Seizing Destiny From Heavens Hands

Chapter 337: Their Plot to Awaken the Demon Must Be Crushed

Shen Mo gazed at the extravagant flood-dragon horse-drawn carriage and immediately recalled the conversation between the two guests.

The Fifth Elder of Tianhe Sect.

Capturing Murong Zhen!

Without a doubt, the person inside that carriage must be the Fifth Elder of Tianhe Sect.

However, such an ostentatious arrival in Boyang City would have surely alerted the lurking Murong Zhen long ago.

How did they expect to capture him?

Shen Mo couldn't help but shake his head.

He had no interest in Tianhe Sect’s internal affairs.

His only concern was the Nine Nether Ice Flame.

"In that case, I’ll wait for three days."

Shen Mo tossed a few low-grade spirit stones to settle his bill and found another inn. He chose the highest room available.

From the window of this room, he could overlook most of Boyang City.

Of course, if Shen Mo fully extended his Nascent Soul divine sense as a Divine Transformation cultivator, he could perceive everything in Boyang City and even hundreds of miles beyond.

However, doing so would easily alert other Divine Transformation cultivators.

Shen Mo sat cross-legged on the bed, silently cultivating.

Within his sea of spiritual power, the shattered fragments of his Nascent Soul were rising.

Just as Golden Core fragments could be refined into a "Pill Crown" to enhance a Nascent Soul cultivator’s techniques…

A Divine Transformation cultivator’s Nascent Soul fragments could also be refined into a special artifact to strengthen their divine soul.

This artifact was called the "Infant Shroud."

Its primary function was to protect the divine soul from external attacks.

Its secondary function was to amplify the divine soul’s power.

Infant Shrouds were ranked in a hierarchy.

Like Pill Crowns, their quality was distinguished by color.

The ranking, from lowest to highest, was: white, green, blue, purple, and gold.

Before setting out, Shen Mo had already ordered the collection of such treasures.@@novelbin@@

At this moment, he was refining one such treasure in the shape of a butterfly.

This item was entirely translucent, tinged with a faint blue hue.

It seemed as if it could break free from Shen Mo’s grasp and drift away at any moment.

It was called the "Phantom Soul Butterfly."

Not a beast, but a plant.

It had simply grown into this peculiar form.

The Phantom Soul Butterfly was one of the finest materials for refining Infant Shrouds.

However, it was extremely rare. Shen Mo had ordered a search for it across the Yuzhou region.

In the end, only Pill River Sect managed to provide two Phantom Soul Butterflies.

On his journey to Boyang City, Shen Mo had already refined one, upgrading his Infant Shroud to green quality.

Now, he was refining the second one.

As he cultivated in silence, three days passed in the blink of an eye.

Though Shen Mo never left his room, he sharply sensed a subtle shift in the atmosphere of Boyang City.

The city’s temperature seemed to have dropped by a degree or two.

The young servant who delivered his meals had initially worn a sleeveless long tunic, but now he had to switch to long-sleeved robes.

The air itself seemed to grow more restless.

Fights frequently broke out within the inn.

Guests fought against guests. Guests fought against servants.

In the end, even the innkeeper ended up fighting the servants.

Bang!

A sudden, heavy thud came from downstairs.

A faint scent of blood drifted into Shen Mo’s nostrils.

His mind stirred, and he immediately extended his divine sense. Without even opening the wooden door, he perceived the scene below.

In the inn’s main hall, a servant’s corpse lay sprawled on the floor.

Bright red blood gushed from the back of his skull.

Several still-angry guests stood nearby.

Even though the servant was already dead, they continued to kick and punch the lifeless body.

Completely indifferent to the consequences of murder.

The innkeeper, still holding onto some sense of reason, rushed out to report the crime.

Before long, the city guards of Boyang City arrived.

Naturally, the guards were far stronger than ordinary people.

Within moments, they swiftly subdued and apprehended the offenders.

Shen Mo fell into deep thought.

He turned over and got out of bed, making his way to the inn’s main hall.

“Innkeeper, have there been many troublemakers lately? Where are they being held?”

The innkeeper was in the middle of scolding the remaining servants. Hearing Shen Mo’s question, his frustration boiled over, and he immediately turned around, ready to curse.

“Ask, ask, ask—ask my ass! Can’t you go see for yourself?!”

“Get lost, I’m already—”

Before he could finish, Shen Mo suddenly released a surge of his Divine Transformation aura.

The innkeeper instantly felt as if an immense mountain had materialized before him, so heavy that it nearly suffocated him.

A cold shiver ran down his spine, and his eyes cleared up in an instant.

He stared at Shen Mo in shock and fear, not daring to show the slightest disrespect.

“Speak,” Shen Mo said indifferently.

“Yes, yes!” The innkeeper quickly responded, “There’s been a lot of unrest recently—not just fights, but even assassinations.”

“All of these people have been locked up in the prison next to the City Lord’s Manor.”

Shen Mo’s gaze deepened.

Every formation must have a formation core.

That prison, filled with violent offenders, was likely the core of this formation.

It was the perfect place to gather resentment and killing intent!

Negative emotions like these were the very nourishment for demons!

“It seems likely that Murong Zhen is near the prison as well.”

Without hesitation, Shen Mo stepped out of the inn and headed straight for the tallest building in the city—the City Lord’s Manor.

The streets were filled with angry crowds.

Among them were both mortals and cultivators.

The minor disputes led to shouting matches.

The more extreme ones escalated into brutal physical confrontations.

Among cultivators, the clashes were even more destructive.

Shen Mo had barely walked a short distance before he heard several loud explosions—clear signs of spell clashes that had already reduced parts of the city to rubble.

Moving swiftly through the chaos, he seemed to flicker across the streets. One moment he was standing in place, the next he had already appeared dozens of meters ahead.

Not a single person could even graze his robes.

“This formation is already weakening against Golden Core cultivators. For Nascent Soul cultivators, it has almost no effect.”

“But didn't the Fifth Elder of Tianhe Sect bring his people into Boyang City? Why haven't they responded yet?”

Shen Mo pondered swiftly, his footsteps never faltering.

Within a few breaths, he had arrived at the City Lord’s Manor.

To the right of the manor stood a low, sinister-looking building.

It was Boyang City's prison.

Only a small part of it was visible above ground.

The greater portion was buried underground.

Ordinarily, cultivators would be stationed at the entrance for security.

Yet, as Shen Mo approached, he saw two Foundation Establishment cultivators lying motionless in pools of blood, their life force completely extinguished.

From within the prison, the sounds of intense fighting, screams, and furious roars echoed outward.

The entire place was in utter chaos.

“The resentment and killing intent here are indeed stronger.”

“Someone is deliberately allowing the prisoners to fight each other to accumulate negative energy.”

Shen Mo’s brows furrowed slightly. With a surge of spiritual power, he shattered the prison’s heavy iron gates and stepped inside.

Meanwhile, at the Tianhe Sect's mountain gate…

Several streaks of light suddenly shot into the sky, speeding toward Boyang City.

Leading the group was a square-faced cultivator with thick brows and piercing eyes.

His expression was grim and severe.

“So that’s how it is… I see now. Fortunately, I happened to come across an ancient record from thousands of years ago—Boyang City has a sealed demon beneath it!”

“Murong Zhen’s true goal is to break the seal and awaken the demon beneath the city!”

“We must not let him succeed!”

“If he does, the entire region for hundreds of miles around Boyang City will be reduced to a demonic wasteland, devoid of all life!”

“The demon is incredibly difficult to seal and even harder to kill. Once it emerges, Tianhe Sect will be forced to throw countless lives at it just to contain the threat.”

Gritting his teeth, the square-faced cultivator growled, “Increase our speed!”

“We must reach Boyang City by any means necessary and crush the conspiracy of Murong Zhen and the Fifth Elder, Zhang Peng, to awaken the demon!”

“Yes!” The surrounding Nascent Soul elders roared in unison.

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