Chapter 1 The Sins of Lord Yan Zhai

Since Lord Yan Zhai cultivated the Sinful Path to an extremely high level, he could leave his life imprint in the 'Well of Sins', and his actions became even more unrestrained, completely doing as he pleased.

But this time, Lord Yan Zhai was a little shocked.

"This monster!" Lord Yan Zhai was secretly alarmed. "The last time I fought him, he only knew one half-step third realm method. In just over three hundred years, he has learned two more."

"When did half-step third realm methods become so easy to master?" Lord Yan Zhai felt complicated.

Over the long years, he had seen countless strong individuals, whether it was the many lords within the layers of the Abyss, or the large number of half-step third realms in Featherfire City! Everyone's progress was very difficult.

He, Lord Yan Zhai, was already considered one of the best, yet he only specialized in two major paths.

How old was this Wu Ming? Yet he cultivated three paths simultaneously!

"Countless half-step third realms are a joke compared to him." Lord Yan Zhai couldn't help but watch each of Xu Jingming's future branches again, "How can there be someone with such high talent?"

Xu Jingming stood on the huge lotus pod of the Abyss Red Lotus, looking at the vast Well of Sins water outside. Since this Lord Yan Zhai didn't make a move, Xu Jingming naturally seized the time to improve himself.

The Red Lotus Fire, with its burning and purification of the body and mind, allowed Xu Jingming to discover some of his own shortcomings and constantly improve and strengthen his body.

Void Abyss, Mind Weapon, Red Lotus Fire, the three veins combined, naturally made Xu Jingming's body more and more perfect.

In fact, 'dual cultivation paths' was a very common path for half-step third realms. The more one cultivated, the more perfect one became, until eventually multiple paths perfectly merged, and one could step into the third realm.

"Wu Ming." Lord Yan Zhai suddenly spoke.

"Lord Yan Zhai." Xu Jingming's body still had the Red Lotus Fire rising from it, and he looked at the other party with a smile.

"You've seen the Abyss Red Lotus, you've mastered the Red Lotus Fire, aren't you leaving yet?" The nine-eyed face on the surface of the sinful water flow looked at Xu Jingming.

"Not in a hurry!"

Xu Jingming smiled, "The Abyss Red Lotus is still in the process of blooming. It will take a little more time for it to fully bloom."

"You aren't in a hurry to leave after breaking through in strength. It seems you want to snatch this Abyss Red Lotus." The nine-eyed face said.

"I do have that intention." Xu Jingming nodded.

"You watched the Red Lotus bloom, and now you want to snatch the treasure, hmph." The nine-eyed face's gaze became much colder.

Xu Jingming shook his head, "Lord Yan Zhai, you have tried every possible means to prevent me from watching the Abyss Red Lotus bloom. I was able to see it because of my strength. As for competing for treasures? Treasures naturally born in the Abyss are fought over by all parties. Who said it must be yours?"

The nine-eyed face returned to calm, "Good, then let's see whose strength is greater."

Neither of them made a move, because the Abyss Red Lotus was still in the process of blooming. If they were to fight with all their strength at this time, the Abyss Red Lotus would be destroyed with even the slightest impact.

This was a rare treasure no less than a third realm weapon! Both Xu Jingming and Lord Yan Zhai would feel heartache.

So they both planned...

To be the first to snatch the Abyss Red Lotus after it fully bloomed! After collecting the Abyss Red Lotus, they would have no worries and could fight with all their strength!

"Why bother? What's the point?" The withered tree figure in the distance watched the two sides preparing to fight, quite helpless. "If I had given Wu Ming some face at the beginning, there wouldn't be so much trouble later."

"Moreover, according to the multiple future branches I've seen, Wu Ming has a 70% probability of winning the Abyss Red Lotus, while Lord Yan Zhai only has a 30% probability, making his hope even lower."

"It's really terrifying! Last time, just the erosion of the Well of Sins water and some demonic sounds caused Wu Ming to be severely injured and flee. This time, he can directly come and snatch the Abyss Red Lotus. In just a few hundred years, his strength has increased several times." The withered tree figure watched all this happen, and he didn't dare to intervene at all.

Time passed by, minute by minute.

Nearly an hour later, the Abyss Red Lotus finally fully bloomed. Xu Jingming also watched the entire blooming process in detail from beginning to end, giving him quite a bit of insight.

But at the moment it fully bloomed!

Xu Jingming and Lord Yan Zhai both made their move! They both acted the moment it was completely bloomed, without the slightest delay.

"Buzz!!!" In the vast Well of Sins water, there were two huge dark forks. The two dark forks were like two 'spring eyes' inside the water, and the water rotated, with invisible demonic sound waves transmitted.

What erupted at this moment was Lord Yan Zhai's all-out killing move.

The demonic sound waves crossed time, instantly covering a vast area around, and also affecting Xu Jingming's three avatars.

"Void Abyss!" At the same time that Lord Yan Zhai made his move, Xu Jingming also unhesitatingly used the illusion 'Void Abyss', completely enveloping the vast Well of Sins water range, wanting to trap Lord Yan Zhai's mind and consciousness in the illusion.

Both sides made their moves at the first moment.

"Ah."

Xu Jingming's three avatars were simultaneously hit by the terrifying demonic sounds. With a buzz, their minds and consciousness went blank, completely confused.

Lord Yan Zhai fell into the illusionary Void Abyss, and his mind and consciousness were trapped. Only when Xu Jingming's three avatars were affected by the demonic sound waves and unable to maintain the illusion did his consciousness escape.

In reality, it was quite fast. Without maintenance, the illusionary Void Abyss naturally began to collapse, and the time that Lord Yan Zhai's consciousness was trapped was only a blink of an eye.

But this little bit of time, at the half-step third realm level, was already long enough.

"Collect!"

Five more Xu Jingmings appeared. They first went all out to collect the entire Abyss Red Lotus at the fastest speed, including the large amount of sin beneath where the Abyss Red Lotus was rooted.

"Hahaha..." When collecting the Abyss Red Lotus, all eight Xu Jingmings present smiled.

Wonderful!

He had brought more than a dozen avatars, and even the eight avatars that were currently manifested were only a portion. As a half-step third realm from the Heart Realm lineage, the most core point was: always keep a few more avatars on hand to deal with special situations.

"What?"

After Lord Yan Zhai's consciousness escaped the illusion, his vast Well of Sins water body covered a wide area. He carefully watched the position where the huge Abyss Red Lotus was originally, but at this moment, only a giant pit remained.

Even a large amount of soil, rocks, and sin had been dug away.

The withered tree figure watched from a distance and sighed inwardly, "Lord Yan Zhai still used demonic sound moves. According to the future branches of the timeline, if he disregarded the cost and self-destructed his body, using sin moves, the endless sin descending at that time could affect all of Wu Ming's minds. Then all of Wu Ming's avatars, with their interconnected minds, would be affected... and he would have a chance to win the Abyss Red Lotus."

"But obviously, it's not easy for him to condense a body of sin, and he's unwilling to self-destruct. And he's always been like this, not believing in the future, only believing in himself."

...

At this moment, Lord Yan Zhai's nine eyes were all red with anger.

He originally didn't allow Wu Ming to watch the Abyss Red Lotus bloom, but Wu Ming forcibly watched it.

He had occupied it for so many years, but in the competition after the Abyss Red Lotus completely bloomed, Wu Ming actually snatched the Abyss Red Lotus.

Looking at the eight smiling Xu Jingming avatars in front of him, the vast Well of Sins water churned. Lord Yan Zhai roared in a low voice, "Your Heart Realm lineage does have many avatars, allowing you to take advantage. If you have the guts, don't run away, let's have a good one-on-one fight!"

"I won't bully you either, today these eight avatars will fight you." Xu Jingming said, "Either win, or the avatars die in battle."

"Hahaha..." A low laugh echoed throughout the Well of Sins water, "The half-step third realm of the Heart Realm lineage is actually so generous. Good! This avatar of mine is condensed from endless Well of Sins water, and these two demonic sound forks are also a pair of third realm weapons, very rare, worth more than 150 drops of Abyss Mother Blood. I will fight you to the end! In this battle, either win, or the avatars die in battle."

The vast Well of Sins water floated in the air, while on the other side, eight Xu Jingmings stood in mid-air.

Both sides were equally filled with fighting spirit.

The reason why Lord Yan Zhai was like this was partly because he was arrogant to begin with, and he had been bullied too badly this time. On the other hand, he didn't believe in evil, didn't believe in the future! Didn't believe that this Wu Ming could win against him!

Xu Jingming, on the other hand, had just mastered three major half-step third realm methods and was really itching for a fight. At his level of strength, it was not easy to find a suitable whetstone. Since Lord Yan Zhai had provoked him, he would naturally satisfy him.

"Let me strike first." Xu Jingming provoked.

These eight avatars of his only carried three Mind Lances! It could indeed only be considered most of his strength. It should be known that he had brought a total of five Mind Lances to the Abyss. The other avatars were carrying two Mind Lances, carrying the Abyss Red Lotus and some other treasures and spoils in the Heart Realm.

Of course, Xu Jingming would follow his promise and only use eight avatars.

"I strike first? Hahaha... Good, I'll satisfy you!!!" Lord Yan Zhai's nine eyes became even more crazed, and the vast Well of Sins water suddenly expanded, instantly spreading over hundreds of millions of miles, covering the surrounding vast area, and also covering the eight Xu Jingmings.

"You want to threaten me with the Well of Sins water?"

Red Lotus Fire burned on the surface of each of the eight Xu Jingmings' bodies. The moment the Red Lotus Fire touched the Well of Sins water, it was like a spark falling into a pot of oil. In an instant, the flames spread, and the entire surface of the Well of Sins water range was burning with Red Lotus Fire.

The Red Lotus Fire, using sin as firewood, burned so fiercely that the entire blood-colored sky began to distort.

"Red Lotus Fire? Hahaha, this little bit of flame is burning too slowly, not even as fast as I can absorb from the 'Well of Sins'!" In the endless Well of Sins water, even though endless flames were rising on the surface, no loss could be seen in the Well of Sins water.

"Ordinary sin is afraid of the Red Lotus Fire. But... when sin condenses into 'Well of Sins water', water can extinguish fire!"

"Sin... soars to the heavens!!!"

Lord Yan Zhai's voice resounded through the sky, and a massive amount of Well of Sins water instantly transformed from liquid into endless 'sin'. All this endless sin converged on the eight Xu Jingmings. Xu Jingming only felt that at this moment, he was completely submerged by sin.

Endless sin covered him, also covering his mind.

Sin dragged on his mind, wanting to completely drag his mind and consciousness into that bottomless abyss!