The Investiture: Unlimited Blade Works Nezha
Chapter 224 - 223 Gui Ling Saint Mother Makes the List

Chapter 224: Chapter 223 Gui Ling Saint Mother Makes the List

Yunxiao wielded her sword in a fierce battle against the giant turtle. Truth be told, the turtle’s defensive abilities were astonishingly strong. Yunxiao only wished to dispel the Divine Turtle resentment within Gui Ling Saint Mother’s body, but for a time, the fight reached an impasse.

Nezha observed for a moment and realized that attacking the physical body was futile. Resolving to switch tactics, he took out a Sutra of Crossing People that Guanyin had forcibly handed him and began chanting it.

Not content with chanting by himself, he waved his hand to summon bean soldiers. Countless small Sha Mi started striking wooden fish, encircling the black giant turtle to conduct spiritual transcension.

The golden Buddha light illuminated the turtle, and its effects were strikingly evident.

After the giant turtle’s Divine Soul was injured, it went completely berserk, spewing dark green blood mist from its mouth while simultaneously attacking Yunxiao nearby.

The green blood mist wafted onto Nezha’s bean soldiers, emitting a sharp sizzling sound of corrosion. Thankfully, the soldiers were just beans, sparing the scene from becoming nauseating.

Nezha sighed deeply. Though he had intended to settle this peacefully, it seemed unlikely now.

Fortunately, Nezha wasn’t entirely unfamiliar with ’fist and foot’ martial techniques.

He touched his brow, and a rainbow-colored light surged forth, summoning a slender scythe into his hand.

The weapon was none other than the Six Dao Reincarnation Blade, a lethal instrument against Divine Souls.

In Nezha’s sight, Gui Ling Saint Mother’s physical form dissipated entirely, leaving behind a turtle-shaped figure formed of black smoke.

Faced with a beast that had lost its reason, Nezha showed no fear. He charged forward and swung the blade in a decisive arc.

Though no outward damage seemed apparent, the giant turtle’s reaction was far more violent than when struck by one of Yunxiao’s sword blows.

The relentless power of reincarnation continuously eroded the burgeoning consciousness within the Divine Turtle resentment.

This consciousness wasn’t any form of Divine Turtle. Nezha felt no karmic debt toward it whatsoever. "Garbage," he thought, "I’ll deal with you, plain and simple."

As Nezha swung the blade repeatedly, the resentment within Gui Ling Saint Mother’s body gradually began to dissipate. From losing control of the giant turtle’s physical body to ultimately being obliterated by Nezha.

Thud!

Gui Ling Saint Mother collapsed heavily onto the ground.

Nezha carried the scythe, circling around a few more times to confirm there were no remnants before retracting the Six Dao Reincarnation Blade.

As the black coloration faded from the giant turtle’s body, its original appearance emerged, and the Divine Runes enshrouded on its shell finally glowed once more.

Nezha immediately recognized the Divine Runes on Gui Ling’s back as those inscribed during his contribution to Cangjie’s invention of writing. These runes were prototypes of the Human Clan’s earliest text.

The runes carried considerable merit and additional powers, reflecting benefits that Tongtian Sect Master had arranged for his disciple.

A golden Divine Rune shimmered brilliantly, showcasing a figure resembling both a turtle and a ghost. The last trace of Gui Ling’s Divine Soul soared out of this realm and headed straight toward the Investiture of the Gods.

At Biyou Palace, Tongtian Sect Master hesitated about intercepting it. After some contemplation about Lord Lao’s repeated gifts of elixirs, he ultimately relented. Despite everything, this most troublesome disciple had still failed to pass the Sealing God Tribulation.

He had initially believed sending Nezha could turn things around.

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Yunxiao sighed as she watched Gui Ling’s Divine Soul depart. At least it had ascended to the Investiture of the Gods. There would still be future opportunities to reunite.

She extended her hand, transforming Gui Ling Saint Mother’s massive beast form into that of a well-dressed humanoid body before storing it in the Chaos Origin Golden Bowl. After all, parading around in a wild beast form was considered unseemly within the Immortal Sect.

Nezha, feeling slightly guilty, said, "It’s because of me that Sister Gui Ling ended up like this."

Yunxiao shook her head and replied, "All things have a thread of life within them, but whether or not one can grasp it is beyond anyone’s control."

The two didn’t leave immediately but instead flew toward the altar from which the resentment had originated.

From a distance, they saw a turtle and snake entangled together. Without the support of the Blood Array, the blue Divine Runes upon the altar began to recover.

Nezha examined the altar briefly and discovered that the sealing methods seemed to incorporate aspects of the Chan Sect, Jie Sect, and Human Sect, with traces of Demon Clan techniques as well.

In the end, he concluded that it must have originated from Nuwa Palace.

His teacher’s opportunistic philosophy was something Nezha understood well: whether the technique hailed from any sect or clan, once used by him, it became his own!

Nezha seized the Five-Colored Stone and aggressively reinforced the seal yet again. After such an ordeal, the Divine Turtle seemed thoroughly depleted, and it might stay quiet for a long while.

As for the current state of Zhi Ming God, Nezha remained puzzled. Two beings sharing one body—who’s to say whether this was some special trick of Zhi Ming God?

No matter whether the turtle devoured the snake or the snake devoured the turtle, as long as they behaved and contributed to the Primordial’s work, they were of no concern to Nezha.

Upon leaving the secret realm, Nezha and Yunxiao didn’t immediately return to the East Sea Golden Turtle Island but relied on Gui Ling Saint Mother’s beast form to locate the Xuanwu Realm of the North State.

Their first goal was to report the relevant details of the incident and offer some reassurance regarding Zhi Ming God’s safety.

The second was that Nezha planned to recruit some members of the Turtles and Serpents tribes to the Heavenly Court’s payroll. Regardless of any connection to Gui Ling’s plight, it was ultimately in the past.

The Xuan Turtle and Tengshe tribes, as Zhi Ming God’s vassals, were acutely aware of the importance of joining the bureaucracy. Despite their sorrow for Gui Ling and Ming Snake’s fates, they dispatched one thousand tribe members proficient in Heavenly Immortal cultivation, led by a Profound Immortal.

Nezha handed them a Thunder Department token and sent them off to report to the Heavenly Court.

Given his strained relationship with Hao Tian, Nezha no longer bothered to feign cordiality, doing only the bare minimum.

After bidding farewell to the Xuanwu Realm, the pair returned to Golden Turtle Island.

Yunxiao properly secured Gui Ling’s beast form before requesting an audience with Tongtian Sect Master to confess her eagerness for revenge, which had delayed Gui Ling’s rescue. She took full responsibility for the outcome upon herself.

Nezha, thinking this unnecessary, attempted to interject, only to be silenced by a sharp glare from Yunxiao.

Tongtian Sect Master made no comment, merely glancing at Nezha—the message clear: "You little brat, when are you leaving? Stay too long, and I’ll spar with you again."

Nezha understood the Saint’s intent. Though he genuinely wanted another match with Tongtian Sect Master someday, for now, he couldn’t handle even a single move, which wasn’t fun at all.

Seeing that he had no business left here, he quietly bid farewell to Yunxiao and turned to head back to Nantang.

Nantang remained calm and prosperous.

Arriving at King Ji’s royal palace, Nezha barely had time to revel in some affectionate moments before being greeted with shocking news.

Old Li had taken the army to intervene in an earlier incident!

Suppressing his anger, Nezha reasoned that Daji wouldn’t be the type to sabotage her allies. Patiently, he inquired about the reasoning behind it.

Daji, clearly aware of the situation’s gravity, carefully recounted the events to Nezha.

The matter had occurred not long ago when an Immortal, riding a plum blossom deer and bearing the Yuxu Token, arrived at Nantang. The token, representing a Saint’s authority, ordered Nantang’s forces to assist.

The Yuxu Token symbolized Saintly power, and Nantang, due to its close ties with Nezha, was particularly sensitive to such matters.

Nezha had explicitly warned against meddling in the conflict between Shang and Zhou, which Daji fully understood. Though she tried to delay, Nanji Immortal would offer no opportunity for negotiation.