Parricide? A raging fire farewell.
Regardless of whether it's her eldest uncle, second uncle, or even a blockhead, at this moment, Su Ling's seven desires are like a shooting star with a huge tail, rushing headlong toward the golden light gate.
What should I call them?
The brothers left seven names, and there were also seven desires, but it was too dark to tell who was who.
Their personalities have long been lumped together into a dark narrative, and what everyone can say is a biased and extreme version of events.
The Seven Desires did quite a lot, but when they collapsed, they left nothing behind.
Let's call Su Lingqi, who entered the gate of light, his maternal uncle.
His eldest uncle was pacing back and forth at the door, as if waving goodbye.
Later I understood; they were erasing their own form and traces, bit by bit.
He kept wiping and wiping, and his uncle shrank smaller and smaller until he finally disappeared from our sight.
I knew they were still there when I entered the portal.
With a clang, the golden cage behind the light door locked.
His eldest uncle must have been so full of food that he ate fourteen brothers' worth of food that he sat down and died in prison.
Have you ever seen this? Constables escorting murderers to prison, waiting for the jailer outside the cell to strike and erase their personal grudges.
There are still many innocent people inside the furnace barrier.
The spirits remained calm and composed, as if they had made up their minds to follow them all the way.
The little spirits that had just awakened and recognized their parents also showed obedient, gentle yet resilient and dignified expressions under the guidance of their parents who explained the great principles of life.
My dears, the little table stands straight on its four legs, and the door frame reaches the sky and the ground.
Over there, birds have just learned to fly; over here, little rabbits are chasing carrots and cabbages, playing games.
Within the small barrier, the myriad aspects of the world are now revealed.
I shook Xie Jinhui's arm, and he waved to a figure in red outside the barrier.
The spirits and consciousnesses all looked at us, their eyes filled with confusion and the frustration of being betrayed.
"Thank you!" Xie Jinhui bowed deeply. "Yesterday, Yi Fengqu and I came up with a plan to work together from the inside and outside, so you don't have to die."
Huh? He and Yifengqu were working together from the inside? No wonder he got up so early yesterday.
In my hazy state, I only remember him kissing me, saying something, and that was it.
So, they went to find Yifeng Canal!
Xie Jinhui's statement that he didn't need to die was met not with cheers, but with uproar.
Xie Jinhui conjured the Spirit Gathering Pearl again, surveying the area with a grateful look.
"Everyone, please bear with us as you squeeze into the Spirit Gathering Pearl again. Yi Fengqu can summon any spirit to his side."
In a little while, I'll see you out, and he'll take you away.
Follow Yifengqu, and he will arrange a suitable place for you.
However, you may have to stay in Youqing Peach Abode for tens of thousands of years first.
The spirits bowed their heads in silence, lost in thought and immersed in their own emotions.
Some immediately took their children and entered the Spirit Gathering Pearl, while others hesitated, and some looked at us with a gloomy expression, wondering whether they should share the joys and sorrows.
Some of them have difficulty expressing their wishes and just go around in circles.
Xie Jinhui smiled and simply tossed the Spirit Gathering Pearl towards the barrier wall, where it was absorbed.
With a flick of his sleeve, he created a barrier within the enchanted realm, sending those divine beasts to a side where they couldn't see us.
"You may leave or stay as you please, but once I've refined the Seven Desires and ignited the fire, I don't want to hear any cries of agony."
I took my son, the grasshopper, off my shoulder and urged him to hurry up and go.
But this little grasshopper was incredibly stubborn, constantly begging its father and mother not to abandon it.
"Isn't it just roasted grasshoppers? Daddy, Mommy, I'm willing to be roasted, I'll smell delicious."
That's it. This kid didn't learn anything else, but he did learn the dark optimism of me and Xie Jinhui.
"Silly grasshopper, if you don't go out, once your father sends away the Spirit Gathering Pearl, he won't have much magic power left to protect you!"
The little grasshopper shook its legs and jumped from my palm back to my left shoulder, happily tickling me with its antennae.
"But we still have our mother!"
Oh yes, and so am I, since he's made up his mind.
I'll give him a chance to be with us.
But I won't let him suffer.
I pointed to the divine mark shining on my forehead and made my grasshopper son jump into it.
“Baby, go to Mother’s Sea of Knowledge, that’s the best spot to watch.”
The little grasshopper hopped, jumped, and flew.
"OK!"
Xie Jinhui flicked my forehead lightly.
"If you change your mind, just tell your father anytime!"
Then I heard the little grasshopper in my mind sneer, "Hmph, I don't regret it at all, waaaaaaah."
Wait, is he sticking his tongue out?
Do grasshoppers have tongues?
Sending the Spirit Gathering Pearl out of this Heavenly Net Furnace is indeed extremely difficult.
Yi Fengqu closed his eyes and chanted outside the barrier, surrounded by red waves.
The Spirit Gathering Pearl, summoned by the Lord of Heaven and Earth, sensed something and clung tightly to the barrier wall, which was already stained with the red immortal power of Yi Feng Qu, unable to break through.
This barrier not only restricts tangible movement, but also prevents intangible things from traveling.
If it weren't for Yi Fengqu's incredibly agile mental power, the Spirit Gathering Pearl would probably be nothing more than a lifeless fish eye, instead of stubbornly resisting the edge of the barrier and obeying its spirit master's commands.
Xie Jinhui looked around, especially glancing at the shadowy figures of the spirits behind the barrier.
He loosened his immortal body from its confinement and said easily, "Everyone, I need to light the fire first, otherwise I estimate I'll only have half of my immortal power left after I send you all away."
You guys need to hurry!
Xie Jinhui's smirking face is really annoying, but I like it.
His words had an effect; the shadows projected onto the screen suddenly decreased significantly.
The spirits are generally obedient to advice, but there are some who may be too slow to react, or perhaps they've truly had enough of living and are still motionless.
I think some of them were just being stubborn. The initiator had clearly said they wouldn't come back, but when the mission was accomplished, they abandoned them on the road to death.
It's hard to describe how I feel. If Xie Jinhui were to push me out now, it wouldn't be as simple as hating him for one lifetime, two lifetimes, or even a hundred lifetimes.
I might not even be able to hate, becoming a walking corpse, carrying the core of the seven desires and evil poison, and sooner or later I'll become a world-destroying demon.
The thought that I was already under the spell of the Seven Desires, and that releasing me would only bring disaster, gave me peace of mind.
Xie Jinhui will never let me go, that's great!
Right, I heard a snap.
Xie Jinhui snapped his fingers, as if to light a fire.
The flames he unleashed with his immortal power were, well, too pale, like wilted cabbages lacking nourishment from heaven and earth, devoid of any color or blood.
He smiled sheepishly, then mobilized even more of his immortal power.
Sure enough, the fire has finally turned red, but there's still a lot of blue fire.
I watched for a while, then used one hand to protect the flame while saying, afraid of hurting his pride, "The moisture in Su Ling's spiritual barrier is too heavy. Are you sure you can start a fire?"
"Also, are you sure this fire can refine the Seven Desires and both of us together?"
Xie Jinhui clicked his tongue twice and smiled helplessly.
"It's definitely possible, but this fire is like cutting flesh with a dull knife; it hurts us all."
My face contorted for a moment, then...
"Yuan'e, don't be afraid." The flame in Xie Jinhui's hand, resisting the powerful extinguishing force of Su Ling's divine sense, grew much stronger.
“With your husband here, this fire will never find you before I dissipate.”
I was so angry I wanted to kill him and the flame together, so I punched him in the chest.
“Xie Jinhui,” I said, “you can die before me, but you must die within three breaths of me before I die, otherwise I will…”
Xie Jinhui held up two fingers and pouted, forming an awkward smile.
"What else can you do? Bite me!"
"I'm divorcing you!" I blurted out!
Xie Jinhui raised an eyebrow. "We don't need a marriage certificate to get married, but if you want to divorce me, you need a divorce decree. Yuanhe, do you have one?"
"You scoundrel!"
"I promise you. I will die within three breaths, and I will wait for you, Yuanhe."
Xie Jinhui lifted the blazing torch, its surface glowing red and blue, and took my hand, about to light the torch on the platform set up by my seven older brothers.
It was on that golden gate of light that the fire was set.
Just then, an incredibly familiar, deeply missed, and powerfully resounding voice pierced through the clouds and walls.
“Father, you’re using this weird thing that’s neither water nor fire to burn my mother. I, Jianyuan, don’t agree.”
My son is here, Jianyuan! I turned my head with relief.
My laughter froze instantly. What's this kid up to?!
The young man from the ravine, still dressed in black, snatched Gui Wangyuan's spear from his father.
The moment the gun was in his hand, a ball of crimson flame roared up from where he gripped it.
The flames leaped up and down, spitting tongues in all directions. As the ravine resembled a fiery black lotus blooming in a demonic realm, the flames shone with an unwavering determination, like black iron, as the flames traversed the river of purgatory.
Step by step, surrounded by flames, with a crooked smile, he sadly and incisively pointed the tip of his fiery spear at the outer wall of the barrier.
Seeing that I froze for a moment, he smiled and ran towards him.
Jianyuan smiled, transforming back into that gentle young man.
He reached out a hand across the barrier, trying to place it on it, but he couldn't.
A tremendous repulsive force, like the wind, tore his long hair and clothes into disarray.
The flames, like fiery clouds, were scattered by the wind, creating a rain of fire.
"Mother!" he called out to me.
I responded immediately.
“Mother, Jianyuan knows that things are beyond repair, I am not here to cause trouble.”
My parents need a blazing fire, and I am the pure fire in the world that can burn everything to ashes.
"If Jianyuan can't keep your parents here, then Jianyuan will personally light the fire and send you off properly!"
The fire in Xie Jinhui's hand suddenly went out, and he smiled slightly, like a squinting fox.
"Alright! Then let Jianyuan give us a ride. But, your godfather is inside, so there's nothing I can do to help you!"
Xie Jinhui turned to me and said, "Yuan'e, the fire of Emperor Zhuangli's lineage is the purest and most intense, much more reliable than the fire I set with pure water."
The fire came on too quickly.
He made a gesture that indicated a fatal blow, "It will turn to ashes in an instant."
I couldn't help but shudder. My son is so kind-hearted, yet ruthless. He's a tough little man.
In Jianyuan's eyes, there was a sadness and tenderness beyond his years. He said softly, "Mother, Jianyuan has a selfish reason. I want to see you a little longer. Also, the fire I set won't be hot or hurt."
"Mother, whatever temperature of fire you prefer—cooler or hotter, shadier or yangder—whatever you ask, I'll make it happen."
I was taken aback by my son's ability and stammered, "The kind that changes at any time according to feelings, is that okay?"
Jianyuan gripped his spear tightly and solemnly said, "Alright!"
I saw Yi Fengqu's lips twitch outside the barrier.
The immortals all leaned back slightly, probably gasping for breath.
What kind of freak is this son of Emperor Zangli?!
Forget whether it's strange or not, it would have taken a lot of effort from Emperor Zangli and countless fellow immortals to actually set fire to the barrier.
Upon hearing that the Little Divine Lord of the Abyss was about to ignite the flame, the number of divine figures on the other side of the barrier immediately decreased significantly.
Jianyuan is good-looking, but his arrogance is too intimidating.
The immortals gathered their power, and Emperor Zangli, doting on his son, unleashed his ultimate move, "Silence of Mountains and Rivers."
A vibrant stream of immortal energy formed a corridor outside the barrier, allowing energy to flow in but preventing it from leaving.
Xie Jinhui said he wouldn't help, but when he saw that the passage had been breached, he immediately made a connection with the immortal power outside from a distance.
Jianyuan acted decisively, brandishing Guiwangyuan's spear.
A raging river of fire instantly spread across the corridor, rushing irresistibly into the barrier.
Xie Jinhui was still calmly and steadily providing support when Jian Yuan, determined to burn us both, created a flame vanguard that was a bit too hot.
Xie Jinhui jumped back a step while holding up his smoking finger, exclaiming, "Oh my, what a filial son!"
Xie Jinhui was in contact with the most primal and violent front of the Fire River, which had not yet been completely tamed by Jianyuan's will.
Thankfully, he was water; the fire sizzled out as soon as it finished smoking in his hands.
But the raging river of fire that followed was terrifying, scaring away most of the spirits behind the barrier.
Xie Jinhui still didn't give away the Spirit Gathering Pearl, because a considerable amount of his divine consciousness remained behind it.
He led the river of fire to burn the golden gate of light.
A shocking scene unfolded.
The moment the flame touched the light on the door, everything in front of me went completely red.
Not just what's in front of you, but all over your body, from head to toe, even the hair on your body.
The cages where the brothers in the distance imprisoned themselves were the first to be engulfed in crimson flames.
Looking over the bright red barrier, after a few suppressed sounds came out, silence quickly returned.
I can no longer see the figures of spirits and spirits; there are only raging fires all around me. I am the core of these fires, and they will burn me sooner or later. But I feel that at this moment, they are dancing with me.
Xie Jinhui's shimmering figure resembled a silver dragon amidst the flames, and his immortal power was the rising clouds around him.
With this immortal power surging out of his body, he had nothing left to hold back.
His eyes were fixed on the Spirit Gathering Pearl, and water and fire flowed between his fingers.
The clouds that obscured his figure instantly poured into the Spirit Gathering Pearl.
The barrier was distorted, and Yifeng Canal was like a ball of fire, reflecting our own light.
He was summoning, and Xie Jin was sending it out.
I don't know what kind of spell Xie Jinhui chanted, but a beam of light swept across his left wrist and disappeared in an instant.
The Spirit Gathering Pearl was in Yi Fengqu's hands in the next instant.
I waved away the flames and ran towards Xie Jinhui. He apologized to me as he rushed over and hugged me tightly.
Now, the flames are irreversible, and the seven desires and we are all waiting to be melted away in the flames.
I heard outside the barrier, immortal robes fluttering, immortals kneeling on the ground, some wailing, some sighing to the heavens.
The voice said, "Respectfully sending off the Heavenly Emperor and Empress, may they live forever."
Xie Jinhui and I moved to the edge of the barrier, using our immortal power as a sacrifice to create a temporary fire shelter.
Xie Jinhui hugged me from behind, shielding me from the fire.
I gripped the barrier wall with both hands and laughed at my fellow cultivators outside, saying, "Hey, you're too sad now. We can still live a little longer (Chapter Two)."
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