Watching Wang Siyuan casually sit down on a chair, his frail demeanor still exuding an ethereal, ghost-like presence, Meng Qi hesitated slightly before asking, “Is there a method to reshape one’s Dharma Body without leaving any hidden dangers?”
Since there exists such a method, why did the Three Xiao Goddesses, after breaking free from the Fengshen Bang and reshaping their Dharma Bodies, never regain their former glory, and within less than a thousand years, their Dao lineage gradually faded away with each of them passing away in succession?
Wang Siyuan formed his right hand into a fist, gently pressing it against his lips, and spoke slowly, “Actually, there aren’t many such methods. Most require advance preparation, functioning as alternative life-saving techniques, and they also have time limitations, meaning they aren’t suitable for emergency use. The fall of the Heavenly Court happened suddenly and was difficult to control. True spirits breaking free from the Fengshen Bang often encountered delays, leading to unsatisfactory outcomes.”
He let out a soft chuckle at this point, “However, most of them might not have truly perished completely. When great figures from the other shore engage in conflict, many can revive again—for instance, by reverting back to a period before the fall of the Heavenly Court, making preparations in advance, then cleverly evading detection and surviving calamities while remaining hidden until now.”
It seemed as though he could read Meng Qi’s thoughts.
“You relied on that chaotic pearl and the strange karmic thread attached to my body?” Meng Qi nodded slightly as he listened.
No sooner had the words left his mouth than Meng Qi suddenly sensed a flash of intuition. He swiftly turned his gaze southward, both elated and perplexed, “Has Senior Brother Qi achieved his Dharma Body? The Demon Lord didn’t impose any restrictions? No, the Demon Lord is at the Wang residence…”
His gaze fell directly onto Wang Siyuan’s face.
The great schemer, Wang, had planned not only to sever karmic ties and reshape his Dharma Body to cleverly evade the fate of over twenty thousand years carried by the Wang family, but also had layers of schemes within schemes!
Wang Siyuan acted as if he were at home, effortlessly gathering tea leaves and teapot, and began brewing tea leisurely while saying, “To deceive those ancient monsters and achieve the true goal, would the key items really be kept on oneself? They could be discovered prematurely, countered accordingly, or even intentionally mislead, causing further entanglement.”
Indeed, how easily could great beings and mighty adepts be manipulated? Meng Qi listened quietly without interrupting.
“There are very few items capable of reshaping a Dharma Body without leaving hidden dangers: one is the Nine Revolutions Soul Pearl, one is the Primordial Lotus Seed, one is the Eight Treasures Merit Pond within the Perfect Reward Buddha Land, and one is the ‘Immortal Ascension Pond’ from the ancient Heavenly Court. Long ago, Nezha, the Great Divine Hero of the Three Altars under the Master Taiyi, concealed his true spirit within the Lingzhu (Spirit Pearl), using the ‘Primordial Lotus Seed’ to reshape his Dharma Body, achieving innate virtue, surpassing his previous state. I merely took advantage of this method—not truly perishing, but combining the secret techniques of the Demon Lord and the Wang family to transform the ‘missing one’ of the Yi Dao Dharma Body into a special karmic thread attached to your body. Therefore, I only needed a counterfeit ‘Nine Revolutions Soul Pearl.'”
The Dharma Body reshaped by the “Primordial Lotus Seed” possesses innate virtue surpassing its former state? No wonder Nezha became second only to Yang Jian among the third generation disciples of the Jade Void… Meng Qi suddenly understood and nodded, “No wonder you asked me to strike you with the ‘Karmic Touch’—it was actually a means of escape.”
Wang Siyuan smiled without responding, sipping his tea, until Meng Qi felt uneasy before he finally spoke, “It’s not merely for escape. That strike was the key to breaking the entire scheme, serving three purposes.”
He opened his left hand and calmly began counting on his fingers, “First, I must confront the ultimate culprit responsible for the Wang family’s ancient suffering, to see what this so-called ‘Heavenly Dao’ truly is. If even a Grandmaster of Creation screamed in agony before death and transformed into a monster, how could I possibly escape the same fate? The only way is to have all karmic ties drawn away at that moment, allowing me to regain peace and let the tainted Dharma Body completely collapse, with the sole chance of survival hidden within the karmic thread.”
“Second, the ‘Dunyi Dharma Body,’ also known as the ‘Escaping One Dharma Body,’ isn’t named without reason. The Heavenly Dao has fifty, but one remains hidden. If I maintain too many connections with the outside world, I’ll easily become trapped, only able to advance slowly until reaching the legendary state, where I can ‘escape’ freely without restrictions. Now, by using your karmic touch, I not only evade heavenly calculations and perceptions but also disappear from all karmic connections, nearly achieving the true ‘Dunyi’ state that one usually attains only at the legendary level.”
“Third, it’s precisely through your strike that I can leap out of the chessboard and grasp a thread of life.”
My single strike of ‘Karmic Touch’ actually serves three purposes? Meng Qi was stunned, truly worthy of the title ‘Calculating the Fate of All Beings’!
However, this indirectly confirmed from his own mouth that the Wang family’s progenitor was indeed a Grandmaster of Creation.
Of course, one shouldn’t fully trust Wang Siyuan’s words, since tricksters are most skilled at deceiving others with partial truths.
Taking a deep breath, Meng Qi looked at the composed Wang Siyuan, who was leisurely sipping tea, and said, “On one hand, it’s my ‘Karmic Touch’ strike, and on the other, you secretly colluded with Senior Brother Qi, obtaining the Demon Lord’s secret technique through him to forge the ‘Nine Revolutions Soul Pearl,’ thereby deceiving the Underworld forces and the so-called ‘Heavenly Dao.’ In return, you reciprocated by deliberately making your ‘death scheme’ something that any attentive person could guess, luring the Demon Lord to covet it, creating an opportunity for him to attain his Dharma Body?”
Wang Siyuan coughed slightly, like a patient recovering from a long illness, “It’s not merely creating an opportunity for him—it’s also to conceal myself.”
“I’ve told you before,” he continued, “the most important aspect of planning is concealing your true intentions. If your real purpose is discovered, it’s like grabbing a snake by the seventh inch—it will struggle but fail. My original intention was clear: to fake my death, deceive the Underworld forces and the so-called ‘Heavenly Dao,’ and find a thread of survival. Thus, everyone involved would be vigilant, trying to prevent my escape. When I convincingly played dead, and when Nanhuang Qi Zhengyan began attaining his Dharma Body, they would naturally assume I was orchestrating a scheme within a scheme, with everything aimed at creating an opportunity for him in the southern wilderness, and my own survival would thus be tied to his.”
“In this way, you would be overlooked. Without direct interests at stake, who would dare offend the Primordial Lord of Origin, who might support you? Meanwhile, I could escape from the Fengshan Cave Heaven, waiting for the arrival of the ‘Nine Revolutions Soul Pearl.'”
Indeed, it’s a battle of minds… Meng Qi deeply felt that he was still more suited to speaking through fists and blades. Compared to professionals, he still had some distance in this area.
He gathered his thoughts and sighed, “Yet through this incident, the Jiangdong Wang Clan has truly been erased from the ranks of the top powers. Twenty thousand years of accumulation, gone in an instant.”
“Erased? Good riddance!” Wang Siyuan lightly patted the back of his left hand with his right, smiling at the corner of his lips, his eyes still burning with madness. “The Wang Clan has had many generations of diviners who surpassed me in numerology, repeatedly attempting to break free, yet why have they never succeeded? Because none were as mad as I, none willing to abandon twenty thousand years of accumulated heritage, unwilling to let go of the Wang family’s prosperous legacy.”
“However, the Wang Clan was never truly strong, yet deeply entangled with the Heavenly Dao, constantly drawn into major events, attracting the attention of numerous great beings and mighty adepts. It was like a tall tree drawing wind—any move brought consequences. Without shedding this burden, even if I advanced step by step, found an opportunity to prove my legend, I would still remain a mere pawn, unable to escape the chessboard.”
“Now, with the Wang Clan’s foundation completely lost and its former glory gone, even the Luo Shu has been lost. In the eyes of great beings and mighty adepts, we no longer hold any value. The situation has suddenly opened up—I can now cultivate and scheme freely, waiting for the most intense moment of the final calamity to seize the greatest advantage. Moreover, the Jiangdong Wang Clan’s lineage still exists, with its cave heavens and divine treasures intact, remaining a major force.”
Meng Qi nodded slightly in agreement, “To abandon the Luo Shu, your mindset and madness truly deserve admiration.”
It was comparable even to severing one’s past and future selves.
“The Luo Shu never truly belonged to our Wang Clan—it was a calamity instead. Why keep carrying it if not to send it away?” Wang Siyuan’s eyes burned with unusual brightness. “One day, it will return to my hands, becoming the Wang Clan’s Luo Shu.”
He placed down his teacup and slowly stood up, still frail, as if a breeze could topple him, “I must find a place to cultivate in seclusion, avoiding attention, so as not to provoke the wrath of the Demon Lord and King Fengdu. Once things settle down, these deep-minded great adepts won’t likely awaken partially or descend power merely for revenge against someone of little value like me.”
Thanks to Meng Qi’s strike, Wang Siyuan patiently explained everything in detail, allowing Meng Qi to gain a deeper understanding of how to contend with great beings.
“Do you have a place to hide?” Meng Qi asked.
Wang Siyuan smiled slightly, “With Dunyi nearly perfected, I am no longer within heavenly calculations, barely existing in karmic connections—I can naturally hide among the mundane. As for Qi Zhengyan, after attaining his Dharma Body, many hidden contradictions will intensify. Where will you go? Which side will you take?”
Meng Qi fell silent, unsure how to respond, only watching as the great young master Wang walked toward the door of the quiet chamber.
With his back to Meng Qi, Wang Siyuan slowly pulled open the door and suddenly said, “If I could prepare and escape the Wang family’s deadly trap, do you think Gu Xiaosang, who has schemed for years, would not leave a backup plan?”
Instinctively, Meng Qi replied, “She prepared a new body in the Jade Pond, unfortunately…”
“Who would prepare a new body in their enemy’s backyard?” Wang Siyuan interrupted Meng Qi’s words with a faint sneer, “Emotion leads to bias, and bias leads to blindness. You’ve always been sharp-witted, yet why are you so confused about this matter?”
He suddenly laughed at this point and stepped out of the quiet chamber, “But it’s normal. Only tricksters fear emotions, living in loneliness and madness.”
As he sighed, Wang Siyuan vanished from the Jade Void Palace.
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