Legend of the Great Sage

ody.
The spirit turtle did not detect any problems.
Only then did he stop.

Kuang Tianyou said, “Release me!”

Li Qingshan sneered and murderousness surged out.
“I think you should just die!”

A pair of eyes suddenly lit up in the sky.
The light pierced the clouds.
Kuang Tianyou’s face changed drastically.
“How dare you…”

The murderousness that filled his face abruptly vanished, which left Kuang Tianyou stunned.
All he heard was Li Qingshan laugh.
“It’s just a joke.
Look at how frightened you are.
Don’t worry, I won’t go back on my word, as I know that people like you just love seeking death.
In the future, you’ll definitely come to me to die, so I’ll just spare you for a few extra days!”

With a “see you sometime in the future”, he tossed the remaining half of Kuang Tianyou’s head towards the great ghost tower like a shot put.

Kuang Tianyou began to recover mid-air.
His head became whole, and his body slowly grew out as well.
The closer he was to the ghost tower, the less restraints from the laws of the nine provinces he was under.
Originally, he wanted to stay beneath the ghost tower and come back for a battle against Li Qingshan, but now, the feelings he felt were rather mixed.

If what he said actually comes true, wouldn’t I be a colossal joke? Whatever, let’s return to the Hungry Ghost realm first and make a complete recovery.
That sword sure is vicious!

He directly threw himself into the mouth of the hungry ghost without any hesitation, but there was a thought that he refused to admit.
Not only had he been defeated in a direct confrontation, but it had even shattered his determination for revenge.
The enemy was clearly weaker than him, yet he was also unimaginably powerful somehow.
Just what kind of a man was he?

“I’ve given you the person you want.
Are you prepared to destroy the ghost tower now? Come! I can’t wait to turn you into a corpse puppet!”

Sovereign Li provoked as he poured the Fang of the Hungry Ghost, building up power silently so that he could fire the death ray at any time.
Originally, even with a mountain between them, he could still kill the successor of white bone from such a distance and perhaps that Li Qingshan as well.
Unfortunately, that damned woman was around.

“Yeah, I’ll make my way over right now!” Li Qingshan suddenly asked a question, “Are you inside the tower?”

“I’m right here.
Are you bold enough to come?”

A dark shadow moved up and down the ghost tower, sometimes condensing into the figure of a human and sometimes merging with the ghost tower.
It was sovereign Li in person.

The interior of the ghost tower basically counted as a part of the Hungry Ghost realm now, but before the Hungry Ghost realm had completely devoured the world, he could not completely eliminate the effect from the laws of the world.
As such, he was unable to leave the ghost tower, and his strength had been heavily affected too.

However, he was still a powerful Ghost Sovereign of the fifth heavenly tribulation.
On top of that, the power of the Fang of the Hungry Ghost that he currently grasped was even greater than his personal strength.
When he heard Li Qingshan’s question, he felt a sliver of unease, but he quickly dismissed that thought.
Unless Li Qingshan could undergo two heavenly tribulations consecutively right now, he was seeking death if he made his way over.

Li Qingshan smiled.
“As long as you’re around!” However, he had no plans to make his way over.
He simply swung his hand.
“Devour it! Li’l Fatty!”

Crack!

A colossal, hemispherical opening appeared on the indestructible ghost tower out of thin air.

Sovereign Li had merged with the ghost tower, so a good part of his body immediately vanished.
He was both surprised and furious, as well as perplexed.
“What did you do?”

A strange, navy-coloured and tadpole-shaped creature appeared in the space there, except it was countless times larger than a tadpole.
It had almost broken the ghost tower into two with a single bite.

It was their great saviour that had helped Li Qingshan cross through outer space, Navy Li’l Fatty!

Originally, the laws of the world restrained it, so it could only lurk in the space there, unable to do anything.
However, the location of the ghost tower happened to be the boundary between two worlds.
The laws of the world were a messy intersection, so it was immediately freed and able to go for a feast!

Let alone sovereign Li’s confusion, even the eyes in the sky were dumbfounded.
They communicated fervently.

“What is that?”

“That seems to be… a space-devouring beast?”

“How can a space-devouring beast attack a world that hasn’t been destroyed?”

“He tamed a space-devouring beast?”

“That’s impossible! Space-devouring beasts are completely devoid of feelings and attachments, and they definitely can’t be threatened either!”

Everything happened in a split second.
Sovereign Li did not even have the time to identify what it was when he powered the Fang of the Hungry Ghost and tried everything he could to kill Navy Li’l Fatty, bombarding it with death rays after death rays.

However, space-devouring beasts were transcendent creatures, so how could they be killed so easily? Its body rippled, but it was completely unharmed as if it ate the death rays as well.
Afterwards, it simply went about its own business and opened its mouth again, taking another bite out of the ghost tower.

Crack!

The great ghost tower snapped into two, and sovereign Li let out a horrific shriek.
He suffered heavy damage with the tower.

The dark clouds in the sky shrank rapidly.
All of the eyes vanished, unable to peer into this world from the Hungry Ghost realm anymore.

The Hungry Ghost realm was the only world out of the six realms of saṃsāra that possessed the natural ability to devour other worlds, and the great ghost tower was its fangs that plunged into the bodies of its prey.
But this time, the big foodie had met a small foodie and ended up having its tooth eaten.

This did not mean Navy Li’l Fatty’s devouring abilities were stronger than the Hungry Ghost realm’s.
If Navy Li’l Fatty entered the Hungry Ghost realm, it would probably be devoured very quickly.
However, this was the nine provinces, not the Hungry Ghost realm.
At the end of the day, the ghost tower was only a creation by the undead.

Crack! Crack! Crack!

The top half of the tower tilted and fell, vanishing piece by piece, having been polished off by Navy Li’l Fatty.
Afterwards, it began to eat away at the bottom half of the tower as well, continuing until only a base remained.

Xiao An also widened her eyes.
“It’s just that easy?”

Navy Li’l Fatty swam around above the mouth of the hungry ghost, but it refused to get any closer as if it instinctively felt threatened.

“It’s a good opportunity!”

Li Qingshan leapt out from behind the mountain and unfurled the wings of wind, lunging for the mouth of the hungry ghost.

A shadow continued to pace around in the mouth of the hungry ghost, except it was even less humanoid now, like a ball of pitch.
Suddenly, a hand emerged and pointed at Li Qingshan.
A death ray pierced the air, but it began to dim and disintegrate half way.

Originally, there was no reason for sovereign Li to fear Li Qingshan even if he was heavily injured.
However, with the destruction of the ghost tower, the laws of the world immediately gained the upper hand again, firmly suppressing him inside the mouth of the hungry ghost.
His techniques had been drastically affected too.

Li Qingshan still felt greatly threatened.
He bellowed out, “Last Reflection of the Setting Sun!”

A faint, blue screen appeared before shattering immediately.
However, it managed to reflect the death ray, destroying the hand.

Sovereign Li roared furiously, “Li Qingshan!”

The reply he received was a punch.

Boom!

The space shattered, and the great ghost tower completely collapsed.
The cracks split the dark shadow into pieces.
Despite all of sovereign Li’s reluctance and regret, all he could do was retreat back to the Hungry Ghost realm.
All of the dark shadows coalesced and took shape, no longer bold enough to remain in the nine provinces.

Xiao An followed closely behind, using the Samādhi Flames of White Bone to ignite the shattered foundation of the ghost tower.
It turned into rolling flames, illuminating the space that had shattered like glass.
It gathered into a great ball of fire and rushed into the air.

The laws of death weakened and Navy Li’l Fatty began to fade, vanishing once more.

Li Qingshan said, “Heh, saving the world’s just that easy!”