Although Lu Yang didn’t know how to neutralize the Emotion-Forgetting Poison, he knew someone who certainly could.

For instance, Moonchaser True Person, who possessed the Seven Emotions Incipient Dao Fruit.

When he had returned to the sect to call for help in the previous loop, he had asked Moonchaser True Person whether she could neutralize the poison. She had replied that while she was not well-versed in herbology, she could detoxify it directly using the rule power of her Seven Emotions Incipient Dao Fruit.

Moonchaser True Person snapped her fingers. The effect of her Seven Emotions Incipient Dao Fruit spread throughout the city. Everyone shivered simultaneously and recovered.

“You...you all...” Lou Nan realized that no matter what spatial translocation abilities he employed, he could not escape the boundaries of Kaihuang City.

This was not surprising. Vast Sea Daoist Lord wielded the Space Incipient Dao Fruit. The last thing he feared would be an enemy fleeing. No matter how many escape methods an enemy possessed, how could they possibly outrun the Space Incipient Dao Fruit?

“What about us?” Moonchaser True Person looked at Lou Nan with an ambiguous smile.

When Lou Nan saw her smile, he felt as though his heart had been seized in a crushing grip, his panic spiraling out of control. It was as if he had become a mortal once more, plunging into the deep sea and eroded by black water, with nowhere to anchor himself.

In that single glance, Lou Nan had fallen victim to Moonchaser True Person’s move, completely unaware.

“Great Black Heaven-Rending Palm!”

Finding escape impossible, Lou Nan had no choice but to fight desperately for his life. Two enormous black hands tore open the sky. The roars of ancient deities and devils came from between the clouds.

The entire city grew restless and uneasy. Even though they didn’t understand the combat methods of high-level cultivators, they could see how formidable this move was. If these palms descended, the whole city would be reduced to nothing!

“Black-Yellow Finger.”

Faced with this terrifying palm strike, Vast Sea Daoist Lord calmly extended a single finger. His finger, shrouded in the black-yellow energies, pointed skyward. Compared to the two gigantic black hands, this finger was almost imperceptible.

Yet the moment the huge palms collided with the finger, it was as if they had met an invisible world barrier. No matter how hard they pressed down, they could not descend even a fraction further.

Lou Nan gritted his teeth, sweat pouring down his face. He was already exerting his full strength. In contrast, Vast Sea Daoist Lord appeared utterly at ease, showing no sign that he found the palm strike terrifying.

Setting aside Vast Sea Daoist Lord’s status as a half-immortal, he was still a top powerhouse at the Apex Transcendent Tribulation Stage. On the other hand, Lou Nan was merely at the Basic Transcendent Tribulation Stage. How could he possibly contend with him?

“Extreme Cold Intent.”

The power of moonlight condensed into snowflakes that showered down upon the mortal realm, carrying extreme cold. Wherever they landed on the massive black hands, ice formed instantly. Even Lou Nan, who was still casting his spell, could indirectly sense the biting cold.

In mere moments, the colossal black hands turned into blocks of ice. Vast Sea Daoist Lord applied a slight pressure with his finger. With a sharp crack, a split opened in the palm and spread rapidly across the hand.

Crash!

The frozen hands shattered and fell, the fragments vanishing into a spatial vortex that Vast Sea Daoist Lord had redirected to the East Sea.

Setting aside her Seven Emotions Incipient Dao Fruit, Moonchaser True Person could still be called a veteran Transcendent Tribulation cultivator.

Lou Nan panted heavily. He was taken aback that this move hadn’t hindered the two at all. Worse still, its collapse had caused him to suffer a backlash.

“Did I give you time to catch your breath?” Vast Sea Daoist Lord remarked impassively, standing with his hands behind his back. From across half the city, he drew a faint line in Lou Nan’s direction.

Lou Nan’s hair stood on end. He sensed an imminent crisis but couldn’t tell where the attack was coming from.

“I must hide!”

Lou Nan hurriedly dodged, but a horizontal line appeared at his waist. The lower half of his body no longer obeyed his commands and remained where it was.

“Spatial methods!” He finally figured out what Vast Sea Daoist Lord had done.

He cut me in half through the spatial slicing method!

“Stars and Constellations Shift!” Lou Nan roared, burning his essence blood to execute a technique that could transfer injuries. Even at the cost of his essence blood, he was determined to rejoin his two severed halves!

“Anger.” Moonchaser True Person issued a command to Lou Nan.

With his body now restored, Lou Nan flew into an uncontrollable rage, charging at Vast Sea Daoist Lord like a mad bull.

Five-Elements spells manifested in Lou Nan’s palm, one on each finger. Even other Basic Transcendent Tribulation cultivators wouldn’t dare to meet this move head-on.

“Haha, now this is interesting.” Vast Sea Daoist Lord laughed heartily. Lou Nan had been evasive and not focused on the battle, constantly looking for openings to escape. How could that satisfy his desire for a good fight?

“Blood Sacrifice Heaven Fist!”

Lou Nan’s originally white hair turned black strand by strand, looking as if he was returning to his youth and peak. Faint blood threads swirled around him. His fists were engorged and crimson, like a villain drenched in blood.

“Dragon-Subduing Wood.”

Just as Lou Nan’s fist was about to hit Vast Sea Daoist Lord, a piece of wood suddenly shot up from directly beneath him, smashing into his chin and knocking out several teeth. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

More and more pieces of Dragon-Subduing Wood appeared out of nowhere, batting Lou Nan around like a ball, until he had no chance to execute any techniques.

This was the Dragon-Subduing Wood nurtured by Vast Sea Daoist Lord, and it was extremely sturdy. It was usually stored in a different space and could be summoned when needed. Those unfamiliar with spatial fluctuations could not even detect how it was called forth.

“I’ve had enough!” Lou Nan bellowed, erupting with a terrifying aura that sent the Dragon-Subduing Wood flying. “If you’ve got guts, let’s fight for real!” Now imbued with emotions, Lou Nan had become so irascible that he even forgot the gap between him and Vast Sea Daoist Lord.

“Hundred Ghosts All Beings Dharma Manifestation!” Lou Nan unleashed his unique dharma manifestation. A thousand zhang tall, it was wreathed in resentful energy, blotting out the sunlight.

This dharma manifestation was composed of tens of thousands of malevolent ghosts. If even one of these ghosts escaped into the mortal realm, it would bring immense harm and damage to villages and cities.

“This is it?” Vast Sea Daoist Lord clenched his hands and twisted them as if wringing out a towel.

Lou Nan was hiding within the dharma manifestation. The space around him warped, seeming to transform into two hands that squeezed him until his body twisted like mahua, fried dough twists.

No longer controlled by its master, the dharma manifestation collapsed with a thunderous crash, and the malevolent ghosts scattered in all directions.

“Frost Descent,” Moonchaser True Person uttered softly. She exhaled a breath of air, so chilly it could even freeze deceased souls.

No matter how powerful these tens of thousands of malevolent ghosts were, they were no different from ordinary deceased souls before Moonchaser True Person. The moment her Frost Descent’s chilly air touched them, they were frozen solid into lumps of ice, though they remained in snarling and clawing poses.

“Settled.” Vast Sea Daoist Lord concluded the battle with a spatial prison.

The spatial prison was invisible and intangible. It appeared as though there was nothing around Lou Nan, yet no matter which direction he fled and how far he ran, he would be teleported back to his starting point.

Seeing Vast Sea Daoist Lord and Moonchaser True Person descend to Kaihuang Temple, Lu Yang and Tang Chuanwu quickly went forward to greet them.

“It has been tough on you, Founding Ancestor. It has been tough on you, True Person.”

“Not tough at all. Next time something like this happens, remember to call me. I’ll come anytime.” Vast Sea Daoist Lord looked elated. It was rare for him to have an opportunity to act in public.

Lu Yang breathed a sigh of relief. He had been worried that summoning two half-immortals to deal with a mere Basic Transcendent Tribulation cultivator would let Vast Sea Daoist Lord think that he was making a mountain out of a molehill.

As if seeing through Lu Yang’s concern, Vast Sea Daoist Lord consoled him. “When we of the righteous path deal with the diabolic path, it’s only proper to bully the weak with the strong.”