Chapter 359

Chapter 359

Ju Mang

“Life and Death in the Blink of an Eye! Life and Death in the Blink of an Eye! Blast it! There has to be something I can do!” Mu Yu cried in angst.

Despite the rampaging spiritual energy inside Mu Yu, Ju Mang couldn’t take over. Closing his eyes bought laughter to his ears. He opened his eyes and peered into the forest to search for the owner of the voice, the person he had been looking for. He raced into the woods, aggressively combing aside branches and keeping leaves suspended with his speed.

Mu Yu came to a vacant spot. He knew who his clone was – Ju Mang.

“Save him.”

“Hahaha.”

Ju Mang’s laughter was comparable to needles pricking Mu Yu’s naivety. Ju Mang advanced, collecting leaves around his hand using wrist twirls. He morphed them into golden formation patterns that glowed green before reverting back to leaves and departing for another land.

“Nine Heavens Demon Sealing Formation sure is profound, hey?” Everywhere Ju Mang went, leaves would move away but stay within a fixed range and wreath around him. “I can use Life and Death in the Blink of an Eye to save him, but I need to be released.”

“I can’t let you out.”

Ju Mang raised his arms overhead to stretched. “Welp, not my problem then.”

Mu Yu crunched down on his bottom gums.

“Third Heaven Palace intends to collect their souls as tributes. The white light you see them manifesting is an energy that comes from souls that they absorbed.” Ju Mang sneered.

“What do they want energy from souls for?”

“It’s the source of energy they use to preside over the continent. The energy is fittingly coined ‘soul energy’. It’s thousands of folds more potent than the spiritual energy cultivators use. That’s the reason there isn’t any sect that can oppose them.

“Be it humans, fiends, elemental demons or whatever other races you can think of, we all leak soul energy after death. Our soul energy circulates to various corners of the continent, but only Third Heaven Palace’s members know how to collect it. To ensure there’s an infinite supply of the unprecedented energy for them to cultivate, they need sacrifices, lots of them.

“That’s the dirty deed Third Heaven Palace has been committing. The only humans who know of that are under their banner. They want to wage war against us because war begets death, subsequently breeding soul energy. We never wanted to conquer your lands.

“Sword Shadow Dust Gale disrupted their plan. I know he’s immortal, but I never heard of him in the millenniums I have been around. He never involved himself in our fight. Knowing him, he could’ve sealed us away millenniums ago if he wanted to. For whatever reason, he decided to seal us away a century ago! Though it’s vexing, I have to give respect where it’s due.

“Sword Shadow Dust Gale’s intervention put an end to wars. As a consequence, there were fewer deaths and less soul energy. Third Heaven Palace, therefore, figured he was aware of their treachery.”

“Why are you playing along with Third Heaven Palace, then? You could choose not to fight.”

“I’ve lived for a long time, but that has to be the most moronic thing I’ve heard yet. You expect us to just let them kill us?”

“... Does my shifu know about this?”

“There are more mysteries to him than you can imagine. You could argue his appearance and intervention were coincidences just as Third Heaven Palace seemingly showed up out of nowhere. I don’t know where he comes from. Nonetheless, I can say with certainty that he has no idea Third Heaven Palace has been scheming from the shadows to collect soul energy. He merely wanted to end the war.” Ju Mang, simpering, added, “It’s clear that Third Heaven Palace has duped everyone, including him.”