Chapter 112 Awakening from the Great Dream, Entering the Tribulation of Lightning
The moment the causal lines of the past and future connected, the fourth bolt of lightning struck.
The overwhelming power completely engulfed the surrounding star array and spirit-devouring array.
The charred lightning marks emitted emerald green phosphorescence. As Luo Chuan's protective barrier shattered, the phantom of the Tree of Life in mid-air shook violently, and countless drooping causal threads trembled in the storm.
Wu Jin's eyes widened in horror as he spat out a mouthful of blood. "The Tree of Life? How could this be?"
Luo Chuan barely managed to raise his head amidst the formation, his shock no less than that of the old priest. Seven tails exploded behind him like snowflakes, and with a slight shift in his thoughts, he looked down at the causal line on his chest.
A barely perceptible touch of green climbs upwards along the center of the gold line.
This power is...?
"The astrological prophecy clearly states that the Tree of Life will be reborn from the owner of this object several hundred years later. Why is the heavenly lightning severing this cause and effect?" Wu Jin snapped out of his astonishment, bit his fingertip, and smeared the blood into his white pupil. "Pupil of Fate, open!"
The moment the ancient forbidden technique was activated, all things fell silent.
The old priest Bai Tong, who had been plotting for a hundred years, shed tears of blood. The moment he came into contact with the truth, his aged body trembled uncontrollably.
Everything in sight faded into a grayish-white ink wash.
He saw the millions of causal threads hanging from the Tree of Life breaking, each gray-white causal thread accompanied by a silent lament as it shattered.
Only the golden thread bursting from the Demon King's heart was vividly bright. And the lightning tribulation was constantly trying to sever this thread of cause and effect.
For hundreds of years, Wu Jin sat day and night under the Tree of Life, pondering deeply. He calculated hundreds and thousands of possible deviations that might occur when this day arrived, but he never expected—
What sought to shatter this web of cause and effect was none other than the Nine Heavens Thunder Tribulation.
If the Demon King cannot nourish the Tree of Life, then are the prophecies of the Astrological Observatory true or false?
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"Really, hundreds of years later you became a very powerful demon." Huali sat in the valley with a serious expression.
The orchids on the other side of the Luo River only bloom on the night of the full moon, and they have been waiting here for three months since they crossed the river.
The boy's fingertip held half an ice flower, and after a long silence, he asked, "Are you really from a hundred years in the future?"
“Yeah, I’ve told you so many times. What half-demon mixed blood? You’re incredibly amazing.” Huali recalled the appearance of Demon King Luo Chuan. “He handles everything with ease. Although he’s a bit of a smart aleck, he’s very reliable.”
The boy's usual lonely shadow gained weight because of the person beside him, but it also brought him a taste of the emotion called "fear." He licked his dry lips. "So, will you go back?"
Huali nodded generously, "Yes."
Although the flow of time in dreams is different from that in reality, she has lingered here for too long. Ever since she arrived in Luoshui, her heart has been throbbing with pain from time to time.
Huali turned to look at the silent boy, "You don't want me to leave?"
The boy crushed the ice flowers, and upon hearing Huali's unwavering answer, a fierce hatred suddenly ignited in his heterochromatic eyes. He rose and approached her, a smirk playing on his lips as he retorted, "What do you think?"
"It took me hundreds of years to sculpt my heart into an ice sculpture that doesn't hurt. All that loneliness was just like the mist in this valley to me, but you suddenly appeared and shattered everything!"
Karin suddenly opened her eyes wide.
At the same time, a gust of wind swept through the dream, and countless silver cursed butterflies flew in from the distant horizon. She instinctively tried to look up, but her shoulders were firmly pressed to the ground.
The half-demon boy's eyes were bloodshot. "Look at me!"
"Now my blood burns my throat, I want to share the moonlight, and your words echo in my ears when I see the Luo River and its mountains and rivers—" The last half of the sentence shattered abruptly.
Because he clearly saw that Karin's body was beginning to become transparent...
Realizing something, the boy suddenly grabbed her ethereal neck fiercely, his heterochromatic eyes glistening with tears. "If you wanted to extinguish it, why did you choose to melt that layer of ice?"
Huali stared blankly at the glistening tears sliding down his cheeks, and murmured, "I..."
"What you thought was salvation is nothing but a dull knife," the boy suddenly laughed, the curve of his lips casual, just like the Demon King when he grew up. "Liar."
Cursed Heart Butterflies swarmed around the rosewood.
Huali's wrist suddenly emitted a light, which instantly merged into the boy's brow.
Under the influence of the same source, he suddenly felt an inexplicable call and looked up blankly.
"I'm not lying to you." Hua Li suddenly leaned over and cupped his face in her hands. "Luo Chuan, we're separating now so that we can meet again a hundred years from now."
"You, a hundred years from now, need my strength, so I must go back."
"For your present self, and for your future self a hundred years from now, can you help me?"
The Cursed Heart Butterfly pierced Huali's wrist for the third time. The boy stared intently at her and finally spoke in a hoarse voice, "If you dare to lie to me..."
"...I will never let you go, no matter where you are."
The golden causal threads, imbued with the boy's spiritual power, suddenly burst forth with a dazzling green, tearing through the sky. At that moment, Karin abruptly opened her eyes.
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The rain poured down, and the warm touch of the fox fur against her cheek made Kaori pause in surprise for a long while, "I..."
"Host! Something terrible has happened!" Ao Bai was so anxious that he jumped up and down in panic.
"The Witch Clan poured their spiritual energy into the Demon King's body, forcing him to break through and attracting the Nine Heavens Tribulation, hoping to use the spiritual energy he gained after failing the tribulation to nourish the Tree of Life. But now, something went wrong, and it's not like that at all!"
“This Tree of Life has been in trouble for a long time. It was previously maintained by the causal threads of the severed tail, but now the severed tail has been shattered, leaving only the causal threads of the Demon King’s body.”
"The current situation is that if the Demon King dies, the Tree of Life will also die. But this Nine Heavens Tribulation is coming with great force, clearly intending to use him as a vessel to completely shatter the Tree of Life."
"Holy crap! My brain isn't working properly. The Demon King can't die, and your empathy issue hasn't been resolved yet!"
As soon as Huali moved, the fox fur instantly dissipated, leaving her unprotected. Raindrops rained down on her, and she looked over in that direction.
Thunder rumbled incessantly before them, and the scene was one of utter devastation, with broken walls and ruins everywhere. The elite members of the Witch Clan were working together to continuously transfer spiritual energy to the Tree of Life.
At the very bottom of the array, the fifth bolt of heavenly lightning struck the young man directly.
Blood was seeping from the torn wounds on the seven fox tails, and the blood meandered down the silver hair.
Luo Chuan supported himself on one arm, his outer robe on his abruptly raised shoulder blade already reduced to dust, his blood-red inner garment clinging to his back, like a white crane with broken wings yet still trying to take flight.
As if sensing something, he looked up at the same time as Huali.
This Nine Heavens Tribulation was a hundred times stronger than it had been a hundred years ago, and he was already exhausted after only the fifth strike.
Luo Chuan sighed; he could no longer see the little girl's expression through the rain.
But thinking about it, I know they must be surprised.
The young girl cherished her life, and after feeling empathy, she was even surprised for a long time by his minor injury. Now that she saw him in such a sorry state, she must be terrified.
Fortunately, it's not too late.
Luo Chuan curled his lips into a smile, then suddenly tore his shoulder apart with his bare hands, tearing out the twin lotuses that were wrapped around his flesh and blood.
Half of it has already been integrated into his bones and blood. As long as the little girl swallows the remaining half, the empathy will be broken.
He was now very curious about how Karin would react when she got it. Would she jump up and down like she did when she liked the fox tail?
Sure enough, the moment the bloodied and mangled twin lotuses floated toward her, the little girl moved.
"The regenerative soil rises, arise!!!"
The moment the protective barrier activated, the figure in Luo Chuan's eyes slowly magnified.
The little girl ran through the rain, past the crowd of witches, past the twin lotuses that floated toward her, and ran toward him without hesitation!
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