Staying Alive Cautiously in the Celestial Realm and Becoming the Strongest

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Hiss!

Wang Chen tore open his clothes, revealing a patch of black chest hair as wide as a palm.

His eyes sparkled with a silver light, greedily gazing at Widow Sun on the bed.

She was disheveled, her pretty face swollen and bruised, with traces of fresh blood seeping from her mouth and nose, her eyes tightly shut in pitiable distress.

Wang Chen stretched out his hands, ready to grab at her shapely curves.

At that moment, a ghostly black shadow appeared behind him.

In an instant, the shadow grew long tentacles that silently reached out for the lust-blinded Wang Chen.

Inside the room, a sinister aura quietly spread!Nôv(el)B\\jnn

However, just as those tentacles were about to touch Wang Chen, his body suddenly burst into fiery flames.

Hss~

The tentacles recoiled from the scorching fire.

At the same time, Wang Chen abruptly turned around, his eyes radiating divine brilliance.

Gone was the lecherous greed from moments ago!

He abruptly raised his arm toward the shadow, and the Heaven-Ensnaring Punisher Net on his forearm instantly activated, expanding into a wide net that enveloped the shadow.

Wang Chen's counterattack was so sudden and rapid that the black shadow, realizing the danger too late, couldn't dodge in time and was firmly trapped by the Demon-Slaying Net.

"Ahh!"

It immediately let out a heart-wrenching scream.

The swirling black mist rapidly contracted, revealing the attacker's true identity.

It was a gaunt man in his forties or fifties.

"Zhou Senzhi!"

Wang Chen, controlling the Demon-Slaying Net with one hand, sneered, "I've finally found you!"

The information fee of 100,000 Spirit Stones was not wasted; this Purple Mansion evil cultivator was indeed hiding in Shangyang Village.

Wang Chen had also expended considerable effort and acting prowess to lure this man out.

A successful strike!

"Who are you?"

Zhou Senzhi, tightly bound by the Demon-Slaying Net, struggled fiercely, his face twisted grotesquely, his eyes turned a deep red revealing boundless insanity.

Regardless of his struggles, the Demon-Slaying Net only tightened further, rendering his powerful spells useless.

He couldn't even open the Storage Bag on his person.

What terrified Zhou Senzhi the most was the uncontrollable leak of evil power from within him,

which the net ensnaring him was absorbing thoroughly!

What is this thing?

The evil cultivator let out a beast-like roar, the dark aura around him thrashing wildly as his bones made cracking noises.

But to no avail; the Demon-Slaying Net was like a silent assassin, using mechanical, cold, and ruthless methods to strip away his life and power, bit by bit.

In just ten breaths' time, Zhou Senzhi's body curled into a ball, shrinking to nearly half his normal size!

His roars weakened, and his struggles became feeble.

On the brink of extinction!

Seeing this, Wang Chen quickly retracted the Demon-Slaying Net.

Before Zhou Senzhi could catch a breath, a streak of bright sword light fell like lightning,

severing his head.

[Heavenly Merit +167]

It's done!

Wang Chen let out a long sigh of relief, reached out to grab the rolling head of the evil cultivator, and stored it in his Storage Bag.

This was an important proof for completing his mission; if it had been turned to ash by the Demon-Slaying Net, there would have been no evidence.

Next, he executed the Fire Crow Technique, incinerating Zhou Senzhi's corpse along with the Storage Bag hanging at his waist into ashes!

The Storage Bag of a Purple Mansion evil cultivator was likely to contain treasures, but without knowing how to handle them safely, Wang Chen preferred not to risk contamination and decided it was best to burn everything to cinders.

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He applied a few more Evil-Repelling Talismans and his work was neatly wrapped up.

The Heaven-Ensnaring Punisher Net transformed back into a bracelet and solidified on his arm.

Wang Chen touched this treasure, feeling completely satisfied.

The Heaven-Ensnaring Punisher Net was indeed a formidable weapon against evil wraiths and evil cultivators, and it had never let him down.

This time, he had undoubtedly achieved a great feat!

Otherwise, even if Wang Chen could fight and defeat this evil cultivator, he wouldn't have been able to complete the task so easily and effortlessly.

However, there was a small loose end—Widow Sun.

When he had earlier impersonated a villager to knock on the courtyard gate, he had noticed that she was tainted with evil aura.

That confirmed that Zhou Senzhi was hiding there.

He didn't know why such a charming widow would harbor an evil cultivator and even cover for him.

But Wang Chen had no interest in getting to the bottom of it, wasting time on someone who wasn't important.

He glanced at Widow Sun, who was still unconscious, and restored his original appearance.

Stepping out of the room, Wang Chen summoned the Wind Thunder Sword, merged with it, and flew into the sky with sword control, reaching a hundred paces away in an instant.

Riding the Spirit Sword, he sped like lightning and hastened back to the West Sea Sect's Mountain Gate even faster than before!

He arrived in Wanling City by the next evening.

Without resting, Wang Chen headed straight for the Inner Mountain Gate.

Previously, Wang Chen had been directly transferred from the Reception Hall to Wanling City by True Person Zixiao, so he actually didn't know the entrance location to the Inner Mountain Gate.

But this was no problem at all.

Because by infusing mana into the identity plaque, the coordinates of the inner and outer mountain gates as well as the ten immortal cities would appear crystal clear in his Sea of Consciousness, offering him the most accurate guidance.

The Inner Mountain Gate of the West Sea Sect was only a hundred miles from Wanling City, and the entrance was a huge valley enveloped in clouds and mist.

When Wang Chen landed at the valley's entrance, the first thing he saw was a thirty-foot-tall Taoist monument.

This monument looked exceptionally old, its surface covered in the mottled traces left by years of wind, frost, rain, and snow, and inscribed on the front were the "West Sea Immortal Sect" four forceful and powerful characters in True Script.

And it was a black Giant Yao that supported this Taoist monument.

The moment Wang Chen landed, the eyes of the Giant Yao opened, "Hmm?"

Wang Chen's Divine Soul was startled, as if his entire being had been exposed by some entity, leaving no secrets at all.

He was startled in his heart, but his expression remained unchanged. He respectfully bowed to the Giant Yao before him, "Wang Chen, freshly advanced Inner Sect Disciple of the West Sea Sect, greets the senior!"

This Giant Yao, though seemingly suppressed by the Taoist monument, exuded the aura of at least a Great Monster.

It could even be a Demon King!

Wang Chen couldn't help but recall the Old Turtle guarding the entrance to Cloud Sun Sect's Inner Mountain Gate, so he dared not show any negligence.

"Hmm."

The Giant Yao spoke slowly, "You've come back after completing the entrance examination task, yes?"

Wang Chen quickly responded, "Yes, I ask the senior to kindly guide me."

Without the Giant Yao's guidance, he wouldn't even know how to proceed.

"It can be arranged," said the Giant Yao, exhaling a thick breath from its nostrils and asking, "Do you know the rules?"

"The rules?"

Wang Chen was slightly startled, then quickly realized what was being referred to.

After a moment, he took out all the Spirit Fruits from his Storage Bag and placed them in front of the Giant Yao.

Wang Chen didn't know if these fruits would be up to the Giant Yao's standards. If they weren't, he would have to return to Wanling City to buy higher-quality Spirit Fruits.

That would cost quite a few Spirit Stones.

But the Giant Yao was quite reasonable and sucked in all the Spirit Fruits with an open mouth.

It didn't seem picky at all.

"There, I'll send you in now."

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The second update is here.