Nuclear-powered Sword Immortal
Chapter 282 - 279: Backlash

Chapter 282: Chapter 279: Backlash

All things have spirits.

And humans are the leaders of all spirits.

This is a concept every Heavenly Master touches upon when stepping onto the Path of the Heavenly Master.

Similarly, it is also the foundation that sustains the lineage of the Heavenly Master.

On the basis that all things have spirits, humans belong to the most vital link.

Flowers, plants, trees, mountains and rivers, though alive, appear "dead" to ordinary people, as the "spirit" within them is too sparse to allow them to truly "live."

Birds, beasts, fish, insects, snakes, and ants, although "living", also have little "spirit."

Only humans, as the leaders of all spirits, truly encompass the core part of the "spirit."

Through breathing, moving, thinking, and some ancient methods beyond understanding, they transform, nurture and release spirit, stirring ripples in the "True Spirit Realm," thereby enlivening the entire "True Spirit Realm."

Even their birth, aging, sickness, and death have a profound influence on the "True Spirit Realm," compared with other life forms.

Currently, Zhang Taiping, using the Taiping Heavenly Book to manipulate the Lucky Qi of Yellow State and channel the Will of All Living Beings into himself, demonstrates a terrifying strength comparable to that of the Devas.

However, in the eyes of Gu Jinlai...

Or according to the feedback from the "True Spirit Realm," he was simply using a special method to gather the spirit released by human activities and thoughts onto himself.

This method erodes the spirit belonging to his life form, ultimately merging it with the spirit released by other humans.

It forms a stitched-up monster on the mental and cognitive level.

But since it all belongs to the "human" life form, this erosion is a process, which doesn’t reveal itself in a short period.

Thus, externally, it appears as if he has attained Devas Level combat power through the Taiping Heavenly Book.

Gu Jinlai is not a creator; he cannot cause substantial disturbances in the "True Spirit Realm."

But merely advancing some inevitable events a bit earlier is not difficult.

"Hmm?"

At this moment, Gu Jinlai seemed to sense something.

"As expected, heading towards his own doom."

He looked at those "living" spirits of all things, slightly drawing them in.

Suddenly, countless "spirits" under the guidance of his wielded True Spirit Power surged forward like a light push triggers a hefty swing, and in this sweeping motion, these spirits seemed to set off a chain reaction, continuously escalating and growing more formidable.

Within moments, the "spirits" summoned by his True Spirit had already amounted to hundreds or thousands of times the volume of spirits he’d released.

And these spirits continued to grow at an extreme pace, unabatedly surging forward, increasing from millimeter-level speed per second initially to centimeter-level, then to meter-level, and tens of meters per second...

"Gu Jinlai!"

Just then, a surge of Divine Thought fluctuation swept over.

"You sanctimoniously waved the banner of rescuing our Yellow Sky Dao, yet you repeatedly refused to act. Your true intention is to just watch us and the devils damage each other, satisfying your ambition to devour the thirty million citizens of Yellow State! Now repeatedly seizing our Yellow State cities is the best proof. Since you were ruthless first, don’t blame me, Zhang Taiping, for being unrighteous!"

The Divine Thought shook, accompanied by an overwhelming surge of Heaven and Earth’s momentum, like an incoming tide.

Gu Jinlai watched a dark spot appear at the edge of the sky: "Even now, you remain obstinately ignorant. Zhang Taiping, do you truly believe that by amassing Devas Power through Lucky Qi, you are invincible in this world?"

"Whether or not I am unmatched in this world, I dare not claim, but I have more than enough to deal with you, Gu Jinlai."

Zhang Taiping, commanding the roaring Heaven and Earth Power, was aggressively approaching, while he stood atop the summit of storm clouds, arms behind his back, looking confidently at the calm Gu Jinlai: "You think you still have nothing to fear because you possess that trump card capable of unleashing a Deva Strike? We have thoroughly studied your trump card. If I’m not mistaken, that strike can only be triggered at close range, maybe a few tens, hundreds, or even several hundred meters. But I’m standing a kilometer away; your tactics simply can’t touch me!"

"To deal with you, there’s no need to use that trump card. The power you currently wield is borrowed from Yellow State’s Lucky Qi through the Taiping Heavenly Book; it ultimately isn’t your own. There are numerous ways to counter it..."

Gu Jinlai said.

But before he could finish, the violent Heaven and Earth Power had already gathered in front of him, manifesting into a sword light hundreds of meters in diameter.

This sword light, though not as massive as the one used to slay the Demon Demon King Flash Falcon, contained even more refined energy fluctuations.

Clearly, this brief adaptation had already enhanced his control over the Devas Power.

This alone was enough to see how astonishing the talent and comprehension of this Yellow Heaven Venerable Daoist Elder were.

If he had also been born in the Divine Weapon Force, achieving Devas status would not have been far-fetched, and even attempting to condense the Holy Body as a saint might have been possible.

Unfortunately...

"I don’t have time to waste words with you, kill..."

Zhang Taiping let out a long cry.

But before his sword could fully form, Gu Jinlai had already extended his hand, pointing at him, and lightly touching.

He emitted a "Bang" sound.

In his perception, the tide of "living" spirit was accelerating and had already enveloped Zhang Taiping’s body.

Instantly, bearing the Will of All Living Beings, his mind was as though suddenly stuffed with the thoughts and ideas of tens of millions of people.

The intense agony made him let out a piercing scream.

"Ah!"

His Primordial Spirit couldn’t bear the burden and began to collapse.

The power of the Devas, which had swelled to its peak atop him, also abruptly ceased when the Primordial Spirit was crushed, its core structure seemingly forcibly extracted, and all rushed towards Zhang Taiping’s Primordial Spirit, further exacerbating this backlash.

That feeling...

was like someone detonating a black hole bomb at the core of a planet, and it exploded instantly...

"No! No! No!"

In the collapsing fluctuations of heaven and earth, Zhang Taiping’s pained screams could be heard.

In less than half a breath’s time, his Primordial Spirit was annihilated, and the mighty heavenly and earthly forces he had triggered above the sky dome also dispersed rapidly after stirring up a surge of wind and clouds.

Just like the summer rains, coming quickly, and just as quickly gone.

"Sin from Heaven can be forgiven, but self-inflicted miseries cannot support one’s life."

Gu Jinlai said calmly.

He looked up, his gaze seeming to cross the void, and landed on Tianhai City, two hundred miles away.

...

At the altar in Tianhai City, to ensure the successful deployment of Zhang Taiping’s Taiping Heavenly Book, almost all those in the Yellow Sky Dao endowed with Power of Fate recited prayers at the altar, linking their spiritual fluctuations with Zhang Taiping’s to mobilize the spiritual force of thousands to leverage the entire Haitian City, and even the Will of All Living Beings in Yellow State, thereby attempting to reshape the heavens and earth and influence the momentum of heaven and earth.

In such a situation, not only Zhang Taiping, under the backlash of Yellow State’s Power of Fate, had his Primordial Spirit destroyed, but those who "assisted in tyranny" also suffered severe damages.

Although they were not directly crushed by the Will of All Living Beings like Zhang Taiping, when the increasingly rapid tide of spiritual energy surged along with Yellow State’s Power of Fate, each of their Yin Spirits, as well as those without developed Yin Spirits or Primordial Spirits, suffered serious damage to their souls.

Above the altar, it was as though an invisible thunder had exploded, and the tearing power within that thunder tore through souls and ravaged all directions, severely injuring the souls of Divinity Transformation and Refining God cultivators, even those at the Hugging Pill Realm.

Some individuals with higher levels of Co-spirit perished on the spot.

Instantly, the pitiful screams rose one after another, echoing over the altar.

"What’s happening?! What’s happening?!"

Yu Xuanjing cried out in pain.

"Power of Fate... backlash..."

Zhang Lingjian, who also cultivated the Taiping Heavenly Book, turned pale with a terrified look at the altar’s top where Zhang Taiping lay straight, his eyes filled with despair.

Backlash!

Backlash!

Why were they suffering from the backlash of Yellow State’s Power of Fate!?

Aren’t they, the Yellow Sky Dao, the rulers of Yellow State?

How could even mobilizing the Power of Fate of Yellow State lead to such consequences?

"Roar!"

Just then, a deafening roar echoed from the horizon.

The Devils finally appeared on the horizon outside Haitian City.

Although Zhang Taiping had killed the Demon Demon King, Flash Falcon, and had cut through the mass of devils with a dozen slashes, killing thousands, to ensure he still had enough strength to eliminate Gu Jinlai and protect the eternal foundation of Yellow Sky Dao, he had not completely annihilated these Devils.

In such a situation, although leaderless and somewhat chaotic, and even though a few Devils fled the troop out of fear,

there were still nearly forty thousand Devils sweeping toward Tianhai City.

"Retreat..."

Zhang Lingjian intended to retreat again to preserve the vitality of Yellow Sky Dao, but as he moved, he staggered.

Under the backlash of Power of Fate, the higher the status in Yellow State, the greater the impact one suffered.

As the Sect Master of the Yellow Heaven Dao Sect, Zhang Lingjian was naturally the first to be hit, currently unable even to maintain his stance.

In such a state, he couldn’t possibly break through amidst the chase of tens of thousands of Devils.

The only chance for survival was to hold Haitian City and wait for Gu Jinlai from Yuntian City to arrive with reinforcements.

With this thought, a strong will to survive finally allowed Zhang Lingjian to gather his strength and shout, "Hold on! Defend Haitian City with our lives! As long as we hold for one day, Governor Gu from Yuntian City will come to our aid! We... we of the Yellow Sky Dao vow to live or die with Haitian City!"

The roused Divine Thought and the booming shouts spread continuously, inspiring morale.

The unsettled disciples of Yellow Sky Dao and Haitian City garrison heard the shouting and forcibly pulled together their spirits.

Especially upon hearing that Gu Jinlai from Yuntian City was leading reinforcements to their aid, their spirits were greatly lifted.

After all, Gu Jinlai’s recent victory in Yuntian City, where he defeated seventy to eighty thousand Devils, had already spread throughout Yellow State, and the Devils currently attacking Haitian City were half as many as before. Once reinforcements from Yuntian City arrived, the Devil crisis would definitely be resolved efficiently.

With this mindset, all disciples of Yellow Sky Dao and the Haitian City garrison encouraged each other and faced the overwhelming flood of Devils.

A brutal battle between humans and devils immediately erupted at Haitian City.