Chapter 57 The Red Feather Wedding Dress Guards Her Mysterious Bones
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Therefore, every older brother, sister, uncle, and aunt has their own surname.
Eternal light, unique and unparalleled; eternal light, eternal light, extinguished...
The Clan of Everlasting Light.
Born with a divine body, life is eternal.
This is what countless people have been striving for for the past century.
Consuming the blood of immortals and ascending to the bones of immortals... After a mortal accidentally set foot on this overseas land and was rescued by two kind-hearted ancestors of the Underworld Clan, the gears of this misfortune began to turn.
A bloody, fantastical revelry raged across the continent for a century, yet humanity still felt it wasn't enough. With purer spiritual bones, more formidable cultivation, and the full power of illustrious families, then humanity desired eternity—
To hold onto all of this forever, to look down upon it forever.
Miao Jue was stunned for a long time and could not come back to her senses. Chen Jinshi's real name echoed in her ears.
In my heart, I felt both that it was unfair and unreasonable to demand that an innocent person bear the burden of blood and flesh; yet I also felt that this had always been the case, and that it had never changed throughout history.
So the alias he gave himself... not only concealed the self of Jin Shi, but also seemed to be the very essence of everything he had done. After a century of separation, he finally treading on the ashes and dust, picking up his people piece by piece, and arrived here.
She touched her heart. The tree in the inner palace swayed in the wind, its spine upright, like the last bastion of righteousness.
When everything settles down, will she be able to bring fairness to everyone?
Miaojue looked down at the charred remains lying on the ground.
Things aren't that simple...
In the dream after breaking through to the Heavenly Bone Realm, Miao Jue saw a colossal figure that blotted out the sky. This was something that was about to happen after the original plot had reached its end and the male and female protagonists had completed their tribulations.
Such a bizarre creature could not have been born overnight; it must have been brewing for a long time before. So where is the most suitable and hidden place for its gestation?
Miao Jue looked around again. Even though it had been completely reduced to scorched earth, this place was the source of the flourishing spiritual energy of heaven and earth within the Changming Ancestral Stone, and it was also the heart of the Langhuan Immortal Court, which was guarded in the center. Was there a more suitable place than this?
But where is that enormous living creature?
Miaojue slowly looked toward the giant clock in the center of the garden.
That was a genuine everlasting stone core, which Dongfang Qianye had carved into the shape of a giant bell, seemingly hiding some coincidental metaphor.
The outer layer of the giant clock was charred and rotten, crumbling and falling apart, but several pairs of hands, big and small, old and young, were diligently wiping its surface, trying to see the traces of the mountains they had longed for for a hundred years on the dial.
The inside of the clock is a single space.
Isn't this... the only method I used back when I was living in seclusion?
The only thing that was done was to carve out a new parallel space on the original ancestral land, allowing everyone to live there peacefully for ten years.
Dongfang Qianye has already mastered the only spatial technique!
Even though the giant bell was charred and nearly collapsed, the ever-burning world sealed inside the bell remained intact.
Is it here? Is that living creature the 'true form' that Dongfang Qianye created for himself? What kind of power does it possess?
What is certain is that if the living creature is inside the bell, then the previous method is no longer applicable. Even if the giant bell is burned to pieces, the things inside will not be affected.
They can only completely resolve the issue of Dongfang Qianye.
Miaojue looked up and met those dark, almond-shaped eyes.
Those eyes remained remarkably clear and resolute.
He burned the ancestral stone, a heinous crime, but he did it anyway.
Chen Jinshi smiled, his peach blossom eyes sparkling.
After formally introducing his surname to Miaojue, he seemed to have fulfilled a long-cherished wish, and his expression relaxed a bit.
He was thinking about something as he crushed the charcoal on the ground with the sole of his shoe.
Dongfang Qianye on the ground twitched, startling Gui Liu, who was closest to him, and he finally snapped out of his excitement.
They were so excited at just a glimpse of the village that they forgot all about their enemies. A hundred years have passed, and they haven't improved at all... If Feng Si were still here, things wouldn't have turned out this way.
"He's not dead yet?" Gui Liu asked, feeling a bit uneasy.
“Of course,” Chen Jinshi said, lowering his eyes and speaking mockingly, “this is ashes.”
Ever-changing and endless.
It's not that easy to die.
Gui Liu: "..." What a terrible compliment! Should I say that it's no wonder he's so talented, or should I praise him for imitating him so well?
Chen Jinshi nudged him, "Wake up."
Dongfang Qianye suddenly stretched out a withered, skeletal hand, crawling on the ground and constantly dropping human tissue. His throat could no longer produce accurate sounds, but he managed to piece together laughter with sandpaper-like syllables.
"Your...home is...gone..."
"Just like you, or rather, not like the you of the past..."
The closest octopus immediately slammed down with its sharp claw, "Still barking like a dog."
Zhu Jiu slammed his butt down on his lower body, crushing him to pieces. But the pure white ash wrapped around the fragments and wove them together again, turning into a fluffy mass. The sound, which seemed to be both painful and mocking, did not stop.
"I...I won't die...Jin Shi, you know that..."
They attacked simultaneously just now, and now they're directly assaulting him, yet he's still alive. Xianba stared in disbelief, his teeth itching with hatred. "Little bird, I've never hated your ability so much."
As an ally, he is incredibly powerful and reliable; as an enemy, he is so difficult to deal with that it tears your heart apart.
"I'll handle it." Chen Jinshi slowly revealed a bright smile.
The Heavenly Tribulation of Love and Fate is not yet complete, the Profound-level Time Bone has not yet appeared, and Wei Yi has not yet emerged from under the tree... Could Dongfang Qianye die so easily? Chen Jinshi did not believe it.
His people, who have been eaten for centuries, are still too kind.
Dust settled down and muttered to himself, "I also want to be kinder, but I'm afraid some people will think I'm too fierce... but you really are, damn it."
Dongfang Qianye strained to look upwards with his cloudy, completely black eyes: "Do you know, back then, I could have...eaten you..."
He was referring to the day the golden crow descended to earth.
"My biggest regret is that I didn't just eat you. In this world, there's only needed to be me and Wei—"
Dust settled in, and he gave a perfunctory reply. His fingertips fell, and the ashes gathered into a knife. He skillfully began to dismantle the other man's bones one by one along his body.
From the shinbone to the finger bones, every charred bone was peeled off, instantly cooled and solidified in the extreme heat, and then, one by one, carried by the ashes, they struck the four-ringed Immortal-Trapping Stone Wall like arrows, cracking inch by inch.
Turn into human trash.
Dongfang Qianye's voice went completely silent, and a desire to die began to emerge.
Does it hurt? It must be excruciating pain, worse than death.
Chen Jinshi nodded understandingly, his expression relaxed, his technique skillful, making one wonder if he had practiced it all on himself.
After all the bones were removed, the body was left with only flesh and tissue. Chen Jinshi's fingertips twitched slightly, and the ashes turned into a hand, which cleanly emptied Dongfang Qianye's chest cavity and removed the heart in the same way.
At first, the people around him seemed to feel a little relieved, but after seeing this, they all fell silent.
How Jinshi deals with Dongfang Qianye's body is actually a demonstration of how to destroy himself.
Why does he seem so familiar with it?
In the many years he couldn't find them, during the time he traveled alone to save his dead, had he ever felt this desperate countless times?
Miao Jue's hands, hanging by her sides, clenched slightly.
Once everything was completely burned and dismembered, and all the ashes were collected, he was finally somewhat satisfied. He then casually unfurled his sleeves and generously scattered the remains of this enlightened ruler throughout Langhuan: "Everyone, please help yourselves!"
He truly lives up to his reputation as an evil villain; his aura is simply innate.
After the last handful of scraps was snatched up by those in the distance, Chen Jin picked up his hands and put them away.
They're all done killing.
Within the wondrous sea of consciousness, a long chime was heard from the system, signifying the death of the one sealed by the Heavenly Tribulation of Love.
The crowd stood there, stunned, beneath the giant bell, just as they used to sit around at the village entrance on a summer night.
Only the wind carrying the smell of burning remained in the air. Dongfang Qianye, this "person," this physical body that had existed for over a hundred years, was indeed dead.
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that they were reduced to ashes.
The person who caused their family's ruin a hundred years ago is completely dead, as dead as can be.
Is it satisfying?
Seeing that the other person empathizes with the humiliation he once suffered is somewhat satisfying.
But what did they gain?
They didn't have to go through all this.
After letting out a sigh of relief, Fuji was slightly lost in thought, looking in the direction of the only location of the Tianyan Kingdom with a melancholy gaze.
Miaojue also closed her eyes; this was what saddened her the most.
All these calamities originated from a single act of kindness, a sliver of goodwill from innocent creatures freely roaming the heavens and earth. This is truly an incredibly cruel cause and effect.
The Zero Ring Giant Bell stood silently, ready to unfold the space once more should Only One return.
But as Dongfang Qianye said, even if they come back, even if time can heal the wounds that have been torn and drained from their bodies, they will not be the same as they were back then.
The giant clock face was charred black, like a dark cloud covering the sky. Miao Jue had a vague premonition that once the Xuan Bone was achieved, that wisp of cause and effect would guide her to bring about the final upheaval.
She was the only turning point.
When I opened my eyes again, they were blocked, casting a shadow.
His eyes held a premonition that he was on the same wavelength as her.
Only they could guess where all of this would lead.
The young man in white, with his black hair hanging down and his collar and cuffs spotlessly clean, lowered his head to block her view. "So... you understand what I just said?"
The point is not to introduce yourself by your surname.
Miaojue looked up, a little confused, "I understand now..."
Her small village, with its century-long history, is a constant source of heartache for her.
Dust settled, but he sighed and reminded her, "I said something very important, I mean..."
"Love! It is love!"
Miao Jue was taken aback and turned to look at Dongfang Yaotian outside the garden in the distance. His eyes were bloodshot as he looked at the two of them, as if he had finally figured out some true meaning of love in the final game of the Heart of the Jade Ring and the Tribulation of Fate.
"This, this is love."
Dongfang Yaotian finally snapped out of his daze from Dongfang Qianye's torturous love story. He ridiculously took several steps back, shaking his head as he said, "Love isn't about forcibly chasing after the other person, but about being willing to destroy yourself to walk alongside them... Brother Jinshi, you and Qian... you two have only known each other for a short time, yet your feelings for each other are deeper than my feelings for Qiu'er?!"
Miaojue paused for a second.
The two chosen ones are clearly the most crucial link in the whole situation, yet they seem to be immersed in their own world all the time. Isn't that a kind of good fortune?
This time, Chen Jinshi did not refute. He gave a look to the people around him, and Bu Er Cang San quietly surrounded the chosen one in the middle.
Then he looked down at Miaojue and said in a leisurely voice, "Everything I said is true. Compared to some people who live forever for love, or kill their entire clan for love, I admire going to hell for love even more—I can die with her."
Miaojue's eyes were upright: "...Please stop your sadomasochistic villainous remarks."
Besides... what do you mean by going to hell together?
Some people clearly only hollow out their hearts, leaving themselves an eternal hell, and then feed love with their own blood and bones.
But this time, she clearly heard the phrase, "I'm willing to be with her through thick and thin, sick and healthy lives."
Thinking back, the boy had indeed asked this question many, many years ago.
She pressed her hand on her dantian, feeling the vitality of the Spirit Bone Tree. It seemed that as the boundary of the Xuan Bone approached, many forgotten details deep in her mind gradually came back to life.
It's as if... it has been forgiven by time, all traces of time are fading away, and it is becoming vibrant and colorful again.
Then Miaojue remembered that the grim-faced boy had asked her five times what her favorite animal was, and each time her answer was different. At that time, she really thought he was asking about an animal.
I also recalled how, after mentioning animals that had nothing to do with "birds" three times in a row, he looked on with barely suppressed displeasure and finally said fiercely, "I don't like humans who die too quickly either, because then I won't live long either."
Miao Jue looked up at the young man and realized that he had secretly said "I love you" many times over the years.
Chen Jinshi observed her expression; she tilted her head slightly, her eyes relaxed.
I finally understand.
Miao Jue's heart fluttered, and she looked away from him, only to catch the male and female protagonists gazing at each other.
“.
Seeing the expressions on their faces, Miaojue suddenly felt a sense of foreboding.
She recognized it all too well. Wasn't this the agonizing "After all the trials and tribulations, I still love you, we only have each other" kind of expression?
Unexpectedly, at the end of their destined love tribulation, Dongfang Yaotian and Gong Yuqiu were moved by the villain's love, truly befitting a couple whose values are constantly being reshaped and who are easily influenced by others—a tragic love story.
The system's long beeping sounded in my mind again, this time more urgent than ever before.
Miaojue gestured, "Wait a minute."
However, the male and female protagonists had already shared a passionate kiss when, at that very moment, the giant bell suddenly rang out with a loud "dong".
The giant bell of Langhuan reverberated with unprecedented force! The sound waves swept directly across the collapsed labyrinth and reached the endless sea, their sound audible throughout the mortal realm.
Within the Zero Ring before them, centered on the giant bell, spacetime in mid-air was distorted into ripples like water. These layers of ripples continuously merged, eventually splitting into two sides, transforming into the harmoniously flowing lines of the Yin-Yang symbol—
The Yin-Yang twin fish have appeared, and the Langhuan Destiny Seal is complete—?!
These two people are indeed devoid of any martial ethics; they treat abuse and love as casually as breathing.
The instant the Heavenly Mandate Seal was completed, Miao Jue only saw something flash across the giant bell, and suddenly an indescribably enormous entity descended upon her body—
It was as if the vast universe embraced the stars, or as if the Milky Way poured into her branches, far beyond the comprehension of "humans." The wonderful secret instantly tasted sweet in her throat, but this wouldn't do.
Forcing himself to concentrate, he suddenly flicked the tip of his head back.
This is the power of retrospection born from the tribulations of fate and love, reversing the completion of the tribulations of fate and love, which is equivalent to fighting with both hands, so time is only reversed by a breath.
The completion of the Heavenly Mandate Seal is a profound mystery of heaven and earth, and cannot be resisted.
Miao Jue clutched her kidneys, not having time to say more, and urgently grabbed Chen Jinshi's sleeve: "It seems something is about to come out of the giant bell, my spiritual bones are about to—"
“I know,” Chen Jinshi said, his movements faster than his words. Ashes rose along the giant bell, and his other hand held her firmly. “Don’t be afraid.”
Xuan Gu was approaching, and he had already prepared her outer garment.
No one around noticed; the older siblings were unaware that the chosen one had suddenly completed his tribulation, and the male and female protagonists were about to repeat their settlement kiss.
Only Chen Jinshi knew what had just happened.
Miaojue looked up in a flash and saw his clearly defined jawline. Beneath his long eyelashes, his peach blossom eyes were clear and brimming with emotion. She suddenly realized.
It turns out that he too was forgiven by time, because his heart, too, was buried deep beneath the tree rings.
So, when the immense power brought by the Xuan Bone swept past, only the two of them could still remember everything after any rewind.
Whether this is a blessing or a curse, there's no time to figure out the secret.
"when--"
The giant bell rang again, and a vast and mighty power surged forth once more.
Miao Jue suddenly covered his mouth and nose, and a burst of emerald green light erupted almost like a waterfall.
The surrounding crowd also took precautions to control Dongfang Yaotian and Gong Yuqiu, in order to prevent the two from being taken away at any time and refined into the Twin Beads of Destiny.
"Miaomiao is about to break through her Xuan Bone!"
Why did it have to get dark at this time of year?
"Keep them in the middle."
The Azure Dragon immediately transformed, followed closely by the Qilin. However, neither the lightning nor the blazing fire could illuminate the surroundings, and the sky was so dark that it seemed to absorb all light.
The sky grew lower and lower; upon closer inspection, the night seemed like a flowing liquid, slowly moving around everyone.
The azure dragon soared into the sky, breaking through the clouds, and after an unknown amount of time, it crashed back to the ground. This time, even the usually calm and taciturn Cang San turned pale and said in a deep voice, "This is a living creature."
"?!"
They were actually under a huge living creature?
Fuji: "I saw its form had already crossed the endless sea, extending towards the continent, covering the ends of the earth."
Even with the towering form of the Azure Dragon and the Qilin, its boundaries were not visible, nor its shape.
Fuji's expression was extremely grave: "The most important thing is that it's all made up of embers..."
"He has always lived in the space created by Dongfang Qianye, or rather, he is now... about to become Dongfang Qianye."
The reason why Dongfang Qianye was able to find them again after their entire clan disappeared was because he had already mastered the only spatial magic.
Now, within the giant bell, the space is independent, and time stands still.
He trapped himself within the ancestral stone of the Netherworld Clan and replicated the Ash Bones. For the past hundred years, he has released the embers without limit into the eternal stone core ancestral land within the giant bell, nurturing that thing.
Over the years, it has evolved a hundredfold and remains unaffected by attacks from the outside world.
That thing is the divine body that Dongfang Qianye wants to become.
Therefore, Dongfang Qianye deliberately sought to eliminate the person.
Because he wanted to completely return to his "true form" and become a true member of the Eternal Clan. He deliberately allowed them to obliterate him.
If Dongfang Qianye hadn't managed to control the Twin Beads of Destiny in time, he would have already fully regained his position and become the most terrifying being in the world.
Now, this colossal mass of embers, without any fusion of divine souls, has become a completely disordered and chaotic monster.
The thick embers surged across the land, burning through the clouds and scorching the farmland. The common people mistakenly believed it was the work of the Golden Crow Ming Shi, and the continent was filled with sorrow and resentment.
Xianba sniffed the air, his brows furrowed: "I can't sense what his spiritual attribute is, but his murderous aura is extremely strong!"
This "night" descended upon every corner of the continent, and all the calamities were accelerating.
The earth began to crumble; this was the true catastrophe that would destroy the world.
Dongfang Qianye is a madman... He really wants to destroy everything, leaving only him and Weiyi.
"They say this is the true form of the Golden Crow, I'm so angry, so angry!" Ling Qi had already quickly circled back.
"It doesn't matter."
Behind the crowd, dust settled, head bowed, the beat of the heart amplified.
Miaojue leaned against his chest, her body trembling violently. The emerald light within her inner palace shone brightly, turning golden and white, overflowing from her fingertips.
Xuan Gu's advancement far exceeded her expectations.
The world before her eyes was divided into pages, and countless words were imprinted on the tree trunk like astronomical symbols, leaving behind ancient characters, each character carrying the weight of time and change.
She felt like a dam about to burst open, the torrent of time about to destroy her lifeline.
To withstand the power of the heavens, one must undergo the baptism of the primordial chaos.
The most unique power in the world was descending upon this frail body. The chaotic behemoth above seemed to sense this and changed direction amidst the chaos, heading towards her.
It emitted a thunderous, resonant sound, "The...finally..."
In an instant, everyone transformed into human form, and various spiritual lights of blue, red, green, and white intertwined, blocking the way of the ingenious technique.
Miao Jue closed her eyes tightly and saw a clear, large character appear in her sea of consciousness, imprinted on the top of the bone tree. She couldn't see it clearly, but she felt that it was about to burst at any moment.
She finally realized she was afraid.
When the Heavenly Bone erupts, she can make the entire ring wall disappear into the light and time. If the Profound Bone erupts, she can hardly imagine what the consequences will be. Perhaps everyone will be taken to a misaligned space-time by her, and they will never be able to meet again in the turbulent flow of time.
But we finally managed to reunite—
However, instead of the collapse of the inner palace, a dazzling and flamboyant red light appeared.
A fiery red feather landed on her trembling crown, and then countless red feathers cascaded down, transforming into a brocade red robe that protected every inch of her inner branches.
"You've put on my only red feather."
The secret lies in striking the heart amidst the torrent.
The great sun, golden and black, burned fiercely. At the end of the fire, there was a red mark like weeping blood, which was its main feather.
It was like the only flower amidst a field of wickedness.
Now, he used the crimson feathers covering the tree to shield her from the impact of the Xuan Bone, and whispered in her ear to awaken her consciousness: "See that? A dress full of red, what's this called?..."
With one hand tightly holding her, and the other hand swirling with ashes, Chen Jinshi looked up at the colossal, collapsing creature that was wreaking havoc.
When the Xuan-level bone is activated, everything will change. Time may reverse, but his heartbeat will always follow her branch.
"—This is called a wedding dress." He smiled.
Miaojue was completely awakened by his shameless words, struggled to open her eyes, and her vision became incredibly clear in an instant.
Everything nearby was clearly visible, and she saw a hint of determination in the eyes of the peach blossoms that had been gathered up from the dust.
He smiled slyly.
"Therefore, in the future, no matter how time changes or how the order changes."
"You've already married me."
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