cost, but as long as it could suppress the Wind and Thunder Master, some cost was acceptable.

“Very well, listen to what I have to say,” Yi Jiu began, seeing many senior brothers’ puzzled expressions.

He slowly explained the principles and operation of his divine power secret technique. In the past, when the human race fought against the Demon Race, an Ancestral Witch from the Witch God Lineage created a witchcraft that could even directly curse and kill demon rulers.

Because of this, the Demon Race was greatly troubled, as this divine ability was truly bizarre. Subsequently, the Demon Emperor gathered many strong practitioners and created the Nail Head Seven Arrows Book, modeled after the Witch God Curse, which excelled in deception.

Originally thought to be a lost art, this secret technique later fell into Yi Jiu’s hands by chance.

Hearing Yi Jiu speak this way, the people present fell silent, shocked by this terrifying secret technique.

“If executed, it can definitely ambush the Wind and Thunder Taoist, ensuring that he falls on the spot.” Duke Wei’s face showed a serious expression. Although the Demon Race was ultimately defeated, it could persist for so long for good reason. A divine ability created by a top race should not be underestimated.

However, such stealth techniques do not always work. Ambushing a stronger practitioner could even be directly detected, leading to one’s downfall if someone follows the trail to its source.

Still, the witchcraft’s past notoriety was supremely daunting, instilling fear in the heavens and earth. In the past, an Ancestral Witch executed it, sacrificing strong members of the Demon Race to enhance its power. If unleashed today, few strong practitioners under the Ancestral Witch could resist.

This was a forbidden technique that even top practitioners had to approach with caution. The Great Ming God used it to kill many adversaries, showcasing its might.

Now, with a similar secret technique from the Demon Race, Duke Wei definitely did not underestimate it.

At this moment, his view towards this junior brother had changed significantly, although this technique of stealth and deception was not suitable for facing great enemies. In the world of cultivators, it held little deterrence, especially against stronger practitioners. However, in the Great Ming Divine Dynasty, many warriors excelled in commanding and conquering, with their cultivation perhaps their weak point. Facing such a sneak attack, they would truly have no way out.

“Monks and Taoists are lowly, unable to stand in the Court.” Suddenly, Duke Wei had an epiphany. Various Holy Lands, with their long-lasting heritages, had endless secret techniques, certainly including many aimed at chaos. Using them to disturb the court order would be easy. He even began to understand why successive emperors exerted every effort to suppress sects and Holy Lands; it was a natural opposition.

“National traitors, these are the true national traitors, controlling life and death, possessing the power to stir boundless turmoil. No wonder they are feared by commandery princes—prohibited from passing down divine powers, allowed only to spread beliefs.” Duke Wei thought to himself, as if realizing some truths, touching upon genuinely forbidden rules.

“Divine abilities and skills, heritage is strict, for those destined.” He vaguely realized the difficulty of seeking the Dao—how many mortals crossed mountains, rivers, and even journeyed overseas, merely to seek the Dao, to seize the opportunity of Becoming Immortal.

“If divine skills could be easily taught to everyone, where would the order of heaven and earth be? Whoever forms myriad karma is destined to fall. No wonder top immortal sects rarely accept disciples. Even the Shenxiao Sect only has a few true immortal direct disciples.” In an instant, he thought so much, understanding these truths only through personal experience.

Though wary, he did not reveal it on his face.

He then immediately summoned his subordinates to build a nine-layered earth platform, setting up an incense table, forming a straw effigy with the name Wind and Thunder Taoist written on it. Three lamps were placed above the straw figure, with seven below. The three were called Soul Summoning Lamps, the seven below Soul Catching Lamps.

Daoist Yi Jiu, with disheveled hair and a sword, walked the mystic calculations and chanted incantations, casting talismans and using seals at the table, paying homage three times a day for twenty-one consecutive days to capture the Wind and Thunder Taoist’s three souls and seven spirits completely, causing him to perish without a trace.

Meanwhile, in Fire God City, for the past few days, the Wind and Thunder Taoist had been uncharacteristically tired and lethargic, even too fatigued to manage military affairs, gradually falling into a deep slumber.

Many strong practitioners paid no heed, assuming he was simply overworked, considering strategies to break the array, and did not disturb him.

Twenty days passed in the blink of an eye, with all generals helpless and finding the Wind and Thunder Taoist already in slumber, seemingly unable to awaken.

Within these twenty days, the Wind and Thunder Taoist’s three souls and seven spirits had two souls and six spirits absorbed by the opponent, leaving just one remaining, unable to support his consciousness.

Even a top supreme overlord was caught off guard by this bizarre divine skill passed down through eternity.

After all, the opponent set up the Eight Trigrams Divine Array to distract them. No one expected a strong practitioner from the Dayan Sect to gain the Demon Race’s secret technique divine power.

On this day, the Fire Emperor himself, with the Northern encirclements of the Fire God City, arrived with strong practitioners, their expressions sombre and inscrutable.

“This is the Ancient Era’s Demon Race’s soul capturing technique, adept at deception, which we underestimated. Otherwise, the Master would not have faced this disaster.” An elderly figure, wrapped in a black robe, circled the Wind and Thunder Master, speaking in a low voice. He was an elder of the Fire Emperor Lineage, whom even the Fire Emperor had to treat respectfully.

“The three of us will employ divine powers, reverse heaven and earth, and transfer the Wind and Thunder Taoist’s divine soul, sending it with one soul and one spirit to the Fire Cloud Cave where the Five Emperors reside. Surely, the Emperor Monarch will have his judgment, as this is the destiny’s calamity for our Taoist Friend.” Another figure, also wrapped in a black robe, spoke with an undeniable authority.

“Fire Emperor, stand back. You carry the Human Dao True Dragon Qi, extremely yang and firm, not favorable for the divine soul,” the remaining figure in a black robe, a woman’s hoarse voice instructed.

“Follow the orders of the three elders.” The Fire Emperor nodded, understanding the situation. The existence of the Wind and Thunder Taoist was important in the Fire Divine Dynasty.

Not solely because of his strength and status; the many guest elders within the divine dynasty he influenced were due to his background, his close connection to the Taoist Academy and Shenxiao Sect, ties they were reluctant to sever.

Although they had the support of the Human Race Five Emperors, if a division with the Jade Emperor’s faction occurred, the strength of the Taoist School would be a decisive factor.

Of course, a more significant point, one with some psychological undertones, is that even if the Human Race Five Emperors were victorious, the matter of who would lead internally remained unresolved, given their differing wills—a factor uniting the five divine dynasties.

In retrospect, it made sense, as the Five Emperors were mighty enough to command the world, their wills paramount, unwilling to be subordinate.

The figures of the Fire Emperor and others receded, leaving only the three cloaked individuals, who then shed their black robes, showing their true appearances—two men and one woman, with no apparent mana fluctuations, appearing ordinary. One resembled an elder, hair graying at the temples, one a middle-aged man, commanding and strong, and the last a woman, plain yet possessing a unique allure.

“Let’s begin!” The elder, with deep-set eyes filled with the weariness of ages, spoke calmly, yet with an air of solemnity, to which the other two nodded.