# Chapter 3899: You Within Me, I Within You
"Rakshasa Luo, you destroyed my Wuchang Ghost City, and today you must pay the price."
As Rakshasa Luo and Zhang Ruochen clashed fiercely, the Black and White Daoist used a combined attack formation to shatter her dharma form, tearing through her Ancestor Divine Qi and Ancestor Rules.
Then, the Black and White Daoist led ten Dragon Corpse Knights, commanding the Yin-Yang Twin Birth Realm, and pressed down toward the two who were locked in fierce battle within the Shura War Soul Sea.
Without a doubt, once trapped within the Yin-Yang Twin Birth Realm, Rakshasa Luo would be utterly defeated.
Fighting one against two, her chances of victory were already negligible.
All she could do was delay as long as possible, dragging things out until Bone Yanluo wounded the White-Haired Skeleton.
However, the Black and White Daoist's trump card was formidable—he had tamed a trillion-strong soul army, worthy of a clan leader. At the same time, Zhang Ruochen possessed vast amounts of Indestructible Matter, fighting with reckless abandon, forcing her to pay a heavy price.
"Ah... my ghost body..."
Suddenly, one of the Dragon Corpse Knights let out a scream.
The Black and White Daoist's expression changed as he looked over.
He saw that inside the armor of that Dragon Corpse Knight, wisps of scorching flames were seeping out. The knight dropped his spear, thrashing wildly, his screams growing more piercing.
"Careful, it's a curse."
Zhang Ruochen shouted a warning.
It must be known that the Dragon Corpse Knights existed precisely to deal with top-tier Divine Venerables and All Heavens. Their armor came from the hands of peak-level spiritual power experts, passed down through generations, capable of defending against spiritual power attacks, soul attacks, curses, and the like.
The Black and White Daoist couldn't believe that any curse could penetrate their armor and kill a Dragon Corpse Knight.
But the facts lay before him.
It seemed the rumor that the Hell Realm Heavenly Venerable had been cursed to death might be true.
In less than two breaths, that Dragon Corpse Knight burned to ashes, leaving only empty armor on the ground.
Clearly, this was Bone Yanluo's doing.
Screams rang out again. Two more Dragon Corpse Knights were struck by curses. Rings of light appeared on their armor, but they couldn't withstand it—their ghost bodies kept burning.
Each of these Dragon Corpse Knights was a Divine King or Divine Venerable, the backbone of the Ghost Clan. Losing one was a greater loss than the destruction of an entire great world.
Seeing the Black and White Daoist hesitate, Zhang Ruochen said, "You are now an Indestructible Infinite, the strongest of the Ghost Clan, determining its survival or destruction. Great deeds require sacrifice. Suppressing Rakshasa Luo is the urgent priority. Hesitation is a fatal mistake in a battle of the strong."
"Fight! Suppress Rakshasa Luo and avenge the fallen Ghost Clan cultivators."
The Black and White Daoist was indeed a ruthless character. He no longer paid attention to the two Dragon Corpse Knights struck by curses, instead pouring all his power into the Yin-Yang Twin Birth Realm, colliding heavily with the Shura War Soul Sea.
If he chose to save them, with his Indestructible Infinite cultivation, he certainly could.
After all, Bone Yanluo's main opponent was the White-Haired Skeleton; the power he diverted to curse them wasn't much. The fact that he cursed the Dragon Corpse Knights instead of the Black and White Daoist and Zhang Ruochen showed this clearly.
But if he saved them, he couldn't activate the Yin-Yang Twin Birth Realm. With only Zhang Ruochen's strength, suppressing Rakshasa Luo would take who knows how many years.
By the time Bone Yanluo wounded the White-Haired Skeleton and freed his hands, everyone would die.
One could say that saving them would fall right into Bone Yanluo's trap.
"Boom!"
The collision of the Yin-Yang Twin Birth Realm was like a full-force strike from a mid-stage Indestructible Infinite cultivator hitting Rakshasa Luo. The Shura War Soul Sea was nearly pierced through.
Zhang Ruochen's opponent, Rakshasa Luo's physical body, staggered backward repeatedly.
"Defeating me is possible, but suppressing me? With your cultivation, you're far from capable."
Rakshasa Luo's long hair turned into divine rivers, and then her physical body melted, completely transforming into the Shura War Soul Sea.
Within the sea, forty-five stars emitted hazy light, drifting chaotically, impossible to track.
Clearly, Rakshasa Luo had changed her strategy. Instead of clashing head-on with Zhang Ruochen and the Black and White Daoist, she used her liquid nature to stall, buying time.
Suddenly, one of the stars surged out of the sea, forming Rakshasa Luo's figure, and launched a sneak attack on the Black and White Daoist.
The Black and White Daoist spun around, throwing a punch that sent her flying.
Rakshasa Luo's body exploded, reverting to a star, sinking back into the sea, and speeding away.
After more than a dozen such sneak attacks, Zhang Ruochen and the Black and White Daoist could only drive her back, unable to capture her.
Once she turned into a star, her speed was too fast, like countless clones.
"Think of something quickly. If we drag this out, all ten Dragon Corpse Knights will be cursed to death, and the combined attack formation won't hold," the Black and White Daoist urged urgently.
In that brief moment, two more Dragon Corpse Knights had turned to ash in the cursed flames.
Zhang Ruochen activated his divine Qi, driving the Universe Cauldron on the back of the Dark Hand. Instantly, dense spatial veins spread out from the cauldron, extending above the Shura War Soul Sea and penetrating deep into the seawater.
The spatial veins were like a heaven-encompassing net, penetrating everywhere.
"Zhang Ruochen, you're only at the peak of Great Unbound Infinite. Even with the Universe Cauldron in your hands, you can't do anything to me."
Rakshasa Luo summoned the forty-five stars, and the Shura War Soul Sea churned violently, crashing against the spatial veins, causing the space constructed by the Universe Cauldron to collapse continuously.
Zhang Ruochen knew well that his time was running out. Not just for the White-Haired Skeleton's side, but also for the Black and White Daoist.
Once the combined attack formation couldn't be maintained, the Black and White Daoist's threat to Rakshasa Luo would greatly diminish.
Just as he was about to burn his divine blood and lifespan to forcibly boost his cultivation and activate the Universe Cauldron...
"Huh!"
A storm of heaven and earth rules surged from the east, condensing above the Shura War Soul Sea into Yuansheng's elegant and aloof beautiful figure.
She exchanged a glance with Zhang Ruochen, said nothing, and dispersed again, turning into countless heaven and earth rules that entered every drop of seawater in the Shura War Soul Sea.
No words were needed. Yuansheng believed Zhang Ruochen would understand her battle strategy.
The Black and White Daoist naturally noticed the exchange of glances between Yuansheng and Zhang Ruochen, and his heart clenched.
Something was wrong.
He tried to sort things out.
Wasn't it the Yuan Dao Clan's Clan Emperor who took the Soul-Suppressing Banner?
Zhang Ruochen had promised to help him retrieve it, which was why he agreed to help Zhang Ruochen deal with Rakshasa Luo.
So what was with that glance between Zhang Ruochen and the Yuan Dao Clan's Clan Emperor just now?
"Clan Leader, what are you thinking? Act now, help me trap Rakshasa Luo in the Universe Cauldron!" Zhang Ruochen shouted.
The Black and White Daoist shook his head, returning to reality. He realized that after the heaven and earth rules transformed by the Yuan Dao Clan's Clan Emperor merged with the Shura War Soul Sea, Rakshasa Luo was severely restricted.
The spatial veins released by the Universe Cauldron had already trapped the Shura War Soul Sea.
Seawater was being drawn into the cauldron without pause.
But the forty-five stars inside the sea still churned violently, crashing against the Universe Cauldron and attacking Zhang Ruochen.
At this critical moment, even if the Black and White Daoist was full of resentment, he knew what was important. He immediately enveloped the Shura War Soul Sea with the Yin-Yang Twin Birth Realm.
As the world's light walls of the Yin-Yang Twin Birth Realm contracted, the Shura War Soul Sea faced a third layer of suppression.
In the distance, Bone Yanluo tried several times to go there in person, but was intercepted by the White-Haired Skeleton, who had entered a desperate state. Their battle reached a fever pitch.
"Whoosh! Whoosh!"
Unable to fully stop him, Bone Yanluo struck from afar with Life and Death Qi.
Just as the Shura War Soul Sea was being drawn into the Universe Cauldron, the Life and Death Qi struck the Yin-Yang Twin Birth Realm and the Talisman Light Small World respectively.
The Life Qi pierced through the Yin-Yang Twin Birth Realm, extinguishing billions of souls, leaving a hole in the ghost clouds above the sky.
The beam landed on the Black and White Daoist, piercing his chest, severely wounding his ghost body.
The gap in cultivation was too great; any defense was meaningless.
This Life Qi was extremely condensed, a Heavenly Venerable-level technique, specifically designed to counter undead cultivators.
"Bang!"
The Death Qi pierced the Talisman Light Small World, hitting Zhang Ruochen, sending him flying backward, large patches of flesh rotting away.
Zhang Ruochen acted decisively, using sword Qi to cut away the rotten flesh.
But this cost him a significant amount of Indestructible Matter and blood Qi.
Ignoring his battered body, Zhang Ruochen reached toward the mouth of the Universe Cauldron. A Taiji Four Symbols Diagram imprint appeared in his palm, drawing out strands of heaven and earth rules.
Moments later, Yuansheng's body recondensed beside the Universe Cauldron.
She was extremely weak, her face pale, her physical body grievously wounded.
Her soul had also been severely damaged by Rakshasa Luo.
When she merged into the Shura War Soul Sea, it meant she had to fight Rakshasa Luo alone—both physically and spiritually.
Suddenly, the four star points on Yuansheng's forehead vanished, replaced by a vertical light eye.
Her gaze turned icy and sharp.
She struck with two fingers toward Zhang Ruochen's heart.
Zhang Ruochen was very familiar with this finger strike—it was some kind of extraordinary divine ability. Sensing danger, he immediately dodged.
Fortunately, her strike wasn't fast, and Zhang Ruochen easily evaded it. Then, he grabbed her wrist, releasing his spiritual power to suppress her soul.
"Zhang Ruochen, fighting me comes at a price. Release the Shura War Soul Sea immediately, or I'll crush her soul."
Rakshasa Luo's voice came from the light eye on Yuansheng's forehead.
"Don't believe her. Only a small part of her soul has invaded mine. I can refine it," Yuansheng said, her lips moving—this voice was truly hers.
"My soul originates from the Ancestor. How could you possibly refine it?"
As Rakshasa Luo's voice sounded, Yuansheng's skin began to dissolve, becoming hazy, with countless rules and water vapor flowing on the surface.
Not just her soul—some of the Shura War Soul Sea's seawater had merged with the heaven and earth rules, escaping along with them, hiding inside Yuansheng's body.
At this moment, Yuansheng and Rakshasa Luo were already you within me, I within you.
Earlier, when Zhang Ruochen used the Wuji Divine Dao to retrieve Yuansheng from the Universe Cauldron, he had noticed that some heaven and earth rules had completely merged with the Shura War Soul Sea, unable to be separated.
Those heaven and earth rules were definitely part of Yuansheng's body and soul, already devoured by Rakshasa Luo.
"Zhang Ruochen, decide quickly. She's no match for me," Rakshasa Luo urged coldly.
The Black and White Daoist's chest wound had already reformed. He flew over and urged as well: "Zhang Ruochen, you are now a Perfect Round Lack, the Lord of the Sword Realm. Great deeds require sacrifice. The Ghost Clan has lost three Dragon Corpse Knights to suppress Rakshasa Luo. We absolutely cannot release her. Hesitation is a fatal mistake in a battle of the strong..."
"Shut up! Don't you think I know?"
How could Zhang Ruochen not know what the Black and White Daoist was thinking?
The Black and White Daoist said grimly, "In my opinion as clan leader, suppress her together to eliminate future trouble, then we join forces to deal with Bone Yanluo."
"Don't teach me what to do! You go break the Seventy-Two Pillar World first. Leave this to me," Zhang Ruochen said.
The Black and White Daoist trembled with rage. He, a clan leader, an Indestructible Infinite, a senior who had cultivated for over a million years, was being told "don't teach me what to do."
But this brat then turned around and told him what to do.
Outrageous.
A Dragon Corpse Knight transmitted: "Clan Leader, now is not the time to fall out with Zhang Ruochen."
Another Dragon Corpse Knight advised: "The Soul-Suppressing Banner is still in that pair's hands. Clan Leader, please endure."
"I know! Are you teaching me what to do?"
The Black and White Daoist roared coldly, grinding his teeth to dust. Then, he flicked his sleeve and flew toward the nearest pillar world.
Yuansheng's body shifted between water vapor and rules.
This water vapor wasn't ordinary Shura War Soul Sea seawater—it was the essence, tempered by Rakshasa Luo through countless refinements, the fundamental substance of her humanoid form, comparable to Indestructible Matter, able to hide within heaven and earth rules.
Rakshasa Luo's Ancestor remnant soul was even more infinitely changeable. Zhang Ruochen couldn't extract it alone even using his First-Rank Divine Path.
Through the tireless efforts of Zhang Ruochen and Yuansheng, they managed to temporarily seal the remnant soul in the vertical eye on her forehead. With the remnant soul bound, the water vapor that had merged into Yuansheng's body was no longer a threat.
Zhang Ruochen said, "Don't worry, I'll find a way to resolve the hidden danger in your body. Rest here and recover first..."
Yuansheng summoned the Blue Sea Mixed Yuan Spear, striking downward heavily, causing ripples in space. "Is this the time to recover? Let's fight together. Battle the Great Demon God."
As a primordial being, the one she hated most was undoubtedly the Great Demon God, who had given them the humiliating title of "strange beasts."
How could a proud rising star of the primordial beings endure such an insult?
"Zhang Ruochen, that pillar world is formed by Bone Yanluo's Dao. Without breaking his Dao, it can't be toppled. Try using the Myriad Forms Formless Seal!"
The Black and White Daoist had returned, and seeing Zhang Ruochen and Yuansheng standing together made his heart burn with anger. The Dragon Corpse Knight beside him was very worried, afraid the clan leader would lose his mind.
Yuansheng looked at the Black and White Daoist with extreme hostility.
Zhang Ruochen naturally noticed this and said, "Clan Leader, rest assured, I will definitely help you retrieve the Soul-Suppressing Banner. Let's set aside past grievances and join forces to deal with Bone Yanluo."
Zhang Ruochen and Yuansheng each put on a set of Ancestral Dragon Ghost Armor, picked up spears, and mounted the dragon corpses. Together with the Black and White Daoist, they drove the Yin-Yang Twin Birth Realm toward Bone Yanluo.
"Clan Leader, from now on, the two of us will be your left and right arms, lending you all our power. I will activate the combined attack formation, and its power will surely reach a new level," Zhang Ruochen said.
Indeed, Zhang Ruochen was a Perfect Round Lack. With him activating the combined attack formation, the power of the trillion ghost spirits could be fully integrated.
The Black and White Daoist looked ahead, his heart surging with emotion, his battle intent rising steadily.
Facing a Heavenly Venerable-level opponent, this battle would surely shake the universe upon his return. From now on, who would dare say this Ghost Clan clan leader had no presence?
The Dragon Corpse Knight beside him poured cold water on him, transmitting quietly: "Clan Leader, Bone Yanluo has lost all reason to continue fighting. He will surely retreat immediately. But Zhang Ruochen and that woman have put on the Ancestral Dragon Ghost Armor. Could they be planning to keep it for themselves?"