Alien Science Cultivation

An unknown amount of time passed before a golden-backed lizard, amidst the herd of demonic beasts, slowly approached Ni Fang and Zhang Qiang. Then, with a thud, it knelt before Ni Fang, choking with sobs, "Saintess... I know my mistake... I shouldn't have deceived you... Now I fully understand the depths of hardship and suffering you've endured over the past twenty years..." The energy within the golden-backed lizard's inner core erupted, only to be instantly suppressed by an invisible force. Unwilling to give up, it repeatedly attempted suicide by destroying its own dantian, but each attempt failed. Tears streamed down the golden-backed lizard's face.

Ni Fang fell asleep. Yes, she really did. She had never slept so soundly since entering the Qingshan Sect. While immortal cultivators didn't need to sleep, she was simply too exhausted. In the arms of the man she longed for so long, even the most formidable cultivator couldn't resist the overwhelming drowsiness.

Time slipped by quietly. Ni Fang thought she heard the captain calling her. She slowly opened her eyes, seemingly half asleep. "Captain... weren't you sent home to teach? Why are you back? You always follow orders to the letter, flawlessly, but why are you back this time? Now that you and I are both 'dead'... what will become of the Shadow Clan's legacy? To whom did you pass it on? They died before my eyes, one by one, to protect me... But I didn't need such protection... You're just as much of a bastard as they were. You insisted on following me, only to watch you all leave me. I practiced day and night just to avoid seeing you die for me. I told you to teach the next successor, so why did you come back? You bastard... You're all bastards..." Ni Fang's voice shifted from confusion to alarm, then to a roar of fury, tears pouring out like a spring. Years of suppressed pain and grievance were finally released in death. The captain, already sobbing, prostrated himself before Ni Fang. The demonic beasts in the distance also knelt. They might not fully understand Ni Fang's feelings, but her wholehearted devotion to the Shadow Clan was enough to move them. Even in death, Ni Fang remained true to the Shadow Clan's legacy... Now, only the captain remained of the six black-robed guards. He understood Ni Fang's intention to leave, and he did so. However, upon receiving a message that the enemy was heading for the Holy Tomb, he couldn't control himself and turned back. Furthermore, he witnessed the scene that had just occurred among the crowd...

The lone dragon in the sky seemed oblivious to the passage of time, unsure how to force itself to move again. In his vision, Zhang Qiang's speed was incredibly fast, even surpassed by him, having inherited the secrets of the Seven-Colored Flying Saucer. But that wasn't the real reason for his terror; the real source of his fear was the 108 punches Zhang Qiang delivered to the Titan Longhorn Beetle... He saw the Titan Longhorn Beetle in the middle stages of its tribulation. As a member of the beast race, he knew only too well the Titans' power. The Titans were renowned for their strength and defense, and few races of their level could break their defenses. However, that rock-hard defense was rendered as futile by Zhang Qiang's blows. With each of Zhang Qiang's punches, the Titan Longhorn Beetle crumbled to ash, dissipating into nothingness, dead beyond mortal death. Strangely, the dead beetle would then materialize from its formless form, resurrect, only to be shattered again by a single blow, only to be resurrected once more. This cycle repeated a full 108 times. In the complete and lucid consciousness of the Longicorn, it died a full 108 times and was resurrected a further 108 times. If Zhang Qiang's power could shatter the Xuanwu Continent, Dulong might have accepted it, but the ability to instantly resurrect a human being far exceeded his and his family's understanding, and even the entire cultivation world's. His family's records had never before recorded such a thing. Of those present, Dulong, likely only the remaining breath of the Longicorn, could fully grasp the terrifying horror. When annihilating the combined forces of humans and beasts, Zhang Qiang hadn't physically taken action. An invisible force within the space disintegrated them piece by piece. Those torn apart by that force felt the torturous passage of time, each passing second, for a full half-hour. From limb to body, and finally to consciousness, the horrific scene nearly caused Dulong to lose his balance and fall. However, time seemed so short, so short that the people around them didn't even realize what had happened. They disappeared without a trace, leaving only the beast core deliberately left by Zhang Qiang and the golden core of the human cultivator. It was as if two time flows in one space. If he didn't have the ability to use the left and right Yin-Yang eyes, he might have been as unaware as everyone else! He vaguely remembered that someone had installed this pair of Yin-Yang eyes on him. So, it seemed that these eyes were most likely given by Zhang Qiang. The power of the Yin-Yang Community didn't seem to reach this level. Since he transformed from a ghost body into his current state, he can absorb both spiritual energy and Guixu energy, and they coexist in his dantian. He can also control part of the "nothingness" power at will, which completely meets all the characteristics of the Yin-Yang Community recorded. What about Zhang Qiang... What kind of physique does he have... In all the records, there seems to be no existence that surpasses the Yin-Yang Community...

Dulong fought to control himself, preventing himself from replaying the events that had just occurred. He struggled to control his mindset. As a bystander, his mindset was already crumbling, let alone those being tortured. Dulong forced himself to transform into a human form. As he steadied himself and descended, he slowly walked behind Zhang Qiang. Ni Fang also began to sense the strangeness of the scene, but she wasn't entirely sure. She looked around, seeing familiar faces, the sky, the earth, the forest unchanged. Then she looked at herself, perplexed at how she had just been beaten, yet now she was intact. She glanced at Zhang Qiang, long dead, unable to distinguish between reality and illusion. The captain, as if sensing Ni Fang's confusion, sobbed, "Saint... it was my fault back then... I deceived you... Brother Zhang didn't die... He went to the entrance to Hell alone, fearing that he would implicate us... Now he's truly back... I deserve to die..." Ni Fang stared blankly at the captain, then at Zhang Qiang. She seemed to understand everything, yet also felt it was all a lie. In an instant, her vision went black. Zhang Qiang gently wrapped Ni Fang with his spiritual sense, allowing her to relax and fall into a deep sleep.