vitality
The wind in the mountain behind the forbidden area suddenly became still.
The golden-green halo on the outer layer of the light cocoon gradually faded its dazzling edge and turned into a layer of soft white, like a spider web wrapped in morning dew, protecting Yunxiu and Yanxiu firmly in the center.
Yunxiu could clearly feel that the temperature from her palm was no longer the slightly cool one before. Yan Xiu's translucent hand was gradually regaining its solidity. The pale white light no longer overflowed, but instead flowed along the palms of their hands together and slowly drilled into her spiritual essence.
“Senior Brother…”
Her voice was stuck in her throat, and the burning pain from her spiritual veins almost made her faint.
The source of energy in the body was still burning wildly, and every inch of skin felt like it was being roasted in a raging fire, but the warmth coming from the palm of the hand was extremely clear, like a good medicine, flowing along the blood vessels to the place where the pain was most severe.
Yan Xiu didn't say anything, but tilted his head slightly, letting his hair brush against the back of Yun Xiu's hand. His face was still pale, but no longer the pale, almost fading transparency it had been before. Instead, it had a gentle glow.
Yunxiu could feel the essence within him opening up to her without reservation, like a rushing stream, flowing along the connection between their palms and completely entwining with her divine essence. Without the slightest resistance, without the slightest reservation, he actively moved closer to her divine essence.
"Xiaoyou, I'm sorry for not telling you this."
Yan Xiu's other hand gently covered the back of Yun Xiu's hand, which had been clenched until it turned white.
"I'm sorry for making you go through so much alone... You'll have to face it all alone from now on..."
Yunxiu's fingertips trembled. She looked at the skin on Yan Xiu's neck which was gradually regaining its color, and saw that his eyes were no longer cold and white but the familiar dark color, and her anxiety grew even more.
She didn't know what this meant. If Yan Ruruo was different from an immortal, then at this moment his divine power was completely exhausted, and he would die like a mortal...
But she didn't have time to worry more. The next second, an even more intense pain suddenly exploded from her heart - her divine energy dissipated.
It was not a gradual collapse, but a sudden collapse without any warning.
The divine essence that was previously tightly wrapped by the original power, like a punctured bubble, instantly turned into countless tiny spots of light, running wildly in her body.
Those light spots contained not only her own divine power, but also the origin that Yan Xiu had just brought over, and even the fragments of immortal power that her master, Yingtang, and Yuwei had left in her body.
Yunxiu felt as if his heart was hollowed out, his consciousness instantly blurred, the light cocoon in front of his eyes began to spin, and the ancient god's shrill roar came to his ears, but it seemed as if it was separated by a thick layer of water film and could not be heard clearly.
The figure of the Ancient God disappeared before her eyes. However, she was powerless to care about it any longer.
"Xiao You!"
Yan Xiu's voice suddenly became rapid. He could clearly sense the turmoil within Yun Xiu's body. The originally docile and harmonious power suddenly became violent, like a wild horse running free, rushing back along his spiritual veins.
He subconsciously tried to tighten his palm, but found that his essence was too tightly entangled with Yunxiu's disintegrating divine essence, making it impossible to separate them. If he forcibly pulled away, not only would Yunxiu's soul be completely shattered, but he himself would also be devoured by this manic power.
At this moment, Yunxiu suddenly opened his eyes wide.
A cold white light suddenly shone from the disintegrating divine essence. That light didn't come from her own divine power, nor from Yan Xiu's own essence, but from the deepest part of her divine essence, the power of the ancient god's residual soul that had been sealed for ten thousand years.
Yan Xiu was stunned. He had endured several painful reincarnations, yet on his last one, he felt strangely at ease… Now, thinking about it, had he locked his soul deep within Yunxiu's divine essence? This wisp of soul, along with the divine power, had been circulating around in circles, never to be awakened.
He himself awakened what he had left behind.
However, if the souls of the ancient gods who entered the cycle of reincarnation have been locked in the divine essence by him and cannot be reincarnated, then what is he?
At the same time, a similar cold white light burst out from Yan Xiu's body.
That was the remnant of the other half of his soul, the ancient god. According to his current name, it was probably Zhi Huan.
Two cold white lights met in the center of the light cocoon. There was no collision, no roar, but instead they slowly entwined with each other like close friends who had met after a long separation.
Yunxiu could clearly feel that the obsession with destruction carried by the remnant soul in Yan Xiu's body was gradually merging into the protective will of the remnant soul in her body. The two extreme forces intertwined together, forming a strange balance.
What shocked her even more was that with the fusion of the two residual souls, her scattered divine energy light spots began to gather again, but this time, what gathered was no longer her own divine energy, but the divine energy belonging to the ancient gods with a strong divinity.
"This is..." Yunxiu's consciousness seemed to be forcibly pulled up, and countless unfamiliar fragments of memory exploded in her mind.
Crimson magma erupted from the earth's core, the golden body of the deity transformed into a sky filled with points of light, the incense lingered in front of the Yaoxi Mountain Temple, and the lonely howl echoed from the spiritual veins after all beings had forgotten. These were not her memories, but the memories of an ancient god, the life of a god who incarnated into the world ten thousand years ago, only to be consumed by resentment.
She looked down at her hand. The hand that had once belonged to Yunxiu was now radiating a faint golden glow. The power flowing through her fingertips was no longer the familiar cold white divine power, but instead carried the majestic and weighty divine power of an ancient god. Where her palm touched Yanxiu's, a powerful resonance resonated, like two hearts beating in sync. With each beat, more divine power surged from both of their bodies, spreading outward along the cocoon of light.
Yan Xiu's body trembled violently. He looked at the azure-gold halo in Yun Xiu's eyes, the golden divinity flowing around her, and suddenly understood something. He found that his fingertips were no longer transparent. His body, which had been nearly disintegrated by the burning of the origin, was recovering at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The light blue immortal power slowly overflowed from his body and climbed up along the lines of his skin. The spiritual veins that had been polluted by Zhi Huan were actually repaired bit by bit under the wrapping of the immortal power.
Ah... Yan Xiu... Xiu Xiu, he is a mountain, he is the fairy transformed from the green mountain.
Yan Xiu's previous incarnations were the reincarnation of half the soul of an ancient god, carrying the cycle of reincarnation with his divine soul, which naturally brought him unbearable pain. He gave most of his divine soul to Xiao You. This time, he was born into the world as an immortal, but Zhi Huan occupied most of his consciousness. Only when his divine power and divine soul completely faded could he return to his true form.
Yan Xiu raised her hand, and a wisp of pale blue immortal energy gathered at her fingertips, probing into Yun Xiu's body. The immortal energy was not repelled by the divine power, but instead, like a drop of water merging into the ocean, it penetrated into her divine essence.
"Xiao You, look at me. You are not Gao, you are Yunxiu... You are mine... my Yunxiu."
The turquoise-gold halo beneath Yunxiu's eyes flickered slightly. The memories of the Ancient Gods still surged in her mind, the forgotten resentment and pain of betrayal trying to drown her consciousness like a tide.
But the immortal power coming from Yan Xiu's fingertips was extremely warm, and it followed her divine essence, dispelling those negative emotions bit by bit.
She could clearly feel her consciousness gradually returning. The memories of Yunxiu gradually lit up in her mind like tiny starlight.
“Senior Brother…”
Yet, the divine essence within her body still held a rich divine nature, maintaining a strong resonance with Yan Xiu's origin. She could feel the immortal power within Yan Xiu's body continuously flowing into her body, carrying the unique aura of Yaoxi Mountain, forming a wonderful counteraction with the divine power within her body.
The pale cyan immortal energy and the cold white divine energy met within her body. Instead of a violent collision, they swirled slowly through her spiritual veins like two intertwined streams. The immortal energy carried a gentle purifying force, gradually stripping away the destructive obsession within the divine energy. And though the divine energy was violent, it gradually became docile under the guidance of Yan Xiu's essence.
Yunxiu could clearly feel that the divine power in her body was decreasing at a speed visible to the naked eye. The residual souls that originally belonged to the ancient gods were turning into tiny points of light bit by bit under the purification of the immortal power and dissipating in her divine essence.
Yan Xiu possessed half the soul of an ancient god; Xiao You possessed most of the ancient god's divine power. When the two combined, the combined entity became indistinguishable from the "god" itself, its divine power and immortal energy naturally obeying the wishes of its wielder.
"This is……"
Yan Xiu also noticed something unusual. He looked down at his hand. The hand that had been gradually becoming transparent had now completely regained its solid form. Even the scars left from the previous fight with Zhi Huan were gradually fading under the healing power of immortal power.
He could feel the essence within him no longer burning, but instead, nurtured by immortal energy, gradually regaining its vitality. Those parts of him that had been contaminated by Zhi Huan were being purified by the divine power emanating from Yun Xiu's body. The interaction of these two forces unexpectedly formed a stable circulation within him.
The luminous white halo on the outer layer of the light cocoon gradually became softer.
The dark red vines that had previously been wrapped around the black stone pillars began to fade from their blood-red color and turned into a light green. They climbed up the pillars and tiny white flowers bloomed at the top.
The dried bloodstains on the ground gradually faded under the halo of light, revealing the dark blue rock beneath. Tender green grass sprouts emerged from the cracks in the rock, timidly poking their leaves out.
Yunxiu took a deep breath and tried to mobilize the immortal energy within her body. Pale cyan energy flowed from her fingertips, merging with the immortal energy within Yanxiu's body, forming a denser band of light that completely enveloped the divine energy surrounding both of them. She could feel the encapsulated divine energy rapidly dissipating.
"God...I want you to never come to this world again."
"The remnant soul of the ancient god... is disappearing."
Yan Xiu's voice was tinged with disbelief. He could clearly feel the dark remnant that had been lingering in his consciousness melting away bit by bit, like ice in the sun. The destructive obsessions that had once tormented him completely lost their power under the clash of immortal power and divinity, gradually dissipating.
A subtle crackling sound echoed within the cocoon of light. The divine power finally gave way, dissolving into countless tiny specks of light before dissipating completely into the air. As this divine power dissipated, the divine power within Yunxiu's body also completely faded, leaving only her own immortal power, which flowed gently within her along with Yan Xiu's.
The light cocoon slowly dissipated, and the bright white halo disappeared into the air bit by bit, revealing two people standing together inside.
However, after gently circulating within their bodies, the immortal energy gradually dissipated. Furthermore, Yunxiu could clearly sense that the immortal energy possessed by all the immortals in this world was fading like the tide, merging into the mountains, rivers, and earth.
Just as Gao said, they are pure mortals.
Just then, a faint sound came from the distance.
They both turned their heads and saw the sea of clouds beyond the forbidden area's back mountain slowly dispersing. The dark red clouds, like ink scattered by the wind, gradually faded, revealing the clear blue sky beneath. The black fog that had shrouded the mountains was blown away by the wind; the flowing water by the stream was no longer a murky black, but shimmering with clear waves, reflecting the blue of the sky.
Farther away, in the direction of Luoxia Town, the faint cries of mortals could be heard. Although faint, they were remarkably clear, carrying with them the joy of having survived a catastrophe.
That is the vitality of the human world.
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