Chapter 536

Chapter 536: Flower of the Other Shore

At this moment, the plaque of the Cloud Palace crashes to the ground, and the hall suffers severe damage as the Undying Curse and the Nine-Headed Worm unleash their full powers in battle, causing the area of effect to widen.

Outside the hall, the massive figures summoned by the Undying Curse continue to collapse under the onslaught of demonic flames, while the guards under the Nine-Headed Worm repeatedly block the curse assassinations, leading to terrifying consumption of energy.

The Nine-Headed Worm becomes furious, activating all the power of its Golden Luan throne, but with a cracking sound, its mood plunges into despair.

A small piece of this demonic treasure surprisingly crumbles, and although it’s just a small fragment, it lets the Undying Curse seize the opportunity, letting out a cackling laugh as it unleashes overwhelming curses.

Under the curse, everything is harmed! Even if Li Hui hides himself perfectly, he cannot escape being exposed, and immediately falls from the dark energy confinement.

The Nine-Headed Worm and the Undying Curse look over at the same time, with their intent locking onto him. Li Hui, having long prepared for the unexpected, quickly vanishes in a flash, escaping as swiftly as possible.

The skeleton wears an eerie smile; it’s clearly a skull, yet it seems to bear the face of a refined woman’s mask—not alluring, but rather dignified!

Li Hui moves swiftly ahead, but after quite a distance, he discovers he stands beside the abyss, now becoming one of the many shadows.

Prime Minister Turtle shouts, “It’s too late! You have already stepped onto the other side of the curse. The Undying Curse does not want you to leave; even if you can catch a glimpse of light, it’s useless in front of this skeleton.”

“No way, even if I can’t leave, I have to send out the Mysterious Pearl.” Li Hui takes out a golden needle and suddenly halts; if he stays here today, will he still have his Traveling Realm self?

“Wait, don’t act recklessly! I understand a bit now!” Prime Minister Turtle rapidly says, “There’s hope! Move as fast as you can towards the depths of the other side. I previously noticed that this Undying Curse is not normal; if it were a complete Undying Curse, exterminating the wounded Nine-Headed Worm larvae would be as easy as stepping on ants. Why would it be so exhausting? So she is ill.”

“Ill…?!” Li Hui never expected to receive this kind of answer.

“As the saying goes, ‘the sea of suffering is boundless; turning back is the shore,’ the Undying Curse being ill is a sign of conscience awakening. She has accumulated so many curses and grievances that, over time, the good intentions within her cannot be resolved. Just like cultivators struggling against their inner demons, a Flower of the Other Shore blossoms on the other side.”

“Is the Flower of the Other Shore, treasured by Buddhist traditions, derived this way?”

“Hurry! If she returns, you won’t have a chance!” Prime Minister Turtle urges incessantly.

Li Hui moves at top speed; the Nine-Headed Worm used to rely on the Golden Luan throne to show its might, but now that the throne is compromised, the Undying Curse sweeps through the hall like a force of nature.

Opportunities pass in the blink of an eye. Bai Ze’s divine eye scans all directions, finally locating a stunning flash of red in the darkness. It looks soft and weak, yet brings a sense of comfort.

“Boom…” The time Dragon Claw reaches out quickly.

Li Hui is astonished to find that the shadows around him, which were previously facing away, suddenly turn to reveal their sorrowful faces.

In an instant, great terror descends as four figures turn around. They have no facial features but issue curses, forming a tremendous curse power.

This curse is irresistible; those afflicted will surely die!

In this critical moment, Li Hui grabs the Flower of the Other Shore, and the shadows facing him emit terrified cries, their curses silenced.

Prime Minister Turtle suddenly asks, “What… what are you doing?”

Li Hui declares resolutely, “If I take the Flower of the Other Shore and leave here, I can escape with my life, but the Undying Curse will be like a recovering patient without the flower, ready to poison the world when it leaves this cave. So I cannot simply abandon it. I will first send the Mysterious Pearl away to guide my disciples northward so they can venture out. Even if I die, the teachings of the Heavenly Talisman Sect will carry on!”

“Ah! Then send me away too!”

“I’m sorry! I still cannot see through you, Prime Minister. I fear letting you out might bring trouble for my disciples, so let’s stay together!”

Before he can finish speaking, Li Hui intensifies his time Dragon Claw technique, while focusing all his vision on finding an escape route. He then empowers the Heart Talisman, unleashing his maximum strength to throw the Mysterious Pearl.

“Go!”

As Li Hui shouts, he truly finds himself in a situation of placing himself in mortal danger. Whether he can survive remains uncertain, but he must send Yao’er and the others away first.

“Oh no! Oh dear! Oh my!” Prime Minister Turtle is left speechless as a figure walks gracefully forward, a white skeleton—the Undying Curse!

At this moment, there is another Nine-Headed Worm on the other side, its nine heads oozing blood from seven orifices, dying a terribly tragic death. Endless shadows appear around it, seeming to adjust the Yin and Yang.

Li Hui asks Prime Minister Turtle, “What is she doing?”

“Not good! No wonder she attacked the hall to kill the Nine-Headed Worm; she is using the Nine-Headed Worm to set up a formation to reverse the Nine Yin into Nine Yang, allowing herself to seemingly come back to life, resurrecting the dead flesh and bones!”

“She can truly come back to life?” Li Hui looks at the skeleton in shock.

“What are you thinking? I said ‘seemingly’ come back to life, not a real resurrection! If she succeeds, she can fly and escape, mingling with cultivators to absorb Yang energy, even bloodily washing this continent’s royal city.”

“Indeed, staying was the right choice!”

“Right about what? If she succeeds, what’s the use of the Flower of the Other Shore? She has always wanted to eliminate the Nine-Headed Worm to suppress the good intentions that arise from nowhere—that is, this Flower of the Other Shore.”

“Then we must destroy her formation!” Li Hui’s robes swell as he suddenly reaches out, summoning thousands of Dragon Claws from all directions to grasp the light spheres.

“Uh, what’s happening?” Prime Minister Turtle is astonished. The Undying Curse has expended a large number of spirit treasures to form this formation, yet it starts to collapse like a house of cards. Meanwhile, the time Dragon Claw enters the Cloud Palace, turning the already damaged Golden Luan throne into scraps.

Li Hui waves the Cloud-Brush Dragon Claw Technique, showering down demon flames for destruction.

The Undying Curse shrieks, sending countless circular ripples through the air. The sound of curses rings in their ears, and the terrifying curse power forcefully vanishes the time Dragon Claws and demonic fire! On top of that, a dreadful curse force from the depths of fate wraps around him, threatening to destroy the Cloud-Brush Dragon Claw Technique and time force.

If it weren’t for Li Hui holding the Flower of the Other Shore, which can significantly mitigate the curse power, he might have already transformed into a puddle of black water.

The body refinement ability of the Ideal Body is insufficient in the face of such powerful curse assassinations; he cannot even conceive a way to eliminate the Undying Curse. Feeling anxious, he can only gather talisman power and infuse it into the wooden turtle ring on his finger.

Prime Minister Turtle shouts, “How strange! Where did you get so much talisman power to inject into the talismans on my body? Do you intend for me to suppress this Undying Curse?”

“Prime Minister, has anyone told you that you are very clever?” Li Hui fights while retreating, as the situation is incredibly unfavorable to him. He has no idea what kind of means the Undying Curse is using, with the time Dragon Claw failing to grasp many treasures. The formation centered on the Nine-Headed Worm continues operating, and the skeleton begins to gain a hint of fullness, developing bodily flesh.