Chapter 86 The God of the Underworld Dies, A Twist of Fate Leads to the Heavenly Pivot...
Chang Yubai felt the warmth so close at hand and breathed a sigh of relief, his heart finally calming down.
While relaxing, he was also somewhat relieved, secretly glad that he had caught Li Qingyun's scattered consciousness in time in his sea of consciousness and quickly severed the fusion of their souls, preventing those awful things from his previous life from being seen and thus affecting Li Qingyun's mood.
That was indeed something Chang Yubai had abandoned, something he himself had completely forgotten. If it hadn't come so suddenly, catching him off guard, the situation wouldn't have become such a mess.
Uh, it doesn't seem very numb.
Chang Yubai heard some noises nearby, which sounded rather unkind. Li Qingyun also heard the pitiful cries. The two of them looked slowly toward the source of the sound with doubt, only to receive a calm nod from Li Tiansheng.
Chang Yubai: "...?"
Li Qingyun: "..."
Judging from Li Tiansheng's demeanor, he didn't seem to intend to spare anyone's life. Chang Yubai found it strange, but still kindly reminded him, "Killing is not cruelty."
Li Tiansheng remained silent.
"She brought it on herself."
Li Tiansheng didn't regard the God of the Underworld as an ordinary cultivator. Xiao Xiaolu had been killing and gathering souls ever since he could remember. In the later part of the story, she single-handedly instigated several large-scale wars. Countless civilians were slaughtered because of the wars, all for her selfish desire to gather souls.
Such a person has long been guilty of numerous and unforgivable crimes.
"Moreover, it's useful," Li Tiansheng said vaguely.
At first glance, Bai didn't understand what Fan Zhengqi Yu Bai meant.
"Ah————" A violent scream of collapse pierced the ears of the three people present.
Several tears streamed down Xiao Xiaolu's pale face. Her eyes were clouded and her mind was unclear, yet the corners of her mouth were turned up, making it impossible to tell whether she was crying or laughing.
"Why! Why!!"
After her memories had probably cycled through a hundred times, Xiao Xiaolu finally realized that nothing could be changed. Ironically, what she firmly believed in could not be changed. The more she hoped for a turnaround, the more she had to taste the pain of disappointment.
Disappointment accumulates and gradually turns into despair.
Despair, building up until it finally crushed her faith, causing her will to completely collapse.
"Why can I only do this much? Why... can't I succeed even once?"
"Why should I insist on something that's simply impossible..."
"Isn't this my path to heaven?"
"Didn't I choose the path of survival?"
"Why do I still have to die?!"
Xiao Xiaolu shouted with all her might.
But who among us hasn't experienced the pain of trying their best but failing to achieve their goal?
Seeing that the three remained unmoved, Xiao Xiaolu's last bit of stubbornness collapsed. In her dazed eyes, Li Tiansheng's black figure was reflected, and hatred adorned her pupils, lingering around him.
"I hate you..." At first, she spoke very softly, but seeing that Li Tiansheng remained unmoved, she completely released her emotions and no longer cared about anything else.
"I hate you! Li Tiansheng! I hate you!!!"
"I am the Ghost Emperor! I am the true master of Ghost Island!! I am the one who should ascend to the Divine Martial Realm with the body of a ghost god!"
"You shouldn't have been born! You only take everything from me! Why are you the next generation, and why am I just your stepping stone! Li Tiansheng!!! You shouldn't have been born at all!"
"You'll only get me killed—"
Amidst the intense stimulation, Xiao Xiaolu's already unstable soul became even more turbulent. By the time she finished writing down her collapsing rage, her proud cultivation had shattered into pieces.
Her morality was completely shattered, and her insistence on making a living by killing and gathering souls was ultimately in vain.
Unable to see what lies ahead or what path they came from, everything they did was denied by Li Tiansheng, the very culprit.
Overwhelmed by intense hatred, her consciousness shattered and vanished, her soul scattered on the spot.
Chang Yubai stared wide-eyed.
He wasn't part of the story and didn't know about the love and hatred between the two Ghost Emperors. He was simply shocked that Li Tiansheng had crushed a generation of Venerable Martial experts with such ease.
He subconsciously looked at Li Qingyun: "Did she just regain those memories?"
Li Qingyun nodded.
Chang Yubai: "!!!"
Li Qingyun comforted him, telling him not to rush: "I am different from her; my way of doing things is not extreme."
Li Tiansheng turned around abruptly, stammering a string of question marks: ???
Are you hearing things? Did you just hear something terrible?
Li Qingyun stood ramrod straight: "She has no way out, but I do."
Li Tiansheng: "Your way out is to drag the Guanwu Continent down with you?"
Li Tiansheng was unhappy.
He understood all too well why Li Qingyun didn't break down, because every time this person glimpsed the celestial orbit, he could put all his complaints into action and turn all his resentment into the motivation to destroy the world.
Li Qingyun is comfortable now, but it's Li Tiansheng who's suffering!
You are not allowed to downplay the important issues, and you are even less allowed to embellish yourself!
Chang Yubai: Ah, this…
Chang Yubai disregarded everything and sided with his own people: "Qingyun is awesome."
A sentence read in a very emotionless, dull way.
Chang Yubai successfully shut down both of his opponents with just four words.
Li Tiansheng: "..."
Li Tiansheng curled his lip in dissatisfaction: "Tch."
Male dogs.
After finishing the small talk, Li Tiansheng cut straight to the point, showing them the fragments by opening his palm.
“This is…” Li Qingyun felt that it looked familiar, but couldn’t remember it for a moment.
Chang Yubai remembered many trivial matters, and after glancing at it, he felt a sense of familiarity and instantly found the corresponding thing in his mind: "Xuanji Star Chart Instrument?"
After he said that, Li Qingyun also realized that this object was very similar to a corner of the Xuanji Star Chart.
"The God of the Underworld pierced through the Celestial Pivot?" Chang Yubai asked in surprise.
"That can't be the case." Li Qingyun realized the key point. "Did that thing actively send her to the Tian Shu Ji?"
Li Qingyun murmured, "Could it be that the origin of Heaven's will is hidden within the Heavenly Pivot?"
As one of the four major sects in Zhongzhou, Tian Shuji's daily important tasks are either fortune telling or conveying the will of heaven. The Xuanji Star Luo Instrument is the foundation of the sect. As the stars move, it can establish a communication channel with heaven, ask questions of heaven, and then heaven will respond through the instrument.
Li Qingyun had touched and examined the Xuanji Star Chart, but she didn't remember that it actually contained the mysteries of the celestial orbit.
Li Tiansheng also snorted coldly, clearly caught off guard by this clue.
He and Li Qingyun had considered using the Xuanji Star Chart before. In fact, there were several reincarnations where they tried to dismantle and question the Xuanji Star Chart, using all sorts of methods, before finally realizing that the Xuanji Star Chart was purely a question-and-answer tool and they couldn't find any clues to break through the plot.
Who would have thought that the celestial orbit could hide it, without them finding even the slightest loophole?
"So, to Tian Shu Ji?" Chang Yubai didn't share their complicated emotions; he went wherever he was told, and once he had a target, he rushed over without hesitation.
He couldn't wait to resolve the trouble so he could kick Li Tiansheng, this third wheel, out of the way.
The three of them set their sights on Tian Shuji for the day.
Chang Yubai remembered that he still had some connections with the four major sects, so he sent a letter in advance to inform them, and then he was about to take the teleportation scroll over.
Li Tiansheng stopped him.
Chang Yubai: "?"
Chang Yubai suddenly realized: "That's right, you can travel through space, you can take us there."
Li Tiansheng: ".
Li Tiansheng: "No."
Li Tiansheng: "Let's go somewhere else first."
Elsewhere? Chang Yubai was completely bewildered by this question. He couldn't believe that even though they were about to start a raid, there were still side path points to farm.
But the way Li Tiansheng was making hand gestures to travel through space seemed off; he clearly intended to go alone.
Chang Yubai: "?!"
Chang Yubai asked in surprise, "You're going by yourself?"
Li Tiansheng had intended this, but seeing that he was interested, he didn't mind having one more person: "Together?"
Chang Yubai: ?
Then tell me where we're going!
Chang Yubai was completely baffled, so he turned to outside help again.
Li Qingyun: "..."
Li Qingyun guessed it, but didn't really want to say it.
Chang Yubai's posture clearly indicated that he was prepared to plead and beg for knowledge. Li Qingyun shook his head and told Chang Yubai, "He's after the fourth body of the God of the Underworld."
Chang Yubai didn't understand.
Chang Yubai: "But the God of the Underworld has already dispersed his soul, so he won't possess a fourth body, will he?"
He thought Li Tiansheng was going to eliminate a hidden threat.
Li Qingyun's expression was much more meaningful, and her gaze toward Li Tiansheng carried a hint of ambiguous mockery.
Chang Yubai was full of doubts. He couldn't figure out the riddle, and he couldn't understand it at all.
Li Tiansheng: ".
It's so annoying.
It's annoying to feel like you've been seen through in every way.
It's even more annoying that Li Qingyun is the one who saw through his thoughts!
At least Chang Yubai didn't know much about him, but Li Qingyun was very familiar with every aspect of his life, and could easily guess the key points... He had absolutely no privacy.
What's worse, he was also familiar with Li Qingyun and had to pay the price as well. He could instantly understand the sarcastic meaning in even the fleeting micro-expressions of the other party.
Li Tiansheng: ".
After he's done fighting, he'll definitely hide from the two of them as far away as possible.
Considering that Li Qingyun ultimately didn't openly expose his shortcomings, Li Tiansheng, though with a sullen face, still took the two of them with him.
The fourth body of the God of the Underworld was well hidden. When the group arrived at the location, they still had to take many detours, go around and break the sealing array before finally finding the hidden cave deep inside.
Upon entering, the sound of rushing water fills the air, and a refreshing, moist atmosphere washes over you.
This place is actually a natural spring.
Within the spiritual spring, a body, its outline barely visible and yet to take shape, was immersed in the water. The edge of the spring was covered with fragments of rare and precious materials, suggesting that their essence had been entirely used to nourish the body within.
Although it only has a rough outline, the spiritual veins inside the body are extremely agile and natural. Anyone who sees it would say that it is the best seedling for martial arts cultivation. It can be seen that this body has been taken care of very carefully.
Chang Yubai approached a few steps out of curiosity, only to feel that this incomplete body was emanating a powerful spiritual pressure, the intimidation of which was no less than that of a true god descending to earth.
Chang Yubai glanced at Li Tiansheng. The last person who made him feel such trepidation upon first meeting his mind was this ruthless man.
It seems that the God of the Underworld is truly going all out, aiming to use this body to break through to the highest realm and ascend to the Divine Martial Realm.
Unfortunately, according to the story Li Qingyun told him, there can only be one Divine Martial Realm expert on the Guanwu Continent, and any further struggles will be in vain.
"This body is the path to survival she has been planning for hundreds of years." Li Qingyun looked at the body in the spring and felt a sense of emotion.
The God of the Underworld has been at the Venerable Martial Realm for far longer than other cultivators, and he probably already vaguely sensed that his death was imminent, so he carefully sought a way to survive.
Unfortunately, the method she used disregarded human ethics, killing living beings to gather souls, causing countless lives to die in the great disaster, forming souls that drifted to Ghost Island, where she refined and nurtured them into this supreme body of the ninth level of Venerable Martial Arts.
Given Xiao Xiaolu's spiritual strength, it was impossible for her to fit into such a high-level body. Forcing her way in would only result in her spiritual soul being devoured.
Or perhaps, no one in the entire Guanwu Continent can control this body.
At least that's what Chang Yubai was thinking, and that's the idea behind his question: "You want to keep it for yourself?"
Li Tiansheng: "..."
Just when Chang Yubai thought he didn't want to talk, Li Tiansheng surprisingly hummed in response.
Chang Yubai abruptly turned his gaze back: "?!"
Is it true? Is Li Tiansheng so physically weak? He actually needs to use two... ugh!
Chang Yubai finally remembered a certain person who had been left aside for a long time.
"Are you going to use it for Li Hongyi?"
Li Tiansheng replied, "It's just an idea."
That's true. He just had this idea, and even when he came here, it was only to follow that idea and come to take a look.
Only after seeing this unformed body and confirming that it was indeed a match for Li Hongyi did he decide to go along with it and give his body to Li Hongyi.
Li Tiansheng's gaze remained fixed on that empty, unformed silhouette.
In the past, he did not give Li Hongyi a body because he wanted to keep the anchor point in his own hands. By lending "Li Tiansheng's" body to Li Hongyi, he could at least ensure that the divine body's immortality would be activated and that Li Hongyi could be saved if he were to die.
If Li Hongyi were truly given an independent body, and that person were to have an accident and lose his life while indulging in reckless behavior, he would have to lose the switch to restart the world as well, and he wouldn't even be able to find it.
However, Li Tiansheng also paid attention to Li Hongyi's desire for an independent body and considered what method could be used to give Li Hongyi a suitable body.
Thousands of reincarnations ago, he realized that the fourth body that the God of the Underworld had failed to create could be used by him, and could be used to give Li Hongyi a completely new self.
However, he never had the chance to use this idea, and he couldn't tell Li Hongyi about it.
Now, he had found an opportunity and a reason to help Li Hongyi build up her body. This should have been a relaxing and pleasant thing, but for some reason, looking at the invisible outline in front of him, Li Tiansheng felt a tightness in his chest.
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