Chapter 161: Invoking Gods through Technique, Acting as Gods through the Body, and Transmuting into Gods through Life

Swift as the legal decree! Subdue the evil!

I struck out toward the sedan chair with a spell-infused palm in mid-air.

A bolt of startling thunder shot straight into the interior of the sedan.

My brow furrowed slightly. After the thunder struck inside, the heavens and the earth fell into an absolute stillness, as if time itself had stopped.

Suddenly, with a deafening crash, the sedan burst apart, and the man dressed like Zhong Kui soared into the air.

He glared at me with eyes as big as copper bells. "You insolent punk, you have some nerve! Not only are you blocking my wedding procession, but you also slaughtered my servants. I'm going to harvest your soul and make you my slave for all eternity!"

"Shameless braggart! Do you think you have what it takes?"

I steadied my footing, assuming a posture ready to attack at any moment.

"Then I'll let you witness the might of Lord Heitian!"

Lord Heitian opened his mouth wide, and dozens of baleful Yin qi streams shot out toward me.

I let out a cold snort. "Do you members of the Cicada Society only have these pathetic tricks? Aside from this Yin qi, can't you come up with anything else? Not a shred of originality, it's so cliché!"

Dealing with this kind of Yin qi felt like a waste of a spell.

I pulled two evil-breaking talismans from my pocket, held one between the fingers of each hand, and gave them a gentle flick. Two talisman flames materialized in my palms.

I took a step back and used the talisman flames in my hands to draw a Tai Chi diagram in the air.

Stamping my foot forward, I formed sword fingers with the talisman flames held between them and pointed forward. "Disperse!"

The Tai Chi diagram formed by the talisman flames spun rapidly in the air.

It pressed down on the baleful Yin qi streams, forcing them back step by step, until Lord Heitian stepped forward and shattered my Tai Chi diagram with a single palm strike.

"Insignificant tricks! How dare you show off your clumsy workmanship in front of me!"

Hearing this, I burst out laughing and said, "You're actually right, this truly is a minor trick. But even with this minor trick, do you think you can handle it?"

I leaped high into the air, shifting my stance mid-jump.

Lord Heitian evidently hadn't taken me seriously, as two balls of Yin qi materialized in his hands.

However, he didn't seem to intend on engaging in hand-to-hand combat with me personally; he still wanted to fight using mystical arts.

Since he wanted a magical duel, I had no reason to be afraid.

Based on our current exchange, this Lord Heitian should be on the same level as Uncle Li.

It was just that he seemed too immersed in his role, failing to realize where he actually was.

"Awaken the corpses!"

Lord Heitian's voice was drawn out long and theatrical, like someone singing on an opera stage. He thrust the two balls of Yin qi in his hands into the corpses of the two sedan-chair bearers respectively.

The next second, the corpses of the sedan-chair bearers stood stiffly right in front of me.

Those two balls of Yin qi formed armor-like entities around them and even materialized into a long saber.

I clapped my hands. "The art of awakening corpses requires nurturing the remains to establish a certain connection between oneself and the corpse."

"Using Yin qi as a medium to forge a bond between one's own body and the corpse, thereby achieving the technique of corpse animation."

After a brief pause, I looked at Lord Heitian and smiled slightly. "Actually, you can be considered a talented individual. You could even be said to have pushed Yin qi to its absolute limit. If you applied your abilities to the righteous path, you might have achieved something great."

"There are plenty of ugly people in this world, but being ugly doesn't matter as long as one's heart is beautiful. Yet look at you—not only are you hideous in appearance, but your soul is equally foul. Therefore, I believe your very existence is a waste of air."

"Bah! You infuriate me to death! Attack! I want to devour his heart!"

I let out a cold snort. "What a joke. Eat my heart? My heart burns with intense heat; aren't you afraid of scorching your mouth?"

I took a deep breath, stamped my right foot on the ground, and flipped backward through the air.

Upon landing, I formed sword fingers with both hands and paced out the stars of the Big Dipper with my feet. "Actually, I don't really like using this method, but since you love acting out plays with me, I'll play along and see whether you or I are stronger!"

"The heavenly celestial counts of the Northern Dipper, forging benevolent ties between the realms of gods and ghosts! Crossing the boundaries of Yin and Yang without paths, rewards for good and punishments for evil manifest in the mortal world!"

"Thump, thump, thump, thump..."

I stamped my foot continuously on the ground, chanting incantations under my breath, my head beginning to sway involuntarily.

A moment later, I suddenly halted all movement, opened my eyes wide, tilted my head, grinned at Lord Heitian, and shouted, "Summoning gods from within and beyond the three realms, assist me in vanquishing demons, eliminating evil, and restoring righteousness to the cosmos! Descend, divine spirits, possess my body!"

The moment my voice fell, a sudden flash of lightning and roar of thunder shook the sky. This was unlike my ordinary spells; this was genuine, authentic heavenly thunder!

"Boom!"

As soon as I completed all the steps for the divine possession, a bolt of heavenly thunder plunged straight down through the crown of my head.

Zhi-la!

I shuddered as if struck by electricity, but I felt not a shred of discomfort; on the contrary, it brought a sense of exhilaration.

At that moment, my body seemed no longer under my control, and my gaze felt as though it belonged to a completely different person.

Although I could clearly perceive everything happening around me, I could no longer speak.

Summoning deities through mystical arts, embodying deities through one's physical form, and transforming into a deity with one's life.

This was the unique, supreme secret art of the Wild Maoshan tradition—the Deity Summoning Incantation!

It was just that I disliked using this art. First, once a deity was summoned, my body went out of my control, leaving me feeling disconnected from the events taking place.

Second, my grandfather had once said my cultivation was unstable, and there was no telling what kind of entity might answer the call. It would be fine if it were a righteous deity.

If I accidentally summoned some murky, bizarre entity, it wouldn't bode well for me at all.

After all, this art of divine possession was different from the immortal-summoning practices of the Northeast Ma family.

They established permanent contracts with specific immortals, whereas mine was somewhat more randomized.

My luck has never been too bad, just like today.

The moment the heavenly thunder struck the earth, I knew Lord Heitian was doomed.

"Audacious evil specter! Will you submit to the law before this deity right now?"

Even though it was still my voice, the tone and cadence were completely different!

If Lord Heitian were the type to submit easily, he wouldn't be called Lord Heitian.

He waved a grand hand. "Hack him to pieces!"

The two sedan-chair bearers, armed to the teeth, charged straight at me brandishing the long sabers formed from Yin qi.

Yet, I felt not a hint of panic.

"Presumptuous!"

A stern and majestic expression crossed my face. In that instant, the two sedan-chair bearers had already closed the distance.

They swung their sabers at me from two different angles.

Unfazed, I stamped my foot and thrust out both hands simultaneously, catching the two Yin- qi-formed sabers with my bare flesh.

"Retreat!"

I drew a deep breath, gathered all my strength, and let out a furious roar.

That roar carried the force of a thunderbolt; even Lord Heitian, standing over a dozen meters away, had blood streaming from his ears due to the shockwave.

"With this deity present, how dare you act so wildly! Heavenly Thunder of the Crimson Palace!"

"Rumble!"

I opened my mouth wide, and a bolt of startling thunder actually shot out from between my lips.

The lightning struck dead center on the face of one of the sedan-chair bearers.

The thunder instantly engulfed his entire body. After twitching twice on the spot, the armor formed by the Yin qi shattered first, followed immediately by his corpse dissolving into dust and scattering into the winds of heaven and earth.