Reversing life and death.

This is absolutely impossible, even within the Four Seasons Sect—it's easy to help living beings extend their lives and entrench them in the Divine Enthronement after death, but to revive the dead without any preparation is utterly impossible.

The former is akin to exploiting loopholes using Divine Techniques.

The latter implies manipulating life and death at will.

Even the Celestial Dao would descend with Heavenly Punishment.

So Li Ye knew from the start that resurrection was impossible, and whatever emerged from that coffin couldn't be "Old Mr. Qiu."

And once the thing inside fully stood up, he realized that his guess was indeed correct.

What emerged was a man dressed in heavy yet luxurious funeral clothes, his appearance and build akin to a young man. On the exposed skin, patterns formed by corpse spots grew like wheat sheaves.

His cheeks, white as jade, displayed the excitement of revival.

The golden wheat sheaves swayed with a bright, compassionate light, surrounded by a fragrant scent.

—He bore some resemblance to Compassion.

"Qingye, take action!"

Li Ye no longer had time to conceal anything, urgently issuing orders with his Jade Talisman as he called out to Wei Qingye.

At the same time, he gave a gentle stomp.

"Ding~"

Ripples belonging to Jianmu immediately spread out, transferring everyone, all the people in Dongcang Town, into the Jianmu's space, enveloping them in a soft mist that put them to sleep.

Wei Qingye, hearing Li Ye's voice, wasted no time and took action.

In recent years, he had evidently made significant progress in swordsmanship.

He formed a seal with both hands, pointing into the distance.

With no exaggerated display of Spiritual Light, the long sword transformed into countless shadows, merging into a colossal sword that appeared to pierce the heavens and earth, striking directly at "Old Mr. Qiu."

The space emitted a sorrowful "zzz" sound.

White flowers and spiritual banners scattered on the ground couldn't withstand such enormous pressure and had long shattered into powder, further obliterated into finer dust by the Sword Qi-induced Spiritual Pressure.

However, just as the Sword Qi was about to reach Old Mr. Qiu, he suddenly raised his head, gazed at the sword, and abruptly crouched down, yelling, "I don't want to die."

This seemed like a commoner's reaction to encountering Immortal Magic.

But suddenly, the wheat sheaves on him began to sway, and shockingly, a series of wheat sheaves appeared on the colossal sword, frantically absorbing the sword's Spiritual Power, with roots so resilient they pierced the sword's core!

No,

Not just the core.

Wheat sheaves even began to grow on Wei Qingye's body; his complexion instantly turned deathly pale as these sheaves were absorbing his mana, Divine Sense, and soul, akin to an inescapable whirlpool.

The mana of a Golden Core was as feeble as an ant shaking a tree under the power of these sheaves, unable to budge at all.

As his power dissipated, more sheaves sprouted on his body, their weighty, harvest-power imbued golden hue dazzling but exuding a sinister aura.

—All this transpired in the blink of an eye.

As he was about to be drained by the sheaves, Li Ye's Divine Techniques finally arrived.

A halo of white light.

In an instant, it enveloped Wei Qingye, his once boundless vitality transforming into void, turning him directly into a lifeless statue, still poised in a sword-holding gesture.

"Come over here!"

Li Ye's heart surged with Spiritual Power as he suppressed the boiling power, beckoning Wei Qingye's long sword; however, for the first time, the sword ignored him and flew directly towards its owner's "statue."

The sword emitted a buzzing lament, seemingly mourning.

Even…

its Spiritual Power began to expand wildly, on the verge of self-destruction.

Sword Cultivators, when the person perishes, so does the sword.

Li Ye: "..."

Was the effect of this Divine Technique too effective?

It was his first time casting this Divine Technique, taught by his master, which required Heart Power to perform, embodying the idea of "understanding with the heart, aligning the mind with the body."

It involves transforming consciousness and body into other forms of existence using Heart Power.

According to his master, when this Divine Technique is cultivated to a high level, it can genuinely transform a human body into a demon body or even an Immortal Body.

In the current situation, if Wei Qingye wasn't turned into a statue, he would certainly die; this Compassion Deity seemed far from benevolent.

There was no other choice.

Li Ye could only retrieve Wei Qingye's statue and forcibly suppress the about-to-detonate long sword, communicating with it through the Emotion Song before it finally calmed down.

Then, without hesitation, Li Ye left the area.

Only after reaching a safe location did he release Wei Qingye, restoring him to his original state.

Wei Qingye looked pale, gasping for breath, and after calming his sword, he finally spoke: "This power… is stronger than a Nascent Soul."

"I could hardly resist, helplessly watching those sheaves grow, devouring my mana and soul."

He, rarely feeling defeated, remarked; during his time at Celestial Vein Sword Mountain, he frequently sparred with Nascent Soul Sword Cultivators, who, even underestimating him, would only beat him to near death but never allow him to resist. Yet, at least he could resist somewhat, but now, he couldn't even do that.

Li Ye was at a loss as well, offering a few consolatory words.

Compassion's peculiarity made it difficult to speak about, and even he couldn't comprehend what kind of being that Deity was.

Just then, word arrived that senior brother Chen Mo, stationed at Dongcang Marketplace, had finally arrived.

"This."

Third senior brother took one look and his expression turned very grave: "Is it Compassion? It hasn't appeared like this in a long time, what's going on?"

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