Transmigration: The Peerless Immortal Husband

The black-clad man gritted his teeth in the secret room, tearing at his clothes. There was a black spot on his chest. The spot itself wasn’t scary, but what was terrifying was that inside the black spot, a fiery force was seeping into his body. However, he couldn’t expel it. This wasn’t poison, and a detoxification pill wouldn’t help.

Had he known that the seemingly insignificant little cat was actually the famous Black Yan Beast, he would never have tried to test it the previous night. The reason he did it was because he believed that even if something went wrong, he could still escape unharmed and make sure no one would suspect him. But who would have thought that he would fall victim to an inconspicuous little creature?

When he saw the Black Yan Beast, he instantly recognized its origins. The actions taken against the Shi family, in the end, only benefited that bastard Gu Yao. The black-clad man regretted not secretly dealing with Gu Yao when he had repeatedly slapped The Pill Peak in the face. He didn’t take it seriously back then, but now that negligence had led to such a huge disaster.

“Pu!” He spat out another mouthful of fresh blood, his anger almost overwhelming him.

As the black-clad man was trying to figure out how to cover up the situation, suddenly the restriction outside the secret room was triggered. Before he could come up with a plan, someone forcibly barged in. The person, with a dark expression, said, “So it’s you! Lin Mingguang! I didn’t expect that you had buried such a hidden thorn in my Tianfu Academy, and so deeply at that. If it weren’t for the changes in the current situation, this might never have been exposed.”

The black-clad man was indeed Lin Peak Master of The Pill Peak. He was still wearing the same clothes from the previous night, and the most obvious feature was the injury on his chest. So, no matter what excuse he came up with, it was useless. He couldn’t avoid the confrontation and had to face it directly.

He sneered, “Since you old man discovered it, I won’t deny it. But you should know better than to expose this matter. Otherwise, it would be of no benefit to you or the entire Tianfu Academy. The forces behind this are not something you can contend with.”

However, Dean Yu’s reaction was completely unexpected. Not only did Dean Yu not waste any words, but he also reached out and grabbed for Lin Mingguang’s neck. At the same time, a surge of spiritual energy shot toward Lin Mingguang’s hand, where a fleeing talisman was ready to be activated. But everything was under Dean Yu’s control.

Master Lin tried to shout for help to draw the attention of the disciples outside, doing everything he could to escape. However, he realized that his spiritual power was sealed, and his neck was already in Dean Yu’s grip. He desperately signaled weakness with his eyes, but Dean Yu remained expressionless throughout. With a single twist of his hand, he snapped Lin Mingguang’s neck.

Even in death, Lin Mingguang couldn’t believe that this would be his end. Originally, as the master of a peak, and especially as the master of The Pill Peak, he held significant influence within Tianfu Academy and across the entire Tianlin Continent. However, no matter how powerful one is, as long as they have not broken through the limits of foundation establishment, they have no power to resist in the face of Golden Core cultivators.

Lin Mingguang died with resentment, but his soul found no peace. Dean Yu directly and ruthlessly searched his soul.

However, halfway through the soul search, there was a loud bang, and Lin Mingguang’s soul exploded, scattering into nothingness. Dean Yu’s face darkened as he had not anticipated that a restriction had been placed in Lin Mingguang’s soul to prevent soul-searching techniques.

At the same time, in another cultivation room, Ling Qi, who was supposedly in closed-door cultivation, suddenly spat out fresh blood and collapsed onto the ground, convulsing. Before long, he was dead, his eyes wide open in shock.

There was only one possible reason for this outcome—Lin Mingguang was dead, and because Lin Mingguang had placed a soul-binding restriction on him, Ling Qi had no chance of surviving.

A few days later, The Pill Peak’s disciples, including Wei Jinzhi, discovered that the eldest senior brother still hadn’t come out of his cultivation room. They tried calling him, but there was no response. In a panic, a disciple rushed over and said, “Not good! Not good! The soul tablet of the eldest senior brother is shattered!”

Wei Jinzhi was horrified and ordered people to force their way into the cultivation room. They found Ling Qi lying on the floor. He immediately sent word to the peak master and others, but the peak master was nowhere to be found. Instead, other disciples and senior academy officials arrived. It was incredibly suspicious that The Pill Peak’s eldest disciple had suddenly and quietly died in the cultivation room. If an enemy had infiltrated, they could strike at anyone, so they were all on high alert.

After the investigation, it was determined that Ling Qi’s cause of death was a violent soul backlash. In an instant, he died without even having time to call for help.

“Where is your Peak Master? His eldest disciple has died, and he is nowhere to be found?”

Wei Jinzhi was deeply saddened. After joining The Pill Peak, the eldest senior brother had helped him greatly and had taught him patiently. Now, his sudden death was something he could hardly accept. He choked up and said, “Master has not been seen for several days. Perhaps he is in closed-door cultivation. We cannot enter the place where Master is cultivating, so we were unable to inform him.”

In the end, Dean Yu intervened and assigned an elder from The Pill Peak to temporarily take over the secular affairs of The Pill Peak. The elder would act as the temporary Peak Master until Lin Mingguang’s return.

As for when Lin Mingguang would return from closed-door cultivation? What Dean Yu did not tell anyone was that Lin Mingguang would never emerge again. Even if someone forcibly broke into the secret room, they would find it empty, with no corpse. They would only assume that Lin Mingguang had gone missing.

The disciples had left their soul tablets behind, but as the Peak Master, Lin Mingguang had never handed his soul tablet to The Pill Peak for safekeeping. Perhaps he didn’t want others to trace his whereabouts through it. As a result, his disappearance remained a mystery within Tianfu Academy.

“Elder, about Master Lin…” Elder Yi, though straightforward, had his suspicions about Lin Mingguang after that night’s events, so he didn’t believe things were as simple as they seemed.

“I dealt with him. Ling Qi had a soul-binding restriction placed on him by him, which caused a backlash that led to his death. Once this matter calms down, I will reorganize The Pill Peak. Most of the disciples there are innocent,” Dean Yu explained, which is why he decided to conceal the matter of Lin Mingguang, as there was no direct evidence to prove it. To avoid turmoil in The Pill Peak, he chose to handle the situation quietly.

“That bastard! Was he originally sent by them, or did he later ally with them?” Elder Yi gritted his teeth and cursed.

Dean Yu frowned and replied, “He joined them later, but the crucial moments were all concealed by restrictions, so there was no way to search his soul. All I could find were surface-level things. As for the key matters, there’s nothing.”

“Did Ling Qi die?” Gu Yao was shocked when he heard this news. “What about Lin Mingguang?”

“Lin Mingguang is still in closed-door cultivation and doesn’t know about this. Otherwise, he would probably be so distraught that he wouldn’t be able to continue his cultivation.” This information came from a pill master from Sword Peak. Ling Qi’s identity was significant, and his death spread quickly throughout Tianfu Academy, leaving everyone stunned.

“Even Qianxue Sect probably knows by now. The impact is no small matter.”

Gu Yao was taken aback. Could it be that he was still in closed-door cultivation? Ling Qi’s death was already suspicious, especially after hearing the details of his death.

Xu Chen, in the space, clicked his tongue in amazement. “I didn’t expect your academy’s dean to act so decisively. That Lin guy must have been killed by him. From the way his eldest disciple died, it’s clear it was from a soul-binding backlash. When someone who placed a soul-binding restriction dies, the person under their control naturally doesn’t fare well either.”

Gu Yao was struck by the realization. “So that’s what happened.”

No wonder it seemed as if Ling Qi had suddenly fallen into a state of madness and died from a backlash—Ling Qi was essentially Lin Mingguang’s servant. When the master died, the servant who offered up their soul naturally died as well.

However, Gu Yao’s feelings were still quite complex. He had interacted with Ling Qi many times, and compared to Wei Jinzhi, Ling Qi had a more approachable and friendly demeanor. He had the air of an eldest senior brother. It was unexpected to learn that he had been controlled by Lin Mingguang. If Ling Qi had been forced into this, then his death was truly tragic.

Gu Yao hadn’t seen Wei Jinzhi for a while, and he assumed the sudden death of the eldest senior brother had made it difficult for him to accept. The atmosphere at The Pill Peak was heavy and oppressive, especially with such a major incident occurring and the peak master missing. Moreover, the Tianyuan Pill didn’t even go to The Pill Peak. The eldest senior brother’s death was too sudden, and it seemed like bad news was piling up.

The chubby boy was in closed-door cultivation, unwilling to come out without advancing to foundation establishment. Tian Feirong had been in the cultivation room for several days to stabilize himself before coming out, only to find out about the massive events that had occurred outside. The Pill Peak’s eldest senior brother had suddenly died, which sounded suspicious.

Compared to the people at The Pill Peak, the other disciples only murmured their sympathies for a while. Now, with chaos breaking out outside, it was hard to focus all attention on The Pill Peak.

News spread that Hu Valley Master had been attacked by unknown assailants on his way back. However, since Hu Valley Master had successfully reached the Golden Core stage, the enemy gained little from the encounter. After Hu Valley Master returned to Cuiyan Valley, with a Golden Core cultivator stationed there, he used his strong authority to suppress the infighting within the valley and the chaos caused by various factions that had allied with Cuiyan Valley.

In the past, Hu Valley Master’s public image was very peaceful. Perhaps due to this calm nature, factionalism had become rampant within Cuiyan Valley, and some factions had grown powerful enough to influence the valley’s overall situation. Previously, Hu Valley Master would mediate these factions with a focus on harmony. However, after his return, Hu Valley Master uprooted one of the factions, killing its leader, confiscating its assets, and expelling all its disciples from the valley.

The results that were announced shocked the disciples in the valley. Those powerful elders and their factions had used their authority to seize a large amount of the valley’s resources. Initially, some cultivators thought that Hu Valley Master had been too ruthless, but now they were all applauding. If they had continued to tolerate those parasites, Cuiyan Valley would have become the private power of their factions.

After quickly putting an end to this corrupt atmosphere, the general atmosphere in Cuiyan Valley became much more righteous. If the situation outside weren’t so dire, many forces would have gone to Cuiyan Valley at this moment. They would have come to congratulate Hu Valley Master on his successful Golden Core breakthrough, and to seek pills from him. Of course, before he even left Tianfu Academy, various forces had already shown their sincerity.

The return journey of the Tianhai Sect was equally tumultuous. Despite their preparations, they still fell into layers of encirclement. In the end, the Sect Leader was only able to break through the encirclement with a small group of followers, and they finally managed to reunite with the disciples waiting for them, escaping with their lives.

It is said that during the encirclement, someone from the outside had helped Tianhai Sect by opening a gap, otherwise, Tianhai Sect would have likely been wiped out.

When the news reached Tian Feirong, he was so furious that his whole body shook. Although his eldest brother was still alive, he had suffered serious injuries. If he hadn’t sent Old Qi to follow, the outcome might have been much worse.