Chapter 322: Great Upheaval

“An Over-Limit Bewitching Heart Worm and twelve Leader-level true bodies! Save me! Save me!” At this moment, Palace Master Weiyang barely struggled to send out a plea for help. Within Rainmist City of the Nine Rivers Sacred Realm, he possessed multiple avatars.

The mental attack simultaneously affected all of his avatars.

Avatars located in other worlds suffered somewhat weakened effects. Especially within a Source World—under the suppression of the supreme rules of the Source World—even mental attacks crossing world boundaries would be forcibly suppressed to the “power limit.”

However, all of his avatars within the Nine Rivers Sacred Realm were struck by nearly the same intensity of mental assault.

“Ahhh—”

Palace Master Weiyang valued Rainmist City greatly. He carried two powerful secret treasures suited to himself, both comparable in level to the Undying Heart and the World in the Palm. They also possessed soul-protecting effects.

But facing one Over-Limit Bewitching Heart Worm and twelve Leaders—all mental-type beings and all true bodies—who were attacking with complete recklessness, even after their power was weakened by the treasures, the remaining twenty to thirty percent of force still filled Palace Master Weiyang with despair.

“Palace Master Weiyang, hold on!” Although Palace Master Abyssal Elephant had some dissatisfaction toward Palace Master Weiyang in his heart, he immediately mobilized the formation, directing its destructive power toward the thirteen physical bodies.

“Palace Master Weiyang, I’ll help you!” Palace Master Gaitao was also anxious. Three-colored light enveloped Palace Master Weiyang.

“Palace Master Weiyang.” The Master of Myriad Shadow Tower and the Master of the Phantom Workshop each activated the formations of Rainmist City, attempting to provide rescue.

One elder after another tried to assist Palace Master Weiyang. At this moment, all barriers between them disappeared. They had only one shared goal—to save Palace Master Weiyang.

Palace Master Weiyang’s importance to the entire defensive system of Rainmist City was even greater than that of Palace Master Abyssal Elephant. Although Palace Master Abyssal Elephant’s realm was higher, more than ninety-nine percent of his mind-power was spent resisting corruption, so the role he could actually play was very limited. It was mainly his friendships and influence that still intimidated the entire city.

“No—”

Only three breaths after Palace Master Weiyang sent out his plea for help, he released an unwilling roar. All five of his avatars within the Nine Rivers Sacred Realm died.

Mental-type low-level Origin Lifeforms were simply too terrifying.

One Over-Limit entity and twelve Leaders, each one a true body. At this moment, throughout the entire Rainmist City, no one was confident they could survive if surrounded and attacked by them at all costs. Even Luo Feng might only be able to hold out slightly longer.

After all, compared to Palace Master Weiyang, Luo Feng only had an advantage in willpower secret techniques. Moreover, Luo Feng currently could not yet mobilize the Rainmist City formations to protect himself. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

“Whoosh.”

Palace Master Weiyang suddenly opened his eyes, his gaze icy. At this moment, the “King” had already possessed Palace Master Weiyang’s body.

In truth, the cultivator bodies previously controlled by the Bewitching Heart Worms and Soul-Devouring Snakes were merely vessels under their control. The illusory Bewitching Heart Worms and Soul-Devouring Snakes themselves were their real bodies.

“King!” The other twelve illusory Leaders circled nearby, all extremely excited.

“Palace Master Weiyang is dead. We can proceed to the next step.” “Palace Master Weiyang” revealed a smile.

“Hahaha…”

“Move!”

Under the King’s leadership, the twelve Leaders instantly rushed out of the cave residence.

Since they were already exposed, these Leaders no longer bothered possessing cultivators.

“Within the entire Nine Rivers Sacred Realm, all avatars of Palace Master Weiyang are dead.” Inside Rainmist City, many elders who were familiar with Palace Master Weiyang could vaguely judge through karma that there was no longer a single avatar of him remaining in the Nine Rivers Sacred Realm.

“This is serious.” Palace Master Gaitao’s expression turned ugly.

“It’s over.” The Master of Myriad Shadow Tower faintly sensed something wrong. “The infiltrator race has actually produced a King. Once it attacks, it will become a true decisive battle.”

The birth of every “King” among the three infiltrating races was a nightmare for the cultivator camp.

At the very beginning of this nightmare battle, their strongest fighter—Palace Master Weiyang—had already died.

…

One of Luo Feng’s avatars had arrived in the outer city area. He originally planned to begin closing cave-residence formations in batches and conduct detailed inspections. However, before the large-scale shutdown of formations could begin, Palace Master Weiyang had already been assassinated.

“Brother Luo Feng, Palace Master Weiyang has been attacked. It’s an Over-Limit Bewitching Heart Worm and twelve Leader-level entities, all of them true bodies.” As an elder, the Master of Evergreen Tower received the news immediately and told Luo Feng, who was also inside the Pill Tower.

“An Over-Limit Bewitching Heart Worm?” Luo Feng’s expression changed. “Not good!”

He had previously predicted that large-scale investigations might force the lurking low-level Origin Lifeforms into a desperate counterattack. But he never expected it would force out an Over-Limit infiltrator.

In the history of the Nine Rivers Sacred Realm, the destruction of cities—eight or nine times out of ten—had been caused by the birth of an Over-Limit infiltrator.

“Rainmist City has already reached the edge of life and death!” Luo Feng realized this immediately. “My large-scale investigation unintentionally forced them to act early.”

Without his investigation, perhaps the outbreak of this war would have been delayed for some time.

They would have launched the attack only after fully preparing.

“Brother Luo Feng, Palace Master Weiyang is dead!” The Master of Evergreen Tower sent another message immediately.

Luo Feng had already sensed it.

He had met Palace Master Weiyang before, and there was some karmic connection between them. He could sense that within the entire Nine Rivers Sacred Realm, not a single avatar of Palace Master Weiyang remained.

“He died so quickly? That Over-Limit entity will definitely target the other Palace Masters.” Luo Feng realized the urgency of the situation.

“That is—”

Luo Feng looked toward the distance, outside Rainmist City.

“What is that?”

On the walls of Rainmist City, the guards were still on duty when they suddenly stared into the distance in shock.

In the distance, low-level Origin Lifeforms of various forms appeared. Some were huge, others small. Their auras were mysterious and eerie, blazing hot, icy cold, or elusive and illusory…

“Nether Ruin Wind Beast, Blood Demon Eris, Phantom Fire Bird, Frost Soul Watcher, Shimmerlight Demon Lord, Origin Desolation Hoof, Frost Nightmare Envoy, Illusion-Eye River, Void Weaver…” The guards looked at the densely packed low-level Origin Lifeforms of many races and could not help trembling.

“So many?”

“And their auras are so terrifying—many are late-stage God Emperors, even Leaders!”

Even from afar, Luo Feng felt his heart tremble. The Simulated Eye of Life and Death in his brow allowed him to observe even more information. With a sweep of his gaze, he saw all directions surrounding Rainmist City.

At this moment, the entire low-level Origin Lifeform army had already surrounded Rainmist City.

“This is a terrifying low-level Origin Lifeform legion. From my judgment, there are more than two thousand peak God Emperor-level entities!” Luo Feng’s heart trembled.

“There cannot possibly be this many Leader-level low-level Origin Lifeforms around Rainmist City.” The Master of Evergreen Tower also transmitted a message. “Across the entire Nine Rivers Sacred Realm, Leaders from many regions must have rushed here.”

“And there are Over-Limit ones as well!”

Luo Feng saw them too.

Outside the eastern, western, and southern gates of the city, hidden within the massive low-level Origin Lifeform armies, there were three enormous presences.

Because of the Simulated Eye of Life and Death, Luo Feng could vaguely perceive these three immense powers. They were forces beyond his current strength. Even with the Undying Heart and the World in the Palm, Luo Feng only had hope of preserving his life.

He could not even claim he could fight them evenly.

“This… this…”

“Why are there so many Origin Lifeforms?”

“There are so many Leader-level ones, and tens of thousands at late God Emperor stage!”

The elders controlling the defensive system of Rainmist City could also observe the enemies. When they saw them, they could not help but tremble.

After all, the total number of elder-level combatants in the entire city was only a little over seven hundred.

The gap was far too great. They had to rely on Rainmist City and defend to the death to have any chance of survival.

Rainmist City was a city exchanged by Palace Master Abyssal Elephant using his own merits. It had been refined by beings who had transcended the cage. Hiding within the city was like hiding inside a fortress. They were confident it could withstand enemies a hundred times their number.

But sturdy fortresses were usually breached from within. And now, Palace Master Weiyang had already been assassinated.

“Attack.”

On all sides of Rainmist City, the vast army of low-level Origin Lifeforms launched their attack under the command of the three Kings outside the city.

They also understood coordination. When members of the same race combined their techniques, their power became overwhelming, bombarding Rainmist City like a storm.

“Hold them back.”

“Stop them!”

Every formation within Rainmist City was already operating at full power. Earlier they had been used to hunt the infiltrators inside the city; now they immediately shifted to defending against external attacks.

Across the billions of kilometers surrounding Rainmist City, the power of heaven and earth surged like ocean waves. Multicolored forces of all kinds were mobilized.

The low-level Origin Lifeform legion held an absolute advantage, crushing Rainmist City with overwhelming bombardment.

Rainmist City’s hundreds of defensive systems worked together perfectly like a fortress, resisting every assault.

“Inside, there is an Over-Limit infiltrator. Outside, there is the combined army of low-level Origin Lifeforms from many regions of the Nine Rivers Sacred Realm. With collusion inside and out—and now Palace Master Weiyang dead—the probability of Rainmist City falling exceeds fifty percent.”

“If Rainmist City falls, the cultivators inside will almost all die.”

Although the elders felt discouraged, almost all of them possessed avatars and could face the situation calmly.

But the mid- and lower-tier cultivators inside the city panicked.

They had no avatars. If they died, it would be true death.

“I refuse to accept this! After endless hardships, I was the only one from my home world to escape suffering, achieve transcendence, and reach the Nine Rivers Sacred Realm. I refuse to die like this.”

“We will definitely hold them off! Palace Master Abyssal Elephant will save Rainmist City again!”

Every cultivator who could reach the Nine Rivers Sacred Realm—even the lowest among them—was a legend in their home world. Yet now, most of them could only helplessly watch events unfold.

Why did the elders receive so many benefits?

Because only they possessed the ability to protect the entire city.

They had avatars and did not fear death. They could respond calmly and fight the low-level Origin Lifeforms with everything they had.

…

“Palace Master Weiyang is dead, and Palace Master Abyssal Elephant is severely injured. At this rate, the chances of Rainmist City falling are extremely high.” Luo Feng understood this clearly. With his strength, he could not change the overall situation.

Inside the Pill Tower.

One of Luo Feng’s avatars had long been stationed there.

“Tower Master.” Luo Feng immediately went to meet the Master of Evergreen Tower.

“Brother Luo Feng.” Seeing him, the Master of Evergreen Tower sighed. “This time the low-level Origin Lifeform races clearly planned it in advance. Fortunately, your large-scale investigation of the city forced them to act early, giving us a sliver of hope. But with Palace Master Abyssal Elephant’s injuries, we probably cannot even grasp that small chance.”

“Palace Master Abyssal Elephant is too weak now. That may also be why the Over-Limit entity chose Rainmist City.” Luo Feng understood this point.

When squeezing persimmons, one always picks the softest.

“Tower Master, the treasure of our Pill Tower is a precious medicine worth one billion Origin Crystals—the Hundred Tribulations Heart Marrow.” Luo Feng said, “I need it now.”

The Hundred Tribulations Heart Marrow was the Pill Tower’s showcase treasure, intentionally displayed to attract attention. Its listed price of one billion Origin Crystals was somewhat inflated, and it had never been sold.

In the past, Luo Feng’s cultivation would never have used such an extravagant treasure.

According to the original plan…

Luo Feng would comprehend the Origin Bloodline, gradually accumulate insights, and eventually allow the Path of Life and Death to break through naturally.

His accumulation was already extremely profound. If he entered seclusion and focused solely on breaking through the Path of Life and Death, he believed he could succeed within one epoch.

But the current situation was dire. He had to break through immediately.

He could only rely on a treasure.

“One billion Origin Crystals. With the forty percent discount, that’s six hundred million Origin Crystals. I’ll pay you now.” Luo Feng said. As the deputy tower master, he could purchase it at sixty percent of the price.

“No need.” The Master of Evergreen Tower shook his head. “We don’t even know if Rainmist City can be defended. If it cannot, none of the Pill Tower’s treasures will remain. The Origin Crystals won’t remain either.”

“If we survive, you can give me the Origin Crystals later.” With a smile, the Master of Evergreen Tower flipped his hand and produced the Hundred Tribulations Heart Marrow.

The Hundred Tribulations Heart Marrow was sealed within transparent crystal jade. Inside was a purple-gold liquid radiating a gentle glow.

“Alright.” Luo Feng said no more. He reached out and took the Hundred Tribulations Heart Marrow. With a movement, he vanished and arrived at his cultivation chamber in the Pill Tower, immediately consuming the treasure.