Chapter 168

Chapter 168: Can’t I Just Die?

Yes!

Upon hearing that voice, a murderous intent instantly flashed in Ao Qianqian’s eyes. The next moment, she stomped her right foot hard and transformed into a towering golden radiance that shot into the sky, crashing fiercely into the golden runes that blanketed heaven and earth.

Boom!

With that collision, the entire starry river shuddered violently, and countless golden runes instantly dimmed. But the very next moment, the golden divine edict floating in the sky suddenly erupted with a brilliant radiance of the Great Dao and slammed hard into Ao Qianqian.

A ferocious gleam flashed in Ao Qianqian’s eyes. Rather than retreating, she surged forward and threw a fierce punch.

Bang!

A terrifying surge of pure power and dragon might swept out from her fist. That single punch actually crushed the fearsome radiance of the Great Dao into countless fragments. Without stopping, she charged forward again and hurled another punch straight at the golden divine edict.

At that very moment, the golden divine edict suddenly unfurled, and then an ancient character in deep gold drifted out. In an instant, that ancient character erupted with hundreds of millions of golden rays, as if it would forcibly erase this entire universe.

The Heavenly Dao Edict!

This was the true divine artifact of the Heavenly Court, a supreme power of the real world. Within it were nine ancient characters from primordial times — one character, one Dao — nine characters representing nine kinds of Great Dao, and each Dao contained tens of millions of laws. Dao gives birth to law, law condenses Dao, endlessly cycling on and on.

Boom!

Those hundreds of millions of golden rays forcibly halted Ao Qianqian in place. The terrifying power of the Great Dao laws contained within them was even more domineering than her pure strength.

Ao Qianqian let out a furious roar, clenched her right hand into a fist, and smashed it forward with full force.

Crack!

That ancient character was sent reeling back repeatedly from the impact. But at that very moment, eight more twisted ancient characters drifted out from within the golden divine edict.

Nine ancient characters appeared between heaven and earth. Endless auras of the Great Dao surged toward Ao Qianqian like a tide. The terrifying pressure of the Great Dao had now suppressed the dragon might radiating from Ao Qianqian’s body. Moreover, those Great Dao auras were endless and inexhaustible — utterly terrifying.

Ao Qianqian stood in the sky, her white hair billowing. She stared at those nine ancient characters in the distance, her gaze cold as ice. The power emanating from those ancient characters no longer belonged to this universe.

“Destroy!”

At that moment, an emotionless and indifferent voice suddenly rang out from above the heavens. The next instant, the nine ancient characters transformed into nine Great Dao forces and slammed ferociously toward Ao Qianqian. In that moment, the entire boundary world between the illusory and the real began to crack apart inch by inch.

Sensing the terrifying pressure of the Great Dao permeating heaven and earth, Ao Qianqian slowly closed her eyes. All around her, dragon might surged forth in a vast and mighty torrent.

When those nine ancient characters, carrying the power of countless Great Dao forces, arrived before her, she suddenly opened her eyes. Golden light appeared within them, and she threw a punch.

Accompanied by a dragon’s roar that resounded through the heavens, those nine ancient characters were forcibly halted dozens of zhang away by that single punch.

Within the nine ancient characters, the Great Dao aura from the world above continued to pour out endlessly, attempting to forcibly suppress Ao Qianqian. Although her dragon might was being suppressed by them, her own personal power was growing stronger and more terrifying with every passing moment.

But just then, a pitch-black bead suddenly fell from the sky above. When that pitch-black bead appeared, a black light surged from within it and instantly enveloped the entire space-time region where Ao Qianqian stood. Within that region, the dragon might radiating from Ao Qianqian’s body began to dissipate bit by bit.

The true divine artifact of the Divine Temple: the Dao-Extinguishing Bead!

Yet it was still not over. A mirror then fell straight down from the sky above.

Upon seeing that mirror, Ye Tianming’s eyes narrowed. He recognized it — it was none other than the “Mirror of Past and Present” belonging to the Ancient Zhe Sect.

When the Mirror of Past and Present appeared, it aimed directly at Ao Qianqian. A formless white light instantly enveloped her, and within that white light, Ao Qianqian’s lifespan began to drain away at a visible rate.

The Mirror of Past and Present!

Reflecting all of time, erasing the years!

With three supreme divine artifacts striking simultaneously, not only did Ao Qianqian’s dragon might begin to erode, but the pure power radiating from her body also started to dissipate.

In that moment, Ao Qianqian was completely suppressed!

At the entrance from the real world leading down to the lower realm, a man gazed down from above with a calm expression. That man was none other than Young Master Xin.

Beside him, an elderly man peered down at Ao Qianqian through a special mirror and said in a grim tone, “Young Master, we are fully capable of eliminating this woman ourselves. Why use the hands of those three forces and owe them a favor? She……”

At that point, he seemed to realize something and continued, “Is Young Master concerned about her identity? However, this old servant believes Young Master need not worry at all. She already broke with the Master of Guanxuan Sword back then, and over the past thousand years, the Master of Guanxuan Sword has never sought her out, nor ever given her any formal status. This proves she has been completely abandoned……”

Young Master Xin turned and glanced at the elderly man. The elderly man’s expression shifted slightly, and he immediately lowered his head, not daring to say another word.

Young Master Xin turned back to look at the mirror. “Kill!”

“Kill!”

A voice suddenly rang out across the heavens above.

The next moment, wave after wave of terrifying power erupted throughout heaven and earth, poised to completely annihilate Ao Qianqian.

But just then, a dragon’s roar suddenly resounded through heaven and earth.

Immediately after, a golden dragon a million zhang long shot into the sky, and in an instant, every force between heaven and earth began to be torn apart and shattered!

Returning to her true form!

The moment Ao Qianqian reverted to her true form, the situation reversed in an instant. She single-handedly pushed back against all three supreme divine artifacts, suppressing them by sheer force. The power of those three divine artifacts was continuously shattered by Ao Qianqian’s pure strength.

Ao Qianqian suddenly roared in fury, “Little one, come with me to the real world. I want to see exactly who in the Yang family is trying to kill you!”

As her voice fell, a breath of dragon energy directly enveloped Ye Tianming, and the next moment, he appeared on her massive dragon back.

Ao Qianqian transformed into a streak of golden light and shot into the sky. She smashed through space-time and arrived on the Heavenly Path, intending to force her way into the real world with Ye Tianming. But when she reached the boundary between the illusory and the real, a Great Dao suddenly extended outward from that entrance.

The True Great Dao!

The moment that Dao extended outward, a Great Dao aura directly locked onto Ao Qianqian. In just an instant, every trace of Great Dao aura she radiated was completely annihilated. Not only that, but Ao Qianqian herself also began to erode bit by bit!

The True Great Dao — though this one was not as formidable as the one that the Master of Guanxuan Sword and the others had once forced their way through, it was still something Ao Qianqian could not contend with.

A ferocious gleam flashed in Ao Qianqian’s eyes. She let out a furious roar as wave after wave of terrifying dragon might surged out from within her.

Yet every trace of dragon might and power, the moment it appeared, was instantly annihilated!

They were simply not on the same level of power.

Ao Qianqian stopped. She reverted to her human form and stood in front of Ye Tianming. At this moment, her body had already become extremely faint and translucent.

Beneath her and Ye Tianming’s feet, the True Great Dao grew more and more terrifying, suffused with a power capable of destroying everything in the world below.

Ao Qianqian gazed at the entrance to the real world. The True Great Dao extended from there, and the Great Dao power upon it was something she could not resist.

Ao Qianqian suddenly turned to look at Ye Tianming behind her. A faint smile appeared on her pale face. “Are you afraid?”

Ye Tianming shook his head. “I’m not afraid. I just feel terrible for dragging you into this, Qianqian…”

Ao Qianqian suddenly said, “Go!”

Ye Tianming was about to shake his head when Ao Qianqian’s flesh, body, and soul suddenly ignited. The next moment, a terrifying dragon might swept upward.

Clashing head-on with the True Great Dao!

At the same time, a breath of dragon energy enveloped Ye Tianming and sent him downward.

“Kill!”

At that moment, a force of the True Great Dao suddenly emerged from that path, and the next instant, it shot straight downward — but its target was not Ao Qianqian. It was Ye Tianming.

Their true target was Ye Tianming!

A ferocious gleam flashed in Ao Qianqian’s eyes. She suddenly surged forward, transforming into a streak of flame and crashing fiercely into that force of the True Great Dao.

Boom!

With that collision, she actually managed to forcibly halt that force of the True Great Dao. But the very next moment, her flesh, body, and soul began to fade away at a visible rate.

Witnessing this, Ye Tianming’s heart was seized with terror. He hurriedly looked toward the end of the Heavenly Path and cried out in a trembling voice, “Aren’t you trying to kill me? I, Ye Tianming, am willing to die. Just spare the others, please spare the others……”

As he spoke, he immediately began to burn his own remnant soul.

Yet that force of the True Great Dao did not disappear. On the contrary, another force of the True Great Dao descended, pressing down ferociously upon Ao Qianqian — and this one was several times more terrifying than the last. Under the forcible suppression of those two terrifying forces of the True Great Dao, Ao Qianqian could no longer endure.

Just as she was about to completely dissipate, she lowered her head and glanced at the burning Ye Tianming, then slowly raised her head again to look toward the entrance of the real world, and said softly, “Do you truly see this child as nothing more than a pawn……”

The next moment —

Boom!

Her blood, flesh, and soul exploded apart, scattering into countless fragments that shot in all directions, only to be completely ground away by the True Great Dao!

Gone without a trace!

“No!”

Below, Ye Tianming, enveloped in dragon breath, witnessed this scene. His eyes instantly split with anguish as he beat his burning soul with both hands, crying out, “Ah ah……. Even my death isn’t enough? Even my death isn’t enough? Ah ah ah ah……”

After grinding Ao Qianqian out of existence, those two forces of the True Great Dao did not stop. They fell straight down and slammed toward Ye Tianming.

Just as Ye Tianming was about to be ground away by those two True Great Dao forces —

Crack!

Suddenly, the space-time beside Ye Tianming split open. The next moment, a hand reached out. With just a light tap, those two True Great Dao forces began to crack apart and annihilate inch by inch.