Accidentally Reincarnated in Cultivation World-Chapter 374: ???’s Arrangement

An oppressive, supreme crimson mist-like aura erupted from the Asura’s body, spreading outward in violent waves as it forcefully countered the Dragon’s breath.

The moment the two forces collided, space shattered.

In that instant, Yu Xuan acted again.

He controlled the blood Qi within his own body, locking the Asura’s sword in place inside his abdomen, the flesh around it tightening unnaturally.

At the same time, he poured every ounce of his [Telekinesis] into the axe frozen above his head, twisting its trajectory and redirecting it toward the Asura’s other arms.

The axe moved.

Then.

Clang!

It struck the red mist.

And stopped.

It didn’t pierce.

It didn’t crack.

It didn’t even tremble.

The crimson aura swallowed the force completely, like an abyss devouring light.

"Haha... how amusing," the Great Demonic Sage Hei Si Zun muttered, a low chuckle escaping him.

"To think he’d force that Asura to use Supreme Will against him."

Though he laughed, his eyes were sharp.

Not only did this human possess multiple terrifying abilities, he had dragon connections, and not the shallow kind.

Even among ancient beings, such a combination was rare.

After all, one of the alias of the Dragons is, Beings of Wisdom.

Yu Xuan distanced himself away from the Asura’s range.

His expression was grim.

He was really starting to dislike this trial, especially the part where there was no logout or exit feature at will.

The sword slid out of his abdomen, the wound already knitting together as if it had never existed. He glanced down briefly, then raised his gaze to his opponents again.

Monsters.

Every single one of them.

’Why couldn’t I cut through it?’ Yu Xuan thought, frowning inwardly.

Neither sword intent nor dragon breath had worked.

It hadn’t felt like striking a shield.

It felt like trying to cut through an absolute law, something fundamentally unshakeable.

Yu Xuan had never faced anything like this in his entire life.

Not even once.

For the first time since stepping onto the cultivation path, a thought surfaced in his mind.

’...Have I been cultivating on easy mode all this time?’

Yu Xuan dismissed it instantly.

No way.

Not even a decade had passed since he began cultivating.

By any standard, he was still in the newbie phase. If this was "easy mode," then the rest of the world was clearly designed by lunatics.

"Why do I see potential in this child?" Absolute Immortal Lord Hanxu muttered, his voice low but thoughtful.

"Are all cultivators of new era like this?" another figure commented.

"If so, our future is unexpectedly bright."

"Precisely."

"But the previous one wasn’t like this."

"Yes. Though fearful that one was extremely respectful."

Quiet discussions rippled through the gathered figures, their tones ranging from curiosity to faint amusement.

"Haha, not bad," the Asura said, his middle face breaking into laughter.

"You caught me off guard twice, even though I’m fighting you with a handicap."

"All I hear is an excuse," Yu Xuan replied calmly.

"So save your sorry old self the trouble of justifying why you used force against the young."

His tone was steady, unhurried.

It wasn’t that he hadn’t heard their earlier conversation.

He had.

These beings were ancient.

How ancient, he didn’t know, but each of them carried the weight of legend.

And judging by their differing auras, looks, and the faint hostility between some of them, they clearly hadn’t originated from the same world.

Such abnormal existences didn’t just conveniently gather in one place without reason.

"..."

The Asura was offended yet again.

This time, the amusement vanished. 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

When he spoke, his voice was grave, heavy, and filled with danger.

"Though you possess talent, you lack respect for your elders and under normal circumstances, such impudence would be punished by death. However, as you can see, this is a special region."

His three pair of eyes burned.

"So we’ll settle this with your first death."

The words carried no overt killing intent.

And that made them far worse.

Because, in the next instant, the surroundings collapsed.

The sky dimmed, the ground rotted, and Yu Xuan felt himself dragged into an illusion so vast it crushed the senses.

He stood amid a boundless graveyard – corpses of Immortals, Gods, Demons, Heavenly Beasts and various beings piled endlessly, their remnants screaming silently into eternity.

Invisible hands clawed at him from every direction.

Thousands.

Tens of thousands.

They tore at his spirit, his will, his very sense of self.

Yu Xuan clenched his teeth, focusing every shred of willpower he possessed just to remain conscious.

’Fuck! How is this supposed to be a mortal?!’ he cursed inwardly.

At this point, he was fully convinced.

The trial description was a lie.

A complete, shameless lie.

The Asura’s body began to heat up, crimson mist boiling from his skin like blood turned to vapor.

Yu Xuan felt it clearly.

The danger of death.

The Asura’s six arms moved in unison, each one wrapped in that terrifying red mist.

Space twisted. Sound vanished.

Before Yu Xuan could even register the motion.

His body was split apart.

Six directions.

Six strikes.

Six ends.

There was no pain.

Only death.

***

"Ha... ha... ha..."

Yu Xuan sucked in air violently as he jolted upright, his breathing ragged, his heart pounding like a war drum.

His eyes darted in every direction, body tense, ready to strike.

"Where... am I?" he muttered.

A strange sense of familiarity washed over him.

Too familiar.

He froze, then slowly looked down at himself.

He was not even scratched.

His pupils shrank.

"Why... am I back where I started?"

The vast green land stretched before him once more. The same sky.

The same distant yet nearby sun.

His memory cut off cleanly at the moment the Asura’s aura flared.

’Did that mean... I died?’ Yu Xuan thought.

Before he could dwell on it, information surfaced directly in his mind.

The Book of Life and Death has lost track of the Challenger.

???’s Arrangement has been activated. Returning to the start point.