Chapter 1377: 1015: What Goes Around Comes Around

As everyone knows, Ghost Cultivators eat ghosts. In fact, the vast majority of Ghost Cultivators begin by devouring their own kind as ghosts, then step by step walk onto this path of cultivation.

Therefore, the Ghost Immortal Scripture that He Miancun cultivated is largely similar to the Skills Jiang Yuan obtained after his system was gamified—at least in theory, both can grow stronger by eating ghosts.

Her Cultivation Realm was high and her aura was fierce; falling upon all those wandering souls, it became a terrifying Yin Fiend Qi that could only be formed by devouring countless ghosts.

As the saying goes, one thing subdues another— that mass of black smoke began to tremble violently. Before long, it split into countless semi-transparent souls of the dead. At a rough glance, most were ghosts formed from Mortals after death, while a small portion were Cultivators' souls.

Dense and innumerable, in the thousands, they were all people or Cultivators with matching Eight Characters whom the Mi Family of Snow Cloud Valley had specially sought out, then tortured to death with cruel methods. By this point, the strength of Cultivator souls and Mortal souls was on par; in fact, a large portion of the ghosts with surging Yin Energy and sky-piercing resentment were Mortal souls.

As for the souls of Sect Disciples from the Ancient Ten Great Sects that had been collected into the Scroll, they were not specifically chosen as suppressing objects; they were merely thrown in by the Mi Family as extras after being captured, so as not to waste them.

"Miss, are you really telling the truth? I can still avenge myself?"

"We only have resentment and no substance—how can we slice those bastards into a thousand pieces?"

"I want revenge! Revenge! Kill everyone in Snow Cloud Valley!"

"Revenge, we want revenge…"

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Gusts of Yin wind mixed with Ghost Roars, even causing the surrounding temperature to drop slightly.

"Everyone, calm down." He Miancun flicked her sleeve and said coldly, "Follow me. Once we rescue the other victims' souls, those with resentment shall vent their resentment, those with hatred shall avenge their hatred, and we shall settle the blood-debt of our deaths."

All those ghosts maintained the horrific forms they had at the moment of death, but now followed behind her, once more turning into a mass of black smoke. They were much more obedient and no longer ran about everywhere.

Seeing this, Ling Di hurriedly went ahead to lead the way to the next Array.

With the previous example, they first set up a Barrier before breaking it; once the resentful souls inside rushed out, they Summoned the souls of the Ancient Ten Great Sects' disciples and collected them; then He Miancun gathered the souls of the dead again to follow them to the next Array.

In this way, they completely broke all the Evil Treasure Gathering Arrays laid in eight directions throughout the city. Before Miss He could gather this group of souls to seek revenge, a dull rumble echoed from beneath the city.

Immediately after, from the snowy clearing just beyond the city wall, came horrifying screams.

"This Eight-direction Ghost-Gathering Wealth Array is an Evil Technique to begin with, stealing others' fortune to enhance wealth. Because the Evil Energy was too heavy for anyone to bear, the Mi Family used it instead to strengthen the city's fortune. All the Demon Cultivators and Demon Beasts living within gained fortune's blessing. Now that it's broken, they're bound to suffer backlash." Jiang Yuan looked at the souls already itching for revenge and sighed. "Whether theft or plunder, in the end, it all has to be repaid."

Sure enough, the Demon Cultivators and Demon Beasts waiting for judgment were all struck by backlash. Each of them suffered agonies like having their skin flayed and bones scraped, clearly showing they had reaped no small benefits from this Evil Treasure Gathering Array.

Some younger Demon Cultivators with lower Realms couldn't even withstand this wave of backlash.

"Tsk, most of those who died in the backlash are pampered young heirs of the various households. Not very old, not high in Cultivation, yet with numerous shops and lands under their names. With the Treasure Gathering Array's blessing, wealth poured in, and they squandered money like dirt. In the end, they burned away all their own Lifespan."

"Previously, I was still fretting over how to deal with these little beasts who enjoyed family privileges yet hadn't killed that many. Now it seems villains are taken by Heaven itself; we need not shoulder too much killing karma."

"I had actually prepared myself to slaughter an entire city. If killing karma must be created, then so be it! Back then, when the Demon Race repaid grace with enmity, didn't they also have one generation bear the slaughter, so their descendants could inherit a fertile world? Why can't Human Race Cultivators do the same?"

"Sigh, such actions are not advisable. The Heavenly Dao has its own ordained patterns. When it is the Demon Race's time to run rampant, how can mere human effort withstand it? Likewise, when it is the Human Race's turn to rule, demons and ghosts will naturally shy away…"

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The watchers from the Ancient Ten Great Sects whispered among themselves, then saw the city gates swing open as He Miancun led tens of thousands of souls surging over with overwhelming momentum.

"Everyone, see clearly who truly took your lives. Resentment has its source, debts have their debtor—do not mistake them." At her command, waves of black smoke surged forward, then scattered. Amid the interweaving of countless souls, only the shrill screams of Demon Beasts and Demon Cultivators could be heard.

When it came to torture and sadistic killing, the upper echelons of the Mi Family naturally wouldn't dirty their own hands.

Whether in capturing, killing, or suppressing, it was mostly the assassins at the bottom and the henchmen in the middle who did the work. The resentment of the souls was sky-high, yet their Energy was limited, so they naturally had to first fix upon their true enemies and torture them thoroughly to ease the hatred in their hearts.

The backlash had already cut down a portion;

when the resentment on many souls was exhausted, another portion was cut down.

Jiang Yuan swept his gaze around. Those still alive and breathing were either in positions of high authority or had high enough Realms to withstand the damage.

After this one-sided crushing, the Mortal souls' resentment completely dissipated, and they followed the Ghost Messengers to the Netherworld; the remaining Cultivators' souls also spent their last bit of Energy and scattered with a gust of Snow Cloud Valley's wind.

"Master, the two Spirit Stone Mines of Snow Cloud Valley have been taken back, and the laborers who were oppressed by the Mi Family and chained below to mine have also been rescued." Wan Mingchuan led a group of Demon Cultivators covered in dust and grime over, pointed to his own Master and the various Sect Leaders, and explained, "It wasn't me who saved you. It was my Master, together with the Sect Leaders of the Ancient Ten Great Sects and the Valley Master of Spiders Valley, who joined forces to eradicate Snow Cloud Valley and rescue you from the jaws of death."

These Demon Cultivators had all been trafficked from the Otherworld. Shackles made of Magical Artifacts that restricted their freedom were worn year-round on their hands and feet, rubbing thick, bloody calluses into their skin.