novelraw Chapter 324 : The Main Body and the Secondary Body
Chapter 324 : The Main Body and the Secondary Body
Chapter 324: The Main Body and the Secondary Body
Inside the Holy Son Palace, Gu Fan looked at the distant throne. The gilded decorations upon it made it appear as if it was an emperor’s seat. He could not help but let out a mocking sneer.
Ying Langtian truly regarded himself as an emperor, flaunting his nobility at every moment.
But now all of this belonged to him. Everything had scattered the moment Ying Langtian died.
Those once-loyal fans and followers were now obediently kneeling on the ground before Gu Fan, bowing their heads and pledging allegiance.
Gu Fan took a step forward and sat directly upon the throne above. His gaze swept over the kneeling crowd below, spotting several familiar faces.
Some were people who had once opposed him, others he had only seen during the Ten Peaks Battle.
But in the end, they were all just small fry.
Naturally, Jiang Tianxin was not among them.
“You are all Ying Langtian’s subordinates. To be honest, I am timid and dare not use you.”
Upon hearing this, one disciple immediately lowered his head and said:
“Holy Son Senior Brother, we are willing to wholeheartedly serve you, to follow you in all matters!”
“And besides, Holy Son Peak is so vast that a group of people is needed to manage its affairs. We are all familiar with everything here. We guarantee to manage Holy Son Peak well for you!”
Gu Fan chuckled.
“Easy to say. But I am cautious by nature—otherwise, I would not have lived until now.”
As he spoke, his eyes narrowed as he looked at the crowd.
“Truthfully, I do think replacing you with another group would be troublesome. But compared to my little life, I believe it is more important.”
“So, either you go to another peak, or you revert to the status of ordinary disciples. How about that?”
The faces of the crowd instantly changed!
To another peak? Not to mention whether the other peaks would even accept so many people— even if they did, how could life compare to what they had now?
After all, they would be latecomers, treated with suspicion as possible spies. Better not to go at all!
And reverting to ordinary disciples… that was even less possible.
They had long relied on their status as disciples of Holy Son Peak to flaunt their power and act arrogantly!
If they became ordinary disciples and lost this protective identity, it would not take long before those they had previously offended would join forces to kill them. By then, they might not even know how they died!
At this thought, all of them prayed once more:
“Please, Holy Son, let us stay! No matter what you ask of us, as long as you allow us to remain!”
“Yes, yes! Holy Son Senior Brother, please let us stay!”
“This disciple is willing to do anything!”
Some of the female disciples were nearly saying it outright.
This was precisely the scene Gu Fan wanted.
With a sinister smile at the corner of his lips, he said:
“In that case, I shall give you an opportunity. Remember what I just said—I am cautious and fear betrayal. But as long as you can guarantee loyalty, it will be fine.”
With that, Gu Fan waved his hand, and over a hundred Soul Imprints appeared before everyone.
This Soul Imprint was a secret controlling art he had learned in the Scripture Pavilion of the Xian’ai Sect during his time in the Holy Land. Once a Soul Imprint entered someone’s Sea of Consciousness, they could never harbor malicious intent toward its master.
Otherwise, the imprint would detonate. In severe cases, their soul would shatter, leaving them dead with their Dao extinguished!
“Accepting the Soul Imprint is your only choice if you wish to remain in Holy Son Peak. Of course, it will not pry into your secrets, nor will it affect your cultivation. As long as you do not harbor evil intent toward me, it will be as though it does not exist.”
Gu Fan did not mention the consequences of harboring ill intent. Surely, everyone understood the outcome—no one here was a fool.
His intention was to completely control them.
This made the crowd uneasy. They exchanged glances, but none dared to speak.
After a while, someone whispered:
“Holy Son Senior Brother… doing this may provoke the sect’s disapproval.”
Gu Fan raised his brows, then nodded.
“Good. Thank you for the reminder. You are expelled from Holy Son Peak, and your qualification for the Soul Imprint is revoked.”
With a wave of his hand, the Soul Imprint in front of that disciple vanished.
This meant that even if he wished to remain at Holy Son Peak, he no longer had the chance!
“No! Holy Son Senior Brother, that was not what I meant, no!”
Gu Fan could not be bothered with nonsense. With another wave of his hand, his Domain Power combined with Space Power instantly teleported the man outside of Holy Son Peak.
Then he turned back to the rest of the crowd.
“What that junior brother said is true. This thing is not something I am forcing on you. So, it does not count as coercion. Do not say that I am breaking sect rules.”
“If you feel troubled, simply give it up.”
The remaining crowd saw how decisive Gu Fan was. He expelled the man without hesitation!
If they hesitated for too long, they might also be expelled!
Thinking this, one person immediately picked up the Soul Imprint hovering in front of him.
“I accept Holy Son Senior Brother’s rule. I will stay!”
“I will stay too! Holy Son Peak is our home!”
“Going outside means death. Better to remain here. As long as I remain loyal to Holy Son Senior Brother, that is enough!”
Following the first and second, the rest soon wavered as well.
Everyone rushed to absorb the Soul Imprints into their Seas of Consciousness, fearing that hesitation would cost them the opportunity.
In this way, over a hundred people accepted Gu Fan’s Soul Imprint control.
Gu Fan nodded in satisfaction. This saved him the trouble of reorganizing manpower.
Afterward, he ordered them all to continue their usual work. Holy Son Peak ran as before, as if nothing had changed, and Ying Langtian’s existence was quickly forgotten.
Meanwhile, within a simple cave dwelling of the Brahma God Sect, Jiang Tianxin—who had left Holy Son Peak—had temporarily settled here.
At this moment, he activated the cave’s simple formation and finally turned to look at the headless corpse behind him.
It was none other than Ying Langtian’s body, killed by Gu Fan!
Jiang Tianxin’s eyes burned with anticipation and excitement as he stared at the corpse. His expression grew manic, and he muttered ceaselessly:
“Heaven helps me! I thought losing to Gu Fan meant certain death. But to think you too, Ying Langtian, fell into his hands!”
“Hahaha, what a reversal of fortune, from the depths of despair to rising anew!”
“Ying Langtian always regarded me as the secondary body of Tianjue, while he claimed himself as the main body of Tianjue! But how can there be main and secondary bodies? Only the one who lives to the end matters. As long as I devour your origin, I may yet become the true main body!”
As he spoke, Jiang Tianxin sat cross-legged, forming one complex hand seal after another.
At last, an octagonal star pattern appeared on his brow. Guiding it forward, he slowly channeled it into Ying Langtian’s corpse.
“Deeper… into the origin…”
Moments later, Jiang Tianxin sensed the origin that belonged to the same bloodline as his own, but many times stronger.
His face twisted in ecstatic madness as he began circulating his cultivation method, slowly absorbing it.
“So this is the origin power of the main body?”
“Fortunately, I retrieved it in time, before it dispersed…”
“Too strong… far too strong! If Ying Langtian had fought with his complete form, he might not have lost to Gu Fan. But there are no ‘ifs’. He was too arrogant… This vengeance, I shall avenge in his stead!”
As Jiang Tianxin absorbed and strengthened himself, his aura rapidly climbed. Very soon, he reached Late-stage Yang Spirit, then the peak of Yang Spirit, and even broke through into the Half-step Three Blossoms Realm!
Meanwhile, Ying Langtian’s corpse slowly withered away as he absorbed it.