Chapter 85: Heavenly Secrets Revealed, Demonic Obstacles Hard to Speak Of
The Killing and Soul-Locking Array was set up at the border between Zhongzhou and Yan Kingdom, and its activation range encompassed two large towns and countless surrounding villages.
When Li Tiansheng arrived, blood-red patterns were faintly appearing on the ground. However, the patterns were twisted and intricate, and the spiritual energy was shallow. Unless one was a highly skilled cultivator, it would be difficult to detect that these patterns originated from the same formation. Ordinary people would not even be able to see them.
The Killing Gate Formation of the God of the Underworld's Slaughter in the Central Plains has always been set up on the periphery, with few true masters stationed there. By the time the formation is activated, it is too late to arrive.
In every previous incarnation, the God of the Underworld used the method of infiltrating the lower levels to conceal his true intentions and plot a massive massacre.
Li Tiansheng, with a somber expression, scanned the area and pinpointed the location of the formation's core.
The Lingxiao Sword was drawn, its tip piercing the core, and then the Netherworld Ghost Fire ignited, directly burning away the killing formation that was about to be activated.
The entire process takes no more than three breaths, and it seems incredibly simple.
But Li Tiansheng didn't move.
He knew Xiao Xiaolu well; she would never act lightly unless the situation was absolutely certain.
Sure enough, the magic array was destroyed, but the patterns surged like living things, wrapping around the Lingxiao Sword that was pointed at the core.
The black lines moved with astonishing speed, covering the entire sword in the blink of an eye, and even wrapping around Li Tiansheng, who was gripping the hilt.
Li Tiansheng let the array patterns spread without making a sound.
He had sensed something unusual in these lines, but had not yet grasped their source. When the lines covered most of his body, he looked closely and found a strand of silver thread hidden among them.
Li Tiansheng suddenly opened his eyes wide.
Then, he looked up at the sky and said, "It's you."
Li Tiansheng spoke with certainty.
He had considered that Tian Gui would be unhappy with his actions and try to persuade him to stop—Tian Gui had always been like this in the past, trying to follow the rules and going to great lengths to restrain his and Li Hongyi's behavior, and arranging the plot to develop in the predetermined direction time and time again.
In the past, Li Tiansheng tolerated Tian Gui's behavior in order to preserve the integrity of Guanwu Continent, but he never gave up on the idea of overthrowing Tian Gui in one fell swoop, whether openly or secretly.
Now that he has the help to solve the problem, before he has even taken the initiative to cause trouble for the heavens, he has been outmaneuvered by the heavens.
They even approached Xiao Xiaolu to set up a scheme together.
Very good.
With two major enemies mobilized at the same time, I'm afraid he'll be bored out of his mind.
“I have never confronted you directly,” Li Tiansheng said in a low voice, “but I still remember your scheming in your past life.”
In his previous life, Tian Gui took advantage of Li Tiansheng's soul turmoil to lure him into killing Chang Yubai.
Li Tiansheng doesn't mention this grudge, but that doesn't mean he's truly letting it go.
"You'd better take this opportunity to get what you want."
"Otherwise, you won't live more than three days."
Tianji also sensed his hostility. The silver thread hidden in the black pattern trembled for a moment, and then suddenly disappeared without a trace, for fear that Li Tiansheng would find out and come looking for him.
Just a moment before he fled, Li Tiansheng anticipated this and hooked the end of the silver thread in advance. Even though the silver thread disappeared beforehand, it was pulled back by Li Tiansheng's sudden tug.
"Why are you running?" he said in a very soft tone. If it weren't for his cold expression, it would have sounded like he was jokingly questioning him.
Then the divine power spread out like ink, quickly staining the silver threads black.
With a snap, half of the silver thread broke off. Before it was completely corrupted, it hurriedly cut off its tail to survive—it turned out that Tiangui had chosen to sever its own meridians and give up control of this place in order to escape Li Tiansheng's devouring.
Li Tiansheng withdrew his power without making a sound.
He still had broken ink threads remaining in his hand.
"pity."
"Running won't help."
Unfortunately, even though the celestial orbiter finally revealed a form that could be captured, it still managed to escape.
But Zhongzhou is the foundation of the story. Even if we escape, the origin of the Celestial Orbit is still in the central domain. Whether we can find it or not is just a matter of time.
Comparing time with Li Tiansheng is the most futile struggle.
His gaze returned to the black silk in his hand. In an instant, Li Tiansheng could sense that this power came from the celestial orbit, or rather, from the laws that constituted the silk thread. The moment the silver thread wrapped around him, a sense of constraint from the plot enveloped him. It seemed that the heavens had used the core power of the story to restrict his movements.
However, Li Tiansheng had long since broken away from the established story and formed his own lineage. This power might be terrifying to others, but it posed no threat to Li Tiansheng at all.
I don't know if Tiangui is stupid or overconfident. Could it be that his more than 10,000 restarts have made Tiangui mistakenly believe that he has been failing all along, and that has given him the confidence to conquer himself?
Li Tiansheng pinched the black silk thread, then slowly devoured it, merging it into his body and completely seizing control of the two cities.
Suddenly, Li Tiansheng held his breath and focused his mind as a distress signal came from his sea of consciousness.
Xu Wudao trembled as he reported that Chang Yubai had been attacked. Everything was fine until suddenly he showed signs of becoming possessed by a demon.
Li Tiansheng: ? ! !
Possessed by demons?
Chang Yubai?!
Li Tiansheng was startled by the news for a moment, but then realized that this was probably the main target of Tiangui.
“…Heh.” Li Tiansheng’s face darkened, and his originally cold expression gradually turned into a ghostly killing intent.
"So that's what you were planning."
A diversionary tactic?
A diversionary tactic!
It was the killing formation of the Ghostly Fiend Array again, and the silver threads condensing into the physical form of laws. Perhaps his final, disheveled escape was also meant to lower his guard.
What seemed like a nonsensical conspiracy turned out to be just a distraction.
From beginning to end, Tian Gui's target was Chang Yu Bai!
What will be the consequences if Chang Yubai becomes a demon?
I don't know, but who dares to bet on whether something unexpected will happen!
In an instant, a black light flashed, and the figures on the ground vanished.
When he looked up again, Li Tiansheng had already traversed space and arrived behind Chang Yubai.
He was surrounded by demonic energy, his breathing was heavy and like that of a wild beast. He seemed to still have some sense of reason, but there was more hostility in his breath. The spiritual energy he released was also very mixed. It smelled so suffocating that it made it hard to breathe. All these signs indicated that he had indeed become a demon.
Li Tiansheng's anger was also surging.
Looking around, one sees ghosts lurking and a thick aura of malevolence. Ordinary cultivators standing here would soon have their bodies invaded by ghostly energy and gradually have their life force stripped away.
This is clearly a miniature ghost island!
It's obvious at a glance that this is a special privilege granted by Skyrail!
Li Tiansheng was furious. Seeing that Chang Yubai was about to join the battle with demonic energy, he immediately pulled him back, threw him aside, and took over to vent his anger.
He didn't miss the object that Xiao Xiaolu took out and then hurriedly put back. The aura on it was exactly the same as that of the silver thread. With a few flashes of pressure, Xu Wu and Ling Xiao flew in parallel, eventually trapping Xiao Xiaolu in a triangular area.
"You!" Xiao Xiaolu's expression was ferocious, unable to believe that Li Tiansheng would return so quickly.
But when she thought that she had also been tricked by the heavens and that all her efforts were just to lure Chang Yubai into demonic possession, Xiao Xiaolu suppressed her resentment and her eyes darted around quickly, trying to find a way to escape from this mess.
Li Tiansheng knew what she wanted to do just by looking at her raised eyebrows. He grabbed the hilt of the Lingxiao Sword and then pierced her nerve bone, pinning her to the spot and rendering her unable to move.
A broken piece fell to the ground. Xiao Xiaolu instinctively reached out to pick it up, but Li Tiansheng beat her to it, hooking a finger and drawing it into his palm.
Then, sensing the power of the rules contained within, he used the same method he used on the silver threads to taint the fragment. Blackness paved the physical body of power, and control over this small Ghost Island world fell into his hands.
With a wave of his hand, Li Tiansheng erased the eerie scene of constant ghostly howls, restoring peace to the place.
"What method did you use? How did you manage to communicate with Him?"
Li Tiansheng cut straight to the point, questioning Xiao Xiaolu.
But Xiao Xiaolu was terrified when she saw his earth-shattering ability. She dared not easily reveal the information she knew. She dared not gamble that Li Tiansheng would kill her immediately after getting her to tell him everything!
"I, I... it wasn't me, I was forced too..." Xiao Xiaolu mumbled, pleading for mercy repeatedly, trying her best to portray herself as a pitiful person who had also been deceived.
But Li Tiansheng had witnessed her ability to disguise herself in his first life. No matter how harmless she acted, she couldn't move the Ghost Emperor in the slightest. Instead, the Ghost Emperor glared at her fiercely, signaling her to tell the truth.
Xiao Xiaolu hurriedly and shakily got to the point, no longer dodging her mistakes, but still trying to make amends and portray herself as a pitiful victim who had stumbled upon the situation by accident.
"Heaven has given me an order to lure you away, my lord. That will be my time to take the White Emperor's life. I don't want to be a lackey, but the heavens have given me the order not to ask any questions. I must just obey. As long as I come at the right time and destroy Chang Yubai, I cannot disobey, my lord! But Heaven knows not to hire a white-collar worker. If I succeed, it will grant me my life. My lord, you know that my body has been buried by the two of you one after another. I cannot die any more!"
Li Tiansheng didn't believe her, letting it go in one ear and out the other, only listening to what was useful. After listening, he understood the current situation and knew Xiao Xiaolu's motives.
Li Tiansheng narrowed his eyes and then revealed what she hadn't said: "You want to kill Chang Yubai, and Tianyi wants to destroy Chang Yubai. You two are of the same mind. But you should be right from the beginning. It was Tianyi who took the initiative to find you. Otherwise, with your abilities, you would not have been able to find His trace at all."
"And what He promised you was more than just your life. Your agreement with Him was that if you destroyed Chang Yubai, He would help you merge into a fourth body, help you control that power that is infinitely close to that of a god, and open the path to heaven for you, helping you become a god."
With each revelation he made, Xiao Xiaolu's face grew paler.
In the end, the God of the Underworld had completely lost his weak and pitiful appearance, leaving only an endless hatred for Li Tiansheng in his cold face.
But Li Tiansheng wasn't going to let her off the hook yet, and said, "You've been fooled. You can't possibly reach the Divine Martial Realm."
"Why?!" Xiao Xiaolu was filled with more than just hatred; resentment and complaints erupted all at once. When it came to matters of her own morality, how could she allow Li Tiansheng to have a say?
But Li Tiansheng's answer was simple: "Because I am God."
Xiao Xiaolu was caught off guard by his words.
"What?" She looked puzzled, seemingly disbelieving, as if she thought there was something wrong with her ears.
"You?" Xiao Xiaolu's expression became quite intriguing. "You are indeed very strong, but ultimately..."
She didn't finish her sentence.
Seeing that she didn't believe him, Li Tiansheng simply sighed heavily, then ignored her doubts and directly channeled his spiritual power through his fingertips, touching her forehead.
Then, he found the key to unlocking her memories of reincarnation and released them all at once.
"Becoming a god is not easy." Li Tiansheng switched back to his calm tone, a fleeting look of pity in his eyes.
"Let's first understand your own destiny before talking about anything else."
...
Compared to the tense situation on Li Tiansheng's side, where the old dog was keeping the situation under control, Li Qingyun's side was somewhat helpless.
The demonic energy was used to entice Chang Yubai into demonic possession, but after the demonic energy surrounded his body, Chang Yubai became unconscious, and his brows were almost twisted into a pretzel, clearly indicating that he had entered a nightmare state.
No one knows what Yu Bai is suffering from, that he is in such pain.
Li Qingyun couldn't understand it.
If it were related to him, he and Chang Yubai had already broken free from the tragedy of their past lives. Based on his understanding of Chang Yubai, he would definitely not be swayed by the unbearable past.
What he taught Chang Yubai was to focus on what was in front of him, and he never saw Chang Yubai lingering for what was behind him.
What exactly is it?
Li Qingyun called him softly several times, but to no avail. Seeing that Chang Yubai was still exhausted, Li Qingyun's brows furrowed as well.
This won't work; we need to go deeper to bring Chang Yubai back.
Li Qingyun pulled him over, their foreheads pressed tightly together, and then relaxed her breathing, gradually emptying her mind of all distractions, trying to merge her soul with Chang Yubai's.
The process of merging was even smoother than Li Qingyun had imagined. Before he had even used a few breaths to probe with his divine soul, he sensed something coming from Chang Yubai's side... Hmm?
Why is there nothing there?
When Li Qingyun opened his eyes, he didn't see a particularly embarrassing scene; there wasn't even a single person there.
Empty, desolate, and deserted.
Layers of steel bars and iron plating were piled up to an unimaginable height, forming a chaotic and messy square forest of cast iron. Various colors were stained on the branches, some of which were dripping. It was unclear whether these were species unique to the forest.
He looked around in confusion, not knowing which way to start—the steel forest was full of gaps and forks in the road, and deep within each fork, a cacophony of sounds could be faintly heard.
Did Yu Bai used to live in such a cold place?
Li Qingyun couldn't understand the structure of this place, but he had come for Chang Yubai. After hesitating for a moment, he decided to use his divine sense to search for him.
But the instant his divine sense expanded, a loud roar came rushing towards him. In the short time it took Li Qingyun to turn his head, a huge, square steel beast appeared before him and sped towards him.
But for some reason, he just stared blankly without reacting.
When all was darkness before her eyes, and color returned, Li Qingyun had already escaped from that steel forest.
It turns out that the fusion of their souls was forcibly interrupted.
"Is that... death?"
Li Qingyun was still trembling with fear.
He only realized later that it was actually the moment Chang Yubai died. The reason he was motionless and unaware was because Chang Yubai was in that state at the time.
When souls merge, it's not just consciousness that merges, but also mutual feelings.
That should be death.
Li Qingyun thought to herself.
But that feeling wasn't right. How could someone remain calm in the face of death?
“Yu Bai…” he subconsciously uttered his lover’s name.
Then, Chang Yubai's face broke through his thoughts and appeared before him.
Unlike his struggles when he was possessed by demons, Chang Yubai was now filled with worry, his eyes fixed on Li Qingyun, his gaze also filled with concern.
After a long silence, Li Qingyun finally spoke slowly: "What is that?"
Chang Yubai: "..."
Chang Yubai hesitated: "Truck."
Li Qingyun had never heard of this word before, but he recognized the pronunciation of "car," so it was actually a vehicle used for display.
"And what were you like back then..."
Chang Yubai: "Qingyun".
He interrupted Li Qingyun.
"Those are all in the past."
Those days are over.
From the day Li Qingyun gave him the name, he was simply Chang Yubai, a completely new character, living a completely new life.
Those past events no longer belong to Chang Yubai.
Li Qingyun fell silent again.
But he couldn't bear to see Chang Yubai sad, so he buried all the heartache he had felt earlier, no longer pursuing what the past was like, no longer wondering what kind of pain had led him into this daze.
Li Qingyun simply clung to him, holding him tightly, using her body heat to express the sense of security they gave each other: "Okay."
Li Qingyun: "It's all in the past."
Everyone has a few painful memories to look back on.
The important thing is that it's all in the past.
Everything is in the past now; even the worst and most painful journey has been left behind.
There's no need to look back or dwell on it anymore.
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