Chapter 154: Death Battle with the Demon, Opportunity for Nirvana
The light of the random teleportation talisman faded, and Ye Li and Qin Yixuan appeared in an unfamiliar, narrow valley nestled between two pitch-black mountain ranges. The demonic energy here was relatively thin, but the air was filled with an unsettling silence, as if even the wind had stopped blowing.
As soon as she landed, Ye Li could no longer hold on. She violently spat out a mouthful of black blood stained with fragments of her internal organs, and fell limply forward. Forcefully drawing upon the Samsara Mirror's deepest power, unleashing the "One Thought, One Destruction" power that transcended her own realm, and risking the extremely unstable energy of the "Container," the strain had reached her limit. Her injuries instantly worsened, and her breath weakened to the extreme. The ripping pain in her sea of consciousness from the forced containment of the "Container" made her vision blacken.
"Ali!" Qin Yixuan hurriedly supported her, feeling the chaotic aura in her body and the residual power belonging to Xuan Cong that was still eroding her vitality. She was extremely anxious and immediately ignored her own consumption. She continuously transferred the purest Xuannv's original divine power into her body, trying to stabilize her injuries.
"There's...no time..." Ye Li spoke with difficulty, as if she had used up all her strength to say each word. She quickly and clearly told Qin Yixuan the shocking secrets she had seen in the "container's" memory, about the original divine realm, the origin of the Samsara Mirror, the Void Devouring Beast, and the true purpose of the "Heaven-Stealing Plan", using telepathy.
After hearing all this, even Qin Yixuan, with her knowledge and temperament as the Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady, was utterly shocked and horrified. The true origins of the Primordial God Realm and the Samsara Mirror, the conceptual world-destroying existence "Void Devouring Beast," and the utterly insane ambitions of Ling Hao, Xuan Cong, and the others to "steal the heavens"... the truth behind all this was a thousand times more terrifying than they had imagined! This wasn't just a crisis for the spiritual world; it was a catastrophe that threatened the very balance of the entire universe!
"We must notify the Palace Master and all forces immediately! We must gather all our strength to stop them from opening the seal!" Qin Yixuan said urgently, his voice trembling slightly.
"It's too late..." Ye Li shook her head, her face as pale as paper, her breath weak. "Xuan Cong said the plan is ahead of schedule. They may have already started to transfer my parents to the Silent Soul Abyss to start the final ceremony. We must hurry! And..."
She paused, a strange glint in her eyes, a longing for a higher realm and enlightenment that burst forth under extreme pressure. "I feel... I've touched upon the deeper barriers of Nirvana. That sword strike just now, and my complete understanding of the truth of reincarnation, have shown me the way forward. But... I still need an opportunity, an opportunity to break through and rebuild, to rise from the ashes, under extreme pressure!"
She looked at Qin Yixuan, her tone firm and unquestionable: "Let's go to the Soul Abyss of Silence! There, we'll make a final break with them! If I can use this opportunity to completely consolidate or even break through Nirvana, then I'll have a better chance of rescuing my parents and thwarting this world-destroying conspiracy! If I can't... I'll have a clear conscience and a clear conscience, and I'll be worthy of my duty as the guardian of this cycle of reincarnation!"
Qin Yixuan saw the undeniable determination in Ye Li's eyes, knowing any dissuasion would be futile. She gripped Ye Li's cold hand tightly, her voice soft yet filled with unwavering strength: "Alright. Life or death, I'll be with you. Perhaps the power of the Mysterious Woman can secure a glimmer of hope for you in the Soul Abyss, the place where all things end."
Without further hesitation, the two, after determining their direction, set out at full speed towards the far north of the Spirit Realm, a permafrost of eternal night known as the forbidden zone for living beings. Ye Li, enduring excruciating pain and weakness, continued to digest the vast fragments of memory she had received from the "vessel," deepening her understanding of the nature of reincarnation. At the same time, she struggled to suppress the surging energy within her body and the impact of the unstable "vessel" within her sea of consciousness. Qin Yixuan, consuming her essence, continuously channeled the power of the Mystic Goddess to nourish her body and soul, stabilizing her shaky vitality.
Several days later, they finally reached the edge of the permafrost. Looking out, they saw an endless expanse of deadly white. A cold wind whistled like a knife, carrying razor-sharp ice crystals that could easily freeze a cultivator's spiritual energy and blood. The sky here was always low and gray. Without the sun, moon, or stars, there was only an eternal, dead silence and cold, as if even time had lost its meaning here.
And at the deepest part of this frozen land is the absolute dead zone that can swallow up even light, sound, and even hope - the Soul Abyss of Annihilation.
The closer one gets to the Soul Abyss, the more chaotic the surrounding space and time becomes. Occasionally, one can see distorted light and shadows, and fleeting cracks in space that exude a terrifying suction. The air is filled with a soul-shaking aura of the abyss, as if all existence will come to an end here.
Finally, after traversing a region of violent icy storms, powerful enough to rip apart the protective aura of a Yuandan cultivator, they arrived at the entrance to the Silent Soul Abyss—a vast, dark rift stretching across the earth, bottomless and unfathomable, stretching for untold thousands of miles! The space around the crack was extremely unstable, like shattered glass, with tiny fragments of space constantly peeling off and being swallowed by the abyss. The wind blowing up from the depths carried an extreme chill that froze the soul and a deathly silence that seemed to emanate from another, vanished world.
Somewhere on the edge of the Soul Abyss, a massive, complex, inverted cross-shaped blasphemous altar, constructed from countless pitch-black crystals, twisted bones, and unknown metals, stood majestically! Above the altar, three fragments of the Samsara Mirror (evidently held by Ling Hao, Xuan Cong, and others), emitting a heart-pounding vibration, hovered, forming a stable triangular energy field, constantly drawing a dark and chaotic force from the void. At the center of the altar, a vast, seething, dark-red pool of unholy energy, refined from countless spirits and resentful thoughts.
Beneath the altar, two figures could be vaguely seen, bound in mid-air by countless pitch-black chains gleaming with strange runes—Ye Feng and Su Wan! They seemed to be in a deep slumber, but the "Mark of Reincarnation" between their brows emitted a faint yet resolute light, resonating with the altar in some forced way. Their faces were pale, their breath was weak, and they were clearly enduring immense pain.
Ling Hao's true form (his aura far surpassing his clone's, already a true Supreme, shrouded in a world-eroding demonic aura), Xuan Cong, and another Supreme, Mo Shang, shrouded in a dense, dark green, poisonous mist, stood at three key points of the altar, chanting ancient and profane incantations that seemed to summon the very essence of the world. The altar's power was gradually activating, and the darkness beneath the Soul Abyss began to writhe and boil as if alive. A suffocating, terrifying aura filled with the consciousness of destruction and hunger was slowly awakening from it!
They were half a step late, the ceremony had already begun!
"Father! Mother!" Ye Li's eyes were bloodshot. Seeing her parents suffering, all the rationality in her heart was instantly overwhelmed by rage and grief. She turned into a stream of light burning with the flames of revenge and rushed to the altar regardless of everything!
Qin Yixuan followed closely behind, and the Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady's Dharma image was revealed with all her strength. The nine-colored rays of light were like the dawn, trying to purify the evil chains and energy and illuminate this hopeless place.
"Is it finally here? The final fragment, the final sacrifice!" Ling Hao's true form opened his eyes, and his gaze towards Ye Li was filled with fanaticism and greed, as if he were looking at a perfect work of art. He waved his hand, and a dark magic light containing the power of the eclipse world's origin, like a black hole devouring everything, crushed towards Ye Li!
Xuan Cong and Mo Shang also attacked at the same time. A gray supreme domain force and a dark green poisonous torrent that seemed to be able to corrode the laws blocked all possible spaces for Ye Li to dodge!
The combined force of the three supreme beings was enough to instantly annihilate the stars and reduce everything to nothingness!
"Ali! Be careful!" Qin Yixuan exclaimed, and regardless of her own safety, she pushed the Xuannv Dharma Image to the extreme, trying to block some of the attacks for Ye Li.
Ye Li looked at the devastating attack, the sleeping figures of her parents on the altar, and the back of Qin Yixuan who was blocking the way without hesitation... All the emotions in her heart - anger, sadness, protection, determination, and understanding of reincarnation - at this moment, all turned into an extreme desire for power, a crazy belief in breaking all constraints and reversing this desperate situation!
She no longer defended or dodged.
She ignited all the power within her body, including the power of the four trembling, flaming Samsara Mirror fragments, the glimmer of truth about the cycle of birth and death that she had just realized, and even her own soul essence... all of it! She even began to sacrifice part of her own life imprint!
"Reincarnation... is up to me, not God! The true meaning of Nirvana is to live in the face of death! Open it... for me!!"
She let out a roar that shook the soul and seemed to shatter the world. Her entire body turned into a ball of meteor burning with chaotic flames, interwoven with the patterns of life and death, as if it wanted to merge itself into the long river of reincarnation. She rushed towards the joint attack of the three supreme beings without hesitation!
This wasn't an attack; it was an ultimate sacrifice, a desperate attempt to survive! In this ultimate destruction, she sought the ultimate opportunity for nirvana, rebirth, and complete transcendence!
Boom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
An indescribable explosion erupted above the Silent Soul Abyss! Chaotic light engulfed everything, and a terrifying energy storm swept across the four directions, shaking even the sturdy altar violently. The three Supreme Beings were forced to step back, their faces filled with shock.
Qin Yixuan was violently blown away by the aftermath of the explosion, her clothes stained red with blood. She looked at the chaotic light that was completely engulfed by the destructive energy in despair and let out a heartbreaking cry:
"Ari——!"
At the center of the light, Ye Li's aura quickly faded like a candle in a strong wind, until... it completely disappeared...
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