Absolute Destiny Game.

Chapter 479 Crossing the Yellow Springs, What is a Sage?

Before them lay a mountaintop almost completely leveled. All the mad Taoists, foolish Taoists, the corpse soldiers and generals, and the summoned creatures left behind by the few had been blasted to pieces.

Even the ground was scorched black, and the entire mountaintop looked like an apocalyptic scene. It's not hard to imagine the power of that attack.

If they had stayed where they were, they probably would have been wiped out.

The only one still alive is the Demon King Xie, who is floating in the air.

He didn't seem to be in good condition either. The dark demonic energy around him had dissipated considerably, but the force of his attack just now still put immense pressure on everyone.

Looking at the Demon King Xie in front of him, Xiao Jie thought to himself, "Isn't it just attracting attention? I can do that."

"Wang Xie, your magic doesn't seem to be very useful. You're out of luck now. Surrender, and we might spare your life."

"You are the ones who should beg for mercy, but—I will not spare you. You think you can be safe just because you dodged that blow? Hmph, how laughable."

"My evil power is boundless; I could be attacked ten or a hundred times without any effort. I'd like to see how many times you can dodge this."

After saying that, lightning surged in his hand again, and demonic energy churned around his body, clearly indicating that he was about to amplify his power once more.

Xiao Jie's heart tightened once again, and he looked behind Demon King Xie, where a figure silently appeared.

Night fell.

Ye Luo was dressed in black, but his body emitted a faint green light, like a vengeful ghost from the underworld. His face was as pale as paper, but a crimson aura appeared on the Xuanming Sword in his hand.

Xiao Jie clicked on her avatar, and a row of buffs startled him.

Impermanent Reaper: You have entered the Impermanent Reaper mode. In this state, you can directly lock onto the target's body, ignoring any disguise effects such as illusion, invisibility, and stealth. If the target is too far away, it will be marked on the world map.

Yellow Springs Drink: The lower your health, the higher the damage. For every 1% of health lost, the damage increases by 1%, up to a maximum of 99%.

Blood Sacrifice Spell: Reduces maximum health by 30% and increases weapon damage by 30%.

Nine Netherworld Enlightenment Technique: Your attacks will trigger Netherworld Strike against enemies with less than 20% health. This effect can only be triggered once per day.

Netherworld Blade. Your attacks can damage ghosts and deal Yin-type damage when attacking living units.

Tiger Soul Pill: Increases critical hit rate by 30%.

Profound Sword Intent. When you unleash your ultimate technique, there is a 10% chance to enter the Profound state, unleashing the ultimate form of the technique—Super Ultimate Technique. The lower your health, the higher the chance of triggering the Profound state…

At this moment, Nightfall's health was only 1%.

Xiao Jie immediately understood. Ye Luo's skill system was clearly built around self-harm to increase damage, and under extreme conditions, it could deal incredibly exaggerated damage.

Of course, what she did was extremely dangerous for herself, since she only had 1% of her life points left and could die from even the slightest touch.

However, it's an excellent strategy for fighting off weakened bosses.

Demon King Xie, unaware that his life was hanging by a thread, looked down at the crowd and said coldly, "You—are—all—going—to—die!"

"You're the one who's going to die," Ye Luo's cold voice rang out behind him.

All the demon kings and evil spirits subconsciously turned their heads away.

The next second, Ye Luo made his move.

Ultimate Technique - Crossing the Yellow Springs: One Sword Returns to the Underworld.

In an instant, the world turned black and white. Ye Luo's figure was reduced to a dark silhouette in the distance, with only the crimson blood on the sword in his hand clearly visible in the black and white world.

Beneath her feet, various images from the underworld that Xiao Jie had once seen appeared one after another: the waters of the Yellow Springs, the wronged souls of the Styx River, the blooming of the other shore flowers... In that instant, the human world and the underworld seemed to overlap.

This strange phenomenon lasted for less than a second.

As Ye Luo unleashed his sword, the space seemed to be torn in two by an invisible force. The space distorted, the light dimmed, and the colors of everything seemed to fade, leaving only the boundary between life and death violently colliding on the blade.

(Is this what death feels like?) A flicker of fear crossed Wang Xie's mind as he was locked on.

He did not dodge, because he could sense that it would be meaningless no matter where he hid; it was a call from the underworld, the inevitable fate of all things, the end of all things.

Now it has appeared before me ahead of schedule.

No, never!

He awakened his consciousness and did all sorts of great things in order to defy fate and escape the life and death destiny that the original being had set for him.

How can we possibly perish here now—Heavenly Demon Protection Technique!
Wang Xie's body was surrounded by surging black energy, and he transformed all his demonic energy into a huge black cocoon that enveloped him layer by layer.

Just as he finished doing all this, the sword light slashed across the black cocoon.

A flash of sword light appeared, and a huge red character suddenly appeared.
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2769 (2000 was offset)!

When the sword light and the black mist dissipated together, what remained was a dying King Xie who had reverted to his original form.

Those clones vanished instantly.

At this moment, all the black energy on Wang Xie's body dissipated, and he fell to the ground. His blue Taoist robe was tattered and his hair was disheveled. He no longer had the imposing and domineering aura he once had.

Its health dropped to less than 200.

Before anyone could finish him off, Wang Xie suddenly shouted.

"Stop! Don't make me kill you! I can give you anything you want! You went to great lengths to ambush me here, all for that thing. If you kill me, you'll never have another chance to get it."

These words startled Xiao Jie, who was about to deliver the killing blow.

"Stop!" Xiao Jie and Chen Tianwen shouted in unison.

"Brother Feng, why waste words with him? Just kill him!" The Drunken Sword Immortal was impatient and about to make his move.

"Exactly, there's always something going to happen. Let's kill them first." Hao Mie shared the same opinion. "I also think it's better to kill them first. Anything that drops will come out." Ye Luo, who had just recovered to full health, chimed in.

Several people around were eager to make their move. This was a level 58 world boss, guaranteed to drop legendary items. Moreover, the previous Giant King dropped six legendary items, so this King Xie would likely drop even more. Everyone present could probably get one.

Without saying a word, Chen Tianwen raised his hand, and eight golden runes appeared around Wang Xie at the same time, trapping him inside.

Qimen Dunjia – The Eight Gates Golden Lock Technique!
The others, seeing this, didn't dare to act immediately. Instead, they surrounded Wang Xie, pointing all their swords and weapons at him, ready to hack him to death if he made the slightest move.

Xiao Jie explained, "Our top priority is the ascension item. Don't you all want to become immortals? Listen to what he has to say first. Brother Tianwen, this guy isn't going to get away, is he?"

Legendary treasures are good, but they are ultimately incomparable to ascension items.

The item Wang Xie mentioned is most likely an ascension item.

However, we must also be careful not to lose more than we gain by trying to steal a chicken, so we must act decisively if things go wrong.

"Don't worry, there is absolutely no chance of escape from inside the golden lock."

Xiao Jie thought to himself, "Then I can rest assured."

"Then tell me, what do we want?"

Wang Xiejian, having temporarily saved his life, immediately lost his previous panicked expression. He got up from the ground, shook off the dust, straightened his clothes, and then snorted coldly, saying, "What else could it be? Since my true self has entrusted this item to me, he will surely advance his grand plan."

I couldn't understand why such things existed, but now that I've seen you all, I understand.

You have come all this way, risking your lives to make things difficult for me, and gone to such lengths to ruin my grand plan. Is it really to save the world and save the common people?
Hahaha, you can fool that fool Hengyuan, but you can't fool me. You must be after this.

But don't be so smug. You think you came here willingly? Hahaha, you've just been used as pawns. It's all part of my own calculations.

Unfortunately, my grand plan failed, otherwise not only me, but you too could have escaped my control.

It's laughable and pathetic that you're being used without even realizing it.

However, I destroyed that thing long ago; it only exists in my mind now. If you kill me, you will have no chance of obtaining it.

Xiao Jie was somewhat surprised. This Wang Xie had even figured out his own plan. He really had some ideas.

He suddenly laughed: "Since your true self is so powerful, how do you know that your actions are not within the calculations of your true self? Perhaps your true self is using you to hand over the things to us, and all your schemes are actually part of your true self's plan."

Therefore, your failure was inevitable. That item you possessed should have been in our hands anyway; it was a matter of following the will of Heaven. Why don't you obediently hand it over and fulfill the mission given to you by your true self, so I can spare your life?

Xiao Jie's words left Wang Xie stunned and frozen in place.

Everyone else except Chen Tianwen, who knew the whole story, was completely baffled, thinking to themselves, "What kind of riddle are you talking about?"

After a long silence, Wang Xie suddenly said unwillingly, "If everything is really within the plan of my true self, then you must have the first two volumes of that thing. Otherwise, even if I were willing to give them to you, you wouldn't be able to get them. Tell me, do you have the first two volumes?"

Now Xiao Jie was 100% certain that what Wang Xie was talking about was definitely the Nameless Dao Scripture.

I actually came across this thing back in the beginner village, and I never imagined it would actually be an ascension item.

They really kept it well hidden.

He had already obtained the first volume, the True Words Chapter, and the second volume, the Humanity Chapter. What Wang Xie was holding appeared to be the third volume, the Earthly Path Chapter.

Judging from this perspective, it seems that to truly ascend via this route, one would need to obtain the Heavenly Dao Chapter to complete the ascension process.

This aligns with the setting that ascension items cannot be obtained overnight and must be completed step by step.

If that's the case, what's wrong with putting on a show for a moment for the sake of this ascension item?

It's impossible for Xiao Jie not to want ascension items. Although he has the Ancient Qi Refining Technique as a path, according to the divination, his Ancient Qi Refining Technique is like "a demonic star blocking the way, with nine deaths and one life." If there is an easier and safer ascension route, the more the better.

If the Qi Refining Technique fails, there will be a backup plan.

"That's right, we happen to have the first two volumes of the Nameless Dao Scripture, Volume One: True Words and Volume Two: Daoist Scripture. Are you satisfied now?"

Upon hearing this, Wang Xie couldn't help but sigh, "Satisfied, how could I not be satisfied? I never imagined that all my schemes were within the calculations of that true self. Alas, so be it. Since my true self wants me to complete this matter, I will pass on this Earthly Path Manual to you."

"But I can't just take this sacred scripture for nothing. I need the 'Underground Path' chapter in exchange for my life. Are you willing to make this deal?"

Xiao Jie hesitated for a moment, but Chen Tianwen asked urgently, "If one learns the entire Nameless Dao Scripture, can one become an immortal?"

Wang Xie scoffed, "Becoming an immortal is nothing. Only by cultivating to perfection can one become a saint."

A saint... Xiao Jie's heart stirred slightly. This was the first time he had heard the word "saint" from an NPC.

When I first entered the game, the promotional CG featured introductions to seven saints, but after entering the game, they were nowhere to be found. Even the most powerful beings in the game were just those vanished immortals and gods.

It's as if this setting itself is just a facade, but considering that the saint disappeared in the CG animation, it makes sense.

Upon hearing Wang Xie mention the sage, Xiao Jie immediately became sensitive.

He hurriedly asked, "What is a sage?"

"A sage is one who endures countless eons without perishing, who remains untouched by cause and effect. He wields the power of the universe, and sees time and space as the lines on his palm. With a single thought, heaven and earth can be overturned, and all laws can return to their origin; with a single word, the Way of Heaven is established, and the fundamental principles of order are set. Immortal and indestructible, unique throughout countless eons!"

The sage is a being of primordial chaos, the manifestation of the Great Dao. Transcending the river of fate, beyond the five elements, he sees the creation of chaos as nothing, the rise and fall of stars in a single thought. Neither thought nor non-thought, acting without acting, yet acting nonetheless. Heaven and earth are the furnace, creation the craftsman; the sage dwells within, carefree through eternity!

"That's amazing?" Xiao Jie thought to himself, "You're just bragging."

"Really? You're not bragging, are you? If you're that powerful, why haven't you become a saint?"

"How would I know? My abilities are only one or two tenths of that original being's, and my memories are only fragments of that original being's. The power of this nameless Dao scripture is as I remember it. As for whether it is true or not, you have to ask that original being of your own accord."

Although I recalled some content from the Daoist scriptures, it was incomplete; I only had the content of the third volume, the Earthly Dao chapter. If you want to learn the Heavenly Dao chapter, you'll probably have to come to me to get the original text. Anyway, I only have the Earthly Dao chapter; do you want it or not?

(End of this chapter)