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Desolate Fate

On the day he first met a cultivator, Yaan’s life was changed forever. All that he cared for was ripped away from him. He was forced into a despair-inducing situation, but he endured, he fought, he refused to give up. But why did he persevere, what drove him to go on? With nothing to return to, his hatred and rage fuelled his will to survive… But hatred begets more hatred and the flames of rage are extinguished with time. He was desperately clinging to any thread of meaning that he could find, but heated emotions do not last forever, and ambitions are rarely easily achieved. A person changes over time, often into that which they once despised… Life…is a struggle. A struggle against the world, a struggle against our own nature, and a struggle against fate. This is the tale of a lone person’s struggle through a twisted world, and his desperate attempt to resist his desolate fate.

SpicyDaoist · Fantasía
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The Nirvana Temptress

The Earth Cry Tribe Elders were simply irrelevant in Yaan's eyes. Compared to the woman before him, this genuine 6-Star Realm body temperer, everyone else was insignificant!

She wore a soft purple robe laden with flowery designs. Likewise, her hair was tied up with a purple butterfly clip, and purple earrings dangled freely from her earlobes. She was adorned with a modest amount of jewellery, accentuating her incredible looks. She looked unusually feminine for a body temperer.

The Earth Cry Tribe Ancestor did not hide her power. Her aura exuded a feeling of strength, a strength born from the abundance of Life Essence that she had absorbed from her Heavenly Blessing upon breaking through to the Nirvana Life Realm.

Nirvana Realm cultivators possessed so much Life Essence that it elevated their being to a whole new plane of existence, just one step away from immortality! However, they did not have the luxury to flaunt and enjoy this power, because they had only three years to prepare for the Heavenly Calamity, Nirvana Death…

Since this was the case, Yaan could understand why this woman looked so enraged right now. She tried to calm herself down, but a hint of frustration slipped through her facade.

The surroundings became silent. As Yaan and the Earth Cry Tribe Ancestor sized one another up, their subordinates subconsciously backed away, giving the two room to face one another. If a battle broke out between these two experts, they did not want to get themselves implicated!

Yaan could see that this woman possessed a shocking surplus of energy. Her Life Essence had increased her Vital Energy to a ridiculous level, whilst her Primal Soul was also far more powerful than any ordinary 5-Star Realm body temperer.

In fact, he could see signs that her Primal Soul had partially fused with her Vital Core!

If she attempted to hide her strength, it would not be so easy for Yaan to see through these details, but she was clearly trying to dissuade him from continuing on with his conquest. As the beauty scrutinised Yaan with a piercing gaze, her brows furrowed and her frown deepened.

'I cannot see through this person at all!' She thought to herself in alarm. Her delicate eyebrows creased in seriousness as she gently pushed her hair back in a seductive manner. The Earth Cry Tribe Elders were startled, they knew that this action of hers meant that she was preparing to fight if she needed to!

Yaan immediately realised that this woman was not an ordinary body temperer, though her ability to reach the Nirvana Realm whilst retaining her youthful beauty was already proof of this.

As her demeanour gradually became increasingly seductive, many of the men in the surroundings swallowed. For a female body temperer to possess such a delicate, feminine appearance was already uncommon, but this woman seemed to exude a sort of sexual charm on top of this!

It didn't take Yaan long to realise that she practised one of 'those' cultivation techniques…

A seductive technique, the sort that aroused lust in men, and even women, to the extent that they lost their rational senses.

As if to confirm his deduction, the woman's frown vanished without a trace. She took half a step forwards and smiled gently, then began speaking in a soft, melodic tone.

"Fellow warrior, why do we need to fight like this? As 6-Star Realm warriors, we both need to struggle to pass through Nirvana, does it really make sense to exhaust and injure ourselves by fighting needlessly?"

Many people gasped, finally realising that the Earth Cry Tribe Ancestor was actually a 6-Star Realm warrior. However, the gazes towards Yaan became strange…

He was actually a 6-Star Realm warrior?!

Yaan smiled lightly, not immediately responding to the woman's probing words. Clearly, she believed that he was a 6-Star Realm body temperer, but she was unable to see through his cultivation, so she could not be certain of this guess.

However, this guess made sense. In her eyes, a 5-Star Realm warrior could not possibly make her feel this hidden sense of danger, whilst an immortal would simply have no need to waste their time like this. In fact, immortals were prevented from directly acting against Foundation Step warriors by the war flower law!

She believed that he was a 6-Star Realm warrior, and one with a method to completely conceal his true abilities. It was even possible that he had comprehended an immortal stage dao!

It was only possible to pass Nirvana Rebirth by comprehending an earthly dao to the immortal stage. Generally speaking, a cultivator would try to avoid stepping into Nirvana before they had attained this comprehension, but if they had reached the end of their lifespan, they might not have that choice. In fact, it was more common for cultivators to be forced into the Nirvana Realm, having failed to comprehend a dao to the immortal stage within their mortal lifespan.

Right now, Yaan was unsure whether or not this person had comprehended her dao to the immortal stage. If she had achieved this, then this battle would be many times more difficult. In fact, he might even be forced to rely on his pseudo-domain, an ability that he had no confidence in controlling properly…

But Yaan did not shy away from this battle. He could see her attitude from her probing words; she did not want to fight!

This was only natural. She was preparing for her Heavenly Calamity, why would she want to risk exhausting and injuring herself right now?

This worked out perfectly for Yaan.

Firstly, he wanted to test himself. Those 5-Star Realm warriors were no longer a challenge, but he had never fought against anyone stronger than this. In order to better understand his own strength, he wanted to go ahead with this battle.

Secondly, if he defeated this 6-Star Realm expert, the Earth Cry Province would fall into his hands immediately. He would gain multiple 5-Star Realm subordinates without needing to convince them of his abilities, the gains would be huge!

Finally…he could always back out if the battle took a turn for the worst. The Earth Cry Tribe Ancestor did not want to fight, meaning that she would probably allow Yaan to leave if he did decide to back away.

With these thoughts in mind, Yaan's smile widened. The Earth Cry Tribe Ancestor had a bad feeling about this, and her worries were confirmed when Yaan silently withdrew a large demonic looking sword from his spatial ring.

Yaan locked his gaze on his opponent, but contrary to his expectations, she did not look angered, nor did she show any sort of negative emotion towards him. In fact, she showed a slightly pitiful expression, as if she was sad that they had to fight. She blinked her large eyes and threw Yaan a seductive gaze as she bit her lip.

"Fellow warrior, do we really have to fight? I think it is not good to fight, how about we become friends instead?"

Her words seemed to resonate with a power within her body, causing her aura to twist and transform into something extremely destructive. Illusory flowers bloomed all around her body, the sky above her turned pink, as if the heavens were blessing her divine beauty.

Her provocation was launched directly at Yaan, but even those in the surroundings, those from both sides, felt their hearts sting with pain, feeling that she was far too pitiful. They also felt a deep sense of lust, a feeling that was so strong that they were almost unable to control themselves!

They were overcome with the desire to protect the beauty…perhaps, if they protected her, she would let them-

"Disgusting." Yaan cut through her sexually seductive art with a single word, staring at the woman with a cold gaze. This one word seemed to break the others out from their lust-induced stupor. Once they realised that they had been drawn into her trap, they showed terrified expressions, immediately retreating.

Those in the alliance army felt embarrassed…just now, they were actually willing to forgo this entire conquest, all for a single woman! In fact, it wasn't just the men, even the women were ensnared by her spell!

'As expected, she cultivates a seduction technique. This technique has resulted in her extremely feminine body and aura, as well as her natural air of seduction which induces lust and desire in those around her. And just now…that was a vital spell!'

Vital spells were spells which were activated using Vital Energy. They were far more difficult to master compared to the conventional spells used by Qi refiners. Due to the effort involved in learning and using these spells, most body temperers would not bother with spells, instead doubling down their efforts on cultivating their body.

But the Earth Cry Tribe Ancestor had clearly learned a seduction vital spell, a spell which amplified her sexual and feminine aura by many times. This spell paired too well with her cultivation technique; it was likely that this spell was designed to be used alongside her cultivation method.

"You…how are you completely unaffected by my seduction art?!" The Earth Cry Tribe Ancestor cried out in shock, her facade breaking down for a moment.

She could not help it, this was the first time in her life that her seduction art had completely failed to elicit any sort of response from a man!

She was beautiful, she always had been, and her cultivation technique only amplified her beauty multiple fold. Combined with her 'Delicate Word Seduction Spell', she was able to completely overwhelm even 5-Star Realm warriors, turning them away from their wives, causing their ambitions to break down, converting them into her loyal servants, driven only by love and lust!

She could accept it if Yaan was able to break out from her method, but he was simply unaffected in the least!

Yaan's expression became strange.

"I just don't find you attractive…"

"Huh?!" She cried out, taking two steps back due to her shock.

Nobody had ever said such words to her before!

Yaan knew about seduction techniques. He had met women who cultivated these methods before, but it was his first time fighting against such a technique.

The moment her aura surged and her lust-inducing words entered his ears, Yaan actually shivered slightly, finding her to be far too disgusting.

Or rather, the very instant that the faintest shred of lust began to sprout within his heart, this desire was crushed, collapsing and transforming into a nauseating feeling.

Yaan had never cared about love, lust, or women. His first introduction to sexual matters was when he had accidentally witnessed an obese cultivator ravaging a young girl, so perhaps he had been severely put off from these matters from a young age.

On top of that, compared to Rui and the Spirit Plane Lord, this woman's beauty was really nothing impressive.

Regardless, Yaan felt that using sexuality to manipulate your opponent was a gross tactic, there was no way that something like this would entice him.

The Earth Cry Tribe Ancestor paled slightly.

A man who simply did not find her attractive?! Such a man actually existed?!

She realised that perhaps…she had just met her natural nemesis!