Qing Shang could never have imagined that while he was getting along so well with a little girl at Luohan Temple, the demon army attacking the cultivation world in his own backyard would be completely wiped out before they could even conquer the mere Tianlan Sect.
At this moment, the magic around him was sealed off.
The handsome face, hidden in half of the light and shadow, is now grotesque.
A bolt of lightning struck, and Zhu Yi transformed into a golden lotus flower to meet it head-on, her body bathed in the indescribable holy lightning tribulation.
"Divine Punishment Thunder! I have finally witnessed a sight I have never seen in ten thousand years in the cultivation world!" A bewitching and fierce demonic aura surged up, and the black light and shadow around Qing Shang grew even darker.
"Boom!" Unlike the previous minor disturbances, the divine lightning striking Zhu Yi was now rapidly tempering her body.
Zhu Yi remained expressionless, only cooperating with the "Lotus Heart Melody" as she felt the surging pain like a tidal wave amidst the resounding thunder, and an extreme, exhilarating sense of restorative comfort.
Qing Shang frantically activated a high-level spell, but the purplish-black arrow was intercepted by Su Linyuan, who had just finished chanting, before it could reach Zhu Yi.
The enormous serpent god was coiled atop a golden lotus flower.
Petal-shaped blades, imbued with pale golden spiritual energy, flew down and snaked around Qing Shang.
"court death!"
Suddenly, Qing Shang felt a sharp pain behind him.
He didn't turn around, but looked down slowly at his pierced abdomen, and smiled eerily.
"Yujing? Weren't you playing around with those combat puppets in the Demon Realm? How did you manage to sneak up on me?"
The spleen, which was protected between the ribs, was pierced through. With a fatal blow that was almost as powerful as a Spirit Realm cultivator, Qing Shang could not survive this time.
Damn it! As long as Yu Jing is trapped by the battle puppets of the Demon Realm, he won't be able to get out of there for at least thirty years!
"How could you be the one to deliver the fatal blow, leaving no chance for a comeback?" Qing Shang's eyes blazed with the arrogant and untamed fury of a demon.
The Imperial Mirror Master, dressed in white, exuded an otherworldly aura. His gaze was resolute, and his hands continued to perform incantations. The moon-like spiritual energy suppressed the demonic energy gathered by Qing Shang, preventing him from self-destructing at the source.
"Have you ever considered that the illusion you've been chasing is just a tragic life that someone else has planned for you?"
"Perhaps, your existence was originally a puppet created by someone. This puppet has developed its own thoughts, and all you have gained while staying in this world of cultivation is a mirage."
Qing Shang disdained to engage in a battle of wits and reason with Yu Jing. "So, you abandoned the battle puppets of the Demon Realm just to kill me?"
"The battle puppets are not without the possibility of being restored. If you use innocent people as pawns, someone will naturally use compassion to resolve the grievances."
When Master Yujing walked up to Qing Shang, his usually handsome face showed signs of fatigue upon closer inspection.
He has dark circles under his eyes, which really detracts from his good looks.
Jinbao obediently followed at his feet. Its once snow-white fur was now stained with black mud and the blood of puppets that shimmered with a bluish light. Having faced life and death several times in the battles of the Demon Realm, its usual calm and indifferent demeanor had been completely forgotten!
"So, in the end, I never got to see you again..." As Qing Shang died and his soul dissipated, his empty eyes were filled with a thousand kinds of lingering entanglements and regrets.
"I curse you, Mikoto, to forever lose your love and never find release... Now, I am finally free..."
In the final interplay of light and shadow, Qing Shang only regretted that he had been caught off guard and allowed Yu Jing to take advantage of his weakness, killing him with a single blow while he was focused on studying the secrets of the Buddha Lotus.
But he was so unwilling! He would never see that woman who had toyed with his feelings again!
"It doesn't matter. The curses of demons born of nature before their death certainly carry an unshakable resentment, but you are not."
Master Yujing was very patient, and looked up at the sky as Qing Shang turned into a wisp of green smoke and dissipated.
The gate to ascension remains tightly closed.
The Heavenly Dao Stele unleashed divine lightning from all directions, carrying the pure power of destruction and repair to reshape the Canglan Continent.
Zhu Yi, who had been constantly tempered by the divine lightning, opened her eyes inside the lotus, the golden lotus divine mark on her forehead shining brightly.
If it weren't for her extraordinaryly powerful soul and the rapid evolution of her physical body, an ordinary cultivator would not have been able to withstand such a sudden and overwhelming spiritual force and would have surely exploded and died.
She possesses two alternating divine powers.
The pure power originating from the ancient giant Kuafu meets the sudden, vigorous growth of the Buddha Lotus, and the two are constantly balanced amidst the alternating divine thunder.
At this moment, facing the devastated cultivation world, Zhu Yi, after his soul had fully returned, made a grand vow to once again use all the power of his soul to repair the Canglan Continent.
This sounds like a great and moving feat, doesn't it?
Some people are unhappy about it.
The Spirit Realm, the Heavenly Dao Stele.
The Bodhi Tree, Red Paper, and Azure Phoenix Pestle all exhaled fragrant words before the white jade stele of the Heavenly Dao Stele.
"She's gone mad! This little fool, if she really does that, she'll never be reborn!" The Bodhi Tree was a little angry. "Why doesn't she just use the 'All Things Grow' technique? Why waste her talent like this?"
The Goddess of Red Paper lingered on the Immortal Mirror for a moment, then awkwardly looked away. “The Canglan Continent has been turned upside down by the Demon Clan, the rivers are muddy, the forests are broken, and all living beings are suffering. The Buddha Lotus intends to use itself to save all living beings, which is a meritorious deed.”
"Huh?" The Azure Phoenix was displeased, its gaze towards Zhu Yi filled with longing. "But what will happen to the three of us braised ducks if this little girl can't ascend to the Spirit Realm smoothly?"
"The ones I make just don't taste as good as the ones other people make!"
Amidst the Qingluan's sighs of regret, the Goddess Hongjian and the Bodhi Tree exchanged glances for a moment, tacitly sensing each other's thoughts through their slightly twitching brows and eyes.
The Goddess of Red Paper poked at the Heavenly Dao Stele, "Hey, buddy, are you any more effective?"
"No one has ascended to immortality on the Canglan Continent for nearly ten thousand years. You've really neglected your duty!"
The clear, flawless white jade tablet was tickled all over by the thin red string in Hongjian's hand, and couldn't help but sneeze—it had broken down!
"I knew it! This old thing has been guarding this place for ten thousand years; it must have developed its own sentience. For ten thousand years, you haven't given cultivators the chance to ascend, nor have you bestowed divine blessings upon them. Now you've created such chaos; you can't very well explain this to them, can you?" The Bodhi Divine Tree spoke, releasing several small spirit herbs to tickle the Heavenly Dao Stele…
"Go away! I don't want to either!"
The Heavenly Dao Stele was furious, looking indignant. "I can't help it! I've been cursed, so I can't share any divine blessings with them!"
"Huh? Someone actually puts a talisman on a divine artifact like this that was born of nature?" The Azure Phoenix was displeased. As the divine bird guarding the Heavenly Dao Stele, wasn't this just causing trouble right under her nose?
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