Return to the Ruins (VI)

Sandy slowly opened her eyes.

She lay on the ground and looked up at the sky. It must be very chaotic outside, but she was not worried. She just felt that this was the first time she lived so clearly.

Asong was still munching on cane sugar. Sandy had no idea that he would get sick of it after eating it for so many years.

He said, "I took the blame for your master because I was having fun with you. I was just playful at the time and never really thought about saving you. But your master escaped to the demon realm and fell into the sea. He floated along the East China Sea to the gate of Cangwu Taoist Temple and was not dead yet. I saved him."

Ying Heng's heavenly spiritual roots were also extracted, because heavenly spiritual roots can absorb the four sufferings, and Ying Heng would be entangled by the four sufferings and would no longer be a useless person.

Sandy asked, "Why would you help me after I die?"

Ah Song replied: "After you died, I met that child. From Si Ku to Ah Song, I feel very tired."

He paused at this point and changed the subject, "So if I killed Weisheng's family, do you hate me?"

Sandy replied: "Hate."

Ah Song pursed his lips and said, "Then you have a chance to kill me."

Sandy put her hands on her eyelids and whispered, "Why do you want to die?"

Asong paused while eating candy.

He sat not far from Sandy, who was lying on the ground.

"Sandy, do you think I'm wrong?"

Is he wrong?

He is the Four Sufferings cast into the Four Realms by the Heavenly Way, and is the Four Sufferings used by the Heavenly Way to destroy the Four Realms. He has a human body and consciousness, and must obey the words of the Heavenly Way.

Everything he has is given by Heaven, and Heaven has told him to do all this.

Sandy couldn't actually tell whether he was wrong or not, and she couldn't make a decision for those who died because of him.

She could only answer: "I don't know."

Asong sighed, put his arms behind his back, and raised his chin slightly: "Sang Dai, you will get bored if you live too long."

"Are you tired?"

“Tired.”

Ah Song closed his eyes and said, "Guixu didn't tell you just now, do you know what else you used to be resurrected?"

“Isn’t it the power of Guixu?”

Asong shook his head: "Not only that, your resurrection was obtained at the cost of the other five Heaven-level spiritual root awakeners who lost their souls."

Sandy's throat suddenly became blocked, and at first she thought she had misheard.

"…What do you mean?"

"The flesh and blood of a person with awakened heavenly spiritual roots has a strong vitality. The spiritual roots may be able to revive the Guixu spiritual vein. Sang Dai, you also disappeared after Su Xuan died. In fact, it was Guixu that took you away."

Sandy sat up, crossed her legs, and turned to Asong. Her tone was relatively calm: "I don't quite understand."

Asong didn't even turn his head, but chuckled softly, "You are the last hope of Guixu. It took you, who was about to disappear, to the bottom of Guixu, which is where we are now. The bottom of the East China Sea is Guixu."

"then?"

"In the three hundred years since you and Su Xuan died, the four realms have been at war. Snow Owl's obsession dissipated, and Tian Yuxue was trapped in the Snow Realm because she could never be free. The Netherworld was in constant war, and Ling Yin died under the thunder before her destiny changed. Fu Youci lost his position as the Lord of the White Blade Realm. Because of the war, only the Sword Sect and the other three sects were left out of the three sects and six schools in the Immortal Realm. There were originally tens of thousands of sects, big and small, but in the end, less than 30% of them were left. The Zen Sect was also destroyed, and Tan Huai's master and brothers and sisters were all dead."

What he said was three hundred years after the death of Sang Dai and Su Xuan. She had been sleeping in Guixu during that time and had no idea about these things.

"Of the hundreds of millions of people in the cultivation world, only 50% remain. They gradually discovered the existence of the Four Bitternesses and discovered that the toxins in the Guixu Spiritual Vein were killing people."

Sandy asked, “What happened next?”

Ah Song said, "I was tired of playing around. I felt it was really boring without a friend like you to talk to me, so I took Ying Heng to Guixu to gather his spirit and soul, told him everything, and then went to find Ji Cang, Fu You Tan Huai, and Shen Ci Yu."

"What did you tell them?"

At this time, Asong turned to look at Sang Dai, his eyes calm and peaceful: "I said, I have a chance to change everything. I can help Ji Cang save Lai Tian Yu Xue, help Fu You keep Ling Yin, help Tan Huai defend the Zen Sect and find out the cause of his parents' death, and help Shen Ci Yu protect the fairyland. I asked them if they were willing?"

Ji Cang said: "I have long wanted to stop living. I am so annoyed."

Fu You said: "I actually don't want to be a person with a heavenly spiritual root awakening at all."

Tan Huai said: "I am a poor monk and I am willing to do so."

Shen Ciyu said: "My father told me that as a person with awakened heavenly spiritual roots, what I do is not for fame and fortune, but to have a clear conscience. I have received the respect of the immortal world, so it is okay to return my life to them."

As for Ying Heng.

He didn't hesitate at all.

When he learned that Sandy had died, he sat by the East China Sea and looked at the distant Ruins. He suddenly asked Ah Song, "Tell me, what's wrong with us wanting to live?"

What's wrong?

Tiandao wanted to destroy this world, kill all of them and then create a world that suits his own wishes. He was willful and arrogant to the point of being cruel. He took control of the operating laws of this world and regarded himself as the god of this world, forgetting that Guixu was the foundation of the existence of the four realms.

That's right, so there's no point in resisting.

They extracted their spiritual roots and offered their souls, spirits, and flesh to Guixu. Guixu used the last of his strength to forcibly change Sandi's destiny.

Sandy is the person with the most powerful soul power and awakened heavenly spiritual root. She is the most powerful person in the history of the Weisheng family. If someone has to do something like killing the sky, then Sandy is the most suitable person.

These people who were saved at the cost of their own lives are the hope for Guixu.

There was a calm look in Asong's eyes. It was obvious that every step of the plan was towards his own death, but he didn't seem to be afraid at all, and even looked forward to it vaguely.

Sandy suddenly asked, "I have paid so much, but what if I don't accomplish this? What if I don't become annihilated and return to the abyss to eliminate the four sufferings?"

"Then everyone will die. If it's not destroyed, all of you will die."

Sandy smiled: "You really believe me."

Ah Song also smiled and said, "It's not that I believe in you, but Guixu believes in you."

"You want me to kill you?"

"I ask you to kill me."

"If you want to die, God can kill you."

"He will kill me, and will also create another five sufferings and six sufferings. You still can't escape."

As long as He exists, the four realms will perish sooner or later.

Sandy lowered her eyes. They sat cross-legged facing each other, with some distance between them.

It was dark all around, and I couldn't even hear the sound of the sea flowing around me.

Sandy suddenly laughed, her laughter was as clear as a silver bell: "He is really funny."

"What do you mean?"

"He doesn't want the monks to have extra emotions, but he himself is partial, giving absolute resources to those who have awakened their spiritual roots at the heavenly level, but not allowing others to be jealous and covetous, and only allowing those who have awakened their spiritual roots at the heavenly level to ascend to become immortals. This is indeed unfair, and it's too late for him to be angry."

"Well, then?"

"He wanted an obedient world, but even the Four Bitternesses that He sent to destroy the Four Worlds turned into serious people and betrayed Him along with the rest of the Heavenly Level Spiritual Root Awakeners."

Sandy raised her eyes, the corners of her eyes slightly raised, and her voice was firm and powerful: "As long as you are a human, you will have emotions. Love, hate, anger, and delusion should not become the four sufferings that destroy the world. These are the emotions that a person should have."

"The same is true for you, isn't it? You have your own feelings, and you shouldn't become a tool for Him to destroy the world, so you rebelled against Him."

Ah Song also smiled and said, "Yes, I don't want to. Candy is delicious. There are many good people in this world. You are also my friend."

He stood up, put his hands behind his back, and looked down at Sandy who was sitting on the ground.

"If it weren't for the candy that child gave me, maybe the world would really be destroyed. But the child died indirectly because of me, so I feel guilty."

Sandy also stood up and said with a smile: "I hated you, but you also helped me a lot."

He helped Sandy see Su Xuan's heart clearly, and helped Sandy make friends with many people along the way, including Fu You, Ling Yin, Tian Yuxue, Ji Cang, Xue Xiao, Tan Huai, and even Qiu Chengxi, and all of them will become her partners.

He also saved Sandy's master and helped her become stronger step by step without disturbing the heavens.

Today, Sandy has many powerful friends, and she has also grown into a powerful descendant of the Weisheng family.

"He has awakened and knows what I have done, Sandy. If you leave here and go to Guixu, and you want to destroy Guixu, He will come to kill you, and people from the four realms will come too."

"I need to kill Him first, right?"

"You must first slay the sky before you can destroy it and return to ruins."

"What happens after the destruction?"

"The four sufferings will disappear along with returning to the abyss."

"What about the cultivation of the four realms?"

"Sandy, you know what to do next."

Sandy did know.

The road ahead is obviously dangerous, but it seems...

Not scared at all.

Sandy held out her hand to Asong and said, "Give me a candy."

Ah Song raised his eyebrows slightly: "Oh, I forgot, you are not dead now, you can smell."

He generously took out a candy cane and handed it to Sandy.

She held the candy tightly and smiled, "I won't die."

A crack appeared behind them, and light from outside shone in, dispelling the darkness around them.

Sandy turned and walked out of the crack.

Asong watched her leave, the smile on his face still quite frivolous.

The wind was blowing hard in his face, but he suddenly felt warm.

This whole mess should have ended long ago.

It was just a piece of candy for the child and a name given to him. This gave him emotions and made him no longer a person who only knew how to eat, drink, play and obey fate.

He is Asong.

Not the four sufferings.

***

The demon world has long been in chaos.

There was chaos within the city walls and unrest outside the city walls.

Su Xuan couldn't hear what they were shouting. The ends of his silver hair were splattered with blood. He knelt on one knee and coughed violently. His heart and lungs ached, and tears fell from his eye sockets, mixing with his blood and falling to the ground.

The Tongtian Mirror had been taken back long ago, but the scene just now was clearly seen by the entire four realms.

Liu Lixue shook her head and murmured in a low voice: "No... Impossible..."

In fact, Sandy is doomed to die. As long as she destroys Guixu Wonderland, she will be hunted down by the four realms.

However, the destruction of the Guixu spiritual vein and the massacre of the Cangwu Taoist Temple shocked the world. How could it be done by a ten-year-old girl?

Now...

Sandy has truly become a sinner of the four realms.

“My Lord!” Liu Lixue turned around and saw Su Xuan coughing up blood. He hurried forward to support him: “There must be a reason for this!”

Su Xuan murmured over and over again: "How can she be so cruel... She deliberately let me open the Tongtian Mirror. If she knew to tell me in advance, I would not open the Tongtian Mirror. She knew..."

“My Lord…”

The four realms gathered in the demon world, and the truth they got shocked everyone.

A ten-year-old girl is just a ten-year-old girl.

Yuan Lin's breathing was unsteady: "No... Impossible... It should be Ying Heng's..."

But the Tongtian Mirror is definitely not fake. It was opened by Su Xuan himself. Sang Dai is Su Xuan's wife. It is impossible for him to fake it and push his wife into the tiger's mouth to protect Ying Heng. Everyone knows how much the Demon King likes the eldest lady of the Sword Sect.

Seeing that Su Xuan was so anxious that he vomited blood, he had no idea the truth. He only opened the Tongtian Mirror to help Ying Heng clear his name.

The final murderer changed from Ying Heng to Sandy.

The four realms are bustling with chaos and constant quarrels.

Ying Heng opened his eyes and looked at the huge crowd below the city wall. He even saw quite a few people from the Sword Sect among them.

But it is clear that they have always been protecting the four realms, so why did they end up being besieged like this?

"In fact, a person with a heavenly spiritual root awakening... is not appropriate at all."

Although the sound was very soft, everyone fell silent.

Ying Heng said: "My disciple Sang Dai did nothing wrong. The Heavenly Dao attempted to destroy the four realms with the Four Sufferings. The Guixu Spiritual Vein was eroded, and the spiritual power of the cultivators was filled with the Four Sufferings. More and more people went mad and turned into evil spirits, and some died in the executions, or died during the tribulation."

"My disciple destroyed the Guixu spiritual vein because the Guixu Four Bitternesses were too strong. If they were not destroyed, all the spiritual veins would be severely eroded. The Four Bitternesses would turn most of the people present into evil spirits."

"My disciple did not massacre the disciples of Cangwu Taoist Temple. When she left, the temple was already full of evil spirits. Those evil spirits wanted to kill her, but they also wanted to break out of Cangwu Taoist Temple and go to the four realms to cause trouble. She killed people who were corroded by the four sufferings."

Yuan Lin replied with a fierce look, pointing his sword at Ying Heng: "What four sufferings? Are we supposed to believe everything you say? It's just your one-sided statement! You are trying to slander the way of heaven, this is a capital crime!"

"Destroying the Guixu Spiritual Vein is to sever the foundation of cultivation in the Four Realms, and slaughtering the Cangwu Taoist Temple is to be a murderer!"

"Framing the Heavenly Dao, Ying Heng, you are committing a capital crime!"

Countless people were shouting, and there were too many voices mixed together. Ying Heng couldn't really tell who was saying what, but all he could hear were insults.

"Hand over Sandy!"

I don't know who shouted first.

Then more and more people followed:

"Hand over Sandy!"

"Hand over the criminal Sandi!"

"Kill her, kill the sinner!"

How did they respond to Heng's shouting and killing in the past, but now it has become Sandy.

Ying Heng closed his eyes gently and sighed for a long time.

"Is all this we've done worth it?"

"If she says it's worth it, then it's worth it."

Someone took over his words.

Ying Heng didn't turn around, and smiled bitterly: "Xiao Xuan, I'm sorry to have troubled you. You just got married."

Su Xuan clenched his lowered hands and said with difficulty breathing, "Her affairs have always been my affairs. There is no question of involving her."

Ying Heng asked angrily, "Where did she go?"

"...Yaoshan County."

"Is that so?" Ying Heng nodded: "Daidai is a good child, she is a good child..."

As soon as the words fell, thick clouds gathered in the sky, lightning flashed through them, and the rain suddenly intensified.

The heavy rumble of thunder terrified everyone, and everyone looked in the same direction at the same time.

The clouds in the sky quickly drifted towards that place, and the lightning that appeared only occasionally before seemed to go crazy, with flashes of lightning and thunder continuing continuously.

Someone murmured: "That... is the Guixu Fairyland..."

Someone else added: "Sandee isn't here, so where is she..."

After a moment of silence, a dispute suddenly broke out.

"Sang Dai went to Guixu Fairyland! That thunderbolt was clearly a punishment from heaven!"

The lightning had almost turned a dark purple, and was even thicker and faster than the thunder that afflicted one during one's ascension to immortality. The thunderclouds were so vast that even here they could see them clearly.

"Sandei...Sandei went to Guixu Wonderland, and she wants to take action against Guixu Wonderland!"

Su Xuan looked into the distance, his lips curled up slightly: "She is there..."

"Go to Guixu quickly, stop her!"

"Disciples of the Dao Sect and the Zen Sect, listen up and head to Guixu Fairyland!"

"All demon cultivators from the thirteen regions of the demon world, listen to my orders and return to the ruins!"

Sects kept ordering their entire teams to return to Guixu.

The citizens of the demon world were also shouting, "My Lord, Guixu cannot perish!"

"Please take us to Guixu!"

"Please take us to Guixu!"

Liu Lixue shouted: "My Lord, the situation is out of control!"

But he heard a sigh.

Liu Lixue's heartbeat suddenly stopped. Before her brain could react, she had already taken a step forward: "My Lord, you——"

"I resign from the position of Demon King today. What I do has nothing to do with the demon world."

He took off the jade token from his waist and placed it on the city wall.

The demons in the city were stunned: "My Lord..."

Liu Lixue trembled and said, "My Lord, what are you talking about?"

Sandy was right. As the demon king, he should consider the people in the demon world, so he could not abandon them in danger.

As the demon king, he must lead the demon world into battle.

But as Sandy's husband, he couldn't.

Sandy did what she had to do.

He is her husband, he should clear a way out for her and do what he should do.

Su Xuan leaped up and transformed into his true form. The tall nine-tailed fox true form was as big as a mountain. He jumped to the top of a high mountain in the distance and lowered his eyes to look at the people below.

He lowered his head and looked down at them. The power of the barrier created by the demon cultivator who was transcending the tribulation covered an area of ​​a hundred miles in radius.

"I am here. Today, no one can go to Guixu Wonderland."

"Return to the Immortal Realm, you will die today."