Time Manipulating System

Chapter 103

Chapter 103

huff…

Seeing that, Gu Yang slowly exhaled.

A remnant soul of a Life-and-Death Realm master had proved so troublesome. How powerful would a true Life-and-Death Realm master have to be? Gu Yang’s expression turned grave.

At first he had thought his current methods were already formidable, and he had even felt a little pleased with himself. But now it was clear… they were still far from enough.

“Still, there was an unexpected boon,” he murmured, pausing.

He closed his eyes and felt the sword‑blade the Wujian Grass had left in his consciousness. That blade had remained after he had taken the Wujian Grass, carrying lingering sword intent. Gu Yang had never taken the time to comprehend it and had not expected it to come in handy here. If that blade of residual sword intent had not remained in my mind, Purple Moon’s remnant soul might really have succeeded in possessing me. The thought sent a chill through him.

After he released the lingering sword intent from the blade and destroyed Purple Moon’s remnant soul, Gu Yang found, to his surprise, that he was gradually comprehending all of that residual sword intent. Gradually, the sword-blade in his consciousness vanished.

Gu Yang kept his eyes closed and absorbed the insight in silence. After a moment he opened his eyes. His foundation in the sword path had solidified considerably. If he had the chance to refine it further, he could break through in swordsmanship again. Of course, that would have to wait until he advanced past the Baoyuan Realm. Thinking of that, Gu Yang shook his head and rose slowly.

The void before him had already disappeared. In its place lay a scene of utter ruin. Amid the shattered stones, a storage ring flickered with a faint light. Gu Yang no longer hesitated; he reached out and took the ring.

Purple Moon’s remnant soul had been hiding inside that ring and had nearly taken over his body. Now that the remnant soul was destroyed, nothing stood in the way. Gu Yang’s consciousness entered the storage ring, and a vast space unfolded before him.

He drew a sharp breath. Good heavens. The entire storage ring was packed with items…treasure medicines, spirit herbs, pills, cultivation manuals, martial techniques… everything imaginable. It was like a treasure pavilion; a casual glance revealed countless valuables. Gu Yang had never expected this. Was this the legacy of a Life-and-Death Realm master?

He swept his awareness and casually picked up a manual. He read the title.

Qiankun Art

Top-tier Earth-grade Manual

…

A smile crept onto Gu Yang’s face. He had casually grabbed a top-tier Earth-grade manual. He then picked up a basic martial technique and glanced at it. Good grief…there were even pseudo-Heaven-grade martial techniques and manuals! What a windfall. He had truly hit the jackpot.

Gu Yang had not expected the storage ring to contain so many treasures…enough to rival the foundation of an entire sect. And now… all of it belonged to him.

“The legacy of a Life-and-Death Realm master,” Gu Yang said, his eyes shining. With these resources, his strength would surely rise another level.

I’m rich, he thought, excitement stirring.

He quickly suppressed the urge to start cultivating on the spot, because a strange ripple appeared before him. He walked toward it, and a surge of spatial force manifested, teleporting him out of the Purple Moon Trial Tower.

The moment Gu Yang teleported out, the Purple Moon Trial Tower began to collapse, its owner dead and its Dao extinguished.

“Look!” “It’s Gu Yang! He’s out!” “He’s finally out!” Gu Yang’s appearance immediately drew everyone’s attention; countless voices shouted.

But then someone noticed that the trial tower behind Gu Yang looked wrong. When they focused, someone screamed.

“The trial tower is trembling!” “It’s falling! The trial tower is collapsing!”

Under countless shocked gazes, the trial tower thundered down and turned into a pile of rubble.

Everyone stood dumbfounded. The Purple Moon Trial Tower had collapsed? Did that mean no one could attempt the tower again? They froze for a moment, then recovered. It was obvious why the tower had fallen: Gu Yang had taken the tower’s most important thing. That thing might be the tower’s secret…the legacy left by a Life-and-Death Realm master.

At that thought, all eyes returned to Gu Yang…filled with reverence, fear, and dread. Hidden beneath those emotions, however, was a thread of greed. The attraction of a Life-and-Death Realm master’s legacy was terrifying. Not only them; even Yuanhai Realm experts would covet it. Instantly, many felt restless. Even if they weren’t sure they could beat Gu Yang, their hearts stirred. If they could defeat or even kill Gu Yang, perhaps they could seize that legacy. With a Life-and-Death Realm master’s inheritance… what could Chu State’s top prodigy Bai Tianhong do about it?

Greed flared openly in their eyes.

Gu Yang sensed those gazes. He smiled coldly and trembled. Immediately, the terrifying pressure of his eighty-percent Sword Intent filled the arena.

hiss!

An invisible, dreadful sword pressure spread outward. The gathered prodigies bowed their heads under it, faces full of terror and awe. Eighty-percent Sword Intent…Gu Yang had actually comprehended eighty-percent Sword Intent. Although rumors had said he had reached Great Completion Sword Intent, everyone had assumed it was only seventy percent. They had not expected Gu Yang to have reached eighty percent.

When the eighty-percent Sword Intent erupted, almost no one could withstand it. Except for a few ranked high on the talent list, everyone else kept their heads down, gasping under the suppression. The greed in their eyes had turned into fear and reverence. Even if they had never faced such power directly, they understood its magnitude. Even if they attacked together, they likely would not be enough to stop a single wave of Gu Yang’s sword intent. So they abandoned any plan to strike him.

But the matter did not end there. Bai Tianhong’s eyes burned with fierce fighting intent. He naturally wanted the Life-and-Death Realm legacy that Gu Yang might possess. Still, he did not believe that this small Haonan Prefecture secret realm contained every legacy left by Life-and-Death Realm masters. Right now he simply wanted to test himself against Gu Yang.

Just as Bai Tianhong prepared to act, He Wei stepped forward before him.

“Gu Yang! I didn’t expect you, only at the Ningzhen Realm, to reach the top of the Purple Moon Trial Tower and even bring it down!” He Wei’s eyes blazed with battle intent. “I want to ask you…on what basis did you reach the tower’s peak?”

He Wei’s fighting spirit surged. He had lost to Bai Tianhong before and his reputation had plummeted. Now Gu Yang had suddenly appeared.

His reputation now even threatened to surpass Bai Tianhong’s.

But his cultivation remained low.

If he could challenge him and defeat him…

then he might, from another room, overtake Bai Tianhong and become the number one in Chu State.

More importantly…

he wanted to see exactly how Gu Yang had managed to reach the tower’s summit.

When He Wei spoke, Gu Yang frowned slightly.

A challenge?

He did not want any challenge. He had many matters to attend to. He had intended to turn and leave.

But He Wei ignored whether Gu Yang accepted and struck immediately, just as he had when challenging Bai Tianhong before. His technique showed no change. The dark‑cyan spear spun through the air with a thunderous motion; thick true qi surged forth. Seventy‑percent Spear Intent erupted, the spear tip pointing straight at Gu Yang. A terrifying aura burst out.

“Spear Soul… Dragon Roam!”