his cultivation. His spiritual apertures were already open to thirty-six. During the day, he was too busy and exhausted to break through the barrier of the thirty-seventh aperture, so he could only w...The great battle subsided, but not a drop of blood was spilled.

And at the very instant the enemy died, Lu Ye distinctly felt a mysterious force surging from some direction. It was as if in that moment, his physical cultivation had been replaced by something else entirely.

Stand-in puppet!

Xiao Wai has taken it over.

The five remained in the Xuanwu formation, their array's power unactivated. Each channeled their spiritual energy forward, appearing aimless and without direction.

After a few moments, Xiao Wai suddenly exclaimed in surprise, "This thing is reacting!"his was Lu Ye's first time dying and being reborn in the Black Abyss.In the distance, nine men from the south and four survivors from the west gathered together, eyeing them hungrily.Lu Ye and Duan Xi...