“Ghost!” More than half the people in the mourning hall screamed and bolted in terror.

“Not good... a corpse has come back to life!” The presiding Mr. Bolton was so frightened that his legs gave out and he collapsed to the ground.

“Y-you... don’t come after me, it was Tian... Tian Feng who killed you...” David Thompson was being strangled tightly by William Carter, stammering in fear, and suddenly his pants grew warm—he soiled and wet himself.

Instantly, the The Carter Family mourning hall descended into utter chaos.

“It was you who hurt me!”

William Carter shouted eerily, and with his hair already a wild mess from being in the coffin and his makeup smeared all over his face, he looked exactly like a ghost.

At the same time, William Carter noticed a wisp of energy emerging, and from David Thompson’s body, another David Thompson appeared, but this one was a spectral form.

Apparently, the kid was so scared that his soul had left his body. Thinking of how the original owner’s resentment had just been absorbed, William Carter tried moving his brow chakra closer.

Sure enough, David Thompson’s soul seemed to feel immense pressure. With a babble, it was yanked, tumbled in the air, shrank by thirty percent, and hurriedly dove back into his body.

Then William Carter saw another mystical scene: a flash of light fell into the coffin, and then 《大自在因果坐忘经》 shone brightly, a passage of text radiating with seven-colored light:

Absorb the energy of heaven, accumulate the warmth of yang, transform the water of earth, gather the dust of soil...

A flower is a world, a leaf is a bodhi...

Where there is cause, there must be effect!

“The Great Causal Eye of Freedom”

At the same time, thunder rumbled, a bolt of lightning split the sky, and with a crackling boom inside his body, a massive heavenly gate swung open.

Suddenly, with ten thousand Buddhas chanting and rays of light everywhere, William Carter saw a mountain.

No!

To be precise, it was nine dragon-shaped mountain ranges entwined together, piercing the divine clouds and stretching far into the distant sky.

At that moment, a spring burst forth from the dragon-head peak, cascading down three thousand feet.

The spring’s mouth was a full ‘ten feet’ wide, the torrent fierce and unstoppable, making one’s legs tremble with the urge to flee.

William Carter knew that after sixteen years of chanting Buddhist scriptures and over a decade of body training, by devouring thirty percent of David Thompson’s soul, he had miraculously shaken the dragon vein of Cangyue, broken through the essence of the heavenly gate, and unleashed a ‘spring’, boldly stepping into the ‘Heavenly Gate Realm’.

“Don’t blame me, it was only because of the Hai’an Marquis’s family that I...”

Having just survived a brush with death, David Thompson was still dazed and hadn’t figured out what was happening, and burst into loud sobs out of fear.

“Shut up! Stop your nonsense!”

Chapter Two Wet Himself in Fear

At this moment, a powerful voice rang out like a morning bell. Hearing his father Samuel Thompson’s lion’s roar, David Thompson snapped awake, broke out in a cold sweat, and quickly shut his mouth.

“Useless! You’re a grown man and still soil your pants. Why are all the The Thompson Family people like this!” William Carter knew there was no way to scare more information out of him, so he simply tossed David Thompson to the ground, taking the opportunity to disgust the The Thompson Family people.

“July... July, you’re not dead?” Standing beside Samuel Thompson, his father Edward Carter asked in overwhelming joy.

“Dead my ass, your son is destined by the heavens, tough as nails!” William Carter rolled his eyes.

“Hahaha, steward, hurry up and tear down this damned mourning hall, burn it all to ashes.” Edward Carter burst out laughing.

“Yes, sir, I’ll arrange it right away.” The steward Robert Carter was so happy he was trembling, nodding like a pecking chicken.

“Wait, keep that book.” Edward Carter truly doted on his son, still remembering that 《大自在因果坐忘经》 was his favorite.

“Sorry, Mr. Bolton, did I scare you?” William Carter grinned and bent down to help up Daoist James Bolton.

“You brat, if you’re alive, just be alive, don’t go scaring people. People can be scared to death, and these old bones of mine can’t take your antics.” James Bolton forced a smile as he got up from the ground, but the smile looked worse than crying.

“Ahem... I just woke up myself and was confused. Steward, remember to give Mr. Bolton an extra bottle of ‘Eight-Treasure Fright-Dispelling Powder’ later.” William Carter patted James Bolton’s shoulder with an innocent look.

Bah!

You were confused and still managed to strangle someone? But Mr. Bolton didn’t say this out loud.

“Hmph! Mr. Carter, everyone in your The Carter Family is a born actor. I have other matters, farewell!” Samuel Thompson thought this was a play staged by Edward Carter and his son to embarrass the The Thompson Family, so he left in a huff, dragging his son with him.

“I’ll be hosting a grand banquet at home tonight. I hope Mr. Thompson will do me the honor of attending.” Edward Carter said with a beaming smile.

“I’ve lost my appetite lately, everything I eat gives me heartburn, so I won’t be coming.” Samuel Thompson was so angry he turned on his heel and left with the other The Thompson Family members, disappearing in an instant.

“Satisfying, so satisfying!”

Edward Carter laughed heartily three times, reaching out to pinch and prod William Carter. “Hahaha, you’re real, not a ghost.”

“Your son really is an ‘outsider ghost’.” William Carter replied with a mysterious smile, speaking the honest truth.