Chapter 58 Who Wants to Hit My People After Reuniting with My Family?
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If the Beiling Ice Robe when the Heavenly Bone was broken was a cool and gentle covering, then the dazzling red feather wedding dress in the Spirit Bone at this moment is like a splendid embrace.
That was the golden crow burning itself to offer an embrace.
It stopped the immense force of the flood that was about to burst its banks.
And because his heart and blood were also melted into the tribulation of destiny, only he could suppress this earthquake caused by the descent of the Xuan Bone the fastest. From the very beginning, it was his destiny that made all of this possible.
So he said, "You've already married me."
But the man spoke arrogantly, yet his words were filled with unknown fear.
Peach Blossom's words about marriage, though forceful, seemed more like a declaration made with a sense of foresight and a sense of certainty, a desperate gamble, born from hidden anxieties.
When the Bone of Time reaches the Profound level, when one person's power can reverse the universe, what will she become? Where will this sapling, nurtured with heart's blood, go?
Everything is unknown.
Because this is a unique spiritual bone that has never appeared in the world for tens of thousands of years.
At this moment, Chen Jinshi simply held her by his side, his eyes clear and filled with deep malice. As the colossal object drew closer, its blurry and indistinct form became clearer. In a flowing, pitch-black shadow, false eyes resembling those of Dongfang Qianye gradually emerged, surging towards the Bone of Time.
Wherever it goes, it devours everything; the flowing chaotic energy withers vegetation and rots the earth.
That flowing liquid is the fusion of all the five elements and their spiritual attributes, all of which are mutually generating, mutually restraining, and mutually integrating, ultimately transforming into a corrosive substance that transcends all spirits.
It's unimaginable how much flesh and bone he fused into the ancestral stone during the hundred years he remained hidden within it—
It's not just the blood and bones of the Changming clan. Given his ability to control others by obtaining a drop of their blood, it's possible that all the immortals within the entire Langhuan Immortal Court are his nourishment... It's practically a protracted process of raising Gu poison.
From the moment he mistakenly entered the overseas fairyland and brought all his relatives, a hundred people, to the island, these people became his nourishment, multiplying and refining him generation after generation.
"What exactly is this thing..." someone asked.
At this moment, the behemoth had not yet had time to fuse the soul of Dongfang Qianye with the Twin Beads of Destiny, so it instinctively approached the Mystic Technique more than the one who was vying for destiny, because that was the only spiritual bone it had not devoured.
If only we could swallow time...
The colossal, chaotic maw of the abyss slowly opened, and indistinct howls rippled like a chilling wind.
Every member of the Changming clan stood in the way of the secret technique.
Dust settled, and Yin evil sneered. The ashes surged and transformed into the beak of a golden crow, tearing at the creature born from the breeding of Gu poison.
Before the Xuan Gu was completed, no one could surpass him.
...
"call."
"call."
The secret is to only hear your own breathing.
Her consciousness was trapped in her inner palace by the immense force that came from the sky. She felt the soft touch that enveloped her spiritual bones, which was both a light feather robe and the armor she wore.
"when--"
The power of time, enough to change the course of history, completely illuminated the towering tree within the inner palace.
In that instant, the secret was unknown—whether it was a second or a hundred years.
Everything fell silent; time seemed to have ceased to exist.
In her eyes, everything moves in slow motion.
So she could see the crimson feather robe spread out like wings within her surging spiritual energy, protecting every inch of her wildly spreading veins, allowing the tree to truly grow to its fullest extent.
She began to see clearly his single red plume, its hard shaft running from top to bottom, with countless tiny barbs intertwined, layer upon layer of feathers forming an intricate and embroidered red robe.
She seemed to hear again the distant, lonely cry, proud, vibrant, with a hooked ending, like that person's usual wicked low laugh.
Miao Jue watched as countless celestial-like characters climbed upwards along the Spirit Bone Tree, merging into the rings of time. Each ancient character carried a unit of time, much like the sapling's growth path—
From a single second of rewinding to the turning of the universe over hundreds of years.
Her profound essence has fully manifested.
Time has ceased to exist; everything has vanished in the blink of an eye.
Everything outside of this body is still.
The chaotic behemoth born from the Gu poison stopped, the surging ashes between the white-robed youth's fingers ceased to spread, the azure dragon hovered in the sky, and the qilin stood still in place.
The silver fox and the snipe, cursing angrily, gaped wide. The afterimage of the galloping divine steed paused clearly, and the cunning deer defending with earth blinked anxiously halfway through its blink...
The male and female protagonists, who had just ended their fateful love tribulation and were filled with astonishment, paused in their gaze at each other for a moment.
Before the wondrous sight, endless transparent roots spread like spider silk, covering the entire mortal world and leading to a more distant shore.
Above each crisscrossing root system lies a fruit of time.
What does a Xuan-level Time Bone signify? ...
No matter how many thousands of years have passed, the flowing time has become a series of roots, and each node is a seed.
This feeling was mysterious and elusive, much like Miaojue's previous vague understanding of "philosophy" and "physics." It was a concept far removed from her, similar to... in the eyes of beings in higher dimensions, the vast Milky Way is nothing more than a mayfly to be observed.
Now, burdened with the Xuan Bone, she has been forcibly placed into this high-dimensional perspective.
Everyone appeared still and insignificant in her eyes.
Even the once invincible Golden Crow was reduced to a fleeting shadow.
Love and hate, life and death, blooming and withering, nirvana and extinction—all happen and exist simultaneously.
The world is the sum of fish bones, human heads, paramecia, and tides.
What did she become...?
In the long river of time, which is as eternal as heaven and earth, she is nothing, yet everything.
Time became readily available, easily turned and easily annihilated, and she was simultaneously swallowed up by this boundless power!
Miao Jue finally understood that the Xuan Bone was different from any other level before.
She couldn't feel herself; every second felt like a century had passed. And this was the Mystic Bone...
The highest level of the Bone of Time is—
She can become time itself.
In a fleeting moment, amidst the rise and fall of his chest and the pure, unadulterated sound of his breath, Miaojue sensed that he had touched the boundary of "God".
As long as it is separated from the physical body, this power can completely cover her entire body.
She would become time, formless and boundless, a god without joy or sorrow, and without existence.
No!
don't want……!
This is a feeling even more terrifying than the Heavenly Bone Riot.
The ten years she spent as a tree had left her feeling powerless and trapped, a situation that had become unbearable for her.
If she were to become time itself, would she still be human? Would she still have a smiling face and embracing arms? Would she still be able to feel warmth, a breeze, and the touch of feathers?
Can she still remember the regret, the pain, the debt, the emotions that allowed time to flow backward, the end of all cause and effect being the unwillingness of love, and the desire to bring everyone back?
After everything has settled down, whose hand will she be able to hold as she walks through their former home?
She did not want to be time itself, unchanging, to vanish into the universe.
She wants to be a living, breathing person!
Miao Jue suddenly bit the tip of his tongue, forcefully twisting the top bud on the tree rings, and the towering tree began to absorb all the pervasive power.
She wanted time to bear witness to her growth.
Even in the primordial universe.
…
"What's wrong with Miaomiao?!"
The silver fox flicked its tail, releasing millions of golden spirit arrows that shot towards the chaotic behemoth. Then, with a graceful spin, it crouched down on its forelegs and asked Jin Shi anxiously.
All the spiritual energy will be devoured into that monster. As expected, once you have the power of the Ash Bone, it is extremely difficult to deal with!
All their attacks only slowed its approach, failing to truly harm its body. If it got any closer, Cang San and Bu Er were prepared to fight it head-on, risking their lives against each other with their immense strength.
The secret lies in the last remaining hope.
When the other party merges into an existence that transcends the spiritual realm, only one power can surpass it.
“It’s very difficult to form the Time Bone. Just now, the spiritual energy field on her body was almost like…” Bu Er frowned.
"It's like the intensity of the birth of an ancestral stone."
Ancient and timeless, she seemed no longer to be an ordinary girl.
Chen Jinshi frowned and looked down at the person in his arms.
He also felt a momentary fluctuation; that sense of vastness, though it only lasted for a fraction of a second, was even more expansive than the chaos above his head.
Or perhaps it wasn't even a fraction of a second... Dust settled, his eyes dark, his teeth clenched.
He had once traveled back in time to the present, and each time she rewinds, the future unfolds in a distorted way. Therefore, he remains constantly anxious; at the end of the Time Rift, what will happen when she opens her eyes?
What price would one have to pay to change the course of the sun and moon with the body of a mortal?
As long as her feather robe remained intact, it meant that her spiritual bones were not damaged; it was just that the power of time was beyond her comprehension…
Chen Jinshi could only hold her tighter in his arms. As long as she stayed by his side, he would protect her until the moment when the Xuan Gu was completely fused.
But the figure reflected in his eyes vanished for a moment the next second.
The instant his arms were empty, Chen Jinshi's heart skipped a beat, and his empty chest sank rapidly.
But a second later, she reappeared in his arms.
Miao Jue's eyes were tightly closed, as if he were fighting against an unseen force. He existed and disappeared within the immense power of time.
A chill ran through the emptiness in Chen Jinshi's chest. He almost crumbled as he lowered his head and whispered in Miaojue's ear, "...Are you going to kill me?"
But this seemed to indicate that her Xuan Bone was moving forward, because the chaotic behemoth above her head suddenly accelerated its attack. Its bloated, enormous body, as black as night, rolled and tumbled, heading towards the unique spiritual aura emanating from Miao Jue.
“I see clearly, that’s—” Fuji suddenly said.
After it flew out of the giant bell, it was initially facing away from the bell. Only now, when it was completely turned around, could they see what kind of Gu that Dongfang Qianye was raising.
It was actually a vast and boundless Kunpeng.
It can swim thousands of miles like a fish, soar to the heavens, transform into a bird and spread its wings, and survive for thousands of years in the deep sea. It is a legendary divine creature.
This is the "True Form of the Underworld Clan" that Dongfang Qianye prepared for himself.
"He's gone mad with desire to become an immortal..."
It can absorb the spiritual attributes of everyone. The vigorous spiritual power of metal, wood, water and fire pierced into his body and was completely devoured, instead allowing the other party to accumulate more energy.
Apart from Chen Jinshi, whose similar ash bone power could sever any limbs that approached him, others could only engage in close combat.
The head of the Chaos Giant Kun has slowly returned to its position outside the Second Ring. Even the land of Langhuan has been completely eroded. All the once magnificent and beautifully decorated immortal residences and the high walls of the labyrinth with their distinct levels have all turned into wispy, decaying matter when chaos passed through. All living things have fallen into the void of consciousness.
The entire earth returned to ignorance.
From a century ago to today, it has been destined to be a deadly battle.
Since Dongfang Qianye has gone to such lengths to obtain a body from the Netherworld race, then let's revert to the most primal and bloody battles of beasts, and fight to the death!
At that moment, swords and blades were the first to rush out.
What have the people of the world done wrong?
A resounding voice echoed across the land, vehemently criticizing the chaotic behemoth.
The male protagonist, gripping his sword, flew into the air without turning back, and addressed the crowd behind him: "Everyone, step back! I, Dongfang Yaotian, will not hesitate to shoulder the responsibility of saving the world!"
Beside him, Gong Yuqiu stood with his sword in hand, his eyes filled with heartache: "How inhumane! To treat all things as straw dogs! To wreak havoc on the mortal world like this, to disregard even the common people for one's own selfish desires."
Dongfang Yaotian: "Does such a person deserve to be an immortal? How can such a person attain eternal life?"
He lifted his long eyes as he gathered the dust.
At the moment when the tribulations of fate and love ended, the male and female protagonists seemed to finally awaken from a long-standing hysteria.
Dongfang Yaotian's resolute profile was filled with righteous anger, while Gong Yuqiu's eyes were filled with unwavering concern for the country and its people.
Perhaps it was because the creator of the Destiny Seal inscribed it with a distorted and twisted love that their destined love tribulation was destined to be a bizarre and abusive romance, and this perfect couple was destined to go mad all the way.
Now, as the glory fades and the tide recedes, all that remains on the shore is this person's true nature.
Dongfang Yaotian and Gong Yuqiu exchanged a glance. Their strength was naturally no match for the giant Kun, but they had a final trump card, a reason that had brought them to this point.
Suddenly, a bright light shone from the spiritual altars of both of them, and the yin and yang symbols of Pisces were drawn behind them. The two clasped hands, and the light from their spiritual altars suddenly blazed like fire, enveloping them.
They want to transform themselves into the Heavenly Destiny Pearl?!
Let the Destiny Pearl fulfill their own wishes—
Dongfang Yaotian let out a long, hoarse laugh, still exuding an extremely wicked and domineering aura: "I want this prosperous era to be as I wish!!!"
Gong Yuqiu also smiled with genuine relief: "I only wish for the well-being of all people and the freedom of all things."
Not only humans, but all pure and good races should have the right to live freely.
...
The yin-yang fish shimmered with golden light, and the scene was truly magnificent.
However, the aura they exuded while refining the Heavenly Fate Pearl was too intense, instantly overshadowing the Time Bone Aura released by Miao Jue.
The colossal chaotic Kun above them immediately turned its massive jaws around and lunged at the two of them.
The golden crow's wings immediately spread out for a thousand meters, and surging ash blocked the heads of Dongfang Yaotian and Gong Yuqiu, corroding and engulfing each other with the chaotic energy, pressing down layer by layer.
The Azure Dragon and the Qilin immediately rushed forward from both ends, their dragon claws and scales tearing at the giant Kun's head.
This scene was so grand and profound, it was comparable to the creation of the world.
However, the giant Kun was ever-changing, and one of its tentacles landed and pierced right through the male and female protagonists.
Ideals crumble in an instant in the face of reality.
The ash-turned-beak decisively severed the tentacles, but half of the Yin-Yang Destiny Pearl's aura was suddenly devoured.
The giant Kun's chaotic form paused for a moment, and then it materialized inch by inch, growing scales and feathers like those of a Kunpeng, and jagged edges like overlapping mountains, and it spoke human language.
"I said... I'm dead..."
Silver Fox, Panda, and the others landed and rushed to rescue Dongfang Yaotian and Gong Yuqiu; their faces were all extremely pale.
It's so hard to kill, it's really too hard to kill.
The chaotic ethereal form was already so troublesome, but now its physical form is simply...
"Jin Shi, watch out—"
Enormous tentacles appeared unpredictably behind the young man in white, attempting to pierce his chest and strike the figure in front of him.
Dust settled, and ashes surged from his palm. A sinister glint flashed in his eyes. He covered the eyes of the person in his arms, and a cloud of blood mist suddenly erupted from behind him.
Blood control.
This was a battle of ash and bone, but he ultimately prevailed.
The giant Kun's tentacles immediately rushed to snatch the blood that Chen Jinshi had picked up, but its extremely precise and powerful control caused the blood mist to dissipate instantly and merge into its physical form, allowing it to begin to control the giant monster with all its might.
That was indeed too enormous. He could only increase his health and force the opponent back, while the blood mist searched for its core, attempting to crush the giant Kun from the inside.
The more blood flowed, the more it increased.
A familiar, strong stench of blood permeated the air.
Miao Jue's body suddenly moved.
Click.
After a barely perceptible sound, the feathered robe was completely shattered.
Red feathers fluttered down.
Chen Jinshi's forehead tightened, and amidst his extremely precise control, he managed to steal a glance to look down at her.
The Xuan Bone was fully completed.
Why hasn't she woken up yet?
...
Miao Jue tried her best to open her eyes, but she couldn't muster the strength.
She forcibly poured all the overwhelming power of time into her spirit bone tree; she did not become time itself, but was instead filled with time.
It was as if she had single-handedly endured the torrential rain of heaven and earth, or as if she had witnessed the blooming and withering of flowers for thousands of years. She was trapped in a certain moment and could not move, and could only let her consciousness try its best to climb upward.
Where is the exit?
Who can awaken her from the long passage of time?
What time is it now?
Miao Jue searched diligently and finally heard a certain sound.
With rhythm, one beat after another, it drew closer to her.
The rhythmic and powerful sound was like jade beads falling to the ground, or like a compass needle jumping, like an answer to a cause-and-effect problem.
She finally approached the voice. It felt as if she had walked through time for a long time. She felt a cool breeze fall on her spiritual bones, making the crowded time flow slowly.
"You've worked hard, Miaomiao." A gentle female voice sighed softly outside the rhythm.
The secret was that they knew what those sounds were.
That was the only one who returned with the heart of the Golden Crow.
That was his heartbeat.
...
A figure in icy white appeared in the chaotic sky, carrying a cool, faint light like the dawn of creation.
With the end of Langhuan's fateful love tribulation, the Xuan Gu Tree fully grew within the girl's inner chambers, and the Marriage Tree no longer existed in physical form.
The only one to return from the mortal world beneath the tree.
As his heart returned to normal, Chen Jinshi looked down in astonishment and saw the girl's almond-shaped eyes revive along with his heartbeat.
—This century-old cause and effect has finally come to fruition.
The Qilin Blazing Fire paused for a moment, and everyone raised their heads, looking at the broken-tailed phoenix serpent covered in icy light as if returning to its nest.
The chaotic giant Kun also stopped fighting and biting, and looked clumsily at Wei Yi.
"only……"
The ancient white jade is like the bright moon in the dark night.
After a moment of shock, the giant Kun suddenly began to rampage. Dongfang Qianye's voice struggled to emerge from its jagged jaws, and its human-like eyes revealed a fervent desire.
"The only one...you and me..."
The only one has returned to the world, and this time he is just like her.
He was no longer a mortal craving divine power; he was an indelible, immortal being of the Netherworld race. Only the two of them needed to exist in this world; everything else was an obstacle.
Chaos surged forth with countless tentacles, completely engulfing the ancestral land. The continent was filled with screams of agony, all mortals were plunged into ignorance, and the soil decayed into a flocculent state.
But at that moment, Miaojue raised his eyes.
She left Chen Jinshi's embrace and stood up straight, her body as upright as a pine tree.
She looked at the giant Kun that Dongfang Qianye had.
In that instant, Chen Jinshi could almost see an unfamiliar touch in her profile. Although only a few breaths had passed, it felt as if she had been gone for a long time.
Miao Jue's calm gaze, imbued with the serenity of time, fell upon Dongfang Qianye, whose massive body suddenly began to convulse.
Without any warning or reason, the vast and boundless body of calamity shrank by more than half!
Dongfang Qianye looked down in astonishment and discovered that the towering Kunpeng's body was so large that its head and feet were clearly visible: "You?! You..."
A mysterious spiritual energy field flowed through all of them.
Tree rings grow silently.
For centuries, Dongfang Qianye seized the Ancestral Stone, nurtured Gu to forge its body, and created the Chaos Kunpeng, a creature powerful enough to destroy the world—but under the immense force of time, it was nothing more than a fragile twig.
The Kunpeng let out a frenzied and furious roar.
Dust settled, eyes lowered, fingertips slightly clenched.
Miao Jue's profile remained calm, without pausing for a moment. With a flick of her fingertips, a light yet powerful stream of azure-gold spiritual energy transformed into a stream and landed in Bu Er's sleeve.
—All the tiger bones collected by Shi Huan are right there now.
The Kunpeng charged down relentlessly, devouring everyone in its path.
But at that very moment, crimson magma spewed forth, and a powerful tiger's roar was born.
The enormous golden tiger landed with a thud, its body covered in black horizontal stripes, its round face fierce and menacing, glaring angrily at its surroundings with a terrible temper.
In a daze, the century of separation and reunion never happened.
Those tiger eyes slowly opened; his soul was not yet fully awake, but his surging fighting spirit had already awakened.
"Who dares to harm my people?"
The eternal war god who died for them a hundred years ago—
Red Tiger Seals Four, and has been resurrected.
…
Even amidst the rapidly changing battle, everyone in the Changming Clan was completely stunned.
The only one to be restored was Feng Si, who then left the mountain.
They watched in astonishment as the Crimson Tiger roared and charged forward, tearing and biting wildly. Despite not being able to fly, it forced the giant Kun to retreat step by step, its fighting power as fierce as ever.
In that very instant, within the span of time, everything had already happened.
“Everyone, everyone’s here…” Ling Qi said blankly.
Miao Jue finally breathed a long sigh of relief. A throbbing, aching sensation spread through her Xuan Gu. She turned around to find the location of the other person's heartbeat. The unfamiliarity on her face had disappeared, leaving only a faint sense of self-affirmation and anticipation of praise.
Chen Jinshi had been staring intently at her, and only now did he dare to relax his clenched heart and slowly cover his chest.
Through the dim light of the day, his eyes burned as he met the gaze of the Xuan Gu girl, Qing Ling.
The red marks on my fingertips have disappeared, but they are still burning hot as I curl them up.
From that day of heart-wrenching separation, burdened with the hatred of his clan's demise and the pain of missed opportunities... he walked alone through the mortal world for countless years, trying to pick up everything again.
And today, she gave him a reunion.
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