I Have A Cultivation World Chapter 2552 - 1154:

"If you hadn't appeared today, there might have been a chance for you to escape with your life."

As he observed Lin Daoming, who had morphed into the True Earth Locust, Chen Mobai remarked with an icy tone.

"Had I not come today, my pinnacle of achievement would eventually be restricted to the Seventh Rank Immortal True Spirit. To eventually master the Three Thousand Great Dao, this is a gamble I am prepared to accept."

Lin Daoming’s expression was just as frigid, his gaze carrying an inherent hostility as he focused on the youthful individual positioned upon the planet.

"Then you shall perish!"

Chen Mobai saw no reason for further debate. Though he had considered allowing Qing Nu the opportunity to exact her own vengeance, since Lin Daoming insisted on courting death, he saw no reason to deny him.

"Do you truly believe I arrived alone?"

Lin Daoming uttered these words suddenly, and as Chen Mobai knitted his brows, a Star of Death flickered in the darkness of the void. A black cloak descended from it, triggering visible waves of dread among the members of the Immortal Gate.

"The Death God!?"

Witnessing this, Chen Mobai’s demeanor sharpened as he braced himself to invoke his Second Primeval Spirit.

Simultaneously, a shadow of anxiety crossed his mind.

After all, Bai Guang had promised to handle the Death God’s physical form.

However, with an incarnation of the Death God manifesting within the Tianyang Star System, it was possible that something had gone awry on her end.

Even though she was the mother of his child—a fact he felt reluctant to acknowledge—it remained the truth.

Chen Mobai felt a burgeoning gratitude for her past assistance and silently prayed for her safety.

Just then, the figure in the cloak touched down from the Star of Death, revealing a gaunt young man with exquisite but sickly features, white skin, and a pair of horns.

Ignoring Chen Mobai and the other Deity Transformation cultivators of the Immortal Gate, he stared greedily at the Earth Element Star below. "I can detect the Ancestor’s essence within this world!"

"Your Highness, King of the Underworld, the elder Death God is interred within that mountain range!"

Lin Daoming gestured toward the Five Peaks Immortal Mountains.

Upon hearing this, Qi Yuheng and his companions exhaled in relief.

It was merely the King of the Underworld, not the Death God himself.

Yet, their tension quickly returned; during the previous conflict over the opening of Ming Wang Star, the Immortal Gate had been on the back foot. Had it not been for the repressive nature of the Yuan Yang Ancestor’s Pure Yang Scroll, they surely would have failed to seal the portal.

Even if it was not the Death God, this was still a formidable threat.

Chen Mobai, however, remained entirely composed.

He had already discerned that the King of the Underworld before him, despite his immense power—perhaps even surpassing Qian Xing—had not yet attained the Cultivating Void realm.

As long as the entity was merely at the Deity Transformation stage, Chen Mobai harbored no fear.

After all, he had already successfully slain the ancient Flood Dragon.

"Is this the only ally you managed to recruit?"

Gazing at the sickly youth in the cloak, Chen Mobai spoke with a touch of disappointment while subtly invoking the Six Imperial Scripture to project his Law Realm.

"Youngling, I shall grant you the opportunity to die with dignity. Relinquish the Ancestor’s seal and take your own life before me, and I will permit one-tenth of your planet’s population to remain alive."

The King of the Underworld retorted coldly to Chen Mobai’s provocation.

At the same moment, a terrifying wave of Death Qi erupted from his mantle, causing Qi Yuheng and the others to pale. From the distant reaches of the cosmos, a phantom River of Death surged outward from Ming Wang Star, traversing the void via the Star of Death, and descended upon the King of the Underworld.

Multiple Stars of Death shimmered along the path of that river.

It was clear that other beings of high status existed on Ming Wang Star, yet holding the title of 'King' clearly marked him as the strongest.

This status was exactly what allowed him to cross the galaxy and manifest here amidst the chaos of the Sky Curtain Ground Network Formation.

"A Star of Death above your head—a rather ominous sign."

Observing the King of the Underworld’s posture, Chen Mobai lifted the Douluo Eight Scenic Lantern.

During his previous conflicts with Wandering Mountain and the aged Flood Dragon, Chen Mobai had dedicated his idle time to refining his limited collection of magic artifacts.

Since his Purple Electric Sword had reached the peak of the Fifth Rank, the Douluo Eight Scenic Lantern received similar attention.

Infused with Innate Pure Yang Qi, the Purple Green Divine Flame—which had previously consumed the Black Earth Star—condensed into a colossal Spirit Fire in the vacuum of space, surging toward Lin Daoming and the King of the Underworld under the amplification of the Pure Yang Spell.

Though his Primordial Yang Sword remained with his Second Primeval Spirit, the demon-purging capabilities of the Douluo Eight Scenic Lantern were no less potent.

The grim Death Qi spiraling from the King of the Underworld’s robes turned into wisps of charred smoke the instant it touched the Spirit Fire.

"So, you are the successor to Yuan Yang. But having been bested once before, I am not so easily caught off guard again!"

The King of the Underworld’s eyes grew icy as he spat out a blade of emerald light.

As the sword shimmered into existence, a surge of raw life force flooded the void, and with a flick of the blade, the fierce Douluo Fire was halted in its tracks.

"This is my Vitality Sword, forged from the life essence of billions of souls across a planet. Your Pure Yang Scroll is powerless against this, is it not?"

The King of the Underworld sneered from his sickly frame.

Chen Mobai kept his expression steady; this was far from his final maneuver.

Noticing the Douluo Fire’s ineffective struggle against the King of the Underworld, he shifted his focus toward his other opponent.

With a mere thought, the Purple Green Divine Flame pivoted sharply and lunged toward Lin Daoming.

Lin Daoming was well aware that the Douluo Fire, bolstered by the Pure Yang Secret Technique, dealt catastrophic damage to Demonic Cultivators. Still, he refused to yield. He flapped the wings of his Wutu True Locust form, manifesting his most potent Formless Heavenly Demon Qi and channeling it into the supreme Patching Heaven Celestial Light of the Patching Heaven Lineage.

Simultaneously, Lin Daoming’s body began to warp, physically shifting until he began to resemble Qian Xing.

As he aligned himself further with Qian Xing, his energy swelled, approaching the peak of Deity Transformation.

This was the essence of the Dao of the Formless Heavenly Demon.

Yet, he had underestimated the Pure Yang Scroll.

Or perhaps, he had underestimated the power Chen Mobai could draw from it.

This cultivation path was one inherited directly from the Dao Venerable.

When the Douluo Fire, amplified by the Sun Raising Technique, collided with the Patching Heaven Celestial Light—which was forged from Formless Heavenly Demon Qi—it saw right through the illusion and detonated with its specific demon-slaying properties.

Amidst a roaring explosion of light, Lin Daoming, who had mimicked Qian Xing, convulsed in agony as his form reverted to the grotesque Wutu True Locust.

Having witnessed the truth, Lin Daoming realized the reputation of the Pure Yang Scroll was well-earned; he no longer dared to show arrogance. He switched defensive stances, churning out pure Earth True Power.

Against the Five Elements True Power, the Pure Yang Scroll typically offered only basic resistance.

Among the seven major Deity Transformation techniques of the Immortal Gate, the Pure Yang Scroll’s direct combat abilities were considered the most modest.

However, as Lin Daoming looked toward Qi Yuheng and his peers, he was baffled to see them staring at him with expressions of pity.

"Look out!"

The King of the Underworld’s voice rang out just as the emerald Vitality Sword slashed through the void, cutting the Douluo Fire away from Lin Daoming.

"I will finish our business shortly!"

Chen Mobai addressed the King of the Underworld while raising his right hand and clenching his fist.

Suddenly, the darkness of space deepened, swallowing even the distant starlight, replaced only by flickering slivers of silver light.

The King of the Underworld felt a sudden gale before being wrenched from his position, stripped of even the ability to sense the River of Death from his own world.

He was gripped by sheer terror!

...

Outside the domain.

Having ensnared the King of the Underworld within his Law Domain, Chen Mobai calmly summoned the Primordial Bead. The Great Five Elements Extinguishing Divine Light Beam cut through the void, easily carving through the Earth True Power that Lin Daoming projected.

Like water infiltrating a crevice, the Douluo Fire seeped into every breach caused by the colorful light beams, invading the body of the Wutu True Locust.

"Agh!"

Trapped between the searing flames and the demon-purging essence, Lin Daoming wailed as his body, sharpened by nearly a millennium of cultivation, began to disintegrate.

"What is this sorcery? How is it that the King of the Underworld couldn't even withstand a single strike from you?"

Lin Daoming struggled in vain, channeling his reserves of Vital Essence to try and mitigate the searing heat of the Douluo Fire.

But it was like casting frost into open magma.

Regardless of how violently he exuded his Cold Ice Qi, it was quenched and evaporated into nothingness by the ocean of fire.

"I am using the Douluo Fire to claim your life. As the former Head of Immortal Affairs, you should have recognized its power."

"Furthermore, so long as I employ the Sun Raising Technique derived from my Pure Yang Scroll, any True Fire, amplified by this specific spell, can unleash power exceeding anything seen in this era."

"As for the King of the Underworld, he is not dead quite yet. I simply relegated him, using the power of my Law Domain, to the void within. Once I have dealt with you, I shall dispatch him in due time!"

Following these words, not only did Lin Daoming tremble, but Qi Yuheng and the other Deity Transformation cultivators of the Immortal Gate watched with wide, shocked eyes.

"Law Domain!?"

Qi Yuheng was certain he had misheard.

Narcissus wore the same look of disbelief, as she too had studied the Six Imperials Scripture.

Combined with Yunhai, the three of them recalled the events from moments earlier and realized they had witnessed the unmistakable hallmark of someone who had perfected the Six Imperials Scripture to reach the Law Domain.

"Impossible. No one in the history of the Immortal Gate has mastered the Law Domain. Not even someone of Ancestor Zhong Li’s brilliance..." Lin Daoming shrieked, refusing to accept his fate.

"Among the previous Deity Transformation masters of the Immortal Gate—Yuan Yang, Qian Xing, and Zhong Li—they each approached the concept of Creation, arguably coming closest to the state of Cultivating Void. But I can state with certainty that in terms of pure combat, none among them were my equal."

Chen Mobai spoke with tranquil confidence.

He then amplified the Douluo Fire, driving the magic artifact to its absolute capacity.

Nine Purple Green Divine Flames ignited in the void, descending upon Lin Daoming. Amidst his final, frantic screams, his indestructible Wutu True Locust body—which even Qi Yuheng had been unable to harm—began to collapse, flake away, and ultimately dissolve into ash.