Chapter 1142: Karma Will Have Its Day

"You've truly set up an excellent scheme, and I must admit my inferiority," Ruo Tian Zhu Que said with a cold laugh, looking at Ku Yue.

"Let me go, and they can all live," Ku Yue replied with an even more sinister smile. "Otherwise, we'll all head to the Huang Quan together. With so many to accompany me, I won't be lonely on the road."

"Ku Yue, you're overestimating yourself," Ye Chen said as he approached, his voice light and ethereal.

"Ye Chen!" Seeing Ye Chen, Ku Yue gritted his teeth, his eyes filled with ferocity. If not for Ye Chen, his plan wouldn't have been foiled, and he wouldn't have ended up in this situation. It was all Ye Chen's doing.

"After committing so many evils, this is simply your retribution."

"Enough talk—let me go," Ku Yue snapped coldly.

"Very well, as you wish." Ye Chen placed his hand on Ku Yue's shoulder and then unleashed Xian Lun Tian Dao, instantly vanishing from the spot with Ku Yue.

"This..." Everyone present was stunned as Ye Chen and Ku Yue disappeared in an instant.

"Where are they? Where did they go?"

"What a heaven-defying technique!" Many senior cultivators were shocked, unable to fathom how Ye Chen had made Ku Yue disappear. Such a divine ability was truly astonishing.

"They vanished without a trace." Even Ruo Tian Zhu Que was taken aback at that moment.

"That day, he took me away in the same way," Mu Xuan Gong transmitted to Ruo Tian Zhu Que.

"What kind of divine ability is this?" Ruo Tian Zhu Que asked hastily.

"I don't know."

"Then where did he take you?" Ruo Tian Zhu Que turned back to Mu Xuan Gong.

"To the Kong Jian Hei Dong."

"Kong Jian Hei Dong?" Ruo Tian Zhu Que was shocked once more, never imagining that Ye Chen could freely enter and exit such a place. Just this ability alone made him an existence that defied the heavens—she certainly couldn't do it.

"My Yuan Shen jade tablet shattered because of the Kong Jian Hei Dong," Mu Xuan Gong said slowly.

"What do you mean by that?"

"Ye Chen once said that the Kong Jian Hei Dong can sever the connection between one's true self and their avatar, and naturally, it can also cut off the link between the true self and the Yuan Shen jade tablet. That's the strangeness of the Kong Jian Hei Dong."

"I see." Ruo Tian Zhu Que suddenly understood. "He took Ku Yue to the Kong Jian Hei Dong to isolate the connection between the master curse and the sub-curses."

"It seems that's the case," Mu Xuan Gong replied with a gentle smile.

"This is truly shocking!" Ruo Tian Zhu Que took a deep breath. She had thought Ye Chen was already remarkable enough, but she never expected him to possess such a divine ability. How could anyone not be astounded?

"Where is this? What kind of place is this?" While they were talking, Ku Yue's roars echoed through the Kong Jian Hei Dong, a vast expanse of endless darkness where one couldn't see their hand in front of their face, evoking sheer terror.

"Does the esteemed one like this place?" Ye Chen summoned an illuminating spirit pearl, revealing his pearly white teeth.

"What exactly is this place?" Ku Yue roared hysterically.

"The Kong Jian Hei Dong."

"Kong Jian... Hei Dong."

"Time to get down to business." Ye Chen smiled faintly, pressing his palm against the top of Ku Yue's head. Immortal fire surged out, pouring in from Ku Yue's Tian Ling Gai and enveloping the ancient curse seal's master imprint.

As Mu Xuan Gong had said, he brought Ku Yue here precisely to use the Kong Jian Hei Dong to sever the link between the master curse and the sub-curses.

In the past, he had used this method to refine the master curse in Yin Zhi Ping's body. This could only be done in the Kong Jian Hei Dong; if it were in the outside world, Ku Yue might choose mutual destruction and detonate the curse, potentially taking many lives with him. For safety, this place was better.

Ah!

Ku Yue let out a miserable scream, his face twisting in agony.

However, Ye Chen felt no pity whatsoever. Remembering how Ku Yue had harmed Xie Yun, he considered it merciful not to kill Ku Yue on the spot.

Then let's all perish together!

Ku Yue went mad, trying to detonate the curse.

But he had already lost that chance, as Ye Chen had sealed his curse.

Karma has its own retribution!

Ye Chen snorted coldly, summoning Tian Lei as well, merging it with the immortal fire for an overwhelmingly dominant power.

Ah!

Ku Yue's miserable screams resounded once more in the Kong Jian Hei Dong.

Ye Chen showed no mercy, reaching out to grab Ku Yue's storage bag and casually tucking it into his own robe. A seventh-tier Dan master like Ku Yue must have an incredibly rich collection.

In the outside world, the people of Ling Dan Mountain wore expressions of confusion, unsure where Ye Chen had gone.

Naturally, those like the Eight Great Princes and Yue Shan, who had been implanted with curses, felt their hearts pounding wildly, as they could die at any moment under Ku Yue's curse.

At that moment, many people's faces burned with shame.

Not long ago, they had collectively pleaded for Ku Yue, even uniting in a way that bordered on coercion. But in the end, Ku Yue had given them such a massive surprise.

"Damn it, truly damnable." Many gritted their teeth.

"How foolish we were to honor him as our master." Yue Shan and the others looked the most ferocious, their eyes flashing with cold light.

"Kill, kill, kill." Most could no longer suppress their killing intent.

"Huh? My curse has disappeared."

"Mine has too."

"Mine is gone as well."

"The heavens must have blessed me—my curse has also vanished." Such exclamations swept through Ling Dan Mountain like a tidal wave, as all those afflicted with curses felt overwhelming joy.

"How did Ye Chen manage this?" The senior cultivators stroked their beards, already guessing that Ye Chen was behind it.

"His divine abilities are too heaven-defying; we can't comprehend them."

"So, it was Ye Chen who saved them." As soon as these words were spoken, those who had been cursed felt their faces burn even more. Not long ago, they had wanted to kill Ye Chen at all costs, yet now, he was the one who saved them—a massive irony, a tremendous sarcasm.

Whoosh!

Seeing that the curses on everyone present had dissipated, Ruo Tian Zhu Que let out a heavy sigh of relief.

Although she was annoyed with those people, everyone makes mistakes, and they had mostly been deceived by Ku Yue, making them victims as well. If they could pledge loyalty to the Zhu Que family again, she wouldn't mind giving them another chance.

Whoosh!

Amid the exclamations of surprise, Ye Chen reappeared, dragging the blood-soaked Ku Yue with him. He even made an OK gesture toward Ruo Tian Zhu Que.

I've seen it!

Ruo Tian Zhu Que smiled.

Ku Yue!

Upon seeing Ku Yue emerge, those who had been cursed earlier turned on him like a tide, swords in hand.

As for Ku Yue, he collapsed on the ground, his cultivation completely gone and his aura utterly weak.

Mu Xuan Gong stepped forward, removing his black robe under everyone's watchful eyes.

"You...!" Ku Yue's eyes bulged, staring at Mu Xuan Gong in disbelief.

"This...!" Everyone present was stunned, gazing at Mu Xuan Gong in a daze. In their memories, Mu Xuan Gong had long been dead—even his Yuan Shen jade tablet had shattered. How could he appear now? How could this not shock them?

Compared to them, the Mu family members were much calmer, as many high-level members of the Mu family knew Mu Xuan Gong was still alive. As for how he survived, it was all thanks to Ye Chen.