Chapter 1417: The Five Domains Are All Within My Law; The Unfathomable by Gods and Ghosts Is Called Heavenly Secrets

In Yujing City, on Chaoling Street, near the Dongji Tea Shop.

The street was lined with bustling shops, and by mid-morning, it should have been a lively scene full of activity.

But now, the street was sparsely populated, with passersby hurrying along, none daring to linger.

A few curious onlookers who had come to peer around were quickly pulled into the tea shop by the knowledgeable waiters, who warned them to be cautious.

“What’s going on? Why is it so empty today? I was hoping to get some tea to soothe my throat!”

“Shh, keep your voice down, sir. The Sheng Shen Hall is conducting business.”

“Oh? What’s happening?”

“It seems the Bai Yi have caught a big one—probably Xiang Yi from the Ten Venerable Seats. This is connected to the destruction of You Gui Ge on Changle Street.”

“Xiang Yi?”

“Yes, they’ve opened a boundary domain for the fight, and it’s hard to see what’s going on inside. But not long after, the Gui Shen Gang, led by Gui Mian and a group of ancient martial arts experts, boldly broke through the domain to rescue Xiang Yi…”

“Then what?”

“No word since then—they haven’t come out! Later, dozens of dead warriors appeared, and I suspect they’re from the Xiang family; they charged into the domain too.”

“Hmm?”

“Still nothing—no one has emerged. Chaoling Street is now a tight net, only allowing entry, not exit. Anyone who goes in is as good as gone.”

“Hiss! Even the experts from Gui Shen Gang and the Xiang family dead warriors are trapped—must be a Ban Sheng leading the Sheng Shen Hall, right? Otherwise, how could they hold so many?”

“It seems Dao Dianzhu himself is on the scene—I’m pretty sure I saw him.”

“Ah, this…”

Dao Dianzhu himself is involved?

That’s huge news, yet there’s barely any commotion?

Once those unaware passersby figured out what was happening, they glanced at Chaoling Street and then at the Nancheng Gate, crowded with Sheng Shen Guards not far away, realizing that after today, Yujing City would be in total upheaval…

The entire Central Domain would be trembling in fear.

At the Nancheng Gate, Dongdong held A Yao’s hand as she cradled her pipa, silently shaking her head before turning back.

“Dongdong jie?”

“We can’t get out! The gate isn’t just guarded by Sheng Shen Guards—there are at least three Taixu auras, and I can’t handle even one.”

“Dongdong jie is a Lian Ling Shi; you could hide in the Heavenly Dao and leave first.”

“Hah, the Kyoto Great Array is active. If a Lian Ling Shi tries to escape through the Heavenly Dao, it’s instantly recorded, and Dao Dianzhu would know right away—that’s just exposing ourselves. Besides, if I leave first, what about you?”

“I…”

A Yao fell into confusion.

You Gui Ge was destroyed, and Xiang Yi was captured; she was already lost and directionless.

“Let’s just fight them head-on!”

Dongdong glanced back at Chaoling Street, her eyes flashing with hatred.

“But…”

A Yao turned her head, recalling the scene of the Gui Shen Gang and Xiang family dead warriors charging in like moths to a flame.

She bit her lip, her eyes filled with sorrow:

“It’s impossible to win…”

“Dao Dianzhu is personally involved…”

They left Chaoling Street and turned onto Nanxi Second Street, eventually circling to the edge of the battlefield.

A Yao walked with her head slightly lowered, clutching her pipa, her fingertips icy cold, feeling as though every person, even the cats and dogs, were watching her.

Suddenly, her gaze paused as she spotted a familiar pair of cloth shoes nearby.

A Yao was meticulous; she recognized the owner of those shoes.

That morning, outside You Gui Ge, when they called for a carriage, it was this person who took the job—the coachman was…

Old Zhao!

A Yao abruptly looked up.

Old Zhao wasn’t by his carriage; he was stepping out of “Sun Furen Noodle Shop,” wiping his mouth while chatting with his fellow coachman.

Was it an illusion?

A Yao lowered her head, thinking she was just being overly paranoid.

How could it be that everyone was a spy, that they’d all recognized her and were staring?

But she didn’t give up, pulling the puzzled Dongdong jie closer—it was an instinctive habit from years at You Gui Ge.

Soon, laughter reached their ears:

“It’s just two spirit crystals, that’s all…”

“What’s the big deal, Old Wu? Next time, you can treat me—hey hey!”

“Sure, sure, let’s do that…”

“Oh, and remember to tell Old Li—he still owes me that round of fancy drinks, so he’d better hurry!”

A Yao hadn’t processed it yet.

Beside her, Dongdong jie’s face turned cold. With a flick of her finger, two silver needles shot out discreetly.

“Sssh.”

Old Zhao and Old Wu both trembled and collapsed softly into the unnoticed shadows by the trees.

“Dongdong jie?” A Yao’s face paled.

Dongdong said nothing, walking over and searching Old Wu’s body. She pulled out a crumpled strip of paper:

“At Nancheng Gate: Xiang Yi, Dongdong, A Yao.”

Dongdong’s expression turned icy: “There’s definitely something wrong!”

A Yao stared at the paper, slightly dazed, then looked at Dongdong with a hint of bewilderment:

“There is a problem…”

“But if they’re from Sheng Shen Hall, do they need to pass information so secretly?”

Dongdong paused, her brows furrowing then relaxing:

“They all deserve to die!”

“Everyone should be killed!”

A Yao hesitated, sensing that Dongdong jie was driven by emotion, but she swallowed her words:

Is it possible these are people from below You Gui Ge?

After killing the two, Dongdong seemed unsatisfied, glancing toward “Sun Furen Noodle Shop.”

She wondered—if these two were passing information on the street, what about when they were eating noodles?

Had someone else taken similar information to seek reinforcements?

“Dongdong jie!”

A Yao saw the killing intent in Dongdong jie’s eyes and felt afraid.

“Huff…”

Dongdong finally calmed down and didn’t act further. “Let’s hide first.”

Three streets away.

By the roadside, under a Xiang Gui carriage, a slightly hunched coachman gripped a savory meat pie, eating it messily and getting oil all over his dirty clothes.

“Ugh!”

He suddenly choked, his eyes bulging, and quickly fished a water bottle from his pocket for a few gulps.

Once he recovered, he patted his chest and sighed in relief:

“Scared me to death!”

“Good thing I kept a bottle of water…”

He tossed the remaining meat pie aside, not even caring about the waste.

He climbed onto the carriage, pulled out a cloud-patterned black pouch from his robe, and weighed it in his hand. The plain-looking coachman grimaced:

“This job won’t make any money!”

“Oh? A new friend?”

“Or a big fish…”

Inside the Boundary Domain of the Hundred Realms Spirit-Breaking Array, Dao Qiong Cang glanced at Xiang Yaoyao and manifested a heavenly mechanism screen: “Do you know this person?”

Xiang Yi remained silent, not even looking at the figure on the screen.

She just gazed at the fallen Xiang family dead warriors and the Gui Shen Gang members strewn across the ground, sighing quietly.

Of those who came to help, only Gui Mian was still barely breathing, pinned under Dao Qiong Cang’s foot.

The rest were all dead!

Dao Qiong Cang’s reason for sparing Gui Mian was simple—he had said:

“The department needs to study ancient martial arts.”

Xiang Yi didn’t respond at all, nor did she dare speak. She only regretted crushing the Red Danger Secret Talisman before leaving.

That talisman was meant for each family to protect themselves.

But she never imagined that, to others, one person like her was more important than all their own people combined.

Dao Qiong Cang was used to Xiang Yi’s lack of response and didn’t mind.

For him, capturing Gui Mian was just a casual move.

Gaining insights into ancient martial arts was rare, but if Gui Mian knew secrets beyond the Eight Gates and Seven Hosts, it would be a bonus.

Right now, he was more focused on someone else.

“Yan Wang, Tianren Five Decays.”

This was a very special individual.

Dao Qiong Cang remembered him vividly.

Recalling the Void Island battle in hindsight, Dao Qiong Cang had concluded that the “variable” was Xu Xiaoshou, without a doubt.

But while others focused on the shining moon, overlooking the faint stars beside it, Dao Qiong Cang did not.

In his view, the Void Island incident had not just one key player.

Xu Xiaoshou, Water Ghost, and Tianren Five Decays were equally important.

Dao Qiong Cang was never a strict believer in outcomes alone; he cared about significant roles during the process.

Tianren Five Decays and the Blood World Pearl were undoubtedly the turning points in that battle.

This person’s impact was no less than Xu Xiaoshou’s—in some ways, even greater!

So, when the passive “Great Sensing Technique” triggered the “Great Anomaly Technique,” detecting someone spying on him,

Dao Qiong Cang immediately used the “Great Presentation Technique” to transport the most authentic scene into his second brain.

The Great Sensing Technique, one of the Thirty-Six Heavenly Mechanisms, could calculate anomalies like scrutiny, spying, hostility, killing intent—anything that might harm him.

Even if a Sheng Di spied on him with unclear intentions, Dao Qiong Cang would detect it.

With the Great Memory Technique, he was immune to influences like guidance or forgetting.

And if needed, he could activate another of the Thirty-Six Heavenly Mechanisms, the Great Presentation Technique, to project the surroundings of the one who made such moves into his second brain—the Heavenly Mechanism Brain.

The range covered the entire Sheng Shen Continent—Dao Qiong Cang had already traveled through its five domains.

It even included the secret realms of the Five Great Sheng Di, with his Heavenly Mechanism array eyes planted there.

Those eyes might be a blade of grass or a stone—Dao Qiong Cang wouldn’t tell anyone; it was a secret.

Notably, this second brain wasn’t on his person but in the Great Evolution Cave Heaven on Gui Zhe Sheng Mountain.

First, if a minor Ban Sheng like him saw something dangerous and the second brain exploded, it could be rebuilt; his own would take more effort.

Second, after processing by the second brain, only worthwhile scenes would be sent to his main brain; the rest discarded as junk to avoid affecting his mood.

Now, the second brain confirmed the scene was safe, so his Ban Sheng incarnation could view it.

Thus, at the Nancheng Gate in Yujing City, Dao Qiong Cang merely turned his head, and with all his prepped Heavenly Mechanism techniques, he saw, almost instantaneously and directly, Tianren Five Decays in the distant Zhongyuan Realm.

As this figure, as close as if in his mind, appeared, the Great Memory Technique stirred slightly.

Various key pieces of information about this person that Dao Qiong Cang had deduced before surfaced:

“Tianren Five Decays, Taixu, body of decay… Last power manifestation outside Guniang Cliff, including sealing ability (marked red).”

“Tianren Five Decays, Ban Sheng, Ban Sheng status with Blood World Pearl, body of decay and immortality… Night Owl’s death body; if sealed with Blood World Pearl and dies once more, potential to evolve into an immortal body (marked red).”

“Dongtian Wangcheng Tianqi Forest, Jiang Xian, Three Abhorrent Pupils… Tears family pupils fused with new host; most incompatible, small part compatible requires time to adapt; Tianren Five Decays compatible and opened eyes in a very short time (marked red).”

“Void Island, Sin One Hall, Heavenly Mechanism Divine Messenger triggered second guardian rule, applied to lift restriction, approved… No. 2 encountered the Devouring Body; playback shows key figures like Xu Xiaoshou, Tianren Five Decays, etc. (marked red).”

“Blood World Pearl, exotic weapon, held by Seven Trees Great Emperor, ended up with Tianren Five Decays by chance… Blood World Pearl has some autonomy; not necessarily that Seven Trees Great Emperor chose Tianren Five Decays as a pawn—could be the pearl saw a better new master and is guiding the old one toward death, while the old master is unaware or aware but going along with it (heavily marked red).”

One by one, piece by piece…

In the brief moment of turning his head, Tianren Five Decays in Dao Qiong Cang’s eyes transformed into a heavenly mechanism creation under his control.

From a distant stranger to someone he knew intimately, one-sidedly.

All the “marked red” and “heavily marked red” converged via the Great Memory Technique to the most crucial and fundamental question:

“This hall is very curious—how did you get the Devouring Body?”

In the Zhongyuan Realm.

Tianren Five Decays had just heard “new friend,” and Dao Qiong Cang’s question echoed in his ears.

In that instant, his feet felt ice-cold.

Blood World Pearl!

Damn thing!

Wanting a new master didn’t mean rushing like this, did it?

Seeing Dao Qiong Cang and offering itself up—without considering if the other, on a broad path, even wanted this filthy object!

Without any hesitation, Tianren Five Decays chose the most heartfelt decision—suicide.

Spirit Sacrifice Forbidden Walk!

He was so practiced that he didn’t even need seals; under the mask, his eyes rolled back, about to die on the spot.

But at the same moment Dao Qiong Cang’s voice appeared…

“Buzz!”

At his feet, an array diagram of profound principles lit up, unfurling a scroll full of heavenly mechanism dao principles—“Cangqiong Scroll!”

Voices descended around him, all in the same format, Great XX Technique:

“Great Embroidery Technique!”

Far away at the Yujing City Nancheng Gate, heavenly mechanism dao principles surged, weaving a exquisite Bridge of Stars in the void.

It spanned realms in an instant, from Yujing City straight to Tianren Five Decays in the Zhongyuan Realm.

A scattered, decayed piece of the Tianzu combat communicator on the ground trembled, emitting a faint heavenly mechanism dao pattern, linking slightly with the Bridge of Stars.

This meant Dao Qiong Cang’s spell range had reached the Zhongyuan Realm.

Tianren Five Decays was stunned.

But that wasn’t important at all—it was utterly unimportant!

He had been too lazy to destroy those decayed, power-drained special communicators before.

Because every Bai Yi and Hong Yi had them, there were just too many, and he couldn’t bother.

Now, though…

“Buzz!”

The Blood World Pearl turned slightly.

Tianren Five Decays seemed to snap back to awareness, or perhaps he was always aware.

“Spirit…”

The “Spirit” in “Spirit Sacrifice Forbidden Walk” had just slipped out…

“Great Teleportation Technique!”

The smiling Dao Qiong Cang appeared before the unprepared Tianren Five Decays.

“Sac…”

“Great Imprisonment Technique!”

The words slipping from Tianren Five Decays’ lips stopped; all his saintly power was imprisoned and sealed.

Spirit Sacrifice Forbidden Walk didn’t need a full phrase to activate.

He had already formed the seals, called upon the power, and his body was half-transformed—one half merging into the rules of the great dao, the other about to leave.

“Great Presentation Technique!”

Dao Qiong Cang’s mouth, heavenly mechanism compass, and seals never stopped.

Tianren Five Decays’ remaining half-body halted.

Because beneath his feet, a black ocean emerged—the Dead Sea!

All his abilities that had activated could only half-function; the rest were bound like in a forbidden array.

“Great Separation Technique!”

Dao Qiong Cang pointed at the orange mask.

Tianren Five Decays’ half-transformed body was pulled from the dao principles and returned to its original spot.

Only then did Dao Qiong Cang breathe a sigh of relief, shaking his head and tsking:

“Truly hard to catch—you almost slipped away right under my nose.”

“Good thing this hall rehearsed this scene three hundred and sixty-two times for this answer and moment.”

Pausing, Dao Qiong Cang pressed his finger harder, shattering the orange mask.

“Tell me, how did you get the Devouring Body?”