Chapter 158: Reversing the Situation and Crushing the Conspiracy (Part 2)

Xuan Cong stood alone at the edge of the altar, facing Ye Li, the imposing figure who had slain two Supreme Beings in quick succession, and Qin Yixuan, wounded but fiercely determined, his gaze fixed on him. His heart sank into a bottomless abyss. The slowly rotating "Furnace of Heaven and Earth" that trapped him seemed to have transformed into a veritable purgatory. The endless cycle of reincarnation was no longer a mystical Dao rhythm, but a death-dealing spell.

He knew he had been defeated. A complete and utter defeat. The "Heaven Stealing Plan," a thousand years in the making, the combined power of three supreme beings, a complex and complex scheme, was ultimately shattered in this Soul Abyss by a reborn, reborn junior with overwhelming force. Ling Hao and Mo Shang had fallen one after another, the passage to the Eclipse Realm destroyed, and even the all-important "key" lay within reach, yet he remained elusive.

Endless regret, resentment, and anger towards the so-called "Holy Lord" swirled wildly within him. He resented Ye Li's rapid growth, Ling Hao's impatience for quick success, and even more so, the Void Devourer's indifference and exploitation at the crucial moment! But it was all in vain.

However, he was, after all, a veteran Supreme who had survived countless ages and endured countless calamities, possessing a fortitude far beyond that of ordinary men. This desperate situation only aroused the deepest ferocity and madness within him. Since survival was hopeless, he would drag everyone down with him! Especially this crucial pair of "keys," Ye Li must not be allowed to obtain them!

"Ye Li... you won, but don't even think about getting off easy!" Xuan Cong's voice was hoarse, filled with a kind of desperate, chilling madness. "Even if I perish physically and spiritually, I will drag your parents down with me! Let your family be 'reunited' at the end of this cycle of reincarnation! Let this altar of 'Thief Heaven' become your shared grave!"

Before he finished speaking, he slapped his chest fiercely. Instead of gushing out blood and essence, he directly shattered his Supreme Heart Core! A stream of essence containing his lifelong cultivation, the origin of time and space, and a portion of immortal matter, mixed with an extremely vicious self-destructive curse, transformed into a gray-black, ominous beam of light, fiercely bombarding the core area of ​​the altar! At the same time, he unhesitatingly detonated a portion of the core rune of the fragment of the Samsara Mirror in his hand, which was the most ancient aura, transforming it into the most violent destructive energy and injecting it into the altar!

He would sacrifice his own supreme essence and a portion of the power of this core fragment to forcibly activate the final, most dangerous power of the "Reverse Samsara Formation." This power would not be used to open a passage, but to... reverse the balance of life and death within Ye Feng and Su Wan, completely annihilating them along with the "Mark of Samsara"! He would let this "key" shatter in the ultimate reversal of life and death, forcing Ye Li to endure eternal and irreparable pain even if he triumphed!

"How dare you!"

Ye Li and Qin Yixuan's expressions changed simultaneously! They could clearly feel the terrifying power on the altar, capable of reversing life and death and defying the cycle of reincarnation, being wildly stimulated by Xuan Cong in an extreme and resolute manner! Ye Feng and Su Wan's auras instantly became as weak as a candle in the wind, becoming extremely weak. The light of the mark between their eyebrows flickered violently, as if it would shatter and dissipate like foam at any moment! Their bodies even began to show signs of being unreal, as if they were being forcibly erased from this level!

"Xuannv purifies the world, a tribute to life! Eternal protection!" Qin Yixuan burned the remaining essence of Xuannv desperately, and even used the forbidden technique recorded in the inheritance that might damage the foundation of Taoism, turning the purest life and guardian power into a warm and tough light cocoon that contained the artistic conception of "eternity", trying to completely wrap Ye Feng and Su Wan and isolate them from the erosion of the power that reversed life and death.

Ye Li's eyes were bloodshot, and he increased his speed to the limit, rushing towards Xuan Cong! He must be stopped! He must be killed before he can complete this vicious ritual!

However, Xuan Cong's move was a true life-or-death struggle. The speed and determination of his explosive power were far beyond ordinary! The energy detonated by the gray-black light column and the debris had already resonated with the core of the altar. The terrifying wave of power that reversed life and death and annihilated existence surged towards Ye Feng and Su Wan like a tide!

Just as the destructive force was about to completely submerge Ye Feng and Su Wan, the protective light cocoon that Qin Yixuan had constructed with all her might began to shatter under the weight, and at the critical moment when it was about to collapse—

The change happened again!

Ye Feng, who had been imprisoned and in a deep sleep, suddenly felt his eyelids tremble violently! The blood within him, which had been dormant for countless years and belonged to the descendants of the ancient guardians of the gods, was stimulated by the ultimate crisis of life and death and the familiar and anxious breath of his daughter. It unexpectedly broke through some of its restrictions and awakened a trace of its deep-seated original will!

He suddenly opened his eyes! His originally gentle eyes were now replaced by an endless majesty and a vicissitudes of life that saw through the cycle of reincarnation!

"Those who blaspheme the cycle of reincarnation... and covet the origin... must be killed!"

An ancient, vast thought, seemingly traversing the endless river of time and space, carrying supreme authority, boomed out through Ye Feng's body! Although it was only a remnant of protective will, its high status and the ancient orthodoxy of the laws it contained caused Xuan Cong, who was frantically frightened, to pause and slow his movements for a moment!

Immediately afterwards, the "Marks of Samsara" between Ye Feng and Su Wan's brows suddenly erupted with an unprecedentedly brilliant light! That light wasn't an attack, but rather two gentle yet incredibly tenacious beams of light, woven with countless tiny golden divine symbols, tightly enveloping the two. Above the beams, the faint shadow of an ancient sacred tree swayed, emanating an orthodox protective aura that maintained the order of Samsara and warded off all external evil!

This was an instinctive counterattack, branded deep within their blood, originating from the guardians of the primordial divine realm! It was the "key"'s natural rejection of the "thief"!

Xuan Cong's desperate attack, imbued with the power to reverse life and death, clashed fiercely with the ancient guardian power! There was no earth-shattering explosion, only a violent conflict and annihilation at the level of laws! The gray-black destructive energy and the golden guardian light eroded and offset each other, emitting a sizzling, heart-pounding sound.

Xuan Cong's desperate attack was abruptly interrupted and largely negated by this sudden change! Although the guardian divine light swayed violently and dimmed considerably, it ultimately protected Ye Feng and Su Wan's core essences, preventing them from being completely annihilated!

"What?! The Protoss' Guardian Will?!" Xuan Cong was shocked and furious. He had calculated everything, but he had never expected that such a powerful and ancient guardian instinct would remain in Ye Feng's bloodline! This was completely beyond his understanding of the "key"!

And it was this crucial moment of delay that allowed Ye Li to arrive!

The Xuanbing Sword, which contained monstrous rage, endless murderous intent, and an extremely cold will of judgment, carried the ultimate sword intent of severing cause and effect, destroying reincarnation, and ending eternal sins. Without any fancy moves, it directly pierced Xuan Cong's back, whose defense had been greatly reduced and whose mind was shaken due to the use of forbidden techniques!

The sword intent was like the most violent torrent, instantly penetrating his body and madly destroying Xuan Cong's vitality, the source of the law, and his immortal supreme soul!

Xuan Cong's body suddenly stiffened. He looked down at the tip of the sword that was shining with chaotic light from his chest. His face was filled with extreme unwillingness, resentment, and a hint of...an indescribable, complex expression as if he was relieved.

"Hehe...hahaha...cough cough..." He laughed miserably, gray blood continuously pouring out of his mouth, "Ye Li...you won...won...completely...but 'nothingness' will eventually come...His will...has already penetrated...you...can't stop it...I will be waiting for you...at the end of reincarnation..."

His voice became lower and lower, and finally, his body, like Ling Hao and Mo Shang, completely disintegrated under the terrifying sword intent that contained the true meaning of life and death and reincarnation, turning into the tiniest original particles that had lost all their characteristics, and dissipated in the reincarnation furnace, becoming the last nourishment of this world.

The third supreme being, Xuan Cong, fell!

At this point, the three masterminds who planned and executed the "Heaven Stealing Plan" have all been killed! Both their bodies and souls have been destroyed!

With Xuan Cong's death, the broken fragment of the Samsara Mirror in his hand made a wailing sound, turned into a stream of light, and flew towards Ye Li, merging into the four fragments that were already excited in her sea of ​​consciousness.

Five fragments converged! Ye Li felt her sea of ​​consciousness tremble violently, as if some shackle had been broken. Her understanding of reincarnation instantly reached a whole new level. A vaster, more complete stream of information, containing a portion of the primordial secret, surged into her consciousness. Simultaneously, the Inverted Cross Altar, deprived of all its power source, began to crack and crumble, ultimately reducing to ruins amidst a violent roar. The seething evil energy within the pool, now without support, was quickly neutralized and dissipated by Qin Yixuan's purifying divine light.

The rune chains that bound Ye Feng and Su Wan also broke and dissipated bit by bit with the destruction of the altar and the fall of Xuan Cong, like a snake that had lost its life.

Ye Li and Qin Yixuan immediately flew forward and carefully caught their parents who were slowly falling from mid-air and were still enveloped by the faint guardian light.

The ancient will in Ye Feng's eyes faded like the tide, and his original clarity returned. Although extremely weak and on the verge of death, looking at his daughter, who was so close and safe, his eyes were filled with indescribable relief, excitement, fear, and deep love. Su Wan also slowly woke up. Seeing Ye Li, tears immediately burst out, and her pale lips trembled, but no sound came out.

"Father... Mother... I'm sorry I'm late... I've caused you so much suffering..." Ye Li looked at her parents' pale, haggard, almost transparent faces, felt their faint breaths and the nearly depleted essence within them, and her heart was filled with immense guilt and fear. Her voice choked with sobs, tears finally streaming down her face. She held her parents' cold hands tightly, slowly transferring the pure and gentle Nirvana spiritual energy into their bodies, protecting their final heart and soul.

"Silly child... it's your parents... who have dragged you down..." Ye Feng spoke weakly, his voice as thin as a mosquito. He reached out his hand, trembling and caressing Ye Li's cheek, his eyes full of heartache, "I'm glad you're okay... I'm glad you're okay..."

Qin Yixuan watched this poignant reunion from the sidelines, tears welling in her eyes, but a heartfelt, warm smile played on her lips. She silently channeled the gentler, life-giving power of the Mystic Goddess into Ye Feng and Su Wan, carefully nourishing their nearly broken bodies and souls.

The raging energy gradually subsided, and the Silent Soul Abyss returned to its former silence, but the atmosphere of conspiracy, despair, and blasphemy that shrouded the place had disappeared with the fall of the three supreme beings and the collapse of the altar.

The "Heaven-Stealing Plan" was completely shattered!

Ye Li stood atop the ruins, her left hand tightly grasping her parents' cold hands, a constant flow of life. In her right hand, she gripped the mysterious ice sword, seemingly fused with her own body, its blade radiating a restrained, chaotic light. Beside her stood Qin Yixuan, pale but with bright eyes, who had shared her life and death. She looked up at the gray, seemingly unchanging sky, but her heart felt nothing but the joy of victory, only the exhaustion of a heavy burden, and... a deeper sense of solemnity.

Though Ling Hao and Xuan Cong are dead, the threat of the "Void Devouring Beast" remains like the Sword of Damocles, hanging over all worlds. The truth of the primordial divine realm, the mission of the Samsara Mirror, the mysterious "Mark of Samsara" and the protective will of his parents... all of this foreshadows a greater storm, perhaps yet to come. Saving his parents is only the first step.

But somehow, she did it. She reversed a seemingly fatal situation, saved her loved ones, and thwarted the conspiracy before her. This was an end, but also a new beginning. She looked down at the faint but genuine smiles on her parents' faces, feeling the warmth and support Qin Yixuan conveyed, and her faith in protection grew even stronger.

No matter what the road ahead holds, she will keep going.