Chapter 99 Demon Lord 099%
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The legendary Kunlun Mountain has appeared in the world, and the Prince Difeng who only existed in the novels is no longer just a myth. He is sealed under layers of ice and snow, and with the Kunlun Mountain barrier broken, he may wake up at any time.
Nangu Island disappeared, and all the people on the island were reduced to ashes. Of the thousand cultivators who came here by boat, less than two hundred survived. They scattered across Kunlun Mountain and tried to repair the barrier on the mountain, but unfortunately it was of little use.
Fortunately, the Kunlun Sacred Mountain appeared on the sea surface. Even without the barrier to block it, it naturally prevented some monsters from escaping. However, some monsters that could fly in the sky and enter the sea still escaped. They killed cultivators wantonly, broke into the human world and devoured civilians, disrupting the world and leaving everyone unable to take care of themselves.
Amidst the howling of war, the Kunlun Mountains were as quiet as another world. Chao Yuan walked slowly into the Tianchi Lake on the snow and saw the circular altar mentioned in the oracle.
"I actually need it..." Chao Yuan looked at the red snow lotus totem in the center of the altar. This was the core of the formation that sealed him, and also the key to breaking the seal.
Di Shu and Huang Ying followed behind him. Di Shu had a complicated expression on his face, while Huang Ying smiled playfully and asked, "The Demon Lord is reluctant to part with Qu Yaoyao?"
Chao Yuan said nothing and turned and left after a moment.
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Qu Yaoyao was brought back to the demon world by Chao Yuan. He did not let her sacrifice immediately, but locked her in his bedroom and did not see her for several days.
On the fifth day, a group of maids entered the palace, carrying luxurious dresses and hair accessories, and demanded that Qu Yaoyao bathe, burn incense, and get ready. Qu Yaoyao didn't struggle, knowing that her struggle was useless, so she allowed the maids to dress her and make her beautiful.
"You are so pretty, young lady." The maids were quite polite to Qu Yaoyao, and would tilt their heads from time to time to look at her in the mirror.
Qu Yaoyao rarely wore such bright colors. Her fiery red dress, embroidered with delicate phoenixes and flowers, looked like a vibrant wedding gown from a distance. She stared at herself in the mirror. Her lips were red, her skin was fair, and her features were adorned with rouge. Her pupils were dark, a very clear and translucent black. They were clearly beautiful eyes, but now they were too lifeless, lacking their former lively, childlike charm.
She knew that Chao Yuan was coming.
After the maid left, Qu Yaoyao sat in front of the mirror motionless. Not long after, she saw Chao Yuan's figure appear in the mirror. He had also changed into a luxurious red dress, and the golden phoenix on the sleeve was lifelike, as if it would burst out of the clothes at any time.
He was about to be free, and she was about to die under the red lotus fire.
"Are you going to... take me to sacrifice?" Qu Yaoyao asked softly while looking at him in the mirror.
When he came closer, Qu Yaoyao realized that his eyes were no longer red gold, but as dark as hers, equally dull and empty. He slowly lowered his head and looked at Qu Yaoyao, his throat rolling and making a soft "hmm".
The Kunlun sacred mountain has been opened, and the ten thousand years of predicament finally sees the dawn of hope.
Chao Yuan slowly put a strange-looking cloak on her. The cloak was covered with white flowers stained with water droplets. They looked very similar to Qu Yaoyao's original body. They were densely packed all over the cloak, exuding a biting coldness.
"Promise me that no matter what happens next, you won't take it off."
Qu Yaoyao thought of a strange dream she had once had. In the dream, Xie Qingxun had also covered her with a cloak, but there were no strange flowers on it. It was stained with his dripping phoenix blood and burned quickly. The red lotus first bloomed on this cloak.
"I, I don't want to die." Qu Yaoyao couldn't hold it in any longer.
The karmic fire burning in the strange dream burned her dream, and the boundless fear eroded her and caused her to tremble. Qu Yaoyao held his wrist and said in a trembling voice: "Can you please not burn me with fire?"
"It really hurts me."
"Chao Yuan, I'm scared."
In fact, what was more difficult for Qu Yaoyao to accept than death was that Chao Yuan treated her as a key from the beginning to the end. His kindness and specialness to her were only because she was useful to him, and the meaning of her existence was to break the seal.
She liked him so much and tried so hard to be with him, but in the end, she was met with lies one after another.
Even if, even if he said that he loved her with all his heart, and that his kindness to her was not mixed with any lies or interests before he knew that she needed to be sacrificed, she would be willing to die for him just with that one sentence.
Qu Yaoyao sobbed and cried, her forehead resting on Chao Yuan's arms.
Chao Yuan raised his hand to touch her hair and put the hood of his cloak on her. White flowers climbed over the hood, covering Qu Yaoyao's entire body. Qu Yaoyao's vision became blurry and she gradually lost consciousness.
The scene in the strange dream was played out in reality. When she regained consciousness, snow was flying all over the sky, with continuous snow-capped mountains on both sides and the sky was glowing with colorful light.
【Xie Qingxun, where is this? 】
[Kunlun Mountain.]
[Wow, is this where the gods live? It's so beautiful.]
Qu Yaoyao's eyes flashed with a scene that had never appeared in her dream. Xiao Xuelian peeked out from under her cloak. She had clearly foreseen her own death, but at first she forced a cheerful smile at Xie Qingxun, gently tugging at his clothes and saying, "Put me down and walk by yourself, okay?"
【It's dangerous here.】
[Okay then.] Xiao Xuelian leaned her head back against him obediently, puffing her cheeks and whispering, "Next time then."
"Next time you come, you have to let me go by myself and stay here with me to build a snowman." She pointed to the lonely snowy tree not far away. "Just build it there. That tree looks so lonely."
Xie Qingxun didn't respond, nor did he turn in the direction she pointed. He just stared indifferently at the mountain road ahead and asked casually: "Is it cold?"
[I'm not cold, I'm Xuelian.] The light in little Xuelian's eyes grew dimmer and dimmer, perhaps unable to hold back her tears. She closed her red eyes tightly, huddled in her cloak, and sobbed, "I think I'm a little cold."
【Hold me tighter.】
【Xie Qingxun, I'm so cold. 】
Snow lotus is nurtured in cold water; the cold only gives her a sense of security and vitality. Saying the word "afraid of the cold" is like saying "I'm dying." Qu Yaoyao lifted her closed hood and smelled the cool fragrance of flowers.
With her eyelashes fluttering, the first thing she saw was the sky shining with colorful lights. Heavy snow fell and floated onto her eyelashes and cheeks. Qu Yaoyao saw Chao Yuan's face. He held her in his arms and walked in the snow, leaving a series of winding footprints on the ground.
"It really seems like..." Qu Yaoyao murmured.
In the strange dream, the two of them were quite warm and harmonious in the snow at first, but in reality, they looked at each other without saying a word, each with their own thoughts. Qu Yaoyao knew that she was powerless to change anything, so in the last moments of her life, she thought about explaining everything she could.
"After I die, if the Immortal Cultivation World doesn't provoke you, can you please not attack the Immortal Sect?"
Qu Yaoyao didn't want to be the one who caused the suffering of countless people, nor did she want Chao Yuan to commit more murders. She had looked up ancient texts and found a passage that said the Divine Phoenix wasn't born a demon. The difference between a god and a demon was only a thought away, and it all depended on the Divine Phoenix's will.
Ten thousand years ago, he was imprisoned by the Immortal Sect, but ten thousand years have passed, and things and people have changed. His enemies are no longer in the world, and the cultivators of later generations should not die unjustly for the blood feud ten thousand years ago.
"You know what? Not all cultivators are bad. Most of them are good people. Some may seem aloof and arrogant, but they're actually just trying to save face. But once you get to know them, you'll find they're kind-hearted and good people."
For example, Ah Jiang, Yi Qing, and the cultivators who followed her and fought alongside her in Kunlun Mountain. Unfortunately, they all died at the hands of Chao Yuan, and even Ah Jiang died in Kunlun Mountain. Yi Qing hugged her body and cried heartbreakingly.
Qu Yaoyao is also responsible for her death.
Qu Yaoyao kept mumbling a lot along the way, all about her final arrangements, and she didn't care whether Chao Yuan listened or not. In other words, as a dying person, how could she care about what Chao Yuan would do after her death?
She said these words purely to satisfy her conscience.
After walking along the mountain road, they came to the bitter land of icy ridges. Chao Yuan walked past without blinking, and protected Qu Yaoyao tightly, without letting her get hurt at all.
"Yaoyao!" Mo Xuanxiao's voice came from behind.
He led the cultivators in pursuit, but was stopped outside the Bitter Land by Di Shu and Huang Ying, unable to approach. With his cultivation, it was no problem for him to break through Chao Yuan's defenses. The only problem was that an extremely powerful barrier had been set up there. This spiritual power belonged neither to him nor to Chao Yuan; it was a terrifying ancient force.
"Who are you?" Mo Xuanxiao looked at Huang Ying.
She had set up the barrier, not only blocking Mo Xuanxiao's path but also their voices. The ground was covered in blood and corpses, and even Mo Xuanxiao was injured. Only Huang Ying remained in her clean yellow clothes, smiling with a curved lip, saying, "It doesn't matter who I am."
"The important thing is—"
"The Emperor Phoenix must come out."
Di Shu could no longer stand steadily, and was barely supporting his body by using his sickle buried deep in the snow. He looked at Huang Ying while panting, vaguely sensing that something was wrong.
"Not good." He turned around and tried to break into the bitter land of ice, but was bounced back by the red barrier. Huang Ying was not only guarding against this group of immortal cultivators, but also loyal subordinates like Chao Yuan.
"Demon Lord, Demon Lord, come out quickly!" Di Shu anxiously slapped the barrier and wanted to grab the sickle but he had no strength left.
Seeing this, Tu Ling was about to take action when a charming smile emerged from the wind and snow. The long-dead Tu Huan appeared, waving her nine tails. She stared at Tu Ling coldly and said, "Whoever dares to ruin Master Huang Ying's good deeds will be killed by me."
It snows all year round on Kunlun Mountain. If you listen carefully, you can hear the sound of wind blowing through the valley, which is sad and desolate.
Chao Yuan had already brought Qu Yaoyao across the bitter ice. The sharp ice tips were covered in blood, which dripped onto the snow. It was all Chao Yuan's blood.
After passing through the barrier archway, Chao Yuan placed Qu Yaoyao on the altar on the ice. He once again instructed her, "If you don't want to feel too much pain, don't take off this cloak."
"Will wearing this stop the pain?" Qu Yaoyao looked up at him and heard his cold words: "Maybe."
Perhaps, at least it is a word that makes people full of hope.
Qu Yaoyao finally lowered her eyes to look at the cloak on her body. White flowers were crowded and hung all over the fabric. The covering of ice and snow did not make them wither, but made them look even fresher and more beautiful.
"Did you pick this?"
Chao Yuan never looked at Qu Yaoyao. He fixed his gaze on the ice and thought for a long time before saying, "No."
"It's Huang Ying."
Qu Yaoyao was stunned for a moment, then suddenly calmed down as she faced death. "Then thank her for me."
She still doesn't want to die after all.
Before Chao Yuan left, Qu Yaoyao thought of the little snow lotus in her strange dream. Holding on to the last glimmer of hope, she grabbed Chao Yuan's sleeve and whispered, "I'm scared."
"Don't leave me here...okay?"
Just like in a dream, Chao Yuan did not respond to her.
Beams of light rose from the surroundings, shooting straight into the sky. As she returned to her position, the six phoenix treasures in Chao Yuan's hands rose from his sleeves one by one into the sky. Qu Yaoyao tentatively touched the barrier, but a stinging pain struck, stopping her again.
How ruthless.
Qu Yaoyao saw Chao Yuan's back as he turned and left, which was even more cold and cruel than in her strange dream.
"Chao Yuan!" Qu Yaoyao was unwilling.
She called out to him. Although she already knew the answer, she still wanted to ask, "Have you...really, really never liked me?"
Even for a moment of pure true love.
Chao Yuan didn't turn around, his crimson robe fluttering. This time he quickly replied, "No."
He said he had never liked her, not even for a moment, and it was all just a casual act from beginning to end.
The light in Qu Yaoyao's eyes was completely extinguished, her life force snuffed out by the hands of the one she loved. Her cries were faintly heard along with the whistling wind, and she screamed, "Then I don't want to like you anymore."
"I don't like you anymore!"
This was the last bit of self-respect she had left for herself.
The Phoenix treasures gathered together, and the red pattern in the center of the altar lit up, and red lotuses bloomed.
Chao Yuan lied to her again.
He said that wearing this cloak would protect him from the pain of the karmic fire, but in reality, the cloak was the first thing to burn. White flowers were consumed in the fire, and Qu Yaoyao raised her arm to see beautiful crimson lotuses blossoming from her body.
The white flowers burned, the red lotus blossomed, and the power of the red lotus fire was far more painful than she had imagined. Qu Yaoyao fell to the ground helplessly, mumbling, "It hurts so much."
"Why did you lie to me even when you wanted me to die?" Don't you think it's cruel to give her hope for nothing and let her be disappointed?
Chao Yuan heard it.
He was stunned for a moment, turned around, and listened carefully, and indeed he heard the sound of flames crackling.
"Yaoyao." A crack appeared on his calm face, and he turned his head slightly to call her, "Yaoyao? What happened on the altar?"
Qu Yaoyao's Snow Lotus Essence had already appeared on the altar, and the raging fire almost devoured it. Qu Yaoyao's ears were filled with the crackling sound of the fire, and she could no longer hear what Chao Yuan said.
She saw Chao Yuan walking towards her, reaching out to touch the barrier on the altar, but was forced back two steps.
"Yaoyao!" Chao Yuan was a little panicked as he still couldn't hear Qu Yaoyao's response.
Qu Yaoyao was clearly right in front of him, the two of them were face to face and very close, yet he seemed to be unable to see her. Qu Yaoyao's eyes were obscured by the red lotus fire, and she could no longer even see Chao Yuan's appearance.
When she closed her eyes, she didn't hear Chao Yuan's panicked words: "Wait for me."
Bang--
The ice surrounding the altar cracked, the chains vanishing as the seal was lifted. The ice coffin buried deep within the ice shattered, revealing a sleeping man in red. As Chao Yuan's figure dissipated, the sleeping man in red transformed into a scarlet-gold phoenix, lifting a crimson lotus and breaking through the ice.
"What's that sound?"
The sacred Kunlun Mountain is shaking.
Not only were the birds in the sacred mountain agitated, but even the birds outside the mountain came out in droves. Hearing the phoenix cry resounding through the sky, Huang Ying turned her head and looked in the direction of Tianchi. "It's done."
The ancient phoenix that had been imprisoned for ten thousand years finally broke free from its seal on this day. After soaring into the sky, the phoenix landed straight in front of the altar and transformed into the appearance of the man in red in the ice coffin.
Like a god or a demon, the Emperor Phoenix's appearance combines the elegance of Xie Qingxun and the evil of Chao Yuan. His beautiful phoenix eyes are even more pure and brilliant, clearly reflecting the appearance on the altar.
"Yaoyao..."
With his appearance, the barrier on the altar automatically disappeared, but the red lotus fire was still burning.
Protected by the cloak, Qu Yaoyao's body showed no signs of burns, but crimson lotuses blossomed from her body, a beauty that was eerie. Her snow lotus essence had been burned to the point of fading, and that last breath brought her back to consciousness.
What a beautiful sky.
What beautiful snow-capped mountains.
Under the burning of the Red Lotus Karmic Fire, Qu Yaoyao's strange dream transformed into a complete memory. She looked at Chao Yuan in front of her, blinked, and asked, "Are you...their true form?"
He is Xie Qingxun, Chao Yuan, and Di Feng.
"The regrets of the previous life have been achieved in this life." Is this considered... a kind of progress?
Bang--
The red lotus on Qu Yaoyao's shoulder shattered.
Immediately afterwards, the red lotus on his right hand shattered and burned to ashes at the broken part.
Chao Yuan was stunned for a moment, muttering, "How could this happen..."
It shouldn't be like this.
When another red lotus shattered from Qu Yaoyao's body, Chao Yuan reached out to cover the red lotus on her body. He wanted to stop the red lotus from shattering for her, but he only had a pair of hands and could not stop countless red lotuses from shattering from her body at the same time.
"Yaoyao."
"Yaoyao..." A pair of golden wings opened behind Chao Yuan, wrapping the two of them. He stretched out his arms to hug her, but he never expected that his approach would cause the red lotus to shatter more thoroughly. Qu Yaoyao's body turned into ashes and disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye.
“It’s really hard to be a human being.”
Before disappearing, Chao Yuan heard Qu Yaoyao whisper in his ear: "Loving someone is so painful."
"If there is another life, I still want to be a snow lotus, experiencing wind and rain, lonely and helpless. I only pray that I never meet you again."
Without his appearance, she would not have developed consciousness, would not have thought of transforming, would not have thought of coming to his side to accompany him, and would not have known what love and hate were, and her death would have become a joke.
Qu Yaoyao dissipated in Chao Yuan's arms, turned into ashes and scattered into Tianchi Lake, refusing to stay for Chao Yuan.
despair--
The pendant she was wearing around her neck fell off. It was still the blood drop pendant that Chong'an gave her.
As Chao Yuan squatted down to pick it up, the pendant shattered and suddenly turned into a red light that flew into his forehead. Memories of his past life surfaced in his mind, and he froze at the moment when Xiao Xuelian died in the red lotus fire. He saw a line of crooked blood words on the altar:
[Xie Qingxun, if there is another life, please don't bother me anymore.]
When I die, I will repay you with a hundred years of careful care. We will be even now. I only ask that we don't continue to be entangled in the next life.
In the end, he became Chong'an again.
The mournful cry of the phoenix echoed between the mountains and the sea. Chao Yuan felt a sharp pain in his heart and spat out a mouthful of blood. His vision went dark and tears of blood flowed out. Before he passed out, he seemed to see a pure and translucent little flower bud slowly emerging from the crack of the altar.
This is the last chance of life Chong'an leaves for Qu Yaoyao, and it is also his only hope.
——Volume 2, End.
The author has something to say: Volume 2 ends, and there is still one last volume.
Reworked it a bit and added some details that were missing before.
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