Chapter 50 "I want it all, I'll peck it all."
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Dust, its body tense, released a torrent of ash, tearing and burning the ice spikes that had pierced the shelter array inch by inch, before continuing its explosive charge toward Gong Yujin, who was being controlled by Bai Jin.
However, her peach blossom eyes remained in a daze, blankly and mechanically carrying out her attacks.
It felt like a tremendous shock to my mind; I barely managed to stay upright.
They fought until they reached Gong Yujin, and only then did Chen Jinshi come to his senses, trembling.
He dared not turn around to look at the girl who had casually uttered those words that threw people into disarray; he simply looked up at all the immortals with trembling eyes.
His eyes were red-rimmed, and he breathed softly, "I want you all to die..."
First kill Gong Yujin, then kill Dongfang Qianye, and kill everyone else regardless of who they are.
Then, they took her back to their home.
"—Master, be careful!"
Gong Yujin, standing before the golden light of the shade, seemed to have lost her hearing.
White ash continuously poured out from her seven orifices. She was like a scarecrow with drafts coming from all sides, completely controlled, releasing high-purity ice spirit without restraint.
A handful of will-o'-the-wisps, resembling humanoid ashes, appeared before her, surging and twisting as it unfurled golden crow wings. With a gentle wave, it swallowed the thin, withered figure whole.
That should have been an extremely terrifying frontal attack, yet the icy blue spiritual energy still seeped through the endless ashes, as if it had been completely reduced to a soulless weapon in someone else's hands.
The secret technique remained firmly condensed in the apical bud of the mind, ready to be unleashed at any moment.
However, this celestial bone also brought with it an extraordinary keen sense of smell. Miao Jue's heart stirred, and he sensed that something was wrong.
The intensity of the spiritual field emanating from Gong Yujin has exceeded the limit. Dongfang Qianye is not trying to use Gong Yujin to capture him, the person who travels back in time.
This is almost... enough to make her self-destruct!
"Sister!" Gong Yuluo's anxious voice came from mid-air. Bai Jin suddenly burst out from Gong Yujin's nose and mouth, and she immediately understood what was going on, feeling a surge of hatred in her heart.
She harbored a deep resentment and led dozens of Gongyu Immortals to surround the patriarch, shouting, "Protect the patriarch!"
The Underworld Clan must not be allowed into the inner ring, otherwise Gong Yujin will be used to death by the enlightened ruler.
“The water has turned to ice, and the mysterious formation has been broken—” Gong Yulu gritted her teeth.
Dozens of members of the Gongyu Immortal Clan, their snow-white robes fluttering in unison, froze the Immortal-Binding Stones that had been knocked down by the Underworld Clan in perfect unison. With a more stable ice-like structure, they managed to construct the prototype of the Tenfold Great Seal amidst the raging ice and snow in just a few breaths, which was then placed upside down outside the golden light of the Bloodline Protection.
Since the return of the Underworld Clan, Gong Yuluo has intentionally shielded Jin from all information, not letting her know a thing.
But today, the high walls of the Third Ring Road suddenly disappeared. Someone took Jin out when she wasn't paying attention, and she met Bu Er, which led to the scene just now.
Gong Yulu knew that they had wronged the Underworld Clan, and all of them knew it.
But she would not surrender her family and relatives to the slaughter.
The fire qilin's massive tail swept across, dispersing the pressure from Chen Jinshi. "You've just recovered, don't move around too much."
Chen Jinshi smirked and pointed to the mysterious array formed opposite them, "Take another look, they're specifically targeting you."
The tenfold seal of the Ice-Water Fusion technique exerted a significantly stronger suppression on the Fire Qilin. As the frozen Immortal-Binding Stones became increasingly dense, his blazing tail flames began to flicker. The Gongyu family was indeed adept at defeating the Fire Qilin; after all—it was the Gongyu family who chose the location to imprison him back then.
Miaojue blinked slightly, sighing inwardly.
So what was the point of Gong Yujin's regrets? Only one person wholeheartedly accepted all the tears shed over the past century, thus creating a perfect sadomasochistic personality.
The tail flames of Bu Er were extinguished one after another by the Ice Water Spirit, but he was not angry. He simply looked up at the seal and then at the faces of the Gongyu family who had multiplied and thrived behind it.
They all possess outstanding appearances and remarkable talents; a century is enough time for them to span five generations.
But his people remained stuck a hundred years in the past.
Behind Fuji, a celestial image slowly emerged, outlined by blazing fire, like a golden beast painting cast in the air, its height directly surpassing the high walls of the Langhuan Maze, and bowing its head obediently behind the man.
"Qilin...Qilin Dharma Form!..."
That was not the true form of the Qilin, but a phantom image formed from pure fire spirit.
The dozens of Jade Immortals in the Frozen Water Mystic Array had to slowly change their gaze from looking down to looking up. The array expanded with each hand seal, but it could never completely envelop him.
Gong Yulu's heart sank. The power of the two... had been restored?
The Qilin Dharma Form directly spewed torches at the frozen Immortal-Trapping Stone, which converged with the golden stream of the Eight-Headed Seal in mid-air, instantly melting most of the Ten Great Seals, and then rushed towards Gong Yujin.
Since Miaomiao restored Bu Er's broken tendon, he has finally reached half of his former level.
The disciples of the Gongyu family kept retreating, and Gongyu Luo was also secretly alarmed.
How did they do that? Could it be...?
Her gaze involuntarily fell on the girl standing next to Ming Shi. This was the first time Ming Zhu had acted so rashly because she had discovered the girl's special qualities.
The power to reverse time... is it really possible? But is there really a medicine for regret in this world?
Gong Yulu felt a bitter taste in his mouth, and his eyes were filled with icy glints like spider webs. He made a hand seal to forcefully increase the power of the Ice Water Mystic Array, and shouted at the juniors behind him: "Don't back down, quickly take the patriarch away!"
An increasingly dazzling ice-blue light was faintly erupting within Gong Yujin's body, and some enormous power was gathering.
"Yes!" Gongyu's little fairy struggled forward, and Qilin's gaze gently fell on them.
The golden light burned intensely on their scalps, and a primal fear instantly rose in their hearts.
This is the difference between humans and the underworld race...
Even if you consume a lot of bones and blood, a person is still a person.
Chen Jin glanced at the majestic and towering image of the Qilin and scoffed.
He had just scoffed when he turned his head and saw Miao Jue's shocked and admiring gaze, and his teeth immediately ached.
The top three in the Underworld Clan's sequence are all colossal beasts that reach the heavens and the earth. A certain golden crow tightened its back and used a magical technique to turn the person back.
"What are you looking at?" Chen Jinshi said, not quite taking it seriously. "A Qilin can't perch on your tree."
Only birds can.
The key is to focus on the battle situation and think about the most difficult points. Suddenly, your vision is filled with him, and when you come to your senses, you realize how incredibly childish he is.
So Miaojue deliberately tilted his head back casually and said, "No way! I am now a towering tree, where dragons, phoenixes, foxes, pandas, fish, horses, and deer can all find shelter."
...I'm so angry.
Chen Jinshi's eyes were frighteningly bright. He pinched her cheek and, after a long pause, finally said, "You watch."
He reaped heads with overwhelming force.
Faced with the Fire Qilin, which had recovered half of its power, and the Golden Crow, which was inexplicably and extremely excited at its peak, the cultivators of the immortal sects were utterly defeated.
In fact.
They were powerless to stop the Underworld Clan's determination to return to their ancestral land.
...
The area outside the Third Ring Road finally became a massacre site.
The deepest tranquility of Langhuan was eventually affected.
The gates of God's garden were tightly shut; there was no more leisurely chirping of insects and birds, nor the sound of a breeze rustling through the pages of a book.
The only sound was the turning of the giant clock face.
Click, click, a mysterious spiritual energy field slowly descended.
A figure in a pure white floral robe stood devoutly before the giant bell, eyes closed, murmuring to himself, "The only one, the only one, what am I going to do with you..."
Deep inside the Golden Crow's inner palace, he was chased and bitten hard by that ferocious bird of the dead, causing a backlash that weakened his divine sense. He hadn't felt this weak in a long time.
However, the ferocity of the Golden Crow was nothing compared to that girl.
Celestial-grade Time Bone...
Beyond the ten spiritual attributes established by the Underworld Clan, there is the last one in the world, almost legendary: the Bone of Time...
It was created by a single individual and even reached the Heavenly level.
Since witnessing the true power of time reversal, Dongfang Qianye has realized that under that person's century-long plan, the Langhuan Wall will eventually be destroyed.
Fortunately, his destined love tribulation was coming to an end, and his century-long preparations had finally come to a close...
Dongfang Qianye opened his finely lined eyes and gazed at the towering mountains and galaxies on the giant clock face, as if all the mysteries of the world were contained within it.
As he looked closely, a dark, cloud-like shadow slowly moved across the dial.
It resembled some kind of colossal object that blotted out the sky and blocked out the sun.
Dongfang Qianye took a deep breath, his pure white floral robe trembling, and reverently pressed his forehead against the cold stone of the giant bell.
After a while, he calmly raised his eyes, regaining his gentle and refined demeanor as he looked towards the chaotic Third Ring Road.
“Jin, you always wallow in self-pity, which always reminds me that... everything I have today is not mine.”
"But today you can accomplish something great for me and for yourself."
White crane feathers emerged from his robes, some transforming into slender paper cranes that vividly flapped their wings and flew away. Others twisted into hair-thin threads in the air, dancing on his fingertips as if he were manipulating marionettes from afar.
Gong Yujin's full strength was the final barrier he set up, enough to severely injure all the Netherworld Clan.
“They can’t come back here, Violet.”
"Use your body to bring a heavy snowfall to Langhuan..."
…
All the immortals within the four rings were quickly suppressed; the Fire Qilin and the Golden Crow, two powerful offensive members of the Underworld Clan, were simply unstoppable.
Gong Yulu collapsed to the side, severely injured. Almost all the Immortal-Binding Stones formed by the Ice Water Mystic Array were crushed and disappeared.
Miaojue helped Fifth Aunt walk forward together.
Gong Yujin stood outside the inner ring boundary, her withered limbs hanging limply, her head drooping, like a flimsy boundary marker. The surging icy blue spiritual energy within her body had stopped, and snowflakes with six layers of ice shards began to condense on her body.
Having done his job, Chen Jinshi strolled back to Miaojue's side and said, "Let's go home."
Miaojue nodded, and the brothers and sisters who had been fighting in various places reunited and headed towards their former home.
But at that moment, Miaojue suddenly felt that something was not quite right.
The snow-white robes of the Gongyu family were scattered all over the ground, but at some point, the image of the Dongfang family's sun totem had gradually disappeared.
They retreated silently, as if they had realized something.
The snowflakes, forming six layers of icicles, had spread from Gong Yujin's body to her neck, climbed up her thin, sunken cheeks, and settled in her eyes.
The atmosphere in the air had subtly changed.
Gong Yulu struggled to her feet, blood slurring in her throat, "Brother Bu Er, don't let Jin..."
Jin was her older sister, and she knew very well the power stored within her. Although she had never used this power in all these years, she was, after all, the mother of the Chosen Ones and the first person to arrive in the Immortal Realm—
Fuji paused slightly, realizing something.
He paused in his steps on his way home, then silently left the crowd.
In a few steps, Bu Er had already figured out a plan: he could take Gong Yujin to the deep sea so that no one would be harmed.
There's nothing to say about it; this is something he owed to his younger siblings.
He had only taken three steps when he was stopped by the young man in white. Chen Jinshi looked at him nonchalantly and said, "What are you doing? Trying to handle this alone? Let me tell you, I'm more of an expert in sadomasochism."
He walked past the crowd with his hands behind his back, but his ash wings had already quietly unfolded.
Yang Wu coughed and explained to the remaining younger siblings who still didn't understand: "Gong Yujin has a unique thing inside her body, and she's about to self-destruct..."
Xianba jumped to his feet, and the silver fox transformed into a streak of silver light, rushing ahead: "Little bird, what are you doing? Come back and take good care of Miaomiao, go home and check on things first—"
The divine steed leaped ahead of her in a single bound, faster than she was: "I know, we just need to take her somewhere else and explode her, right? In terms of speed, of course I'll be the one—"
"……etc."
The girl sighed softly, and the verdant spiritual energy within her palm surged and receded, gathering her unique power of time reversal.
“I’ll do it,” she said.
The group of older brothers and sisters immediately fell silent.
Fox eyes, fish eyes, horse eyes, and panda eyes looked at each other, their hearts pounding with shock.
Their little girl is so cool! So cool!
Chen Jinshi clutched his chest, feeling dizzy: "...I told you long ago that she is the strongest woman in the world."
Fuji stopped him: "No, Miaomiao, the power within her has existed for at least a hundred years, you..."
Just then, a cracking sound came from Gong Yujin, followed by a howling wind.
The snowflakes completely froze Gong Yujin's entire body, transforming her into a human-shaped ice sculpture in this land where cranes were kept. Beneath the ice, the frozen blue began to roll like the sea, and all the surrounding ice spirits transformed into trembling ice particles at the same moment.
Fuji made a decisive decision, his expression unusually serious: "You all go in first, I will take her underwater—"
But no one noticed that a figure had somehow appeared behind Gong Yujin.
Looking at Gong Yuqiu, who was pale and silent, holding his sword, Miao Jue suddenly understood how this heart-wrenching moment would unfold.
The Heavenly Tribulations of Love and Destiny have only ten chances left. Legend has it that once the Langhuan Heavenly Destiny Seal is forged, it can grant any wish. Ultimately, the male and female protagonists are merely pawns used by their respective families.
She knew very well what Gong Yuqiu, this pawn, would do.
After ten years of nurturing and spending these days together, Miaojue truly understands her very well.
She understood her weakness and incompetence, her indecisiveness, and had heard her countless confessions and laments. She also understood her innate and irresistible desires.
But Gong Yuqiu, after misunderstanding that Miaojue was a member of the Underworld Clan, would sneak out of the water prison at night, even though she herself did not know where her Dao would lead her.
Now that she knows her true identity, has heard the cruel stories of Gong Yujin's life, and has witnessed all the chaos in the Celestial Court, her awakening of her Dao heart will finally come, albeit belatedly.
Of course, that was still a path completely unsuitable for Dongfang Yaotian, destined for a tragic love affair.
Gong Yuqiu walked from the battlefield, where swords and spirits danced wildly, all the way to her mother.
No one attacked her.
The people of Langhuan avoided her because she carried the Seal of Destiny.
The people of the Underworld did not attack her, because she did not attack them either.
Gong Yuqiu walked all the way to Gong Yujin's side, but could no longer see her frozen appearance beneath the ice.
The blue water spirit ice spirit condensed and brewed like a nuclear explosion, and neither the Golden Crow Burning Ashes nor the Qilin Fire Rush could stop this process. She also understood what this meant - the Celestial Court wanted to use the power in her mother's body to severely damage the Underworld Clan once again.
Gong Yuqiu heard the fleeing immortals cry out in alarm: "Patriarch Gong Yu... the patriarch is going to self-destruct..."
"The Profound-grade Ice Water Bone self-destructs!"
"That was almost as bad as Chi Hu Feng Si's death back then!"
"Run!"
The effects of Chi Hu's self-destruction a century ago have become a significant chapter in Langhuan's history, and no one wants to personally recall it.
People waved their spiritual streams and retreated in a panic, their bodies flowing with blood and tears, their mouths talking about the bloody history of another race.
Gong Yuqiu realized that everyone, and indeed the entire Celestial Court, was truly forged from the flesh and blood of the Underworld Clan.
She and Dongfang Yaotian were lifted up by this celestial court.
Gong Yuqiu lowered her head. Her water spirit bone, which originated from the same source, allowed her to stabilize herself in the turbulent ice particle storm. She finally walked behind Gong Yujin and, with a deep affection, grabbed the hem of her clothes just like when she was a child.
She felt guilty towards her mother for having a child she didn't want.
As a descendant supported by the carnivorous Celestial Court, she has failed the Underworld Clan.
As a righteous cultivator with exceptional talent, she has failed all living beings.
So how can we make up for all these apologies?
What can Gong Yuqiu hold onto in his life?
She has... she has...
From the moment she began her trials in the mortal realm, she vaguely sensed that she bore a mission. This mission was the greatest value of her existence and the only thing she could control.
Finally, Gong Yuqiu looked at Dongfang Yaotian with a sorrowful gaze.
Dongfang Yaotian drew his sword and looked around, bewildered. His eyes, which had always been like a leaky chamber pot, could not see the situation at all.
The clever trick finally prompted, "Aren't you going to move?"
Dongfang Yaotian stared blankly at the ingenious technique for a moment, then laughed arrogantly: "Don't worry, Qian... I will kill all these pseudo-immortals!!"
The next second, a huge bubble of spiritual energy surged from Gong Yuqiu's body, completely enveloping her and Gong Yujin.
The icy blue light on Gong Yujin's body shattered and burst out almost simultaneously, as if at this moment the bond between mother and daughter had truly been achieved. At such a perfect instant, Gong Yuqiu rushed forward and hugged her mother tightly.
The mighty flow of ice spirits shattered and rushed into Gong Yuqiu's body, but she blocked it all with her own body.
Almost instantly, everyone in Langhuan Immortal Court collapsed.
"The Seal of Destiny!"
"What is she doing?! The Heavenly Mandate Seal is about to shatter!"
"The Gongyu family's seal is broken, so the Dongfang family's seal is useless now!"
The manipulated white embers suddenly stopped, barely suppressing the impending self-destruction. The bubbles froze and shattered. If it hadn't been forcibly stopped, the entire Celestial Court land outside the Third Ring would have turned into a sea iceberg.
"Hurry! Save the Chosen One!!!"
Gong Yuqiu's meridians were all severed. He tightly embraced his mother, who was now just a skeleton, and felt the spiritual bone from her womb freezing and cracking inch by inch. Finally, a great weight was lifted from his heart.
After a full century, Dongfang Yaotian finally let out a heart-wrenching cry of anguish: "Qiu'er!!!!!"
"Why! Why!"
The male protagonist practically wet himself as he lunged forward to catch Gong Yuqiu's falling body.
“I believe in your path, your heart is righteous,” Dongfang Yaotian cried bitterly, “Qiu’er, wake up!!”
…
Miao Jue received a notification from the system in his mind that he had passed the torture test.
Her spiritual bones were still growing, reaching their culmination in the final tribulation of love. She sighed softly, but it didn't matter; she had no doubt that this perfect couple would live to the end, full of life.
A faint voice came from beside me.
"...This is what sadomasochism is all about, do you see?"
With lingering fear, Chen Jinshi withdrew his gaze. The bloody and abusive love made the young man in white shudder, and he looked at the girl beside him who was also going to engage in abusive love.
Miaojue snapped out of her daze and walked towards the inner ring road with her uncles, aunts, brothers, and sisters.
She and Chen Jinshi were at the end, just like the two little ones from back then.
It turns out that this boundary is only a step away. Once you cross it, the sky remains unchanged, the light remains unchanged, and a hundred years have passed in the human world.
Azure Dragon, Crimson Tiger, Unique.
Only three people are missing.
"Oh—" Miaojue's hand, hidden in her sleeve, brushed against his almost imperceptibly, and the corners of her lips curved up. "I've learned something, thank you. After all, you told Second Brother that you're best at sadomasochism."
The dust settled, words failed him, and he could not refute it, so he paced back and forth.
But this time he saw the smile on her lips, and after a while he smiled too.
This little tree is terribly damaged.
On one hand, they say they have a sadomasochistic relationship, and on the other hand, they say ambiguous things like "let him find refuge".
What's the meaning?
After a long while, filled with a bittersweet mix of anxiety and sweetness, I finally felt certain.
The little girl he most wanted to raise in his life told him after years of separation, "This time I will protect you."
Regardless of what that means, anyway—
“I want them all.” He grinned wickedly, a gleam of elation in his eyes, and gave her a quick peck on the cheek.
Miaojue covered her face in surprise and looked up as if to complain, but found that the parents were all immersed in the joy of returning home and no one noticed what the naughty bird was doing.
"I want them all," he emphasized clearly.
I want to not only perch on the tree.
I'm going to eat the worm too.
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