Amidst the howling winds, everyone felt as if the end of the world had arrived. Even the all-powerful Buddha felt immense pressure descending from the sky, as if Mount Tai were pressing down on them, or as if the heavens were about to fall and crush them.
Everyone present felt short of breath.
Chu Nian clutched her chest, momentarily forgetting the excruciating pain. She looked up at the heart that had been flung into the air, and for some reason, the scene felt strangely familiar.
It seems that she did this before.
The heart that soared away seemed to transform into a swift blade, tearing through space in a flash. Behind the spatial rift, another heart suddenly appeared, colliding heavily with the one that had taken flight.
"Woo... Awooo..." Two hearts collided strangely and merged into one, emitting a strange roar as if they were alive.
Behind that spatial rift, it was as if someone was tearing it open from behind, forcibly widening the rift and allowing another one to emerge from within...
Upon seeing this, Chu Nian grinned and chuckled, muttering, "Little donkey, so this is when you make your appearance!"
"Master... Master..." The little donkey's attention was entirely focused on the heart that was spinning and wailing in the sky, and it called out in a panic and urgency.
But the heart ignored it and continued to wail in pain.
At this moment, the Peacock King had no mood to activate the array plate in her hand, and she didn't even notice that the light of the array plate had gone out.
The moment the array tablet emitted light, it meant that the array tablet had lost control of the grand formation, and it could no longer activate any of the formations within the Emei Grand Formation.
Chu Nian noticed something unusual about the array tablet out of the corner of her eye, and felt relieved.
Lin Jingting had successfully destroyed all the array's cores. As he rode the wind to arrive, he saw a heart swirling and trembling high in the sky, emitting a painful wail. A strange beast exuding a terrifying aura was anxiously circling the heart.
He looked down again and was horrified to see Chu Nian clutching her chest, blood flowing continuously from between her fingers. His heart skipped a beat, and he swooped down to Chu Nian's side, supporting her and asking, "Nian Nian, what happened?"
"I'm leaving," Chu Nian said softly. "After I leave, don't dwell on the past, and don't cause trouble for anyone because of what happened today."
Lin Jingting knew the true meaning behind her saying "leave," but he couldn't understand it. Chu Nian was perfectly fine before, and with her abilities, who in this world could hurt her?
He had already discovered that the body he was supporting had lost its heart, meaning the heart that was circling and wailing in the air...
"Who? Who ripped out your heart?" Lin Jingting demanded. She could leave, but not like this; this was practically being tortured into leaving!
Chu Nian: "I said, you are not allowed to pursue this matter, and you are not allowed to cause trouble for anyone because of what happened today."
The Peacock King laughed again, saying, "Wunian, do you know that in this world, although there are many devoted women, there are many unfaithful men? Is what you're doing worth it?"
Chu Nian said, "What I did today has nothing to do with love, and I will not regret it."
It's better that she left; there are a bunch of lunatics in this world, and she's almost driven crazy herself.
"Niannian, who hurt you?" Lin Jingting pressed.
Peacock King: "She was afraid that if I activated the offensive formation of the great array, it would hurt you who was breaking the array at its core, so she cut out her own heart as I requested."
"What?" Lin Jingting was shocked and got up, wanting to go and settle accounts with the Peacock King.
"No!" Chu Nian exclaimed, "Have you forgotten what I just said?"
Lin Jingting's brows furrowed deeply as she said, "Why are you doing this? You know perfectly well that I'd rather die than have anything happen to you..."
Chu Nian smiled and said, "You know me. I just... left. I've said it before, our relationship is unbreakable..."
Lin Jingting naturally understood what she meant; she was simply leaving to continue her mission in another world. However, he still felt a pang of heartache.
"Regarding Kong Yuan, you should take care of her as much as possible in the future," Chu Nian instructed.
Lin Jingting said, "Okay."
Chu Nian chuckled softly, "When you take on your own apprentice someday, you'll understand how we masters feel." She imagined how Lin Jingting would treat his little apprentice in the future—he would spoil him far more than she and Kong Yuan had ever done.
Therefore, she couldn't help but chuckle after she finished speaking.
With a thought, she put both Tuoba Hongyuan and Lan Dian back into her spatial artifact.
Tuoba Hongyuan transmitted his voice through his soul: "Master, I have done as you instructed to tamper with that array diagram. I estimate that the array diagram will collapse on its own in three months."
This formation will now nourish the soul trapped within. Three months later, when she breaks free, she will emerge like a butterfly from its cocoon. Haha, I wonder if that Peacock King will still be so arrogant then.
Chu Nian replied telepathically, "That nun remembers the kindness of the Buddha who bestowed the treasure upon her, so she won't make things difficult for the Peacock King. However, her existence is nothing but torture for that peacock, ha!"
At that moment, her soul was suddenly taken away from her body.
Only then did she realize that she seemed to have forgotten something: she had forgotten to put away the sword.
However, as she was leaving, she noticed that Lin Jingting had picked up Dao Nian. She thought to herself, "Fine, let Dao Nian help me protect this child!"
Although her soul was being extracted very quickly, she could still see the heart that was getting further and further away from her. As if sensing something, it suddenly shot back towards her, as if it did not want to be separated from her.
However, its speed was far slower than the speed at which the world was drawing her soul away, so that heart eventually disappeared from Chu Nian's sight.
"Master, where are you going?" she vaguely heard the little donkey call out.
So the little donkey was following that heart, and that heart was actually... Ha!
Chu Nian felt that at this moment, many of her previous questions had become clear.
However, there was one thing she didn't understand: what exactly was that heart that broke through the void from another world and rushed over?
Heart-cutting? I have a feeling this isn't the first time she's done this. It seems like a long, long time ago, in order to cultivate the ruthless path she always revered, and to abandon all inappropriate delusions, she cut her heart like this.
Perhaps at that time she felt that as long as she lost her heart, she could sever all inappropriate romantic ties.
But now, in her eyes, what difference does it make to someone who can already use magic to solidify a physical body?
But the heart she abandoned, seemingly born of abandonment, developed a spirituality and an obsession, thus becoming a different person.
Thinking of Lou Qianzong, she suddenly felt that this seemed quite good! Very good!
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