The First Immortal of Destiny

Shen Mo employed The Big Dipper Array to trap the Ghost Bride while simultaneously conversing with Chen Mengze using a Sound Transmission Talisman.

He warned her that after breaking the Prohibition, she must immediately leave the Ghost Bride's haunted courtyard and not wade into troubled waters with other cultivators.

He did not intend for Chen Mengze to join him immediately.

Once the Prohibition on the ghost house was broken, the red sedan would also be destroyed.

At that point, he planned to use the Soul Refining Flag to attempt to refine the Ghost Bride.

The Soul Refining Flag was, fundamentally, an evil cultivator's tool; for others to see it would be far from ideal.

Not to mention, the Soul Refining Flag held captive nearly a hundred Heavenly Demon Soul Generals.

With a sect prohibition in place, it would be even harder to explain this to Chen Mengze; it was better to find her afterward.

BANG!

BANG! BANG!

The Ghost Bride had begun to stir after her black finger bone was stolen by the Spirit Storage Rat.

She now seemed aware that someone was forcefully breaking the Prohibition on her courtyard and had become increasingly frantic, continuously using the red sedan to assault The Big Dipper Array.

The Ghost Bride was originally just an ordinary Red Fiend among the myriad ghosts in the Ghost Country, similar to a Hungry Ghost or a Drowned Ghost.

It was solely due to that black finger bone that she had gradually grown powerful and even developed a bizarre Innate Divine Ability.

Relying on her Innate Divine Ability, the ghost house, and the red sedan, she became the Ghost Bride who dominated her own territory.

Other ghosts roaming and searching for food dared not come within three miles of her domain.

From her perspective, she had been living quite comfortably.

Suddenly, many uninvited guests had poured into the Ghost Country, which stirred the restless instincts of her Red Fiend nature.

She considered picking a husband from among the arrivals to marry and complete the wedding rites with.

She picked and chose.

Among these people, she found none to her liking, so she "kindly" made them her wedding attendants.

Together with her, they would select a husband; once chosen, he would be invited to join her household as a live-in son-in-law.

Then, this damned Human Cultivator arrived.

Her Innate Divine Ability didn't work on him, the finger bone was stolen by his pet… even her courtyard was being forcefully breached.

She understood clearly.

The red sedan and the courtyard were one and the same; once the courtyard was breached, the sedan would also be destroyed.

She wanted to go back and deal with those living people but was being trapped here by this damned fellow's methods.

...

Through the curtain, the Ghost Bride's eyes, filled with a deathly aura, stared directly at Shen Mo.

Even though Shen Mo couldn't read any emotion on her face, he guessed that this female ghost already hated him to the bone.

"Thinking of leaving now? It's a bit too late for that," Shen Mo said with an indifferent expression, continuing to ingest Elixirs to fuel the power of The Big Dipper Array.

Two hours passed, then four. An entire day, then two days slipped by...

On the third day, thunderous explosions echoed from afar.

Over these past few days, Shen Mo had consumed nearly half his reserves of Soul Returning Elixirs. The mental power required to control The Big Dipper Array had left him utterly drained, both mentally and physically.

His eyes, unusually, were shot with blood!

Occasionally, passing cultivators—more than one or two—would lurk nearby, hoping to snatch a big prize.

Some even dared to attack Shen Mo.

He subsequently unleashed the Soul Refining Flag, turning them, body and soul, into undying evil spirits upon the flag.

All these disturbances and hardships vanished instantly with the sound of thunder from afar.

AIEEEEE...

Amidst the sorrowful, desperate, and terrifying ghostly wails, the red sedan crumbled inch by inch, piece by piece, turning to paper ash that fluttered down.

This fully exposed the Ghost Bride to Shen Mo.

He had already seen her upper body when she lifted the curtain.

What astonished him was that the Ghost Bride had no legs; having lost the red sedan, she could only float ethereally in mid-air.

"The Big Dipper Array, Conversion!"

Shen Mo, disinclined to waste words, directly manipulated The Big Dipper Array, shifting its sword momentum from an imprisoning formation to a murderous Sword Light!

WHOOSH!

WHOOSH!

WHOOSH!

A vast expanse of Sword Light instantly engulfed the Ghost Bride.

The wails emanating from her were ten times more chilling than before.

If it were an ordinary cultivator, their eardrums would likely have ruptured by now, bleeding incessantly.

However, for Shen Mo, who had cultivated the Dragon Elephant Blood Fiend Body, he could withstand even the Ghost Bride's Skill head-on, so such a piercing shriek naturally couldn't harm him either.

In the blink of an eye, the Ghost Bride had been pierced and sliced by the Sword Light thousands of times.

It had to be said, her strength was quite formidable; the likes of Hungry Ghosts and Drowned Ghosts weren't even worthy of carrying her shoes.

Despite being heavily wounded by the immense Sword Light, she had only lost a large amount of ghost energy. Her figure merely dimmed somewhat; she had not been completely eradicated.

Shen Mo estimated that, ignoring her bizarre techniques and the red sedan, this female ghost's strength was likely at the late-stage of Class II, not far from the peak.

Joy surged in his heart as he beckoned with his hand.

FLAP! FLAP! The Soul Refining Flag flew out from his Universe Bag.

"Capture!"

Shen Mo silently recited the Soul Refining Spell, continuously pouring his Mana into the Soul Refining Flag.

The blood flag billowed, its surface erupting with a blood-red glow that wrapped around the Ghost Bride, complementing her bridal attire brilliantly.

Sensing a mortal crisis, the Ghost Bride stared directly at Shen Mo, repeatedly using her Skill, attempting to make his Qi and blood run wild, causing him to bleed from all seven orifices and die.

However, even at her peak, she couldn't shake Shen Mo's rock-solid vitality with her Skill.

Now that her ghost energy was greatly diminished, how could she possibly succeed?

Amidst her horrifying screams, a trace of terror was faintly revealed.

"Refine for me," Shen Mo commanded indifferently, his expression impassive.

The Ghost Bride struggled and shrieked madly, but none of it could alter the inevitable outcome.

After a short while, the Ghost Bride's entire spectral form was refined into the Soul Refining Flag.

Sensing the depletion of his Mana, Shen Mo ingested another Grade II Elixir, and only then did a smile touch his lips.

I've added another powerful Soul General to my Soul Refining Flag!

"Imperial Soul, emerge!"

As the flag's surface rippled, a bloody light spread out.

Within the bloody light, numerous figures continuously vied with each other, as if desperate to break free from the Soul Refining Flag.

Under Shen Mo's control, ultimately only the Ghost Bride's form materialized.

Her appearance was largely unchanged from before she was refined into the Soul Refining Flag; she still wore a magnificent wedding dress and a phoenix crown.

After all, in essence, the Nether Soul Ghosts of the Ghost Country and the Soul Generals in the Soul Refining Flag were almost identical beings.

Shen Mo ordered the Ghost Bride to use her Glare Skill on him.

After a test, he confirmed that she retained this Innate Divine Ability, and his mood lifted considerably.

Just as he was about to use a Sound Transmission Talisman to ask for Chen Mengze's location, a dazzling Sword Light suddenly slashed towards him. It carried a terrifying sword intent, smashing towards Shen Mo's body like a bolt of white silk.

Damn it, where did this Sword Path expert come from?

In a flash, Shen Mo swung the Dragon Sparrow Sword, meeting the dazzling Sword Light head-on.

Although Shen Mo had not yet comprehended his own sword intent, the Dragon Sparrow Sword itself carried the "Kill Life" sword intent. Furthermore, with the enhancement from his cultivation methods, Destiny, and other factors, the might of his one sword was by no means weaker than the incoming Sword Light!

BOOM!

The two streams of sword Qi intersected, instantly erupting in a blinding radiance.

The enormous residual shockwave sent Shen Mo's hair and robes fluttering. However, he stood his ground firmly, not retreating even half a step.

"With such Proficiency in Swordsmanship, why would you still walk the path of an evil cultivator and cultivate such Evil Magic?"

A loud, resonant voice arrived, like the tolling of a great bell, causing Shen Mo to furrow his brows.