"Possession?"

Jiang Li instantly reacted with a conditioned reflex, as the "Supreme Cave Mysterious Treasure Sutra" resonated in his Sea of Consciousness, specialized in delivering ghosts and souls, while his mental state returned to the carefree realm without worries or joy in order to defend against external corruption.

After slaying the incarnation of Ji Jiji, the likeness of that Daoist also collapsed, and Jiang Li's various divine powers were once again restored.

Moreover, the Dao Fruit of Zhuang Zhou greatly enhanced his mental state. Both the "Great Grandmaster" and "Carefree Travel" were enough to ensure that Jiang Li feared no possession attempt. Jiang Li even shaped his thoughts into form, with two rays of sword light appearing on both sides of his Primordial Spirit—one cut thoughts and shattered souls, its nature as shapeless as the "Heavenly Escape Sword Intent," while the other was subtly mysterious, tugging at the heartstrings, precisely the "Heart Demon Secret Sword."

Fully armed, Jiang Li initiated his swords with his thoughts, and the two rays of sword light swept through the air, splitting the vertical eye.

"Yellow Heaven above!"

"Heaven has perished, and it's time for Yellow Heaven to rise!"

However, that multitude of thoughts echoed continuously, and despite being slashed, the vertical eye did not perish. Instead, it merged into Jiang Li's Sea of Consciousness, and the thought power of faith also infiltrated Jiang Li's divine thoughts simultaneously, manifesting clusters of yellow clouds in the Sea of Consciousness, which surrounded the healing vertical eye.

"Observing the Dao of Heaven, executing the acts of Heaven, all is concluded. Thus, there are five thieves in Heaven, and prosperity follows when they are seen..."

The scriptures of the "Yin Talisman Scripture" mixed with thoughts, all transmitted into Jiang Li's spirit, and the vast and grand thoughts also fused with Jiang Li's consciousness at the same time.

"Uh—"

Jiang Li suddenly let out a light hum, pressing his hand to his face as mysterious talisman shapes manifested at his seven orifices. The previously absorbed Fuxi Bloodline, which had been transformed, was making a comeback.

He only felt changes in his acupoints, his flesh, divine sense, and True Qi combining. There was an indistinct sense that they were transforming into another form.

At the same time, those complicated thoughts and scriptures kept echoing in his mind, recounting devout prayers and conveying profound scriptures, as well as a vast and grand will.

"Possession? Conversion?"

"Neither."

"As someone who cultivated the 'Yin Talisman Scripture,' Jiang Li was being assimilated by a force of the same origin, just as Ji Jiji had been transformed by Heaven before, Jiang Li was also being assimilated by the divine thoughts left by Ji Jiji."

Reading the text that appeared on the Karma Collection, Jiang Li finally understood his current situation.

At the beginning of his cultivation of this technique, he had undergone a similar assimilation, where Jiang Li had forcefully sustained himself with the fixed karma-generating capabilities of the Karma Collection and his own mental state. But now, having to endure assimilation again, Jiang Li did not have the feeling of being more familiar with the process the second time around.

Assimilation by Heaven meant that human hearts appeared incredibly frail before the will of Heaven, dissolving endlessly, becoming a part of it, similar to Jiang Li's previous experience when advancing to the fifth-rank Dao Fruit.

But the assimilation he was currently facing was a corrosion of human thoughts.

The fervent thought power of incense praised Yellow Heaven, attempting to warp Jiang Li into the corresponding state.

'Is this the method of falling human thoughts into the will of Heaven as envisaged by Ji Jiji?' Jiang Li reflected upon the content of the "Yin Talisman Scripture" and gained some insight.

The "Yin Talisman Scripture" he had acquired was only truly complete in the part of Heavenly Dharma; the section on Heavenly Action was rudimentary, merely an outline, and the concept of Heavenly Dao was only a thought.

According to Ji Jiji's vision, he intended to use human thoughts to degrade heavenly will, to assimilate Heaven in reverse, and then to usurp the Heavenly Dao.

Now it seemed that those human thoughts originated from the thought power of incense.

When it communicated with Heaven again, the thought power of incense gathered by the Taiping Sect would rush up in reverse, eroding the heavenly will and thereby seizing the Heavenly Dao from Heaven.

But before Heaven, Jiang Li was confronted with this treatment in advance because he also cultivated the "Yin Talisman Scripture." His Heavenly Dharma caused the thought power of incense from Ji Jiji's incarnation, upon death, to find a nearby host body, landing straight upon Jiang Li.

'Ji Jiji is the Yellow Heaven worshipped and believed in by the Taiping Sect!' Jiang Li concluded in his heart while enduring the assimilation.

Ji Jiji had usurped the incense belonging to the Yellow Emperor and altered it beyond recognition. When the faith in the Yellow Emperor shifted to Yellow Heaven, its core had also quietly changed.

'Really addicted to usurping, first stealing the Yellow Emperor's incense and then wanting to further seize the Heavenly Dao. The defect of being subjected to assimilation by the "Yin Talisman Scripture" is precisely the path for Ji Jiji's final step. Without managing to communicate and assimilate, how could one reverse the process and seize its power?'

Jiang Li slowly sat down cross-legged, using the "Heavenly Escape Sword Intent" to obliterate the complicated thought power.

The frenzied intentions of the Taiping Sect believers created this powerful thought power of incense, but Jiang Li himself had the Dao Fruit Divine Power to protect his spirit, and having already achieved Unity of Heaven and Man meant preserving his mind and gradually extinguishing the danger was still within his reach.

After all, it wasn't the standard to confront Heaven, just a small portion of incense. It was just that its magnitude was somewhat too vast; otherwise, Jiang Li could simply sever it directly with the "Heavenly Escape Sword Intent."

In the space between his brows, the fragment of the Heavenly Mirror shone brilliantly, with a subtle projection of the Treasure Lotus Lamp flickering. This was because Gongsun Qingyue sensed Jiang Li's situation and wished to come out.

With "Ziwei and Tianfu, Assistance," she communicated with Jiang Li, their Divine Essence and True Qi connected, and naturally, she detected Jiang Li's predicament. While she activated the Treasure Lotus Lamp to assist, she also sought to leave the Mirror World.

'When they were so ruthless in driving me away before, now they are in such a hurry to come out?'

Jiang Li hummed softly, then gently and soothingly said, "Sister, we have guests."

As they spoke, Innate Qi ceaselessly emanated from their body, while the surrounding Five Vile Qi continued to thicken, forming black winds and clouds, with a decaying scent so strong it made Divine Sense feel uncomfortable.

At the same time, a chilly Yin Qi slowly spread from underground, and the surface began to frost over, making a crackling sound as it froze, like the beat of approaching footsteps.

The individuals of the Yin Law Department had always been lurking around Broken Sky Gorge and even had their informants planted within Nether City, keeping an eye on Lawless Freedom, inquiring into the matters related to the Feng family.

Given the recent disturbances in Wushan and the outbreak of a great battle just outside of Nether City, the Yin Law Department naturally couldn't remain indifferent and began to get involved.

The rhythmic and forceful footsteps halted just outside the area obscured by Five Vile Qi, while simultaneously, the chill grew stronger. Through the thick Five Vile Qi, one could vaguely make out a series of black holes appearing around its perimeter, forming a ring suspended behind a figure.

Jiang Li concentrated, suppressing the corruption, and spoke slowly without hurry, "Does the esteemed guest have some important business here?"

The figure turned its head upon hearing this, surveying the Five Vile Qi, seemingly trying to use the sound to pinpoint Jiang Li's location. Then, a clear voice that didn't belong to a ghost echoed, "This general is searching for Lawless Freedom, and I'm wondering if you could possibly lend me a hand with this matter."

"So it's the Five Generals."

Upon hearing the self-introduction from the other party and accounting for the five black holes behind them, Jiang Li responded promptly, "Jiang Li gives his respect. If the Five Generals are looking for Lawless Freedom, you can head into the city. Right now, the Great Venerable is engaged in a fight with an unknown powerful enemy and can't be bothered to attend to other matters."

"Jiang Li?"

The general hesitated slightly, seemingly surprised to encounter Jiang Li here, then let out a laugh filled with indiscernible meaning, "I didn't expect to find Young Master Jiang here; my apologies. But since when does Young Master Jiang command the Five Vile Qi?"

Meanwhile, the cold and Yin Qi progressively deepened. Despite the barrier of the Five Vile Qi, one could still feel the life-freezing chill through the earth.

This was certainly not the general specializing in ice-based cultivation techniques; it was merely that the powerfulness of his Yin Qi was such that merely existing sufficed to emit extreme cold.

"It's not so much about commanding it, just a small trick of merging Innate Qi with Five Vile Qi. I hope the general won't misunderstand; I am unrelated to Lawless Freedom," Jiang Li said with a light chuckle. "By the way, I remember the general also belongs to the Ji Family, and we can be considered long-time allies. My power has been depleted, and it is difficult for me to move. May I ask the general for assistance to escape this place of Five Vile Qi?"

The request was there, but it was made without the tone of actually requesting anything. Instead, it pointed out the identities of both parties, hinting, "if you from the Ji Family dare to strike at one from the Jiang family without justification, you won't like the consequences."

However, should it only be an attack and not a fight to the death, the punishment might not necessarily be severe.

The Five Generals fell into contemplation for a moment, apparently realizing this point, and said, "Considering the relationship between our two clans, it is only right."

With that, the five pitch-black holes behind the Five Generals began to rotate slowly, and he himself seemed about to step into the region of Five Vile Qi.

But just as he was about to step forward, the Five Generals suddenly felt an unknown chill.

It was a chill that made one's mind tremble, beyond just a physical sensation. The Five Generals, with their keen senses, detected a hidden killing intent, in place, yet unreleased.

'Military God's Five Weapons! Gongsun Family Master, this...'

Even as a fourth-grade Ghost Cultivator, who sensed the dangerous Qi mechanism, he immediately recalled the intelligence he had received and shared the same frustration as Ji Jiji.

That Gongsun Family Head was truly insufferable, handing such a dangerous weapon to an outsider.

Thinking back to his own actions, he inwardly cursed, "Crafty youth, unworthy of being a son."

Had he truly believed Jiang Li to be significantly weakened and taken the opportunity to attack, Jiang Li could have retaliated without bearing any responsibility. In a place filled with Five Vile Qi, under the attack of a fearsome weapon like Military God's Five Weapons, with the prepared striking the unprepared, the Five Generals would, at the least, suffer serious injuries.

This Jiang Li, a youth who had forced back figures like King Shu with the help of Military God's Five Weapons, couldn't be treated as an ordinary fifth-grade.

With that realization, the Five Generals halted his steps and then said, "However, this general has urgent matters to attend to. I ask Young Master Jiang for a little patience. Once I have found Lawless Freedom, I will come to assist Young Master Jiang. I take my leave now."

The fourth-grade Ghost Cultivator of the Yin Law Department decisively turned around, and the drumbeat-like footsteps gradually faded into the distance.

He had left.

Jiang Li silently breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

Good that he left.

Otherwise, given his current state, it wouldn't be ideal to contend with this famously formidable general of the Yin Law Department.

Luckily, bound by the oaths in place, he dared not engage with Jiang Li in a life or death struggle, and also due to his interest in pursuing the details of the Feng family and Lawless Freedom, he didn't want to get hurt and decided instead to withdraw.

Now, Li Qinglian and Witch Di would have to be careful.

While sensing his surroundings, Jiang Li suppressed the emerging Blood Light at his glabella and continued to strangle the Incense Fire Power, contemplating the scriptures that were just barely perceptible.

Corrosion and assimilation were, in fact, also a form of communication; obtaining the remnants of Ji Jiji's Divine Thought, it was not impossible for Jiang Li to gain further essence of the Yin Talisman Scripture and uncover more detailed foundations.

However, before Jiang Li could once again focus on eliminating the aftermath, another uninvited guest suddenly arrived.

Within the turbulent region of Five Vile Qi, a Stone Pavilion materialized from nothing, solidifying into form, and a familiar figure within it came into Jiang Li's field of vision.

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