Chapter 3331: Chapter 1670: Testing the Gold Stone at the Top of Holy Mountain, No Friends, Waiting for 10

“The Nine Sacrifices Spiritual Body of Auntie Gui is being controlled too?”

Everyone before the Dao Imparting Mirror was watching with stunned expressions, their eyes wide and mouths agape.

First it was Beibei, then Qiu Gu, and now even one of the Nine Great Ancestral Trees, the Nine Sacrifices Spiritual Body, couldn’t resist it?

“What kind of evil technique is Lord Shou using, exactly? He’s controlling someone across an entire region with such ease?”

“Puppet Manipulation Thread… Is Hallmaster Dao’s method really this terrifying? Wanting to control whoever he pleases?”

“There have to be some limits, right? Otherwise, he could just go and control Lord Cang Sheng directly. Perhaps Lord Shou only appears to be doing it with ease, but is in fact consuming a great deal of energy?”

“Is it through the Life Upanishad? After all, Lord Shou controls the Life Great Path, or is it mental control?”

“Can he forcibly twist a person’s self-will… Hiss! That’s a bit frightening!”

“Hehehe…”

“Brother, what are you laughing at?”

The spectators before the Dao Imparting Mirror were shocked at the strength of the Puppet Manipulation Thread and began to speculate about the Great Path involved in this method.

It must be said that customs vary greatly among the five regions.

Compared to the Eastern Region, the Central Region, being a Formal Path major region, revered the Dao and Spiritual Cultivators would earnestly ponder and seek to understand to the core.

Southern Region evil cultivators, after seeing the Puppet Manipulation Thread, all quickly felt that Lord Shou’s technique was indeed not quite up to the mark.

But it’s not his fault.

The mistake lies in the fact that Lord Shou was born in the Eastern Region.

If he had been born in the Southern Region, his range of evil techniques would have shined even more splendidly.

While there are many who speculate, those who have sinister motives are just as many, but very few truly understand the Puppet Manipulation Thread, let alone learn it at a glance…

Few!

Almost nonexistent!

Even Ai Cangsheng himself, now using the Eyes of the Great Path, found the Puppet Manipulation Thread to be unpredictable. Truly worthy of being the work of Hallmaster Dao Qiongcang.

“The Great Path of Will…”

Without doubt, Xu Xiaoshou’s grasp of the Great Path of Will is by no means inferior to that of any of the Ten High Nobles’ comprehension of the Dao realm.

Moreover, relying solely on the Great Path of Will can’t achieve the traceless control of the Ninth Divine Priest.

At most, it could only guide and influence, but couldn’t, in an instant, take over another person’s body, spiritual physique, and consciousness.

“Spatial Upanishad…”

The intangible spirit threads that control a person extend from space nodes, actually originating from the Southern Region.

“Divine Secret Upanishad…”

The spirit threads take form in a way akin to divine threads, echoing the Way of Spirit Array, further harnessing the power of the Way of the Heavens – a usual auxiliary method of Hallmaster Dao Qiongcang when using the Divine Secret.

“Life Upanishad…”

The threads that just now connected to Qiu Gu and the Nine Sacrifices Spiritual Body gently nick into the acupuncture points of the body, seemingly capable of momentarily altering the essence of life, causing a brief separation of Body, Spirit, and Will.

This presented Xu Xiaoshou a prime opportunity to manipulate a demi-saint!

From Beibei to Qiu Gu, and then to the Ninth Divine Priest, Ai Cangsheng observed one after another but could only decipher this much information.

Just this little has already revealed four major Upanishads by Xu Xiaoshou, leaving no trace.

Not to mention the other secrets operating in the dark that he himself could not discern when the Puppet Manipulation Thread was cast.

“His understanding of the soul might now be no less than that of Bei Huai and Hua Changdeng thirty years ago.”

“As for his understanding of life and the human body, I’m afraid only The Divine could surpass him in this era.”

“And his Divine Secret technique…”

Ai Cangsheng furrowed his brows slightly; it was not just a feeling – he could clearly perceive that the Dao used by Xu Xiaoshou when employing the “Divine Secret” was entirely different from that of Dao Qiongcang.

The way he patched up and altered the life diagram, thereby changing the will of the body and forcing others to act against their own desires…

“The Path of Weaving?”

Ai Cangsheng shook his head, not daring to be certain.

Sometimes the Eyes of the Great Path see too clearly, other times they can be muddled.

At least when he reached this conclusion, he felt as if all of the ancient books on Dao he had read over the decades in the Holy Divine Palace were of no use.

Overthinking is futile.

As he watched the Ninth Divine Priest below mumbling some explanation, Ai Cangsheng had no way to pursue what was right and what was wrong.

In any case, he didn’t have much of a liking for Qin Duan anyway.

“Silence!”

A light command.

The slight commotion on the plaza immediately ceased.

The Spiritual Cultivators in front of the Five Domains Preaching Mirror were also subdued by the authority of Lord Cang Sheng, and they held their breath.

“Everyone, head to the Dead Sea immediately. Without my command, do not venture outside until you see Xu Xiaoshou.”

With this command issued, whether it be those on Sacred Mountain Gui Zhe or the spectators, everyone understood that Lord Cang Sheng had responded to Lord Shou’s actions!

You want to go to the Dead Sea to pick people up but fear being weakened before you do.

Good, my target is not Sleeveless, it’s you; thus let’s set the battleground at the Dead Sea, and set the time after you have picked people up.

Before that, I can stay cool in the Southern Region, and you can come sightseeing at the Dead Sea, we won’t intrude upon each other.

But once you’ve picked up the person…

Feng Zhongzui quickly explained the intent behind that sentence of Lord Cang Sheng, pinpointing the crux:

“As soon as the Sleeveless Saint Servant shows up in the Dead Sea, the moment Lord Shou finishes picking up people, it signifies the outbreak of an all-out war!”

“In the Dead Sea, the Forbidden Spirit renders Lord Shou’s Spatial Upanishad useless, only leaving his path principle comprehension about life, and the Divine Secret might have some use in an offensive move without a prior ambush, but definitely not much.”

“What’s left for him are his various comprehensions of path principles, Demi-Saint level physique, and the abilities of the void giant race, most of which are passive and far too limited.”

“Even as strong as The Divine, it’s said that during the Divine Love Battle, since he was unwilling to trade life for life, he belonged to the side that was suppressed by Arrow Rain. Can Lord Shou transcend this? Honestly speaking, I’m not optimistic.”

“Relying solely on defense is useless. Only an unflinching offensive, coupled with the resolve of fighting with one’s back to the river, has a chance to break through the relentless fierce assault of the tier of the Ten High Nobles.”