Chapter 146: The mystery of parents, clues point to
At the bottom of the Cave of Ten Thousand Bones, in front of the altar, the atmosphere was as solid as iron, and murderous intent soared into the sky.
Ling Hao's clone's lips curled up in a wicked arc. His eyes swept across Qin Yixuan and Ye Li, finally settling on Ye Li. His voice was filled with a kind of tooth-aching mockery: "My dear senior sister, it seems that the fragments of the Samsara Mirror have allowed you to linger on for another lifetime. It's a pity that you are still so ignorant of the current situation and always come to ruin my good things."
The Xuanbing Sword in Ye Li's hand hummed, the tip of the sword pointing directly at Ling Hao. Her voice was icy and piercing, containing a rage suppressed for a thousand years: "Ling Hao, your ambitions and crimes end here today. This time, I will not give you any more chances."
"Just you?" Ling Hao's clone scoffed. The two shadow demon elders beside him, each bearing a profound aura, simultaneously stepped forward. The terrifying pressure of the mid-stage Nirvana Realm spread out like a tide, merging with Ling Hao's clone's aura in a monstrous demonic might. "To welcome the Holy Lord's arrival and usher in a new era, your struggle is but a futile effort!"
"Amitabha, you evil demons dare to call yourself the Holy Lord and talk nonsense about the era!" Master Huijue's voice was like a loud bell. He led some Buddhist disciples who had just finished the secondary node battle and arrived in time to meet up with the other two remaining elite troops led by Yun Ying and the Golden Peng Demon King. Although everyone was injured and their breathing was unstable, their eyes were still firm. They quickly formed a formation behind Qin Yixiuan and Ye Li.
No more nonsense, the war broke out instantly!
Qin Yixuan took the first step, and nine-colored rays of light shot up into the sky, transforming into a huge image of Xuannv. Holding the Pure Lotus Flower in her hand, she sprinkled endless purifying divine light, covering the entire altar, trying to interfere with the ongoing evil ritual, purify the contaminated fragments of the Samsara Mirror, and suppress the beating dark heart.
Ye Li merged with her sword, transforming into a space-tearing grey sword beam, heading straight for Ling Hao's clone! Her goal was clear: to kill this clone and severely damage the consciousness of his original body!
The two shadow demon elders shouted loudly, and one of them sacrificed a bone banner. The banner shook, and thousands of ghosts wailed, forming a ghost-filled area, facing Qin Yixuan's purifying divine light; the other one turned into a twisted shadow, holding a pair of poisoned magic blades, and entangled towards Ye Li like a bone ulcer. The blade light was strange and tricky, containing a deadly poison that corroded the soul.
Master Huijue led the Arhats in formation, radiating Buddha's light as they fought against the countless demons and vengeful spirits that emerged from the altar and the pool of blood. Yunying, the Golden Peng Demon King, and others engaged in a battle with other elite shadow demons and demonized skeletons. The entire valley floor instantly transformed into a brutal meat grinder, with the sounds of energy explosions, the clash of weapons, roars, and screams unceasingly filling the air.
Ye Li was locked in a fierce battle with the Shadow Demon Elder wielding a demonic blade. Codenamed "Shadow Ci," this elder's movements were ghostly, and the blade's deadly poison forced Ye Li to focus on defending against it. However, Ye Li's Six Paths of Reincarnation sword intent, particularly his newly realized "Pure Land Bearing Path," somewhat countered Shadow Ci's treacherous and cunning attacks. After dozens of rounds, Ye Li seized upon Shadow Ci's impatience and unleashed his Silent Asura Path. The gray sword intent, like a kiss of death, pierced through Shadow Ci's protective demonic essence!
"Ugh!" Shadow Ci let out a shrill scream as the annihilation sword intent raged through him, devouring his life force. He retreated violently, attempting to escape, but Ye Li wouldn't give him the chance. Unleashing the Space Infernal Art, a figure appeared behind him as if teleporting. The Mysterious Ice Sword, brimming with icy murderous intent, pierced his back!
At this moment, something strange happened!
At the top of the altar, the massive dark heart suddenly pulsed violently, and an indescribable wave of terror, filled with chaos and hunger, suddenly spread! Everyone felt a shudder, as if being stared at by some ferocious prehistoric beast. At the same time, the forcibly torn "Erosion Realm Channel" suddenly expanded, and the aura of destruction emanating from the other end became even clearer!
"Oh no! The ritual is speeding up!" Qin Yixuan exclaimed. She felt the resistance to the purifying divine light suddenly increase.
Shadow Ci, whose sword was locked onto him by Ye Li's intent, saw a flash of crazy determination in his eyes under the influence of this wave. He stopped dodging and instead took the initiative to face Ye Li's sword tip, roaring, "For the Holy Lord! For the New Era!"
Phew!
The Xuanbing Sword pierced Ying Ci's heart without any hindrance. However, at the moment before his death, Ying Ci showed a twisted and strange smile on his face. He used up his last bit of strength to crush a black jade talisman that had been hidden in his palm!
Buzz!
A strange spatial fluctuation and spiritual impact suddenly exploded with Shadow Thorn's body as the center! This was not an attack, but more like a kind of... forced infusion of information and the backlash of some kind of contract!
Ye Li, who was closest to the scene, bore the brunt of the attack. A large number of chaotic images and fragmented information filled with negative emotions poured into her sea of consciousness like a flood that broke through a dam!
She witnessed countless brutal blood sacrifices...saw geniuses from various realms being drained of their souls in despair...saw Ling Hao's true form frantically cultivating in an unknown land filled with chaotic energy...saw even more fragments of information regarding the "Eclipse Plan"...
And in this chaotic torrent of information, a few words that appeared repeatedly, were encrypted, but were leaked due to the broken jade talisman. Like a red-hot iron, they burned fiercely on Ye Li's mind.
"The Sky-stealing Plan"!
"Night Peak"!
"Su Wan"!
"Key to Reincarnation"!
"container"!
"Parents?!" Ye Li's mind was shaken, as if thunder had exploded in her sea of consciousness! She forced herself to steady her mind, which was on the verge of losing control. The fragments of the Samsara Mirror burst into an unprecedented light in her sea of consciousness, helping her to grasp the relatively coherent fragments related to these keywords in the vast, chaotic, and soon-to-dissipate flow of information!
Clip 1: In a gloomy hall, several high-ranking Shadow Demons shrouded in black robes (the aura of one of them is somewhat similar to the Shadow Thorn who just died) are reporting to a vague figure (which seems to be a stronger projection of Ling Hao's body) that exudes a pressure far beyond the Nirvana realm.
"...Preliminary preparations for the 'Heaven Stealing Plan' are complete. The carriers of the target 'Key of Samsara'—Ye Feng and Su Wan—have been successfully guided to the 'Nirvana Soul Abyss'..."
The blurry figure uttered a deep voice, "Make sure everything is safe. The 'key' within them is crucial to initiating the final ritual, and it cannot be lost. The Eclipse Realm needs the complete 'Authority of Reincarnation', not fragments..."
"As you command! The remnants of the 'Reverse Reincarnation Heaven Formation' have been deployed. They cannot escape and will only become the perfect 'vessels' for the Holy Lord's arrival..."
Clip 2: A crude map flashed by, marking a location called "Nirvana Soul Abyss." Its direction led to the far north of the Spirit Realm, a forbidden region known as the "Eternal Night Frozen Land." A scribbled note appeared beside the map: "To reverse the core of the Heaven-Transforming Array... to remove the 'key'... a large number of living souls and fragments of the Samsara Mirror are needed as a catalyst..."
Clip 3: The final scene is a blurry, yet terrifying image that shakes Ye Li's heart—her father, Ye Feng, covered in blood, holding a broken sword, shielding her seemingly unconscious mother, Su Wan. They face a bottomless abyss of darkness, and above it, slowly swirling, emitting the afterimage of a terrifying formation that distorts life and death and distorts the cycle of reincarnation! Her father's eyes are filled with determination, anger, and a hint of...unspeakable sadness and worry. The image ends abruptly.
All the information fragments flowed through in an instant, and the outside world was just a moment. Ye Li suddenly opened his eyes, and his pupils were already a crimson red. The aura around him became extremely unstable due to extreme anger and murderous intent, even causing subtle distortions in the surrounding space!
"Soul Annihilation Abyss... Heaven Stealing Plan... Key of Samsara... Vessel!" She forced these words through gritted teeth, each one laced with tears and blood. She finally understood that her parents' disappearance wasn't an accident or a simple vendetta, but a conspiracy orchestrated by the Shadow Demons, Ling Hao! Their goal from the very beginning had been the object hidden within her parents, the so-called "Key of Samsara"! They intended to use her parents as "vessels" for some horrific ritual!
And all of this is unexpectedly closely connected to the Samsara Mirror and the so-called "Heaven Stealing Plan"! "Stealing Heaven"... What are they trying to steal? Is it the secrets of heaven? Is it fate? Or... the true authority of reincarnation?
"Ling! Hao!" Ye Li roared heartbreakingly. The hatred and murderous intent etched in her voice seemed to chill the entire battlefield. She ignored everything else, her gaze like two blood-stained swords, fixed on Ling Hao's clone atop the altar. All her strength, all her anger, all her sorrow, at that moment, poured into the Mysterious Ice Sword!
She even ignored the attack from another Shadow Demon Elder from the flank, exposed her back, and transformed her body into a ray of vengeful light burning with soul fire. She slashed at Ling Hao's clone at a speed beyond her limit, regardless of everything!
At this moment, she was no longer the calm and wise reincarnation of the Supreme Being, but just a daughter who learned the tragic truth about her parents and was consumed by endless rage!
"Ali! Be careful!" Qin Yixuan noticed the abnormality of Ye Li's condition and her desperate madness, and was very anxious. She wanted to rescue her but was entangled by the Shadow Demon Elder holding the white bone banner.
Ling Hao's clone looked at Ye Li who was rushing towards him like a madman. Instead of fear, his face showed an even more cruel smile, as if his plan had succeeded.
"Finally... did you remember? My dear Senior Sister." His voice carried an eerie echo. "That's right, your foolish parents are the most crucial 'key' and 'container' of the 'Heaven Stealing Plan'! Without them, how can we truly trigger the cycle of reincarnation? How can we accomplish this great feat of stealing the heavens and replacing the day? Do you think you're saving them? No, you're accelerating their demise! The moment you gather all the fragments of the Samsara Mirror and step into the Abyss of the Silent Soul, that's when their value is exhausted, and they will become the perfect bodies for the Holy Lord to descend! Hahahahaha——"
The crazy and vicious laughter echoed above the altar, like the sharpest poisonous sting, piercing into Ye Li's mind.
However, this laughter failed to shake Ye Li's resolve. Instead, it made the fire in her eyes burn even more fiercely! She understood that from the very beginning, this had been a huge trap set for her and her parents! Whether she pursued the Samsara Mirror or not, whether she became stronger or not, her parents were already part of the game!
But, so what?!
Even if it's a trap, a dead end, she'll go through it! Her parents are still waiting for her! Even if there's only a glimmer of hope, she'll save them from this damn "Heaven Stealing Plan"!
"Just shut up!"
The sword light, filled with overwhelming hatred and a will to die, tore through the void, and with an aura of wanting to die together, it finally slashed in front of Ling Hao's clone!
Ling Hao's clone's laughter abruptly stopped. He sensed the destructive power contained in this sword, far surpassing all previous ones. He quickly formed seals with both hands, gathering the power of the altar in an attempt to resist.
Boom——!!!
A devastating energy storm erupted with the top of the altar as its center!
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